It was an ordeal last night. Although he and Huangfu Jingwen talked about it, on the wedding night, so many pairs of eyes were staring outside, Chu Xiangwan and Huangfu Jingwen could only sleep together. All night, the two of them lay on the bed in their middle clothes, each with their own thoughts, Chu Xiangwan didn't know when he fell asleep, and when he opened his eyes, it was already daylight. She turned her head sideways, and when she saw Huangfu Jingwen looking at her quietly, she immediately sat up from the bed.

"Seeing that you are sleeping so well, I can't bear to wake you up." Huangfu Jingwen looked at Chu Xiangwan with a smile.

"Is it time to go and say goodbye to the queen mother?" In order to hide his embarrassment, Chu changed the topic to the evening.

"Wait." Huangfu Jingwen cut his hand and dripped a few drops of blood on the white cloth on the bed.

Chu Xiangwan blushed, how could she not understand, this is the rule of the palace, after the wedding, the grandmother must see the virgin blood on the white veil before she can talk back to the queen, but last night······ Huangfu Jingwen is only doing this now to deal with the empress.

Mama and the maid came in, and sure enough, the maid served Huangfu Jingwen and Chu Xiangwan to freshen up, and Mama took the white handkerchief on the bed.

"Let's go, let's go and say hello to the Queen Mother." Huangfu Jingwen came to pull Chu Xiangwan's hand, Chu Xiangwan thought about it and didn't avoid it. There are some things that you have to get used to after all.

The two of them rode and arrived at the queen's Fengyi Palace at Chenshi. This is the first time that Chu Xiangwan has walked in the palace, and Fengyi Palace is indeed gorgeous and solemn, and the atmosphere is brilliant. It is estimated that the women of this harem yearn to live here, but can this gold-carved palace make them smile sincerely?

The queen was already sitting in the main hall, and when she saw the two of them coming in from outside the hall arm-in-arm, she couldn't see Xiang Wan's face clearly against the light, and she felt in a trance that her sister Fang Ruyan was back again. Thinking of the days in the Fang Mansion in those years, my sister was loved by thousands of people, but her adopted daughter was rarely valued and cared about, until my sister chose to be with Chu Huaifeng, turned her back on the family, and gave up the opportunity to enter the palace, the Fang family's clan remembered that there was such an eldest daughter as her. My sister's happiest and carefree days are exactly what I saw in her most obscure years. Replacing her sister into the palace has become the value of her existence, even if she knows that she is just a chess piece in the lintel of the Guangda family, even if she has a man in her heart, but, in order to no longer live so humble, no longer low to the dust, she is willing to be that chess piece. Now, in comparison, sister, you have already become a piece of loess, and I am the queen on top, after all, I won, the queen thought.

"Sons and daughters, see the queen mother." Huangfu Jingwen and Chu Xiangwan knelt down and asked the queen for peace.

"Get up." The queen finally came to her senses from her trance, but with a cold attitude.

"Crown princess, this palace heard that you lived in another courtyard with a maid for some days before you got married, which is really unorthodox. Now that you have married into the royal family, you must serve the prince well in the future, abide by the royal etiquette and women's morality, and never do anything that is wrong in words and deeds, and lose the royal face. The queen lectured Chu Xiangwan with a straight look.

"Yes, the sons will abide by the palace rules in the future and not embarrass the queen mother." Chu Xiangwan's attitude was respectful, looking at the queen's appearance, I am afraid that the future will not be peaceful, she can only be cautious step by step, not to let the queen have anything to say, especially not to let her father worry.

"Yes." Seeing Chu Xiangwan's lowered eyebrows and obedient eyes, the queen was very happy, and gave her a dismount first, so that she wouldn't be blind to anyone just because her father was the prime minister.

"There is one more thing I want to remind you in this palace, half a month later, Fang Xiaozhou, the daughter of Fang Shangshu, will enter the palace, you are the crown princess, you must show the amount of tolerance, don't make any jealousy of the wind, you can do it yourself." The queen added.

"Yes, Erchen knows."

"Okay, you go back to the palace first, the palace still has something to say to the emperor." Not wanting to look at this face similar to Fang Ruyan dangling in front of her eyes, the queen sent Chu Xiangwan away.

When Chu Xiangwan went out, there was already a grandmother waiting for her outside the door and gave her a bowl of soup and medicine.

"Crown Princess, this is the order of the queen mother, please finish drinking." Mama carried out the queen's will with a serious face.

Looking at this bowl of black decoction, which still exuded a pungent taste, Chu Xiangwan did not hesitate and drank it in one go. What about contraceptive decoctions? She didn't want to have a child born without love.

