056 It hurts to give up
¥¢????? Wanru answered the call and left.
Thrush stepped in hurriedly, "Master, that Cai Hong is clamoring to see you." What is it, she can see it if she wants to? ”
"Just ignore it." Chu Qianlan said lightly.
"I don't understand. Why do you want to keep people like this around? Frivolity aside, it's still a backsliding. She can betray the princess. I always felt that it was inappropriate to betray you and leave her here. Thrush said smugly.
"You can't stand her?" Chu Qianlan raised her eyebrows.
"I sometimes go on assignments, how can I watch her all the time. When the hoof saw Tiandong inquiring about it, I was afraid that it would be bad if she accidentally found something. The thrush's beautiful apricot eyes flashed with a hint of gloom.
"Let's keep it for now, this king is useful." Chu Qianlan made an undoubted decision, "How long will it take for the envoys of the Lau Kingdom to arrive?" ”
"According to their footsteps, they will be able to reach the capital in less than ten days." The thrush quickly calculated.
"Find out who is coming, we should also make some preparations." Chu Qianlan finished casually ordering, and then lazily leaned on the stepping bed as if she was on weekdays, "Why hasn't the princess come back yet?" ”
The thrush looked up and saw him with a boring look, and knew that he was bored and wanted to find the princess to relieve his boredom, "This makes people go to the Pingguo Mansion to urge?" ”
"Forget it." Chu Qianlan muttered. "Lest she still think of her as the king."
Thrush: "......"
The stupidity on your face, don't you really think about the princess?
Of course, the thrush didn't dare to say this, she thought for a while, and said, "The dancing girl in the house has rehearsed a new dance, do you want to pass it on to see?" ”
"Jumping around isn't that for that." It's either twisting your waist or throwing your ass. It's boring to look at.
Thrush couldn't help but smile, "Okay then." The well was filled with the cold cakes made by the princess in the morning, and the time was just right at this time, and the coolness was smooth and slippery. ”
Not to mention the prince, just a few of them, after the princess lived in the Changchun Pavilion, they were picky about what they ate. The princess is not only a good cook. The key is that there will be a lot of strange fresh pastries and desserts, and people are kind, and they will make some every time they do it, and share them with Wanru. In just a few days, the thrush felt that her face was rounded.
Sure enough, I saw Chu Qianlan, who was still listless and sluggish, sat up straight, "Why don't you take it quickly!" ”
……
The days flickered, and it was the day when Shen Ruolan entered the Jin Palace.
Although she also has the emperor's holy decree, her treatment is not much different from Ruotang's. Shen Anbang tried to keep a low profile, and ordered Mrs. Shen to send people to the sedan chair when she arrived at the auspicious time, and she was not even allowed to blow and blow along the way, so she carried it to the Jin Palace.
Shen Ruolan didn't do it at first, and mustered up the courage to fight against Shen Anbang: "If even you treat your daughter like this." When my daughter arrives at the Jin Palace, don't be looked down upon by the people in the palace? My daughter is also the prince's concubine, where is the shame for you? ”
Shen Anbang couldn't bear to slap her flower-like face, and sneered: "Didn't you marry to the Jin Palace, how did you get in, does it matter?" ”
"Father!" Shen Ruolan couldn't believe her ears, and tears fell as soon as she brushed them, "What do outsiders say about their daughter, their daughter doesn't care, why do you even look down on your daughter like this?" ”
Mrs. Shen hurriedly stepped forward to play the round, "Okay, okay, the auspicious time has come, quickly cover your head and let Brother Jun carry you to the sedan chair." ”
Shen Anbang said coldly: "For the sake of you being my daughter, there is something to tell you, when you enter the Jin Palace, it is best to be respectful to the princess of Jin, and you must do all the rules and etiquette, if you dare to do anything crooked, just watch hundreds of people in the Shen family being killed by you." ”
"Sir." Mrs. Shen's eyes turned red, "On a happy day, how can you say such a thing." Lan'er is so sensible, she went to the Jin Palace, and she will definitely live a life by abiding by the rules and etiquette. ”
Shen Ruolan had wiped away her tears, and she finally understood what she had lost for this marriage. But she won't regret it, she has come to this point, and she will never regret it. Father doesn't understand her now and doesn't forgive her, it doesn't matter, one day, she will become the pride of her father and even the whole family.
