The concubine's dormitory.

"Go, find someone to bring out the words, and say that the four girls in the Pingyang Hou Mansion are quite loved by the mourning family, and they have won the wordless Yizhi."

"The concubine wants to pass the ears of the prince?"

The palace maid waited cautiously for the dispatch, and the concubine's methods were strange, even if she followed for many years, she still couldn't figure out the way. Just like at this time, it was obvious that she rewarded the girl with Yizhi, but now she is going to make a fuss to everyone.

"It's okay, feel free, hold her higher. Always let me see what I can do, and not everyone can enter the door of heaven. ”

"Yes, the slave will arrange it. Also, just now, the emperor sent some prey, saying that it was to honor the concubine. ”

"You arrange to go, I'm getting older, and I'm not interested in these people anymore."

If you return to the house from Bai Ling'er in a dream, the whole person is miserable. She didn't know how to spend the next two days. How to explain to the old lady when you return to the Hou Mansion. Grandmother was already suspicious of her, and if she knew that she had done such an embarrassing thing, she would not have shown mercy anymore.

Anxious in her heart, Ping'er called for dinner a few times and had little appetite. Helplessly, Ping'er could only wait at the door, in case of a dream.

"Granny Yan, why did you come here?"

"Miss, but you're resting?"

"Well, I'm tired today, and Miss has rested early. But my mother-in-law wants me to call her? ”

"Not necessarily. Just now, the concubine sent a few wild animals and said that we should try them. I'm just going back and forth, Miss. ”

"Then I'll be back to Miss tomorrow."

"Ping'er, you travel with Miss all day long. Do you know when the concubine paid attention to our Hou Mansion? ”

"Mother-in-law, this slave doesn't know. Maybe it's time to hunt today. ”

"Oh? It's always weird. If there is anything, don't hide it from me, this is not a good match for the heavenly family. ”

"Yes, the slave knows. Granny Xie mentioned. ”

Ping'er didn't bother Rumeng after touching Granny Yan. The clever Ping'er knew that the young lady must have heard them. Don't mess with her.

Rumeng did hear Granny Yan's words, and she was also thinking about why the concubine was so attentive to her. If you value the prince Man, then you can agree to the marriage, how can you delay it like this. If it is dissatisfied, it is a gift of will, and it is a gift of game.

Sleepless all night, like a dream, with dark eyes, Ping'er waits for a change of clothes.

"Miss, Granny Yan said that the Heavenly Family has set up a few competitions in front of the palace today, and it is said that there will be a heavy reward for winning the first prize."

"The emperor and queen want to come in person?"

"The slave maid doesn't know, Granny Yan is also waiting outside the door."

"Comb my hair, and I'll come back early by pretending to be sick if I can."

After freshening up in the morning, Granny Yan followed Rumeng to the venue outside the palace. The inner wardens were carrying targets and wooden stakes and other equipment into the open field. Presumably, this meeting is going to be archery.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in today's riding and archery competition, the emperor has set the rules, the first chip stands and shoots the bull's-eye the most, and the second chip immediately shoots the wine cup, with three arrows per person in each game. The color of the competition is the Nanzhu paid tribute by the South China Sea, and yesterday's emperor's personal soldiers hunted a white fox to cheer everyone up. Okay, don't delay the adults, the competition begins. ”

Rumeng had already seen Bai Ling'er on the side and beckoned to her again, because this Granny Yan was by her side, she was afraid that she would miss something, so she never responded.

The inner prison here had just left the field, and I saw Qin Dongyue walking up from the side, carrying a sword box, standing in the competition area. The official ladies in the stands whispered, shy and timid. Bai Ling'er raised her head proudly.

Qin Dongyue is burly and has a heroic aura, and his bearing will be impressive.

After the two-chip competition, the results were quite good, Qin Dongyue led the horse to the inner supervisor on his side, and bowed to the surrounding stands. returned to the stands where Bai Linger was sitting.

The next few sons on the field are all the generals of the family, the skills on the arrow are comparable, such as a dream last night did not sleep well, feel a little tired, I wanted to retreat to rest, but at this time, Song Weishi, who was dressed in purple, walked into the field.

"Lord Man?"

"Exactly, I heard that this master loves to practice martial arts this year, so he must be going to show his strength."

Rumeng listened to a few people talking about him nearby, and he didn't understand how much he was vying for the limelight with some officials, which made people look down on him.

Song Weishi was not humble after he came on the field, picked up the feather arrow and shot it at the bull's-eye, and three arrows in a row all landed in the same place. In the second place, the inner supervisor carefully led his jujube red horse, straddled it with long legs, and sat on it.

Looking back at Rumeng, Song Weishi saw that she didn't dare to look at each other, and she looked like she was sitting on pins and needles, and she felt a little unbearable. Thinking that after the last banquet, I will definitely give her an explanation.

The news of the first place in the field spread far and wide, and he returned to the house in the middle of the game, so he did not wait for the results to be announced. Now I heard that Song Weishi won the championship, and it was also the news brought back by Ping'er.

"Miss, the prince is out of the limelight today, but I heard that several old generals went to the emperor to participate in a copy because of this matter."

"He's been dormant for years, and now he's coming to prominence, of course, worrying. Presumably, the road ahead will not be easier than ours."

"Hey, I didn't expect that the high-ranking people also have suffering."

