Xiao Zhan scratched his head in embarrassment, and said: "It's your grandmother who said that this time the Xiao family was able to turn the bad luck into good luck, thanks to you, let them thank you instead of her!"
"Thank me? Are they out of their minds?" Dufang, who was obviously incompatible with fire and water, suddenly became enlightened just because he escaped a catastrophe
What a joke, such a naive explanation, only her father would believe it.
Anyway, she didn't believe it.
After Xiao Ting finished muttering, she lifted the curtain and walked out.
It happened that Hong Shao was passing through the yard with something to eat, Xiao Ting put her hands on her hips and shouted, "Red Spoon, my concubine asked you to bring some meat to eat, look at what you brought, it's all fat, can you eat it?" She pointed to Xiao Mei's fourth daughter and Xiao Ya's seventh daughter.
The two of Xiao Mei originally came here with Xiao Zhan, they said they came to thank Xiao Ting, but in reality, because the status of Xiao Manor plummeted, they also became commoner girls overnight.
Even if she can't bear this kind of gap, Xiao Meizhi is in the position of the prince and concubine, but right now, she can even be regarded as an eighth-rank official.
So, Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Da worked together to give them an idea and asked Xiao Zhan to bring them here, as a way to test whether the Ninth Prince's intentions for Xiao Ting are still the same.
But at this moment, the Ninth Prince's mind has not been cleared up yet, but Xiao Ting, the rightful lord, lost her temper.
Xiao Mei and Xiao Ya blushed instantly when they heard the words.
I wanted to turn around and leave, but when I thought about my future life, I had to laugh.
"Sixth sister, my sister came here specially to see you."
Xiao Ting doesn't like her. She has been married to the Ninth Prince's Mansion for several months, and she has never come to see her. The last time she was punished for being drunk, she has never seen any woman in the Xiao family.
It stands to reason that the girls of the Xiao family look like Xiao Mei and Concubine Xiao. Xiao Ting should like her, but in fact it is the opposite. Every time Xiao Ting sees this face similar to her aunt, no matter how you look at it, she thinks it is fake, and Xiao Mei's soft voice makes Xiao Ting hate it even more.
She squinted her eyes and looked down at Xiao Mei and the others.
Without a word of nonsense, he said directly: "If you have something to say, leave as soon as possible. I don't remember any sisterhood between us."
"Why does Sixth Sister talk like this? My sister also has good intentions, doesn't she, Daddy?" Xiao Mei saw that Xiao Ting didn't give her any face, so she had to settle for the next best thing, and just let herself not be ashamed too much.
Come on, Xiao Zhan just stood at the door, and before he could stand still, he was pulled out by his fourth daughter as a shield.
"Ahem..." He could only cough twice to hide his uneasiness.
There's no way, he can't afford to offend any of the women in the family.
Xiao Ting turned her head and glared at him, saying.
"Daddy, are you really the one who brought them here to tell me about your sisterly love?"
Before Xiao Zhan nodded, Xiao Ting continued, "In the future, if you bring these dubious people over, I will treat you as my father."
It's not that Xiao Ting is cruel, but that she doesn't like the women of the Xiao family, and she is not stupid. The old lady Xiao used to not allow people to see her, but now that something happened to the Xiao family, she is always remembered.
I'm afraid the visitor is not good.
She still wants to live a happy life with the Ninth Prince in peace, but she doesn't like trouble.
Since Xiao Zhan Yifeng, all members of the Xiao family left in disgrace.
Before leaving, Xiao Zhan went to see Xiao Xin, and once again expressed his desire to let him return to Xiao's house, but unfortunately Xiao Xin didn't want to go home, saying that she still wanted to stay with her sister.
Xiao Zhan came to the Nine Princes Mansion this time for two purposes, but he failed to achieve the last one, and left with a little dejected.
After everything was settled, Xiao Ting hummed a ditty while eating.
At this time, she suddenly remembered that there was someone else in the room, so she casually asked: "Is the prince not hungry? Do you want to have dinner together?"
Xiao Ting swears that she is just being polite, thinking that the Ninth Prince will definitely refuse, after all, the two of them are hardly together, and the Ninth Prince's demeanor is naturally despising a woman like her.
It's not that Xiao Ting has low self-esteem, but that she feels that Ninth Prince and her are not on the same channel.
Unexpectedly, the Ninth Prince did not say anything, but expressed it directly with actions. He got up and took a step, and then sat down opposite Xiao Ting. With a smile in the corner of Hong Shao's eyes, he left quickly with a wink. After a while, a pair of delicate bowls and chopsticks were placed on the table in front of the Ninth Prince.
Then he backed out laughing like a thief.
Xiao Ting saw the tableware in front of the Ninth Prince, the white jade was so clear, it was not ordinary at first glance, and then she looked at hers, it was full of greasy bowls and chopsticks, she couldn't see the original appearance clearly.
But even if she couldn't see it, she knew that hers was not as valuable as his.
"What's the big deal, isn't it all about eating? The winner is the one who eats the most." As he spoke, he danced his chopsticks quickly, for fear of being snatched away by someone.
Ninth Prince took his time, picking and picking.
Xiao Ting saw that the food he picked out was all her favorite food, she despised the Ninth Prince's picky food in her heart and threw the dishes picked out by the Ninth Prince into her stomach.