She swears!
"My daughter, I have wronged you." Mrs. Shen couldn't bear to caress Shen Ruolan's face, originally thought that marrying the prince as a side concubine was a very beautiful thing, but she didn't think that not only did the prince of Jin not come to the Shen Mansion to show up on the day of the wedding, but even when he got married, Shen Anbang was not allowed to knock and beat the marriage, so he had to carry it to the Jin Palace, the reason was that he couldn't afford to lose that person.
Although the emperor opened up and agreed to point Shen Ruolan to King Jin as a side concubine, the Shen family continuously exposed that the two sisters were shameless and misbehaving, and they were both Shen Anbang's daughters, so that his face as the prime minister of the dynasty was lost, no matter where he went, there were always people behind him pointing fingers at him. Even the younger brothers in the second and third rooms complained about him because of this, after all, there are several unmarried girls in the second and third rooms, so that the Shen family's family style is not right, and those little girls' future relatives are afraid that they will not be settled, so it is not to blame the second and third rooms who hate them and the long room are itching.
So compared to the guidance of the courtiers and the despise and despise of the entire Shen family, as well as the pressure of the Pingguo Mansion, what is Shen Ruolan's grievance to Shen Anbang?
In short, whether Shen Ruolan is happy or not, just like Ruotang at the beginning, she was carried into the Jin Palace's mansion by a sedan chair from the side door.
It's just that Ruotang is sitting in a big red sedan chair, and she only has a pink sedan chair.
There are no guests, no high halls, no candles, not even a bridegroom.
Yumo saw that the hour was not early, and stepped forward to persuade him: "Niangniang, the hour is not early, you can rest first." ”
The pink hijab on Shen Ruolan's head hadn't been taken off yet, and she shook her head, "You go and see where the prince has gone?" ”
Yumo hesitated and didn't move.
Shen Ruolan saw that Yumo didn't move from under the hijab, and she was full of anger after this day, she couldn't bear it anymore, and scolded sharply: "Why, even you dare to look down on me now?" ”
"Slaves don't dare." Yumo hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy in a hurry, "You dissipate your anger, and the slave will go." ”
"Forget it." Shen Ruolan stopped her again, and said quietly: "We have just arrived, and it is not good to run around the house as soon as we come, so we don't have to let us have no rules." ”
Yumo breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes." ”
"I'll wait for the prince, you go down and rest." It seems that all her anger has been vented in that moment just now, and she has become that weak and kind good girl again.
"Concubine Niangniang, the prince went to the princess and asked you to rest early." Before Shen Ruolan's words fell, a sharp voice of schadenfreude sounded outside the house.
Shen Ruolan's hand holding the hem of the skirt tightened, and after a while, the white knuckles slowly relaxed.
She took her own hijab, and said with an expressionless face that Yumo didn't dare to come out, "Serve me to freshen up." ”
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In the main courtyard of the Jin Palace, Mama Zhao walked out of the house with a straight face, bowed her eyebrows and bowed to the King of Jin standing in the night, "The princess has already rested, so I won't invite the prince in." The princess asked the slave and maid to tell you that today is your big day, and the prince should not miss the auspicious time. ”
King Jin's original expectant expression immediately turned into disappointment, "Mama, you tell her that I won't go to the side courtyard." As long as Fleur speaks, I will never touch her for the rest of my life. ”
"The princess said, that's your business, and she has no right to interfere or influence anything about you. You'd better go back. Mama Zhao didn't finish tactfully at all, turned around and lifted the curtain and went back to the house.
King Jin was unwilling and annoyed, and smashed his fist on the trunk of the tree next to him, causing the infusions to fall from the branches one after another, "Fuyuan, what do you want this king to do!" ”
He has done everything to apologize and apologize, but these days, he hasn't even seen her face. If it weren't for the side concubine entering the mansion and giving tea to the concubine according to the rules, it is estimated that she would not have come back from the Pingguo Mansion.
