Chapter Fifty-Eight: Returning Home
"Naturally, it's because Qin'er is talented!" Ai Qing suppressed the panic in her heart, and brought the problem over with a smile! He immediately changed the topic and asked, "Will Qin'er still enter the palace tomorrow?"
"What's wrong? Don't you want to go? ”
"Hmm~" Ai Qing thought for a moment, and said coquettishly: "You boys talk about governing the country among themselves, how boring it is for Qin'er to listen to it next to you!"
"But this is Gu Luo, if I don't take you with me, this king really doesn't feel at ease."
"The prince forgot? Qin'er is a Gura person, and besides, we are now going back to the General's Mansion to live, so why don't we worry about it in our own home? ”
"It is precisely because he lives in the General's Mansion that this king is even more worried. Today, the crown princess has killed you and eaten a trench, if your eldest lady hears this, I am afraid that she will not live in peace. Mu Chun let out a long sigh, the wicked's plan was unguardable, even if he gave birth to three heads and six arms, he was often worried about not being able to protect the person in his arms.
Seeing Mu Chundu's sad face, Ai Qing could only move the black halberd out and said, "Then it's good if you leave the black halberd in the mansion to guard Qin'er, there is a black halberd, don't say it's harming me, they are afraid that they won't even dare to approach." ”
"That's it! Then you can stay in the house and accompany your mother-in-law! Mu Chun called out "Black Halberd" as he spoke, and the Black Halberd got into the carriage in response.
"How's it going today?" Mu Qingju asked as he stroked the black halberd's hair.
"Oh woo~~" The black halberd whimpered softly, and rubbed the hem of Mu Chun's clothes flatteringly.
"Hmmm! Very good. Mu Chun nodded and ordered: "Then you will stay in the General's Mansion tomorrow to protect the princess, and you don't have to enter the palace again." ”
The black halberd snorted lightly, and then obediently buried his head at Mu Chundu's feet.
Ai Qing sat on the side and listened to the conversation between the wolf and the person in front of him, and looked at Mu Chun with a triumphant expression, and he was even more confused. I can't help but sigh that there is some kind of invisible language conversion system between them?
"When did you ask the Black Halberd to find out what's going on?" Ai Qing asked suspiciously.
Mu Chun smiled and said, "Is it true that Qin'er went out with the black halberd to wander around?" The black halberd touched the entire Gura Palace, and the defense situation in this palace was well understood. ”
Ai Qing paused for a moment, lowered his head, reached out and touched the head of the black halberd and praised: "Hard work, the black halberd is awesome!" ”
When the black halberd heard the praise of the hostess, he got up from the ground and drilled into Ai Qing's arms, and Ai Qing was also amused.
Xu Feifei couldn't help but sigh in her heart: "This black halberd almost scared us to death when we first saw it, but now the more I look at it, the more it looks like a pet dog." ”
While frolicking, the carriage stopped at the gate of the General's Mansion, and before Ai Qing stepped out of the carriage, he heard an atmosphere of welcome in the middle of the road, I don't know if Qi Qin'er could have been treated like this before.
Watching Qi Chengzhang get down from another carriage, a richly dressed old woman greeted him from afar: "The master has worked hard, the concubine heard that Qin'er was coming back early in the morning, and she ordered someone to take care of Nanyuan early in the morning, and Qin'er and King Yan can live directly when they come back." ”
"Well, Madame has a heart!"
Hearing this, Ai Qing carried herself out of the carriage by Mu Chun, if she hadn't seen the appearance of this eldest lady in Qi Qin'er's dream, she would have almost pounced and called her mother.
"Qin'er, you're back."
A plainly dressed woman in the crowd had tears in her eyes, but she seemed to have some concerns and did not dare to step forward. Needless to say, this must be Qi Qin'er's mother, Lin.
Ai Qing glanced at Ah Qi, who was catching up from behind, affirmed her judgment, and hurriedly stepped forward to bless her body and shouted, "Mother"
Lin looked at his daughter's fair and moist skin, stretched out his hand and gently caressed and asked, "Qin'er, your face ...... All right? ”
Ai Qingwan smiled, looked at the master and slave who was standing in front of the door and was also surprised, and said, "Well, Qin'er's face is completely healed. As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Mu Chun and said, "The prince takes care of it every day, uses a lot of expensive decoctions, and Qin'er has gained a lot of weight. ”
When Mu Chun saw the Lin family looking at him, he stepped forward and bowed and saluted, "The son-in-law has seen his mother-in-law. ”
Lin hurriedly waved his hand and said, "How dare you let the prince worship me?" Hurry up, please. ”
The eldest lady on the side looked at this scene with a complicated expression, after her daughter married the prince, the prince never looked at her mother-in-law, and occasionally saw only her to salute the prince.
Qi Chengzhang looked at Mu Chun to be so humble and polite, stepped forward and picked up Ai Qing's words and said, "Aren't you going to gain weight?" Qin'er is now a mother. ”
Ai Qing didn't know whether to cry or laugh when she said one sentence, she only raised her head and glared at Mu Chun, who had a bad smile, and stood in place embarrassedly and pursed her lips and smiled.
