Li Jiaoer married into the Marquis of Anyang Mansion for three years, and the princess Xiaohui she saw was always kind, generous, able to talk and laugh, and won the respect of the people around her.

Even if she has a hot temper, Princess Xiaohui's temper comes and goes quickly, and she will not beat and scold people at every turn, and her majesty is quite lenient, her hands are loose, and she is often rewarded.

It's not like a noble-born county lord.

It was the first time that Li Jiaoer saw the murderous lord of filial piety.

Almost out of instinctive kindness, she blurted out to the county lord of Xiaohui: "County lord, that child is the ...... of the prince after all"

She had made up her mind to reconcile with Xue Zhen, and even the county lord couldn't let her change her mind.

Although she was moved by the various things of the filial piety lord, she was innocent.

Xue Zhen did something wrong, why should he blame it on a baby baby? She couldn't bear to let Lord Xiaohui's hands get the blood of such a baby.

Lord Xiaohui interrupted her, looked at her, smiled as kindly as usual, and sighed: "What a stupid girl." ”

Li Jiao'er knew that she was in a hurry, and Xu made her angry, so she didn't speak, just pursed her mouth and looked at her insistently, with pleading in her eyes.

"You, you're dressed too plainly, I still remember when you first got married, the red wedding dress you wore and when the hijab was lifted, it was so good-looking, even my mother said that you were the best-looking girl she had ever seen, the best girl in the capital. To this day, I'm sorry for peace. Lord Xiaohui raised his hand, straightened the broken hair in Li Jiaoer's ears, and said irrelevant words softly.

Ping'an is Xue Zhen's milk name.

Li Jiaoer sat persistently and restlessly.

"His father and brother are my husband and son, how can I not feel sorry for his heart disease? It's just that I've seen people who live in injustice and how their temperament changes dramatically, and they become hated by dogs. But Jiaojiao, you don't. I have seen it in my eyes and seen it clearly in the past three years. Look, you have been so wronged by that woman, and you still care about the life and death of that child. ”

"So Jiaojiao, his heart is sick, he shouldn't have wronged you. Therefore if I live a day, I will not allow him to take a concubine, and what if I have no heirs? The Xue family is not dead, it's a big deal. ”

"But Jiaojiao, you need to know that I don't like Mrs. Chen, I don't accept that child, and it's not just for you. He is the eldest son of the Hou Shizi of Anyang, and there must not be a sinner, or even the mother of a spy from another country. ”

Li Jiao'er's heart trembled, and she looked at the county lord of Xiaohui in disbelief.

Lord Xiaohui's gaze at her was softer.

"Jiaojiao, you have to remember that even if a man has three wives and four concubines, even if a man is easier than a woman, there is always a dead line that he is not allowed to cross, and if he crosses it, the Marquis of Anyang, the in-laws, you and me, may be doomed."

"Daughter-in-law, the husband and wife are in the same breath, if he really commits a crime that deserves to die, no matter what he usually does to you, you have to bear it with him on the execution ground, how much is it worth? So when you shouldn't be soft-hearted, you can't be soft-hearted, you understand? ”

The lord of filial piety calmly broke this little truth, crumpled it, and told him about it.

Li Jiaoer hung her head suddenly.

She hid the matter of Chen Niangzi, the lord of Xiaohui County, but she taught her the truth seriously as an elder.

In the past, she always felt that the county lord's mother-in-law could live so happily because she had a strong mother, a husband who loved her, and a prosperous son, so even if she suffered the pain of losing her husband and son in middle age, she could come out of the shadows and be carefree.

But at this moment in front of her, Li Jiaoer really felt that the middle-aged woman in front of her was the county lord raised by the royal family, and the county lord who had experienced the battle for the first emperor and survived in the sea of corpses and blood.

And she, just thinking about reconciliation and separation, never thought about the identity of Mrs. Chen, the identity of the child, whether she would be implicated or anything like that.

There's still a lot to learn.

Li Jiaoer said softly: "Yes, my daughter-in-law understands." ”

Lord Xiaohui looked at her, and said: "It's just that you don't worry, I also know that the child is innocent, and I used to see ...... Don't worry, when the matter is settled, I will find a good family for the child, so that he will leave the capital forever, engage in agriculture and business, and live a safe life. ”

Li Jiao'er's heart immediately relaxed, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and looked up at the county lord of filial piety: "Yes, the daughter-in-law listens to the county lord." ”

This "yes" is really spoken from the heart.

Lord Xiaohui was amused by her, and twisted her face helplessly and lovingly:

"What a good-hearted fool. I asked people to make new auspicious clothes for our mother and son, eat first, and then try on clothes, tomorrow is a good day for our queen mother, those unfortunate things, all forgotten. ”

"Okay."

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The next day, on the seventh day of the sixth month, Li Jiaoer, who wore a new auspicious costume and made up according to her grade, followed the lord of Xiaohui and went to the Yuxian Garden outside the city very early.

When they arrived in front of the Imperial Immortal Garden, each person's maids and servants were not allowed to follow them in, so they built another shed outside, parked the carriage, and let the servants and maids of each family wait.

And Li Jiaoer followed the lord of Xiaohui, checked the brand, and entered the Yuxian Garden together.

There have already been palace maids and chamberlains who came to visit, guide the way, and follow the front and back.

