Lin shi hadn't had a solid sleep for half a month. She was lying on the soft couch drinking medicine when she saw her daughter enter the door, and a flash of fear quickly flashed in her eyes.
The bloody appearance of the Jin family and the cruel and ruthless face of the daughter came to mind alternately. She gritted her teeth and said in a low voice, "Are you back? Have you seen Princess Nine?"
"I've seen it." Yu Miaoqi randomly picked up a stool and sat down, took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood from her palms.
Seeing this, Mrs. Lin was startled, and hurriedly asked, "Why are you injured? I'll send someone to find a doctor for you."
Yu Miaoqi wrapped the blood-stained veil casually around her hands, shook her head and said, "What is this small injury, I just sprinkle some golden sore medicine on my own. I think I was tortured in the dungeon by my elder brother, and the injury was a hundred times worse than this." Thousands of times. The suffering of flesh and blood is already a common occurrence for me, anyway, I have a cheap life, so it doesn't matter."
After hearing this, Mrs. Lin still couldn't remember the fear and precautions before, and ran to her side to check her scarred hands, crying with distress. If she hadn't suffered too much, how could her daughter become what she is now? Even if it was a crime, it was the Shen family's fault, Yu Pinyan's fault, Yu Xiang's fault, what's the matter with Guan Qi'er? She is the biggest victim!
"My son, I have suffered so much! Mother is sorry for you..." She patted her daughter's back and began to cry.
Yu Miaoqi was annoyed in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face. She comforted, "To be reunited with my mother, my daughter is willing to suffer more. Don't cry, wipe away your tears. Mother, they love Yu Xiang, so they treat me very much." I hate it, if things go on like this, I won't be able to stay in the Hou Mansion any longer. Mother, I want to get married quickly, and then take you out."
Lin was very moved, and smiled with tears in his eyes, "My son, are you stupid? There is no reason for a mother to live alone with her daughter. No matter how bad Yan'er treats me, he is also Lord Marquis, the heir of Yu Mansion , I have to take care of my old age.”
"Look at his cold heart and lungs, how can he take care of your old age? I will definitely marry a husband who is more powerful than him, so that he will be afraid of me. Only in this way, you will be considered in the Marquis Mansion." Damn. If he doesn't recognize you, I will recognize you. If he doesn't support you, I will support you. I want to make you happy for the rest of your life. Mother, do you think it's okay?" Yu Miaoqi put her arms around Lin's neck, expecting asked.
Lin was fascinated by the pancakes she drew, and countless joys flooded her heart, watering her already withered heart to be lush and prosperous. She stopped crying and nodded with a smile.
Yu Miaoqi withdrew from her embrace, and said bluntly, "Then mother, go get dressed now, and then take me to the Prince's Mansion for a banquet."
"Going to the Prince's Mansion for a banquet?" Lin was stunned.
"Exactly, if you want to marry me, mother must not help me find a good family? Mother, my daughter will not hide it from you, she wants to marry the prince." Yu Miaoqi's tone was firm and flat, as if she was talking about trivial matters, rather than one's own lifelong event.
"Marry the prince?" Lin didn't come back to her senses, so she could only repeat her words sentence by sentence.
"Exactly. Only by marrying the crown prince can I compete with Yu Pinyan and protect myself and my mother."
"But the crown prince already has a concubine. Do you want to be a concubine with him? How can my daughter-in-law of the Yu Mansion be a concubine? Besides, the crown prince has just given birth to a pair of twins, and she is in the emperor's favor. How can you marry her?" What good life can I live?" Lin finally digested this shocking news, and immediately objected strongly.
"Don't mother know?" Yu Miaoqi smiled nonchalantly, "The cold poison entered the body of the princess during childbirth. As a concubine, I will only be a concubine. When the concubine dies, based on Yu Pinyan's friendship with the prince and the power he holds in his hands, as long as the prince is not stupid, as long as you reveal the intention of marriage to the empress, the concubine's will be This seat must be mine." Although she hated Yu Pinyan, she had to borrow the other party's power, and this sense of humiliation deepened the hatred suppressed in her heart.
