Yao Niang walked forward with hurried steps, a low hoarse laughter suddenly sounded.
This voice is magnetic, and the tail tone rises slightly, as if with a hook, scratching people's itch.
Yaoniang subconsciously thinks of Concubine Yong, but in fact it is Concubine Yong who is standing under the apricot tree by the road and looking towards this side with a smile.
She was wearing a Sichuan brocade beige with gold embroidered peony patterns and a pleated satin skirt with dark flowers and fine silk, giving her an air of grace and luxury. Yaoniang has only met Concubine Yong a few times, and every time she sees this person, she cannot help but be amazed by her. It is also Princess Yong who likes strong colors, exquisite and complicated embroidery and gold ornaments, which give people a very luxurious and bright feeling overall.
"I didn't expect Concubine Su to be so eloquent that she defeated all the daughters of Wangge's hometown. It's really unexpected."
Yaoniang didn't want to talk to this person, especially thinking about what King Jin said, the relationship between Princess Yong and Princess Jin, made her feel guarded, and couldn't help but clenched the veil in her hand.
"I don't know if Princess Yong has something to do, if not, I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you any longer."
Concubine Yong's captivating eyes lingered on Yaoniang, this girl is really a stunner, she looks delicate and childish, but she has a charming body. The amorous feelings exuded inadvertently are the most seductive, probably not many men can stand this.
Concubine Yong is not an ordinary person. Prince Yong seems to be gentle and refined on the surface, but in fact he is the most absurd inside. King Yong likes women, and Concubine Yong likes both men and women. It's not like the husband and wife haven't done the lewd things of two women and one man. What kind of methods have never been played, what kind of tricks have never been seen, and the knowledge is far beyond the average person.
She hardly had to think much about how enchanting this woman would be on the bed, no wonder someone like King Jin would fall into the gentle village and be unable to get out. Even she didn't like this type of woman, she couldn't help but feel a little itchy, if it wasn't for...
Thinking of Princess Jin, Princess Yong's eyes turned cold, but she said with a smile on her face: "I'm fine, but I accidentally ran into something I shouldn't have seen when I came out to breathe. But don't worry, Concubine Su, I won't mess around casually." Said."
Yaoniang lowered her head and didn't speak.
Concubine Yong said again: "Seeing that Concubine Su doesn't go out often, I'm afraid I don't know the origin of this girl? This girl is the granddaughter of Wang Gelao. Yuanyuan, peaches and plums are all over the world, among them are some great Confucian scholars and high-ranking officials, they can be regarded as the most noble families."
Yaoniang still didn't speak.
Concubine Yong looked at her curiously: "Isn't Concubine Su curious why this girl from the Wang family blocked your way and spoke lies to you?"
Only then did Yaoniang raise her head and look at the other party: "I'm not curious, if Princess Yong is fine, I'll leave now." It was obvious that Princess Yong had ulterior motives, and she didn't want to fall into the trap of the other party.
There was another chuckle, and Concubine Yong stopped playing tricks, and cut to the point: "The Holy Majesty originally proposed to marry Miss Wang for the ex-grandson and current son of King Hui, but unfortunately, Miss Wang didn't like the son, and made a fuss about not getting married. Naturally, this marriage cannot be done. Miss Wang You are born in a noble family, how many people can't ask for a marriage, I'm afraid you don't know, King An, King Yong, King Dai, etc. all have the intention of asking for marriage."
"It's really enviable that so many nobles from Tianhuang want to marry girls from the Wang family." Having said this, Concubine Yong deliberately paused, looking at Yaoniang with wandering eyes. Seeing that she was still silent, a hint of frustration flashed in her eyes.
She smiled even more: "I don't know that His Royal Highness Jin Wang is one of them? The girl of the Wang family said such a thing, I think Su Fangfei should pay more attention, if she really offends the future big woman , I'm afraid the future will be difficult."
Yaoniang interrupted: "Princess Yong, where do you put Princess Jin? If I'm not mistaken, you and Concubine Wang are old acquaintances."
Concubine Yong was stunned for a moment, seeing disbelief in the other party's eyes, she let out a series of chuckles: "It turns out that Concubine Su didn't know."
Yaoniang couldn't help but follow her and asked, "What don't I know?"
"Don't you know that the King of Jin once told the Holy One about divorce? No one outside said it. His Royal Highness Jin Wang is really sincere. He even planned to leave the position of princess vacant to show his sincerity..."
