"Thank you Your Highness."
"Get in the car." King Qing withdrew his hand and said.
Concubine Han looked at her elbow with some disappointment, didn't say much, nodded and lowered her head into the car.
In another carriage, Princess Qing watched this scene through the window, her eyes fluttered.
Beside her, Zhuzhu pulled Princess Laqing's sleeve, "Mother, I'm sleepy."
Princess Qing hugged her into her arms, and said softly: "I'm sleepy, mother will hug you to sleep." She closed the curtain of the car with one hand, and didn't look at all that again.
When he arrived at King Qing's mansion, King Qing got off his horse and came to the carriage, first picked up Brother Yan, and then went to hug Zhuzhu. Zhuzhu slept like a piglet and didn't wake up when she got out of the car. Concubine Qing took Brother Yan and walked in beside King Qing.
"Ahhh..."
A female voice came from behind, it was Concubine Han's voice.
Turning around, she saw her stroking her calf with one hand, frowning tightly, with a pained look on her face. Next to her was a girl who looked at her helplessly.
King Qing couldn't help but stop. Seeing King Qing looking over, Concubine Han called out with tears in her eyes, "Your Highness, my foot seems to be twisted..."
King Qing looked at her hesitantly, and then went to see Princess Qing.
Concubine Qing was expressionless, Concubine Han over there let out another cry of pain, and Prince Qing hesitated and said: "She is pregnant... I will send her back and come back..."
Princess Qing reached out to take Zhuzhu, without saying a word, she just left with her head down.
Seeing the backs of those crowds leaving in droves, King Qing's eyes flashed a look of depression, and he didn't walk over slowly until he was called again.
"Mother." Brother Yan called out worriedly. He only calls his concubine mother in front of people, and usually calls his mother.
"What's wrong?" Princess Qing looked at him with a smile.
"It's nothing." Brother Yan shook his head, hiding the worry in his eyes.
Except for a day of idleness in the mansion on the second day of junior high school, since the third day of junior high school, King Jin took Yao Niang and Xiao Bao out to celebrate the new year and have banquets.
The first one to go was of course Ningguo Mansion, which was lively for a whole day, followed by Hui Wang Mansion, An Wang Mansion, Dai Wang Mansion and Yong Wang Mansion. The former is to worship, and as for the palaces of Prince Lu and Prince Qing, etc., they will only go if they come to the door. Going to other people's houses is to be vigilant and watch the flowers. For a few days, Yaoniang was very tired. It was not until people from Prince Qing's house invited her to the door that she finally showed a smile.
On this day, I didn't get up until Chen Shi, cleaned up, washed and had breakfast, and prepared a car and horse to go to Prince Qing's mansion.
Prince Qing's Mansion was no different from other mansions, they were all beaming. The servants are well dressed and smiling. Even if there is a family mourning at this time, we have to wait for the New Year's Day to pass.
Naturally, King Qing invited not only King Jin, but all his elder brothers.
Except for King Hui who did not bring his concubine, all the other kings came with their concubines. On the contrary, King Jin took Yaoniang with him, and others now know that something happened to Prince Jin's mansion. The concubine Jin fell out of favor and was sent to Zhuangzi to recuperate. It was because King Jin was used to taking Yaoniang with her. Emperor Hongjing didn't say anything. , others will not say much.
At such a time, it is natural to be so festive and lively, Prince Qing's Mansion also invited a troupe for singing. Now it is popular in Beijing to watch operas, and anyone who knows how to sing can hum a few lines along with them. Yaoniang didn't like it, she thought martial arts was too noisy, and she couldn't understand literary operas either. I patiently listened to it a few times, but every time I felt dizzy.
Talk to Jin Wang, Jin Wang said that she listened less.
Not to mention, when Yaoniang was still at home, she hadn't really heard a few operas, that is, when she was a child, there were two times when a wealthy family in the county invited an opera troupe to sing a temple fair. There was no shadow of him.
Before the noon banquet was held, everyone sat in the theater and watched the play.
Children are naturally indispensable for this kind of occasion. The eight palaces add up to more than twenty children. The older ones play with the older ones, and the younger ones play with the younger ones. As for the older ones, they all stayed with their father or mother.
For example, Zhao Zuo, the eldest son of King Hui's family, and Princess Rongxia, the fourteen-year-old eldest daughter of King An. Princess Rongxia looks like Concubine An, with a round face and detailed eyes, she is very quiet and doesn't talk much. It's not that anyone talks to her, but most of them are sitting beside Concubine An in silence.
Several women and Taoists were chatting, and they talked about Princess Rongxia's marriage.
Among the concubines, Concubine Wu was the youngest, but she was the one who talked the most. Princess Rongxia blushed and wanted to hide from the question, but she still didn't keep her mouth shut. Yaoniang and Princess Qing looked at each other, but didn't interrupt, just sat and listened in silence.
The men sat on the other side, across a hall from this side. From this side, you can clearly see the situation there, but you can't hear anything.
