CHAPTER XV
"You still know how to call me the Imperial Grandmother!" Although the old lady had silver hair and wrinkles, her spirit was excellent, "What did you listen to what I said?" β
It is rare to be a wolf, and he twisted and said: "The imperial grandmother is always like teaching a child, but the language has been-"
"How old is it?" The old lady stole the conversation sensitively, "The dignified prince doesn't even have an heir, and he dares to call himself an adult!" β
"Imperial Grandmother ......"
"I can't let you fool me if I say anything this time, I have already discussed it with your father, and I will go out in the next few days to choose a concubine for you." Saying that, the old lady changed her smile again, "In the past, the royal family could only choose concubines from official eunuchs or hereditary nobles above the third grade of the imperial court, but the imperial grandmother knew that you were picky, and ordinary women couldn't get into your eyes, so she deliberately let go of the rules, and all official eunuchs or famous families could participate in the election, so there were a lot more choices, and I was afraid that I couldn't find the one you liked!" β
He said in a sullen voice: "Since everything has been decided, why should the imperial grandmother take the opportunity to teach me a lesson?" β
"I ......" The old lady obviously couldn't refute this sharp little mouth, and knew that he had always had a dull temperament, so she softened her breath: "Yu'er, it's not that your father and grandmother are willing to persecute you, you are born in the royal family There are really many places where you can't help yourself, you are one of the princes, the battle of the emperor's family is like a shadow, and now it is peaceful, but no one can keep the eternal peace, your heirs directly affect the stability and continuation of your branch, how can you support your huge palace alone!" β
Although his grandmother's words were not directly broken, they were enough for him to hear the deep meaning.
"My grandson knows."
At this point, he could only acquiesce if he was reluctant, but what he didn't expect was that the old lady's speed was too fast.
On the third day after he left the palace, the whole king was noisy because he said that the palace wanted to choose concubines.
"Mrs. Zhou, your girl is a well-known beauty ten miles away, this time the third prince married a wife, and the restrictions were deliberately relaxed, if your family participates in the election, the odds of winning are very great!"
At the intersection of North Street, two bright red sedan chairs staggered by, and when the car window was facing each other, a lady on the left stopped both sides and lifted the curtain to greet them.
"Yo, Mrs. Wang, look at what you said, my Jie'er is still young, not in a hurry, not in a hurry." The lady on the right smiled faintly.
"The girl is young, but the opportunity does not wait for anyone, the royal family has always recruited relatives only for the eunuchs above the third grade and the hereditary nobles, when will it be the turn of people like you and me, not to mention our great three princes, I am afraid that after this village, there will be no more such shop!" After Mrs. Wang finished speaking, she lowered the curtain and got out of the sedan chair. Mrs. Zhou thought about it carefully, although this was idle talk, it was completely reasonable, and such a high branch could not be hoped for in the past. So she immediately decided to turn around and go back to her house to discuss her daughter's candidacy with her master.
In fact, since the promulgation of the official document on the selection of concubines by the prince, incidents like Mrs. Zhou have emerged in an endless stream, and the famous families in the capital have enthusiastically signed up for their daughters to run for election.
If there is a quiet place in the whole city, it is only the center of this whirlpool, the Yuwang Mansion.
Yuwang's Mansion was extraordinarily calm, no, it was dead silence, because the whole palace had been looking at the master's black face for several days. Since he came out of the palace on the day of the fight, everyone has never seen the prince stretch his eyebrows, and his temper has become worse than before. The slightest rumor of choosing a concubine came in, and his face became even more gloomy.
"This is a typical example of being cheap and selling well!" Lu Xiaohan bit off half of the carrot in one bite, and his tone was indignant, "This is to choose a concubine for him, and he is so reluctant, he should be hiding from the joy in his heart!" β
"Oh princess, you can be quiet, let others listen to this, and they will make people chew their tongues." The maid Lan'er was always timid and afraid, but when she saw that her master began to speak freely again, she hurriedly stopped it.
