Chapter VI
On this day, the nine kings were on their birthday, and in the morning Yu asked people to send a set of outfits, Xie Ruqing took a look and knew that today was a major scene, and the clothes were very grand and beautiful, and it was obvious that they were going to be in the limelight.
Ruhuan unfolded it to Xie Ruqing, "Girl, will this dress be too eye-catching?" However, it is quite pretty. ”
The princess has excellent eyesight, and what she prepared for Xie Ruqing is a delicate and elegant style that is not too luxurious, which is indeed very suitable for her appearance and temperament.
Xie Ruqing looked at the girl in the mirror, with slender and delicate eyebrows and eyes, with a hint of disturbing charm in the coldness, and even she couldn't help but be amazed sometimes. In fact, the beauty of people is not in appearance, whatever clothes they wear are still attractive, the difference is that they are more likely to be jealous when they are dressed eye-catchingly.
Since the princess specially sent it, it was inappropriate not to wear it, so Xie Ruqing asked Ruhuan to change it for her. Sure enough, the princess was very satisfied when she saw it, and her eyes seemed to be looking at a satisfactory goods.
"Ruqing, the nobles in the palace will also go to the Nine Kings' Mansion today, you don't have to be nervous, just follow me." The princess and Xie Ruqing got on a carriage and horse together, and mentioned today's guests to her on the way, "The ninth princess and the concubine are compatriots of the same mother, and the relationship should be good, and they will definitely go today, you need to pay attention to the fourth princess of the concubine, don't conflict with her." ”
This Yao Guifei Xie Ruqing has seen it, her person is extremely flamboyant, she is the master of the harem at the moment, and the back position has been vacant for many years, originally she was the most promising concubine to be promoted, but it is a pity that the emperor has no plans to establish a future so far. Of course, this does not hinder the ambition of the concubine, she is a long-sleeved person who is good at dancing and will win people's hearts, and there are many supporters inside and outside the palace.
She has a son and a daughter under her knees, and the fourth princess has the style of her mother, because she is young, her temperament is not as free as the concubine, so she is very unforgiving, in short, it is best to hide away from the character.
In her previous life, Xie Ruqing had nothing to do with the fourth princess, so she didn't have any conflicts, and she didn't pay much attention to them, anyway, she is a mute now, and it is difficult to conflict.
The annex of the Nine Kings' Mansion is on the outskirts of the city, and the carriage has walked for nearly an hour to arrive, and it is a coincidence that as soon as the car gets off the car, it meets the frame of the concubine, and the fourth princess takes the lead in getting down from the carriage, and when she sees Yu, she just nodded proudly.
Xie Ruqing adhered to the principle of not causing trouble and not taking the initiative, standing behind the Yu family as a wood, but he didn't want to provoke the eyes of the fourth princess.
The fourth princess is fourteen or fifteen years old, it is the time to love beauty, Xie Ruqing is the same age as her, even if she restrains herself, she is difficult to stop the beauty, she is naturally an enemy, not to mention that she is just hiding behind the princess, and she can still be found out by her at a glance if she is a girl.
"Yo, when did such an outstanding girl come to the princess's mansion, I haven't seen it." The fourth princess said hello and was about to leave, but stopped to stare at Xie Ruqing, and said to the concubine who got off the car behind: "Mother, look at this girl, is it very symbolic, I have seen all the girls and ladies in the capital, and now I can't remember others." ”
The fourth princess offended all the girls and ladies in the capital for Xie Ruqing in one sentence, which was really a disaster from the sky.
Yu probably didn't expect this, her face was a little unbearable, the fourth princess was obviously sarcastic just now that she had a beautiful beauty hiding in her house with ulterior motives.
As we all know, the concubine has always been separated from the Qiyang Palace, all because the first Princess of Qiyang, that is, Qi Yan's biological mother, and the late queen are sisters of the same clan, and there are rumors that there is no way to study, saying that the emperor took a fancy to Princess Qiyang, but people and King Qiyang had a marriage contract in front of them, so they failed to hold the beauty, so they retreated to the second best place and married the sister of the same clan who was similar to her sweetheart.
There is also a rumor that the Tao is that the late queen died in childbirth, but it was actually the concubine who was killed. When the queen was favored, when she was pregnant, the imperial doctor repeatedly diagnosed that she was pregnant with a prince, but who knew that it was the princess who was born, and the concubine in order to please the emperor, finally left the princess alive, and after the queen died, she took the initiative to take the princess to her palace to raise, this princess is now the fourth princess.
The fourth princess looks like this, not only because of the concubine, but also because of the emperor's connivance, because she is the only bloodline of the late queen.
In short, the concubine hates the house and Wu, no matter what she looks like on the surface, she definitely doesn't want to see the Qiyang Mansion in her heart, and always speculates on others with the greatest malice, thinking that she wants to send Xie Ruqing to the palace to please the emperor.
"It's a sign child." The concubine looked at Xie Ruqing for a moment and said, "I don't know which one?" ”
The Yu family told Xie Ruqing's life experience, and especially emphasized that she is now a mute, Duan is not qualified to enter the palace, and the concubine is busy saying that it is a pity.
