Chapter 231: Confession
This year's spring hunt has finally come to an end, and before leaving, Nan Anhou father and son specially came to Xiao Xuan's carriage.
"Hello Hou Ye, good two young masters." The smiling green forest got out of the carriage with a food box and walked up to the father and son. The princess had already gotten into the carriage and ordered the slave to hand over the box of food to the marquis. The journey back to the imperial capital was long, and the princess said that the little master was young and was afraid that there would be something unsuitable, so she asked the slave maid to prepare some sweet and sour snacks and sweets for the little master. ”
Brother Xiao'er's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he was still honestly standing on his father and brother when he was led by his brother, and only a pair of eyes were still looking at the food box in Lu Lin's hand.
"Thank you, princess." Nan Anhou hurriedly took the food box from Lu Lin's hand and handed it to the eldest son who was standing beside him.
The princess also asked the slave maid to pass a message to Hou Ye, and the princess said that the events of that day were just a matter of children playing for a while, and Hou Ye didn't have to take it to heart anymore. There is also the Hou Ye is an elder, after returning to the imperial capital, the princess will invite Mrs. Hou and the Hou Ye to take the young masters and young ladies of the palace to the princess's mansion as guests, and ask the Hou Ye to appreciate his face. ”
Duan Shaolan sat in the carriage and looked at Xiao Xuan and smiled helplessly.
"I haven't seen this Hou Ye much, I really can't imagine that he is so bold, and he still remembers one thing after another." Xiao Xuan was a little helpless by Nan Anhou, and after she recovered, as long as he could meet this Nan Anhou in the paddock, he couldn't wait to apologize to Xiao Xuan every time they met. "How can I say that he is still the identity of the Hou Ye, he is so cautious everywhere, but it makes me look like a bad person who will bully others."
"Although the title of Nan'an Hou is not low, but the imperial capital is full of powerful people, and Nan'an Hou Mansion has been unproductive for several generations, and Nan'an Hou has always acted like this." Because the two families have a good relationship, Duan Shaolan still has a little understanding of the situation in Nan'an Houfu. "Your identity is there, and he naturally won't want to fight you badly."
"I always felt that something was wrong with what Brother Xiao said when he came to my tent before, I have seen the honeycomb of wild bees once, and it is not like a ten-year-old child can shoot down." Xiao Xuan had other plans in his heart. "But it just so happened that Brother Xiao shot down the wild beecomb, and it happened that the wild bee found us and caused the rest of the incident. My father and I were just frightened, and my father's character would not hold Nan'an Houfu accountable too much. ”
"Don't think about this, Your Majesty is just generous, and naturally he won't pursue anything for Nan'an Houfu, which is actually not too much wrong, otherwise he wouldn't have personally mentioned Brother Xin'er to serve as a palace guard." Duan Shaolan placed Xiao Xuan and said. "You and Your Majesty rode the horse that day was sent back to the imperial capital by the Banner Guard after the accident, which shows that Your Majesty has his own plans in his heart, and the rest of the things are tracked by the Banner Guard, who is good at investigating cases, so you don't need to remember it."
"Okay, I got it." Xiao Xuan nodded.
As a princess, Xiao Xuan knows what she can and shouldn't do. Concubine Liu has always taught her that she only left the matter of fighting for power and profit to her two sons, and Xiao Xuan did not know anything about all the things and arrangements. Emperor Liu's concubine knows that the world is impermanent, even now everyone in the imperial capital thinks that King Qin will be the undoubted candidate for the crown prince in the future, and she is not willing to rashly involve her daughter.
It's a picture, in case of emergency, the daughter has already left this deep palace, as long as you don't get involved, you can save your daughter.
And Concubine Chen's views on this matter are the same as those of Emperor Liu, and Concubine Chen didn't even let Xiao Lu return to the palace more, for fear that the queen would put some bad intentions on her daughter.
"Speaking of which, you always like to give away food to others." Duan Shaolan changed the topic in time, and successfully found a plate of pastries from the dark compartment in the carriage, which was put on the carriage by the green forest before they set off this morning. "Originally, you sent a lot of delicious food to Sister Chu every five or six days, and Sister Chu had no other problems, except for the delicious and greedy mouth. It made her mother spend a lot of energy, and people watched Sister Chu not allow her to eat more, for fear that Sister Chu's teeth would be damaged. ”
"Because Sister Chu is the same as Brother Xiao, they are both children. There will be countless helplessness when people grow up, only when they are young can they be wanton, and besides, eating sweets is good for the mood. Xiao Xuan has her own reasoning, she turned her head and said to Duan Shaolan. But mother, rest assured, the dim sum recipes I go out here are specially adjusted, and they will not damage the children's teeth. I didn't just give it to Sister Chu and Brother Xiao, but I also ordered someone to send it to the palace every other time. ”
Xiao Xuan said that, for fear that Duan Shaolan would not believe his words, he immediately raised his hand and picked up a piece and stuffed it into Duan Shaolan's mouth.
Duan Shaolan didn't like to eat these sweet things very much since he was a child, he ate less when he was young, and he never ate these things when he grew up. But Xiao Xuan likes these, so as long as Xiao Xuan stays in the place, they will be prepared.