"How do you know that the Crown Princess won't have a good life for a few years? Where did you hear it?" Lin refused to believe it.
"The imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital take turns to visit the Prince's Mansion for consultation every day, and it has lasted for a month; the Prince's face has been slumped recently, and he is sometimes anxious; the family of the Crown Princess's concubine even sent several beautiful girls to the Prince's Mansion to serve the sick. Contact here All kinds of things, who can guess the key? Mother, don’t ask again, since the Crown Princess has already posted a post to invite the female family members of the Yu Mansion to eat the full moon wine of the little emperor’s grandson, you, the mistress of the house, should come to express condolences with generous gifts. A little impatience gradually appeared on Yu Miaoqi's face.
"Did the sent post come? Why didn't I receive it?" Lin was still hesitating.
"It's already delivered, and it's in Yu Xiang's hand. Hurry up, or the old ancestor will take her away first and leave us behind instead." Yu Miaoqi was completely impatient, and pushed Mrs. Lin into the wing room to change clothes. Also well-dressed.
Yu Xiang chose a well-fitting Yanyun butterfly dress for Princess Ninth to put on, and put on a pink and tender peach blossom makeup for her. Her hair was tied into a bun and a butterfly hairpin was inserted on each side, and she walked up The wings of the Lulai butterfly will flap slightly, as if they are about to fly away in the next moment.
The Ninth Princess was already delicate and cute, but this dress was more like a ceramic doll, indescribably lively and lively. She looked left and right in the mirror, then put her arms around the neck of the lotus seed cake, and smiled foolishly.
"Don't be ugly, the time is coming." Yu Xiang pinched the soft flesh around her cheeks.
Princess Ninth reluctantly left the dressing table, and in order to let the butterfly wings flap, her walk became bouncing, causing the two maids to laugh all the way.
When they arrived at the hall, the old lady had been waiting for a long time. She greeted the Ninth Princess with a smile, counted the gift list, and was about to leave. As soon as she walked out of the ceremony gate, she saw Mrs. Lin and Yu Miaoqi standing in front of her.
"Old Ancestor, your daughter-in-law is ready, let's go." Mrs. Lin took a few steps forward and naturally supported the old lady. Yu Miaoqi smiled at Princess Ninth, "I have seen Princess Nine. The princess is dressed like this." It is more beautiful than the colorful butterflies in the sky."
Who doesn't like to listen to good words? Ninth Princess said a few words of modesty with a blushing face, but her small mouth was wide open, and the joy on her face couldn't be stopped. Yu Xiang could embarrass Yu Miaoqi in public, but she couldn't treat Lin like this, so she had to keep silent.
Seeing this, Mrs. Lin felt relieved, and walked towards the gate with the old lady by her arm.
The old lady is a shameless person, Princess Ninth and two maids are watching, she is not easy to push people away, so she can only walk forward without saying a word.
The concubine was bedridden all the time, and she didn't know that the charcoal-burning maid who was captured at the beginning was the concubine of the Yu Mansion. After her condition eased, she told the guards to release her because she couldn't implicate innocent people. For the good friend's sake, and also for the sake of the girl's family's reputation, the prince kept his mouth shut on the matter, knowing that Yu Miaoqi was not at fault, and specially sent many gifts to show his shock.
The two masters are benevolent, but the subordinates can't push forward. It's only been a month since this happened, and he was brought to the Prince's Mansion to show his eyes, isn't it just to add bad luck to the Crown Princess? Besides, Yu Miaoqi still has such a fate, and she doesn't know if she will be able to restrain anyone again.
The old lady walked more and more slowly, and seeing the gate approaching, she finally grabbed Lin's wrist. Lin looked at her nervously, with pleading eyes in her eyes.
