"Third brother and sister, have you heard? His Royal Highness King Ji requested to guard the mausoleum for the Queen Mother Ji for three years as a sign of filial piety." It was snowing lightly in the afternoon, broken jade and fine powder were flying in the courtyard, and several little maids were chirping. There were snowmen piled up, and Mrs. Liu led Miss Shen Shujing over. After a few words of greeting, she sent Shen Shujing to play with the parrot, while she said she was coming to play chess with Wei Changying. Within two steps, she threw away the chess pieces, raised her head and said, "Now mother is very worried!"
Wei Changying knew that the Shen family was planning to change Chu Yi, and at first he couldn't help but suspect that King Ji was the person the Shen family planned to replace the crown prince. After all, Queen Ji was Shen Xuan's eldest daughter, Shen Zangxiu. However, there was news that Shen Xuan fell ill a few days ago. Now, except for Shen Zangfeng who is far away in Xiliang, Shen Zangli and other disciples are taking turns attending to the bedside day and night. As female relatives, it is inconvenient to visit the father-in-law's chamberlain, but looking at this situation He also looked like he was seriously ill.
So now she was not sure what the situation was like. After listening to Liu's words, she sighed and said: "Yesterday, cousin Su came to see me and told me some recent things. In addition to His Royal Highness Prince Ji, It seems that His Highness King Yi has been visiting Ji Zhai frequently these days?”
Ms. Liu also frowned and said, "Isn't that right? I thought that your mother's family and Ji Qubing had an old relationship, so I don't want you to worry about things like you are pregnant now, so I didn't say anything. I didn't expect that you already knew. It's... It is said that His Royal Highness King Yi was deeply saddened by the situation when he was paying condolences to the Queen Mother Ji. He thought of the late Zhou Baolin and deeply felt the sadness of "the son he wanted to support but his mother was not around", so he expressed his sorrow in front of the Holy Emperor and Mrs. Zhenyi. They all went to plead guilty, regretting that they had not been filial to the Lord and Mrs. Zhenyi in the past. No, his adoptive mother, Mrs. Zhenyi, had been sick for many years, so he was thinking of asking Ji Qubing to see Mrs. Zhenyi. Moreover, He also asked the Holy One to allow him to take Mrs. Zhenyi to the fiefdom to fulfill his filial piety after his wedding!"
Wei Changying said: "Although I have only met Mrs. Zhenyi a few times at the banquet, and I am not familiar with medical science. But I can also see that this lady's illness is probably caused by a heart disease, even if Ji Qubing has great medical skills. Yes, but heart disease can only be cured by heart medicine?”
Because everyone, including the Huang family, has been sent away, Liu family often interacts with Wei Changying now, and speaks much more casually. She dropped a seed leisurely, cracked a few more melon seeds, and then said with a smile. : "Mrs. Zhenyi's illness, even if Ji Qubing can be cured, do you think it has been since she fell out of favor? Basically, she has been ill since she fell out of favor. The so-called illness comes like a mountain falling, and the illness goes away like a thread. Her illness is She started suffering from a heart disease, and then her condition worsened after she fell out of favor. Who could make her get better all of a sudden after such a long-standing illness, unless it was God?"
"And now that the Queen Mother Ji has passed away, according to the rules of observing filial piety for her concubine, King Yi must also observe filial piety for nine months." Mrs. Liu spit out the melon seed skin and said, "Nine months later, he will get married. When will There is no reason not to leave the capital now. Maybe this Mrs. Zhenyi will be the reason he has prepared
Captain Wei took a sip of hot water and said thoughtfully: "Mrs. Zhenyi... Princess Anji is not easy to mess with!"
"She is so weak after all!" Mrs. Liu said, "Those of us are afraid of her because it is uneconomical to argue with her. Besides, there is no benefit in dealing with her! In the past, Mrs. Zhenyi and Princess Anji didn't stop anyone. The road is not of much use value, and it will be difficult to say in the future. "
"King Yi wants to stay in the capital. I'm afraid the queen and the prince won't just sit back and watch?" Wei Changying felt that if Princess Anji became aware of King Yi's intentions, she would definitely turn to the queen and find a way out for the mother and daughter.
