Chapter 45, Offering Plans and Favoring
The reason why Xin Ruyue dared to be so arrogant was also because Zhao Rongxian treated her slightly better than the few next to her. There are guests in the palace, and Zhao Rongxian has always liked to ask Xin Ruyue to come out to dance.
Therefore, in Xin Ruyue's heart, she is always a little taller than the others.
That's why he had the audacity to disturb the master's meal.
If this were in the past, I would only watch the play, but now, I have to let her know that in this Four Princes' Mansion, I am the Fourth Princess, and my courtyard is not something she can break into if she wants to.
So before Zhao Rongxian could speak, I immediately asked her in a cold voice, "Ruyue, what are you doing here?" Didn't you see Princess Ben eating? ”
Xin Ruyue thought that I would train her in front of Zhao Rongxian, she suddenly became even more aggrieved, looked at Zhao Rongxian pitifully, and cried, "Back to the princess, slave maid...... The slave is in a hurry......"
"No matter how urgent it is, you have to report it, what is it to break in? Are there any rules? My voice suddenly became cold, and the chopsticks in my hand clattered on the table.
Xin Ruyue was shocked, her eyes full of resentment, but the next moment, she returned to her usual pity, and simply crossed me directly, crying at Zhao Rongxian, "Lord Wang...... Slave ......"
"The princess is right, are there any rules?" Zhao Rongxian interrupted her in a deep voice, her voice sounded neither high nor low, but the cold air on her body was enough to make people afraid.
Xin Ruyue was stunned for a moment, looking at Zhao Rongxian in disbelief, Xu saw that Zhao Rongxian was really angry, so she got up unwillingly, choked up and said, "Slave, slave and maid, go out ......"
"Wait......" Xin Ruyue had just taken a step when Zhao Rongxian called out to her again.
Sure enough, Xin Ruyue's face was overjoyed, and she cried softly and weakly, "Lord, the slave ...... today"
"Go out and kneel first, kneel until the princess tells you to get up and get up again, after all, you are breaking into the princess's courtyard, even if you are given by your father, this should still be established." Just as Xin Ruyue was full of joy, Zhao Rongxian said this coldly.
Did he do it on purpose to show me?
Xin Ruyue was completely dumbfounded at this moment, she glanced at Zhao Rongxian in a daze, her eyes were full of unwillingness, but she didn't dare to say anything, but she didn't really want to kneel, so she simply looked at me, and her eyes seemed to say, "Princess Niangniang, the slave knows that you are kind, and you must be ruthless to let the slave and maid kneel!" ”
Xin Ruyue is determined that I have to pretend to be understanding in front of Zhao Rongxian, but unfortunately, I am not her, I will not pretend, let alone let a person who wants to bully him feel better.
What's more, Zhao Rongxian has always known who I am.
I...... It is a person who protects the calf, and once it is protected, I will repay it.
I glanced at her leisurely, lukewarm, "What the prince said is that the rules that should be established must always be established, in the past, the princess was greedy for fun, so that the back house of the palace was messed up, and now the princess wants to learn to manage things." So, Ruyue, you should go out and kneel for two hours first, and set an example for the rest of the palace. So that everyone knows that there are rules in this palace......"
Xin Ruyue's face turned blue, and she didn't even have the mood to cry at this time.
So I smiled again, and said in a tone like coaxing a child, "This princess knows that Ruyue has always been the kindest of the eight girls, you won't be unwilling to help with this, right?" ”
I said that the punishment was helping, Xin Ruyue was about to breathe fire, but Zhao Rongxian didn't pay attention to her at all, although she was unwilling, she had to go out obediently and kneel.
Seeing that she had gone out, I picked up my chopsticks again and continued to eat casually.
Zhao Rongxian didn't seem to have any appetite, he sandwiched and put a piece of chicken and put it away, and finally couldn't help it, "Ah Huan, you weren't like this before, what are you doing?" Don't believe me? ”
Trust him? Believe him and wait for death?
I sneered in my heart, but my face was calm, and I asked him with a smile, "Is this distressed like the moon?" If the prince is really distressed, let her get up, and the concubine will never complain. ”
"You know I didn't mean that!" Zhao Rongxian was annoyed.
