This year, Mingyue's days are also worried, although she has the permission of the princess, but only she waits for a good Zhiniang, and even the task of investigation is not arranged, and it is really difficult to be down-to-earth in her heart, fortunately, in this year, Yu Zhou is very cold to his wife, but in order to please the old princess, he loves Zhiniang a lot, but also saves Mingyue a lot of thoughts for Zhiniang, Huang Jiangyue does not dare to pick Zhi Niang's no, the master and servant two stop in Xiyuan, and live as light as water.

It wasn't until recent days that Mingyue saw that Zhiniang had regained her sorrowful appearance, full of long sighs, and even trembling.

When Mingyue asked, she learned that it was such a sinister thing.

It turned out that Zhi Niang was instructed by Xiao Xie to find a way to trick the other door Banniang into playing in the Taoran Pavilion in Dongyuan on the birthday of the old princess, and sent the maids around Banniang, and then let Banniang drink the tea with the drug.

Tao Ran Pavilion is located in the apricot shade of the East Garden, and is suitable for enjoying the shade in midsummer, so there is a soft couch.

Mingyue was taken aback when she heard this, and reminded Zhi Niang that this was Mrs. Su's Ba Niang.

Of course, Zhi Niang knew it, but she also said that not only Xiao Xie's family, but even Yu Zhou was also present that day, and "persuaded" her to act according to the plan.

Although she has the old princess as a support, even if Zhi Niang is not afraid of Xiao Xie's harsh treatment, if even Yu Zhou is completely offended, how can she have any hope in the future? The old princess is an elder, and when she is old, can she protect her for life?

Therefore, no matter how Mingyue persuaded her, Zhi Niang was also determined to act according to the plan, and she did not want to know the old princess about this, let alone the beautiful scenery.

The reason why she told Mingyue was because she needed a maid to help her, but she couldn't tell who to use, the maid brought from the Zhenguo Mansion was arranged by her mother-in-law, and it may not be credible, just Mingyue took the initiative to ask, and Zhiniang made up her mind - Mingyue was Yu Zhou's henchman, and she was usually very loyal to herself, and her temperament was calm, so she should not be half-hearted, and she was not afraid of panicking and smashing the errand.

Mingyue saw that Zhiniang was obsessed, gave up persuasion, and simply came to Guan Suiyuan to inform the princess of the matter.

The princess was really grateful, and promised to keep her safe, and asked her that she did not plan to leave the country, but only wanted to find a home under the protection of the palace, and she could not worry about food and clothing, and the princess agreed again, saying that she would find a practical and capable offspring for her in the accompanying room, and they could take care of the shop in the future, and if they wanted, they could also go to the grange to manage things.

Mingyue felt that she had a lifelong dependence, and her heart was completely down-to-earth, and she was a little looking forward to the early arrival of the old princess's birthday in mid-July.

Naturally, she was full of ridicule at Zhiniang's promise to her - if she could help with this this time, she would ask her wife for a favor, and her vision of giving Yu Zhou a formal room was full of ridicule.

Langxing has become a common room as he wished, so what? is still serving by the side of the main room, Erlang is sometimes cold and hot to her, and he is not even as good as the little maid in Guan Sui Garden.

Your honey, my arsenic, and the master and servant, Mingyue thinks that she should do nothing for Zhiniang, and her conscience does not feel indebted.

Compared with Mingyue, Yu Dong's family's expectations for the old princess's birthday this year are undoubtedly more enthusiastic.

They let Zhi Niang join in is actually helpless - for Jiang Yue, the Weiguo Mansion has long been on guard, and she will come forward, but she can not deceive Su Banniang to leave the group, and the princess should eat the bitter fruit, who let her take a lot of care of Zhi Niang in order to please the old princess, and Zhi Niang is close to the sister and sister, and Zhi Niang will come forward, so that the princess will not be defended.

Moreover, Jiang Yue knew that Banniang was a chess idiot, and secretly promised Yu Zhoufang that if Zhi Niang invited, she would also be close.

Xiao Xie's first time was fortunate that Zhi Niang had a pleasant title, otherwise ordinary concubines would not have the qualifications to entertain guests, and the eldest daughter An Hui had always been not on good terms with Su Banniang, so she couldn't count on it, wouldn't anyone be able to coax Su Banniang to leave the table?

There is another advantage to letting Zhi Niang come forward, when things get out, you can reverse black and white, saying that Su Banniang had an intention and persuaded her to kiss the fifth sister, set up a trap, and calculated Yu Zhou.

Zhiniang's friendship with the princess is an irrefutable fact, the Weiguo Mansion can only suffer this dumb loss, let Yu Zhou accept the eighth mother, and in the future, it will be difficult to interfere in the family affairs of the palace, and support the princess to suppress the second room.

If this plan is successful, at least in the future, you can sit back and relax, firmly cling to the Chu Palace, eat and drink for nothing, and you can also hold the middle feed in a grand manner, and profit from it.

