"Life is in danger?!"
Mrs. An let out a low cry, her feet went limp, and she almost fainted. The little maid beside her screamed and supported Mrs. An.
But Mrs. Qiao stretched her brows slightly, and clapped her hands as a matter of course: "Isn't that simple?! After I go back, let the concubine Shizi go to the Zhuangzi to raise a few months of babies. The younger generation should avoid the elders..."
Mrs. Qiao started talking non-stop, foaming at the mouth. What she meant was that after Miss An San married into the palace, she would be the concubine's mother-in-law, and the concubine and the child in her belly should avoid the elders It should be, anyway, it's only a few months. Besides, isn't the imperial concubine in an unstable fetal position? You can also take advantage of this to rest and recuperate on Zhuangzi, isn't it killing two birds with one stone!
Zhou Roujia frowned when she heard it, thinking about Mrs. Qiao's arbitrary temper, and also thinking that this is Anfu after all, she hesitated to speak in the end.
Afterwards, Master Jingyuan cast spells on An Zhihua himself. In just a short while, An Zhihua, whose complexion was as pale as paper, miraculously recovered a lot. There was a little blood on his face, and he even woke up for a while. Only then fell asleep.
Seeing this, Mrs. An was overjoyed and almost enshrined the other party as a god. Mrs. Qiao was also amazed. Naturally, it will be held as scheduled.
Zhou Roujia endured it for nearly a stick of incense before everyone came out of An Zhihua's room again. Mrs. An hurriedly arranged for a nun to take that Master Jingyuan to the wing to rest.
After getting off the carriage at the Yimen of the palace, the two immediately parted ways, one went to Zhennan Wang's outer study, and the other hurried to Bixiaotang, the uneasiness in his expression could not be concealed.
"Sister-in-law..."
As soon as Zhou Roujia saw Nangong Yue, she told Nangong Yue everything that happened in Anfu, with a worried look on her fair face.
Que'er, who was serving at the side, was filled with righteous indignation, and exchanged a look with Baihui angrily.
If it wasn't for Zhou Roujia's presence, Que'er would have been unable to control her mouth and wanted to say "Bah", what kind of fate is against each other, their little grandson Jingui! Is An Zhi painting suitable? !
Unexpectedly, Nangong Yue laughed, with great interest, "I said why the magpies were crying early this morning, so there is such a worldly expert in Luoyue City..." She said, holding her hand slowly. Picking up the teacup, the calm look seemed not to take this matter to heart at all.
Zhou Roujia was a little anxious, her eyebrows were tangled, and she said: "Sister-in-law, the eldest aunt has gone to the father's place, should you send someone to invite the son back?"
Que'er nodded silently at the side, his eyes seemed to say, what the second young lady said was that the son had to be called back. Although they knew that this must be the An family playing tricks, whether they believe it or not depends entirely on the prince. If the prince is manipulated by the An family and Mrs. Qiao, and insists on avoiding the crown prince, the crown prince will have no way to say no.
Nangong Yue smiled indifferently.
Why does such a trivial matter require A Yi to take action? Isn't this an overkill
Ah Yi's destruction... Cough, the lethality is too great, and it can't be used casually unless it is a last resort...
Besides, King Zhennan hasn't responded yet, so why jump up in a hurry!
Nangong Yue's lips curled up calmly.
Outside the house, the chirping of cicadas still sounded from time to time, which seemed a bit noisy.
Especially for King Zhennan, the humming of cicadas accompanied by Mrs. Qiao's sharp voice made his temple throbbing.
At this time, Mrs. Qiao had already finished talking about what she had seen and heard in An's house with a worried expression on her face, and finally added embellishments: "Brother, Master Jingyuan also said that the fate of the child in Shizifei's belly is too hard. If you don't avoid it, the future may be uncertain." I will also restrain you, brother. Brother, do you think it is better to let the concubine Shizi go to the Zhuangzi to take shelter first, so as to raise the baby, and it will not be too late to come back after the child is born."
Sitting behind the red sandalwood desk, King Zhennan rubbed his temples and didn't speak for a long time. After a long time, he raised his eyes to Mrs. Qiao and asked, "Sister, is there any other way? Or, please ask Mrs. Qiao again?" some doctors, masters, etc. to show her..."
