Chapter 52: The Death of the Peach
Since Jiang Wanrong was taken back to the house by her grandfather Jiang Taishi and father Jiang Sikou, Jiang Wanrong's condition has been improving day by day. Under the deliberate arrangement of the royal family, this farce of harmony and separation was quietly handled in a low-key manner, as if nothing had happened.
As soon as the news came out in the palace that Jiang Wanrong could get up and act, Zhao Ruier couldn't wait for the crown prince Ji Rong to announce the news that she had become the crown princess.
Empress Zhao was overjoyed, she was looking forward to Zhao Ruier becoming the crown princess, who would have thought that the Jiang family would take the lead during the Flower Dynasty Festival. After several attempts to frame him, the Zhao family has finally gotten his wish, and he is naturally overjoyed.
Zhao Ruier is the step-concubine of the crown prince, and she was married to Ming Media at the beginning, so the matter of being promoted to the crown princess only needs to go through the motions in Zhao's harem alone.
But the people of the Zhao family have always been arrogant and domineering, and people are in good spirits when they are happy, how can they not show off well?
Empress Zhao held a banquet in the harem, and everyone in the harem, as well as the young lady of the prestigious family, would attend to celebrate Zhao Rui'er becoming the crown princess, which can be said to have given the new princess enough face.
After hearing the news, Empress Dowager Jiang sent someone to spread the word early in the morning that she would not attend. I also know that Jiang Wanrong has obviously sat on the throne of the crown princess, but after only a few months of hard work, she was taken away by the Zhao family, and the Empress Dowager Jiang was angry. In addition, she did something that was not good for the Jiang family, and it was really not good to celebrate Zhao Rui'er becoming the crown princess.
Although no one has pierced the layer of window paper that the royal family poisoned and murdered Jiang Wanrong, Jiang Taishi and Jiang Sikou are not three-year-old children, and they naturally know it in their hearts for most of their lives.
Whenever He Xuan hears these troubles in Zhaohua Palace, he will go to the corridor in the backyard to tease Meng Meng.
Every time Meng Meng sees a steamed bun, no matter how far it goes, it will fly down, and then shake and quickly move in front of He Xuan, the slender claws supporting the fat body, the appearance is really interesting.
Whenever this happens, He Xuan feels that some people are alive, but they will only hinder the eyes of others, which is far less cute than this cute one.
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The wind and the sun are beautiful, and the grass grows and the warbler flies.
At noon, everyone gathered in the main hall of Yuquan Palace.
The main seat is naturally sitting behind Queen Zhao, and the two sides next to each other are Mrs. Jiang, Prince Ji Rong and Zhao Rui'er. The concubines sat on the left hand side of Empress Zhao, the princesses and princes sat on the right hand side of Empress Zhao, and behind them sat the young lady of the family.
Empress Zhao has a good demeanor, although there are some wrinkles on her face, she can't hide her stunning beauty. Her eyes were bright, and when she saw that everyone was quiet, she looked at the crown prince Ji Rong with a motherly smile on her face, and said slowly: "Rui'er will be the crown princess in the future, are you satisfied with her being your wife?" ”
This is knowingly asked. Empress Zhao had long known in her heart that the crown prince Ji Rong was fascinated by her good niece, but she didn't know enough, she had to let everyone in the world know.
The crown prince Ji Rong slowly got up and saluted Zhao Hou, and then glanced at Zhao Rui'er with love, and said respectfully: "The peach is dying, and its leaves are dying." The son is home, and it is suitable for his family. Derui's companionship is Ji Rong's luck. ”【1】
He Xuan heard the first sentence of "The peach is dying", and his eyebrows have been raised. This poem "Tao Yao" is written:
The peach is dying, scorching its glory. The son is home, and it is appropriate for him to live in his room.
The peach is dying, and there is a fact. The son is home, and his family room is appropriate.
The peach is dying, and its leaves are blooming. The son is home, and it is suitable for his family.
This is a hymn sung for the bride, reflecting the bride's good character of living in harmony with her family, and the good character of the bride injects fresh blood into the newly built family and brings a harmonious and joyful atmosphere. 【2】
How can Zhao Ruier have any good qualities? What does the prince mean by saying this poem in public? Where to put Jiang Wanrong?
He Xuan didn't like this straw bag brother for a long time, but at this moment, he saw his coolness clearly, so cold that he didn't even save Jiang Wanrong a little face.
When Empress Zhao heard this, she smiled even brighter, she gently raised a delicate and gorgeous golden bottle wine glass in front of her, and drank it with everyone in the palace to celebrate Zhao Rui'er becoming the rightful crown princess.
He Xuan looked at it coldly, and the expressions of everyone in the hall were different.
Empress Zhao's face is an elegant smile, no longer the kind of skin and flesh that is not smiling in the past, but a trace of sincere joy, the corners of the eyebrows and eyes are all smiling, and even the wrinkles at the corners of the eyes are undoubtedly revealed.
The prince was so fascinated that he looked at Zhao Rui'er, who was dressed up extraordinarily delicately, who was already a beautiful woman with all kinds of amorous feelings, and she was even more smiling like a flower at the moment.
Mrs. Jiang took a sip of the wine in her glass, her eyes were still smiling when she looked at the prince, and the corners of her eyes showed a kind of disgust when she looked at Zhao Rui'er.
This Mrs. Jiang is of noble birth, and her appearance is acceptable among the concubines, and she is a woman with little knowledge. is such an old woman, what qualifications does she have to look down on her daughter-in-law Zhao Ruier, who is also noble-born, but her appearance is charming?
He Xuan snorted coldly in his heart, with such a mother and concubine carefully raised, no wonder the crown prince Ji Rong is such an unlearned and arrogant person.
