Chu Jinyao instructed the people to put away the boxes and cages brought from the palace, and then arranged for the maid to prepare her and Qin Yi's clothes for tomorrow. After everything was arranged, half of the afternoon was over.
Chu Jinyao sat down, and Linglong hurried over to serve tea. When Erfeng came in, he saw a bunch of maids surrounding Chu Jinyao, talking and laughing, for fear that the Crown Princess would be tired.
Erfeng's eyes moved, and then he smiled without any strangeness: "Greetings to the Crown Princess. Crown Princess, the servants saw a large field of flowers in front of them, like some wild flowers, they were thick and dense, and they were very beautiful. That one. The place is not far from here, do you want the Crown Princess to relax?"
"Flower field?" Chu Jinyao glanced down and asked calmly, "Where did you see it?"
Ninfeng hurriedly said a place. Everyone knows that Chu Jinyao especially likes flowers, whether it is elegant or strong, born in wealth or in the mountains, Chu Jinyao likes them all, and flowers like this naturally bloom into a large and beautiful area. Erfeng accidentally found a sea of flowers, and immediately came over to tell Chu Jinyao, and at a glance, he knew that he wanted to please Chu Jinyao.
Chu Jinyao seemed to be really persuaded, stood up and walked out. When she was about to go out, she suddenly asked Erfeng: "What about Erhua, why don't you see her."
Erfeng shuddered for a moment, then smiled and said, "Maybe she is going out on an errand. You know her, Crown Princess. She can't sit still and runs out as soon as she sees the air."
Chu Jinyao nodded lightly, and said slowly, "Where did she go? Call her back, I have something to ask her."
Erfeng's face slowly stiffened: "Prince Concubine..."
Linglong has been with Chu Jinyao for so long, and now she can see that something is wrong, she keeps her composure and doesn't speak. Er Xue has no scruples, her position is the arrogant and domineering "knife", so Er Xue glanced at Er Feng and said: "The Crown Princess asked, what are you hesitating about? What did Er Hua do, why not? Say?"
Being robbed by Er Xue, Er Feng's face became more and more ugly. She still wanted to argue, but Chu Jinyao didn't want to hear it anymore.
"You're so courageous, how dare you fool me." Chu Jinyao just glanced at it lightly, and the eunuch next to her immediately stepped forward to hold Erfeng on her knees, "Come here, go search her and Erhua's house."
Erfeng wanted to struggle as he heard it: "Prince Concubine, what did the servant do wrong, how can you search the residence of the servant without proof?"
certificate? Her identity is the proof. Chu Jinyao was too lazy to pay attention to Erfeng, and soon, Kikyo took out a wooden box held by a cloth from Erfeng and Erhua's room, and Linglong opened it in front of Chu Jinyao, Chu Jinyao pushed it with her hand , I recognized it as Qi Rong's jewelry.
It turned out to be Qi Rong. Qi Rong is the queen's niece, and Erfeng is also from Kunning Palace, so it is not surprising that the two of them are on the line. Erfeng was very excited after seeing the jewelry, and tried to break free several times. However, so many people in the East Palace are not decorations. If Erfeng makes a slight movement, he will be held tightly. Chu Jinyao's expression is cold, and she said, "Take her down and wait for her to fall. No one is allowed to visit without my will."
The maids bowed their heads and agreed. After Chu Jinyao finished her instructions, she continued to walk out, Linglong quickly followed, and asked, "Prince Concubine, how do you know that Erfeng's words are different?"
"She said that she came from the north paddock, but the corners of her skirt were stained with broken white petals. This kind of flower only grows near the Qinghe Palace. Erfeng must have been to the Qinghe Palace, but she deliberately said the opposite direction. "Chu Jinyao's eyes were cold, and her pretty face sank. "Normally, there must be a demon. If she doesn't have a ghost herself, why would she lie to me? Before I went out, I deliberately used Erhua to test her, she and Erhua were in the same room. Sisters, they should take care of each other, but she actually said in front of me that Erhua went out to be lazy. Oh, do you really think I don't know her mind?"