After that, what Princess Yong said, Yaoniang didn't listen at all, she walked two steps forward in a daze, and suddenly heard a series of hurried footsteps and the sound of red silk.
"Your Majesty, this servant has found you, but it was only in the blink of an eye. I didn't see you when this servant came out, and I was planning to ask the people from Prince Qing's Mansion to help find you." Seeing that Yaoniang was in a bad mood, Hongsi couldn't help asking : "Ma'am, what's wrong with you?"
Yaoniang came back to her senses, looked behind her, and found that Princess Yong had disappeared at some point.
"No, I'm fine. By the way, Yuchan and the eldest son?"
"Sister Yuchan and the Eldest Prince are together with the Young Master Zhu Zhu, and it seems that they have followed Princess Qing to the main courtyard."
"Then let's go find them."
The two of them didn't know the way, so they could only be led to the main courtyard by the servants of Prince Qing's Mansion. Before entering the room, they heard a child crying inside.
It was the cry of little pearls.
Yaoniang hurriedly ran in, and saw brother Yan, Zhuzhu and Xiaobao all in the next room. The inner door is closed. Zhuzhu, who was originally obedient and sensible, suddenly became unreasonable. No matter how the girls coaxed her, she ignored her and lay on the big kang, shaking her hands and feet and crying.
"What's wrong?"
She stepped forward a few steps, hugged Zhuzhu in her arms, and went to see Brother Yan and Xiaobao. Brother Yan's face was a little pale, and his eyes were full of pain for a child who was obviously only a little over three years old. And Xiao Bao stood beside him, not in a good spirit.
Going to see the maids who hesitate to speak but stop looking at the closed door, what else does Yaoniang not understand. She sighed inwardly, patted Zhuzhu lightly, and coaxed her in a low voice.
But this time Yaoniang's omnipotent charm for children has failed, Zhuzhu just doesn't listen, and keeps calling her mother. Inexplicably, Yaoniang also wanted to cry, not only for the poor child, but also for Princess Qing, and even for herself.
Holding Zhuzhu in her arms, she stepped forward a few steps and knocked on the door.
"If you still recognize me as my little sister-in-law, you can open the door! I know you are sad, but you gave birth to this, so don't you feel bad?!"
Before the words were finished, the door suddenly opened from the inside, revealing Princess Qing's fair face full of tears.
She rushed forward immediately, hugged Yaoniang and Zhuzhu at the same time, and burst into tears.
"Fifth sister-in-law, you don't know, I feel bitter..."
When the mother cried, Zhuzhu also cried, and Yaoniang almost fainted from crying. Finally, Princess Qing was not so excited, she quickly winked at Yuchan and Hongsiu, and asked them to help Princess Qing onto the big kang.
She sat down opposite Princess Qing, holding Xiaobao in her arms. Concubine Qing was sitting opposite her, holding Zhuzhu, and brother Yan was sitting beside her.
After this, Princess Qing also regained some composure, and asked the servant girl to fetch water to help her wash up.
After a while, apart from her red and swollen eyes, Princess Qing is already much better.
"I made you laugh, little sister-in-law Wu, and I asked you not to blame me just now. I didn't mean to use you as a raft to fight her." What Princess Qing said meant that she said to Concubine Han before that it was because of her suffering. King Qing ordered to entertain Yaoniang, so he was late.
In fact, King Qing did tell Princess Qing to let her entertain Yaoniang in a good way, but speaking out under such circumstances, there is a suspicion of wanting to drag Yaoniang into trouble.
Yaoniang shook her head indifferently, "It's okay, don't think too much about it."
"I'm really aggrieved and flustered. You're right. No matter what, I shouldn't vent my anger on the child."
Yaoniang sighed, not knowing what to say.
"That person surnamed Han is not a good person. He is humble in front of the prince and shows off his power in front of me. The key point is that the prince doesn't believe it. He doesn't believe that she would do this. He always feels that I am jealous and deliberately smear the other party."
Yaoniang hesitated and hesitated, and then said: "Jirou, you shouldn't tell me about this, I..." She paused, "I have no position to judge the other party, after all, I am also a concubine."
There was a look of embarrassment on her face, Xiaobao felt a little distressed, and couldn't help reaching out to touch his mother's face. Yaoniang grabbed her son's little hand, patted it lightly, and then raised her head to look at Princess Xiang Qing: "The same is true of young people, no one is more noble than anyone else, I hope you can understand my embarrassment, I am not mean to you What dissatisfaction."
