Chapter 574: Remorse
When Chu Junlan and Xiao Xu heard the argument in the house, they invariably glanced at each other, listening to the meaning between the words in the house, it was not Prince Gong who was injured again, but it seemed that the palace was going to move?
There was a little girl at the door who looked at Chu Junlan inquiringly, and only dared to reply to her instructions before she dared to talk inside, which shows that Chu Junlan is only in charge of the family.
Chu Junlan smiled at the little girl, raised his chin and motioned for her to pass on.
The little girl was a little flattered, and hurriedly curtsied, turned around and said crisply: "Back to the princess, the prince and the princess are here." Instead, he respectfully lifted the red Ruyi pattern oleander warm curtain for Chu Junlan and Xiao Xu.
Chu Junlan followed Xiao Xu into the door.
The weather gradually turned cold, and when I entered the door, there was a faint smell of heating in the house. Chu Junlan and Xiao Xu bypassed the large sandalwood interstitial screen carved "full of gold and jade" to the inner room, and saw the room full of clothes and sideburns, jewels and emeralds.
Princess Zhang and Princess Cai sat on the black lacquered rose chair in the first place, one on the left and the other on the right, and Prince Gong's eighteen-room aunt sat in four rows on the circle chairs on both sides. Xiao Yuncheng, Xiao Yunguang, Xiao Yunfei and Xiao Zilan, Xiao Ziqi, Xiao Zixin and other girls are all behind their respective mothers.
Since the prince is not at home, there are very few people in the palace who can gather so together.
Chu Junlan and Xiao Xu stepped forward to salute.
"I've seen two princesses."
Princess Zhang panicked when she saw Xiao Xu, the original fool, now Yushu Linfeng has won the emperor's trust, but her own dashing son has become a fool, she didn't want to look at Xiao Xu, so she said a cold "um".
However, Princess Cai saw Xiao Xu's eyes a little straight, and she didn't know what she was thinking for a while.
Xiao Xu casually found a seat away from the ladies and sat down.
Chu Junlan asked with a smile: "I heard someone say 'moving' in front of the door?" What happened? ”
"Your ears are spiritual," Princess Cai couldn't help but stab her and sneered, "It can be seen how skilled you are in doing such things." ”
Xiao Xu sank his face, and without waiting for Chu Junlan to speak, he said: "Now that we are discussing business, I also ask Princess Cai not to talk about him left and right." Nowadays, there is a lot of noise in the DPRK, and it is not a trivial matter to say that moving. ”
Princess Cai's face turned red by Xiao Xuxun, there was water in her eyes, and she couldn't speak.
Princess Zhang looked at it with a dark heart, coughed and said: "It was the prince who came back from Huaijing, saying that he was getting worse and worse, and he missed his family, and he had asked the emperor to let our family go to Huaijing to accompany him, and the emperor had already granted it." ”
Chu Junlan was embarrassed when he heard it, it turned out that he was not in good health, it can be seen that the rumors and news from the outside world are not credible, and even the news inquired by the Maoguo Mansion has changed its taste.
Xiao Xu said: "Where is the letter?" ”
Princess Zhang didn't want to pay attention to Xiao Xu, but although Xiao Xu was only sitting so quietly, with gauze on his forehead, and his face was still pale, the momentum on Zhou's body was like a sharp blade, which made people feel oppressed just by looking at it.
Princess Zhang waved her hand behind her.
The eldest girl Ruiyun gave the letter to Xiao Xu.
Xiao Xu took the letter with an expressionless face, and actually got up and walked to Chu Junlan's side and looked with her.
The room was full of surprise, and they didn't expect that the cold prince would treat Chu Junlan and his daughter with such respect.
When Princess Cai saw it, Bei Yan bit her red lips out of a trace, and the jealousy and resentment in her heart almost turned into substance, why couldn't she get it, but Chu Junlan had it?
Chu Junlan didn't know that Xiao Xu's respect had caused many people to have ideas in the letter, she only read the letter generously, and then bowed her head and said, "It seems that the prince does mean to move." ”
Xiao Xu also bowed his head, and coldly handed the letter back to Ruiyun, whose face was crimson and kept peeking.
Xiao Zilan sneered with some dissatisfaction: "Where did my father mention the word moving in the letter?" It's clear that I just miss my family. Besides, my father is the prince, and I don't stay in the capital well, where is the reason for the whole family to move to Huaijing? ”
A few of the aunts nodded in agreement.
Chu Junlan became more and more aware of the difficulty of moving the capital, even if it was a simple move, the female dependents were unwilling to move the land, not to mention that many ministers were facing the major event of cutting off their roots?
Xiao Xu pondered for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Now that the whole family is here, I will say more." Now the situation in the capital, everyone must have heard of it, the emperor is not a secret to build a palace in Huaijing, the emperor has the intention of moving the capital, and the father should have arranged everything in advance in Huaijing now, just waiting for us to go. ”
The women in the family have rarely been in contact with the outside world, and the concubines are reading and playing, and they rarely have contact with the affairs of the court.
