In the Funing Palace, the princess wanted to bow down and had been held by Jinshang, and he was concerned and worried, he asked the princess again and again what happened before, and the princess just cried, and soon the queen and Miao Xianfei arrived one after another, hugged her and comforted her again and again, the princess began to cry and confide, starting from the grievances received at the beginning of the decline, and talking about Yang's drugging, and insulting us tonight. Of course, her narrative has reservations, omitting our affair, and the section on drinking is also understated that she "drank a glass of wine and said a few words" with me under the bullying of the mother and son of the horse, and after Yang peeped around, he wantonly insulted, provoked and fight, and Li Wei also helped her mother beat her when she heard the news.

So Concubine Miao Xian was angry when she heard this, hugged her daughter, and no longer concealed her resentment over the years because of this marriage, and said hatefully while wiping her tears: "I am a delicate and delicate and noble daughter, I have so many talents in the world who have not picked them, and they have descended to the lintel of the Li family to shine on their house, and they are not good to serve, why did they use so many dirty means to torture her?" is also drugged, this kind of old bustard's tricks against the chicks are also due to the uncle and wife of the country! I don't know if her family opened a paper money shop or a brothel back then! ”

She said this to the Queen, but it was probably mainly for Imagami. Jinshang was originally very taboo for others to mention the fact that the Li family had chiseled paper money to make a living, but at this moment, he also felt that what the Yang family had done was excessive, and he didn't even express his dissatisfaction to Concubine Miao Xian, but just frowned and sighed from time to time.

"And that Li Wei, who looks ugly and stupid, and is like a fool, if it weren't for the blessing of the official family, he would never want to touch the corner of the princess's skirt for another eighteen lifetimes. Now that the princess jumped over the dragon gate and became the captain of the horse, he dared to show the princess his face, and the princess did not want to sleep with him, so he beat and scolded the princess, whether to treat the princess as a maid or as a dancing singer? Concubine Miao Xian counted Li Wei, and she was so angry that she became sad, her voice gradually became choked, and finally she simply hugged the princess with her arms and cried, "My son, I don't know what kind of life you have lived in the princess's mansion in the past few years, it is rare that you have endured it silently for a long time, you must not want your father to worry......

When the princess heard this, she let out a cry of grief, and hugged her mother and cried. Now he was very helpless, and he was a little embarrassed to hear Concubine Miao Xian say this, and tried to persuade him: "Or, there is some misunderstanding here, and the horse should not be here......"

"What misunderstanding?" Concubine Miao Xian, who loves her daughter, is not as strict as she usually does to distinguish between respect and inferiority, and immediately pulled the princess sideways to show Jin, and grabbed Bai Dao, "The fingerprints on my daughter's face are still there, what misunderstanding can there be?" ”

She was naturally exaggerating, and the princess's face was only a little red now, and where could she still see her fingerprints. But Imagami did not refute, he was silent, looking worriedly at the crying princess who was snuggled in her mother's arms, and slowly stretched out her hand as if to comfort her, but after hesitation, she withdrew her hand back, propped it on her lap, and sighed deeply.

At this time, the queen got up silently, gave me a look, and motioned for me to go out with her.

I followed her to the west side of the main hall, and she told the rest of the attendants to step down, and then asked me, "The princess said to drink and talk with you, and the uncle and lady peep." So what were you talking about at the time? What else do you do besides drinking? ”

I was silent for a long time, and only after a while did I reply: "Without him, I just cut the candles and gossip about the west window." ”

"Gossip West Window?" The queen frowned, skeptical, "That's it?" It's not that Mrs. Guo hasn't seen you alone before, but this time you are so angry that you are insulting, and you must have seen an unusual scene. ”

I've never been good at lying, let alone in front of the Queen. Therefore, all that can be done now is to remain silent.

She watched me with a calm gaze, and once again I felt like I had nowhere to hide.

"You ...... Intimate moves? She asked tentatively.

