Chapter 24: Anxiety
Tang Yanran's gaze fell on the maid beside Zhao Qian, revealing an inquiring look.
"What the chief butler said is also that since he is the person sent by the prime minister to serve the princess, he should not be dealt with easily. It's better to go back to Xiangye, send the two maids to Xiangye's mansion, and hand them over to Xiangye for disposal, presumably Xiangye will give Niangniang an explanation. ”
"That's it."
Tang Yanran was a little unwilling, that vixen had kept the prince in the room, what did she want to do?
"Zhao Qian, is the relationship between the prince and the princess very good?"
"Side concubine, if you call the prince, you should call the prince, if you call the princess, you should call the prince, this matter should not be ignored."
The title of "Prince" has been unfamiliar for a long time, except for some occasions, some people deliberately ridicule, usually the people in the palace call Xuanyuan Yan the prince, and other people outside also call Xuanyuan Yan the prince.
The title of "Prince" was re-mentioned by Tang Yanran today.
The two different titles of "prince" and "prince" represent two different identities.
"The prince", the royal family, the royal brother, the prince, can be crowned king.
"Prince", there can only be one prince in the Tanglin Kingdom, who is the prince and the person who will inherit the unification of the Tanglin Kingdom in the future.
After Xuanyuan Yan fell into the water at the age of seven, the emperor canonized Xuanyuan Yan as the crown prince because of pity, and then Xuanyuan Yan's intelligence stayed at the age of seven, becoming the first mentally handicapped prince in the history of the Tanglin Kingdom.
A few years later, Xuanyuan Yan's condition made no progress, and he was still mentally retarded, and the ministers also advised the emperor many times to set up another prince, but the emperor was in his prime, and insisted on not allowing it, so the matter was put on hold. Subsequently, the emperor canonized Xuanyuan Yan as the king of Yan, and no one can see through the meaning.
After being canonized as the crown prince, the prince is the prince, and his status is far above the princes, and Xuanyuan Yan is the crown prince, and it is very strange to be canonized as the king of Yan.
The most incomprehensible thing is why the emperor did not remove the identity and title of Prince Xuanyuan Yan, but canonized him as King Yan for no apparent reason.
Xuanyuan Yan, with his mentally handicapped body, as both the crown prince and the king of Yan, stood at the peak of the austerity of the Tanglin Kingdom and became the focus of everyone's attention.
If he is just a prince, then he will not be stared at by everyone, a mentally handicapped prince, who will enjoy the dignity of the prince for the rest of his life, and will not be framed by anyone.
The crown prince is different, he is the identity of the future prince of the Tanglin Kingdom, even if Xuanyuan Yan is mentally handicapped, but as long as the title of the prince on his body is not removed by the emperor one day, then everyone's eyes are destined to fall on him.
Zhao Qian's eyes were deep, and he lowered his eyelids to observe Tang Yanran and the two maids beside Tang Yanran from the corner of his eye, he was an old fox who had been waiting in the palace for many years.
Before waiting for Xuanyuan Yan, he was waiting in the palace, and because of this, after he was designated by the emperor to wait for Xuanyuan Yan, he could always stay by Xuanyuan Yan's side, and no one dared to touch him easily.
"This side concubine, at this time, a prince, what kind of heart is settled?"
"Grand butler, the princess ordered you to come in."
Xiaoyun shouted again, and Zhao Qian bowed down to Tang Yanran: "Concubine Side, the princess is called, please let Lao Nu go to see the princess first to obey the order, and then go to meet the concubine to obey the order." ”
Tang Yanran was dissatisfied, but Ye Ruoxi was the crown princess after all, and she couldn't stop it.
"Zhao Qian, you have to deal with the matter of those two slaves and maids. Bi Tao, Zhu Li, you two stay, and you have to serve the princess with your heart. ”
Bi Tao and Zhu Li, bowed down and agreed to walk to the door, standing outside Ye Ruoxi's door.
