At the end of April, Kyoto Castle is once again bustling with activity.

The princess's mansion is a concubine.

Although they are not concubines, they are princesses after all, and they are still accepted by the three mansions together, all of them are on the jade plate, and there are many noble women and others, and the natural battle is not small.

Li Xiang was so sleepy that he got up early in the morning to let Lixia put on makeup, and only woke up when he came out of Xianxian Courtyard to see a somewhat familiar "Red Sea".

"Why is Xianxian Temple hanging up?" Li Xiang looked back at the red silk cloth on the flower branch at the gate of the courtyard, and frowned, the wedding cloth of the concubine is still going to pile up at the door of the main wife? A little further in the middle, a little more, what was the difference from what she saw the day after the wedding?

Chunyu glanced at Lixia, Lixia had a hard time, and reminded him, "Master, didn't you say that you would follow the rules and follow Wang Fu's arrangement?" ”

“…… You go and take a look at Zhang's mother and see if there are any emergencies in those yards. Li Xiang, who didn't feel that what she said contained the red silk hanging in front of her eyes, was silent for a while, and according to the thought of tearing off the red silk, she sent Lixia away and went out with the spring rain.

Lixia was dumbfounded, aggrieved for a while, and silently went to find Zhang's mother.

It's still early, and there are no guests in the front yard for the time being, too, the three princes are doing it together today, and the Ministry of Rites and Liushang can't wait to be separated, and the people who come to eat and drink are also this idea, it's not good to favor one over the other, isn't it?

After all, the crown prince had woken up, and he turned his head and told Emperor Jiaming that the seventh son of the emperor was the one who saved him, not to harm him.

It's funny to say, the prince just woke up and insisted that it was not the Seventh King of Xiang who wanted to harm him, but he had no evidence, and he didn't know whether to praise their brotherhood or sigh that the prince was kind-hearted. In addition, the queen mother's condition is getting worse and worse, and the princess she chose before has to enter the door early, and Murong Jin is really released.

It's just that......

It seems that the injury is not light, Li Xiang doesn't know very well, because this time Murong Jin deliberately avoided her, she sent a ginseng soup with the intention of being at least a grasshopper on a rope and having to do face kung fu, but she couldn't even bring the soup into the door, Murong Jin didn't leave in Xianxian Courtyard, Li Xiang couldn't ask for it, so he turned around and left. However, the next day after Murong Jin came back, the prince came, and the next morning he went to the East Palace to hold Dali Siqing accountable, and the scene was ugly for a while.

Now the entire Xiangqi Palace's mansion is red, and the courtyard of several side concubines and concubines is even worse, looking from a distance, when the sky is dark, it seems to be a fire through a layer of thick fog, burning fiercely.

Li Xiang retracted his gaze and listened to the female official's rambling explanation of the rituals and etiquette for a while, a little indescribably annoyed.

The sky gradually turned white, and this excitement was the opening of the gong.

The gongs and drums outside were noisy, everywhere was full of joy, and the guests stepped on the dawn to enter the door, Li Xiang greeted him with a smile, and turned his head to send people to the back hall.

After noon, Li Xiang hid in the back hall, and ate half of a bowl of chicken noodle soup, when her mother came in, she didn't swallow a mouthful of noodles.

"Mother?"

"But you know how to eat something first, are you hungry? Eat yours and ignore me. Li Xu closed the door and sat next to Li Xiang, at this time Huang Li came back cautiously with the pastry, and when he saw his wife, he almost knelt down directly, and was helped by Li Xu, "Don't use these vain, there are many people today, and it is difficult for you to worry about your princess to eat." ”

Li Xiang took a sip of soup, finally didn't have the feeling of heartburn from hunger, it was early in the morning, she was sitting in the front yard four hours ago, her face was stiff with a smile, there were no high-ranking female dependents in Xiangqi Palace, and she didn't even find someone to replace her for a while, fortunately, Li Xu took Li Xu's and her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to entertain the female guests who were sent to tea, otherwise, Li Xiang also wanted to separate.

After eating the rest in three or two bites, Li Xiang listened to his mother and Huang Li chatting more and more speculatively, and even wanted people to get some more food, Li Xiang hurriedly stopped.

