The Lianghou Mansion not only did not lie down, but there was a trend of stronger momentum, and the light flashed blinded a lot of people. It's a pity that jealousy doesn't come, so I can only be glad that I didn't get dizzy in those two days, and I followed the fold.

The emperor was in a good mood, and suddenly proposed to go to the paddock to hunt, and the time was set for the tenth day of the first month. Jin Xida is his "best friend", and Shujie is the leader of his first-class guards with a knife, so he naturally wants to go with him.

Because the emperor wants to see the tiger power of the little girl, and the little boy will only listen to the instructions of the three brothers and sisters of Shujie. The emperor didn't think about it, so he asked Shuwen to take two spirit beasts with him, he knew the way, and Shuwen often took the little girl to Yundu Mountain to hunt.

The fourth princess was not happy, and muttered that she would also go together, saying that Xiao Liang and Huohuo could go with her, and she would also take the county lord Yue and Shu Yao to follow.

In addition to Baoyu and Zhuyu, the pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, the emperor's favorite is the fourth princess, and he is really in a good mood these days, so he waved his hand: "Okay, bring you guys." "Anyway, it's just in the paddock, and it's not too dangerous, just let the guards protect it.

Everyone was dumbfounded, no woman had ever entered the paddock, and now the emperor wants to take three little girls? But after thinking about it, I was relieved, these three can be said to be the most "expensive" little girls in the entire Great Zhou, right? You must know that it is useless to have a high status in Lu Dao, and you have to be favored. An unfavored princess is not as good as a county lord, and an unfavored county lord is not as good as a girl from a favored courtier's family.

On the ninth day of the first month, a housekeeper of the Lianghou Mansion went to Prince Yong's Mansion with a gift: "Our girl has already made an appointment with the county lord of Yue, and the fourth princess, and I can't come over tomorrow to congratulate her, and I ask Concubine Zhao and the eldest girl to forgive me." This is our girl's congratulatory gift, I wish the big girl a flower every year. Years like jade. ”

The mother-in-law finished speaking. didn't care about Concubine Zhao and Qi Yuexin's ugly faces. He bowed and retired without humility or arrogance.

Concubine Zhao's face was pale, this Xia Shuyao was too arrogant, and she didn't take their mother and daughter in her eyes at all. However, she also knew that Xia Shuyao's appearance at Qi Yuexin's birthday banquet would not cause any criticism. When she appears, people will say that she will be a person, and if she doesn't appear, people will think it's normal.

Identity. Damn it, she volunteered to be a side concubine back then, because she believed that she would definitely be able to win the position of concubine, and she was many times stronger than her weak and useless cousin. How could she have thought that her cousin had been dead for so many years, and she was still a side concubine. Now, my cousin's daughter-in-law-to-be is going to climb on her head again.

I thought that Xia Shuyao had just been married not long after all, and Qi Haoning was not in Beijing, so he had some scruples, and he would make this trip. I didn't expect ......

Qi Yuexin was so angry that she opened the brocade box, grabbed the contents and smashed it forward. She paused the moment she took it off, but it was a pity...... There was a muffled bang, and the thing in his hand had flown out of the ground and fell to the ground, although the ground was covered with a thick felt blanket, the beautiful glass step still broke, fortunately, only the hairpin was partially broken into two, and the peacock screen was not broken.

Qi Yuexin ran over to take a look, it was really the glass peacock she had longed for for a long time, it was even more brilliant and beautiful than the one on the head of the lord of Yanjun, because it was inlaid with a few small but very bright diamonds.

Qi Yuexin was almost going crazy, and she slapped the maid who was originally holding the brocade box: "Why didn't you stop me?" Why don't you tell me what's in the box? She had always longed for one of these steps to be used when she became a parent, and now she got it, but she was broken by her own hands.

This scene happened to be seen by the palace maid and the two little palace maids who stepped into the door, and the palace maid glanced at Qi Yuexin with contempt, and instructed the little palace maid to put down the four-color birthday gift in her hand and leave. also "muttered to herself": "Miss Yao is really generous, but it's a pity...... It's not worth it. ”

This palace mother is from Cining Palace, the queen mother's grandchildren are too many, but there are few who are really close, it is impossible to prepare a birthday gift for everyone, so a housekeeper in charge of this matter is set up, recording the birthday of all grandchildren (regardless of grandchildren), and sending the same four-color birthday gift to express their hearts, which is generally sent the day before the birthday.

The gifts vary from year to year, but the gifts are the same for all, and of course, there are also separately prepared gifts for the favored ones.

When the palace mother arrived, the mother-in-law of the Lianghou Mansion was inside, bringing a gift from Miss Yao, and she waited outside for a while, but she didn't expect to see Qi Yuexin drop the gift out of the house just after stepping in.

Concubine Zhao, who came back to her senses, just wanted to stop the palace mother and bribe her to block her mouth, but the person had already gone out, so angry that Concubine Zhao and Qi Yuexin scolded the two maids who were guarding the door of the hall. The maid innocently replied, "We have already informed you." "It's just that the mother and daughter are both angry and don't hear it.

