How would she know! Mama Yan's pupils shrank sharply, and she felt as if something in her heart was shattering for a moment, and the clothes behind her were almost soaked with sweat.

Chu Qianchen actually knew her symptoms clearly, as if her every move in the past year was under the gaze of the other party!

So, will she become as crazy as the man said in the future?!

Mama Yan was frightened, her feet were soft, she knelt down with a thud, and said in a trembling voice: "Girl, save the slave." ”

Yan Mama's mind came to mind one by one the palace maids who died in the cold palace, and before they died, they were all miserable and lonely.

"Not yet!" Amber reprimanded expressionlessly, admiring her own girl in her heart, Mama Yan was beaten and knelt down by Chu Qianchen on the day she first came to the Hou Mansion, but now, it was she who bent over and knelt down.

Yan Mama's heart defense has been defeated by Chu Qianchen's continuous attack.

Chu Qianchen smiled silently.

Of course she knew, that day, when she snatched the ring ruler from Mama Yan's hand, she also gave her a pulse by the way.

At Mama Yan's age, her body is getting worse and worse, and she is prone to these symptoms, besides, she was ordered by the emperor to go to Shouning Palace as an eyeliner, can she not be weak-hearted, and it is naturally easy to wake up at night!

Normally, Mama Yan may not be so easily defeated, but she has been under house arrest alone in the house for a few days, and her heart defense is already in danger, so she will be defeated by herself in a short time.

Mama Yan raised her eyes and glanced at Chu Qianchen, and saw her shaking the fan calmly.

The black cat on the fan was about to touch a butterfly with one paw.

There are a lot of raccoon slaves in the palace, and she knows that the little thing of raccoon slaves looks good and soft to people, but in fact, it is very fierce, but if any prey falls under its claws, it will only be played to death!

Mama Yan was frightened, and she knew very well in her heart: If Chu Qianchen told the Queen Mother what she had done, then she would die!

The emperor will not admit the charge of murdering the Queen Mother, even if it means that she has only one way to die!

She didn't want to die yet.

Yan Mama took a deep breath, her voice tightened, "It is the emperor's intention to take medicine in the ginseng tea, and the emperor wants the queen mother to be in poor spirits, so she will stay in Shouning Palace and go out less." Those medicinal materials are sent by the queen mother every ten days, and the ginseng tea is boiled by the slave maid herself. ”

Thinking that when she boiled ginseng tea every day, she didn't know how much medicine she had inhaled, and Mama Yan felt cold in her hands and feet.

"That's it?" Chu Qianchen smiled slightly, and the fan in his hand suddenly stopped, but the big red yarn hanging on the handle of the fan was still shaking slightly.

Mama Yan stared at the blood-stained vein, her face became even more ugly, and then said: "The slave maid came to the girl, and the queen also instructed the slave maid to 'teach' the girl well and make the girl obedient. ”

Yan Mama recruited everything she knew, and the whole person seemed to be drained of her spirit, weak and weak.

Chu Qianchen smiled slightly from beginning to end, smiling brightly, as if she knew everything Yan Ma said, she just wanted to see if Yan Ma could lie.

In fact, it is.

Mama Yan confessed this, Chu Qianchen could also guess anything, the reason why she patiently said so much to Mama Yan had a more important purpose.

"So, after Mama returns to the palace, I don't know how to explain to the queen?" Chu Qianchen flexibly played with the fan in his hand, his eyes were clear and clear, as bright as the cold moon.

At this moment, a pair of originally cold and peaceful eyes were like a sharp sword that suddenly came out of its sheath, releasing a chilling fierceness.

"......" Mama Yan's pupils shrank sharply, shivered, and subconsciously avoided the other party's gaze.

She actually felt an aura of majesty in this little girl who was not yet fourteen years old than the queen mother, this second girl of Chu was definitely not an ordinary girl's family.

Even though she has seen many nobles in the palace, she has never seen such a woman, unfathomable, and subtle.

Mama Yan inexplicably remembered a person-

King Chen Gu Jue.

Mama Yan broke out in a cold sweat again, and a deep panic emanated from the bottom of her heart, which made her breathless.

At this moment, she really wanted to go back to the past and slap herself, she shouldn't have gone to the queen to put that kind of big talk.

Her little trick in front of Chu Qianchen is tantamount to a mayfly shaking a tree, it is simply beyond her own strength, stupid!

"Mama Yan, the two family slaves are not wanted." Chu Qianchen's voice sounded again.