How can there be a reason for the host to avoid eating alone before the guests have eaten a hot meal?

"Mother! Mother, I'm not hungry, I can't eat, really. "She eats averagely, thanks to this child, otherwise a few girls will have to die sooner or later with the feeding method of four or five meals a day.

Li Xu waved his hand and sent Huang Li away, he didn't want to talk at all, he was a little angry when he thought about it, such a thing, they didn't say hello at all before, they didn't know. It's already a certainty when I know it, it's too late!

"Mother, you and your sister-in-law should also eat some first, I will let Mangzhong go to find my sister-in-law." Li Xiang poured a glass of water and pushed it over.

"You take care of yourself and talk about others, I heard that you set up a line for this?"

Li Xiang was a little weak-hearted, "Mother, isn't it sooner or later!" Now you can fish out Your Highness, killing two birds with one stone! ”

"Also, you and your sister-in-law are not outsiders!"

Li Xu was so angry that she couldn't get out of the air in the second half of the sentence, and she hated iron for the first time, "It's a matter of time or time, but you mentioned it, using other people's marriages as bargaining chips, obviously forcing the palace to release people, and now the prince is implicated in leaving Beijing." ”

It's good to say before, after all, the wood is already in the boat, the truth is still so reasonable, no one can say anything, those people are not happy, and they still have to marry in the end, and it is even more rare to enter the door when they are down; If there is prejudice in the palace, what can it do? The rules are set by them, and the marriage contract is given by them, who is to blame? The point is that the prince was implicated in leaving Beijing! Once it is on the agenda, her daughter will have to stay away from Kyoto City and away from them, and now under their noses, there are many waves of unsettled waves, how can it be good to be far away? At that time, they just wanted to bring people back, and they had to be in time......

Li Xiang took a sip of water while holding the cup, trying to mix it up, "Mother, there can't be no one outside, I have to go-"

"Don't make excuses!" It was rare for Li Xu to be so tough, and he grabbed his daughter who was about to slip away, "Your father said, think twice, you can send someone back at any time." ”

Li Xiang's chest was jammed, and it was so soft that it was a mess, "I know!" ”

The time is almost the same, a little later than the time when the wife enters the door, but the etiquette of the concubine room is more than that of the wife, complicated and complicated, the top of the sedan chair is placed at the door of the Xiangqi Palace, Li Xiang is still thinking about one thing - who said that she took the line?

The concubine reminded her euphemistically, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to come up with such a damaging method, she didn't have to say anything when she entered the palace, there was no third person present, and it wasn't straightforward, how could it be passed on?

Before Li Xiang could think of anything, a cup of wedding tea was handed to her, and the one kneeling in front of her was the new concubine in a dark red wedding dress.

Concubine, there is no saying that the groom comes to greet people, and there is not even a chapel, but at the beginning, he has to give tea to his wife, considering that it is the day of the wedding banquet, and it is just a tea ceremony.

After taking the tea and tasting it lightly, Li Xiang put down the teacup, took the jade Ruyi handed by Zhang's mother, put it into the hands of the new concubine, and congratulated the newcomer according to the lyrics of the female official's "ear and face" not long ago.

A prince will have eleven wives and concubines who are famous, divided and ranked, one is two sides and eight concubines, and eight concubines are eight ladies, half of whom are such as ladies. The selection of concubines at the time of the establishment of the prince is to make up for the eleven, but the situation of the Xiangqi Wangfu is special, Li Xiang is married in with a bar, so there are twelve, and there are a total of eight new concubines in the Xiangqi Wangfu today, which means that she has to drink eight teas.

The Ruyi material handed by Li Xiang changed from jade to gold, and then to silver, and finally finished sending, and when he turned his head, across a table, Murong Jin, who was sitting on the other side, couldn't show his joy, and he didn't know if the injury was still painful, and he didn't smile at all, and he was faintly tired?

Fortunately, the place where they sat was not close to everyone, and no guests saw it, and the new concubine was still covered with a hijab, and she had to be supported by someone when she walked and served tea, let alone looked at it. In front of everyone's eyes, except for Li Xiang, no one found out, and the only person who felt that the groom was in a bad mood today said politely, sent the concubine back to the courtyard, turned his head and said to Wang Fu: "Open the table." ”