Chapter 113: The stepmother is embarrassed
King Zhuang Jun left yesterday and then rested in the concubine's room at night, and the newly recruited concubine not only looks fresh, but also has a good massage.
Early in the morning, the princess of Zhuangjun sent Mama Guan from her side to invite the king of Zhuangjun back to the main courtyard for breakfast. What do you say over there? ”
Mama Guan glanced at the little concubine who was standing beside her, and the little concubine seemed to have eyes on her forehead, and she didn't look up, and immediately saluted to King Zhuangjun and retreated, without dragging her feet.
"Yesterday, the princess went to Guan Ju Yuan to find Mrs. Jiang, but Mrs. Jiang did not give an exact statement, but only said that she would bring the words to Prince Rang Shao. Later, he asked the maid next to him to send a box of jade skin cream, saying that it was Shao Gongzi who said that it was useless for anyone to persuade with Imperial Doctor Jiang's temper, so Mrs. Jiang sent her bottle of jade skin cream. ”
King Zhuang Jun was silent for a moment when he heard this, and nodded: "I heard that the jade muscle ointment has a miraculous effect in treating external injuries, so let Huilan take a look." ”
Mama Guan wanted to take the opportunity to persuade a few words and let the king of the county go back to the main courtyard, but she didn't want the little concubine who had just gone out to come back, but she didn't enter the house, she just stood by the curtain from a distance and said respectfully: "Lord Wang, the mother-in-law from the outer courtyard came in and said that Mr. Liu had come and was waiting for you in the study." ”
King Zhuang stood up, walked straight out, and went to the outer courtyard.
Mama Guan stood in place for a while, then turned around and went out, and when she walked to the door, she saw that the little concubine was still standing there respectfully, so she reprimanded with a cold face: "It's your blessing to be able to take care of the prince, but don't think that a concubine who can't get on the stage can make a lot of waves in the yard, and always remember who the master of this backyard is." A woman like you. Every year, the princess doesn't know how many people to accept for the prince, and those who can stay in the end are all smart and knowledgeable. ”
After listening to this, the concubine said respectfully: "Mama Xie taught you, the concubine is saved." ”
Mama Guan glanced at the concubine again, and then went back to the main courtyard to report to the princess of the county.
King Zhuang Jun went out of the inner courtyard of the palace. went to his outer study in the outer courtyard, and Liu Ju'an, the first staff member beside him, had been waiting in the study for a long time.
Liu Ju'an is a middle-aged scholar in his forties with an elegant face.
"Didn't you wait for news in the palace? Why did you come back so early in the morning? But what's going on in the palace? King Zhuang Jun slashed to his seat. He looked at his staff.
Liu Ju'an hurriedly replied: "The Second Highness's illness has not improved, and now several imperial doctors have gathered in Kunning Palace, thinking of coming up with a complete treatment charter for the second prince's illness. ”
King Zhuang Jun sighed: "The queen mother finally got the second prince. but he was born sick and weak. Now the second prince is less than two years old, but he ......"
Liu Ju'an also said: "The emperor's heirs are thin, and now there are only two princes in the palace, although the eldest prince's biological mother was raised by the queen after his death, he is mentally incomplete, if even the second prince is ......"
King Zhuang Jun waved his hand: "The emperor is only twenty-five years old this year, and the queen is also in her prime. ”
Liu Ju'an responded with a smile, no longer said this, and said: "I heard from someone from the government this morning that the county lord was injured. It's just that at this critical juncture, other imperial doctors are still good to say, this Imperial Doctor Jiang is afraid that it is not easy to invite, and Imperial Doctor Jiang is waiting to be summoned to the palace at any time these days. ”
Liu Ju'an naturally also knew about the festival between the Zhuangjun Mansion and Imperial Physician Jiang. He skipped it because he didn't want to make King Zhuang look ugly.
King Zhuang didn't care much: "I got a bottle of Imperial Doctor Jiang's jade skin cream." Just wipe it, and it's not a big deal. Even if she has a scar in the end, it won't prevent her from getting married, it's okay. ”
In the eyes of King Zhuang Jun, his daughter is used to pave the way for marriage, and the lord of Huilan County is married, and what people value is not their appearance, so he is not particularly worried.
Liu Ju'an glanced at King Zhuang Jun and said tentatively: "Then, what does the Wang family say?" ”
King Zhuang Jun leaned back in his chair: "Wang Xian and Wang Dong have sent several groups of people to apologize, if it was in the past, how could this king have to settle accounts with them, but the situation in the palace is ...... The queen wants to win over the Wang family. Even if it is for the sake of the queen's face, this king can't fight with the Wang family. It just so happens that now that the Wang family is in a loss, this king can send someone to discuss with Wang Xian about the marriage of his daughter and Shen Wei. ”
It's no wonder that King Zhuang Jun has not taken any measures since he came back from Whelan's injury yesterday, it turned out that he had this idea.
Liu Ju'an saw his determination to tie the Zhuangjun Wangfu and the Shen family together from the attitude of King Zhuangjun this time, but Liu Ju'an was still a little hesitant, after all, although the queen gave birth to a son, it is difficult to say whether she can survive, and the queen heard that she was injured when she gave birth to the second prince.
The emperor is young again.
