Zhou Rouhui sneered secretly, knowing that Zhou Roujia was making excuses, she must be looking for "something" for a walk.
Zhou Rouhui's gaze paused for a moment on Zhou Roujia's empty skirt, and she continued as if deliberately admonishing: "Elder sister, this is the palace of the prince after all, not our own mansion. Elder sister walks around so casually, if people think that our Zhou family girl If there are no rules, it’s not good.”
Zhou Roujia was surprisingly calm, and said: "Second sister, third sister, don't worry, I went out for a walk because I greeted Miss Xiao..."
Xiao Fei followed up and said: "Miss Tuesday, Miss Wednesday, it's the first time that Ling sister came to the palace, I asked the servant girl to show her around, why are you breaking the rules of the girl from Zhou's family?" A trace of questioning.
If it is facing an ordinary girl, Zhou Rouhui will naturally use her eloquent skills, but Xiao Fei is the eldest girl of the palace, how dare Zhou Rouhui offend her. She bit her lower lip, a little bit unwilling: Why should she, a dull elder sister, get Miss Xiao's favor.
At this time, Zhou Roujin suddenly and secretly tugged on the sleeve of the second sister, signaling her to look at Zhou Roujia's left wrist.
Only then did Zhou Rouhui notice that Zhou Roujia had a translucent and moist jadeite bracelet on her wrist. The jade color was so emerald green and clear that it looked like the top-grade jadeite. It was the best jadeite bracelet from her mother Lu's. This one is inferior.
How could Big Sister have such a good thing? !
I can be sure that she has not worn this bracelet in the banquet in the side hall...
"Second Sister." Zhou Roujin whispered in her ear, "This seems to be the bracelet of the Imperial Concubine, I have seen it on the wrist of the Imperial Concubine."
What
Zhou Rouhui was startled, could it be that the concubine gave it to her
She just said, she shouldn't have brought this big sister to the banquet in Zhennan Palace! Now the Second Young Master Xiao is choosing a relative, if the eldest sister knows that her family wants to help her to marry the Second Young Master Xiao, she will definitely snatch her great opportunity. But mother was still persuaded by father to bring the eldest sister out!
As soon as the elder sister arrived at the palace, she first flattered Miss Xiao, and then got close to the princess concubine through Miss Xiao, and got this priceless bracelet from the concubine... Even if it was a meeting gift, it shouldn't be given to such a valuable item ah!
Zhou Rouhui's heart was in a mess, and the handkerchief was crumpled into a ball.
She couldn't help but want to ask questions, but the sound of "Zheng" brought her back to her senses. On the stage, Zhang Fei had knelt down to Guan Yu to admit his mistake, Liu Bei lifted his robe, and appeared on stage imposingly. .
Nangong Yue walked upstairs with Baihui amidst the sound of gongs...
Zhou Roujin hurriedly hinted that she should not be impulsive.
Zhou Rouhui pursed her lips unwillingly, and finally died down.
After singing "Ancient City Meeting", they sang two or three plays. After that, the female relatives moved from the theater building to the small garden.
At this time, the sun was setting in the west, and the sky in the west was filled with red fire clouds, which woven the sky into a bright and beautiful brocade, and also sprinkled a layer of soft light on the flowers and fruit trees in the garden.
Wives and girls stopped and went in twos and threes, some went to sit in the gazebo, some went to the lake to feed the fish, some enjoyed flowers and chanted poems...
Unknowingly, the two sisters Zhou Rouhui and Zhou Roujin fell behind. Zhou Rouhui seemed a little restless, with her eyes half down, rubbing the handkerchief in her hand.
Zhou Roujin didn't notice the strangeness of her sister, and looked around at the flowers.
"Second Sister, look, this camellia has blossomed! It's time to enjoy the camellia next month!" Zhou Roujin pointed to a few bushes of camellia with a smile.
At this time of year, the camellia has just formed small buds, so there is nothing to see, and the surrounding area is empty.
