Chapter 134: Undercurrent
Fortunately, the two women did not mean to deal with Wang Xi, and after the young woman smiled and nodded at Wang Xi, she left with the old woman in her arms.
Wang Xi breathed a sigh of relief, quietly pulled Lu Ling's sleeve, and said, "Look at the side of the boulder, do you know?" ”
Lu Ling hurriedly turned her head, and the pair of women had turned into the winding path next to them, and they could only vaguely see their backs.
She shook her head and said, "I didn't see my face clearly, I don't know if it's an acquaintance." However, those are the only people who can come to the palace banquet, or should I let the female officials I know help to investigate? ”
Whether it is a palace maid or a female official in the palace, they all serve the emperor and the queen, and they instruct such people to help do things, not only with silver, but also with favors.
For this matter, Lu Ling owes others favors, Wang Xi feels that it is unnecessary.
She hurriedly laughed, "That's not necessary. I just met it, and I was curious to ask. ”
Lu Ling didn't care.
On such an occasion, even she will meet someone she doesn't know, let alone someone like Wang Xi who comes from other places?
She continued to talk to the fifth lady of the Xiangyang Hou Mansion about the Yan family, and a group of people came to the fish tank with water lilies.
Because it was a palace banquet, there were palace maids serving next to the fish tank, and they took bait to feed them fish.
The fifth lady of the Xiangyang Hou Mansion was full of worries and had no interest in talking; Wang Xi and Chang Ke simply wanted to come and see, looked around without talking, and talked to a few palace maids enthusiastically; Only Lu Ling often enters the palace, and it has nothing to do with her whether she chooses a concubine or not, she really came over to have fun, and asked the palace maid serving next to her: "When will the church start?" ”
The palace maid estimated that she knew Lu Ling, and she was very affectionate to her, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid it will have to wait until the future." ”
Lu Ling pouted and said, "You have to wait so long?" ”
The palace maid smiled: "The second prince will come over later, and he should accompany the queen to listen to the play." ”
So wait a while.
Lu Ling's eyes rolled straight, she looked at the fifth lady of the Xiangyang Hou Mansion, then at Wang Xi and Chang Ke, and pulled Wang Xi and whispered: "Do you want to know what the scene is like over there in the Qin'an Palace?" I'll go over with you and see the fun! ”
Today's highlight is in the Qin'an Palace, and Wang Xi must want to go over and have a look. But the most lively places are often the most dangerous, Wang Xi can't help but hesitate.
Lu Ling ran away after seeing her, and while running, she also said loudly to the fifth lady of the Xiangyang Hou Mansion and Chang Ke: "Let's go to the official room, you wait for us for a while." ”
Wang Xi was led forward by her, and still felt a little inappropriate in his heart, and said, "You slow down." It's not that easy to see over there, is it? What if someone finds out? It's not suitable for us to leave the fifth lady of the Xiangyang Houfu and the fourth sister of Chang like this, right? ”
Lu Ling chuckled and said, "Don't worry, there are Shi Zhu and Fuyang, even if you want to catch them, you will catch the two of them, and it will not be our turn." As for the fifth lady and the fourth sister, one of them doesn't have the mind, and the other can't run as fast as us, so let's not bother them! ”
Wang Xi's head is full of black lines.
It turns out that Lu Ling didn't choose her because she had the best time with her?
Wang Xi thought that he had been pulled to the Qin'an Hall by Lu Ling.
However, Lu Ling did not enter through the main entrance of the Qin'an Palace, but through the back door.
There was an old eunuch guarding the door, Lu Ling saw him sweetly call her Liu Gonggong, and took out two pieces of mung bean cake from his purse to the eunuch, and said, "I specially left it for you." ”
The eunuch was very happy, smiled and let them into the Qin'an Palace, and said to Lu Ling: "Mrs. Tai has gone to visit the concubine, the third prince and the fifth prince have been following the second prince today, and the second prince of the Chen family is also here, you must not cause trouble, otherwise Mrs. Tai will rush over, you should suffer a loss or a loss, it is not cost-effective." ”
The second son of the Chen family, does he mean Chen Luo?
Wang Xi was secretly surprised, thinking about whether to ask the eunuch about Chen Luo's news, Lu Ling had already dragged Wang Xi to continue to run in, and while running, she also said to the eunuch: "Thank you Father-in-law Yin, next time I come, I will bring you baked cakes, which are the baked cakes of the Dashilar family." ”
The eunuch laughed when he heard this, and his laughter was a little gratifying.
Wang Xi couldn't help but say, "Why are you so familiar with the eunuchs in the palace?" ”
Lu Ling said disapprerovingly: "My father used to work as an errand in Jin Wuwei when he was young, and he knew several people in the palace, and this eunuch happened to be one of them. ”
That should have been many years ago, and now they can still have contact with each other, is Jiang Chuanbo too affectionate? Or is it cunning?
Wang Xi felt that since she entered the six palaces, her head was a little insufficient.
Lu Ling took Wang Xi directly to the side hall of Qin'an Palace, and several palace maids on duty looked at her and smiled, but Wang Xi's gaze was a little scrutiny.
Wang Xi was a little uncomfortable.
Lu Ling had already lifted the curtain, stretched out her head, and whispered in, "Aren't you finished yet?" The congregation is about to begin! ”
Miss Wu Er pushed Lu Ling out, nodded at Wang Xi with a smile, and said to Lu Ling helplessly: "What are you doing here?" ”
Since the queen wants to see them, of course they can't walk around casually. What if the congregation begins? It is impossible for Lu Ling not to understand this truth.
She pinched Lu Ling's cheek and said to Wang Xi: "Fortunately, you came with you, take her away quickly." lest they be seen......"
