Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Old Man is Yellow
"Miss, get up, how did you sleep?" Mama waited for Aunt Wu to get up.
"It's okay, it's just a short rest." Aunt Wu sat in front of the dresser and said lazily.
"Master, the lord is about to come to the capital to report on his work, and the lady has a letter, asking the young lady to tell the prince, is it for the lord to arrange a position in the capital, I don't know if the young lady can mention it to the prince?" Mama asked her aunt while combing her hair.
"It's not too late, it's not the New Year, the prince is very busy, and I don't have time to mention it, but the prince loves me so much, this little thing, the prince will definitely agree to me." Aunt Wu said indifferently, when she was favored in the palace, the princess gave up three points, and this face was still there.
"This is natural, Miss is beautiful and fragrant, and the prince is deeply favored, and the prince will naturally give you face, but, master, we have to think about it for the future, there is never a shortage of beauties around the prince, if the lady does not have a stable backer, only relying on the favor of the prince, I am afraid it is not so strong, Miss, no matter how beautiful the beauty is, there is a time when she is old." Mama said tentatively.
"What do you mean? Is it for me to give birth to a son to rely on? Aunt Wu looked at the grandmother behind her through the mirror.
"Master, where is it so easy to have a child, not like us in the countryside, give birth to a litter in a lifetime, I don't ask much about things in the palace, our princess is amazing, she doesn't give birth to a son, none of these women in the house want to go past her." Mama shook her head.
"Then you want me to take refuge in the princess, and obediently follow the princess's instructions in the future, just like Aunt Zhao and them?" The days when Aunt Wu came to the palace continued. It's no longer the carefree little girl at home, and her mind is full of calculations.
"It must not be so easy, the master just wants to bow his head and be obedient, and the princess may not necessarily take care of you, after all, there is no shortage of obedient people around the princess, before the master relied on the love of the prince, and gave the princess an ugly look, the princess is not a generous person, how can she accept the young lady to take care of you." Mama said cautiously.
"So what do you say?" Aunt Wu impatiently tugged at a strand of hair on her chest, this is not good, that is not good. What do you want her to do.
"Master, don't worry. Listening to the slave and maid say slowly, I just inquired about one thing, the person living in the Piaolan Courtyard is no one else, it is the daughter of General Zhou Jianxiong, the general who protects the country. This week, Miss Jia is also the prince's woman. I don't know why the Zhou family didn't agree to this marriage. Now that Miss Zhou lives in Piaolan Courtyard, our princess is a scheming woman, so what means did she use to lock up Miss Zhou. Don't let the prince see her, I heard that she is pregnant, the background of the Zhou family is not bad compared with the princess's maiden family, if the young lady can unite with the young lady of the Zhou family to fight against the princess together, even if she can't be the princess in the future, she will also get a side concubine, so that the young lady can survive in the palace for a long time and not be forgotten. "Mama said the words that she had come up with for a long time, whether this person is stupid or not, the living environment has a great impact, and there are smart people around him, if he is too stupid, he will only be bullied to death.
"Join forces with her? All right? "Aunt Wu has no idea.
"How do you know if you don't try, she is locked up now, if Miss rescues her, she can't thank Miss for her kindness, Miss Zhou is naturally unwilling to succumb to the princess, isn't there such a saying, what is it called, what is it profitable?" Mama forgot that word in a hurry, there was almost no ink in her stomach, and many words were learned and sold.
"Sandpiper and clam compete for fisherman's profit," Aunt Wu said.
"Yes, yes, that's it, the two of them fight, and when the time comes, it will naturally make the prince tired, Miss, you are so beautiful, and you will be waiting softly when the time comes, can the prince not care about you?" Mama continued.
"There is some truth, let's go, then I'll go over and take a look, it just so happens that the prince and princess are not in the house." Aunt Wu got up.
Two hours later, Aunt Wu came out of Piaolan Courtyard with a smile on her face, and it seemed that she had reached a deal with Zhou Xiwan.
The little guy hiding behind the rockery saw this scene and smiled, the things explained by the eldest lady are partly completed, and they can go to the errand.
Inside the Zhou Mansion
Bai is looking through her account books, most of the shops in her hands were taken away by Zhou Xiya, and the rest are some shops that don't make money, and the money in her hands is gone, now Wan'er's family affairs are eyebrows, with the child in her belly, Wan'er can finally enter the palace, but she always has to pay a bride price in a beautiful way, but the money in her hand is not enough to play, and the financial power of the family is not in her hands.
