Mrs. Qiao naturally knew that the An family was the uncle's family of the late concubine Dafang, but she had never had any contact with the An family. How could this Mrs. An suddenly take the liberty to visit? !
Although she felt strange, Mrs. Qiao still asked her maid to bring him in.
After a while, the servant girl came with a plump middle-aged woman. Mrs. An was wearing an amber woven gold gourd-patterned gown, and a silver-plated green hairpin inlaid with tourmaline dots on her bun. It looks graceful and luxurious.
After the two greeted each other, Mrs. Qiao asked Mrs. An to sit down.
After the maid hurriedly brought tea to the guests, Mrs. An took a sip, and immediately praised the good tea graciously, before getting to the point: "Excuse me, Ma'am, I take the liberty to come to visit the house today. I'm here to invite you." From your mansion..." As she said that, she made a gesture, and the maid immediately handed over a textured gold post with both hands.
A nun took the post and presented it to Mrs. Qiao.
Mrs. An smiled and continued: "Mrs. Qiao, our An family is new here, and we are very unfamiliar with all the prefectures in Luoyue City. I would like to take advantage of this peony banquet to invite everyone to visit the manor, so that we can get acquainted with each other. Second, we can have fun." After a pause, she continued, "My brother Rui will study in the Lezhi Academy in Luoyue City in the future, and I want to take this opportunity to get to know young people from various prefectures. It will be convenient to move around in the future.”
Mrs. Qiao opened the post and looked at it, while listening to Mrs. An's explanation of her visit. The other party came to her door to send her a post to show her respect. Mrs. Qiao was very useful in her heart.
Mrs. Qiao nodded reservedly and said, "If I have time, I will definitely visit."
Judging by Mrs. Qiao's tone, she should agree. This is also a good start. Mrs. An's heart was relieved, and she flattered Mrs. Qiao graciously, praising her for taking good care of herself, her well-managed family, and her outstanding children...
Seeing Mrs. Qiao's happy face, Mrs. An took advantage of the situation and continued: "Ling Ai is both talented and beautiful, just like the concubine of the world, she is the phoenix among people. Hey, if my unfilial daughter is half as good as Ling Ai and the concubine of the world. Mrs. Qiao, to be honest, my three daughters are already fifteen years old and have not yet engaged in a marriage, but she is very high-spirited, and she will not marry anyone who is not a hero. .”
At first Mrs. Qiao felt that it was very useful to hear the other party praise her daughter, but after hearing that the other party even praised Nangong Yue ignorantly, Mrs. Qiao became more and more angry when she heard the other party say that her daughter wanted to marry her. Marrying a hero or something, I couldn't help laughing sarcastically, thinking: Does Mrs. An still want Miss An San to marry Xiao Yi as a side concubine? ! It's short-sighted!
Thinking about it, Mrs. Qiao stroked her sleeves, and said sarcastically: "Mrs. An, even if the concubine is very good in this world, it's a pity that she is jealous and can't tolerate concubines. This is not good. She just doesn't like it." Xian! She is really a jealous woman, but her stomach is not good enough. She has been married to the eldest son for several years, but she has not given birth to a son and a half daughter. I really don't understand how the Nangong family can raise such a daughter. It's just a name!"
Mrs. An's face froze for a moment. She never thought that Mrs. Qiao would say such a thing in front of her. Now she is in a dilemma and dare not respond casually. It's also because of her negligence, she should have found out first, it turns out that Mrs. Qiao and the Shizi Concubine are at odds.
At this time, Mrs. An could only secretly rejoice, fortunately, she did not plan to send her daughter to the crown prince as a concubine, otherwise wouldn't she want to offend the crown prince? !
Mrs. An laughed twice, and said implicitly: "The prince and the concubine are still young, it must be because the time has not come..." Then, she hurriedly changed the subject and said, "Finally, the concubine is taking care of the prince, unlike the prince... "She sighed intentionally, "My lord has a lot of things to do every day, and I don't have a caring person to serve me, so what should I do! My lord should continue as soon as possible."
Although Xiao Fang was dismissed, how can Zhennan King lack people to serve him? From the side concubine Wei to his concubines, there are people who take good care of Zhennan King. .
Mrs. Qiao was stunned, and finally came back for a moment, and looked at Mrs. An.
It turns out that the An family didn't go for the side concubine of the eldest son, but for the successor of King Zhennan!
The corner of Mrs. Qiao's mouth twitched, and she said casually: "Yes. The Zhennan Palace should also have a decent mistress as soon as possible."
Mrs. An was overjoyed and was about to continue probing, but Mrs. Qiao had already changed the subject. Mrs. An couldn't force it, so she had to follow her words to talk about clothes and jewelry. After sitting for about half an hour, Mrs. An offered to say goodbye.