Seeing that there was no one around, Zhou Rouhui couldn't help pulling Zhou Roujin's sleeve, and said in a low voice, "Third sister, tell me..." She hesitated for a moment, but continued, "You said that the eldest sister was given such a good bracelet by the concubine , will... will it..." Could it be that the concubine fell in love with Zhou Roujia for the second son Xiao
Thinking about it, Zhou Rouhui unconsciously pulled out a few camellia leaves from the side, squeezed them in her hands and ravaged them.
"Second Sister, calm down." Zhou Roujin held Zhou Rouhui's hand, and softly comforted her meaningfully, "It's useless even if the Crown Princess takes a fancy to her..."
That's right! Zhou Rouhui's eyes lit up immediately, and she said viciously: "When you come to the palace as a guest, you can't even look at your own personal belongings. When her ring pendant is picked up by those servants and guards in the palace, I will see if she still has face. Step into the gate of the palace again!"
It's all the big sister's fault, if she hadn't been busy trying to please Miss Xiao as soon as she arrived at the palace, they wouldn't have made such a foolish move.
Stealing her jade pendant and throwing it in the outer courtyard, once the outer man picks it up, she will lose all face! Father will never let Mother bring her out again! Moreover, this matter happened in the palace, the prince and the concubine will definitely find a way to suppress it, and it will not affect the reputation of the two of them.
Zhou Roujin also smiled, and looked up at Zhou Roujia who was walking in front, laugh now, and you will cry later!
Zhou Roujia was talking to Xiao Fei, and the two followed Nangong Yue and the wives, walking towards a gazebo on the lake at a leisurely pace.
Several people sat down in the gazebo for a rest. Nangong Yue sat leaning on the railing, feeding the carp in the lake, and chatting with Mrs. Yao and others from time to time. Everyone had relaxed smiles on their faces, talking and laughing.
Que'er quietly stepped forward without a trace, bent his ear to Nangong Yue and said, "Concubine Shizi, the prince just went to madam's yard in a huff."
Nangong Yue lowered her eyes halfway, nodded calmly, and said nothing, but Que'er understood, and left with the little maid who came to inform...
At this moment, King Zhennan had rushed all the way to Xiaofang's courtyard with a murderous look.
"See you, my lord!"
The servants in a yard hurriedly saluted Zhennan Wang, who continued to rush forward without paying attention.
Ever since Aunt Niu made that scandal today, he has not been in a good mood. Even as the birthday banquet continued, many people even in the front yard knew about it.
They didn't dare to say anything, but those delicate eyes still made Zhennan Wang very uncomfortable, which cast a dark cloud over Zhennan Wang's bad mood.
By tomorrow, the entire Luoyue City will probably know about it.
There was no need to wait for tomorrow, while watching the play, Marquis An Yi implicitly told him that even though he was busy with affairs in southern Xinjiang, he could not neglect the inner house.
King Zhennan immediately understood that even An Yihou had heard about it. At this moment, he was extremely glad that the princess had been dealt with properly, otherwise An Yihou would not be reminding, but questioning now.
But even so, his good birthday banquet was ruined by Xiao Fang, an ignorant woman!
The anger that Zhennan Wang had finally suppressed became more and more intense, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore. He found an excuse and went back to the inner courtyard.
As soon as she heard that the Zhennan Dynasty was here, Xiao Fang hurriedly ordered her servant girl to help her tidy up her clothes as quickly as possible, and she was ecstatic: Today is the 40th birthday of the prince, so she specially asked her aunt to help her to make a fuss in front of the guests , took the opportunity to ask the prince to release her restraining order. Since the prince is here, it means that the aunt must have succeeded!
The more Fang thinks about it, the happier she is, this time she must coax the prince well!
When Xiao Fang lifted the curtain out of the inner room, he happened to see King Zhennan striding into the room.
They have been husband and wife for many years, and she naturally saw that there was something wrong with Zhennan Wang's expression, but she didn't care to think about it, and stepped forward with a blessing: "I have seen the prince."
