Chapter 6: Sowing Discord
Zi Ning woke up suddenly, and suddenly found that his hands and feet could move, so he hurriedly reached out to cover his mouth, and held back his breath. Fortunately, the attention of the people in the room was fixed on the broken glass cup, and no one knew that there was a person hidden in the suitcase.
Zi Ning held her eyes for a while, and when she saw that no one noticed her, she secretly exhaled and thought, "What is this place, I heard a noisy voice, it seems that there are many people present." ”
At this time, the two palace concubines hurriedly entered the house, and saw Mo Yikui and a group of maids kneeling on the ground, the ground was full of fragments of glass cups, Princess Tong's face was full of anger, and the old palace concubines were very frightened.
An old palace concubine wearing a gold-rimmed embroidered robe shouted: "My little ancestor, what's the matter, it's easy for the princess to get angry and beat and scold people, and she dropped the things rewarded by the emperor, but how is it good?"
Another palace concubine with a wrinkled face hurriedly bent down to pick up the pieces, revealing an extremely regretful expression, and said: "Evil, this is obtained from the tribute of the Dao clan, the emperor only rewarded two pieces in total, and this time he broke one piece, and it was not a pair." ”
The clothes box was narrow and dark, Zi Ning curled up tightly, and when she heard them speak, she was even more surprised, and thought: "Could it be Princess Tong's palace, she just dropped something valuable, she must have lost her temper." ”
An unpleasant thought flashed through her mind, and she hid in the princess's suitcase, so that if someone found out, she couldn't tell her clearly. The poisoned injustice has been cleared away, and suddenly appeared in the princess's house, how to explain it?
She said that she was robbed by a fairy with superb spells, who would believe her words!
A terrible thought was caught in her mind, and if someone rummaged through the box to find something at this time, she would definitely be found. Now she couldn't argue, the princess gave her a crime of assassination, and even Empress Hua Yao couldn't save her.
Suddenly, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his body, and he thought to himself: "What can I do about this, wouldn't it be too unjust to die here in vain." Her mind was in a mess, and although her hands and feet could move, she had been hiding in the box for too long, and her body was so numb that it was impossible to escape immediately.
"Smack!" Princess Tong slapped on the couch table and scolded the two palace concubines fiercely: "You people, you only know distressed things, but you don't want me to suffer how much grievances I have suffered." Now that I've dropped something, you're screaming like this, one day I'll let out my temperament, so that you have nowhere to cry!"
The two palace concubines were frightened, and hurriedly stepped forward to comfort them.
Mo Yikui saw that Princess Tong's apricot eyes were wide open, her eyebrows were upside down, and her face was flushed, she was already extremely angry, she quickly got up and coaxed: "Princess, don't be angry." A few of you come over and sweep away these glass fragments, so as not to upset the princess. Turning his head and ordering a few little Gong'e, his eyes glanced at the camphor wood box again, and he was secretly anxious in his heart, if Zi Ning was still in the box, why didn't there be any movement, could he not fall asleep.
The little palace ladies hurriedly stepped forward to sweep the floor and clean up the broken glass cups.
Zi Ning leaned quietly in the box, listening carefully to their conversations, and suddenly realized that the voice of Gong E, who had just spoken, was familiar, it was the girl who robbed her this morning, and thought: "She is actually the princess's maid?" This is really strange, there must be some reason for it. The more she thought about it, the more bizarre it became, and she forgot about her fear for a moment, curled up in the box and held her breath, listening to what was going on outside.
was making a lot of noise, the door "creaked", Fang Yan stepped in, raised her eyes and saw Princess Tong, hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and said with a smile: "The princess has been good for the past two days, the palace is full of busy things, just said that she wants to choose a concubine for the god monarch, and she is so busy that she is on all fours." I didn't come to say hello to the princess, and I hope to forgive my sins. ”
Secretly looked at Princess Tong's face, and saw that she was pale with a sense of resentment, and just now Xiao Gong'e swept out a pile of broken glass, and guessed a few points, knowing that the princess was angry and dropped something, most of which was related to Zining.
The two concubines said a few polite words, and then bowed and withdrew.
