Chapter 68
"Okay, this princess said that I don't blame you, don't be sad. Hey, Xiaolinzi, Ze Fangzhai stopped in front of him, and the princess wanted to get out of the car. Bai Yiyan remembered the agreement with Mei Zixin in her heart, and she didn't have time to comfort Hongling, so she got out of the car while talking.
On the other side, there is another scenery, and intrigue is always the most common among women.
When the maidservant came to tell the crown princess that Princess Jing had gone back first, her smiling face could no longer hold on.
But when she saw that Sun Ruoruo on the side also got the news, she felt a lot happier in her heart.
Sun Ruoruo heard that Bai Yiyan went back first, and raised her eyebrows slightly, what's going on, is it really serious?
Thinking so, Sun Ruoruo got up and wanted to confess to the crown princess and leave, who knew that the crown princess didn't want her to go.
"Since Princess Jing arranged for King Jing's side concubine Sun, to accompany the palace to enjoy the flowers here, you can stay, she is not in good health and has to go back first, the palace is nothing, I am afraid that others will talk about it, and the female dependents of the palace are not sensible." The crown princess said to Sun Ruoruo with a smile, which means that if she dares to refute her face, she will definitely publicize this matter, and when the time comes, people will not dare to say respect to the princess, and she, the side concubine, will definitely not be able to run.
"Yes, the side concubine is here, so I will leave a piece to enjoy the flowers, so I don't have to run in vain." Madame Squire spoke at this time and echoed the words of the crown princess.
has the same deep scheming, only Princess Huayang has not had a good face for her from beginning to end, and it can be regarded as because of Mei Changqing's relationship, which makes her hate herself.
Sun Ruoruo has always been not good at words, but now she can only let them talk, and sit back on her stool to taste the tea fruit in front of the table. Ignoring their sarcasm, she was in the backyard of the palace, although she was not favored, she had never suffered any major grievances, and there were no other women fighting.
She is not like them, she has to fight with a lot of women every day, and in this prince's mansion alone, there are three side concubines, more than a dozen aunts, and countless rooms. And the crown prince has a favorite concubine who is very strong in front of the crown princess, even if she wants to come to this front yard to enjoy the flowers, the crown princess does not dare to say anything.
It's just that I heard that the aunt used to be the daughter of a high-ranking official, but because of the middle of the family, she had to go to the prince's mansion as a slave. But because of her outstanding appearance, she was favored by the prince and pampered a few times, and now she is pregnant and doesn't like to join in the fun, so she likes to write and draw in her yard, Sun Ruoruo has always wanted to see her, but she has never had the opportunity.
"I heard that the princess has not been in charge so far, it seems that you have the means to do it?" Madame Shilang suddenly mentioned that Sun Ruoruo was able to manage the power of the palace.
"It's not that the concubine has the means, but in the prince's palace, there are only the princess and my two concubines, unlike the countless women in your family, the princess reuses me, but it is not better than you to fight for it, but in the end, it still ended up empty. I heard that it was the squire's family, and it was the maidservant Mengqiao sent by the crown princess who was more favored. Mrs. Squire, you have to hurry up, don't let a servant take away the favor of your husband, not to mention, you don't even have the power to hold the family! ”
This lady and lady have always been two little guesses, childhood sweethearts, just because the man accepted the maid sent by the princess, and also mentioned that the aunt had a position, which made Mrs. Shilang always linger.
"Concubine Sun can't talk nonsense, it makes Madame unhappy, I want to ask you. That Meng Qiao was carefully selected by me to help Mrs. Shilang share her worries, she would never do such a thing that ruined the door, even if she had something out of order, it was just to cooperate with Mrs. Shilang to manage family affairs. How can it be as serious as you say? ”
Seeing that Mrs. Shilang's face changed, the crown princess hurriedly explained to make her feel relieved. Although she also intended for Mengqiao to do this, Lord Squire never let go, which made her even more desperate to please Mrs. Squire.
The Ministry of Rites is a big piece of fat, and if you can successfully gnaw it down, it will be much easier to do anything in the future.
