Chapter 14 Xu Xin
When Xu Xin heard this voice, she turned back suspiciously, and it turned out to be Yulan, the aunt next to the queen's mother.
"I don't know what's going on with my aunt, could it be that the queen's mother has something to order?" Xu Xin asked suspiciously.
The palace maid smiled affectionately and said: "Girl, this is serious, the queen mother has nothing to order, it's just that a few days ago I happened to get a good thousand-year-old ginseng, thinking that Princess Xu is still sick, Miss Xu, you are a daughter who has not left the cabinet, so I invite you to sit in the palace." ”
When Xu Xin heard this, she naturally didn't dare to refute the queen's order, so she nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then trouble Auntie, you lead the way." The aunt naturally smiled.
The road of the palace was twisted and turned, and Xu Xin followed the aunt and walked around and around, and it was only after walking for more than half an hour that she barely saw the palace of the queen's mother, Yikun Palace.
When you enter this Yikun Palace, you will be greeted by a rich fragrance of gardenias, which makes people feel extra sweet and warm.
Xu Xin hurriedly saluted when she entered: "The little girl Xu Xin has seen the queen's mother." ”
"Good girl, hurry up, come to the palace, let the palace take a good look at you." Xu Xin didn't dare to look up, only heard a kind female voice above her head, and after saluting, Xu Xin walked to the queen's side with inner shyness.
I saw the queen mother kindly take Xu Xin's hand and said: "This poor good daughter, your mother is seriously ill, and you have been tired a lot at home recently, and you have lost a lot of weight compared to the last time we met, you have to take good care of your body!" ”
Xu Xin naturally nodded: "The little girl knows, it's just that her mother is sick in bed, and as a child, she is always unsure." In this way, I ate a little less, so I lost some weight. ”
Hearing Xu Xin say this, the queen's face was even more distressed. She pulled Xu Xin to comfort her again, and suddenly asked, "Hey, where is your sister Lan?" Why can't you see her? ”
When Xu Xin heard the queen mother ask, she lowered her eyebrows and said, "Sister Lan just lost the jade pendant that her mother gave her at the Qianqiu banquet, so she went back to find it." ”
"So that's the case, Yulan, you go to the Qianqiu banquet to find Miss Xu Lan, and let her come to Yikun Palace later."
"This ......" Xu Xin couldn't help but raise her head and say when she heard the queen's mother's order: "Niangniang called our sisters over, but there is something to order?" ”
When the queen heard Xu Xin say this, she said with a smile: "My silly girl, what is there anything important, it's just that if it snows heavily today, the road in the capital has always been difficult to walk, it's cold this day, and it's really not safe for you two girls to go back to their homes, so I'll make the decision to let you and Miss Xu Lan stay in my Yikun Palace for one night." ”
"Isn't that inappropriate?" Xu Xin asked hesitantly.
"What's wrong with this, I still have the right to leave you two girls in the palace as a queen, you don't have to worry, just live here with peace of mind, and when the weather is clearer tomorrow and the snow on the street has melted, you can slowly go back to King Xu's mansion, as for your father and mother, I have sent someone to the news, you just have to live in peace."
Hearing the queen say this, and everything was arranged, Xu Xin didn't dare to refute it, so she responded to this matter.
This conversation in Yikun Palace, in less than a stick of incense, has spread throughout the entire palace, and Yanxi Palace is naturally no exception.
"This queen is used to winning people's hearts, have the two girls of the Xu family already lived in the palace?" When Mu Guifei heard the news, she couldn't help but bow her head and smile, slowly drank the teacup in her hand, and asked casually.
"Miss Xu Xin has already rested in the queen's bedroom, but I heard that Miss Xu Lan lost her jade pendant in Qianqiu Garden, so she went back to the Qianqiu Banquet to look for it, but she hasn't arrived at the queen's bedroom yet."
When Concubine Mu heard the palace maid reply, she didn't think so, but just smiled.
"The prince is incompetent, and now he is also very anxious, trying to win people's hearts everywhere, but also, if I have such a son like a straw bag, I am also anxious, and I will also look for all kinds of help everywhere, but this King Xu's help, I'm afraid it's not so easy to get, and it's too embarrassing to do business in such a hurry."
"Guifei Niangniang, what you are saying is that the queen Niangniang behaves like this, which really makes people feel flattering."
"Flattery is not flattery, but it is not the most important, but unfortunately I am afraid that in the end it will be a bamboo basket to draw water, and it will be empty." Saying this, Mu Guifei seemed to have thought of something funny, and the smile on her face became brighter.
After Xu Lan angrily scolded the fourth prince Ji Chen, she hurried to the Qianqiu Banquet, and now that time has passed, I don't know how Baizhu has dealt with it.
When Xu Lan arrived at the Qianqiu Banquet, Baizhu was wearing his big hat, waiting anxiously there, and when he saw Xu Lan coming, Baizhu's eyes couldn't help but light up.
"Miss, you're back, but I'm worried to death!"
