Seeing the appearance of Jiuzhu, King Chen turned his head and glared at the eunuch who accompanied him. He said earlier that you should help the person back quickly. How does he explain to Ming Xiaozhu now
"This lady in the palace fell down?" Jiuzhu noticed that there were two eunuchs standing beside the maid, and whispered praise to King Chen with a smile: "Your Highness is really kind, and when she saw the maid fell, she specially arranged for someone to help her up."
"Of course, this king is not the kind of person who can't be saved." King Chen's back was stiff, his chin was slightly raised, and the gentleman's demeanor was fully displayed. He saw Jiuzhu dressed in plain clothes: "Why are you here to express condolences?"
"Mother said that our family could not come, but I have made an appointment with His Royal Highness, which is different from other families." Jiuzhu glanced at the palace maid who was still lying on the ground: "Mother has poetry and books in her belly, I heard her right. ."
Hearing the word "engagement", King Chen uncomfortably stopped the beginning: "Well, then I will take you there. Concubine Yang's funeral will be simplified, you can go with me to the incense stick."
"Wait." Jiu Zhu grabbed King Chen's sleeve.
King Chen looked back at her, thinking that she didn't want to go with him: "Do you want to go with Lingci?"
"No." Jiuzhu pointed at his waist: "Your Highness, take off this jade pendant first."
There is nothing special about the jade pendant, except that the knots and the tassel are bright red.
King Chen wanted to say that for a concubine who had never even seen her face, he was able to change into plain clothes and go to incense, which was already very good for the deceased.
Starting to meet Jiuzhu's black eyes, he sighed, untied the jade pendant three or two times, and put it in Jiuzhu's hand: "Hold it for me."
"Okay." Jiuzhu nodded with a smile, and put the jade pendant in a plain white purse.
King Chen walked forward and almost tripped over something. He looked down and saw that the palace maid was still lying on the ground just now.
What's the matter? If you want to slander him and push women, you don't have to be so obvious
"Girl, are you alright?" Jiu Zhu bent down and pulled the palace maid up from the ground with one hand.
Palace Maid: "..."
Why did she stand up involuntarily
"Are you injured?" Jiu Zhu bent over to help her pat the dust on her skirt.
The palace maid shook her head.
"Ming Xiaozhu, let's go." King Chen stood a few steps away, his fingers behind his back, hooked and hooked towards Jiuzhu.
"Come on." Jiuzhu responded to King Chen, lowered her head and said to the palace maid, "Pay more attention to your feet when you walk."
After finishing speaking, Xiao ran to King Chen's side and walked side by side with him.
The palace maid stared blankly at the backs of the two of them. It turned out that it was not some domineering prince and pretty palace maid, but a domineering prince and charming lady.
She looked down at the skirt patted by Jiuzhu, her cheeks were slightly red, and without the eunuch's support, she covered her face and trotted away.
Concubine Yang's mourning hall is located in the hall on the west side of the palace, and the life-wife who came to worship has already left, leaving only a few royal relatives, who are standing outside the hall casually, apparently just here to walk through the scene.
Jiuzhu didn't understand the funeral specifications and etiquette in the palace, so she didn't know that, according to the usual practice, after the death of a concubine, the funeral specifications would be one grade higher than her own, or she would be directly conferred a first grade.
However, Yang Concubine's funeral did not have any grace, not even a posthumous title.
The Ministry of Rites prepared a posthumous title, but was called back by the emperor on the grounds that Yang Concubine was happy and the funeral was simple.
In this way, who still does not understand, His Majesty does not value Yang Concubine.
The front of the mourning hall was cold, and King Chen lowered his head and asked Jiuzhu, "Is it cold?"
Jiuzhu shook her head, she took the incense, bowed respectfully in front of the mourning hall, and put the incense into the incense burner.
The palace maid, who was kneeling on the ground and weeping softly, kowtowed to her and King Chen.
Looking at the spiritual tablet enshrined above, King Chen put the incense in place. In his impression, Yang Concubine was not very talkative and was very weak. She did not appear at many gatherings in the palace.
The wind blew the spirit flag, and he turned around, picked up a small piece of clothing on Jiuzhu's sleeve, and led the person out of the mourning hall.