It's just that he has a deep city, and even if he hesitates in his heart, he still didn't say it in front of King Zhuangjun. He has followed King Zhuang Jun since he was young, and he knows that this is a master who is a little rigid and self-serving, and he will not enter the oil and salt after making his own decision. His ability to get to his current position in the Zhuangjun Mansion has always been attributed to his knowledge of current affairs, never refuting the master's intentions, and only concentrating on completing the tasks assigned by the master.
King Zhuang Jun wanted to follow up on this incident and pull the Wang family into the queen's side, but the backyard of Wang Dong's mansion has been calm.
Wang Xian said that this is a matter for the elders, and they don't have to worry about the juniors. So even Wang Dong didn't bring that matter back to the backyard, Sanniang and the others saw that there was no movement outside, although they knew that this matter was not so easy to end, but they still put their hearts down for the time being.
Xue is busy preparing new clothes and new jewelry for Sanniang and Wuniang to wear on the day of the chrysanthemum banquet these days, this is the first time that the two girls of the Wang family have officially appeared in front of the ladies and ladies of the official family in the capital, and the Xue family attaches great importance to it.
Fortunately, this chrysanthemum banquet was set a month ago, and half a month ago was the best time for the tailor shops and jewelry shops in the capital.
The early part of every big banquet is the time to fight for fathers, because the top-notch tailors and goldsmiths are booked one step ahead of others, and it is also a war led by the ladies and ladies in the backyard.
So when the Xue family wanted to make clothes and jewelry for Sanniang and Wuniang, it was the time when the shops were idle.
"Fortunately, the day I came back from my uncle's house, Yun Xianglou happened to come to deliver clothes to me, and by the way, I helped you measure the size, but I don't know if the clothes made in a hurry fit or not. Today I will take you to Yunxianglou to try it, if it doesn't fit, just ask them to change it on the spot, so as not to miss tomorrow's chrysanthemum feast. After Sanniang finished her meal in Xue's room, Xue said.
"I heard that Yunxianglou is the best ready-to-wear shop in the capital, and the tailor is also one of the best in the capital, so the clothes made must fit." Sanniang said with a smile.
Xue shook his head: "It's the first time you're making clothes in their shop, and it's not accurate. When the store is big, there will inevitably be things to bully customers, and there is nothing to do today anyway. By the way, I have to help you go to Duobao Building to pick out a few jewelry, but unfortunately you can only buy ready-made ones in the gold shop, and you don't have time to choose your own style. ”
"My fifth sister and I have enough jewelry, and we don't need to buy anything else." Sanniang said.
This is true, when I was in the Wang family, I thought that the jewelry sent down by the public was going to be worn out, so no one dared to deduct it, plus the Zhao family had purchased some for Sanniang before, and there was no shortage of jewelry.
"I already asked Qing Dai to look at your jewelry box yesterday, those ......" Xue Shi hesitated: "I'm afraid it's not very suitable, I'll ask someone to help you redissolve those jewelry when I'm free another day, and fight again according to the fashion in Beijing." ”
Sanniang smiled bitterly, she said that it was so late yesterday, and Qingdai went to her room to chat with a few girls at the dresser, it turned out that she was looking at her jewelry box. Xue is saying that although her jewelry materials are good, they are no longer fashionable patterns, or they are not popular in the boudoir in Beijing.
Sanniang knew that the Xue family attached so much importance to their first appearance, in addition to wanting to show kindness to them, she naturally also wanted to gain a virtuous reputation in front of outsiders. No wonder it is said that the stepmother is embarrassed, how many pairs of eyes are staring outside.
So Sanniang had no choice but to respond and accept Xue's kindness.
Xue nodded with satisfaction.
At this time, the maid who was sent to invite Wu Niang came back and reported: "Madam, Fifth Miss said that she was not feeling well, and she still didn't go out. ”
Xue was a little embarrassed, so he looked at Sanniang.
Since Wu Niang came back from Wen Jiayuan, she took the initiative to go back to her room and continued to think about it behind closed doors, and San Niang knew that she was afraid that Wang Dong would come back and settle accounts with her after the autumn. And this time the chrysanthemum banquet, although the county lord of Huilan may not be able to attend, but the county lord of Hui'an is the host of this time, and he will definitely be there. Wu Niang really didn't want to show up in front of Hui An so soon.
Sanniang thought about it and felt that it was good for Wuniang to avoid the limelight at this time, so she persuaded Xue when she looked over: "The matter of the fifth sister stabbing the county lord this time should have been spread, it would be bad if she appeared in front of everyone so aggressively, and it might be a good way to avoid it." It might be better to wait until the limelight has passed before taking her to such an occasion. ”
This matter can be regarded as a major event that has happened recently, where are there so many secrets in the social circle of the upper class, Wang Zheng is the focus of everyone's attention, and the matter of asking for a doctor in the Zhuangjun Wangfu is not hidden from people at all, and it is difficult for others not to know.
People in the world always sympathize with the weak, and five years was supposed to be the weak side in this time, but the county lord of Huilan was injured because of her, and the balance in people's hearts immediately turned around. So it's wiser to avoid the limelight than to be out of the limelight at this time.
When Xue heard this, he felt that what Sanniang said was also reasonable, so he gave up.
Just as he was about to order the car to be prepared, someone outside reported that Mrs. Xue San and Miss Ruyu were here. (To be continued)