Chapter 21: Advance and Retreat
When the footsteps came, Xie Roujia did not look up.
Xie Wenxing and Shao Mingqing personally sent her to the palace gate, and Xie Wenxing repeatedly told her to talk less and see less.
The footsteps stopped ahead, and Xie Roujia heard Shi Li, the inner attendant leading the way, shouting a string of names of the son.
She avoided a few steps, but these sons did not hula past.
"This is Miss Xie?"
Someone asked.
The waiter responded, and Xie Roujia also bowed his knees slightly.
"I heard you're dancing well? Let's take a look. ”
What the?
Xie Roujia frowned and raised her head.
The little girl kept her head down, and at this time she raised her head, revealing a snow-white face and bright eyes.
Rao is Fang Gongzi, who is used to seeing beauties, couldn't help but jump twice in his heart.
A smile spread across his face.
"Miss Xie has heard of her name for a long time." He said with a smile.
The waiter shouted in his heart that he was unlucky.
"Little Master Fang." He stubbornly said, "The Queen Mother is waiting to see Miss Xie Er." ”
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Fang Gongzi.
"Miss Xie is going to the Queen Mother, are you going to dance?" He laughs.
"I can't dance." Xie Roujia said.
The voice was tactful and pleasant, and the smile on Fang Gongzi's face became even stronger.
"Miss Xie is modest." He said, standing ahead without the slightest hint of getting out of the way.
Footsteps came from behind him.
"Jia Jia Jia Jia."
Xie Rouhui shouted, rushing over with a panicked face, hiding Xie Roujia behind her.
"What's wrong? Are you okay? ”
Look at this little girl who has popped up again. The group of sons let out an uproar.
"Behold, they look the same."
"It's a pair of twins."
A crowd surrounded the road, blocking the road even more.
Xie Rouhui blocked Xie Roujia behind her, and saluted them with a little timidity.
"My sister entered the palace for the first time and collided with the son, please forgive me." She said.
Xie Roujia frowned in the back.
"I didn't run into them." She said.
Xie Rouhui turned around and glared at her anxiously.
"Don't speak." She whispered, "This is the palace." ”
Fang Gongzi smiled, his gaze turning around the pair of sisters.
"yes." "She just ran into me," he said. ”
"You—" Xie Roujia strolled.
Xie Rouhui stopped her.
"Fang Gongzi, I'll compensate you for her." She said.
"It's not." Fang Gongzi smiled. Look at the two of them. "Let's give me a dance."
As soon as these words came out, the young men around them all coaxed.
Xie Rouhui's face turned pale.
"Okay, it's just that we're going to see the Queen Mother now, and we'll ....... another day," she said.
Good?
Xie Roujia frowned.
"Xie Rouhui. What are you talking about? She interrupted.
"Don't say anything I say." Xie Rouhui said urgently.
"Are you saying what you should say?" Xie Roujia said. Shake her off. Standing in front of Fang Gongzi, "This child, we can't dance." And now I'm going to see the Queen Mother, please give way. ”
Fang Gongzi sighed and looked at her with raised eyebrows.
"What did you say?" He asked.
"I said please give way." Xie Roujia said.
"Jiajia! Don't be rude. Xie Rouhui said hurriedly, reaching out and grabbing Xie Roujia's arm.
Xie Roujia shook her hand, and Xie Rouhui fell to the ground with a sigh.
The onlookers suddenly stretched out their voices and wowed.
"The little girl is so fierce, even her sister is beaten!" Fang Gongzi shouted angrily.
"Rouhui!"
Princess Xianrong could no longer stand by and watch, so she had to hurry over.
"Fang Ziyuan, what are you doing?"
She said with dissatisfaction.
The young people saluted Princess Xianrong and watched Princess Xianrong reach out to support Xie Rouhui.
"What did I do?" Fang Gongzi shouted, "I didn't do anything, everyone is watching, this little girl is so fierce, she first bumped into me, and then hit my sister." ”
"You talk nonsense!" Xie Roujia said.
Fang Gongzi made a frightened look and hid back.
"Look, you're going to hit me again." He screamed.