Mrs. Liu's expression changed slightly when she heard the word "Prince". She was stunned for a moment before saying, "There is another person in the Crown Prince's womb."
Wei Changying thought to himself that when I was still in Fengzhou, I heard that Dong Gong was very lecherous. Is it strange that he wants to add someone to his family now? But she knew that Mrs. Liu was concerned about the Crown Princess Liu Ruoyu, so she comforted her: "They are just concubines. They are just toys. They are not even worthy of carrying shoes for sister Ruoyu. Don't worry too much, sister-in-law. You think, with sex Do things for others, love Chi when your lust fades, aren’t these ladies all short-lived?”
"It would be fine if a concubine is a common concubine." Mrs. Liu sighed and said, "You don't know that this time you are taking in a concubine and a concubine. The concubine is Qian Mo, the daughter of a branch of the Xinghe Qian family. That’s fine, but that concubine is the queen’s niece. Although she is a concubine, she is still closely related to the queen! Originally, the prince... do you think the queen will treat her niece badly in the future? "
"Qian Mo'er?" Wei Changying was startled. After thinking for a moment, he vaguely felt that he had heard of this name. "Is the young lady you mentioned as the concubine of the Gu family in Hongzhou called Gu Meimei?"
Mrs. Liu said: "Do the third brother and sister also know about this?"
"On Princess Linchuan's birthday last year, I entered the palace for the first time. Princess Linchuan went to Qianqiu Pavilion to write, and I joined in the fun. But on the way back, Qian Mo'er spoke rudely to me. It seemed that she was instigated by Gu Meimei. That's right." Wei Zhangying said, "At first I only heard Qian Mo'er's name, but it was only after my fourth sister told me that I found out that Gu Meimei was the niece of the Queen."
Ms. Liu suddenly changed her expression and said, "You mean, they will join forces to deal with Ruoyu?"
"Sister-in-law, please don't worry." Wei Zhangying said hurriedly, "If you want them to join forces again, they are all concubines after all. The side concubine said it nicely, but after all, she is not the main wife. Of course she is serious compared to those low-class concubines. The prince is a concubine, but what does it mean to compare with sister Ruoyu? Besides, if the empress really loves her niece more than sister Ruoyu, why didn't she hire the Gu family girl as the first concubine? "
Mrs. Liu bit her lip and said with a wry smile: "Oh, I won't hide it from you, my third brother and sister! Ruoyu... I don't understand her current thoughts at all. You don't know, although the prince had many pets before, he never Qian Mo'er and Gu Meimei were not given official names. I just found out about this, so I tried to find a way to send a message to remind her to be careful. Don't let these two give birth before her. The prince is here! She also asked her to win over several of the prince’s young gentlemen, especially the young prince who was the queen’s favorite. But she... "
Wei Changying asked with concern: "What's wrong with sister Ruoyu?"
"Not only did she not raise the young master, she didn't even take Qian Mo'er and Gu Meimei's fight for favor seriously!" Mrs. Liu said with a bitter heart, "Nowadays, everyone outside is saying that the Crown Princess is extremely virtuous. She has never been so virtuous. She doesn’t care about the prince’s concubines, and even on days like the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, when the prince goes to live with other people, the princess doesn’t bother those people! You said, that’s it for just getting married now, but the days to come will be different. How's it going?"
Wei Changying frowned and said in deep thought: "Sister-in-law, we are the only two here now. Let me say something heartbreaking: Sister Ruoyu's thoughts are probably not on the prince at all, so she doesn't care about her. I really don’t care!”
Mrs. Liu said sadly: "Three younger brothers and sisters, you can see things, don't I know? I'm not saying that your eyesight is not as good as mine, but I watched Ruoyu grow up, and I think I still care about her very much." I understand. She has no interest in the prince... The problem is that she is married now! She is the princess! The Liu family... Her parents don't care about her very much. You think she doesn't even have the favor of her husband. Aren't Mrs. Zhenyi and Princess Anji an example of their noble status? Look at Princess Anji's appearance, but she is not as brightly dressed as the shameless maid before us..."
