"If only you didn't let the queen mother know!"

Lan Yue reminded in a low voice, he really wanted to leave the palace, but the queen mother always sent many people to follow him, so how could he find the magical woman named Jiang Zhu? These days, his eyes are full of that beautiful and refined figure, who can't eat and sleep well, but tortures him to death.

"You're talking about it easily!"

Lan Xing flicked a finger on his forehead helplessly, it's not that there is no way, it's just that Murong Qiuyue will rest assured? In case I let my father and emperor know that they took Yue'er to Wanhualou by themselves, how would I explain it?

His Royal Highness the Prince took his younger brother to visit the Qinglou?

"Brother Huang, please, I really want to go!"

Lan Yue shook Lan Xing's sleeve and was coquettish, and blinked her big eyes, seeing that Lan Xing felt a chill in her heart, she reached out and pushed him away.

"Okay, don't blame me if you find out when the time comes!"

He whispered a warning.

"No, no, even if I am punished, I promise to bear it alone and never implicate the royal brother!"

Blue Moon was overjoyed, and hurriedly stretched out her hand and swore in a low voice.

"Tsk, you really didn't save you!"

Bluestar shook his head, turned around and walked away helplessly.

Lan Yue looked at the back of the departing imperial brother, and he knew that his crown prince brother would definitely help him, although he looked so cold......

"Gone, gone! Remember, no one can reveal what I met with the royal brother today! ”

Lan Yue warned the group behind her, "Otherwise, no one will want to follow me in the future!" ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Everyone behind him bowed down in unison and answered.

It's just that I don't know if anyone listened to Blue Moon's warning.

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Three days later

The entire imperial capital was shrouded in joy, because the crown prince was going to marry a side concubine, and he was marrying two at the same time. The two side concubines are Tian Wanqiu, the daughter of Tian Zechun, the right minister of the current dynasty, and Feng Miaoyu, the daughter of Feng Yin, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

It is reported that Miss Tian and Miss Feng are both slim and gentle and lovely types, raised in the boudoir since childhood, can read and write, hyphenation, chess, calligraphy and painting are proficient, and now they are the prince's side concubines, and when the prince succeeds to the throne, it is logical that they will be crowned concubines.

Although marrying a side concubine is not as good as marrying a concubine, for people who have not had such a big event in the imperial capital for a long time, the degree of joy and excitement is not much worse than marrying a concubine. Because their emperor said that although it was a happy event for the prince to marry a side concubine, because of the emptiness of the treasury of the Jizhou locust plague, all officials above the fifth rank in the court had to donate ten taels of silver from their own pockets, fifteen taels above the fourth grade, and twenty taels above the third grade, and so on.

Not only that, Emperor Lan Hongzhen also took the initiative to open his private treasury and donated 1,000 taels of silver.

The emperor has taken the lead, what else can the officials below say? I had to pay the money obediently.

"Put it down, put it down!"

In Tian Xiang's house, Miss Tian was losing her temper at the maid, knocking the golden hairpin prepared for her by the maid to the ground, and casually raised her hand to slap the maid.

"You can't hold it steadily, huh? Can you afford to break it? ”

The maid Xiaozhi covered her face and apologized aggrievedly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, miss, it's me who is not good....."

As he spoke, he hurriedly squatted down to pick it up. But Jin Hai fell under Tian Wanqiu's skirt, Xiao Zhi lifted the corner of her skirt and went to pick up Jin Hai, but she was kicked by Tian Wanqiu again, "Bastard, what are you lifting my skirt for?" ”

Tian Wanqiu's kick was very hard, Xiaozhi was kicked to the ground, she knelt in front of Tian Wanqiu with difficulty with her hands, kept kowtowing, and her voice was full of panic, "I'm sorry, Miss, it's the slave who is not good, it's the slave who makes Miss angry......"

In the past few days, I was very happy to hear that the young lady who was going to be the prince's side concubine, but then she said that everything was simple, and the young lady's temper became more and more weird, and she often took them out of her anger at every turn, and Ping'er, who was serving Tian Wanqiu with Xiaozhi, was still lying on the bed and couldn't move.

"Late autumn, what kind of tantrum do you have?"

The door was pushed open, and a bright middle-aged woman walked in with two mothers-in-law, the middle-aged woman was Tian Xiang's main wife Liu Yurou, she asked the two mothers-in-law to put down the things in their hands, and then waved away Xiaozhi and her mother-in-law, and pulled Tian Wanqiu to sit down on the edge of the bed.

"Mother!"

Tian Wanqiu exclaimed aggrievedly.

"Late autumn," Liu Yurou looked at her daughter carefully, and sighed in her heart.

Tian Wanqiu is just sixteen this year, fair and delicate skin, apricot eyes and peach cheeks, picturesque eyebrows, among the noble ladies of the dynasty, Liu Yurou and Tian Zechun have always held her in the palm of their hands, originally planned to let her marry the prince as a concubine in the future, who knows.....

"Late autumn, in fact, there is nothing wrong with the side concubine, isn't the position of the main concubine still vacant? When the time comes, I will enter the mansion and give birth to a son and a half daughter as soon as possible, and let your father say a few kind words in front of the emperor, and it is not impossible to be mentioned as a concubine. ”

Although, it may cost a lot, but as long as you can let your daughter ascend to that highest position, it is worth it, and when the time comes, what else will she not get?

"But mother, the emperor said that everything is simple, so wouldn't my wedding be... Shabby to death? How can I hold my head up among the sisters in the future? ”

Tian Wanqiu was so aggrieved that her eyes were tearful, since she was a child, her parents instilled in her all kinds of scenery of marrying the prince, so she would endure humiliation and practice piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, just for the dream of that scenery.