"What's wrong with the prince? The concubine is just asking, if the prince is unwilling, forget it, why be angry? I immediately smiled back at him.
I don't know why, I obviously want to respect each other in the future, but I can't help but say something ugly.
Zhao Rongxian was so angry that he didn't want to speak again, he put down his chopsticks, and said with a dark face, "I'll go to the study first." ”
After saying that, he was so angry that he brushed his sleeves away.
Mother Du, who witnessed everything, saw that Zhao Rongxian had not finished eating and let me go, and she immediately became anxious, and immediately rushed up, and asked me very anxiously, "Princess, what are you doing here?" The old slave can see that the prince is clearly facing you. You say...... What do you do? ”
I don't want to do this either, but now I have hated Zhao Rongxian to the extreme, especially after knowing that he is calculating me, I want to trouble him all the time.
But after seeing him angry, I didn't feel comfortable in my heart.
I picked up a piece of chicken and put it in the bowl, and said calmly, "Xu is pregnant, and his temper has become bad." ”
Mother Du sighed, a little helpless, "When Madame was pregnant before, I never saw someone as moody as you!" Princess, you can't be pampered and arrogant, if you continue like this, one day the prince will get tired of it......"
I didn't speak, I kept my head down and made a big sliver of rice.
It's not that I don't understand this truth, it's just that I can't get over that hurdle in my heart.
My mood is even more empty and confused, in the past I always hoped that Zhao Rongxian would be tired of me, but now, I hope that he is tired of it, and I am afraid that my children and I will not be able to survive after getting tired of it.
I was in a state of upset.
"Jin Yu, Mother Du, you don't have to follow me, I want to go to Garden Road alone." After eating, I sent Jin Yu and Du's mother down, and then walked to the garden alone.
In the past, whenever Zhao Rongxian was sad, I always hid in the garden and cried.
It's already a little dark, but the flowers and plants in the garden can still be seen a little clearly.
I carried the lantern and walked slowly towards the small pond, and when I was in a bad mood, I always liked to go there to see the carp, crying and watching, and the mood was not so bad when I looked at it.
Bang, what's the sound? It's like someone throwing a stone into a pond! Which one dared to smash the koi I raised......
I was about to walk over with a lantern, but as soon as I took a step, I was startled by the figure standing there.
Zhao Rongxian? Isn't he supposed to be in the study?
I didn't really want to see him, so I turned around and walked away......
"What people!"
"Ah......h
Before I could react, my feet suddenly emptied, and the whole person leaned forward stiffly, and the next moment, I only felt a sharp pain in my lower abdomen......
The feeling is all too familiar......
My baby...... My baby......
I tried to stand up, but as soon as I moved, my ankle hurt even more, and the pain was so bad that I couldn't stand at all, and at the same time, my lower abdomen hurt even more violently.
My baby...... My child, I suddenly panicked to the extreme, and I shouted loudly to Zhao Rongxian in a panic, "Lord Wang, it's me, it's me, save my child......"
I cried and screamed, trying to get up.
In a panic, a pair of hands scooped me up from the ground.
When I woke up again, I saw a room full of people, Mama Du, Jin Yu, Yinhuan, Zhao Rongxian, and the Imperial Doctor.
The imperial doctor looked worried and honestly afraid, "Back to the prince, the princess just twisted her foot, and the fetus in this womb is fine." However, the princess has been depressed recently, and if it goes on like this for a long time, it will be very bad for the fetus. On weekdays, you must keep the princess in a happy mood. And today's such a thing can definitely not happen again, this time if you are lucky, nothing happens, if you do it again, the fetus in the womb will be difficult to protect. ”
"This king knows, thank you for talking about the imperial doctor......"
"The prince is polite, this is a matter of Weichen's responsibility." The Imperial Doctor withdrew.
Zhao Rongxian had a cold face, waved his hand at Jin Yu and Mother Du, and ordered, "Okay, you all go down and go and decoct the princess's medicine." ”
"Also, the princess must not be allowed to go out alone in the future, and if something goes wrong again, the king will not spare it!"
Mother Du and the others were already frightened, but now they were scolded by Zhao Rongxian, and they were even more scared, so they retreated in a panic.
