Princess Mingchang not only disliked Xiao Heng, who had risen to power overnight, but she also had an unconcealable disgust for Su Yao. In the final analysis, it was probably because the girl from the Su family had seemed too arrogant when she dealt with Zhang Linghui in Duke Chengguo's Mansion.
Hearing her words becoming more and more outrageous, Princess Yongning felt a little embarrassed and flustered, and couldn't help but coughed softly: "Big sister! You really should change your temper."
Princess Mingchang sneered and raised her eyebrows, saying, "I am not the kind of person who flatters others. These two people are not worthy of being on the stage..."
Princess Yongning coughed hastily for a while, and finally interrupted her shocking words. She smiled awkwardly and stood up: "I should go back. I have been out for so long. I am afraid that Xianning and the others will not listen to me."
Princess Xianning was the granddaughter of Princess Yongning. Her mother had a difficult labor and died after giving birth to her. Princess Xianning was raised by Princess Yongning, who loved her like a treasure.
What a coward! Princess Mingchang looked up at her, feeling disdain and a little angry, but she didn't embarrass her any more. She just nodded and told her, "Bring Xianning with you next time. That little girl hasn't seen me for so long, doesn't she miss me at all?"
"Where is she?" Princess Yongning said helplessly, "She arrived just as the capital was hit by a strong sandstorm. She was blown all over, her voice was hoarse and her face was peeling. She is now staying at home sulking! Otherwise, she would have flown here long ago!"
What she said was so interesting that even the unhappy Princess Mingchang couldn't help but smile: "This girl has always been like this since she was a child, so delicate and frivolous. Since she doesn't want to come, let Yunzhang go and see her. Speaking of which, Yunzhang has been talking about her for a long time."
Princess Yongning agreed to come out, and when she returned home she couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
Her husband Tang Yuan saw that she was in a bad mood and asked, "Didn't you go to see Princess Mingchang? Why are you still unhappy? Did she make you angry again?"
Princess Mingchang has always been arrogant and had a bad temper. She was the only one who was the most powerful among all the princesses and was often wronged by other princesses.
Putting aside other things, just the matter of this marriage was because Princess Mingchang looked down on Tang Yuan because he was a poor boy with no background, so she refused to marry him and forced the late emperor to change his mind.
Now it has been so long that many people have forgotten it, but how could Tang Yuan, the person involved, forget the humiliation of being looked down upon? He never liked to get close to Princess Mingchang.
Princess Yongning knew what he meant at a glance and shook her head hastily, "Don't let your imagination run wild. We are all old enough to have granddaughters now. Could it be that we are still fighting over trivial matters like before? It's not a big deal. I am just a little worried. I originally wanted to get closer to the emperor, the queen mother and others through her, but now it seems that things are different."
Princess Yongning took off her cloak, sat on the chair, took the ginseng tea handed by her husband, and continued, "Now the Empress Dowager and His Majesty are busy with Xiao Heng's affairs. The eldest grandson of the emperor was finally found, but after all, it has been so many years, and some estrangements cannot be eliminated in a short time. I thought about asking the eldest sister what she thought, but who knew that the eldest sister said something bad about the eldest grandson, and even the Su family was angry. I didn't think it was a big deal, so I said goodbye and went back."
"You haven't suffered enough." Seeing her nervousness, Tang Yuan couldn't help but said, "I know you are nervous about my affairs, but you can't take everything on yourself. Let's not talk about anything else, just look at Princess Mingchang's temper, don't you know? Over the years, after all, she has taken care of a few things, but let's be honest, is she doing that to help us, or to step on you and ask us to be grateful?"
The incident of that year had weighed on his mind for many years. Not only did Princess Mingchang look down on him, but she had to resort to such methods, and everyone knew about it. But she was a princess, a member of a royal family, and in the end, nothing happened.
But what about him
However, he was laughed at by everyone and later had to hide in the border, where he accompanied his uncle to guard Zijing Pass for several years in that bitter and cold place. If he had not made great contributions and returned to Beijing and married Princess Yongning, he would not know how miserable he would be now.
The infuriating thing is that Princess Mingchang is lucky. Relying on her contributions when the current emperor seized the throne, she has been living a more and more comfortable life. Now she has become a respected person.
But no matter what, Tang Yuan looked down on Princess Mingchang. He thought he could solve the trouble he had caused by himself. Even if he asked for help from others, it would never be Princess Mingchang. Anyone could be asked except Princess Mingchang.
Seeing him suddenly become agitated, Princess Yongning knew what was going on with him and said hurriedly, "Alright, alright, you're getting anxious again while you're talking... Wasn't it because we haven't been in the capital for a long time that I wanted to check out the situation? But now there's really no need to do that. She herself doesn't see eye to eye with the Emperor's eldest grandson and the Su family. I heard that the Emperor's eldest grandson was very cold to her. From what I heard from her, she's also extremely dissatisfied with the Emperor's eldest grandson. We don't have to follow her path anymore."
"That's good!" Tang Yuan snorted, "It's useless to leave. Like in previous years, how much do I have to give her to make her quiet? Now if I don't ask her, I can save a lot of money! If I really want to ask someone, let's not talk about the Tian family and the Pang family, these are the families that can have a say, just talk about the Song family, the Su family, and the He family, can't I ask for help? Why do I always ask for trouble to see her cold face?"
Princess Yongning felt a little helpless. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly heard a commotion outside and couldn't help but frown.
Tang Yuan stood up and walked out of the door unhappily. The noise outside soon died down. After a while, he lifted the curtain and came in again. He said solemnly, "I have to go out for a while. Princess, don't be nervous. If there is anything, we can discuss it when I come back."
"What are you in such a hurry to do?" Princess Yongning felt something was not right when she heard what he said, and immediately asked perceptively, "Going on a long journey?"
"I'm going on a long journey to Chengde." Tang Yuan hurriedly asked someone to prepare the luggage. Seeing Princess Yongning following him, he explained briefly: "My uncle asked me to go over there. He said that the new commander of the garrison, Lord Su, had an accident and fell off his horse. Now he can't be found. We don't know what happened. He is very nervous. I have to go over to see him."
What?!
Princess Yongning couldn't help but feel frightened, and then she felt cold sweat oozing from her forehead.