When Xiao Ting was the ninth concubine, there was no housekeeper in the Ninth Prince's Mansion, each house was in charge of each house, and the rest were all allocated by Butler Mu.
So after the Ninth Prince left, Steward Mu walked in.
Facing the charming Xiao Mei, she bent down as a salute, her brows were kind and friendly, but the words she spoke were so cold.
"Miss Xiao Si..."
Such an opening made Xiao Mei feel extremely humiliated.
She paced back and forth, and said, "Housekeeper, I was personally married by the prince."
If you don't want to, then don't let her get on the sedan chair.
Steward Mu was unmoved, and said with a smile: "Young lady, you are willing to protect the princess with your name. I am very grateful to the prince and servants of the Nine Princes' House."
"If you wish, please rest here for a while, and I will arrange a place for the girl next time."
As he spoke, he made a gesture of please.
To show that this is not where she lives.
Facing this seemingly respectful old man, Xiao Mei was powerless.
In the palace, the relationship between the emperor and Concubine Xiao Gui has not recovered recently, so he stayed in the middle palace.
At that time, the majestic palace was brightly lit, and the maids and eunuchs stood guard outside the palace, all lowering their eyes to show that they did not dare to make any movement.
From the inner hall came the charming laughter, very touching, clear and lingering like a yellow warbler.
After a while, the sound in the inner hall gradually died down, and the maids dared not speak out even loudly until the sound came from inside.
"Come here, wait for the emperor to change clothes."
It was the queen's voice.
The emperor got off the bed, stretched out his hands, and let the maids change his clothes.
But his eyes were on the shining white lotus root arms on the bed, and the pair of white and delicate women.
"That's why you always drive me away."
The queen lay there with her head half propped up, and did not release the quilt.
With the other hand, he brushed the hair in front of his forehead, and his eyes were as smooth as silk, "The emperor is busy with everything, and my concubine is afraid of delaying the state affairs, so I want you to have a good rest!"
She pouted a small pink mouth, she was very cute, the emperor was so excited when he saw it, he really wanted to hug her again.
It's a pity that in the blink of an eye, the queen changed into another look, yawned a little, turned her back to him, and said: "The emperor walks slowly, the concubine will not see you off."
The emperor was very helpless, and this girl was too small, so she didn't take his majesty too seriously.
Especially when there are no outsiders present, it is even more unscrupulous.
The door of the central palace opened and closed, the sound of the eunuchs waving their cars faded away, and a few candlesticks in the palace were also extinguished.
Layers of curtains were lowered, and the palace became extremely quiet in an instant.
"The hibiscus tent is warm, and people sleep well. The Empress is very happy." A gentle voice sounded, without intentionally lowering it, it was like thunder here.
Lying there, the empress, who was not sleepy at all, turned over and sat up.
A head of blue hair hangs down her chest and back, and under the candlelight, her delicate little face is very touching.
But those eyes were scary.
It's a smile that's not a smile, unusually evil.
"You came to see how I slept with men?"
The queen flicked her blue hair, leaned back against the head of the bed, then crossed her arms and stared at the person coming.
The man was in the shadows, and when he heard the words, he laughed softly, "It's just a coincidence, but if the empress is willing to teach you, I will ask for it."
Hearing this, the queen's pupils shrank, she lowered her arms, lightly lifted the brocade quilt, and walked down.
Walking forward with bare feet.
She smiled recklessly and evilly, which was far from the image of Zhonggong in the past.
As soon as the queen turned around, she was in the arms of the man, and the figures of the two were stacked together.
She wrapped her hands around the man's neck in the darkness, looked up at him with a blue breath, and said, "I've seen it a thousand times, why don't I practice it once, why don't you try it yourself, young master."
"Cough...cough cough..."
The man got short, turned around calmly, and floated under the candlelight.
A slender figure was revealed.
The visitor couldn't tell his age, his hair was black, he was wearing a hair crown, and his eyes were straight. He was the type of person who would think he was a gentleman at a glance.
However, if Xiao Ting is here, she will be surprised, she knows this person.
And there has been an intersection, it was the man Xiao Ting met when she was picking out gifts in the Fugui Hall in order to bribe the Ninth Prince when Concubine Xiao Gui had an accident.
Cheng Yunyi!
And later kidnapped Xiao Ting once, although Xiao Ting was not hurt in the end.
He smiled slightly, flicked the place on his chest where the empress had leaned against, then sat down calmly, and said, "The empress is joking."
The queen also came out of the darkness, sat down opposite him, raised her eyebrows and asked, "You came to the palace late at night, so you really want to come and see the joys of the palace's boudoir?"
Cheng Yunyi shook his head, "It's just a joke, why should your empress be angry?"
"By the way, I'm here this time to tell you that the person who asked me to check last time has news."
"Feng Jun?"
The queen raised her eyebrows and looked at him in surprise.
"Yes, it turns out that he is not dead at all, and he is rational."
"What did you say?" The queen stood up directly, more shocked than hearing that the man was not dead, "You said he is still rational? This is impossible."
