Chapter 17: One Farewell and Two Years

"You're leaving?" Ouyang Ye never thought that his titular concubine would come to him to talk about this matter, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he wanted to leave the mansion, which couldn't help but surprise people.

"Hmm." Xi Chao returned home to find Ouyang Ye not to discuss, but to inform him separately.

"Where are you going?" Ouyang Ye came back to his senses and asked.

"No need to be clear." This is a secret, and the Xi Dynasty will not sue Ouyang Ye.

Ouyang Ye fixed his eyes on Xi Chao, who was dressed in men's clothes, and said after a while: "If you want to leave the mansion, I won't stop you, but you have to tell me where you live outside, if there is something to find you back to the mansion." ”

"No, I'll go home if there's something to do." Xi Chao didn't want to be controlled by Ouyang Ye, firstly, she was afraid that someone would get the news and pray for it, and secondly, she wanted to train the Eighteen Guards, and this matter was very important and could not be known to outsiders.

Ouyang Ye saw that Xi Chao did not back down for half a minute, moved his lips, and finally did not say a word, and waved his hand to send off the guest. What he can say, no matter what he says, there will be no answer, if he wants to leave, how can he stop him, she can tell it in person, it is already a big face.

When the news came out that the eldest lady was going out for medical treatment, the happiest thing was the Liu mother and daughter, who simply wanted to beat the gong and drum to send the evil star out of the prime minister's mansion and never come back.

On the night when Xi Chao came back, he asked the four of Hongming to pack up their things and leave early the next morning, since they only went to medical treatment, then they naturally had to bring some medicinal materials, so as not to take advantage of some people.

On the second day, Wang's mother replied with a smile on her face: "Madam, the old slave saw the eldest lady's carriage go out of Shangjing, and it seems that she went to a place other than Shangjing. ”

"That's good, that's good." Aunt Liu's heart fell and she showed excitement, "I hope that cheap girl will never have to come back." "It's better to die outside.

"Looks like it's going to be going for a long time." Wang Ma desperately hopes that the Prime Minister's Mansion will be restored to its original peace.

With the departure of the Xi Dynasty, the matter of the county lord of Zunyi gradually faded out of people's sight due to the passage of time, and several families who wanted to marry saw that they had no hope and turned their minds to other families.

Xi Chao returned to Zhuangzi and remade the plan, this stay is two years, and the martial arts have not been neglected in two years, and the training of the eighteen guards is particularly satisfactory to her, and the Xiao Kill on the eighteen people has been reined in, which is extremely beneficial to the future arrangement.

A lot of things have changed in the past two years, and the growth of the Xi Dynasty is especially good, not only the growing height, but also the small success in martial arts, which can already integrate the chaotic memories in her mind, although she still can't understand the origin of these memories but she knows the importance of them.

Not long ago, the Prime Minister's Mansion ushered in Ouyang Yun's fifteen-year-old and ceremony, because of Aunt Liu's vanity, she invited many official wives with status to watch the ceremony, and the scene was so grand that it was a grand envy of others.

A few days later, a holy decree was issued in the palace, and the virtuous and dignified Ouyang Yun was given the eldest prince Mu Zhao as a side concubine. When I came back to my senses, I was very happy, it was the prince's side concubine, and she might be able to become the imperial concubine in the future, this is simply a pie falling from the sky, a great thing.

Not only the mother and daughter of the Liu family were overjoyed, but even the people in the house were also smiling, not for anything else, they were happy to add a happy event to the house, not only could they get a rich reward, but all the compradors who went out of the house held their heads high, and there was a princess in the house, which was a good thing for the glorious court.

There is only one person in the mansion who can't be happy, that is Ouyang Ye, who is a minister, and his daughter marrying the eldest prince as a side concubine seems to be high, and it is the emperor's importance to the Prime Minister's Mansion, because Ouyang Yun is a concubine, if she marries the prince, she can only be a concubine, and it is not recorded in the jade plate, and it is not on the family tree. Now that she has suddenly become the prince's side concubine, it is actually intriguing inside, whether it is **interference or the emperor's intention. Although since ancient times, the position of the prince has been established first, followed by the longest, and there is no queen and no concubine in the palace, so the eldest prince Mu Zhao is the eldest son, and the possibility of becoming the prince is higher, but there are also the second prince Mu Rong and the third prince Mu Jinming, the matter of the prince is really unpredictable, and it is also a loss that there are only three princes with few heirs, otherwise it is really impossible to estimate who can have the last laugh.

