Chapter 120: It's not that enemies don't get together
"Oh? You said Chen'er was blackmailed by a scoundrel? This kid, he has been exceptionally kind since he was a child, Zijuan, you tell the palace in detail the ins and outs of the matter, what is going on? ”
Zijuan picked up the important ones and told Queen Nalan about the matter. After listening to her, Queen Nalan couldn't help frowning, and said, "It's her again, alas, this Song Zichu, why is it that everything is indispensable to her mixing?" ”
Zijuan and the others didn't dare to speak when they heard this, so they had to stand aside and laugh a few times. Queen Nalan was depressed in her heart, so she just looked at the crystal fish tank, in the clear water, there were a few spotted little brocade fish, which were swimming freely.
Zijuan looked at her and asked in a low voice, "Niangniang, are you still not at ease?" The slave maid heard that the emperor had summoned His Royal Highness to the palace a few days ago, but I don't know why, the father and son didn't stay long, and then the queen mother came. ”
Queen Nalan nodded, she also knew about it. It was probably the son who begged the queen mother, and the old woman was happy to block herself, so she pushed the boat down the river, expressing that she wanted to fulfill her grandson's heart. Later, when the emperor came to her, he also told her about it.
Queen Nalan held her breath, but she couldn't openly disobey her mother-in-law in front of her husband, but the knot in her heart was getting bigger and bigger.
In this way, she stared at the fish for a long time before spilling the fish food in her hand, turned around and dipped mung bean noodles on the plum blossom shelf to wash her hands, and sighed softly: "And wait patiently, now that the emperor is relying on Shangguan Yuanji, the palace will not believe it, he will be filial to the queen mother, even his right hand will be offended." Hum! At that time, as long as the emperor makes a will to give marriage, the palace will be happy to watch from the wall. When the time comes, I want to see what other ideas the old witch has in mind? ”
Zijuan and the others greeted each other and said, "Yes, Niang Niang is high." However, why did the slave maid feel that this Miss Shangguan seemed to be enlightened all of a sudden? Hehe...... That's pretty unusual. ”
Queen Nalan also felt a little surprised, so she frowned and thought about it. Suddenly, he looked at the fish swimming in the crystal fish tank in a daze, and muttered to himself: "Yes, all of a sudden, there are so many fish in this palace, so many fish, so redundant....... Okay, this dead girl, Bengong finally understands, she is scolding Bengong for being nosy! ”
Seeing that Queen Nalan angrily knocked over a fish tank to the ground, Zijuan and the others hurriedly persuaded: "Niangniang, please calm your anger, or Miss Shangguan doesn't mean that?" Don't worry about it yet, why don't you go and ask Miss Shangguan to come and ask? ”
Queen Nalan held back the fire in her heart, and after thinking for a while, she nodded and said, "Okay, Zijuan, you just have to ask, and this palace wants to see what she thinks in her heart." ”
Tianxianglou is the largest restaurant in the capital, and on this day, Tianxianglou was contracted. In the huge three-story private room, only the crown prince Jun Yucheng and a group of staff members around him were discussing here.
"Your Royal Highness, my subordinates have not lived in his palace since His Royal Highness Dingwang returned to Beijing, but rented a small courtyard in Gardenia Hutong, and these days, he has been hanging out with a young man. Facing the outside, he only said that he was a jade boy, and did not show his true identity. ”
Prince Jun Yuyu nodded, a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and sneered: "Mixed up with a young man? Hmph, that's a ...... Could it be that Lao Jiu actually has a habit of breaking sleeves? ”
The staff members were all chilled when they heard this, but no one just spoke out to deny the prince's conclusion. After a while, it was the crown prince Jun Yuyu who said to himself: "Man? Tut! I really don't understand, what does Lao Jiu like to do with this? ”
After finishing speaking, he asked: "You said that Lao Jiu has a close relationship with this man, so how does this man look?" ”
Seeing that the prince took the initiative to ask about this stubble, the staff took the opportunity to come over, and said with a fluttering eyebrow: "His Royal Highness the Prince of Qiqi, if you talk about the appearance of this man, it is really ...... In one word, beauty! Pretty like a girl! Everyone said that it was no wonder that His Royal Highness King Ding would not give up on him! ”
"Oh? It's actually a pretty little white face? It's interesting, it's a bit interesting. What's his name? ”
"Back to His Royal Highness, he claims to be surnamed Lian, and he is known as the eldest prince of Lian."
The crown prince Jun Yuyu said, raising his eyebrows very badly. I don't know why, but the appearance of Zijuan suddenly appeared in his mind. Then he quickly shook his head and drove those unbearable memories out of his mind.
Alas! It's really sad to say, I want him to be a prince, a future monarch, and a ninety-five honor, but not only is the crown princess not his favorite woman, even if there are a group of beauties around him, none of them can interest him.
If he gets his head, he can only sit and drink with a group of three or five thick staff, how lonely is he living this day? !
