On the second day, Concubine Yun returned to the door and caused another sensation. The royal guard of honor was so gorgeous that even the canopy was embroidered with gold thread and crystal beads. Looking at the lively people's heads, they can't wait to stretch out.

Luo Hansheng stood at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion and waited for her, today's Luo Hansheng wore a blue and white embroidered bamboo straight jacket, and his posture was straight, but he looked thinner. Ruoyan saw Luo Hansheng politely and detachedly and said: "This palace is not a very valuable person, but the minister came to pick it up in person." It's really a pain in the main palace. ”

"Come in." Luo Hansheng didn't know what to say, so he let Ruoyan into the mansion.

There is some red silk hanging in the prime minister's house, which looks more festive. Ruoyan frowned and asked, "This palace is not marrying into the Prime Minister's Mansion today, what are you doing with red silk?" ”

Lian'er said that it looked more festive like this. When you entered the palace, some of the silk happened to be taken down in time. Luo Hansheng explained, but coughed without saying a word.

Ruoyan felt a little unbearable in her heart and asked, "Why did you cough?" Sick? ”

"It's out of the way, it's just a minor illness." Luo Hansheng smiled.

When the two arrived in the hall, Ruoyan waved away the people who followed. Tang Hua remained in the room and did not want to go out. Ruoyan took out the majesty of the mother and reprimanded: "This palace and Xiangye just said a few words, tell you to step down, what are you doing here?" ”

"Niangniang, Your Majesty said that the slave maid should always follow Niangniang to protect Niangniang." Tang Hua was a little embarrassed.

"Are you protecting me or spying on me?" Ruoyan sneered, "If you are spying on me, I advise you to dispel your thoughts as soon as possible." Go back and tell your emperor. This palace is disgusted with you and does not want to keep you in its own palace. ”

"Mother's anger! The slave knew that she was wrong, and asked the mother to forgive her sins. Tang Hua was so shocked that he immediately knelt down and kowtowed heavily.

"Wrongdoing? Forgiveness? Or do you threaten me with kowtow? Think you're the emperor's person, and the palace won't dare to touch you? Don't get out of here! Ruoyan scolded angrily.

Tang Hua didn't dare to disobey Ruoyan's meaning anymore, and hurriedly retreated.

"It's just a slave, why are you angry?" Luo Hansheng shook his head, "Li Yizhe actually asked someone to spy on you?" Do you need me to call a few maids for you to take back to the palace? ”

"I'm not so down, Lian'er still doesn't want to enter the palace with me?" Ruoyan asked.

"Lian'er has a soft temperament, and life in the palace is not suitable for her. She asked to stay, and I naturally didn't want to drive her away. Luo Hansheng smiled awkwardly.

"Forget it."

"Yan'er." Luo Hansheng was about to speak.

"Did Xiangye forget something?" Ruoyan interrupted him, "Now the palace is the imperial concubine, and the prime minister is the courtier, and the prime minister should call the palace a mother." It's really inappropriate to call this palace Niangniang again. ”

"Aren't you tired of talking to me like this?" Luo Hansheng laughed at her.

"Xiangye thinks this palace should be. Now that there is a difference between the monarch and the minister, the palace that the prime minister doesn't care about should care. Ruoyan glared at him.

"With me here, you don't have to care about anything. I can protect you. Luo Hansheng was a little at a loss.

"Can Xiangye protect me? What are you kidding? Back then, when my Yun family was wiped out, Xiangye could protect me? Ruoyan sneered, "There will always be a day when you can't rely on others." If you believe in someone too much, it is often that person who betrays you in the end. This palace is terrible, and this palace is afraid that it will misbelieve Xiang Ye again. I have delayed my own life. ”

"I, Yan'er. I didn't go looking for you because I was afraid that you would ...... for me."

"For you?" Ruoyan interrupted him with a sneer, "Give up the Yun family's posthumous seal for you?" Yes, if you went to look for me in the past few days, I really won't enter the palace, but Luo Hansheng. What's the use of reasons and excuses? ”

Luo Hansheng seemed to have taken dumb medicine, and suddenly he couldn't speak.

"Luo Hansheng," Ruoyan called him, "don't you think you're shameless?" ”

Luo Hansheng felt as if he had been stabbed, and his body was so stiff that he couldn't move at all.

"On the day I answered the emperor, Gonggong Lin said that the emperor promised to give you the post of inspector of the imperial examination. What more do you want to say? Are you in the habit of making a deal with me with the emperor? Ruoyan sneered.

"Yan'er, I didn't! You believe me. Luo Hansheng was anxious.

"Enough!" Ruoyan roared.

"I don't want to hear you explain. Luo Hansheng, I don't believe you. Ruoyan looked at Luo Hansheng's gaze and was frighteningly cold.

"Ahem, ahem." Luo Hansheng coughed violently, spreading his palms and turning red.

Ruoyan was shocked, but she didn't know how to care about him.

Tang Hua cautiously knocked on the door and came in and knelt on the ground to report: "Niangniang, the eldest son of the Xiao family and Miss Xiao Er are visiting." Do you want to let them in? If the mother doesn't want to see the slave and the maid return to them, yes. ”

Ruoyan frowned, Tang Hua has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and he shouldn't have any contact with the Xiao family, why did he come up and worry that she didn't want to see the Xiao family first? She didn't bother to go around the bend, she just said: "If you have something to say, you don't need to hide it." ”

"This, Niangniang, Miss Xiao Er claims that it is yours in terms of seniority...... Sister-in-law. said that the prime minister should ask His Majesty for marriage. "Tang Hua Khan is all up.

"Interesting, Xiangye, this lady has it? When did it happen? I don't say a word to this palace, and this palace is also good for a cup of wine. Ruoyan glanced at Luo Hansheng with a smile.

