16 Chapter XVI
Wang Guifei's polo match was on the eighth day of the first lunar month, and the pavilion of the stadium was close to the Hanxiang Palace, and there were many people who went.
After the early dynasty, Fu Yan took Cui Jiao to come late.
The game has started on the court, Xiangwang's polo team is invincible on the field, winning three games in a row, and his opponent of Qi King Fu Xiutong saw Fu Yan coming, hurriedly jumped off the horse, and said, "Fourth brother, I can't beat you, let the third brother come and play a game with you, I haven't seen the third brother end the game for a long time." ”
Fu Xiutong was born to Liu Jieyu, only fourteen years old, and his actions and words are still like a child.
Fu Chengze smiled, "The third brother has an injury, let him rest and watch us fight." ”
Fu Yan just sat down and got up again, paced slowly, took the club handed by Fu Xiutong, and smiled, "It's okay to play a game." ”
Fu Chengze's back molars were grinded, and he had to be fine.
Cui Jiao stood in the middle of a group of female officials, only to see Fu Yan turn over and get on the horse, and then Zuo Yu led Pei to get off the seat, and also got on the horse and followed him in.
Cui Jiao saw Pei Yong a little emotional, last time Pei Yong was her deputy, this time Pei Yong gave Fu Yan as a deputy, it can be seen that this person is Fu Yan's cronies, and his surname is Pei, I don't know if it is with the queen's family.
Cui Jiao swept around, didn't see the queen and the eldest princess, and the emperor didn't come, only the princess sat upright, talking to some noblewomen with a smile, and the fifth princess was grounded, but she didn't break the rules and came out to wander.
In addition to Cui Mingxiu, Cui Jiao doesn't know most of the noble girls, and a few Cui Jiao are familiar with each other, that time the eldest princess invited her to Zheng Mansion, and several people were there, Cui Jiao remembered that their father and brother seemed to hold important positions in the court, so it can be seen that if the father and brother are the pillars of the country, even the royal relatives such as the concubine and the eldest princess will stutter.
Cui Jiao watched Cui Mingxiu sitting behind the nobles from a distance, Cui Mingxiu obviously couldn't fit in with the nobles, and the nobles talked and laughed together, as if there was no such person as her.
Cui Jiao knew that the eldest princess must have let out a lot of words, and these aristocratic girls should have gotten the news and disdain to associate with Cui Mingxiu.
Cui Jiao looked at Cui Mingxiu, she pretended to be elegant and quiet in front of people, but she was actually a two-faced and vicious person.
At that time, Cui Jiao was adopted by Cui's long house, thinking that she had a family, and she really regarded Cui Mingxiu as her sister, but Cui Mingxiu, as the eldest daughter of Cui's family, how could she look at her, when there were outsiders, Cui Jiao was allowed to call her sister, and when there was no one around, she scolded Cui Jiao for being a cheap pig and dog, and Cui Jiao was not allowed to call her sister, and asked Cui Jiao to call herself a slave and maid, and called her a third lady.
Even if the Cui family is not as good as the ancestors, but in Qinghe, it is also a wealthy family, and there are many girls who please Cui Mingxiu, and with Cui Mingxiu's instructions, those girls will not sincerely make friends with Cui Jiao, and it is common to exclude ridicule.
And she bullied Cui Jiao, and the lord and eldest lady of the long house also turned a blind eye.
After all, from the beginning, he recognized Cui Jiao as the one who asked her to come to Chang'an to die, so how could he treat her sincerely.
There was a burst of cheers from the crowd.
Cui Jiao turned his eyes and looked at the polo field, Fu Yan was in a vigorous posture, riding a horse and flying past King Xiang who was blocking him, intercepting the ball with a club, and scoring a goal with a slight lift, King Xiang was crushed by him, and he couldn't compare with it at all.
Although he is rubbed by him a lot on weekdays, Cui Jiao also has to praise a sentence of majestic and heroic, the emperor is really blind, he doesn't like the heroic prince, and he likes the insidious and incompetent King Xiang.
