The month after Su Yuli came out of the palace, Gu Yiran married Princess Chengxian, whose father was Prince Run.
The relationship between King Run and the Holy Emperor was very unusual. Although they were not born from the same mother, King Run's biological mother was of low origin and could not raise a prince. King Run was raised by Queen Mother Deng. When Queen Mother Deng was around, King Run always served the Queen Mother as if she were his own mother, and King Run always praised Queen Mother Deng for her virtues.
For this reason, the Holy Emperor also paid a certain degree of attention to his niece's coming out of the palace. On the day of the wedding, he specially asked his servants to come to the palace to congratulate him and also gave him some symbolic gifts. Since the Holy One is like this, the harem naturally refuses to lag behind. From Empress Gu to Zhong Xiaoyi, they all send their close attendants to the palace to join in the fun.
It was said that Shen Zangfeng and Gu Yiran were familiar with each other, so for this wedding, Wei Zhangying should attend the banquet at the Gu Mansion on his behalf. However, Queen Run is Wei Yanliang, the eldest daughter of the new Situ Weiyu, who belongs to the Ruiyu Hall branch.
Wei Yu has an upright temperament and often advises the emperor not to indulge in fun and interfere with state affairs. The emperor has always disliked him. So even though he was recognized as fair and capable, and he was from the Wei family in Fengzhou, he never had any hope of being ranked first. It's no secret that Wei Huan, the head of the Wei clan, put in a lot of effort to be able to serve as Situ this time. Wei Yu was an old-fashioned man, so he just wrote a symbolic letter to Wei Huan to express his gratitude for this unexpected joy. Wei Huan's only granddaughter married into the imperial capital, so he just gave some random gifts according to the affection of his clan members. Done.
Although Wei Yu was casual, Queen Run was very grateful to Wei Huan. However, since the Shen family was in charge of the army, Shen Xuan and Shen Zhou were both important ministers of the country. She did not dare to get too close without a suitable reason, lest they be recruited by Prince Run's palace. Suspicion.
When marrying her daughter this time, Queen Run felt that she could justifiably invite her niece to visit the palace, so she sent her nanny to the Taifu's Mansion to submit the invitation in person - because Chief Wei Ying was the third daughter-in-law of the Shen family, Queen Run simply sent the entire The Shen family was all invited.
But the Shen family also accepted the Gu family's post, because Gu Yiran's grandmother's surname was Shen. Although her grandmother had passed away, she was the biological aunt of Shen Xuan and Shen Zhoushu during her lifetime.
So Mrs. Su discussed with her daughters-in-law and decided to divide the troops into two groups. She asked Mrs. Liu to accompany Chief Wei Ying to the Prince Run Mansion for a banquet, while she went to the Gu family to congratulate her, accompanied by her second daughter-in-law Duanmu Yanyu.
On this day, Mrs. Liu and Wei Changying first sent Mrs. Su and Duanmu Yanyu to the carriage, and then got into their respective carriages one after another and set off.
When they arrived at Prince Run's Mansion, although Queen Run did not come out to greet her in person because of her status and seniority, she sent the eldest daughter-in-law to receive her. The eldest son's wife, Mrs. Zhou, is the daughter of the Xilin Zhou clan. She has an ordinary appearance, but her features are very kind. Since his sister-in-law was also there, Wei Changying was a little behind, letting Mr. Liu come forward to greet Mr. Zhou, and only smiled occasionally.
After entering the back hall to pay homage to the Queen Mother Run and Queen Run, she was called out repeatedly just as she was bowing down. In fact, at the birthday banquet of Princess Linchuan last time, Wei Changying had met the Queen Mother Run, but that time Queen Cirun didn't go. Looking back, she seemed to be complaining about illness
After a closer look, it turns out that they are both girls from the Wei family. Queen Run's appearance is similar to that of Wei Zhengyin. Although she is older, her appearance is still there. Today, she is dressed in strict clothes, looking graceful and luxurious.
After the ceremony, Mrs. Liu apologized on behalf of Mrs. Su, saying that because the Gu family had also posted a message, Mrs. Su had to take her second daughter-in-law to the Gu Mansion, but here she was the only one to accompany her third sister-in-law. The purpose of Queen Run's post was to be Wei Changying. Now that the real owner has arrived, of course she won't care about anything. She was very polite and understood.
Then he turned to Chief Wei Ying affectionately and said, "We haven't seen each other for so many years. I don't want you to be a married woman by the time we meet again."
Wei Changying guessed that this tone was something he had seen when he was a baby. Just as he was about to reply, someone came in from outside to report. It was the three princesses of Linchuan, Anji and Qingxin who came to congratulate him.