In Ouyang Ye's heart, the emperor should like the third prince to be the crown prince, although his nominal mother Concubine Qi died early, and his maternal uncle is a squire of the Ministry of Works, who has little status in the court, how can he be compared with the other two princes without the support of a strong maternal family. However, in the past ten years, the emperor has not given the third prince any conditions to pave the way, nor has he seen him win over other ministers, which makes Ouyang Ye very difficult to understand the emperor's true thoughts, which makes him more cautious, even if he can't become the new emperor's favorite, he must ensure that the Ouyang family is prosperous for generations, and he also has an eldest son, Ouyang Lin, who must not ruin his son's future, and every step he takes needs to be extremely careful.

The fact that Ouyang Yun married the eldest prince as a side concubine was rumored to be a big deal, which was a great joy in the capital.

"Cheng is really blessed to be a royal relative, tsk."

"Why don't you say that Miss Ouyang is both talented and beautiful, and she is favored by the royal family."

"That's it, just after the completion of the ceremony, there is a great happy event coming to the door, and this blessing cannot be compared."

"Isn't it just a side concubine?" Naturally, some people don't think so.

"What's wrong with the side concubine, she is a concubine called Gao Pan." Someone said it casually.

"Who knows, the people in the palace are the most difficult to guess." Someone laughed at it

"That's right, that's right, there's one more thing, you didn't mention it, I forgot it." One of them suddenly exclaimed.

"What's the matter?" Everyone's curiosity was piqued.

"The daughter of the Ouyang family." The man was half-talking.

"You mean, Lord Zunyi." Someone picked up.

"Yes, yes."

"I haven't heard from you for two years, who knows where the county lord is?"

"I heard that I was sent to Beijing two years ago to recuperate." Someone brought up something from two years ago.

"Even the eldest sister's ceremony didn't come back to participate." This makes people think about it.

"I don't know if I will come back afterwards." Some people are looking forward to it.

"If you want to say that both talent and appearance should belong to this Zunyi County Lord, there is no doubt." Everyone can't help but recall the unique prime minister's daughter.

"Yes, such a gorgeous young man, I will never see him again." Some people can't help but sigh.

"What kind of elegance is peerless, she was only eleven years old at that time, how can she use such a metaphor as elegance and peerlessness, I think it is because it is as cold as frost." I shuddered when I thought about it.

"Anyway, the county lord is indeed handsome, and now he is thirteen years old, but I don't know what he has become."

"Why are you, a man with a wife and a concubine, still thinking about the lord of the county." One person made a joke.

"you, what are you talking about?" Someone laughed and scolded.

"How can he marry the county lord?" Everyone laughed.

"Okay, okay, let's talk about something new." One man spoke out to relieve a red-faced person.

"In a few days, it will be the fiftieth birthday of the Holy One."

"I'll be happy for a few more days."

"It's a big day to celebrate together."

"I heard that this birthday banquet is presided over by the second prince."

"I thought it was the eldest prince."

"Who knows?"

"It's exciting."

"Master, it's time to go back." Hong Ming made a cup of tea and handed it over.

"It's time." Xi Chao took the tea cup and sipped it shallowly.

"Do you want to go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion first?" Hong Ming asked.

"No need, live in Fengyang Building first." Xi Chao thought that since she came out, she didn't plan to go back now, and waited for the birthday banquet in the palace.

"You don't have to move anything, just get a few changes of clothes." Xi Chao listened to the cheerful songs of the birds around him, and his heart was very quiet.

"Master, what kind of frame should be matched with the embroidery completed the day before yesterday?" Hongming asked about the birthday gift that the Xi Dynasty had begun to prepare as early as half a month ago.

"Go back and choose again." Xi Chao hasn't figured out what to use yet.

"Yes." Hong Ming saw that Xi Chao was not instructing, so he went down to see what was still missing.

Xi Chao returned to Shangjing and lived in the small courtyard behind Fengyang Building, and when the four of Hongming cleaned up, it was time for the New Year's dinner, and after the meal, they took Lianglu out of the house.

In the past two years, Beijing has become more prosperous, there are more stalls in the streets and alleys, and there are some good performances, and the scene in front of me can't help but feel proud, this is the prosperous scene under the rule of my father, walking slowly along the streets and alleys, taking in the lively atmosphere, I can't help but sigh in my heart, I am back.

Seeing the plaque hanging from the Duobao Pavilion, Xi Chao walked in, and she wanted to frame her embroidered birthday gift with a suitable frame.

