Chu Jinyao was standing in the corner, the county owner brought people aggressively, and the servant girl stopped her when she stood to the left and right.
Chu Jinyao glanced back and forth, she was more amused than afraid. This is still the county lord of the county king's mansion, something done by a noble girl who might want to seal the crown princess, just as naive as the children in their village.
Chu Jinyao thought about it, and said: "County Lord, don't you think it's childish to use this kind of threatening trick like a child? And you keep saying that I'm rude to the county king's mansion. In the past, think about what your family has done. Could it be that your family can only bully people, and others can't even hear what is wrong?"
After Chu Jinyao finished speaking angrily, she sighed with a sullen face: "Get out of the way, I'm going out."
The county magistrate was so angry that his eyes widened, and Chu Jinyao was not someone who would bow his head and say nice things. During the stalemate, a woman standing outside the pavilion said: "Everyone is going out for a banquet. If you go out happily, you should go back happily. If you have something to say, just say it kindly, and if you have nothing to say, just do your own thing. , what's this blocking called?"
Chu Jinyao was very surprised. Everyone was watching the fire from the other side, but there were still people who dared to speak out? Chu Jinyao looked at the person who was speaking, and found that she was a tall girl with a square face and heroic eyebrows. Although she looked capable, in the eyes of the elders, she might be a little hard and not soft enough.
But in Chu Jinyao's eyes, this girl dared to say a fair word in front of everyone, she was a very righteous person. With this woman speaking, the lady of the host prefect's house also hurried over and said with a smile: "County Lord, Miss Chu Wu, you are all here, it's windy outside, we might as well go inside and talk."
This is a relief. As the master of the prefecture, making trouble at the banquet would only embarrass her, so even if she didn't care about Chu Jinyao and the county master at all, she couldn't say nothing.
Obviously someone handed over the steps, but the county owner still felt unhappy and refused to walk down the steps. The county owner doesn't know what it means to leave when you see it, but Chu Jinyao is not afraid, just looking at the county owner calmly and calmly.
There was an unspeakable silence all around, and the girls onlookers were embarrassed and a little gloating. It's human nature to like to watch the fun, they are scattered not far away, but they want to see how this event will end.
While the ladies were whispering, a man dressed in red in the appearance of a servant walked over and bowed his hands to everyone with a smile: "Ladies, I'm sorry."
Everyone turned around in surprise, frowned, and let the maid cover in front of them, holding the handkerchief and said, "Who is so rude, why did the little servant enter the hospital?"
It's very rude to let an outsider like a little servant in the house for the ladies and ladies to entertain guests. No wonder the girls all showed expressions of disgust. Among the crowd, the county lord's expression was completely different. She opened her eyes in surprise and couldn't help but took two steps down: "Eunuch Lin, why are you here?"
"Father-in-law!" These girls were even more surprised than before. Not just surprised, it was more of a fright. The prefect was even more stunned. How could they have a father-in-law? Who can bring the father-in-law with him!
Xiao Linzi ignored the different attitudes of these women. He still smiled, looked at Chu Jinyao, and bowed from a distance: "Five girls. County head."
Chu Jinyao returned the gift to Xiao Linzi in confusion, but the county chief was so excited that she didn't care about returning the gift, so she immediately ran out of the pavilion and raised her eyes to look around.
Sure enough, halfway across the lake, a young man stood under the corridor with his hands behind his back, looking towards this place. In the rain, the lake was filled with white fog, which covered the shadow of the other party's figure, but even so, through the rain curtain, one could sense the aura of the other party's shocking audience.
"His Royal Highness?" Chu Jinyao murmured softly, almost thinking that she was stepping in a dream. Otherwise, how could she see the crown prince who should be at the border here
Through the pattering rain, Chu Jinyao vaguely felt that the crown prince and her looked at each other, then turned around quickly, nodded his head in a noble and indifferent manner, and then left without looking back. He walked through the corridor, his figure was blocked by the verdant green trees, and it was hidden in the shadows, and soon he could not see it.
If it wasn't for so many people gasping for air, Chu Jinyao would definitely think that he had an illusion.
