Chapter 223: Spring Heart Sprouts, Wanting to Throw a Desperate Bet
Herui Garden of the Weiguo Mansion, Huang rubbed his eyebrows, leaned on the chaise longue tiredly, and only sent away Mrs. Qin of the Prime Minister's Mansion today, and received a letter of worship from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it was too late to think about Mrs. Jin's intention, and it was time to meet the housekeeper of the inner house to arrange housework.
"Go ahead and ask where Grandpa Guo is eating." Huang instructed Yuzhi.
But seeing that Mama Lan had already entered, she waved her hand to let the maids retreat before saying, "The third highness has come down, and I have just finished talking to Grandpa Guo in front, and I ordered to come down and put dinner in Yuanying Hall, and ask Mrs. to come over." β
"How could the Third Highness ......" Huang asked for half a sentence, frowning subconsciously.
"Mrs. Tai left the Third Highness for dinner, and when I heard that, she also sent someone to invite Wu Niang over." Mama Lan carefully looked at Huang's expression, and lowered her voice even lower: "Madame's analysis earlier was reasonable, Madame Tai should have no intention of five or six princes, causing the queen to be jealous, but the third prince ...... Because of this incident in Nanzhejiang, Xu Hui asked Mrs. Tai to change his opinion of him, and besides, His Royal Highness has just returned to Beijing today, and I heard that he has not even returned to the prince's mansion, so he has arrived at our mansion. β
Huang became more and more annoyed: "I tried it some time ago, Mrs. Tai only said that she was reluctant to give up Jing'er, saying that she would only be in October, and there were two Sanniang and Siniang in front of her, and it was still too early for the general's wife to discuss marriage, and I would not be able to say it if the general's wife asked for it, but looking at the enthusiasm of His Royal Highness...... "Of course, what is even more annoying is that the eldest princess actually invited Yijing to Yuanying Hall, what does this mean?"
"Madame still has to make plans early, and she can't watch Wu Niang marry into the royal family again." Mama Lan said fiercely.
Where is it so easy, even if you leave aside the eldest princess, you can't let that noble person find out the strange...... Huang secretly thought, but even Mama Lan concealed this, pondered for a while, and then said: "I think Sanniang will still come to say hello today." β
Since the beginning of the first month, Sanniang has become more and more attentive to Herui Garden, not to mention the morning and dusk, and insists on waiting for the Huang family's meal, rain or shine, but she can still stand the rules than her aunt.
Mama Lan understood what Huang meant, and nodded with a smile.
Sure enough, this Huang family went to Yuanying Hall, and Sanniang was followed by two maids to Herui Garden, but was pulled by the second-class maid Qiao'er with a smile: "Sanniang stays, Mrs. went to Yuanyingtang for dinner today, so I won't bother you." β
Sanniang stood at the foot of the stairs, and her heart was full of doubts - the Huang family was busy in the town because of the feed in her palm, and the eldest princess was not a person who was bound by family rites.
Thinking of this, Sanniang pulled up a smile on the corner of her lips, first said two good words, praised Qiao'er, and then seemed to ask casually: "Grandmother has something else to do today, so she invited her mother to Yuanying Hall?" β
Qiao'er had already gotten the benefits of Sanniang, remembering the words that Mama Lan had just "unintentionally" muttered, she looked around, and saw that there was no one else, so she hurriedly said: "I heard that Mrs. Tai left the Third Highness for dinner, so she invited Mrs. over, and only Wuniang went to the little ladies." β
Sanniang was happy in her heart, and she was a little resentful in a moment - her grandmother was really eccentric, and she couldn't forget Wuniang.
I didn't stay in Heruiyuan longer, turned around and went out, but my pace slowed down, and I kept thinking in my mind: I had already reached the court, and I was about to discuss my family, but I couldn't see any hope in planning that matter, and I didn't have any chance of winning, but I was unwilling in the end.
Grandmother wouldn't worry about the marriage of a concubine like her, so she had to stammer with her grandmother, but she didn't dare to say those words directly...... The only hope is that the third prince can be moved first, and he will mention it first, and the elders may not object.