"Jiajia!" Xie Rouhui hurriedly grabbed her, "Don't mess around, this is not at home." ”
Yes, that's right, it's not at home, it's not in Bashu.
If you are at home, in Bashu, how can you encounter such a thing.
At home, everyone in Bashu knows who they are, respects them from the heart, and will not humiliate them like this, and in the face of people who respect and trust, she naturally will not look at them coldly.
Now that they are not at home, the people here are not only unconvinced, but also very disrespectful, and treat them as Maiko for fun, can't they be cold eyes to those who humiliate them?
Just because it's not in Bashu, do you have to swallow your anger?
"Is this your sister?" Princess Xianrong said with a frown.
She looked at the little girl in front of her, and she did have exactly the same face, even the voice was the same, but it looked a little uncomfortable.
Is it because of the raised long eyebrows, or because of the slightly raised chin, or because of the sparkling eyes that do not shy away.
"Jiajia, this is Princess Xianrong." Xie Rouhui hurriedly said, reaching out to pull Xie Roujia.
Xie Roujia didn't let her hold back, and lowered her head to salute Princess Xianrong.
Xie Rouhui looked at Princess Xianrong with a sneering expression, and looked at Princess Xianrong with a little uneasiness.
"What kind of grievance is this?" Princess Xianrong said nonchalantly, "Fang Ziyuan, what's wrong with you?" This is the person invited by the Queen Mother. ”
"Oh, you can bully people with the Queen Mother!" Fang Ziyuan shouted, "I'll also go to find the Queen Mother!" ”
"Fang Ziyuan, Niangniang is entertaining guests today, don't ruin Niangniang's interest." Princess Hsien Rong said.
Fang Ziyuan sighed, his eyes flickered and he stopped talking.
Princess Xianrong ignored him anymore and grabbed Xie Rouhui.
"Let's get in. Wait any longer, Niangniang will come out to find it. She said, her eyes swept over the people in front of her, "Let Niangniang know, no one has good fruit to eat." ”
His gaze finally paused on Xie Roujia before he withdrew it, and raised his feet and walked inward.
Fang Gongzi and the others got out of the way and watched the group pass.
Zhou Chengzhen walked over with a smile.
"Fang Ziyuan, you can run." He gloated and said, "This young lady of the Xie family is fierce, and she will definitely sue the Queen Mother." You're just waiting to be beaten by your father. ”
Fang Ziyuan snorted. Before he was about to say something, a young man thought of something, approached and whispered a few words to him, and pointed at Zhou Chengzhen.
Fang Ziyuan's eyes suddenly lit up. looked at Zhou Chengzhen and smiled.
"No wonder Zhou Chengzhen, you kid doesn't go out. It turned out that he was sued. He said.
Zhou Chengzhen's complexion changed slightly.
"I don't go out because I don't want to go out. It doesn't matter who it is. He said.
Fang Ziyuan snorted.
"Zhou Chengzhen, who blew so hard in the past, was just like a dog and hid with his tail between his legs when he was scared." He crossed his hips and laughed. His eyebrows fluttered again, and he waved his hand at the sons beside him, "Let's go, let's wait in the duty room here, wait to see how scary this young lady of the Xie family is, we are not dogs, we have no tails to hold." ”
Everyone laughed in response.
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Princess Xianrong stood in front of the Queen Mother's Palace and looked at the attendants behind her.
"You've all forgotten about it." She said, "I have ruined the mother's interest and made you guilty." ”
The two chamberlains looked up at her blankly.
"Princess, what's the matter?" They asked.
Xie Rouhui sneered.
Princess Hsien Rong glared at her.
"You're still laughing." She said.
Xie Rouhui's eyes were bright, and she looked at her excitedly and full of admiration.
"Eighth princess, you are really amazing." She said.
This kind of compliment to please Princess Hsien Rong has been seen a lot.
Princess Xianrong smiled calmly.
"More is better than less, everything has to fight for breath, and I have already been angry." She said, glancing at Xie Roujia.
Xie Rouhui bowed her head and sneered.
"It's all my fault." She said.
Princess Hsien Rong interrupted her.