Many people's hands were shaking and their hearts were shaking. They held the hands of those around them and whispered excitedly, "That's the prince? Why is the prince here! God, the prince is so young."
Yes, why is the prince here? Chu Jinyao's heart sank involuntarily. Is it because of the county owner? It seems that the matter of the county lord's prince concubine has really come true
Few of the ladies present were fools, so what Chu Jinyao thought of, they naturally thought of it too. This time, the eyes of everyone looking at the county owner are completely different, and there is a faint fanaticism in them. And the county lord, as early as the moment he saw the prince, his cheeks were so red that he almost dripped blood.
The county owner was excited and uneasy, and more and more people surrounded the county owner. Xiao Linzi found that since the appearance of his own master, his father-in-law had no sense of existence. Xiao Linzi had to cough to remind the excited ladies that he hadn't left yet.
Xiao Linzi asked with a smile, "Ladies, the Crown Prince saw you all around here, so he sent me over to ask. I don't know why you guys are doing it?"
Now who would talk about these trivial things, everyone immediately replied: "It's nothing major, father-in-law, don't worry."
"It's fine if it's not a big deal." Xiao Linzi smiled meaningfully, saw Chu Jinyao turn away from the corner of his eyes, and then sneered in his heart, glanced at everyone here vaguely, and left with a smile.
Chu Jinyao quietly walked away while everyone was getting close to Eunuch Lin. After walking out of that place, Chu Jinyao sighed deeply.
Linglong only thought that Chu Jinyao was upset about the county lord and the county prince's mansion. Linglong didn't know how to persuade this kind of thing, so she could only say: "Girl, don't be discouraged. Life is lived by people, even if They walk high, and they may not be able to live as well as girls. Don't worry, there is always a good fate waiting for you. "
"These words can only be said by us to comfort ourselves." After Chu Jinyao finished speaking, looking at the raindrops dripping under the eaves, she couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
The matter of the county owner and the crown prince has been completed, so she, who dared to refuse the palace of Huailing County, and who was in public with the future crown princess, must have nothing to gain.
"Linglong, let's go outside."
"Yes."
With Linglong, Chu Jinyao walked aimlessly in the garden along the veranda. She walked around a corner and suddenly found a person standing under the flower shelf in front of her.
Green leaves covered the entire wooden frame, and red flowers were dotted in the middle of the green. The rain washes the safflower and green leaves extraordinarily clean, the red is redder and the green is greener. The fine raindrops pass through the gaps in the leaves and fall to the ground slowly and regularly. Because the outside is covered with leaves, the light inside the shelf is slightly dim, and people standing here seem to be glowing.
"Sir?"
"When I first came to this place, I thought you must like it here."
Chu Jinyao was silent and did not speak for a long time.
Seeing this scene, Lin Xiyuan lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Don't you like it? Or, you don't even want to talk to me now."
"Sir, you and I are not real cousins, so we won't be able to stay for long. It's raining, take care of yourself, and I'll retire first."
"Cousin Jin Yao." Lin Xiyuan said suddenly, "I'm sorry."
Chu Jinyao couldn't help but stop, this thing has happened for so long, this is the first time she has heard someone say to her, "I'm sorry."
"I thought this would be a good match, but I didn't expect that my self-righteousness would bring you so much trouble. I was wrong at the beginning. I have asked my father for my life, and I will go to the capital to study and marry. I don't need to mention all these things about the concubine. I will be leaving in a few days, which means that I will never appear in front of you again. "
"It is admirable that the prince is devoted to learning." Chu Jinyao said, "I wish the prince a bright future and a bright future."
After hearing these words, Lin Xiyuan lowered his head and smiled indifferently. He originally stayed in the palace for Chu Jinyao, but now he leaves the family for Chu Jinyao. How he wished to hear these words from his wife's mouth, but unfortunately, his life was ruined at the hands of his closest relatives.
Lin Xiyuan didn't even know who to blame.