"Let's go, I'll take you to Mingyue Palace to change your clothes." The little girl can't dress in vain and look bad.
"His Royal Highness." Jiuzhu hesitated: "Mother is still waiting for me outside..."
"Don't worry, Fugui has already gone to send a message to Mrs. Ming." King Chen continued to pull Jiuzhu forward: "After lunch at Mingyue Palace, I will send you back."
"Your Highness doesn't need to go to the Ministry of Rites?" Jiuzhu hesitated: "Will this delay your business?"
"Today I set a sacrifice for Concubine Yang, and all the princes and princesses in Beijing will go to the palace to express their condolences. I have already told the Minister of Rites to leave, so I don't have to go to the Ministry of Rites today." King Chen looked up at the sky: "Ming Xiaozhu, it's not appropriate to talk about official business today."
"Fifth brother."
"I've seen His Royal Highness King Chen, hello Miss Ming."
King Chen released his hand that was twisting the corner of Jiuzhu's clothes, raised his eyebrows and looked at King Qi and Sun Caiyao: "It's the fourth brother."
Since the last time he forced King Qi to avoid, the two have not spoken in private except to meet in the court.
Jiuzhu bowed her knees and bowed to King Qi, who nodded slightly to her. He glanced at the costumes on the two of them: "Have the fifth brother finished incense for Yang Concubine?"
On Yun Duqing, he did not see any bright colors, which were completely different from the usual flamboyant clothes.
"Fourth brother is a little late today." Noticing that Yun Yanze looked at Jiuzhu twice, King Chen pulled Jiuzhu behind him as if there was no one else by his side: "You go, I'll take Miss Ming back to Mingyue Palace."
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Sun Caiyao noticed the word, she looked up at King Chen, and brought Ming Jiuzhu to see Concubine Su, using the word "hui"
Even she has heard the stories of the overbearing princes that have been popular in Beijing in recent days. Perhaps it was because the normal King Chen was too arrogant and domineering. When everyone saw him on weekdays, their eyes were filled with awe and terror, and they had no time to pay attention to his appearance.
It was not until today that Sun Caiyao discovered that King Chen had a very handsome face. He almost perfectly inherited all the advantages of the emperor's and Concubine Su's facial features. Even in plain clothes, he was still very dazzling.
"Fifth brother, please feel free." King Qi retracted his gaze and smiled gently at Sun Caiyao: "Miss Sun, let's go in."
As soon as the voice fell, there was a high-five not far away. King Qi's expression turned solemn, and he bowed his head and stepped aside.
Jiu Zhu secretly glanced in the direction of the high-five, and hurriedly lowered her head.
is the emperor.
Emperor Longfeng saw his two sons and got down from the dragon carriage.
Without waiting for the two sons to salute, Emperor Longfeng directly raised his hand to avoid their salute: "What are you doing standing on the tuyere, isn't it cold?"
The eunuch behind him held two big cloaks with a wink, ready to wait for the two princes to put them on.
King Chen took the cloak and put it directly on Jiuzhu. He turned to Emperor Longfeng and said, "Father, why don't you bring two big cloaks that girls can wear when you go out? Look, they all dragged to the ground."
King Qi lowered his head and glanced at the big cloak that was just draped over himself, and then glanced at Sun Caiyao beside him, the big cloak's hand froze slightly.
Emperor Longfeng was amused by his words: "This is the cloak newly sent by the province in the palace. I haven't turned on my body yet, but you dislike it."
Jiuzhu was wrapped in a furry cloak, and only half of her small face was exposed. She pulled the cloak twice with her hands, like a small tortoise pressed by a shell.
Seeing her like this, King Chen couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"His Royal Highness." Jiu Zhu heard King Chen laugh at herself, her eyes widened, and she looked at him pitifully.
"I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing at others." King Chen coughed dryly and helped Jiuzhu straighten the cloak, finally letting her whole face show.
Jiu Zhu whispered, "Your Highness did not tell a clever lie at all."
Even a fool could hear him laughing at her.
Emperor Longfeng pretended not to see the two juniors whispering, and he turned to look at King Qi: "Yanze, your marriage is imminent, so it's not appropriate to see filial piety, so go back after you worship outside the hall."
