Just after the Winter Clothes Festival in the first year of Yuanhe, the king of Chu and his wife were recalled to Beijing from Bingzhou, and a fleet arrived at Tongzhou Port.

The day before, the palace of Chu got the news, and arranged for the subordinate officials and stewards to go to Tongzhou to greet them, although the elders were afraid of the etiquette and law to greet them in person, the prince and his wife of Weiguo and San Lang Su Xiong and Shilang Su Wei had also arrived at the port in advance, and those who spontaneously rushed to Tongzhou also had the great-grandson Yu Ji brothers of Concubine Shou, the king of Nanyang County, and the big-bellied Pingle county lord and her frightened husband Wei Yuan.

Yijing's boudoir friend Wei Shiniang "raised his arms and shouted", and also quickly formed a group, of course, the specific personnel are Zhuo Nianyu, Peng Lan, Xie Siniang, who has married into the Wei family, and Liao Qing, the wife of Nangu.

An Ran was also pregnant at this time, so she stayed in the Xianwang Mansion and waited, and did not go to the ferry with her husband Yin Yong.

When the ship entered the port, it was a feeling of holding hands with relatives and friends.

Thinking that more relatives and friends are still looking forward to Jinyang, Yijing certainly has no plans to rest in Tongzhou.

The palace of Zhengzhengfang, since the early morning there are guests full of doors, of course, the Weiguo Mansion is the whole family, and there are several in-laws, in addition to the embarrassed Qin family, there are also female dependents who have come to He one after another, in addition to the family of Concubine Shou, Princess Kang and several daughters-in-law will not be absent, and the other is Mrs. Xie of the Zhenguo Mansion, who came to the Chu Mansion early to help the old princess receive He's relatives and friends, Yu Dong's crimes were exposed, and he was exterminated, and the in-law friendship between the Xie family and the Chu Wangfu was not only not affected, but went further, King Xian also swept away the previous coldness and treated his uncle with normal enthusiasm.

The daughters of the Yan family in Yongchang Houfu are not far behind, the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren and important personnel in each room attended, showing the joy of the princess's safe return, which also seems to represent the attitude of the queen mother, at least her old man did not ask about the meaning of the princess's abduction, which undoubtedly made the eldest princess's heart slightly relieved, but Yijing's stepmother Huang was not so pleased, at this time, she came to her husband's family to obviously guard against cold treatment, and then came to Jianning Although Mrs. Hou died of illness, but the Hou Ye couple treated her more and more indifferently, It seems that she just ignores it, her mother's family can't count on it at all, and even the eldest daughter Yichen, who is usually extremely filial to her, since beating the blessed king, for some reason, the attitude has also changed, and the title has been changed to "Mrs." with Yijing, not to mention that she is obedient, and she is too lazy to say a word with her.

Seeing that the virtuous reputation that has been maintained for many years is vulnerable, the Huang family at this time has no intention of doing superficial work, and the attitude of the family attending the banquet is becoming more and more far-fetched, and she has become a smiling woman - she can't hide from those high-ranking ladies, who doesn't know that the Chen and Qin families are inseparable from the Weiguo Mansion, but the Huang family is bent on currying favor with the two families, and rushing to flatter the Empress Dowager, and those who have eyes can see that the Huang family and the Weiguo Mansion are "a different way".

However, if there is a small dispute within the family, once it is provoked by outsiders, most of them will become secondary, not to mention that the relationship will survive the honor and disgrace, and it is bound to be united with the outside world, so the noblewomen all scoffed at Huang's elbow turning outward, and secretly laughed at her for being unorthodox and ignorant.

Even the Qin and Chen families actually didn't take the Huang family seriously, and when she was a short-term disposable chess piece, it was far less important than Huang Tao.

She also secretly sneered - one day, her son Su Xiong inherited the title and became the son of heaven, and her brother Huang Tao was in the sky, and it was up to these people to dare to despise her.

What kind of friendship and friendship is hypocrisy, in this world, only the word "power" is the key to determining honor, and at that time, these so-called wealthy and powerful people will always have a day of prostrate flattery and servility in front of her.

The Huang family is in the inner house, the vision is short-sighted, and it is not clear that the jealous person on the dragon chair is not just Wei Guogong himself, but the military power of the Su family, even if her plan succeeds, it will be difficult for Su Xiong to maintain the old momentum in the future, the power of the Guogong Mansion is decreasing day by day, and sooner or later he will become an empty duke, no matter how heavy Huang Tao is, what he can keep is probably Su Xiong's title, and the Huang family is delusional that one day he will replace the eldest princess and become the object of the powerful people's competition, but it is just a mirror.

She didn't even know that her brother Huang Tao had foresight, but she kept her in the dark - Huang Tao knew that he didn't have the ability to reverse the jealousy and suppression of the Son of Heaven on the Weiguo Mansion, but what he planned was that in the future, he would be heavy, and he could also bring his sister and nephew with him, so that their mother and son would not be impoverished. In the future, I am not afraid that there will be a day when I will not revive my prestige.

