The next night, when Chu Fei climbed the wall to find her again, Ning Nuan returned the wooden box to him.
Chu Fei was shocked and almost fell off the wall. "Why do you want to return this to me? You don't like it? Or is there something wrong? How about I go to the warehouse and pick it out for you?"
"This is Concubine Shu's favorite thing during her lifetime." Ning Nuan said softly, "Your Highness, maybe you didn't see it, the hairpin was engraved with words. Your Highness should keep this hairpin carefully."
"Is this hairpin engraved?" Chu Fei was stunned. He really didn't notice it.
As he spoke, he opened the wooden box and picked up the hairpin inside. The courtyard was pitch-dark, and only the lanterns held by the maids barely emitted some light. The moonlight from the sky shone in the snow, and the white snow reflected the light faintly.
Chu Fei squeezed the hairpin, and quickly swiped his fingertips on it, and quickly touched three uneven characters. He narrowed his eyes, and relying on the touch from his fingertips, he finally recognized the words on it clearly.
It was actually given by the father to the mother and concubine
When the late emperor and Concubine Shu died, Chu Fei didn't know anything about it. He had only heard others talk about their relationship, but even this hairpin was the first time he had seen it.
Chu Fei was stunned, and he said, "I just dug it out from the warehouse..." When he saw this hairpin, he didn't think too much about it. Knowing that there is so much deeper meaning behind this hairpin.
"Your Highness, keep it well, but don't leave it in disorder."
Chu Fei nodded, carefully put the hairpin into the box, he put the wooden box in his arms, and said apologetically, "This was originally something I gave you, but now I asked you to get it back, really I'm sorry you..."
Ning Nuan shook his head.
Chu Fei insisted: "I took a hairpin, and I will definitely compensate you."
"..."
The next day, people from Prince An's Mansion came to the door with many precious jewelry.
Those people held the box in their hands, opened the box, and everyone lined up to show Ning Nuan the jewelry in the box, whether it was pearls, jade, or gems and agates. The little maids stared blankly, and Ning Nuan couldn't bear to look away.
Wang Quan apologized and said with a smile: "Miss Ning, this is our prince's apology."
"You bring these things back, I don't need them."
"Miss Ning, let's take it. If you let the lord know, Miss Ning didn't take anything, and I don't know how to punish the slave." Wang Quan said, "Miss Ning takes it, and the lord will naturally feel no guilt."
Ning Nuan: "…"
Ning Nuan asked, "Where's your prince?"
"The lord went back to the palace and said he had something to look for." Wang Quan said, "Miss Ning, if you don't like these, you can get another batch."
"..."
Ning Nuan had to take it.
Those jewelry boxes, big and small, are stacked together, which is very spectacular. As soon as Jiang Yunlan saw it, she couldn't help but be surprised: "Is Prince An sending you something again?"
"That's right, mother." Ning Nuan said in shock, "Prince An is even more extreme than before. At first, I thought that Prince An was already very flamboyant, but now it's even more..."
Jiang Yunlan picked it up a bit, and then said a little unwillingly: "The things he sent are not bad."
"mother!"
"Ah Nuan, what are you worried about?" Jiang Yunlan said, "In the future, you will be the princess, although your mother is reluctant, but since you are married to Prince An, the things in Prince An's mansion will naturally have your share. Prince An is giving you something now, but in the end, he still has to follow you back to Prince An’s mansion, and the left and right are only left and right, and they cannot leave the An’s mansion.”
Ning Nuan was slightly embarrassed.
She didn't expect that even her mother thought faster than she accepted.
She had to take it, just as if she was used to it in advance.
…
Early in the morning, Chu Fei came out of the house next to the Ning family and went back to his palace.
The butler was overjoyed, but seeing him all the way to the warehouse, he quickly followed.
"My lord, what are you looking for? A servant to help you?"
"What about the things that my concubine owns?" Chu Fei said, "If this king remembers correctly, they are all in the storeroom?"
"That's right, Concubine Shu's things, the servants will help you keep them well." The housekeeper said quickly, "The servants will take you there."
Nothing in the warehouse knows its location better than the housekeeper. He helped Chu Fei to take care of the affairs in the palace, and even the storeroom was neat and tidy. Concubine Shu has a lot of things, all in one place.
The housekeeper said with emotion: "When the lord left the palace to build the mansion, the empress dowager took out these things, only then did she know that all the things of the concubine were still there. Since these things went out of the palace together, the lord has not seen it a few times. I only took a hairpin last time, and said it was going to be given to Miss Ning... When the princess comes, the key to this warehouse should also be handed over to the princess."
Chu Fei took out a wooden box from his arms and asked him, "Have you seen this before?"