"Now that we can't protect ourselves, don't worry about others. Is there any movement after Granny Yan comes back today? ”

"No, it's business as usual. It's just that tomorrow is the final banquet of the last banquet, and Zhuo Yi said that Granny Yan had just found him, and she was busy with tomorrow's banquet. ”

"Tomorrow is the last day, it's over early, and we'll go back, I don't know if my aunt will be okay."

"Miss, don't worry, my aunt is pregnant with the second master's child, and now she is a baby."

"Is Miss Fourth here?"

Rumeng Ping'er heard a male voice, and was startled at first. didn't dare to make a sound, and the people outside the door were also afraid of scaring the young lady in the house, and then explained aloud;

"Fourth Miss, don't be afraid, I'm Aoki."

"It's Song Weishi's person, Ping'er is going to open the door."

Welcoming Aoki, Ping'er also looked around a few times, and saw that there was no one else, before closing the door with peace of mind.

Aoki put down a cloth bag and saluted;

"Fourth Miss, don't blame, my grandfather said that I am afraid you don't like fanfare, so let the villain send it to you like this. This is the lottery in today's arena, and I said that she should have belonged to you. There is also this South Pearl, which is counted as a dowry, please accept it. The prince asked me to bring you a message: Don't listen to the sound of smoke and rain falling, when you return, the clouds are light and the wind is light and the smoke and rain are flat. ”

"I'm afraid your prince has misunderstood, there is still a battlefield behind him, and he still has thoughts about me. Tell him that I will only solve my business and not work on him. ”

After that, he turned around and walked into the dormitory. Ping'er knew that this was a send-off, so she had no choice but to look at Aoki.

"Miss Ping'er, our master is sincere, I hope that the fourth miss will give him some time."

"Our young lady has her own plans in her heart, you better go back first, don't let others see it, and say that our young lady is not."

"This ......"

Aoki didn't know if he had completed the task, and he didn't return the things he sent, but did the fourth lady have to say to the prince?

Tonight the moon is bright and the wind is quiet, there is a fast horse running on the pipe on the outskirts of the city, and the people who are hurrying seem to have not slept all night, and when they reach the city gate, they stop their horses, eat dry food, and look at the sky.

When the time came, the city gate was opened, and the gatekeeper was a little surprised to see a man and a horse outside the gate.

"Whom is set up outside the door?"

"Official, this is the villain's passphrase."

"Oh? It is a person from the Pingyang Hou Mansion. Come on in. ”

This person was one of the guards who followed Liu Benyuan and others to the palace this time, and at this time, he hurried back to the Hou Mansion and went directly to the upper room.

When the old lady heard the report, she asked Xiuyu to invite her into the nursing home.

"Old lady, Granny Yan asked the villain to send the letter to you personally, waiting for you to show it."

Mrs. Liu looked at Granny Yan's letter, and her heart turned upside down. In such a hurry, how to decide?

"You have worked hard, I received the letter, you go back to rest, I will arrange another person to go to the palace to restore your life. This is a very big matter, and there is no need to make a public announcement. ”

"Yes, the villain understands that he will not reveal the slightest rumor. If anyone asked, they would say that I had an emergency and had been sent back overnight. The villain will not leave the house for a few days. ”

"Let's go down."

Granny Yan wrote in the letter that Rumeng had quietly got in touch with the concubine and climbed up to the prince. Everyone who went on this feast already knew about it. The concubine loved Rumeng very much, and rewarded her with a secret purpose, but she had no way of knowing the content. The concubine has already come to the Hou Mansion to propose marriage. It's just that he went out, and no officials from the Zongren Mansion came. Granny Yan also said that the fourth lady has been avoiding her in her actions, and these are all news that Granny Yan bought from the side for two silver, which has been confirmed by the palace maids in the concubine's palace, and the concubine did entertain the fourth lady alone.

Granny Yan told the old lady to make plans early, I'm afraid that after this matter is over, the Hou Mansion will not be able to influence it.

"someone, bring me the old butler"

Speaking of the old housekeeper, he is the old man in the house, but the old marquis's childhood clerk, who has followed the old marquis for decades and won the respect of the marquis. And he is the father of the second master Liu Chang's second aunt. The old housekeeper was originally surnamed Guan, and the subordinates called him Uncle Guan, and the masters all called him the housekeeper, and they forgot what his surname was. After the second aunt went, the old housekeeper was disheartened, and the old Hou Ye thought of his heart, and couldn't bear that he was old and depressed in the countryside, and before he died, the old Hou Ye specially explained that as long as the Hou Mansion was in one day, the children of the Liu Mansion would support him for the elderly.

"Butler, over the years, you have been living in the backyard and have never asked for anything from the Hou Mansion. I really don't have the shame to see you today. ”

"Madame's words are serious, the old slave has lived and died with the Hou Mansion from the moment he entered the gate of the Hou Mansion. If it weren't for Yeona's business......"

"Hey, Yan'er's matter is that our Liu family is sorry for your father and son, I can't be angry for you without evidence, I have wronged you all these years."

"Forget it, don't bring up the old things again. It's all Yan'er's life. ”

"Calling you here today is a matter related to the survival of the Hou Mansion. Need you a run, I wonder if you'd like to? ”

"For the sake of the Hou Mansion, the old slave will never give up. Please also ask the lady to show me. ”