Ouyang Yun's wedding date is getting closer and closer, and she is so busy that Shui Yueju does not touch the ground, counts the dowry and tries on the wedding dress, so it is not lively.

"Yun'er, mother's heart, seeing that it will be your favorite day in a few days, my mother has been looking forward to this day for many days, and it is finally over." Aunt Liu hugged her baby daughter with a smile on her face.

"Mother." Ouyang Yun blushed, embarrassed and excited, the man she married was the most noble prince in the world, and those who had laughed at her status as a concubine finally had the opportunity to trample them under their feet.

"Have a good rest these two days, drink some nourishing soup, and wait for two days to be your bride." Aunt Liu couldn't be happier in her heart, she could finally raise her eyebrows in the eyes of outsiders, and see who would dare to look down on her identity behind her back in the future.

"Madame forgot, there is the most important thing." Wang Ma reminded on the side.

"What's the matter?" Ouyang Yun asked with an unhappy face.

"Of course, it's my daughter's business." Aunt Liu almost forgot about this most important thing, and said: "You are about to become another wife, there are some boudoir things that the mother has not said to you, don't be annoyed and unwilling to listen, this is a way to make you glorious and graceful and firmly grasp the heart of a man." ”

Ouyang Yun's face turned even redder when she heard this, she couldn't hear what she was saying, and said coquettishly: "Mother" The voice was full of coquettishness.

"What's there to be ashamed of." Aunt Liu patted her daughter's hand and said: "There is also the second day after the wedding, you have to get up early to enter the palace to thank the emperor, and meet the ladies in the palace, etiquette must be learned. ”

"Got it." Ouyang Yun didn't care much and said, "My daughter knows how to measure." ”

"And then there's the things in the backyard of the Great Prince's Mansion." Aunt Liu's biggest worry is that her daughter can't control her temper, and she falls into the trap set by others, and she advises: "Concubine Zheng, you have to be extra obedient, the prince must serve well, leave a good impression on the concubine, and hold the other concubines' shelves, establish prestige but not cross the concubine, this degree you have to take the appropriate benefits, in the prince's mansion will not suffer." ”

"If there are those sluts who don't know what to do, you have to deal with them first, and you must not be rash." Aunt Liu said: "Don't be competitive and make people look down on you, it's better to use the hand of the concubine to deal with those foxes than to make the concubine dissatisfied and lose the favor of the eldest prince." ”

"My daughter understands." Ouyang Yun knew the importance of this matter and kept it in mind.

On the eighth day of the first month of May, it is advisable to get married, and the sun is shining brightly. As soon as the morning dawned in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the mother-in-law began to get busy, and today is a good day for the young lady, and there must not be a little difference.

This day is also a good time for the people to watch the excitement, and they all want to see the scenery of the prime minister's house and the daughter.

Ouyang Ye also got a day off because of this, and greeted the guests who came to congratulate.

"Master, I haven't seen the shadow of the county lord." Ah Yuan was covered with sweat, and ran back from outside and said: "I haven't seen the county lord for a few days, and the servants have waited for a long time in the place where the county lord often goes, but they haven't seen the county lord." ”

Ouyang Ye's face instantly gloomy when he heard this, when did this happen, people haven't returned home yet, so many people are waiting outside, not only for the happy event of the concubine, but most of them are to see the excitement, if people know that Ouyang Yun's big day, the county lord who is the sister-in-law did not appear at all, then the fun will be great, and it will not take a day to spread to everyone.

"Master, the servants in the palace have also asked, but the county lord has not entered the palace at all." Ah Qi hurried back to return.

Ouyang Ye really has no way to take this titular daughter, no matter whether she is in the palace or not, the mansion is busy now, how can he have the ability to divide people to find people, sighed and said Forget it.

Of course, Xi Chao will not let people know that she is in the palace, she is busy making bows and crossbows, how can she have the leisure to go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion just to show her face, who doesn't know that she is at odds with Ouyang Yun, and what is the difference between going and not going.

Mu Jinming was also reluctant to let his little sister go to the prime minister's mansion of Lao Shizi to participate in the wedding banquet of the concubine who couldn't beat the eight poles.