He heard the sound of rain hitting the leaves. Chu Jinyao was wearing a red dress and a white dress, standing far outside the flowers. The surrounding rain was dripping, Chu Jinyao stood there quietly, the flowers behind it seemed to have suddenly lost their color, and they seemed to become more and more beautiful. Lin Xiyuan suddenly remembered that the first time he saw Chu Jinyao, a girl with beautiful eyebrows and eyes leaped down from the tree like a bird, and the white and purple skirt swung open like a peacock, which instantly caught his eye.
He was still thinking, who's little girl is so lively.
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, she became so quiet. When she stood there, without speaking, it reminded people of words such as flowers and flowers.
"Cousin Jin Yao, I shouldn't have come today, but I still want to see you again. This is the last time. I apologize to you on behalf of my family. I never thought they would do such a thing."
"Prince, the princess and the ancestors are all for your own good. What's the point of saying this. After all, we missed the chance. You don't need to mention these words again."
"Missed..." Lin Xiyuan seemed to be deeply hurt by this sentence, he stood in the same place with the cold remnant rain, his eyes were long and sad. And Chu Jinyao did a thousand blessings, turned around and walked back.
"Jin Yao." After passing the increasing distance, Lin Xiyuan's voice came clearly from behind, "From the very beginning, I wanted to take you to me in a dignified manner as a wife, and besides that , never thought otherwise. Not even now."
Linglong felt a little anxious when she heard this, but the prince's words were honest and straightforward, almost expressing his intentions in person. After Chu Jinyao heard this, she was ruthless and continued to walk forward without looking back.
But when Chu Jinyao turned the corner, she was stunned.
Just now, she was attracted by the flourishing flower stand, and she didn't pay any attention. She continued to walk along the corridor, and after turning a corner, there was another cave.
Chu Jinyao and Lin Xiyuan didn't notice, just behind the corner of the corridor, there was still a person standing.
When Chu Jinyao saw the person who came, she was stunned for a few moments. After being quietly stabbed by Linglong, she woke up like a dream and hurriedly bowed her head and saluted, "His Royal Highness."
Qin Yi really didn't expect that Chu Jinyao had not seen it, but heard it first.
Xiao Linzi behind him already had an expression that wanted to chop off his ears.
He's standing far enough away that he promises he hasn't heard anything.
Xiao Linzi grimaced and felt more and more that the Crown Princess might not be okay, but he was afraid that he was going to get cold.
When Chu Jinyao heard this from a foreigner, he was still a foreigner with a great identity, and his face turned red with embarrassment. Lin Xiyuan realized that something was wrong, and when he came to see Qin Yi, he was also surprised.
Lin Xiyuan reached out his hand calmly and wanted to send Chu Jinyao away, but Qin Yi's eyes were almost immediately fixed on Lin Xiyuan's hand: "What are you doing?"
After Chu Jinyao found out, she quickly took two steps to the side.
Lin Xiyuan retracted his hand indifferently and said, "See Your Royal Highness. Why is His Highness here?"
"You still dare to ask me." Qin Yi sneered uncontrollably. He slightly lowered his chin at Chu Jinyao and gestured, "You go first, I have something to tell him."
What's going on with this tone... Chu Jinyao felt goosebumps all over her body, she didn't want to stay for a moment, she immediately saluted and left by herself.
After walking out of that place, Linglong also let out a long sigh, and said with lingering fears: "Girl, the prince will not talk about it, why do I think the prince is very strange?"
Chu Jinyao sighed: "I think so too."
She thought about the prince's tone when she was leaving, as if she was instructing her wife... Chu Jinyao immediately interrupted her daring fantasies and said to Linglong: "Forget it, this is not something we can manage, let's go first. We'll be out in a while. , don't mention this to anyone."
"Of course I know."
However, Chu Jinyao and the two had just walked two steps, when there was a sound of thumping footsteps behind them, and a high-pitched voice sounded: "Five girls stay."