I was lying on the bed, without any strength, just looking at Zhao Rongxian silently.
Zhao Rongxian let out a long breath, turned his head and looked down at me, and looked inward, "Bai Huanxi, the black light is blind, what are you running around alone?" If you hadn't met me today, do you know what would have happened? ”
I could tell that he was angry, even more angry than he had been with me before, but he was trying not to let himself get angry.
He was afraid that getting angry with me would make me feel bad, and he was afraid that the fetus in my womb would be bad again.
Zhao Rongxian still cares about me and this child after all, I can see that he is really anxious, and he is about to cry.
At this moment, I didn't know if I should continue to hate him.
I looked at him silently for a moment, and whispered, "Not anymore......"
"Bai Huanxi, even if you hate me, don't hurt yourself, okay?" Zhao Rongxian said again, and in addition to anxiety in his eyes, he was worried.
I think I'm a slut, I was so mean to him in the past, and I was killed so miserably by him.
But right now, just because he cared so much about me, I suddenly felt very guilty, and suddenly felt that I had been too good a few days ago, and suddenly ...... I feel like crying.
I rolled over and couldn't help but cry.
"I said, why are you crying? I didn't scold you, I ...... Don't I care about you? "Zhao Rongxian saw me crying, and he panicked all of a sudden.
Confused, he reached out and touched my shoulder, and his tone softened, "Am I wrong?" I shouldn't have said you ......"
When he said this, I felt even more guilty and entangled.
I don't even know if I should hate him......
It is said that knowing mistakes can improve a lot, Zhao Rongxian is indeed aware of mistakes and can change them now, but it is not really changed, I don't know.
The more I thought about it, the more I struggled, and the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to cry......
Zhao Rongxian was even more anxious by my crying, he immediately got up and said, "Don't cry, I'll go out!" I know you don't want to see me! ”
"I'll go out now, don't cry and break your body."
I don't know why, as soon as I heard that Zhao Rongxian was going out, I suddenly wanted to cry even more, I think he was probably annoyed by me, and now he wants to find Xin Ruyue's fox spirit!
I immediately cried even harder, got up and threw myself into his arms.
"Okay, okay, am I wrong? Don't cry......" Zhao Rongxian was confused by me, but he still reached out and hugged me.
I cried in his arms for a long time, and when I woke up the next day, my eyes were swollen.
When I woke up, it was almost noon, and after I was pregnant, I was finally going to be sleepy.
In the past, I always woke up early every day.
In the past few days, I not only woke up at night, but also often felt sleepy during the day, often woke up for a while, ate a meal, simply took care of the affairs of the house, and then became sleepy again, and lived like a pig.
As soon as I woke up, Du's mother brought a bowl of medicine, saying that it was for fetal protection.
Because I fell yesterday, although the fetus in this womb is fine, it needs to be saved.
Looking at the bowl of thick black medicinal juice on the table, I carefully took out the silver hairpin and tried it.
When Du's mother saw such a move, she was a little unhappy.
"Princess Niangniang, is this doubting the old slave?" One of her chubby faces was full of grievances.
Jin Yu saw Mother Du's aggrieved look, and immediately smiled, "Mother Du, what are you thinking?" How can the princess suspect you? ”
Mother Du was even more puzzled at this time, "If the princess didn't suspect the old slave, why did she use the silver hairpin to test the medicine?" ”
"Mother Du, although this prince does not have a side concubine, the eight people in the snow courtyard are not fuel-efficient lamps, even if they have no intention of assassinating, it is difficult to guarantee that their master will not." Jin Yu smiled brightly.
Jin Yu is really the smartest girl in my side, and she knows everything before I even open my mouth. On the contrary, it is Du's mother, although she is old, she is not very transparent.
After Jin Yu dialed it like this, Du's mother immediately realized, and nodded again and again, "It's the old slave who is stupid, it's the old slave who is stupid." I'll just say, this princess was brought up by my old mother, how can you doubt me. ”
Du's mother smiled very awkwardly, as if she was deliberately hiding her embarrassment.
However, this is not enough. This poison can be tested, but the abortion pill cannot be tested.
