It is extremely cold this winter, and the charcoal fire is weak in the early morning, and people who are frozen do not want to wake up.
Jiang Mingwei was wearing a light blue dress with squirrel fur on her neckline. She sat in front of the dressing mirror and was put on makeup by a maid. She looked at the person in the mirror carefully. Recently, she has gained a little weight, and her cheeks are no longer sunken. Mrs. Jiang and the dowry maids looked very satisfied, but Jiang Mingwei felt that she was too fat and her face was big. In addition, I didn't sleep well last night, my eyes were puffy, and the whole person looked very lethargic, and it was even more difficult to catch people.
Jiang Mingwei could only ask the maid to focus on using powder to paint her face as white as possible to highlight her facial features. Looking at her makeup, she suddenly remembered something and asked, "What's going on next door recently?"
Jiang Mingwei is really worried about this, and asks every other day. The maids participated actively at first, but later they were asked a lot, and when they heard Jiang Mingwei's question, they panicked.
They really didn't know what Jiang Mingwei wanted to hear.
All the maids lowered their heads and pretended to be dumb. The most decent maid had nothing to do, so she could only tentatively say: "I haven't heard of anything special. It's cold this winter, and many people don't go out. These few months Even Princess An didn't go out."
Jiang Mingwei was really not satisfied after listening to it, and she didn't know what she wanted to hear, but in any case, it shouldn't be the answer that Mu Mingtang didn't respond.
During this period of time, Jin Wang's mansion was bustling and bustling with traffic, Jiang Mingwei rarely raised her eyebrows, and waited for it to reach Mu Mingtang's ears, so that Mu Mingtang could also taste the feelings of envy and jealousy. However, she secretly paid attention to it for a month or two, and Prince An's mansion was always as quiet as ever. Jiang Mingwei couldn't help asking the maids, and only heard from the maids that Mu Mingtang never went out, and even didn't show up much in the past few months.
Not showing up for a month, what is the next door doing
Jiang Mingwei was not reconciled, and after a while, she asked unintentionally, "What about King An?"
"King An?" The maids looked at each other and said in a low voice, "King An has never heard anyone mention it before, so it shouldn't be anything special."
This is even more strange, Jiang Mingwei frowned more and more. During this period of time, the emperor made it clear that he supported Xie Xuanji. It is understandable that Mu Mingtang and the other female streamers did not move. How could Xie Xuanchen do nothing? Doesn't he panic
Jiang Mingwei thought about it for a long time, but she didn't quite understand what the couple next door was doing, how they were more mysterious than the other. During this time, the kung fu maid had already put makeup on Jiang Mingwei. Jiang Mingwei looked around and was generally satisfied, so she took out the earrings and wore them herself.
This pair of earrings was given to her by Xie Xuanji. Jiang Mingwei has always regarded them as a decent wife. Usually, no one else is allowed to touch them. They are all worn and picked by themselves. After wearing one side, she turned her head to wear the earrings on the other side, and asked, "Where's the prince?"
Jiang Mingwei didn't specifically mention the title, the prince in her mouth was Xie Xuanji. The maids serving on both sides held their breath unknowingly, and the eldest maid raised her heart and said cautiously: "The lord stayed in Wanyan's concubine's courtyard yesterday, and today there is news that the concubine will come to pay her respects later. If the princess has been waiting for a long time, let's eat first."
After speaking, everyone fell silent. Jiang Mingwei snorted coldly. She looked at her well-dressed herself in the mirror, and suddenly felt a sense of lethargy.
What's the use? Today is the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and she deliberately dresses up elegantly, firstly to calm those restless women, and secondly, she is also a woman who pleases herself. But Xie Xuanji specially sent someone over to speak for Wanyanduo. The side concubine will come later, why is she up late, isn't it something that everyone knows well.
Jiang Mingwei's complexion became obviously worse, and the maids did not dare to touch the mold, and they were all tense. At this time, there was a maid outside reporting a letter, and Aunt Lian came to greet her.
The 15th day of the first lunar month was a big day, Xie Xuanji was going to stay in the main room, and these two mornings were normal days. All the concubines and concubines came to greet Jiang Mingwei. Jiang Mingwei was determined to take care of herself in the main room, and asked her concubine to set rules for herself every day, but on the 15th day of the new year, the rules were undoubtedly the strictest.
In the past two days, no one dared to take time off.
