Rong Yue got into the soft sedan chair, which was paved with five layers of golden silk quilts, so she couldn't feel the bumps along the way, but it was very comfortable.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Rong Yue can't grow a pair of wings to fly to the sky, no, even if she has wings, it's hard to fly, the right hand has a hundred guards
Shoot her into a sieve anytime!
Tossing and turning in the soft sedan chair, the closer she got to the capital, the more restless Rong Yue became, and her heart was at a loss. She didn't want to marry Emperor Dongming as a concubine, and she was careful to please Emperor Dongming. She didn't really want to and dear.
Rong Yue was still thinking about going back to Mrs. Rong to settle the score, so she delayed and delayed along the way, but at the end, she dragged such a big Buddha to guard her, Rong Yue wanted to cry but had no tears.
Reaching out to lift the curtain and glance at the man riding a horse leisurely in the front, Rong Yue always felt a little guilty, all kinds of tricks were quickly seen through, and it was wasted.
"Princess, I didn't expect Prime Minister Dongming to be so young. This servant thought he was an old man in his seventies and eighties."
Shui Ling was attracted by the right minister's tall figure and his elegance and calmness, his eyes were full of admiration.
Rong Yue pursed her lips, disapproving. She had heard a lot about the achievements of this right minister before. He had a high status and held military power. He was able to stabilize the country with his literary skills, and his military skills to fight on the battlefield. His words carried great weight in the entire Dongming, and no one dared to refute.
Therefore, everyone in Dongming talked about the right minister as a traitor behind their backs.
Anyway, there are many kinds of rumors. Some people say that the right minister is doing all kinds of evil, using his power to bully others into being a tiger's minion. If he is not afraid of being poked in the back by the world, he may usurp the throne and plot rebellion.
After all, but very few people refuted the right minister's ability. Once the right minister made a move, he hadn't made a mistake yet.
Rong Yue raised her eyebrows, "Yeah, I didn't expect to be so young and energetic, but no matter how you look at it, it looks like a thousand-year-old fox, not a character to be provoked."
In just two contacts, Rong Yue made up his mind that he must not offend the right minister, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
On the contrary, if she can get the protection of the right minister, no one will dare to say no to Rong Yue's rampant behavior in Dongming in the future.
"My servant heard that the right minister has a very high status in the capital, and his disciples are all over Dongming. The entire Dongming is divided into three factions, one is the right minister, and the other is the emperor Dongming and the empress dowager. Among the three factions, it belongs to the right minister. Much better than our Regent."
Shui Ling's eyes looking at Prime Minister Right were astonishingly bright as he spoke, and murmured inadvertently, "If the princess can be blessed by Prime Minister Right, no one will dare to bully the princess in the future."
Rong Yue slapped Shui Ling on the forehead, "What are you thinking, why would you bless me with your status as the Right Prime Minister? Don't say such things anymore. If people hear it, they will be beheaded."
Shui Ling came back to her senses, and said awkwardly, "Yes, this servant knows."
Lincheng is four or five hours away from Kyoto, and it was already evening when we arrived in Kyoto, the rash on Rong Yue's body had long since disappeared without a trace, and his skin, which was as white and tender as lotus root, had long since returned to its original state.
Rong Yue sighed and supported Shui Ling's hand to get off the carriage.
The right minister came over, "I wonder how the princess is recovering?"
Rong Yue raised her eyebrows, and glanced at the ten imperial doctors standing behind the Prime Minister on the right. It seemed that as long as Rong Yue opened her mouth, these imperial doctors would rush over to treat her, and she swallowed the words that came to her lips.
"Thank you, Master Xiang, for your concern. I'm fine for the time being."
The right minister nodded, "That's good. If the princess has any needs, just send someone to inform the truth."
Rong Yue squeezed out a smile and nodded generously, "Then there will be Master Lao."
After saying that, Rong Yue stepped into the post station, wearing a light-colored long dress, which was gentle and elegant, and people couldn't help but look at her twice, the right side stared at her back disappearing before leaving.
It so happened that a carriage passed by here, taking in the whole scene, clenched its fists tightly, and lowered the curtain angrily.
As soon as Rong Yue came to the station, she first looked around to understand the general situation, but she still didn't give up any chance to escape.