It turned out to be like this, Linglong wanted to understand what Erfeng was revealing, but then fell into a deeper confusion: "Prince Concubine, Erfeng has collected Miss Qi's things and wants to take you outside, what do they want to do? "
"What she wants to do, just ask Zhenbei Houfu." Chu Jinyao stopped and motioned for Xiao Qianzi to come up. Xiao Qianzi was still the manpower Qin Yi left her when she was in Taiyuan Mansion. Chu Jinyao ordered a few words in a low voice, and Xiao Qianzi answered clearly, and then quickly backed away with a hunched waist. After Xiao Qianzi left, Chu Jinyao stood there for a while, pulled a passing maid and asked, "Where is the wife of the prince of Zhenbei Houfu?"
Grandma Qi is the eldest daughter-in-law of the Marquis of Zhenbei, and the daughter-in-law of the nephew of Empress Qi. Her husband is very fond of Empress Qi and has been established as the heir. The background of the Marquis of Zhenbei is amazing. With the favored little aunt in the palace, Grandma Qi is also very honorable when she walks outside. When everyone sees her, they always call "Mrs. Shizi" respectfully and politely.
But Grandma Qi was a little uneasy today. She counted the time silently, and estimated that it was almost time to act. She had just taken two steps when she was suddenly stopped by a voice behind her: "Mrs. Shizi, where are you going?"
Grandma Qi turned back and saw on the opposite corridor, a beauty in palace dress standing quietly across a clump of peonies. She has black hair and snow skin, dark eyebrows and thick eyes, and seems to be naturally suitable for a magnificent bun. Behind her stood many palace maids, all of them bowing their eyes and standing respectfully. She was surrounded by people and stood behind the peony flowers. She was not taken away by the gorgeous and huge peony in the slightest. , there is a quiet warm beauty.
Grandma Qi groaned in her heart for some reason, and the maid behind her reminded her quietly, only then did she realize that she hadn't bowed to the other party: "The court lady sees the prince, the prince is blessed. I don't know how the prince is driving, it's really rude, but I don't know, What's the matter with the princess calling the court lady?"
"Mrs. Shizi is very polite, I'm just looking around." Chu Jinyao slowly approached with a smile. The emperor moved to the palace to escape the summer. The concubine and the concubine are also much more convenient, and they don't have to be tied up like the Forbidden City. The wife of the Qi family is a frequent visitor in the palace. Now that she is in the palace, she can freely enter and exit the forbidden courtyard and walk around. Chu Jinyao walked up to Grandma Qi, glanced at Grandma Qi's clothes, and said with a smile, "Presumably Mrs. Shizi just came out of the Empress's Palace, and since that's the case, Mrs. Shizi is not in a hurry to leave the palace. I'm still number one. When you come to the palace next time, why don't you, Mrs. Shizi, accompany me for a walk?"
When the Crown Princess issued an order, how dare Grandma Qi refused, she naturally responded with a smile. It's nothing to accompany Chu Jinyao around. Grandma Qi has nothing to do anyway, but she has something to do today.
Thinking of this, Grandma Qi's heart moved, the little sister-in-law entrusted her, maybe it was a good thing to bring the princess to the scene. Let Chu Jinyao see it with her own eyes, she has to give an explanation, so that she can avoid playing word games.
Grandma Qi also knew about the four beautiful palace maids given to the prince after Xiao Qi. If she hadn’t heard from her sister-in-law, Grandma Qi would never have imagined that the concubine would have such courage, and her mother-in-law had given it to her. She wouldn’t have known it. Drag it in vain, just don't show your face. Not to mention the Crown Princess, it is the ordinary Houmen Gongfu, and no daughter-in-law dares to do this.
Grandma Qi felt that the Crown Princess was too jealous. After six months of marriage, even the most strict family rules of poetry and literature also set up concubines and concubines, not to mention the honorable and noble wives and concubines, and the crown prince. There was only Chu Jinyao by his side! This simply broke through Grandma Qi's imagination. Whether it was before or after marriage, she had never seen such a thing.
Grandma Qi thought of those concubine Meiji in her family, and suddenly felt bad in her heart. Out of this kind of thought, Grandma Qi led Chu Jinyao to Qinghe Palace, intentionally or unintentionally.