Of course, it is impossible to hold military power like now, which is enough to restrain the emperor's power, but in the group of powerful people who have been greatly suppressed, it is not impossible to show a head higher.

I have to say that Huang Tao still takes care of family affection, and having this brother is also a blessing for the Huang family.

People's attribution is always full of flowers and hopes for a bright future, but the world is often unsatisfactory and always so cruel and ruthless.

Hearing that the car of the King of Chu had arrived in Zhengzhengfang, the Rongxi Hall, which was full of seats, suddenly cheered, the old princess and the eldest princess held hands tightly, and many female dependents said goodbye, led by Mrs. Xie and An Ran, and waited for the weeping flower gate, Huang still sat in the chair with a worried mind and did not move the position, or the third lady Xu reminded him, only to wake up like a dream, and was touching the eldest princess's cold gaze, and the smile on the corner of his lips trembled again.

Today is not for the banquet, many relatives and friends have realized that after being polite with the princess of Chu who has returned from the calamity, most of them go to the banquet hall, leaving time for the princess to talk to her relatives who have been reunited for a long time, so that the stepmother Huang Shi, who is sitting among the crowd, is more and more conspicuous - she was sent out by the eldest princess, obviously she does not need her care.

The truth of Yijing's captivity is only known to the eldest princess and Wei Guogong, Su Yi and the father and son of the king, not to mention that Su Xun and the sisters are hiding in the dark, the Su family has a few aunts, and even the old princess doesn't know why, so Yijing only said that Yu Feng instructed the words, and used Qi Jiatang to respond to the family's concerns.

Yi Jing didn't intend to hide it from the old princess, she felt that it was really difficult to feel at ease, but Yu Feng didn't approve of her telling the truth: "Whether the princess was kidnapped by the Maharaja or rescued by the Qi family, she has never done anything to lose herself, she doesn't need to feel guilty, she hides it from her grandmother, because she is an old man who is frank and simple and not good at scheming. ”

Yijing didn't insist anymore, and lied in front of the old princess.

There is no publicity about Xiaoxiao's birth for the time being, Yijing only told the two grandmothers, and in front of King Xian, of course, Yu Feng explained it.

The old princess believed that Xiaoxiao was detained by Qi Jiatang, but the eldest princess found an opportunity to have a private chat with Yijing, and Yijing told her grandmother about the experience of more than a year, and the eldest princess was so angry that she took the case again and again: "Don't worry about you and Feng'er, if San Lang is still obsessed in the future, I will personally pick up Xiaoxiao and see if he dares to disobey." ”

Yijing asked about the family again, knowing that the eldest sister-in-law had given birth to a little nephew in the old year, the fourth uncle had also given birth to a son, the second sister had just given birth to a daughter, and the third sister had no good news, and she did not often interact with her mother's family, the fourth sister was still away with her husband's family, and it was said that she had also had a child, and the eldest sister and second daughter Xin'an had been able to run all over the ground, and the marriage of the sixth sister was still undecided.

"The marriage of the seven girls has already had eyebrows, it is the nephew of your third aunt and sister-in-law, the family is a poetry and book court, Xiao Langjun is also a talent, your third aunt's vision, I have nothing to worry about, it is the six girls, I have been still considering, you also know, the six girls have always had a high heart, although they don't care much about the door, but they have always been willing to be a husband in the future is also talented, Gao Fengjunjie, she is indeed worthy of such a good son-in-law, but she can't find the best for a while, either the age is not suitable, or it is the door...... At present, the saint is very jealous of the Guogong Mansion, and I still prefer the family of poetry and books, and try to avoid the powerful and wealthy families. ”

In fact, there is no shortage of talented and complete people among the children of the poor family, the eldest princess has always cared not much about the other party's court, and pays attention to the family style of the upright family, but because the lintel of the Weiguo Mansion is placed here, it is not easy to make friends with those cold doors in the past, let alone try to marry with the Weiguo Mansion, although the eldest princess is moved, it will take some effort to fight.

"Since I'm back, I can also save some heart for the sixth sister, the Yang family and the Peng family are both poetry and books, take the time to explain to Aliu Alan, and then there is Wei Hongru, protégés all over the north and south, I am not afraid to inquire about Langjun, who has a clean family style and a noble character, but maybe he is not in Beijing, I am afraid that the sixth sister will marry far away." Yijing said.

If there is a suitable person in Kyoto, the eldest princess should have a decision, and she is still hesitating at this time, indicating that there is no wishful candidate in Jinyang.

Yi Jing never thought that the next day, she and Yu Feng went to Ci'an Palace, and they were faced with a problem by the Queen Mother, and in front of the Queen Mother, she mentioned the marriage of the sixth sister.