Hanjing has been in a series of big and small things recently.

Not long after Prince Xiao was assassinated, the fifth princess Zhao Mingyi reconciled with the horse again.

The marriage of the fifth princess was also in an uproar in Hanjing, in order to marry this concubine, she once scolded the prince of Lingyang in public for being weak and powerless, and even a woman could not compare, but she didn't want her to have a good heart, and she didn't like her at all.

This thing falls on ordinary people, and the world will sympathize with it, blaming the horse for cheating on marriage, but when it falls on the princess, sympathy becomes ridicule.

The princesses are all pampered by the royal brocade and jade, and even if they are separated from each other, they can also have no worries about food and clothing, what is there to sympathize with?

And if it weren't for the fact that the fifth princess had to marry the concubine, how could she end up like this, and there might be something inside.

The matter of husband and wife, only the parties know best, and it is inconvenient to say too much to outsiders, so the outside world has speculated that most of the five princesses used their power to do something oppressive in order to marry the concubine.

It is difficult to block the mouths of the people, Zhao Mingyi suddenly became the target of everyone's discussion and ridicule behind their backs, and everyone in the world said that the five princesses were rude and domineering, and they deserved to end up like this.

Shen Bai didn't know anything about Zhao Mingyi, he only knew that Zhao Mingyi cried in front of Zhao Che, only asked for peace, and did not have any harsh criticism of Lord Shangshu's family, he was by no means a barbaric person, and he was even open-minded.

The royal princess and the divorce are not a glorious thing, Zhao Mingyi and the queen moved directly into the Xinchen Palace and lived with Concubine Shu, and Shen Bai went to ask Concubine Shu every day to say a few words to her.

Xu learned from Zhao Che that he could reconcile or rely on Shen Bai's help, Zhao Mingyi had a very good attitude towards Shen Bai, and the two became familiar with each other.

From a personal point of view, Shen Bai likes Zhao Mingyi's character very much, she is very straightforward, and brave, she knows exactly what she wants, and she can express her thoughts directly.

And she listened to some of the discussions from the outside world, but she didn't frown because of this, except for seeing Zhao Che come out of the imperial study that day with red eyes, the rest of the time was calm and generous.

On the second day of the second month of February, the new emperor brought hundreds of officials to the outside of the city to pray for good weather, praying for good weather for Zhaoling, and the people in the city also spontaneously watched and followed, with great momentum.

However, Prince Xiao was not allowed to accompany because of his injuries and blood.

There were so many people in the sacrificial procession, and the people just watched the excitement, and it stands to reason that they should not know that Prince Xiao was not among them, but the next day this matter was inexplicably publicized in the city.

Prince Xiao is located in Lingzhou, Qizhou, Hanzhou, this time back to Beijing, mainly for the new emperor to congratulate the New Year, in addition to visit the queen mother and concubine, as the new emperor's siblings, Prince Xiao has been doing his best to support the new emperor to carry out reforms, but the new emperor on the grounds of injury, not let him participate in the sacrifice, it is really a little unreasonable, everyone can't help but guess whether the new emperor and Prince Xiao are out of their hearts.

In addition to this incident, there is also a rumor that when Dali Temple investigated the assassination of Prince Xiao, it sent people to Prince Xiao's territory to check the taxes of the past three years, and Prince Xiao's correspondence with Beijing on weekdays, and the suspicion was quite obvious.

These are the inside stories that ordinary people can't know, Zhao Che made a big fire in the court after hearing about it, and the officials were silent, and no one knew where these rumors came from.

After the next dynasty, Zhao Che went to Ci'an Palace for lunch, the Queen Mother said Zhao Che because of these rumors, reproaching him for not letting Prince Xiao participate in the sacrifice Thinking is inappropriate, Zhao Che came out of Ci'an Palace with a very bad face, and went back to Chenhua Palace halfway to Nanchen Palace.

According to the palace people who served that day, Zhao Che stayed in Nanchen Palace until after the hour before he came out, and when he came out, the thin anger on his face had already dissipated, and the corners of his lips were even dyed with a warm smile.

Early the next morning, Zhao Che gave a lot of treasures to Nanchen Palace.

Everyone in the palace knows that the Oriental girl from Nanxiang is the new emperor's pistachio and has a good heart, and she has to be taken care of by a good student, and she can't be wronged at all.