Her eyelids were half down, and she turned her body half sideways, revealing her best right side face to King Zhennan's eyes.
It's a pity that she was winking at the blind man today.
Zhennan Wang glanced at her coldly, didn't even ask her to excuse her, and slapped her out without thinking.
Snapped-
The crisp applause echoed in the air, and for a moment, the surrounding area was terribly quiet, as if even the sound of breathing could be heard. The servants in the room held their breath for a moment, and they didn't dare to take a breath. They were all silent, wishing to disappear immediately.
A bright red palm print appeared on Xiao Fang's fair and delicate cheeks, which was shocking to watch.
Xiao Fang was a little dazed, she stood there stupidly rubbing her cheeks, the burning pain on her face reminded her—
Zhennan Wang actually beat her? !
Slapped her in front of a room full of maids and wives!
Xiao Fang was angry, anxious and ashamed, knowing in her heart that her aunt must have failed. Xiao Fang bit her lower lip, feeling extremely wronged. Even if the prince is unwilling to lift her ban, then there is no need to be so angry! After all, it was just that my aunt had a motherly heart and couldn't bear her own suffering, so she begged for mercy for herself.
The king of Zhennan was still angry, and asked forcefully, "Where did Aunt Niu's Dongzhu come from?"
Dongzhu? ! Xiao Fang's heart skipped a beat, how could the lord know that he gave away Dongzhu to his aunt, she obviously sent all the servants away at that time, and told his aunt not to wear it outside...
Xiao Fang told himself not to mess up his position, and not to call on himself. She pretended to be surprised and said, "Dongzhu? Why does my aunt have Dongzhu?"
The King of Zhennan snorted coldly, and reprimanded: "Your Auntie Niu, you even put that oriental pearl on this king's birthday banquet! You still want to play a fool with this king?!"
As he said that, King Zhennan became angry again, raised his voice angrily, and said to Xiao Fang word by word: "Do you think this king won't divorce you?!"
Xiao Fang's pupils shrank, and he couldn't believe his ears. Zhennan Wang wants to divorce her? ! no, impossible...
She is the wife of Zhennan Prince's Mansion and the prince's main wife. How could such a shameless person as the prince divorce her!
As if knowing what Xiao Fang was thinking, King Zhennan said slowly again: "I really won't divorce my wife." He said coldly, "But this king's wife can die suddenly at any time!"
Xiao Fang's feet went limp, and his whole body collapsed.
However, King Zhennan no longer showed any pity. He withdrew his hands in disgust, and flung his sleeves away, only to hear the servant girl shouting nervously behind him: "Ma'am! Ma'am, are you all right! Hurry up, call the doctor, Ma'am fainted..."
Even so, King Zhennan still walked forward in strides, without any intention of stopping at his feet.
What happened in Xiaofang's yard soon reached Nangong Yue's ears.
Nangong Yue smiled indifferently.
Zhennan Wang is the only one who can deal with Xiao Fang in a legitimate way without being criticized. Even if Xiao Fang touches Zhennan Wang's bottom line time and time again, no matter how deep his feelings are, he will disappear.
Life will only get worse for Xiao Fang.
At this time, the banquet had already begun, and the guests left one after another. Wei Shi and Xiao Fei also helped see the guests off.
Nangong Yue personally sent off Mrs. Tian's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, while Xiao Fei sent Zhou Roujia to the second gate.
"Miss Xiao..." Zhou Roujia squeezed the handkerchief beside the carriage of Zhou Mansion, and hesitated to speak.
Zhou Rouhui and Zhou Roujin had already boarded the carriage, Zhou Rouhui quietly lifted a corner of the curtain impatiently, looked outside, but did not dare to urge.
Xiao Fei gave Zhou Roujia a faint smile, and said, "Miss Zhou, we will meet later."
Zhou Roujia forced a smile, and got into the carriage with the help of the maid. In the carriage, Zhou Rouhui frowned, and ruthlessly lowered the curtain in her hand.
