Chapter 188: Provoking
For two or three days in a row, Zhou Heng didn't go anywhere, and he had been accompanying Cui Keyin in the Purple Smoke Pavilion. Cui Keyin listened to the stewards and grandmothers in the morning and assigned the work, and Zhou Heng watched from the side, which made the stewards and grandmothers tremble. Cui Keyin walked around the plum tree in the backyard in the afternoon, and he sat in an easy chair under the plum tree, boiling water and making tea.
After two or three days like this, Yuan Shan said: "Zhu Xiucai, the fiancΓ© of Miss Yao's original marriage, went to Jingyin Mansion to beat the drum and voice his grievances, accusing Yao Shilang of bullying the poor and loving the rich, and clinging to the powerful. The pleadings wrote that the two families had been hired and were about to get married, but on the day of the marriage, Cui Shilang forcibly withdrew from his marriage.
Now the Queen Mother has given Miss Yao to the King of Jin, it is clear that Yao Shilang is greedy for the wealth of the King of Jin, and he has a daughter and two husbands. He risked his life to sue and begged Jingzhao Mansion Yin to give him justice. β
Speaking of the latter, Toyama couldn't help but laugh.
Cui Keyin looked at Lu Ying, who was standing with her hands hanging on her hand, Lu Ying was stunned, and her small mouth was open enough to stuff a duck egg.
After hearing this, Zhou Heng said calmly: "Send two people to protect Zhu Xiucai in case someone kills people to vent their anger." β
Cui Keyin said in a low voice: "You did it?" β
"How is that possible? How could this king put himself on the cusp of the storm and be accused of oppressing people with power? Wouldn't it be bad if it was included in a book of imperial history? Zhou Heng seemed to be a serious person.
Cui Keyin smiled and glanced at him coquettishly.
She also wanted to find that Zhu Xiucai, but she was short of manpower, and the people sent out had not found him yet. Unexpectedly, Zhou Heng's people not only found him, but also persuaded him to come forward to complain. As soon as this incident came out, Yao Huidong wanted to marry into the Jin Palace. That's impossible. Zhou Heng's image suddenly became tall in her heart. She couldn't help herself and leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.
The servants in the house bowed their heads and fished out.
Zhou Heng turned his face sideways, pointed to the other cheek, and motioned for her to kiss again.
Cui Keyin kissed it loudly.
Zhou Heng laughed and said, "Now I believe that your father-in-law doesn't have the heart to take a concubine, right?" In the future, you are not allowed to put on a face for your father-in-law at every turn. β
Thinking of giving him a look on his face intentionally or unintentionally in the past few days, Cui Keyin's pretty face was slightly hot, but she refused to admit it, and said, "How can there be?" You are the prince, how dare you be a concubine. It's too late to flatter you. β
"It's still a concubine." Zhou Heng pouted: "Although you didn't say it." But what is clear in your eyes is all alienation, don't think that your husband can't see it. β
Otherwise, why would he put down all the big and small things at hand and accompany him around the clock? Sometimes there is a look between lovers. One expression is enough. Where to say anything.
Cui Keyin didn't admit it. But his voice lowered: "What's the matter?" β
Zhou Heng smiled and said, "If you promise to be a husband, you can not blame your husband." β
Since that night. He is full of tricks, and he can always toss her. Cui Keyin thought of his soft-spoken pleading, her face was warm and heartbeat, and she covered her ears and said, "I don't listen." β
Isn't this a cover-up? Zhou Heng smiled and pulled down her hand to cover her ears, and said, "If you don't listen, you have to listen, and if you don't agree, you have to agree." Otherwise, the husband will be angry. β
Looking at his appearance, it is clear that there is affection in the sword eyebrows and a smile in his eyes, how can he look angry.
Cui Keyin was aggrieved for a few days, but this matter finally made progress, and she was in a really good mood, so she snuggled into his arms and didn't speak.
Zhou Heng whispered a few words in her ear, Cui Keyin just laughed, Zhou Heng whispered softly, and after a long time, Cui Keyin nodded lightly.