Jiang Mingwei nodded condescendingly, and the maid led Lianhan in. Lianhan, who was the most beloved concubine last year, fell out of favor this year. When Lianhan's momentum was the most prosperous, she dared to say goodbye to Jiang Mingwei, did not talk about winning favor with Jiang Mingwei, and even wanted to share Jiang Mingwei's stewardship. Now that the feng shui has turned, the favor has been transferred to the foreign concubine, and Lianhan has fallen out of favor, so I remembered to please Jiang Mingwei.
Jiang Mingwei is undoubtedly very contemptuous of this, but after the happy time, there is also a subtle sadness.
Lianhan had been so favored and ended up like this, what would happen if she waited a few more years
Jiang Mingwei sighed with an indescribable sigh, and when she saw Lianhan, it was rare that she did not make things too difficult. It didn't take long for the concubines who were famous in the mansion to arrive one after another. Lianhan looked around and asked, "Why is Concubine Wanyan late today?"
Lianhan said this sentence to Jiang Mingwei on purpose. Of course, Lianhan knew that the princess was gnashing her teeth at this favored and background concubine, as if she was stuck in her throat. Lianhan wanted to curry favor with Jiang Mingwei, so she shouted some things that Jiang Mingwei was inconvenient to say.
After Lianhan's voice came out, everyone fell silent. Jiang Mingwei stroked the nails on her hand and said lightly: "The prince has just sent a message, the concubine is inconvenient, and may be late. Forget it, we won't wait for them, let's have dinner."
The women here have all gone through human affairs, so when they hear this, there is nothing they don't understand. Lianhan was annoyed that she had said the wrong thing, and she was extra attentive when she served Jiang Mingwei.
Wife and concubine are like a moat, no matter how favored a concubine is, she is not qualified to sit down in front of her. When eating in the main room, they also stand aside to bring tea and water to the mother, and serve rice and vegetables.
But today Lianhan hasn't started to play, there is a noise outside, and the women in the room all stood up when they heard the voice: "The lord is here."
When the voice fell, a maid's greeting came from outside, Jiang Mingwei was overjoyed and immediately greeted her. Xie Xuanji lifted the curtain and entered. Jiang Mingwei saw Huanhuan and called out "Your Majesty". Before she laughed, she saw Xie Xuanji turn around and take the initiative to support another person behind her.
Jiang Mingwei's smile gradually faded, and Wanyanduo saw Jiang Mingwei and bowed her head: "Princess."
"It turns out that the side concubine is here." Jiang Mingwei's tone was also very cold, and said, "Everyone has been waiting for the side concubine for a long time, come in quickly."
Xie Xuanji is here, and breakfast naturally needs to be adjusted. Jiang Mingwei led Xie Xuanji to the seat and explained: "My concubine originally thought that the prince would not come to me for breakfast today, so he let them set the meal first. I neglected the prince, please forgive me."
Xie Xuanji waved his hand and said it was okay, Jiang Mingwei apologized a few more words before sitting down next to Xie Xuanji.
A room of Yingying and Yanyan, except Xie Xuanji, were all women, but only Jiang Mingwei and Wanyanduo were qualified to sit down. In fact, Wanyanduo was not qualified, but she was an exotic princess and had the status of a side concubine, so she could only sit half a table at the dinner table.
The concubines who were still dead just now came to life in an instant, vying to wait on them one by one. Many of them set their sights on Wanyanduo. All the women in the backyard knew that the lord asked for water last night. To ask for water means to be favored. Now there are so many people in the backyard, one person can't finish a day, and his wife Jiang Mingwei has only two days, but Wanyanduo can occupy several nights. The eyes of all the concubines looking at her are full of jealousy hatred.
Wanyan Duo pretended not to know, and ate indifferently the whole time. After the meal, after several people washed their hands one after another, Xie Xuanji suddenly talked about the outside world: "The New Year is approaching, and this year, natural and man-made disasters have continued, and the emperor wants to hold a New Year's Eve banquet. for three days."
Jiang Mingwei was not surprised to hear it. She was worried this winter. So far, the disaster victims in the capital have not been settled. Since ancient times, the court has been focusing on ghosts and gods. It is not difficult to understand that the emperor wanted to take the opportunity to eliminate bad luck.
Jiang Mingwei nodded and said, "My concubine wrote it down. Apart from New Year's Eve and Yuan's Day, is there anything else I should pay attention to?"
Xie Xuanji is now the emperor's most important son. At this kind of banquet, Jiang Mingwei is the focus of attention, and of course it cannot be sloppy.