The people who love to join in the excitement spontaneously go to the wine shop and teahouse on the road where the sedan chair must pass, and even wait on both sides of the streets and alleys, and when the time comes, they will see the luxurious battle of the royal concubine.

I only heard the Xi Po shouting outside the house: "The auspicious time has come." ”

Ouyang Yun was wearing a water-red luxurious and heavy wedding dress, covered with a red hijab of the dragon and phoenix, put her hand on the crook of the arm of Mama Xi in the palace, and got on the sedan chair, thinking about the glory and wealth in the future, not to mention how beautiful it was.

"Get up." With a fall, the sedan chair carried by six people was lifted, and the joy of blowing back and forth sounded.

"Look, it's coming, it's coming!" The crowd of onlookers widened their eyes at the fiery red not far away.

"Wow, it's worthy of the prince marrying a wife, so many good things." Someone couldn't help but exclaim.

"Look, there's a dowry in the back."

"Count how many lifts."

"What to count, according to the custom of the prince in the palace, the side concubine can only use eighty dowry, and the main concubine is one hundred and sixty." Some people who are aware of this etiquette system explain.

"You see, it's all good stuff." Someone exclaimed.

"Needless to say, the Prime Minister is a big family, and he is married to a prince, how can he not prepare carefully." Some people don't care.

"Tut, can't you see what the bride looks like?" Someone lamented.

"Hey, if you really saw what the bride looked like, her head would have moved a long time ago." Someone scoffed.

"Hahaha." The people gathered burst into laughter.

"To be honest, what's the pity if you don't see it, if you want me to say that you don't have the appearance of the county lord."

"Alas, if you don't mention it, I forgot, has anyone seen Lord Zunyi?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone shook their heads, and their hearts would not be what they thought.

"Won't it be that you didn't go?" Some people can't help but speculate.

"I won't know if I went, someone has already gone to the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion to inquire." There are naturally kneeling people who have spoken.

"I guess I definitely didn't go, the county lord just came back and made a fuss about Duobao Pavilion, who doesn't know about the discord between the two."

"The prime minister is still there." Someone meant something.

"What's the use?" A person walked into the crowd from outside and said: "The county lord doesn't care so much, and he is still a concubine, how can the concubine who is the county lord come out to greet him." ”

"Is it true?" There are still people who can't believe it.

"That's, I've inquired clearly, the county lord is not in the Prime Minister's Mansion." The people who come in give the answers that people want to know most.

People are talking about this happy event and the inside story of the county lord's absence.

The father and daughter in the palace had lunch together, and the family sat together warmly and leisurely with tea.

"How's the Shadows taking over?" Mu Haoyu asked the youngest daughter, and on the second day after the youngest daughter returned to the palace, she handed over the dark department to her management, mainly responsible for the physical training of the secret guard.

"Okay." Shiochao replied.

"How's the crossbow?" Mu Haoyu, a weapon that is conducive to improving the combat effectiveness of the army, will naturally pay more attention, not to mention that it was proposed by his youngest daughter.

"It's going to take some time." Xi Chao said: "The bow and crossbow I want to make cannot be imitated. ”

"Are you afraid that someone else will make the same?" Mu Jinming's eyes sank.

"The idea is good, but do what you can." Mu Haoyu gave his opinion.

"Hmm." Xi Chao responded, the craftsmen in the palace are indeed better than the outside, although they still do not meet their requirements, but she wants to be able to succeed in a short time.

"Today is the marriage of the eldest prince, and it is quite inappropriate for you to not attend as the prime minister's concubine." Mu Haoyu spoke: "Wait a minute, you take the holy decree and go to the Great Prince's Mansion to show your face, don't fall into the hands of others." ”

"Okay." Xi Chaoyi obeyed his father's arrangement.

The Grand Prince's Mansion is very lively, and the guests are full of people, some of them are sent to join the Great Prince, some are to join in the fun, and some are the necessary human contacts between the court and the central government.