The housekeeper took it and opened it, but he was stunned: "Isn't this the hairpin you took last time, Prince, and said you wanted to give it to Miss Ning?"
"That's right." Chu Fei said, "But later, Miss Ning found out that the father gave it to the mother and concubine, so she gave it back to me."
The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, and then looked carefully, and finally remembered something, but he couldn't help but fall into the memory: "The servant remembers it, this is indeed what the emperor gave to the concubine, if the old servant doesn't remember it. Wrong, this hairpin was designed by the first emperor himself, and then found a craftsman to make it. The concubine likes it very much, but she doesn't wear it very often."
"Why don't you wear it?" Chu Fei asked, "Since the mother-in-law likes it and she wears it every day, isn't the father happier?"
The housekeeper said: "The concubine doesn't like to be in the limelight. At that time, the entire harem was staring at it. If people knew that this was the intention of the late emperor, they didn't know how much trouble they would have to suffer."
Chu Fei frowned and said, "I don't wear this fine hairpin, but I hide it and tuck it in. I'm afraid the royal father will be very disappointed."
This, the butler does not know.
Chu Fei thought to himself, "I don't know if the small characters engraved on the hairpin have been found by his mother-in-law."
If Concubine Shu had not died, he would have wanted to ask him personally.
Chu Fei rummaged through boxes in the warehouse, and finally found a lot of things. The first emperor was somewhat similar to him. When he met his beloved, he liked to give her something. Not only the hairpin, but Chu Fei also found a lot of things, all of which were engraved with a small "gift to his wife" "Three words.
When he found these things, Chu Fei changed his mind again, thinking in his heart: Maybe it's too much, so it's not surprising.
He turned over everything and found nothing special, so he gave up. Before leaving, he naturally didn't forget to pick out a few items from the warehouse, and only planned to give them to Ning Nuan at night.
"My lord." The butler suddenly stopped him.
When Chu Fei looked back, he saw that the housekeeper was holding an old book in his hand.
But the housekeeper handed the book to him: "The old slave saw the handwriting of the concubine."
Chu Fei quickly picked it up.
When he opened it, he realized where the book was. It turned out to be something that Concubine Shu had previously recorded. Chu Fei glanced at it, and the beginning was actually when Concubine Shu first entered the palace, and he immediately became interested. Chu Fei also put the book into his arms, and then walked out.
He left the palace, and went to handle some official business. When everything was done, it was already sunset. Before returning, he went around to the other side and bought Ning Nuan's favorite dessert. Back to the house next to Ning's house.
As usual, he delivered the snacks. At night, he carried the supper box and climbed the wall of the next house. He listened to Ning Nuan and thanked him softly. Chu Fei was in a better mood, and he watched her go back to the house. Only reluctantly came back.
It wasn't until he lay down that he remembered what he brought out of the palace.
Chu Fei took the book out of his arms, held it in his hand and looked at it for a while, with a secret peek at his parents' excitement back then, turned to the first page, and read it carefully from the beginning.
Concubine Shu began to record when she entered the palace. The year she entered the palace was a long time ago. Concubine Shu was very different in age from the previous emperor. When she entered the palace, the children of the current sage had already been born.
Concubine Shu's entry into the palace was different from usual, but was instead called in by the queen mother. When it comes to relationships, the Queen Mother is a generation older than Concubine Shu, and they are from the same clan.
I really want to talk about this, but it has to start from an earlier time. When the first emperor was still the crown prince, he and the mother family of the empress dowager were united for the sake of interest, and there was not much affection. , The Empress Dowager also changed from Crown Princess to Empress. Over the years, the late Emperor has always respected her very much, and has never let other Empress Dowagers shake her status.
When the current sage also grew up, young and beautiful concubines were recruited in the harem, but the mother family of the previous dynasty was in decline. The queen mother was afraid that the mother family would fail. A young and beautiful woman, this person is Concubine Shu.
When Concubine Shu entered the palace, it was for her mother's family and the queen mother, but the late emperor was really attracted to her, and so did she.
For many years, the late emperor respected the queen mother very much, but the two were united because of their interests, but they never fell in love.
After that, there was a story that Chu Fei knew well.
He flipped through a few pages at random before reaching the back.
One day, Concubine Shu was called by the Queen Mother. In Concubine Shu's record, she didn't say what she said, but this record was extremely chaotic, as if she was greatly frightened. Chu Fei carefully identified it, but couldn't understand what the content of the past was.
He turned back and wrote again, Concubine Shu found out that she had a child in her belly - when she saw this, Chu Fei was stunned, then a little excited, but Concubine Shu was so worried that she even wrote in her diary full of worries.
For some unknown reason, Concubine Shu no longer recorded it.
