Chapter 202: Concubine (3)
Mrs. Wei sent Zheng away with a lot of worries, and when she returned to the flower hall, she saw her daughter, sitting there with a worried face, Mrs. Wei sighed and said, "Red Sleeves, what are you thinking?" β
Wei Hongsleeve came back to his senses, saw Mrs. Wei, his face turned red, and he said, "It's okay, mother, I'm just-"
Wei Hongsleeve peeked at Mrs. Wei, and saw that Mrs. Wei's face was a little struggling, and she was puzzled, so she also put down her little daughter's posture and asked, "Mother, what's wrong with you?" β
Mrs. Wei sat beside Red Sleeves, stretched out her hand and pulled Wei Hongsleeves and said, "Mother is thinking, is the decision between Mother and your father right, Red Sleeves, now Mother gives you a choice, do you go to King Xian's Mansion to be a side concubine or marry the prime minister's son as a wife?" β
Wei Hong's sleeves frowned, she originally thought that this was just an ordinary marriage, after all, since she and Lu, such things have been common, but now that her mother said such words, it was inevitable that she was a little shocked, she said, "What do you mean?" His Royal Highness King Xianβ"
Mrs. Wei sighed lightly, took Wei Hongsleeve's hand and said: "Your father got the news, King Xian is afraid that he will be given marriage when he returns to Beijing this time, this side concubine sounds good, but the left and right are just royal concubines, mother-mother is reluctant to you, red sleeves-"
Mrs. Wei lifted her handkerchief, wiped her eyes, and sighed.
Wei Hongsleeves stood up suddenly, such a move frightened Mrs. Wei, Wei Hongsleeve's eyebrows and eyes were shy, she blessed her body slightly, and said briskly: "Mother, Red Sleeves has the same idea as you, although His Royal Highness King Xian has made a meritorious contribution this time, but the prime minister's son-he is not bad, and his daughter is willing." β
Mrs. Wei was also relieved when she saw Wei Hongsleeve like this, and she nodded again and again: "That's good, that's good, then tomorrow's mother will prepare Geng Ti." β
Rao is Wei Hongsleeve was already prepared, but when Mrs. Wei said it to her face, she was inevitably a little shy, and she said coquettishly: "Mother-daughter won't tell you." β
As he spoke, he stomped his feet and ran away.
Mrs. Wei looked at her daughter's back, a little embarrassed in her heart, but she had some worries, and at this time, the little maid outside the door said: "Madam, the master is back." β
She got up softly and walked to the door to greet her, Wei Zhongliang hurriedly said, "Madam, I heard that the prime minister's wife is here today?" β
Mrs. Wei nodded, took the medicine box on Wei Zhongliang's body, and said, "The master's news is still well-informed, and this prime minister's wife has only been gone for a while." β
Wei Zhongliang's face was full of smiles, Mrs. Wei looked at it, and said with some hesitation: "It's just-"
Wei Zhong's conscience sank, thinking that something had changed, so he said, "Just what?" β
Mrs. Wei sighed faintly, and then told all the Zheng family's actions in the mansion today, and said worriedly: "The prime minister's wife's style, the concubine is worried, and the red sleeves will marry in the past-"
"Confused, people are prime ministers, I'm just a doctor, even if I have a sacred heart, but the official rank is there, to put it mildly, it can be regarded as a high climb, besides, the red sleeves now have no choice but to marry the son of the prime minister's family, do you think there is anyone else in this capital who dares to rob people with His Royal Highness King Xian?" Wei Zhongliang said angrily.
Mrs. Wei was reprimanded in vain, and she didn't dare to say anything, but Nuo Nuo closed her voice, and this matter was settled, and the speed of the two families was extremely fast, and they exchanged Geng posts and tokens in one day's work.
At the end of July of the fifteenth year of the new calendar, Tuoba Yue returned to Beijing, Tuoba Chen personally took the civil and military officials, went out of the city to greet him, in order to show his appreciation and attention, the people in the capital, welcomed by the road, everyone praised His Royal Highness the virtuous king for his benevolence, for the people to be able to put themselves in the fire and water.
Tuoba Chen sat in the sedan chair, listening to the discussion of the people, his face was condensed, he couldn't see the joy and anger clearly, he glanced outside, and saw that Zhao Yancheng was following next to Lan Zhili, and was talking about something, so he said to Fuqing on the side: "Fuqing, what do you say about Zhao Yancheng?" β
Fuqing only glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze, and said with a smile: "It's a person who humbly asks for advice." β
The corners of Tuoba Chen's mouth hooked up a cold smile, but he stopped talking, far away, Tuoba Yue's people had already arrived, and they could hear the sound of horses' hooves and the sound of wheels running over the official road, and they could already see vague figures.
Because there were only two carriages, and there was not even a team of guards except for the entourage who drove the car, Tuoba Chen's face gradually became complicated, and even the onlookers began to whisper.
The carriage stopped slowly outside the city gate, Yueqi lifted the curtain and helped Tuoba Yue out, Tuoba Yue was still tall, but he lost a lot of weight, and his wide clothes were empty on his body.
