Seeing that the person just walked away without looking back, An Changqing was annoyed and aggrieved, and there was a trace of fear.
He gave up so much thought, and even took the initiative to go to the mountain with a cheeky face, but in the end he turned back to the trajectory of the previous life - Xiao Zhige still did not marry him, and went to sleep in the study.
According to the development of the previous life, the matter will be spread the next day, and everyone will know that the third young master of the prime minister's house is just a decoration, and he was rejected by the Northern War King on the first night of the wedding. Even the servants of the palace dared to speak sarcastically in front of him.
An Changqing didn't care before, but he didn't know what was going on tonight, and the thought of Xiao Zhige leaving without looking back made him feel uncomfortable. For a while, I wondered if Xiao Zhige didn't like him at all in this life, and it was all because of his self-love; for a while, I wondered if God was punishing him for betrayal of Xiao Zhige in the previous life. In the last life, Xiao Zhige indulged him so much, but he turned a blind eye. When he woke up, Xiao Zhige didn't like him anymore.
I am even more afraid that even if he is reborn, he will not be able to change the established ending. In the end, he will still be poisoned and die of pain, and Xiao Zhige will still become a tyrant reviled by thousands of people, holding his jade pendant and dying alone in Xifeng Palace.
Staring at him, he tossed and turned on the bed for a long time, finally fell asleep, but had a dream in the middle of the night. The events of the previous life were staged in turn like a revolving lantern, and An Changqing seemed to be back in the previous life before he died. In a ball, the pain is so painful that I can't wait to die like this.
When Anfu came in to call someone early in the morning, he found that he was sweating as if he had been pulled out of the water. His complexion was sallow, his eyes were red and swollen, and there were still two groups of blue and black, looking haggard.
"Master?" An Fu obviously knew what happened last night, and called him worriedly: "The lord asked someone to send a message, saying that there is no need to go to the palace today."
"Understood," An Changqing smiled reassuringly at him, rubbed his temples to cheer up: "Have someone prepare water, I want to take a bath."
An Fu got the order and hurriedly went to prepare. An Changqing sat for a while before heading to the bathroom. There is hot water in the bathroom. The two maids stood aside holding the clothes. An Changqing was not used to being served, so he waved them out.
When no one was there, he sighed lightly, unbuttoned his clothes, and dipped into the hot water.
After soaking in the warm hot water for a while, the aching mind became clearer. An Changqing carefully tidied herself up, put on a clean robe, and returned to the main room. The maid held a sweat towel to dry his hair, and tied his long hair with a red coral inlaid crown. An Changqing stared at the person in the mirror. Although he was more energetic than before, he could still see that he was haggard at a glance.
When I was seen later, I didn't know how many words to make up.
After tidying up his clothes, An Changqing got up and only took An Fu to the study to find Xiao Zhige, but unexpectedly there was only the old housekeeper Wang Fugui in the study, and Xiao Zhige was nowhere to be seen.
"Your Highness isn't in the mansion?"
Wang Fugui bowed respectfully and replied, "Your Highness went to the camp outside the city early in the morning."
An Changqing was secretly annoyed, Xiao Zhige definitely did it on purpose. How could anyone go to the barracks at Dianmao early the next morning
"My lord didn't say when to come back?"
Wang Fugui: "I didn't say it."
The old housekeeper's attitude was lukewarm, and An Changqing couldn't ask any useful information, so he could only return without success. Unexpectedly, when I took An Fu through the hanging flower arch, I heard a clear voice on the other side saying, "Have you heard? The lord went to the camp outside the city early this morning."
Another voice answered immediately: "I heard that the lord also slept in the study last night. You didn't see the face of the princess in the morning... We were so frightened that we didn't dare to breathe loudly."
"If you want me to tell me, what are you afraid of?" The voice from earlier continued: "The princess is obviously not favored by the prince, but she is just holding an empty title. And he is still a man, and he can't even give birth to a child..."
"If you want me to tell you, it's not as good as us maids, serving the prince every day, maybe one day you will get the prince's blue eyes, and having a child is more expensive than the mother..."
As he spoke, he burst into laughter.
An Changqing's expression remained the same after hearing this. But An Fu couldn't hold back his breath, and raised his voice: "Bold! Master is also something you can discuss?"
The maidservants who were laughing on the other side were startled, and hurriedly knelt in a row in silence, glancing at An Changqing nervously.
An Changqing walked over unhurriedly, glanced at a row of maids, and said in a low voice, "Raise your head."
