Aunt Bitong nodded cautiously and solemnly, and said in a low voice: "The matter is small and small, but it is the top priority in the palace in front of me. Prince Rong almost got into a fight with the king of Dong'an County at the night banquet of the Hegong Palace on Chinese New Year's Eve. had an argument with the Queen Mother again. This matter, my aunt privately guessed that the prince must not have said half a word to the girl, and the people present that day had little to do with you. So the girl must not know now. ”

"Auntie, what's wrong?" Wan Ying was anxious to know what was going on. Since Chinese New Year's Eve, Prince Rong always seems to have some unspeakable secrets every time he sees Wanying, originally Wanying thought it was a war in the south, but it turned out that it was not all like this.

"The third master was only at the family banquet in the palace, and mentioned the identity of the girl's concubine, and the sixth master was so annoyed that his fist almost smashed on the third master's face, if it wasn't for a few princes around him to stop him, in front of the Manchu court, the two brothers would have fought."

Wanying was shocked. The surprise is that I don't even know anything about such a big thing. The embarrassment is because: Prince Rong almost fought for himself and the king of Dong'an County.

Aunt Bitong saw Wanying's face with a frightened and dazed face, and then said: "It was Concubine Dong'an who scolded the third master, and apologized to the Queen Mother, so she turned this article over." ”

Wanying was still silent, she didn't want to ask, she didn't dare to ask, she only said in her heart: "The dispute between Prince Rong and the Queen Mother won't be because of herself, right?" ”

Aunt Bitong understood Wanying's words, and still said in a low voice: "I know that the Queen Mother promised the girl to be Prince Rong's concubine, but on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, Mrs. Wu'an Hou cried and said, 'The little daughter of her family has been extinct for many days and will die soon. ”

When Wan Ying heard this, the Seven Tricks immediately raised the strength of the Eight Tricks. I can't help but go up and down, and I am like numbness.

Aunt Bitong saw that Wanying was already six gods and no master, but she still gritted her teeth and said: "There is also Zhou Dingbang, the secretary of the military department, at the banquet, and his wife is the sister of the first emperor, the third princess of Shouyang. ”

Wan Ying remembered: Aunt Bitong once said that the original Concubine Rong of Prince Rong was the concubine of Wu'anhou*, that is, Mrs. Wu'anhou's own daughter, and the side concubine was the sister of the military department's Shangshu, it seems that they are all not small, not to mention that it was still on that occasion, I don't know what happened.

Aunt Bitong said faintly: "I also accompanied our concubine that day, and I heard a few words with the attendant on the side. Mrs. Feng said that Miss Feng has admired the prince since she was a child, and she will not marry the prince in this life, and Princess Shouyang also said that since Miss Zhou has been married to the prince, how can there be a reason for a daughter to marry a second husband, and there is no choice but to die. ”

Wanying lowered her head and kept pursing her lips over and over again. She couldn't say anything. I can only keep my mouth tightly closed over and over again. Miss Feng has gone on a hunger strike to protest, and Miss Zhou is also preparing to die. On one side is Wu'an Hou, and on the other side is Princess Shouyang, the Queen Mother must be embarrassed.

"I didn't expect that there would be so many and such big turmoil at a Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, and he didn't say a word to himself, which shows that there is only me in his heart, and he will not agree to the coercion of Princess Shouyang and Mrs. Feng at all."

"Girl, don't underestimate what's at stake......"

Wanying knew in her heart that Prince Rong would never agree, so the most important thing was what the Queen Mother meant, and asked, "What about the Queen Mother?" ”

Wan Ying was glad that she didn't go to the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet that night, otherwise such a big drama of slapping herself in the face would be staged in front of her eyes, and she really didn't know how to face it. The Queen Mother loves Prince Rong, but the Feng family and the Zhou family are also the Queen Mother's henchmen.

"The Queen Mother said that the prince and the girl are truly in love, and it is definitely not possible to ask the prince to abolish the girl and marry another, so in the end, the Queen Mother proposed that the two young ladies also enter the palace, and they are both side concubines."

