Chapter 12 Uninvited
The eldest princess Zhou Yuanhua's eyes flashed slightly, and the crown princess set up a banquet for Queen Chen and the third princess in the East Palace to make amends, and asked her to accompany her, which was very unusual. After a moment of silence, she spoke to the palace maid beside her: "Go back and tell the crown princess that this princess will attend on time." ”
"Yes, Celestial Princess, the slave and maid are retired." The palace maid breathed a sigh of relief and bowed down. When she came, she was worried that the eldest princess would brush off the princess's kindness and refuse to come to the East Palace.
At this time, Forsythia, the personal palace maid beside the eldest princess, walked up to her and said, "Eldest princess, do you really want to go to the East Palace?" ”
"Why not? Bengong naturally wants to go, and Bengong also wants to see, what kind of medicine is sold in the princess's gourd? The eldest princess hooked her lips and smiled, and a trace of coldness crossed her eyes.
In her opinion, the crown princess and the crown prince have been married for more than four months, and the relationship has not been harmonious, and such a big change suddenly makes people curious. At Queen Chen's birthday banquet, he stood up for the prince and protected the prince. The crown prince disdained to explain that if the crown princess could really help him, it might not be a good thing, provided that she was sure that the crown princess was sincere, not hypocritical!
Forsythia Fox said suspiciously: "Eldest princess, what is the crown princess going to do?" At the birthday banquet of Queen Chen, it was clear that the imperial doctor said that the prince's wine glass was dispersed, and the red-clothed palace maid obviously also had a heart to slander the prince, so the prince was also a victim, so why did the princess want to make amends to Queen Chen, what was wrong with them?
"Naturally, it's just for posturing, the prince is a good victim, but Queen Chen's birthday banquet was messed up, this is also an indisputable fact, the princess is virtuous, she thinks so thoughtfully, how can the palace not cooperate. Okay, go and pick out clothes for Hongu. An imperceptible smile flashed across the corner of Celestia's mouth.
Concubine Wang Li was having dinner, the palace maid came to pray, and the fourth prince, King Zhan, asked to see her outside the palace. Yesterday, after Queen Chen's birthday banquet, she asked the four princes to follow her back to the palace, but the four princes left the palace without looking back. Today, I knew that I had come to see her mother, so I asked him to wait outside the palace.
The palace maid hung her head, she couldn't wait for Concubine Wang Li's approval, she was a little anxious, but Concubine Wang Li was the master, so she could only wait patiently. Fourth Prince, you are waiting outside the palace!
After a long time, Concubine Wang Li finished eating a bowl of white fungus soup in her hand, and Mama handed her a silk handkerchief to wipe the corners of her mouth, and then she said lightly: "Go and invite King Zhan in." ”
The palace maid breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly retreated.
King Zhan, dressed in a royal blue robe, appeared in front of Concubine Wang Li with a smile, and leaned over to greet her: "Erchen has seen the concubine." ”
Concubine Wang Lifei glanced over, only to see the palace people in the palace rushing out, and soon, only Concubine Wang Lifei and Queen Zhan's mother and son were left in the palace.
"Do you know what's wrong?" Wang Lifei took the lead.
"The son knows his mistake, please punish the concubine." King Zhan answered without hesitation.
Concubine Wang Li raised her eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong?" "It's not so easy to let go of King Zhan, you have to let him remember it for a long time, or you will have to make her uneasy next time.
King Zhan raised his head, glanced at Concubine Wang Li's face quickly, and then lowered his eyes and said, "Back to the concubine, the sons should not leave the palace without permission and let the concubine worry." In addition, the sons were incompetent and failed to make the princess obey the orders of the sons. "Last night, he went out of the palace and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't understand what went wrong, why did the princess change her mind and help the prince.
God knows how much control he had last night, otherwise he would have rushed to the side of the crown princess and questioned her. The timing was not right, and King Zhan had to endure and suppress the anger in his heart.