After everything was settled, it was getting dark and there were guards around the house, Rong Yue had no chance to run out even if he wanted to, so he could only walk back and forth in the house resentfully.
After dinner, Rong Yue let out a long sigh and had no choice but to go back to bed to rest.
At this moment, there was the sound of light footsteps passing overhead, Rong Yue was startled, and quickly blew out the candles in the room, clutching a golden hairpin tightly in her hand.
Rong Yue will never hear it wrong, the subtle noise is still going on, if you don't listen carefully, you can really ignore it.
Soon, a black shadow flashed by the window very quickly, Rong Yue held her heart tightly, the most important reason why Rong Yue failed to escape all the way was that since she left Xiyue, someone had been following her and tried to assassinate her several times.
After entering the border of Dongming, this person restrained himself a lot. Rong Yue didn't dare to be careless, and kept looking for opportunities. The closer he was to the capital city, the safer he was. After getting rid of those people, Rong kept looking for opportunities to escape.
Unfortunately, it has been unsuccessful.
Tomorrow is Halloween, and there are too many people who don't want her to participate, Rong Yue held her breath and hid behind the closet, staring at the window all the time, thinking about the purpose of coming here.
Rong Yue didn't know what happened to the guards outside, if she was murdered and she disturbed the assassin, then there would be only one dead end.
Rong Yue watched a figure swaying slowly by the window, and a bamboo stick stuck in, with a wisp of white smoke rising from the top.
Rong Yue covered her nose tightly with her clothes, her heart beat faster and faster, it was really aimed at herself.
"boom!"
Soon another figure appeared, and the two fought outside the window, and soon more people joined the fight.
There was a loud noise, and one person was blown away and fell directly into the room. Several men in black were seen approaching the bed step by step with big knives in their hands.
"ah!"
"ah!"
Several people in a row fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, only to hear a muffled groan when they hit the ground, and stopped struggling, Rong Yue bit her lips tightly to prevent herself from making a sound, a fine layer of sweat was soaked on her back, Clinging to the back wall motionlessly.
There seemed to be two groups of people who came, she couldn't tell whether it was an enemy or a friend, she only knew that someone put her to death!
Fighting broke out in the room very quickly, and through the moonlight, many people could be seen in the room. After fighting for so long, none of the guards came.
Rong Yue's heart sank, she was sure that something happened to the guard who escorted her!
"It's not good, we are in an ambush, retreat quickly, no one is in the house."
"Impossible, Rong Yue must be in the house, she must die!", one of them was decisive.
For some reason, Rong Yue's heart sank. Xiyue and Dongming people spoke differently, and besides Xiyue people, who else could call them by their names
Bang bang, there were several noises, and people continued to fall one after another, retreating towards the door one by one.
Suddenly a big palm grabbed Rong Yue's shoulder, and one hand wrapped around Rong Yue's slender waist, and she quickly retreated towards the window, fast, hard, steady!
"Ah, help!" Rong Yue's heart almost jumped out.
With a sound of tearing, the fire illuminated the whole room, corpses were strewn all over the place, blood was all over the room, Rong Yue almost vomited out, her small face was pale.
The entire post station was surrounded, and everyone held a bow and arrow, waiting for orders in full battle.
When Rong Yue raised her eyes, she happened to meet her cold eyes and her tense face. For some reason, Rong Yue breathed a sigh of relief.
Prime Minister Right glanced around and said coldly, "Leave no one, kill!"
As soon as the words fell, arrow feathers flew out of the sky, and several people were hit by arrows several times. It was too late to hide, and they were surrounded by three sides.
Soon the guard said, "Go back to Master Bing, all the men in black have been killed."
Prime Minister on the right nodded, just as soon as he let go of his hand, he saw Rong Yue walking forward with swaying steps, boldly groping for something on the man in black on the ground, Prime Minister on the right frowned.
torn
Rong Yue tore the clothes of the man in black, and seeing a mark on the man's neck, a wave of anger gushed out from the bottom of his heart.
She guessed really well, it was the people sent by Xiyue who intentionally killed herself on the eve of Halloween, firstly, she could frame Dong Chu as the blame, and secondly, she could remove hidden dangers.