There was no way, the Bai family had to come to Zhou Xiya, hoping that Zhou Xiya would help say good things and give her daughter a dowry.
Mama Zhou said a few words in Zhou Xiya's ear, Zhou Xiya nodded, and was about to say something, when Jinxiu came in to report that the Bai family was coming.
"Let her in, this mother and daughter are still together, and it just so happens that I have a kind heart to let her know something about her daughter, and there is nothing worse than knowing that her daughter is suffering." Zhou Xiya picked up the milk tea and warmed her hands.
Bai walked in, and when he saw Zhou Xiya, who didn't get up, Bai couldn't care about it, but said with a smile: "Wan'er, there are too many people who come to visit the house this year, and I'm tired, in previous years, your father was not in the house, and there were not many people who came to the house, but it didn't show anything." ”
"It doesn't hurt to have more, the rich housekeepers are there, and the matter is handled in an orderly manner, but I didn't worry about it." Zhou Xiya picked up the teacup and spoke in a steady tone.
"This is also your ability, I didn't expect you to be at the border for so many years, but you have learned the housekeeper's skills so well, much better than your sister Wan'er." In the past few days, I have been busy entertaining the ladies who came to the house, and I haven't had time to see my daughter's situation.
"Speaking of Sister Wan'er, I got a piece of news, don't I just want to tell my aunt about it?" Zhou Xiya put down the teacup and opened her mouth quietly.
"What's the news?" Bai is strange, isn't her daughter raising a baby in the house now?
"I heard that Sister Wan'er entered the palace, and now she is restricted by the princess in her freedom, and I have heard very badly." Zhou Xiya said deliberately.
"What. She went to the palace, why didn't this kid listen to me. Bai Shi stood up anxiously, she told Wan'er not to go to the third prince first, wait for the belly to be bigger, and then say that this child is disobedient, now go, if the princess does something to design her, how will she deal with it, the first three months is when the child is unstable. It's easy to drop.
"Could it be that my aunt also told my sister what to do. However, my aunt is from the past, so she naturally knows how to get out of the main room, but obviously Sister Wan'er doesn't have the patience of her aunt, and she is now in trouble in the palace. My aunt was still pretentious. Zhou Xiya reminded.
"This ...... That's the princess. How do I plug it in. Ya'er, when your aunt begs you, okay, you save your sister. Bai Shi ran out of ideas. If it were someone else's, she would still be able to go out, and the name of Mrs. Zhou would still be useful, but the palace was different, what was she.
"My aunt said and laughed, my aunt can't help it, how can I do it, I'm a girl's family, is it possible that my aunt wants me to go to the palace, if the people outside know, it's nice to say that I'm going to my sister, and those who don't know think I'm a red sister, and I'm fighting for the door? I don't get involved in this matter, now people's hearts are not ancient, there are all kinds of people, and they don't know their hearts. Zhou Xiya shook her head, looking very embarrassed.
"In that case, Ya'er, you go and beg your father, the master loves you the most, he will listen to what you say, let him go to the third prince and bring your sister out, or marry Wan'er directly to the third prince's mansion." Bai Shi hurriedly said.
"Aunt is in a hurry, my father is angry now, do you think he will listen to me? Don't forget, why was Sister Wan'er kicked out of the house, her father was upright, he was only loyal to the emperor, where would he change his original intention for a daughter, even if it was for me, I believe that my father would not stand on the side of the third prince, aunt, you are still good at death. Zhou Xiya was very happy to see Bai's anxious look.
"Yes...... But your sister is pregnant now," Bai told the secret in a hurry.
"What, pregnant" Zhou Xiya pretended to be surprised and covered her mouth, "Auntie, this is an unmarried pregnancy, is it possible that she wants to force the three princes to recognize their mother and son, aunt, you are really calculating, let me think about it, I can think of some aunt's thoughts, thinking of borrowing some surrounding snobbery such as the Zhou family and the Bai family, even if the three princes are not happy, they can force the three princes to recognize Zhou Xiwan, but compared to the three princes who are happy to accept such persecution, he wishes that his father would take the initiative to show favor to him, such a thing back then, It's not that my aunt hasn't done it, I heard that you are so close to the door of the Zhou family, this ability to teach by word and deed is really powerful, how does the saying come 'dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the sons of mice will make holes' Yes, that's it, aunt, if you weren't pregnant with Zhou Xiwan back then, you don't know where you are now, do you say yes. Zhou Xiya didn't pretend to be polite anymore, and said sarcastically directly.