"Brother, I have seen that master. He is really a master of the world with profound Taoism. If it were not for human life, the master would not rush from Xing'an City to Luoyue City on purpose. I saw it with my own eyes. As soon as the master performed the spell, Miss An San woke up, and it is conceivable that Miss An San will recover without any medicine after the concubine avoids Zhuangzi as she said." Mrs. Qiao She persuaded earnestly, "Brother, your wedding is coming soon, you can't delay your marriage just because of an unborn child, right?"
Zhennan Wang was silent for a while, and finally sighed, with a bit of regret on his face, and said: "If so, then we have to retire." At first, he thought that the third girl from the An family was pretty and generous, and she was really a rare person. The beauty of my life is destined to be with me again... Hey, what a pity.
Mrs. Qiao nodded intuitively and said, "Brother, that's right... ah!" Halfway through speaking, she slowly understood the meaning of Zhennan Wang's words, her eyes widened in shock, and she was stunned.
Zhennan Wang's big wedding is related to the face of the palace. In comparison, it is nothing more than a trivial matter for the crown prince to avoid it. Mrs. Qiao thought that her younger brother would definitely agree to her proposal, but she didn't expect him to withdraw the engagement? ! Is she dreaming
Thinking about it, Mrs. Qiao pinched herself almost without losing her composure, and heard Zhennan Wang sternly said: "Elder sister, the concubine is pregnant with the future grandson of the palace. Since Miss An San and the grandson are in harmony, for the sake of the grandson , this marriage can only be cancelled."
Looking at King Zhennan's appearance, he seemed to have made a decision. Mrs. Qiao's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and she corrected angrily: "Brother, it was the child in the concubine's stomach that beat Miss Ansan, why did you put the cart before the horse? !"
Zhennan Wang raised his eyebrows, feeling that Mrs. Qiao was putting the cart before the horse. Hey, the older the eldest sister is, the more confused she becomes.
He patiently said again: "Sister, the grandson is the grandson of my Xiao family, the future heir of the Zhennan Palace, what can honor the grandson?"
"How can your grandson be more important than you, younger brother?!" Mrs. Qiao said relentlessly.
In her heart, King Zhennan is in his prime, even if Xiao Luan is useless, he will have other sons after he marries his step-wife. When the son-in-law grows up, it's hard to say who will be the son and who will be the grandson in the future? !
Zhennan Wang finally couldn't stand the eldest sister's unreasonable troubles, and said: "Eldest sister, I have my own calculations in my heart, so you don't need to say any more!"
Seeing the impatience of "women have long hair and short knowledge" in his words, Mrs. Qiao was so angry that her chest was stuffed in her chest, and she wondered for the first time that the concubine must have put some kind of poison on her younger brother, otherwise Why does my younger brother become dizzy and stupid once things involve the concubine Shizi? !
Mrs. Qiao took a few deep breaths, but she still couldn't calm down, and said bitterly: "Brother, don't keep talking about grandchildren. The child in the concubine's belly hasn't been born for a day, so it's hard to say whether it's a grandson or not." What! If she gives birth to a girl, people may secretly laugh at us in the Zhennan Prince’s Mansion for wanting his son crazy! I see A Yi’s frivolous appearance, don’t expect more and be more disappointed!”
This time, King Zhennan's entire face darkened.
The elder sister's words are becoming more and more unreliable. What are you talking about? !
If this really gave birth to a girl, wouldn't Nizi be so proud!
Thinking of Xiao Yi's complacent expression full of "little girl" before, the corners of Zhennan Wang's mouth twitched in anger, and his gaze towards Mrs. Qiao became even uglier.
"Elder Sister, if you are fine, you should go back to your residence quickly." Zhennan Wang issued an order to evict the guests without politeness, and already regretted that he had visited Mrs. Qiao this way.
"You... how dare you..." Mrs. Qiao was hit hard again, and she was so angry that she couldn't finish her sentence. The younger brother wants to drive him away? ! Did he think she rarely came to the palace
Mrs. Qiao's mouth moved, but she couldn't utter the wild words that she would never come to the palace again. In the end, she stomped her feet fiercely and left angrily, shaking her sleeves.
Looking at Mrs. Qiao's angry back, King Zhennan shook his head.
This eldest sister, the more you live, the more you come back!
but…
Just now the elder sister seemed to say that Miss An San got sick after Bixiaotang visited the princess after the Mid-Autumn Festival? King Zhennan couldn't help frowning deeply.