The husband and wife laughed here, the room was spring, and in the Kunning Palace, the Queen Mother was so angry that she dropped the teacup and called Emperor Zhi'an to scold her.
Emperor An bowed his head and was scolded, and when the Queen Mother finished scolding, he persuaded: "The queen mother should take back her life." There are many good women, whether they want to take a side concubine for the little four, or leave it to the Ministry of Rites to choose yes. β
Now it has to be like this, no matter how much she wants to disgust Cui Keyin, she can't get a notorious woman to enter the door. The side concubine is to be on the jade plate, not as good as the ordinary concubine.
"Let the Ministry of Rites agree on the list and show it to me." The Queen Mother made a decision: "Ah Heng must accept two side concubines at the same time, and the ancestral system is complete." Otherwise, few people will say that I am mean. β
In the past two days, Wang Zhe has been chattering in the ear of Emperor Zhi'an, saying that the King of Jin has only one concubine, and those who know that he is afraid of his wife like a tiger, and those who don't know think that the emperor treats him poorly. He also said that the king of Jin had complained to him in private, and he had the intention of accepting a concubine.
Emperor Zhi'an is simple-minded, soft-eared, and unconditionally trusts Wang Zhe, where did he think that Wang Zhe received the will of the Queen Mother and blew the southeast and northwest winds? I thought that Zhou Heng had this meaning, but he was thin-skinned and it was not easy to announce it.
As soon as the Queen Mother said it, he agreed. When I returned to the Qinzheng Palace, I immediately met with Gao Dian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
When Gao Dian heard that he was going to choose a side concubine for Zhou Heng, he became vigilant. In order to marry his daughter to the King of Jin, Yao Shilang has already made a fuss and lost his reputation. If that Zhu Xiucai has no one behind him, he dares to sue the two Jinshi and be the third-grade waiter of the court? He didn't want to follow in Yao's footsteps.
"The minister is frightened, I don't know which lady the King of Jin likes? Please make it clear to the emperor, and the ministers should start arranging. β
Emperor Zhi An said: "I am asking you to submit the list for the queen mother to choose." You can go down, choose carefully, and submit the list in three days. β
It turned out to be the Queen Mother's idea again. Gao Dian left the palace and immediately took a car to the Jin Palace, asking to see Zhou Heng.
Zhou Heng went to Xinglin Hutong. Gao Dian insisted that he had something important to see, and Mr. Meng, the chief staff of the Jin Palace, had no choice but to come forward and invite him to have tea in the flower hall and accompany him to talk.
Gao Dian said: "The emperor announced that the official entered the palace, and said that he wanted to choose a side concubine for the king of Jin, and asked the official to submit the list, but there was no instruction. Do you want to pick the style, or pick the virtuous, or pick the knowledgeable person? This official has come to ask the King of Jin to show it. β
When Mr. Meng heard this, he immediately understood that he had come to report the news.
When Cui Keyin first entered the door, Mr. Meng couldn't get used to Zhou Heng's appearance of revolving around Cui Keyin every day, and was worried that after a long time, the person who spoke in charge of the Jin Palace's Mansion would change from the King of Jin to the Princess of Jin. He couldn't have seen this happen. He persuaded Zhou Heng several times, but Zhou Heng didn't listen or speak, and Cui Keyin also rewarded him with the young and beautiful Kabuki.
A kabuki naturally can't shake his mind. In the past half a year, he has watched coldly, the new princess is very smart, where she shouldn't interfere, she will never interfere indiscriminately, and where she should take care of it, she takes care of it in an orderly manner. This self-knowledge alone made him look at it differently.
He never wants Zhou Heng to waste his business for women, the current situation is very good, and he must not admit those stupid and unaware women into the mansion and break the current balance.
Thinking of this, he got up and bowed his hand to Gao Dian: "Thank you for your kindness, it's just that the prince of my family has a deep affection for the princess, and I'm afraid that I won't accept the concubine." Please slow down, and wait for my lord to enter the palace to plead to the emperor. β
Gao Dian's goal was achieved, and he left satisfied.
Mr. Meng sent it to the gate, turned around, and went to the Purple Smoke Pavilion to ask to see Cui Keyin. (To be continued......)
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