"Qin'er is pregnant?" Lin looked at Ai Qing's flat lower abdomen and asked happily, "How many months has this been?" ”
The eldest lady on the side said in a sour tone: "Qin'er is really not careful, this person with a body is not good to raise, why is he still running around?" ”
Ai Qing's eyes lit up, and she replied with a chuckle: "Auntie is very right, Qin'er should pay attention now, after all, unlike my sister, she is not pregnant, and she can go to the messy place like the imperial dining room to prepare wine and food for Qin'er, which is really heartfelt." ”
"You ......" The eldest lady was deflated, and because it was difficult to attack in front of people, she could only endure it.
At this moment, a younger-looking woman walked out of the crowd at some point, and said with a smile in her eyebrows: "Okay, let's go into the mansion!" This person with a body should not stand on the tuyere. ”
"Miss, this is the Fourth Lady Zhou."
After listening to Ah Qi's reminder, Ai Qing smiled back slightly.
"Well, Su He is very right, let's come into the house!" Qi Chengzhang said and turned his head to Mu Chun and made a gesture of invitation: "Lord Wang, please come in." ”
"Uncle Yue, please!" Mu Chun returned a salute, stepped forward and ripped off his cloak to put it on Ai Qing, hugged her and said, "Qin'er, let's go in first, beware of catching a cold." ”
"Hmm!" Ai Qing casually replied and entered the mansion with Mu Chun in her arms, but everyone behind her was surprised, and they couldn't believe that the dignified prince would treat the third lady who was the most unfavored in the past so carefully and gently.
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"Ai Qing, did you secretly check Qi Qin'er's mother's pulse?" As soon as she sat down, Xu Feifei asked in her heart, after all, with a body, she could detect any small movements of Ai Qing.
"Well, there is indeed a faint toxicity from her pulse, but we don't have evidence yet, even if we say it, I'm afraid that the big lady won't admit it."
"Then let the black halberd go to her room to search, and when the time comes, I don't believe that she dares to deny it."
Ai Qing and Xu Feifei were wandering in their thoughts, when they heard Mu Chun speak: "Lord Yue, Qin'er married in the name of a princess that day, and Chiyun only returned to the palace as a national gift. ”
"The prince is polite" Qi Chengzhang looked at the few large boxes brought up by the guards, and hurriedly thanked him, and the eyes of the ladies standing on the side were even straighter.
Ai Qing looked at these boxes very familiarly, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them, so he turned his head and asked in a low voice, "When did you prepare these?" I didn't know. But it looks familiar. ”
Mu Chun touched Ai Qing's face dotingly, and simply replied with two words: "Cellar"
Although the people on the side couldn't hear them, they saw these small movements. Lin looked at his daughter and husband so affectionately, and he was happy in his heart. Thinking that day Qin'er was rejected by the prince and married Chiyun because of her ruined appearance, but now it seems that she has also won a man who loves her by mistake.
Ai Qing looked at Lin who was sitting in the corner and deliberately asked, "Mother, why are you sitting so far away?" But don't you want to be Qin'er? ”
Lin stood up, but hesitated because of the identity of the concubine.
Before she could speak, Ai Qing smiled, pretended to be ignorant and turned to the eldest lady who occupied the seat next to her and said, "Auntie, are you sitting in the wrong position with my mother?" ”
According to her position, the eldest lady is not wrong to sit in this position, but at this moment, it is reasonable for the Lin family to sit next to Ai Qing, but if the eldest lady gives up her position, won't it show that her status has been crushed by the Lin family? How could the eldest lady stand this breath, turned her head and said: "Qin'er should have forgotten, the rules in the house, the concubine does not go to the court, it is not that the eldest lady is unreasonable." ”
"Oh? Is it? Mu Chun said with a chuckle: "Then I really can't complain about the eldest lady, it's all because the king and the queen mother are used to pampering Qin'er on weekdays, and the rules of the Chiyun Palace don't have to be followed, and they forgot to abide by the rules when they came to the General's Mansion." ”
The eldest lady heard Mu Chun's words and hurriedly knelt down and said, "How dare the concubine let the princess abide by the rules of the palace." Just ......"
Qi Chengzhang also got up in fear, pulled Lin over and sat next to Ai Qing and said, "Qin'er wants to be closer to her mother when she returns home. Then he said to the eldest lady who was kneeling on the ground: "You can sit in the position of the Lin family!" ”
"Yes! Be! The eldest lady hurriedly ran to the corner to sit as if she had been granted amnesty, her face was still terrified, but her heart was already full of anger: "What about the princess, my daughter is still the current crown princess!" ”
Ai Qing glanced at the eldest lady coldly, then turned her head to hold Lin's hand and said, "I heard my father say that my mother has not been in good health recently?" ”
"Maybe it's winter, and I always feel a little tired, and it's not in the way." Lin looked at his daughter, and countless thoughts overflowed from his eyes.
Hearing this, Ai Qing turned her head to look at the eldest lady meaningfully and asked, "I heard that the eldest lady has put a lot of thought into my mother's body. I don't know what tonic is mixed in? ”
The eldest lady looked at Ai Qing's expression, and always felt a little weird, so she could only reply casually: "They are all ordinary medicines, naturally they are not as good as those in Chiyun Palace." ”