But now everyone is telling her that it can't be realized, so what's the matter with her previous efforts and hard work?

"No, good daughter," Liu Yurou comforted her daughter distressedly, and patiently explained,

"No matter how shabby it is, it's also the prince's side concubine, even if it can't be straightened, it will be entered into the royal jade plate, how can it be regarded as half a royal family, and it is comparable to those ordinary officials' homes?"

"Besides, why not have a simple wedding, the royal dowry will always be less, is it better than the ordinary eunuch's house? So,"

Liu Yurou smiled and patted the back of her daughter's delicate hand,

"My good daughter, don't be unhappy. Besides, with your father's status in the court, he can't marry you in a big way, so the emperor can't owe your father favors? If there is anything he needs at that time, as long as he mentions it casually to the emperor, can he not agree? ”

"That's ....... too"

Tian Wanqiu nodded with a flat mouth, and then became a little unconvinced, "Can the emperor agree to my father's request?" ”

"Of course!"

Liu Yurou solemnly promised Tian Wanqiu, "Who is your father?" He is the right minister, half of the officials in the court can face him, can the emperor listen to his opinion? ”

"Besides, your father is the queen's mother, and the queen is the only hostess in the harem besides the queen mother, what are you worried about, daughter?"

"Yes, no matter what, I'm also the royal daughter-in-law, who dares to say anything? See if I don't cut her tongue! ”

Tian Wanqiu raised her eyebrows and smiled proudly, as if all the people who laughed at her had already prostrate themselves at her feet.

Seeing her daughter's happy appearance, Liu Yurou also laughed, but there was a hint of worry in that smile, but she couldn't explain it to her daughter.

Hopefully things aren't what she thinks.

The next day, five carriages departed from Tian Xiangfu and headed straight for the prince's mansion on the outskirts of the city.

The leading carriage was pulled by four jujube red horses, the carriage was surrounded by big red silk, and each horse was also hung with tied red silk.

Noon was approaching, and the convoy of the Prime Minister's Mansion that could no longer be thrifty had stopped at the gate of the Prince's Mansion.

Marrying a side concubine, the prince does not have to greet him personally, because the emperor ordered that everything should be simple, so the entrance of the prince's mansion was replaced by a red lantern with the word "happy", and it was quiet.

What is surprising is that there are no minions at the gate to greet them, even the gate is closed, only two guards with swords at their waists stand straight on both sides of the doorway, like sculptures.

"Bastards, what about people? Didn't anyone come to greet my dignified princess? ”

Seeing that there were more and more onlookers, Tian Wanqiu's face finally pulled down, and she stretched out her hand to open the carriage door and scolded.

Originally, she planned to carry a sedan chair into the door no matter what, but who knew that last night the prince's mansion sent someone to spread the word that the prince's mansion was not manpowered, so she let her come to the prince's mansion by herself.

Tian Wanqiu's anger last night has not been sprinkled yet, and when she came to the prince's mansion and saw the scene in front of her, she almost didn't lose her anger.

"Miss...... Concubine Niangniang, don't come out, this is not polite, look, this is ...... That's all going on. ”

Xi Po, who was dressed in a dark red shirt, hurriedly stopped Tian Wanqiu's movements and spoke in embarrassment.

She didn't expect to get such a business. I thought that there must be a lot of red envelopes, but I didn't know that I had fallen into such an embarrassing field, and in addition to Xiaozhi and a maid by Miss Tian's side, there was only the driver who drove the car.

In order to avoid suspicion, this Prime Minister Tian is really economical, and it is on par with the Prince's Mansion!

"Miss....... Mother, don't worry, I'll go and call the door. ”

The maidservant Xiaozhi hurriedly stepped forward and said to Tian Wanqiu in the carriage.

"Why don't you hurry up then?"

Tian Wanqiu said unhappily, and closed the curtain of the carriage with a hula.

Xiao Zhi tidied up her clothes, and then walked to the two guards who were standing straight at the gate, accompanied by a smiling face, "Brother guard, our side concubine is here, please open the door." ”

The grim-faced guard looked at her, but did not speak, still standing up straight, as if she did not exist.

"Brother Guard, please, are you okay? If this side concubine enters the mansion by mistake, you won't be able to explain it to His Royal Highness the Prince, right? ”

Xiao Zhi is also a good-natured person, and she still persuades bitterly.

"If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince blames him, Niangniang will be fine, but what about us? Aren't we the ones who will be punished in the end? ”

"Brother Guard...."

Tian Wanqiu was already waiting impatiently in the carriage, she lifted the curtain several times, and it took a long time to see Xiao Zhi with a gloomy face coming over.

"How? They still won't open the door? ”

Tian Wanqiu held back her anger and gritted her teeth and asked, her delicately dressed face was so distorted that it was about to be deformed.

"Hmm," Xiao Zhi nodded slightly, she didn't know what kind of anger she would endure next, after all, apart from herself, Tian Wanqiu couldn't find anyone to be angry at all.

"How unreasonable! Go home! ”

Hearing Xiao Zhi's affirmative answer, Tian Wanqiu almost lost her breath.

"Miss, Miss.... No, never! ”

Xiao Zhi hurriedly grabbed her, "They said that the prince said that the side concubine can only go through the side door when she enters the mansion, and the main gate can only be walked by the prince and concubine, miss, we are already out of the house, how can there be any reason to go back?" ”

"Side door?"

Tian Wanqiu was so angry in her heart, Lan Xing, you wait and see!