"Side concubine?" Wanying couldn't help but cry out. Then he bit his lip again.

The queen mother can't help it, the palm of her hand is meat, and the humerus is also meat, and she has the heart to favor her beloved son in the palm of her hand, but she has no choice but to threaten her to refuse. This is the only way to do so. The next thing can also be imagined, Prince Rong must not obey, so he had a dispute with the Queen Mother in front of the relatives of the Manchu Dynasty.

Wanying didn't ask, because she knew that even if she encountered such a thing, it would be difficult to die, so Prince Rong must have resolutely disagreed.

I don't know what unspeakable things happened in it, and Aunt Bitong didn't describe the situation that night too much, but said: "In the end, the sixth master left angrily before the banquet was closed. ”

So it turned out, on Chinese New Year's Eve, he did not just arrive at the Spring Palace, but waited for him in the wind and snow. Wan Ying was disturbed by Wan Yun's affairs, and she didn't even see his helplessness and the thick snow on his head at that time. I see...... I see......

"I shouldn't have talked about this matter too much, but if I don't remind the girl, I'm afraid that the girl's road in the future will be even more difficult......"

"Auntie, please speak, Wanying is willing to listen to her aunt's teachings."

"I've been looking at you in private for the past few days, and I know that the prince must have not told you, I guess: first, the prince will not agree to the matter of the two side concubines, and second, the prince may not know how to talk to you."

Wanying nodded, Prince Rong did not mention half a word in front of him.

Aunt Bitong continued: "To untie the bell, you must tie the bell, and no one can untie such a thing except you." ”

Wan Ying looked puzzled. Aunt Bitong said: "The prince refuses to take you and treat you badly, so he resolutely disagrees with the matter of the two young ladies Feng Zhou, but it is so stiff, not only the prince is embarrassed, but the queen mother is also embarrassed, if the queen mother is difficult, who will this account be counted on?" ”

"That's naturally Wanying, if it weren't for Wanying, maybe there wouldn't be these twists and turns."

Aunt Bitong nodded and agreed: "If the prince doesn't marry, the face of the Feng and Zhou families is still said in the past, and now the whole capital knows that the prince wants to marry you as a wife, and the Feng and Zhou families are really disgraced." ”

Wanying hung her head, and blood-red tooth marks were bitten on her thin lips.

Aunt Bitong said: "The Feng family naturally doesn't need to say it, Feng Xiuyuan and Feng Xiuyao are both confidants of the Queen Mother, and Princess Huiyang is interceding on Lord Zhou's side." Which of these people and girls is more important in the eyes of the Queen Mother? ”

Wanying's face was disappointed, although her father had been the minister of the guard, and he was once a son of heaven and a courtier, it was the queen mother who 'released the military power with a glass of wine' and took away her father's Zhengyipin general card. For ten years now, my father is only a third-grade official like Shuntianfu Yin. Even second-class magistrates like the Governor of Zhili and the Governor of Zhili have to step on their fathers from time to time, not to mention Feng Zhou, the two first-class Beijing officials. Both of them are cronies brought up by the Queen Mother herself, which is more important, Wanying understands in her heart.

"Of course it'......" Wanying really didn't want to say the rest of the words, she didn't want to face it.

It goes without saying, Wanying doesn't say it, Aunt Bitong also knows it. "The Feng family, the secretary of the military department, the world of the Great Zhou Dynasty is, to put it bluntly, in the hands of these few people, the queen mother is not only embarrassed, but also has to take care of a lot. What the girl and the prince want is affection, and what the queen mother wants is the overall situation. The Queen Mother feels sorry for the prince and the girl, and the girl has to think about it for the Queen Mother! ”

"Auntie, Wanying......" The three words 'unwilling' Wanying didn't dare to say it, the overall situation and today's Wanying are not as important as love.

"You are the smartest child my aunt has ever met, and you yourself know what to do, sometimes giving others a way out is also giving yourself a way out. And Master Shi, caught between these people, has the girl ever thought about his situation? ”

"Daddy......" two lines of clear tears dripped on the blood-red lips.