Seeing the other party's back getting farther and farther away, Mrs. Qiao suddenly said: "Send me the gift list of An's family and let me have a look."
Mammy responded, took a gift list from a little maid, and said respectfully, "Madam, please have a look."
Mrs. Qiao responded, quickly scanned the gift list, immediately showed disdain, put the list aside, and said lightly: "Go directly to the warehouse."
It's just an ordinary four-color gift, and I want to ask her to do something and seek the position of the successor of the King of Zhennan! What a big appetite!
Mrs. Qiao picked up the celadon teacup on the side, and gently removed the tea leaves floating on the surface with the tea lid. Mammy went to work, but after a while, she came back in a hurry, holding a small box in her hand.
The nanny gave a wink, and the little maid who was serving in the room withdrew.
"Ma'am," Nanny opened the box, presented the contents to Mrs. Qiao, and said in a low voice, "here is another box, the An family has not written it in the gift list, just take a look."
There seems to be a deed paper in the box.
Mrs. Qiao took out the deed paper, thinking it was just a title deed for a few acres of land, but she didn't want to...
This is…
Mrs. Qiao stared slightly, this is actually a deed from a bank.
This home is really a big deal!
Mrs. Qiao exclaimed: "I never thought that the An family would spend so much painstaking efforts to be willing to spend all their money for the sake of a mere successor."
The mother smiled and said: "Ma'am, it depends on whose stepmother it is. It is the prince. Even though it is a stepmother, as long as the prince asks for the seal, it is also a princess with a high order. Although the An family has some money, it is still gone. Well, to put it bluntly, it's because of An's family that Miss An can be the prince's successor."
Mrs. Qiao smiled reservedly, nodded her head and said, "The An family and the Fang family belong to the four great families in southern Xinjiang, so it would make sense for the eldest daughter of the eldest family to marry into the palace as the successor."
With that said, Mrs. Qiao glanced at the deed paper in her hand again. Since the An family is so knowledgeable, they want to be the successor to the king of Zhennan, so they just give it to them. Anyway, my younger brother always wants to continue. It is better to marry someone who is willing to show kindness to me than to marry someone who is against me.
She doesn't want another "Nangong Yue" to make things difficult for herself all the time.
From now on, when the girl from the An family passes through the door, he will have a helper in the palace.
Thinking about it, Mrs. Qiao's mouth curled into a smug smile, and even the hot tea in her mouth felt much sweeter.
On April 29th, Mrs. An once again boarded the gate of Qiao's mansion, and on the same day, Nangong Yue accompanied Mrs. Fu to Tian's mansion early in the morning, and asked Mrs. Tian to be a matchmaker to go to Lin's house for Fu Yunhe Propose marriage.
The Fu Lin family had already agreed on this marriage, and Mrs. Tian could sell one of the two families just by making a trip, so she agreed without saying a word.
Everything went very smoothly. On that day, Fu Lin and his family exchanged Geng Tie.
Han Qixia didn't think about going back to the capital after her escape, so although she recognized her as a girl from the Lin family, she didn't change her name, but just called Lin Jingchen "grandfather". But now, the Fu family is honorable, and the emperor always has to ask about Fu Yunhe's wife's background. Furthermore, even if they lived in southern Xinjiang for many years after marriage, they would return to the capital one day... The name Han Qixia became inappropriate.
Therefore, before Mrs. Fu arrived in southern Xinjiang, Lin Jingchen officially recognized Han Qixia as the name of the Lin family, and her name was also called Lin Zixia from the Lin family's "zi" generation.
On the geng post that Mrs. Fu got, the name was Lin Zixia.
The two families knew each other well, Na Cai and asking for names were just a matter of situation. Mrs. Fu planned to leave after completing the small ceremony, so she chose the nearest auspicious day, June 20th. .
Mrs. Fu was happily preparing for Xiao Ding's affairs, and at the same time lived in Bixiaotang with her daughter and son-in-law with peace of mind.
Fu Yunyan has been to Southern Xinjiang once, and knows a lot about the interesting places in Luoyue City, and she has a restless temperament, seeing that the big things have been done, she drags Nangong Xin to play around all day long. Today I went to Anlan Palace to worship Mazu and eat vegetarian food; tomorrow I went to Zhulizhai to shop for books and paintings; the next day I went to the outskirts of the city to visit mountains and rivers... Among them, I also ate all the famous restaurants and shops in the city. For food suitable for long-term storage, Fu Yunyan waved his arms and asked them to pack several portions, intending to bring them back to the capital as gifts to relatives and friends.
Nangong Yue looked envious, but Xiao Luan's wedding was approaching, even with Xiao Fei's help, she was too busy to get away.
