Du Xingchang sensitively sensed that someone was looking at her, she looked up and saw nothing, only to see the taciturn General He leaping into the air, and then handing the red leaves he picked to Tang Jun Yao.
She withdrew her gaze indifferently, but she heard the two noble ladies with Jiaping County Lord talking in a low voice. Occasionally, she covered her mouth and let out a light laugh. Indistinctly, she heard "concubine room", With the words "deserved", his face sank immediately, and he walked towards the two: "What are you talking about?! What deserves it! Who deserves it!"
Her tone was really not good, and her face was quite ugly. The two of them were immediately unhappy. The shorter one said unceremoniously, "What are we talking about and what does it have to do with you?"
"Forget it, she's in a bad mood during this time, and it's like she was in a gun battle. Let's not bother with her." The taller man gently pulled his companion's cuff and whispered.
"What's so amazing, isn't it that there are more concubines in the family? It's not that we messed with her. If she is not happy, she has the ability to go back to the concubine in your mansion. What kind of anger is she at us? It's just inexplicable. Well!" the short one said dissatisfiedly.
"You say it again, you say it again!" Du Xingchang was furious, staring at them like spitting fire, as if they would fight them if they dared to say one more word.
"What did we say? You came here inexplicably, looking like you were going to eat people. What did we say to you!" The man retorted in disapproval.
Just as Du Xingchang was about to rush forward, Zheng Yan, who noticed something was wrong, grabbed her and said in a low voice, "What are you doing? Do you want your face or your own reputation?"
Du Xingchang smiled miserably: "What face and reputation do I still have? Now everyone in the capital is watching our jokes. Even if it's nothing in person, there's no way to make fun of it behind the scenes!"
Her mother used to be enviable, but now she is ridiculed. What made her more distressed and desperate was that her most respected father always protected the mother and son of the slut. Now those who see the wind in the house are all running to please the mother and son, treating the mother as nothing. .
"You're the eldest girl in the dignified general's mansion, who dares to see your jokes? Alright, alright, General He and the others are looking over here, let's see what it looks like!" Zheng Yan was also a little impatient, for a moment I regret that I shouldn't have brought her out today.
Du Xingchang pursed her lips tightly and said nothing.
Tang Junyao naturally noticed something was wrong here, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He still pretended to be stupid and followed He Shaoting's side, leading him to talk to himself from time to time.
After all, she had heard a lot of jokes about the Zhenyuan General's Mansion during this time, and she probably knew that Du Xingchang had a hard life and felt unhappy.
There are many jokes being watched, and it is natural to see that everyone is laughing at himself, and Du Xingchang's reaction is not surprising.
He Shaoting didn't think much about it, and he didn't even notice that she was deliberately showing her closeness to him in front of the girls. He answered all her questions. He just raised his eyes and looked over when he heard Du Xingchang's commotion. He looked away again.
But even though it was just a casual glance, Tang Yunyao, who was beside him, found out.
The alarm bell in Tang Junyao's heart rang louder and louder.
Brother Ting ignored no one, but kept paying attention to Du Xingchang again and again. Could it be that he really was interested in that Du Xingchang
She thought so, but she didn't realize that her closeness with He Shaoting fell in the eyes of all the girls, and it was shocking.
Tang Huaizhou touched his forehead even more helplessly.
Hold back, hold back! My good sister, no matter what, there are many outsiders present, so I should restrain myself a bit!
Jiaping County's eyes flickered slightly, after thinking for a while, he quickly chased after Tang Yunyao, and spoke to her deliberately.
"It's better for the county owner to stay away from me, so as not to teach people to misunderstand." Tang Junyao's thoughts were all on He Shaoting, and he was impatient to deal with her.
The county magistrate of Jiaping was stunned for a moment, and then he came to his senses.
Tang Junyao was dressed as a servant. She approached her like this. In the eyes of people who didn't know it, she was a noble girl in Beijing who wanted to please a servant.