"You...... How dare you speak to me like that? Bai pointed at Zhou Xiya angrily, whoever was uncovered by someone would also be annoyed and angry.
"Why, I don't dare to admit it, if you have the ability to do this, don't admit it, if you want to say that this God is really fair, some people do bad things, sooner or later they will be retributed, sometimes they don't repay the bad guy, but the retribution should be on the children, you say, will this bad guy be more painful?" Zhou Xiya walked into Bai's and asked with a smile.
"You... Have you regained your memory? Bai blurted out, although Zhou Xiya was not close to her before, she was polite to her, but today's appearance reminded her of the Zhou Xiya when she first returned home.
"Yes, I have recovered my memory, so I remembered a lot of things, so, my aunt should not waste too much thought about me, ask me for help, hehe, it's good that I don't fall into the well." Zhou Xiya held her arm and sneered.
"Okay, I'm here for nothing, but we will never let you watch the joke on the sidelines, you wait and see, my daughter will definitely not suffer." Bai clenched her fists, it seemed that Zhou Xiya would definitely not help, she had to find another way.
"It's okay, I was still thinking about whether to take some time to see which party, the princess went back, I went to sit with the princess, and talked to her, since my aunt didn't need it, then I won't go, but it's a pity that my kindness, since that's the case, then I'm idle, oh, by the way, you look at my brain, since Sister Wan'er is pregnant, how can I, a sister, don't know, wait for the shop on the street to open, I'm the biggest shop in the capital to make some clothes for my sister Wan'er's child, aunt rest assured, I must choose the best materials, and send them to the palace with great fanfare when the time comes, anyway, isn't Sister Wan'er in the palace now? Zhou Xiya seemed to think of something, and suddenly said with a slap.
"You ......" Bai Shi was already so angry that he couldn't speak, he didn't expect this Zhou Xiya to be so difficult, and he actually had to buy clothes for his grandson with great fanfare, isn't this going to make trouble The city of Mandu knows that his daughter is pregnant before marriage, if this reputation spreads, her daughter will have to bear such a notoriety for a lifetime.
"If you want to make such a big fuss, aren't you afraid of ruining your reputation? You are also the daughter of the Zhou family," Bai asked with a deep breath.
"Don't be afraid, I wish I had a bad reputation then, so there will be fewer people who think about me, anyway, people who really like me won't care about my reputation, are you right aunt." Zhou Xiya didn't care about spreading her hands, she was now angry with her rotten peach blossoms, and she wished that she would have a bad reputation so that others would no longer worry about her, but she was just scaring the Bai family with her mouth, and she didn't really want to do it, she wouldn't joke with the reputation of the Zhou family, and let people laugh at the two daughters of the Zhou family who were so disrespectful, how else could the father be a person, she was a filial daughter, and there were ways to deal with Zhou Xiwan's mother and daughter, why did she have to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred.
Bai left angrily, she still has to find a way to save her daughter, the Zhou family can't count on it, so she can only go back to her mother's house for help, these days Zhou Jianxiong has not recognized her identity as Mrs. Zhou, and those ladies over the years don't want her to be as enthusiastic as before, they all know that her position in the Zhou family is embarrassing, and she can't go up or down, so there are very few people she can ask for now.
Two days later, the third prince and the princess returned to the palace
"The princess is tired all the way, go and rest, this king has gone to the study, the dynasty is about to start, and the king still has a lot to deal with." Walking through the garden of the palace, the third prince said.
"The prince is the hardest, this time he also accompanied the concubine back to his mother's house, my father was very happy, said that the prince is a rare filial son-in-law, since the prince is busy, the concubine will not stop, I will send you some snacks you love to eat, the prince wants to pad his stomach." The princess smiled softly.
"Okay" The third prince nodded, it seems that the princess's maiden family is going to fully support him, and the father-in-law will also help the people of his clan to swim in the water, the princess's family is a big family, and there are many talents, but not all of them are willing to support him.
The third princess took her two daughters and walked to her courtyard.
Seeing that the princess took people away, Aunt Wu walked out from behind the rockery, the princess set the rules, as long as the princess and the princess have been returning to the house, the women in the house are not allowed to greet her, hum, it's not that I'm afraid of stealing her limelight, the old pearl woman, and the old man. (To be continued......)