The Xiao family came here in a hurry, they didn't even have breakfast, so they simply asked the girl to set up the breakfast, and the family sat around and had a meal.
After eating, I went to see Brother Yan and Zhuzhu, and then went away separately.
Second Master Xiao and Second Grandma went to the residence together, and Second Grandma Sun looked at her husband with some hesitation.
No need for her to speak, Second Master Xiao knew what she wanted to say, and glanced at her with a pair of tiger eyes: "First of all, I would like to say hello to you in advance, I am just a girl like Rou'er, if she is wronged, it is me who is wronged. You usually Small-minded, I like to haggle over every detail with my sister-in-law. It's between you and my sister-in-law. My brother and I know it well. Anyway, it won't hurt the relationship between brothers. Now that Rou'er has returned to her mother's house, she is a foreigner in name, but our family No one sees her as a foreigner. If you use your method to deal with her and say something unpleasant in front of her, don't blame me for being merciless."
This made the second grandma look embarrassed, and she said very unwillingly: "What do you think of me? You and your elder brother are usually busy outside, and my sister-in-law and I are also free, and our teeth and tongues are still fighting. You See when I have quarreled with my sister-in-law. Rou'er is your sister, and naturally she is also my sister, and I will definitely treat her well."
"That would be best."
In fact, Second Master Xiao knew that his sister-in-law and his wife couldn't quarrel because each other's men were in charge. In response to what the second grandma said, when teeth and tongues are still fighting, women are small-minded, staying under the same roof all day long, and it is inevitable that you have your nose and my eyes.
The old couple of Xiao's family also knew it in their hearts, but they didn't know it. Uncle Xiao and Second Master Xiao both valued brotherhood, and minor conflicts in women's families could not affect the relationship between them.
"You just like to slander me." Second Mistress said aggrievedly.
Although Second Master Xiao is reckless, he knows how to get along with husband and wife. He has seen too many scenes of parental love since he was a child, so he naturally understands the truth.
He was the only one in the Xiao family who didn't look like the Xiao family, but followed his grandfather, who was also Mrs. Xiao's biological father. With a rough appearance, tall and big, and a resolute appearance, he is a tough guy at first glance. But the second grandmother is petite and exquisite, with a pretty appearance.
Second Master Xiao stretched out his strong arms, put them around Second Grandma's shoulders, and hugged her: "You know the situation in our family. Father is strict with himself, upright and honest. Although mother has many dowries, that is Mother's body, give us to bear, don't let us don't worry about it. Our family has so many family properties passed down from our ancestors. Even if we separate in the future, most of them will belong to the elder brother. But don't worry, the man has ambitions everywhere. When you make meritorious deeds and seal your wife and son, I will definitely not let you suffer."
The men have dissected their hearts, how could the Second Grandma care about her narrow-mindedness, especially if she loved him so much, she immediately leaned on Second Master Xiao's chest and said, "Brother Kun, no matter how ignorant I am, There is no ignorance in this. Don't worry, I will treat my sister well."
"You're right."
And the same topic was repeated between Uncle Xiao and Grandma.
However, compared to Erye Xiao's extensive words and deeds, the uncle is obviously a restrained figure.
He didn't directly point out this matter, but gave Liu Qixuan the arrangements of the girl and woman over there in every detail, including everything from food and clothing to housing.
Upon hearing such words, the grandma swallowed the words in her throat naturally.
In fact, it's not that she dislikes her sister-in-law living at home, it's just that the status of her sister-in-law is different after all. The uncle is also a prince or a prince, and she reconciles with the prince. This has never happened since the founding of the Daqian Dynasty.
Especially with two children, how to reconcile
But everyone from her in-laws to her husband's uncle supported her, so she naturally didn't dare to say more. I planned to make a deal with my younger siblings, and I always wanted to persuade my sister-in-law, but who knew that the second grandmother wouldn't take over, so naturally it couldn't go on. Of course, this is something for later.
On the third day after Princess Qing returned to her natal home, King Qing came.
I didn't ask anyone to arrange a frame, and I came alone on horseback.
The news was not sent to Liu Qixuan, but to the first room and the second room first. Second Master Xiao has always been a man of action, so he immediately blocked King Qing in the gatehouse and beat him up severely.
"Don't look at you as a prince, if I want to beat you, I'll beat you!" Seeing the second master coming up, he beat someone, even the uncle, and the two boys in the porter were scared away. Second Master Xiao swung his fist again before cursing bitterly.
King Qing didn't fight back, he was a bit miserable, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.
After being beaten, she asked her second uncle: "Second brother, let me see Jirou."
"Bah, I'm not your second uncle. How did you promise me? Did you forget? Before you and Rou'er got married, my elder brother and I came to tell you that if you can't be sincere Treat her sincerely, and don't marry a girl from my Xiao family, how did you answer?"
He said that he would definitely treat Jirou well, treat her like a treasure, and treat her only in his life.
But he didn't do it!
Why didn't it work out? King Qing is still in a daze.