"I'm not a fool, I can't see who is good and who is bad?" She said, and looked at Xie Roujia again, "I know why you went to pick up your sister." ”
Xie Rouhui was about to say something, and Princess Xianrong stepped in.
"Sister." Xie Rouhui turned her head to look at Xie Roujia and smiled slightly, and stretched out her hand, "Scared you, right?" ”
Xie Roujia looked at her.
"Nope." She said.
Xie Rouhui withdrew her hand and smiled.
"That's a pity." She whispered.
"yes, I regret it again." Xie Roujia looked at her and said.
The two sisters looked at each other, and the laughter of Princess Xianrong came to their ears.
"Niangniang, look, the two sisters of the Xie family really look exactly the same, Niangniang, I guess you can't tell who is who."
When she entered the palace, she was pressed down by Princess Xianrong in an accident, and the Queen Mother didn't ask Xie Rouhui, who went to change clothes, why she came in with her sister again, but looked at the two sisters and was surprised and delighted, and called to the front and pulled one in one hand to watch it.
Because of these two twin sisters, many people came to the banquet in the Queen Mother's palace, and it was very lively, and even the emperor heard the news and asked people to give the two sisters exactly the same reward.
As the feast was halfway through, the game of identifying the two sisters got tired of it.
Xie Rouhui, who sat down, winked at Princess Xianrong.
"What's wrong?" Princess Hsien Rong asked, holding her wine glass.
"When will the feast end?" Xie Rouhui said in a low voice.
Princess Xianrong frowned.
"You want to go?" She asked in a low voice.
Xie Rouhui glanced at Xie Roujia who was sitting on the other side.
Unlike what she saw in front of the palace gate, she was quiet from beginning to end, asking questions and answering, everyone laughed at her, and she didn't laugh when everyone didn't laugh.
But in this palace, not everyone can laugh if they want to laugh and don't laugh if they don't laugh.
Ladies can not laugh, where can it be your turn to pull your face, as if you have been wronged.
What a grumpy girl.
Bad tempers are all habitual, even if they are born at the same time, as long as they are considered to be sisters, they will be pampered and arrogant than sisters.
Princess Xianrong hated such a sister, and she raised her hand to pour the wine from the wine glass on Xie Rouhui.
This sudden event startled Xie Rouhui.
"Oops." Princess Hsien Rong said. "I'm sorry, I didn't take it well."
These words made everyone look over, and they saw that Xie Rouhui's clothes were dyed red with fruit wine in front of her.
"Xianrong, why are you so careless!" The Queen Mother scolded.
"I've drunk too much." Princess Xianrong said, "Niangniang's wine here is so delicious. ”
The Queen Mother snorted.
"It's the fault of the mourners." She said with disgust.
"Okay, Niangniang, I don't know what it will look like if I drink it again, let's disperse today." Princess Xianrong smiled coquettishly.
"You thank people... Is this the eldest or the second? The Queen Mother said.
Xie Rouhui hurriedly got up and saluted.
"I'm my sister." She laughed.
"Okay, okay, your sisters have been in the palace for a long time, and that's all for today." The Queen Mother smiled, "Serve these princesses." It's also very tiring. ”
The princesses suddenly sounded a coquettish voice. Xie Rouhui was also busy giving salutes and said that she didn't dare, and the hall was lively again.
"Niangniang, I will personally send them, which is regarded as reparation." Princess Hsien Rong said.
The Queen Mother smiled and nodded.
"That's what a princess looks like." She laughed.
Xie Rouhui and Xie Roujia saluted the Queen Mother.
"You kid loves it. Come in and play more. The Queen Mother said with a smile.
She's talking about you. And not you guys.
Xie Rouhui smiled at the corner of her mouth and lowered her head in response.
Walk out of the palace gate. Princess Xianrong grabbed Xie Rouhui.
"You can send the second lady out first." She said, "I've soiled your clothes, I'll give you a new one." I can't let you go back like this. ”
"Yes, thank you princess." Xie Rouhui smiled, and then looked at Xie Roujia, "Jiajia, you wait for me outside." ”
Xie Roujia sighed, saluted Princess Xianrong, and walked away with the chamberlain without the slightest hesitation.