What happened to the concubine? If you are expected to become the princess, you can change the family tree and record it in the name of the Duchess of the Kingdom.
But confined to the back house, how can there be a chance to meet the three princes? Not to mention......
No, you can't let go of the opportunity, for the sake of the future, it's time to make a desperate bet.
Sanniang finally made up her mind, stopped her steps towards Yanting Garden, and turned around and walked unswervingly towards Yuanying Hall.
As soon as she arrived in front of the Hanging Flower Gate, she saw Yijing walking from the other side with Xia Ke and Qiu Yue, Sanniang smiled slowly, and when she took a good look of closeness and eagerness, she shouted crisply: "Fifth sister." β
took a few steps forward to greet him, and grabbed Yijing's arm without saying anything: "The fifth sister is also here to greet her grandmother?" β
Yijing was in her heart - the cold winter that had not gone for a long time had made her impatient, and then there was something about the medicinal herbs, it was not as simple as she imagined, she had been nesting in the house for the past two days, and was planning how to persuade her grandmother to join forces with her, there was no safe excuse in the first place, she was annoyed, and she was too lazy to move, but today because of the demon who returned from Nanzhejiang, she insisted that this matter was so smooth, and she was indispensable for her credit, and she had to thank her face-to-face.
There was already a mess in her mind, she didn't want to waste her mind to socialize with the third prince, but her grandmother sent someone to invite, and she couldn't refuse, so she rubbed for a while before she reluctantly came to Yuanying Hall.
Seeing Sanniang's deliberately close energy, there was something Yijing didn't understand, but she couldn't stop her from saying hello to her grandmother.
had to be "hostaged" by Sanniang all the way.
In the main hall, before the table, the eldest princess was in the tea room behind the fan, listening to the three princes talking about the situation in southern Zhejiang.
Wei Guogong naturally sat with him, but Huang was not present - her task was, of course, to put up a cloth seat, deliberately avoid the kitchen, and watch the servants and subordinates prepare meals - with the arrival of the three princes, of course, the main dishes and wine should be added, and they could not be as common as in the past.
Linglong knew that Wu Niang would come, but she didn't expect to add a San Niang, so she was stunned, and watched San Niang holding Wu Niang around the partition door.
"That Wang Jiong, once known as ' Zhongzheng's name, and the official once praised him for his love and righteousness, although he is a noble son, but because he is a concubine, he was quite excluded by his mother and brother, and he was not able to crown the year, so he found a mistake and expelled him from the house, because Wang Jiong was very talented, and won the appreciation of a local scribe, not only married his daughter to him, but also recommended him to Kyoto, Wang Jiong himself does have the ability, but how long did he get acquainted with the Jinxiang henchmen, after entering the office, it was quite smooth, and gradually promoted to the political envoy from the second grade, his father Wang should have learned about it, and then accommodated him, but also said that he was not ordered by his parents, the status of the wife who married without permission was too low, forcing him to marry another, Wang Jiong was resolutely not to abandon the wife of the chaff, and was driven out of the house by Wang Yingγ β
The third prince was talking, and then he saw two pretty girls turn out from behind the door, his eyes just lit up, and he saw that one of them was Sanniang, and he was disappointed, but he stood up gently, and saluted with his hands: "Two sisters are good." β
Yi Jing patiently blessed her body and stood respectfully beside the eldest princess.
Wei Guogong just saw Sanniang, and his expression was a solemn - originally the three princes came today, one is to discuss business, and the other is to thank Yijing's "secret help", Wei Guogong is not good at refusing, and the eldest princess doesn't think there is anything wrong.
Who would have thought that Sanniang would follow?
After Sanniang saluted, she was keenly aware of the dissatisfaction of the two elders, and her heart became more and more aggrieved, and her throat was clearly astringent, but she still squeezed out a gentle smile, and stood on the other side of the eldest princess with a cheeky face.
"Why are the three girls free today?" The eldest princess asked lightly.