Zhao Qian stepped into the door and bowed: "The old slave greets the princess, I don't know what the princess has to say?" ”
"The princess is frightened, I'm afraid I want to ask Lang Zhong to come over and show the princess. How to deal with slaves and maids, there is no hurry, but the big housekeeper should also be fair, although the side concubine is canonized by the queen, but the slaves and maids around the side concubine dare to hurt and insult the princess, this is not a small crime, right? ”
The corners of Jinxiu's lips curled, with a smile of pity and innocence: "If the prime minister learns that the princess was injured by several slaves and maids, and is disturbed to the point of confusion, the chief housekeeper will not be able to explain." ”
"I heard that you were questioned by Xiangye yesterday?"
"Yes, when Xiangye heard that the princess fell into the water and was frightened, he was very angry, and ordered the two of us to wait for the princess to protect the princess."
Zhao Qian's eyes fell on Ye Ruoxi's hand, seeing that Ye Ruoxi was holding Jinxiu and Xiaoyun's hands and refusing to let go, his face was full of horror, his body was still trembling slightly, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"Princess, what do you command?"
He deliberately didn't mention that Tang Yanran's maid had hurt Ye Ruoxi, to see what was wrong with Ye Ruoxi.
"Prepare the car, I'm going back to see my father, woo woo......"
"Jinxiu, I don't want to stay here and be beaten, it's terrible, I want to go home, my father is the best for me."
Zhao Qian and Jinxiu's eyes deepened at the same time, this sentence was already a little unexpected to them, and they didn't want the stupid concubine to propose to go home at this sensitive time.
"Princess, your health is not good, there is something wrong with returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion, right?"
"I'm going home, I'm going home, and you dare to stop me from going home?"
Ye Ruoxi raised her head and stared at Zhao Qian with tears in her eyes.
"The old slave doesn't dare, it's just that the prime minister is busy with affairs, and the princess's body has not yet recovered, so it is inconvenient to move."
"Xiaoyun, you go and prepare the carriage, and Jinxiu, you go and let the prince accompany me back to my parents' house."
Ye Ruoxi stretched out her feet to the ground, Jinxiu hurriedly knelt down on one knee, put on Ye Ruoxi's shoes and whispered: "Don't be anxious, princess, and rest for a while, the slave and maid will immediately go back to the prince." ”
She is not sure, she can not say that the prince will follow them to the Prime Minister's Mansion, usually Xuanyuan Yan is the master who does not go out of the gate.
"Xuanyuan Yan, you let me in."
Ye Ruoxi put on his shoes and ran out of the door, joking, if he wanted to go back, he also had to drag Xuanyuan Yan to be justified.
"What's the matter? Hello, then count the ants with me. ”
Xuanyuan Yan reached out to hold Ye Ruoxi's flawless jade hand, he liked this feeling, it was warm and soft, and he couldn't touch it enough to see enough. It seems that in memory, these hands give him a familiar feeling.
"What's so fun about counting ants, I'll take you out to have a good time, there are delicious food, fun, and all kinds of toys outside, you can ride a horse, you can ride a car, I don't know how fun it is."
"Hanging out?"
Xuanyuan Yan hesitated, and his eyes fell on Zhao Qian's body: "But Zhao Qian said that I can't go out easily, someone will want to kill me." ”
"You are the prince, you are the master of this mansion, you can do whatever you want, what is there when you go out to play for a while? I still want to ask the slave about this, do you know that you are the prince? ”
Ye Ruoxi was depressed, mentally retarded is mentally retarded, a slave bully.
Zhao Qian showed embarrassment on his face, saying no, not saying no.
The reason why he prevented Xuanyuan Yan from leaving the mansion was indeed for Xuanyuan Yan's sake, staying in the palace of King Yan, no matter how easy others would not dare to come to the palace to do things that were too excessive. And when he goes out, Xuanyuan Yan is mentally retarded, and there are no profiteering people around him to protect him, so he may encounter a lot of dangers.
"Zhao Qian!"
Ye Ruoxi looked back and squinted at Zhao Qian, a pair of starry eyes were shining, making Zhao Qian almost dare not look directly.
"The stupid concubine seems to have changed, is she really still the stupid concubine who doesn't understand anything and doesn't know anything?"