"Emperor, the queen mother has something to remind you. Chu Xiangwan is just a pawn in our hands, giving her the position of the crown princess is just an exchange of interests, just for the cold forces in Chu Huaifeng's hands, not for her to give you an heir. If she is pregnant now, it will not be conducive to us controlling Chu Huaifeng. Therefore, in the future, as long as she sleeps, I will ask my grandmother to send her a bowl of contraceptive decoction. "Chu Huaifeng's power in the court cannot be underestimated, and when the power in his hands is not completely subdued, the queen will not let Chu Xiangwan give birth to the prince's child.

The queen continued: "Besides, Fang Xiaozhou is still in place, she is your cousin, you have to treat her well, so that she can conceive your heir as soon as possible." ”

"Yes," the queen mother had already planned, and it would be useless to say more, and the emperor Fu Jingwen orally agreed. "However, Queen Mother," replied Huangfu Jingwen, "the matter of the contraceptive decoction will be prepared by the courtiers themselves, so you don't need to worry about it." Huangfu Jingwen thought to himself that he would not have sex with Xiang Wan for the time being, and Xiang Wan would not be pregnant if he did not drink the decoction. The decoction hurt people very much, he didn't want Xiang Wan's body to be damaged, as for the future, he would wait for the queen mother to find out.

"Okay, you know the measure."

For a month and a half, these days, Huangfu Jingwen never entered Chu Xiangwan's room again, but slept in his bedroom every day. The palace people thought it was very strange, the prince would go to the princess's room every day, and the two of them would enjoy poetry and painting, and they seemed to respect each other, but why did the prince not stay overnight? Does the prince like the princess or dislike the princess? It's just that they don't dare to talk about the master's affairs, they only know that today, there is a new master who is going to live in the East Palace.

Today is March 15, the day when Liangyuan Fang Xiaozhou entered the palace. Chu Xiangwan was wearing the princess's red palace costume and waited for Fang Xiaozhou's arrival in the main hall. At the moment, Fang Xiaozhou entered the palace, she was wearing a pink auspicious dress, and walked into the main hall, as if she was the hostess of the East Palace.

Fang Xiaozhou knelt down reluctantly, she handed Chu Xiangwan a cup of tea, and said, "The concubine will see the crown princess." ”

Chu Xiangwan didn't care about Fang Xiaozhou's attitude, she sipped lightly on the teacup, and said lightly: "Sister, don't be polite, get up quickly." ”

Fang Xiaozhou was helped up by the maid, and said with a smile: "The prince's cousin and the queen's aunt have always been very kind to the concubines, if there is anything against the princess in the future in the words and deeds of the concubines, please ask the concubine to teach me more." ”

This sounds like Fang Xiaozhou is obedient, but it is actually provocative, she is showing off that she is the prince's cousin, close to the prince, and the queen is behind her.

"My sister is too modest. My sister was born into a family, how could there be any collision, the queen mother and the prince treated her favorably, which just shows that my sister is a lady who knows books and etiquette. Chu Xiangwan didn't want to go toe-to-toe with her, she just wanted to live her life quietly alone, and she didn't want to cause any trouble. Speaking of which, Fang Xiaozhou is also her cousin, but this cousin, like the rest of the Fang family, is hostile to her. Besides, in the future, there will only be more women in the East Palace, and the prince will spoil anyone, as long as they are safe with each other.

Fang Xiaozhou didn't want to talk to Chu Xiangwan much, she stood up and blessed Chu Xiangwan and said, "The concubine is a little tired today, so I will retire first." ”

Chu Xiang nodded lately: "In this case, my sister should go back to the room to rest early." ”

Fang Xiaozhou left, and Qian'er couldn't help but say beside her: "Miss, why is she so rude?" ”

"She naturally has her rude capital, and we don't fight with her." Chu Xiangwan said indifferently.

"However, Miss is the crown princess, and she will be the mother of the world in the future, she is just a good lady, so disrespectful, it is really infuriating."

"This is a great disrespect to the emperor and queen, Qian'er, don't say anything like this in the future." Chu Xiangwan suddenly became serious, although she knew that Qian'er was upset for her, but if these words were heard by someone with a heart, she would definitely make a big fuss again.

"What's going on? Xiang Wan, why don't you seem to be happy? Huangfu Jingwen suddenly walked in.

"It's okay, the prince has just left the court, so let's take a rest." Chu Xiangwan said and poured a cup of tea for Huangfu Jingwen. Now she is not as resistant to Huangfu Jingwen as she was at the beginning, except that the two of them do not have a round house, and the others really look like a couple with eyebrows on the case. In the past half a month, they have often talked about poetry and painting together, and they have a good conversation, but Chu Xiangwan still needs time to open the lock in his heart.

"Fang Liangyuan has already come to greet you." Huangfu Jingwen asked.