Use Lu Ling to curry favor in front of the queen.
Lu Ling stepped forward and whispered, "The second prince is also coming over, you be careful." ”
Then he stepped back with a smile, and pulled Wang Xi to run outside like a gust of wind.
Wang Xi still doesn't understand, Lu Ling is pulling herself as a shield.
When she got out of the side courtyard of Qin'an Palace, she let go of Lu Ling, crossed her waist and said, "Tell me honestly, what happened?" ”
Lu Ling hugged Wang Xi's arm and sprinkled coquettishly, trying to get by, but also gave Wang Xi the truth: "A few days ago, Second Sister Wu accompanied the seventh aunt to Hongluo Temple to offer incense, and met the second prince and the third prince. ”
"What do you mean?!" Wang Xi's ears were pricked up.
Female dependents like the Marquis of Qingping, they can't inquire about their whereabouts when they are idle.
The second prince and the third prince were able to meet Miss Wu Er in Hongluo Temple, and it was not one, it was two, and the probability of coincidence was too high.
"Did she meet separately? Or did they meet together? Wang Xi asked with concern.
Lu Ling smiled.
She felt like she wasn't pulling the wrong person.
Sister Wang is not only smart and clever, but also chivalrous.
"It's one after the other." Lu Ling said in a low voice, her face no longer had the carefree she had before, and she looked a little worried, "I told Second Sister Wu about this, but she thinks that the Wu family has not had a woman enter the palace for so many years, and at this moment, it is even more impossible for the emperor to let the women of the Wu family enter the palace." Even if someone has any idea and the emperor doesn't nod, it's useless. But I'm worried. Even if the emperor doesn't nod, if something falls on Second Sister Wu, wouldn't Second Sister Wu be ruined?
"I think it's better to guard against something!"
Wang Xi agreed with Lu Ling's statement, she felt that this palace banquet was not only about seeing those women who were qualified to be princesses, maybe it was to create opportunities for those who were interested, and said: "But there are thousands of precautions, and Miss Wu Er has to be vigilant herself!" ”
Lu Ling sighed sadly.
A woman's voice was heard.
Before Wang Xi could react, Lu Ling had already rolled her eyes, and pulled Wang Xi to hide behind a thick tree next to her.
It's a pity that there are too few flowers and plants next to them, and it is still easy for people with a heart to find them.
Wang Xi was secretly ashamed in his heart.
She retracted what she had just said.
The layout of the palace is good.
That kind of tree is also planted very cleverly.
Because only in this way will people not even have a place to hide.
The safety of the nobles in the palace is guaranteed to the greatest extent.
But the two people who came looked preoccupied, and didn't notice that they didn't say anything, and walked to the tree where they were hiding, and whispered: "It's impossible for the Wu family to let their daughter enter the palace, you think too much." And my mother will not let the daughter of the Wu family enter the palace. ”
It turned out to be Princess Fuyang who spoke.
The other one...... Could it be Shi Zhu.
Wang Xi glanced at Lu Ling.
Lu Ling pursed the corners of her lips.
It was Shi Zhu who answered. She said, "Am I not worried? Bo Liu has already made it clear that he is unwilling to enter the palace. The queen mother will definitely not blame her! Then Miss Wu Er became the best candidate. The emperor has never established a prince, and the Qingyun Marquis Mansion is the most urgent. Once this person is in a hurry, the impossible becomes possible. And my father also said in a letter a few days ago that the Qingping Marquis Mansion has not produced a handsome talent in the past few years, and I am afraid that the Wu family will not be able to hold it in the west. At that time, it is difficult to say who will take over the stall of the Qingping Marquis Mansion.
"Otherwise, the queen mother wouldn't have pulled Wu Er to talk non-stop.
"I always felt that it wasn't easy."
Wang Xi's brain exploded.
Could it be that Shi Zhu's father was transferred to Yulin and had plans to take over the Qingping Marquis Mansion?
If this is the case, then it is no wonder that Shi Zhu is so arrogant.
Wang Xi really wanted to ask Lu Ling if Shi Zhu's father was very capable of leading troops to fight, but this was not a good time.
There was a commotion at the back door of the Qin'an Palace.
Wang Xi looked over and saw the second prince wearing a bright emperor-colored embroidered five-clawed over-the-shoulder dragon and Chen Luo, who was wearing a bright red Hangzhou silk gold-inlaid jade belt, surrounded by several princes dressed in bright yellow princely costumes.
There are too many bright yellow princes' clothes, but Chen Luo's little red is like a ruby inlaid in gold, which is not only eye-catching, but also has a somewhat self-respecting taste.
Wang Xi blinked.
Chen Luo can still mix so well in the prince, it's really amazing - if she were the prince, she would definitely beat Chen Luo's yellow stick a long time ago.
He has a foreign surname and a courtier, and he makes several princes look like green leaves.
Princess Fuyang and Shi Zhu obviously didn't expect it, and they hurriedly stepped forward to salute several princes.
The second prince looked at Fuyang, the only sister, quite coldly, and asked her "Why are you standing here", but he didn't listen to her answer, so he set his eyes on Shi Zhu.
Shi Zhu behaved generously and very decently, and bowed on his knees: "Princess Fuyang and I came out to talk about ourselves, but I didn't expect to meet a few princes, and the courtier Shi Shi gave a salute to several princes." ”
The second prince glanced at Shi Zhu carefully, as if he had only known her at this time, and after a while, he said slowly, "Get up."
Shi Zhu got up with a smile and stood behind Princess Fuyang.
Wang Xi was a little surprised by Shi Zhu's appearance in front of several princes, and when she looked at it again, she found that except for the four princes, she didn't know the other princes.