Chapter 50: Courtship
In the pavilion in the backyard of Jiaofang Palace, Xiang Hongxuan picked up the tea bowl and glanced at Ling Xi, Ling Xi drank the tea casually, Xiang Hongxuan was a little puzzled, he couldn't bear the statement that he joked about including Qin Hongsleeve in the harem last night, whether Ling Xi was angry or not. Anyway, Feng Yingying was frightened last night, and she cried for most of the night, and because of his tentative words to Qin Hongsleeve at the banquet, she was tasted for a long time.
To be honest, Qin Hongsleeve is indeed young and lively, but he is just to test Feng Xiaotian, he just wants to see how this young man will resist, he has to admit that he likes Feng Xiaotian a little, in Feng Xiaotian's body, he only sees high spirits, no compromises, he thinks this should be the most ideal life in the heart of every prince.
"Last night, I drank a little too much and said a lot of nonsense, the queen doesn't have to take it seriously." After taking a sip of tea, Xiang Hongxuan said lightly.
Ling Xi lowered her head and smiled, she remembered Xiang Hongxuan's tentative words last night, as well as Qin Hongsleeve's teasing, she immediately came to her senses, and asked a little stupidly, "Your Majesty, what did you say last night?" ”
Xiang Hongxuan couldn't help but smile on his face, he looked at Ling Xi affectionately, and said with a smile: "I didn't say anything. ”
"Oh, the concubine remembered, Your Majesty seems to have said that you want Mrs. Red Sleeves to be included in the harem, Mrs. Red Sleeves is indeed smart and fresh, if there is such a beautiful baby in the harem, it will also be a scene, right, Your Majesty."
Ling Xi's words changed, she put down the tea bowl in her hand, leaned slightly towards Xiang Hongxuan, and looked at Xiang Hongxuan with a playful expression. Xiang Hongxuan's face also leaked a wry smile, and he said helplessly: "I just talk casually, and Mrs. Red Sleeves is so fierce, I don't dare to get her into the harem, I still want to live a few more years." ”
"Then Your Majesty means that it is not that you don't want Mrs. Redsleeves to enter the palace, but that you are afraid that you won't be able to suppress Mrs. Redsleeves's fiery temper. Also, how can rouge horses be so easy to submit. Otherwise, seeing that Your Majesty is so obsessed, the concubine will choose some women like Mrs. Red Sleeves for Your Majesty to enter the palace next time. Is it good to fill the regret in His Majesty's heart? Ling Xi said unrelentingly.
The corners of Xiang Hongxuan's mouth had inadvertently risen slightly, he approached Ling Xi, and said solemnly: "Then bother the queen, find me ten or eight such rouge horses, I put them in the east and west courtyards, and let them compete if they have nothing to do, maybe the harem will be extremely lively, and then the queen will be the referee, whether it is a reward or a punishment, I will let these beauties come to the queen." ”
With a poof, Ling Xi couldn't help but laugh.
"Your Majesty's women are all treasures on the tip of Your Majesty's heart, and concubines can't manage it." Ling Xi said with some taste.
Xiang Hongxuan lowered his head, and he whispered in Ling Xi's ear: "If the queen wants to take care of it, she can naturally manage it, and I will listen to the queen in everything." ”
Ling Xi looked up at Xiang Hongxuan, her big eyes were just opposite to Xiang Hongxuan's four eyes, and she couldn't help asking, "Really?" The concubines don't want rouge horses to enter the palace, so does Your Majesty really not want these rouge horses? ”
"Well, I listen to the queen, no one in the harem is more important than the queen." Xiang Hong Xuanshen
The love section said categorically.
Xiang Hongxuan's words made Ling Xi's face immediately flush slightly, she regretted it a little, she shouldn't have said such things to Xiang Hongxuan, or that she shouldn't have asked for anything. A gust of wind blew, Ling Xi got up and turned around, she staggered Xiang Hongxuan's hot eyes, she coughed lightly, wanting to break the somewhat embarrassing and ambiguous atmosphere just now, she looked at the pond in the backyard, the pond was originally full of lotuses, and the lotus flowers in the pond were also plagued by the rebels that day, it is estimated that in the middle of summer today, there will be no more lotus flowers in full bloom.
"Summer is coming, but it's a pity that I can't see the lotus flowers all over the yard." Ling Xi said with some disappointment.