Xie Xuanji paused for a while, and said vaguely: "Recently, it seems that the second brother has not been seen for a long time."
When Jiang Mingwei heard this, she couldn't help but frown. It was a coincidence. She just said about the couple next door, why did Xie Xuanji ask
Jiang Mingwei didn't know if it was a coincidence or if Xie Xuanji beat him on purpose, so he didn't answer for a while. On the contrary, Wanyanduo heard it and responded, "Yes, Prince An and Princess An have not been out for a long time. I don't know if everything is fine with them. People outside can't hear anything, which is really worrying."
Xie Xuanji glanced at Wanyan Duo with admiration, nodded and said, "Yes, this is what this king means too. The royal father specially told me to say goodbye to the second brother and pay more attention to the second brother's condition. I haven't seen my brother out of the house for a long time now. I feel uneasy in my heart, why don't I go over there and take a look at the end of the year, if there is anything from the second brother, we can help."
Only then did Jiang Mingwei react. It turned out that the emperor suspected Xie Xuanchen, and the eyeliner once buried in Prince An's mansion was broken again, so he wanted Xie Xuanji to go over and find out the truth. Jiang Mingwei glanced at Wanyanduo secretly and unhappily, and said with the generosity of the main room: "What the lord said is very true, I haven't seen my sister-in-law for a while, and I miss it very much. It's better to choose a day than to hit the sun, just in time. Today, I will go to my sister-in-law to say goodbye to her early years."
At this moment in Yulin Hall, Mu Mingtang just got up.
She rubbed her waist and really didn't even have the strength to get up. Xie Xuanchen eats the marrow and knows the taste, and becomes more and more unrestrained. Every time, Mu Mingtang is extremely tired and faints. When he wakes up the next day, his waist and legs are sore.
Yesterday, Xie Xuanchen was especially excessive. When Mu Mingtang woke up, he couldn't exert any strength on his waist. Xie Xuanchen said that he was rubbing for her, but the taste changed when he rubbed it. She was powerless to resist, and was pressed and kneaded by Haosheng for a while, and didn't get up until this hour.
Mu Mingtang leaned in front of the dressing table, twiddled her hair, and yawned while covering her mouth while dressing.
Mu Mingtang didn't pay attention to what bun she wore today. She leaned on the dresser with one hand to rest and fell asleep accidentally. When she woke up again, she found that there was silence around her, the maid behind her who was dressing her clothes had long since disappeared, and there was no maid in the whole room.
Xie Xuanchen was sitting beside her, fiddling with the tassels on her temples, when she saw her opening her eyes and smiling, "Awake?"
Mu Mingtang got angry when he saw him, and closed his eyes in a different direction, completely ignoring him.
Xie Xuanchen didn't think he was embarrassed, he switched to the other side skillfully, and asked, "Really so sleepy? Can you fall asleep after combing your hair for a moment?"
"How long did I sleep last night, why do you feel sleepy, don't you know?"
Xie Xuanchen was speechless, he gently hugged Mu Mingtang's waist and asked, "Are you still tired?"
Mu Mingtang closed his eyes, ignoring him. Xie Xuanchen felt very wronged, and he really couldn't blame him, it was just that Mu Mingtang needed to strengthen his training. He almost coaxed and said, "Okay, blame me. Eat first, then go back to sleep for a while. If you can't sleep, I can accompany you."
"No." Mu Mingtang vetoed, "I can sleep, I'll go by myself."
"How can this work." Xie Xuanchen refused righteously, "I remember pulling you to accompany me when I was sleepy last time, and now it is you who make up my sleep, how can I not repay my kindness? We will go back to sleep later. , now go to dinner. Yes, you are too sleepy to walk now, then I will hug you. "
Mu Mingtang was angry and laughing, opened his eyes and pushed his hand: "Don't come here, let go!"
Xie Xuanchen wanted to hug her more and more at first sight. The fringe on Mu Mingtang's hair bun was loosened by Xie Xuanchen just now, but now Mu Mingtang hides back, the fringe is swaying and shaky. The two of them were playing around when they suddenly heard the maid reporting from the outside: "Wang Ye, Wang Fei, the King of Jin and the Concubine and Concubine of Jin are here."
The voice fell behind, and the tassel finally couldn't bear it, and fell to the ground with a click. Mu Mingtang frowned and muttered to himself, "What are they doing here?"
Xie Xuanchen turned a deaf ear, picked up the tassel hairpin around her, and inserted it into Mu Mingtang's hair again: "Never mind them, no see."