Fang Yan's footsteps stepped into the house, and Mo Yikui hurriedly let her, and shouted in her mouth: "The slave has seen Fang Yan in charge. ”
Zi Ning pricked up her ears and heard it, she couldn't help but shudder, and quickly shrank her head. I thought to myself: "The road is narrow, how can Fang Yan come, if she finds out that I am hiding in the box, I will not be able to escape this catastrophe, and I may be killed on the spot." ”
Fang Yan didn't know that there was someone hidden in the box, so she walked around the house, and raised her eyes to see the carved beams and paintings on the roof, the furnishings in the house were good, and the curtains were very luxurious, her slender eyes narrowed, and she smiled: "The princess doesn't have to worry about things, those bottles and plates were originally used for the princess to play, and it is not worth breaking them." I see that this palace is also old, and when I return to the emperor, I will change a new room for the princess and get some new ornaments. ”
She liked Princess Tong's Cailan Palace very much, and thought that when the princess got married, she had to ask the emperor for this Cailan Palace and move in by herself.
The steps slowly walked to the side of the camphor wood box, raised his hand and touched the red lacquer lid, and said with a smile: "This box was still married by the emperor and queen back then, and it has been old for many years, and the princess should really change it." She only cared about touching the pattern on the box, but Zi Ning inside was so frightened that she covered her mouth with her hands, and she didn't dare to take a breath.
Fang Yan knocked on the lid of the box with her knuckles "Dangdangdang", and sighed: "The things that Niangniang married have been put for all these years, but they are also good, looking at the texture of this camphor wood, I am afraid that it is more than a thousand years, and we can't find a few pieces in the dove country." There was a hint of envy and jealousy in his eyes.
Zi Ning was sweating profusely, and her heart was numb: "This Fang Yan looks at Empress Hua Yao's box well, her eyes must be red." She finished touching and knocking like this, knocking and touching, when is she going to toss, can she consider the feelings of others. ”
Just thinking about it, I suddenly heard Princess Tong say coldly: "That's the queen mother who sent me to put clothes, Kunlun camphor wood with good materials of Dongting golden silk nanmu, Fang Yan is better to touch less." ”
She was young and willful, although she had no ill feelings towards Fang Yan, but she didn't want others to touch her things, so she immediately said a word mercilessly, and the maids who were waiting next to her all lowered their heads and couldn't help but feel ashamed of Fang Yan.
Fang Yan's face trembled, and she turned around perfunctorily. walked to the edge of the couch and sat down, raised his hand to pick up the hot tea sent by the little maid, lifted the lid of the teacup, slowly shh
Zi Ning finally breathed a sigh of relief, wiped a handful of cold sweat, and couldn't help but praise secretly: "A princess is a princess, looking at this bearing, Fang Yan will definitely have no face." ”
Silver Cicada stood beside Fang Yan, always looking for an opportunity to provoke, so that Princess Tong hated Zi Ning, seeing that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, her eyes rolled, and she hurriedly said: "The day before yesterday, the steward of Qianji found a housekeeping instructor and sent a few tailors and embroiderers to make new clothes for Na Zi Ning, and even the fragrant brocade from Xiqi Country was used. The clothes that the princess wears on weekdays are only made of silk materials, including good clothes like fragrant brocade, and she is cheaper than a girl in the dining room. ”
As soon as the words fell, Zi Ning's head shook, and he slammed into the lid of the box with a "bang", and he was scared into a cold sweat, but fortunately, the sound was not loud, and it was far away, and no one in the house paid attention.
She stroked her chest and thought, "How did this maid talk about me, could it be that Princess Tong was angry just now, and because of me?"
Although others didn't hear the sound of banging their heads, Mo Yikui was shocked, frowning tightly, a little worried about Zi Ning. She thought about how to find a way to lure the princess out of the room, and turned her head to look out the window, but the rain was falling heavier, and the princess could not go out at this time.
I didn't have an idea in my heart, so I listened to the silver cicada continue: "The new clothes made by the princess two days ago, the material and color are not as good as the fragrant brocade, and the princess is lazy to wear them in that box. So saying, he walked towards the camphor box, and took out the material of the princess's clothes.
