When Madame received the invitation from Concubine Xian, she was not surprised. Recently, Concubine Xian has been deeply favored, and often asks her to enter the palace to talk about her family routines to relieve boredom.

When she came to Jingren Palace, Aunt Jinruo welcomed her into the palace with a smile. As soon as she saw Xian Guifei, before the lady could say a few words to Xian Guifei, she saw that Xian Guifei sent out all the people who were waiting on the left and right, and Aunt Jinruo withdrew and closed the door intimately.

Madame looked at the serious face of the concubine in astonishment, and there was still a stiff smile on her face that had not had time to fade, which looked quite funny.

Concubine Xian pursed her lips and said with great difficulty: "Sister-in-law, there is something I want to discuss with you when I summon you to the palace this time......

Seeing that Concubine Xian looked like she wanted to speak and stopped, she didn't have time to feel uneasy in her heart, she stood up from the chair at a loss and said, "Niangniang, concubine...... The concubine ......", she looked forward to Ai Ai for a while, and simply looked at Xian Guifei and said: "Niangniang, if you have something to say, just say it, the concubine can stand it!" ”

Concubine Xian looked at her lady's changing face, closed her eyes, and said slowly: "Sister-in-law, do you know that the Beiqiang delegation entered the palace yesterday to face the saint?" ”

When Mrs. heard that it was a political matter, her face was relieved, and she exhaled and said: "Hey, Niangniang, it turns out that this is the case, the appearance of Fang Niangniang can bluff the concubine, and I thought it was a big deal!" ”

Madame Zhidao is what news Concubine Xian heard in the palace and needs her to pass on the message to Grandpa Guo, she intuitively skipped what Concubine Xian said in her words that she had something to discuss with her.

Seeing that Madame had returned to normal, Concubine Xian became more and more sad, and continued: "Then the Beiqiang envoy has proposed to His Majesty!" ”

Madame's relaxed face was shocked for a moment, and she said suspiciously: "Propose? Your Majesty doesn't have any princesses under your knees? Don't...... Is it to ask the second prince to marry Princess Beiqiang? ”

As she spoke, she carefully observed Concubine Xian's expression, and secretly wondered in her heart, among His Majesty's children, only the second prince has not married, if it is really Beiqiang who proposed to marry the princess to the second prince, it is normal for Concubine Xian to summon her to the palace to discuss.

Concubine Xian slowly shook her head, looked at her lady, and said with a hint of sympathy in her eyes: "The envoy of Beiqiang is the eldest lady of the Anguo Mansion who asked for their prince!" ", a simple sentence, but listening to Mrs. Zai is like a thunderbolt in the sky.

"What did the mother say? Why can't the concubine understand? The lady muttered to herself and looked at the concubine, with anticipation in her eyes, hoping that she had just misheard it for a while.

Concubine Xian looked at her lady sadly, and said word by word: "The envoy of Beiqiang is the eldest lady of the Anguo Mansion who asked for the prince on behalf of them!" Madame's face was bloodless, and her snow-white face made her eyes more and more confused.

"An Guogong? Miss? She repeated it gently, and then set her eyes on Xian Guifei, who nodded resolutely in response to her gaze.

"Pan'er! It's Pan'er! Oh, my God! This time the lady fully understood, although the news was her inner resistance. Her body trembled slightly, shook twice, and Concubine Xian was about to get up to help her, but saw Madame "plop" and kneel in front of her.

"! Empress! Please save Pan'er, she's only fifteen! My poor son! Madame clung to the hem of Xian Guifei's skirt like a drowning man clinging to a life-saving straw, and kept kowtowing like crazy, and tears poured out of her eyes, dripping onto the hem of Xian Guifei's skirt, and soon a small piece was wet.

Xian Guifei's nose was sour, and she choked up: "Sister-in-law, hurry up, Pan'er is what I watched grow up, how can I not hurt her!" Whenever...... But if Your Majesty has a little way, he will not make such a decision......", after speaking, the sister-in-law couldn't help but hug each other and cry.

The two cried for a while, and the lady wiped away her tears and said, "Niangniang, is there no possibility of turning this matter around?" ”

Concubine Xian hesitated for a moment, and said, "Actually, it's not that there is no way......

Hearing this, the lady eagerly shook the hand of the concubine and said, "Niangniang, what way?" ”

Concubine Xian reached out and shook her wife's hand and said, "Sister-in-law, don't you have a daughter......

"Huh?!" Madame was so shocked that she pulled out her hand suddenly, "Niangniang said to let Xiaoyu go?" I can't help it, I can't help it......" said Madame and wept again.

"If Pan'er hadn't been a small fish, she wouldn't have lived today, and the little fish is a great favor to our family!"

Saying that, Mrs. covered her face and cried, "I...... We don't say thank you to her, but push her to the fire pit ......, how to do this kind of grace and revenge! ”

Concubine Xian looked at her lady expressionlessly and said, "So what? Are you willing to let Pan'er go to Beiqiang? The road is far away and not to mention, in that kind of bitter cold place, do you think Yipan'er's character and body can support it for a few days? ”

The lady wrung her fingers helplessly and said, "But...... But ......"