I bowed my head, my cheeks burning.

The queen flicked her sleeves and said angrily: "I warned you not to get too close to the princess, but you didn't pay attention to it? ”

I knelt down and accepted all rebuke and punishment in this respectful gesture, but I still did not say a word.

The queen looked at a five-legged furnace with brown cloud pattern in the Yue kiln beside her, and said: "The love of your master and servant is like a piece of sandalwood, if it rests on the partition in the incense burner, it can be smoky and endless. But you are like children playing with fire, you must take it out and burn it as firewood, not only will it destroy the heavens, but it will also be easier to attract the devouring flames and burn yourself! ”

I lowered my eyes to be taught, and when she finished speaking, I whispered three words: "The minister knows the mistake." ”

"It's too late to know your mistake now." The queen sighed, "The princess acts recklessly, and does what she wants, and does not look ahead or backward. But you have always been sensible, very steady in dealing with people, and you know how to measure! Tonight's incident must have been the princess's initiative to get close to you in a depressed mood, but why didn't you retreat and avoid it, so that it got so troublesome? ”

The tone in which she spoke to me at this time did not contain too much anger, but there was a helplessness of hatred, as if I was indeed her child who had made a mistake. After a moment of silence, I finally decided to open up to her: "Niangniang, the princess is different from you. Niangniang is a tall and graceful kapok that grows independently and produces beautiful flowers on its stretched branches. But the princess is a wisteria, with a knotted vine, unable to survive on its own, and needs to be connected with the tree to let the flower spikes bloom on the branches of the cloud tree. When she couldn't find the arbor she thought could be parasitized, she temporarily used the minister as a support for the edge of the tree...... Chen knew that this was inappropriate, but he really didn't have the courage to refuse her climbing. ”

The queen sighed and looked at me with great emotion: "But, Huaiji, she is wisteria, but you are not an arbor, and you can't withstand her climbing...... You are tranquil and clear, if you use plants to describe it, it should be a herbaceous plant like Du Ruo or daylily? Born in the valley by the water, singing the wind and drinking the dew, pure and inactive. It's good to be alone in this way, and entangled with the vines will not only be of no benefit to her, but will also endanger her own survival. ”

I pondered for a moment, bowed solemnly to her, and then said, "The queen's teachings can be understood by the ministers." However, the minister is still willing to spend thousands of days alone in exchange for her helpless attachment. ”

Feeling her surprised gaze, I reluctantly hooked the corners of my lips: "Actually, the minister's wish is to be an arbor." ”

The next morning, after the palace gate was opened, Li Wei entered the palace, removed his crown clothes, bowed down in front of the Funing Palace, and asked for guilt. At that time, the princess had returned to Yifeng Pavilion with her mother, and now the general went to the morning court, so he urged him to calm down, saying that he would talk about this matter later, and Li Wei had been kneeling in fear and refused to get up, bowing his head and repeatedly saying that he was not good at serving the master, and the crime was irreparable, so please punish him today. Imagami was very annoyed in the end, and said bluntly to him: "You get up quickly, otherwise you will attract everyone to watch, and the housework between you and the princess will be known to everyone in the government, and then it will not only be the two of you." ”

Li Wei got up at this time, and when he stepped forward to look at the back, he came to the front of Concubine Miao Xian's pavilion to ask the princess for his guilt.

Previously, Li Wei's situation in front of the Funing Palace had been reported by the ministers to the position of Concubine Miao Xian, and when she heard that he came again, the princess was angry and did not see her, and her mother was not allowed to summon him, so Concubine Miao Xian did not let him enter the pavilion. After Li Wei stayed outside the pavilion for a long time, a waiter from the queen's pavilion came and invited him to the Rouyi Palace to see the queen.

Later, Liang Dujian and Han led Jiaqingzi, Bai Maoxian and other princess maids to arrive one after another, and after seeing the princess in a hurry, they were also summoned to the Rouyi Palace to accept the queen's inquiry.