After Zhou Roujia got into the car and sat down, the carriage started to drive home with a "da da" sound. The wheels of the carriage came back with a dull sound. After being tired for a long time, the girls were a little drowsy, and they were silent all the way.
Before the sky completely darkened, the carriage finally drove into the gate of Dingyuan General's Mansion and stopped at the second gate.
The three girls got out of the carriage with the help of the servant girl. At this time, Mrs. Lu on Tuesday also got off from another carriage ahead.
Zhou Rouhui and Zhou Roujin were planning to meet their mother in the past, but they were stopped by Zhou Roujia who was behind her: "Second sister!"
Zhou Rouhui turned around impatiently, "Big sister, what advice do you have?"
Before she finished speaking, she just listened to—
"Snapped!"
Zhou Roujia slapped Zhou Rouhui heavily on the cheek, and the servants around were dumbfounded. They had never seen such a gentle and elegant girl before, and even Lu Shi who was not far away couldn't react for a while.
"You, you dare to hit me?" Zhou Rouhui covered her face and looked at Zhou Roujia in disbelief.
Ever since she was a child, her parents were reluctant to scold her, but this Zhou Roujia dared to do something to her!
Zhou Roujia stared at Zhou Rouhui coldly, and said righteously: "As the eldest sister, why can't I discipline my younger sister?! This slap is for my younger sister to remember that they are both daughters of the Zhou family, and both are prosperous and all are hurt." , she looked at Zhou Roujin again, her bright and clear eyes were like two clear springs, and all the dirty thoughts were clearly seen in her eyes.
After all, Zhou Roujin was only twelve or thirteen years old, so she couldn't help looking away with guilt.
"Sister Jia, what are you doing?!" Lu Shi came over aggressively, with veins on his forehead throbbing with anger. She kindly took Zhou Roujia to the palace for a banquet. This sister Jia was not grateful to Dade, but she actually bullied her daughter!
Zhou Roujia blessed Fushen politely, and then said expressionlessly: "Second Aunt, Second Sister naturally understands whether I should slap me. My niece will leave first!" After speaking, she walked away without looking back.
With a stick in her throat, Lu looked at Zhou Rouhui, gritted her teeth and said, "Sister Hui, what's going on?"
Zhou Rouhui faltered and didn't say a word for a while.
Lu Shi didn't understand that there must be something strange in it, so he glared at Zhou Roujin: "Sister Jin, tell me..."
After entering the second gate of Dingyuan General's Mansion, turn left along the Qingshiban Road, and pass through the Chuihua Gate is the residence of Dafang.
Zhou Roujia didn't relax until she entered her mother's yard. The indifference that had been forcibly armed outside could no longer hold on, and there was a trace of fragility in his eyes.
In the house, Mrs. Zhou's wife, Mrs. Wang, was doing needlework. Seeing her daughter coming, Mrs. Wang put down the embroidery shed in her hand and looked at Zhou Roujia with a gentle smile.
"Sister Jia, you're back!"
"Mother..." Zhou Roujia's eyes turned red, she stepped forward quickly, and knelt down in front of her mother.
Wang's complexion changed slightly, and she hurriedly pulled her daughter up, let her sit beside her, and asked, "Sister Jia, what happened? If you have something to say, please talk to your mother..."
Meeting her mother's worried eyes, Zhou Roujia's heart twitched. It was all because she was not careful enough and failed her mother's teaching and expectations of her.
Zhou Roujia gathered herself together, and slowly told what happened in the palace today...
Wang's complexion became more and more ugly following Zhou Roujia's narration, until she was almost frightened into a fool. After a while, she held her daughter's hand and asked nervously: "Sister Jia, what... what does the Crown Princess say?"
Zhou Roujia took a deep breath, shook her head, and after getting through the most emotional and ups and downs, she gradually calmed down again.
The Wang family was a little confused for a while.
However, being a mother is strong.
She gritted her teeth, stood up resolutely, and said: "Sister Jia, don't worry, mother will go to your father to uphold justice for you!" Zhou Rouhui and sisters are really deceiving people too much!