When the banquet in the front yard was lively, the eldest prince Mu Zhao was drinking the toast of the officials below with glory on his face, and suddenly heard a voice from outside: "The holy decree has arrived." ”

Everyone said in their hearts that this was the emperor's holy decree to send a reward, and they put down the wine cup and stood up to follow the prince to welcome the holy decree, but everyone almost dropped their jaws after seeing the handsome young man who came slowly, not for anything else, just said that the identity of the young man in front of him was enough to surprise everyone, it was no one else but the county lord of Zunyi, the county lord, and what was more important was that the county lord was here to announce the decree, what a great honor this is.

No matter what the people feel in their hearts, the holy decree must be received respectfully, even the eldest prince Mu Zhao is no exception, although he was surprised, he did not forget the salute that should be done, and knelt down to accept the decree in his robe, and everyone knelt on the ground.

The Xi Dynasty unfolded the reading of the holy decree, to the effect that most of them were praised, and all kinds of rewards continued, the most important of which was that because of the many affairs of the DPRK and China, the court would go to court as usual tomorrow, and there was originally a three-day holiday, which was not idle.

Mu Zhao originally thought that there would be a jade disc to canonize the side concubine on the holy decree, how to say that the prince's side concubine was also included in the royal family tree, there was a jade disc with a positive identity, this was the case when he married the concubine, and he was happy and worried about the absence of Xiu Mu, and the joy was that his father valued his ability and gave him a chance, how could he not grasp it well, he was worried about the fact that the concubine was not said in the holy decree, it seems that the newly married concubine was not intended by the emperor, otherwise why did he not show his identity in public.

Mu Zhao's heart changed rapidly, and the ministers who listened to the order were even more confused, and some shrewd people roughly guessed seven or eight points with a roll of their eyes.

After the holy decree was read, Xi Chao closed the holy decree and handed it out, Mu Zhao took the holy decree with both hands and thanked the lord Long En, and then stood up and came face to face with Xi Chao, and saw the person clearly.

Mu Zhao didn't know if he was shocked, the lord of Zunyi was as handsome as the rumors, his first close contact was indeed much more beautiful than his new concubine, although his face was a little colder, and he refused to be thousands of miles away. I only glanced at it from a distance at the birthday banquet that day, and the sky was dark and I couldn't see clearly, but today's view was really extraordinary.

"County Lord, please." Mu Zhao's eyes were glued to Xi Chao's face, and he sighed in his heart that it would be a pity to be able to marry such a flower-like person.

"Not necessarily." Xi Chao didn't plan to stay longer, so he took the wine cup handed by Hongming and toasted the eldest prince, which was also considered a full courtesy.

Mu Zhao smiled and drank a few more times before he left, he still had guests to greet, anyway, he has become a family member of the Prime Minister's house, and the beauty can be seen sooner or later, so there is no need to rush for a while.

At the beginning of a new day, Mu Zhao was left alone after the morning and after, thinking about whether there was something important to do for himself, and his heart was excited.

Mu Haoyu's purpose in leaving Mu Zhao was for the jade plate, "Today is the day when you and the side concubines enter the palace to meet the ladies of the palaces, the reason why it was canceled is that your side concubine, a concubine thinks too highly of herself, disrespects her sister-in-law, and damages the face of the royal family, as for the matter of the jade plate, I will do it for the time being, if Ouyang Yun can give birth to a son and a half daughter to collect her sex, there will be her place on the family tree." ”

Mu Zhao heard it and understood it thoroughly, no wonder there was no mention of the jade disc in the holy decree yesterday, it turned out that he was extremely disappointed in his side concubine, and it is no wonder that the matter of Duobao Pavilion has come out, and there is a stain on his reputation, listening to this speech, his heart is puzzled, fortunately, the father and the emperor are not to blame on his own head, and the blame is only on the daughter of the concubine who cannot raise her face, and it is already a great honor to seal her as a side concubine.

On the eldest prince's mansion, Ouyang Yun spent the wedding night that made her happy and shy, and became a real woman.

Concubine Yuan is the niece of the Yuan Guifei in the palace, married to the eldest prince Mu Zhao as a concubine at the age of fifteen, and has a daughter Mu Xiang at the age of twenty. There are also five concubines in the backyard, namely Li, Wang, Zhang, Yu, and Yan, Li and Wang are eighteen years old in the same year, and Zhang, Yu and Yan were all elected to the government two years ago, and these five were pregnant but all died.