Princess Qing was stunned for a moment, and said anxiously: "Sister-in-law Wu, have you misunderstood something? You are different from that Han."
"There's no difference. She's a concubine, and I'm a concubine..."
"No, no, it's different. I heard from my lord that the fifth brother and the fifth sister-in-law have not had a good time since they got married. There is an inextricable knot between them. Brother did something unforgivable wrong. My lord did not say the specifics, but I can understand what he meant, so although we are called Fifth Sister-in-law, we did not regard her as the real Fifth Sister-in-law. But you are different, you It was the fifth brother who personally told my lord, although we call you little fifth sister-in-law, but because of your title, you can understand what I mean, right?"
Yaoniang nodded hesitantly.
Princess Qing showed a relieved smile, "So don't demean yourself, you are different from Concubine Han. She is not right..."
When Concubine Han was mentioned, Princess Qing's complexion became complicated again, which proved how much she cared about and how much she feared this person, almost becoming her demon.
She gave a wry smile and said, "Actually, it's different from what you think. The lord and I are pretty good, including now. You came late, so you probably don't know the relationship between my lord and Fifth Brother. It stands to reason that they are like them." With such an identity, even though there is a deep brotherhood on the surface, it is mostly just to save face, but my prince and fifth brother are not."
Following Princess Qing's slow talk, Yaoniang finally had a correct understanding of King Qing and his relationship with King Jin.
Although King Qing is a prince, he was not born high. All this is because King Qing's mother and concubine Concubine Han is a Korean.
Concubine Han came here as a tribute from Goryeo. For women like this, Goryeo would pay a batch of tribute every few years. Some were rewarded to princes and ministers, and some served as court ladies in the palace. Concubine Han was lucky, because of her outstanding appearance, Emperor Hongjing stayed by her side to serve her.
There are countless people like Concubine Han in the Forbidden City, and her first entry into the palace is just a small change of clothes. A concubine like this is not qualified to live in the first palace alone, and is usually a vassal of the master of the first palace, and Han Changyi lives in the rear side hall of Jingren Palace.
The main seat of Jingren Palace is Concubine Shen De, the concubine of King Jin.
A weak body, invincible. One left his hometown and was in a state of anxiety. Shen Luan has a tolerant temperament, while Han Changyi has a soft temperament, and the two live in the same palace and get along well.
Later, Shen Luan was pregnant with King Jin, and Han Changyi was pregnant with King Qing within two years, but unfortunately Han Changyi died of a dystocia, leaving King Qing behind.
Han Changyi has never been regarded as a favorite, he still changed his clothes until he died, and was made a concubine after his death. Because Shen Luan was the head of Jingren Palace, King Qing was raised by Shen Luan's side, and later Shen Luan also died, and the two brothers became motherless children.
But now King Jin has grown up, so he doesn't let anyone raise him, but lives in Ganxi No. 5 by himself. On the contrary, because King Qing was still young, he was raised by a concubine for two years, and then he also went to Ganxi No. 5. According to the Daqian system, when the prince reaches the age of five, he will leave his mother and go to live in Qianxiwu residence.
So King Jin and King Qing had a good relationship since they were young, and King Qing even took King Jin as his leader when he was young.
After listening to the story of King Jin and King Qing, Yaoniang remained silent for a long time. She only knew that King Jin's mother and concubine, Concubine De, had long since disappeared, but she didn't know that King Jin, King Qing and their mother and concubine still had such a relationship.
"Because the mother and concubine are women who pay tribute from foreign races, the prince has always had a low status in the palace. Fortunately, he has the protection of the fifth brother. Afterwards, the fifth brother divided the feudal domain. I just married the prince at that time. The prince told me these things. No The prince and I have also left the capital for two years, but the connection with the fifth brother has not been broken."
Speaking of this, Princess Qing suddenly smiled, "Are you wondering why you are talking about Concubine Han, but why are you talking about the past of my prince and fifth brother?"
Yao Niang is not stupid either, Concubine Han's surname is Han, and Concubine Han's surname is also Han, and Concubine Han makes her feel weird, and only then did she realize that it was her accent that was the fault. Moreover, this woman is fair and soft, and her appearance is no different from that of Dagan, but she always has a different kind of exotic style.
