Purple satin failed to live up to the expectations of the second lady Ou, and it happened to fall at the time when the Wu family wanted to establish power, and the Wu family punished her fiercely from the beginning, slapped her, and made her kneel in the cold wind against the basin of water for a whole day, which seemed to be extremely dangerous.

But fortunately, Ou Qingying's illness did not cause any bad consequences, it went very quickly, and the Chinese New Year was about to begin, and only a few days ago did Ou Qingjin make trouble, and he drove out a half-beaten Pucao, and the Ou family was worried about gossip at this time. Therefore, as soon as Ou Qingying opened her mouth to intercede, Mrs. Ou and the Wu family no longer mentioned selling the purple satin.

All kinds of reasons add up, although Purple Satin lost face and froze to a sickness, in the end she just lost her good errand and was relegated to do rough work. Mrs. Ou originally thought about drying her for a while, and then promoting her again when she had made meritorious contributions. Second Mrs. Ou still remembers that this girl is good, and she can give it to Ou Qingying.

Who knew that since then, Purple Satin has changed as if she was a person, and she is no longer as smart and diligent as before, although she still finishes what she is given to her, but her temperament is cold and cold, and she is easily reluctant to say a word to others, as if she has seen everything through. Usually when I lock myself in the house, the lights are blind, and I don't know what I'm doing.

After a long time, everyone said that she had a strange and cold temperament, and Mrs. Ou also asked Hongxi and Mrs. Wang to see her. Mrs. Wang came back and said that Purple Satin was afraid that she was cold because of this matter.

It would not be much better for a slave who is cold to her master to do errands, and Ou Qingying seems to prefer the little girl named white fungus during this time, but she doesn't care about purple satin.

Mrs. Ou was depressed for a few days, so she also put down the matter and focused her attention on the white fungus.

Purple Sain finally achieved her goal.

Liang'er sent something back to the old house, and when she came back, she told her about the purple satin and the Wu family's Liwei, and Xia Ruixi sighed very much.

A person like Purple Satin is too smart and powerful, she really doesn't dare to put it by her side.

This year, Xijing City had a dull life. However, in the case of the lack of food utensils, there is a lot of gossip from the Chengwang Mansion that has been constantly spread by well-intentioned people, which makes people really excited.

I heard that on the wedding night, Rong refused to share a room with Zhao Mingtao, and the two had a quarrel that night, Zhao Mingtao waved his sleeves angrily, but was stopped by Chengrong Liugongzi at the gate of the courtyard. Rong Liugongzi was so talkative that he went to reprimand the bride again, and the two of them barely entered the cave room.

It's just that when he got up the next morning, Zhao Mingtao's face was even more angry, and the bride didn't have a good face. Thanks to Rong Liugongzi's mediation, the two of them ate a meal stiffly, and before the meal was finished, someone came to report that Mrs. Xia in Xifu was pregnant.

Although Zhao Mingtao did not go over, he sent a lot of gold, silver, pearls and jade, silk and satin, tonics, and rewarded the people who reported the good news - this is one of his children after all. It's also strange to say that there are not a few concubines around him over the years, but Xia Ruibei is a person who is pregnant with his child, so he can't help but pay attention to it.

So Xia Ruibei's previous hard days were forgotten, and only the sweet scenery remained. All kinds of people exaggerated in the ears of the bride, saying that this Mrs. Xia used to be carried into the house with a side concubine ceremony, three media and six hires, brought a dowry of 10 million, and was deeply loved, and has always been a special favorite. The example is that she opened another house, and all the money was in her own hands, and her wife and sister-in-law had no right to intervene.

Such a rich and favored, young and beautiful woman has a child at this juncture. Even though the Rong family didn't love Zhao Mingtao in every way, they were also very jealous. Especially after her brother raised her face and taught her with the emperor's father's order, she experienced a sense of crisis.

Her sixth brother told her that she was unwilling, and it was time for her to repay her if the Rong family gave birth to her. It's okay to be willful or petty, her seat must be sitting, otherwise what is the marriage for?

And promised that if she is obedient and well-behaved, she can ensure that she has no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life in the future, and if she insists on doing it and mistakes a big thing, she will not resent her relatives in the future regardless of her life or death.

Three days is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve. All the concubines in the house came to meet the new mother, just in time to reunite for the New Year. Zhao Mingtao specially sent a warm sedan chair to pick up Xia Ruibei, and in front of everyone, he smiled and groaned, and gently introduced her to his new wife.

When the concubines knelt down to worship the Rong family and offered tea, Xia Ruibei also knelt down. She is dressed up extraordinarily delicate, but she does not violate the rules, although she is thin, she has a delicate and bright charm that Rong does not have. She looked very well-behaved and honest in front of Rong's, and she seemed to be very low-key, but the joy between her eyebrows could not be hidden.

Zhao Mingtao is very different from Xia Ruibei now, she has one of his children, and the other reason is that he wants to use her to suppress the proud woman of the Rong family. As long as Xia Ruibei knows each other, he will not be too embarrassed for her.

