8 Chapter VIII
The big colt was stunned by this slap, how could the eldest princess appear here!
"Please also ask the big horse to return my veil," Cui Jiao said with the opportunity.
The eldest princess gave him another slap in the face with a menacing attitude, "Give her back the veil!" ”
The big horse covered half of his face and took out the handkerchief, Cui Jiao hurriedly grabbed it in his hand, and consciously avoided it in the next room, Fu Yan was also inside, no one came out, it should have been cleaned up by the eldest princess, and he was not good to participate in it.
Fu Yan looked at the handkerchief she was holding in her hand, and pointed to the oil lamp on the table, "It's burned." ”
Cui Jiao walked to the oil lamp, turned his back and pouted, even if he felt that the handkerchief had been touched by the big horse and dirty, it would be good to turn around and wash it, what a pity it was to burn, this material was woven into (1), very precious, and incense, if it wasn't for the big horse, where would she use such good materials.
Cui Jiao's heart was like a knife, but she still burned the veil.
Turning his head again, the prince suddenly pushed open the door and went out, Cui Jiao hurriedly followed, the eldest princess and the eldest horse in the main hall had already left, Cui Jiao had a vacant place for the eldest princess to vent, but obviously the eldest princess would not lose the dignity of the princess if she was angry, and she estimated that she was going back.
Cui Jiao looked at the prince's face, and Wen Tun asked him, "Your Highness, will the eldest princess really rest her horse?" ”
The crown prince walked ahead without stopping.
Cui Jiao knew that he couldn't answer either.
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The eldest princess moved out of the Zheng Mansion overnight, and after returning to the palace to find the queen to cry, the queen only has this one daughter, the eldest princess was wronged, and she couldn't bear it, so she took the eldest princess to Zichen Hall to find the emperor.
The queen came over at this time, and the emperor's good mood was defeated by half, and when he heard the queen ask him to give up the big horse for the eldest princess, the emperor had no good face, and said impatiently, "In the middle of the night, the queen doesn't sleep, what nonsense is there." ”
Wang Guifei watched the excitement from the sidelines.
The queen was already angry at the moment, who cares about her, and told everything the big horse did, and the emperor blew his beard angrily after hearing it.
He comforted the queen's mother and daughter, and decided to make an order early tomorrow morning, and then ordered the lieutenant to send their mother and daughter all the way back to Penglai Palace.
When they are gone, the emperor has no intention of singing and dancing, the eldest princess is his eldest daughter, how can she not feel distressed.
The emperor had a headache.
Wang Guifei gave him a massage, "The big horse is dignified, and he has always loved his mother, why did he do such a foolish thing." ”
The emperor sighed, "When I picked him to be a concubine for my eldest mother, I valued the value of his character and was able to marry the Zheng family, which was the best of both worlds." ”
Wang Guifei said, "Your Majesty, why don't you send a big horse to ask, if it is really him a bastard, it is not too late to make an order, I am afraid that there will be any misunderstanding here, after all, their Zheng family's lintel is upright, so as not to let their young husband and wife break up like this." ”
The emperor thought so and sent someone to summon a big horse into the palace.
Until the next morning, the holy decree was not issued, and the queen was inconvenient to go, so she ordered the palace maid to go over to inquire, and the palace maid came back and told her, "After Her Royal Highness and the eldest princess left, because the princess persuaded His Majesty a few words, His Majesty summoned the big horse to ask last night, and the big horse said that the eldest princess teamed up with Cui Zhangshu of the East Palace to design him, he was speechless, but he would never admit this planting, His Majesty is now very dissatisfied with the eldest princess, waiting for the queen to ask." ”
The queen's face turned white with anger, "It turned out that this thief woman was stirring up the situation!" ”
Then he ordered the palace maid to go to the East Palace to call the prince and Cui Jiao.
The emperor didn't give an order, Cui Jiao guessed that he was afraid that things would change, and when he heard the queen say, he couldn't say anything about his own suffering, so he took the initiative to get involved, and something was going to happen.
Cui Jiao was anxious, but she couldn't show it in front of the queen, so she could only watch the prince act.