"Could it be that Concubine Han and Concubine Han—"
Princess Qing smiled wryly, and nodded: "Even I didn't expect that my lord and I are considered husband and wife, and Cheng Yaojin would suddenly come out halfway. The lord once went out and didn't come back for more than a month. She was always with her. Her mother and mother concubine were sisters. The mother concubine came to work, but her mother stayed in Korea. Her mother was seriously ill. Before she left, she was really worried about her daughter, so she was sent to the Big job."
Yaoniang was very shocked, after more than 20 years of separation, there are still people looking for relatives.
"Will there be..."
"Are you saying there are fakes, are they fake?" Princess Qing shook her head, and said with a wry smile: "I thought so too, but later I found out that Goryeo is just a small country, and it is very rare for a woman who pays tribute to become a concubine in Daqian. , so the mother concubine also benefited the family. Her mother married fairly well, and she was also the queen of the official family. It is a pity that Goryeo was in turmoil, and her father died in a coup. She and her mother were lucky to escape because of the relationship between the mother and concubine. Before she came to Qingzhou, she went to the capital first, and was sent by people in the capital, so there can be no false origin."
"That's a cousin, and she's here to find relatives, and she can marry as a cousin, and there's no need to be like this."
"That's why I said that her heart is not right. The prince brought her back, intending to marry her off as his own sister. But she took the opportunity to throw herself into the arms of the prince when he was drunk. I was also stupid, but I didn't see that She has such thoughts, and by the time she knows it, it will be too late, and it will be done. I said that she had ulterior motives, but the lord explained to her, saying that it was because of her drunkenness that she had ruined her cousin's reputation, and pitied her for her miserable life experience, so he took her into the The mansion also granted the position of side concubine."
"My lord is a good person, with a sincere heart, tolerant and generous, and never suspicious of others. With this relationship, she is even more generous to her. And she, after a short while, showed her true colors in front of me and bowed down in front of the lord. When I was young, I was hiding a needle in front of me. Especially this time when Brother Sheng was born, she was even more confrontational with me, and the prince and I did not trust each other, but it was because there were a lot of quarrels between her and the husband and wife. centrifugal."
"You haven't said these things to King Qing?"
"How do you say it? Even if you tell me, he won't believe it. You should understand, little sister-in-law, that there are too many tricks in this back house, which makes it difficult for people to express their sufferings and pains."
Yaoniang is silent, she has lived two lifetimes, of course she understands this.
The two fell into silence, while the three children sat beside them with solemn faces, and they didn't know how much they could understand.
Princess Qing suddenly laughed: "Sister-in-law Wu, I made you worry about my affairs. You don't know, I have kept these things in my heart for too long, and I dare not say them in front of others, let alone my natal family. It’s too tiring for you to listen to me say these things.”
"Nothing, but I can't help much."
"No one can help you with this kind of thing." Princess Qing smiled wryly, with a look of desolation on her face.
Yaoniang glanced at Princess Qing, hesitated and said, "I don't know if I should say something or not."
"We have said so much today, there is nothing we cannot say."
Yao Niang nodded, and said: "I think you should throw away all the depression and arrogance in your heart, unless you don't plan to have a relationship between you and King Qing, and you plan to watch King Qing get better and better with you. Yuan, intending to see King Qing hurt brother Cheng, and treat Yan brother coldly, intending to watch her laugh and cry by himself. There is nothing the couple can't hold their heads down. You should soften your attitude and talk to him more, I don't believe that King Qing won't listen.
"Let's not force it. Water drips through stone and moistens everything silently. I don't believe she can keep her feet from showing. Even if you know that she has ulterior motives, you should understand that the better you and King Qing are, the more anxious she is, and chaos will arise when people are anxious." If there is chaos, it is easy to make mistakes. When she makes mistakes, King Qing will not be as suspicious of her as he is now."
Princess Qing's eyes sparkled when she heard this, she loosened her grip on the handkerchief, and couldn't help but ask, "Sister-in-law Wu, how do you know this?"
her? After all, she has lived two lifetimes, and she has never eaten pork, and she has never seen a pig run.
Princess Qing thought even more. She thought of Princess Jin who was sent to Zhuangzi. Could it be that Xiao Wusao used this method to force that person into Zhuangzi
Immediately, she felt that it was too wrong to use the word "forced" to describe the fifth sister-in-law. She heard what King Qing said, saying that the fifth sister-in-law had suffered a lot back then, and even after she met the fifth brother, she kept her own place. Concubine Jin couldn't hold her breath and took advantage of the little sister-in-law to attack her when she was giving birth, so she angered the fifth brother and sent her to Zhuangzi to recuperate.