From Zhao Mingtao's heart, he may not like an arrogant and spicy woman like Rong, but he always has to think of a way to get her over. It is best to control the body and mind, take him as the main person in everything, listen to his words, and help him cover up, otherwise it will be the most dangerous and unstable factor, and it may suddenly explode one day.

During the dinner, Zhao Mingtao watched with satisfaction as Xia Ruibei brought other concubines in the house to toast the Rong family, describing her demeanor as decent and generous. Xia Ruibei is much quieter and docile now, and she doesn't know if she is scared by him, she knows what he wants with a look, and she can always be very good, and she will cooperate with him to complete the task without hesitation. He asked her to play the role of gentle attachment and admiration in front of Rong, and she played it just right.

Xia Ruibei toasted one cup and wanted to toast two cups, but Zhao Mingtao stopped her: "Enough, it's enough when the mind arrives." If you have a body, it's better not to touch the wine, just drink some soup and eat something else. ”

"Princess, I'm really sorry. It stands to reason that the concubine should give you three cups. Xia Ruibei looked at Rong apologetically, Rong was not uncommon for her to toast, and was about to say it, but when she raised her eyes, she saw hidden provocation and contempt in her eyes, as well as showing off.

Rong is a woman who is full of joy and anger, violent as fire, and arrogant, how can she tolerate such contempt and provocation? She couldn't ignore it. No matter how much she hates this marriage, this is also her territory, and she must have the final say! What is Xia Ruibei? No matter how beautiful you are, how rich you are, and how much if you are pregnant? It's just a concubine! At that moment, Rong snorted coldly, moved his eyes to Xia Ruibei's stomach, and secretly grinded his teeth.

Zhao Mingtao saw the hatred in Rong's eyes, and smiled and played a round: "How about a cup of Princess Gujing?" And I hope that our husband and wife will be together for a hundred years, and we will raise our eyebrows. ”

Xia Ruibei knew each other very well and personally refilled the wine for the two.

Rong's heart was full of anger, but it was not easy to attack, after all, at this moment, everyone seemed to be very important to her, but she just felt that the tacit understanding between Zhao Mingtao and Xia Ruibei was dazzling.

After clinking glasses with Zhao Mingtao, she suddenly mentioned King Shou and Princess Shou, who had lived in seclusion for a long time and had almost been forgotten by the world: "Lord, such a happy day should have been reunited with the whole family." Why don't you invite the old prince and the princess to come out and have fun together? "He won't let her get better, and she won't let him get better.

"I sent someone to invite them, but they were tired and refused to come. People are old, and their health is not good, and they love to be quiet. The smile on Zhao Mingtao's face remained unchanged, and there was already a storm in his eyes.

Rong Shi smiled to himself: "Otherwise, the concubine will personally invite you?" The concubine is a bride, and it was already rude that she didn't kowtow to tea yesterday, so she really didn't want to go. ”

Zhao Mingtao smiled brighter and brighter, but the words he said were cold: "The princess doesn't have to worry about not going, disturbing the second elder's tranquility is a big deal." By the way, explain to the people you brought, this place is no better than the Western Xinjiang, it's best not to walk around. "If you dare to run around, be careful that he will kill someone!

Rong Shi could naturally hear his threat, and was half angry: "Although they are from the western Xinjiang, they know the rules, and they know what to do and what not to do, otherwise I will whip them to death first." As he spoke, he glanced at Xia Ruibei.

Zhao Mingtao smiled faintly: "That's fine." ”

Rong's heart was even more angry, just as a concubine pouring wine next to her accidentally touched her, she slammed the table, and the cups and plates jumped up: "There are no rules, pull me down and beat twenty military sticks!" ”

The concubine was so frightened that she lost her face, and she kowtowed desperately to her like garlic, and begged Zhao Mingtao to spare her life. Before Zhao Mingtao could speak, four or five strong female soldiers with knives and sticks poured in outside, and they didn't look at Zhao Mingtao, so they dragged the concubine down.

Rong looked at Zhao Mingtao proudly, she wanted to see what he dared to do to her? Looking at Xia Ruibei again, she was obviously so frightened that she was restless, and her face and mouth turned white. Rong couldn't help but feel refreshed, and high-fived: "Fun, dance, why did you stop?" ”

"Dang!" With a bang, it was Zhao Mingtao who put down the cup heavily.

For a while, the room was as silent as death, and the other concubines were silent, looking at the male and female hosts in fear.

Zhao Mingtao raised his head and said with a smile: "This is not in the army, governing the family has its own family rules, and military law cannot be used." The concubine is rude, and the princess still handles it according to the family rules. ”

Rong Shi let out an "oh" and said, "The concubine has written it down." He replied, but he didn't move, and the two were deadlocked. Zhao Mingtao was about to speak, but there was a dull sound of a military stick hitting the human body outside, and a female voice with a western accent sang crisp and high-pitched counting: "One, two,......"

Xia Ruibei lowered her head, her eyes looked at the two from under her eyelashes flexibly, she was not afraid that the two of them would fight, she was afraid that the two of them would not fight. If you don't fight. She had to add some fire, and more firewood. The more you fight, the better, it's best to let this Rong hate Zhao Mingtao, and she will strike first without them making a move.