On the other end, several half-grown children roared in and out, running up the stairs for a while, and running down for a while. It's completely different from what I usually see in the palace, most of the time I see people ordering dishes, knowing that I can't make trouble in the palace, but I can make trouble when I come out.
It is also a festive Chinese New Year, this time pays attention to taboos, generally even if the children are mischievous, no adults will reprimand them.
Seeing Concubine An and Concubine Wu facing Maimang, as if they were about to quarrel, Concubine Qing and Yao Niang looked at each other, stood up and said they were going to Gongfang.
The two left the theater.
The weather is fine today, although it is still cold, but there is sunshine.
Brother Yan, Xiaobao, Zhuzhu and Yueyue were playing in the flower garden in front of the theater building, accompanied by a few maidservants. Seeing Yuchan watching from the side, Yaoniang left very relieved.
He chose a small path with Princess Qing, and Yaoniang asked in a low voice: "What's wrong? I think you seem to be in a bad mood these few times?"
Princess Qing wanted to hide it at first, but she was probably depressed in her heart, her lips parted, she lowered her head to look at the skirt: "She is pregnant again."
Pregnant? Yao Niang was shocked, and she put it away in a hurry until she saw the lonely look on Princess Qing's face.
"How long has it been, and the matter is over?" Yao Niang didn't know what to say, this King Qing seemed to be wise and mighty, so why was he so generous with this.
Princess Qing smiled bitterly: "This is her usual method, pretending to be pitiful. She always has a way to win his sympathy. I lied to myself before that the prince just sympathized with her, pity her, not like her. Now I suddenly don't like her." confirmed… "
Yaoniang didn't know how to persuade her, so she could only say dryly: "Don't think too much."
"Fifth sister-in-law, I didn't think too much. I thought very clearly during this time. You probably don't know. I can't sleep all night these days. I think about this every day. I'm wondering where I lost How could I be inferior to her? But I gradually realized that I was thinking too much. It is natural for a man to have three wives and four concubines. I am jealous because I am jealous. But the problem is, it was fine before... Really, I also imagined As you said, win over and refuse to let go, but I found it very difficult, especially after going through all kinds of things before, suddenly changed beyond recognition, and felt strange and cold... "
Yaoniang has an urge to cry.
She hoped that Princess Qing could cry, instead of muttering about her own journey in despair. What kind of disappointment is it that can make a woman like a begonia wither and wither all of a sudden
Yao Niang couldn't figure it out, she tried to think if one day King Jin would suddenly change and would no longer be what he is now. His cold tenderness was given to another woman, he was doing the most intimate thing she had ever done with him with that woman, said the same thing, and that woman gave birth to him...
She felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and she couldn't help shivering. She tried her best to let herself think about it and imagine what would happen to herself. She felt that she would definitely go crazy, she would definitely go crazy.
After all, she was so pleasing to him that she wanted to monopolize him and would not let anyone else.
She likes King Jin
Yes, she liked it, very early on.
"Seventh brother and sister, you don't want to think about other things, but also think about Brother Yan and Zhuzhu." Yaoniang felt that her comfort was very weak, and she even felt that she was shameless, because she couldn't be indifferent, how could she ask for it? other people.
But besides this, is there any other way to go
This world treats women so harshly. The daughter-in-law of an ordinary family can only watch helplessly if her husband takes a concubine, let alone the royal family. For the royal family, this is a matter of course and should be taken for granted. The most important thing is to reproduce children. Even if there are fewer women around the prince, the higher-ups will take the initiative to reward a few.
Yao Niang has not forgotten that there are many women in the back house of King Jin's mansion, even though King Jin has never touched them, they are also the concubines of King Jin in name.
This is a life-and-death battle where there is no sword. She dominates, and others are doomed to be neglected. If others don't want to be neglected, they have to fight. If she is defeated, others will stand out. After living two lifetimes, for the first time, Yaoniang has a thorough understanding of the dispute over the back house.
Yaoniang was so flustered that she didn't want to think about it anymore.
After Princess Qing smiled, she said: "I just think about Brother Yan and Zhuzhu, otherwise I would have asked for it now."
Just as she was talking, suddenly a servant girl came over in a hurry: "Princess, something happened to the young master, the young master."
Princess Qing's face turned pale.
Xiaobao and Brother Yan are playing with the little native dog named Doudou with their two little girls.
It was a good time to play, Brother Xuan's leather monkey called a few people around his age, and they also came here to play, a few of them played the game of officers and soldiers catching bandits. They came roaring, roaring away, each holding soft branches as swords in their hands, and the bandits and officers and soldiers fought like a raging fire.
Seeing that it was getting more and more noisy, Xiaobao wanted to move the place, and talked to Brother Yan, and the four of them took Doudou and planned to stay away.
As he was walking, Brother Xuan, a bandit avoiding the officers and soldiers, accidentally bumped into Brother Yan.
