Chapter 164: Shocking Waves
Mrs. Tai waited for Shi Zhu and Chang Yan to wait until the middle of the night on the third watch, and she didn't wait for them to come back.
The second wife was so anxious that she and the second master went to ask Yongcheng Hou and Yongcheng Hou and Mrs. Yongcheng Hou to inquire about the news, while Chang Yan's brother and younger brother each found acquaintances to inquire about the news.
The Yongcheng Marquis Mansion suddenly had a fluctuation in people's hearts, and everyone who slept was awakened, including Wang Xi and Miss Pan.
It's a pity that the palace has long been locked, Yongcheng Hou is one of the five governors of the five military governors' mansions, to avoid suspicion, he doesn't dare to bribe people casually, and he does business, of course, he can't find out what news. And although Chang Yan's brothers inquired about some news, it is better not to know these news - it is said that although there are not many people who entered the palace to participate in the hairpin ceremony of Princess Fuyang, they were all left in the palace.
Something must have happened, right?
Wang Xi thought of Chen Luo's confession, and wanted to ask Chen Luo, to see if he had entered the palace, did he know what had happened, but now let alone that everyone in the Yongcheng Marquis Mansion is looking at me and looking at you, in case something big happens in the palace, Wang Xi believes that Chen Luo is enough to protect herself, and there is no need for her to bother Chen Luo for these trivial things.
She waited for Chen Luo's news.
Mrs. Tai and others didn't sleep all night, all kinds of speculation, scared their guts, and finally waited until dawn, the emperor was a normal court, but the inner palace was still closed, until noon did the Shunzhen door open, and the foreign women who participated in the Fuyang princess hairpin ceremony left the sixth palace one after another.
The eyes of the second wife were crying into peach pits, and Mrs. Hou was forced to drag the "sick body" to accompany Mrs. Hou all night. At this time, the second wife got the letter, and the second wife hurriedly begged Mrs. Hou to go to the eldest princess's mansion to inquire: "The eldest princess had better talk." If Ayan had three longs and two shorts, I wouldn't want to live. ”
The corners of Mrs. Hou's mouth twitched slightly. In the past, she looked down on the second wife, but she didn't expect that she was not as good as the third wife at the critical time, what is this talking about? Does she owe them a second room? What special friendship does the eldest princess have with them in the house to help them? When Chang Yan followed Shi Zhu into the palace, the second wife looked like she was honored, but now that something happened, she began to accuse Mrs. Tai?
She didn't want to help the second room run in the first place, but because of Mrs. Hou's responsibility, she had to come forward, and after hearing this, she first glanced at the third lady who had been serving Mrs. Tai with low eyebrows, her heart was even colder, and her words couldn't help but be a little perfunctory, and said: "I should do my best." You don't have to worry too much either. Let's wait until I go to the eldest princess's mansion and come back. ”
But if the eldest princess is unwilling to open the door for her, it is not her business.
Mrs. Hou went to the Eldest Princess's Mansion.
The eldest princess was not at home, and the housekeeper also told her: "I entered the palace yesterday and haven't come back yet." ”
Mrs. Hou was stunned.
Is this leaving the eldest princess in the palace?
She thought for a moment and asked, "What about Lord Xiao Chen?" ”
Chen Luo's father and son are all officials in the court, Chen Yu is called the grandfather of the country, Chen Ying is called Lord Chen, and Chen Luo is called Lord Xiao Chen.
The steward smiled: "Lord Xiao Chen didn't come back either." After speaking, his tone paused slightly, and said, "Lord Chen and Grandpa Guo haven't come back either." ”
When Mrs. Hou heard this, her expression became a little dazed, and when she left the eldest princess's mansion, she told the palanquin man: "Go to Jiangchuan Bo's Mansion." ”
Although the Xiangyang Hou Mansion is closer to their home, and Mrs. Xiangyang Hou also went to the palace to participate in the hairpin insertion ceremony of Princess Fuyang, compared to Jiangchuan Bofu, she believes that Lu Ling, a little girl, is a widow, and such a happy event is not suitable for such a happy event.