Xiao Xu immediately felt a little bored, feeling that these people were not as smart as his Qingqing, so he said concisely: "In short, in order to cooperate with my father's intentions, the palace is going to be relocated, and I also ask Princess Zhang and Princess Cai to order them to go down as soon as possible and prepare the luggage and other things." As for the palace here, leave someone to watch the house for the time being. ”
Princess Zhang frowned and said, "But if we all leave, there are still so many furnishings at home, and not all of them can be brought with us." ”
"Huaijing's father must have prepared for daily use, the door of the palace is locked, and he can't lose anything, as for who to bring to Huaijing, let's start planning now."
Xiao Xu didn't want to bother with these people, so he said a few words and sat back in his place.
Princess Zhang, Princess Cai, and the ladies and sons and ladies in the family all looked unacceptable at this time.
Princess Cai said: "Moving the capital is indeed going to move the capital, maybe the prince wants to set an example first." ”
Aunt Lu came back to her senses and said with a smile: "Since Princess Cai said so, it must be so." Princess Cai can also get some news from Concubine Shu, I think what you said will not be wrong. ”
Princess Cai smiled, a little smug on her face.
Princess Zhang rubbed her sore eyebrows and said, "In this case, then arrange each room." He looked at Chu Junlan again, "Now that the cards are in your hands, you have to work hard about the relocation of our palace." ”
Chu Junlan bowed: "I'm afraid that Princess Zhang will be busy with the chores in hand, and she will arrange everything for the second son on the road, and she will not be busy, so I should help." ”
It was these two things that Princess Zhang had a headache, and as soon as Chu Junlan said it, her heart became even more irritable. Then he waved his hand and let the parties disperse and get ready.
Chu Junlan and Xiao Xu returned to Jingxuan, and also discussed how to move: "We should also prepare, but I have to go easily, but the business over there of the winery also has to move, and I will go to the villa to meet Fu Gongzi and discuss with him, in addition to my eldest brother's house, my sister-in-law is now pregnant, and I am afraid that it will not be good for my body." If I don't follow, it will hinder my eldest brother's future. ”
"It's a real problem, and I have a lot of things on my hands to deal with. And then there's the inheritance that my grandfather left me. Xiao Xu smiled and said, "Fortunately, we don't necessarily have to go with Princess Zhang and them, they only take the things at home and set off first, so we can stay and deal with the aftermath." ”
Chu Junlan thought about it, but it was the same thing, so he smiled and said, "That's what I said." ”
The house is in full swing, the relocation of the palace is not a trivial matter, the relationship between the servants in the family is complicated, who does not bring who or who is released, this is a turnaround, only the personnel changes are not small.
And the actions of the palace soon spread among the nobles and wealthy families in the capital.
Chu Huating helped Xiang Yixin sit down, and hesitated to tell Chu Junlan about his decision: "If it is getting cold today, your sister-in-law is like this, it is inconvenient to travel tirelessly, I think it is to stay until the spring of next year, and your little nephew is going to Huaijing when the moon is full." ”
Chu Junlan nodded and said: "I came to talk to my eldest brother about this, my sister-in-law is six months pregnant, so it's not good to toss outside." It's just that although I can leave a little later, I still have to go to Huaijing in the end, and I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of my sister-in-law when she gives birth here. ”
As he spoke, he put a blue cloth bag on the table, and when he opened it, there were bags of medicinal herbs inside.
Chu Junlan showed these medicinal materials to Chu Huating and Xiang Yixin, and explained: "These are all medicinal materials that I guessed and configured according to my sister-in-law's physical condition, and I wrote down the functions and usage, and I left a description for each medicine. ”
Xiang Yixin smiled movingly: "Thanks to your thoughtfulness." ”
Chu Huating also smiled: "With your medicines, I am more at ease." ”
"Big brother rest assured, I can't say that I will arrange the affairs of the palace at that time, and I can rush back when I am free, the emperor will move the capital, and I can't say that there will be big moves in the DPRK and China during the new year, and it will be a turning point in the career of the eldest brother, and it is just right to take advantage of this time to prepare for a good life."
When Chu Huating heard this, his heart was full of ambition and pride, he had already made sufficient preparations, and he was just waiting for an opportunity.
Thinking about it carefully, all his turnarounds began when Chu Junlan woke up from a coma and gradually healed his eyes.
"Lan Lan, when the eldest brother gets ahead in the future, he can be your backing and reliance." Chu Huating patted Chu Junlan's shoulder seriously.
Chu Junlan was moved in his heart, tilted his head and smiled mischievously: "That's naturally good, if someone dares to bully me, I'll find my eldest brother." ”
She was like that, making Chu Huating and Xiang Yixin laugh.
The preparations for the relocation of the palace were finally ready in early October.
Chu Junlan and Xiao Xu let Princess Zhang and his party go first on the grounds that they wanted to leave the aftermath.
However, Princess Zhang, Princess Cai and the concubines have never gotten along well, and these people did not set off together, but divided into two teams and were escorted out of the capital by the palace guards in batches.
On the sixth day of the first month of October, the day of Chu Zhan and Lu Ruohan's wedding, Chu Junlan and Xiao Xu returned to the Guogong Mansion together, looking at the joy of the Manchu Mansion, Xiao Xu remembered the situation when Chu Junlan married him, and couldn't help frowning.
When the two returned to the empty palace together in the evening, Xiao Xu suddenly hugged Chu Junlan: "The Ming media who said that the good Ming media is marrying the eight sedan chairs, and the scenery welcomes you into the door, but I broke my promise." Qingqing, it's me who can't stand you. ”