Yu Dong high-fived and said that it was fortunate that marrying Huang Qiniang was really good, there was no narrow-mindedness of a jealous woman at all, and he thought about the family with all his heart, so he would give birth to such a wonderful plan.

So under the eagerness of everyone, more than ten days passed like a snap of a finger, and the old princess's birthday came as scheduled.

Zhenzhen also invited a few in-laws.

Most of the men were busy with official business, and the Chu Wangfu had a family banquet first, so in addition to a few male hosts of the palace, Su, Chen, Huang, Yin, Xie, and Wei were invited to a total of six families, only female dependents and a few aunts.

Of course, the lunch banquet was still set up in the flower garden, because the weather was hot, it was simply set up in the verandah near the lake, with men and women seated separately, and only the painting screen was separated in the middle.

It is inevitable that the staggered planning will be staggered, and the birthday celebration will be repeated, and the atmosphere on the table will be harmonious and warm.

After the banquet, it is still a traditional program to listen to the play.

Because it was a family banquet, there was no need to have too many scruples, several young couples sat in pairs, but Yu Feng did not return outside, and the princess was very "unlucky" to be alone and mixed into the group of girls, and Zhiniang, a noble concubine, was not qualified to accompany Yu Zhou with Huang Jiangyue, and she was inseparable from Yijing.

Yijing listened to a few little ladies whispering and laughing while observing everyone.

Today, the King of Chu and Yu Dong also sat aside, sipping tea while enjoying the excitement on the stage, looking very harmonious; Xiao Xie was socializing in the group of ladies, and she was busy and courteous, but her eyes still drifted to this side from time to time; The eldest princess was pulled by the old princess to sit beside her, and on the other side, sat the grandmother of Yijing.

That's right, Mrs. Huang, who has been sick for a long time, is also a guest of honor today.

Yijing avoided his gaze and smiled slightly coldly.

Although there are only Mingyue's words and no detailed knowledge of the enemy's plan, it is not difficult to speculate that since the eighth sister is to be stunned, it must be to cause the "rape" to be caught in bed, and as for the "rape" person...... It is not good to make too much noise in Yuzhou, and how can Jiang Yue move the old princess, let alone the eldest princess, the only person who can cooperate with her is Mrs. Houfu.

Fortunately, what my grandmother wanted was to be able to pinch the handle of the Weiguo Mansion, so as to improve Jiang Yue's difficult situation, whether it was Yu Zhou or the eighth sister who had bad intentions, it was Jiang Yue who was aggrieved, and after the matter was completed, whether it was the Chu Mansion or the Weiguo Mansion, it would not be easy to embarrass Jiang Yue in the future.

The beautiful scenery lowered his eyes, and he did not feel resentment or grief in his heart, but was cold and calm.

Yi Jing can understand her grandmother's love for Jiang Yue very well, and she can also understand that she is separated from her grandmother after all, but there is no way to do it without any mustard, last time Jiang Yue wanted to trap her unfavorably, although her grandmother was biased, but it was not from the initiative, Yi Jing was still relieved, but this time her grandmother obviously took the initiative to help after learning about Jiang Yue's plan, otherwise she was afraid that she would not have the face to come to the palace again, at most she would send her aunt to socialize.

She knew that from now on, she and her grandmother would probably only be able to maintain a superficial harmony, and the past feelings would disappear with this conflict, and they would never return to the beginning.

Yijing suddenly remembered Yu Feng's words - we can't ask everyone to stand on our side selflessly, abandon the word power and intimacy only for justice, and we can't ask that all efforts can be rewarded, too much care, it is only ourselves who are tormented, so we must be open-minded, in fact, not for others, but for ourselves, too much hatred will make the burden too heavy, it is best to let it go.

So she didn't hate her grandmother, but she couldn't treat her with an unadulterated heart.

From then on, estrangement is it.

Beside him, Cousin Wei Zhao and the sixth and seventh sisters talked happily, while the eighth sister always seemed silent.

Yi Jing clearly saw that she intended to hide in the crowd, but her eyes still secretly skimmed towards Yu Zhou from time to time.

That love affair is unforgettable after all, but after today, the eighth sister should also be sober.

Zhi Niang is trying to find a topic and get close to Banniang, there is nothing strange about this situation, because Banniang is silent, Zhi Niang is also the master, seeing Banniang sitting alone and being cold, it is also the master's diligence to talk in a hurry.

Yijing deliberately snubbed Banniang today, and only gossiped with those three younger sisters.

In addition, there are several daughters of the Chen, Yin, and Huang families sitting here, Yin Yong's sister is still the first time to return to the palace, and she seems a little restrained, and Yijing takes care of her most of her mind.

Gradually, I heard Zhi Niang bring the topic to chess, and Banniang's words increased.