Xiao Linzi chased after him from behind, gave Chu Jinyao a kind salutation, took out something from his sleeve, and said, "Five girls, last time your jade pendant was dropped at the palace of Huailing County, and after the Crown Prince found it, he felt that the jade pendant was The price is invaluable, but the silk is not good. After the prince returned, he immediately ordered someone to make another one, and this time he just found an opportunity to hand it to the girl. "
Chu Jinyao couldn't help but let out an "ah": "It turns out that I couldn't find the golden wire last time, not because I lost it, but because of His Royal Highness..."
Xiao Linzi's smile didn't change, as if he didn't feel what he was saying at all: "His Royal Highness felt bad, so he took it down. This is a new silk thread, the prince ordered me to give it to the girl, and the girl can replace it with a new one in the future. already."
Dare you still have to wear this net? Chu Jinyao and Linglong looked at each other quietly, feeling that they didn't know what to say. The prince not only deducted her jade pendant at his own discretion, but also asked her to replace it with the one he designated
No matter how noble a person is, there is no such unreasonable practice, right
But he is the prince, he can.
Linglong clearly felt that what this was called, it was extremely unethical, but in the end, she had to accept it with a good voice, and she did not dare to have any dissatisfaction. Who dares to refuse what the prince gave
After Xiao Linzi saw Linglong accept it, he put his hands folded in front of him, slightly bent his waist, and said with a smile to Chu Jinyao, "Five girls, have you received a letter from the capital in the past two days?"
"The capital?" Chu Jinyao looked at Xiao Linzi in confusion.
Xiao Linzi knew that after the prince had finished managing the capital, he had to "drop by" to Taiyuan. It just didn't occur to them that they set off two days later than Duke Chuanzhi, and they all arrived, but the imperial decree was still on the way.
Xiao Linzi didn't want to say more, what did he do with the master's business, so he said: "Since it hasn't been done yet, then the girl will wait for two more days. In these two days, the girl can have fun outside." After the wedding decree, the royal rules are big, and I am afraid it is not easy to go out.
Xiao Linzi dropped a bunch of strange words, smiled at them, and turned back. Linglong looked at it for a long time and couldn't help it: "Girl, do you think the prince is..."
"Linglong." Chu Jinyao's voice became unusually severe, and she shouted sharply, "Don't talk nonsense."
But even so, Chu Jinyao couldn't hold back the increasingly obvious speculation in her heart, and she felt shocked. The county magistrate was about to become the crown princess, but the father-in-law beside the crown prince ordered her like this... Chu Jinyao's heart was really cold. She walked out of the garden restlessly, intending to return to the place where the guests sat. But as soon as they came out, they met a maid head-on.
The maid looked anxious, and when she saw Chu Jinyao, she was obviously relieved: "Five girls, where have you been, let us find them. Come with me, Madam and Fourth Girls have already packed up, Just wait for you to go back and go."
"Set off?"
"Yes, the old lady sent someone to pass a letter saying that there is a big event at home, and everyone should go back immediately."
The maid who came to deliver the letter only knew one thing but not the other. After seeing Chu Jinyao, she couldn't bear her temper and dragged her away. Chu Jinyao frowned, restrained herself from speaking, and asked, "Did your grandmother say what's the matter? It's a bit rude to leave without saying hello to someone else's house as a guest."
"I didn't say anything about it. The old lady only ordered that it was a matter of the capital, so that the lady could pack up and go back without doing anything."
The matter of the capital... Chu Jinyao and Linglong looked at each other, and both saw surprise in each other's eyes. Just now, Eunuch Lin asked if there was any letter coming from the capital.
Chu Jinyao was hurriedly pulled to the second door, and the carriage was already parked outside the door. Sure enough, as the maid said, except for Chu Jinyao, everyone else had already packed up and got in the car. Zhao shi looked at Chu Jinyao, her brow was a little displeased, but she didn't say anything about her at the door of the outsider's house, she just said lightly: "I'll wait for you, get in the car, we're leaving."
All the ladies and ladies of the Chu family rushed back to the Hou residence without knowing anything. After the carriage stopped, Mrs. Zhao got out of the carriage with the help of her mother-in-law. As she walked, she asked, "What's the matter, why are you calling us back in such a hurry?"