The sedan chair of the Yongcheng Marquis Mansion hurriedly went to the Jiangchuan Bofu.
Lu Ling had just returned from the palace, and when she heard that Mrs. Yongcheng Hou wanted to see her, she hurriedly sent a maid to Mrs. Jiangchuan and said, "Do I see it?" What do you say when you see it? ”
Mrs. Jiang Chuan was a little unhappy, thinking that the Yongcheng Hou Mansion was bullying Lu Ling for her young age, but for the sake of Wang Xi and Chang Ke's face, Mrs. Jiang Chuan still gave Mrs. Yongcheng Hou a little decency, and asked her personal grandmother to meet Mrs. Yongcheng Hou, and said bluntly: "Those who stay in the palace are fine, and those who come back will not talk nonsense." What our wife means, don't embarrass our eldest lady, Mrs. Hou should go back to the house and wait for the news. After all, it's not a matter of harming the people. ”
When Mrs. Hou heard this, her heart was even more upset, and she returned to the Yongcheng Hou Mansion with anxiety, went straight to Mrs. Tai, and told Mrs. Tai about going to Jiangchuan Bofu.
Mrs. Tai's face turned white with fright, and she muttered, "What the hell is going on?" I don't know what happened to Ah Zhu and Ah Yan? Isn't this going for my life? ”
The second wife, who had been guarding Mrs. Tai's side without any news, also cried.
Mrs. Hou looked indifferent, and she just wanted to leave this matter and get sick as soon as she couldn't afford it. But she still has to go back to the Hou Ye, and she has to preside over the middle feed of the Yongcheng Hou Mansion, if she falls, what will her son and daughter-in-law do?
The people of the mansion waited tremblingly until the afternoon, and Shi Zhu and Chang Ke were suddenly sent back by the people in the palace.
It's just that there is also a big eunuch next to the queen who sent the two back, and in addition to sending the two back, he also brought a holy decree over. It is said that it is the queen's mother, who married Shi Zhuxu to Chen Ying, the eldest son of the Zhenguo Mansion, and will get married on the tenth day of March next year.
Yongcheng Houfu is the in-law of the Shi family, and Shi Zhu's marriage is handled by Yongcheng Houfu.
Hearing this, Mrs. Tai suddenly collapsed on the ground, grabbed Mrs. Hou's hand, and asked the chief eunuch with red eyes: "Does the emperor know about this?" ”
Shi Zhu is the Shi family who wants to marry into the palace!
Now that Shi Zhu has an accident in the Yongcheng Marquis Mansion, Mrs. Tai feels that she has no way to explain it to her mother's family.
The big eunuch listened, and a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.
Now people outside are rumoring that the emperor is going to make the eldest prince the crown prince, and some of them are shallow and can't hold their breath, and they don't have the same respect for the queen mother as before. In the past, he only heard that the Yongcheng Marquis Mansion could occupy a position in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and that was because the emperor wanted to make up the number, but he didn't expect it to be a straw bag.
Chen Ying, the eldest son of the Zhenguo Mansion, is the stepson of the eldest princess, is his marriage such a casual thing?
Speaking of which, don't you think that their queen mother can't be a family?
"If Mrs. Tai thinks it's inappropriate, it's better to go into the palace to see the emperor." The big eunuch said with a bit of yin and yang, "You are also an old feudal monarch, and the emperor will definitely not be gone." You might as well ask in person when the time comes, ask clearly, and then decide whether to accept this decree or not. ”
"Nothing! Nothing! Mrs. Hou was busy stuffing a red envelope for the big eunuch, and explained repeatedly, "It's just that this news came too suddenly, and we are afraid that we will hear it wrong, so we want to be sure that we don't have to take it to heart." We must go to the palace, and we have to go to thank the queen mother! ”
The big eunuch's face was still not half a minute better when he heard this, and he sneered: "The miscellaneous family is waiting for Mrs. Hou in the palace." The queen still has something to do, so the miscellaneous family left first. ”
After speaking, he didn't even ask for Mrs. Hou's silver, and left with a few little eunuchs.