Chu Fei closed the book and thought about it. Probably not long after he was born, the first emperor suddenly died of a sudden illness, and Concubine Shu also died for love. Later, when the current saint ascended the throne, he was adopted by the queen. Grows up with several other royal nephews.
The first emperor was in his prime, and in the records of Concubine Shu, it was not obvious that he had any symptoms, but his sudden and sudden death was really strange.
But only the meaning of the queen mother, he really did not understand.
According to Concubine Shu's records, the empress dowager would marry the former emperor for the benefit of her mother's clan. She formed an alliance with the former emperor for the benefit of her, and later she would call his mother-in-law into the palace for the benefit. The fact that his mother-in-law was favored by the first emperor was naturally beneficial to the mother's family.
If it was because of him, it would be even more impossible.
Not to mention that at that time his elder brother had already become a prince, he had not even been born, and even if he was born, it would not have shaken his elder brother's status. If it was because of him, it would be impossible for the empress dowager to keep him after the death of Concubine Shu and the flustered heart. In the harem, there are many ways to let a baby die. But the empress dowager kept him and asked his queen to raise him up and dote on him in every possible way.
If he hadn't experienced his previous life, he would have also been deceived in the past.
Before he died, he already knew everything. Although the queen mother let him grow up smoothly, she was kind and ruthless and had no feelings for him. Chu Fei couldn't understand the reason, until he came back, he thought. After thinking about it again and again, I can only imagine that I am not the mother and child of the queen mother.
But looking at it now, it seems to be related to the previous generation.
Chu Fei thought about it for a while, but he didn't think about it at all. He picked up the cloak and walked out.
Ning Nuan just lay down, before letting Xiangtao blow the light off, when she heard someone knocking on the door outside, she was stunned for a moment, then sat up quickly and asked Xiangtao to open the door, but a little maid was standing at the door. .
"Miss..." The little maid said hesitantly, "His Royal Highness Prince An is looking for you."
Ning Nuan: "…"
Ning Nuan had no choice but to go back out and get dressed, and walked out with Madam Tang in her arms. Sure enough, she saw An Wang lying on the wall who had just said goodbye to her.
Ning Nuan couldn't help yawning, and said sleepily, "Well, why are you back, Your Highness?"
"There are some things I don't understand." Chu Fei said, "I think about it, it seems that only you can help me."
Ning Nuan yawned and looked up at him: "What is your Highness looking for me for?"
Chu Fei said apologetically again: "I came here hastily, and it seems that I also disturbed your sleep."
"It's normal if the situation is urgent."
Chu Fei's face was even more apologetic: "It's not... it's not urgent."
Ning Nuan: "…"
But as soon as she walked outside, she also lost the slightest sleepiness.
Fortunately, there is no wind tonight, and it is not too cold. Ning Nuan reluctantly asked Xiang Tao to bring hot tea, sat down at the stone table in the courtyard, and invited An Wang to come down from the courtyard wall so that he could explain the matter clearly.
This matter is of great importance, so Chu Fei also let those little maids retreat under the eaves, watch from a distance, and can't hear the voices here, so he hesitated for a while, and hesitantly asked the question: "If You... um... can't give you an example."
Ning Nuan looked at him quietly.
But Chu Fei thought about it, but couldn't find a suitable example.
After thinking about it, he said, "If someone raises a child and spoils him in every possible way, even others will envy him, but that child is not a parent, what is this?"
Ning Nuan asked, "How to spoil?"
"Let it be free, without the slightest request, it will be responsive."
Ning Nuan said: "Your Highness wants to hear good or bad?"
Chu Fei thought about it and said, "It's bad."
"To kill."
"What does it mean to kill?"
"Then it depends on what His Highness wants to ask me." Ning Nuan said helplessly, "You hide it, you don't want to say anything, and I can't guess."
"But if you don't like it, there are thousands of ways to erase it early, so why keep it under your nose?" Chu Fei asked, "Isn't it more annoying to look at it every day?"
"Maybe it's a last resort."
"No last resort."
"Since it has been done to this extent, I always mind in the bottom of my heart."
"hatred?"
"Perhaps so."
Chu Fei couldn't help but ponder.
Why does the queen mother hate him
Everything was done by the empress dowager herself. Concubine Shu was the empress dowager who brought her into the palace, watching Concubine Shu write down the meaning of the content. She has always listened to what the empress dowager said. She never disobeyed, and even helped a lot. Grateful, but never hated her.
But the late emperor suddenly died of a sudden illness, which was very strange.
From the Queen Mother's point of view, and only looking at the interests, Concubine Shu has won a lot of benefits for her. Even if Concubine Shu is favored, she has not shaken the status of the Empress Dowager. He turned his face and didn't recognize anyone. In any case, it should be a good thing for the Queen Mother.