Such an urgent desire to show his face at the Prince's Mansion, is this the idea of seeing the Crown Princess is seriously ill, and he has become the Prince's successor? People are still living well, but there must be a limit to greed! The old lady's chest was full of hostility, and she wished she could use the crutches to beat Lin and Yu Miaoqi severely.
Princess Jiu and Yu Xiang, who had already walked out of the gate, turned their heads to look at this moment. The old lady smiled and waved at them, "Please also ask the princess to take the granddaughter of the minister's wife to go first. The minister's wife left something behind, so I have to go back and pick it up in person."
The Ninth Princess didn't suspect him, she grabbed Yu Xiang's sleeve and jumped towards her luxurious carriage. Yu Miaoqi followed spontaneously, as if she didn't see the old lady's hinting eyes.
Princess Jiu got into the carriage first, opened her arms and said with a smile, "Come on the lotus seed cake quickly, and I'll follow you. Be careful with your head, feet, and elbows."
Yu Xiang repeatedly agreed, got into the carriage and immediately hugged Xiao Qiu'er, kissing her twice. The ninth princess also kissed back twice, giggling.
The two hugged each other and had a good time, when they saw the maid helping Yu Miaoqi into the carriage. Because the old lady said "bring the minister's wife and granddaughter first", but she didn't specify which granddaughter it was, so the maid naturally thought that the two were brought together.
Yu Miaoqi was also a very thick-skinned master, knowing that the old lady would not make things difficult for her in front of the Ninth Princess, so she took advantage of this loophole and followed closely.
At this time, the old lady was pinching Lin's wrist, with two balls of anger burning in her eyes, glaring at Yu Miaoqi who had already got into the carriage. Yu Miaoqi pretended she didn't see anything, put down the car curtain and smiled, "It's late spring and early summer, the sun is a little hot, it's better to put down all the curtains, so as not to burn the delicate skin of the princess."
The two maids also felt that the sun was stinging, so they lowered the curtain on the other side of the carriage, then went out stooping, and took the next carriage with Tao Hong Liu Lu.
Yu Xiang looked towards the gate through the gap in the car curtain, and saw the old lady talking expressionlessly, Lin seemed to be helping her, but she was restrained, her face turned from red to white, from white to purple, very Wonderful, it can be seen that what the old lady said must not be good.
The carriage moved slowly, and Yu Xiang looked away, took out a plate of pastries from the hidden compartment and placed them on the small table. The nine princesses picked up a piece in each of their left and right hands, and the one in the left hand ate it by herself, while the one in the right hand fed the lotus seed cake, with a contented expression, but she didn't care about Yu Miaoqi.
Yu Miaoqi sat in a corner of the car with low eyebrows and did not say much.
After Yu Xiang finished eating the pastries, she declined the little ball's further feeding, and raised her chin with a contemptuous smile at Yu Miaoqi, "Sister, what's the next sentence when the water is clear and there are no fish?"
Yu Miaoqi hesitated for a moment, and then replied, "The next sentence is that people who can observe are no one."
This sentence means that if you are too smart, you will lose your friends. Yu Miaoqi had to suspect that Yu Xiang was mocking herself. However, in the next moment, she understood that Yu Xiang's mouth was far more vicious than any sharp weapon in the world.
"My sister is wrong. If you are a lowly person, you are invincible." Yu Xiang covered her mouth and chuckled, and slowly said each word, "In layman's terms, it means 'a shameless person is invincible'. Sister, you are already invincible, congratulations. "
She clasped her hands, her appearance was indescribably cute, but in Yu Miaoqi's eyes, she was nothing more than the most ferocious ghost.
The nine princesses who were eating cakes burst into laughter suddenly, and praised the small case, "This sentence is so interesting. If the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if people are cheap, they will be invincible. Shameless people are invincible... It is so fluent and appropriate , Lotus Seed Cake, you are so talented!"
Yu Miaoqi rubbed her chest, silently swallowing the old blood that had welled up in her throat.