"You don't know?"

"Then I don't really know." Wang Jingshu has been very busy in the past two days, not only to take care of the marriage of the concubine, but also to take care of it, and often to go to the queen mother's palace in the morning and dusk to serve the morning and evening meals.

In the royal family, even ordinary people's families, the most important thing is the heirs.

There are no children in the East Palace, and there is no one to inherit the patriarchy, so the crown princess with a prominent family background just can't raise her head, and her waist is not as hard as Princess Kang.

"I've been very busy lately, but I don't have time to listen to the rumors in the imperial city," she added, "The Shang Palace Bureau has chosen a good day on the tenth day of the first month of next month to recruit a new concubine for the prince." ”

Wu Ningfang was quiet, it was useless for others to talk about this kind of thing, and she had to see it by herself in the end. The two of them had their own difficulties at this time, but instead said: "I can listen, the East Palace is too busy to take care of itself." ”

"How do you say that?"

"That Lord Yu is a protégé of the Ji family, who was suddenly transferred before, and now the whole family is dying on the road. It is said that the death is not dignified either. The loss of the Ji family is the loss of the East Palace. ”

Yu adults...... Is it the matchmaker courtier who delayed Princess Chongfu's life? Wang Jingshu remembered that although she was promoted, she was released, but how could a good person die on the road? Could it be that someone behind the scenes is pushing the bill?

But she couldn't figure it out, "It's just a protégé of the Ji family, why should the East Palace bother so much?" ”

"This protégé is the matchmaker for Princess Chongfu's marriage, and his family died suddenly, something must have happened." Wu Ningfang's words made Wang Jingshu understand, there must be something strange in this, "I heard from the queen mother that Princess Anqing is also looking for her mother-in-law's house, she is my sister-in-law, and she said that I should pay attention to good people." You say, how do I know anything, it's good that I am recommended to be married, but if I am recommended to become an enemy, then how can I explain to the prince. ”

She even made her relationship with the prince look like this, how embarrassed to be a matchmaker.

Wu Ningfang ate a piece of hibiscus cake and pondered for a moment, "Which one does the queen mother fancy to?" ”

"Murong family, that Murong Mingcheng, I have met twice, and he has something to do with my sister-in-law's mother's family. used to be an official who was released, but now he has become a Beijing official at a young age. ”

"Sounds okay. It's good to have a princess. ”

"However, I heard that Anqing didn't agree, but I don't know why."

"Why don't you care about this sister-in-law?"

"She's busy with homework all day, and I'm busy doing things all day, and I can't see each other in my spare time."

……

The two concubines gossiped about homely, time passed quickly, and soon another afternoon passed quietly, until King Yi returned to the Chonghua Palace, Wang Jingshu said goodbye and left, and took Qingliu all the way to the prince's place, the sky was dark early in winter, and it was almost dark.

'Meow-meow-'

Suddenly, a wild cat jumped out and jumped like a black shadow, startling Wang Jingshu and Aoyagi deeply, and Aoyagi was so shocked that he shouted, "What the hell is that?" ”

Her voice was sharp and thin, cutting through the silent and cold palace road, startling the cat even more, and pounced straight on its so-called enemy.

Wang Jingshu was timid, and it was dark, in the face of the cat that pounced on her, she was really startled, and she was stunned, and she didn't have the courage to move around half a step. I secretly blamed Aoyagi in my heart and startled the cat, what should I do here. Before his brain could react, he saw a knife stab the wild cat to death.

"The wild cat that came out of nowhere startled the princess."

Wang Jingshu looked frightened, she was really startled, it seemed that she didn't run. The palace road is silent and uninhabited, and shouting will alarm the cat. Looking up, the outfit appeared to be a guard with a knife.

"Thank you for your help."

The guard bowed his hand, "This is a lowly duty." ”

Where did the guards come from around here, Wang Jingshu couldn't help but ask him strangely, "What's your name?" Where is it on duty? How do you know I'm a princess? How did he know that she was a princess and no one else...... It's always good to have an eye on it in this house to figure it out. Looking at that figure, it seemed a little familiar, and there was a strange cold in my heart.

"Humble and lowly name, there is a dirty ear." The guard didn't answer, but only reminded respectfully, "It's getting dark, and the palace gate is about to be keyed, so the princess shouldn't stay here for a long time." What's more, this is near the cold palace, and there will be wild cats infested. ”

This...... Scared, Aoyagi took two steps back, "Master Princess, let's leave quickly, if we meet the key under the palace gate, it will be troublesome." ”

Wang Jingshu bowed her head, looked at the sky that was about to turn black into ink, and bypassed the guard who took Qingliu three steps and left in two steps.

- He should be a guard stationed in the cold palace.

"Congratulations to the princess." The guard stepped aside respectfully, and he had just finished changing shifts when he met her. Looking at her departing back, she seemed to be very restrained in the imperial city.

- We met when we were young, and of course I do.

Every time he thinks about the past of his childhood, his heart warms a lot.