The three golden branches and jade leaves arrived together, and even though they were from the royal palace, they did not dare to neglect them - Queen Run naturally had no time to talk to Wei Changying. Everyone except Queen Run and Queen Mother hurriedly went out to greet the three princesses.
The three people in Linchuan over there had no intention of waiting in front of the mansion to greet them before coming in. They happened to bump into each other in the atrium, so they greeted each other and entered the back hall. Today the three princesses are all wearing colorful clothes and colorful ornaments. Among them, Princess Anji obviously had fewer ornaments than the two princesses Linchuan and Qingxin, but Wei Changying saw this princess three times, and this time she wore a brand-new dress.
Wei Changying couldn't help but think that even the little maids Zhu Lan, Zhu Shi and others in front of him, because he sewed a large number of dresses every year, these dresses would be worn out after one season - they were all given to them, and they basically didn't need them. Wearing old clothes. The dignified princess of Anji only has the opportunity to make new clothes when she comes out of the palace to congratulate her cousin on her coming out of the palace. It's really pitiful.
Of course, this kind of pity must not be discovered by Princess Anji. In fact, although Wei Changying was not the only one to notice that Princess Anji was wearing new clothes today, Princess Anji herself did not feel anything bitter or bitter. She generously followed her sisters to present family gifts to Queen Mother Run and Queen Run, and received gifts from the Crown Prince's Wife, Mrs. Liu, and Wei Changying who happened to be present and came out to greet her. She looked calm with a slight smile. There is no trace of the humiliation or unwillingness of being the same princess but being in a more embarrassing situation than the sisters. They are actually open-minded and natural.
Maybe it was because she was bullied and scared by her younger sister Anji when she was in the palace. It was unnatural to have Anji by her side. The last time she was embarrassed, she was caught by Wei Changying. This time, Princess Linchuan acted as the eldest among the three princesses. On behalf of the people in Prince Run's palace, his demeanor was far less arrogant than at the birthday banquet, and he was even a little listless.
Without saying a few words, Princess Linchuan said: "Let's go see our cousin."
Queen Mother Run and Queen Run both knew about the dispute between Princess Linchuan and Princess Anji, and it was a bit of a headache to see the three of them coming together. Fearing that Linchuan and Anji would get together and make a scene on Princess Chengxian's happy day, but it was difficult to tell them to separate, he agreed with a slightly stiff smile and asked the prince's wife to take them there.
Mrs. Liu and Wei Changying were here as guests anyway, so they kept company and bowed without saying a word. When I got here, I thought the princesses were gone, so I continued to talk to Queen Mother Run and Queen Run.
Unexpectedly, the three princesses were about to move away when Princess Qingxin suddenly raised her chin and pointed at the Guard Chief Ying and said, "Come with me. I have something to ask you later."
Liu and Wei Changying were stunned. The two sisters thought about what happened to Wei Changjuan on the day Su Yuli came out of the cabinet. Liu had a general understanding of the relationship between the noble ladies of the imperial capital, and Wei Changying was a relative. I heard Wei Changjuan show off that she had a good relationship with several princesses in the palace.
Could it be that Wei Changjuan was not angry after returning and started to gossip in front of the princesses
Guard Chief Ying frowned unnoticeably and said, "Your Highness has a mission, and I will obey your orders."
Mrs. Liu secretly held her sleeve and whispered, "I'll ask Queen Run to send someone to call you later."
The worries of the two sisters-in-law were not in vain. As soon as they left the Queen Mother Run and Queen Run, Princess Qingxin became angry: "I heard that you deliberately bullied Changjuan because of your status as a cousin? How could you do this to my sister? ?”
When Wei Changying heard these confusing and unreasonable words, she felt really disgusted. She couldn't help but think of her tutor Jiang Zheng: "That day, Uncle Jiang was slandered by the prince Shen Xun on the street, but his martial arts skills were so great because of Shen Xun's excessive power. , couldn’t fight back and allowed Shen Xun to beat me arbitrarily. Does Princess Qingxin want to do this to me now?”
After thinking about it like this, she did not immediately answer Princess Qingxin's words. Princess Qingxin became even more angry. She suddenly stopped, her young but beautiful face was full of annoyance, and said loudly: "Since you are unwilling to answer what I said, then Kneel here for three days and three nights, and reflect!"
The prince's wife who was leading the way heard the noise and hurriedly turned back. After hearing the words, she hurriedly spoke out and smoothed things over: "Your Highness, please calm down. How come Cousin Wei is unwilling to answer His Highness's words? Maybe the matter is complicated, and Cousin Wei needs to think about it before she can describe it." "He winked at Wei Changying.
Wei Changying suppressed his anger and said: "There were a lot of people at the banquet about what happened that day. Everyone can decide who is right and who is wrong. Your Highness's words, I really don't know how to answer!"
