Chapter 80: There is no such thing as an equal wife
Lin Yanxi's eyes drooped slightly, and he bowed unhurriedly, and replied without humility or arrogance: "Back to the queen, the hearts of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the queen mother are more precious than any reward, but the courtiers have always been unstable, and there are many rules in the palace, so I am afraid that when I go to the East Palace, I will cause trouble for the prince, and it will be difficult to take on a big responsibility."
The queen snorted coldly, looked at her with a dark face for a few seconds, and suddenly smiled again, "It's a sharp tooth. Okay, this palace is not a pedantic person, can you still embarrass your junior for this little thing?"
She picked up the cup, covered her face with a handkerchief, and took a sip of the teacup, "This palace has a reward for you and the county lord of Chaoyang."
Hearing this, Luo Jingxin also got up from his seat, walked to the center, and thanked him.
Two palace maids, holding two wooden plates, on which is a delicate small sandalwood box.
Lin Yanxi stretched out his hand and paused, and took the box.
The queen pushed her palm yearning and said, "Open it and take a look."
The wooden box was opened, and there was a golden hairpin lying inside, with two strands of hair entwined, bare and nothing special, it looked like gold on the outside, but it was fluttering in the hand.
It's not like gold.
Lin Yanxi turned her head to look at Luo Jingxin's wooden box, her box contained a hairpin, in comparison, the workmanship of this hairpin was more exquisite, with a few pearls dotted on it, interspersed with red gemstones.
At first glance, it was specially selected for Luo Jingxin, and she loved pearl embellishments.
The queen asked, "Xin'er, do you still like this hairpin?"
Luo Jingxin said happily, "I like it."
Lin Yanxi didn't understand the intention behind the queen, the hairpin in his hand turned, and suddenly thought that there seemed to be a kind of hairpin wife and concubine among the people, and then he suddenly realized.
Her inquiring gaze fell on Shen Muzhou again, his fists under his sleeves were clenched, his eyebrows and eyes were cold and detached, and he was sitting upright, as cold as frost and snow.
I couldn't understand what he was thinking.
Is that what he meant?
Probably not, if he wants to marry Luo Jingxin as his wife, he should discuss it with her first, instead of letting the queen send her directly.
The queen sat on the throne and said slowly: "This Jingxin and Xiao Jiu have admired each other for many years, and they are just close to getting married.
"It's better to be like this, Jing Xin will marry to the palace as the princess first, and you just happen to wear filial piety, and then marry Xiao Jiu as the side princess after your filial piety period is over."
Lin Yanxi frowned, this marriage was fake, the main concubine or the side concubine, she didn't care at all.
But in the eyes of the queen, this marriage is real, she asked the concubine of the Taifu Mansion to be a concubine, which is not in the eyes of his father.
Lin Yanxi sneered and asked mockingly, "Queen Mother, can you still be called married as a concubine?"
The queen was speechless at this sentence, and everyone present was frightened, who dared to speak to Niangniang like this in the palace, that is, she didn't want to live.
Shen Muzhou, who had been lowering his eyes and not speaking, slowly lifted his eyelids, and the coldness in his eyes gradually eased when he looked at her.
The old lady standing beside the queen opened her mouth and shouted, "In front of the queen, Hugh has to speak in vain! No wonder they all say that the daughter of the Taifu family is the most unruly and dares to contradict the queen!"
It's really a good dog by the queen's side.
In her previous life, this old lady relied on herself to be the most favored by the queen, never took Lin Yanxi in her eyes, did many things that violated the yang and yin, and took a lot of bribes from her father by taking care of her.
All this money is counted on the white-eyed wolf.
Lin Yanxi smacked his tongue and replied, "Tsk, may I ask which palace master this is who dares to beak the length of my Taifu Mansion?" It should be in the palace, right?"
Shen Muzhou's deep eyes were complicated, his face was covered with a layer of ice, he was really a little girl who was not afraid of death, and a subtle smile appeared on the corner of his lips.
The old lady was so angry that her eyes widened, and her fingers pointed at her unceremoniously, wanting to say something.
Lin Yanxi's hand wearing the soul ring hung down, and he turned his wrist slightly, and Mama's mouth seemed to be sewn shut
, I can't open it, I can only whine.
The master's teaching was really good, and she raised her eyebrows.
Mama was frightened in the hall, and she didn't care about any rules, so she kept dancing "woo" and picked her mouth with her hands.
"This, Mama Zhao, what's wrong?" The queen was also frightened by her appearance.
Luo Jingxin stood below, looking in horror at Mama Zhao's mouth being deducted with blood by her hand, but it was still stuck together.
Everyone was so frightened by this scene that they were chilling, and Lin Yanxi also pretended to be afraid, took a few steps back, and exaggerated, "Oh my God, what's wrong with this Mama Zhao? There is no etiquette in front of the palace, there are really no rules, dare to disturb the queen!"
After that, she lowered her eyes, and the corners of her mouth turned up uncontrollably, this is the fixing technique taught by the master, in her original fixation technique, she has improved, and she can only cast spells for local purposes, and now with this small spell, she can cast it freely without relying on the ring.
Luo Jingxin thought of her sly smile, this Mama Zhao's sudden madness must have something to do with her.
Mama Zhao is the queen's person, and her every move symbolizes the queen's face.