Obviously, he got the news that her mood has improved a lot these days, and from time to time she asks Princess Xiang to come to the house, either swimming in the lake or enjoying lotus, and even the two of them quietly sneak out to watch the Keju competition. He also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the matter was finally over. Who knew that he just came back yesterday, and he was directly turned away because he was not feeling well. He could have forced his way in, but he was still afraid that he would annoy her even more.
But isn't he annoyed in his heart? He is the grandson of the dragon emperor, and he has always been flattered by others. King Jin stared fiercely at the row of red lanterns in the main courtyard, and finally gritted his teeth and turned around and went to the side courtyard.
As soon as Shen Ruolan finished freshening up, she saw King Jin striding in, and immediately sighed, and threw herself into King Jin's arms with tears in her eyes, "Lord Wang, you are finally here." Lan'er still thought that you would never want to see Lan'er again...... If you ignore Lan'er, what will Lan'er do? ”
King Jin's anger immediately dissipated cleanly, Fu Hui is not rare to him, there are always people who are so rare that he is nervous about him. He patted Shen Ruolan on the shoulder, "Okay Lan'er, isn't this king here?" ”
"The prince is here, Lan'er is not afraid." Shen Ruolan raised her head, her eyes full of admiration and dependence, "It's good that you're here." ”
……
Ruotang pinched his fingers every day and calculated, it was time for Shen Ruolan to marry the Jin Palace, but he waited and waited, and he didn't wait for any news, which was a little strange.
As soon as Chu Qianlan entered her room, he saw her holding her face and babbling something, and he didn't even notice that he had entered, and with his ear, he didn't need to get close to listen to it, he could hear what she was muttering.
"Shen Ruolan entered the Jin Palace's mansion yesterday, why didn't the Shen family inform you?"
Ruotang has become accustomed to this person appearing in her room as freely as if he had entered a no-man's land, and was stunned when she heard this, "Already married?" ”
How is that possible? Don't talk about Shen Ruolan's temperament, let's just say that Mrs. Shen is bound to marry her daughter out of the house in a beautiful way, how could she send people in so quietly? Isn't this exactly the same treatment as when she first entered the Xiangwang Mansion?
"Your Lord Shen wants to keep a low profile now, but unfortunately it's useless." The Shen family was pushed to the peak of public opinion, and if Shen Anbang still married a high-profile daughter, he was afraid that even the emperor would be disgusted with him. What's more, everyone in the Pingguo Mansion who cares for the girl and sister is staring at Shen Anbang with fierce eyes, and from time to time find some trouble with Shen Anbang or his two sons to warn him, Shen Anbang doesn't know how to be a man with his tail between his legs, and he has lived in vain for so many years.
Maybe Ruotang has worked hard enough recently to serve Chu Qianlan's stomach well, so Chu Qianlan's attitude towards Ruotang has been much better than before in recent days, so that after Ruotang heard his words, he dared to make a little joke with him, "The prince forgot, now that the concubine is from the Hunan Palace, Lord Shen is not Lord Shen of our family." ”
Chu Qianlan's brows moved slightly, as if this was the first time, she showed such an unguarded appearance in front of him.
But soon, Ruotang came back to his senses, felt that his brain was almost in water, and smiled at Chu Qianlan embarrassedly, "Concubine Meng Lang." ”
Chu Qianlan didn't answer her words, and casually threw a post in front of her, "The Jin Wangfu just sent it." ”
Ruotang picked up the post suspiciously, closed the post after reading it, and saw Chu Qianlan looking at her, so she said honestly: "Princess Jin asked me to come over to play, Lord, can I go?" ”
Chu Qianlan waved her hand with a rare generosity, "Go ahead." ”
Ruotang showed a big flattering smile at him, and said softly: "Thank you, Lord Wang." ”
and praised very smoothly: "Lord Wang, you are so good." ”
Chu Qianlan was unashamed to accept Ruotang's praise, "Of course this king is good." ”
If Tang is slandered, your face is really not too big!