Princess Qingxin said angrily: "Didn't you hear what I said? I am asking you now!"
"Abao, are you talking about the day Su Yuli came out of the cabinet?" Princess Linchuan suddenly said unexpectedly, "Were you deceived by Wei Changjuan? I heard several people mentioned what happened that day. It was Wei Changjuan's fault. Confused. It seems that she also said that she would apologize to Wei Changying later. Why did you hear that Wei Changying bullied Wei Changjuan? "
The prince's wife hurriedly said: "Her Royal Highness Princess Linchuan is absolutely right, that day..."
"Why is Wei Changjuan so bad?" Princess Qingxin saw that her sister and cousin-in-law were helping Wei Changying to refute her. She felt that she was isolated and angry - she was not very old and was used to being pampered. He was used to doing whatever he wanted, so he simply said arrogantly, "She has always been the most well-behaved and knowledgeable in front of me. Why are you not good when you meet Wei Zhangying? This must be because Wei Zhangying is not good!"
Wei Changying really hated Queen Gu, mother and son in her heart. She thought quickly and said calmly: "Maybe it's because I, my cousin, don't give way to her."
"Nonsense!" Princess Qingxin put her hands on her hips, but she was determined to fight her to the end. She said arrogantly, "I didn't give in to Wei Changjuan either!"
Princess Linchuan wanted to say something else, but Princess Anji, who was always against her, suddenly sneered and said, "Abao, you are so embarrassing!"
Princess Qingxin is the legitimate daughter of the Holy Emperor and Queen Gu. She has a distinguished status and is the first among princesses and princes. When has she ever been accused like this? He was immediately furious, turned his head away, and shouted: "You bitch from Zhenyi, how dare you say that to me!"
When the mother-in-law was scolded, Anji's face also darkened - not because of Qingxin's dignity and favor, she did not dare to attack, but she pushed Qingxin to stagger. This push was not gentle, Qingxin was young, Deng Deng Deng stepped back several steps, because Princess Qingxin had stood in front of Wei Changying to question her before, and at this moment she happened to bump into Wei Changying.
Qin Ge, the female ambassador behind Wei Changying, hurriedly helped her up - but Qingxin didn't appreciate it and pushed Qin Ge away. Because she moved too hastily, her arm seemed to be pricked by something and didn't care, so she was about to rush forward and fight her. Anji desperately said: "Zhenyi, a bitch, gave birth to a girl! How dare you push me! Do you think I am the sixteenth sister?"
These words made Princess Linchuan very embarrassed. She originally wanted to have the courage to step forward to persuade her - after all, she was the oldest among the three princesses. They went to Uncle Wang's house to congratulate her cousin, but she hadn't met her cousin yet. I asked my two younger sisters to pinch her first, she was also responsible. But because Princess Qingxin said something unpleasant, Princess Linchuan gritted her teeth and simply stood there, saying, "You two royal sisters, please stop doing this. This is at Uncle Runwang's house!"
Qingxin threw herself in front of Anji - Princess Anji, the seventeenth princess, had been beaten countless times by Princess Linchuan, the sixteenth princess. Qingxin had not yet grown up, so how could she be the opponent of this imperial sister? This time Wei Changying saw how ruthless Princess Anji was. Taking advantage of her height, she grabbed Princess Qingxin's bun and pushed down hard!
Princess Qingxin screamed in pain and continued to curse her as a "treasure bitch". Princess Anji pressed her head, raised her leg and kicked her. With a livid face, she also cursed: "You little thing with no rules! My mother-in-law is Who are you? Even my mother and concubine have never said that, what do you think you are! You have no rules at all because of the favor of your father and the queen, and you are a shameless person! Human essence!”
Princess Linchuan only spoke but did not move. The captain of the guard, Ying, was happy to see Princess Qingxin being beaten. However, the wife of the prince, Mrs. Zhou, was so anxious that she hurriedly came up with the maid to start a fight: "Your Highnesses! Your Highnesses! Hurry up! Don't be like this, don't be like this! If you have something to say, it's just a matter of flesh and blood, why do you do it?"
Princess Qingxin was kicked so hard that she cried and made a fuss: "Who is the same as this bitch? My queen mother often said in private that she is not a good person!"
Princess Anji immediately said: "My mother told me this? That's good. You come back to the palace with me now. I'm going to ask my mother what I didn't do well, so that I can change it!"
As he said that, he dragged Princess Qingxin back hard.
Princess Qingxin refused. During the argument, Anji pulled her hard, pulled her down to the ground, and dragged her on the pebbles. Then she heard Princess Qingxin crying and screaming. Wei Changying, who was watching clearly, saw the pebbles being dragged by her. There were two red marks on the place. It seems that this little princess is delicate and delicate, so her knees were worn out on the stone after such dragging. (To be continued)