Xiao Xuan left King Yujun to accompany the eldest princess Wen, and he took people back to Yihua Palace slowly.

Xiao Xuan walked slowly, and stopped from time to time on the road to look at the flowers and plants on the side of the road.

When passing by the Imperial Garden, Xiao Xuan looked at the sky and wanted to go to the Imperial Garden first and then go back. As a result, she was just about to take a step when she saw a slender figure turn around the corner in front of her.

When Xiao Xuan saw that figure, he felt that his scalp was numb for a while, and he immediately turned his head and wanted to leave. Helplessly, Xiao Xuan didn't go out alone, and there were seven or eight palace maids behind him, and the target was too conspicuous.

"Sister, why do you want to leave when you see me?" The man spoke.

"Ah, it turned out to be a big sister." Xiao Xuan had no choice but to stop and said to the visitor with a smile. "I was blinded by the wind and sand for a while, and I just wanted to dodge, but I didn't expect that my eldest sister happened to be here."

Since Xiao Lu secretly promised Xiao Xuan's fourth cousin Liu Changjun a few years ago, Xiao Lu knew that the four sons of the Liu family all doted on Xiao Xuan's cousin very much, so for Liu Changjun's sake, Xiao Lu's attitude towards Xiao Xuan has changed greatly in recent years.

Xiao Xuan knew that the eldest princess of Yongshou and her second uncle and second aunt would not let Changjun's cousin Shang be the county lord, although the second aunt and mother still hadn't selected Changjun's cousin for his future wife.

Xiao Xuan had to do her best to avoid Xiao Lu.

"My sister is really joking, where does the wind come from now?" Xiao Lu led someone to stop Xiao Xuan, and people firmly blocked her way. "Does my sister have any plans to go to my aunt's house for a temporary stay recently?"

"Doesn't the big sister know yet? Not long after my sister-in-law gave birth to my little nephew, Brother Yu is still being raised by my mother in Yihua Palace. Xiao Xuanqiang said with a smile. The sixth brother will get married in a few months, and my mother has been very busy recently. Brother Yu sticks to me, where do I have time to run out of the palace, isn't it? ”

"I see." Xiao Lu, who is now in her early sixteens, is tall and slender, and her appearance is like that of her mother, Concubine Chen, who is weak and beautiful, but between her eyebrows and eyes is the unique arrogance of a royal princess.

Xiao Xuan and Xiao Lu fought for a long time, and it was easy to get out with someone.

Xiao Lu's purpose in stopping Xiao Xuan was nothing more than to inquire about the recent developments in Liu Changjun, thinking that Xiao Lu had also heard some rumors in the palace, and recently the eldest princess of Yongshou had frequently held banquets in the mansion, inviting many families and aristocratic daughters to bring the unmarried girls of the family to the mansion to attend the banquet. And now among the four grandchildren of the eldest princess of Yongshou, the three older ones have already married and had children, and only the youngest Liu Changjun has not yet decided on a wife.

The eldest princess of Yongshou has recently frequently invited those unmarried girls with good family backgrounds and good looks to her eldest princess's mansion, thinking that she is going to choose a suitable wife candidate for Liu Changjun.

Xiao Lu didn't think about asking Emperor Chu to marry her and Liu Changjun, but she was not stupid, knowing that the eldest princess of Yongshou didn't like her, and the possibility that she would be able to accept her own grandson marrying her was very small. And he is not the most favored child by his father's side, even if his father is willing to open this mouth to the eldest princess of Yongshou because of his own pleading. But in terms of the dignity of the eldest princess of eternal life, as long as she refuses this marriage, her father will definitely not force it.

Her mother, Concubine Chen, has not asked her about it over the years, and she has also selected many candidates to look at the future candidates for her. It's just that Xiao Lu saw that Liu Changjun was already in front of him, where could he look down on those gentlemen.

Concubine Chen's mother's Ding'an Hou Mansion watched Concubine Chen's Xiao Lu gradually grow to a marriageable age, and the Ding'an Hou Mansion, which was in the middle of the family, in order to keep the next generation of equal-level lords, the children who had no future in the family could fight hard in the front dynasty, and could only rely on the eldest princess born by Concubine Chen.

Therefore, Concubine Chen's mother, the old lady of Ding'an Hou, frequently handed signs to the palace to meet Concubine Chen this year, just to let Concubine Chen go to Emperor Chu to ask for his will, and wanted Xiao Lu to marry the current Ding'an Hou prince.

In fact, when it comes to the selfishness of being a mother, Concubine Chen doesn't want Xiao Lu to marry back to her mother's family. First, the current Ding'an Hou Shizi was originally a concubine, and his biological mother was a good concubine, who was deeply favored by Ding'an Hou. In addition, Mrs. Ding'anhou's two sons-in-law died one after another, and Ding'anhou was able to record his eldest son in the name of his wife, Mrs. Ding'anhou, and became his son-in-law. It was also Concubine Chen who came forward to cry and beg the queen for help, so that he could be successfully named the prince of Ding'an.

However, the eldest son of the former concubine did not know how to be motivated as a son, but he put all his thoughts on sleeping flowers and willows, and the family had not yet negotiated for him, and the slightly flat-headed and straight-faced maids in his room were touched by him.

There is a maid whose heart is higher than the sky and has been favored, and she wants to become a concubine by virtue of her pregnant mother. Fortunately, the old lady of Ding'an Hou was sure in her heart, so she forcibly held down two of the maids who wanted to take the lead, poured the drop-off decoction and sold it, and also let all the maids who had served the prince of Ding'an Hou drink the avoidance soup without falling to the ground.