……
Of course, Ruotang didn't know that every time the prince of Xiang generously let her out of the house, it was because he had something to do.
Cai Hong has been injured by him since the last time, and the injury has been repeated, when she feels that her chest is not tight and she is out of breath, and she wants to continue to serve the prince, she will be chest tightness and panting until she can't speak, so she has to continue to recuperate depressedly.
She is honest, and Wanru and Thrush are all worry-free.
"Lord Wang, there's news." With a smile on her face, Wanru walked in quickly and said, "Zhu Jiu came back with a message, the Valley of the Living Dead was burned to ashes by a fire, and they guarded the exits, and none of them escaped alive. ”
Chu Qianlan also had a smile on her face, "Okay." But there is another person, who was out of the valley before, and I don't know if she has gone back. ”
"The slave will send a message to Zhu Jiu, so that he must pay attention."
"No need, if she hadn't died, she would have come to this king." Chu Qianlan said indifferently, and looked at the thrush again: "How is it over there?" ”
"Tang Shizi was chased and killed by no less than two groups of people, Ruyi said that he fell off the cliff, and when he looked for it, there was only a pool of blood left, and the body was probably dragged away by wild beasts." The thrush's expression was not as graceful as loose, and even a little dignified, "Also, those who came to Dachu with the envoys are the three princes of the Lu Kingdom." ”
"Him?" The smile on Chu Qianlan's face disappeared.
"Yes, in two days, the envoy of the Ryuk Kingdom will arrive, and the prince will be ...... Is it avoided? The thrush hesitated, but said it anyway.
Wanru also frowned, obviously this matter was a bit tricky.
Chu Qianlan said lightly: "Where can this king avoid?" Which of the civil and military officials does not recognize this king, it's just that, what should come will always come. Just let this king see what the emperor's attitude is towards this. ”
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When Ruotang was led by the maid to the courtyard of Princess Jin, he saw Shen Ruolan kneeling at the door under the scorching sun outside the courtyard.
I don't know how long she knelt here, the whole person seemed to be fished out of the water, and her whole body was soaked with sweat. Her face was also red from the sun, and her lips were abnormally pale. She leaned weakly against the maid, staggering as if she would faint at any moment.
Mama Zhao waited at the gate of the courtyard, and when she saw this, she hurriedly stepped forward to welcome Ruotang and walked in, but she said to Shen Ruolan without saltiness: "Concubine Shen, please go back, the princess wants to entertain guests, and I don't have time to see you." ”
Shen Ruolan originally saw Ruotang's face a little embarrassed, but when she saw that Ruotang didn't even give her a straight eye, as if she didn't exist, a touch of annoyance flashed in her eyes, and she timidly called: "Sister." ”
Ruotang paused.
A flash of joy flashed in Shen Ruolan's eyes, and she said more and more weakly: "Sister, for the sake of our sisters, you can talk to the princess and mother, and beg her not to be angry with me." I...... I just love the prince too much to be uncontrollable, but the prince only has the princess in his heart, I don't ask for anything else, I just want to be able to serve in front of the prince and the princess, even if I am a cow and a horse, I will never complain, I beg her not to be angry with me and the princess......"
"Shut up!" Ruotang interrupted her unceremoniously, so he stopped looking at her, and only looked at Mama Zhao, who had a bad face, "Mama, let's go, don't let my sister wait for a long time." ”
"Sister!" Shen Ruolan was angry, "I am your sister-in-law......"
This slut even refuses to face her even to outsiders!
Ruotang didn't bother to pay attention to her anymore, and followed Mama Zhao without looking back.
Shen Ruolan knelt there, so angry that she almost vomited blood.
Yumo listened to her rough breathing, and persuaded worriedly: "Niangniang, your body is important, let's go back first...... Empress! What's wrong with you, mother, wake up! Come on, come on, the side concubine fainted! ”
Listening to the sound of chaos behind him, Ruotang didn't feel it at all. Mama Zhao kept paying attention to her expression, and when she saw this, she was relieved.
She and Ruotang are also in a relationship with each other, and they often meet, so they are more casual in private.