Before coming, He Xuan had heard from the people below that Jiang Sikou had secretly sent a letter to Mrs. Jiang recently, saying that Jiang Wanrong's reputation had been ruined, and Mrs. Jiang, who was a younger sister, never helped to uphold justice, but only knew how to blindly protect his shortcomings, and actually conspired to poison his palm. He even resolutely said in the letter, the brother and sister relationship is broken, from now on, Mrs. Jiang and the prince should not expect anything to happen to the Jiang family.
Hehe, this is enough for Mrs. Jiang to have a headache. He Xuan drank a glass of wine in front of him and gently wiped the corners of his mouth with a silk handkerchief.
Zhao Rui'er got up with a smug look, and returned a full glass of wine to everyone, and then shook her body slightly, saying that she was a little drunk.
"Queen mother, my son heard that my father has a new beauty, and I didn't see it clearly on my father's birthday last time, so I don't know if I came today." Zhao Ruier said slowly to Empress Zhao with the intention of drinking.
The corners of Zhao Hou's mouth slanted, and his finger pointed to a corner in the distance, and said, "What the emperor said was Bi Yue?" Bi Yue, why don't you come up to take a look at the crown princess? ”
A graceful woman in the distance got up, Ying Ying walked to the center of the hall, and said in a soft voice: "Meet Empress Zhao, I have seen the crown princess." ”
"This is Bi Yue, Rui'er, look at how handsome she was born, this palace remembers that you are the righteous daughter of King Bi?" Empress Zhao pretended to praise Bi Yue.
The corners of Zhao Rui'er's mouth twitched, and she asked enthusiastically, "Righteous daughter?" It's interesting, what did you do before? ”
Bi Yue came to the Great Zhou Palace not long ago, but she had seen the market, and Zhao Ruier called her "you" instead of "mother", which shows that she has no respect.
"Bi Yue is not talented, born in a civilian family, but God favored Bi Yue to give Bi Yue such a beauty, Bi Guo is well known, Bi Wang felt very sorry for me, so he accepted me as a righteous daughter." Bi Yue's answer was fluent, and her face was full of smiles.
"Is that so?" Zhao Rui'er pretended to be surprised, then turned to Zhao Lin, who was drinking wine in a cup, and said, "Brother, in the years you have traveled to various countries, have you ever heard of this beautiful lady in Bi Kingdom?" ”
When Bi Yue heard this, her face tightened, and her hand unconsciously grabbed her robe.
Zhao Lin's long hair fluttered, he looked at Zhao Rui'er and Bi Yue fixedly, slowly put down the wine bottle in his hand, and said with an intriguing smile on the corner of his mouth: "It's a pity, Zhao Lin has never heard of the girl's name." ”
In this way, Bi Yue's face relaxed, smiled, and was about to speak, but was interrupted by that voice.
"Zhao Lin is in Bi Country, I only heard that there is a woman named Yue Ruyi in Fireworks Willow Lane, who was born with the appearance of a shy flower in the closed moon, and even plays the piano well, and the nobles of Bi Country are eager for this woman! Age... Looks like you! It's a pity that Zhao Lin's family education is very strict, so he couldn't see it. Zhao Lin said as he squinted at Bi Yue's face, which was red for a while and green for a while, and in the end, he shook his head with a pretended pity.
The women of the harem have nothing to do and like to chew the root of their tongue the most. Hearing this kind of immoral thing, some concubines couldn't bear it, covered their faces with a silk handkerchief, and pointed at Bi Yue.
Bi Yue, who was still a little noble just now, is a bit like a rat crossing the street at the moment, and everyone shouts and beats.
Bi Yue stood in the center of the hall in a daze for about a cup of tea, Empress Zhao finally eased her expression, looked at Bi Yue considerately, and said with a smile: "My nephew is not used to talking, don't take it to heart." He's talking about that month Ruyi, not you, right? ”
Bi Yue nodded in a panic, and with Empress Zhao's answer, she returned to her seat in a gloomy manner.
He Xuan looked at Bi Yue's back, and faintly felt that this Bi Yue's eighth achievement was the moon Ruyi in Zhao Lin's mouth. The Zhao family's movements are really fast, Bi Yue entered the palace for less than a month, and they turned out all the details of the family.
Empress Zhao, who played Bi Yue for a while, was very satisfied, and instructed the palace maids around her to pass the meal and pass the song and dance.
Enjoying the singing and dancing, and eating all kinds of dishes in front of him silently, his thoughts were a little confused, and he only felt as if he had experienced a lot of things recently.
"Ahh With Princess Wen Ying's exclamation, a bowl of hot soup was sprinkled on He Xuan's shoulder impartially, almost splashing on He Xuan's face.
He Xuan looked back, Princess Wen Ying stood aside, looking at the vegetable leaves and egg flowers and Xuan Xuan was stunned. She stared at Princess Wen Ying's eyes carefully, the seats between the two of them were not next to each other, how could they spill the soup on her so coincidentally?
Princess Wen Ying lowered her head when she was looked at, and said in an aggrieved voice: "I... I didn't mean to... Sister Huang, don't blame me... ”
As he spoke, it felt as if he was about to cry.
He Xuan had no choice but to say: "It doesn't matter, I'll go back to the palace and change my clothes." Qing'er knelt in front of He Xuan, picked up the vegetable leaves on He Xuan's body little by little and threw them aside, but the soaked clothes were a water mark.
He Xuan quietly signaled to his mother, Mrs. Cai, and then got up and walked on the way back to the palace.
"Princess, the slave maid looks, Princess Wen Ying did it on purpose." Qing'er looked at no one around, so she complained.