Chapter Forty-Nine: Who's Calculating?
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The sesame milk cake was soft and delicious, Yixuan ate two pieces in a row, and licked her fingers childishly. While praising this dim sum for being well done, he looked up at Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen stared at her with two eyes, looking very serious.
"Your Highness?" Yixuan shook her hand in front of the man.
Zhao Zhen's eyes flashed slightly, and he grabbed the hand, took it to his lips and kissed it. Yi Xuan was frightened by his sudden warmth-Zhao Zhen was used to teasing her, but she had never been so serious, and her eyes were usually much heavier.
It was as if he was very dependent on her.
Zhao Zhen held her soft little hand, and her mind slowly settled...... This can only be a coincidence, and there can be no other explanation. It's just that he was afraid that if one day Yixuan knew the secret in his heart, would he be misunderstood and disappointed.
It is true that he loves Yixuan, but he can't tell what is mixed in this love.
"Not much, let's eat. You're still growing up, so eat more. Zhao Zhen let go of her and smiled and put a piece of pickled quail in her bowl.
After breakfast, Ping Niang came to Yixuan to ask for the card, the white flags, paper horses, paper buildings, white silk, paper money and other things ordered before, have been sent by the merchants, need to check the number, take the right card to receive money. Yixuan listened to Ping Niang's report one by one, all of them were right, so she asked Shuang'er to give her the right cards.
Waiting for the gap between the cards, Ping Niang bowed and congratulated: "Congratulations to the princess." ”
"Congratulations on what?" Yixuan asked.
"Naturally, congratulations to the princess and the princess." Ping Niang smiled slightly.
She didn't say much, but Yixuan couldn't help but be careful, thought for a while and smiled: "It seems that someone is arranging me randomly, but I don't know what to say about me?" ”
"The princess doesn't need to care too much, the left is just some nonsense."
Shuang'er took the right cards, stuffed them into Ping Niang's hand, and pushed her with a smile: "Sister-in-law is halfway through her speech, it's really anxious, what's the matter?" ”
If she continues to hide it, the princess will definitely have to be careful. It's not that she wants to hide it, it's just that the gossip is very ugly, and she doesn't want the princess to know.
Ping Niang smiled helplessly: "That's it...... The prince and princess have sex with each other every day, but they don't see the red...... Some people say that the princess had an affair with someone when she was a girl, and she has broken her body. ”
After speaking, she saw that Yixuan's face was cold, and she couldn't help but tremble in her heart, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "The slave made the princess angry." It's all the slave's fault! Please forgive the princess! ”
"Sister-in-law, get up." Yixuan bowed her head and ate tea. She really didn't expect that the gossip in the inner house was so powerful! If it's just a matter of talking about it in the house, if it spreads to the outside, how can it be obtained!
"Who am I having an affair with?" Yixuan calmed down and asked.
Ping Niang was helped to stand up by Shuang'er, took a deep breath and replied, "Say yes...... The grandson of Lu Langzhong's family, the son of Lu Yingzhi. ”
Lu Yingzhi? Yixuan was stunned. If it's just a rumor spread by the maids in the house, how can Lu Yingzhi be involved? Lu Yingzhi once asked her for marriage, and this lie became somewhat true. and what Lu Yingzhi did to her before...... These inextricably linked connections seem to have been deliberately manipulated.
If it was before, she would be the first to suspect Xiao Ziyun, but she had already shaved her hair and became a nun, far away in Yunnan. So who hates her so much?
Yixuan wanted to laugh a little, and sure enough, whatever her identity was, she was hated. In the previous life, the Manchu Dynasty and the civil and military hated her to the point that her teeth itched, and in this life, she ...... It's pretty much the same, just a new group of people who hate her.
"Ping Niang, you help me quietly ask, who this rumor came from. Tell me if you found it. Yixuan took a leisurely sip of tea. She is actually very lazy and rarely takes the initiative to provoke people, but if others come to provoke her, she is not afraid.
Ping Niang couldn't help but be surprised - the princess was not angry! Ordinary women, when they encounter this kind of thing, they either smash the bowl angrily, or wipe their tears from their eyes, but no one can laugh!
"The slave knows. It's just that this rumor has been circulating for several days, and I'm afraid I won't find it out for a while. ”
"There's no hurry." Yixuan waved her hand. It just so happened that she also wanted to see what other means the person had, "You said that the rumor has been spread for several days, has it spread outside the house?" ”
"This ...... The slave doesn't know. "Ping Niang stays in the palace all day, how can she know about the outside world?
Yi Xuan nodded, pulled a piece of coconut crisp and stuffed it into her mouth, closed her eyes and said slowly, "There is one more thing." There are two tea pots and incense seals, and the prince said that he would not stay, and he would help them find two relatives. You see, the stewards or bookkeepers in the house have a good appearance and temperament, so ask them secretly. ”
Yi Xuan thought it through. Although the tea ou incense seal went out of the palace, and the identity seems to be high, but to put it bluntly, it is just two maids in the room. Wealthy families are reluctant to marry them. If you find two poor talents, it is not a good thing to take a fancy to their bodies and to marry them.
It is best to marry someone in the palace, firstly, they will not be treated harshly, and secondly, the two of them can stay and do things.
Ping Niang was surprised when she heard this: "The prince really said that? ”
These two are the old people of Concubine Gong before her death, and the prince was very pitiful at the beginning, but now he is willing to ......
Shuang'er sneered, "Of course it's true. If the prince doesn't stay, the princess can't do it. ”
"Slaves and maids can be saved. Let's go back and see each other. Ping Niang owes herself.
