“…… Miss Li, the fabric workmanship and style of our Xixifang are among the best in the capital......" The voice of talking in the room came faintly, Chen Huiniang squinted and smiled, and walked over slowly. The door was open, but the door was unguarded, Chen Huiniang walked in, and the people inside found her.

"Concubine Chen, are you here?" Li Sanmei was very cramped to break free from Huang Xiuniang's hands in Xixifang, "They have to tailor it for me......" Li Sanmei twisted her fingers uneasily, when she was at home before, she either sewed clothes by herself, or wore the rest of her sister's leftovers, how could there be such a formal measure of shoulder width, waist width, leg length, arm length or something!

Xixifang is the largest tailoring shop in the capital, many ladies in the capital are made there clothes, the embroidery girls there are handicrafts are first-class good, and the royal embroidery does not see much difference. There were several pieces of silk on the desk in the room, all of bright colors, and it was impossible to run away for a hundred taels of silver to make the next set of clothes from such materials. It is said that the poor wear linen, and the rich wear silk, Chen Huiniang glanced at the coarse linen clothes that Li Sanmei had not had time to change, and hooked the corners of her mouth sarcastically.

Huang Xiuniang from Xixifang also recognized Chen Huiniang, and immediately came over to ask for peace with a smile, and said: "Concubine Chen, a few days ago, Mrs. Chen and Miss Chen Er also came to Xixifang, and they made two sets of clothes in spring, summer, autumn and winter......

Chen Huiniang's faint smile revealed a hint of gloom, since Mrs. Chen returned to Chen's mansion with food allergies that day, she never wrote to the palace again. She also sent a number of maid-in-laws to Chen's mansion to greet her, but Mrs. Chen avoided them. Chen Huiniang knew that her relationship with her mother's family might be completely broken.

However, my mother was willing to go out to make clothes for my sister, and it seems that she had come out of the events of that day.

In any case, they are mother and daughter whose blood is thicker than water, and their mother will not leave her alone.

"Huang Xiuniang, Miss Li's size can be measured?" Chen Huiniang said lightly.

Huang Xiuniang held a soft ruler in her hand, and said worriedly: "Miss Li doesn't want my wife to touch her, and this amount is not allowed." ”

"Sister Li, this is your mistake." Chen Huiniang turned her head and looked at Li Sanmei with a smile, and even changed her title, "The prince only gave three days to prepare for the marriage, and the embroidery girl in Xixifang not only wants to make you the clothes you wear on weekdays, but also embroiders the wedding dress for you...... If the wedding dress you wear is too big or smaller, you will lose the face of the prince. ”

"Wedding dress?" Li Sanmei thought she was just making clothes for her, and said puzzledly, "My wedding dress should be embroidered by myself." ”

This is the custom of their fishing village, the woman is married in March after the marriage, and the woman has to go out of the house during these three months to embroider a wedding dress for herself.

"My silly sister!" Chen Huiniang sighed, approached Li Sanmei, and held her hand with a thick callouse tightly, "It's also thanks to this Xixi Fang is the largest embroidery workshop in the capital, and the material is sufficient. If you embroider alone, then the prince can't wait. ”

"Yes, Miss Li, the prince ordered us to make the wedding dress within three days, and even the night pearl that was originally going to come from the South China Sea should be replaced with a big Buddha bead." Huang Xiuniang's face was happy, "Although it is popular to use night pearls to decorate wedding dresses, but the big Buddha beads can truly reflect the intentions of the prince, and Miss Li still has a lot of cooperation." ”

"Do you have to use the Night Pearl or the Big Buddha Bead?" Li Sanmei bit her lip and said, "I have the mussel beads I brought from home here, I don't know if I can replace them?" "If you can't wear your own embroidered wedding dress, then you have to use the mussel beads you dig with your own hands...... Li Sanmei prayed in her heart, she really didn't understand anything, and she couldn't even follow her own will in her life, so what could she help?

Mussel beads? The experienced Huang Xiuniang almost laughed out loud, she lowered her head and endured it. I secretly thought in my heart, what kind of woman did this Qing prince marry? At first glance, she was dressed in worthless clothes and not outstanding appearance, thinking that this woman relied on her inner beauty to win the heart of the prince, but now listening to what she said, no matter how she looks, she looks like an ignorant country yellow-haired girl, how can such a woman be worthy of wearing clothes embroidered by Xixifang?