Wanting to understand this level, she subconsciously stayed away from Tang Yunyao, but she was not reconciled for a while. When He Shaoting walked to the other side and talked to Fan Guang, who came in a hurry, she wanted to sell Tang Yunyao as a good one. He lowered his voice and reminded: "Sister Yunyao, you have to be more careful. Duke Zheng's mansion intends to marry the mansion of General Zhongwu, and Concubine Zheng Guifei intends to ask your majesty to congratulate General and Zheng Yan on their marriage."
Tang Junyao heard about it from the Fifth Princess early in the morning. Hearing the words, he said 'um' and replied lazily, "So what?"
The county magistrate of Jiaping didn't expect her to react like this, and frowned, "Could it be that you have no intention of showing General He?"
"What about intentional, what about unintentional? The man I can admire must be the most outstanding in the world. Beauty has loved heroes since ancient times, but any outstanding man will naturally attract many women to compete. But it's up to you." Tang Junyao replied indifferently.
The county magistrate of Jiaping was so shocked by her straightforward words that she was speechless for a long time.
Tang Huaizhou, who also happened to hear her words clearly, covered her face, wishing she could bring this shameless girl over and give him a training.
Tang Junyao ignored what they were thinking, and walked towards He Shaoting quickly: "What's wrong? But there is another errand?"
He Shaoting nodded: "I'll take you back first!"
"No need, if you have something to do, go first! My brother is still here!" Although she was a little disappointed that she couldn't get along with him for a while, she was still very considerate and sincere in Japan.
Tang Huaizhou and Shen Xuchang also came over at this time, and Wen Yan said the same.
Seeing this, He Shaoting no longer insisted, nodding towards them, and instructing Tang Junyao to follow his elder brother and not to walk around, seeing the little girl respond so obediently, so he hurriedly left with Fan Guang .
"People disappeared in the He'an Mansion, and many of us were also injured." Fan Guang said in a low voice.
"It would be good if there was no fear of life. Although I lost someone this time, it is not nothing. At least I know that they have arranged manpower in He'an Mansion, and that Wu Yingniang is an important role among them, otherwise they will not be separated. I haven't given up on rescuing her for two years." He Shaoting said.
Back then, His Majesty didn't execute Wu Yingniang, the former court lady who used the pseudonym Tuyi.
Now that Wu Yingniang was rescued, it was also expected by them.
After He Shaoting left, Tang Junyao felt a lack of interest, and Tang Huaizhou was even more troubled by the intentional or unintentional closeness of the Jiaping county magistrate.
However, when Du Xingchang returned to the mansion with a gloomy face, she heard the maid next to Yun's complaining: "It was said that the one in the western courtyard was weak, and all the bird's nests that had just entered were sent there! The same goes for the batch of fabrics, the western courtyard picked the best quality ones, and said it was for the young master to make clothes."
"It's all about the wind and the rudder. I don't know, I thought she was the head lady in this mansion!"
Yun Shi sneered: "Let her be proud for a while."
After Ling Xiang entered the mansion, her life was getting worse day by day. Although she reluctantly relied on her former love to leave Du Chengzhong behind, as long as the person invited him on the grounds of her son, even if he was already lying on her bed, it would be a different matter. Leave without saying a word.
Time and time again, her heart gradually cooled down.
She never imagined that back then, she only needed a few specious words, and she could let him get rid of those concubines in the backyard without hesitation, and marry him cleanly. But after so many years, such a scumbag suddenly appeared and called someone away from her bed with ease.
If she had known that he valued her son so much, she would have chosen to leave her son to her mother. It's a pity that she didn't think at that time that she couldn't give birth to a son for him, which caused the current situation.
Du Xingchang was trembling with anger, and turned around without saying a word, planning to find Ling Xiang to settle accounts. Who would have thought that as soon as he walked into the garden, he saw his brother Feng Weiliang who was in a hurry.
Seeing her annoyed expression, Feng Weiliang stopped and asked, "But the guy from the Western Court is angry with you again?"
"She is too much!" Du Xingchang simply explained the matter.