Concubine Wang Li glanced at him and said, "Okay, don't say these frustrating words." The immediate priority is to get in touch with the Crown Princess as soon as possible and ask her what she is going to do. Tonight, she also held a banquet in the East Palace to entertain the queen and the third princess, and the eldest princess accompanied her. If she doesn't listen to you, you don't have to show her mercy! ”
"Yes, the son knows, thank you for mentioning it." King Zhan's heavy jaw.
Then the mother and son exchanged pleasantries, and King Zhan left Wang Lifei's bedroom.
Han Jinxiu was almost ready, and estimated that Queen Chen's mother and daughter were coming soon, so she asked An Mei to invite the prince.
If it was before the change, An Mei would have been busy prevaricating, but she had just been punished by Han Jinxiu in the morning, and she knew the severity, so she responded: "Yes, the crown princess, the slave will go." ”
"Well, let's go!" Han Jinxiu smiled and watched her leave.
But in a moment, the eldest princess appeared in front of Han Jinxiu in a gorgeous costume, and after a few words of greeting, the two heard the palace people shouting that Queen Chen and the third princess, mother and daughter, were here. Han Jinxiu was anxious, why didn't the prince come yet? Didn't she tell the prince today that she wanted him to attend, so he wouldn't come? Don't, if the prince doesn't come, how can she sing this play?
Queen Chen and the mother and daughter of the third princess came, and there was a bright and moving girl behind her, the golden headdress on her head made Han Jinxiu stunned, this is the only daughter of the eldest princess of Jinyang, Yonghe County Lord Lin Pianpian, she also came.
The county lord of Yonghe hooked his lips and smiled: "I have seen the crown princess, and she came uninvited, I don't know if the princess is welcome?" ”
"If the county lord of Yonghe can come, the palace will naturally welcome it." Han Jinxiu smiled with her eyebrows, during Queen Chen's birthday banquet yesterday, she saw the county lord of Yonghe sitting next to the eldest princess of Jinyang from a distance. I am naturally happy to have the opportunity to see her up close today. In the lonely deep palace for more than ten years, the county lord Yonghe has always accompanied her. At present, the county lord of Yonghe is bright and moving, and she is not a lonely woman in the deep palace.
The corners of the third princess's mouth trembled slightly, the crown princess is really good at acting, she clearly doesn't like the county lord of Yonghe, and she is still coy, which is really hateful. The reason why she let the county lord Yonghe enter the palace was because the eldest princess also came.
At this time, the prince and his party also arrived, and the banquet began.
Everyone sat in turn, and Queen Chen was the senior, so she naturally sat at the top. The third princess sat on her right side, and the county lord Yonghe sat next to her. The crown prince sat on the left side of Empress Chen, Han Jinxiu sat next to him, and then the eldest princess.
The banquet started, Han Jinxiu glanced at the prince and motioned for him to get up, but as everyone knows, the prince didn't see it, and still sat upright, expressionless.
Taking a deep breath, Han Jinxiu told himself to hold back, hold back, and then raised a bright smile on the corner of his mouth, stood up and picked up the tea cup in his hand: "The queen mother was frightened at the queen mother's birthday banquet last night, the prince was weak and couldn't stand for a long time, so the concubine took the place of the prince to honor the queen mother with tea instead of wine, and made amends to the queen mother." Then he raised his head and drank the tea in his hand.
Empress Chen smiled like a flower: "You kid, sit down quickly, the prince and your heart are understood by the palace." The prince, who was still stunned, came, drank this glass of wine, and did not mention yesterday's events. ”
The corners of the prince's mouth twitched slightly, picked up the tea cup in his hand, and drank it all.
Seeing Han Jinxiu sitting down, the county lord of Yonghe put down the chopsticks in his hand and asked: "I heard that the crown princess gave the queen a picture of a hundred years of life yesterday, and her intentions are sincere, I wonder if you can let us see the style of the crown princess today?" "Everyone knows that the princess of Zhenbei worships Buddha in the backyard all the year round, and did not pay attention to her daughter Han Jinxiu, yesterday she gave the queen a picture of a hundred years of life in public, saying that the mother and daughter completed it together, she didn't believe it. The reason why I brought it up today is to see the joke of the crown princess.