Xian Guifei said again: "Xiaoyu and Pan'er are about the same age, and Pingsu Pan'er rarely goes out, and there are not many people in the capital who have seen her, let alone people from Beiqiang......"

The lady stammered, "But that's ......."

Concubine Xian interrupted Madame's words with a wave of her hand, "Don't be...... But yes! Either you watch Pan'er die, or let Xiaoyu ...... kiss! ”

She paused, looked directly into her lady's eyes and said, "Sister-in-law, the lesser of two evils!" Xiaoyu is in good health, lively and lively, I am very assertive when I see her acting, Pan'er will die if she goes to Beiqiang, but she may not be able to walk out of a way of life when she goes to Beiqiang! ”

The lady held the handkerchief and patted her chest again and again, "God, what kind of sin have I done, God wants to do this to me!" ”

She burst into tears and cried: "Niangniang, although Xiaoyu was not born by me, I have treated her as my own daughter in the past few years. After speaking, she sat down on the ground sadly and wept silently.

Concubine Xian was silent for a moment, and said: "That's it, since that's the case, why don't you go back and discuss it with your brother, this matter should be fast, Your Majesty said yesterday that you want to think about it, but at most you will have to reply to the other party the day after tomorrow." You have to make a quick decision! ”

The lady stumbled out of Jingren Palace and returned to Canglang Ju as if sleepwalking. After returning home, Mrs. sat alone for a long time, and then slapped the table as if she had made up her mind and said, "Mother Zhou, you, go, please come over!" ”

Since Mrs. returned home, Zhou's mother has been carefully accompanying Mrs. Zhou, she was startled when she saw Mrs. come out of the palace, and in just one hour, Mrs. 's cheeks were as pale as paper, her eyes were red and swollen, and she obviously cried in the palace.

What worries Zhou's mother even more is that Mrs. Zhou's eyes are hollow, and when she got into the carriage, she didn't even see Zhou's mother's outstretched hand, and returned to the house like a walking corpse.

Madame is like this, and Mother Zhou has only seen it once over the years, when the doctor announced that Qi Pan's heart disease was incurable. However, now that Mrs. asked the second lady, then didn't Mrs. say it because of the eldest lady?

Zhou's mother went to Qixia Courtyard to see Xiaoyu with full of doubts. At this moment, Xiao Yu is wearing a light green homely shirt with a few red carp playfully embroidered on it, and a pink pleated skirt underneath the shirt.

Her hair was braided at random and hung down behind her shoulders, looking fresh and elegant, with Xiaoyu's smart and delicate eyes, Zhou's mother almost wondered if this girl was the legendary carp essence.

"Mother Zhou, what kind of wind blew you over, Bai Fu, hurry up and bring a small stool for Mother Zhou to sit on!" , Xiaoyu was reading crookedly on the couch, but when she saw that Zhou's mother came to the door, she hurriedly got up and gave in to each other, and asked the girls to pour tea and water.

Mother Zhou sighed at the eighteen changes of the female university, the former yellow and thin little girl has become an outstanding lady in the circle of nobles in the capital in just three years; While smiling, he said to Xiao Yu: "Second Miss, the slave maid came this time, and it was Mrs. who invited the second lady to go to Canglang Ju!" ”

"Oh?" Xiaoyu was a little surprised, she thought about it and asked Zhou's mother, "Just called me one, or is the big sister going too?" Zhou's mother was stunned, she didn't expect this girl to be so keen.

She hurriedly smiled and said, "Madam only said to invite the second lady over!" ”

"Did Mother tell me anything?" Xiao Yu blinked and continued to ask.

Mother Zhou hesitated for a moment and said, "This lady didn't say it!" ”

Xiaoyu thought about it and smiled at Zhou's mother: "Mom has worked hard, Mom will sit down and take a breath first, take a sip of tea, and I'll clean up a little and come!" After speaking, she bowed slightly to Zhou's mother and turned around and entered the inner room.

Zhou's mother took a sip of tea gently, with a hint of consternation in her eyes. She has been with Mrs. for many years, and she has seen some good things, and with just this sip of tea, she tasted this tea much better than the tea that Mrs. Canglangju drinks every day.

This second lady is really not to be underestimated! The entire inner courtyard is in charge of Zhou's mother, and she is clear about the expenses on Xiaoyu's public account, this quality of tea is definitely not provided by the house, nor is it supported by Xiaoyu's monthly money of two taels of silver on weekdays.

But Xiaoyu has never withdrawn from the public account, so this expensive thing turned out to be the second lady's own pocket!

Zhou's mother unconsciously drank the tea leaves in the cup while thinking, "Since my mother likes this tea, I will go back and drink it!" Xiao Yu's smiling voice interrupted Zhou's mother's train of thought. She looked up at the sound of the voice, and couldn't help but have a look of surprise in her eyes.

Xiao Yu didn't change his clothes, but put his hair in a lotus bun, in order to match the shirt, he had an emerald green hosta given by Qin Xueyi on his head, and the big eastern pearl was shining in the sun.

After Zhou's mother took Xiaoyu to Canglangju, Mrs. waved her hand to signal the rest of the maids and servants to exit the inner room, and Zhou's mother sat three feet outside the door, and the idlers couldn't approach it at all, let alone overhear anything.