If it were in the past, Zhao Yue would avoid it, but not today, just look at it openly and openly.
He didn't look back until Pingyang called out.
There is a custom of tying colorful silk on the Dragon Boat Festival, and almost everyone wears it on their wrists to ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings.
When the saint came over, everyone knelt down and bowed.
When the family banquet started, people began to enter the main hall one after another. All the food tables were tables for two, and almost all couples sat together, arranged in order of seniority and seniority.
Cui Wenxi sat next to Prince Qing. In the past, the two of them would pretend to be husband and wife, but now they are too lazy to pretend.
Zhao Yue glanced at the two of them and said, "It's good."
Of course, the family banquet included dancing and music. Sometimes Yong Ning and Cui Wenxi gossiped, but they didn’t know what they said. The two of them laughed happily.
Zhao Yue pretended to watch the dance, her eyes passed through them and fell on the girl. She looked at her pretty appearance unscrupulously, and her mind could not help but think of the situation during the chess game that day.
The slender and long neck, the white and elegant collarbone lines, the skin is firm and shiny...everywhere is attractive.
"Erlang?"
Zhao Yue came to his senses and saw that it was Empress Ma who was calling him.
Seeing that he was looking attentively just now, Empress Ma asked curiously: "What are you looking at?"
Zhao Yue said deceitfully: "Today's dance was choreographed extremely well."
Queen Ma was dubious.
Worried that she was too exposed, Zhao Yue restrained herself a little, lowered her head and took a sip of realgar wine, thinking about how to approach Cui and Lihou.
After all, that girl was famously aloof and arrogant. If he used his privileges to crush her, he would probably lose more than he gained, so he had to lower his profile to coax and seduce her.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yue couldn't help but show some amusement.
He was looking forward to this hunt immensely.
At the family banquet, everyone drank and exchanged glasses.
Cui Wenxi used one rice dumpling and thought it was pretty good. He originally wanted to use the second one, but Fang Ling stopped him, saying that it was not easy to digest and it was better to eat less.
She gave up.
Zhao Chengyan on the side only found it boring. The unchanging palace dances and lengthy courtesies were dull and boring.
Compared with his boredom, Cui Wenxi actually enjoyed it, especially when he saw the pair of barbarians dancing, he couldn't blink his eyes.
No, Yongning reached over and poked her arm, Cui Wenxi covered her mouth and smiled.
The two were in the same hobby, and their eyes fell on the pair of barbarians. The girl had a slender waist, and her exposed belly was fair and delicate, while the husband was thin and powerful, with an excellent figure.
Accompanied by the cheerful drumbeats, the girl spins at high speed, showing a very enchanting style.
Just when he was getting excited, he suddenly saw a chamberlain coming over in a hurry and whispering a few words to Zhao Chengyan. His expression suddenly changed.
Cui Wenxi turned her attention to him and asked softly: "What's wrong with Silang?"
Zhao Chengyan looked solemn and said absently: "Yan Lan just fell down in another courtyard. She may have had a miscarriage if she saw red."
Cui Wenxi frowned slightly, "Can you please ask the doctor to come over and take a look?"
Zhao Chengyan: "Doctor Qin has passed."
Cui Wenxi didn't say a word. The family banquet has not yet ended. If he leaves the banquet halfway, he may be criticized.
Zhao Chengyan also knew this and insisted on not leaving the table.
After finally making it to the end of the family banquet, when the girls went to the side hall to have tea, Zhao Chengyan hurriedly left the palace and went back.
After hearing the news of his departure from the palace, Empress Ma couldn't help but said: "The fourth child is becoming more and more unbecoming."
Yongning also said: "Yes, it's the Dragon Boat Festival today. Why are important things going in such a hurry?"
Cui Wenxi pretended to be considerate and said: "I can't blame him. News came from the other courtyard just now that the girl fell and fell red. It is reasonable for him to be so anxious."