Chen Huiniang was also surprised that Li Sanmei was so ignorant, but she still had a soft smile on her face, reached out and took the ruler in Huang Xiuniang's hand, compared it to Li Sanmei's body, and said: "Good sister, you are going to marry today's prince, three days later, all the dignitaries and nobles in the capital will come to drink the wedding wine, this night pearl can make your whole person look shining, and the big Buddha beads can make you extravagant...... The mussel bead you said, don't mention it in front of the prince in the future......"

Chen Huiniang said softly, and her hands didn't stop, and she measured the size in three or two clicks and handed it to Huang Xiuniang: "Okay, hurry up and go back to make the wedding dress, be careful of the prince's blame!" ”

After Huang Xiuniang left, Chen Huiniang took Li Sanmei's hand and sat on the chair, and said seriously: "Good sister, it's okay to say stupid things to my sister like that in the future, but don't say it to the people, you know?" ”

"Concubine Chen, I ......" Li Sanmei said embarrassedly, was her previous words stupid?

Chen Huiniang interrupted her: "What is it called, it's so unfamiliar, we will be sisters in the future, so we don't need to see each other so much." ”

Li Sanmei nodded, and called with difficulty: "Sister Chen......"

"Okay." Chen Huiniang responded with a smile, picked up the Ganoderma lucidum yam porridge and said, "You can taste it, it replenishes qi and blood." ”

Hongying looked at the indifference buried deep under Chen Huiniang's smile, and couldn't help but shake her head, it is not easy for the master.

When they were busy marrying another side concubine inside and outside the Qing Palace, the palace maids of the Phoenix Vulture Palace were all frightened and held their breath.

The crown prince was confined to the East Palace, and all affairs were handled by Concubine Xiu, and now even if the queen wanted to see the prince, she had to get Concubine Xiu's consent, which made her unable to open this mouth to Concubine Xiu, so that after eight or nine days, she had not seen the prince once. What's worse is that the rumors among the people are getting more and more intense, and many stubborn old ministers of the court jointly write a letter to severely punish the prince every day.

And at this moment, there is news that the Qing Wangfu is about to marry a side concubine.

"Queen Mother, please calm your anger first." Lixia, the palace maid beside her, said thoughtfully, "Now that the whereabouts of the Qing princess are unknown, the Qing prince has invited the ministers of the capital to participate in the concubine banquet, and the slave maid thinks that there must be fraud in the middle." ”

"This palace knows it!" The queen said coldly, "Who dares to guarantee that the woman who is about to become a side concubine is not a goddess?" ”

Lixia is the confidant that the queen has cultivated for many years, and she is also clear about these court disputes, and she sighed and said: "Queen Mother, even if that woman is really a goddess, you are still lacking in skills. Although the emperor insisted on believing in His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, under the onslaught of those veteran ministers of the three dynasties in turn, maybe......" Lixia paused, and then said, "The queen's mother should not be concerned about whether the prince of Qing marries at this time, but whether His Royal Highness the prince makes another mistake, and the emperor can forgive him for a mistake, after all, knowing that mistakes can be changed, and good is great, if it is two mistakes, the slave is afraid that the emperor will be angry......"

"Shut up!" The queen suppressed her anger and roared, although she agreed with Lixia's words in her heart, she couldn't deal with it rationally.

Regardless of whether that woman is a goddess or not, but after Long Yuze's kid escaped death, he wanted to marry another woman as a side concubine so quickly, there must be some unknown secret. There is also Lin Ling, who disappeared for no reason, no one alive, no corpse dead, but Long Yuze didn't care at all, such a fanfare concubine! The queen clenched her sleeves, this kid said in the main hall that he was very affectionate to Lin Ling's girl, why did he "empathize and don't fall in love" after a few months?

