Chapter 2 The world is hot and cold
Xinxiang Garden can be regarded as a well-known good yard in the capital, the gardener will take care of the yard very beautifully, and the jasmine, magnolia, peony and peony in the garden will bloom in full bloom in the season.
The view of the backyard is a must, the exquisite pavilion is located on the side of the lotus pond with white stone as the railing, and the tender stamens in the pond are condensed, and the bright and flawless are beautiful. The prince also built a music platform for the people in the courtyard for her to relieve her boredom.
There is a popular saying among the people to describe the Xinxiang Garden in the palace of King Jin, "seven or eight hundred flower branches in front of the courtyard, and sixty or seventy pavilions in the back of the courtyard"
When the palace built this garden, it was thought that it must be for the princess to live in the future, of course, for the princess...
The people in the palace are saying that Yun Ran is a fox embryo, relying on his own appearance to seduce the prince, and enter the palace, but no one thought that the artist brought by the prince from outside sat in the position of the princess.
This is really ironic, and it would be nice to be pretty.
Yun Ran can always make some coquettish sounds, which are charming, and the soles of men's feet are soft when they hear it.
"Lord Wang, let the concubine be a concubine, you won this game of chess again" There was a pretentious voice from the room, and her pursed mouth could hang a small candlestick.
Sang Huai'an packed up the chess pieces, "This king will definitely let you win," he smiled at the corner of his eyebrows, looking at Yun Ran, who was turning around angrily.
The voice of the servant came from outside the door, "Lord, the Queen Mother is on her way here, and she is still bringing the master of the mandarin duck"
Sang Huai'an's hand to clean up the chess pieces, Gu Ziyuan? I ran out after only one day of imprisonment, and sure enough.
Yun Ran turned around and grabbed Sang Huai'an's sleeve, his face shrugged down, and he looked at the person next to him in fear, his palms were a little sweaty.
Sang Huai'an pretended to be angry and asked Chengde behind him: "Gu Ziyuan, why didn't anyone tell this king when he came out?" β
Chengde looked nervous, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "The slave should die, the slave should die, the slave saw that you were having fun with the princess, so he didn't bother you" He didn't dare to raise his head timidly.
At this time, the voice of the servant at the door sounded sharply, "The Queen Mother has arrived"
Sang Huai'an said to Chengde, who was kneeling on the ground, "Get up", and Chengde got up and stepped aside.
Yun Ran's heart seemed to have an invisible stone that pressed her breathlessly, and her brain was also blank, she knew that the Queen Mother had brought Gu Ziyuan to settle the account.
Sang Huai'an stood up to greet the Queen Mother, Yun Ran pulled Sang Huai'an's sleeve with a worried face, Sang Huai'an shook his arm and said, "Get up, salute"
The servant pushed the door open, and the Queen Mother stepped inside. Yun Ran hurriedly stood up, and the two of them saluted, "The son asks the queen mother to say goodbye, and the concubine asks the queen mother to say goodbye."
The Queen Mother ignored the two of them and walked straight to the main seat of the house.
Yun Ran took a deep breath to calm his mood
The queen mother glanced over, and Yun Ran's mood that had just calmed down was now playing rattle again. She wanted to say something, but she couldn't say anything.
Sang Huai'an pulled Yun Ran and sat down.
Mai Jiu, who was standing next to the Queen Mother, looked at the pair of mandarin ducks in front of him, Sang Huai'an gave birth to a pair of cold and indifferent Danfeng eyes, and the beautifully embroidered clothes set off him like a fairy who did not eat the fireworks of the world. She looked at Yun Ran next to her again, this Yun Ran also had bright eyes and bright teeth, charming and moving, and looked so petite when she snuggled up to Sang Huai'an.
The queen mother said sharply: "The mourning family is just in the courtyard behind closed doors for a few days to recite the Buddha, and then come back, but the concubine has become a concubine, this wild girl who came from nowhere to sit in the main room"
"Chengde, serve tea to the Queen Mother," Sang Huaian turned his head and said to Chengde beside him.
"Lin Shilang came to visit Erchen a few days ago, and brought a box of tea to Erchen, Erchen drank it well, and gave it to the queen mother to taste" After speaking, he showed his cute smile.
The Queen Mother still looked at Yun Ran with her eyes like a torch, and Yun Ran looked away.
"I heard Ziyuan say that this Yun girl framed her, but is there really such a thing?"
Yun Ran's heart chuckled, and she felt that she should say something and got up to step forward. Sang Huai'an pushed Yun Ran back to the chair with his big hand, and he put it in Yun Ran's ear and said, "Don't move, this king will protect you"
Sang Huai'an left Yun Ran's ear, he looked at the Queen Mother and said, "That's it for the queen mother, the son has already turned out the poison in Gu Ziyuan's room..."