Mrs. Shilang listened to the princess's explanation, although her heart was a little relieved, but she was still worried, she couldn't relax easily, she still had to take care of that dream, and couldn't repeat the mistakes of Chen Zhuangyuanye, he was the one who was originally destined to let the maid Mengxue sent by the princess take the position.
The crown princess is close to her on the surface, but in fact, she is tired of the little official power in the hands of her husband, and she has always wanted to help her husband in his career to please the princess, but she doesn't want the princess to interfere in the backyard she manages.
Who knows that there are thousands of precautions, or can't prevent the prince's banquet, while her old man was drunk, he let the fox go to bed, in order to express her generosity and not damage the princess's face, she had no choice but to promise her husband to raise her as an aunt.
In her place, there was no other woman in the backyard, and when she was pregnant, she also asked the dowry girl to serve, and after it was over, the girl was also sensible, and did not stay with the master, and invited herself to marry the slave.
The lord saw that she was pitiful and sensible, so he picked a distant relative for her and married her far away, although she was not a big official and a wealthy family, but she could be regarded as getting rid of slavery, let alone becoming a lowly person. So he is also grateful to them, and now because of the power of the crown prince and the crown princess, he can only agree to the lord to take the fox spirit as his aunt. She wasn't worried, and the master would tell her anything.
But recently, for some reason, the master doesn't come to her room often, and wants to give some of the power in her hands to that Aunt Qiao, how can she be willing?
This made Sun Ruoruo go to her heart.
"Is there any, Mrs. Shilang knows best in her heart, the crown princess, don't mention your maidservant and say good things again, so as not to attract hatred when you get it." Before Sun Ruoruo could speak, she was picked up by the woman in purple on the side.
Sun Ruoruo turned his head to look, and the two glanced at each other, both smiling and nodding at each other.
The woman in purple who spoke was the emperor's eldest princess, Princess Huiyang, she was born to Concubine Yu, although Concubine Yu was now sent to the cold palace, but it was only temporary. For so many years, he has been repeatedly beaten into the cold palace, but in order to weigh the courtiers, he has been repeatedly welcomed back to Yikun Palace.
Although Concubine Yu has only one child, Princess Huiyang, her position in the harem has always been pivotal, and she is the emperor's first woman. In the past, she and the mother concubine of the six princes were the best, so her daughter Princess Huiyang was naturally mentioned.
Now seeing Sun Ruoruo being attacked by everyone, how could she stand by and watch.
Sure enough, even the eldest princess of Huiyang said so, and Mrs. Shilang's next mood can be described as complicated, and she has been absent-minded.
The crown princess sighed secretly at this time, she forgot that there was also an eldest princess of Huiyang who had not eaten oil and salt, and her concubine was even more obedient, never going out to socialize and drink, and not accepting the maids she sent. Even the fact that she gave her the first face was used by the jade concubine to target the queen mother.
Every time she faced her, the crown princess felt very irritable, this woman was really difficult to deal with.
The next day, the prince went to the court to ask for leave due to illness, but the holy decree still arrived at the prince's mansion.
ordered the crown prince and the crown princess to think about it in the mansion, the reason was that the jade concubine blew the pillow wind at night, and a large group of courtiers participated in them in the morning.
It is said that the crown prince and the crown princess took advantage of the convenience of holding a banquet to form a faction in the court, form a party for personal gain, and were denounced.
Immediately afterwards, Mei Changqing led a few people to ask the emperor to order all the maidservants sent out by the crown princess to be used as military prostitutes. And the people who originally followed the crown prince turned against each other overnight, echoing Mei Changqing's statement, and the emperor had no choice but to make an order.
For a while, the people in the capital knew that the wind direction had changed, and there were few people who supported the prince, and the emperor was even more anxious, and ordered the secret guard to tell Sun Ruoruo that he must control Mei Changqing. No matter if he uses a woman or something else, he must not let this son betray the prince!
And there is a reason why Mei Changqing changed her attitude and directly targeted the prince.
