Chapter 237: The side concubine banquet ended in embarrassment
King Qu and King Ning were still angry that King Jin could invite these guests just now, and when they saw the "fire like rain in time", they naturally had to be ridiculed, and after a few words, King Jin's face turned red and white, white and black, and it was ugly.
Jin Zhe stood quietly and did not interfere in the "grievances" of the three people, faintly at a loss and disliked.
He didn't read much, but he also remembered a sentence: It's the same root, why is it too anxious!
They are in the same lineage, why do you want to fight to the death?
The little eunuch who followed Jin Zhe out of the palace stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, Princess Roujia has sent someone to invite you." ”
Jin Zhe listened to the words of the little eunuch, looked at the three people who looked like black corns, turned around and walked out of the hall, and asked as he walked, "Where is the imperial sister now, are you frightened?"
The little eunuch followed behind Jin Zhe, and when he heard this, he replied smartly: "Princess Roujia is very good, she was not frightened by the fire, and she is now waiting for His Royal Highness to return to the palace with him outside the gate of King Jin's mansion." ”
Jin Zhe remembered Jin Roujia's character, this fire really didn't scare her, thinking that she was waiting outside the mansion gate, and her steps were bigger.
Jin Roujia walked out with Peng Mo and Zhou, looking at the little maid and maid who were rushing to carry water, her eyes sank, and she said angrily: "The third emperor brother is really, why do all the side concubines he marries like arson so much?"
Not to mention the accidental fire at the banquet of the king, Yang Hua's mind is not clear that it is understandable to set fire to an entire guest house in the middle of the night, but today is a good day for Qi Yu, and she is not stupid, why did she set fire to Luoyan Courtyard? What good is it for her to scare all the guests away?
Jin Roujia was puzzled!
Zhou didn't know about Yang Hua, and looked at Peng Mo with some puzzlement, Peng Mo shook his head, and Zhou didn't ask anymore.
"By the way, there's still some snacks in the car, you can take them back later. Peng Mo saw that Jin Roujia's face was full of anger, and he had the heart to alleviate it.
Jin Roujia was really happy when she heard this, she smiled, grabbed Peng Mo's arm and said, "This naturally can't be forgotten." ”
Zhou laughed when he heard this, and invited him: "If the princess likes it, she can come to the General's Mansion at any time, and the dim sum should be eaten while it is hot." ”
Jin Roujia nodded, although she wanted to agree, but she couldn't help but feel depressed when she thought that after the marriage, the queen mother would not allow her to leave the palace, and now she couldn't agree even if she wanted to.
Peng Mo knew her thoughts, squeezed her hand, and said in a low voice: "If you really want to eat it, send the orchid over, I quietly let her take it back, and make sure not to let the queen mother know." ”
Jin Roujia listened to the call and nodded in agreement.
Talking and laughing all the way to the gate of the Jin Palace, Zhou took Jingyun and Orchid to get snacks, leaving Peng Mo and Jin Roujia to talk, and before the two could say a few words, they saw a person coming from the gate.
This person is dressed in a dark green brocade robe, only embroidered with silver thread at the collar and cuffs, his hair is meticulously pulled, a green hosta is inserted horizontally in his black hair, his cheeks are ruddy, and a pair of eyes under his eyebrows are bright, step by step, handsome and calm.
Jin Zhe saw Jin Roujia when he left the mansion, walked straight over, and called softly with a smile: "Sister Huang." ”
Jin Roujia saw that his cheeks were red, and then smiled: "Have you drunk?"
Jin Zhe was a little embarrassed, scratched his head and said: "I used one during the banquet if I couldn't get rid of it, and I didn't think anything about it, but my cheeks were a little burned." ”
Jin Roujia smiled, took Peng Mo's hand and said, "This is the county lord of Huining." ”
Jin Zhe noticed the person next to Jin Roujia, and he was stunned, he had seen this person.
It was the woman he had seen that day in the palace when he was bullied by King Ning's eunuchs, and he remembered that when he was pulled away, he had looked back at her, and inadvertently saw the distress and guilt in her eyes.
He couldn't forget the scene of that day, and he wanted to ask her why she was so sorry for him, but he didn't know how to ask because of Jin Roujia's presence.
"The little girl has seen His Royal Highness King Zhe. Peng Mo looked at Jin Zhe's somewhat puzzled eyes, lowered his eyes slightly, and curtled with a smile.
Jin Zhe hurriedly retracted his thoughts, bowed his hand and returned the salute, and said, "Lord Huining should not be polite. ”
In fact, he has always regarded Peng Mo as a lucky star in his heart, and since he met her that day, his life has been getting better day by day.
Orchid walked back with the food box and said with a smile: "Princess, we should go back, otherwise the queen will be in a hurry." ”
This fire can't be hidden at all, and it will be transmitted back to the palace from time to time, and the queen mother may not be in a hurry.
Peng Mo smiled: "Go back quickly." ”
Jin Roujia only felt that the days of leaving the palace were too short, so she held Peng Mo's hand and shook it, and said reluctantly: "I can't get out of the palace during this time, when you are fine, go into the palace to play with me." ”
Peng Mo agreed, watching the two get into the carriage, she looked up at the smoke above the palace, hooked her lips and smiled, turned back to the Peng Mansion carriage, and stepped on the footstool to get into the carriage.
Zhou reached out to help Peng Mo and asked with a smile, "The princess went back?"
Peng Mo nodded with a smile and said, "I've already gone back." ”
"Then let's go back too, I've already passed the word to the third brother that we'll go back first. ”
Peng Mo nodded, and Jingyun lifted the curtain and told the coachman to go home.