Then Xiao Nai, Gao Yuan and others also followed behind Tuoba Yue, Tuoba Yue knelt down in front of Tuoba Chen, and said: "The younger brother has lived up to his mission, solved the crisis in Shuzhong, and now comes to report to His Majesty." β
Tuoba Chen stepped forward in two steps, helped Tuoba Yue up, and said movingly: "His Royal Highness King Xian can do this for the sake of my people in the calendar, it is really the pride of the calendar." β
He looked at Gao Yuan and Xiao Nai who were following behind him, and said with an apologetic smile: "Miss Xiao Nai is in Beijing, I didn't take good care of it, I'm afraid I have suffered a lot along the way, right?" β
Xiao Nai remembered what Tuoba Chen had promised him before, his face turned red, and he said softly: "If you go back to Your Majesty, Na'er is not hard." β
As he spoke, he glanced at Tuoba Yue affectionately, but Gao Yuan frowned, he glanced at the crowd, and did not find the person he wanted to see, and smiled a little self-deprecatingly, she was a palace concubine, how could she follow His Majesty out of the city.
On the other side, the two brothers exchanged pleasantries, and Tuoba Chen smiled and said: "I have prepared a banquet in the palace, just to catch the wind and wash the dust for King Xian, and reward the heroes of my calendar!" β
Tuoba Yue said: "Your Majesty is serious, it is really my business. β
Suddenly, Tuobayue's eyes flashed through the crowd, and he saw a strong figure standing in place and looking in his direction.
It was Wang Lang, when he and He Xi left, Tuoba Yue was not sober yet, after all, he couldn't rest assured, and when he heard that the prince had returned to Beijing, he just came out in disguise to take a look.
But what he didn't expect was that he saw Xiao Nai who was following Tuoba Yue, and he couldn't help but think of He Xi's shadow in his mind. Seeing Tuoba Yue himself, he was relieved, so in order not to attract attention, he left while there was no one.
Xiao Nai looked at Tuoba Yue from time to time, followed his line of sight, but saw nothing.
Tuoba Yue and Xiao Nai first returned to King Xian's Mansion to change their clothes before entering the palace.
In the Taihe Palace, everyone had already sat down, waiting for Tuoba Yue and Xiao Nai, and the queen sat beside Tuoba Chen with a smile on her face and said to Lan Xin: "This palace banquet is still thanks to my sister, this palace has become more and more lazy since she became pregnant." β
Tuoba Chen stretched out his hand and attached Lan Ruo's hand and said: "You are the queen, and now that you are pregnant, it is as it should be that Jin is more expensive, and there are things that are better than doing it yourself, so it is also appropriate to let them help you." β
On the right side of the emperor, Concubine De, a small table has been set up next to her, Tuoba Lin knelt in front of the desk decently, pursed his lips tightly, and his expression was calm, but after all, he was still a child, even if he was patient, he could still see him looking in the direction of He Xi from time to time.
But He Xi drank the tea lightly, as if he didn't see Tuobalin's gaze, Tuoba Lin retracted his gaze with some grievances, and kept pulling the hem of his clothes.
Suddenly, the little eunuch outside said in a loud voice: "His Royal Highness King Xian has arrived-"
Everyone looked in the direction of the door, He Xi only felt his fingers tremble slightly, and he also put down the tea cup in his hand and looked over.
Because it was only a palace banquet, everyone was not wearing official clothes, and Tuoba Yue was only wearing a red dress, but now in this red dress, it seemed that his whole person was a little sharp, like a sword out of the sheath, shining with a cold glow.
He was followed by Xiao Nai, I don't know if it was a coincidence or intentional, Xiao Nai also wore a thin red flower road palace skirt embroidered with gold thread, and the silk silk was tied around the waist, which seemed to be a lack of waist.
With just one glance, He Xi withdrew his gaze, and he came back well.
Because Gao Yuan was Bai Ding's identity, he was not qualified to come to the palace banquet, so He Xi didn't see him, watching Tuoba Yue and Xiao Nai sit down one after another, everyone withdrew their gaze on the two of them.
Tuoba Chen said: "King Xian and Miss Xiao are really a talented and beautiful couple, just now I thought they were a fairy couple from somewhere." β
The smile on his face was quite deep, as if he said it unintentionally, but the people sitting at the bottom of the stairs, which one of them was stupid, obviously heard a different meaning, especially Wei Zhongliang, very glad for his decision, he looked at Lan Ruo with some gratitude, seeing Wei Zhongliang's expression, Lan Ruo frowned slightly, I don't know why, she spontaneously had a bad premonition in her heart, as if something was ignored by herself, she looked towards the audience by the action of holding the teacup, only to see that Zheng's face was also full of joy, And Jiang Shi was still used to seeing it before, and he was only resigned, just looking down at the cup in his hand.
She felt that someone was looking at her, she turned her eyes, and saw Lan Bo, the look on his face was not much different from Zheng's, but the only difference was that Lan Bo's eyes were full of provocation, he saw Lan Ruo looking at him, he actually raised the wine glass in his hand, and drank it all.
Seeing Lan Ruo's distraction, Lan Xin said: "Is the queen mother dissatisfied with the arrangement of the concubines?" Lan Ruo came back to his senses and smiled lightly: "What's the matter, okay, since everyone has arrived, let's start." β