Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Concubine
Back at the Xiao Mansion, Su Jiao had already prepared fruit snacks and tea, waiting for Xiao Huai'an to come back and talk about what happened in the palace during the day today.
Xiao Huai'an looked very interesting, reached out and pinched a peanut, removed the dregs, and put it in Su Jiao's palm.
"As a courtier, how can you inquire about the affairs of the palace?"
Everyone knows it, you're still pretending here!
Su Jiao snickered in her heart and threw the peanut into her mouth, "The marriage between the third prince and the Su family is a major event, and it may be related to the direction of the imperial court, as well as the arrangement of the prince later, which can be regarded as a political matter." ”
Xiao Huai'an glanced at Su Jiao, and didn't continue to play Tai Chi with her, sat down and took a cup of tea and said slowly, "Today, the queen called Master Su over to talk, and I can't know the content of this, but a few days ago, Su Lian had an accident, and the quarrel between the three princes and the queen was well known to everyone in the harem." ”
"The third prince told the queen that he and Su Lian already had a husband and wife, so the queen had no choice but to agree, but I was afraid that today the queen would prevent Lord Su from meeting the emperor in person, and she also used this reason."
When the words landed, Su Jiao's eyes seemed to burst into brilliance, and she was surprised, "Is it so interesting, the queen still knows what it means to be a person and treat her body." ”
Su Jiao can almost imagine what an ugly expression Lord Su had when he left the palace today, "But hasn't Your Majesty already given a death order, and it is impossible for Su Lian to become a concubine or even a side concubine, so what can she do if she marries the third prince?" ”
Xiao Huai'an put down the cup and said lightly: "Concubine." ”
Although Su Lian is not a serious Miss Su family in terms of identity, she also has a name.
The Su family is also a big official in the court, but the second lady of his family can only become the prince's concubine, which is ridiculous.
As soon as she heard this, even Su Jiao, who didn't have a strong sense of hierarchy, couldn't help but almost squirt out a mouthful of tea.
"You can agree to this, you can only say that they are really true love, or there is something wrong with their brains."
While talking, Su Jiao remembered that when she went home during the day, she saw Su Lian happily preparing her wedding dress, and she felt a chill on her body.
"If they want to, then no one else is to blame." Xiao Huai'an is still light-hearted, "It's just that the third prince is so bent on going his own way, I'm afraid that in His Majesty's mind, he has lost a lot of expectations." ”
"What is the gain outweighs the loss, I hope that the third prince and Su Lian will entertain themselves, and we can also end up living in peace."
This is the truth, Su Jiao in the original book was abused and sadistic because of the entanglement and sadomasochism of the two of them, and now she has passed it by herself, which can be regarded as changing her fate.
Thinking about it, Su Jiao couldn't help but feel that a beautiful life beckoned to her.
A few days later, it was a day with no special meaning, but it was comfortable but full of lights, gongs and drums to send a sedan chair out.
Because Su Lian married Xu Rulie could only become a concubine, she couldn't hold a big banquet, without the blessing of the guests, and even Xu Rulie couldn't come to pick up her relatives in person, so she could only let a sedan chair carry Su Lian alone and enter through the side door of the Three Princes' Mansion.
And Master Su felt sorry for Su Lian, even if she couldn't make it too grand, the form still had to be maintained, so even if Su Jiao was not happy, she had to come over and make up the number and sit at a table to drink.
Some people who are good friends with the Su family happened to come over today to pat Master Su's ass, Su Jiao, as the eldest lady of the Su family, was inevitably taken by these people to take turns to toast.
Su Jiao had no choice but to pretend to be drunk and ask Xiao Huai'an to stop all those who were toasting and come out of the garden to breathe.
"Alas~" The air at night was quite cool, Su Jiao was lazy, and suddenly saw that on the cobblestone path in front of her, Xu Rulie was instructing people to move something.
Looking at the pattern of this box, it seems to be something in Su Lian's yard, Su Jiao didn't want to be nosy, so she turned around and pretended not to see it, but Xu Rulie took the initiative to come up.
"Why are you here?" Xu Rulie asked, looked at the blushing faces on both sides of him again, and sneered, "If you can't drink enough, you won't be embarrassed here, seeing that you marry Xiao Huai'an, your life is not very good, do you regret that you didn't choose a normal man who will hurt people?" ”
Su Jiao raised her head and rolled her eyes, turned around and pulled out a mocking smile, "You don't need to worry about the third prince,"
"You might as well accompany your beautiful lady with this kung fu, tell me here that you don't have any of these, is it possible that you still have no feelings for me?"
As soon as he heard this, Xu Rulie seemed to have encountered something disgusting, and his face changed suddenly, "Nonsense, you don't have to be disgusting here, His Royal Highness just looks at you pitiful, since you are so ignorant, you deserve to be a eunuch for the rest of your life." ”
After saying that, Xu Rulie hurriedly left with someone, Su Jiao felt more and more that he came over to find trouble, almost so angry that he was like thunder, and scolded in a low voice behind him, "No matter what, it's better than you, people who are deaf and blind are embarrassed to laugh at others." ”
Su Jiao waved her right fist angrily, if she wasn't worried that others would hear it, she would have rushed up to reason with Xu Rulie, and as soon as she turned around, she saw Xiao Huai'an standing quietly behind her.