"Yes, Royal Father." King Qi bowed his hands in salute.
His wedding with Sun Caiyao was just seven days later, and Yang Concubine died at this critical juncture, which seemed to add an unlucky shadow to the wedding.
But the wedding date was set by the Qin Tianjian long ago, and if it was changed to be unlucky, whether it was him or the Sun family, they could only pretend that they didn't care about Concubine Yang's affairs. Fortunately, Concubine Yang's rank was not high, and the funeral did not take place.
The concubine said that the royal father was reluctant to hold the funeral of Yang Concubine because he was concerned about the imminent marriage between him and Sun Caiyao.
He didn't know the truth of what the concubine said, but since the father mentioned the wedding now, it at least showed that he cared about the marriage.
"Du Qing, where are you taking the little girl from the Ming family?" Emperor Longfeng interrupted when he saw the two children were still whispering.
"Royal father, my son is going to take Ming Xiao... sister to Mingyue Palace to change clothes." King Chen put his hands behind his back, with an expression of "I just take care of the little girl casually".
"It just so happens that I'm going to your mother-in-law as well, and you two will accompany me there." Emperor Longfeng glanced at the spiritual flags hanging outside the mourning hall, and quickly retracted his gaze, never looking at the mourning hall again.
"You sit on a chariot, and Erchen and Miss Ming can't keep up with you." King Chen lowered his head and glanced at Jiuzhu's long cloak, and said cheekily, "Why don't you show your kindness and let Erchen follow Ming's face? The lady also walked over."
"You have been lazy since you were a child." Emperor Longfeng smiled helplessly: "Let's go, let the two of you sit on a chariot."
"Thank you, Father."
When Jiuzhu saw King Chen's gratitude, she quickly bowed her knees and bowed her gratitude: "My minister thanked Your Majesty."
King Chen reached out and grabbed her arm, afraid that she would fall to the ground.
Soon, a strong eunuch carried the carriages, and after King Chen helped Jiuzhu to sit down on one of the carriages, he turned around and went to the other carriage.
Emperor Longfeng looked at this scene with a smile. This arrogant child also knew that he cared about the little girl.
"Respectfully send off the emperor." King Qi cupped his hands and watched the emperor's guard of honor leave. After he took off his cloak, he handed it over to the accompanying eunuch.
"Your Highness..."
"This king is not cold." He turned his head and looked at Sun Caiyao gently: "Miss Sun, after the incense, this king will send you back to the house."
Looking at King Qi's gentle eyes, Sun Caiyao smiled shyly: "Thank you, Your Highness."
The chariot stopped at Mingyue Palace, and King Chen walked out of the chariot gracefully and handed his arm in front of Jiuzhu: "Hold me along."
The palace maid standing next to her silently took a step back. Her Royal Highness should consider her not to exist.
Jiu Zhu supported King Chen's arm, stood on tiptoe and whispered in his ear, "Your Highness, I'm a little hot."
King Chen glanced at Emperor Longfeng who was walking in front: "Forbearance first, I will help you take it off when you enter the room."
Jiu Zhu hurriedly nodded, her steps quickened involuntarily.
Concubine Su Gui was dozing in the room, when she saw three people come in, she got up with a smile, Emperor Longfeng quickly stepped forward and held her hand, not letting her salute.
"Why did Your Majesty bring Du Qing and Jiuzhu here together?"
"I met the two of them on the road, so I brought them together." Emperor Longfeng took Su Guifei and sat down on the couch together.
Su Guifei glanced at the clothes on the two of them and knew where they went.
"My son brought Miss Ming to the concubine's place to eat." King Chen helped Jiuzhu take off the heavy cloak and handed it to the maid next to him: "By the way, I ask the concubine to find clothes suitable for the little girl and change it for her. superior."
Concubine Su said with a smile, "I said why, but it turned out to be eating and drinking. If Jiuzhu didn't come today, I wouldn't keep you. I'll let you eat for Jiuzhu's sake."
Jiuzhu knew that the imperial concubine was joking, she covered her mouth and snickered, but because the plain clothes on her body had not been changed, she did not dare to approach the imperial concubine.
"Xiang Silk, take Jiuzhu to wash and change clothes." Concubine Su got up and walked to Jiuzhu's side and shook her hand: "I don't pay attention to those things here. How did you come here in the past, and how are you today."