"Madam, don't delay. The Marquis and the old lady are already in the main hall. The grandfather has been standing for a long time. If you let the grandfather wait any longer, I am afraid that we will be punished by the marquis."
"Emissary?" Mr. Zhao was startled and shouted out uncontrollably. Chu Jinyao groaned in her heart for some reason, but the other girls never dreamed that this was the case, and immediately became noisy.
"A father-in-law actually came to our house? What is the will of the decree, and to whom, is it the imperial decree?"
Zhao shi shouted: "Don't talk about it, come with me."
The Zhao family hurriedly rushed to the front hall with a group of girls. This is the tallest and largest building in the Hou Mansion. Only weddings, funerals and marriages will start, and they don't see people a few times a year. But now, the gate of this courtyard, which was not allowed to be easily entered by the younger generation, was wide open, and there were already quite a few people standing inside. Old Madam Chu and Marquis Changxing were sitting at the top, speaking with a man in yellow.
After Zhao Shi and the others came in, they did not dare to lift their heads and saluted. Madam Chu scolded: "Why did you come back?"
"There was a delay on the way." Zhao shi explained in a low voice.
Chu Jinmiao said in a low voice, "I don't blame us, it's obviously one person who wasted our time."
The other girls glanced at Chu Jinyao when they heard the voice. Chu Jinyao looked calm and did not show any timidity.
"Okay." Mrs. Chu didn't want to say more in front of the inner servant. She raised her voice and said sternly, "Since everyone is here, everyone should stand at the back."
Then Mrs. Chu looked at her father-in-law in yellow and said with a flattering smile: "Our younger generation is disrespectful and made father-in-law laugh."
The father-in-law in yellow smiled without saying a word. I don't know if it was an illusion. Chu Jinyao felt that the father-in-law deliberately swept over the girls in their row, as if he was counting something.
The father-in-law, the Marquis of Changxing, and the old lady of Chu were polite for a while, then cleared their throats and said sharply: "The Marquis of Changxing's mansion listens to the order."
Madam Chu and Marquis Changxing stood at the front, followed by the men in the family, arranged according to their age. When all the men have finished standing, they will be women. Chu Jinyao and the sisters are standing together, and even the seven-year-old Eighth Girl is being held by the nurse, standing quietly behind. Behind Chu Jinyao and these young ladies, there are servants of Wuyangyang.
The layers are handed down, and the grades are clear.
Hearing the words of the father-in-law in yellow clothes, everyone in the Marquis of Changxing immediately leaned over and bowed respectfully and neatly: "The minister (people) accepts the order, long live the emperor, long live."
"The imperial edict said: The Marquis of Changxing has been loyal and good from generation to generation, guarding the frontiers, and she is my court's heroic minister. Her daughter, the Chu family, has a gentle personality, gentleness, honesty, and outstanding appearance. I am very pleased to hear it. ... The Crown Prince is suitable for marriage. At that time, it is time to choose a virtuous daughter and a match. It is the fifth daughter of the Chu family who has both talents and virtues. I want the beauty of an adult, and with full marriage, I specially match the fifth daughter of the Chu family, Chu Jinyao, as the crown prince and concubine. The Ministry of Edict and Rites and the Qin Tianjian…”
The rest of Chu Jinyao couldn't hear it at all. In fact, no one could continue to listen to what was written under the imperial decree.
What did the father-in-law just say? He said that the emperor personally decreed that Chu Jinyao was canonized as the crown prince Zhengfei.
The Crown Prince and Concubine
Chu Jinyao was stunned on the spot, is she the Crown Princess? Chu Jinyao made the most absurd and malicious speculation, almost thinking that in this life, she would still be unable to escape the fate of making wedding clothes for others. But she heard just now that she actually replaced the county head and was named the crown prince Zhengfei
I'm afraid she's not dreaming!
And Mrs. Chu felt that a thunderbolt hit her Tianling cover, and she could hardly kneel.
Isn't the county owner of the Huailing County Prince's Mansion fighting with the palace? Why did the crown princess run away from their house
After the father-in-law in yellow finished reading, he found that these people were kneeling on the ground, as if they were stupid, and there was no movement for a long time.
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