Xiu Zhi was vigorous, and just held a hanging brocade curtain, and the crisp sound of the porcelain cup falling to the ground in the second room made the blue and black brocade boots under the bamboo green robe pause in a hurry.

The man with very resolute facial features and a slight loss of grace stood outside the curtain, and at the tip of his eyebrows was the sunset that pierced obliquely from the carved door, swaying and jumping.

Immediately after that, the woman's slightly sharp and impatient vent came from the curtain: "Take it!" If I don't drink this medicine again, get out of here! ”

Cai Zhen's eyebrows frowned, and with this slight move, he waved his arm and opened the curtain to enter.

His wife, Su Sanniang, was sitting cross-legged on the kang, her chest was rising and falling, and she put one hand into a fist on the kang table, which was exactly the appearance of her remaining anger.

The maids fell to their knees, frightened by the roar and about to prostrate themselves.

"Let's all get out." Cai Zhen said in a deep voice, he looked at Yiluo, but saw that she was still avoiding her gaze, as if she was ignoring his return, and the lacquer box in his hand was tight, but he relaxed his eyebrows, and even pulled up a smile, and put the lacquer box on the kang table in the past: "I know that you are taking medicine during this time, and it tastes uncomfortable, it is worth getting early today, I specially bought you the desserts of Heweifang, which are your consistent preferences......"

"I don't have any preferences, as long as I don't force me to take these quacks again, I use it for two years, and I can't get pregnant, I guess there is no hope, why torture people, isn't it just to pass on the ancestry, it's a big deal to give you two more concubines, and give birth to a son and remember it in my name as a son-in-law!" Sanniang didn't wait for Cai Zhen to finish speaking, and with a wave of her hand, the lacquer box was waved out with a bang, and several plates of delicate desserts smashed on the ground.

After the bang, the room fell silent.

Cai Zhen originally wanted to sit down next to the edge of the kang, but this time his spine stiffened, his chin tightened, his eyebrows were angry, and one hand was tightly clenched into a fist, obviously trying to control his emotions.

After a long while, the corners of his lips eased slightly, and as soon as he spoke, he still had some solemnity: "Do you really want me to take a concubine?" ”

Sanniang's eyes were red, her face was stubbornly parted, and her tears trembled on her eyelashes, but she just refused to fall.

Cai Zhen's gaze softened again, sighed, reached out to his wife's fist, and gently rubbed his thumb against Sanniang's protruding knuckles: "Is it that your mother is embarrassing you again?" ”

Sanniang seemed to take a deep breath and tried her best not to choke out: "She doesn't dare yet." ”

"Don't talk like that!" Cai Zhen shook his fingers fiercely, and a green jade wrench made Sanniang's knuckles feel a slight pain, and he had no choice but to loosen his fist.

Cai Zhen felt this slight relaxation, and then sat down next to someone: "I know, because of the matter of the heir, my mother is somewhat concerned and makes you feel aggrieved...... That's it, if you're tired of taking medicine, it's okay to take a break for a while, just don't let your mother know, if you are embarrassed, it's okay to say to me bluntly, in front of my mother, I will always turn around for you, don't worry, if I am destined to have no children, it will be a big deal in the future, and you can't mention the matter of concubines in the future. ”

When Sanniang heard this, the tears finally fell, she pulled her palm away and hurriedly brushed it on her face, her tone eased down, but her eyes were always stubbornly wandering out of the window: "It's not for this." ”

"And for what?" Cai Zhen completely stopped his anger.

"The queen's birthday banquet, originally only invited Mrs. Shizi, today I made a special trip to let the chamberlain send me an invitation post, I don't want to go, but my mother said that I can't disobey the order, if I ask for illness again, the queen will let the palace doctor come to diagnose......" Sanniang snorted coldly: "My fifth sister and the Qin family are in trouble with you to the death, Qin Xiang's birthday banquet has just passed, the queen wants me to enter the palace, it is bound to be ill-intentioned, nothing more than to want revenge, only the fifth sister and her do not deal with her, what do I have to do?" I don't want to suffer the wrath of the Queen. ”

"What are you shouting Mrs. Shizi, that's our sister-in-law." Cai Zhen said again, but his expression was quite helpless: "Since my mother said that, she must have been the first to take care of your illness, but she was gagged by the queen's people, and on the day of the horizontal and vertical reading, Concubine Fu and Princess Chu will also attend, and you will not be aggrieved if they take care of you." ”

"It's not that simple." Sanniang became anxious, and then looked at Cai Zhen: "I used to be a concubine, and I didn't deal with several concubines of the Qin family, how did the queen think of me this time?" You are the second son, if you don't take the title in the future, I can't be the master of Wu'an Houfu, and I made a special trip to make up an invitation post, the picture must not be simple, maybe there are still some traps waiting. ”

