The Grand Princess

Chapter 33: Soft Concubine

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Li Rong received a reply from Pei Wenxuan the next day. Li Rong took a look at the wedding dress he had drawn, and after thinking about it, she took out the drawing of another wedding dress and handed it to Jinglan: "The Ministry of Rites said, The embroidered phoenix one."

Jinglan was stunned for a while, and couldn't help but say, "Isn't Mr. Pei the peony you chose?"

"Actually both are fine," Li Rong said while cleaning her hands, "I just use an elimination method."

After hearing this, the maids next to her all bowed their heads and laughed. After the group played, Li Rong counted the time, her mother should wake up, and went to the Weiyang Palace to meet as usual.

Under normal circumstances, she has to go to see the queen every day, but during these times she is investigating cases and going to prison, but she has not seen her mother for a long time. She took a handkerchief from the side and wiped her hands, then turned around and led people to Weiyang Palace.

As soon as she arrived at the gate of Weiyang Palace, she heard the laughter of the women in Weiyang Palace. Li Rong walked in with a smile, and saw that almost all the concubines in the harem were there. Her mother, Shangguan Yue, was sitting in a high position, laughing with everyone. on.

"What kind of funny things are the ladies talking about, smiling so happily?"

Li Rong walked in, asked with a smile, and then saluted the queen on the seat, "I have seen my mother."

Then he turned his head and saluted the four noble concubines above: "I have seen you all."

"It turns out that we, Xiaopingle, are here." She just got up when a soft voice rang out. Li Rong looked up, and Concubine Rou looked at her with a smile, "Hurry and sit down."

The word "rou" is derived from her real name. Her real name is Xiao Rou. She came from an ordinary family. She entered the palace early when she was young and became a palace maid. Because of her agility, she served by Li Ming's side when she was young. It is reported that Li Ming did not live well when he was a prince, and Xiao Rou spent his youth in the cold palace with him, so that Li Ming has always had a strange feeling for Xiao Rou. Later, when Li Ming was still the prince, Xiao Rou was given marriage to a minister by the queen at that time, but not long after the marriage, Li Ming became the emperor, and after a few years, the minister died at home due to illness. Xiao Rou first became a monk, and later met Li Ming in a temple. After the spring breeze, she returned to the palace. Since then, she has been favored in the harem for decades.

With such ability, her appearance is naturally good. Now that she is nearly half a hundred years old, she is still very well maintained and her charm is still preserved. Compared with the queen next to her who is seven years younger than her, she is not inferior.

She is now the head of the four concubines, assists the queen in managing the harem, and is good at sociability. When Li Rong came in, the queen did not speak, but she spoke first.

Li Rong smiled lightly and nodded slightly to express her gratitude.

The maid set up a small table below the queen's left hand. Li Rong sat behind the small table. As soon as she sat down, she heard Concubine Fang Rou ask the queen, "I heard that Pingle's marriage has been decided recently, but is it true?"

"The imperial decree for marriage has been issued," Shangguan Yue said calmly, "It's Pei Wenxuan, the eldest son of the Pei family."

"Is it Pei Lizhi's son?" Concubine Rou laughed, "I met that child three or four years ago, and he was born very handsome and happy." Concubine Rou turned her head and looked at Li Rong, "I heard that you are the same child. Did he investigate the Yang family together?"

"Niangniang," Li Rong said gently, "I haven't married yet, so it's not right to say this, let's change the subject."

"Pingle is shy," Concubine Duan next to her made a round, looking up at Concubine Rou, "Look at Sister Rou's shyness of the child, and it's not us old people. If you ask this question, who will take care of you, girl?"

Concubine Rou raised her fan and chuckled, and the hall suddenly burst into laughter. Li Rong took a few sips from the teacup, but did not smile.

After the concubines and concubines laughed and made trouble for a while, the empress let people go first. Concubine Rou sat without moving. When everyone left, the empress turned to look at Concubine Rou and said, "Do you have something to say?"

"I just want Pingle to do me a favor."

Concubine Rou smiled and looked at Li Rong: "Pingle used to like to be alone, not very close to other sisters and brothers, but now she is going to get married. In the last time, many sisters want to get along well with your sister. For a while, I listened to my sister's teaching, so I thought, why don't Pingle take a time every day to communicate with other princesses in the palace on a regular basis." After speaking, Concubine Rou turned to look at the queen, "Niangniang What do you think?"

The queen frowned. She knew that Concubine Rou was not good, and was about to reject her when she heard Li Rong say, "Okay."

Concubine Rou was stunned for a moment, and Li Rong raised her eyes to look at Concubine Rou: "What is the expression of Niangniang, do you think Pingle will not agree?"