"Send someone to the Qing Palace, and tell Hui Niang that there is something that must be reported to the palace in time, and there must be no mistakes!" The queen coldly ordered, "Now, come with me to Yingtai Tower!" ”

Yingtai Tower is located at the corner of the west gate of the Imperial Palace, which is built at the highest point of the Imperial Palace's terrain and is also the tallest building in the entire Imperial Palace. The buildings of Yingtai Tower are blue-gray, covered with a mysterious and ancient atmosphere, and there are lush trees growing in front of the door, and no one guards them.

"Master Xu Guoshi, this palace asks to see you!" The queen stood under an old tree, raised her head and said in a loud voice.

This is the custom of the Daewoo Dynasty, the national teacher lives in the highest part of the palace, Yingtai Tower, if you want to see the national teacher, you must get the consent of the national teacher, of course, except for the emperor. It's just that this national teacher doesn't need anyone to serve him, only a little apprentice who looks at the boiler, and there is naturally no palace maid and eunuch downstairs, so he can only stand at the door and call the national teacher loudly, and even the queen of the dynasty must do this to see the national teacher.

After waiting for a long time, there was no movement in Yingtai Tower.

Lixia frowned and said: "Queen Mother, it is said that this national teacher is extremely disrespectful to everyone except the emperor, if the Queen Mother has anything to ask, let the slave wait here." ”

The queen used to see this national teacher with the emperor, and this national teacher's divination skills were very clever, and because of this, the emperor also relied on him and gave him great rights, so that he didn't pay attention to anyone when he saw him, revealing a sense of contempt. The queen is the mother of a country, and others have always bowed down to her, so naturally she can't stand the idleness of the national teacher, but ...... She shook her head and said in a low voice, "If there is no sincerity, the national teacher will not tell this palace what he wants to know." ”

The trees on this side of Yingtai Tower are tall, and even if there is sun, it looks gloomy and gloomy. I don't know how long it took, the door downstairs opened with a "squeak", and the little apprentice in a dark yellow Taoist uniform bowed indifferently and said, "The queen mother, please here, the master is waiting above." ”

Walking in, it was even more gloomy and terrifying, and the air was full of the smell of pills.

Following the little Taoist priest up to the third layer, the smell of medicine faded a little, and what caught his eyes were some strange utensils that the queen had never seen.

"Master, the queen is here." The little Taoist priest walked inside, and a respectful voice came from inside.

Immediately, the dark beaded curtain was lifted, and a man about thirty years old walked out. He was dressed in a dark cyan robe, wearing a Taoist hat, and his eyebrows were beautiful, and he didn't look like a national teacher who stayed in Yingtai Tower all day. Lixia turned her eyes away slightly, she thought that the national teacher was an old man, but she didn't expect to be so young. Let her think about it...... This national teacher spread his reputation in the capital decades ago, so didn't the national teacher get the emperor's favor when he was a teenager?

"Qingyuan, tea!" Xu Guoshi opened his mouth lightly, and the little Taoist priest named Qingyuan walked into the pantry to make tea without hesitation.

"Weichen was stargazing just now, neglected the queen's mother, and asked the mother to forgive her sins." Xu Guoshi said lightly, although it was an apology, but when he said it, it was more like he was putting on a score.

"Xu Guoshi is serious, I hope this palace doesn't disturb you stargazing." The queen didn't care, and smiled softly.

Lixia, who was standing behind, had a cold face, it was now a blue sky and a white day, although it was darker on the side of Yingtai Tower, but it was not so dark that you could see the stars, right? This national teacher obviously didn't want to see the queen, so he came up with such a lame excuse. But the queen was calm and calm, talking and laughing, and Lixia was not easy to debunk, so she had to endure it.

"I don't know why the queen mother came?" Xu Guoshi looked indifferent, and didn't mind that the person who came was the queen.