"What does Childe need?" The smiling shopkeeper saw the son who entered the door at a glance, and the young man with an extraordinary appearance in a gorgeous costume couldn't help but make people admire, what a handsome young man.

"Is there a framed painting, it's more quaint." Green Yin stepped forward and said to the shopkeeper.

"Yes, yes, son, please." The shopkeeper greeted the three of them enthusiastically and turned to the counter, and quickly took out a sample of several styles of picture frames from the counter for them to choose.

"The size of the frame can be customized, and the son chooses the style first." The shopkeeper introduced: "These are all new last month, the style is simple and generous, I don't know what the son is for?" ”

"Give it away." The concise and clear words spit out from Xichao's mouth, and his eyes were selected back and forth on several styles.

"It's better to give these ones away." When the shopkeeper heard that it was used to give it away, he immediately picked out three styles from it and put it in front of the young man and said: "This gold pattern is made of pure gold, this wooden is the best small leaf red sandalwood, and the framed calligraphy and painting are simple and generous, and this kind of jade is extremely rare Hetian white jade ......."

Xi Chao only glanced at it, his brows raised slightly, and he was not very satisfied, and said, "Is there anything else?" "The gold is too cheesy, how can it be used to frame her embroidery, the embroidery also uses a lot of gold and silver threads, and the gold frame is a little mismatched, the red sandalwood is good, but the color is too black and heavy, and the white jade is too plain, which is not what she wants.

The shopkeeper saw that the young man was dissatisfied and immediately said: "There are some and there are a few, but the price is much higher." ”

"The shopkeeper takes it himself." Green Yin said: "Give it to others with all your heart." ”

"Yes, yes, Childe wait." The shopkeeper entered the inner room, and when he came out with a wooden box.

"This is a high-grade blood jade, as well as Hetian topaz." The shopkeeper opened the box and introduced: "This is the original stone that needs to be carved, this can be carved by another person, we have a few masters here, if the son is willing, he can put it here, it will not take a few days to complete." ”

Nephrite jade is undoubtedly the best in the hand, and the tide is careful to decide that it is better to use topaz, the color is not too bright and there is the moistness of jade, which is good.

"You want this topaz, but there is such material?" The best jade is extremely rare, and Xi Chao just asks casually, and if there is one, he will buy it.

"Yes, the goods just arrived the day before yesterday, I don't know how many sizes Childe's things have?" The shopkeeper asked, "Master of Tricks has a sample book for the son to choose from." ”

"About two feet square." Xi Chao said: "Things should be driven out as much as possible." ”

"When will Childe use it?" The shopkeeper thought about it, and those carving masters were not very busy these days, so they should be able to rush out.

"I'll pick it up in two days." Xi Chao said: "The price can be calculated separately. ”

The shopkeeper was secretly happy, this was a big deal, and he was busy saying: "Yes, son, go to the middle to choose a style." ”

"Hmm." Xi Chao turned his head to look at the sample on the counter and said, "That piece of blood jade is also gone." ”

"Okay" The shopkeeper instructed the shopkeeper on the side to stay to greet the guests, and he took the young man into the room to choose a suitable carving style.

A carriage stopped outside the door, and a graceful girl got out of the car.

"Miss be careful." Yahuan carefully helped the girl get out of the car.

The two girls entered the Duobao Pavilion one after the other and looked around, and with a casual sweep of their eyes, they saw the bright red jade on the counter, and their eyes lit up and stepped forward.

"How do you sell this?" Reach out and grab the jade in the box.

Lu Qin's eyes flashed, and he immediately reached out and took the lid of the blood jade box in his hand, how could the master's things be touched.

"That's something my young lady has a crush on, don't put it down quickly!" Yahuan boldly stepped forward to reprimand Lu Qin, who was wearing a water-green skirt.

The girl who was robbed of her favorite things frowned, looked at the two women in green with great displeasure, and said contemptuously: "Where did you come from, cheap girl, Miss Ben dares to grab the things she likes." ”

Hearing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward to explain: "This young lady is embarrassed, that piece of blood jade has been bought, young lady can take a look at other things, there are many good ones, I don't know what type young lady likes, the small one will be brought to young lady." ”

The girl grew up in everyone's hands, and even if she was at a loss, she didn't want to be taken away from her face in person, so she said unceremoniously: "They haven't paid the money yet, that is, they haven't mastered it yet, Miss Ben just took a fancy to it and made a price." ”

"This ......" shopkeeper is a little embarrassed, it stands to reason that it is common to come first and then come, although the things that the prince who looked rich and noble before bought will have to pay the silver in the future, but after all, it is settled, seeing that the young lady in front of him does not look like he has a very high status, how can this be good.

