108 A piece of fat
1??????“ What a mess. yilego.” Chu Qianlan's brows jumped when she heard this, "This is an exercise in the nameless secret book that Duan Qingyi gave me when I was in the Valley of the Dead, as for what is this exercise called." This king didn't know that he would practice this attack at the beginning. It's also because ......"
He said, pausing.
Ruotang looked up at him, his eyes blinked, "Because of Miss Duan?" ”
Chu Qianlan saw that she was only curious, and there was no other emotion, and she didn't know whether she was lost or relaxed for a while, so she pursed her lips and said briefly: "Hmm, she wants to see it." ”
Ruotang smiled, and while retracting his gaze, he let go of his hand and said jokingly: "Today, Miss Duan told me that the prince has done a lot of things for her, such as picking flowers and washing her hair. Cutting my nails, I was jealous when I heard it. ”
A smile suddenly bloomed on Chu Qianlan's face, and he quickly grabbed Ruotang's finger that wanted to leave, "Really jealous?" ”
"How can this be fake?" Ruotang glared at him with disgust, "These things." The prince has never done it for me, which woman will not be jealous when she hears it? However, is this jealousy one out of seven? ”
Chu Qianlan coughed lightly, as if this was to hide the smugness that he was about to laugh out, "You should really be glad that you are a royal wife, and the royal family has no precedent for divorce." No matter how jealous you are, you don't have to worry about what is out of seven or not. ”
Is this encouraging her to be more jealous?
Ruotang rolled his eyes in his heart, and no longer continued the topic, but asked: "Speaking of which, Miss Duan has a deep love for the prince, what is the prince's plan?" ”
Chu Qianlan obviously didn't like to talk about this topic very much, but he didn't plan to lie to deceive her, so he thought about it before saying, "This king hasn't thought about it yet." ”
Ruotang could see that he was not perfunctory to her, and he really hadn't figured out how to treat Duan Qingyi yet.
"I heard that Miss Duan studied very seriously with Mama Wang." Ruotang casually mentioned as if chatting: "A strict person like Mama Wang is full of praise for her seriousness and perseverance. Come to think of it, it won't take long. Miss Duan will be able to learn the rules of the capital. I coaxed her and told her that when she learned, I would arrange for her to sleep. It won't be long before she will be able to serve the prince, is the prince happy? ”
Chu Qianlan frowned, obviously not liking Ruotang's joke, "Won't you arrange more things for her to learn?" ”
"I just want to ask the prince, how long do you plan to trap her like this, so that I can arrange what she wants to learn according to the time you give." Ruotang simply asked directly.
Escaping is not a way, thinking about it, Chu Qianlan himself knows it, he will definitely look at Ruotang, "Let's do it first, and when this king thinks about it, I will inform you again." ”
If he really didn't care about Duan Qingyi at all, he wouldn't hesitate about how to arrange her in the future. Ruotang was glad that he was not as cold-blooded and ruthless as she thought, but for some reason, she felt a little stunned.
But this negative emotion has always been disliked by her, so she quickly adjusted, and said with a smile: "Then wait for the prince to think about it." Alas, thinking of tomorrow's chrysanthemum feast, I feel that my head is starting to hurt again---- Lord, do you think there is any way to make Princess Jin avoid it?" Or just pretend to be sick. ”
"Pretending to be sick is the next step." Chu Qianlan saw that she was really worried about the princess of Jin entering the palace tomorrow, and said lightly: "If you want to avoid it, it's not impossible." ”
Ruotang's eyes lit up, he looked at him with surprise and admiration, and urged him to speak quickly with his eyes.
Chu Qianlan leaned her lips over.
Ruotang secretly rolled his eyes, followed by leaning over to his lips and wanting to withdraw.
Of course, Chu Qianlan would not allow her to retreat so perfunctorily, and after holding the back of Ruotang's head and a long ravage that made people blush, she was satisfied to let go of her panting.
Ruotang hadn't even caught his breath, and collapsed on his chest and urged urgently: "Lord Wang, say it quickly." ”
kissed and kissed, touched and touched, what kind of pass did she sell!