Fu Yan sat on the chair and did not move.
The queen is not as determined as him, "Cui Jiao didn't say that he had a relationship with the orchid in the wine shop on the street, it is better to tie up the orchid now and see what else he can say." ”
Fu Yan said, "I'm afraid it's too late." ”
Cui Jiao's palms were sweating, it was really late, the big horse could quibble in front of the emperor last night, and the orchid probably couldn't control him.
The eldest princess grabbed the queen's hand and choked up, "Ah Niang, I don't want to have anything to do with him anymore, even if I admit it to Li'er." ”
Cui Jiao admires the determination of the eldest princess very much, but now it is the emperor who can decide this matter, if the emperor thinks that they are at fault, the eldest horse is innocent, the eldest princess should not leave, and she has to go back to the Zheng family, she will be even more miserable, she is the accomplice of the eldest princess, the emperor is reluctant to offend the eldest princess, but he will not have mercy on her, and the prince will not be able to protect her at that time.
Cui Jiao was anxious, and quietly reached out to pull Fu Yan's sleeve, Fu Yan ignored her, she drooped the corners of her mouth, the gods fought, the little ghost suffered, if they were ruthless, in order to calm the matter, it was possible to push her out alone to face the crime.
The queen hugged the eldest princess in her arms and comforted, "With A-Niang here, I will never let that vertical son deceive you!" If Your Majesty refuses to give an edict, I will let your grandfather come to Chang'an, and there is nothing to fear if your grandfather comes forward! ”
Cui Jiao was envious in her heart, if her A-Niang was also alive, she would definitely be able to hide in A-Niang's arms, and she would not have to leave her hometown to come to Chang'an, where she was unfamiliar with her life, and be inspired by the prince!
The eldest princess cried and shook her head, "My grandfather is old, so I can't trouble him......"
The queen paused, "Even if your grandfather can't come, can your uncle still watch you being bullied?" ”
The queen's father, Yiguo Gong, is now close to ancient times, and he returned to Hedong to recuperate for the rest of his life, and now Pei's Lang is the queen's eldest brother Pei Jinian.
Pei's family has held the military power in the DPRK for many years, and has accumulated prestige for a long time, whether it is the Duke of Ji or Pei Ji coming to Chang'an, the emperor has to allow the eldest princess to reconcile in his face, but the emperor must have a bad heart, and he will be estranged from the queen.
The queen doesn't care, but the eldest princess can't help but care, it's not her alone.
She hesitated.
Fu Yan spoke, "Queen Mother, there is no need to work on the Pei family's uncle in this matter. ”
The queen and the eldest princess looked at him.
Fu Yan turned his head to Cui Jiao and said, "What did you see in the Temple of Mercy and Grace?" Say it. ”
Cui Jiao looked at the palace maids around her.
The queen waved everyone back.
Cui Jiao dared to tell the big horse and the fifth princess in the Temple of Mercy and Grace in private last time.
The eldest princess was shocked, "He doesn't know about Wu Niang!" ”
The queen was angry on her face, and snorted, "The upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked." ”
She scolded the emperor and the princess together.
Cui Jiao couldn't help but think of the words she had heard in the mouth of the female history, when Wang Guifei was not out of the cabinet, she was a close friend of the queen in the boudoir, and later the queen married the emperor, and the queen often called her into the palace to talk.
The queen was about to go to Zichen Hall immediately, and was held down by the eldest princess, "Ah Niang, since Wu Niang is involved, we can't be good about this matter, there must be a way to expose this ugly thing in front of Aya." ”
She took a deep breath, "They don't know shame, and I'm not afraid of being ashamed." ”
But we have to think of a way.
Cui Jiao said, "The Begging Festival is coming. ”
The queen's eyes lit up, there is a begging building in the harem, it is built by the emperor for the rain and dew, and so on the day of the begging festival, the emperor will give a banquet to the hundred officials, and the concubines of the harem gather in the begging building, thread the needle to the moon, and the emperor will give the skill.
It's a good time indeed.