He thought about it with his hand on his cheek, and suddenly got up and said, "Okay! Since you all say so, then the prince will go and meet him! ”
After speaking, the crown prince Jun Yucheng got up and pulled his legs and left. The panicked staff hurriedly followed and persuaded: "Your Highness, Your Highness, don't be impatient!" Do you know that His Royal Highness the King is now with this man all day long. If you come to the door so rashly, I'm afraid that you will ........"
"Oh? So what do you think? ”
Seeing that the prince seemed to be quite concerned about this matter, the staff thought for a while, and finally smiled and said, "There is!" Your Highness, the minion thinks that you can ....... like this".
"Good! Do as you say! ”
After Jun Yuchen received the secret letter sent by the prince, he couldn't help but feel worried. He sighed sadly, "How could I have forgotten this stubble? This prince must not be at ease, and said that he wanted to invite me to drink for no reason, and you said, should I go or not? ”
Mingyan saw that he was very worried, and now that the conditions are limited, it must be too late to go back to Dingwangfu to move the rescue soldiers to discuss with the staff, so he dutifully said: "Go!" Your Highness, you are still brothers in name anyway, aren't you? If you don't go, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will take the opportunity to bite you back, and maybe you will be charged with disrespecting your brother. If you go, drink and drink, and when the time comes, the minion will naturally follow you, and we will act when we see the opportunity, are you still afraid that he will not succeed? ”
Jun Yuchen nodded, and also felt that what Ming Yan said made some sense, so he said: "Well, what you said makes sense, but you can't tell Chu Chu about this." In this way, I will tell her in a moment that we have something to go out to meet the fellow countryman, and ask her not to move around. Well, at the very least, I can't let her know who I really am right now. ”
Mingyan's eyes widened, and he spread his hands and said, "Why?" Your Highness, you know the character of our future princess, and if she knows that you are deliberately deceiving her, when the time comes, the slave will be worried that you will not be able to pass her ......."
"I know! But can't I help it? Alas, I swear that I will never lie to anyone again in this life, it is so painful to deceive. At first, it was a matter of pushing the boat down the river, but later the queen mother pressed me to not tell her. Right now...... It's too late for me to tell her, you say, what's this called? ”
After Jun Yuchen finished complaining, he sat there and sighed. At this moment, someone knocked on the door and said, "Yujiu, Miss asked you to go over and eat watermelon." ”
Zichu and Jun Yuchen, both dressed in men's clothes, sat on the swing rack in the backyard, holding a piece of watermelon on the left and right.
Jun Yuchen had something on her mind, and she didn't explain to her what she was going to do. Fortunately, Zichu is not the kind of person who breaks the casserole and asks to the end, and after hearing that he has someone out for tea, he said: "Well, then you come back early in the evening, I have something to do in a while, I want to go to the shop to have a look." ”
While the two were talking, suddenly Cinnamon ran in from the front and said, "Miss, the little girl you gave her the silver that day came to the door." You say, is this seeing or not seeing? ”
"Is that her? She actually found it? Hehe, this little girl is a little interesting, let's go, let's meet her. ”
Zichu said, and finished the watermelon in his hand. Taking advantage of the time she saw the girl, Jun Yuchen hurriedly smeared oil on the soles of her feet and walked out.
"You say, are you willing to sell yourself to me as a maid, and then use the money to support your younger brothers and sisters?"
The little girl nodded very stubbornly, and knelt down with a pop. After kowtowing to her respectfully, he got up and said: "Yes, Gongzi, the slave Du Xiaolian, I am willing to sell myself to my son as a slave and a servant, I just ask Gongzi to raise your noble hand and rescue my father from the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion first!" The slave is grateful! ”
Zichu looked at her and said, "You came to beg me, just for your father and your younger brothers and sisters?" What about yourself? Have you ever thought that if you are a maid for others, you will be a slave in the future, and you will no longer be a free body. ”
"I have thought about it, the slave knows the severity. The slave's mother died early, so it is the duty of the slave and maid to take good care of his younger brothers and sisters, and to honor his father for his old age. ”
Zichu glanced at her thoughtfully, and when he saw her serious look, he said, "Then in that case, you will first work as a sweeping maid by my side for a period of time and do some rough work." I'll give you ten taels of silver a month, what do you think? ”
Ten taels of silver, converted into the price here, is about equivalent to the modern concept of 3,000 yuan in cash, which is the monthly salary of a young white-collar worker. For a rough maid, this month's silver can be regarded as very rich.
When Du Li'er heard this, she was really stunned for a moment, but unexpectedly, she did not immediately kneel down to thank her, but begged: "Son, the slave is willing to give you a month's work for nothing, and there is no complaint about being a cow and a horse, I just ask you to raise your noble hand and pardon my father from prison first!" The slave and maid went there and asked, and as long as you agreed, the prison was willing to let people go. ”
Zichu stared at her with some surprise and asked, "Are you serious?" Would you rather not have these ten taels of silver, and let me release your father from prison first? ”