Ouyang Yun knelt down and held the teacup to the Yuan family to offer tea, and only sat down after the five concubines' salutes, everyone exchanged a few words, mainly to recognize the person, because he was a newcomer who was a concubine but became the prince's side concubine, the secret battle between women kicked off, and Ouyang Yun's desperate days had just begun.

"Hmph, look at the style of dressing**, how can you have the cultivation of everyone's background, the jewelry all over your body knows that it is Miss Xiangfu, and I don't know where I think it is a nouveau riche." Mama Zhou, who was beside the Yuan family, looked down on Ouyang Yun very unpleasantly.

"What is better than a concubine." The Yuan clan can see through Ouyang Yun at a glance, a concubine who can't support the wall, and there is nothing to be afraid of.

"Indeed, I saw it with my own eyes yesterday, and that magnanimity is much more than that of the son of the family." Mama Zhou couldn't help but sigh in her heart when she thought of the Zunyi County Lord she saw last night, "No wonder the Holy Lord looks at the County Lord differently." ”

"Fortunately, His Highness married a concubine." If it is the lord of the county, she will probably have to give up the position of concubine.

"Is the Jade Disc thing true?" Yuan remembered another thing.

"Yes, it was not mentioned in the decree of the county lord last night, and this morning, His Highness received the decree and went to the court, which is enough to see that the Holy Lord takes a fancy to His Highness." Mama Zhou said.

"Today should be the old calendar for newcomers to enter the palace to meet their elders." Yuan suddenly smiled and said: "It seems that I don't need to have a heart, I'm afraid that the saint doesn't like this new side concubine." ”

Mama Zhou thought for a while and said, "No matter what she says, she is also the daughter of the Prime Minister, and this move by the Holy Lord is ......."

"What is the mind of the saints, can we women fathom." Yuan's words interrupted what Mama Zhou was about to say, "Let's wait a few days before we talk." ”

Ouyang Yun returned to the Yunyuan where she was, in addition to the four maids who were married, two mothers-in-law and one personal grandmother, the Yuan family sent a total of seven people to sweep the mother-in-law and the maiden, which is also the customization of the side concubine, and the degree of application is the same.

Ouyang Yun used breakfast to call Mrs. Guan to ask about the affairs of the prince's mansion.

Guan Pozi is the steward sent by the Yuan family, and the affairs in Yun Yuan are all handled by her, and every garden has such a housekeeper, if there is something that cannot be handled, report to the Yuan family, Ouyang Yun is bride does not know about the inner garden of the prince's mansion, she will take a period of time and wait for Ouyang Yun's grandmother to take care of it before she can relax, Ouyang Yun has no objection to this.

"Lady Ann." Guan Pozi entered the house and saluted Ouyang Yun first, and stood aside respectfully.

Because the eldest prince has not yet been crowned king, the eldest prince is called His Royal Highness, the main concubine of the Yuan family is his wife, the side concubine is the side lady, and the concubine is directly called the surname, such as the Li family.

"Tell me about the house." Ouyang Yun held Mrs. Fang's shelf, holding a tea cup in her hand and gently stirring the floating tea leaves.

"Yes." Guan Pozi thought about it and talked about everything in the house, and she didn't know a word for what should be said and what shouldn't be said.

Ouyang Yun listened to it, put down the teacup, and suddenly thought that when she got up this morning, she heard the girls outside the garden chewing their tongues, "Tell me about yesterday's wedding banquet." ”

Guan Pozi secretly glanced at the new lady and said, "The wedding banquet is a qiēshun lì, Mrs. Fang wants to ask about the decree of the lord of Zunyi County yesterday." "Let's talk about the specifics.

"She's here!" Ouyang Yun was shocked, and as soon as the words came out, she realized that she had lost her words, and her face changed in a hurry. However, no matter how Ouyang Yun pretended to be, her face was still not very good-looking, and Guan Pozi glanced at it and had a rough idea in her heart.