I took the medicine and drank it all, and then instructed Mother Du, "Mother Du, when you go out for a while, you say that I have no conscience, and I actually suspect that you have poisoned me, and I specially took a silver hairpin to test the poison." If you are not happy, I will reprimand you angrily. ”
"Princess, what is this for?" Du's mother was puzzled.
"Mother Du, princess, this is a warning to those with ill intentions! So that some people know that the princess is very cautious, and if there is an accident, it must be someone else's murder. If you don't kill chickens and monkeys, it is inevitable that yesterday's accident will not happen in the future. "It's still Jin Yu who understands me.
With such a naked explanation by Jin Yu, Du's mother finally understood.
She laughed dryly and said, 'Old slave is stupid,' and went out.
It didn't take half a day's work, and the whole palace was spread, and the maids were much more cautious when they saw me, especially the few maids who were close to Xiang'er Zheng's mother, who always spoke ill of me in the past, and they have become much more well-behaved these days.
These are not the most important things, the most important thing is that the eight people in the snow courtyard have stopped a lot, and almost no one dares to come over to bother me.
Naxin Ruyue knelt for two hours, I heard that the knee was broken, these days the door is not out of the door, before crying and making a fuss, as if trying to attract someone's attention, but after crying for a long time, no one paid attention to her, so she simply nested in the house and pretended to be pitiful.
It took many days before she came to me and pleaded guilty, and she looked pitiful, as if I was going to kill her.
Especially when she saw the second princess coming to visit the door, she pretended to be more and more pitiful.
It's a pity that the second princess is most disgusted with pretending to be pitiful White Lotus, and she doesn't look at her.
That Xin Ruyue had no choice but to go back stupidly.
"I don't know what my father thinks, but he gave such a gift to the fourth brother." Seeing her back walking out, the second princess couldn't help but snort, as if she saw Song Yinniang, and scolded angrily, "What a shameless slut, not even a concubine, but thinking about being a housewife all day long." ”
Isn't that right?
I smiled and said calmly, "These beauties are all given by my father, and they used to be either raised by the queen mother or in the palace of the official eunuch, so their hearts are naturally higher." Who wants to be a slave and maid in peace, especially this Xin Ruyue, who is the most outstanding of the eight beauties, whether it is appearance or figure, or singing and dancing, it is all first-class. ”
Hearing this, the second princess sighed, and became even more angry, "Isn't it?" These things often like to climb up by beauty. ”
"But don't say it, sometimes, this beauty is still useful. Look at you, you have a good look, which makes the fourth brother fall in love at first sight, and everything accommodates you. Like me, who is mediocre in appearance, he doesn't even like his own mother. Saying that, the second princess unconsciously showed a little loss, "My eldest sister gave birth to a good look, her father loved her, and her mother doted on her." In the end, he married a Tibetan khan, and the khan still offered her as a treasure......"
"Like me, I can't even marry a national government. married You Zhao is such a wreck, and he also blocks me every day! Don't you know, in the past few days, he actually went to my house and stole the white marble bracelet left by my eldest sister, just to buy some food for that slut, when I was pregnant, I didn't see him treat me so well. The most hateful thing is that this pair of sluts also cursed my son to death in person...... "The second princess is getting more angry and sad the more she talks."
Don't say it's the second princess, I'm angry when I hear it.
It's just a matter of pampering the concubine, but he curses his son to death! I can't help but suspect that the death of the second princess's son in the previous life has something to do with You Zhao.
In the end, it was all Concubine Hui's indulgence, and now they are all in trouble with the emperor, and they are still so arrogant.
If this continues, these two princesses are afraid that they will have to take the old path of their previous life again. I didn't like the second princess before, but after getting along for a long time, I found that she was still good.
Since I have encountered it, I naturally can't let her be angry.
I thought about it for a while, and gave her an idea, "Second princess, why don't you leave your husband!" ”
"Hugh...... Hugh! The second princess was slightly shocked, embarrassed, "I am a woman's family, how can I be a good husband!" At most, it is reconciled, but you don't want to live or die for that slut. ”
If it were an ordinary woman's family, she would naturally not be able to leave her husband, but she was a princess!