Concubine Chen was reluctant to marry her daughter back to her parents' family, but the old lady of Ding'an, who was close to her sixtieth birthday, frequently entered the palace and complained with tears that there were no children in the family, and the next generation would be demoted to the bitter of being a lord. If you want Xiao Lu to marry, at least you can give Anhou Mansion a chance to breathe.

Xiao Lu couldn't see that Concubine Chen's heart had been shaken, and she had to think of some ways now, at least she had to avoid marrying back to the Ding'an Hou Mansion first.

Xiao Xuan seemed to be driven behind by a ghost, and returned to Yihua Palace in a panic.

Emperor Liu's concubine was drinking tea and chatting with Concubine De and Ning Guiren in the palace, Ning Guiren had been familiar with the life of the Central Plains for many years after entering the palace, and it was not too bitter when he drank green tea again.

"Why did the second princess come back like this?" Ning Guiren spoke in the usual tone, and when it came to the relationship with the concubines of the deep palace, it was not as close as the relationship between her and Xiao Xuan, she looked at Xiao Xuan and bumped into it like a fly without a head, and teased her. "It's like you're being chased by a hound."

"Xuan'er, didn't you take Brother Yu to see your eldest sister-in-law?" Concubine Liu Huang watched Xiao Xuan come back alone, without her precious grandson by her side, and hurriedly asked. "You're coming back alone? What about Brother Yu? ”

"Brother Yu is attached to his mother, I can't bear to bring him back now, let him stay with his sister-in-law for a while today." Xiao Xuan strode over to Emperor Liu's side and sat down.

"Drink a cup of tea and moisten your mouth." Concubine De once gave birth to the seventh prince of Emperor Chu, but unfortunately the seventh prince died of illness before he was three years old, because she had the best relationship with Emperor Liu in the harem, she loved Xiao Xuan as her own daughter. Seeing Xiao Xuan's panting appearance, she personally poured a cup of tea and handed it to Xiao Xuan. "What the hell is wrong with being able to gasp like this?"

"Thank you, Concubine De." Xiao Xuan was so thirsty that he drank the tea in one gulp. "Hey, I wanted to take a shortcut back from the imperial garden halfway, but I was blocked by my big sister."

"Celestia is looking for you trouble?" Ning Guiren said with a smile.

"Presumably she got the news and knew that your grandmother and second aunt had started to choose a wife for that child in Changjun." However, Emperor Liu said in a good time. "I heard that the old lady of the Ding'an Hou Mansion has been coming to the palace very diligently recently, and she wants to seek a good thing for the princess of Ding'an."

"The son of the Marquis of Ding'an?" The concubines in the deep palace rarely have the opportunity to leave the palace, the palace is lonely, in order to relieve the boring time, they know the most about all kinds of gossip and rumors in the imperial capital, Concubine De said. "That's just a concubine who pretends to be a concubine, and I heard that the maids and daughters-in-law in his house who are a little beautiful have been touched. How can such an unsuccessful thing match the dignity of the princess. ”

"Ding'an Hou started with military merits, and his family background is a little worse." Concubine Liu sighed. "Because there are no children in the last two generations of the family, Your Majesty already has the plan to demote the Ding'an Marquis Mansion to the next generation. I think it is also because the Ding'an Hou Mansion has gotten the news, so the old lady of Ding'an Hou will frequently enter the palace to ask Concubine Chen to come forward. ”

The current Ding'an Hou is also very unconscious, for the eldest son of the concubine, regardless of the mood of the middle-aged wife who lost her son, forced the wife to recognize the eldest son of the favored concubine. Mrs. Ding'anhou's two sisters-in-law died, and after recognizing the eldest son as a sister-in-law, Mrs. Ding'anhou, who was like a backwater, simply lived in the nunnery in Ding'anhou's mansion and was no longer a director.

The old lady of Ding'anhou is a bold person, and she should be at the age of retirement, but she angrily reprimanded Ding'anhou, who wanted to be a concubine and serve the director, and personally came forward to serve the council.

"It's just that Your Majesty won't agree to such a gentleman coming to Princess Shang." Concubine De said. "Can Concubine Chen really be willing to marry her only daughter to such a filthy person?"

"But the demotion of the Ding'an Marquis Mansion is imminent, and the old lady of the Ding'an Marquis personally went out to beg Concubine Chen. As a daughter, Concubine Chen was born as the daughter of the Ding'an Houfu, and she could withstand her mother's several pleas. Emperor Liu said. Besides, Your Majesty, if Concubine Chen speaks in person, Your Majesty will probably respond. Besides, the eldest princess may not have a hard time after getting married. She is a princess, and the Ding'an Hou Mansion also pointed to her to protect the future glory and wealth of the Ding'an Hou Mansion. ”

"But the mother concubine, the eldest sister probably doesn't look down on the prince of Ding'an." Xiao Xuan leaned against Emperor Liu's side and said. "With my cousin Changjun's demeanor and character, how can I get rid of the ten streets of the Hou Shizi of Ding'an, the eldest sister has already taken a fancy to the cousin of Changjun, I'm afraid that Concubine Chen will be relieved, and the eldest sister will not let go of this marriage. The eldest sister is also in a clear mood, but she is afraid that there will be some trouble when the time comes. ”

"Where can there be a big trouble, Changjun won't enter the palace, the eldest princess can't leave the palace, I will arrange someone to send a message to inform your grandmother to pay attention."