"The lord of the county is here to deliver the decree." Guan Pozi emphasized that no one knew that this new lady was not on good terms with the county lord.

"Why did she preach the message?" Ouyang Yun's brain dizzy when she heard the name of the slut, and the words she said didn't go through her brain.

"Holy Heaven." Guan Pozi's lowered eyes covered the mockery in her eyes, just by these few words, you can see that this new lady's catties are two, the concubine is the concubine, no matter how glamorous on the surface, there is no good inside at all.

Ouyang Yun opened her mouth and swallowed back the words that came to her mouth, just because the personal mother behind her pulled her clothes without a trace.

Ouyang Yun naturally knew that she had said a lot, she shouldn't be right and wrong in front of a minion, so she waved her hand to let Guan Pozi retreat, she was now full of the shadow of that slut, and she had a headache, how could she have the heart to listen to anything else.

Three days later is the day to return to the door, on this day Ouyang Yun happily asked the Yuan family to return to the house to prepare gifts, waiting for her husband to come back to her parents' house together, she wants to go back in style, see the slut kneel down to her.

The idea is good, but unfortunately it backfired, and the little maid next to the eldest prince came to Yunyuan to report: "Mrs. Side, His Royal Highness has been summoned to the palace and cannot accompany Mrs. Side to save relatives." ”

Ouyang Yun couldn't hold back the smile on her face when she heard it, and her face was full of disappointment, but she still didn't seem to be right, pulled Ouyang Yun down, and sent the little girl who reported the news.

"Don't think about it, Mrs. Fang, the master was declared into the palace by the saint, there must be something." Mama was relieved: "Mrs. Fang is still ready to prepare, and you can't miss the time." ”

"Yes, I almost forgot, but fortunately there was a reminder from my grandmother." Ouyang Yun came back to her senses and smiled.

Aunt Liu in the Prime Minister's Mansion got up early and ordered someone to clean up and down the house, but today is the day when her daughter returns to the house, she can't make a little mistake, and she swept the face of the eldest prince.

"Are you coming?" Aunt Liu asked Wang Ma why the person sent out to find out the news hadn't come back yet.

"It's coming, it's time too." Wang Ma said, "Madam, don't worry. ”

"Madame, Madame, here, here!" The little guy hurried back.

Aunt Liu came to the door to greet her, no matter how she said that the grade of the prince's side concubine was more than one level higher than that of her minister and concubine, this is the difference in rank, of course, the prime minister also had to go out to greet the prince when he saw the prince's side concubine, and he had to salute when he saw it, but Ouyang Ye was also announced to the palace this morning, so he didn't have this opportunity.

Ouyang Yun got out of the carriage and walked into the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, enjoying the kneeling of the people in the mansion, raising his eyes and scanning around proudly, and found that he didn't see the person he wanted to see, his face suddenly turned black, and he blurted out: "That cheap" suddenly remembered what he shouldn't say and hurriedly changed his words.

"What about her, why didn't she come to greet this concubine." Ouyang Yun asked as she walked.

Aunt Liu knew who her daughter was asking, and it was not good to lose her identity in front of the people of Manchu, so she hurriedly stepped forward and changed her daughter's arm and said, "Let's talk about it when we go back." ”

Ouyang Yun had no choice but to swallow her temperament, followed Aunt Liu back to Shui Yueju, and sent her subordinates out and couldn't wait to ask, "Why isn't that slut here?" ”

"The hasn't been home for three days." Aunt Liu was also quite surprised, and once asked Ouyang Ye how a girl's family could not return outside, and what kind of words were spread out.

"Where's the slut?" Ouyang Yun originally wanted to show off, but the main owner was not there, so it was really uncomfortable for her to hold her breath in her heart.

"My mother asked your father, but your father didn't say anything specific, so I just asked my mother not to worry about it." Although Aunt Liu felt strange in her heart, she was more concerned about the cheap girl being in the house, adding blockage to her heart, it was better not to come back outside, or something happened.

Seeing this, Ouyang Yun could only swallow this breath, waiting for revenge in the future, thinking that it was impossible for the slut not to return to the house all the time, and one day he would trample the slut under his feet.