Cheng Yunyi also frowned, and said: "There is no mistake, he once married a wife, and now that woman is still alive."
"I heard that all the family members of their group died back then, so how could they still be alive?"
The Queen's complexion became extremely ugly, this was a flaw that could kill her at any moment.
"There are exceptions to everything." Cheng Yunyi shook his head, "But don't worry, he has hidden his family well for so many years, and no one can find them."
"We only recently got some clues by accident, and we think there will be results in the near future."
Only then did the queen feel relieved, and said: "This matter must be resolved as soon as possible, and Feng Jun, if you find him, kill him, so as not to leave future troubles."
"The Ninth Prince is not an easy master to deal with."
When mentioning this matter, Cheng Yunyi suddenly smiled and said, "Speaking of which, Chuli got married today, guess what I saw?"
The queen visited the Ninth Prince's Mansion in person, how could she not know the situation, but she still asked, "Tell me and listen."
"That bride is not Xiao Ting."
"En?" The queen snorted slightly, "Then who is she?"
Cheng Yunyi said with a smile: "Xiao Zhan's fourth daughter, Xiao Mei."
"Marry for you?" The Queen pursed her lips slightly, and said with a smile, "Hehe, it's really interesting."
"Guess what Chu Li wants to do?"
"No, I'm not interested in what he does. It's just that we have something to do recently, so we just happened to find something for him, so as not to trouble us all day long."
The queen whispered, and then said: "Tomorrow morning, I want everyone in the imperial city to know that Xiao Mei's substitute marriage, I want to see. How will Chu Li respond then? And that special existence in the palace, how will the emperor deal with it?"
"This matter, we thought about it together."
"By the way, why didn't Miss Xiao Liu marry Chu Li, and where is she now, do you know?" The queen acted very rigorously.
Cheng Yunyi shook his head, "I have met that woman a few times before. She is not a quiet woman, but she is very gracious."
"It sounds like you still have good praise for her." The queen looked at Cheng Yunyi with great interest, but he rarely commented on anyone.
"That's right." Cheng Yunyi didn't hide it, and said bluntly: "In terms of IQ, strategy, and knowledge, most women in this world are better than her, but in terms of heart and tolerance, among the people I know, no one can compare with her."
The queen sneered, "You want to say that she is heartless, right?"
Cheng Yunyi didn't correct her, but stood up and said, "Don't worry, even our people haven't found Feng Jun's wife, which means they hid it very well, and no one will be faster than us."
After that, he got up and drifted away.
This night, a strong wind blew for two hours at night, indicating a change in the weather.
Before dawn, when the clouds were rising, the streets and alleys were covered with large sheets of paper.
Even the official residences were not spared.
So, early in the morning, the Nine Princes' Mansion was surrounded by people.
Steward Mu's expression sank when he heard the news, and then he ordered everyone to lock the door first, and asked people to call Xiao Mei, preparing to send her out by the side door.
But soon after someone came to report, the side door and the side door were blocked, and even the courtyard wall was full of spectators.
It should be said that at this moment, every plant and tree in the Ninth Prince's Mansion is surrounded.
After Xiao Ting got the news, she was dumbfounded at first, but bursts of joy rose in her heart.
It seems that she was right in not leaving last night.
The emperor naturally knew about it.
Only a small number of things were approved on the Golden Palace, and discussions and the like were left behind.
Then he summoned several important ministers to go to the imperial study to discuss.
Elder Lin Ge was the first to stand up and criticize, saying that the Ninth Prince's actions would damage the state.
Although his words are gorgeous, but every sentence hits the nail on the head, and what he said is very mysterious.
Even the national system is involved.
But people can't say anything about him, after all, his grandson Chu Jiyao is the current eldest prince, and everyone knows about his discord with the Ninth Prince.
Next, Elder Xu Ge also stood up and said that such things as substitute marriages have existed since ancient times.
But most of them happened among the common people, or some small families, and very few people above the Beijing official level would do this.
Firstly, it is impossible, secondly, no one dares to fool them with their identities, and furthermore, no one needs to be forced by them.
Marriage is a matter of many factors, and no one will be so casual.
And such a casual marriage as the Ninth Prince's is really rare.
Elder Xu Ge also indirectly pointed out one thing, that is, the emperor was so indulgent to the Ninth Prince that he even did such a thing.
If it is not severely punished, there will be nowhere to put the face of the royal family.
Most people have the same opinion as them. After all, if the Ninth Prince doesn't know who the woman he married back is, no one will believe it.
But there are also a small number of people who say that maybe the Ninth Prince has difficulties, and he is not the kind of person who needs to force a woman.
What's more, now that the other party is missing, we can't easily draw conclusions.
But no matter what, the emperor couldn't refute the opinions of most people, so he ordered the Ninth Prince to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors.
As for Xiao Mei's substitute marriage, someone testified that it was said that Xiao Mei walked out of the Ninth Prince's Mansion to clarify the matter.
Said that all of this had nothing to do with the Ninth Prince, it was all caused by my younger sister Xiao Ting's playfulness, she escaped from marriage before she got married, and left behind a lot of mess.
(end of this chapter)