The queen has never been so embarrassed, and the embarrassment on her face, blue and white, can be described as wonderful.
Angry, he slapped Mama Zhao's face and said, "You want to go crazy, get out of the palace and go crazy."
Mama Zhao calmed down immediately, opened her eyes and "woo", shed tears, trembled and knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and didn't dare to raise her head to look at the queen again.
Luo Jingxin commanded in a low voice, "Don't take Mama Zhao down quickly."
The palace maid who had been stunned for a long time on the side reacted and quickly pulled Mama Zhao down.
After such a fuss, what the queen mother originally wanted to say was almost stirred, and she was in no mood to say it again.
Luo Jingxin refused to give up this opportunity, she smiled gently: "Xu is grandma has some evil disease, just find the imperial doctor to see it later."
"By the way, sister of the Lin family, do you like this hairpin given by the queen's mother?"
Lin Yanxi took the hairpin and looked at it, his eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and his face was full of joy: "Naturally, I like it, and there are no vulgar things that the queen rewards."
This hairpin has no style at all, and it is made of the most ordinary and cheesy gold-clad silver material, and it is not possible to give it to the palace maid in the palace.
The queen was on purpose, she praised it so much, but the queen couldn't hold face even more.
Lin Yanxi's eyes dimmed again, and he blinked his eyes and said innocently: "It's a pity that I can't use this hairpin, the prince said that the hairpin he gave me was made by him, and he wants me to wear it all the time."
Luo Jingxin's face was so angry that it was red, white, embarrassed, she and Shen Muzhou have known each other since childhood, he likes to carve things out of wood, she always pesters him, asking him to carve something for her, he always finds some excuses or simply ignores them.
Staring at the little rabbit hairpin on Lin Yanxi's head, she was about to go crazy with jealousy, but she still kept her face quiet and said, "Sister, this matter was originally brought up by Mu Zhou, and I have no intention of interfering with you."
"It was he who wanted to give me a name, so he found the queen, in fact, you and I are like sisters, so why not be big and small?"
As she spoke, she grabbed Lin Yanxi and put her palm on the back of Lin Yanxi's hand.
Lin Yanxi was stunned for a moment, her long eyelashes trembled gently like a crow feather, and she turned her eyes to look at Shen Muzhou, his eyes darkened slightly and looked at her for a moment, and then helplessly staggered her gaze.
She pulled out her small hand, hung it at her side, and took a half-step back.
Luo Jingxin continued: "I originally wanted my sister to be my wife, but the queen and Mu Zhou both said that the Anchang Mansion has guarded the peace of Nan Min for a hundred years, and they can't be humiliated as a side concubine, in fact, what's so humiliating? As long as you can be by the prince's side, what's important about your name, you say yes."
King Anchang was the founding minister, and was later named a prince with a different surname to garrison the border clan, but because they were too powerful, His Majesty was afraid of them when he reused them, so Luo Jingxin was brought to the palace since he was a child, saying that it was bitter cold on the border, but in fact it was no different from a proton.
But she has a bad personality
Xi, the most observant of words and feelings, the queen likes it very much, and has taken her with her since she was a child.
The Anchang Mansion can't be humiliated, can the Taifu Mansion do?
Lin Yanxi didn't know why she felt uncomfortable, she couldn't answer a word of what Luo Jingxin said.
When she was at a loss, Shen Muzhou stood up from her seat and said, "I promise you, don't force her anymore."
Luo Jingxin pursed his lips, staring at him with a hint of resentment, he walked from his seat to Lin Yanxi's side and blocked her behind him.
"Hehe, lord, isn't that what you meant? How did it become that I forced her? The good deeds of both wives and concubines belong to the king, and this wicked man has told me to do it." Luo Jingxin smiled a little bitterly and asked reluctantly.
Shen Muzhou frowned and stared at her for a long time without speaking, his hand clenched into a fist clenched and loosened, his eyes were full of disgust, and he said in a flat tone, "It's what I meant."
Lin Yanxi stood behind him, looked at him with his little head up, and lowered his eyes after hearing his answer.
Luo Jingxin regained her gentle smile, she could understand the disgust in his eyes, not happy, so what?
As long as the Anchang Mansion is still there, he must marry her.
As for whether she was willing to marry or forced to marry, she didn't care, Shen Muzhou cared about Lin Yanxi, it was only temporary, he would understand that the only person who could accompany him to the end was her, Luo Jingxin.
Her voice was soft and not aggressive, "Sister Yanxi, don't worry, you and I are just nominal wives and concubines, and we are talking about equal wives in the mansion in private."
Luo Jingxin said this with a kind of mercy and charity of the victor for the weak, as if he was making a compromise in order not to make the situation more ugly.
Lin Yanxi said with a small face: "How can there be any such thing as a wife."
The main concubine is the wife, the side concubine is the concubine, and the flat wife is just a comfort to whitewash the peace, but I don't know whether it is to comfort Lin Yanxi or Shen Muzhou.
He grabbed Lin Yanxi's sleeve and skipped Luo Jingxin directly, and said to the queen, "Erchen retires."
After they turned around and walked out of the palace, the queen restrained her dignified and generous smile, and asked with a cold face, "Xin'er, has everything been arranged over there in the Anchang Palace?"
Luo Jingxin nodded and said, "I've already entered the capital in the evening, I'm afraid that the five princes will ......."