"Can this work?" She hesitated anxiously.
"It's okay, it's okay to try, and you don't lose anything. And if it works, you don't have to be wronged all the time, and you have wronged two children."
Concubine Qing and Yaoniang talked a lot while sitting together, and the relationship between the two became closer and closer.
Seeing Niang smiling again, Brother Yan and Zhuzhu's spirits improved a lot. Yaoniang asked the two brothers and sisters to take Xiaobao to play, and the three little guys went to play together.
Only then did Yaoniang say to Princess Qing: "You must always remember in the future, no matter what, don't show it in front of the children. You see they are young and ignorant, but they actually understand everything."
Princess Qing nodded again and again, both ashamed and grateful: "It wasn't you, Fifth Sister-in-law, I really didn't know that it would cause such great harm to the child."
At this time, the banquet had already started outside, Princess Qing and Yaoniang didn't go out again, but had dinner in the main courtyard.
During the meal, Princess Qing and Brother Yan's Zhuzhu were petrified by Xiaobao's large appetite.
Little Zhuzhu's eyes are not enough, how can this little brother be so good at eating, and can eat so much. Not to be outdone, she waved away the maid who fed her and wanted to eat by herself. It's a pity that I have small hands and short hands. I haven't eaten it myself before, and I don't know how to dig it with a spoon.
The key point is that this child is stubborn, he can't eat and has to make it himself.
While everyone's attention was on Zhuzhu, Brother Yan asked the maid for a rice bowl and a spoon, and took the spoon to dig the rice in the bowl bit by bit.
When everyone turned around, Brother Yan had already eaten a bowl of rice. Seeing that Xiaobao was eating the second bowl, he asked the servant girl to serve him another bowl.
Princess Qing was both happy and excited, and said to Yao Niang: "Brother Yan has never eaten so much, every time he eats a few mouthfuls, he stops eating, and he doesn't like to eat anything. It tastes so delicious."
Yaoniang thought for a while, and then said: "Brother Yan is getting older, so he can't be hugged all the time. He consumes a lot of energy, so he eats more. He always sits still, so naturally he won't feel hungry."
Princess Qing nodded as she listened: "Sister-in-law Wu, you really have a way. I will let them lead Brother Yan to play more in the future. You will also bring Xiaobao to my place more often in the future. With Xiaobao, Brother Yan will definitely Getting stronger and stronger."
Xiao Bao, who was picking up the rice on the side, looked at the two furry children beside him who had eaten rice grains all over their faces.
He is so small, these two are bigger than him, and he is not eating with him, as if he is very good at eating!
Not to mention these, the seats in the front yard soon dispersed.
In fact, to be honest, the seat that King Jin and the others were sitting on broke up. All the princes were seated at this table, everyone had their own concerns, tried all kinds of things, didn't eat much, but drank a lot of wine.
King Lu would make a fuss whenever he drank, and King Hui's wine was not good, so the meal was naturally uncomfortable, and it ended hastily.
The word came from over there that Yaoniang had to take Xiaobao away here. Princess Qing held Yaoniang's hand reluctantly and told her again and again to let her come when she was free, and to go to Jin Dynasty when she was free. palace.
After getting into the car, Yaoniang smelled the smell of alcohol on King Jin's body, and she saw that she had been drinking a lot.
The car drove quietly to Prince Jin's mansion, King Jin half closed his eyes, seemed to be resting his mind, and seemed to be thinking about something. The big one holds Yaoniang's small hand, rubbing it from time to time.
The car was very quiet, and Yaoniang suddenly realized that there was a lot of emotion in her heart, but after such a persuasion, it disappeared inexplicably.
In fact, how does King Jin plan, why should she care about it. Whether or not Miss Wang comes, there is always a Jin princess there. Whether it is Princess Jin or the girl surnamed Wang, it has nothing to do with her, nor can she interfere.
It was these recent days that raised her heart. It made her suddenly think that she was his wife, because she was delusional to get something that shouldn't belong to her, so she was confused and painful.
Yaoniang quietly realized that at this moment her heart was very peaceful, of course she still had some small emotions, but they can be ignored.
"What are you thinking about?" King Jin looked at her with half-raised narrow eyes. Because of drinking, his eyes were strangely blurred, which made people feel like he was out of breath.
Seeing him like this, Yaoniang's heart began to boil again.
She remembered what she said to Princess Qing...
"I ran into a guy today..."