Emperor Chu allowed Xiao Xuan to go out of the palace to the Zhenguo Mansion and informed the county lord of Duansu of the news of Duan Shaolan's safety.

Because Xiao Xuan has now won the title of Princess Zhaoyue, she can't go out of the palace as lightly as in the past.

Xiao Xuan was helped into a canopy carriage, which seemed to be carefully arranged, and it was very comfortable to sit on. Not far from Xiao Xuan's carriage out of the palace gate, a chamberlain rushed to the Zhenguo Mansion in advance to report.

Because it was daytime, Zhen Guogong and Duan Chengwen were not in the house. There is no errand on the prince of Zhenguo, but he doesn't know where to go when he gets up early in the morning. The subordinates in the mansion knew that the Duke of Zhaoyue was going to come to the Zhenguo Mansion in person, and hurriedly asked people to notify the wife of the prince of Zhenguo and the lord of Duansu.

Mrs. Shizi only learned the news that the lord of Duansu was pregnant last night, and the Zhenguo Gong was overjoyed when he heard about it, and the subordinates who served in the second room tripled their monthly money this month. The Duke of Zhenguo also sent someone to convey the message to the wife of the prince that the Zhenguo Mansion should give porridge and distribute money for five days outside the Keats Nunnery, which is dedicated to relieving refugees and orphans in the imperial capital, and pray for the fetus in the womb of the lord of Duansu County.

Because it was Duan Lian who came to deliver the message for Zhen Guogong, no matter how unhappy Mrs. Ren Shizi was when she heard the news, in front of Duan Lian, she could only smile and respond to what Zhen Guogong ordered.

After Duan Lian, who was holding a cold face, received a reply from Mrs. Shizi, he still had an expressionless face, arched his hand towards Mrs. Shizi and turned his head and went out.

Mrs. Shizi looked out, and after she couldn't see Duan Lian's figure, she waved the teacup that was in her hand to the ground with a wave of her hand.

"Her luck is really good, it's been more than 20 years since she last had a miscarriage." Mrs. Shizi has been in trouble recently, because Duan Shaoyou was accused of being the eldest princess's concubine, and the prince of Zhenguo easily stopped for a while.

But at the moment, he didn't know what was stumbling on him outside, and he stayed out for two or three days every few days. Mrs. Shizi has long been accustomed to her husband's bad habit of messing with flowers and grass, but now there is not much time left before the marriage of Duan Shaoyou and the eldest princess. If something happens to him outside, he will be covered in a mess at that time, and he is afraid that it will affect Duan Shaoyou's reputation.

Last night, the prince of Zhenguo returned at night, and the smell of wine and rouge and incense powder made Mrs. Shizi feel sick when she smelled it. He was drunk like a puddle of mud, and the prince continued to look at him impatiently, so she simply asked the maid to call a concubine to come and serve him.

The prince of Zhenguo, who was still drunk last night, waited for Mrs. Shizi to get up early in the morning, but he didn't know where to run.

Mrs. Shizi sat in front of her dressing table, and the maid served her makeup and dressed. Let the maids around you bring Aunt Wu, who was serving the prince last night.

Aunt Wu, who was called to serve the prince of Zhenguo last night, turned out to be a maid serving beside Mrs. Shizi, and because of her delicate appearance and graceful figure, she was favored by the prince of Zhenguo. Thinking of provoking some indiscriminate women back with her husband outside, Mrs. Shizi was more at ease with someone like Aunt Wu who had a deed in her hands. The prince opened his mouth to think that Mrs. Shizi wanted someone, but Mrs. Shizi pretended to shirk it before allowing Shizi to allow Aunt Wu to be a concubine for him.

Aunt Wu also won the favor for a while, but because her family and her own body deeds were all in the hands of Mrs. Shizi, she had to be honestly driven by Mrs. Shizi, and she knocked down a few concubines.

"Greetings to Madame." Aunt Wu came with the maid who had gone to call her, and walked respectfully to Mrs. Shizi.

"You worked hard to take care of Shizi last night." Mrs. Shizi tilted her head sideways and asked the maid to stick a golden hairpin into her bun. "Do you know where the prince went early in the morning?"

"Back to Mrs. Hui's words, the son of the world left quietly, and the slave and maid did not stop the son." Aunt Wu turned out to be a maid who served Mrs. Shizi's makeup and hair, these guys were used to it, and even if she became the concubine of Shizi, in order to show her heart, she would still go to Mrs. Shizi's room early at no. 3 o'clock to serve Mrs. Shizi's makeup and dress.

Knowing that she couldn't look at the world, Aunt Wu replied worriedly, and she saw the maid take out a pair of jade beaded earrings. Hurriedly stepped forward to take the pair of earrings from the maid's hand, leaned over and carefully waited for Mrs. Shizi to put them on, and very attentively took the target glass on the dressing table and held it behind Mrs. Shizi.

"Okay, don't be so trembling." Mrs. Shizi took a self-portrait in the mirror, saying that Mrs. Shizi's appearance in the future is not bad, but she is not liked by Shizi. "Shizi has always had the habit of talking nonsense when he is drunk, and Shizi has always been messing around during this time, did you hear Shizi talk about anything last night?"

