"The prince is here. The Duke of Jingyong is here."
When the eunuch's singing came into the hall, Cheng Yujin was surprised for a moment, then quickly stood up and walked out. Huo Xue's and Su Ke'er, who were kneeling on the ground, were dumbfounded. Cheng Yujin's red clothes were dragged by, and they woke up like a dream, and quickly got up to greet the prince.
Cheng Yumo was also supported by Ruan and went outside to meet him. Ruan's and Huo Xue's two groups met in the main hall, and they looked at each other badly.
Cheng Yujin raised her arms slightly, put her right hand on her left hand, and bent her knees slowly in front of her: "See Your Royal Highness."
The Crown Princess saluted, but Huo Chang Yuan did not dare to respond. He hurriedly avoided to the side, only Li Chengjing walked straight towards Cheng Yujin without hesitation in the hall, held her arm, and helped her up with his own hands. Mrs. Huo Xue knelt behind Cheng Yujin and was very surprised to see the prince's hand on the princess's arm.
With all the people in the hall, how could the Crown Prince achieve such a level? He is a dignified prince, who supports a woman with his own hands, and even in front of a courtier's wife, doesn't he feel that he has lost the face of the head of the family
However, what surprised Huo Xue was far more than that. After Li Chengjing helped Cheng Yujin get up, he took back his hands without pretending, but held Cheng Yujin's hand naturally: "Why did you come out? It was said that you didn't have to come out. Welcome, but I don't listen."
Cheng Yujin smiled and didn't refute Li Chengjing in front of everyone, but she didn't mean to accept it at all. Just kidding, with so many eyes watching, when the crown prince returned to the palace, she sat in the inner room with grandeur, and it was a ready-made target to spread out. Cheng Yujin would not fall for such a handle.
Cheng Yujin said, "I don't know if His Highness is returning to the palace, and the concubine has lost her way. Why did His Highness come back?"
"I saw Marquis Jingyong at the gate of the palace, and when I asked, I found out that Mrs. Jingyong Marquis and the old lady were both in the Ciqing Palace. It happened that the matter on His Majesty's side was over, so I took him back to the Ciqing Palace to see. "
It turned out that they met at the gate of the palace. Cheng Yujin knew it. She said that Huo Xue's entry into the palace was not a secret. Presumably, before Huo Xue went out, she quickly sent an urgent letter to Huo Changyuan. Huo Chang Yuan rushed to the palace gate after receiving the letter, but he did not expect to be bumped into by Li Chengjing.
Cheng Yujin realized it and asked, "Your Highness just returned from the Palace of Heavenly Purity? How is Your Majesty?"
"Your Majesty is all right. He is very satisfied with the moon cakes you prepared today, and praised the virtuousness of the Crown Princess in front of the officials. I think there will be a reward in a while."
Cheng Yujin smiled and saluted: "My concubine is not a small skill, which made His Majesty and adults laugh."
At this time, there were people kneeling on the ground inside and outside the hall, and the couple in the East Palace were talking like no one else. Huo Xue's knelt on the ground was unbelievable. A man's kindness to a woman was useless. She really didn't understand why the dignified prince did such a condescending thing.
Su Ke'er was obviously afraid, but she couldn't help but secretly glance at His Royal Highness. My God, is this the Crown Prince? She thought that cousin Zhang Yuan was the best man in the world, but she didn't expect to see the crown prince today, and only then did she know what a noble family is and what a majestic emperor is.
And Cheng Yumo knelt on the ground, and every time he heard a sentence, his face became paler. In the end, Huo Chang Yuan in the yard couldn't stand it any longer and coughed slightly.
Li Chengjing seemed to have just remembered this person, and said with a smile, "It's because I don't have a good memory, I almost forgot that Hou Jingyong was still waiting outside. It's inappropriate to speak outside, so Hou Jingyong should come first."