The Marquis of Yongcheng chased him out.
Mrs. Hou stomped her feet and said to Mrs. Tai with a complaint: "You too, you know what the scene is like in the Hou Mansion of Qingyun, and you still say these words, which is good, you have offended the queen mother." If you really want to ask something, Miss Shi and Miss Three have come back, you go and ask them directly, why bother to go far! ”
Mrs. Tai just asked casually with a hot brain, and as soon as Mrs. Hou said this, she immediately couldn't sit still, and took the maid's hand and went to Shi Zhu.
Shi Zhu's face was pale, and she was still wearing the same clothes she had entered the palace yesterday, lying on the bed like a dead person, if it weren't for the tears that kept falling, Mrs. Tai would have thought that something had happened to her.
"My son, what's going on?" Mrs. Tai looked at the tears, grabbed Shi Zhu's hand and cried, "Your father handed you over to me, how can you give me a word, even if I have to work hard for you, you have to let me know who to go to!" ”
I don't know which of Mrs. Tai's words touched her, and Shi Zhu, who had been motionless like a puppet since she came back, suddenly cried out with a "wow".
When I entered the palace, I was still like a flower standing proudly on the tip of March, but when I came back, I was like an old tree with withered branches and leaves in the cold winter.
The room full of people was a little sad when they looked at her like this.
Mrs. Tai hugged her and cried non-stop.
On Xingyuan's side, Chang Yan's face was not a few points better than Shi Zhu, but it was none of her business, she was horrified and could wash up again after returning home, and was hugged by the second wife distressed and said something considerate: "...... Somehow, everyone pushed open the door and saw that Chen Ying and Shi Zhu were hugging each other, and they looked like mandarin ducks that were about to be broken up, which stunned us. ”
"Impossible!" The second wife knew that there was something strange in this when she heard this, and retorted without thinking, "Shi Zhu is such an arrogant person, even if she likes Chen Luo, it is impossible for her to like Chen Ying." What's more, she wants to marry into the palace wholeheartedly, and she has no contact with Chen Ying on weekdays, how can she have a personal relationship with Chen Ying all of a sudden. It can't be Chen Luo's trick, right? ”
Everyone knows that Chen Luo and Chen Ying are not in harmony, if Chen Ying makes a fool of himself, Chen Luo will definitely be happy to see it.
"That's what we think too." Chang Yan felt incredible and scared when she recalled this incident, and said, "But Chen Ying knelt in front of the emperor and swore that he had been happy with Shi Zhu since he was a child, and when he heard that Shi Zhu was going to marry the fifth prince, he couldn't help it, and wanted to fight for a chance for himself before the marriage between Shi Zhu and the five princes was decided." ”
Even if it were, it wouldn't be used in this way, would it?
This is obviously forcing Shi Zhu to marry?
Shi Zhu still has to hate him to death?
Is he making a feud or a marriage?
The second wife felt that her brain was completely insufficient, and she said, "Then, the emperor agreed?" ”
Otherwise, there would not have been that decree for their homes.
Chang Yan still feels scared when she thinks about it now, maybe she hasn't seen a real tiger before, and now she knows how panicked people will be when facing tigers.
really responded to the sentence "If you don't have that diamond, don't take that porcelain job". She felt that she probably would never have the heart to fight for power again.
"What can I do if I don't agree? The fifth prince jumped out directly, saying that he didn't want to ruin his brother's affection for a woman, and the emperor was so angry that his face turned blue, but he was still standing next to Qingyunhou and Lord Yu, could he still act as if this incident hadn't happened? ”