Hearing what she said, Princess Duan defended her and said, "Sister-in-law Four is really tolerant. A nameless thing in the outer room, who commits crimes with his own belly, has climbed onto your head, and you can still bear it."
Princess Huai also agreed: "Yes, it's really too much."
The girls all talked about the outer room, saying that Cui Wenxi was not worth it.
At first, they felt that she was a little ungrateful. After all, she was childless and was in the wrong, but they couldn't tolerate the extramarital affair.
Now seeing Prince Qing's attitude and actions, everyone felt that she was wronged. What mistress could bear to be looked down upon like this
Fang Ling, who was waiting on the side, listened silently to everyone's crusade against Prince Qing, thinking that her wife had used such good means to suddenly become a pitiful person in their eyes.
Thinking of Cui Wenxi's words about forcing King Qing to beg her to reconcile, she might even take advantage of him.
This Dragon Boat Festival successfully portrayed Cui Wenxi as a victim. Not only did the girls sympathize with him, but the saint on the other side also felt that King Qing had gone too far. If the Duke's Palace pressed him, King Qing would not be able to explain clearly.
It is really absurd to abandon your real wife for a nameless thing.
Then again, for people like them, the first wives they marry are all respectable nobles. They will never dote on concubines and destroy their wives to slap their wives' families in the face, because they will be ridiculed by the family group.
Later in the afternoon, Cui Wenxi returned to his residence, but Prince Qing did not come back. He was told by his slave that he was staying in another courtyard.
Faang Ling helped her change into house clothes and said, "My wife is very resourceful. Prince Qing's behavior today is completely contemptible."
Cui Wenxi smiled and said, "Let Mrs. Liu come over tomorrow."
Faang Ling responded "Hello".
Cui Wenxi changed her clothes, sat in front of the dressing table, gently touched the beautiful face in the mirror, and said calmly: "I don't have to eat the fine wine for the toast. I think I, Mrs. Cui, have been working hard for Prince Qing's Mansion until now, and I have no merit but hard work. At first I thought it was just a dowry and divorce, but now, I am interested in more than just a dowry."
Fang Ling pursed her lips and smiled, "The Zhuangzi at the foot of Yanyun Mountain on the outskirts of the city is really good."
Cui Wenxi nodded and praised: "The dozens of acres of land over there are not bad."
Fangling: "The shops in Daxingfang in the south of the city are also good."
Cui Wenxi said "Huh" and said to himself: "Look, I am really a greedy woman." He paused for a moment and said, "It's good to be such a woman, otherwise how can I afford to support my husband in the future?"
Fangling: "..."
The next day, Mrs. Liu came to Prince Qing's Mansion, and Cui Wenxi asked about Yan Lan's wrestling situation yesterday.
Mrs. Liu told the truth.
Cui Wenxi listened carefully, not believing that the wild goose orchid falling into red was probably a demon again. She deliberately complained in front of Mrs. Liu and said unhappily: "Prince Qing is becoming more and more unbecoming."
Mrs. Liu also echoed, "Then Madam Yan is an outsider after all. Even if she is pregnant, she has no name or status. The old slave looks at her, and she is indeed a bit arrogant."
Cui Wenxi sighed, "How could I not know?" He paused for a moment, "I can't help Prince Qing to be interested in her. What's the use of keeping a man like this?"
Mrs. Liu said nothing.
Cui Wenxi realized something later and stopped talking.
After that, she deliberately said some irrelevant words, conveying the signal to Mrs. Liu that she couldn't stand the cold treatment of King Qing and planned to divorce.
No, when Mrs. Liu talked about this with Yan Lan after she returned, her mind suddenly became more active. She half believed and half questioned: "Did the princess really say that?"
Mrs. Liu nodded, "The old slave looked extremely unhappy when he saw her. She must be upset that Prince Qing left on bad terms yesterday, and she seems to be disheartened."
After hearing this, Yan Lan was secretly happy. She was originally worried that Ms. Cui would insist on not leaving, but now it seems that she still has a chance.