"There you go." Yixuan opened a snail box next to her hand and grabbed a handful of gold leaves and stuffed them to Ping Niang. Ping Niang was flattered and didn't dare to take it, Yixuan patted her and said, "You do a good job, I will definitely reward it, don't worry about it." ”
Ping Niang couldn't help but be overjoyed, and thanked her a few times before going out.
As soon as Ping Niang left, Shuang'er opened the window, and the warm breeze rushed in with the fragrance of flowers. Yixuan took a deep breath and stared at a pair of fighting finches outside the window.
"What does the princess think? Leave the tea pot in the house, don't you look at it? ”
If you can't get involved with the prince, it will be even more troublesome.
Yixuan knew Shuang'er's worries, smiled and took a sip of tea: "I don't have this bit of open-mindedness, what else should I be a princess?" It's better to practice your embroidery skills better! ”
Later, a few people from different places came, and they were all talking about Qingming things. I didn't realize that the morning was over, and after lunch, Yixuan teased the dumplings.
The dumplings are the Persian cat sent by Zhao Zhen.
Suddenly, seeing Xingyun walking in a hurry, he entered the house and said: "Someone from the palace said that the queen mother was sick, and asked the princess to enter the palace to serve the sick, and set off immediately." ”
Yi Xuan's hand that was giving the cat to the dumplings couldn't help but pause, and frowned: "The Queen Mother is sick?" Seriously? ”
Empress Dowager Xiao has always been healthy, and she usually suffers from cold and cold at most, and she doesn't need to be served by anyone at all. Why are you suddenly sick in bed?
Xingyun replied: "That's right." All the princes and princesses in Beijing have entered the palace, and the princess ...... Let's go for it. ”
That being the case, Yixuan has no reason to shirk it. rubbed the sun in distress and said to Shuang'er: "I thought I could rest today...... Help me change my clothes. ”
You can't wear too plain clothes when you enter the palace, but you don't need to be too gorgeous. Yixuan changed into a plain trimmed sleeve with lake blue entwined branches and begonias, a red and black bird-patterned xia veil, a pair of red gold and gem-inlaid flowers on her head, painted light makeup, and went out of the house to the palace in a carriage.
Zhao Zhen was not in the palace, so Yixuan didn't tell him.
When I arrived in the palace, I found that Renshou Palace was really lively, and there were many concubines standing outside the palace, and when they saw her coming, they all looked at her with strange eyes and snickered at each other. According to the rank, the princess is the same as the concubine, and they should salute Yixuan. But Yixuan has no intention of caring about this.
Yi Xuan went to the next station of the steps, and immediately a eunuch came up and respectfully invited Yi Xuan to enter.
There were not many people in Renshou Palace, Zhao Yurou knelt on the edge of the bed, holding the hand of Empress Dowager Xiao, Zhao Yan stood behind and watched quietly, and did not speak. There are also the two daughters of the first emperor who have not yet reached the end of their lives, Princess Showa and Princess Lingxi. In addition, only Princess Duan, who is very popular with Empress Dowager Xiao, is left.
"Say hello to the Queen Mother. The concubine was late, and asked the queen mother for forgiveness. Yixuan knelt down and bowed.
When Empress Dowager Xiao heard Yi Xuan's voice, she suddenly struggled, pointed her finger at Yi Xuan, and said angrily: "You shameless slut!" You've lost all the faces of the royal family! You're trying to me off! Someone, call the check-up mama! ”
Yi Xuan was taken aback. Could it be that rumors have already spread to the palace? The Queen Mother listened to the rumors and thought that she had an affair with Lu Yingzhi, so she wanted to investigate her?
Zhao Yan's gaze was faintly cast on her, and he didn't mean to speak for her.
A disobedient pawn, keeping it, doesn't seem to be of much use.
Yixuan took a deep breath to calm down, got up and dusted off her dress, lowered her eyes and replied: "I don't know where the concubine offended the Queen Mother and made the Queen Mother so angry." ”
"I don't know?" Empress Dowager Xiao sneered, "You are reluctant to live with others, you lost your virginity before marriage, and you can't wait to have a private meeting with the adulterer in the garden on the day you return!" Now that the matter has been revealed, do you dare to say that you don't know? ”
She was angry, Zhao Zhen confined the Xiao family for such a woman, and drove Ziyun to Yunnan to be a nun! How could she swallow this breath!
Empress Dowager Xiao lay back on the bed, coughing and flushing. Zhao Yurou glared at Yixuan coldly, took the boiled bird's nest soup from the palace people, and fed it to the Empress Dowager Xiao little by little.
"The queen mother doesn't need to be angry with her. Now that there is human and material evidence, who can wronged her? ”
Yixuan was indifferent. What she hasn't done is what she hasn't done. No one can wronged her. She just couldn't figure out who hated her so much and wanted to kill her.
It shouldn't be Empress Dowager Xiao. So Zhao Yurou - did you hate her so much? She just didn't help Zhao Yurou intercede. What's more, Zhao Yurou has a simple brain, how can she do so many things?
Yixuan's eyes swept over the people in the hall. Princess Duan and the two princesses hung their heads and didn't say a word, not wanting to mix in this muddy water at all. Yixuan has no contact with these three people, and it is definitely not them.
Could it be - Zhao Yan?
Yi Xuan's heart sank, and she raised her eyes and looked at him silently. Where Zhao Yan stood, there was sunlight shining in, and dust was floating in the light. He was wearing a bright yellow Tuanlong brocade robe, a jade crown, a jade belt, a handsome and lonely face, and a playful expression.
Zhao Yan slowly turned his head and looked at her, a smile appeared at the corner of his lips, but that smile was clearly a sign of pleasure watching the play.
Her heart went cold.