"The queen will see and believe me." Xiang Hongxuan also got up and came to Ling Xi's side, a mysterious smile leaking from his face.
Xiao Dezi walked into the pavilion quickly, he glanced at the scene of the emperor and queen standing side by side in the pavilion, he also felt that he was a little redundant, but there were 100,000 anxious palace people in Xiyan Palace outside the Jiaofang Palace, Xiao Dezi said stubbornly: "Your Majesty, Concubine Shuniang sent someone to invite you to Xiyan Palace." ”
Xiang Hongxuan glanced at Ling Xi, his face was a little embarrassed, in this situation, Feng Yingying is really good at picking time.
"Your Majesty, go and see Concubine Shu, Concubine Shu has been frightened a lot recently, and she needs His Majesty's reassurance." Ling Xi said generously.
"I went to see her, after Concubine Shu was poisoned, her health was not very good, and she was too sad, after all, she lost a child and almost died." Xiang Hongxuan cautiously explained.
"Your Majesty, go, the concubine understands."
Ling Xi squeezed out a trace of an embarrassed smile on her face, this is the reality, as a queen, she should be generous, as a decoration queen, she should be virtuous, her life has already been planned. Xiang Hongxuan's figure gradually disappeared into Ling Xi's eyes, maybe she should wake up.
I don't know when, Ginkgo walked up to her side and said softly: "Queen Mother, the eldest young grandmother is here, and she has also brought the little young master Mo Mo into the palace." ”
Jiang Mengqi entered the palace, Ling Xi was immediately overjoyed, since she entered the palace, the first time a family member came to the palace to see her, a smile immediately leaked from her face.
"Hurry up and let Jiaofangdian prepare lunch, this palace is going to have a home-cooked meal with my sister-in-law today."
Ling Xi walked quickly back to the inner hall, Jiang Mengqi had been waiting for her there for a long time, and a small child beside her stood there, motionless, not as well-behaved as a three- or four-year-old child.
"Sister-in-law, I haven't seen you for a long time, you're beautiful."
Ling Xi looked at Jiang Mengqi in a lake blue brocade dress, and the smile that was almost engraved on her face, Jiang Mengqi was luckier than her, at least her married life was very happy, she was married to love.
Ling Xi slowly approached Ling Moxuan, she opened her arms and said softly, "This is Moxuan, come to my aunt's place quickly." ”
Ling Moqi looked at his mother Jiang Mengqi, Jiang Mengqi whispered to him that after approaching Ling Xi, this little man swayed his little body, and walked towards Ling Xi with some hesitation, Ling Xi took a few steps forward and hugged Ling Moqi, for fear that his swaying little body would walk unsteadily and fall to the ground.
She looked at the little man in her arms,
is obviously a boy, but Ling Mowei's skin is white and red, pink and tender like a little girl, such a look, I don't know how many young ladies of the family will be sad when they grow up. Ling Xi couldn't help but laugh, if she had a child in the future, she hoped to be a daughter, at least she didn't have to worry about participating in the bloody battle for the throne.
"Our family's little marquis, if you grow up quickly, the future of the Ling family depends on you."
"Queen Mother, you said this a little early, there is still Aunt Leng in the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion, the Hou Ye values the Fifth Young Master very much, and I don't know if this title can be successfully in the hands of the Prime Minister."
Although Ling Xi's words did make Jiang Mengqi's heart bloom, since she married into the Ling family, Ling Xiao's love for Leng Qiuye, she saw it in her eyes, Ling Xiao did not give Ling Zhu the identity of the prince, and it is really hard to say who will have the title of Pingyuan Marquis Mansion.
"Mo Mo is the eldest grandson, the Ling family is not his, who else can it be, no matter how much trouble Aunt Leng makes, she can't make trouble with etiquette."
As soon as Jiang Mengqi heard Ling Xi say this, a smile gradually appeared on her face.
Suddenly, Ling Mowei in Ling Xi's arms broke free from her arms, and he jumped back into Jiang Mengqi's arms, Ling Xi looked at this small figure, and sure enough, the child would miss his mother's arms incomparably. She thought of Jiang Shuangxue, and she returned to the main seat a little lonely.
"Is Mother alright?" Ling Xi said faintly.