Chu Qianlan touched two more handfuls before she spoke: "The Queen Mother likes Princess Jin's straightforward and unpretentious temperament the most. Tomorrow I entered the palace, knowing that she was pregnant, if the news could be transmitted to the Longevity Palace, the Queen Mother would not care. What's more, in Princess Jin's belly, but her first great-grandson---- Princess Jin, you don't have to worry at all, Duchess Pingguo is only afraid that the news will be sent to the Longevity Palace overnight. What you should be worried about is your cousin of the Zhou family. ”
"Oops!" Ruotang was shocked, "I was worried that Princess Jin had gone, and I almost forgot about it...... This is what you told me before, Lord, someone is coveting my cousin, and the person who covets it is the queen of the Middle Palace? ”
Really? Her cousin has long passed the best age for marriage, and her appearance is not a role in the world, except for the wealth in the family...... Rich?
Ruotang twitched the corners of his eyes, wouldn't even the queen take a fancy to the wealth of the Zhou family? Make no mistake, the royal people are still short of money?
As if seeing what she was thinking, Chu Qianlan sneered: "The royal people are not short of money? If you are not short of money, how can King Jin have a private relationship with your sister? Not to mention anything else, raising soldiers alone is a huge expense! ”
"Raising soldiers?" Ruotang was a little stunned, "Aren't all soldiers and generals raised by the imperial court......"
Before he finished speaking, his eyes widened in a sudden realization, "King Jin actually raised private soldiers?" ”
"Not only does King Jin raise private soldiers alone, but King Duan also raises a lot." Since the crown prince talked about Chu Qianlan and suggested to the emperor that Ruotang be assigned to him in marriage, he has never relaxed his secret investigation of this third brother, and he has really found a lot of evidence of Duanwang's ambitions.
This amount of information is really a bit large, Ruotang silently digested it for a while before coming back to his senses, "What do you mean, I'm afraid that not only the queen and the prince covet my cousin, but even the prince Duan also has this thought?" ”
How is this good? Not to mention that her cousin's temperament is not suitable for court life at all, let's talk about the attitude of the Zhou family. If the Zhou family really wants to have a relationship with the royal family and come to the capital early in the morning to develop, how can they stay in a safe corner of the Yangtze River and not move? This time, the Zhou family came to Beijing because they couldn't rest assured of her relationship. If the Zhou family is put in a dangerous whirlpool because of this, Ruotang is afraid that it will be difficult to be stable.
"Yes, in previous years, the Zhou family was far away in Jiangnan, but no one noticed it, but now the Zhou family is the fat sent to the door, who do you say will bear not to take this piece of fat into their pockets?"
"But it is a ...... of Tobe"
"The household department is rich, but whose money does it belong to? It's the emperor's of the day. It is true that the crown prince is the prince, but when he did not sit in that position, he dared to put his hand into the emperor's money bag? He didn't have that much courage, so under the pressure of King Jin's constant marriage to the side concubines who were beneficial to him, he naturally urgently needed an inexhaustible small treasury for him to use. Chu Qianlan analyzed it to her, "You said that your cousin is rich and can make money, and she is not top-notch in appearance, but it is not difficult to see the point of disgusting---- even if she is ugly and disgusting, the prince and King Duan will not dislike it." ”
Ruotang deeply understood how hot her cousin was, and she didn't know what to say for a while, so she had to look at Chu Qianlan, who seemed to know everything, for help, "Then tomorrow ......"
"This kind of thing is not easy for the queen to do too obviously, probably just hinting at you, anyway, pretending to be stupid and being stunned is what you are best at, and it will be okay to perfunctory the past."
Ruotang didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, so he heard Chu Qianlan continue: "But this kind of banquet, I'm afraid that there will be a banquet every three or five days, until you understand the queen's intentions and take the initiative to share her worries and solve problems---- queen, no matter how ruthless she is behind her back, you always have to make a tolerant and generous compassionate heart on the surface, you just need to persuade the uncle to quickly set up a family affair for her or marry her immediately, otherwise this trouble is enough for you to have a headache." ”
She held the corner of her forehead that was bouncing faintly, "I have a headache right now." ”
I can't care so much, let's mess up tomorrow and then talk about it.