As soon as Duan Shaolan's mouth moved, Xiao Xuan immediately pounced and covered his mouth with both hands.
"Hurry up and eat it." Xiao Xuan raised an eyebrow at him and ordered. "Otherwise, I'll be angry."
Duan Shaolan's mouth was tightly covered by Xiao Xuan, so he had no choice but to eat it. As a result, when I took such a bite, I found that the pastry in my mouth was not that greasy sweet, the taste was only slightly sweet, and there was still a residual fragrance in my mouth after eating, which was surprisingly delicious.
Duan Shaolan chewed slowly, waiting for them all to finish eating and swallowing, before reaching out and patting Xiao Xuan's palm.
Xiao Xuan leaned over and looked at him for a while, then let go of his hand and stepped back a little.
"Delicious, right?" Xiao Xuan asked firmly.
"Well, it's delicious." Duan Shaolan said with a smile.
"Because I always had to take medicine when I was young, but I had to drink too much medicine every day and it was too bitter, and every time I would cry and cry, my mother would only give me sweet pastries in order to coax me." Xiao Xuan said. "But my mother was also afraid that I would lose my teeth if I ate too much, so she asked the cook in the imperial dining room to readjust the recipe for me and make such a pastry."
"The imperial concubine really loves you." Duan Shaolan touched Xiao Xuan's hand, feeling a little cold, and hurriedly took the thin blanket that was placed aside and covered it on her lap. "What happened to you this time, does the imperial concubine know about it?"
"I think the concubine still doesn't know about it now, but it's hard to say when we all return to the imperial capital." Xiao Xuan said with some embarrassment. "My father will definitely send someone to investigate this matter, and if it is through the pennant guard, my cousin may tell my mother. Even if my cousin doesn't count, my sixth brother's big mouth may leak from his mother's concubine. ”
"So what?"
"So I thought that after returning to the imperial capital, don't go back to the princess's mansion first, go to the palace first, and tell the concubine about this incident first, it's better than her finally learning about it from someone else's mouth." Xiao Xuan was afraid that Emperor Liu's concubine would be worried, so she had to choose to take the initiative to explain to her. "Fortunately, I'm all well now, even the places that have been stung by wild bees have recovered. The concubine shouldn't worry too much about me. ”
After two days on the road, the convoy finally entered the imperial capital.
Xiao Jun, who came on horseback, deliberately found Xiao Xuan's carriage after entering the city.
"Xuan'er, my father asked me to ask you, after a while, whether you and the concubine will go back to your princess's mansion first, or go back to the palace with us." Xiao Jun asked outside the carriage.
"Shaolan and I don't go back to the princess's mansion, we've been out for so many days, the concubine should miss me, I want to go to the palace first." Xiao Xuan replied.
"Okay, I got it." Xiao Jun got her reply and turned to leave.
When Emperor Chu learned the news that Xiao Xuan was going to return to the palace first, Emperor Chu naturally sent someone to return to the palace first and report to Yihua Palace. Because the time to return to the palace happened to be close to lunchtime, Emperor Liu's concubine knew that her daughter was coming back, so she immediately summoned someone to come to her and prepare.
As soon as she returned to the palace, the queen led the concubines to greet Emperor Chu in front of the Lingyun Palace.
Xiao Xuan pulled Duan Shaolan to follow behind Emperor Chu, and at a glance saw Emperor Liu's concubine standing on the right side of the queen, and took advantage of the queen's conversation with Emperor Chu, and immediately squeezed her eyes at Emperor Liu.
When Concubine Liu Huang saw her funny appearance, she couldn't help but laugh for a while.
Emperor Chu has always been very face-saving to the queen in front of everyone, and the queen invited Emperor Chu to Zhaoyang Palace for dinner, and Emperor Chu readily agreed. After Emperor Chu and the empress left together, Xiao Xuan hurriedly ran all the way to the front of Emperor Liu's concubine.
"But in a month out, how did you lose weight?" Concubine Liu Huang pulled her daughter in the direction of Yihua Palace, and asked Xiao Xuan. "Is the paddock diet not to your liking? But in previous years, every time you went to the paddock to eat, you didn't have any moderation at all, and you always got fatter, but this time you lost a lot of weight? ”
Xiao Xuan didn't want to tell Emperor Liu Guifei directly, she drank medicine because of her injuries, and she avoided eating in desperation, and she really had a light diet for a long time, even if she stopped taking medicine, Duan Shaolan also looked at her and didn't eat messy things, so she would lose some weight.
Emperor Chu has always been very face-saving to the queen in front of everyone, and the queen invited Emperor Chu to Zhaoyang Palace for dinner, and Emperor Chu readily agreed. After Emperor Chu and the empress left together, Xiao Xuan hurriedly ran all the way to the front of Emperor Liu's concubine.
"But in a month out, how did you lose weight?" Concubine Liu Huang pulled her daughter in the direction of Yihua Palace, and asked Xiao Xuan. "Is the paddock diet not to your liking? But in previous years, every time you went to the paddock to eat, you didn't have any moderation at all, and you always got fatter, but this time you lost a lot of weight? ”