"Please, invite Miss Xiao Er to the palace. This palace should also catch up with this sister-in-law. Let Xiao Gongzi wait outside. Ruoyan's eyes narrowed.

The temperature in the room dropped a lot all of a sudden, and Ruoyan was full of cold air.

Xiao Qi didn't look at Ruoyan when she came in, she rushed straight to Luo Hansheng, grabbed Luo Hansheng's arm, and called sweetly: "Brother Sheng!" ”

Ruoyan put down the teacup in his hand, and made a loud noise. She smiled and opened her mouth: "If I remember correctly, Miss Xiao Er should be the daughter of the Ministry of Rites, right?" ”

Xiao Qi raised her head proudly and replied, "Yes, my father is Xiao Hai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites." ”

"Did your father tell you what etiquette is?" Ruoyan smiled, but the smile was cold, "This palace is now ranked as the fourth concubine, and you should bow down according to the number of rituals when you see this palace." But when you come in and see the palace, you rush over and hug Xiangye as if you can't see it, after all, it's still a girl who hasn't passed through the door, so it's not a woman's virtue or rudeness. The palace thought that it would be better to let Miss Xiao Er copy the women's ring, and the palace would assign a grandmother in the palace to teach the second lady the rules. The palace looks at Mama Wu in the palace well, although she is a little stricter, but it really has some results. ”

Xiao Qi's face turned green when she heard this, and she directly lost her temper: "Yun Ruoyan, what do you mean by this?" Now that you are the princess, do you feel that you are superior to me? What kind of character is Mama Wu, don't you know when I do? You can't see me and Brother Sheng! ”

"Tang Hua." Ruoyan called Tang Hua in.

"Mother."

"The palace forgot, how is the punishment for colliding with the imperial concubine? You help Hongu think about it. Ruoyan lazily propped her arms on the table to support her head.

"Hui Niangniang, if the slave is a servant, he will be punished with a cane of fifty, and if the daughter of a courtier is disrespectful, he should be punished with a cane of twenty." Tang Hua said respectfully.

"Then I will reward Miss Xiao Er with twenty canes." Ruoyan laughed.

Xiao Qi's face turned pale for a while, if Yan actually moved the palace rules to punish her? She looked at Luo Hansheng and pulled Luo Hansheng's sleeve and begged: "Brother Sheng, you have something to say, the cane is twenty, how can I stand it!" ”

"You don't have any rules yourself, what's the use of pleading with me now? I'm not the emperor, and I can't stop Concubine Yun if she wants to punish you. Luo Hansheng didn't protect her.

Xiao Qi saw that there was no hope, so she had to obediently bow down in front of Ruoyan, and begged for mercy with a reluctant face: "The courtiers see Concubine Yun's mother." The courtiers don't know the etiquette, and they ask the lady to calm her anger, don't blame. ”

"Isn't that good? Do what you have to embarrass yourself. Even if Miss Xiao Er knows her mistake, this palace is not easy to punish harshly. Copy the female ring fifty times, and send it to the Jiaofang Palace at the end of the month to show the palace. Ruoyan looked at her with a sneer.

Xiao Qi realized that Ruoyan was not a person to mess with, and she was not her opponent.

When it was time to eat, Xiao Qi and Xiao Yi hadn't left yet, and it was not to drive people away from eating while they were staying, but Ruoyan opened his mouth and ordered his subordinates: "Xiao Gongzi and Second Miss are really out of line with me and Xiangye at the same table today." The garden gazebo has an elegant view, so set a table for them over there. ”

When eating, Ruoyan doesn't use much. Luo Hansheng couldn't eat it. Later, Lian'er brought a bowl of old chicken soup and a bowl of small wontons from the small kitchen over there in Huayan Courtyard. It was a very happy meal for the two of them when they were in Suzhou. Ruoyan couldn't help but feel a little dazed when he remembered it, and he actually ate a fine light with a small wonton, and Luo Hansheng could only eat some of it. During a meal, the two of them had their own hearts and minds, and they didn't speak, which was really embarrassing.

After eating, Ruoyan suddenly remembered something, and asked Luo Hansheng: "Why didn't you see Xiao Wu?" ”

Luo Hansheng didn't expect her to ask, and replied: "Recently, there have been some chaos in several farms in my suburbs, and Xiao Wu will go to the town over there when he comes back." What's wrong? ”

"I didn't see him, so I asked." Ruoyan took the tea and rinsed his mouth, "Xiangye has a lot of gray hair recently." ”

"Yes." Luo Hansheng smiled a little reluctantly.

A servant in Luo Hansheng's room came in with a bowl of medicine, and blurted out: "Xiangye, you haven't taken your medicine today." ”

Seeing Ruoyan frightened in his heart, he put the medicine on the ground and hurriedly knelt down: "The slave didn't know that Niangniang was still there, and he collided with Niangniang, and Niangniang forgave her sins." ”

"Take medicine?" Ruoyan frowned, "What kind of medicine to take?" Xiangye, what's wrong? ”

"Back to Niangniang's words, Xiangye had a little problem with his heart earlier, and he hadn't done it for some years. After Princess Wuyang's birthday, Xiangye got drunk that night and committed it again. In severe cases, they cough up blood. Back then, a miracle doctor left a prescription, and he has been staying up for nearly half a month. ”

Ruoyan was stunned. Luo Hansheng's face was a little ugly.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Ruoyan looked at Luo Hansheng, "You committed it in those days, why did you endure it all the time?" ”

"What if you can't bear it?" Luo Hansheng raised his eyes and looked at her lightly, "Tell you, and then what?" Listen to those hurtful things you say? Ruoyan, what can I do without me in your heart? ”