Mrs. Liu clung to her at both ends and secretly reminded her: "Ms. Yan, it's better to make plans early. If the child is born, it will be like meat on the chopping board. I'm afraid it will be too late."
Yan Lan looked at her sideways and said nothing.
She gently touched her belly, and a bold idea came to her mind. She had to go to Prince Qing's Mansion again to stir up trouble between the couple. Only in this way could she have a chance to force Prince Qing to make a decision.
After making up her mind, she settled down for a few days.
The weather was getting hotter and hotter. Cui Wenxi came back from the Changlingfang courtyard that afternoon. As soon as she stepped into Prince Qing's Mansion, she heard from the slave that the outer room in the other courtyard had entered the mansion and placed her in the guest room. They had been waiting for a long time.
In the past, Fang Ling would have scolded her for being shameless, but now she was extremely calm. She looked at her master and asked, "Madam, do you want to meet her?"
Cui Wenxi: "It's not easy to make a trip on such a hot day, so let's meet up."
After returning to Yaoguang Garden, she waited for her to have a cup of tea before ordering her servants to invite Master and Servant Yanlan over.
Yan Lan straightened her bulging belly, held her waist with one hand, and was supported by Xiao Tao as she headed to Yaoguang Garden.
At that time, Cui Wenxi was sitting in the side hall, thinking about how Yan Lan would become a monster.
Who would have thought that the little goblin had directly staged a torture plan? As soon as he came, he knelt down and said with red eyes: "Princess, please let me live. I beg you, I want to live, I want to live..."
Seeing her like this, Cui Wenxi was really frightened and said quickly: "Why are you doing this, Mother Yan?"
After saying that, she winked at Fangling, and she stepped forward to help her in disgust.
Unexpectedly, Yan Lan did not get up, but said pitifully: "My slave has a low life, and I am not qualified to kneel down and beg the princess for mercy like this. But I want to live, and I want to beg the princess to spare my life."
Her eyes were filled with tears, and she was crying so hard that she couldn't bear to be insulted.
Cui Wenxi was so heartbroken that she made a gesture to Fangling. She and Xiaotao retreated and guarded outside to prevent anyone else from entering the yard.
The girl kneeling on the ground was weak and delicate. Cui Wenxi slowly stepped forward, bent down and lifted her chin. He didn't bother to pretend, and said softly: "Yan Niang wants to live?"
Yan Lan nodded with tears in her eyes.
Cui Wenxi pursed her lips and smiled, and said gently: "You begged me to spare your life, but who can spare me?"
Yan Lan was stunned.
Cui Wenxi: "When Shiro just returned to Beijing, he allowed me to leave my mother and keep my son. Who do you think you are, trying to shake up my marriage?"
Yan Lan was choked by these words, and she didn't know how to answer for a while.
Cui Wenxi slowly sat back on the chair, looked down at her and said, "If you want to ask me to let you live, then show your sincerity."
Yan Lan snorted in her heart, wiped away her hypocritical tears, and said calmly: "Since the princess asked Prince Qing to make an oath to be together for the rest of their lives, it shows that there is no room for sand in her eyes."
Cui Wenxi had enough time to ask: "So what?"
Yan Lan knelt straight and said with a death wish: "Whether the princess admits it or not, Prince Qing treats his slaves sincerely. What is there for a man who has changed his heart towards the princess?"
These words were really unpleasant. Cui Wenxi narrowed his eyes and looked at her, and said with a smile: "I have been married to Prince Qing for seven years. How can I lose my title of Princess Qing just like that?"
"Princess, what you said is wrong. If you really valued this title so much, you wouldn't have made peace with me when you followed Prince Qing back to the capital."
Cui Wenxi did not answer, but quietly waited for the next step.
Yanlan continued: "At that time, the princess proposed a divorce, which shows that she was deeply disappointed with Prince Qing. If you really cared about him, you wouldn't be able to accept leaving your mother and leaving your son. I believe most girls like you would You chose to be forbearing, but you didn’t, which shows that following your heart is more important than guarding the title of Princess Qing.”