Xu Lan smiled and said, "Silly girl, what is there to worry about?" How's it going, did someone find you just now? “
Baizhu shook his head: "That's not true, I told them, I am your maid, after coming back to find the jade pendant, the palace people did not embarrass me, nor did they ask too much." ”
When Xu Lan heard this, she nodded and said, "That's good, it's not long in time, let's go back to my sister!" Saying this, the two walked towards the palace gate, but after walking a few steps, they met the palace maid Yulan beside the queen's mother.
"Miss Xu Lan, don't worry. The slave has something to tell you. ”
Xu Lan and Bai Zhu glanced at each other, and Xu Lan said, "What's the matter with my aunt?" ”
Yulan smiled and said: "It's not a big deal, it's just that it's slippery late, the queen mother is worried about you and Miss Xu Xin, and I would like to invite you two to stay in the palace, Miss Xu Xin has already gone to the palace of the queen mother first, and I came here to find Miss Xu Lan and invite you to go to the queen's bedroom together." ”
Hearing this, Xu Lan did not agree immediately, she said with a smile: "So that's the case, I thank the queen for her gift, but now if my sister stays in the palace, there is only my father in my family, and my younger brother, my father has always been careless, and he is not very good at taking care of people, my younger brother is still unconscious in bed, and my mother is also seriously ill, I do stay in the palace even if I am not good, so let's do it, Aunt Lao, you apologize to the queen mother for me, and I will not stay in the palace today." ”
"How, how is this good? The queen mother told me that you should stay in the palace too. Yulan looked at Xu Lan in embarrassment and said.
Xu Lan's face remained unchanged, still smiling: "Auntie, you might as well be in trouble at this time, you just have to talk to the queen's mother, it's really my family that has something, the two daughters can't stay in the palace, otherwise what can the family do, and my mother is also waiting for me to go back and tell her about today's events in detail." You and the queen mother apologized on my behalf, and a few days later I will enter the palace to apologize to the queen mother in person, is this okay? ”
When Yulan heard this, her face was not soothed, and she was still embarrassed.
"Since Sister Xu Lan is in a hurry to go home, it's inconvenient to stay." At this moment, Xu Lan suddenly heard a male voice behind her, and as soon as she heard this voice, her nerves couldn't help but tense.
It turned out that the person who came turned out to be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who had just been in the Prince's East Palace, Xu Lan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he saw him, after all, Xu Lan was still under his desk just now.
"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Xu Lan and Yulan hurriedly saluted the prince.
"Hurry up and get flat." The prince said with a smile, and then said to Yulan: "Since my sister is filial and is in a hurry to go home to honor her mother and take care of her younger brother, why should my mother be strong?" ”
Yulan saw that it was His Royal Highness the Prince, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you don't know, the queen mother is not a strong person, but she is worried that the road is slippery in the cold weather, and Miss Xu Lan's daughter is afraid of some inconvenience on the road." ”
"It's okay, I'm idle today anyway, why don't I send Sister Xu Lan a reply." I am a manly husband, and I will definitely be able to protect Sister Xu Lan, but my mother is worried, after I send Sister Xu Lan back to the house, I will go to Yikun Palace to personally report to my mother, is this good? ”
In the end, there was already a bit of ridicule, and Yulan couldn't refute it, so she could only respond with a smile: Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said so, the slave and maid are not easy to force, and the slave and maid will go back to the queen to return to the queen. ”
After Aunt Yulan left, Xu Lan smiled and said to His Royal Highness the Prince: "The little girl has His Royal Highness Prince Lao on this side. The prince looked at Xu Lan in front of him, who was like a flower and jade, and was in a happy mood, and couldn't help but say: "Sister Xu Lan said this, escorting a beautiful woman, this habit is done by a gentleman, Sister Lan doesn't need to thank you." ”
Xu Lan looked at the prince in front of her, but she struggled in her heart.
She had just been tossing and turning in the study of the Prince's Mansion, but she had never seen the scrolls of Dali Temple. Now that the crown prince is in front of him again, although there is no conclusive evidence to prove that he has anything to do with his brother's stabbing, Xu Lan is still uncomfortable in her heart. After all, the person in front of him may not be a pure person.
The prince looked at Xu Lan's unnatural appearance in front of him, and couldn't help frowning, he took off his coat, draped it on Xu Lan's body, and said, "Sister Xu Lan wears so little at night, but you have to be careful of the wind and cold!" ”
Xu Lan suddenly felt an extra weight on her body, and couldn't help but be surprised, she looked up at His Royal Highness the Prince, and said in surprise: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, I am just an ordinary body, Your Royal Highness the Prince, you have to take good care of your body!" ”
Saying that, Xu Lan was about to take off the clothes on her body and return them to the prince, but unexpectedly, the prince took the first step to hold her hand and said, "Sister Lan, if this is the case, you are alienated from me." I'm not happy then! “
When Xu Lan heard the prince say this, she couldn't move for a while, so she could only put her hand down, saluted and said, "That little girl, thank you Your Royal Highness the Prince." ”