The two sisters-in-law were talking when they suddenly heard a sound of footsteps on the corridor, followed by a knock on the door. Qin Ge said outside: "The eldest young lady, the third young lady, someone came in front, saying that it was the palace who just gave the gift." The marriage decree is given to our fifth son!"
"What?!" Mrs. Liu and Wei Changying were startled at the same time. They were both very surprised. "Didn't the fifth brother already hire the fourth cousin of the Su family? Why is there another imperial edict for marriage?"
There are currently two marriageable princesses in the palace. One is Linchuan, who has already decided to come to Hongzhou to Gu Wei, a descendant of the Gu family. The emperor personally promised to marry her, and the woman is a princess, so there is absolutely no possibility of sudden change; the other is Princess Anji, my sister-in-law and sister-in-law's hearts were pounding, wondering why the Holy Spirit would suddenly do this? Not only did they break up the marriage that had been agreed between the Shen family and the Su family, but they also forcibly betrothed Princess Anji, the most notorious among the princesses, to the Shen family
The two of them didn't care to discuss Liu Ruoyu's affairs anymore, and hurriedly called Qin Ge to come in and talk carefully.
As a result, Qin Ge explained in detail that the two of them understood that the fifth son she was talking about was not Shen Wu, Shen Ji, but Wei Changying's brother, Wei Wu, Wei Changfeng!
Wei Chang Yingzhong became nervous again and said, "I wonder which lady from the holy family was given to Changfeng by the Holy Spirit?" She thought about it and found that her grandfather had not received a similar request for Wei Changfeng's marriage recently. Just book? Moreover, Mrs. Song has been considering Wei Changfeng's marriage for several years and has yet to decide. Even if she wants to decide, she should mention it in a letter home to inform her sister.
But the recent letters from home never mentioned this younger brother's life events... Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Qin Ge say, "She is the fifth young lady of the Su family."
"Which fifth young lady?" There are only four young ladies from the Su family that Wei Changying is familiar with, namely the eldest cousin Su Yuli, the eldest cousin of the Su family, the second young lady Su Yuli from the eldest room of the Su family, and the second room mate from the Su family. Her biological sisters, the third Miss Su, Su Yufei, and the Fourth Miss, Su Yuyin, but she didn’t know when the Su family had a fifth miss
Fortunately, Ms. Liu grew up in the imperial capital and knew the situation of each family very well. She immediately explained to her: "It's not her grandfather's branch, but her uncle's branch. She is the daughter of Princess Lingxian. Her maiden name is 'Nian'." early'."
After being reminded by her, Wei Changying remembered that he had seen her at Princess Lanchuan's birthday party - Su Yuli mentioned at that time that her cousin Su Nianchu suggested that Princess Qingxin learn Danqing, but the princess was impatient and failed to achieve results and ran away. When I went to the Holy One and cried, the Holy One scolded Su Nianchu's father and his son-in-law...
She was also the direct granddaughter of the Holy Emperor, but because her maternal grandmother, the abandoned concubine Huo, was responsible for murdering the Sixth Prince who was the most favored by the Holy Emperor, she was no different from the daughter of an ordinary minister. Although his father is a direct descendant of the Su family in Qingzhou, his grandfather has passed away, and it is absolutely impossible for his father to ascend to the position of leader...
Wei Changying felt disappointed and said calmly: "It turns out to be this young lady. Sister Su told me about it before, but I forgot about it."
Mrs. Liu looked at her words and knew that she was not satisfied with this candidate for her sister-in-law. But now that the marriage decree had been issued, she comforted her and said, "I have met this fifth cousin of the Su family twice. She is a gentle and sensible girl." .”
"I hope that's it..." Wei Changying was so distracted that he didn't want to talk to her anymore. He was thinking about asking someone immediately to find out the details - how could he grant a marriage to Wei Changfeng who had never been to the imperial capital before? What's up? You must know that the Queen Mother Ji passed away suddenly, and the Wei family also lost a new member. Under such circumstances, the palace would suddenly issue a decree to grant a marriage - I guess I knew there must be something inside!
Thinking of King Ji and King Yi being stranded in the imperial capital, and the undercurrent in the capital, Wei Changying felt more and more ominous. Mrs. Liu noticed her anxiety and hurriedly called Shen Shujing over, and mother and daughter left together. (To be continued)