Mother Zhao sighed: "Master, girl, let's put this step away and find an old jade craftsman to see if it can be repaired." The old slave had seen someone's glass hairpin broken before, and it was wrapped in gold or silver, which was quite beautiful. "If you haven't been bumped into by Gong Mama, the most you can do is hide this step and not wear it. But now, once the palace mother spreads the word, or mentions it in front of the queen mother, Qi Yuexin will be embarrassed.

Now I can only find someone to set it up, and then find an occasion with more people to put it on as soon as possible, and then "inadvertently" say that I don't care, I missed and broke it, but fortunately I can repair it and so on.

Concubine Zhao glared at Qi Yuexin, nodded and said, "This can only be the case, you can quickly ask people to inquire which jade craftsman in the jade workshop has such a craft, and the salary is not a problem." ”

Qi Yuexin heard that the step could still be inlaid together, and she couldn't care about her mother's glaring at her, so she urged Zhao's mother repeatedly. If this step shake is hopeless, she doesn't know when she will be able to get such a beautiful and rare step shake again.

Qi Yuexin was jealous and angry: Xia Shuyao is really rich, so such an expensive step shake will be sent out of the house. Hmph, those who are born in the market are vain, and I don't know if Lu Dao is a swollen face and a fat man?

However, since she wants to save face so much, how dare she not come tomorrow? Also, she doesn't care if her second brother will be angry? Could it be that she knows that the second brother is now very alienated from her sister and brother and the concubine. No, no, the second brother has become cold since he went to the army. She hasn't even entered the door yet, what kind of relationship can the second brother have with her, how can he tell her this?

No matter how angry Concubine Zhao's mother and daughter are, they are still helpless, this matter is just a rumor, and others will not say anything about Shu Yao. After all, Lord Yue is a sister-in-law, and her Qi Yuexin is just a concubine. Which is more important? Everyone will make the same choice as Xia Shuyao.

Qi Yuexin could only grit her teeth secretly, she must be friendly with Lord Yan and Mrs. Yu, they don't seem to be close to Naxia Shuyao.

I don't know why, Qi Yuexin, who has always prided herself on being high, admires Lord Yan and Ma Ling'er very much, and thinks that the two of them, especially Lord Yan, are really noble girls with both talents and appearances, and they are the same kind of people when they are together.

Early in the morning of the second day, Qi Yuexin dressed up carefully and prepared to entertain guests. Concubine Zhao was also busy arranging various matters, and she believed that there would be more guests coming today, because she deliberately let out the news that they had also sent a post to Xia Shuyao. As for Xia Shuyao not coming, she always has a way to explain. It just so happened that Xia Shuyao sent such a valuable step shake.

It is also their good luck, coupled with "money can make ghosts grind", Zhao's mother found an old jade craftsman yesterday, worked overnight, and wrapped the two truncated hairpins together with thin, carved gold sheets, which was really beautiful. Qi Yuexin couldn't put it down.

The guests came one after another, but strangely, many of them were late and were still talking to each other when they arrived.

At first, Concubine Zhao's mother and daughter thought that the matter of breaking the hairpin yesterday had been poked out by the palace mother, and now they are discussing it one by one. But look at them again, and those people don't have time to look at them. If that's what I'm talking about, it can't be like this.

At this time, a lady who was good friends with Concubine Zhao also arrived, and said: "The formation is really big, the people are all around to watch, my carriage is blocked, so I have to make a detour." "After all, they are the daughters of official families, and they are not like ordinary people who are crowded on both sides of the waiting queue to watch the long hunting procession.

Concubine Zhao said curiously: "Is there any big formation today?" Prince Ning didn't leave Beijing to pass the New Year. "No one wants to leave early, and they wish they could delay for a few more days.

The lady pouted: "How can that be compared?" Prince Ning left Beijing and went out of the palace with the emperor to hunt with the prince and close ministers, which was fundamentally ...... Can't be compared, right? You can't imagine that the emperor went hunting this time and brought the four princesses, the lord of Yue, and the Xia girl from the two marquis mansions. These three little nobles went, but don't add a lot of people waiting, the line is so long. Tut-tut, anyway, the emperor really favors them, since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I have never heard of an emperor who took the princess to hunt. Among the three, you Prince Yong's Mansion accounted for two of them, tsk, or your prince has face. ”

Concubine Zhao smiled embarrassedly, her sharp nails pierced her palm, it turned out that Xia Shuyao said that she had an appointment with the fourth princess and the lord of Yue, and she went hunting with the emperor. What a glorious thing, naturally I don't care about Qi Yuexin's birthday banquet. For what? For what? Prince Yong's face will never benefit her Xin'er and Xiang'er? They are also the blood of the prince and the main masters of this palace. Qi Yueling is just that, no matter how Xia Shuyao is a quasi-princess, she hasn't entered the door yet.

Also angry is Sima Yan, the county lord of Yan who has just arrived, although he has a light smile on his face as usual, he is unwilling to go crazy in his heart. Xia Shuyao is the quasi-princess of Prince Yong's mansion, but she is the quasi-second princess, who is the emperor's daughter-in-law?

She has been trying hard to restrain herself to make her heart more peaceful and comfortable, and she keeps telling herself that Xia Shuyao can't compare with herself. However, why do you keep getting so much unjust news? (To be continued......)

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