"Thank you, princess, for helping me out." Xie Rouhui saluted Princess Xianrong again, and said gratefully, "If there is no Princess Xianrong for you, I, I don't know what to do, I'm so happy, I can actually enter the palace to meet the princess, the princess is still so good, I'm at home, I don't have any playmates." ”
She seemed excited, excited and incoherent.
Princess Hsien Rong smiled.
"Okay, don't be polite to me, I can't see you like this." She said, "Speaking of which, you are also a princess at home, don't get used to other people's bad habits of not knowing how to be humble." ”
Xie Rouhui smiled and said nothing.
Princess Xianrong snorted, and felt more and more that she had to teach her well.
"Let's go, change my clothes." She said, "Playing a game of chess with me and tasting my tea." ”
Just let your sister wait.
Xie Rouhui smiled and replied
"What the hell is going on here?"
The people dispersed, took off the hairpin ring, and sat crookedly on the couch, the queen mother, listened to the words of the servant, and asked casually.
"Ziyuan, why did he provoke this little girl?"
"Mother, it's nothing." The chamberlain smiled, "You don't know Fang Xiaogongzi's temper, it's strange not to go up and say a few words when you see a beautiful little girl." ”
The Queen Mother snorted.
"I said, this eldest lady hooked Xianrong to do this and that, it turned out to be for her sister." "But it doesn't seem to be that she's worried about her sister's fear, it's that she's afraid that her sister will cause trouble." ”
"Yes, this second young lady has a big temper." The chamberlain laughed.
"The Bashuli Xie family is also the first family, and it is not surprising that the children in the family have a bigger temper." The Queen Mother said, stroking her hand, "As long as you are measured." ”
"Yes, I see that the eldest lady is very sensible and measured." The waiter immediately made fun, "These two sisters are really alike, Niangniang, can you tell the difference later?" ”
"I can't tell the difference." The Queen Mother smiled, "I'm dazzled." ”
The palace maids and attendants were all joking and laughing, and while they were talking lively, some of the attendants ran in with panic.
"Niangniang, Fang Xiaogongzi stopped the second miss of the Xie family."
The Queen Mother frowned.
"Let's take a look, it's the Xie family's people, don't make too much trouble." She said.
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"Young Master Fang, don't go too far."
Xie Roujia looked at the person blocking the road and said.
Seven or eight young men slipped out in front of the palace gate and blocked the way.
Fang Ziyuan looked at Xie Roujia with a smile.
"Not too much, I'm a good talker." He said, "Miss Xie, if you give me a dance, today's matter will be written off." ”
"I can't dance." Xie Roujia said, looking at him.
"Won't you?" Fang Ziyuan said, shaking the folding fan in his hand, "Then Miss Xie don't want to leave today, the Xie family is known as the great witch of Bashu, the descendant of Wuqing Niangniang, who can't dance, what kind of big witch is it, bullying the king?" ”
"That's it, how can there be a witch who can't dance."
"The goddess in the hat alley is eighty years old, and she can still dance."
Babbling and laughter rang out.
Xie Roujia looked back, the chamberlain who had just sent her had already run away, and then looked at the guards around her like clay sculptures, and the blocked palace gate in front of her seemed to be invisible.
She knew that Shao Mingqing must be waiting for her outside the palace gate.
It's just that these people are blocking the way, and now, she's the only one here.
A hand suddenly rested on her shoulder.
Xie Roujia couldn't help but retreat.
"If Miss Xie doesn't want to jump here." Fang Ziyuan squinted at her with a slightly strange smile, "Let's change places." ”
Xie Roujia looked at him.
"Somewhere else? Do you know what would happen to you if you were to switch to our Bashu now? She said.
The little girl exhaled like an orchid.
Fang Ziyuan got a few points closer.
"How?" He asked.
Xie Roujia looked at him, reached out sharply, grabbed his hair, and pulled down hard while slamming his shoulder into his face.
"That's going to happen!"
With the girl's shrill shout, the man's screams sounded.
Zhou Chengzhen leaned over from the city gate, looked down and laughed.
It's begun, it's begun.
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Today's 4,007 words, one more, sorry sorry (to be continued......)