The maids who were kneeling in a row raised their faces, all of them were of a fresh and tender age, with slender figures and beautiful looks, so tender that they could pinch water. Among them, there was a maid who wore a red padded waistcoat and a tender green skirt, and was very beautiful. Her eyes were bright and moist, and anyone who looked at it would have to be soft-hearted.
An Changqing smiled slightly, knowing that it was this girl who just started. It's been too long, and he can't really remember many trivial things in the last life. But when he heard the oriole-like crisp voice at the door, he remembered a person.
The first-class maid next to Xiao Zhige, Yan Hong.
In the last life, the rumor that he was at odds with Xiao Zhige was also the first one that came out from her. Seeing that he was not favored, this maid often made a face in front of him. At that time, he was at odds with Xiao Zhige, and he could only swallow his anger when he was wronged in the palace. On the contrary, although this maid didn't climb onto Xiao Zhige's bed, she was married to the godson of Wang Fugui, the head of the palace, and was like a duck to water in the palace. Later, Xiao Zhige and the prince competed for the throne, and the maid received the money from the An family, and secretly spread a lot of news about the palace.
An Changqing looked at her carefully, but was silent for a while.
When Yanhong was looked at by him, she felt a little dazed for a while, but in a blink of an eye she remembered that he was not favored. He became a little more courageous, and pressed his throat to make a somewhat aggrieved gesture: "I don't know what the slaves did wrong?"
An Changqing watched her cry before she spoke. She didn't act like a maid, but like an aunt who competes for favor and plays tricks. Obviously, because she is Xiao Zhige's maid, she is sure that she will not dare to let him down.
With his lips hooked, An Changqing ignored her, but said to An Fu, "Go and invite Director Wang to come."
Although An Fu was puzzled, he did not move slowly. After a while, he invited Director Wang to come over.
Director Wang's real name is Wang Fugui. He is in his fifties, with a thin face and a thin body. He is not hurried with his hands, just like what An Changqing had seen in his last life. He is the old man beside Xiao Zhige. After Xiao Zhige left the palace and opened the mansion, he took care of the internal affairs of the palace. He is loyal to Xiao Zhige. But everyone has their own careful thoughts. He pondered that Xiao Zhige didn't value this princess, and he also neglected An Changqing.
Even if a maid like Yanhong bullied the princess on the head, as long as there was no trouble, he would just turn a blind eye, and Quan did not know.
But now and then, since An Changqing knew about Xiao Zhige's affection, he also planned to have a good life with Xiao Zhige. Naturally, you have to put up the shelf of the Northern War Princess and set the rules. Otherwise, not only would he be embarrassed, but if it spreads out, Xiao Zhige would be embarrassed too.
"Sword Comes"
"I don't know what the princess ordered the old slave to come?" Wang Fugui saluted, there was nothing wrong with his face, but his every move was perfunctory.
An Changqing was not annoyed either, she lifted up her clothes and sat down on the chair that An Fu had brought over, and said lightly, "My servant is arguing about the master, I don't know what the rules of the palace are?"
Wang Fugui was stunned for a moment, his eyes swept across the kneeling Yanhong, and tentatively said: "Princess, this is..."
"If the palace doesn't have rules, then I'll decide." An Changqing raised her hand to interrupt him, her phoenix eyes slightly raised, and she looked at him with a clear understanding: "The servant should be slapped and slapped thirty. Sell it again. I won’t hold you accountable for other people who are accomplices. I’ll just go to the outer court to do some rough work. Just take the lead. Butler Wang has been fined, so let’s sell it directly.”
Wang Fugui's expression froze, and hesitantly said: "This... I'll make a decision after the prince returns..."
"Director Wang thinks that the prince is away, and I don't even have the right to send someone down?" An Changqing's voice suddenly turned cold, and his eyes were fixed on him.
"Old slave doesn't dare," Wang Fugui quickly knelt down and explained, "It's just that these maids are used to serving the prince. If they change it, I'm afraid that the prince will not be able to use it well..."
"You just have to deal with it. I'll explain it from the lord's side." After An Changqing finished speaking, without giving him any room to argue, he called An Fu, got up and went back to the main courtyard.
Wang Fugui looked at his back, and could only respond reluctantly: "Yes."
As soon as the person left, Yanhong rushed over, and Lihua said with the rain: "Godfather, I don't want to be sold..."
Wang Fugui glanced at her with his hands in his hands, and after a long time he said, "You stay calm. When the lord comes back, I will take care of you for you."
***
Xiao Zhige went to the camp outside the city early in the morning. He didn't sleep for one night last night. Before dawn today, I rode out of the house. It's just that although the person is not in the house, a heart does not know where it falls. Even during training, he was a little absent-minded.
