172 Affection is at an end (pretending to be the fifth watch.)
Xiangxiang said: "Once I met, she called me to save her like that, if I turn a blind eye, she has three longs and two shorts, I will definitely be uneasy in the future." Saying this, her demeanor also fluctuated with her emotions, Mrs. Jian felt that Xiangxiang was a little weird, but this is the middle palace, it is not appropriate to ask in detail, since this matter has been decided, Mrs. Jian is not good to say anything.
On the side of the Pang family's daughters, the palace maid also put on new refreshments, and she heard the second sister-in-law say to her mother: "Prince Shuo's mansion is really not afraid of being pointed at, so grandly saying that he used to be a slave in the palace, and he is not afraid of being teased and belittled." ”
Qianyou said coldly: "The second sister-in-law said this, is it to remind my mother that she once scolded her?" ”
Mrs. Pang's face was really not very good, and the second young grandmother was speechless, and after being coldly looked at by her mother-in-law, she immediately lowered her head cautiously, and didn't dare to say more. Pang Qianyou looked at Xiangxiang again, she was smiling and talking to Mrs. Jane, the two were as intimate as mother and daughter, but there was a big family on this side, cold and cold. I always feel that she doesn't have what Xiangxiang has, and in her more than ten years of life, she has never had anything that others have.
However, in the middle of the banquet, the emperor did not come in person because all the women were here, and only sent people to send all kinds of delicacies, when the queen and the concubine led the crowd to thank them, they raised their eyes and saw that Xiangxiang on the opposite side supported Mrs. Jane, and suddenly remembered that the queen had said to her that the emperor liked Xiangxiang, and for a while felt that the happiness and beauty that Xiangxiang had were really nothing. If she is a water-based poplar woman who is greedy for wealth and nobility, this mask of hypocrisy will be torn off sooner or later.
During the banquet, the queen retreated to rest, remembered the last time, and wanted to give an explanation, and ask the emperor again. But she followed, but was stopped by the palace maid, and said that she had something to tell the queen, but she didn't want the palace maid to say: "The slave maid is to pass on the will of the queen's mother, Miss Pang, don't blame, the mother said that from now on Miss Pang will never be seen again, everyone is polite and polite on the scene." ”
"See me again?" Qianyou was stunned, how can you be so dignified, the queen said that she would turn her face? Sure enough, there is no definite number of children's hearts, fortunately, she did not promise the queen anything, nor did she tell the queen anything private, but the emperor liked Xiangxiang, is it broken, who will she ask in the future?
Pang Qian returned to the banquet sullenly, Mrs. Pang asked her what was wrong, she said a few perfunctory words, and saw other ladies go to talk to Xiangxiang, she dealt with it generously and calmly, and because Mrs. Jian was friendly with her, many people looked up to her in the face of the Jian family. Pang Qianyou sighed heavily, she had to figure out the emperor's affairs.
When the queen returned, she didn't dare to look at Pang Qianyou, presumably Miss Pang followed her, and the concubine also saw it, the concubine had already warned her, if there was such a thing again, it would not be a beating that could be ended. I'm afraid that no one will believe it, the queen of the mother of a country was beaten alive in the harem, and at this moment she still has a faint pain in her body, how many times she wants to die headlong, but she doesn't have the courage to die.
Xiang Xiang coped with the ladies who came to greet her, and inadvertently looked up, and happened to see the queen and the concubine looking at each other, the sharp gaze in Jing Shu's eyes was like the demeanor of the former concubine, the poor little queen's eyes were red, and she sat back without saying a word, Xiang Xiang remembered that day Jing Shu said that now the entire harem is at her feet, is she even holding the queen in her hands? Is it the meaning of the emperor?
When the banquet dispersed, the rain and snow that had lingered for a day stopped, the air was clear and clean, the sky was full of stars, Xiangxiang wanted to pick up Nianzhen and go together, she had to leave later than others, Mrs. Jian was not very relieved, and waited with Xiangxiang, and when the two left the palace together, I don't know if the emperor was hindered by someone around Xiangxiang, or he didn't plan to come to see him, and he didn't see him today.
The people of the palace were already waiting in front of the palace gate, and Xiangxiang was going to say goodbye to Mrs. Jian here. The people in the family didn't expect Mrs. to bring a palace maid out, so they had to send Nianzhen, who was dying and bruised, back in a carriage with Mrs. Jane, and when they were separated, Mrs. Jian couldn't help but say, "You still have to be careful." Xiangxiang just smiled faintly, she understood it in her heart.
On that day, Qi Hui said that he asked Xiangxiang to take the homeless dancers to his home to settle down temporarily, but Xiangxiang refused. She didn't feel at ease about taking these people with her when she stayed outside, not to mention that Nianzhen came out of the palace like this. She did speculate a lot about whether Jing Shu was calculating herself, and even made Mrs. Jian feel that her strange words and deeds were also for Jing Shu to see, whether it was a play or not, she wouldn't be on the road anyway.
As for bringing Nianzhen out, Xiangxiang just hopes that Nianzhen can leave this cannibalistic imperial city, whether Nianzhen wants to or not, she must leave the palace, but if she wants to return to the imperial city, Xiangxiang will not stop her.