Cui Wenxi appreciated the sharp words, "Continue talking."
Yan Lan said calmly: "So I dare to guess that the princess originally wanted to reconcile, but because King Qing refused, she targeted the slave everywhere, so that the slave would be worried and angry, and make trouble with the King Qing, forcing him to be unable to bear it. The slave is tossing and tossing, so that he can choose to reconcile."
Cui Wenxi smiled, gently touched his palms and said, "That's a wonderful thing to say."
Seeing that she did not resist, Yan Lan felt hope in her heart, "I beg the princess to let me live. Even if I can't enter Prince Qing's palace, I am willing. I just want a safe place to live."
Cui Wenxi looked her up and down and said gently, "Your life is in Prince Qing's hands." He then said, "If I spare you, how can he spare me?"
Yan Lan shook her head, "Don't worry, Princess. As long as you want to leave the house, I will always find a way to force King Qing to agree. If the Princess still wants the title of Princess Qing, just pretend that I never said this."
Cui Wenxi lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Yan Lan kowtowed to her with a respectful attitude, which showed that he sincerely wanted to ask for charity from her.
Cui Wenxi didn't have any hostility toward her. After all, the person who changed his mind was Prince Qing, not to mention that they were both women, and each had their own plans and difficulties.
She stood up slowly, supported her personally and said, "Let me think about whether to go or stay."
The other party didn't object at all. Yan Lan's anxious heart was slightly relieved, and she stood up holding her arm.
Cui Wenxi was quite curious about her belly and couldn't help but reach out and touch it. She never thought that the little life in her belly would actually move. She said "ouch" and said, "It's moving."
Yanlan was a little nervous.
Cui Wenxi said calmly: "You should go back first. I have my own plan whether to stay or go."
Yanlan didn't stay too long and bowed to say goodbye.
After the master and servant left, Fang Ling came into the room from outside and said in a low voice: "That girl is so scheming."
Cui Wenxi said "Yeah", "Luckily she has a smart mind. If I met someone stupid, I'm afraid I would have to continue struggling for a while."
Faang Ling: "When will the lady agree to her?"
Cui Wenxi: "Let me make room for her, how can it be done all at once? Hang her for two days first, and let her be anxious for a few more days, so that she can make up her mind whether to risk her own life. After all, she will stay with King Qing in the future." It’s her, and she’s the one who annoys him.”
Fang Ling covered her mouth and smiled, "My wife is lucky."
After many days, Cui Wenxi sent a message to another hospital, willing to give him a way out.
The stone hanging in Yanlan's heart settled, and Cui Wenxi's retreat gave her the courage to commit suicide. She was really a ruthless person. She went to order a coffin in person and began to lie down in the coffin and go on a hunger strike.
This move made Zhao Chengyan half angry to death.
The coffin was placed in the side hall, and Yan Lan just lay there, ignoring the hot summer weather and not touching the water or rice.
Xiao Tao was extremely anxious, but was helpless.
Zhao Chengyan was angry and annoyed, lying in front of the coffin and persuading: "Why do you have to torment yourself like this, Mother Yan? You really don't want your life!"
Yanlan ignored it.
Zhao Chengyan was heartbroken and said angrily: "How on earth do you want to get what you want?"
I don't know how long it took before Yan Lan mocked: "This slave is pregnant with His Highness's child, but His Highness cannot be the master. It's really ridiculous."
Zhao Chengyan didn’t like hearing this and yelled angrily: “What nonsense are you talking about!”
Yan Lan said quietly: "Isn't it?" After saying that, she looked at him blankly, "A few days ago, I really had no choice but to do something stupid. I went to beg the princess to spare my life. She laughed at me for being stupid.
"Yes, I know that I am asking for humiliation, but I still go and ask for it. May I ask, Your Highness, is it wrong for me to want to live alone?"
Zhao Chengyan was silent.
