Chapter 68: The Eldest Princess
Xiao Yu stared at Qin Xueyi in surprise, she only said that Liu Yajuan's mother was weak, but she didn't expect to try her best to send Liu Yayue's aunt away in this time, and it would be difficult for Liu Yayue's aunt to turn over.
Xiao Yu suddenly felt a chill on his back, this ancient backyard struggle is really cruel, if you don't pay attention to it, you will fall from the branches to the dust, and you can't even save your life.
She had to congratulate herself on her luck, there was no one in the Hou Mansion who had a moth, and she still had Yue Gongzi to protect her in secret, and Madame and Qi Pan were so kind to her.
Everyone was sitting in the flower hall to greet each other, and they saw a little girl coming to report. "The eldest princess of Luling has arrived, and the second prince invites the ladies to greet them at the second gate!" , The little girl panted, and it could be seen that she was trotting all the way.
Qin Xueyi and Qi Pan glanced at each other suspiciously, this eldest princess of Luling was the mother of the county lord of Yunhui. The eldest princess has never had a relationship with the Hou Mansion, and she has never set foot on the gate of the Hou Mansion for all these years, why did she suddenly come here today?
When Madame heard that the eldest princess came to the door, her face changed greatly, "Zi Yan, help me go to change clothes", Madame commanded with a slight trembling voice.
Then the lady stood up and smiled reluctantly: "The eldest princess is here, I have to change my dress, you go to the second gate and wait!" Pan'er, Xiaoyu, you greet all the ladies! ”
"Are you alright?" Old Madam Qin worriedly gently held Madame's hand. "Don't get in the way, I can still hold on", Mrs. shook her head slightly, and Old Madam Qin sighed and said, "Hey, I just hope that the eldest princess has cultivated herself and her temper has improved over the years!" ”。
Mrs. asked Zi Yan to lead the way for the ladies, and she helped Zi Yan to go back to Canglangju to change clothes first.
"Let's go, let's go to the second gate first!" Old Madam Qin, who has the highest status, spoke. Qin Xueyi helped Old Madam Qin to walk in the front, and Qi Pan followed behind with Xiaoyu.
An eldest princess who has never been to the door suddenly comes to the door? The eldest princess was not invited to this banquet, and there was no eldest princess in the guest list in previous years, so Xiao Yu knew it very well in her heart.
Last time, she offended the county lord of Yunhui and let her go away in a huff, could it be that the eldest princess really came to Xingshi to ask for guilt? But it's been so long since this happened, if you want to ask about sin, you should have asked it a long time ago, how did it drag on until now? The more Xiao Yu thought about it, the more he felt that the situation was not good, but it had come to this point, and he had to bite the bullet.
Qin Xueyi, who was walking in front, turned her head and said, "Xiaoyu, don't worry, I will cover you, am I not your boss!" After speaking, he winked at Xiaoyu playfully. Xiao Yu smiled reluctantly, still worried in his heart.
Old Madam Qin also said: "A few of you were just children fighting a few words that day, and the eldest princess will definitely not see you little girls for this little thing." ”
So Xiao Yu's heart was at ease, Xiao Yu thought about it again, and whispered a few words in Qi Pan's ear. Qi Pan's eyes widened suddenly, and he hesitated: "Is it okay to do this?" Xiaoyu smiled bitterly: "This is also a helpless method, unless it is absolutely necessary, it will not make such a decision!" ”。
Qin Xueyi heard the conversation between the two of them, stopped suddenly, turned around and said strangely: "Xiaoyu, what kind of idea did you come up with?" Xiao Yu shook her head, and then glanced at Liu Yajuan, who was at the end.
Qin Xueyi understood, so she lowered her voice, leaned over to Xiaoyu's side and said, "Then you tell me quietly!" Xiao Yu was amused by her strange appearance, and patted Qin Xueyi and said: "Boss, this method won't work if you say it, you will know it then, and it is also a last resort, I hope this time is safe and sound, I can't use it!" ”。
A few young girls and ladies came to the second gate. After waiting for a while, I saw the lady hurrying in a first-class order dress. Madame and Old Madam Qin stood at the front, and the other ladies stood in order of rank.
Everyone was worried, and they didn't know why the eldest princess came, although there were countless women standing in the second gate, but their faces were solemn, and they were silent.
Xiao Yu was feeling extremely depressed, there was a kind of silence where the mountain rain was about to come and the wind was full of silence, and he only heard someone shouting in front of him: "The eldest princess of Luling has arrived!" Everyone tidied up the hairpin ring and stood solemnly. I saw a group of people in front of me hugging a beautiful woman in her thirties.
Led by four green-clothed palace maids, behind the four of them is the thirtieth beauty, I saw that this beautiful woman was wearing a red gold dotted emerald inlaid with red treasure seven phoenix crowns, dressed in dark purple embroidered gold Luanniao palace clothes, phoenix eyes with spring, not angry and self-assured, and the red-clothed girl who was holding her on the side was the lord of Yunhui!
"The concubine greets the eldest princess!" Madame took the lead and bowed. The eldest princess raised her hand and motioned for everyone to get up. "The eldest princess is here, but she can't welcome her from afar, please forgive the eldest princess!" , Madame got up and said to the eldest princess, Madame's face was very ugly, and she barely squeezed out a smile.
