Chapter 788 - Marriage AgainChapter 789 - Skilled Craftsman

Mama Gong led Yu Wanyi to the side hall and sat down: "Our mother's bun doesn't know which one is scattered, go to change clothes and comb her hair for a while, and she will come over; Mother, sit down widely. She looked at Yu Wanyi: "Even if something big happens, if there is no place to follow, Niangniang doesn't have to worry too much - I really haven't heard of anything today, why is Niangniang worried?" She took the tea from the hands of the little palace people and offered it to Yu Wanyi.

Yu Wanyi glanced at Chunfang who had entered the hall and shook her head and didn't speak, just lowered her head and drank a few sips of tea gently, and only put down the teacup when she saw Chunfang leave: "It's not a secret thing, if I don't come, you will know soon, and I believe that I will soon be known by some people when I come to Qinglu Palace, so there is really no need to shy away from it." ”

After she finished speaking, she saw Hongluan come in and hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Sister, sister is polite." ”

Hongluan pulled her up and sat down: "Why is your family so angry?" I don't usually see you like this to me, but something happened to me? Her hair was combed, but she didn't even have time to put on a flower, so she rushed over to see Yu Wanyi.

Yu Wanyi sighed: "Maybe I was frightened in Ci'an Palace, sister, don't blame me." Let's talk about the important thing first, today my sister didn't go to the queen to say goodbye, and the queen didn't look angry, so she took us to Cining Palace, but I didn't expect that Prince Kang was dining with the queen mother, and the queen was a little unhappy because of this. ”

"I won't say much about these idle things, but when I sat down to talk to the Empress Dowager, King Kang suddenly said that it was time for the draft, and in a few days it would be the New Year's Festival, and it would be a good time for the emperor to draft the New Year's Day." Yu Wanyi paused slightly when she said this: "The queen's face is even more ugly, and she also told Prince Kang that the matter of the draft is free, and she is here, and she doesn't have to worry about him as a prince." However, Prince Kang said that the draft is a major event of the country, and he still wants to draft for the emperor, and he must choose a few fairies to fill the harem. ”

Hongluan frowned slightly: "Draft? "She hasn't heard the emperor mention it, it shouldn't be the emperor's intention; I just don't know whether Prince Kang mentioned this matter with his intention, let alone whether it was Prince Kang's original intention, or whether Prince Kang spoke on behalf of others.

Yu Wanyi nodded: "At that time, Concubine Xian and Concubine Hui were very unhappy, but the Empress Dowager said that the palace was really too deserted, and it was time to choose the draft girl according to the rule, and she was very interested in Prince Kang taking charge of this matter." I really don't understand, someone has just died in the palace, how can the draft be mentioned at this time, is it because we are not lively enough here. ”

Hongluan smiled heavily: "Maybe some people think it's not lively enough." Our sisters don't have to worry too much about this, with the queen here, it won't be our turn to worry about it, and if there is no holy decree, it's just a sentence from Prince Kang, maybe he is just joking. ”

Yu Wanyi shook her head and sat closer: "You don't know something, sister." Isn't there still a Shangguan Zhu Hua of the marriageable age in the Shangguan family, it was the Empress Dowager who gave the marriage to Prince Fu, but Prince Fu just wants to withdraw from the marriage, that is, don't marry this Shangguan Zhu Hua, I heard that the current side princess will be supported as the princess. ”

Hongluan knew this, she only nodded lightly: "The Empress Dowager had a seizure for this today?" "It shouldn't be, although King Fu just refuses to marry, but the Empress Dowager has no intention of retracting her will to give Shangguan Zhu Hua another marriage, so there is no reason to have a seizure.

Yu Wanyi glanced at Hongluan: "You know that the Empress Dowager will not have a seizure, she just took back the will to give marriage, saying that Shangguan Zhu Hua and King Fu's eight characters are not suitable and so on, and besides, I also see that King Fu and the current princess have a good relationship, so there is no need to give King Fu another marriage." However, the Empress Dowager did not summon King Fu and his wife or Shangguan Zhu Hua into the palace to thank her, but only gave up after a few words of praise to our concubines. ”

Hongluan held her chin and looked at Yu Wanyi: "Isn't it good, the Empress Dowager has no intention of blaming, it's good for everyone." If you call everyone into the palace to thank you, won't you feel at ease in the Cining Palace? The Empress Dowager really understood this time. ”

"I don't understand it very much." Yu Wanyi sneered: "And it's an excellent opportunity." It doesn't matter to us people, but Concubine Li is about to come out to ask for guilt, and the Empress Dowager doesn't blame her, she immediately mentioned Prince Kang and begged the Empress Dowager to marry Shangguan Zhu Hua for Kang. ”

Hongluan sat up straight when he heard this: "Gave Prince Kang as a concubine?" "The Empress Dowager and the Shangguan family will make up their minds again? It stands to reason that Shangguan Zhu Hua was divorced by King Fu, so why should he leave Beijing or go to the nunnery to avoid it, and it is only right to think about it when he comes back. According to the wealth and power of the Shangguan family, I believe that Shangguan Zhu Hua's family affairs will be the envy of the world.