Cai Zhen also cautiously came down: "Otherwise, you go back to the Guogong Mansion to discuss with the princess of Chu first, and I will also go to find the king of Chu." ”

"Don't go." Sanniang raised her eyebrows: "I don't want to deal with them." ”

Cai Zhen shook his head: "Ah Luo, this is not the time to be willful, Qin Xiang has repeatedly provoked, and it is definitely not a matter of Princess Chu alone, we and the Guogong Mansion in addition to the in-law layer, we have always been in the same situation, if it were not for the old Guogong to protect it, Emperor Taizong was only afraid that he had been instigated by Jin Cheng to punish his grandfather, and later although his grandfather died depressed because of the accident, in the end, the Cai family did not lose his title and was punished by the Heavenly Family, this kindness, the descendants of the Cai family will keep it in mind, and now the Weiguo Mansion and the Qin Prime Minister have become a fire and water, Then the Cai family is inseparable from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and since you have already known that the queen has unpredictable intentions, you should remind the princess of Chu in front. ”

After a few breaths, Cai Zhen sighed again: "You are resistant to the princess in your heart, but because of the old disputes, the times have changed, and in the end, are you a blood relative......

"I knew that in your eyes, it was me who was unreasonable and disregarded the overall situation." Sanniang sneered: "Who are you going to go to and let yourself be free, I will never take the initiative to associate with Princess Chu." ”

Cai Zhen choked, in the end, it was no longer difficult to be strong.

He just couldn't understand that every time the eldest sister-in-law talked about it, she praised Princess Chu for knowing righteousness, humility and friendship, and being a person who got along very well, and his wife was by no means vicious, she was just a little cautious, how could she be so estranged from Princess Chu's sisters, as if she had a great grudge.

A woman's heart is really a needle under the sea, unpredictable.

——

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, at the beginning of the day, Qin Ziruo took out his private money to buy off two rough maids, and let him go to get hot water to bathe in fragrant soup, and took advantage of the first ray of light to enter the screen window, and he painted makeup in the mirror, and he was also full of ambition.

She was only notified last night that she was going to enter the palace with the princess today.

Xia Ke, who was passing the word, gritted his teeth and was unwilling.

The old princess was glad and said that this was a good thing.

Isn't that a good thing? It's really a good omen, this time the Empress Dowager personally issued an edict to let Princess Chu take her into the palace, and it was on such a day - Queen Fangchen.

It shows that the Empress Dowager has made a decision, and she should be allowed to be a side concubine.

As expected, the Empress Dowager still takes care of the Holy Lord, and it is also a matter of course, the first emperor has a testament to supervise the administration of the dynasty, and the Empress Dowager has not announced it for a long time, which shows that she has always been unwilling to conflict with the Holy Lord in her selfish heart, even if she still has favor for the Weiguo Mansion, it is limited, and it is impossible to really be an enemy of the Qin family for the sake of a mere Concubine Su.

Balancing the power of all parties is the wisest policy.

Doesn't it indicate that the Holy Lord's plan will be smooth sailing, today is the day of Concubine Su's death, no wonder the weather is so clear, and the morning glow is already brilliant in the eastern sky.

"My sister looks really good today." Qin Ziruo's "roommate" Yan'er flattered.

Of course, after today, you will no longer be worthy of my sister. Qin Ziruo was so secret.

The clouds and temples are delicate and delicate for the first time, and they are dressed in brocade clothes, embroidered with delicate curly grass, cinnabar magnolia long skirts, and also pull the yarn silk embroidered with mugwort green and gold silk, and even the embroidered shoes are also decorated with pearls as large as rice grains.

Qin Ziruo seemed to have resumed the dress of the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Under the envious gaze of a group of maids, I went to see the old princess, and the old princess stroked her palms and smiled - really beautiful.

invited Qin Ziruo to have breakfast together, and the girl did not refuse again, and really sat on the kang.

Mama Zhu almost couldn't hold back her fall, forcing herself not to pay attention to Miss Qin, and staring out the window with a glance.

It's no wonder that Miss Qin couldn't hold her breath and showed this rampantness, it is estimated that the stimulation at Qin Xiang's birthday banquet was too deep, so that her mentality was unbalanced, and she was too looking forward to the day of her emergence.

When the princess returned, the two families were at the opposite door, and today they were invited together, although the princess said that she returned home to live for a while, she was still a princess, and she should enter the palace with the old princess.

Seeing Qin Ziruo's appearance at a glance, the princess immediately frowned: "Ziruo, it's inappropriate to dress like this, it's overstepping." ”

Just to put it mildly.

Zhu Mama couldn't hold it back, and coughed it out.

Qin Ziruo's face suddenly turned pale.

"The Empress Dowager didn't directly edict you." A reminder.

In other words, it's just that I will take you into the palace - the dress of the maid is decent.