Chu Jinyao soon found out. It is true that she does not have a strong sense of direction, but Qin Yifei said that she could lose herself, and took her around the palace on the second day after her arrival, asking her to forcibly mark the landmarks without mentioning them. ! If the random check is not right, this bastard will take the opportunity to make a strange request. Thanks to Qin Yi, Chu Jinyao dare not say that she can walk with her eyes closed, but she can fully recognize several large palaces. . Therefore, Chu Jinyao soon found out that Grandma Qi was leading her to the Qinghe Palace. Chu Jinyao understood in her heart, but she did not show it on her face.
That's right, even if Grandma Qi didn't say anything, Chu Jinyao would have to go to Qinghe Palace.
Gradually, I could see the lotus pond. Grandma Qi saw the small pavilion in the water, her eyes flickered, and she said, "Prince Princess, the sun is not too small, why don't we go to the pavilion for a rest?"
Chu Jinyao smiled and nodded, "Okay. Mrs. Shizi, please do."
Grandma Qi led the unconscious crown princess to the pavilion. On a hot day, the bamboo curtains around the pavilion were tightly covered, so you couldn't see what was going on inside. As a woman, in the face of this situation, Grandma Qi didn't know whether to feel sad for the princess or happy for her sister-in-law.
Qi Rong told her a few days ago that she wanted to marry the crown prince, even if it was a concubine, it didn't matter. Grandma Qi didn't want to take care of this kind of thing. Who does my sister-in-law want to marry, and what does it have to do with her? But Qi Rong told Grandma Qi her plan in detail, and asked Grandma Qi to go to the pavilion to catch the rape.
It is not appropriate to say that it is catching rape, after all, it is not easy to use such a word when it is about seducing someone's own daughter. After all, Qi Rong was a little girl who had not left the cabinet. She was embarrassed to tell her mother, so she asked her sister-in-law to help her "break through", and logically went to Xiao Qihou's place. After all, Qi Rong was the direct descendant of the Marquis of Zhenbei, and had an affair with the prince. After being young enough, Qi was angry and ordered the prince to take charge of Qi Rong. With Qi Rong's identity and the pressure from Xiao Qi, the side concubine is absolutely safe.
The East Palace is now in full swing. The crown prince has great power in the official circles, and also has a great reputation among the people. The emperor's health is getting worse and worse. It can be expected that in a few years, the crown prince will be enthroned as the new emperor.
At that time, the position of the queen is hard to say, but as a side concubine, there is absolutely no problem in getting a fourth concubine or even a noble concubine. Grandma Qi was very excited when she thought that her family was going to have a concubine. Moreover, Qi Rong looked good, her mind turned fast, and there was Xiao Qi in the palace to help her. On the other hand, Chu Jinyao had nothing to rely on. This crown princess can't be promoted to queen yet.
Grandma Qi's whole mind was clouded by the idea that the Qi family wanted to have a third queen. This dream was so beautiful that Grandma Qi agreed with her mother-in-law regardless of her reputation and family rules. She negotiated with Qi Rong, Qi Rong invited the prince over under the guise of Chu Jinyao, Qi Rong moved Qin Yi with affection and infatuation, and combined with special aphrodisiac spices, when Qi Rong couldn't help but have a relationship with the prince, Qi Da Grandma happened to pass by, accidentally crashed, and then cried and made trouble to the queen to preside over justice.
In this kind of thing, the man's position always suffers. Even if the prince told the truth and said he was designed, who would believe it? In terms of love and reason, the prince has to accept Qi Rong. Even if the prince is annoyed by their plotting, he is not afraid, man, wait for Qi Rong to enter the door and ask on the bed, which man is willing to investigate. Maybe, there is a cousin who is so infatuated that he doesn't want to be named, and the man is secretly proud of it.
But Qi Rong thought more deeply. She wanted to use this method to marry Qin Yi, but she didn't want to bear the name of seduction. Empress Xiao Qi is the queen, but because of what happened back then, it was inevitable that people would point at her behind her back. Qin Yi blatantly disrespected her stepmother, and Empress Qi didn't dare to fart. Qi Rong didn't want to follow the old path of her little aunt, and her starting point was a little lower than that of Xiao Qi back then. She was originally a side, if her reputation was tainted, when Qin Yi was enthroned in the future, she might not be able to pull Chu Jinyao down. .