However, after Zhao Che gave the treasure, in the next few days, Gu Hengzhou went to the palace to Nanchen Palace to see Shen Bai, at first he just sent some hairpins, jewelry and other gadgets, and then began to send heirlooms, house deeds, and land deeds.

Others don't know, but the palace people who serve in Nanchen Palace know very well that Commander Gu has given all the belongings of the Great Commander's Mansion to the Oriental girl.

If the Oriental girl returns to Nanxiang with the money, or marries someone else, Commander Gu will go bankrupt and have nothing.

Taking care of the sticky posture of the commander, it is unlikely that the Oriental girl will return to Nanxiang, but according to the new emperor's love for the Oriental girl, this marriage is really a bit mysterious.

A group of people who didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement silently looked forward to the direction of this matter, but Shen Bai and Gu Hengzhou, the two parties, were drinking tea slowly in Nanchen Palace.

Gu Hengzhou took a stack of drawings and put them in front of Shen Bai, and said softly, "Let's see if there is anything you like." ”

"What?" Shen Bai asked, opened the drawings and saw that these were all wedding robe drawings, and the design was quite exquisite, Gu Hengzhou said: "If you like it, pick it out, you can give it to the Internal Affairs Office to make it first, put it on and then see the effect." ”

Murong Xuan leaned over and picked up the drawings and looked at them, deliberately raised his eyebrows and looked at Gu Hengzhou and asked, "Didn't you already hand over all your belongings, the wedding was held so luxuriously, and you saved private money with your kite before you got married?" ”

"According to the rules, if an official of the fifth grade or above gets married, all the degrees are managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and I don't need to save private money." Gu Hengzhou replied frankly, and Murong Xuan snorted deliberately: "No wonder you are so generous, it turns out that you don't have to spend your own money, and you don't care very much about kites." ”

Shen Bai couldn't listen to it, and bumped Murong Xuan's arm with his elbow, reminding: "It's almost over, don't be weird." ”

Murong Xuan glanced at Shen Bai and muttered in a low voice: "Turn your elbow out, I'm helping you, can you be reserved." ”

Shen Bai had nothing to be reserved, so he looked at the drawings seriously, and quickly picked out his favorite wedding dress pattern.

"That's it, no more looks?" Gu Hengzhou asked, Shen Bai nodded and said firmly: "That's it, don't want anything else." ”

Murong Xuan wanted to take the opportunity to make things difficult, but Shen Bai preemptively said: "It's me who is married, it has nothing to do with you, don't talk so much, be careful that it will annoy people." ”

Murong Xuan snorted twice and swallowed his words back.

Gu Hengzhou folded the drawing that Shen Bai picked out, and said softly: "The wedding date will be set in a while, where do you want to get married?" ”

If Shen Bai marries Gu Hengzhou as an Oriental Kite Spirit, it is a marriage between the two countries, and it is normal to marry from the palace.

"From the Prime Minister's Mansion." Shen Bai pondered for a moment and said, this time he helped Zhao Che greatly weaken the power of the Hanjing family, and after promoting the marriage between Murong Xuan and Zhaoling, there should be nothing that will affect his status in the future, and this credit is enough for him to think about letting Shen Bai marry from the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Moreover, she has returned to Hanjing, if she doesn't marry from the Shen family, not to mention that Shen Ruxiu will be angry, I am afraid that the ancestors of the Shen family will be angry.

Gu Hengzhou nodded and said, "Okay, I'll let someone prepare." ”

His tone was very serious, as if he was about to arrange someone to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to prepare for the happy event, Shen Bai couldn't help but remind: "Brother Gu, now everyone in the capital is speculating about what His Majesty is going to do, don't make it too obvious." ”

Gu Hengzhou said: "I have measure. ”

He won't expose Zhao Che's plans, but he won't let his plans be interfered with either.

Gu Hengzhou came to Nanchen Palace every day, and the stay would not be too long, and after a few days, Shen Bai received a post that Zhou Shao, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, drank the full moon and feasted everyone.

The post invited her and Murong Xuan, Zhao Xian and Zhao Mingyi were also invited, Zhao Mingxi couldn't go because he had to prepare for the spring school test of Tai Academy, and the four of them happened to be walking together.

After the separation, Zhao Mingyi combed back the girl's bun and put on a luxurious dress, she was still the noble fifth princess back then, this was the first time she participated in the banquet and appeared in front of everyone after leaving, and the palace people subconsciously looked at her along the way, her back was straight, her head was raised high, and she was not affected by anyone.