"Actually, you don't have to treat them like this."
The Ninth Prince suddenly made a sound, Xiao Ting was having a good meal, and didn't realize what he was saying at all.
"What?"
Xiao Qing raised her head in amazement, she was a little confused and didn't understand what he was talking about, but the Ninth Prince didn't mean to explain at all, and then, Xiao Ting buried her head in the bowl again.
The sky and the earth are big, and the food is the biggest.
"My lord is not afraid of trouble." Xiao Ting decided to ignore him with another endless sentence.
After a meal, the Ninth Prince hardly ate much, but he still put down his chopsticks at the same time as Xiao Ting.
As for the words of the Ninth Prince, Xiao Ting didn't realize what it meant? And she doesn't care.
So after the Ninth Prince left, Xiao Ting didn't feel anything wrong.
She thought that everything was over, but in the eyes of others, it was just the beginning.
In the palace, the empress, the lord of the six palaces, was sitting upright in the main hall, her face was gloomy and scary.
"Mother, now that the matter is over, Concubine Xiao Gui has been placed under house arrest by her father and thrown into limbo. What else do you have to worry about?"
The third prince didn't understand that it was a good thing that Concubine Xiao was thrown into the cold palace, but since the queen mother returned to the palace, she looked worried.
"Do you know what the map in your father's hand is?"
The third prince shook his head and said, "Father is only letting his sons and ministers act as government officials, and there are some things that he won't tell me."
Among the princes currently in power, except for the third prince, almost no one can inherit the throne.
Moreover, he is the son of the eldest son, so if there is no accident, he will be the next king of the empire.
Therefore, although the third prince is still young, he has already started to help the emperor manage the government.
"Your father still doesn't fully trust you. That map is extremely important. The Ninth Prince knows it, but you don't."
The queen stared at her son with a look of hatred for iron.
However, the third prince shook his head indifferently, and said with a smile.
"Empress Mother, son-in-law is still young, and the emperor has his own considerations about some things, son-in-law should not interfere too much."
"You are very young, you are already in your 20s, are you still young?" The queen looked at him angrily.
"I'm afraid your father has other plans." The queen thought for a moment and said this.
The third prince was a little arrogant, and said, "Queen Mother, I think you are worrying too much. Apart from the fourth younger brother, there are only sons and officials in the court. The fourth younger brother has not been loved by his father since he was a child. How could he become the crown prince?"
"What you said, the queen mother knows, but don't you think the Ninth Prince has been very close to your father in the past six months? He knows a lot of things, but your father didn't tell you the future prince. Why, have you thought about it?"
The third prince thought for a while, and then said, "Now that there is a change in Jiangnan King's side, my father sent Uncle Nine Emperors to deal with many things, and it's not a bad thing to keep my son and ministers from knowing. Don't think too much about it, Queen Mother. Besides, my father never likes people who pretend to be smart."
In the final analysis, if the current emperor can be selected as the candidate for the future heir, how could the third prince not understand the emperor's thoughts and ways of doing things.
"The queen mother will send someone to inquire about that map, so you don't need to interfere." After hearing what her son said, the queen decided that she should settle the matter, and not let her son take such a risk, so as not to damage his position in the emperor's heart.
After the third prince left, the queen sat alone in the bedroom, not moving for a long time.
"Your Majesty, why are you still here? I heard that the Empress Dowager is not feeling well, and this servant will change your clothes for you. Let's go and have a look!"
The most powerful maid beside the queen stepped forward to help her, but was surprised to find that the queen's hands were cold.
The queen shook off her hand, and said angrily: "I'm not an imperial physician, so what's the use of the past? Besides, I'm going to go now, maybe I'm going to get scolded."
"Your Majesty, don't you want to know about that map? Maybe the Empress Dowager will have the answer!"
The queen suddenly looked up at her, "This is impossible, the emperor has never mentioned this matter to anyone."
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has never mentioned it to anyone, but everyone saw what happened just now, it is impossible for the Empress Dowager not to ask the Emperor.
Besides, why did the empress dowager suddenly feel uncomfortable? Also invited the imperial physician over, didn't she just see the imperial physician? Have you heard any news? "
After hearing the words of the close maid, the queen suddenly realized.
"That's right, why didn't I think of this, let's go, drive Ci'an Palace."
When the empress arrived, it happened that the emperor was coming out of Ci'an Palace.
The emperor's face was livid, showing an extremely majestic expression.
"The concubine sees the emperor."
"You came at a good time, she is in a bad mood, go and accompany the queen mother!"
After speaking, he strode away.
The queen blessed her body, turned around and entered Ci'an Palace.
The empress dowager was lying on the bed in the palace, closing her eyes and resting her mind.
"The concubine pays homage to the queen mother." The emperor said that the empress dowager was in a bad mood, but the empress looked at it, why did she think that the empress dowager was in a good mood!
Those shining eyes were very bright, seeing that it was the queen, he waved to her and motioned her to sit down.
The queen picked up her skirt and went up, and sat down beside the soft couch.
"I heard that the queen mother was not feeling well, so the concubine came over to have a look. Wasn't she fine just now? What's the matter?"
(end of this chapter)