……
couldn't sleep after a night, and was caught by the annoyed Chu Qianlan to disturb his rest and grinded her over and over again, and when her tired fingers couldn't move, she naturally slept dreamless until the next morning.
The queen's banquet can't be sloppy.
Before it was dawn, Ruotang was dug up to bathe and change clothes.
When it was time to clean up, the time had already arrived, so naturally there was no longer any delay, and after two mouthfuls of food in a hurry, he had to rush to the palace.
Before leaving, Chu Qianlan stuffed two pieces of hibiscus cake into her hand.
Hurried to the gate of the palace, Ruotang asked Cai Qing, "Is there a carriage waiting outside?" ”
Cai Qing looked out, "Niangniang, there really is." ”
"Is it the emblem of the Jin Palace?" Ruotang hurriedly asked.
"No, it's the emblem of Duanwang's mansion," Cai Qing paused for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Princess Duan's got out of the car." ”
Ruotang frowned, but he had to ask someone to stop the car first. When I got out of the car, I saw Princess Duan, who was dressed very energetically, walking towards her with a smile.
Ruotang hurriedly took two steps, "I thought I was early enough, and I didn't want the third sister-in-law to rush in front of me." ”
After greeting Princess Duan, Princess Duan pursed her lips and smiled, smiling affectionately and familiarly, took her hand and said, "You are young, it is time to snooze." ”
"The third sister-in-law is not much older than me." Ruotang muttered as if he didn't follow.
Naturally, he is a few years older, King Duan of Jin married the crown princess when he reached the age of eighteen, unlike the disliked prince of Xiang, who married her at twenty-two.
Princess Duan nodded her nose amusedly, and then smiled: "When I came over, I met the second sister-in-law, and the grandmother in the Queen Mother's palace took her directly to the Longevity Palace." I know that you and your second sister-in-law have always been good, but I'm afraid that you don't know that waiting for her here will delay the time to enter the palace, so I will wait for you here. ”
Ruotang thanked her gratefully, "If it weren't for the third sister-in-law, I would have really waited here stupidly, and the second sister-in-law is really, she went in early, so I would have left someone to tell me." Otherwise, I'm late, and the queen will blame it. ”
As soon as she said this, she saw Princess Duan's eyes flashing, and Ruotang knew what the third sister-in-law was thinking.
Even if Princess Jin wants to enter the palace in advance, she will definitely leave someone to wait for Ruotang. Thinking that this princess Duan wanted to be close to her, so she volunteered to stay and wait for her, and wanted to sell her well, so she hid Princess Jin and didn't mention it.
"The queen mother is the most forgiving and compassionate, how can she blame you for this?" Princess Duan smiled faintly, not embarrassed at all, "It's boring all the way, why don't you ride with your younger siblings, or talk, and the time on this road will pass faster?" ”
She said so, Ruotang naturally didn't want to refuse, and nodded with a smile: "Okay." ”
It seems that King Duan can't bear it anymore, for fear that the queen will seize the opportunity, and he can't even care about whether he will offend the queen because of this.
Princess Duan and Ruotang got into the carriage together, looked around Ruotang's carriage, and Princess Duan sighed enviously: "It's the same carriage, my brother and sister's carriage is more comfortable than mine." ”
She touched the snow-white plush blanket under her and asked, "This is a Persian woolen blanket, right?" I heard that this kind of blanket has been very popular in the capital recently, and we also got one in our house, but it is not as thick as the pure velvet of my younger siblings. ”
Ruotang had no choice but to say: "This is what my brother-in-law brought me not long ago---- he went to sea to Persia. This time I came to Beijing, and also helped me open a shop specializing in imported products, if the third sister-in-law is interested, you can go over and have a look. If there is one who catches your eye, I will ask the guy in the store to give you a cheaper, they are all a family, how can you earn more money from your third sister-in-law? ”
Princess Duan originally expected her to take it away if she saw it, but when she heard Ruotang say this, although her face was not obvious, she secretly scolded in her heart, and sure enough, she had the blood of a businessman on her body. "How good is this, you opened a shop to make money, it's not good to let you post money in."
Ruotang covered his mouth and smiled: "Of course, if the third sister-in-law is willing to subsidize her younger siblings more, it will be better." ”
It's already very face-saving to give her a discount, and you still want to give her a free post? Please, brothers are all going to settle accounts, okay?