Zhao Xian and Murong Xuan rode horses, Shen Bai and Zhao Mingyi rode in the carriage together, and when they got into the carriage, Zhao Mingyi tidied up the hem of his skirt, exhaled heavily, his shoulders fell, and said to Shen Bai: "I feel so tired every time like this, and I don't know why these people like to stare at people so much, isn't it just Heli, and I didn't kill people." ”

From this point of view, Zhao Mingyi and Shen Bai are quite temperamental, and Shen Bai comforted him gently: "Everyone in the world lives in a confused way, and there are many people who are like the clouds, and Her Royal Highness the princess does not need to be as knowledgeable as them." ”

"I love to hear that!" Zhao Mingyi snapped his fingers, let go a little, and chatted with Shen Bai without saying a word.

The carriage soon arrived at Zhou's mansion, the groom lifted the curtain, Shen Bai got out of the car first, and helped Zhao Mingyi instead of the groom, after getting off, Zhao Mingyi tidied up the skirt and picked up the princess's shelf.

She has enjoyed the glory and wealth of the princess, and now that she is leaving, she naturally has to bear more eyes than ordinary people.

There were other people's carriages with them, but Zhao Xian and Zhao Mingyi had the highest status, and the others avoided it in a proper manner, and Shen Bai and Zhao Mingyi followed Zhao Xian and Murong Xuan into the mansion.

The full moon wine is grand, there are too many guests, for fear of any chaos, male and female guests are seated separately.

Entering the gate, a small maid and a maid stepped forward to lead the way, and Shen Bai and Zhao Mingyi went to the women's area together.

The women's area is located in the south garden of the Zhou Mansion, which should be a study room prepared for this little young master, the courtyard area is very large, the yard is planted with green bamboos, pines and cypresses, and there is a cloister water pavilion, and the layout is quite exquisite.

Shen Bai and Zhao Mingyi's eyes lit up after they came in, and Zhao Mingyi couldn't help but turn around and say to Shen Bai: "This courtyard princess likes it quite a lot." "Courier

When the maid who led the way heard this, she immediately said crisply: "This courtyard was designed and built by our lady herself, and it took a lot of thought for our wife." ”

Zhao Mingyi raised her eyebrows and said lightly: "Mrs. Zhou really deserves to be the first talented woman in Hanjing, and she even understands the design and layout of the courtyard. ”

The maid bowed thoughtfully and said, "Her Royal Highness Princess Xie compliments." ”

While talking, the maid had already led them to the front of the house, someone arrived first, the house was full of laughter, the maid stopped at the door, and said loudly: "The fifth princess, the Oriental girl has arrived!" ”

The room was quiet, and Zhao Mingyi walked in with Shen Bai.

There are quite a lot of people inside, several ladies of the family are sitting with the younger generations of the family, the white and chubby Zhou Shaoyin is only wearing a red belly pocket like some rare thing and sitting on a coffee table in the middle, being supported by the nurse to be watched, Jiang Qinse is wearing a rouge and wearing a long skirt with flowers, and sits next to him with a dignified and noble smile.

This dress is specially made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it is lined with her identity as a wife, and she is wearing it today for her children and her own long face.

As soon as Zhao Mingyi and Shen Bai entered the door, everyone's eyes fell on them, and the two of them have caused a lot of controversy recently, and they have attracted similar attention.

Zhao Mingyi waited patiently for a while, and saw that everyone was stunned and didn't mean to get up and salute, so he said with a stiff face: "What, there is something dirty on this princess's face, so that you can see that you forget to salute so much?" ”

Zhao Mingyi's tone was not very good, everyone came back to their senses and saluted, Zhao Mingyi stiffened his body and accepted the salute, and then walked in front of Jiang Qinse, took out a silver embroidered brocade rat brocade box to Jiang Qinse, Wen smiled and said: "This is a jade pendant made of good mutton fat jade by the palace order, and sent to Yunshan Temple to let the monks open the light, and they all say that jade is a good thing to raise people, and it can be regarded as a good omen." ”

Jiang Qinse took it with both hands and thanked her softly, and the others also echoed a few words, saying that the fifth princess had a heart.

Zhao Mingyi knew that these people didn't have much sincerity inside, so he gave something and said: "It's a little stuffy in the house, let's sit outside in this palace, so as not to let you go." ”

After Zhao Mingyi finished speaking, he went out with Shen Bai and found a place next to a clump of green bamboos and sat down.

