Chapter 203: The Red Coffin
Even if Wanxiang and Wei Rui fall in love again, Wanxiang will not turn her face with the Suiguo Mansion immediately, so Xiao Huaiyue's mind will be satisfied.
So Wanxiang still put on a plain shirt and stood on the side of the road with Xiao Huaijin to salute and prepare to send the coffin.
The little boy raised the clay pot high and smashed it down, breaking it to pieces. The fragments that collapsed just landed at the feet of Wanxiang, and Xiao Huaijin subconsciously reached out to block it.
Wanxiang, who was bowing her head and saluting, was not panicked, squinting at the little boy, her eyes rolling with a faint blue light, as if she was a wolf ready to pounce on her prey and bite off her throat.
As soon as the little boy's eyes touched the eyes of Wanxiang, his body couldn't help but shudder, his expression was in a hurry, and he subconsciously moved behind his father.
Seeing his submissive appearance, Wanxiang couldn't help but be cowardly, and she really didn't know what Wei Rui admired about him.
In addition to his identity as the concubine of the Suiguo Mansion, what remains is just some sour atmosphere that is often subservient and elegant.
It can be said that in love, people's eyes are not necessarily bright.
When the sun climbed into the sky, many people couldn't stand the sweltering heat, and some women even fainted directly to the ground. Xiao Huaijin was afraid that Wanxiang would not be able to stand steadily, but she stood in place with the corners of her mouth hooked, watching the coffin go away step by step.
She calculated in her mind and waited.
Finally, when the send-off team reached the three-way intersection, the little boy just stepped out of the alley, and someone at another fork in the road instantly stepped out.
Immediately afterwards, a coffin painted bright red jumped in front of the little boy's eyes, covered with a white cloth and tied with black flowers.
From a distance, people can feel that the owner of this wooden coffin is extraordinary, and such an eye-catching color rushes into the eyes of the little boy, followed by a small coffin of less than three feet, the same bright red, white cloth and black flowers.
Others don't know, but the little boy knows that the coffin contains Wei Rui and her child.
An extraordinary funeral music sounded, with great momentum, trying to cover the existence of the Suiguo Mansion.
People couldn't help but look up, and at the same time wondered in their hearts which family didn't understand the rules, and when they saw Princess Yongsheng, they wouldn't give way.
Wanxiang stood up straight, seeing that the little boy didn't dare to take half a step forward, if he didn't move forward, Princess Yongsheng's coffin could only stop in place, so Wei Rui's red coffin took the first step.
Princess Yongsheng's coffin actually gave way like this.
Some smart people will never keep silent even if they see that it is boring, but some people can't control their mouths: "It's the direction of Dongjie, could it be the woman who died in the outer house of Pingnan Wangfu?" ”
"That's a cheap slave, how can Princess Yongsheng make way for her?"
"Cheap slave?" Wanxiang looked back at the woman who was talking nonsense, and turned back carelessly.
The man realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly took a handkerchief to cover his mouth.
Even the people in the outer mansion are also people from the Pingnan Palace, and they dare to say in front of the princess that the people of the Pingnan Mansion are cheap slaves, even if Wanxiang doesn't care, I'm afraid that her whole family will have to sleep for a few days and nights in a row, so she can't sleep peacefully.
The long march of the mourning procession was very slow, so slow that Princess Yongsheng waited in place for a whole stick of incense.
There was a kind of peaceful smile hidden on Juanxiang's face, and even if she didn't speak, people could understand the anger in her heart.
They said that Wei Rui was a prostitute and a lowly slave, and only coveted the glory and wealth of the state's mansion. She also asked her favorite to kill their children with their own hands, so that Wei Rui fell into the abyss.
The incense made them make way for the 'cheap slaves' under the noses of the people of the whole imperial city, and they were trampled under the feet of the 'cheap slaves' for eternity.
The Suiguo Mansion cares about face the most, and Wanxiang told them to completely lose face in the imperial city.
Wanxiang watched Wei Rui's coffin go away, silently plucked the white flower on her head and threw it on the ground, turned around and walked towards the car of Pingnan Palace.
Xiao Huaijin followed, he thought that Wanxiang was going to tear his face with the Suiguo Mansion, but he didn't expect that Wanxiang just went back and wrote a few words, drank the fetal medicine and asked Qiu Di to call someone to set up a car.
Xiao Huaijin held the scroll and couldn't help asking, "It's so late, where are you going?" ”
"Today's events are not clear to others, but the prince should understand in his heart."
"Not only do I know it, but the people in the Suiguo Mansion also know it."
"So I have to go for a walk." Wanxiang put down the blue-glazed porcelain bowl in her hand and breathed a sigh of relief: "It's so bitter." ”
After sighing, Wanxiang raised her eyes to look at Xiao Huaijin, and suddenly remembered what Wei Rui had said before her death. The so-called authorities are obsessed with bystanders, and Wanxiang stays out of the matter, only then will he find that Wei Rui loves blindly.
And in the relationship between himself and Xiao Huaijin, is he also a fan of the authorities?
Wanxiang's hand lightly touched the blue-glazed porcelain bowl, and said coldly: "Wei Rui's trust is not human, I won't." ”
Xiao Huaijin raised his eyes and threw an unknown look at her: "What nonsense are you talking about?" ”
"I don't know what's wrong, I'm always cranky." Wanxiang got up and walked to the hanger, and Qiu Di came over to put on a black robe for her: "I'll go back when I go." ”
When Xiao Huaijin saw it, he put down the book and got up and walked to Wanxiang's side: "Yourself?" ”
"I caused the incident, of course I was asked to apologize to others."