Feng Weiliang sneered, but his eyes couldn't hide his excitement: "Don't worry, her good days are coming to an end. As long as my father comes back, I will let her eat and go!"
After checking for so many days, he finally got his eyes on him. As he thought, the son born by that slut is not his father's flesh and blood at all! Dare to plant the evil seeds born of fornication with others on his father, that bitch really ate the guts of a bear and a leopard!
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For the next several days, Tang Yunyao did not meet He Shaoting, and only once heard from Tang Huaizhou that he was not in the capital. Thinking that he was out on some errand, he was a little disappointed for a while. But she didn't have time to think too much, because the queen's phoenix body had not seen her for a long time, and the fifth princess insisted on taking care of her illness every day.
Tang Junyao's mood was also quite heavy, because she knew very well that the queen's deadline was within this year. But she couldn't say anything, she could only work with the Fifth Princess to coax the Queen, who was occasionally in good spirits, to be happy.
And the prince was reprimanded by Emperor Tianxi, who was worried about the queen's illness because of the queen's illness. It just so happened that the mastermind behind another case of embezzlement at Dali Temple was the son of Kang Ninghou, who was closely related to the prince, and the brother of Liangdi Peng Yuqi. .
Emperor Tianxi Longyan was furious, and imprisoned all the people involved in the prison. He also angrily denounced the prince as the heir, and imprisoned him in the East Palace without mentioning it.
And the Queen's health is not optimistic, and people who know more or less about the situation also take the time to consider their children's marriage. After all, once there is a national mourning, private weddings will be suspended for a year, which will have some impact.
The people who are most anxious about marriage are Zheng Guogongfu and Yingjun Wangfu, because both of them have a daughter who is getting older, but the marriage has not been settled for a long time.
Zheng Yan's first two marriages all died in the middle of the way; the Jiaping county magistrate chose to choose from left to right, but she was not satisfied with one of them, and it dragged on to the present before she knew it.
For the sake of her daughter's marriage, Mrs. Zheng Guogong went to the palace for several days to beg Concubine Zheng, asking her to decide the marriage between the Guogong's mansion and General Zhongwu's mansion no matter what.
Concubine Zheng Gui felt a headache: "Sister-in-law doesn't know, it's not that I didn't mention it to His Majesty, but every time I mentioned it, His Majesty always talked about him. I thought that General Zhongwu was a minister that His Majesty valued. , Maybe His Majesty also intends to make him his son-in-law, if so, it would be difficult for this palace to speak."
Mrs. Zheng Guogong was disappointed after hearing this. After all, no one dared to rob the royal family.
"Sister-in-law should pay more attention to it, but there are other suitable ones. Yan'er's marriage really can't be delayed any longer. She must get married within this year, otherwise if the Fengzao Palace has something..." Concubine Zheng Gui whispered.
"How could I not know, but she... that's all, children are all debts!" Mrs. Zheng Guogong sighed.
Like Mrs. Zheng Guogong's wife, Princess Zhuang Jun also had a lot of headaches about her daughter's marriage, but when she heard that her daughter was in love with the son of Tang Songnian, Minister of Officials, she thought about it and felt that the marriage was quite good, but when she asked about Tang Huaizhou's age Even younger than her daughter, she hesitated.
But think about it again, there are many couples in Beijing where the woman is older than the man, and even the Crown Princess is older than His Royal Highness!
After understanding this, she felt at ease. She was thinking of finding an opportunity to explore Madam Tang's words, but she heard that Tang Mansion intended to marry Wei Mansion. The marriage was officially set.
She wasn't happy now. Her daughter is the county head, and no matter how good Tang Huaizhou is, it is not so good that he wants his daughter to compete with others.
The county magistrate of Jiaping made a few fuss about this, and it could be seen that she was unwilling, and it was not necessary to say that she was angry.
After a few days, the queen's body gradually improved, and her spirit was like a day. After the news that the queen was going to choose a concubine for King Yu spread, the ladies of the various palaces were surprised at the same time, but also secretly guessed in their hearts that if the queen was at the end of the shot, otherwise they would not be so anxious to choose a concubine for King Yu.