It just happened that Qingyuan sent the brewed tea, the queen sniffed it gently, the fragrance was overflowing, it was something she had never drunk, she couldn't help but take a sip, and suddenly her lips and teeth were fragrant, and she couldn't help but sigh: "The tea palace here is really unheard of, I don't know where this tea comes from?" ”

"It's self-made by Weichen, commonly known as green tea." Xu Guoshi showed a very shallow smile on his face, "It is baked with ten kinds of green grass leaves, plus the rain and snow dew of each season, this tea is emerald green, the fragrance is high, and the queen has never seen it." ”

The queen nodded, secretly remembered it in her heart, put down the teacup, and said straight to the point: "Xu Guoshi, there is something to ask for when I come to this palace." More than a month ago, the national teacher told the emperor that the heavens would give the goddess, and the one who got the goddess won the world, and the palace wanted to ask the national teacher to calculate, can you calculate the exact location of the goddess now? ”

"On that day, Weichen informed the emperor that the goddess was near the Qing Palace." Xu Guoshi lowered his head slightly, "Weichen can only divinate once every three months, so now I can't calculate the specific whereabouts of the goddess." ”

"Really?" The queen stared at Xu Guoshi, "Then do you know who the goddess's surname is?" How old is it? Where do you live? ”

"Queen Mother, the secret of heaven cannot be revealed, and Weichen cannot know." Master Xu Guo sighed, "Everything is fate, the destiny of heaven can be known, but it cannot be changed." It is also fate that the goddess can come to Daewoo Kingdom, no one and anything can decide where she goes, where her heart is, where will it be...... Queen Mother, please go back. ”

The queen wanted to ask something, but Qingyuan made a move to chase away the guests.

"Master, you're almost exposed!" The door of Yingtai Tower closed heavily, and Qingyuan's originally indifferent voice suddenly became lively.

Xu Guoshi, who had been smiling faintly, also looked lazy at this time, squinting and lying on the beauty couch, his legs folded, shaking constantly, he smiled proudly: "Don't underestimate your master, you kid, I've been in this palace for more than ten years." ”

"However, there are no stars to be seen during the day......" When the queen asked to see her just now, the master was sleeping, Qingyuan continued unwillingly, "Also, you will only come to the sky every time you don't leak this sentence, obviously you know ......"

"Shh Xu Guoshi sat up abruptly and slapped the back of Qingyuan's head with a palm, "You kid really dare to say anything, you want to shout that the whole palace will hear it!" ”

"Oh!" Qingyuan touched the back of his head aggrievedly, and asked puzzledly, "Master, since you know the whereabouts of the goddess, why don't you tell the queen mother?" ”

"As I said, the secret of heaven must not be revealed, if you tell the queen, your master and I will be thundered by the sky!" Xu Guoshi threw a melon seed into his mouth, lay down on the beauty couch again, and said lazily, "You hurry up and stare at the boiler, there is a pill in it, the emperor should ask for it tomorrow, don't be lazy!" ”

"That'...... Master, why are you telling me? Aren't you afraid of thunder and thunder? Qingyuan asked reluctantly.

Xu Guoshi didn't even bother to open his eyes: "I'm just an apprentice of your kid, and I'm still afraid of thunder and thunder!" ”

Qingyuan tilted his head and thought for a while, and was about to speak again, Xu Guoshi said impatiently: "How can there be so much, go and do things!" ”

"I'll ask one last question!" Qingyuan took a step back, "That green tea is obviously very simple, why is the master so complicated?" After speaking, Xu Guoshi couldn't answer, and the "pedaling" ran downstairs to the alchemy furnace to watch the fire.

Xu Guoshi opened his eyes, his eyes were clear and clear, with a hint of a smile.

The ghost drove himself, the carriage sped all the way, and the scenery outside the window was the same wilderness.

There were several layers of loose and soft blankets under the carriage, snacks and tea at hand, and Caixia was waiting for her wholeheartedly. However, it has been two or three days since he sat in the carriage, and even though the carriage is wide and comfortable, Lin Ling's whole body is still sore and painful. The carriage was also flustered, and she wanted to go out for a breath of fresh air.

"Princess, don't worry, there are still three or five days to reach the destination, and then you will be comfortable." Caixia saw Lin Ling's restlessness and comforted with a smile.

Lin Ling lifted the curtain, it was dusk, the sky was overcast, as if it was going to rain.

"Princess, five miles further is the town, you can have a good rest tonight." Oni Li said as he drove back to the car.

Lin Ling frowned dissatisfiedly: "This non-stop journey day and night, where are we going?" ”

"Drive!" The ghost let out a loud shout, and without answering Lin Ling's words, the carriage sped up and sped through the low bushes.