Princess Tong's face was ugly, but she couldn't help but speak, Mo Yikui hurriedly stopped in front of the silver cicada, glanced at her and said: "The princess didn't tell you, you have to make your own decisions, in front of Fang's steward, is this unruly?" Zi Ning hid in the suitcase, and Mo Yikui couldn't let her open the lid of the box if she said anything.
The silver cicada pursed her lips and snorted, then turned back to Fang Yan and stood still.
Fang Yan saw that the silver cicada said Hanxiangjin, and secretly thought that this was a good time to stumble Zining, so she hurriedly took her words, and said with a slight smile: "I also know this, Hanxiangjin is the clothing material rewarded by Xiqi Kingdom, and it is all stored in the library of our emperor and queen's mother, and it is a big crime for Qianji to take it without authorization, and it must be a capital crime for Zining to dare to wear it out." ”
After speaking, he glanced at Princess Tong and saw a faint anger on her face. Fang Yan was secretly proud, raised her hand and lifted the lid of the teacup, drank the flower tea silently, and thought: "It's good to do this, you don't need me to do it, someone will help, pour oil on the princess's fire." ”
As soon as the silver cicada saw that Fang Yan cooperated with her, she hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, continued the topic, and said hatefully: "Where does Fang know about it, Niangniang nodded and agreed to this matter, saying that the color of the fragrant brocade is delicate, and it should be made for the young girl, and it is also a waste to store it in the warehouse." It's really infuriating, that stinky girl is also worthy?"
Fang Yan frowned, secretly thinking that the silver cicada really couldn't speak, and the scolding was so obvious that she was not allowed to make Princess Tong suspicious. When she saw that she had done almost a good job of fanning the flames, she bowed her head and said no more.
Mo Yikui saw that the silver cicada was deliberately provocative, and Fang Yan helped on the side, lest Princess Tong hate Zining even more, so she hurriedly said: "The princess loves the elegant color of dressing, and the princess doesn't like it if she has such a fancy color as fragrant brocade." ”
Princess Tong listened to Mo Yikui's words, the anger on her face paused slightly, and then a cloud of sorrow passed through her eyes, turned her face indifferently, and looked out of the window in a daze.
The queen mother favored Zining so much, which made the entire palace talk about it, and I am afraid that they were all laughing at her behind her back.
Princess Tong was emotionally lost, and a dull and depressing atmosphere filled the room, and everyone fell silent, carefully peeking at the princess's face.
Zi Ning was suffocated in the suitcase, unable to breathe normally, and her heart was even more annoyed. I thought: "What kind of fragrant brocade from Xiqi Country has nothing to do with me, and I haven't competed for favor in front of Empress Hua Yao, if Princess Tong hates me, it's all instigated by these villains." "I don't know why the silver cicada is targeting her, but the girl who kidnapped her this morning has a good heart.
"Mo Yikui, dust off the rain from the willow branches, don't soak the moldy leaves. Princess Tong commanded softly, looked away from the window lattice, and looked at the verdant willow, as if everything in front of her was not important, only the green willow branch was the connection in her heart.
Straightening her back, Princess Tong stared at the incense burner with curling smoke, and said to herself: "What kind of fragrant brocade is Ren Zining wearing, a cheap maid is a cheap maid, and she can climb the high branches!"
Seeing that Princess Tong finally spoke, Yincian was secretly happy in her heart, and deliberately muttered: "The princess should tear that stinky girl's mouth! ”
Princess Tong listened to her words, and was suddenly a little displeased, looked up at the silver cicada, and said: "Even if she is dressed in fragrant brocade, she is still a cooking girl in this life." As she said this, her fingertips were as cold as rain, and it was clear that her patience had reached its limit.
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Q version of the small fan:
Zining: What kind of fabric is Hanxiang brocade and is it expensive?
Hanxiang brocade: Of course, it is expensive, as soon as you hear the name, you will know that this brocade has its own fragrance, and it is the most valuable clothing material in Xiqi country.
Zi Ning: It's amazing! I'm looking forward to it, when I get the fragrant brocade clothes given by Empress Hua Yao, I can press the bottom of the box.
Hanxiang brocade: Why press the bottom of the box?
Zining: When mothballs are used, don't you bring your own fragrance?
Containing incense brocade: ......
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