Huo Changyuan complied with the promise. With the prince's words, Cheng Yujin, Ruan's and Huo Xue's Su Ke'er also helped each other to get up. Li Chengjing walked in first, Cheng Yujin followed half a step behind, and then followed the huge palace intern. Li Chengjing walked into the West Hall, he naturally took the main seat, Cheng Yujin sat in the seat opposite him, and then Huo Changyuan and others walked into the hall, not daring to sit down, they all stood respectfully.
Li Chengjing did not speak, and no one dared to make a sound. Li Chengjing first poured a cup of tea unhurriedly, handed it to Cheng Yujin, and then filled the cup in front of him: "Today Jingyong Hou's mansion gathered in Ciqing Palace, what's the matter?"
Huo Xue wanted to speak, but when he saw the handsome and fair profile of the prince, he didn't dare to say anything. Ruan's hesitantly cast a glance at Cheng Yujin, Cheng Yujin knew that Li Chengjing's words could only be picked up by her, so she summed up what happened just now in a few words: "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, the concubine wanted to ask about my grandmother's recent condition, so she went away. After the banquet, she took the second aunt and the second sister back to the palace. I didn't want to talk when I learned that the second sister had just had a miscarriage at the beginning of the month. She was so young and suffered such hardships. , ask carefully about the situation at that time.”
Cheng Yujin glanced down and said lightly: "But it seems that Mrs. Huo has misunderstood something. But Jingyonghou is also one of the parties. It would be better to ask Jingyonghou directly."
Ruan immediately showed a victorious look. Cheng Yujin's eloquence was no joke. In a few words, the cause and effect of time were summed up, and after what she said, Cheng Yujin's side was completely reasonable, but Huo Xue's. , there is the suspicion of making trouble unreasonably and treating the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.
Li Chengjing nodded lightly, obviously not concerned about the shortness of the parents of the Huo family, and even when he heard Cheng Yumo's miscarriage, he was completely unmoved. After Cheng Yujin finished speaking, Huo Xue's family was a little anxious. Sure enough, the Crown Princess was towards Cheng Yumo. When the Crown Princess said this, they became complete villains.
Huo Xue's family hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness, ministers and wives treat their daughter-in-law with the utmost respect and justice, and they will not treat them harshly. Please treat the prince fairly, and don't listen to favoritism."
Li Chengjing glanced at Huo Xue's family lightly: "How can you become a partial believer when you listen to the prince's words alone? If you don't believe in the prince, why don't you still believe in you?"
Huo Xue choked, Huo Chang Yuan frowned upon seeing this, and immediately lifted his robe and knelt down: "Your Highness, calm down, my mother has not been out of the house for a long time, and she is not well-informed. It is not intentional to offend Your Highness."
Seeing Huo Chang Yuan kneeling down, Huo Xue's and Su Ke'er were also frightened and frightened, and they fell to their knees with a plop, and the sound was painful to hear.
"What are you doing?" Li Chengjing's voice was still cold, "How dare you to offend the Crown Princess."
Huo Chang Yuan was shocked at first, then glanced up quickly, vaguely generating some vague guesses. He turned to Cheng Yujin, bowed his head and said, "My mother didn't choose to say anything, and she offended the princess. Please condone the crime."
Cheng Yujin gave a "tsk" in her heart, turned her face sideways, and glanced at Li Chengjing lightly. Li Chengjing noticed her gaze, turned his head without hesitation, and looked at Cheng Yujin.
Cheng Yujin silently retracted her gaze. Li Chengjing suddenly made such a move, she was a little nauseous.
However, now that her ex-fiancé and brother-in-law were still kneeling on the ground, Cheng Yujin coughed lightly, remembering that there were still people waiting for her on the ground to speak. Cheng Yujin calmed down and said, "Mrs. Nian Huo is the first offender. For the sake of Marquis Jingyong, I will not hold you accountable. However, I don't want to hear about it next time."