Mama Yan: "......"

She felt that her breathing was even harder, and she didn't have the courage to betray the emperor and empress, and switched to Chu Qianchen.

"Mama, think about it." Chu Qianchen didn't plan to say more, he got up directly and walked towards the outside of the house.

Amber also followed closely behind Chu Qianchen and walked out of the house.

The mother-in-law who was waiting outside the house immediately pulled the two doors with both hands, and with a "squeak", the doors began to close.

Mama Yan, who was kneeling on the ground, watched as the light in front of her became narrower and narrower......

Two feet, one foot, half a foot, one inch......

Seeing that it was about to turn into a slit, and seeing that the darkness was about to envelop her again, Mama Yan's heart shrank violently, as if there was an invisible palm pinching her heart in the palm of her hand.

As soon as the door closes completely, she will return to the darkness, and she will be locked up here alone.

Lonely, lonely, dead silence.

Yan Mama's mind thought of those concubines, palace maids, and grandmothers who died in the cold palace, they were often dead and no one knew, and when the corpses were found, three or four days had already passed, and the corpses were rotting and stinking, and maggots were crawling around......

At most, that is, the corpse is transported out of the palace in a roll and thrown into the mass grave, and it can't stir up a ripple when it dies, let alone anyone cares......

No!

She doesn't want to be crazy, and she doesn't want to die here alone!

"Second Miss Chu, the slave is wrong!" Yan Mama crawled in the direction of the gate on her knees, and shouted hoarsely, "The slave is willing to recognize the girl as the master!" ”

Mama Yan kowtowed to the crack in the door that was only one finger wide, and there was a clang.

The mother-in-law's action of closing the door stopped, and she looked at Chu Qianchen with inquiring eyes.

Chu Qianchen didn't look back, just said lightly: "It's a pity, I don't believe you." ”

Immediately after, the door slammed shut, dense and dense.

Darkness has fallen again.

A door separated them, and it was as if they were two worlds inside and outside.

Mama Yan screamed inside the door: "The slave is sincere! ”

"Second Miss Chu, you must believe in the slave!"

“……”

No matter how Mama Yan called, Chu Qianchen didn't stay, and walked away unhurriedly.

There is no basis for what she says, so she always has to give Mama Yan a little time, so that she can think about how to express her "sincerity".

Chu Qianchen hooked his lips and smiled, in good spirits.

She felt that she had almost rested on this trip, and she had also gone out of the house to relax.

Well, good, it's time for her to go back and continue with her pharmacy too.

Chu Qianchen went straight back to the small study, and as soon as the door was closed, she continued to make medicine with Amber in the room.

She was busy day and night, until two days later, on the morning of June 18, Mama Chen came at dawn and brought her changed clothes and jewelry.

Mama Chen was very solemn and advised: "Second girl, hurry up and put on this dress and dress up well." ”

There was not much time, and Mama Chen, Amber and the two little maids hugged Chu Qianchen and went to the inner room.

Chu Qianchen went to change clothes behind the screen, and Mama Chu continued on the other side of the screen: "Second girl, the agenda of the small ceremony is trivial, the slave maid will give you a rough explanation now, but the second girl doesn't have to be too nervous, the slave and maid will remind you at that time." ”

"Today is an auspicious time, and the Zongren Mansion and the Ministry of Rites will come to the door in the morning."

"In addition to the regular small ceremony, the Zongren Mansion will also hold geese as a gift on behalf of the man."

"After that, the woman will give a return gift, the four treasures of the study, satin clothes, and clothes, shoes and socks."

"Again......"

Mama Chen methodically explained the etiquette process of Xiao Dingli, Chu Qianchen's left ear went in and out of his right ear, and Amber silently wrote down the etiquette.

Chu Qianchen obediently waited for her to change into the blue lotus-colored dress, and then, sitting on the dresser, Mama Chen commanded her to put on a complete set of hair and face prepared by the Shen family, and carefully groomed her.

After that, Chu Qianchen followed Mama Chen to the main hall, and the house was decorated with lights everywhere, and the decoration was very grand.

There was still half an hour before the auspicious time, and Mrs. Tai, the Shen family, and the other three ladies in the mansion had already arrived and sat in the hall.

It was a day of great joy, but there was no joy in the hall.

In the eyes of Mrs. Tai, Liu and others, where is this a happy event, it is simply the decline of the Hou Mansion!