Su Jiao was taken aback, obviously Xu Rulie was talking bad about him just now, why did he feel like a thief at this moment.
The other side was silent, Su Jiao was a little embarrassed and wanted to explain a few words, but Xiao Huaian didn't mind coming over and holding her hand, and her calm face unconsciously revealed a trace of joy.
"It's not too early, we should go back."
Su Jiao looked at his side face in a daze, and couldn't help nodding.
Over there, Xu Rulie returned to the house, in the cave room, Su Lian was wearing a fiery red wedding dress, and had been waiting for a long time, as soon as Xu Rulie saw her, he immediately forgot anything, and then the two of them spent an endless spring night.
On that day, Su Jiao and Xiao Huai'an, who finally had a day off, went for a walk on the street, and the two of them held hands, more affectionate than the old husband and wife who had known each other for many years.
Today is the day when Su Lian gets married and returns to the door, although as a concubine, she can only be regarded as a slave in terms of identity, but who let Xu Rulie and Master Su spoil her, so Su Jiao, the eldest lady of the Su family who is nominally Su Lian's eldest sister, also has to go back to see her serve tea, which is really tired and panicked.
"I thought I would finally not have to see her again, but I didn't expect it to be the same as before." Su Jiao pouted and muttered, she just passed the time by shopping with Xiao Huai'an, so that she could return to Su's house and look at Su Lian a few times.
And Xiao Huai'an, a busy man, actually agreed to accompany Su Jiao on the street for the first time today, which was enough to surprise the little guy around him.
"I don't think you have a lot of jewelry, this hairpin is quite chic, what do you think?" Xiao Huai'an said, completely unaware of the exaggerated expression on the face of the little guy who came over.
Suddenly seeing a moving carriage, almost passing by Su Jiao in a daze, Xiao Huai'an's face changed slightly, and he stretched out his hand to take her back into his arms, and watched the carriage stop with some anger.
"What's wrong? What happened? Su Jiao was stunned for a moment, and she didn't react a little, but when she looked at the side, she found that the people who got down from the carriage were Xu Rulie and Su Lian, and she immediately understood.
"I didn't expect it to be Lord Xiao and Mrs. Xiao, it's really unfortunate." Xu Rulie smiled evilly, and Su Lian bowed softly and weakly beside him.
"The carriage was in a hurry just now, and I didn't pay attention to it, it turned out that my sister was here, and I didn't hurt my sister, so please don't blame my sister."
Su Jiao raised her eyebrows and looked Su Lian up and down. Even if Su Lian is just a concubine, she can be compared to a serious princess with such a grand style on her body.
If anyone dares to use this Yue system to refer to Xu Rulie's book, it will be interesting.
"It's okay, I don't expect your eyes to be able to see, and I have my husband, so he naturally won't let anything mess lean towards me."
When the words landed, Xiao Huai'an really cooperated and reached out to protect Su Jiao, so that she could stay away from Su Lian. Seeing this, Su Lian's eyes were almost full of tears.
Xu Rulie couldn't see Su Lian's tears the most, and he didn't care about anything at once, and suddenly became angry.
"What do you mean by that? Dare to bully Li'er in front of me, is it because His Highness does not exist? ”
Su Jiao held Xiao Huai'an's arm, angry and funny, and looked up at Xiao Huai'an very innocently, "This is also bullying?" ”
"The third prince, in front of everyone's eyes, don't you spew blood, I'm just talking about things, if Su Lian insists on putting it on herself, then I can't do anything."
Saying that, Su Jiao tilted her head as if nothing happened, and Xiao Huai'an also helped to echo, "The third prince, please be cautious, in front of the public, don't make too much trouble." ”
Xu Rulie became more and more angry, and Su Lian saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly pulled him.
"Forget it, Your Highness, I know how much my sister has prejudices against me, but I believe that I will be able to make my sister change her mind. It's not too early today, my father is still waiting for us at the house, let's hurry up. ”
As soon as he heard this, Xu Rulie felt a lot more comfortable in his heart, and raised his chin arrogantly at Su Jiao.
"It's also said that although His Royal Highness is a prince, he can't let his father-in-law wait for a long time. However, Su Jiao, as the eldest lady of the Su family, is dragging on the street, this filial piety is really flattering. ”
When the words landed, hearing Xu Rulie's grandiose claim that Master Su was his father-in-law, Su Lian lowered his head embarrassedly and blushed.
But Su Jiao felt embarrassed and wanted to touch her forehead, don't turn her face, just don't know these two people.
Although Su Jiao doesn't care about any dignity and inferiority, but in the general understanding of people in this era, Xu Rulie's words, I'm afraid that everyone who hears it on the side will laugh out of their big teeth in their hearts.