Huo Chang Yuan's guess was confirmed, and his heart was full of mixed feelings, and he didn't know what to say. At this time, Huo Xue's and Su Ke'er also reacted, and hurriedly turned around to kowtow to Cheng Yujin: "I am disrespectful to the court lady, thank the Crown Princess for your forgiveness."
Cheng Yujin nodded lightly, and raised her hand like a concubine: "Get up."
Su Ke'er didn't understand anything, she only knew that when the prince spoke just now, her heart was so frightened that her heart almost stopped. Now that the Crown Princess had spoken to get them up, it was obvious that it was all right. Su Ke'er was overjoyed and wanted to come up to help Huo Chang Yuan, but Huo Chang Yuan frowned and avoided it.
Su Ke'er's hand was empty, and she didn't understand what was going on for a while. Obviously in Hou's mansion, cousin does not reject her approaching, why is she avoiding her like a snake and a scorpion now? Su Ke'er held her hands empty, and knelt on the ground in embarrassment.
Nguyen saw him next to him, and snorted contemptuously.
Cheng Yujin pretended not to see it, and after they stood up, she turned her head and asked Li Chengjing: "Let Your Highness laugh, this is my sister's family affair, and now it is in front of His Highness, and the concubine is really uneasy both physically and mentally. Since Your Highness already knows, I looked at Yan Yueyue once, and asked His Highness for some ideas. Your Highness thinks, how should we deal with this matter?"
Li Chengjing didn't even think about it, and said, "Since it's the second sister's family affairs, of course you have the final say. You can do it as you say."
Li Chengjing called himself "orphan" when facing Huo Changyuan and Huo Xue, but when facing Cheng Yujin, he called himself "you and me", and called Cheng Yumo his second sister. His demeanor was amiable and unmistakable.
Huo Xue's family suddenly sighed in her heart. When she entered the palace, she still thought that relying on her kinship with Xiao Xue's family, she might be able to help His Royal Highness Prince or two. Thinking about it now is a fool's dream. Huo Xue and Xiao Xue are distant cousins, and Xiao Xue was Li Chengjing's half adoptive mother when he was in the folk.
Huo Xue's never thought that she just wanted to keep a caring person in the mansion, and it turned out to be such a big mess. In particular, Huo Xue remembered that when she learned that Cheng Yuanjing had returned from expatriation, she also said that Huo Changyuan should mention Cheng Yuanjing for the sake of Xiao Xue's also surnamed Xue. Huo Xue thought of the tone and attitude of her words at that time, and she felt ashamed and angry that her face was as big as a pot.
Where did they come from to support Cheng Yuanjing, who was originally the crown prince
Now all this is simply a feedback of evil force. The prince completely handed over the disposal power to Cheng Yujin, and Huo Xue's heart was dead. The old and new hatred between her and Cheng Yujin is indeed a lot.
Cheng Yujin said calmly, "This should be the internal affairs of the Huo family, and this palace should not interfere. But since you have asked for the Ciqing Palace, it is inevitable for this palace to say a few words of justice. Marquis of Jingyong."
Huo Chang Yuan suddenly heard his name from Cheng Yujin's mouth, and was stunned for a moment before answering, "This minister is here."
"Second sister accidentally miscarried, was it pushed by you?"
Hearing such words from Cheng Yujin, Huo Chang Yuan was embarrassed. He clenched his fists, and finally responded with difficulty: "Yes."
"Mrs. Huo said that she took a concubine, is it for you?"
Li Chengjing raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this. He thought it was just an ordinary parent, but he didn't expect that there would be so many twists and turns
As a man, he pushed his wife to have a miscarriage. Before and after his wife's miscarriage, her mother was still thinking about taking a concubine... Li Chengjing, who is also a man, didn't know what to say. No wonder Mrs Ruan brought Cheng Yumo to tell Cheng Yujin directly, Huo Changyuan should.
Huo Chang Yuan closed his eyes and said bitterly, "Yes."
