"Your Highness is going to court today, can you bring Mutong with you?" Hua Xiwan caressed the robe in her hand and looked at the little eunuch kneeling in front of her with a smile. Seeing that he was trembling under her gaze, she moved away. out of sight.
"Go back to the princess, today the director of the wood is on leave and did not accompany the prince to the court." The little eunuch didn't understand what the princess' intention was, but when he saw that the princess was stroking the robe that the prince wore yesterday when he went out, I felt a chill down my spine.
"In that case, go and invite Director Mu, and say I have something to ask him." Hua Xiwan put down the robe and rubbed her forehead. Although she doesn't like Nvhong, she also invited people to teach various stitches in Hou's mansion. The sleeves of this robe have obvious traces of stitching and sewing, looking at the stitches, it looks like In the land of water villages, it is only whether the people who sew clothes are as soft as water village women.
Mu Tong heard that he was summoned by the princess. Although he was a little puzzled, he was not slow. He walked all the way to the door, straightened his clothes, and then raised his voice: "Little Mu Tong asks to see you."
"come in."
Mu Tong couldn't hear the anger from the voice, so he buried his head and walked in. After the salute, he found the robe by the princess's hand, and his heart skipped a beat. Does the princess know
Seeing that Mutong's expression changed, Hua Xiwan didn't show anything like the princess, and asked him to get up and reply: "I saw the line at the hem of the prince's sleeve, the prince's clothes have always been taken care of by people on the front line, so it is impossible to There will be such a mistake, so I thought that someone might bump into the prince outside. After thinking about it for a long time, I always feel that my heart is not at ease, so I called you to ask. You served behind the prince yesterday, do you know what happened? "
What Mu Tong can say, saying that he doesn't know, is that he is incompetent as a slave. Fortunately, this matter is not impossible to say, he thought for a while, and then explained the matter in its entirety.
"I came out of the palace yesterday. The lord wanted to go to a certain shop to pick up something, but when he was on the way, a little lady's basket hooked the corner of the lord's sleeve." Mu Tong saw that the princess looked as usual, and continued. Said, "This little lady's needle and thread shop is right next to her, so I used needle and thread to sew up a little or two."
Although this statement is true, it also omits what should be omitted. For example, this little lady's face is like a delicate flower, her body is like a willow, and her voice is like a yellow warbler. For another example, when the little lady bent over to mend the sleeves of the prince, she inadvertently revealed that she was a widow who lost her husband.
Even though Mu Tong was a eunuch, he had to admit that the little lady was a rare beauty, but she couldn't find any lust on her body.
After listening, Hua Xiwan nodded, and handed the clothes to Bai Xia: "Put the clothes away. Although the lord is frugal, it is best not to let the lord get on with this sewing thing."
"Yes," Bai Xia bent her knees, took the robe and glanced at Mu Tong, who was standing bowed, then turned and walked out the door.
Mu Tong was sweating lightly on his forehead. As a servant, he couldn't tell the princess that this little lady was suspicious, but standing here like this, under the gaze of the princess, was quite scary.
"Even though she cut through the robes of the lord, it was only unintentional, not to mention that she sewed the robes for the lord," Hua Xiwan stood up from the soft couch and walked to Mutong with Cheng Qiu's hand. "Why don't you give this woman twenty taels of silver for me. After all, it is not easy for a young woman to be alone with her husband."
After receiving the twenty taels of silver sent by Hongying, Mu Tong led the order to retreat, and he was relieved after leaving the yard. Looking at the twenty taels of silver in his hand, he glanced down at the ground.
Taking the silver to the dark secret room, Mu Tong looked around and asked, "Has the woman sent last night been recruited?"
"Manager Huimu, someone has been recruited," a man in a brown bunt handed over a confession, "This woman was actually sent by the Shengjun Palace."
Mu Tong waved his hand, but did not take the confession: "Is the person still alive?"
"It's unfortunate, I just lost my temper, this..." The man was a little panicked. Yesterday, the prince gave an order saying that as long as he could pry the woman's mouth open, it would not matter if he lived or died. Now Eunuch Mu asks if the person is still alive. Could it be that the prince changed Got an idea? But this man is gone, what will he give
"It's okay, I just came to ask," Mu Tong threw the silver to the man, "Take the money and find a thin coffin for the woman to bury. This is the princess' grace." The little widow didn't use the silver. , it is better to buy some fragrant wax paper money, let her have some money to spend, and strive to be reincarnated with more eyes in the next life.
"Xiaoxiao wrote it down, please rest assured Mr. Mu, Xiaoxiao will definitely handle this matter." The man took the money with a smile, and when he heard the word "Wangfei", his expression became more solemn.