After spending the afternoon in the camp, Xiao Zhige changed his armor and prepared to go back to the mansion when he saw that dinner was over.
It just so happened that Zhao Yue, the general of the Fuguo Kingdom, entered the camp, and the two bumped into each other head-on. Zhao Yue greeted him with a smile, "Your Highness is so diligent on the second day of your wedding that you don't want to accompany the Princess?"
Xiao Zhige frowned, glanced at him, ignored him, and walked out lightly.
Zhao Yue, however, was unrelenting, as if he wanted to see a joke, "Could it be that the princess made the prince unhappy? It just so happened that I got a few new beauties, and I will send the prince to the palace tomorrow?"
As one of the Twelve Generals, Zhao Yue and Xiao Zhige never confronted each other.
Since the founding of Daye, it has been divided into sixty-four counties, twelve prefectures, and six generals of the state: Zhao, Chu, Xue, Shi, Xiahou, and Shentu. Each general supervises two prefectures; , a total of twelve people.
Zhao Yue's grandfather, Zhao Xinchong, was one of the six generals of Zhuguo.
The Zhao family is the maiden family of the current empress dowager, and the empress is the niece of the empress dowager Zhao, so the Zhao family has always been a faction of the prince Xiao Qi'an. The prince and Xiao Zhige were at odds, and Xiao Zhige himself had outstanding military exploits, ranking first among the twelve generals. Therefore, Zhao Yue, who is close to the prince, has been away from him for a long time, and he will sneer and ridicule whenever he looks for an opportunity.
On weekdays, Xiao Zhige might be too lazy to care about him, but today he was in a particularly bad mood, his two eyebrows were raised in displeasure, and he looked at Zhao Yue coldly.
Zhao Yue laughed more and more wanton: "Why? The lord doesn't like beautiful women? He likes stronger men? I heard that the princess is a beautiful woman—"
Before he could finish speaking, a double-pointed five-dragon Wujin spear flew in front of Zhao Yue, and the spear hummed and trembled endlessly.
Xiao Zhige Ce immediately stepped forward, pulled out the black gold spear that was three inches into the ground, and warned in a deep voice: "The long spear has no eyes, General Zhao speaks carefully."
After saying that, he drove the horse away, and the raised hoof raised dust on Zhao Yue's face.
After leaving the camp, the horse's hoof stepped on the wide official road and entered Yejing City. The Dongzhimen of Yejing City is connected to Changle Street. The two sides of Changle Street are Dongxifang Market, the east is the food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the west is the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, the teahouse and the wine shop.
There was no curfew in Yejing, and the sky was still dark, so Xifang City was full of lights and lively.
Xiao Zhige rode his horse past, and the surroundings became quiet, and when he was far away, it became lively again. He was used to it, and when he passed a pastry shop, he stopped hesitantly. The pastry shop is called Sanweizhai, and the variety of dim sum in it is a must in Yejing. Every day, many dignitaries and dignitaries send people to buy them.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Zhige rushed forward. When the people lining up in front of the shop saw him coming, they immediately made way out of the way. Xiao Zhige didn't care, and said to the man, "A box of plum blossom cakes." He vaguely remembered that the lieutenant once said that Sanweizhai's plum blossom cakes tasted the best. My wife's favorite food. If you annoy the lady, buy a box of plum blossom cakes and go home, you will be able to coax him.
The man put the plum cake in a box and handed it to him timidly. He didn't dare to ask for money, so he smiled and said, "Do you want anything else, my lord?"
Xiao Zhige took out a piece of broken silver and threw it at him, but without answering, he rode away again.
After returning to the house, the housekeeper Wang Fugui greeted him, and Xiao Zhige handed him the plum blossom cake: "Send it to the princess."
Wang Fugui was stunned for a moment, carefully watching his expression. It's just that Xiao Zhige's emotions are rarely exposed, and he can't see that he is ugly. He could only change the words in his stomach, and said cautiously: "I'll send someone to send it. In the morning, the princess went to the study to look for you."
Xiao Zhige's eyes flashed slightly: "Princess... how are you?"
Wang Fugui lowered his head and replied: "The girls in Yanhong today did not do things carefully, which made the princess unhappy, and the princess wants to sell them..."
Xiao Zhige made a light "um".
Seeing that he didn't seem to be ready to say anything, Wang Fugui couldn't help but say: "Yanhong has been serving you for many years, so it's not suitable to sell it like this..."
"It's just a few maids." Xiao Zhige glanced at him with a majestic look on his eyebrows: "Listen to the princess."
Wang Fugui's heart skipped a beat, and he had to re-evaluate An Changqing's position, and he didn't dare to say anything, just promise.