"That's it." Cheng Yujin raised her hand and pulled down her long sleeves, and said, "Mrs. Huo is your mother, Mrs. Su is your cousin, the second sister is your wife, and the fetus of Zaoshang is also yours. Child. Everything here is because of you. As long as you do something, the second sister and Mrs. Huo will not be deeply misunderstood, and the child of the second sister will not die early. The second sister just had a miscarriage, even talking You don’t even have the strength, and you still think about taking a concubine. Where do you place loyalty, righteousness, benevolence and filial piety, and where do you place the court’s laws?”
Cheng Yujin's scolding thoughts were always so high, Huo Changyuan remembered that he had been scolded by Cheng Yujin for being unkind, unjust, unfilial and unbelieving before, and then tore up the marriage certificate in front of him. Unexpectedly, in his lifetime, he would have the opportunity to listen to it for the second time.
Cheng Yujin's remarks were loud, and everyone was captured by her momentum, and the whole room was silent. After Cheng Yujin finished scolding, she habitually added a summary statement: "You behave like this, you spoil your concubine and destroy your wife in small ways, your family is not at peace, and in big things you don't distinguish between right and wrong, ignoring the king's law. How can the imperial court dare to reuse you? How can Your Majesty and His Highness dare to entrust you with the important task of protecting the family, the country, and the people?"
Li Chengjing turned his face slightly, holding back the smile on his face. He remembered that the first time he saw Cheng Yujin, when Cheng Yujin and Huo Changyuan were breaking off their engagement, Cheng Yujin greeted Huo Changyuan's face with all his might on the corridor, and found that he was not broken, and he was very regretful. The first point of becoming an official in the dynasty is the appearance of Zhou Zheng, and those with defects and scars are not allowed to enter the office. One more point, is the correct character.
It can be seen that Cheng Yujin is really persevering and wants to ruin Huo Chang Yuan's career. The inexplicable awkwardness in Li Chengjing's heart immediately dissipated. Li Chengjing is a man, so of course he can tell the difference between a woman who is clear-headed and hates you. No matter what Huo Changyuan's thoughts are, Cheng Yujin really wants him to die.
This is enough. Li Chengjing only regretted that he appeared late and failed to meet Cheng Yujin before she got engaged. Since Cheng Yujin had broken off from Huo Changyuan and married himself as his wife, he didn't need to worry about the past. Moreover, Li Chengjing could feel that Cheng Yujin was more warm to him than to Huo Chang Yuan.
Li Chengjing's heart grievance dissipated, and he was instantly refreshed. At this time, his eyebrows were flying, his eyes were shining, and he was simply stunning. He turned his face slightly and admired Cheng Yujin's scolding with a smile.
It is a pity that the joys and sorrows of human beings are not connected, and Huo Chang Yuan's mood is extremely embarrassing at this moment. Under Cheng Yujin's series of questioning, he had no power to retaliate, and could only helplessly defend himself with the last sentence: "I have no intention of accepting a concubine... It's a misunderstanding between the princess and the mother-in-law."
"You didn't want to take a concubine?" Cheng Yujin raised her eyebrows, glanced at Su Ke'er, whose face changed suddenly, and said, "That is to say, you deliberately dragged other people's girls, damaged their reputation, and delayed Su's marriage. already?"
Su Ke'er was about to cry, seeing that Huo Chang Yuan was about to cry. But the cousin she was thinking about didn't look in her direction at first glance, but clasped his fists and said, "Yes. It was the minister who misbehaved and was ill-considered. After the minister returned, he chose a good son-in-law for his cousin and gave him a lot of money. get married."
Su Ke'er was crying and grimacing, while Ruan was so happy that she almost jumped up, and even Cheng Yumo took a gloomy look and looked up in surprise.