"Originally, I wanted to wait for my mother's dinner, but I heard about my grandmother when I went." Sanniang thought that she had not come to Yuanyingtang for many days to greet her, and her heart was originally a little timid, but after thinking about it, how could her grandmother have attached importance to herself, no matter how careless she was, she couldn't stammer, so she didn't care about it, and only said with a smile: "Your Highness is talking about Nanzhejiang?" Some time ago, I went to a banquet with my mother, and I often heard people talk about it, saying that His Royal Highness has made a great contribution this time, but I am curious, but today is a coincidence. "Smiling like a flower, I'm looking forward to it.
The eldest princess heard her words be nondescript, and her heart became more and more displeased, and the knot in Wei Guogong's eyebrows was also deepened, and she glanced at Sanniang: "You go to the kitchen to take a look, why is it not proper?" β
Sanniang's heart was immediately cold, but she was unwilling to fill her viscera, but she didn't dare to disobey her father's words, and replied "yes" with grievances, and then she left the tearoom, and tears of humiliation spilled all over her face.
The eldest princess let Yi Jing sit down and said: "San Lang wanted to thank you in person, so he called you here, and since you have participated, and listen to the current situation, if you go to the palace for a banquet in the future, or go to another house with your mother, there are those who catch up with the sycophants and flatter, and they can also weigh how to get along." β
Yi Jing responded, and when he saw that the third prince got up seriously, he gave her a long bow and hurriedly replied: "I don't dare to be Your Highness like this, it's just a few words wasted, and it doesn't help much." β
The third prince smiled secretly in his heart: The little fox is really docile in front of the elders.
The eyes are shining, looking at the beautiful scenery - I haven't seen it for nearly half a year, I am getting taller and taller, my eyebrows and eyes are more delicate and charming, just looking at the appearance, but I am a fair lady who is like a fake.
Yijing was stabbed by the substantial gaze, and when he looked back with some annoyance, he saw that the third prince had already moved his eyes, and he did not pick lightly, he was very polite and polite, and he couldn't help but pout the corners of his mouth, and listened to him continue to say that Wang Jiong - when his father should be convicted and lose office, how could he ignore the past suspicions and take care of his mother, brother and sister; has been an official for many years, and how is it that the surface is incorruptible, and even the official uniform is sewn and repaired, so that when the official imperial history mentions him, he praises the sentence "two sleeves and a clean breeze", but I don't know that this time a thorough investigation found that he had a secret property under his name, and the fertile land was up to 10,000 yuan, and the gardens were all over the south of the Yangtze River, and there were countless gold, silver, and rare treasures in the private treasury, which was more than ten times more than the private property of the "huge greed" Liang Chutong back then.
As for the evil deeds of indulging subordinate officials to oppress the people, steal people's property, and rob people's daughters, there are too many to mention.
Yijing listened and listened, but became more and more engrossed, and gradually fixed his gaze on the vermilion felt, and occasionally "charity" to the three princes.
As for which innocent people are involved, which crimes are not enough to die, and which Nanzhejiang nobles have prestige and power in the garrison, they must also be taken into account, and which of the nobles in Beijing are friendly with them, which are in-laws, and so on, Yijing pays more attention.
Secretly wrote down several important families, thinking about their daughters, who have several relationships, and those who have frequent interactions, what their temperaments are, and what they should do in the future.
Of course, there were times when they interjected, they didn't say much, but they were all on the point, and the eldest princess and Wei Guogong were very satisfied.
After two moments, the banquet has been laid out, and Su Yi invited the son Su Xun, the second master Su Ke, and the third master Su Yi to "catch the wind" for the third prince in the main hall.
Naturally, there is also a seat in the tea hall, and the three concubines including the Huang family, together with Sanniang and the Yijing sisters, accompany the eldest princess to eat.
Because Sanniang had no chance to talk to the three princes, she was absent-minded at the table, repeatedly stumbled, and once almost smashed the bowl.
Huang was "surprised" into a cold sweat, so he hastily finished dinner, and took Sanniang back to talk to Ruiyuan.