Xiao Huaijin held Wanxiang's hand: "What's the difference between what you do and what I do?" Since I don't want to tear my face with the Suiguo Mansion, it is natural that you and I will go together to show sincerity. ”
"It's different, I'm a woman and it's nothing to bow her head. The dignified regent bowed to him, and the entire Pingnan palace was bowing to him. ”
"When the time is right, what about keeping your head down? What's more, how dare you go out alone? ”
Hearing this, he smiled, and stretched out his hand to sort out Xiao Huaijin's golden-patterned collar: "Lord Wang, I have some doubts now." ”
"Why are you confused?"
"Because, I don't know what the prince wants." Saying that, Wanxiang put down Xiao Huaijin's collar and looked up into his eyes: "But it doesn't matter, as long as the prince wants, it is what I want." ”
Xiao Huaijin was stunned for a moment, Wanxiang didn't know so she didn't ask too much, she was sensible and obedient, which made Xiao Huaijin a little ashamed, but she didn't know how to answer.
Returning to the Imperial City again, what did he want? The country is at his fingertips, but Xiao Huaijin just wants to stay by his side safe and sound.
But there are some things that just can't be said.
This is called Wanxiang's mistake to think that Xiao Huaijin wants to sit in that position. The reason why I don't do it now is because the name is not right.
Therefore, he recaptured Fengyang's strong soldiers and horses, was eager to try Beisai, investigated and rectified taxes and punished corrupt officials, and forced Xiao Huaiyue again and again.
Therefore, Wanxiang's eyes were more resolute, and she planned to bow her head and go to the Suiguo Mansion to make peace.
The moonlight was bright and the stars were shining, and the Suiguo Mansion was already silent in pain. The maids and house slaves all lost their faces, losing their souls like mourning concubines, and playing tricks to please the master's family.
Wanxiang watched such a maid serve tea to herself, and couldn't help but sigh to Sui Guogong: "The princess must be extremely generous to her subordinates. ”
Sui Guogong didn't want to greet Wanxiang, and asked directly: "The prince and princess came to visit late at night, I don't know what to do?" ”
Xiao Huaijin sat in front of the desk with a straight face and did not speak, without any apologetic expression. So Wanxiang said first: "We are here to compensate you for the princess." ”
"Isn't it a reparation?" Sui Guogong looked at Wanxiang for a while, and suddenly smiled: "The princess really tortured me, don't you compensate me?" I am afraid that the princess of Suiguo will not have a finger of gold from the princess regent, even if the princess dares to say such words, I dare not listen to it. ”
Wanxiang put down the teacup and leaned forward slightly: "Guogong should know where the two red coffins came out today and who they contained." ”
Sui Guogong squinted at Wanxiang and couldn't speak, and saw Wanxiang sighing lightly and looking a little ashamed: "I'm honest with Guogong, that is the body of Wei Rui of Qingyuefang, and the small coffin behind it belongs to your own grandson."
If you don't look at other faces, just look like it's a child of the Suiguo Mansion, we can't let him go so shabby, right? As for Wei Rui, in the end, she is the child's biological mother, and it is not easy to be too ugly. ”
The Duke of Suiguo sat on the top and looked at Wanxiang in an old-fashioned manner, and after a while in his heart, he said: "In this way, the death of that woman is the business of my Suiguo Mansion."
Since it is the internal affairs of my Suiguo Mansion, it is indeed unruly to drive the prince and princess to make the funeral for us.
burned the outer house of the palace, and the white flags were also hung in the outer house of the palace, which is really unseemly. If it is not, it should be our government. ”
Hearing Sui Guogong mocking himself for being nosy, Wanxiang didn't feel angry at all, and sat in place with a wry smile: "Yes, she died in the palace like that, we can't do it or not, it's really hard to ride a tiger." ”
"When the princess killed the tiger in the spring, the storytellers in Hexinglou are still talking about it. Where would the princess be afraid of any tigers? It's just too lazy to pay attention to it. ”
"Why should the prince be aggressive?"
"Am I aggressive? The red coffin that comes out of East Street in the daytime is aggressive, right? ”
"Today's things are my lack of consideration. Seeing that Wei Rui was pitiful and there were only a few bones scattered after being burned by the fire, he thought about holding a funeral for her with compassion in his heart.
Therefore, I forgot to discuss with you and made my own opinions. But I never imagined that I would run into the princess's coffin so punctually, and snatch a step out.
It was also because I didn't say a word to the few coffin bearers, and today I made the Guogong Mansion lose face. If the prince wants to blame, only I, a woman, is ignorant, and I must not hurt the harmony of the two families at this time. ”
"Unexpected? Did the princess really think of it, or did she already count the hours and squatted at the intersection waiting to give us a good look?
What the princess said about 'compensation is not' is just a matter of touching the skin up and down, and not even a single hair will be hurt. And the face of my Suiguo Mansion is completely lost! ”
Sui Guogong slapped his big hand, and the little boy hiding behind the screen was also startled, and almost knocked down the vase at hand. He probably didn't expect Suiguo Gong to dare to say such strong words in front of Xiao Huaijin.
He held the thin neck of the vase tightly, and looked out on the screen, for fear that Xiao Huaijin would be furious because of that sentence and set off the entire Guogong Mansion.
Wanxiang raised her wide sleeves and picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "Ming people don't say secret words, and the prince should also know that my prince and Princess Yongsheng are not the same mother, because after Zhao, the relationship between the two has always been light."
If I really have to embarrass the Guogong Mansion for those past events, this will be too ugly, right? Even if I don't care about the Duke of Suiguo, I should think of the face of my Pingnan Palace.
Or does Guogong think that I will turn my face with the Guogong Mansion for the sake of a Wei Rui? ”