Chapter 68: Accidents
There are many concubines in the palace, but there has been no prince and princess, and the minister impeached him for being obsessed with painting, especially painting lotus, and not actively cultivating, resulting in the concubines becoming decorations.
The concubines are also anxious, the queen has no children, as long as she can give birth to a son, she is the eldest son of the emperor, and the throne of the next queen mother is frequently beckoning. Therefore, it is inevitable that they will compete for favor by various means, in order to be able to salivate the prince.
The Queen Mother ordered her to enter the palace because Li Xiuxiu was "unspeakably expensive", and when she entered the palace, she was not the lowest grade lady, but a big leap forward, and she became a concubine in one step. The sisters had to ask what "unspeakable" meant, and someone who understood it explained it. So everyone understood that this was a rival in love who came to rob them of the throne of the queen mother.
Before they entered the palace, they had offended all the concubines.
Shen Mingzhu has a sincere temperament, and he took the lead in making trouble, and he clashed with Li Xiuxiu when he met for the first time, and every time he met, he was indistinguishable from each other.
After all, Li Xiuxiu's time in the palace was still short, and the palace people who were supposed to do it didn't know much, so when Zhou Heng mentioned it to Cui Keyin, he didn't say much.
Cui Keyin looked at Xu Jing'er puzzled, Xu Jing'er shook her head, saying that she didn't know what unresolved entanglements the two had.
"There is a curfew at night, not too late." Cui Keyin said goodbye again: "I should go back." ”
Xu Jing'er looked helpless and said, "I will tell the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother on your behalf." ”
She naturally knew that Cui Keyin was not saying goodbye to her, but talking to the first two through her.
Cui Keyin thanked her and turned to leave, when someone suddenly patted her on the shoulder behind her. said: "The fourth sister-in-law in the future is so beautiful. ”
Zilan, who was standing on the periphery, almost jumped over, but fortunately, she quickly saw that it was Princess Roujia and stood again.
Cui Keyin was taken aback.
"Haha, I'm scared of the fourth sister-in-law." Like a child who had succeeded in her mischief, Roujia stroked her palms and laughed.
Cui Keyin bowed: "I don't know what the princess commands?" ”
Rou Jia waved her hand and said, "You are my future fourth sister-in-law, no need to be polite." I heard that the Cui family's poems and etiquette heirlooms in Taiping Lane, and when I saw the fourth sister-in-law today, she really lived up to her name, hehe. ”
Cui Keyin said lightly: "The Cui family's poems and etiquette in Taiping Lane are not fake. The children and grandchildren are walking outside. Respect people, but they will not let others bully and not fight back. ”
Someone exclaimed, "She understands!" ”
Cui Keyin glanced at where the voice came from, only to see Song Shu covering her mouth in embarrassment.
Isn't it just that she's stupid, how can she not understand?
Xu Jing'er glared at Song Shu. Retracted his gaze and said to Cui Keyin: "I'll let someone send you back." ”
The smile is much more affectionate than just now. The tone is also a lot more sincere.
There are attendants to send them off. Naturally, the imperial history of the city patrol did not dare to investigate.
Cui Keyin excused herself: "Xie Niangniang, it's just that the palace gate is locked at night, and I'm afraid that it will be inconvenient for my father-in-law to enter and exit." ”
Cui Zhenyi is a three-grade waiter. The lantern of Cui's family was hung in front of the car, even if the car was stopped, with his name sticker, he didn't dare to check the imperial history of the city. Cui Keyin didn't want to owe her a favor in vain.
Xu Jing'er glared at Song Shu again and said, "I'll send you." After a pause, he said: "This fairy garden is very good for moon viewing, you will know it after you pass the door." ”
Cui Keyin heard her say strangely, and asked puzzledly, "Why?" ”
Xu Jing'er smiled and didn't speak.
Li Xiuxiu and Shen Mingzhu saw Cui Keyin and Xu Jing'er walking out, so they stopped the war of words and chased after them together.
"Stop!" Li Xiuxiu shouted angrily. She hasn't asked what is going on, how can she let Cui Keyin leave?