When approaching, there was a "crackling" firecracker sound in the direction of the gate, so it was not lively, and then, a mother-in-law ran panting and said: "The princess of the rites and the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Liu, are here!" ”

The Hou Mansion also became in a commotion.

Mrs. Tai, Liu and others were all shocked.

Prince Li is the order of the sect, and the princess of the princess is equivalent to the clan wife of the royal family, which is somewhat higher than the other princesses.

Prince Li and Princess Liu Shilang came, and the Hou Mansion naturally opened the main door to greet each other, and today it was the chief steward of the Hou Mansion and Mama Wang who went to the Yimen to welcome guests.

The whole ceremony of Xiaoding is very solemn, the princess and princess brought eighteen boxes of small gifts, each box is heavy, the box is tied with a big red ribbon, a solemn and joyful, and even the ceremony is a live goose.

Mrs. Tai cleared her throat and politely complimented Princess Li: "Princess, you really have a heart, and you specially sent live geese as a gift." ”

Nowadays, people now use wooden geese to lay geese, and this live goose has become a rare thing.

"This is the marriage of His Royal Highness King Chen, the emperor specially instructed it to be grand, how can you not wronged His Royal Highness King Chen?" Prince Li smiled generously, looking like she didn't dare to take credit.

Listening to Mrs. Tai's ears, this is Prince Li's princess who can't wait to break up her relationship with King Chen.

The princess meant that if the emperor hadn't asked her to make a decision, she would never have come.

Mrs. Tai's face was still smiling, and she hurriedly invited Prince Li and Liu Shilang to sit down, and her heart became heavier: Everyone knows that the emperor doesn't really attach so much importance to King Chen, and the more solemn the emperor is now, the more ruthless he will be when it comes to liquidation in the future......

Mrs. Tai was a little distracted.

Immediately afterwards, the princess of Li pulled Chu Qianchen to praise a few polite words of "talented women, a match made in heaven", and the ladies of the Hou Mansion also smiled and echoed a few words, saying "A good couple", "The emperor's grace is vast" and so on, at first glance, the guests and hosts are happy.

The small ceremony was carried out in an orderly manner, and each step followed the ancient rites, which was extremely exquisite and solemn.

In this regard, the Shen family is very satisfied, everything on her side is compared to the etiquette of the concubine.

The return gift she took out made the princess and princess of Li even more shocked, such as the first box of the four treasures of the study are all high-quality products, among which the pen wash, inkstone, paperweight, etc. are all antiques from the previous dynasty; The second box is a complete set of blue and white porcelain porcelain from the official kiln; The third box is a box full of cloud brocade, you must know that every inch of brocade is gold, this cloud brocade is a tribute, and ordinary people can't ask for it......

Every box of return gifts prepared by the woman was painstaking, making Prince Li almost suspect that the Shen family was preparing for the marriage of her own daughter.

An hour later, after completing the ritual of Xiaodingli, Prince Li and Liu Shilang took their leave, and Shen and Liu and several other younger siblings personally saw them off.

In the main hall, only Mrs. Tai at the top and Chu Qianchen at the bottom were left.

As soon as Prince Li and Princess Li walked away, Mrs. Tai's face changed, and the smile on the corner of her mouth disappeared without a trace in an instant.

There was silence all around.

The people all felt the cold atmosphere, staring down at the tips of their shoes.

Mrs. Tai took a sip of tea slowly, and asked lukewarmly, "Sister Chen, how have you learned the rules from Mama Yan recently?" ”

"Grandmother, Mama Yan taught her well." Chu Qianchen replied obediently.

Amber also lowered her head, and secretly said in her heart: It was the girl who taught Mama Yan very well!

The day before yesterday, Mama Yan was still making trouble and shouting, and in the past two days, she didn't dare to make trouble in the house every day, and she was so peaceful that she was almost dumb.

That is, every day when the mother-in-law goes to deliver meals, Mama Yan will politely say that she wants to see her own girl, and Amber also conveyed it to Chu Qianchen, but Chu Qianchen said: "Hang her first, there will be a time for her to appear." ”

Mrs. Tai looked Chu Qianchen up and down, her docile and gentle expression was very different from the arrogant and flying appearance in the Zhuangzi a few days ago.

Mrs. Tai only thought that Mama Yan had taught Chu Qianchen a lesson, so she breathed a sigh of relief and sighed secretly: The nurturing grandma who came out of this palace has trained people, and there is really a set! It's only been a few days, and the results are immediate.