The old princess has always ignored these trivial matters, and when she heard this, she said: "Then change your clothes quickly, and be careful not to delay the hour." ”

Qin Ziruo had no choice but to swallow her anger - Concubine Su just wanted to embarrass herself, she only needed to endure the humiliation for a while, and after today, even if she was only a side concubine, the Su family would be reduced to a capital crime, but she would only get a three-foot white silk or a glass of wine.

But when resuming the dress of the maid, it was inevitable to be angry and negligent - the clothes were changed, and most of the golden hairpin and jade were taken, but it was just that the heavy makeup was not washed, and it looked particularly inappropriate against the maid's dress.

Although the garden is another palace, but in the western suburbs, it only takes more than half an hour to go from the inner city, but in the end it is close to the mountains and rivers, the garden scenery is more like the south of the Yangtze River, compared to the majesty of the palace The square scenery is particularly elegant, it is very suitable for summer retreat, it is Gaozu, Taizong or the first emperor so diligent and diligent, when the heat is unbearable, there is also a time to move the palace here, not compared to the Dere River Palace, although it is cooler, but it is really a big waste to move the courtiers.

With the Kyoto Palace, it is very convenient to integrate politics and leisure.

Today, in addition to the clans invited by the Empress Dowager, there are all the people who participated in the Queen's Fangchen Banquet, including the princess and the wife, and the Son of Heaven has already given an order, all according to the queen's wishes.

No matter how casual it is, according to different grades, the time when they enter the palace also has a sequence.

For example, Yijing and other princes and princesses can arrive before the banquet, but Wu'an Houfu and other female dependents have to rush to Chenzheng and kneel down to congratulate their birthdays first.

Although Su Yiluo was unwilling, she had to go with her eldest sister-in-law.

Mrs. Wu'an Hou Shizi is also a noble birth, his father is a local capital, surnamed Xie, upright by nature, and it is not difficult to get along, although Sanniang's younger sister-in-law has always been cold as frost, Xie does not mind, along the way, said a lot of noblewomen's discussions: "It is said that this time the saint has just entered June and intends to come to the palace to escape the summer, is intended to add glory to the queen, the queen's birthday is not the whole life, not the pilgrimage, and has already set a banquet in the Yingyuan, that is, an ordinary palace banquet, if the ancestral system, the saint should not abandon the government as a companion, it is for the same banquet, I came to the palace in advance to cool off, this kind of statement is just propagated by Qin Xiang's henchmen, it seems that the queen is favored, if the saint really attaches importance to the queen, wouldn't it be a hundred to simply set up a banquet in the palace? Or simply order a hundred officials to congratulate, when the first birthday celebration after filial piety, how much scenery? ”

Xie said with a smile: "It's not that Qin Xiang's birthday banquet is smiling and generous, the saint wants to use it in the end, and many people say that in fact, the concubine is pregnant and can't withstand the heat, and the saint simply moved to another palace for this reason, just this statement, it is more reliable than adding light to the queen, and the younger sister-in-law should not worry too much, even if the queen wants to find face for her grandfather, she specially edicted you to enter the palace for the sake of the Guogong Mansion, and the concubine Fu is just that, the princess of Chu is not a soft bone, and today the empress dowager has edicted the eldest princess and other clan elders to enter the palace, the queen didn't dare to come nonsense. ”

Xie Shi said happily, but Sanniang turned a deaf ear until she entered the palace, except for the congratulatory words that she said when she bowed down with everyone, she didn't say much.

But the queen left her alone to "speak".

Xie also knew that something was wrong, and turned back three times when he went out.

After the ladies of the public waiting house greeted her, it was the turn of the ordinary women, and Sanniang waited in the side hall for a while.

It's so easy, the queen is here, and the cold and noisy are two, but the Son of Heaven is coming again.

But he didn't talk to Sanniang, but went around the back of the sliding.

However, this obviously means that the queen's next words were all acquiesced by the Son of Heaven.

When Sanniang stepped out of the queen's temporary dormitory, she was quite depressed.

There are intermittent threats and temptations in my ears—

"Don't think about it, you can enjoy the glory with your mother's family in the future, this world, in the end, is the holy world, it is the honor and disgrace of the Cai family, and it is only by holy will...... If you do this, in the future, Wu Anhou's title will be replaced by Cai Jiangsi's inheritance......"

Among the flowers and leaves, the falling sunlight and the shadow of the sun in the sparkling waters of Kunming Lake in the distance seem to echo from far and near, so dazzling.

Sanniang was stunned, and saw a row of shoulders in front of her.

After the gauze curtain hung lightly, Su Yijing's smile was even more dazzling than this June glow.

Sanniang stopped in the secluded path and smiled coldly.

Fifth sister, did you not expect that your life and death today would be in my hands?