Zhao Mingyi had heard a lot of rumors about Heli outside, but this kind of hearing was still very different from really feeling the strange eyes of others, especially these ladies and ladies were all familiar with her, and she clearly felt that the eyes of these people just now looked at her as if they were looking at a monster.

She is indeed the fifth princess who is rightfully named, but the identity of the princess does not deter her from those eyes, she is also a mortal in the flesh, a layman.

Zhao Mingyi's face was a little ugly, Shen Bai took in the changes in her expression, poured a cup of tea and put it in front of her, and said softly: "Her Royal Highness the princess made a decision that did not hurt anyone, Your Highness is brave and correct, please don't be disturbed by mediocrity, only to increase your troubles." ”

Zhao Mingyi took a sip of hot tea, suppressed his anger and whispered: "This princess endures them because she doesn't want to make trouble, if they dare to make an inch, this princess must make them look good!" ”

"It should be so."

Shen Bai said softly, Zhao Mingyi paused for a moment, looked at Shen Bai in disbelief, and asked, "You don't stop me?" ”

"It's just that they did wrong, Her Royal Highness the princess should teach them a lesson, people only have a few decades in this life, why should they wronged themselves?"

Zhao Mingyi looked at Shen Bai for a while, raised his hand and patted her shoulder, and said meaningfully: "I finally understand why the imperial brother likes to stay with you." ”

No, Your Highness Princess, you probably still don't understand.

Shen Bai slandered, but did not correct Zhao Mingyi's thoughts.

The two sat for a while, and a lot of people came, the room was a little crowded, Jiang Qin simply hugged Zhou Shao and drank it, and the others sat down separately, talking about their own words in twos and threes, which was very lively for a while.

Zhao Mingyi and Shen Bai have special identities, and everyone who comes in has to look at them a few times, but they don't dare to come forward to speak.

Shen Bai comforted Zhao Mingyi while casually observing the surrounding situation, today Mrs. Lu came by herself, and she didn't bring Lu Xi or Lu Xiu.

Lu Xi and Gu Hengxiu are married, and if they bump into Murong Xuan if they are brought over, it will be easy to show their stuffing, and Jiang Qinse has always regarded Lu Xiu as an imaginary enemy, and Lu Xiu will probably be embarrassed when he comes.

The next person sent the food, the banquet was lively, the chefs of the Zhou Mansion had good cooking skills, and the meals tasted very good, Shen Bai had just eaten two bites of food, and was named.

Turning around, Zhao stood up in the middle of the banquet.

It's been almost a month since Shen Bai and Zhao Mingxi saw her together last time, and Zhao's complexion is too good, and he can't tell that he has had a miscarriage before.

Shen Bai stopped his chopsticks and looked at Zhao calmly, and the others were also waiting to see the show with great interest, Zhao said sincerely: "The sixth princess didn't come today, and a girl from Lao Dongfang told the sixth princess that it was indeed a friend of the courtier's misunderstanding of Her Royal Highness the princess before, and the courtier's unborn child was not the victim of the proprietress of the garment shop, and the problem was the spice." ”

People do full moon wine, but she is not too unlucky to mention her unborn child here, she really has no eyesight.

Someone glanced at Zhao, but Jiang Qinse was generous, gentle and did not show any emotion.

Zhao Mingyi was rarely interested in this topic, and asked Shen Bai in a low voice: "When did the sixth sister have a friend who opened a ready-to-wear shop?" ”

Yes, the most favored six princesses, how can they have a friend who runs a ready-to-wear shop.

Shen Bai had mentioned the Zhao family at that time and asked her not to publicize this kind of thing, but she chose to talk to Shen Bai on an occasion like today, it was definitely not so simple.

Shen Bai was not flustered, smiled slightly, and said lightly: "What is Madam saying, why can't I understand?" When did I meet Madame with the Six Princesses? ”

Shen Bai directly denied that the Zhao family was determined to poke this matter out, gritted his teeth and said: "Mrs. Zhou just gave birth to a child, the courtiers came to visit Mrs. Zhou, the Dongfang girl and the sixth princess once called the courtiers to meet in the carriage alone, if the Dongfang girl forgets, you might as well confront the doorman of the Zhou Mansion face to face and see what they say." ”

Zhao's words were conclusive, and Shen Bai was not afraid, nodding and saying, "Okay." ”

Whether this matter is true or not, it is a matter of offending the six princesses and offending the royal family, Shen Bai wants to see which subordinate of the Zhou Mansion dares to stand up, or which master dares to instigate behind his back, so that the Zhou Mansion becomes the target of public criticism.