A few little ladies who came today, only Banniang is a concubine, and the nobles in Beijing are "distinct", under normal circumstances, the concubine is reluctant to interact with the concubine, and as a concubine Zhi Niang, it obviously makes Banniang feel relaxed.

So when Zhi Niang invited Banniang to "idle", Banniang did not refuse.

Liu Niang and Qi Niang were very familiar with the Chu Palace, and they didn't think there was anything wrong with Banniang and Zhi Niang leaving the table together, and they didn't follow, the two chatted speculatively with Wei Zhao, but they had to hold some noise in front of the elders, and they couldn't enjoy themselves, so they simply asked for Yijing, saying that they wanted to go to the Haowanglou on the edge of the lake to enjoy the scenery.

Of course, she had to stay here and wait for things to develop, so she found An Ran to lead the little ladies to have fun.

Everyone didn't care, today is the birthday of the old princess, as the eldest granddaughter-in-law, of course the princess is not "playful", so she has to stay here to accompany her.

So Yijing went to the old princess to talk, still paying attention to her surroundings.

After a long time, I saw Mingyue, who was supposed to follow Zhi Niang, come over, but only showed one side, and looked at Jiang Yuemei from a distance.

Yu Zhou followed and left the table.

The beautiful scenery was silent, sitting and waiting for Jiang Yue.

About two more moments later, Mingyue reappeared.

Jiang Yue knew that this was already done, so as not to happen, her plan was to let Zhi Niang go back to Xiyuan for a "rest" after the matter was completed, which inevitably made Yijing notice that she was lonely and suspicious when she returned alone, so that the plan disturbed the "catch of the adulterer".

Jiang Yue also came over and sat next to her grandmother and talked.

Not long after, Mrs. Huang said apologetically that she was a little tired and wanted to go to the garden for a walk.

Yijing was concerned: "Grandmother, why don't you go to Guan Sui Yuan to rest for a while." ”

Mrs. Tai didn't even say no, and her expression was gentle: "I'm old, and when I sleep during the day, I will have insomnia at night, so it's good to disperse...... Jing Yatou is not busy, she accompanies the old princess with peace of mind, and lets Yue Yatou go shopping with me. ”

Yijing chuckled, secretly thinking that this walk would probably go to the East Garden, and I happened to feel tired when I passed by Taoran Pavilion, and I wanted to rest, how do I know...... The grandmother was shocked and angry, but in the end, she took into account that the Chu Wangfu was an in-law and did not want to publicize it, so she asked people to come back and invite the people from the palace and the Weiguo Mansion to go to the scene to calculate.

Pity......

When the old princess heard this, she got up: "Mrs. Tai, I also feel a little sleepy, Shangyuan, why don't we go to the garden together?" ”

The eldest princess is still hiding in the dark, but she is a guest and will naturally not refuse.

For Xiao Xie's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, this is unexpected, but it doesn't matter, just consciously lead to Dongyuan and see Tao Ran Pavilion, is it possible that Mrs. Huang will still object to her proposal to rest? It was just when everyone witnessed that scene that it was a shock!

So the old princess told the guests that they were tired, and was very considerate and did not let the guests move with them: "It's hot outside, it's cool to sit here, we are a few old, and we are bored after sitting for a long time, so let's go back after a little stroll, and you can sit in peace." He stopped Xiao Xie again: "You also stay here, greet your relatives, and have Jing'er Yue'er accompany us." ”

Xiao Xie didn't mind, she didn't want to get involved in this matter at all, she should stay and preside over the overall situation, so she couldn't help but let her son's affair be publicized, and only instructed Jiang Yue pointedly: "You have to serve well, don't let a few elders scatter for too long and get heatstroke." ”

Jiang Yue immediately picked up and suggested: "It's cool under the apricot shade in the East Garden, and there is Taoran Pavilion right there, so it's better to go there to enjoy the shade." ”

So the group went smoothly and smoothly and walked towards Dongyuan under the guidance of Jiang Yue.

Jiang Yue also very considerately instructed the maids around her to go to Taoran Pavilion to prepare tea first.

The beautiful scenery was courteous and did not interfere.

While enjoying the garden scenery and gossiping, the three elders took advantage of the shade of the verandah to reach the Taoran Pavilion in the shade of the apricot trees in the East Garden for two moments.

Suddenly, I heard an exclamation -

Jiang Yue heard that it was her maid who sent it, and she was overjoyed, and then asked with a serious face: "What's the matter?" ”

Then another maid entered, and in a moment, the two maids came out together, and knelt on the ground with a blank face.

The old princess was covered with frost, and she also asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter!" ”

Only then did the maid tremble and said, "It's Erlang......"

Jiang Yue's expression changed greatly, and she hastily blessed herself: "Daughter-in-law go and take a look." Then he staggered to the Taoran Pavilion.

She quickly turned back, and knelt on the ground without saying anything, her eyes suddenly burst into tears, and she was not full of sorrow: "Two grandmothers, and ask two to be the masters of the concubines......"