"Since the princess is going back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, the old slave will immediately go to prepare, please wait for a while."
"Xiaoyun, you don't have to prepare anything, let's go."
Ye Ruoxi grabbed Xuanyuan Yan, no, Xuanyuan Yan kept holding Ye Ruoxi's hand and never let go.
Ye Ruoxi left, Xuanyuan Yan also left, and Zhao Qian could only stare dryly in the back.
"What will the princess say when she returns to the Prime Minister's Mansion this time? What will change? Maybe it's not bad to deal with it this way, the princess cried and shouted that she must go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, how dare I, a minion, stop it. Jinxiu and Xiaoyun must go back with the princess and report the matter back to Xiangye. The prince was also dragged to the prime minister's mansion by the princess, was the princess intentional or unintentional? ”
At this moment, Zhao Qian's eyes were deep, and she couldn't see through the stupid concubine who had been sluggish for a long time, and it seemed that many things should not be something she could do.
Ye Ruoxi dragged the big oil bottle behind him and walked out of the courtyard, and Xiaoyun trotted to prepare the carriage.
A few servants along the way, when they saw Xuanyuan Yan and Ye Ruoxi, hurriedly knelt down.
Ye Ruoxi's eyes swept and he felt a row of crows flying overhead.
The old, weak, sick and disabled, none of them have any spirit, their faces are dark and decadent, and they seem to be dying in the next moment if they have the strength.
"This is the servant of the palace?"
Ye Ruoxi was speechless, what kind of palace? I can't even eat, the dignified prince, the princess, just rely on the two little girls to take the monthly money to support them to eat?
She wants to have the urge to cry, just these few goods, and Jinxiu has to go out to do hard labor to support herself, which shows how unbearable the economy of the palace has become.
"Lord, princess, please get into the carriage."
Xiaoyun didn't know where to start, so he found a carriage, lifted the curtain of the carriage, put down his pedals and asked Ye Ruoxi to get into the car.
"Whirring ......"
The two old horses, stuck to their bodies, don't know if it's mud or what, because they haven't been washed for too long, and they exude a disgusting smell.
Far away from Bazhang, Ye Ruoxi could already smell the smell that made people want to vomit.
None of these are the most important, the most important, are those two horses? Are it really two horses, not donkeys, who are sick and weak and deserve to be put in the soup pot?
Before they could walk, the two animals, who could not tell whether they were horses or donkeys, had begun to gasp and almost foam at the mouth. The thin calves are shaking like bamboo poles, and the ribs are swaying from side to side very skinny, and it seems that they can be heroic at any time.
Ye Ruoxi found that it was too exaggerated to say that these two goods were donkeys, and the whole thing was two large dogs. The hair on her body can be counted at a glance, her calves are not thicker than her arms, and the ribs have the potential to make soup, like skeletons.
If it weren't for the skeleton that still had a few points, these two goods could be thrown directly into the garbage heap.
"This is a horse?"
Jinxiu and Xiaoyun's faces also turned red, and Nuo Nuodi didn't know what to say.
"Princess, it took a long time for this slave to pull it over, and there are only these two horses in the palace. In a few days, it is estimated that these two horses will be gone. ”
Xiaoyun muttered in a low voice, her and Jinxiu's hearts were full of anxiety, and the thought of going back to Xiangfu to see Xiangye was full of fear and awe.
If you don't go back, you can't do it, this matter must be resolved, and there is no better solution than going back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. When they go back, they are really afraid that they will never have a chance to step out of the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion again.
Death hung over the heads of both of them like a sharp sword.
"Not in two days?"
Ye Ruoxi was shocked, just these two goods, is anyone still willing to care?
"Yes, if it weren't for the silver ticket given by the princess yesterday, the palace would have run out of food, and only these two old horses that are useless and will waste fodder will be given to the soup pot."
Xiaoyun's words made Ye Ruoxi completely cry, and pulled the big oil bottle Xuanyuan Yan behind him and ran all the way out of the mansion.
She would rather walk than torture the two donkeys or the big dog.
"Princess, do you want to walk back to the Prime Minister's Mansion? But ......"