Aunt Wu hurriedly recalled, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed.

"Willow Leaf Alley." When he was serving Shizi last night, he kept muttering something in his mouth, because he drank too much wine, most of the words were slurred, and only these four words were heard clearly by Aunt Wu. "It's Liuye Hutong."

The emperor's green building and the hall are allowed by the government to operate on the surface. And Liuye Hutong is mostly a few dark theaters, and many of the outer rooms that are placed outside live in that vicinity.

When Mrs. Shizi heard about Liuye Hutong, she thought that her husband had disappeared from time to time, and he had even spent a lot of money in his hand recently.

Mrs. Shizi was furious and was about to flare up, but at this time, the little maid sent from outside the door to report the news arrived.

The maid who went to listen to the message hurriedly ran in and whispered something in the ear of Mrs. Shizi.

Mrs. Shizi turned her head to look at her in some shock, and when she saw the maid nodding, Mrs. Shizi had to force herself to suppress the anger in her heart.

"That's it, there is a distinguished guest at the house today." Mrs. Shizi took a few deep breaths and forced herself to calm down, and then she looked back at Aunt Wu and commanded. "What you said in my house today, you can find an opportunity to tell Aunt Li in the past two days, and you don't have to worry about this matter after she knows."

Aunt Li has not served in the Shizi Courtyard for a long time, but she has been favored for the longest time, and she is the one who gave birth to the most concubines for the Shizi. Rao is now, the prince can still go to her room to rest for five or six days a month. She was born coquettish, but her temperament is a little stupid, and she is jealous, and the fact that the prince may have placed an outer room outside the world, it is the best choice for her to tear it apart.

"Yes, the slave knows." Aunt Wu took note of Mrs. Shizi's instructions and retreated.

In the second room, the county lord of Duansu, who was already able to get up and walk slowly a few steps in the room, also received the news of Princess Zhaoyue's imminent arrival.

The county lord of Duansu hurriedly sent someone to serve him to change his clothes and make up, and asked the maid in the room to call Sister Chu over.

Sister Chu was in her early teens, and she was raised by Lord Duansu to look innocent. After listening to the words of the maid, he happily came from his yard.

"Look at you, you're all big kids." Lord Duansu smiled and pulled her to sit down beside her, looked at the thin layer of sweat on her forehead, and hurriedly called someone to bring a handkerchief to wipe her sweat. "It's time to be more dignified."

"Hmm." Sister Chu put her hands on her knees and obediently let the maid wipe her face. "What did my mother do when she suddenly asked someone to call me over?"

"The head of the palace sent an attendant to pass the word, saying that Princess Zhaoyue is coming to the Zhenguo Mansion today." Lord Duansu looked at Sister Chu and smiled indulgently. "Knowing that you and Princess Zhaoyue are interested, didn't this call you over right away? Later, you and I will go to the front hall to greet the princess. ”

"Really?" Sister Chu was overjoyed and asked with a smile.

"Can the news from the palace still be a lie?"

Xiao Xuan got out of the carriage and was welcomed all the way into the Zhenguo Mansion.

Mrs. Shizi, Lord Duansu and Sister Chu all stood outside the front hall waiting for her to come, and when they saw Xiao Xuan coming out, the three of them hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to greet her.

Xiao Xuan, who was surrounded by a group of palace maids, stepped forward kindly, stretched out his hands, and helped Mrs. Shizi and Duansu County Lord respectively, and the two of them got up.

"I don't know what kind of east wind is blowing today, Princess Zhaoyue actually came to the Zhenguo Mansion." Mrs. Shizi greeted Xiao Xuan into the front hall, and Xiao Xuan was led to the main seat and sat down. "It's a rarity."

"Mrs. Shizi is also polite." Xiao Xuan is still quite a princess in front of others, and after she sat down, Mrs. Shizi and Duansu County Lord, Sister Chu and others sat down one after another. "Isn't the third son of Mrs. Shizi going to marry my eldest sister next spring? The lord of Duansu in the second room is still my cousin, and I should come over and sit more. ”

Xiao Xuan's words were kind and soft, and Mrs. Shizi was not stupid, she naturally knew that Xiao Xuan and the second room had a much closer relationship. After only accompanying Xiao Xuan to say a few words in the front hall, Mrs. Shizi found an excuse to ask for a director and withdrew.

"Sister Princess." Mrs. Shizi left, and Sister Chu, who had been pretending to be obedient, jumped out.

"Dan Tangerine, quickly bring up the things I brought to Sister Chu." Sister Chu hugged Xiao Xuan's arm with attachment, Xiao Xuan smiled and asked Dan Tang to step forward and bring two boxes.

"Sister Princess, is this all for me?"

"Yes, there is a new chef from Jiangnan in Yihua Palace, who makes a good snack. Knowing that you like these snacks, I specially ordered someone to make some and bring them to you, if you like them, I will send someone to send you some next time. Xiao Xuan paused before continuing. There is also a box of things from Jiangnan, which is not very valuable, but it is better than the new style. ”

Sister Chu didn't understand the meaning of Xiao Xuan's words, and only wanted to look at the contents of the box excitedly.

Lord Duansu understood the hint in Xiao Xuan's words, and looked at her with hopeful eyes.