Mu Tong waved his hand, and didn't want to stay in this dim room, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he came out. This woman is also considered unlucky. She used this method to approach the prince. Those concubines of the old prince also used these methods. Can the prince have a good impression of this kind of woman
Not to mention the suspicious nature of the prince, this investigation found the palace of the Prince of Shengjun, it is strange that this woman can survive.
He knew that King Shengjun had ambitions, but he didn't expect that the other party would actually use this method, and it was no different from those methods that the prince let people play, but the former was obscure and the latter was too obvious. If it really compares, no one is more noble than the other, even their princes have played some tricks.
So power is an attractive thing. Who cares what means is used before getting it, the most important thing is who gets the final fruit of victory.
The robe incident was picked up and put down so gently. After Yan Jinqiu went down to court, Hua Xiwan didn't mention it to him, nor did he ask about it. The two had lunch together, then changed into the clothes for the palace banquet, and took the carriage of the palace to the palace.
When the prince and princess go out seriously, they have the support that meets their identities, so when the carriage they were riding in passed through the street, the people on both sides of the road avoided them one after another.
Lifting the curtains of the car, and looking at the scattered people, Hua Xiwan suddenly thought, maybe this is the temptation of power, everyone gave in respectfully, but she was still sitting high in the center.
There were other people driving by along the way, but when they saw them appear, they all avoided them and put on a respectful posture.
Hua Xiwan suddenly remembered that before she got married, she avoided Duan and the princess' car here: "I remember that more than a month before the marriage, I used to avoid Duan and the princess' car here. I heard that Duan and the princess and The other female relatives came back on horseback to watch the spring, but unfortunately I was sitting in the car and couldn't see what it was like outside."
"I'll take you there next year," Yan Jinqiu said. "There is a horse farm on the outskirts of Beijing, and the scenery is not bad."
Hua Xiwan thought that riding a horse would grind her thighs, so she shook her head: "I just think about it, let's forget it." This kind of person doesn't want to move, and the heart is already flying away, there is a popular name, called lazy sick. She estimates that she has no hope of recovery in her life.
After the carriage entered the palace, the two got off the carriage, walked to the Queen Mother's Fushou Palace, gave the prepared gifts to the Queen Mother, and chatted with the old man.
Since the queen mother is a face control, every time Yan Jinqiu and Hua Xiwan appear, she is very happy. What she has to do every time is to look up and down the two and make sure that the level of appearance has not declined before she is satisfied. Greet the two for tea and snacks.
After the three chatted for a while, Prince Sheng and his wife also came, and after some politeness, they sat down again.
I don't know if it was Hua Xiwan's delusion, but she always felt that something was wrong with Hou Shi's face. After some hesitation, she said, "Tang sister-in-law seems to be pale, but she is not feeling well?"
"Thank you cousin for your concern," Hou said with a particularly sweet smile, covering the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, "I haven't had a good appetite lately, so I've used it a little less. Today, the imperial doctor came to check the pulse, saying that it would save me worrying about it and just take care of it with peace of mind. The tire is."
"It turns out that there is a congratulations, this is a great thing, congratulations," Hua Xiwan's smile suddenly became obvious, and then she smiled, "Tang sister-in-law is not kind, such a great deed is not Let us know."
"We originally wanted people to tell everyone, but we just wanted to enter the palace in the afternoon, so we just waited and told everyone after entering the palace, which is our sincerity." meaning.
Seeing her like this, Hua Xiwan knew that she was looking forward to the arrival of this child, so she let go of the weirdness in her heart. Hou Shi is only a few months older than her, and now she is only seventeen years old, and she is already pregnant with one.
"It's good to have children, it's good to have children," the Queen Mother said with a smile, telling Hou to be more careful on weekdays. However, because the Queen Mother has no children under her knees, she is extra cautious when she speaks.
"Speaking of, the two of you have been married for several months. I don't know when will the good news be announced?" After the queen mother was happy, she threw the question in front of Hua Xiwan and Yan Jinqiu.
Hua Xiwan didn't know what to say about this kind of question, but Yan Jinqiu took it up and said, "Imperial grandmother, the princess is still young, but I want to wait until she is eighteen years old before thinking about having a child, this will also be beneficial to her body. benefit."
The queen mother nodded when she heard the words: "You are very thoughtful. This woman has one foot on the door of life and one foot on the door of death. It's better to pay more attention." She calculated Hua Xiwan's current age. , said with some regret, "Although it's a long time to wait for two years, it's more secure this way, and it's not bad."
Hua Xiwan glanced at Yan Jinqiu and the Queen Mother speechlessly. Was it a little unkind to say this when Princess Shengjun was pregnant
Thinking of this, she took a special look at Yan Boyi and found that his expression was normal, as if it was not her own wife who was pregnant.
Hua Xiwan touched her nose, it was really sad to marry such a man, this kind of performance is too flat.