After realizing this, except for those who were interested in the position of Princess Yu, the rest of the prefectures took the time to find candidates for son-in-law or daughter-in-law, so as not to delay the child's marriage due to the national mourning period.
For a time, many mansions held various banquets in the name of one or another, and invited people with children of school age in their families, in order to give each other a chance to see each other.
Nguyen has also received many posts inviting her to attend, but she already has a candidate for a daughter-in-law, and secondly, her daughter is not in a hurry to discuss marriage, so she lacks interest.
But Mrs. Li of the big house has her own ideas in her heart. Although Tang Bainian relied on Tang Songnian's relationship to find an eighth-rank petty official, but in the end the official position is low, and most of her contacts are with the wives of petty officials' families, and there is not much chance to get to know each other. My dear, this is really a bit annoying for her who wants to marry her daughter Tang Junyu. After thinking about it again, he put his idea on Ruan, hoping to help her daughter marry into Gaomen.
Tang Junyu has also encountered many obstacles in recent years. The girl who intends to befriend her, she thinks she has a low background; the noble girl she wants to get close to is only her cousin Tang Junyao. She originally hoped that her elder brother Tang Huaixing would win the exam in one fell swoop, and even mention her identity. Unexpectedly, Tang Huaixing failed in the imperial examination, which made her look forward to it in vain.
Therefore, when Mrs. Li told her to restrain her temper no matter what and go to the third room more, she also endured it, and she behaved extremely obediently and obediently in front of Mrs. Ruan.
Nguyen was not someone who cared about things, and she always cared a little bit about her children and nephews. Although the daughter was not in a hurry to discuss marriage, the two nieces in the big room couldn't wait, so they simply responded to Li's request, but also proposed to bring Tang Yunrou with them.
Although Li Shi was not happy, she did not dare to go against her will. Tang Junrou finally breathed a sigh of relief after learning about it, secretly thinking that she had been close to Sanfang for many years and finally paid off.
In this way, Nguyen Nguyen took the sisters Tang Junrou and Tang Junyu to and from the various residences in Beijing every day, keeping an eye out for the right people.
In the palace, the fifth princess, who replied with a smile because the queen had recovered from her illness, was pulling Tang Junyao to hide behind a flower branch, and her voice could not hide her excitement: "Little Tang Tang, did you see it? Sitting in the sixth place from the east Is that young man good-looking? I have decided, and I will tell my mother later that I will choose him as my concubine!"
Tang Junyao looked in the direction she pointed, and secretly said: Sure enough, it was him again.
What the fifth princess said was not someone else, it was the second son of Ke Jingbo's mansion, and she was also her first consort in her previous life.
She didn't know why the fifth princess in the previous life wanted to divorce him later, but after all, it was certain that the person was not a good match for this silly girl, so she deliberately said: "Where is it good-looking? It's not as good-looking as my brother!"
The fifth princess was anxious: "Nonsense, obviously very good-looking, I looked at so many people in the audience, and I counted him as the best-looking."
"Who said that, I think the boy sitting across from him is much prettier than him. There is also the boy in blue above, who has fine features and picturesque eyebrows, and has a natural air of grace. He is also more handsome than him. It's not a star or a half. And that one..." Tang Junyao insisted on contradicting her, casually pointing at the other young masters present, and deliberately boasting to them.
The fifth princess listened to the series of praises that escaped from her mouth, and then looked at the second son of Kejingbo's mansion, and suddenly felt that he didn't seem so good-looking.
Seeing that her gaze towards the second son of Kejing Bo's mansion was no longer obsessed, Tang Junyao was amused.
This is a foolish girl who doesn't stand firm and looks like a person!
"Then what should I do? I don't think anyone can see it right now, but I promised that my mother would choose one of them!" The fifth princess was extremely distressed.
"If that's the case, then why don't you choose that one! After all, it was you who fell in love at first sight, even though he looks really average..." Tang Junyao said reluctantly.