Yu Wanyi nodded heavily: "The Empress Dowager agrees, only one thing is missing." Originally, she wanted the queen to give a decree to give marriage, but the queen said that she didn't make a decree, and later she was still angry and walked away, and finally the queen mother had to make an order, but it was until after the New Year's Festival, but the marriage between Shangguan Zhuhua and Prince Kang had been said to be good, and there would never be any changes. ”

Hongluan touched his chin: "You can't say that, there is still a matter of King Fu resisting marriage under the will, not to mention that this is something that has not yet been decreed?" It's unpredictable, and it's a bit premature to say that we're all too early to tell. ”

Yu Wanyi nodded: "I'm just here to tell you, because you are not in Cining Palace today." The snow is getting bigger and bigger, so I'll go back first, and I'll come back if there's something to do. You have to be careful with the queen, according to the queen's temper, it is very strange that you didn't say a word today. ”

Hongluan left her to eat in Qinglu Palace, but she excused herself, saying that she hadn't gone back since she came out in the morning, and Hongluan might be lively here, she is a person who likes to be quiet, or go back to her own place to be more comfortable.

After sending Yu Wanyi away, Hongluan thought about it and sent Xiao Shunzi to send a letter to Gu Anping, asking him to find an opportunity to tell the emperor what happened in Cining Palace. She knelt on the table and played the chess pieces of Go, thinking about the draft, in fact, it is not difficult to guess: the Shangguan family has sent two daughters to the palace successively, even if the two of them are dead and one is wasted, they just don't avoid suspicion, and they can't send people to the palace like this anymore, and the draft should be the best way.

And as far as Hongluan knows, although there are many daughters of the Shangguan family, they are married and small, and there is no suitable person who can be sent to the palace now; It must be impossible for the Shangguan family to give up, no matter whether their hearts are still on the emperor now, they must always arrange for someone to be by the emperor's side to rest assured, and also make some preparations for the girls of the Shangguan family to enter the palace again in two or three years.

If you don't want to enter the palace with the surname Shangguan, of course, there is only one way to go through the draft. This Shangguan family has a good idea, but where can everything be as they want?

Hongluan pursed his lips and threw away the black in his hand, looking at the white in his hand and stunned.

Chapter 789: Skilled Craftsman

Prince Kang, the emperor also mentioned to Hongluan last night that now he has made a family relationship with Zhu Hua, the Shangguan of the Shangguan family, and did not inform his two brothers, and his mother and the empress dowager are in charge. It's hard to convince people to say that he doesn't have other thoughts, but it's a bit rash to say that he has other thoughts just because of that.

Hongluan turned over the white child in his hand, and whispered: "Concubine Li has a heart, the Queen Mother has intentions, the two of them hit it off, and there is really no room for Prince Kang to speak, things are not arranged without warning, and King Kang doesn't know the inside story, of course, he can't talk to the two brothers first; Well, it seems that Prince Kang didn't have any special changes before. When she said this, her heart trembled, and she remembered the scene when she met King Kang in the imperial garden that night.

"Perhaps, there are some things about him that others don't know." Hongluan picked up the white son that he had put down again: "What happened that night was so strange. ”

"Mother wants to play chess?" Mama Gong came in from outside: "I went out for a walk, but I really heard a lot of new things, and I believe that there will be news from the palace slave courtyard soon." Guess what, after the death of a mother in the Shangguan family and the demotion of a daughter as a slave, it was actually a happy event. ”

Hongluan raised his head: "It's unlikely, the Shangguan family should be on the top of the dark clouds, where will there be happy events?" Do they still have the heart to do happy things? "The emperor doesn't want the Shangguan family to be prosperous anymore, and the Shangguan family will not be beautiful for many days, she doesn't believe that the Shangguan family has been standing in the Celestial Empire for many years, and she doesn't even know how to take care of Taoguang at this time; Or is the Shangguan clan really arrogant to such an extent?