Ruan Shi almost cried with joy. She said that Cheng Yujin's brain was very reliable. In the past, Ruan Shi and Cheng Yumo were opposed to each other, but Cheng Yujin doubted their life. Now that they have changed camps, they feel that people like Cheng Yujin are simply divine teammates.
Look at the Crown Princess's words, she didn't say a word of disagreement with taking a concubine from beginning to end, but she could let Huo Changyuan tell Su Ke'er to leave. Moreover, Huo Chang Yuan also promised to send Su Ke'er to marry him in person. In this way, even if Su Ke'er tried her best to cry, make trouble and hang herself after returning to the house, Huo Chang Yuan would not be able to accept her.
Otherwise, wouldn't it really be in the name of unbelief and injustice in Cheng Yujin's mouth.
Ruan's and Cheng Yumo's faces were relieved. At this point, the matter had been resolved satisfactorily for them, even far beyond expectations. But Cheng Yujin didn't stop there. She looked at Huo Changyuan coldly and said, "Sister Su is your cousin. You take the initiative to marry her. It's hard for an outsider in this palace to say anything. But since the second sister married you, this palace will take care of you. I need to say a few more words. Mrs. Huo said that the second sister was unfilial, so she didn't know how to make you angry, and asked you to throw the second sister alive until she had a miscarriage. According to this palace, the person who was really unfilial was the Marquis Jingyong, right? "
Huo Chang Yuan was immediately surprised. Huo Xue's family seemed to want to argue, but Cheng Yujin didn't give them this chance. She continued: "It can't solve the misunderstanding between mother and wife, and let them fight more and more for you, this is unfilial; Your own heir, cut off the first direct heir of the Huo family, this is two unfilial piety. You are unfilial to your mother, and you are unjust to your wife. For this reason, you almost harmed your cousin's life. Righteousness is also yours, and today’s situation is your responsibility. Marquis Jingyong, you are a prince, but you do such things, what did you do as a marquis for so many years?”
Huo Xue has held his son in the palm of his hand for many years, and he can't hear others say that Huo Changyuan is not good at all. Now that he heard Cheng Yujin say that the current situation is all Huo Changyuan's fault, how can Huo Xue bear it? It's a pity that the Huo family can let her splash, but Donggong can't. Cheng Yujin brushed her sleeves, served tea, and said, "Marquis Jingyong, I hope you go back and think about it. See you off."
Huo Chang Yuan seemed to be hit in the head by someone. He had been placed on the top of his heart by the Huo Xue family since he was a child, and he was naturally accustomed to women giving unprincipled to him. In his view, women should be good for him and selfless devotion to him.
Huo Chang Yuan never thought that he also has a role in the family. Huo Xue was partial to him and refused to say that Cheng Yumo also loved him and could not bear to criticize him. Only Cheng Yujin broke through all this mercilessly.
The Huo family has become what it is now, and he is not to blame.
Huo Chang Yuan left in despair, even forgetting to wait for his mother and cousin when he left. Huo Xue's family chased Huo Chang Yuan away, and Su Ke'er naturally followed. Ruan's and Cheng Yumo's goals have been achieved, and it's time to leave. They looked at Cheng Yujin with gratitude and resentment in their eyes, respect and awe.
In the end, Mrs Ruan came forward and said, "Thank you, Crown Princess. The court lady and Mo'er retire."
Cheng Yujin stood up, approached slowly, looked down at Cheng Yumo deeply and quietly. In the end, Cheng Yujin didn't say anything, just persuaded the last sentence: "You choose the road yourself, and you live the life yourself. You have no regrets, you are such an adult, and you should have understood long ago that people should take care of themselves. act responsibly.”
Cheng Yumo lowered her head and bit her lip tightly. Cheng Yujin was too lazy to say any more, she turned around with wide sleeves, and left a sentence lightly: "After you go back, let's rest and recuperate. Forsythia, send the second wife and Mrs. Hou out."
Li Chengjing sat at the top, smiling but not smiling, and watched the whole process.