"Chew it, chew it, I have a lot of meat, besides, I am the mistress of this house, and now my land is about to be circled by others, can I still not complain." After a pause, she stood up, stuck her waist, and said even more indignantly: "A Xu Yun who has never entered the mansion has made me bear a trumped-up charge, and now I want to live in one, I-Lan'er, do you know that there is a word called cold lips and teeth!" If I am really set aside, you will also have a bad life! β
Lu Xiaohan, the new personal maid Lan'er, is not a raw face, I remember that day she had a dispute with those grandmothers in the kitchen, Lan'er was the maid who couldn't bear to step in to deliver the soup halfway, and then she also explained the situation truthfully to Xiaoyu, not tending to be inflammatory, not deceiving people, and being honest and sincere, so Xiaohan specially chose her to be a personal maid. The two are still in love, and they are not alienated after a few days together.
Lan'er saw her roaring louder than the other, and hurriedly closed the door and window, "Even if it's such a reason, the princess can't say it so explicitly." It is common for men to have three wives and four concubines, not to mention the status of the prince, to ask the slave to say, it is strange that the prince has only married one room for so many years! β
"Why are you elbowing out, girl!" She was slapping at Lan'er's head, and she didn't look like a master and servant at all, "Haven't you watched the TV series, the concubine fights the main room, and the main room is full of tears!" β
"TV series? Princess, what is that? Lan'er was at a loss for the words she came up with.
TV? The words blurted out instantly made a white light flash in Xiao Han's mind, and a bunch of inexplicable pictures flashed as if he had been struck by lightning, but the speed was too fast to capture.
She shook her head in a trance: "I don't know, it seems to be said in passing." β
In the past few days of getting along, Lan'er has been surprised by her strange words, and she doesn't care: "The princess's intentions Lan'er understands, but don't say it at will, otherwise she will lower her identity and not say it, and more importantly, she will disobey the meaning of the palace, after all, the matter of taking concubines is proposed by the emperor and the queen mother." β
"Look at it, now he still has some thoughts of Miss Xu Yun in his heart, so he resisted and waited for the delicate and lovely person to enter the door in a few days...... Oh man. β
Lan'er covered her mouth and smiled: "The princess is only a woman in her early twenties, why does this sound like a sad woman who has seen all the wind and moon?" β
Xiao Han saw that he couldn't see through to her, so he waved his hand in frustration: "Forget it, I won't tell you, I'll go out to breathe, you can rest by yourself!" β
In the past few days, the weather has warmed up, and the frogs and cicadas in the yard have become lively again, and Lu Xiaohan has been walking around the garden and has been bitten by mosquitoes for several bags on his neck. Subconsciously, she dipped her fingers in some of her saliva and smeared them on the bite site.
"Lu Xiaohan!" A familiar scolding came from the left, and he walked up to her with a solemn face, glared at her for a moment, and then turned his back disdainfully and said, "You are also a young lady, how can you behave like a little bit!" β
Because Lu Xiaohan was frightened halfway, he kept the action of salivaing and smearing the bag, and he didn't have time to take it back, and he thought that he hadn't paid attention to poking some basket again, but he didn't react until he finished speaking.
She ignored his spit, continued to spit out the big red envelope slowly, and said slowly: "Has the prince always been so indiscriminate? Training starts as soon as you come up. β
"A girl's family, wipe your body with saliva on your hands, what a quirk you are!"
"What's wrong with the saliva, I'm just wiping it, the bird's nest you eat every day is still animal saliva!"
"You!" She was so angry that she couldn't answer, so she brushed her sleeves away. Lu Xiaohan grimaced at his back, and originally wanted to turn around and leave, but suddenly remembered something, so he trotted after him.
"Lord Wang, I heard that the women screened out by the audition have entered the palace, and the queen mother's personal grandmother will personally test the etiquette and talent, have you heard that the young lady is more outstanding?"
Xiao Yu still walked straight away, and didn't look sideways at her, but just said: "It's good if you don't bother me, don't care who she is brilliant." β
As soon as Lu Xiaohan heard it, he immediately held back a strange yin and yang aura and said: "The prince said this, this is the person next to your pillow in the future, who is brilliant, who pleases, this is related to your mood for three hundred and sixty-five days a year, wow, you can't be like me who is useless, marry back and get in the way of your eyes every day!" β
He stopped, turned sideways to her, and his eyes became serious: "Lu Xiaohan, you can't belittle yourself like this, you are not useless, at least you still have self-knowledge." With that, he shook his hand and continued to stride.
Originally, there was a second or two, Xiaohan's heart was full of fantasy, but she was still naΓ―ve.