"Why are you leaving?" Shen Mingzhu said hurriedly: "We haven't talked well yet." ”
In order to suppress Li Xiuxiu, she roared hard, and her voice was hoarse and very ugly at this time.
Cui Keyin stopped, waited for Shen Mingzhu to trot up with her skirt, and saluted her: "Concubine Xie De's care, it's not early, I should go back." ”
Shen Mingzhu looked like he was upset, and said with a big bag: "It's okay, someone will bully you in the future, just tell me, look at me for you." ”
As he spoke, he glared fiercely at Li Xiuxiu, who was approaching.
Li Xiuxiu glared back fiercely, crossed her hands on her hips, behaved very indecently, and said, "I have something to tell you, you come with me." ”
Cui Keyin smiled faintly, lightly opened her lips, and spit out two words: "I'm not available." ”
She turned to leave, Li Xiuxiu reached out and pulled her sleeve, and her hand was clamped. She felt her wrist burn and hurt as if it had been burned with a reddened iron.
Cui Keyin had already walked away, and a thin little maid in front of her smiled politely and said, "Don't work hard to send each other." ”
Bah! Who sent you, it's shameless. Li Xiuxiu's face was full of anger, staring at Zilan deadly, eager to slap her on the spot and knock her to the ground. In the end, I was afraid that I would not hit, and I would sink my other hand into it.
Xu Jing'er and Shen Mingzhu accompanied Cui Keyin and walked to the gate of Xianyi Garden, Zilan let go of Li Xiuxiu, saluted, and chased Cui Keyin.
Her wrist was bruised, and her whole arm was numb in pain.
Li Xiuxiu swore that she must sue Cui Keyin in front of the emperor, no, sue Zhou Heng for her situation, and separate their brotherly feelings. Putting Zhou Heng under house arrest in Beijing is not enough to quench the hatred in her heart, she should be placed under house arrest in the Jin Palace, and she can't go out for half a step to relieve her anger.
The carriage drove out of the palace gate and came to Kaixinglin Hutong unimpeded.
Cui Keyin asked the coachman, "Isn't there a curfew tonight?" ”
According to the rules of this dynasty, the curfew will be lifted during the Lantern Festival, allowing the people to go out to watch the lanterns and play, and the rest of the days are curfewed at night.
The coachman said: "Miss Hui, the prince asked people to hang the lanterns of the Jin Palace." ”
Cui Keyin got out of the car, and sure enough, she saw two bright lanterns hanging on the car, each with a big "Jin" written on it.
She didn't expect Zhou Heng to even think of such a trivial matter.
Cui Zhenyi, Cui Muhua and Jiang Shi got the letter and came out, seeing her standing and looking at the lantern in a daze, they thought she had been wronged, and hurriedly asked what was going on.
The coachman said it again.
Jiang was full of praise for Zhou Heng.
The group returned to the Spring Mountain Residence, and Cui Zhenyi said: "King Jin has a heart." In fact, it is clear that the people in our house are walking outside, and the imperial history of the city will also be released. ”
There are many families with the surname Cui in Beijing, and with just one "Cui" character, people can't be sure that it is Cui Shilang's family.
Jiang asked about the moon viewing meeting, and saw that Cui Keyin did not reveal anything, so he was relieved.
Cui Muhua said with a smile: "My mother has been worrying about my sister all night, I said that my sister is acting without leakage, and she will never be fine." Credible now? ”
Jiang Shi said angrily: "You talk a lot." ”
The family talked and laughed, and it was not until the second watch that they went back to their rooms to rest.
No one expected that the Mid-Autumn Festival had just ended, and the utensils for worshipping ancestors had not yet been packed into the warehouse, and a letter of impeachment against Wang Zhe was presented to Emperor Zhi'an in front of the case, which really stirred up a thousand waves with one stone and caused an uproar.
In the past, the impeachment of Wang Zhe was humanely destroyed in Wang Zhe's hands, and Emperor An could not see it at all. This letter was ingenious, stopping Emperor Zhi'an, who was going to the imperial palace, and handed it over to him. (To be continued......)