Although the eldest sister kept saying that the child beat Miss Ansan, it's hard to say who beat who? Since Aunt An San and her precious grandson have conflicting fates, what if they are mutual restraints? As the saying goes, porcelain does not fight with tiles. What if the grandson is surprised
The more the king of Zhennan thought about it, the more wrong he was, he hurriedly ordered Jijiao to open the warehouse, personally picked out a jade pendant to ward off evil spirits, and asked Jijiao to go to Bixiaotang...
"Concubine Shizi, my eldest aunt just went to talk to the prince for a while. The prince remembered that there was a unicorn jade pendant in the warehouse to ward off evil spirits, so he ordered his servants to search for it and brought it to the concubine Shizi, saying that he wanted to scare the little grandson. .”
Kikyo presented the piece of Hetian jade and sapphire unicorn jade pendant to Que'er, while talking with a smile on her face.
What Kikyo said was really interesting. On the one hand, she didn't mention what Mrs. Qiao said to King Zhennan, but on the other hand, she used meaningful words such as "to ward off evil spirits" and "to suppress shock" , as if to say everything again...
Since King Zhennan specially ordered someone to send a jade pendant to scare the child, it also showed his attitude: in his eyes, compared with his unmarried stepmother, his golden grandson is the most important!
Nangong Yue took the jade pendant from Que'er, played with it for a while, and said with a smile: "Jiangyou, please thank my father for his kindness."
To be honest, Nangong Yue originally thought that Yi Zhennan Wang's temperament, which was as soft as a grass on the wall, would be hesitated by Mrs. Qiao's few words. She also prepared several ways to deal with it in her heart. The soldiers came to block, and the water came to cover him, but he didn't expect Zhennan King to react like this.
It's rare for their father to be reliable!
Nangong Yue and Zhou Roujia smiled at each other, the atmosphere in the room became much more relaxed, even the occasional cicadas outside the window seemed less disturbing.
After Nangong Yue ordered Baihui to reward Jugeng, Jugeng left gracefully.
After the bellflower had gone away, Zhou Roujia hesitated and asked, "Sister-in-law, do you think Miss An San is really sick, or..." Fake illness? !
Although she looked at An Zhi's portrait as if she was seriously ill, but the timing of the other's illness was really a coincidence, and she was guiding Gong Yue and her future grandchildren with swords, which always made people feel that something was wrong...
Nangong Yue picked up the teacup and smiled without answering.
She didn't say anything, but to Zhou Roujia, it was clear.
I see.
While suddenly realizing this, Zhou Roujia was unavoidably worried, and said, "Sister-in-law, if Ms. An San passes through the door in the future, will she deliberately make things difficult for sister-in-law?"
In the name of her mother-in-law, Miss An San wanted to make excuses for the younger generation to set the rules, or make things difficult for her in daily life, it was really easy.
The more Zhou Roujia thought about it, the more she frowned. The eldest son is a man, and he is not in the inner house on weekdays. I'm afraid he can't protect his sister-in-law all the time. In the future, he needs to be more careful.
Seeing Zhou Roujia's worried look, Nangong Yue was both moved and couldn't help laughing: Sister Fei, as well as the second sibling, why do you think of yourself as a helpless little pity
"The palace has its own rules, so how can anyone do whatever they want?" Nangong Yue smiled lightly, and then changed the subject, "Second brother and sister, are you still used to being in the palace recently?"
Zhou Roujia has been married to the palace for almost four months, and she is still a new wife. When Nangong Yue asked, she felt a little embarrassed, her face glowed, and she quickly replied: "Thank you for your relationship, sister-in-law. I am fine."
If there is anything I am not used to, it is the troubles that all daughter-in-laws have.
When she was in her boudoir, she only had to take care of herself, but when she suddenly became someone else's daughter-in-law, she had to take care of her husband and son-in-law, take care of his daily life, cooperate with his work and rest, take good care of their yard, and his. concubine...
However, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite. Compared with those girls who marry far away, compared with those families with tricky parents-in-law, tricky sister-in-law, and concubines full of yards... my life is already very good.
Looking at Zhou Roujia's contented face, Nangong Yue smiled slightly. This is Zhou Roujia's strength, but sometimes it can also become a disadvantage...
She pointed out with a smile: "Second brother and sister, our palace doesn't have so many red tapes, so don't stay in the room all day long, and occasionally go out with your second brother to listen to music, run horses or something. The second brother is outgoing and happy Do you like to be quiet."
Nangong Yue put it mildly, but in fact, to put it bluntly, Xiao Luan is still a child at heart, he likes to play, and he doesn't like to study and practice martial arts.