When the lord of Xiaohui saw the palace maid, he said happily: "It turned out to be my aunt, the queen has a heart, and my aunt has worked hard." ”

Li Jiaoer also knows the palace maid who serves the lord of Xiaohui, named Fangcao, who is the aunt in charge of the lamp in the queen's palace, and the palace maid who follows her is called Ziyan, who is the maid of the tea palace in the queen's palace.

When Fangcao entered the palace, the eldest princess was not married, and she was assigned to be a sprinkler in the palace of the eldest princess; After the eldest princess got married, she served the concubine; Later, after the current emperor ascended the throne, Fangcao went to the queen's palace and served to this day.

Because of such a relationship, the lord of filial piety, who is the daughter of the eldest princess, knows her.

Fangcao is a palace maid with a round face and a mediocre appearance, but she looks very festive, and Shi Li said: "County Lord An, how can it be hard to serve the county lord for a day?" ”

Lord Xiaohui smiled and bowed his head, and said no more.

Li Jiaoer followed step by step, bowing her head and saying nothing, counting in her heart along the way, walking through a few bricks, and a few patterns on the ground.

In the past three years, she has followed the lord of filial piety in and out of the palace, knowing that she has entered the royal place, no mouth, no eyes, only ears are the best, and it is best not to grow arms and legs, so as not to run around, one is not good, it is a small thing to be laughed at, and it is a big deal to offend the heavenly family.

The place of the banquet is arranged in the Chaohui Pavilion in the Imperial Immortal Garden, the place is spacious, facing the Lanyue Lake in the park, there is a very exquisite stage in the middle of the lake, and it is the best to listen to the play through the sound of water.

The foreign women had already arrived, and stood according to their ranks, whispering only occasionally, but they soon stopped, as if no one was there.

On the other side of the curtain, there are hundreds of officials and envoys from various countries.

After a while, the concubine arrived.

For a moment, the emperor and queen arrived.

Everyone fell to the ground, and the mountains shouted long live, a thousand years old.

Emperor Jianlong said that he was flat and sat down.

Then, drums sounded, singing and dancing, delicacies were put on the table like flowing water, and the silence finally turned into a bustle.

Li Jiaoer followed the rules, followed everyone, congratulated, knelt, worshipped, and drank, until it was time to eat, and only when it was time to eat did she secretly press her stiff neck and rub her sore arms.

Even though Li Jiaoer is only eighteen years old, she is the second-grade lady, but she is still an insignificant foreign woman, and there are royal nobles and many first-class ladies sitting in front of her at the banquet, so her small actions hidden in the crowd are not conspicuous.

It is said to be a feast, but in her opinion, it is a sin.

However, the emperor and queen, who were sitting high, seemed to be very happy.

Although Li Jiao'er couldn't really see Emperor Jianlong's expression, she could still hear from the royal sound that was like in the clouds, that he was in a good mood, and even when he spoke to the prince, he was kind and drizzling.

When it was the envoys of various countries to present the treasures, when it was Chen Guo's turn to present the treasures in his palm, everyone present praised the beauty of the phoenix dance, and the ingenuity was praised, and Emperor Jianlong praised it with a smile, and easily commented on the tricks of the two organs, and got a few words of flattery from the envoys of Chen Guo.

Emperor Jianlong looked even happier, and ordered the gift to be given, and then called the crown prince and asked him to write a poem for the queen.

The prince made a delicate but mediocre poem, Li Jiaoer really didn't understand the poem, and she should be very satisfied when she saw the look of Emperor Jianlong.

Li Jiaoer felt sad and ridiculous.

Even if there is a bloody wind in Emperor Jianlong's harem now, His Majesty is not pleasing to the eyes when he looks at the prince, but Emperor Jianlong, who loves face, is in a place where foreign envoys are present, but even if he performs a father's filial piety, he refuses to publicize his family's ugliness.

Since His Majesty also thinks that it is a family ugly to easily depose the crown prince, why bother?

The prince is quite famous among the people, and the rumored character is not like a person who will kill his father and kill the king.

Li Jiaoer felt that people's hearts were really the strangest.

After the banquet, on the stage in the center of the lake, the gong and singing began.

The women sitting below finally relaxed, and the people on the left and right leaned their heads and whispered inconsequential gossip.

Li Jiaoer also said a few words to the people around her, but the lady next to her was the youngest and thirty years old, and she was a little girl, so she really had nothing to say.

Li Jiaoer had to watch the play quietly.

But at this moment, Ziyan lent her the opportunity to pour tea and whispered in her ear: "Mrs. Shizi, someone wants to see you." ”

Li Jiaoer looked at her unexpectedly, and in her gaze, she knew who was going to see her.

This is the first time for the first time.

She hesitated.

This is a royal place, and with the words of a palace maid, she doesn't dare to walk around.

Seeing her so flustered, Ziyan understood in her heart, so she walked to the side of the county lord of Xiaohui and whispered a few words to Fangcao.

Fangcao also bent down and said a few words to the lord of Xiaohui.

When the lord of Xiaohui heard this, he turned his head to look at her, smiled, and nodded slightly.

Li Jiao'er made up her mind, and did not get up immediately, but sat for a while, and after drinking half a cup of tea, she got up and walked out under the pretext of changing her clothes.

As soon as she walked outside, Ziyan was more respectful to Li Jiao'er, and said, "Don't worry, Mrs. Shizi, the queen is waiting for Mrs. in the pavilion next to the Qingfeng courtyard in front." ”

"Okay, please take the little woman there." Li Jiaoer replied with a half-salute and said.