Yesterday, the servant girl Hongling ran to him to plead guilty, and he knew that someone in the prince's mansion wanted to ruin his son with these three indiscriminate means, of course he knew that the prince wanted to deal with him, and the emperor only wanted the prince to win him over.
But it was wrong for them to take action against Yan'er, and Xiao Linzi later testified that Bai Yiyan fainted in the car when he arrived at the Prince's Mansion, so he was helped into the backyard of the Prince's Mansion to rest.
Fortunately, Yan'er is fine, otherwise he would really be taken advantage of, and he would have to slaughter the prince's mansion!
But he will definitely not let those people have a good time, but Yan'er has been thinking about Mei Zixin, and he is not easy to come forward, so he asked Zhao Mama and Lu Qiao and others to persuade them first. He first joined the prince, the emperor was already suspicious, and it was impossible to be indifferent to this, no matter how much he favored the prince, compared with his country, the prince's ambition was undoubtedly the most heartbreaking place for the emperor.
Since ancient times, the royal family has ruled: I give you that is love, I don't give it to you, if you still come to rob it, you will definitely lose both, and I will be killed.
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"Why didn't you tell me what happened that day?" Mei Changqing said angrily when she saw Bai Yiyan for the first time.
"What's the matter?" Bai Yiyan rolled her eyes and pushed Mei Changqing away, what's the matter with this person, always blocking her way.
"That's what happened when you went to the Prince's Mansion to risk your life that day."
"Risking your life? No, you're talking too seriously. Bai Yiyan looked at him in surprise, and then comforted him.
"Dare to say no, Hongling told me when he came back, you left the prince's mansion before and went to see Mei Zixin again, right?" Mei Changqing grabbed Bai Yiyan's arm and didn't let her leave.
"Yes, I went to see Mei Zixin, because I found a lot of things from the Prince's Mansion. I need to take it to him and prove his innocence! ”
Bai Yiyan looked at Mei Changqing and said slowly word by word.
"What kind of innocence can he have, tell me, what happened in the Prince's Mansion this time?" Mei Changqing asked again.
"When I went to the gate of the Prince's Mansion before, I found a sachet on my body, and I was a little dizzy when I picked it up and smelled it, and then I used the medicine you left for me in the car. Then the maidservant of the prince's mansion took me to the side courtyard to rest, and I lay down for a while, and when I found someone near the room, I got up and took a wooden basin and knocked him unconscious. Bai Yiyan and Mei Changqing talked about the situation of the day, and they didn't have a good impression of the prince anymore.
"Sachets?"
"Yes, I'm also strange, that sachet was just embroidered by Lu Qiao, and I put it on myself. But when I went out, I couldn't find it, and finally fell out of the cuff again. I just don't understand. ”
Bai Yiyan threw this matter to him, and hurried to Mei Zixin's appointment, Mei Changqing was angry, but he couldn't say anything. He didn't want Bai Yiyan to be angry with him again, and it would be bad if he was framed by a traitor at that time.
The first restaurant in Beijing.
Mei Zixin was on the second floor, and Tianzi No. 1 box had been waiting for her for a long time.
"Wow, what delicious food did you invite me to eat today, why is it so fragrant?" Bai Yiyan pushed the door in with a big grin, walked to the table and sat down.
When she saw Meizi's sad face, she deliberately teased him and talked to him.
"What's wrong with you?" Bai Yiyan asked.
"It's nothing, it's just that the crown prince was punished, and my father was very unhappy, so our other princes were angry." Mei Zixin's mouth moved, and she whispered.
"Shouldn't you be happy that he was punished, why are you still merciful." Bai Yiyan sandwiched a chicken leg and put it in the bowl of plum spicy.
"Yes, I got the horns of the bull, and I won't in the future." Mei Zixin raised her little face and smiled at Bai Yiyan, a bright and sunny smile that Bai Yiyan had never seen before.
"That's good."
"Then how are you and the imperial brother, the imperial brother has been nothing to me recently, very indifferent, did you say something to him?" Mei Zixin looked at Bai Yiyan with inquiring eyes.