"Mother!" Zhou Roujia grabbed Wang Shi, her brows slightly frowned, "Listen to my daughter!"
Wang looked at Zhou Roujia suspiciously, Zhou Roujia gave a wry smile, and said, "Mother, since I was young, if my two younger sisters and I had any disputes, did father ever help me?"
One sentence made Wang's face turn pale, and she sat back dejectedly, feeling cold in her heart. Yes, as my daughter said, the master has always been biased.
So what should Miss Jia do
Thinking about it, Wang's body trembled slightly, and her lips were bloodless.
Zhou Roujia's complexion was also not very good-looking, and she continued: "Mother, it's fine if we don't go to our father, he will pretend to be deaf and dumb for the sake of the second and third sisters, but if we take the initiative to uncover this matter, daughter I was worried that my father...he would, would scold the second sister and the others at will, and then take the initiative to send his daughter to the palace for...for..." Zhou Roujia couldn't continue, but she still gritted her teeth and finished, "I'm a concubine!"
Even if nothing like this happened, with the family status of the Zhou family, the girls in the family are only worthy of being concubines in the palace, let alone now...
"Sister Jia..." Wang subconsciously held her daughter's hand tightly, and a mist clouded her eyes. How could her daughter be a concubine.
Zhou Roujia took a deep breath, collected herself, and tried to appease Wang Shi, "Maybe Shi Zifei can manage to hide this matter..." Her eyes flickered slightly, and she didn't have full confidence in her heart, but she could only comfort her mother like this, Comfort yourself.
"Sister Jia! My sister Jia!" Mrs. Wang hugged her daughter tightly, a feeling of sadness spread rapidly from the bottom of her heart, tears fell from the corners of her eyes, silently...
In the room, the mother and daughter were so suppressed even crying...
It is not only Wang's mother and daughter who are bothered by this matter, Nangong Yue is also the same.
In the second time, after seeing off the guests and finishing the chores of the posthumous affairs, Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei sat at the two ends of the beauty's couch, listening to Que'er's report below:
"... During the birthday banquet in the front yard, it was rumored that the second son is very lucky today, and he got a girl from the Zhou family to throw himself into his arms."
Xiao Fei couldn't help pinching the handkerchief tightly, and looked at Nangong Yue anxiously.
"Obviously this matter cannot be suppressed any longer." Nangong Yue also had a headache, Xiao Luan's two friends were really not strict-mouthed people, they even told the matter before the birthday banquet was over , presumably it will not take long for it to spread completely.
That's all for Xiao Luan, what about Miss Zhou's boudoir reputation this week!
"Sister-in-law." Xiao Fei bit her lower lip and said, "Is there no other way?"
Nangong Yue thought for a moment, then ordered: "Que'er, go and inquire carefully about the situation of the Zhou family and Miss Zhou's usual temperament, behavior, preferences... I want to know everything."
The blessing of the magpie should be.
In this world, it's not easy for women, Nangong Yue doesn't want Miss Zhou to end up as a concubine because of such a thing.
The best way is to let Xiao Luan marry Miss Zhou into the family, so as to cut off other people's tongue and tongue.
But marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous man, if Miss Zhou's character is not good, Nangong Yue will not ask Xiao Luan to marry her as his wife just to make up for her, so that the house will be disturbed in the future. After all, this matter is not Xiao Luan fault.
The Zhou family is not within the scope of Nangong Yue's choice, so they don't know much about the Zhou family.
But the sisters of the Zhou family can disregard their family affection and fight to frame them when they are guests in the Zhennan Palace. I am afraid that the family style is not good enough, which makes it difficult for her to have good expectations for Miss Zhou.
Anyway, let's see it first...
I just hope that Miss Zhou is a good girl, so that even if Zhou's family status does not match, she can still try to convince King Zhennan...
King Zhennan's birthday banquet is finally over, and Nangong Yue can finally take a good rest after being busy for so long.
As for tomorrow, the king of Zhennan must deal with the person who secretly wears Dongzhu...