I still remember her sweetly calling him 'Brother Lexian', and I still remember the sincere friendship between them, the innocence and happiness of childhood, although it is far away from them, but the memory will be eternal.

- Le Xian, let Shu'er be your wife in the future, okay?

- Okay, okay, I like to play with Shu'er.

- I heard that the Wang family married the royal family, and Shu'er soon married in the imperial city.

- It just so happens that I'm a palace guard, and maybe I'll be able to meet her.

Xu Lexian only entered the palace for two months, and was arranged to garrison guards in the cold palace in the imperial city, and at that time he heard that Princess Ning Wang was Shu'er back then. Unexpectedly, the immature parting when I was a child has passed more than a dozen spring and autumn seasons. I didn't expect her courage to be so small, and she didn't expect that their meeting would be so hurried.

And over there, Wang Jingshu returned to the prince's office, and saw Ah Guang, the little servant beside the prince, waiting anxiously. Seeing her figure, she hurriedly trotted up and called a thousand children, "Master, the prince is looking for you, there is something important." ”

Wang Jingshu was confused, and asked slightly casually: "Where is the prince?" ”

"In the main courtyard."

"I'll go over here."

Wang Jingshu didn't stop going to the main courtyard for a moment, Ah Guang led the way for her and knocked on the door for her, "Lord, the princess is here." ”

"Tell her in—"

Wang Jingshu smiled politely at Ah Guang, and immediately entered the house and closed the door. She has always rarely come to the main courtyard, and since that time, if there is something to find the prince, she will ask the palace maid to pass the word, and she will not enter the main courtyard when she is free. Seeing that the prince was anxious, he asked for peace, "The prince has something important?" ”

Zhu Pei looked at her coldly, "This king heard that Murong Mingcheng has something to do with you?" ”

That's it?

Wang Jingshu replied honestly, she didn't dare to hide it, and there was no need to hide it, "Murong Gongzi has something to do with the concubine's sister-in-law's mother's family, and he is a relative, and the concubine has also met twice because of his sister-in-law. ”

Zhu Pei sighed, obviously not believing it, "But how did this king hear that people love you, so even the princess doesn't want to be there." ”

It's Princess Anqing, right?

Wang Jingshu changed her words, "Isn't it that Princess Anqing is unwilling to marry?" ”

Zhu Peiyuan just asked one or two, and when he heard her words, he was about to get angry, "Don't divert your attention from me, it's you who are talking about it now." Donggong knows about this, do you think I'm not ashamed enough? ”

The hints and ridicule of the prince of the East Palace intentionally or unintentionally made him lose face.

Wang Jingshu looked at his expression and said calmly, "The things you like about Miss Chen have spread all over the imperial city, and I don't feel ashamed." Why, the prince was embarrassed when he heard what I had with Murong Gongzi? ”

"You-"

Zhu Pei walked quickly to her and argued again, "When can your mouth not be so sharp-toothed?" Wanting had to respectfully call himself a micro-minister in front of this king. Why is his daughter so ignorant of the rules? ”

"My Fair Lady and Gentleman, when the concubine was in the boudoir, maybe Murong Gongzi meant this, but now he doesn't dare, and I have never had this thought." As long as Wang Jingshu angers Zhu Pei, he will talk about Wang Da, she doesn't want to implicate the clansmen, "It doesn't matter if the prince believes it or not." This kind of non-existent thing, the concubine has seen too much. ”

At this time, Zhu Pei calmed down, perhaps as he said, "Then you say, why doesn't he want Princess Shang?" ”

"How would the concubine know. Everyone has their own reason," Wang Jingshu said with a cold face, "Isn't it just right that one doesn't want to marry, and the other doesn't want to marry?" Princess Anqing has her own good marriage waiting for her, there are many good men in the world, why bother with a person who doesn't want to marry. ”

There is no reason for that.

But she inevitably remembered her hopeless marriage, which was a marriage, it was obviously a bad fate, which ruined their respective lives. He can't marry the woman he loves, and she can't live happily. The prince also persuaded her mother that Princess Anqing wanted to find a man she was willing to marry for the rest of her life, so that her life would not be in vain. Although the children of the royal family have no choice, the princess is not too tight, and the father and the emperor cherish her, and it must be the best to find a good horse. ”

Zhu Pei admitted that she was right. But his face was stubbornly disapproving, and he asked her: "Then what do you mean by marrying into the imperial city?" ”

"What?" Although she didn't understand what he meant, she still said frankly, "As a girl from Wangfu, the concubine is also a last resort." She wasn't going to lie to him, "You can ignore and vent your dissatisfaction with this marriage, but our Wang family is a courtier and can only obey the order." The implication is that she is also dissatisfied, but there is no way to marry him.

Her eyes and her honesty made Zhu Pei's heart ripple. He once thought that being favored by the queen mother was because she was too good at the Hundred Flowers Banquet. He vented all his dissatisfaction with this marriage on her, even Wanda was loyal to the prince, but he forgot that obeying the order was the most important duty as a courtier.

For the first time, he knew that she had rejected him.