So Qi Rong prepared another scapegoat, and this person was Erhua. Anyway, the curtains here are firmly covered, who is the person who does this kind of thing in the pavilion, isn't it just letting Qi Rong open his mouth? When she gets married to the prince's cousin, she will throw the charge of seducing her master with spices to Erhua. Anyway, Erhua is flamboyant and seductive, and looks like someone who does this kind of thing. As for the fate of Erhua, that's not what Qi Rong cares about.
Qi Rong's arrangement was very good, and Grandma Qi also felt that the sister-in-law was so smart and well-rounded. She knew very well what she would see when she opened the curtain, so Grandma Qi now looked at Chu Jinyao with a sense of pity.
So, women really can't be jealous. If Chu Jinyao had prepared a concubine for the prince early, and let Qi Rong marry her sweetheart, why should she be insulted today
Grandma Qi's eyes were too obvious, Chu Jinyao smiled and met her gaze, and asked, "What's wrong with Mrs. Shizi, why are you looking at me like this?"
"It's nothing. I just thought that the teachings of the sage are indeed right. Women need to be virtuous, and jealousy can be good for a while, but it won't last long."
"Oh?" Chu Jinyao smiled and said, "In this way, Mrs. Shizi must be a virtuous person who is not arrogant or jealous, and actively takes concubines to the prince? Madam thinks what the prince thinks, and doesn't care about adding people to the house. Instead, the woman who placed her son with all her heart is really a model of a virtuous woman."
It doesn't hurt if the knife doesn't cut on her body, so Grandma Qi answered naturally: "It's natural. I grew up under the strict education of my mother, and I abide by the precepts of women's classics and women, and of course I won't commit the sin of jealousy. ."
"That's great." While speaking, the two had already walked to the pavilion. Standing outside the bamboo curtain, Chu Jinyao gestured, "Mrs. Shizi, please."
According to reason, Grandma Qi could not walk in front of the Crown Princess, but Chu Jinyao took the initiative to request, and Grandma Qi also felt sorry for what Chu Jinyao was about to see, so she did not refuse, and let the maid play the curtain and went first by herself. .
The bamboo curtain was lifted by a corner, but Chu Jinyao was uncharacteristically motionless, with his hands folded, standing quietly outside the bamboo curtain.
Sure enough, a high-pitched scream broke out from the pavilion: "Who are you? What's going on!"
Grandma Qi was originally satisfied, she walked into the pavilion in a happy mood, and her eyes naturally rested on the sleeping collapse in the center of the pavilion. However, when she slowly saw the face of the man on the couch, Grandma Qi's whole mind was stunned. Afterwards, she turned her eyes in disbelief, and saw that there was still a person sleeping inside the cave, with a charming figure and charming eyes, and she was still wearing the costume of a palace maid.
Grandma Qi suddenly let out a scream. Rika's cheeks were flushed, and an unspeakable part of her body exuded a kind of heat, and it was better to rely on the people around her. She was in a daze when she suddenly heard a piercing scream from a woman. She woke up and was dragged and fell asleep by a woman. Grandma Qi stared at Erhua with red eyes, her eyes were almost edible. She: "Who are you? Why do you sleep next to the prince? I'll beat you to death..."
The first son of Zhenbei Hou Shizi, Master Qi, was also awakened. Before he could understand what was going on, he saw his wife grabbing a woman's hair and shouting and screaming, and even he was affected. Inside the pavilion was lively, and suddenly there was a shrill scolding from outside: "Presumptuous!"
As soon as they heard this sound, they were eunuchs. Grandma Qi and the prince looked back in amazement, and saw the dignified and beautiful princess standing outside the bamboo curtain. For a moment, then slowly say: "You guys are so bold."
Grandma Qi's head dazzled by Hu Meizi slowly realized that the woman in front of her was not the vixen in the Hou residence, she was a palace maid! Who is the palace maid, the status is low and low, but this is the emperor's woman!