Fu Yan said to play a ball, just hit a ball, got off the horse and threw the club back to Fu Xiutong, since he took a seat, Cui Jiao walked out of the female officer, squatted beside him and poured tea for him.
King Xiang lost too embarrassed, full of fire, dragged Fu Xiutong on the horse, took him angry, polo played like venting anger, Fu Xiutong was estimated to have been hit by him a few strokes, and cried when he got off the horse, and was brought to Liu Jieyu by his Fu Mu, he wanted to sue, Liu Jieyu glared at him, and then found an excuse and took Fu Xiutong away.
Only Cui Jiao noticed that there were other nobles on the polo field, and the rest were still watching the game.
Cui Jiao pushed the poured tea to Fu Yan's hand, Fu Yan took a sip, her brows furrowed, Cui Jiao asked him in a low voice for some reason, "Your Highness's tea is not delicious?" ”
Fu Yan glanced at her, didn't speak, and drank the tea in the cup in one gulp.
Cui Jiao couldn't figure out what he meant, she thought about things in her heart, so she poured tea for him again.
Fu Yan drank it, she poured it again, and poured three or four cups like this, Fu Yan said, "Don't pour it." ”
It sounds like it's unbearable.
Cui Jiao is very innocent, she is boiling the tea as usual, no matter how bad it is, it will be difficult to drink.
She paused, as if she smelled a little acetic acid, followed the smell and smelled the teapot, and immediately realized that there was a bunch of spices on the tea bed, and she probably poured vinegar into the tea by mistake.
Cui Jiao tugged at the hem of his clothes and muttered quietly, "The concubine didn't mean to, Your Highness, don't blame the concubine." ”
didn't see his stinky face, so he hurriedly re-boiled the tea and changed him to a normal taste of tea.
Fu Yan drank two cups of tea before the vinegar taste dissipated, and asked her in a low voice, "What do you want?" ”
Cui Jiao said truthfully, "The concubine saw Cui Mingxiu, and the Cui family really came to Chang'an." ”
The Cui family, who left Qinghe, was inconspicuous in Chang'an, which was all over the place, Fu Yan was not at ease, got up to say goodbye to Wang Guifei, and returned to the East Palace to deal with government affairs.
Cui Jiao also wanted to leave, but was stopped by Wang Guifei.
Wang Guifei smiled warmly and asked her, "I like you kid at a glance, no wonder Her Royal Highness the Queen and the eldest lady have blue eyes." ”
Cui Jiao hurriedly made a shy gesture and didn't dare to speak.
"Wu Niang is also a good-natured child, but she was instigated by outsiders, and there was no clever person like you around her to mention it, so she was ghosted," Wang Guifei said and sighed, and asked her again, "You and the eldest mother should be good, is the eldest mother sad now?" ”
Cui Jiao said solemnly, "The eldest princess washes her face with tears every day......"
After the eldest princess and Zheng Xiaorao left, they stayed in the queen's palace to eat and drink, and they didn't know how happy the life was.
If she said that the eldest princess was too comfortable, then there must be something to rely on her, it was better to say that the eldest princess was sad, and Wang Guifei would never dare to touch the eldest princess again.
As soon as Wang Guifei heard this, she stopped thinking about it, because of the matter of the eldest princess, the emperor has not summoned her for some days, and it is not appropriate to take the road of the eldest princess now, it is better to coax the emperor first, she has recently made a new pipa song, and the emperor must like it.
Cui Jiao consciously retired, and just retreated outside the court, a little girl came over and said that Pei Shisi Niang wanted to see her.
Cui Jiao has heard of Pei Shisi Niang, her daughter's name is Pei Yingshou, and the queen is a cousin and nephew.
Pei's family has always lived in Hedong, this time the emperor's Thousand Autumn Festival, Pei's family came to celebrate his birthday, but he has not returned to Hedong until now.