Mama Zhao asked directly: "Don't you really blame the girl for not seeing her?" ”
Ruotang smiled and said: "Mama, I won't tell you, their mother and daughter once designed to kill me, and I have such an ugly reputation, which is also a good thing they did." I'm not the kind of person who can hold the boat in my belly, and I can't do anything to repay my grievances with virtue. ”
When Mama Zhao heard this, she was really relieved, and she smiled rarely, "Fortunately, you don't have a good relationship with her, otherwise our girl will be embarrassed." "All the medical history.
Ruotang winked at her mischievously, "Mama can tell my sister, whatever she wants, I don't have anything to do with it." But Mama, you can't underestimate her. ”
Mama Zhao was full of confidence, "The old slave won't let her have a chance to hurt the girl." ”
Besides, when she served in the palace in the past, she had never seen any strong winds and waves, and Shen Ruolan's dish was not enough for her to see.
After reminding Mama Zhao, Ruotang also felt much more relieved.
As soon as she entered the door, Princess Jin took her hand, "Hurry up, the game is about to start, let's hurry up." ”
Ruotang looked at her very excited face, without the slightest reluctance and sadness, and couldn't help but give her 10,000 likes in her heart!
Mama Zhao is as long as her girl is happy and happy, she doesn't care about anything else, and when she saw this, she also persuaded: "Yes, there is still a quarter of an hour before the game starts, if you want to start from the beginning, do you have to go out immediately?" ”
didn't even give Ruotang saliva to drink, and just pulled people out of the way.
When a group of people came out, Shen Ruolan was also being helped to her mother-in-law's back, and no one looked at her more, as if her eyes would be dirty if she looked at her more.
……
It wasn't until she got into the carriage that Princess Jin handed Ruotang a glass of chilled honey water, "I came to kneel early in the morning, and I didn't get up if I didn't see her." It's funny, who says I have to see her? ”
Ruotang nodded indifferently and said, "If she likes to kneel, let her kneel." ”
"Your sister is not distressed, and of course I am not distressed."
Ruotang blurted out: "People feel distressed, where can you and me ......?"
Before he finished speaking, he knew that he had said the wrong thing, and he hurriedly apologized: "Sister, I didn't mean it, I was quick to talk for a while." ”
She was too comfortable in front of Princess Jin, so she said something in her head, and thought that Princess Jin should at least look gloomy, but who knew that she was the same as no one, "You are not wrong, what are you sorry for." ”
After a pause, she laughed self-deprecatingly again, "Do you think that I seem to be casual on the surface, but in fact, I am pretending?" ”
Of course it's pretended, although it's not bad, but where can you escape Ruotang's fiery eyes.
Without waiting for Ruotang to answer, Princess Jin had already said to herself, "Yes, I really can't do it at the moment." After all, I have known this person for so many years, and when he asked to marry me, he secretly told me that there would only be one princess in this life, and he would not want any side concubines. Before I knew about Shen Ruolan, he did it only me. He was good to me, and on a hot day, I wanted to eat the sour plum soup sold on the streets of the west of the city, so he ran to buy it himself without saying a word. My monthly letter came, and he held his stomach for me all night and refused to close his eyes......"
Princess Jin's eyes seemed to have tears glistening, but she raised her head slightly, a posture that looked proud. "It hurts to forget, let alone give up. But some things are useless, no matter how beautiful they are, and memories can't warm people's hearts. ”
"You're right." Ruotang said, she really didn't expect that in such an environment, she would meet a person like Princess Jin who has absolutely pure requirements for feelings. How much she loved King Jin, she could see it from her eyes every time she looked at King Jin. But once King Jin betrayed their feelings, no matter how painful her heart was, no matter how reluctant she was, she had to give up. She didn't know what to say, as if the words of comfort were not what Princess Jin needed, so she had to follow: "It hurts to give up." ”
Princess Jin's eyes were shining, but she looked at Ruotang with a bright smile, "But it's always fine, so don't worry about me." ”
Ruotang also wanted to smile back at her, but she couldn't laugh.
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