Xie Ruqing is no longer a threat to the concubine, but she is good-looking, but she can't get over it with the fourth princess, regardless of whether she is dumb or not, in short, it is in the way of her eyes. And the people that the fourth princess hates are the people that all the nobles in the capital want to hate, Xie Ruqing had a bad day.
"I heard that Miss Xie is from Yucheng? Is it fun for you there, have you ever read a book? ”
"Yes, I heard that there is no food in the territory of Yucheng, and I haven't eaten anything good when I think of Miss Xie, so I asked someone to bring some delicious food."
"How can there be, the family is not very smart, and they are related to the palace, and they will have a good life in the future, but it is a pity that they are dumb and have no luck to marry into the high gate."
A few young ladies surrounded Xie Ruqing and gossiped, as if they were looking at some rare things from the poor countryside, and everything that could be damaged was damaged.
Xie Ruqing didn't care about them, in the final analysis, she was not a competitive little girl, so there was no need to conflict with them.
It's just that she tolerated it in every possible way, but she made these girls even more angry, and her words were even more mean, Xie Ruqing thought that these girls could have a little bit of face and some virtue, and they were almost done, who knew that these seemingly glamorous young ladies were no better than the shrews in the market, and they couldn't hide their mean faces without male guests.
Xie Ruqing was annoyed in his heart, and was about to raise his hand to slap a certain girl, when Chen Wan, the second lady of the Jiuwang family, came over to relieve the siege, "You guys are almost done, Miss Xie is playing with everyone for the first time, you should be shy around her." ”
This is for Xie Ruqing to relieve the siege, it is clearly for the group of girls to relieve the siege, Xie Ruqing sneered in his heart, and coldly watched what tricks were waiting for her behind the second girl.
"Why are your hands so cold?" Chen Wan pulled Xie Ruqing to sit in the flower hall, while instructing the girl to bring hot tea, "I heard that you fell into the water not long ago, but your body is not good?" ”
When I came to Jiuwang Mansion today, the Yu family only brought Xie Ruqing, and even Fang Hui was not qualified to follow, and Ruhuan was even more unqualified, without Ruhuan, Xie Ruqing was very inconvenient to communicate with people. Of course, Ruhuan is here, I'm afraid that these young ladies also have a way to let her stand aside, maybe they will bully her, after all, the young lady's girls are not a good thing, it is inconvenient and inconvenient, Xie Ruqing is glad that she is not here.
Chen Wan asked her, Xie Ruqing nodded, Chen Wan can be a person, and immediately called the girl to come to her, "Go to the kitchen to inform her, and add some nourishing soup at night." ”
"Yes, second girl."
The girls got Chen Wan's orders, and they ran the kitchen with the water, and they were all busy for her for a while. After a while, the girl who went to serve the tea came back with a tea tray, and the tea tray was filled with six teas in one go, and at a glance, she knew that there were other girls, but the girl came to Xie Ruqing first, and it seemed that she was deliberately "taking care" of her.
"The tea is hot, Miss Xie, you are weak and drink a cup to warm up first." The girl took a lamp out and put it in front of Xie Ruqing, but she didn't know if it was hot or the tray was too heavy, she trembled and screamed halfway through, the tray was crooked, and six teas splashed at Xie Ruqing.
Xie Ru was guarded early in the morning, and deliberately stood up in a panic the moment the tea was spilled, this time was cleverly stuck, it would not seem too early, and it would avoid all the tea spilling on her body, but it would just be splashed a little - if she dodged it all, these girls would definitely be endless.
However, she underestimated the girl's desire to fix her heart and the heat of the tea, and seeing her hiding, the bowl of tea in the girl's hand turned around halfway, and the remaining half bowl was splashed on the back of Xie Ruqing's hand.
If she hadn't gritted her teeth, Xie Ruqing would definitely scream, this tea should have just been boiled, and the taste of splashing on her hands was estimated to be not much different from that of her hands in the oil pot, and the back of her white and flawless hands turned red into a ripe crab in an instant.
"How do you serve tea?" Chen Wan scolded the girl and covered her face, "You can't even serve a bowl of tea well, if you burn Miss Xie, do you have to pay for your life!" ”
"But to speak, it's all blistered, it's pitiful."
"It's a pity that a pair of tender hands ......"
The young ladies could only say cool things one by one, but no one took any measures, Xie Ruqing estimated that his hand was already mature, and Chen Wancai anxiously shouted: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you invite the doctor to come!" ”
Xie Ruqing hurriedly waved his hand, and invited the imperial doctor to come to continue to watch her jokes, the pain hurts, and it is the same whether she looks at the imperial doctor or not. She just wanted to stay away from these crow-like ladies now.
She made a gesture to Chen Wan, signaling that she wanted to go down and change her clothes, Chen Wan was about to respond, and the fourth princess suddenly said: "Jade, don't wait for Miss Xie to go to the guest room to change clothes." ”
"Jade, let's go to the princess." The girl named Jade next to the fourth princess walked up to Xie Ruqing and said with a smile: "Girl, please come with me." ”
Xie Ruqing knew at a glance that there was a traitor hidden in this smile.