It was almost noon, and now he returned to the harem, and also went straight to the Rouyi Palace, and summoned Concubine Miao Xian.

Concubine Miao Xian has been gone for a long time, and the princess waited a little nervously, and asked me uneasily: "Li Wei won't talk nonsense to my father and mother, right?" ”

I smiled at her and shook my head to reassure her, but looking at the future in private, I also felt that the future was uncertain, and the fog-locked buildings generally did not see light.

Li Wei will probably not take the initiative to mention me and the princess in front of the emperor, but since the queen has found out, she will secretly ask Liang Dujian and Han and others, and she must not be able to hide the cause and effect from her. Imagami may also know now, so the princess and I are afraid that it will be difficult to find the peaceful state before.

Later, Concubine Miao Xian returned to the pavilion first, her expression was really much more solemn, and after she retreated, she asked me and the princess in a low voice if there was any inappropriate behavior. I was silent, but the princess understood what she meant, and immediately vehemently denied it, refusing to hear her mother say anything more. Concubine Miao Xian was helpless, so she had to say: "I don't want to pursue it now, I just hope that this matter can be stopped as soon as possible and don't make a big fuss." No matter what happens between you, when others ask, you must speak in a unified voice, don't admit anything, and don't show the slightest tone and let people grasp the handle. ”

After a while, the emperor came and summoned me to the Funing Palace. I was about to receive my order, but the princess grabbed me and said to the attendant, "Go and tell the official that the princess has something for Huaiji to do, and he is not allowed to leave." If the official family wants to ask, please come and ask the princess is the same. ”

The attendant was stunned, but he still agreed, and left Yifeng Pavilion to return to Jinshang. As soon as he went out, Concubine Miao Xian blamed the director for openly disobeying Jinshang's order. The princess stubbornly shook her head and said, "I can't let Huaiji go." If he went to see his father alone, he didn't know how he would punish him. ”

In the evening, I came to Yifeng Pavilion in person, chatted with Concubine Miao Xian's mother and daughter about some inconsequential things, persuaded the princess to forgive the concubine, and the husband and wife would get along well in the future, and so on, and their attitude towards me was not very different, but occasionally they glanced at me a little coldly. At last, he got up and went back to the dormitory, and said to me, as if he had not yet done so, "Huaiji, there are some good paintings and calligraphy in my palace, and you can go with me and take them to the princess to see." ”

I agreed, and was ready to go out with him, but the princess immediately stepped forward and said to Jinshang: "Daddy wants to give his daughter calligraphy and paintings, just send a little yellow door to send it over, why let Huaiji go over to get it?" ”

She was as alert as a hedgehog at this point, and anything about me would cause her to instantly raise the thorns on her body. Looking at her guarded eyes, Imami was very unhappy, and couldn't help but scold: "That's right, I just want to let Huaiji go over and ask him a few words." What a decentness it is for you to be so nervous, so defensive, to be seen! ”

The princess stopped me, stared at her father, and replied calmly, "I don't want to be decent, I just want Huaiji to be safe." If you decide that we are at fault, you will make him hold him accountable. Waiji has nothing, and if he's not by my side, who's going to protect him? ”

These words made Jin Shang speechless for a long time, I don't know whether it was annoyance, emotion, or thinking of something, and a layer of watery shimmer gradually appeared in his eyes. In the end, he left gloomily, leaving behind a sentence before leaving: "I hope this matter will not be noticed by the speaker...... Seek yourselves many blessings. ”

But the next day I realized that his wish was destined to fail.

Early in the morning, Deng Duzhi sent a newspaper to the court, which was issued in the most conspicuous position of the newspaper of the government and the opposition, which read: "The princess of Yanguo locked the gate of the imperial city at night, and the envoys of the prison gate played it all over the place, opened the door and accepted it, and went straight to the forbidden middle." ”