Daddy has endured humiliation for ten years, although Wanying is not sensible, but looking at those former cats and dogs, from time to time making waves on Daddy's head, she is also aggrieved and helpless.

Thinking of his father, Fang Fang's determination to refuse to back down began to crumble little by little, and a huge crack was torn down on Wanying's rock-solid mind, with a sound like broken jade, and it hurt Wanying's liver and intestines. Before the landslide and the ground cracked, a bewitching strange flower in the crack said to Wanying: "Daddy has been cautious all his life, and he refuses to stamper people, let alone offend people, not to mention that these people's official positions are above Daddy, if you intend to get along with Daddy, wouldn't you be in danger of Daddy." Since ancient times, the beloved son of parents has far-reaching plans, and how can you put your father in danger for the sake of your own love and hate. ”

Wanying shook her head frantically and said, "You are talking nonsense, I didn't, I didn't ignore my father, I didn't put my father in danger." ”

Strange still smiling weirdly, a huge drop of poisonous juice happened to drop on Wanying's palm, Wanying saw many tiny cracks taking root and sprouting on her hands, and she didn't have time to wipe them off with a handkerchief, she was already broken and shattered.

"If I take care of my own feelings and don't care about my father's life or death, will I not ignore my father's fifteen-year love for the treasure in the palm of my hand." Wan Ying shouted at the evil strange flower at the last moment of her broken bones.

With tears in his eyes, he figured it all along, and said tremblingly: "Auntie, Wanying understands, thank you aunt for mentioning it." ”

"My aunt knows that the girl is the smartest. The girl is blessed with Qitian, and she follows the prince, and the road ahead is still long! There are also these young ladies, so think more about things and tolerate others, so that you can fulfill yourself. ”

Aunt Bitong has been accustomed to seeing the contest between women all her life, and when she said this, Wanying heard the words in her words sincerely, and her gratitude arose, and she got up and said: "Aunt teaches today, Wanying will remember it all her life, and Wanying will thank Aunt Wanying." ”

Aunt Bitong hurriedly pulled Wanying up and said, "Good boy, leave Rongshou Palace, you are Prince Rong and Princess Rong, and my aunt can't stand your worship anymore." The concubine still has an order, auntie, I won't disturb you. ”

Soon after sending Aunt Bitong away, Qiu Li also came back with the baggage, and the two cleaned up for a while, after lunch, Prince Rong arrived as scheduled, and Qiu Li went to work in Aunt Bitong's house under the pretext of leaving the two in the house.

Prince Rong took out a huge and exquisite brocade box from his big box, and Wan Ying only glanced at it and recognized the velvet circle brocade on the surface of the box. This is a kind of extravagant and precious brocade, although it is also circulated among the people, most of them are royal rewards. So this brocade box, no need to guess, must be the craftsmanship of the weavers of the Royal Weaving Bureau.

The velvet brocade is made of multi-colored warp and monochrome weft interlaced and woven with each other. The velvet flowers woven out are clearly layered, the patterns are delicate and lifelike. Compared with real flowers, the icing on the cake is the velvet circle brocade. It is the real royal wealth.

His grandmother had privately given his mother a gold and jade silk inlaid treasure crane bead step shake, and the box that was filled with the step shake was a brocade box wrapped in this kind of velvet brocade, which was brought by his grandmother from her mother's house, and her mother said that she would also give Wanying a dowry in the future. That's why Wanying can recognize it at a glance.

"The Queen Mother gave it to you, saying that you must wear it to the theater today." Prince Rong handed the brocade box to Wan Ying.

Wanying took the brocade box and opened it to see that the cold light of the jewels made Wanying smack her tongue. Wanying has followed her grandmother since she was a child, and has seen many rare and beautiful jewelry, but she is still attracted by the pearl ring in the brocade box in front of her. Qibao pearls dot emerald gold medals and rings, elegantly lying in a brocade box lined with yellow silk. The light of countless pearls made Wanying a little dazzling. If you look closely, just look at the purple pearl strung on the gold medal, which is as big as a lychee, and you know that there is no second one in the world.