Shen Bai thought clearly, so he agreed very happily, Zhao did not scare Shen Bai, but was caught off guard, and he didn't know how to respond for a while, and Zhou Shaoyin, who had been quietly hugged by Jiang Qinse, suddenly cried.

Everyone immediately asked Zhao not to spoil the atmosphere today, Jiang Qinse coaxed Zhou Shao to drink for a while, and asked the nurse to take the child away, but looked at Zhao and asked, "Mrs. Li just said that your unborn child was harmed by spices, what's the matter?" I also like to buy some spices on weekdays, which spices are harmful to the human body, and I will let my subordinates be vigilant in the future, don't buy the wrong one. ”

Jiang Qinse brought things back to the point in one sentence, and directly skipped the topic of Zhao's bite of Shen Bai and Zhao Mingxi.

Shen Bai tilted his head and glanced at Jiang Qinse more, his eyes were a little meaningful, thinking about it carefully, Jiang Qinse and Zhao seemed to be cooperating.

Jiang Qinse asked, and the other ladies of the family also focused on spices, Zhao stabilized his mind and said loudly: "Jing Zhaoyin's official messenger checked all the shops that sell spices in Beijing, those spices are not produced in Zhaoling, but from Nanxiang, these spices have a special fragrance, and they have been stored for a long time, and they have sold very well after entering Hanjing, but Jing Zhaoyin's investigation found that many people who used these spices have had miscarriages." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed, and Zhao Shi didn't stop, and then released a thunderbolt, saying: "And those women who have had an abortion, after recuperating their bodies, have not been able to conceive, I guess these spices are very harmful to women, I am afraid it will make it difficult for people to conceive." ”

After Zhao finished speaking, everyone present exploded, the status of women has always been low by men, heirs are too important to a woman, if there is no heir, how can a woman live?

Everyone was a little flustered, and they couldn't wait to go home immediately to check where the spices used at home were bought from, and whether they would be harmful to their health.

Jiang Qinse was quite calm, and said calmly to the Zhao family: "The case is still under investigation, Jing Zhaoyin has not posted a notice yet, Mrs. Li still should not talk nonsense at will, so as not to hurt the friendship between Zhaoling and Nanxiang." ”

Zhao himself didn't have a child, and most of the people still believed it when they said such things.

There is only Shen Bai here who is from Nanxiang Kingdom, and everyone's eyes when they look at Shen Bai quickly change their meaning, as if Shen Bai is a meticulous work sent by Nanxiang Country to harm people, and everyone in Zhaoling will no longer have heirs.

Shen Bai's situation suddenly became very embarrassing, but even at this time, she was not in a hurry, and said quietly: "Nanxiang and Zhaoling exchange trade, is the first emperor and His Majesty have always respected, Nanxiang country's spices are not only sold to Hanjing, but also sold to other places, and the two countries have been communicating for more than three years, if there is a problem with the spices, it should have been discovered long ago, instead of waiting until now, Mrs. Zhou is right, the case is still under investigation, it is better to wait for Jing Zhaoyin to post a notice before making a conclusion." ”

Shen Bai didn't argue with them, and directly moved out of the first emperor and Zhao Che to suppress people.

Zhao glanced at Jiang Qinse, and changed his words: "The Oriental girl is reasonable, the courtiers lost their words for a while because of the pain of losing their son, and asked the Oriental girl not to take it to heart." ”

People are terrible, and it is too easy to erase what you have said without taking it to heart.

Shen Bai smiled slightly, and said softly: "Madame's loss of her beloved son is indeed worthy of sympathy, and I will not be like Madame." ”

After saying this, Zhao wanted to sit down, but he didn't want Shen Bai to change his words, and said faintly: "Didn't Mrs. just say that she wanted to let the doorman of the Zhou Mansion confront me, Madame still has grief in her heart, and she should not be wronged in vain, the sixth princess is not present today, but her reputation cannot be humiliated, and she also asked Madame to call the doorkeeper and confront me in front of everyone, so as not to have any misunderstanding." ”

After Shen Bai finished speaking, Zhao's expression cracked inch by inch.