Yan Lan said desperately: "I just don't understand. I'm clearly pregnant with His Highness's child. Why do I need to get permission from her Cui family?" He added, "I've figured it out these days. Since she can't tolerate this slave, , why does this slave have to give birth to a child to protect her dignity?"
"Yan Niang..."
"Your Highness, please go back. Although this servant cannot decide your own destiny, you can decide whether your child will stay or go. From now on, Your Highness will just treat this as a ridiculous dream. Yan Lan is leaving and will give birth to children for Your Highness in the future. There are many other women, and there is no shortage of slaves.”
"Yan Niang!"
"Your Highness, please come back. I'm tired of hearing your sweet words. I'm tired of it." After a moment of pause, "I'm tired, and I don't want to continue bothering you, so as not to bore Your Highness and make this servant look down on me. If Your Highness really has a Bodhisattva heart, After the slave has passed away, I would like to thank His Highness for having the slave cremated and sent back to Weizhou, and buried in the village where the slave grew up. Even if he is a lonely ghost, he can still be with his parents and have a trace of their thoughts."
"Yan Niang..."
Yan Lan ignored him and slowly closed her eyes, enduring the unbearable heat in the coffin, listening to the roar of the summer cicada outside, making her final bet.
She was determined to die, but Zhao Chengyan had nothing to do with her, so he had to order someone to move the ice mirror into a side hall so that she would not suffer so much.
In the evening, he returned to Prince Qing's Mansion and talked about this incident with Nanny Xue. Nanny Xue was so angry that she said in annoyance: "This is absolutely ridiculous!"
Zhao Chengyan was depressed and said sadly: "She has a death wish."
Aunt Xue said angrily: "Does a nameless person think that he can scare people with a coffin?!" She added, "Lang Jun must not be caught by her. Even if she, Yan Lan, dies, there will be more in the future." If a woman gives birth to a child for her husband, there will be no shortage of her.”
These words hit Zhao Chengyan hard in the heart, and he asked with displeasure on his face: "Mommy, do you really have a heart?"
Grandma Xue was stunned.
Zhao Chengyan said angrily: "That is my child, the first child in seven years of marriage! He is a life, he can move in the belly, a living life!"
Seeing his anger, Grandma Xue did not dare to say a word.
Zhao Chengyan said heartbrokenly: "How could you be so cruel and ignore Yanlan's life and death? She saved my life and gave birth to a child for me. Even if everything goes wrong, Mrs. Cui cannot be allowed to decide whether she will stay or go. I should be celebrating Wang Zhaosilang cannot tolerate her!"
Nanny Xue pursed her lips, "But..."
Zhao Chengyan interrupted: "Don't say anything. I've been tired of dealing with things these past few months, and I don't want to deal with it anymore. I want Yanlan, and I want her to be fine by my side, and mother and son to be safe."
After that, he walked outside.
Nanny Xue said anxiously: "Mr. Lang!"
Zhao Chengyan paused, turned to point at her and said, "Don't follow me."
Nanny Xue did not dare to go any further.
Zhao Chengyan walked towards Yaoguang Garden with his hands behind his back. At this moment, the love between husband and wife in the past was no longer in his heart. What was left was just boredom and exhaustion.
He finally made a choice between Cui and Yanlan, mother and son.
When Zhao Chengyan came over, Cui Wenxi was eating.
Suddenly, she was not surprised when her slave came to report that King Qing was here. She just started eating the soup slowly.
The man stood at the door, looking tired, his eyes were green, and his whole body was much lighter.
Cui Wenxi turned a blind eye.
Zhao Chengyan stared at her for a while, then walked into the side room silently and said: "Yuan Niang."
Cui Wenxi put down the bowl, took the teacup handed over by Fangling and rinsed his mouth. The maid came to remove the food from the table.
Zhao Chengyan made a gesture to them, and the group retreated.
Cui Wenxi looked at him and said with a half-smile: "Silang has a straight face today. Are you here to quarrel with me?"
Zhao Chengyan was silent for a long time before saying, "Let's make peace."