Women are indispensable around the prince, even after he got married, the emperor rewarded him with a few. But he has never touched any of them, he only has Jirou in his heart, and he can't see others.
He only has Jirou in his heart now, but why did he force him to run away and make up with him
King Qing has been thinking about this question for the past two days, but he couldn't figure it out, so he came to Xiao's house in a daze.
He had only one thought, which was to ask Jirou to forgive him.
"Second brother, it doesn't matter if you scold me and beat me, I just ask you to let me see Jirou."
Second Master Xiao sneered: "Let you see her, let you continue to hurt her? You just hug your Korean cousin over there, my Xiao family can still support a few people."
After finishing speaking, Second Master Xiao pushed him out of the concierge and slammed the door hard.
King Qing looked at the closed door in front of him, and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his hand.
He didn't dare to stay longer, he knew in his heart that his status was unusual, and he might attract attention. If the matter gets in front of the father and brings disaster to the Xiao family, then he will never be able to bring Jirou back.
When King Qing returned to the mansion, he locked himself in the study.
He came here in the study for the past two days, and he didn't see anyone, including Concubine Han.
Concubine Han came twice, but was blocked outside the study. Today, when she heard that King Qing had returned with a wound on his face, she came to the study again.
King Qing was so drunk that wine jars were thrown everywhere on the ground. If the servants came in to clean up, they would be scolded by him and left. These wine jars were saved up in the past few days, which is enough to tell how much wine King Qing drank.
Concubine Han walked in, the room was dimly lit, and she almost tripped over the wine jar on the floor. After finally standing still, he saw a person fell from the corner of the table.
It was King Qing.
King Qing looked embarrassed, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, he collapsed on the ground as drunk as mud, his body was full of alcohol.
Concubine Han came closer and was about to help him, but King Qing was still conscious, so he stretched out his hand and pushed her away.
King Qing opened his drunken eyes and looked at her: "What are you doing here, get out!"
"Cousin, you can't do this, it will damage your body. I'll help you up, don't lie on the ground."
"Go, get out, get out!"
"Cousin..." Concubine Han cried out, very pitifully: "Even if you hate me and don't want to see me again, don't play with your body. How can you bear it when you lie on the ground in such a cold day?" Stop. I know I was wrong, I shouldn't have lied to you, in fact I didn't mean it, but you have been ignoring me, I was afraid that you would forget me, I was afraid that you would dislike me, so I lied to myself...
"I have no relatives, no friends, no one to talk to... Every time I enter the palace, I don't dare to speak, for fear of attracting disgust. Go to each house, those princesses and wives , they seem to be smiling at me, but they don't see me at all... I know why, because I'm Korean, I'm not a Dagan...
"They're both side concubines too. Look at side concubine Su, she's ashamed in front of His Majesty's empress and empress. The princess is also good to her. When people mention her, they are envious. When they mention me... no, no one mentions me, they I don't even want to mention it..."
King Qing listened in a trance, unlike in the past, every time he heard these words, he always felt moved, but now he felt disgusted.
Very disgusted.
I don't want to hear it, so I can't wait to cover my ears.
"Stop talking, get out!"
"cousin… "
"It's all you. If it wasn't for you, Jirou wouldn't have left!" King Qing suddenly became emotional, and he yelled indiscriminately: "I shouldn't be soft-hearted to you, I should have sent you away long ago. Rou is right, I am a coward, I am a coward, I am always trapped in the past and cannot get out, I should send you away... "
Concubine Han was struck by lightning, she never expected that King Qing would have such thoughts. She was filled with aggrieved grief and indignation, and she couldn't restrain herself from trembling.
But she still went forward to Fuqing King, hoping to get his forgiveness. Between the two tugging, something fell from King Qing's arms. Her eyes flickered, and she reached out her hand to put the thing into her sleeve in a mysterious way.
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps, but it was the manager Fuxi who came.
As soon as he saw it, Concubine Han yelled, "Miss Concubine, why are you here? You see, Your Highness has been upset for the past two days. Oh, please don't make trouble."
Concubine Han wanted to say something, but Fuxi gave her a look, and she immediately stopped talking.
When I walked outside, I heard King Qing say to Fuxi: "Don't let her in again, I don't want to see her..."
Fu Xi said: "Xiao Tianzi went to congratulate the house. He is an old slave who is not favored by others. This kind of thing will definitely not happen in the future..."
Knowing that Princess Qing is doing well in her natal family, Yaoniang is much more at ease.
But in the blink of an eye, another thing came before us, that is, there will be a banquet in the palace on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Concubine Qing and King Qing are now in such a quarrel, how can they enter the palace for a banquet together. Fortunately, King Jin came back and said that this year's Shangyuan Festival banquet is different from the past, it is to have fun with the people, and it doesn't matter if Princess Qing shows up or not.
In order to deceive others, Yaoniang still decided to invite Princess Qing to come out, there is really an excuse for anything. Princess Qing didn't want to go out, but Yaoniang couldn't help asking someone to invite her again and again, so she had to agree.