"It's nothing, he's like that, you ignore him." Bai Yiyan poked the fish's eyes with chopsticks and said indignantly.
"Did you quarrel with the royal brother?"
"It's fine."
"Sister, don't quarrel with the imperial brother for me, I'm afraid that it will hurt the relationship between you and the imperial brother, and it will not be good for you when the time comes."
"Hurt feelings, that's not for you, it's for his stinky temper. You don't know that he doesn't believe that I'm looking for evidence for you, and he doesn't believe that I came out to see you to prove your innocence. It's because I only see you as a brother, and I want to love you and protect you. He thought I'd like you, and he was so self-righteous! ”
As Bai Yiyan spoke, her eyes turned red, so Mei Zixin blamed herself rarely.
But what she said is right, she is like this, she can indeed only be his younger brother, but he also wants to return to normal. He wants to be a normal person and be able to have complete love, instead of being pitifully protected by the person he likes.
Bai Yiyan didn't notice Mei Zixin's lonely expression, she talked to herself, and at the end, she said: "Don't worry, I will definitely find evidence to help you clear your relationship with Mei Changqing, and I will never let the emperor's conspiracy succeed!" ”
"Sister, you listen to me, don't worry about this matter anymore. I promise not to compete with the Six Emperor Brothers in the future. Mei Zixin held Bai Yiyan's hand, he didn't want her to lose everything for him.
Just when the two of them were pushing me, Mei Changqing kicked the door of the room where the two of them were.
A cold voice quickly swept over them, "What are you two doing?" ”
"I'm ......" Mei Zixin jumped away timidly, and quickly let go of the hand holding Bai Yiyan.
"Why are you, okay, you're stalking me!" Bai Yiyan not only didn't realize that Mei Changqing was jealous, but also suspected his ulterior motives.
Her question made Mei Changqing both angry and funny.
"This king wants to know anything, and he doesn't need to follow it!" Of course, Mei Changqing wouldn't admit that he sent someone to follow him, he just didn't want Mei Zixin to entangle Bai Yiyan anymore.
"I warned you, next time, the prince will be your example!" Mei Changqing put down the cruel words, took two steps forward, grabbed Bai Yiyan and left.
"You let me go, I said, I'm just here to play with him."
"I also said, you are my Mei Changqing woman, you can't always think about other men!"
"He's not a man, he's just a kid now!"
"I'm afraid you're the only one who thinks so."
Bai Yiyan was too lazy to tell him, seeing that he couldn't go back, the first restaurant in the capital and Mei Zixin continued to talk, so they could only go back with him obediently.
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The palace listens to Yuxuan.
"Concubine Niangniang, someone is coming from the Zhuangzi in front of you, and the shopkeeper wants to report to the princess Niangniang. Now that the princess is not here, Mama Zhao sent a slave to invite you. Mama Zhao sent a little girl to invite Sun Ruoruo to the front hall.
"Okay, you tell Mama Zhao that I'll go in a while." Sun Ruoruo lowered her head and copied the unfinished Buddhist scriptures.
"Mama Zhao said, please go immediately, she has something to do to go to the palace, I'm afraid I can't accompany you. This time, the shopkeeper in Zhuangzi came in person, and he may have to rush back. The little girl repeated Mama Zhao's words, not finding that these words were a little overstepping, which had caused Sun Ruoruo's unhappiness.
Sun Ruoruo couldn't help it, frowned and put down the pen, personally put the Buddhist scriptures and copybooks in the box, and then followed the little girl to the front yard.
"The side concubine Niangniang is auspicious Jin'an." As soon as Sun Ruoruo stepped into the threshold of the front hall, several middle-aged men wearing hats turned around and saluted her.
"Everyone, come from afar, why don't you eat first?" Sun Ruoruo saw that the time was not early, and it was time for lunch, so he asked them.
Several shopkeepers did not dare to make excuses, they all said that they were not hungry, and they hurried back to work.
"I wonder if the princess is here?"
"A few people don't know, I take care of all the chores in this palace, and the princess has always been careless. In the past, everyone reported to Mama Zhao, but now that Mama Zhao is not here, it is the same for you to report to me. ”
Several people looked at each other, muttered in a low voice, and after whispering, they bowed to Sun Ruoruo.