But since Zhou Roujia is married to Xiao Luan, she wants to have a harmonious husband and wife and respect each other like a guest, so she naturally has to learn to do what she likes. The couple get along well with each other and can talk, so as not to be too unfamiliar and indifferent, so that "others" can take advantage of it machine.
Zhou Roujia is also a smart person. Hearing what Nangong Yue said, she showed a thoughtful expression, and thanked her gratefully: "Thank you sister-in-law for your reminder." Even her mother never told her about it.
Her eyelids were half drooped, and her eye sockets were slightly moist.
She sat down for a while before leaving.
In the Dongci room, there were only three masters and servants left in Nangong Yue, Baihui couldn't help sighing: "Concubine Shizi, the prince is not confused this time..."
Nangong Yue stroked her sleeves without a smile, and interest flashed in her bright black eyes, "The cousin Hua of the An family really has a big heart, and she wants to show me off before she even enters the door."
"Overestimating one's abilities." Que'er muttered angrily.
As soon as An Zhihua entered the door, he would ask the concubine to avoid it. If the concubine really avoided it, wouldn't the whole southern border know that the future concubine would be more respected than the concubine? After that, who else would take the Crown Princess seriously? ! Relying on the fact that I was about to go through the door, I came here, thinking that the palace would make concessions for the sake of the marriage as scheduled and for the sake of face, but it was "easy to calculate"!
It's a pity that I still fell in the gutter!
Magpie smiled gloatingly.
"Concubine Shizi, An's family has made such a fuss, but now the prince refuted it. I don't know what they plan to do next?" Baihui frowned. The Crown Princess is pregnant now, so she really shouldn't be disturbed by these trivial matters. But if the marriage fails, wouldn't it ruin the great event of the son
"Don't worry." Nangong Yue stood up and walked leisurely into the inner room.
She went all the way to the dressing table, put the unicorn jade pendant sent by King Zhennan into a small box lined with red velvet cloth, and then said slowly, "If you can't marry into Prince Zhennan's mansion, Anjia will only be worse than us." more anxious."
As she spoke, she looked at the vividly carved unicorn on the jade pendant with great interest. The qilin wards off evil spirits and guards the house, and the jade is transparent, which is a rare treasure.
Hearing this, Que'er was startled, then clapped his hands and laughed, "That's right!"
Just as Nangong Yue expected, when An Jia learned of Zhennan King's decision, she was shocked. For a while, there was no sound in the hall.
Now that the three books and six ceremonies have passed more than half, the marriage between King Zhennan and Sister Hua is just a matter of welcoming the relatives. In principle, Sister Hua is already a member of the residence of Prince Zhennan. To put it bluntly, if King Zhennan Now that it's gone, Sister Hua has to watch over the widow for him!
What's more, it's only ten days before the big wedding. If you retire at this time, what's the face of the palace and King Zhennan? !
They didn't ask for anything else, they just asked the concubine to avoid it for a while. King Zhennan and the prince have always been at odds, and Mrs. Qiao is helping them. How could King Zhennan disagree? !
If they hadn't relied on being sure, they wouldn't have acted like this rashly!
Who would have thought that King Zhennan not only disagreed, but also wanted to withdraw from the marriage? !
Mrs. An still couldn't believe it, she shook her head and said, "How is this possible?! My lord, my lord likes our sister Hua very much, so why would I call off the engagement? There must be someone who is obstructing this and wants to ruin this marriage!"
Mrs. An thought that this plan was perfect. After all, Sister Hua is the future mother-in-law of the concubine Shizi. If the concubine does not agree to evade, she will have a reputation of being unfilial, and it will also annoy the king of Zhennan. If there is pressure from the king of Zhennan, you have to avoid it if you don't want to!
In fact, she just wanted the concubine to go out and live for a while, so that after her daughter married into the palace, she could take back the power in the palace in the hands of the concubine, and let everyone in Nanjiang know that the prince was right. Daughter's favorite! It's killing two birds with one stone.
Unexpectedly, the prince would protect the concubine in such a way!
An Ziang's face was so gloomy that it was about to drip, he really wanted to slap Mrs. An, and said coldly: "I just said that this won't work, it's all you, women's opinion!" He was really in a coma at the time It's over, why don't you go to the doctor in a hurry, after listening to this stupid woman!