"The Queen Mother, I have been poisoned in the meals I eat every day, and the doctor said that it was a chronic poison if it weren't for the prince... He found out in time... I justβ" Before I could say a word, my eyes were full of tears.
It's coming, it's coming.
Mai Jiu's face was excited, he usually saw the plot in the TV series, and now it appeared in front of his eyes. She glanced at Sang Huai'an, who was sitting expressionlessly on the peach wood chair, and she also stepped forward and knelt down with happy steps, how could she participate in it as a party, she couldn't let the other party take the lead.
She knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Queen Mother, I am wronged, wronged, I have no reason to harm Concubine Yunzheng."
Yun Ran next to him stopped crying and looked at the person next to him in a daze.
Mai Jiu said to himself: "I used to sit in the main room, why should I hurt her?" Please also ask Concubine Yun Zheng to give me a reason to harm you," After speaking, a sharp look looked at Yun Ran.
Yun Ran was startled, she looked at Mai Jiu, who was kneeling straight, "You, you... You are jealous of me, you, you just see that the prince spoils me too much, you want to harm me" She was a little incoherent.
"Me? Jealous of you? Isn't he just a man? Are you concerned? "Mai Jiu is very helpless, why do women in ancient times have to be a man, there is no grass at the end of the world.
Sang Huai'an wanted to kick the person in front of him at this time, and he actually disliked this king so much.
The Queen Mother also looked at Mai Jiu differently, "Ziyuan, what are you talking about?" β
Mai Jiu scratched her head, she said in her heart, "It's over, it's over, this is an ancient time where men were inferior to women, baba baba " She really wanted to pump her mouth.
Yun Ran looked at Sang Huai'an pitifully, "Lord Wang... Rajah... The concubine really ate that meal."
"You have it, you two should know best whether the food is poisonous or not, right" Mai Jiu pressed his temples with both hands, "You poison you, you put the medicine in your own house, if I poison it, just put the poison in the house?" Waiting for you to search? Are you stupid or am I stupid, can you hide and pretend" She tilted her head and looked at Yun Ran with a puzzled face.
Sang Huai'an was also very puzzled, why did Gu Ziyuan, a woman, be so sharp and sharp today, strange, so strange!
"That's enough, Ziyuan stands beside the mourning family," the queen mother patted the arm of the chair angrily.
Mai Jiu got up, patted the dirt on his clothes, and returned to the position just now. She looked at Yun Ran, who was still wiping her tears with an embroidered handkerchief.
Sang Huai'an's eyes kept following Mai Jiu, and Mai Jiu also noticed that this gaze was not to be outdone. Sang Huai'an didn't dodge, one second, two seconds, three seconds.
He opened his mouth and said, "Erchen will find out about this matter and give you an explanation," After speaking, he retracted his gaze and looked at the Empress Dowager beside Mai Jiu.
Yun Ran looked at Sang Huai'an fiercely, no... Do you want to protect me? Why do you want to find out the truth.
The queen mother glanced at Yun Ran who was kneeling on the ground with disdain, "Please also ask the prince to give Ziyuan this explanation quickly." The Queen Mother brushed the hair on her forehead with her hand, "The mourning family is also tired and wants to go back to the South Courtyard." Whether the royal family can accommodate an artist, you must also understand"
Yun Ran gritted her teeth and gurgled, an uncontrollable anger flashed in her eyes, she hated, hated Gu Ziyuan, hated everything she had.
Mai Jiu followed the Queen Mother out of the room, and she glanced back at Yun Ran who was slumped on the ground. At this time, she felt that Yun Ran was a little pitiful, and the pity in her heart rose, she was also a woman, why should a woman be embarrassed by a woman.
Yun Ran noticed that the two had gone away, so he got up and threw himself into Sang Huai'an's arms, still in that coquettish voice, "Lord Wang, what are you doing, don't you dislike Gu Ziyuan?" β
Sang Huai'an's hand did not hug Yun Ran, and said in a cold tone, "Okay, this king still has official business, go back to Shulu Zhai first."
Yun Ran twisted her body, maybe she felt that she was very pleasing to Sang Huai'an now, "Lord Wang, you will accompany the concubine in Duoliu"
Sang Huai'an pushed away the person on her body in disgust, he felt that she was writhing like a maggot and disgusting.
Mai Jiu sent the Queen Mother to the sedan chair, and Mama Ji beside her said, "The princess, please go back to Yi'an Courtyard to rest, and the Queen Mother will definitely protect you."
Mai Jiu glanced at the noble and gorgeous queen mother on the sedan chair, and replied with a smile, "Mama, don't call me princess, the one in the house is the princess."