The fifth princess said resolutely: "No, this princess's consort is either the most beautiful or the most talented, he is neither, I can't choose him!"
Tang Junyao couldn't help laughing, and was about to tease her a few words when he saw dozens of palace guards surrounded by weapons with weapons, and the headed one with a strong attitude drove the young masters and girls from various prefectures present to Minghua Hall.
Tang Junyao and the fifth princess were hidden behind the flowers, and the guards did not notice them, and drove away the noble sons and daughters, whose faces were pale and trembling with fear.
"Little Tangtang, what are they going to do? Who asked them to come?" The face of the fifth princess changed.
Tang Junyao suddenly thought of the "forced palace" of the prince in his previous life, and it was precisely because of that joke-like "forced palace" that Emperor Tianxi finally abolished the crown prince.
But these things happened after the empress passed away in the last life, but they happened earlier in this life!
She grabbed the fifth princess who wanted to follow him to see what happened, and whispered: "Go to Fengzao Palace, go!"
The fifth princess froze in her heart, and without thinking about it, she grabbed her hand and ran towards Fengzao Palace.
The two walked all the way, and Tang Junyao found that the palace road where the palace people usually came and went was empty at this moment, not even the guards in the palace who were patrolling.
What's more, the two of them entered the Fengzao Palace unimpeded all the way.
There was a quarrel between the prince and King Xiang in the main hall. Tang Junyao grabbed the fifth princess who was about to break in and entered the hall from the back door on the other side.
"...If you hadn't been against me everywhere and stabbed me in the back again and again, how could I have gotten to where I am today!" The prince roared angrily.
"You are always like this, everything is someone else's fault, you have to push everything on me, urinate, it is you who broke the mother's glass white jade bottle, but you want to plant it on my head! , you are obviously rebellious and intend to force the palace, but you want to say that I forced you!" King Xiang roared back angrily.
"I didn't. How many times have I said that I didn't break it! You believe everything they say, but have you ever believed me!" The blue veins on the prince's forehead were throbbing with anger, and he finally couldn't hold back. He waved his fist to King Xiang.
King Xiang unknowingly took a punch from him, and immediately threw his fist back unrelentingly: "It's okay if you wronged me, but you still want to wrong the second emperor, are you still worthy of being our elder brother?!"
"Yes, I don't deserve it, you have never admitted my brother?! You only think about your second emperor brother, why don't you just reincarnate into Yao Fei's belly!"
"It's you who never regarded me as a brother. You knew that I liked that little red horse, but you gave it to someone else! You did it on purpose!"
"I did it on purpose? I did it on purpose? You said that you hated red the most, and now you want to blame me again?!"
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The pair of brothers no longer had their usual demeanor at this moment, and they tore into a ball angrily, turning over the old accounts that had accumulated for many years while fighting.
On the long couch, Emperor Tianxi hugged the queen who was crying in his arms, his face was so gloomy that ink was about to drip, and his eyes were burning with anger.
Rebel! Contra son! This pair of iniquity sons!
He took a few deep breaths, barely suppressed his anger and patted the queen's back, staring sharply at the entanglement of the prince and king Xiang, but did not say anything to stop him.
The fifth princess's tears fell straight down, and finally she couldn't help rushing in, crying, "Don't fight, I beg you, stop fighting, don't fight again!"
But that pair of brothers who had already been occupied by anger, could not listen to her words, and slammed even harder.
King Xiang sideways avoided the punch from the prince, but the fifth princess rushed over at this moment.
"Jing'an, get out of the way!" Emperor Tianxi only had time to shout out loud, and the next moment he saw a slender figure rushing in, pulling the fifth princess with all her strength, and that thin body actually took the place of the fifth princess to bear the crown prince's attack. punch.
Tang Junyao only felt a sharp pain in her back, and her internal organs were about to be shaken out of place. Finally, she could not stand firm, and fell to the ground with the fifth princess who was being protected by her in front of her.