They are about the same size, but brother Xuan is stronger and brother Yan is weaker. Brother Yan was hit and sat on the ground, while Brother Xuan was caught by the officers and soldiers behind him because he blocked it.
Brother Xuan is the last member of the bandit group, and if he is caught, it will be considered a victory. Several brothers who played the role of officers and soldiers burst into cheers, while the bandits complained that Brother Xuan couldn't run, so why was he caught, obviously he ran the fastest.
Brother Xuan saw that he had lost, and was blamed like this again. At the same time, he remembered the revenge he was beaten in his previous life, his face flushed with anger, and he dropped the branch in his hand and rushed towards Brother Yan.
"It's all because of you!"
Seeing Brother Xuan fighting with others, the bandit group and the officers and soldiers group next to him clapped their hands loudly.
The maid next to her wanted to come forward immediately, but she was scolded by one of the 'bandits': "Stand farther away, this is a battle for us men." fought.
It was obvious that Brother Yan couldn't beat Brother Xuan, so Xiaobao wanted to go up to help, but before he walked over, someone said that he was not good at winning with more and less. Xiaobao didn't bother to talk to these brats, and still wanted to go forward, so Brother Xuan's accomplices in the bandit group rushed forward.
"Hit me."
Boys seem to be particularly hot-blooded, especially when someone next to them is booing and clapping, they dare to do things that they didn't dare to do before. Yueyue and Zhuzhu were running around in a hurry, and asked the maids to stop them. The maids also wanted to go forward, but they were deliberately blocked by the bandit group and the officers and soldiers.
Yuchan was also watching from the side, but it was inconvenient for her to make a move on this occasion. If she made a move, it would be the servant who helped beat the little master. And from her point of view, the little guy who was fighting with Xiaobao was the shortest and the fastest, and it wasn't the little boy's hand.
The noise outside attracted the attention inside, and it happened that the second floor where the men were sitting was closest to this side. Wang An and the others came to the window together and looked down.
King An chuckled and said, "Lao Liu, your son is a demon king, why is he fighting with others again?"
Not only did King Lu not feel ashamed, but he was proud of himself: "This kid is full of energy. I plan to teach him martial arts in another year. But second brother, you are wrong. We fought like this when we were young. Why is it our turn?" Will my son become the Demon King of Confusion?"
This is true, these princes often fought together when they were young, as long as they didn't move their weapons, no one would stop them. Emperor Hongjing didn't let anyone stop him, he would fight if he won, and he would be beaten if he couldn't win. Because of this, the princes grew up with good martial arts.
Except for Yong Wang, of course, but Yong Wang has been a chicken thief since he was a child. He never took the initiative to provoke his brothers, and generally used yin.
So An Wang and the others not only did not have the heart to stop seeing such a scene, but stood by the window and watched.
King Lu said to King Jin: "Fifth brother, the one in your family is still young, but he can fight with the fourth brother's family."
King Jin didn't bother to talk to King Lu.
King Lu was also used to the dead face of King Jin, so he turned his head to provoke King Qing: "Old Qi, I think your kid is no match for my kid."
No, brother Yan is thin and brother Xuan is strong. Looking at brother Yan who is a few months older than brother Xuan, he is not a match for brother Xuan at all. Brother Xuan pinned him under his body, but Brother Yan was able to fight back, but it was a bit difficult.
But brother Yan is also stubborn, so he didn't cry.
King Qing smiled reluctantly, "This child has been thin since he was a child, not as strong as the Sixth Brother's family."
King Lu laughed and said: "It's right to be strong, and you won't suffer from fighting with others in the future."
King Lu's smile reminded King Qing of some things in his childhood. He was the closest to King Lu Xuchi, and he was crushed and beaten most by King Lu when he was young. Father didn't allow anyone to interfere, so Fifth Brother wanted to help him, so he could only watch from the sidelines.
He has been beaten many times, and every time he goes back, he puts more effort into learning kung fu. Unfortunately, King Lu is very talented, and he is the strongest in martial arts among several princes except King Jin. While he was learning, the other party was also learning. Because he was not favored in the palace, the martial arts master didn't pay attention to teaching him, so he would never be able to beat King Lu.
Now his son can't beat King Lu's son, Ming Mingyan is older than Xuan.
King Qing felt disappointed. Brother Yan was weak when he was young. This is inborn and cannot be changed at all. He would like to have another son with Jirou, but unfortunately Jirou has been silent since giving birth to Zhuzhu.
For some reason, he thought of brother Cheng, that child was very strong since he was born. He is big and strong, he is only a little over a year old, and he is so skinny that he barely got on the roof of the house.
Concubine Han said that when Brother Sheng gets older, let him learn martial arts from her. Although King Qing didn't respond, he was actually willing in his heart, and even thought about how to carefully train Brother Sheng more than once.
He knew that Jirou would definitely be unhappy again, but if it wasn't for Brother Yan's disappointment...
Just as King Qing fell into a trance, there was a sudden sound of horror from downstairs.
"I see blood..."
"The little boy's head was broken..."