"Yes, she just went back to rest. The prince went to her Sheng Huixuan early in the evening, saying that today is your big day, don't let Sister Fang wait for a long time. Chu Xiangwan replied.

"Xiang Wan, are you—upset?"

"What did the prince say? Sister Fang is the prince's cousin, and she was born beautifully, and the concubine likes her very much. ”

"Xiang Wan, if she upsets you, I ······"

"The prince said this, but it makes the concubine embarrassed, jealousy is a big crime, and the concubine also hopes that Sister Fang will open up the royal family as soon as possible."

"Is this what you mean?"

"Of course."

"You know I'm ······ Hey, that's it. Huangfu Jingwen sighed. When will you truly accept me? Huangfu Jingwen said silently in his heart.

When the lights were on, Chu Xiangwan sat by the railing of his Donghui Hall, looking at the pond in the distance. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the water, a little gold, and she fell into deep thought.

"I wonder if he's also admiring the sunset?" Chu Xiangwan suddenly burst out with a sentence.

"He? Oh, Mademoiselle is talking about the prince. Miss, don't be sad, even if the prince doesn't want to go, he still has to go for the sake of the queen's face. The slave maid could see that the prince still cared about the young lady very much. Qian'er saw that the young lady was sullen and didn't speak, and thought that she was feeling lost because the prince was staying in Fang Xiaozhou's room tonight, so she persuaded her.

"Qian'er, I'm not jealous." Chu Xiangwan couldn't explain, saying that this "he" was Huangfu Jingyao and not her husband as the crown prince of the current dynasty. It was getting darker and darker, and the stars knew her loneliness and came out to be with him. All she can do now is look at the starry sky and quietly miss the person in her heart.

At nightfall, Chu Xiangwan changed his bed clothes and lay down, and Qian'er suddenly came in very excitedly. The little girl couldn't hide her smile and said to Chu Xiangwan: "Miss, let me tell you a good news, the prince has returned to his bedroom from Fang Liangyuan's Sheng Huixuan. ”

"Why is that?" Chu Xiangwan was puzzled.

"The slave maid heard that the prince just went to Sheng Huixuan to sit for a while, and was about to go back to his bedroom, saying that King Rui would go back to the border tomorrow to guard the town, and the emperor and him, as well as the officials in the court, would see him off, and he would have to rest early. Fang Liangyuan heard it, saying that it was the same to stay in her room, and pestered the prince all night to prevent him from leaving, who knew that the prince would still leave at this time. But she cried angrily, and complained vigorously, saying that King Rui would not leave early or late, and he would have to leave tomorrow. ”

Qian'er said a lot of words, but after Chu Xiangwan heard "King Rui wants to go back to the border pass", the latter words never entered her ears again.

She grabbed Qian'er's arm and asked, "King Rui will leave tomorrow?" ”

"Yes, I heard that the emperor originally wanted King Rui to stay in the capital for a few more days, but it was King Rui himself who asked for an order and wanted to return to the border as soon as possible to deal with military affairs." Qian'er felt Chu Xiangwan grasp her arm and grasp it tightly.

It's good to go, it's good to go, it's like not seeing each other, and it's unbearable to stay in Beijing if you meet, and from now on, it's really time to bury this relationship. But why does my heart hurt so much? Chu Xiangwan pressed his heart.

It was another sleepless night, and in the morning, Chu Xiangwan was restless, and Qian'er suddenly proposed: "Miss, otherwise let's go and see off the army." "Qian'er has always admired King Rui, the god of war, and I really want to see King Rui's demeanor.

"Okay." Chu Xiangwan let out a long breath, she wanted to give him a ride.

When the two arrived at the front wall of the Forbidden City, the army had already been drawn. I saw that the main gate was wide open, the emperor and the prince stood in the front, Chu Huaifeng, the left minister, led the hundred officials to line up in turn, and the emperor Jingyao was wearing a black robe embroidered with a golden dragon, riding a white war horse and walking in the front.

Chu Xiangwan had been staring at this back, and she wanted to take another look at his figure. "Have a nice trip, Brother Yao." She said silently in her heart.

Huangfu Jingyao suddenly felt that there was a pair of burning eyes staring at him from behind, could it be late? He turned back suddenly.

Seeing that Huangfu Jingyao suddenly turned around and looked over here, Chu Xiangwan immediately hid behind the stones, and tears could no longer be suppressed. She said in her heart: Brother Yao, forget about the night. Find a good woman who is in love with you and go to Baishou with her.

"Miss, why are you crying?" Qian'er didn't know what was going on with Miss.

"It's okay, it's just that I'm blinded by the wind and sand," Chu Xiangwan wiped his eyes and said in disguise, "It's been a long time since I came out, let's go back." ”