"How could it be?" Concubine Rou laughed, "I know that although Pingle seems indifferent on weekdays, she actually has brothers and sisters in her heart."

"Niangniang said," Li Rongjin tapped her palm lightly, "It's as if I don't have any brothers and sisters in my heart on weekdays. Your words really embarrass me."

Concubine Rou was scolded by Li Rong, and her smile was a bit difficult, so she could only turn her head to look at the queen and say, "Look at this child, I haven't seen each other for two months, and she has so many sharp tongues."

"I've been thinking about your sisters all the time," Li Rong held up her teacup and said in a gentle tone, "There are many things I want to teach them. I think it's better for Concubine Rou to organize. I teach you sisters for two hours every day. how?"

"Lecture?"

Concubine Rou was stunned: "What do you want to say?"

"The Empress Dowager is used to being keen on Buddhism. I will teach you about Buddhism, and some daily behaviors and etiquette, so as not to make mistakes. I heard that Huale was destroyed in the yard a few days ago. A maid?"

Hua Le is the eldest daughter of Concubine Rou, who used to be arrogant. When Concubine Rou heard this, her face changed greatly, and she immediately said: "Is there such a thing?! Then you should discipline me well."

"Okay." Li Rong smiled, "If you have the words of the goddess, Pingle will do it well."

When Concubine Rou heard this, she felt a little uneasy in her heart. Li Rong looked at the sky, and then said, "Is Empress Rou concubine wanting to have dinner?"

These words meant that she was chasing the guests, and Concubine Rou finished what she should have said, she stood up and said, "No, you are here for the Empress, and I won't disturb the deep love between the two of you."

Concubine Rou said, chatted a few words with the queen, and then left with a fan.

Seeing that the Queen was about to get up, Li Rong stepped forward to help her up. The Queen was helped by her to stand up, and she was rather dissatisfied: "Just now, what are you supposed to do? She clearly has bad intentions."

"Since she has bad intentions, does she allow me to refuse?"

Li Rong helped the queen to go into the courtyard, and said softly: "I shouldn't be at this moment, she is going to ask the emperor to blow the pillow and say something to cultivate sisterhood. The emperor is used to listening to her, and he will come down tomorrow because he is afraid of his will. already."

"It's disgusting."

The queen frowned, revealing her continued disgust, Li Rong chuckled lightly: "So let's not take this bitch man or woman to heart, you are the queen, the most honorable woman in the world, just be the queen well. That woman wants me To cultivate feelings, we should come down, and the royal father will think that I am more reasonable."

"If she..."

"She won't do it herself." Li Rong walked in the garden with the queen, and said slowly, "After so many years, can't you understand her methods? This time let me cultivate feelings with several princesses, in fact, for a few The chance for a princess to contact me, some of them are stupid, she doesn't have to take action, naturally someone will take action."

"You have already figured it out." The Queen sighed with relief after listening to Li Rong's well-founded analysis, "Then you need to deal with it well."

"Do not worry."

Li Rong's voice was flat: "The things in the harem, don't just use some means, you don't have to worry. In fact, we should be happy."

"What's there to be happy about?" The Queen looked sullen, "I don't think there is anything to be happy about now."

"Think of it this way. If my marriage has no value, Concubine Rou won't think of a way to destroy it. She's coming to trouble me now, which can only prove one thing."

"What?" The queen turned her head, and Li Rong laughed, "Pei Wenxuan is afraid that he will be promoted."

The queen was stunned for a while, and after a while, the queen sighed softly: "You young children, the more I look at it, the more I can't understand it. You sent Chuan'er to the northwest. The first two months really scared me to death, On the one hand, I was afraid that something would happen to Chuan'er on the battlefield, and on the other hand, I was afraid that he would not be able to do things well in the northwest. His Majesty used this reason to punish him. I can only ask your uncles for help. After all this tossing, the Shangguan family was really hurt. Chuan'er didn't get the slightest credit, and you guys are still very happy." The queen's eyes were red, "I really want to doubt which side Pei Wenxuan is on."

"Queen Mother," Li Rong raised her hand and put her arms around the Queen's shoulders, comforting her, "Don't worry. Actually, you should think about it, you can't understand it, it's even better, it proves that the emperor is even more difficult to understand. Shangguan It’s not a bad thing for the family to consume a little now, there is a very simple reason for the mother,” Li Rong advised, “Hide the blade, and when you kill people, you can kill them with one blow.”

"Then you have to have a blade too."

The queen was a little worried, but Li Rong didn't say a word. She went to the place to eat with the queen. The two sat down together. The queen handled her hands in the copper basin, pouring water on her hands, and said, "This time, your uncle will help me. a request."