Princess Duan saw that she was pretending to be confused, and the boss was unhappy in her heart, and she looked at Ruotang more and more unpleasantly, but she still smiled very gently and kindly, "Are you going to get into the eyes of money?" ”
"Third sister-in-law, don't laugh at me, I already have the blood of a businessman's family, isn't it natural to love money?" If you look down on your businessman's background, then don't covet other people's money! Looking down on others, and wanting other people's money, is there such a good thing in the world?
She said so frankly that she loved money, but Princess Duan didn't know what to say, so she had to smile and shake her head, "It's just a matter of saying this in front of me, and it's better to say less in front of others." Some people look down on businessmen in their bones, although you are a princess, in the end you still have to go out to socialize, you can't let people look down on it. ”
Ruotang said with a grateful face: "What the third sister-in-law said is that I will remember it." ”
Princess Duan smiled with satisfaction, took her hand and said casually: "Your brother-in-law came to Beijing, but you plan to stay in the capital for a while?" ”
"Uncle is an idle man, and this time he came back to see me, he is busy going to sea, and he will go back to Jiangnan in a few days." Ruotang said casually, as for a few days? It depends on the mood of the uncle.
"I heard that your uncle's family also came to Beijing a few days ago, isn't it that the Zhou family is moving to live in the capital?" Princess Duan asked curiously, "Your grandfather Zhou family is very good at doing business, not only is the thing good, but also the reputation of this Tong Su is good, if you go to the capital, the richest man in Jiangnan will immediately become the richest man in the capital." ”
"I also hope that my grandfather and they can all move to the capital, but my uncle said that the roots of the Zhou family are in the south of the Yangtze River, and they will have to go back sooner or later, so it is really unlikely that they will stay in the capital." This is not a lie, the uncle of the Zhou family once told her clearly.
Seeing Ruotang's melancholy face, Princess Duan also knew that what she said was definitely true, so she said regretfully: "I don't seem to be very close to the Shen family, not only do you have less contact after marriage, but your maid also went to the Shen Mansion to make a fuss a few days ago, I'm afraid that the relationship with the Shen family will be even more stiff, right?" The girls from your second and third uncle's families go out to socialize, and they all mention you...... Alas, this woman, if she has no support behind her, she always has to be less confident. If the Zhou family can stay in the capital, you won't be helpless, right? ”
"How can it be unaccompanied?" Ruotang's eyes widened in surprise, and he looked at Princess Duan stupidly, "Isn't it true that you are your relative, third sister-in-law?" ”
"What do you say, I will naturally treat you as a relative." Princess Duan looked at her stupid and stunned look, and endured the anger in her heart, "It's just that my house can't be busy all day long, if you just need my help, I just can't spare my hands, but how can it be good?" ”
"Not afraid." Ruotang smiled and said, "Aren't there two sisters-in-law and five sisters-in-law?" Third sister-in-law, you can't spare your hands, so many sisters-in-law, brothers and sisters, there are always people who can free up their hands to help me, don't you say? ”
Princess Duan felt that her face was a little stiff, she boasted that she was very smooth, it was always others who ate deflated with her, but when she met Ruotang, she was deflated one after another, it was strange that this face could be good-looking. I couldn't pull down my face to offend her, so I endured it like this, and Princess Duan felt a little stuffy in her chest.
"That's what you said, but sisters-in-law and siblings also have their own mansions to take care of, and there will always be times when they can't take care of you." Princess Duan said in a serious tone, patted her hand and said persistently: "I will tell you this for your own good." ”
"The kindness of the third sister-in-law, I understand it in my heart." Ruotang thanked her with a smile, and mentioned today's banquet, "The queen mother is really powerful, I heard that this is full of Chu, and only the queen mother has cultivated this ink chrysanthemum in the palace, and it is really fortunate to be able to see it today." ”
Princess Duan's face stiffened again, it was obvious that she was not optimistic about robbing people with the queen, if it wasn't for her husband's big business, she wouldn't dare to rob the queen!
But now that she is ready to send an arrow, her husband can't take care of it, so she has to bite the bullet! Cloth miscellaneous age number.