But why exactly
Chu Fei thought about breaking his head, but he really couldn't understand it.
Seeing his frowning face, Ning Nuan asked with concern, "What happened to your lord? Can't you tell me?"
"No, this matter..." Chu Fei paused, not knowing if he should refuse.
In this life, the queen mother will definitely take another shot, maybe A Nuan knows more and can be more prepared. In the last life, A Nuan was killed by the Queen Mother who hid her secretly.
He struggled for a while before saying, "I'll tell you when you enter the palace."
"..."
Ning Nuan could only say: "Then I will remember."
His Highness still owes me a lot of things that have not been made clear. Ning Nuan said: "His Royal Highness said earlier that no matter what I asked, he was willing to tell me everything, but after a lot of things happened, I forgot about it. I don't know if it counts now?" "
"It counts, of course it counts." Chu Fei said quickly, "No... You want to know, I'll tell you."
Ning Nuan said: "Then you can speak slowly when I enter the palace."
As soon as Chu Fei was mentally prepared, he opened his mouth and swallowed all his words.
Seeing Ning Nuan yawning lightly again, he came back to his senses, got up quickly to say goodbye, and climbed over the courtyard wall again.
…
The second day.
Chu Fei thought a lot last night, slept late and woke up a little later.
He hadn't woken up when Wang Quan suddenly ran in from the outside in a panic and shouted, "Your Highness! Your Highness! It's not good!"
Chu Fei woke up suddenly, opened his eyes, and Wang Quan's face was full of panic. He immediately said: "Is this king's palace in?"
"No!" Wang Quan didn't care about anything else, and said in a straight line: "My lord, something happened to the palace!"
"what?"
"The Empress Dowager didn't know why, but suddenly sent many beauties in the morning. Now those beauties are all standing at the gate of the palace, waiting for you to go back!"
Chu Fei was shocked and completely awake.
Wang Quan took a breath before continuing: "The slave came from the palace, but now half of the people in the capital know about it!"
Chu Fei: "..."
He subconsciously said: "Then Ah Nuan..."
"When the servant came in, I saw someone running into the Ning Mansion." Wang Quan's voice suddenly dropped, and he murmured, "Xu is here to inform Madam Ning and Miss Ning..."
Chu Fei: ! ! !
Crashed all of a sudden! Thunder from the sky!
He quickly lifted the quilt and sat up, put on his clothes indiscriminately, and stumbled out.
Heaven and earth conscience! Those beauties have nothing to do with him at all!
A Nuan had already made a marriage to him, and just as he was waiting to pass the door, suddenly such a person came to stand at the door of his palace, and he didn't know what was going to happen! Seeing that he was about to marry A Nuan, and suddenly something like this happened, his good reputation was gone!
If Mrs. Ning misunderstands, don't make a fuss to break off the marriage!
This is not a slap in the face of the Ning family, what is it
Chu Fei quickly led the horse and ran towards the palace all the way.
Inside the Ning Mansion, Jiang Yunlan was also indignant.
She was so angry that she pushed all the tea utensils on the table to the ground, and You kicked the stool away in frustration, and then said, "King An is so deceiving!"
Ning Nuan calmly reassured: "Mother, maybe there is another secret. King An is not such a person."
"Why not?" Jiang Yunlan said angrily: "Go outside and listen, who is not saying that Prince An is a romantic man, oh well, I thought he was really sincere, and spent so much time trying to marry you, but Now it's good, you've all got married, and it seems that you're going to pass the door. He actually caused such a thing again. He didn't even want to pretend for a while. Now the whole capital is watching the jokes of our Ning family. , this is obviously throwing your face to the ground and stepping on it!"
Ning Nuan comforted her: "Mother, this is just a rumor, calm down first, don't rush to a conclusion."
"But everyone saw those beauties standing at the gate of Prince An's mansion. It's not Prince An who lives in Prince An's mansion. Could there be someone else?" Jiang Yunlan persuaded bitterly, "A Nuan, don't be fooled by Prince An. The bastard was blindfolded after a few good words. You see, King An has been pretending for so long, but he still hasn't pretended. At this time, he has found so many beauties into the mansion. He will not give you face at this time. If he waits for you Once you enter the palace, where will you have a good life!"
Ning Nuan thought to himself: Prince An is really not in Prince An's mansion.
Others don't know, she does.
In the mansion next door to the Ning family, the only person who lives is King An. Although King An is in the capital now, the palace is empty.
Yesterday, Wang An came to look for her twice. The last time was late at night. Naturally, he slept in the house next door. I'm afraid he hasn't woken up yet.
I don't know who was thinking about King An at this time.
If King An woke up, the letter sent to her would probably be another cry of injustice.