"Princess!"
Shui Ling walked in with a pale face, and when she saw the scene in the room, she almost fainted from fright, and soon Aunt Yu came over with the same ugly expression.
Prime Minister on the right raised his eyebrows, "The station is no longer safe, if the princess still doesn't mind, go to the prime minister's mansion to rest."
Nanny Yu hastily agreed, and none of the guards who followed were left behind, only herself, Shui Ling, and Rong Yue survived. If the right minister hadn't rescued him in time, the consequences would have been disastrous.
"Thank you, Lord Xiang, for helping me out. I am grateful to the servants."
Nanny Yu seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, rejoicing as if she survived the catastrophe.
Rong Yue stood up slowly, raised her eyes to look at the prime minister on the right, "Is there really no one in the hands of the prime minister?"
Prime Minister Right couldn't hide his admiration in his eyes, and he met Rong Yue's dark eyes, "Of course not, if the princess wants to interrogate, I can give the truth to the princess."
If you don't leave someone alive to examine it, the right minister can't explain it, so Rong Yue insists that there must be someone alive.
Rong Yue's heart beat for a long time before she regained her composure, "Rong Yue thank you Xiangye for saving me, I'm going to thank you Xiangye."
Prime Minister on the right waved his hand and asked someone to deal with the station, and sent someone to send Rong Yue to the Prime Minister's Mansion, at least no one dared to do anything in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
In the early morning of the next day, Concubine Xiao got the news and took her maid to visit the princess of Xiyue. She was curious about what the princess who asked her father to reach out twice a day to pick her up looked like.
In Xiao Concubine's impression, Prime Minister Right is not a nosy person.
"Princess, Miss Xiao is here to visit you." Shui Ling ushered Miss Xiao into the door.
After a night of thinking, Rong Yue finally calmed down, and her mood has stabilized. She saw a young girl standing at the door, about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a delicate face, like a blooming peony flower, bright and gorgeous, unforgettable .
While Rong Yue was looking at Xiao Concubine, Xiao Concubine was also looking at Rong Yue. She was about eighteen or nineteen years old, gentle and generous, with a pale face, as if she had been too frightened to regain consciousness. A pair of black and bright as stars The eyes are crystal clear.
Just a glance at each other gave birth to a good impression.
"Miss Xiao..."
Rong Yue had heard of Xiao Concubine's reputation for a long time, but she didn't want to be so beautiful and amazing.
"The princess can just call me Xiaojiu. Xiaojiu is here to see where the princess lives, but I'm still used to it."
For some reason, the two seemed to be old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years. Although it was the first time they met, they felt very familiar.
Rong Yue was also polite, "Everything is fine, and the family is also very dedicated, there is nothing dissatisfied."
Concubine Xiao smiled, before she could speak, Mrs. Xiao hurried over. When she heard about this in the morning, she couldn't hold back her curiosity and wanted to come over to have a look.
"Grandmother, why are you here?" Concubine Xiao hurried to help Mrs. Xiao, who smiled, "Grandmother has nothing to do, come and have a look."
"Old madam." Rong Yue bent down to salute, graceful, neither humble nor overbearing, with a sassy look in her bones, without the slightest bit of coquettishness, the old madam kept squatting before she opened her mouth.
Mrs. Xiao was very accurate in seeing people, and thinking of the conversation with the right minister before, the smile on her face was three points thicker.
"Get up quickly, you are the honor of the princess, how can my old woman bear the princess's worship."
Mrs. Xiao personally helped Rong Yue up, and Rong Yue apologized, "This is what Rong Yue deserves. Xiangye saved Rong Yue's life several times, and Rong Yue is very grateful. The situation was really urgent last night, and I'm sorry for the trouble in the middle of the night. Please forgive me, old lady."
Mrs. Xiao waved her hand, "The princess is serious. If something happens to the princess under Dongming's nose, he, the right minister, will really be negligent. The princess comes from afar. It is not necessary to be so polite. The population of the prime minister is small, and the most important thing is In the courtyard, the princess just stay at ease."
Concubine Xiao's eyelids twitched. Seeing Mrs. Xiao holding Rong Yue and talking happily, she always had a very strange feeling. The old lady seemed to be talking about kissing!
