Chapter 22: Stratagem
Li Hanchen and General Xiahou left, and Xu Chaodui and Xiahou stayed in place.
Seeing Xiahou Ji staring at him without blinking, Xu Chaowan suddenly remembered something.
She paced forward, and her voice was slightly apologetic: "Miss Xiahou, I'm sorry for what happened that day." ”
Xiahou Ji was stunned for a moment before she knew what she said, waved her hand, and said with a smile: "Miss Xu doesn't have to mind, I didn't take it to heart." ”
After a pause, she said again, "Miss Xu, I have a request. ”
"Tell me about it."
Xiahou smiled brightly, like a spring flower blooming in the wind.
"Since Miss Xu has become Brother Chen's concubine, she is also a person from the palace, I want to ask Miss Xu to take care of Brother Chen on my behalf temporarily."
Xu Chaodui couldn't understand the secret meaning of her words?
Looking at the smiling girl, she raised her eyebrows unconsciously, and seemed to be interested: "Oh? How does Miss Xiahou want me to take care of him? ”
"Food, clothing, housing and transportation are taken care of by maids, so it won't bother Miss Xu. Miss Xu only needs to pay attention to her words and deeds, and don't let Brother Achen be broken by others. ”
"This ......" Xu Chaowan shook his head: "I'm afraid not." ”
"What?"
Xiahou Xi was quite surprised, obviously she didn't expect her to answer like this.
It couldn't have been more reasonable, and she refused so directly.
Xu Chaowan looked at her surprised look in her eyes and slowly explained: "I have been undisciplined all year round, I have a bad temperament, and I speak and do things according to my own will, I'm afraid I can't restrain myself." ”
"But now that you are nominally a side concubine, don't you think about Brother Chen?" Xiahou frowned slightly.
"It's nature, and you can't change it. But I have a way, I don't know if Miss Xiahou would like to hear it? ”
"You say."
The corners of the girl's lips were slightly curved, and a faint smile stained the coldness between her eyebrows, like the ice face in early spring.
Her lips moved, and she said: "Temperament can't be changed, people can be changed." If Miss Xiahou can let the prince divorce me, my every move in the future will have nothing to do with the palace, and I will not let the prince be gossiped about, what does Miss Xiahou think? ”
"You...... Do you really think so? ”
Xiahou Ji became more and more surprised, and looked at the girl in front of her who was in the flowering season with a novel gaze.
She once thought that she was just like other lowly women, relying on God's reward to help her complete her transformation.
But now, I was a little curious about her.
"Yes, I do." She admits it openly.
"Have you ever thought about the consequences? If you are suspended, will Changxing Houfu continue to keep you? Where do you go from here? ”
Xiahou didn't believe that she could live as a weak woman without Changxing Houfu.
Without the protection of the family, they will either be left in the dust, or they will be slaves to others......
"The world is big, peace of mind is home. I have my own place to go, thank you Miss Xiahou for your concern. ”
"But...... I don't know what to say to Brother Chen. Hesitant tone.
Of course, she very much hopes that Xu Chaowan will leave Li Hanchen, what woman would really not mind that there are other women around her sweetheart?
Even if it's just a side room.
But Xiahou Xi knows Li Hanchen's temperament very well, he has always had his own ideas, and he doesn't like others to interfere in his private affairs.
"No, it won't."
Xu began to be serious: "Since I came to the palace, the prince has only come to my Bangchun residence two or three times, and he has treated each other politely, and he doesn't like me." And I often hear people in the house talking about the rice paper used to practice calligraphy in the prince's study, and all the books are small characters of the girl. ”
"Really?"
A hint of joy flashed in Xiahou Xi's bright eyes, and her tone became brisk.
"I don't know." She changed her words: "I listened to the maid who cleaned the prince's study." ”
When talking about people who have their own hearts, emotions will always defeat reason, and the mind is not clear.
"Well, since this is what the girl thinks, I will try my best to help the girl."
Xiahou Ji was successfully fooled by her, she was in a very good mood, and her eyebrows and eyes were crooked with a smile: "Miss Xu, let's go in!" ”
The palace of Chang'an is arranged very festively, the door is pasted with red couplets, the eaves pick red lanterns, and the trees are hung with red silk, which is very bright.
Before the wedding banquet began, the two were led by the palace maid to a place for the ladies to rest.
Along the way, Xu Chaowan paid attention to his surroundings, but he didn't see Xu Ruixiang's shadow.
The resting place of the ladies is a long pavilion with peony flowers surrounded by a fence and a pond of blue ponds.
In the pavilion and outside the pavilion, there are already three or three noble women gathered together to talk and laugh, the skirt is like a colorful xia, and the face is like a flower, which is more delicate than the peony.
Among the noble girls is the trio of Yunning.
The three of them were standing in front of a cluster of peony flowers swaying in the wind at this time, laughing, and when they caught a glimpse of the two girls coming over, their voices stopped abruptly.
Staring at that proud face, Yun Ning suddenly became angry.
When she returned home that day, she would add fuel to what happened in Houfu and tell her father, hoping that her father would stand up for her.
Unexpectedly, he was counted down by his father for a while: "You are a guest when you go to someone's house, and you are so restless and self-conscious." Chang Xinghou has been a friend of his father for many years, and his family style father knows, if you don't cause trouble, then Miss Xu will bully you for no reason? ”
I wanted to be coquettish in front of my father, but I didn't get it, and I won a few meals, how could she swallow this breath?
"Slut!" Yun lowered his face and cursed in a low voice.
"Why is she here?" Yu Qiao looked calm.
Song Geyin replied with a sneer: "Do you still need to ask?" She is now a person of His Royal Highness Linwang, and His Royal Highness is coming when the prince gets married, and he heard that Linwang loves her very much, so he naturally brought her with him. ”
Yun Ning was even more furious when she heard this, and she was about to step forward with her skirt.
"Wait." Song Geyin grabbed her and pouted in that direction: "You don't look at who came with her." ”
Yun stared at it, and the foot that stepped out was unconsciously withdrawn.
Fang Cai was too angry, so he automatically ignored the red-clothed girl who was like fire.
Most people in the world bully the weak and fear the hard.
In the hearts of all the nobles in the capital, Xiahou Ji is definitely an enviable existence.
My sister is the queen of Xuande in the world, and my father is a general with great military achievements.
And she is also Linwang's childhood sweetheart, who is simply a collection of thousands of favors, and she is the most expensive of the nobles.
And these did not make her proud and domineering, she was approachable, cute and beautiful, and greeted everyone with a smile.
Although he is not proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, such a lively temperament is really lovely.
While some noble girls are envious, they are also a little jealous in their hearts.
Yun Ning kicked the small round stone at his feet away in annoyance, with an unhappy expression: "When did Miss Xiahou get so close to that slut, I can't swallow this breath no matter what!" ”
Song Geyin patted her shoulder comfortingly, "Who told you to swallow it?" If you want to be angry, don't you have to scold and beat her, and besides, can you beat her? ”
"And what can you do?"
A smile rose at the corner of Song Geyin's mouth, and he pulled them in and whispered.
Yu Qiao didn't agree very much: "Today is the day of Tinglan's marriage, don't mess around." ”
Song Geyin looked innocent: "We didn't do anything, it was Xu Chaodui who came in chaos." ”