Finally, she spared half a day, and it happened that Fu Yunyan wanted to go to the theater, so she went with them to Cheng's Theater.
In addition to being invited to perform at the banquets of those famous mansions, this Cheng's troupe also holds plays in the Cheng's theater in the city every few days. With its reputation, it is not an exaggeration to say that tickets are hard to come by . However, relying on Bixiaotang's name, Nangong Yue naturally got a few theater tickets easily. Fu Yunyan was so excited after watching the wonderful martial arts scenes, clapping her hands and applauding, saying that the literary dramas in the capital are really boring.
After watching four scenes in a row, she reluctantly left with Nangong Xin and Nangong Yue, still a little unfulfilled, and said frothingly: "Ah Xin, Ah Yue, this Cheng Zisheng is really extraordinary! , look at his somersaults, and the gun that made..."
Nangong Yue said with a smile: "Anyway, you still have to stay in Southern Xinjiang for a while. After a few days, let's call Sister Shangxia to come over."
Fu Yunyan responded with a smile.
While speaking, the three of them left the theater, and saw a familiar figure walking towards them in front of them.
"Ah Yi!" Nangong Yue greeted her joyfully, Xiao Yi held Nangong Yue's plain hand without hesitation, showing a bright smile.
"Ayi, you are here. Let's go have some lunch together." Nangong Xin proposed with a smile.
Xiao Yi responded with a smile: "It's just right, let's find a place to sit down and talk... This morning, I received a letter from Feige from Wangdu."
He said it cryptically, but the other three people present knew that Feige's message should be about "Chunwei".
In an instant, the originally leisurely atmosphere became a little dignified, only the corner of Xiao Yi's mouth still had a casual smile, which made Nangong Xin unable to see whether it was good news from the capital, or...
It's not convenient to talk here, so Xiao Yi casually mentioned something, and said: "After the uncle handed over the memorial, the emperor has not responded. Since six days ago, he has been kneeling outside the imperial study... Today should be the seventh day Alright."
indeed.
It is already the seventh day.
After the morning court, Nangong Qin still knelt outside the imperial study, begging to see the emperor.
In the imperial study room, it was very quiet at the moment, except for the occasional "chacha" sound, the sound of writing down, and the sound of pondering when the emperor was flipping through the memorial... the atmosphere was slightly dignified.
Eunuch Liu waited on the pen and ink. After hesitating again and again, he saw that the emperor was just closing the pen, so he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Mr. Nangong is still outside. He has been kneeling for more than two hours. Would you like to see him?"
The emperor took another memorial, read it, and said softly: "I know he is doing it for Xiao Wu, but Chun Wei is choosing the pillars of the country, and this is a big matter. How can you just change the title if you just say it."
The emperor's tone was almost a sigh, and he didn't know whether he was talking to himself or talking to Eunuch Liu.
Eunuch Liu has been serving the emperor close to him, and he understands the emperor's many helplessness best, so he echoed: "The emperor is right. The matter of Chunwei is very important."
The emperor closed his eyes and ordered: "Huiren, let Mr. Nangong go back."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Eunuch Liu accepted the order in a respectful voice, and followed him out of the imperial study to pass on the message.
Nangong Qinzheng, who was still wearing court clothes, stood upright and knelt under the eaves of the imperial study room. When he saw Eunuch Liu come out, he looked up at him.
Eunuch Liu sighed helplessly, bowed and said, "Lord Nangong, the emperor said, please go back."
Nangong Qin's expression was gloomy. Since he handed over the memorial, the emperor has been avoiding him. Seeing that the spring is approaching, he had no choice but to use the stupid way of kneeling. But sure enough, they still returned without success day after day.
After a while, Nangong Qin finally stood up with difficulty, and said politely, "I'm bothering you, Eunuch."
After finishing speaking, he turned around and left under the guidance of a small servant. He didn't know if he had been kneeling for a long time. His back and steps were a little stiff when he left.
After Nangong Qin walked several tens of feet, he couldn't help but turned his head and glanced in the direction of the Imperial Study Room, with a complicated expression on his face.
Now half of the people in the government and the opposition have asked the emperor to change the crown prince. Obviously, the king of Shunjun and the king of Gongjun are uniting for the common enemy and want to force the emperor to make up his mind.
This time, A Yi clearly presented a good idea, as long as the emperor follows the trend, he will definitely be able to turn the tide, but the emperor is still unwilling to make up his mind until today. Although it is indeed inappropriate for Chunwei to change the title temporarily, the lesser of two evils is the right... The concubine is orthodox, no matter what, I have to fight again!
Seeing him stop, the little servant called out remindingly: "Lord Nangong..."