Rong Yue breathed a sigh of relief, the old lady she had met in the past was rarely as reasonable and amiable as old lady Xiao, making people get close unconsciously.
"The law and order outside is not strict, and the princess is a golden branch and jade leaf. If something goes wrong outside, how can Dong Ming explain to Xi Yue?"
Mrs. Xiao saw Rong Yue's eyes shining, but she didn't know that one moment she praised the Right Prime Minister for her due diligence, and the next moment she said such a set of words in order to keep Rong Yue.
After Rong Yue's mother passed away, her grandmother didn't like her daughter's body, and she seldom saw her on weekdays, let alone pulling her to talk. It would be nice to give her a smiling face.
Rong Yue is somewhat flattered to be received so warmly now.
"Grandmother, it's the first day for the princess to come." Seeing that Rong Yue was blushing, Concubine Xiao couldn't help but tugged at Mrs. Xiao's arm for fear that Mrs. Xiao would scare Rong Yue, "Grandmother came so early, she hasn't eaten yet. How about Xiaojiu to accompany you to eat?"
Mrs. Xiao nodded, then turned to look at Rong Yue, "Is the princess ready to eat?"
"Old lady, my princess is not yet." Shui Ling interjected in a low voice.
"That's right, Nanny Ruan, let the small kitchen serve breakfast, let's put it here."
How could Rong Yue have the nerve to refuse, she nodded, and the three of them sat together for breakfast, Mrs. Xiao never left Rong Yue's eyes, as if she wanted to see a flower in Rong Yue's eyes.
Concubine Xiao sighed, how much grandma wanted to marry her daughter-in-law.
"Xiao Jiu, don't be dumbfounded. I didn't see how much you ate this morning." Mrs. Xiao gave Xiao Concubine two chopsticks shrimp dumplings.
Concubine Xiao accepted it with a smile, and the grandparents and grandchildren got along very harmoniously. It could be seen that Mrs. Xiao loved Xiao Concubine very much.
Rong Yue was also infected by the atmosphere a lot, with a smile on her face unconsciously.
"I made the princess laugh." Madam Xiao kept smiling throughout the morning, and when she was in a good mood, she used two extra bowls of porridge.
"No way, Xiao Jiu and the old lady's grandson and grandson have a very good relationship. They are happy and harmonious, which is enviable. Xiao Jiu is lively and cute, and it always makes people take care of them unconsciously."
Rong Yue only thinks that this child is really likable, he was pampered and grew up, but his temperament is not arrogant at all, which is really rare.
Mrs. Xiao nodded repeatedly, looked at Concubine Xiao dotingly, and accompanied the two of them to say a few more words.
The Prime Minister on the right stepped into the door, "How is Princess Xiyue?"
The butler looked at Prime Minister Right with a strange expression, Prime Minister Right frowned in displeasure, and then the butler spoke out.
Hearing the words, the Prime Minister on the Right immediately quickened his pace. Seeing the scene in the courtyard, he was a little surprised. The three of them were sitting and eating together, talking and laughing, especially Mrs. Xiao's enthusiastic smile. As a son, the Prime Minister on the Right would not listen. Also know what attitude.
Sure enough, when Mrs. Xiao learned that Prime Minister You was returning to the mansion, she immediately talked to Prime Minister Right.
Mrs. Xiao was in a very happy mood, "Rong Yue is a good child, you can find a way to marry me into the house!"
really!
Mrs. Xiao asked her directly without hesitation, "Today's Halloween, if she is married to the emperor, I will not forgive you. The emperor is very old, and he has spoiled the little girl."
The corner of Prime Minister Right's mouth twitched, only Mrs. Xiao dared to say this, "Mother, the son has his own measure."
After Mrs. Xiao heard this, she knew that her son was better than her mother, and that she was able to bring him back to the mansion in the middle of the night, which shows what Prime Minister Right is thinking.
What the right minister didn't expect was that Mrs. Xiao went to look for Rong Yue just after dawn, and she was very satisfied.
"Okay, let Xiaojiu get ready, the hour is almost here, it's time to enter the palace to celebrate his birthday," Mrs. Xiao said.