As the carriage moved forward, Peng Mo remembered Zhou's curiosity about Yang Hua, and simply told everything that happened when Yang Hua was a side concubine.
Zhou couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, shook his head and said, "It's okay to forget this Yang side concubine, why did Qi Yu do such a stupid thing?"
There was a clatter of horses' hooves from far and near, and then the carriage was tapped a few times outside.
The three people in the carriage were stunned, Jingyun lifted the corner of the curtain, and only after seeing the people outside, did he open the curtain, turned around and smiled: "It's the third master." ”
Peng Mo looked at Peng Hao, who was following outside the carriage, pursed his lips and smiled: "Third brother has drunk?"
Peng Hao said with a smile: "It's okay to drink some with King Chen." ”
It turned out that Peng Hao and Jin Xiuchen met and talked together, and they forgot the time, and after knowing about the fire, they hurriedly inquired about Peng Mo and Zhou's whereabouts, only to learn that they had gone back, and they quit Jin Xiuchen and rode to catch up with the carriage.
A gust of wind blew, Peng Hao tightened his cloak and said, "Put the curtain down, the wind will freeze when it pours in." ”
Jingyun lowered the curtain, and Zhou joked with a smile: "In my opinion, there are three of them, and the third brother is a cherished person, and Princess Roujia will be blessed in the future." ”
Peng Mo smiled and said, "Doesn't the eldest brother love the sister-in-law? I heard that the eldest brother took the sister-in-law for a day." ”
Zhou's face turned red, pinched her face and said angrily: "You girl, you know how to make fun of your sister-in-law." ”
Peng Hao listened to the laughter in the carriage, the corners of his lips rose unconsciously, and he thought in his heart, I wonder if Jin Roujia can get along well with them after she gets married?
King Qu walked out of the gate of the Jin Palace, looked at the carriage that had gone away, and sneered, and the boredom in his heart was relieved a lot.
Just as he was about to get into the carriage, he saw the priest of the Ministry of Rites walking out, thinking of the matter of Jin Zhe's sealing of the king that had been concealed, King Qu snorted coldly in his heart, and stepped forward and said, "Lord Fang is so hard-working, do you also have time to join in this fun?"
Fang Shixing listened to King Qu's yin and yang strange tone, frowned, and bowed: "Xia Guan has seen His Royal Highness King Qu. ”
"I heard that the fifth brother entered the royal jade plate, and all the matters related to the king were started by Lord Fang?
"It is true. "Fang Shixing's jaw, the emperor kept it a secret at that time, and now that Jin Zhe has been crowned king, there is no need to hide this matter, and it doesn't hurt to tell him.
King Qu's face was slightly gloomy, his lips hooked coldly, and he sneered: "Lord Fang's tone is tight enough, and there is not a trace of wind leaking from the government and the opposition, so it is really extraordinary, and it is no wonder that he is reused by his father." ”
Only then did Fang Shixing know the intention of King Qu blocking the road, his unsmiling face was even more square, and he said respectfully: "King Qu Liao Zan, the food monarch is loyal to the monarch and worries, and the duties of the subordinate officials dare not be done." ”
This sentence was not soft or hard to hear King Qu is annoyance, his eyes stared at Fang Shixing coldly, and said, "I didn't know that Lord Fang had such a clever tongue. ”
Fang Shixing bowed his hand in a dignified manner and said: "Since His Royal Highness King Qu is fine, the official will retire." After speaking, he turned around and got into the sedan chair.
King Qu stared at the sedan chair that was leaving, snorted coldly, and got into the carriage with his feet.
After the guests in the front yard dispersed, King Jin went to the burning Luoyan Courtyard with a cold face.
When the eldest princess in the flower hall heard the news, her face sank again, did Jin Rui still think she was an elder? She didn't even hear a greeting when something so big happened, and she actually went to Luoyan Courtyard alone at this moment? If you don't want her to get involved, why invite her to come?
It's just that she is an elder after all, and there is naturally no reason to throw her hands and walk away when this kind of thing happens, so she has to endure the impatience in her heart, get up and go to the burning Luoyan Courtyard.
At this moment, the Luoyan Courtyard is a mess, the small courtyard has been burned down, the ground is full of water stains left by the fire, and the ghost crying wolf howls sounded above the courtyard.
Qi Yu was lying on the ground, covering her injured leg with her hands, her face was pale, her face was cold sweat, when the fire broke out just now, no one thought of her in the panic, the side concubine with injured legs and feet, seeing that the fire was imminent, she could only rely on her own strength to escape from the room with a fall, so that the injuries to her legs and feet were a few points worse.
Before the king of Jin approached the courtyard, he heard this cry, and his face was even more ugly, and when he stepped in, he saw the burnt black and collapsed beams at first glance, and with the previous two fires, he now had an inexplicable resentment towards the fires.
During the search, he saw Qi Yu in the corner, stepped forward, grabbed her collar, gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "This king accepted you as a side concubine and gave you a place to shelter from the wind and rain, but you are not satisfied and set fire to the courtyard today?"
He originally wanted to establish a good image in front of the hundred officials again today and redeem the mistakes of the previous days, but he didn't expect to be burned clean by this fire, thinking of the appearance of everyone when they left and the ridicule of King Ning of Qu, how could he not be annoyed!
Qi Yu saw King Jin coming with an anxious face and a hurry, he thought he was worried about her, and his heart was moved, but before he could cry, he was grabbed by the collar of King Jin and picked it up.