"Um?"

"He wants to send Ya'er into the palace."

Hearing this, Li Rongjing's hands stopped, and the queen took the handkerchief from the side and looked back at her: "Ya'er, do you remember? You met when you were young."

"Oh, remember."

Li Rong came back to her senses and hurriedly said, "I remember she returned to Youzhou very early."

"I'll be back in Beijing next month to attend your wedding." The queen chatted casually, "Chuan'er is not too young, I plan to choose a concubine for him next year, and now I'm looking for some good candidates. The crown princess must be Ya'er, as for other good people, you can also help to watch."

Li Rong didn't say anything, the queen took the chopsticks and said while eating: "After marrying Ya'er, I want to marry him four more concubines, the candidates for the concubine, the girl is not very important, the background is more important, you help Look, it's best to choose two in the family of generals, Chuan'er has no military power and is always a weakness."

The queen chatted with Li Rong and ate at the same time.

Li Rong didn't talk much in front of the queen. Most of the time, the queen was talking. After a meal, the queen was also a little tired. She planned to take a nap, and Li Rong retired.

On the way back, she sat in the sedan chair, thinking about the queen's words.

In the last life, Li Chuan did marry Shangguanya, and then married four concubines. Shangguanya and her have similar temperaments, and they have known each other since they were young. Later, they separated because Shangguanya went to Youzhou. After returning, they became sister-in-law. Does not affect the relationship between the two.

The matter of marrying the side concubine has little effect on Shangguanya. She is a woman with a very strong mind. She looks noble and glamorous on weekdays. When she is familiar with her, she is the irritable eldest sister. My hobbies, drinking, playing chess and painting, lived a very unrestrained life.

When Li Chuan didn't dote on her, Li Rong deliberately thought of a way for her, but Shangguanya looked at the account and waved her hand: "Don't affect my back, just give me a face, and at other times, give me as far as you want. Yuan, if he hadn't been the emperor, who would have been patient with him?"

One sentence blocked Li Rong back, but Li Rong also knew that Shangguanya was definitely not forcing a smile. She was such a famous person with a temperament, and it was estimated that she really annoyed Li Chuan.

But it didn't affect Shangguanya, which doesn't mean it didn't affect other people. The four side concubines fought back and forth, and in the end, two died, one became a monk, and the other one thought better and stayed with Shangguanya in the palace for half his life.

In this way, in the past life, no one had a good ending.

Knowing the result is like this, do you still want to follow the trajectory and let everything repeat itself

Li Rong tapped her fan on the palm of her hand and thought quietly.

Qin Zhenzhen would never enter the palace again, and even after that, it would be best for her not to meet Li Chuan again.

And Shangguan Ya…

Li Rong hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to decide.

She took a deep breath, rolled up the curtains, and instructed with Jinglan, "You send it to Shangguan Mansion. If Miss Shangguanya comes back, let someone report it immediately."

"Yes."

"Also," Li Rong thought for a while, "you asked Pei Wenxuan to write me a letter, which probably means that the person who sent the letter would give it to me, and please go to a place where I can meet him. Said he had something for me. Then let him carry that thing every day and listen to my call at any time."

"Yes."

Jing Lan responded.

After Li Rong ordered all this, she lowered the curtain and rested against it.

Pei Wenxuan's letter was passed on the next day through the people in the princess' mansion. Pei Wenxuan's letter contained a lot of things. Li Rong glanced at the letter he wrote according to her request, and after confirming that this fellow had understood the main points, there was nothing wrong, and then Put the letter on him.

Then she opened Pei Wenxuan's letter, and saw three sentences on it: "How to decide on a wedding dress? Can you encounter difficult things? Besides, His Royal Highness is very rich."

Li Rong couldn't help laughing when she saw this "His Royal Highness is very rich". She took the letter and read the miscellaneous things that Pei Wenxuan gave her, and found that he had counted her property and her budget.

Looking at the list, Li Rong took the teacup from Jing Lan. Jing Lan looked at Li Rong's smile and couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking at, Your Highness? Are you smiling so happily?"

"Master Pei is still very capable."

Li Rong held the cup with one hand and drank the tea, then put the cup down, and threw the accounts sent by Pei Wenxuan into the brazier used for burning paper.

After washing up, Li Rong got the news that Concubine Rou had already booked a teaching location for several princesses. Li Rong nodded, got up and went over to find that Concubine Rou was in the water pavilion in the Imperial Garden.

"Niangniang said," the eunuch who led the way said, "It's hot in summer and cool in the waterside pavilion. It's better for His Royal Highness to lecture with a few princesses here."

Li Rong responded and stepped into the water pavilion. As soon as she entered, she saw that her six younger sisters had already arrived.