Mama Gong pursed her lips: "People don't have dark clouds, but people are happy now-what did Yu Wanyi say to Niangniang?" Shangguan Zhu Hua will marry his younger brother King Kang if he doesn't marry his brother King Fu, and everyone in the palace should know about this matter soon, but not everyone can know about the next happy event. ”

"There are no girls of the right age in the Shangguan family who can marry, but it is still possible to marry. In addition to marrying King Kang, the Shangguan family also married King Ding. Mama Gong didn't have a good impression of the Shangguan family: "In addition, the side branch of the Shangguan family also married several ministers of the court, including the second son of the Hu family and the Zhao family. ”

Hearing this, Hongluan looked at Mama Gong: "How do you know this, the Empress Dowager shouldn't have said it to anyone." ”

Of course she wouldn't say, but couldn't the old slave see it for herself? The Shangguan family has played that little trick, and it hasn't changed over the years, when the world is really stupid, do you still think that the dead soldiers of their Shangguan family have no trouble left behind? Anyway, let the old slave get cheap, and understood the secret letter from the Shangguan family to the Empress Dowager, that is, to ask the Empress Dowager if it was okay to marry like this. "Mama Gong seems to be very familiar with the affairs of the Shangguan family.

"The Empress Dowager replied to their secret letter but it hasn't been sent out yet, and the person married by King Ding is much better than King Kang, because he wants to marry the sister of Shangguan Yuanhua and Shangguan Fenghua, and it will take two years to get married, and at least three years to get married, right? There are many words without mistakes, but it is really good for the king to give a dowry, in addition to the gold and silver jewelry, there are some very delicate things that can be liked by the little girl, such as a straw phoenix and the like, but it is really thoughtful; Judging from the old slave, he should have a lot of plans. ”

Mama Gong looked at Hongluan's eyes wide and waved her hand in front of her: "What's wrong?" Mother, where are you uncomfortable? ”

Hongluan shook his head: "No." "Could it be that the person who killed tens of thousands of lives in the nearby ten miles and eight towns was the king? She thought of the straw folk house that King Ding handed her—the furnishings in that room and the appearance of the house were not inhabited by the people near the capital, but were all made up according to the style of the houses in her hometown.

Now that King Ding's dowry gift to the Shangguan family actually has a straw phoenix, he didn't expect that the secret alliance between him and the Shangguan family would be known, and even his gift list would be seen, right? There are many words that can only be said to be that God has eyes, and the king will do evil things in the end.

Mama Gong looked at Hongluan: "Well, there is another little thing, which is about the imperial concubine." The Empress Dowager told the people of the Shangguan family not to offend the imperial concubine, saying that there might be something strange in her hands, and it was better to please her; And the letter from the Shangguan family to the Empress Dowager said that King Ding wanted to deal with the Empress Dowager, saying that she had a holiday with Concubine Jia, and King Ding now wanted to avenge his biological mother or something. ”

"Of course, Shangguan's people went to check on King Ding, but they didn't find anything useful, that is, they knew that King Ding had a few skilled craftsmen in his hands, and they were good at making some delicate gadgets, as if there were two craftsmen who were taken from the hands of the emperor and concubine. As for the grievances between the two families, in addition to the palace, there seems to be another hidden feeling. Mama Gong shook her head: "Speaking of the rights and wrongs in the palace, it seems that the slippery fetus of the imperial concubine and the death of the princess she gave birth to have something to do with Concubine Jia." ”

Hongluan frowned tightly: "From the hands of the clansmen of the imperial concubine? "Those straw weaving things may have come from the hands of the skilled craftsmen in the hands of King Ding—they are probably the villagers who survived like Hongluan; But her fellow who can weave gadgets with grass is related to the imperial concubine?

Thinking of the rope she had seen in the garden, her heart ached: a palace concubine who has lived in the palace for many years, or a palace concubine who has been favored in the palace for more than ten years and has been neglected for more than ten years, how can it be related to her hatred of destroying the door and destroying the village? The imperial concubine has no heirs, and she wants to kill so many people.

If it was Dingwang's doing, she would have been able to come up with a lot of reasons, because it was obvious that Dingwang was not so willing and plain as he seemed on the surface, and it was not surprising that he had a plan to do something crazy.

Gong Mama didn't know that Hongluan's mind had gone far: "The old slave thinks that you should pay good attention to the Empress Dowager and the concubine, the person who can make the Empress Dowager so jealous, hehe, is by no means a simple person." Speaking of which, the old slave has been in the palace for many years, and he really didn't expect that there would be times when he looked away. ”

Hongluan nodded immediately: "It's to check the imperial concubine, including her family, what she experienced in the palace, etc., we have to know clearly." ”

Mama Gong looked at Hongluan with some puzzlement: "There is no need to ......" The imperial concubine is a childless person after all, so there is no need to put so much thought into her.

"The Empress Dowager is afraid of her, we have to find out clearly, and we have to find out that the king is going to murder her; Maybe we can find a way to deal with the Queen Mother, Mama. Hongluan promptly linked the matter of the Empress Dowager with the Empress Dowager, so that the palace grandmother no longer had any doubts and agreed happily.