On this day, King Jin went to the palace first, while Yaoniang stayed with Princess Qing in the mansion.
Concubine Qing came to the Jin Palace ahead of time, not only Concubine Qing, but also Brother Yan and Zhuzhu.
Seeing their long-lost friends, Brother Yan and Zhuzhu finally showed some smiles. These days, the smiles on the faces of Brother Yan and Zhuzhu were much less. Princess Qing saw it in her eyes and felt pain in her heart. frowning.
She has also seen the attitude of her family members in the past few days, and she naturally understands that no matter what decision she makes, the family will support her and even do their best to help her.
But how could she disregard the safety of her family, if she really wanted to reconcile, it would be against the imperial power. Even if it is done, will it attract His Majesty's disgust? Will she implicate her father and brother? There are also Brother Yan and Zhuzhu, it is impossible for her to take them away. Ordinary people don't have this kind of thing, let alone the royal family.
As long as she thought of all this, Princess Qing felt a suffocating feeling that she couldn't breathe.
But if she is allowed to go back to that mansion again, she will never be able to do it, so Princess Qing has been struggling with anxiety for the past few days, and she really can't think of a good way, she can only do what her father said , Wait until the New Year's Eve is over. If it can be delayed for a day, it will be a day.
Princess Qing thought that Yaoniang would ask her something, but she didn't know that Yaoniang didn't ask about all this from the beginning to the end, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Several children were playing together, seeing the innocence on the faces of the children, Princess Qing gradually forgot about the troubles.
Rongxi courtyard is full of lights, big and small, colorful.
Yaoniang and Princess Qing played with the children for a while, ordered the servants to take care of the children, and then packed up and went out.
Emperor Hongjing hosted a banquet for all the officials at the Meridian Gate Tower today, and set up Ao lanterns and lamp sheds in front of Duanmen. The other princes, nobles and honorable ministers set up lantern sheds on Qipan Street every year, stretching all the way to Zhengyangmen.
The night had already fallen, and as soon as he left the palace, he could feel a kind of carnival restlessness in the air.
After leaving the main street where the Wangfu is located, there is a huge and tall lighthouse at the archway, which was ordered by the Jinwangfu. Looking out from the carriage, there are row upon row of lighthouses and lamp trees of various styles and colors, lined up in front of every street and alley. There are crowds of people everywhere, and cars and horses are like dragons.
The carriage of King Jin's Mansion went to Qipan Street first, and from a distance, he saw the five-clawed golden dragon lantern standing in front of Duanmen, with its teeth and claws ready to fly into the sky.
Yao Niang hadn't seen such a scene before, so she was dumbfounded. Princess Qing told her that the Lantern Festival is the busiest time in Beijing every year, and the Ao lanterns are produced every year, but the shape is different.
Until the carriage could not go any further, Yaoniang and her two got out of the carriage and let the guards escort them inside.
Further inside is the forbidden zone for the common people. It is impossible for Emperor Hongjing to blend in without any scruples if he said that he wants to have fun with the people. If there is an assassin or something, the country will be shaken and the society will be unstable.
The lamp shed of King Jin's Mansion is set in a relatively front position, facing the lamp shed where Emperor Hongjing sits, Yao Niang is dazzled all the way along. The further you go in, the more beautiful the lanterns hanging outside the lantern shed are. This is the first time Yaoniang knows that lanterns can play so many tricks when she grows up.
The banquet at the Meridian Gate had just ended, and when Yaoniang arrived, King Jin was already waiting there. Before Emperor Hongjing and Empress Wei arrived, the lamp shed of Prince Qing's Mansion was right next to that of Prince Jin's Mansion.
It can be seen that the lantern sheds in Prince Qing's Mansion were not carefully prepared, the style of the lanterns was ordinary, and they were probably at the bottom among the princes.
King Qing's complexion was pale, he looked haggard, he wanted to speak but stopped and shouted: "Jirou..."
Princess Qing glanced over there, King Qing seemed to be encouraged, and wanted to walk over, but saw that under the shining light, Princess Qing's eyes suddenly turned cold, and a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth, she turned her head Don't look this way anymore. He turned his head and saw Concubine Han surrounded by several guard maids.
He was anxious, subconsciously said: "Why are you here?!"
Concubine Han was very wronged: "Your Highness, can't I come here? Every household has female relatives here. If Prince Qing's Mansion doesn't..."
Upon hearing this, King Qing felt a pain in his heart, and scolded: "Who asked you to come? Who asked you to come? Didn't you say you didn't like this kind of occasion before, what did you come out for!"
Concubine Han cried out, wiping her tears again and again without speaking.
King Qing immediately wanted someone to send Concubine Han away, but he thought that today's occasion was different, and he might attract attention. He looked at Princess Qing's back again, full of frustration, and didn't look at Concubine Han again, and sat down on the chair next to her.
Concubine Han stood there gracefully, but the hand under the sleeve couldn't help touching a hard lump in the sleeve pocket.
Over there, Yaoniang glanced at Princess Qing hesitantly.
Princess Qing smiled at her, and whispered: "I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me."