"Don't bring anything yet." Yahuan stepped forward and reached out to grab the brocade box in Luqin's hand.

"Hmph, I don't know where it came from, why don't you hurry up and put down your things and get out." The girl looked contemptuously high, looking invincible.

"Who should I be, it turned out to be the second lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion." Green Yin looked at the arrogant girl again, and the coldness in her eyes flashed.

In the past two years, Ouyang Yun's face has been fully opened, and her height has become taller, and she looks slightly different from two years ago.

"You!" The girl, that is, Ouyang Yun, stared at the woman in green who spoke, thinking about the identity of the woman in green in her mind, but unfortunately she was not impressed, and her face was even more ugly, "How can a pariah like you know Miss Ben, hurry up and put down your things and get out, see that Miss Ben is in a good mood, and she can open up the net or ......"

"Second Miss is really a noble person who forgets things." Lu Yin sneered and said, "By the way, the second lady will soon become the prince's side concubine." The sarcasm between the words speaks for itself.

"You pariah!" How could Ouyang Yun not hear the sarcasm in his words, and his face suddenly turned white.

"Is it a pariah who can't judge the second lady?" Lu Yin slammed Ouyang Yun's face: "It's just a concubine, and before he married into the prince's mansion, he began to show off his might, and he was not afraid of making people laugh and lose the face of the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

"You!" Ouyang Yun had no time when someone pointed at his nose and humiliated him.

"Two, two ......" Xiao Er wanted to stop the two parties from arguing, but neither of the two parties listened to his persuasion and made peace, so he was really helpless.

"Bold, that is, knowing that my young lady is the prince's concubine and has a noble status, you and other untouchables dare to speak strongly." Yahuan relied on Ouyang Yun's identity to make a lot of nonsense.

"Don't bother, the master will be unhappy if he waits for a long time." Lu Qin put the brocade away, and took out a few silver tickets from his sleeve and put them on the counter.

"This is a deposit, and I will settle it when the shopkeeper comes out." Green Qin asked the shop to settle the bill.

The shopkeeper picked it up and counted five silver tickets of one thousand taels, and the deal was decided, and he was busy collecting the silver tickets.

"Come on, don't take down these two bold pariahs yet." Yahuan stepped out of the door in a few steps and greeted the three little maids brought by the family.

As soon as the three little servants heard that their master had been bullied three steps and took two steps into the Duobao Pavilion, they rolled up their sleeves to make a fight, and went straight to the two women in green.

"Huh!" Luyin Luqin glanced at each other and sneered, he didn't expect that in the past two years, the second lady's temper had not been restrained, and she dared to start with the two of her in the name of the prince's side concubine, even so, there was no need to show mercy.

"Don't fight, don't fight." The shopkeeper saw that this frame was not good and came out to dissuade him, if he smashed the store, he couldn't afford to lose it if he sold it.

The people who were going to enter the Duobao Pavilion and see the situation inside, they all closed their feet and stood outside the door to watch the show, if nothing else, just for the matter of the side concubine that was rumored a few days ago, most of them wanted to see the style of the prince's side concubine.

"Give Miss Ben a good lesson for these two pariahs." Ouyang Yunyi commanded the order, but he didn't know that he had caused a lot of trouble.

When the three servants heard the order, they were going to step forward and pull, but one of the little guys took half a step back and didn't step forward, for no other reason, because he recognized one of the two women in green, and he was shocked, why was he so unlucky to meet the evil star.

"Miss, it's better to leave quickly." The little maid glanced at the more and more people gathered outside the door, retreated to Ouyang Yun's side with fear, and reminded in a low voice: "The woman in green is the personal maid of the eldest lady, and if you don't leave, I'm afraid it will be too late." He really regretted why he came out today, if Ouyang Yun had three longs and two shorts, he wouldn't have to live.

"Miss?" Ouyang Yun was puzzled for a moment, and her heart was suddenly shocked, she remembered, no wonder the woman in green revealed her identity.

In the brief conversation between the two, they had already started to move, and they didn't have to guess to know the final result.

Green Yin will not show mercy to his subordinates, like this kind of soft and afraid of hard foxes and fake tiger power Diao Nu cleaned up one by one, and with two seemingly easy feet, he kicked the two little guys to the side of the door, fell to the ground and fainted without pain.

Such a movement naturally alarmed passers-by and surrounding businesses, and they gathered in a crowded place, and nothing happened in the whispered inquiry, such a big movement.