I smiled, shook my head and said to her, "Second princess, don't forget, you are a princess, and you are a dignified royal bloodline. An ordinary woman's family can't leave a husband, but a princess can. Didn't we have a princess of Jing'an in the Northern Dynasty who once had a husband? ”
Hearing this, the second princess immediately became happy, but the next moment she immediately drooped her head again, "If I really take Hugh husband, my mother will not be allowed to commit suicide by hitting the wall!" ”
That's natural, according to Concubine Hui's urine, she must be forced to die.
But no matter how domineering Concubine Hui is, she is still a concubine after all, and she always can't ride on the emperor's head.
If the emperor intervened in this matter, even if Concubine Hui was dissatisfied, she would not dare to say anything.
But if the emperor wants to intervene, the second princess must first be favored, and these two princesses will be favored, so they have to do something.
Let me think about how Zhao Rongxian climbed up in his previous life, when the emperor was anxious about the constant famine in the south and the emptiness of the treasury.
So Zhao Rongxian first took out the silver to donate, and then gave the emperor ideas, so that various officials and businessmen donated a lot. But if you donate, your family can get a pair of plaques written by the emperor himself, and the more you donate, the bigger the plaque. It reads: House of Great Goodness.
At that time, there were 100 merchants in Chang'an City, and 99 of them were great benevolent people......
I thought about it, put on Zhao Rongxian's usual unfathomable expression, and said to the second princess, "Second princess, if your father wants you to leave your husband, your mother will naturally not dare to say anything......
"How is this possible......"
"How is it impossible, if you give your father more ideas and solve his urgent needs, he will naturally favor you more and more. Think about it, if your father thinks that you are talented and outstanding, he will naturally feel that Na You Zhao is not worthy of you. I smiled at her and hooked my finger at her.
The second princess trusted me very much now, and she immediately leaned her ears together. I was shameless, pretending to be a master and stealing Zhao Rongxian's scheme for her.
When the second princess heard this, she admired me so much at the moment, and I immediately found a reason to praise her, and the two of us praised each other for a while, and our vanity was greatly satisfied.
On the same day, the second princess entered the palace on the pretext of sending pastries to her father.
Two days later, Gonggong Yun, who was next to the emperor, personally went to the second princess's mansion to pass the decree, saying that the second princess was so old that she didn't have a title, so he planned to make her the princess of Deqing, which means: people are virtuous, like water to clear.
As soon as this incident came out, the group of nobles in Chang'an City exploded, and they all said that these two princesses were the female version of Zhao Rongxian, and they would be easy to provoke in the future!
The second princess was so happy that she ran to the Four Princes' Mansion to report the good news to me as soon as she was free on the second day.
"Fourth brother and sister, you are really a contemporary Zhuge Liang! As soon as you said that, my father was really happy...... "The second princess pulled me and said excitedly, "Don't you know, I have only been awarded the title for less than a day, and my mother has not dared to protect You Zhao as blatantly as before!" ”
Hearing the second princess say this, I am very happy for her, and I am very sad for her. Happily, she finally stopped looking at Concubine Hui's face, and sadly, she could only use fame and fortune to get her mother's love.
But in any case, it's always good to live a high place.
I was sincerely happy for her, "Then congratulations to you, second princess, so happy today, let's go to the garden to pick some flowers to make pastries, and you can bring some back to Brother Yu in a while......"
"I think you're greedy......" The second princess smiled at me, but still helped me to the garden.
The weather is starting to get hot now, but there are a lot of flowers blooming this season, and as soon as you enter the garden, you can smell the smell of flowers.
"Sister, do you know how the merchant girl fell a few days ago? I heard that she punished your sister and made the prince angry, and went to the garden to look for the prince, but she threw herself down! That little in the belly! Almost gone! Hahaha......"
"Oh, that lowly merchant girl actually tossed me so much that the prince didn't ask me to dance these days. I think she's got retribution! If only the child in her womb could be destroyed, so much the better! It's not just because she has a child that the prince is partial to her...... "This is ...... Xin Ruyue's voice......
"Isn't it? Sister, you were given by His Majesty, and you grew up beside the queen, how can you compare with such lowly merchants? Lord Wang, I like you to dance the most, every time the prince comes over, he asks you to dance......"
"You say, the little slut in the slut's belly is dead, and if she is accused of adultery, the prince will still ask her to ......"