Mrs. Tai took another sip of tea, and admonished righteously: "Sister Chen, Mama Yan was given by the Queen Mother, you have to follow Mama Yan to learn the rules, listen to Mama's words, and don't let down the Queen Mother's heart." ”

"You are about to get married, you must learn all the rules and etiquette well, so as not to fall into the reputation of the girl of the Chu family!"

Mrs. Tai said it in a high-sounding manner, but in fact, she had her own calculations in her heart.

After the longevity banquet, she followed her eldest son Chu Lingxiao to discuss several times.

They all agreed that it was obvious and undoubted that the emperor wanted King Chen to die early, and that the emperor gave Chu Qianchen, a lowly Houfu concubine, to King Chen just to humiliate him, so their Houfu must not disobey the holy will and not spoil the emperor's good deeds.

Although marrying Chu Qianchen in the past will make the Hou Mansion and the Chenwang Mansion become in-laws, it is inevitable that there will be more unstable factors, and even, one day the emperor may be angry and liquidated, but the Chu family is not such a foundationless cold family, the Chu family also has a noble concubine in the palace, and a second prince!

In contrast, the relationship between the Chu family and the emperor is obviously closer, which dooms the Chu family to always be a staunch royalist.

As the eldest son said, since this marriage is irrevocable, they might as well look at it in a good light.

For example, as long as they teach Chu Qianchen well, in the future, they can let Chu Qianchen pass on some news of the Chenwang Mansion, and the Chu family can use it to pay homage to the emperor.

Thinking about it, the corners of Mrs. Tai's mouth curled, and then she returned to her original position, still graceful, noble and dignified.

Chu Qianchen nodded obediently and was silent.

She didn't listen to what Mrs. Tai said later, her thoughts had already drifted to other things, thinking: Today because of Xiao Dingli's delay in the morning, she has to step up when she goes back, the big pill has reached the most critical step, if she stays up again at night, she should be able to do it tomorrow night!

Mrs. Tai felt that Chu Qianchen was obviously much more disciplined than before, and she was quite satisfied in her heart, thinking that since Mama Yan sang with a black face, then she should sing with a white face, using both soft and hard, in order to completely control Chu Qianchen.

Next, Mrs. Tai softened her tone again and coaxed: "One glory and one humiliation, Sister Chen, grandmother is all for your good, and she will not harm you." ”

"When you get married, you will naturally know that this boudoir is the best life, and you will also understand the hard work between me and your father."

"Whether this married girl can live a good life in her mother-in-law's family depends on whether her mother's family is competent after all."

Mrs. Tai said this with all her might, just to coax Chu Qianchen's heart to the Chu family.

For this reason, Mrs. Tai could only completely give up her 30,000 taels of silver, and use this money to coax Chu Qianchen. Every time she thinks of this money, Mrs. Tai's heart is still like a knife.

Mrs. Tai said absentmindedly, no matter what she said, Chu Qianchen just nodded obediently.

Gradually, Mrs. Tai ran out of words, and the more she talked, the more boring she felt.

Chu Qianchen is not her beloved granddaughter after all, and Mrs. Tai can't say too many considerate words to her, and ......

Mrs. Tai glanced at Chu Qianchen, who lowered her eyebrows and was pleasing to her eyes, with disgust, and said in her heart: This girl's temperament is really unpleasant, so she knows how to nod, she can't say a word for a long time, and she can't even say a word that is ingratiating, and Sister Huang is really incomparable!

Amber on the side knows very well, and her girl's heart probably doesn't know where to fly for a long time.

Amber glanced at Mrs. Tai with an inexplicable look, and then withdrew her gaze.

Mrs. Tai was annoyed when she looked at Chu Qianchen, and was about to send her away, but at this moment, a little maid hurriedly came here and said, "Mrs. Tai, Mama Qiu from the Internal Affairs Office is here...... said that he came to measure the system wedding dress for the second girl. ”

Mrs. Tai was a little surprised and stunned.

Today is just a small ceremony, as usual, it should be after the man officially makes a dowry, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will come to tailor the wedding dress for the bride, but the wedding date is too urgent, and now the wedding date is only more than 20 days away, and the wedding dress really has to be made earlier.

After a while, another maid brought an old woman in her fifties with a purple gown and two palace maids here.

Mama Qiu looked at her kind eyebrows, and even if she didn't speak, her round face seemed to be smiling, and it was amiable to watch.