Nangong Qin smiled apologetically and continued to walk forward. After walking out of a palace gate, he saw a couple of couples walking towards this side surrounded by a group of palace people. The young man at the head was wearing a purple brocade robe and purple gold on his head Guan, it seems that Fengshen is handsome, it is Han Lingfu, the king of Gongjun.
And the young woman next to him was wearing a bright red dress with a radiant face. Obviously, she should be the new Princess Gongjun. Judging from the direction they were walking, it seemed that they had just come from the harem.
After Nangong Qin saluted the two of them, he continued to go outside the palace.
On the other side, Han Lingfu walked forward as if nothing had happened, with half-lidded eyes, a little dim.
He had long heard that Nangong Qin came to beg outside the imperial study room every day for the past few days, and his father also kept secrets and refused to see Nangong Qin, but he did not get angry.
What exactly is Nangong Qin planning? !
Han Lingfu clenched his fists in his sleeves. Based on his understanding of the Nangong family, the members of the Nangong family are all pedantic people who don't know good and bad. Maybe they want to support the fifth emperor again!
Although Nangong's family is quite prestigious among Shilin students, since they don't know what is good or bad, they are still unwilling to support him, and they still want to fight against him until now, so they just ruin it.
You can't just give it up to the fifth emperor brother!
Han Lingfu's mood fluctuated, and his steps inevitably accelerated a little, so that the county princess Chen who was beside him fell behind by half a step, and called softly: "My lord..."
Han Lingfu suddenly came back to his senses, and smiled softly at Chen Shi, making people feel like a spring breeze, and Chen Shi's face was stained with flying clouds.
The two got married yesterday, and today they came to the palace to meet the emperor and empress according to the rules. Naturally, they entered the palace early in the morning, but it was not until just now that the emperor sent someone to say that they had time to enter the palace.
After the announcement, the two entered the imperial study room, knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times to salute the emperor. The emperor admonished the new daughter-in-law casually, and then rewarded the new daughter-in-law. After that, Han Lingfu and Mrs. Chen left the palace gate.
After Mrs. Chen got into the Zhulun carriage of the princess of the county, Han Lingfu got on the horse, and the carriage and horses went all the way to the palace of the prince of Gong under the escort of several guards from the prince's mansion.
Tread Tread...
Han Lingfu, who was riding his horse against the wind, couldn't help but think about Nangong Qin again. This matter can't be delayed any longer... A sternness flashed in his eyes.
bang bang!
Suddenly, his heartbeat quickened by two beats... He couldn't help but frowned slightly, but then his heartbeat returned to normal, as if the strange phenomenon just now was just his hallucination, but his throat was a little dry, which made him want to go to Xiaoer's place quickly, Drinking a bowl of hot soup stewed by Xiao'er herself, the body and mind can relax naturally, as if all the troubles are gone.
Last night was his and Chen's wedding night, so I couldn't go to Xiaoer's place to rest, let's go tonight...
Thinking about it, he couldn't wait any longer, his tongue subconsciously licked and wiped his dry lips, and his breathing seemed to be a little short. He clamped the horse's belly and speeded up.
After a stick of incense, they arrived at Gongjun Prince's Mansion and went straight into the main courtyard.
The two side concubines had been waiting there early, waiting to kowtow and offer tea to the princess of Xinjun.
Unlike the tea ceremony to Cui Yanyan, which was full of turmoil, this time the tea ceremony went very smoothly. Han Lingfu, who was at the side, was very pleased to see his wife and concubines in harmony, but he didn't know that everything was just a mirror image. On the surface, Bai Muxiao was indeed He was smiling all the time, but that smile didn't reach his eyes, and the unwillingness in his heart was clamoring like a volcano that was about to erupt...
When the new princess entered the door yesterday, he knelt down to greet her, and today she will kneel down to offer tea in public again, and suffer the humiliation of kneeling.
One day, she will ask them to repay her double for the humiliation she has suffered today!
Bai Muxiao's eyes drooped slightly, but she smiled more gracefully.
After tea was served, Han Lingfu said something to Mrs. Chen, and Han Lingfu, who had an appointment with someone, hurried out.
In the house, there were only these three women left.
Chen was still smiling for a moment, but when he picked up the teacup the next moment, his smile had turned cold, and he glanced sharply at the two concubines.
Although the clothes were stunning, Chen Shi didn't pay attention to them. She had already inquired about them, or rather, who in the palaces of the capital didn't know that King Gong and this concubine Bai had been entangled since before their marriage? Entanglement... So far, the concubine of the county has changed, but the love of the concubine Bai is no less than that of the past, and it is even rumored that Cui Yanyan is pissed off by this!
But I will never be as stupid as Cui Yanyan, she is a majestic county princess, is she afraid that she will not be able to kill a side concubine? !