After she finished speaking, she looked at King Chen: "Change your clothes yourself."
"Thank you, madam, the ministers and daughters will retire first." Jiuzhu smelled the faint fragrance on the imperial concubine's body, and smiled sweetly at her.
Su Guifei couldn't help pinching her cheek, how could there be such a flattering little girl.
Fragrant silk brought Jiuzhu into the house and took out a brand new set of clothes: "Ms. Ming, this dress was made by the empress instructed the Dianzhong Province to make it for you. Would you try it to fit it?"
"Thank you auntie." Jiuzhu put on new clothes, the maid brought water to wash her, and the incense silk took off the silver hairpin from her hair and re-tied her hair: "The girl looks really good."
"It's the beautiful clothes that the goddess prepared for the minister's daughter." Jiuzhu smiled at herself in the mirror.
"Beautiful clothes and beautiful women are just right." Xiangshuang put down her comb, "Look, girl, what else is inappropriate."
"Auntie's hands are very clever." Jiu Zhu tilted her head, and the steps in her hair also swayed gently.
"Aunt, what happened to the aunt who fainted a few days ago?" Jiuzhu remembered the palace maid she met with Aunt Xiangshuang a few days ago.
Xiangxian was stunned for a moment. She helped Jiuzhu to hold the hairpin and said with a smile, "Don't worry, girl, she doesn't have to worry about her life."
"It's fine." Jiu Zhu was relieved, seeing that the palace maid was covered in blood, she almost thought she could not be saved.
"The girl is kind-hearted, and someone went to the Tai Hospital to get medicine for her. She woke up the next day after she used the medicine." She never imagined that Bai Shao, as the maid of Lanxu Palace, would be hurt so badly.
In the harem, the palace servants were injured and did not dare to speak. There was only one possibility. The one who hurt people was their master.
She didn't tell the innocent girl Ming about the secrets in the palace, so as not to scare her.
King Chen changed his clothes and walked out the door just to meet Jiu Zhu coming from the opposite side. Looking at the aqua blue skirt on the other side, he nodded with satisfaction, that's right, the little girl looks so good in these colors.
"Your Highness." When Jiuzhu saw King Chen, she instantly showed a big smile.
King Chen endured and endured, but finally couldn't hold back, walked to Jiuzhu, reached out and pinched the cute-looking hair bag on top of her head.
"His Royal Highness, this is a new hair bun that my aunt specially combed for me." Jiu Zhu was very satisfied with the new hair bun.
"The craftsmanship of incense silk is better." Seeing Jiuzhu's distressed expression, King Chen took his hand back.
"His Royal Highness praised it." Xiang Yan smiled: "The girl looks good, and any kind of bun looks good."
After hearing this, King Chen took a step back, looked at Jiuzhu carefully, and nodded thoughtfully, this small appearance is indeed quite beautiful.
Jiu Zhu looked at him puzzled, why did His Highness look at her with such strange eyes
"Well, it's really good."
As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that a little palace maid was peeking at him in the corner, and when he saw him, they all shrank their heads back.
What happened to these palace maids today, one or two are so wrong.
"Fragrant silk." King Chen asked, "Is there any strange rumors related to this king in the palace recently?"
Hearing His Highness's question, Xiangxian couldn't help laughing: "There are indeed a few strange rumors, but they are not from inside the palace, but from outside the palace."
King Chen frowned: "Outside the palace?"
Xiangxian suppressed a smile and nodded: "If Your Highness is curious, go to the teahouse outside and you'll know."
"Do you know?" King Chen looked at Jiuzhu.
Jiuzhu looked down at the tip of her shoe, as if... maybe... maybe... maybe it has something to do with her
"Ming Xiaozhu?" King Chen squinted at her.
"His Royal Highness, the ministers and daughters don't know anything." Jiuzhu shook her head sharply: "I haven't heard of anything."
"Really don't know?" King Chen looked at Jiu Zhu with a guilty face, and almost laughed, she almost wrote the words "I'm lying" on her face.
Jiuzhu shook her head vigorously.
Hey, she actually lied to the gentle and kind His Royal Highness.
She is guilty!