As soon as these words came out, Cui Wenxi was stunned. After a long while, he asked: "I didn't hear what Shiro said clearly."
Zhao Chengyan calmly repeated those words, "Let's make peace."
Cui Wenxi laughed unexpectedly and asked in the same tone as before: "Silang, are you crazy? You are so good. Why are you making a divorce?"
Zhao Chengyan had mixed feelings in his heart, as if he had returned to the situation when she proposed to divorce. He calmed down and said, "I have figured it out. Instead of torturing each other like this, it is better to let each other live."
As if hearing a joke, Cui Wenxi replied: "I don't think it's torture, but I think it's a good day."
Zhao Chengyan: “…”
Cui Wenxi: "Just like what Shiro said at the beginning, leaving my mother and leaving a son is for the sake of my future. From now on, I will raise a child under my knees, and I am the only mistress in the house. Shiro is still the one who holds me in his hands." My caring husband, life like this is actually pretty good."
Zhao Chengyan: “…”
Seeing his impatience, Cui Wenxi asked with an innocent expression: "Does Silang still keep his word?"
He didn't know why, but looking at that beautiful and gentle face, he felt guilty and panicked.
Cui Wenxi felt so happy, but still asked: "Why doesn't Silang answer me?"
Zhao Chengyan's Adam's apple rolled, and he held it in for a long time before saying: "I have changed, and I am no longer the Shiro you have been thinking about."
After hearing this, Cui Wenxi was silent for a long time.
Zhao Chengyan repeated his request again, "Let's make peace so we can get together and part ways."
Cui Wenxi snorted coldly, then changed his face and said, "Would you like to stay with Yanlan and fly together?"
Zhao Chengyan argued: "I am the only support for their mother and son, and you, without me, would still have the Duke's Mansion."
Cui Wenxi didn't want to listen to his nonsense, so she stood up and said: "I will not fulfill your wish. Since I invited the Zhonggong to persuade the mother to make peace and keep the son, I can't tolerate Yanlan."
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Chengyan was forced to panic, grabbed her wrist and said: "Why are you doing this?"
Cui Wenxi's eyes fell on his hand, and he hesitated for a moment before carefully letting go.
I don't know whether it was because he cared too much about the mother and son, or for other reasons. When Cui Wenxi left coldly, he suddenly knelt down and said with sobs in his throat: "Yuan Niang, even if I beg you, can you let me go and let Yan Lan go?"
Cui Wenxi stood up and did not look back.
Zhao Chengyan continued: "I kneel down and beg you to reconcile and let the other party live. I don't want to quarrel with you too ugly and become a joke in Beijing."
Cui Wenxi turned to look at the tired man, "Are you begging me to reconcile?"
Zhao Chengyan said with red eyes: "Yes, I beg you to reconcile, please help us, and make both of us respectable. Don't tear us apart too ugly."
Cui Wenxi looked at him with sympathetic eyes, "Just for an outside room?"
Zhao Chengyan nodded and said with great self-knowledge: "I am a rotten person and I am not worthy of you. You deserve the care and love of a better husband. I have failed you and your undying love."
Cui Wenxi sat back on the chair silently, looked at him and asked: "Have you really thought clearly about making peace with me?"
Zhao Chengyan: "I have thought it through clearly. It is the best outcome for us to live happily together."
Cui Wenxi said nothing and seemed to be thinking about something.
Zhao Chengyan was afraid that she would not agree, so he continued: "You have been married into the Zhao family for seven years. It is not easy to take care of the middle committee. There is no credit but hard work in these years. If you win something, just take it, I will not complain at all. "
Cui Wenxi liked hearing this and finally had some conscience, "Keep your word?"
Zhao Chengyan: "As long as you agree to reconcile and stop causing trouble to preserve the dignity of both parties, everything will count."
Cui Wenxi thought for a while, reached out and patted his face gently, and said with a half-smile, "How good he is."
Zhao Chengyan: “???”
He didn't know why, but he always felt like something was wrong.