After returning to the palace, the family invited a doctor to treat Nianzhen overnight, and Xiangxiang personally guarded her in the guest room for one night. When she woke up the next morning, her wife was already in the bedroom, she chose a few clothes to wrap a bag, and wrapped copper coins and broken silver, looked up and saw Qi Hui waking up, and immediately ran to throw herself into her arms, Qi Hui smiled and said: "I thought you had a straight face, and you didn't have the heart to be coquettish." ”
Xiangxiang said: "I've been with me all night, I'm tired." ”
Qi Hui pointed to the things on the table and asked, "What to do?" ”
Xiangxiang stretched out in her husband's arms, rubbed like a cat, then stood up again, checked the burden and said, "I'm going to send Nianzhen back to my hometown, didn't I tell you that some girls were bought?" I asked her, she is willing to go back to her hometown to find it, can you give me a reliable subordinate and send her all the way? She's a girl's family, it's not safe to go on the road, but she must be a reliable person, don't turn back and give people ...... on the way."
She didn't say those words, Qi Hui had already lifted the quilt and got up, Xiangxiang took his clothes to put on him, he went to the door and called someone to give a few instructions, everything was arranged, as long as Xiangxiang released people later.
"She's very badly injured, so she's going to be sent out?" Qi Hui asked.
"It's almost, it's okay to go to the inn for a few days, anyway......" Xiangxiang was very firm, "I won't take my former sisters with me, instead of wondering if they have ulterior motives day and night, it's better to send them away early." If the maids in this house are caught and whose eyes are watching us, I won't be uncomfortable what you do. But the old people, I don't dare to think that one day I will have to decide their life and death, I can avoid it. ”
Last night, Jian Feng sent someone to convey her mother's meaning overnight, Mrs. Jian felt that the palace maid appeared very unnaturally, and the expressions of the queen and the concubine were also a little contrived, she hoped that her son could remind Qi Hui, but Qi Hui still decided to wait for Xiangxiang to make a choice.
Nian Zhen was originally one of the dancers who was selected by Jing Shu to serve the emperor, but she was never liked by the emperor, Jing Shu threatened her to do eyeliner, she was also forced to be helpless, she didn't dare to think about how to stare at Xiangxiang in the future, never expected that Xiangxiang would let her go.
That night, after Nianzhen woke up, she talked a lot to Xiangxiang, about the things in the palace, and how cruel Jingshu is now. She brought the first emperor's Sun Zhaoyi to the Longevity Palace to humiliate, and let them listen to the queen being beaten together through the door, Nianzhen cried and said: "She even dares to beat the queen, and we don't dare to resist her at all." ”
Xiangxiang couldn't say anything, Nianzhen also said: "She taught us to pretend to be tall and arrogant in front of the emperor, not to flatter the emperor, and not to deliberately please him, she said that this will make the emperor like, she is completely changed now, we don't dare to raise our heads in front of her." ”
These words, Xiangxiang didn't slowly tell Qi Hui until he sent Nianzhen away, Jingshu's brutal faces were all the faces of the former emperor, Concubine Li and Sun Zhaoyi, she saw it in her eyes at the beginning, but now she is all used on others.
"She was so frank with me that day, and asked me if I was afraid of being calculated by her, but I didn't expect her to make a move." When Xiang Xiang said these words, she took out her bag from the locked cabinet and took out Jingshu's clothes, no matter who messed it up, presumably some of her clothes were also there for Jingshu.
She put away her things, and looked at the wooden card that she gave to Jingshu when she was a child, thinking that she would give it to Jingshu again one day, but now she feels that the thing is returned to its original owner, and their friendship is really broken.
Qi Hui helped Xiangxiang dispose of Song Jingshu's clothes, and when he returned to the room, he saw Xiangxiang touching the wooden card in a daze, he wanted to say something interesting to make her happy, and said casually: "Why don't you give me this wooden card, I'll check it for you, is there any origin?" ”
Xiang Xiang smiled faintly, saying that he was afraid that Qi Hui would lose it for her, so he asked him to learn to draw the patterns on the wooden card, but the patterns were distorted and complex and not easy to copy.
In this way, I don't care about my life experience, Xiangxiang put away the wooden card by himself, and didn't think much about it at all, whether he has any origins.
Gradually, at the end of the year, the festive atmosphere on the street became stronger and stronger, and Shen Yan also had to go back to Jian's house in advance to reunite with her family, Xiangxiang personally sent Shen Yan back to Jian's house after the last class, in this way, she felt that the home was really lonely, Qi Hui felt sorry for her loneliness, and said that the Closed Moon Pavilion would not do business during the New Year, so it was better to take Xi Niang to live at home.
This night, when Qi Hui came to pick up Xi Niang alone, he jumped into her room from the back door, but he didn't see Xi Niang in the room, there were bursts of laughter downstairs, he walked out of the door to look, and saw Xi Niang drunk and red, shuttling in the pile of men, with fragrant shoulders and exposed breasts, although Qi Hui has seen a lot, but I feel that Xi Niang is a little strange tonight.
He just turned around to go back to the room to wait for Xi Niang, only to hear the sound of the table being overturned downstairs, and a man scolded loudly: "Sluts, don't be embarrassed." ”