"It's harm, it's okay, it's okay, the old slave retired first"
The slave next to him shouted "get up"
Mai Jiu learned from the slave next to him and knelt down and saluted, "Congratulations to the Queen Mother"
Yun Ran looked at the back of Sang Huai'an leaving, and snorted lightly. She felt that it would be a matter of time before she won Sang Huai'an with her own posture, and she wanted not only the position of the princess, but also the heart of the prince.
She was originally an art girl in Jiangnan, she was sent to a brothel to learn art since she was a child, and she was able to play a good piano, and her dancing posture was a must in Jiangnan. How many men have spent thousands of dollars or even bankrupted their families to see her, and a coquettish look from Yun Ran can make them haunt their dreams and miss them every day.
These men Yun Ran looked down on, and they didn't bother to look at them more, Sang Huai'an's appearance undoubtedly did not give Yun Ran a chance to change her fate, she was so confident in herself.
Yun Ran took the initiative to approach Sang Huai'an, stroked the piano with him, drank with him, sang songs for a few days and nights, Yun Ran desperately showed that he wanted to leave a good impression on Sang Huai'an.
She lay in Sang Huai'an's arms and asked if she could take her back to the capital, and when she learned that he had a princess, she was also willing to be a concubine by his side, which was the only way to leave the brothel and leave Jiangnan.
Yun Ran got her wish, Sang Huai'an agreed, spent 50,000 taels of silver to redeem her and brought her back to the palace.
The newcomer to the mansion must give tea to the princess of the main house, Yun Ran knelt on the ground and handed tea to Gu Ziyuan, she thought that this person would definitely splash the tea on her face, which main room in the mansion would be willing to take her husband and concubine.
Gu Ziyuan took the tea and drank it expressionlessly, put down the teacup in his hand, dragged Yun Ran up, and called "sister" affectionately.
Later, Yun Ran was not afraid of Gu Ziyuan, relying on the favor of the prince to be powerful in the palace, Gu Ziyuan always turned a blind eye and acted as if it didn't happen.
This is not cloudy, and he began to think about the position of the princess.
poisoned her food every day, wanting to pretend that someone was harming her with chronic poison, and she directed and acted in a play to give Gu Ziyuan a little color.
But she didn't expect the prince to demote Gu Ziyuan to a concubine on this matter, and she mentioned by the way that the position of the princess was still vacant, so Sang Huaian named her the princess in charge of the palace.
Yun Ran smiles from ear to ear every day, and wakes up laughing when he sleeps at night.
Mai Jiu walked towards Yi'an Courtyard with a painting, and her stomach screamed uncontrollably. Mai Jiu stroked his belly, and after waking up, he didn't drink a sip of water or eat a mouthful of food.
She looked at the person next to her with a sad face, "Where can I eat?"
Zhihua then remembered that her master hadn't eaten yet, and she asked, "Master, are you hungry?" The slave will take you to the kitchen to find something to eat."
Mai Jiu nodded slightly.
The people in the kitchen were busy, and Mai Jiu and Zhihua stood at the door as if they were transparent people, and people coming and going couldn't see it.
"What's dinner today, my master is a little hungry," Zhihua said to the house
No one responded, no one stopped.
Zhi Hua, who was originally a short girl, stood on tiptoe and raised her voice a little, "I said, my master is hungry, do you have anything to eat?" β
At this time, an older grandmother said in a weird way, "Yo, who should I be here to shout, it turns out to be our mandarin master."
Hearing this voice, several people stopped their movements and looked at this side, not because they didn't want to pay attention to it, but because they were afraid of getting into trouble.
Now who doesn't know that the original princess has been demoted, and the new princess has taken the throne, and everyone doesn't want to care about anything more than less.
This talking grandmother is a poor-mouthed person, who only says some cynical things, and is most unaccustomed to the life of the masters in the house on weekdays. She must have wanted to vomit as soon as she got such an opportunity.
"Why do you eat in the courtyard on weekdays, why did you come to our kitchen today? Let's only provide meals for the prince and princess, not for the next person, you go to the kitchen of the north courtyard to take a look."
Zhihua was a little angry, she clenched her fists and tried to come forward to theorize.
Mai Jiu stepped forward and grabbed Zhihua's wrist, Zhihua turned around, and Mai Jiu shook his head.
This old lady is right, she was demoted to a concubine, which is no different from her subordinates, forget it, she has no appetite, so she won't eat it.
She took Zhihua's hand and walked out, Zhihua turned her head and looked at the old lady indignantly, "You wait for me, we're not done"
The old lady spat on the ground, "Phew, I'm afraid you won't make it"
Mai Jiu took Zhihua's hand and walked out of the kitchen. Poor and lowly relatives are separated, and rich and noble others are combined, which is the truth, and it is no wonder that others are separated.
She has long been accustomed to these warm and cold feelings.