Cui Jiao was led by the little girl, to the nearby Huxin Pavilion, a girl was dressed in a frost-colored skirt, her face was heroic and beautiful, she was originally sitting on the railing and watching, when she saw Cui Jiao coming, she jumped off the railing, waved her sleeves to let the little girl retreat, her eyes looked Cui Jiao up and down, and suddenly stretched out her hand towards Cui Jiao's neck.
Cui Jiao covered her chest in a panic and stepped back, and said softly, "Fourteen Lady, why is this?" I have not sinned against you. ”
Pei Yingshou raised his face slightly, "Give me the Buddha relics around your neck, that's my cousin's thing." ”
Cui Jiao replied to her, "Yes, it was given to me by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"
Pei Yingshou laughed, "You are not worthy of this Buddha relic, give it to me." ”
Cui Jiao didn't want the Buddha relics either, she really wanted it, and Cui Jiao would only give it to her, but her tone was too commanding, as if Cui Jiao was some kind of despicable ant, Cui Jiao was unwilling to obey, "His Royal Highness the Prince's gift, even if I don't deserve it, there is no reason to give it to the fourteenth lady, and please don't embarrass me." ”
She has a delicate appearance, and her voice is also delicate, but the words she says are not at all.
"You're just my cousin's concubine, if I let my brother ask for you, my cousin won't give it," Pei Yingshou sneered.
Cui Jiao's heart was empty, but Fu Yan didn't give her to the prince of the Great Food, and she would never be rewarded to anyone else, even if Pei Yingshou called Fu Yan a cousin, Fu Yan and the queen were not blood relatives, how could they be good friends with the Pei family.
She asked sluggishly, "What are you from brother......
"I don't know if I use it from my brother Pei?" Pei Yingshou became more and more disdainful.
Of course Cui Jiao knew Pei Yong, and guessed that he was from Pei's family, but she didn't expect it to be Pei Yingshou's brother, it turned out that Fu Yan and Pei's relationship was so close, if Pei Yingshou really asked Pei Yong to ask her, Fu Yan was afraid that she would give it.
Without her saying anything, Cui Jiao shook her hand and took off the Buddha relics.
Pei Yingshou held it in her hand, and the Buddha relics were put into the sachet by her, "I won't leave when I come to Chang'an this time, we will often see it in the future, remember to respect me, maybe I will become your housewife in the future, and leave you a safe place, otherwise, you know the end." ”
She walked away.
Cui Jiao's palms are full of sweat, what Pei Shisi Niang said should be true, she is the Pei family, if she chooses the crown princess, she is very suitable, Pei Shi Niang is targeting her like this now, when she marries into the East Palace, how can she have a place to live, I am afraid that she will die without a place to be buried.
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Cui Jiao was late to return to the East Palace, and Fu Yan came back from the martial arts training ground at that time and passed her to serve in the side hall.
Cui Jiao undressed him with a sullen head, and then took off the vermilion liner robe she was wearing, and suddenly threw herself into his arms, whining and crying.
Fu Yan's body tensed, and he wanted to push her away.
But Cui Jiao hugged her too tightly, sobbing and snatching Pei Yingshou of her Buddha relics, and the words that threatened her were all poured out, she thought about it for a long time on the way back, even if Pei Yingshou is really the future princess, she has to let Fu Yan know the bad things Pei Yingshou did, and now Fu Yan still loves her a little, if she doesn't hurry up, what good life will there be in the future.
She cried straight and gasped, her face was dug out of Fu Yan's arms for a long time, Fu Yan stared at her fixedly, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her fingertips, and then lowered her head to kiss her.
Cui Jiao couldn't cry for a moment, she was kissed by him little by little from shallow to deep, and she let go when she was almost out of breath, she pressed against his chest, listening to the heart fluttering, she felt that it was the best time, and asked him in a dumb voice.
"If His Royal Highness doesn't love the concubine anymore, can you let the concubine go, don't give the concubine away."