"The side concubine doesn't know, in the past, it was because the prince didn't marry the concubine, I waited to report to Mama Zhao, and now Mama Zhao is not here, and the princess has not come back, I'll wait or come back next time."
"What do you mean?" Liuli is most unaccustomed to the superior eyes of these people, although her side concubine Niangniang is a concubine, but she is also the hostess in charge of the mundane affairs of the palace, when will it be their turn to exclude and despise on their side?
"Okay, Ruri, don't say any more. Since you insist on leaving, let's send off the guests over there! After Sun Ruoruo finished speaking, she took the lead in getting up, and left without looking back, and by the way, she also turned over the teacup on the table.
"Miss, those people just now were really excessive, why didn't you let me scold them severely?" Liuli Express followed Sun Ruoruo.
"The main concubine and the side concubine...... Haha...... "Sun Ruoruo has been reading it, and he is already a little crazy.
"Miss, what's wrong with you?" Liuli was frightened by Sun Ruoruo's laughter, and asked nervously.
"It's okay, it's okay." Sun Ruoruo said twice in a row that it was fine, but in Liuli's opinion, she walked forward in a daze, it looked like there was something, and there was a big event.
"Miss, don't scare the slave maid, what do you tell the slave maid?"
"Ruri, am I too kind?" Sun Ruoruo evoked a mocking smile, "Ah, why, why can anyone bully me?" ”
The emperor is like this, the stepmother is like this, the prince is like this, the princess is like this, and even the subordinates dare to do this today.
"That Bai Yiyan, before I came, I was the only hostess of this palace. Who is not respectful to me, even if I am not liked by the prince, they will never dare to treat me like this. But now, just because the prince married her, she is the daughter of the prime minister, and I am the general's daughter, since ancient times, civil and military officials have not looked at each other well. I think she fits my eyes very well, but it's a pity, the prince said that I was fake, and I think she is the one who is hypocritical! ”
Right! Since Bai Yiyan got married, she hasn't had a good life!
On their wedding night, she was grounded as a side concubine. In order to please the princess, those subordinates dared to cut down the precious purple bamboo in front of her door, which was a holy relic rewarded by the emperor. What's even more humiliating is that at the gate of the Prince's Mansion and in the backyard of the Prince's Mansion that day, the sneering eyes and smiles of those women made her want to commit suicide.
But she can't die, Bai Yiyan is dead, and she can't die either.
Why can a concubine be favored by thousands of people?
As a concubine, she will suffer all the humiliation and the eyes of the world, and become the most shameless pawn of others.
She is not reconciled! I'm really unwilling!
Finally calmed down, and when she returned to her Tingyuxuan, she heard some words outside the door that made it difficult for her to control her emotions anymore.
"I heard that the princess has been running out every day these days, just to see the ten princes."
"No, princess, is the red apricot out of the wall?"
"Possibly. Alas, it's a pity for the prince, who has always been loyal to her. Even if he was cuckolded, he didn't care. ”
"Well, why didn't the two of us choose a good choice at the beginning, why did we have to come to the side concubine's courtyard. The prince has never come to rest here with the side concubine, I'm afraid that the side concubine is just an ornament. ”
"Alas, the princess doesn't like the side concubine, how dare the prince come."
"But weren't they still doing well a few days ago?"
"Who is right about this royal woman, maybe the superficial sisters will stick a knife in the back. Otherwise, why doesn't the princess get wet with rain and dew, the prince doesn't even look at the side concubine in the end, and it's really 'sisterly love'! ”
The two were still talking, and they didn't notice the proximity of Sun Ruoruo and Liuli.
"Liuli, tie up the two of them for me, cut out their tongues, and sell them to the house!" Sun Ruoruo was furious and ignored the two of them begging for mercy.
After dealing with all this, she fell to the ground with all her strength, resting her head with her arms and shedding a few crystal tears.
That look made people sad to see, and they wanted to take her into their arms and comfort her.