"Since the queen mother got married, my aunt has not been out of the house, but on the first and fifteenth day of every month, she will go to the Baohua Temple in the suburbs to pray for the blessing of the mother, so many years, rain or shine. Originally, when I entered the palace today, I wanted to call my aunt, but I don't know how my aunt thought of it, and she didn't want to come with me. ”
Suddenly, Ling Xi was a little annoyed, she shouldn't have said that to Jiang Shuangxue on the day she got married, she thought about Jiang Shuangxue, but her old mother was afraid that she would never dare to enter the palace to see her again. Thinking of this, Ling Xi felt that she was a little excessive, she shouldn't vent all her anger and complaints on Jiang Shuangxue, she thought that Jiang Shuangxue would soon forget, it turned out that she was wrong, Jiang Shuangxue not only remembered, but also firmly remembered it in her heart, this is probably a mother's humble love for her children.
"Sister-in-law, mother, I will ask you in the future."
"The queen mother said that, my aunt is also my mother, and my aunt has been a little depressed recently, but I will try my best to relieve her."
"Mother, what's wrong with her?" Ling Xi asked with concern.
The palace people sent refreshments, Jiang Shuangxue put down Ling Moxuan in her arms, she picked up a piece of refreshment and handed it into Ling Mojiao's mouth, Ling Moxue ate it in a big gulp, Jiang Shuangxue's face was full of a mother's happy smile.
"Mothers all over the world want their children to be happy, and so do aunts. Some time ago, Zhong Yi Bo came to Pingyuan Hou Mansion to ask for marriage, although Zhong Yi Bo is a hot young talent in the dynasty, but after all, he is a concubine, he came to ask for marriage, if Ling Man is married to him, it is also a good match, but I don't want Aunt Leng to cry and make trouble, so I almost hang my neck, I don't want Ling Man to marry Zhong Yi Bo, and Hou Ye doesn't want to lose such a good son-in-law who is favored in front of the saint, Hou Ye
wants Yaomei to marry Zhong Yibo. ”
With a bang, the tea bowl in Ling Xi's hand fell to the ground and shattered, Ye Muzhi went to the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion to ask for a kiss? Ling Xi's heart ached, she remembered the oath she had made with Ye Muzhi, and after Ye Muzhi returned from the battlefield, Ye Muzhi went to the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion to propose marriage. Even if the oath is broken now, and things are wrong, Ye Muzhi still went to the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion with stubbornness to ask for marriage, obviously he complained about her, and he resented her deeply, so much so that he complained that he wanted to embarrass himself, why is this bitter?
"Yao'er has just reached the end of her life, is she going to get married so soon?" Ling Xi asked a little dejectedly.
"Of course my aunt doesn't want to, even if Yao Mei wants to get married, she has to choose a good choice among the children of the family, no matter what, she has to wait a few more years to get married, how to see that the most suitable object for Zhong Yi Bo in Pingyuan Hou Mansion is Ling Man, Aunt Leng doesn't know what the calculation is, she doesn't want Ling Man to marry Zhong Yi Bo, and I don't know what she said to Hou Ye, she actually said that Hou Ye was moved, Hou Ye had to promise Yao Mei to Zhong Yi Bo, my aunt didn't agree to this marriage, and she didn't hesitate to confront Hou Ye in public, I have never seen my aunt refute Hou Ye like this, but in the end, Hou Ye still insisted on going his own way, and my aunt was so angry that she fell ill. ”
"Is this family affair decided?" Ling Xi asked with some reluctance.
"Yesterday, Hou Ye has accepted the dowry of Zhongyi Hou, and Yao Mei's wedding is scheduled for March 3 next year."
Ling Xi slowly walked towards the outer hall, she looked at the sky outside the hall, her face was extremely melancholy, and she let out a long sigh. Maybe only Ling Xi knew why Jiang Shuangxue was so resolutely opposed, and Ye Muzhi's stubborn courtship with resentment, all because of her. Thinking of this, Ling Xi's heart became heavy again, Ye Muzhi was going to become her brother-in-law, they didn't become a couple, and finally became in-laws, such a relationship is both ironic and heart-wrenching, and there is nothing more sad than this incident to make Jiang Shuangxue more sad, the two daughters are messing with a man, and the two daughters are probably resentful of her.
(End of chapter)