Meeting An Ziang's angry eyes, Mrs. An couldn't help shrinking her body. She stopped for a moment, but then she insisted on defending herself: "There is no way, I have to think about our sister's future."
The more she talked, the more she felt unwilling for her daughter, and said eloquently: "If the ancestors of the An family didn't make such a terrible mistake, would it be necessary to sacrifice sister Hua to marry someone who is enough to be her father? Miss Hua sacrificed for the family to this point At this point, even if your father is not sympathetic, I am a mother who feels sorry for her! What is wrong with me planning for my daughter's future? Besides, if our daughter is healthy, our family can go to a higher level!"
An Ziang was a little wronged by Mrs. An's words, his expression was a little stiff, and his momentum was a little weaker.
Seeing this, Mrs. An continued to say: "Besides, if that matter hadn't failed, would I be able to do this? Don't give Shi Zifei a blow, and when grandchildren are born in the future, sister Hua will have nowhere to stay."
Once the son is established, he can also be abolished. But once the King of Zhennan invites the grandson to be named, and the son and the grandson are abolished together, it will be Dayu establishing a dynasty... No, even in the previous dynasty, it has never happened.
An Ziang's face turned green and pale for a while, he sighed a long time, his voice softened a bit, and said, "Anyway, let's put that matter aside first, we have to get over the difficulties in front of us before we talk about it."
Mrs. An pursed her lips, gritted her teeth and said, "I can only ask Mrs. Qiao to persuade..." There are only a few people who can talk to King Zhennan.
So on the same day, Mrs. An brought a generous gift to Qiao's mansion. Mrs. Qiao felt angry when she thought of the dislike she received from King Zhennan because of An's family. So he promised to deal with them again.
Mrs. An breathed a sigh of relief, but she was also worried that Mrs. Qiao would not be able to do her best alone, so she thought about passing on her concubine's unfilial piety to the outside world... In the end, she was persuaded by her confidant and nun, saying that she had already reached this point, so she should not be superfluous. as well.
Mrs. An thought about it and decided to wait until Mrs. Qiao got news.
Unfortunately, the next day, the news from Mrs. Qiao made Mrs. An's heart sink to the bottom of the valley. Mrs. Qiao clearly told An's family that this was not feasible.
This time, An Jia was really in a hurry.
If this marriage falls through, the An family will really be over!
Up to now, no matter what means are used, no matter how groveling, no matter what, this marriage must be facilitated!
So, on that day, the An family invited the master Jing Yuan to cast spells on An Zhihua with great fanfare. After a few days of smog in the An family mansion, the An family announced to the outside world that the master had changed the life of their third girl. Within three to five days, An Zhihua finally recovered.
For this reason, Mrs. Qiao went to the palace again, told Zhennan King the good news, and said overjoyedly: "...brother, you see that Master Jingyuan is really a master of Taoism, and he did not hesitate to hurt his three years." Nian Shouyuan changed his life for Ms. An San, now that Ms. An San is well, the wedding date can go on as usual."
But King Zhennan still furrowed his brows deeply, pursed his lips into a straight line, and said, "It's still not right..."
"Brother!" Mrs. Qiao was stunned, not knowing what else was wrong. Shouldn't my brother be overjoyed by such good news
Zhennan King's face sank like water, the third girl of the An family had a hard life, and she didn't know if it would be possible to change her life, what if she could restrain her precious grandson
However, the wedding date has been set, and the whole of Southern Xinjiang knows that he is going to renew his marriage. Now that the third daughter of the An family has recovered, he really has no excuse to withdraw the engagement. If she divorced for no reason, it would be the fault of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, which would cause the Palace to be criticized and ruin her own reputation.
Mrs. Qiao's heart seemed to be crawling like ten thousand ants, restless.
The An family said that once the matter is completed, another 50,000 taels of silver will be presented as a matchmaker gift.
Thinking of the white money, Mrs. Qiao took a deep breath, and said in a calm tone: "Brother, what exactly do you want?"
King Zhennan looked up at Mrs. Qiao, as if he had made a decision, and said decisively: "Well, everything will be kept simple on the day of the wedding..."
Mrs. Qiao was dumbfounded. She only felt that the voice of King Zhennan came from far away, and she could only vaguely hear him saying that it was enough to carry Miss Ansan in a small sedan chair, so as not to be too grand and surprise him again. My baby grandson and so on.
A small sedan chair carried through the door? !
Is that a continuation, or a concubine? !
Mrs. Qiao's lips moved, but she didn't speak for a while.