The queen praised Cui Jiao very much, and said to the prince, "San Lang, this child is clever and kind-hearted, no wonder you stay by your side, last time she was a little lady who dared to play polo with King Xiang, and she also beat King Xiang back and forth, I can see that I have a sense of intention, with her with you, I have nothing to worry about." ”
The prince's thin lips pursed into a line, and he said for a while, "The queen mother has praised it." ”
Cui Jiao's heart was still hanging, she didn't have time to care about the queen's appreciation, she kept her head down, the queen seemed to be shy, praising a few words, but after all, she was a concubine, the queen said, "San Lang, now that you have reached the crown, it's time for the East Palace to enter the crown princess, and it's time for me to hold my grandson." ”
The prince bowed his head, "After working on the mother, it shouldn't be a child." ”
The queen ordered the portraits of the ladies to be brought, and "take them back to see if there is anything agreeable." ”
Cui Jiao looked at those portraits and sighed, how many noble girls are there, the prince chooses a concubine, in addition to the crown princess, it is estimated that there are other positions of mothers among these noble girls, and when they are married into the East Palace, it sounds good that the prince is their husband, in fact, she wants to see that the prince is not as good as the girl in the teaching workshop in the Pingkang Fang, and there are still young people in Wuling who are fighting for their heads (2), throwing reward money, and the prince has to pay for it himself.
The queen saw Cui Jiao's honest face and was very satisfied, although she had a beautiful and charming appearance, she was a person, and there was nothing to worry about.
"San Lang has an injury, go back and raise it, Cui Jiao will stay here for the time being, Your Majesty has me there, you don't have to worry about it."
Cui Jiao was immediately relieved.
Fu Yan got up to say goodbye, and glanced at Cui Jiao when he left, that glance was too fast, and Cui Jiao couldn't tell what he meant.
Soon, the emperor really called the eldest princess to see him, the queen and the attendant who came over told that the eldest princess was not in good health this morning, and summoned the imperial doctor to diagnose the pulse, and said that the eldest princess was depressed and contaminated with the wind and cold, Cui Jiao befriended the eldest princess and volunteered to serve the eldest princess, so that the emperor waited for a few days, and the eldest princess was well, so he took Cui Jiao to see him.
The eldest princess was sick, and the emperor was angry with her and the eldest concubine, and he also wanted to come to visit people, but the queen said that the eldest princess didn't want to see anyone now.
Cui Jiao was not idle in the queen's Penglai Palace, she asked the palace maid for all kinds of silk ropes, and every day when the eldest princess complained to her about the lack of affection of the big horse, she used it to pass the time, otherwise her ears were about to become calloused.
The eldest princess is pampered, she has never done these things, but Cui Jiao knotted the colored wisps, and she recognized that the colored wisps were to be worn on the body on the day of Qixi to avoid evil spirits and attract good luck, and repeatedly praised Cui Jiao's ingenuity, so Cui Jiao's first colored wisp could only be given to the eldest princess.
Cui Jiao sent another color wisp to the queen, keeping one for herself and her brother, and one for the prince.
When it came to Qixi Day, the eldest princess couldn't go to the begging banquet, and she couldn't go over, so only the queen went to the banquet in Taiye Pool.
At that time, the genius was bright, Cui Jiao got up very early, and told a little Huangmen and asked him to take her to Xuanwu Gate to wait for Fu Yan.
There was fog in the early morning, and I saw the prince dismount in front of the Xuanwu Gate from a distance, unloaded the sword at his waist, stepped inside, and happily raised his hand and beckoned.
She was in the fog, beautiful and beautiful like a fairy, and the smile on her face was unusually bright.
Fu Yan's footsteps paused slightly, paced over, and said lightly, "What's the matter?" ”
Cui Jiao hurriedly took out the colored wisps from her purse and said with a smile, "The concubine made the colored wisps for His Highness and wanted to put them on for His Highness." ”
Fu Yan stared at the colored wisp in a trance, since his Fu Mu died, he had not worn this thing for many years, and he almost forgot what it looked like, but he still remembered that there was a person in his memory, who put a colored wisp on him, touched his head, and said that the year was safe.