As soon as she entered the door, she saluted the two of them first, and then said, "The slave maid was ordered to come to tailor the second girl of Chu." ”

Mrs. Tai asked Mama Qiu to take Chu Qianchen to Wanyan Courtyard to tailor her for her.

The two palace maids who really got started with Chu Qianchen were cautious, honest and fearful, and spoke respectfully: "Second girl Chu, the slave maid will measure you, please stand upright first." ”

The two palace maids quickly measured Chu Qianchen's length and shoulder width, and wrote them down one by one.

Mama Qiu was watching from the side, her posture straight.

Her gaze casually scanned the surroundings and asked nonchalantly, "Huh?" I heard that the Queen Mother sent Mama Yan to the Hou Mansion, why didn't I see her? ”

The object of her question was Amber.

Amber said calmly, "Mama Yan is busy. She said vaguely.

"The Queen Mother ordered her to come to the Hou Mansion to 'serve' the second girl Chu to promote her, how could she hide and be lazy." Mama Qiu frowned slightly, feeling that Mama Yan was too unreasonable, even if Chu Qianchen was so foolish, she couldn't be so lax!

Amber smiled and said, "Mama Qiu is right. She casually beckoned a round-faced little maid and ordered, "Onyx, go and call Mama Yan." “

Onyx answered his fate crisply and walked quickly.

The two palace maids continued to measure Chu Qianchen:

"Ask the girl to raise her arms slightly to the sides, and the slave will measure the girl's waist and crotch."

"The slave and maid measure the length of the girl's arms."

“……”

In addition to a real red big-sleeved shirt, Xia veil, red Luo skirt and red Luo skirt, there are also matching Jiuzhai crowns, big belts, jade leather belts, jade flower picking ribbons, jade pendants and other accessories, everything must be prepared in accordance with the etiquette of the princess.

This is what the queen specially explained, and she must not be wronged by King Chen!

In a moment, Agate brought Mama Yan over.

Mama Yan had been carefully groomed early in the morning, and she was wearing a new royal blue dark pattern gown, and her whole body was clean and neat, and she looked no different from when she was in the palace on weekdays.

Mama Qiu looked Mama Yan up and down, feeling that the other party seemed to have lost some weight, and her expression was a little haggard.

"Mama Yan," Mama Qiu looked at her with concern, her expression was very affectionate, "You look a little haggard, but you didn't sleep well last night?" ”

Mama Yan: "......"

Mama Yan's eyes were a little dull, and she subconsciously looked in the direction of Chu Qianchen.

Chu Qianchen was sitting on a chair, measuring her head circumference by the palace maid, holding a fan embroidered with cats fluttering butterflies in her hand, fanning it carelessly.

The little black cat on the fan also moved with her movements, as if it was about to pounce on her from the fan.

The day before yesterday, the conversation between Chu Qianchen and her flashed quickly in her mind, and Mama Yan only felt that her heart was tight, and she slammed into a shock.

She didn't want to go back to that dark room.

Mama Yan had no doubt that as long as she said the wrong word, it would be easy for her to faint or "get sick" with Chu Qianchen's means.

Mama Yan squeezed out a smile and said casually: "I'm not young anymore, I haven't slept well in the past two years, and I still love the bed, I just changed the environment, and I haven't slept well at night these days." ”

Mama Qiu didn't really care about Mama Yan, she just asked casually, and she didn't suspect it.

Immediately afterwards, she got to the point, and said with a smile: "Before I came to the Hou Mansion, I went to Shouning Palace to meet the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother asked you not to return to the palace in a hurry, and stayed in the Hou Mansion to 'serve' the second girl of Chu well." ”

Mama Qiu said that the Queen Mother was in her mouth, but in fact, both she and Mama Yan knew that this was said by the Queen, and she was just borrowing the name of the Queen Mother.

Mama Yan didn't dare to play tricks at all, and said, "I understand, I will definitely not disappoint the Queen Mother's hard work." ”

"I also bothered Mama Qiu to go back and tell the Queen Mother that the second girl Chu is smart and diligent, and she has learned the rules very well."

"That's good." Mama Qiu was relieved, and her smile deepened, "The Queen Mother remembers the second girl Chu very much, so you must be dedicated." There was something meaningful in her tone.

Mama Yan glanced at Chu Qianchen quickly, Chu Qianchen's smile was shallow, and she couldn't see her joy or anger.

Mama Yan laughed dryly, but only agreed, and the hairs on the back of her neck all stood upside down, just begging Mama Qiu to say a few words.