Among the six sisters, two sisters, Chang Le and Hua Le, were both over the age of 10. Chang Le was descended from Concubine Mei, one of the four noble concubines. And Hua Le is the daughter of Concubine Rou, who has inherited Concubine Rou's usual smiling face, but is very violent in private. The remaining four princesses were all less than fifteen years old, and they looked like children. They were too different in age from Li Rong and had nothing to do with each other.

After Li Rong entered, Chang Le turned her head to look at him, and suddenly laughed: "Yo, elder sister is here."

Li Rong laughed: "You guys are down early, sit down."

After saying that, Li Rong sat in the first place. After several princesses sat down one after another, Chang Le looked at Li Rong and said with a smile, "I heard that my sister was accused of marrying the eldest son of the Pei family. The person who refers to the marriage must also be the favored son of heaven, and his identity is extraordinary, right?"

Li Rong didn't speak, and spread out the scroll in front of her: "Let's recite the Diamond Sutra first today."

"Why," Chang Le became happy when Li Rong didn't answer, "Sister, what can't you say? Is Mr. Pei a high-ranking member of the court? But he is also young, and even if he is not as good as Su Shilang, he has at least a sixth rank. Official, right?"

"Changle," Li Rong looked up at her and said gently, "Today's lecture, if you don't like it, elder sister can teach other things."

"Oh?" Chang Le raised his eyebrows, "What else can big sister teach?"

"Jinglan, go to Weiyang Palace and invite Si Zhengmao."

When Jinglan got this, she took the order. Chang Le didn't know why, and continued, "Sister, just talk about it."

"Changle," Hua Le next to him quickly persuaded, "I heard that Pei Wenxuan is an eighth-rank petty official, please don't poke your sister's heart."

Li Rong didn't speak, and drank tea calmly.

After a while, an old woman followed Jing Lan with a ruler in her hand. After entering the room, she saluted Li Rong.

"Your Highness."

"Bengong was instructed to teach several princesses the rules of being princesses. I wanted to teach the scriptures, but today it seems that some of the younger sisters have forgotten even the basic rules of the palace, so I will ask Mammy Si Zheng to teach you again."

Hearing this, everyone's faces turned pale. Li Rong turned to look at the younger princesses and said, "Changle and Huale should learn, and the other sisters are still young, so that's all."

"Pingle, you dare!"

Chang Le patted the table, raised his hand and pointed at Li Rong. Li Rong smiled softly and drank tea calmly: "Without respect and inferiority, what kind of table does a princess pat? Si Zhengmao, what do you think?"

"Palm-mouthed thugs."

"Zhangzui has lost face," Li Rong said indifferently, "Let's fight."

The people next to him dared not move, and Chang Le sneered: "I want to see who dares to move me today?"

"Who dares not move you," Li Rong raised her eyes and looked at the crowd, "I'm going to move someone. I'm the eldest princess, and she came to teach several princesses in the name of Concubine Rou. Today, this palace is a concubine. Can't stand the rules?!"

Saying that, Li Rong stood up abruptly, raised her finger to Chang Le, and said angrily, "Put her down on me!"

As soon as the words fell, Jinglan Jingmei rushed up and grabbed Changle. The maid next to Changle wanted to rush up. Li Rong swept over and said coldly, "You can think about it. If you commit a crime, you will be killed."

A few maids were frightened, Si Zhengmao stepped forward, raised her hand mercilessly and hit Changle with ten boards.

Chang Le screamed, and Li Rong looked as calm as ever, and only said, "Let's go out after the fight. I have to teach the scriptures to other sisters."

As soon as the voice fell, the voice of the young man was heard outside. After a while, the young man was stunned when he lifted the curtain.

Li Rong looked up and saw a handsome man. He was wearing a black coat embroidered with golden birds and a single shirt inside. He was holding a small fan in his hand. He had a frown that was somewhat similar to Su Rongqing The madness that Su Rongqing did not have.

Behind him stood Su Rongqing who was talking to him. When the curtain was rolled up, Su Rongqing's smile did not disappear. The curtain was slowly pulled up, and Su Rongqing's eyes naturally fell on Li Rong. The voice stopped abruptly, and she looked at Li Rong quietly. .

Standing and sitting, looking at each other, the man in black next to him was the first to react, knelt on the ground in a hurry, and said loudly, "Wei Chen Su Ronghua and his younger brother have seen His Highness!"

The author has something to say: [Small Theater]

Queen: "Rongrong, Concubine Rou asked you to participate in the palace fight, aren't you afraid?"

Li Rong: "What's so scary about hitting children in kindergarten?"

Queen: "..."