"Okay, don't talk about these scenes, last time Jing'an Hou newly accepted the righteous daughter, there was something in the palace that missed, I heard that this righteous girl has a very bad mouth, even Yunni dares to contradict it, today I have to take a look." The eldest princess waved her hand to interrupt Madame's words, and took the lead towards the inner courtyard.
It's strange to say, doesn't it mean that the eldest princess has never been to the Hou Mansion, how can you see that the eldest princess is very familiar with the road of the Hou Mansion, Xiao Yu thought strangely.
The lady froze, and then quickly stepped forward to guide the eldest princess. When the county lord of Yunhui helped the eldest princess walk in front of Xiao Yu, he glared at Xiao Yu fiercely, and his lips opened and closed, and he actually made a "you wait" mouth shape.
Xiao Yu and Qi Pan anxiously accompanied Mrs. Qin and the others to follow the eldest princess and her party into Canghai Residence, because there were too many people, Mrs. invited everyone to sit in the flower hall, and the eldest princess sat on the seat. Some ladies who were not of sufficient rank set up a seat in the courtyard and sat down in groups.
Xiaoyu and the other girls all stood behind their elders, and after the eldest princess waited for the ladies to sit down, she didn't wait for the lady to speak, and said, "Who is the cheap maid who has changed from Yahuan to Miss Houfu?" ”
The ladies were shocked when they heard the eldest princess's disrespectful words, and secretly complained, today's festival in the Hou Mansion, they just followed the routine to talk to the door, how did they get into this troubled water.
Madame had a complicated look on her face, and she was about to speak, but it was the old lady Qin next to her who spoke: "Luling, if you enter the door of others, you can't speak evil words and be a villain, have you forgotten the demeanor you should have as an eldest princess!" Old Madam Qin is both senior and prestigious, if she speaks, even the queen will not be able to refute it in person.
The eldest princess was choked by Old Madam Qin's words, but finally slowed down and said, "Then please invite the new second lady of the Hou Mansion to come and pay a visit!" ”
When Xiao Yu heard this, she came out and bowed down: "The courtiers meet the eldest princess!" After speaking, she meticulously gave the eldest princess the most formal gift in accordance with Aunt Liu's teachings.
"You're the wild girl?" The eldest princess looked at the little fish from above, and she enjoyed this kind of watching others tremble on the ground from above. It's a pity that Xiaoyu couldn't let her get her wish, although the girl below knelt there, her back was straight, stubbornly facing her scrutinizing gaze, and she didn't waver timidly.
"Wanying, I haven't seen you for so many years, why is your vision still so bad?" The eldest princess looked at her finger sleeves casually, and said to her lady mockingly.
It turned out that Mrs. and the eldest princess used to be old acquaintances, Xiaoyu knelt on the ground, and her head was still gossiping about the relationship between Mrs. and the eldest princess.
The princess paused and said, "You are so anxious to get a wild girl to be your daughter, why, is your own daughter so sick that you are so sick that you have no choice but to get this girl to be happy?" Or is this girl of unknown origin actually the illegitimate daughter of Master Hou? ”
Xiao Yu never expected that the noble eldest princess of Da Tan would be able to say such vicious words regardless of her identity. She jerked her head up and stared at the eldest princess. The eldest princess was stabbed by Xiaoyu's gaze and avoided Xiaoyu.
I saw a resentful look on the eldest princess's beautiful face. "If I hadn't cursed her, your daughter would have died a long time ago, and let her survive for more than ten years, it was already her creation!" , Madame was obviously so angry by the eldest princess's words that she was about to faint, and Qi Pan behind her was also pale and crumbling, relying on Bai Shao to support her efforts.
When the other ladies heard this, they also exploded with a "coax", and everyone couldn't help whispering, feeling that this eldest princess was unusual, and it was really a big surprise that she spoke badly.
The eldest princess did not remarry after being widowed at a young age, and only guarded her daughter to live. In order to pray for the Queen Mother, who was seriously ill at the time, she also went to the royal temple to lead the practice for many years, and did not return to the princess's mansion until the Queen Mother died.
Pingsu also often goes to the temple to burn incense and make wishes, and on the fifteenth day of the new year, he also eats fasting and recites Buddha at home. Although he doesn't like to go out of the house to socialize, and his personality is not easy to get along with, he doesn't turn his face in public like he is now.
Seeing that the lady's face was pale and Qi Pan was crumbling, the eldest princess's beautiful face showed a happy expression. She paused and was about to continue to speak to stimulate her, when she saw Old Madam Qin tremblingly holding Qin Xueyi's hand and standing up.
"Enough, princess, you have to be forgiving and forgiving, more than ten years have passed, and the children are so old, why do you still hold on to the past." , the fire of the small fish gossip on the kneeling ground is burning.
Listening to Old Madam Qin's words, do Madam and the eldest princess still have an old past? She is not worried now when she sees that the eldest princess is in a stump, she is just a scapegoat, the eldest princess is really targeting Madame, and now it depends on whether Madame can take it. She definitely didn't have to hide when she knelt today, but at most she would have the pain of flesh and skin and not worry about her life.
When the eldest princess saw Old Madam Qin speak, she snorted lightly in her nose and said resentfully: "I have suffered for more than ten years all thanks to Li Wanying, a cheap maid. In the past ten years, she has enjoyed the joy of family life with her children around her knees, but poor my Hui'er left my arms at a young age, and now I am here to ask for justice! ”