Shen Jin did not lie, Chu Xiuming had indeed brought people to wait at the gate of the palace, and prepared more than one carriage. The one parked in the front was for Princess Rui and the three of them, and the maid and mother-in-law sat in the back. Not only can it fit the luggage of Princess Rui and the others, but even the rewards from the palace can be taken away directly.
Chu Xiuming rode his horse and walked beside the carriage. Shen Jin could see him as soon as he opened the window. After sending him a sweet smile, Shen Jin closed the window and talked with Princess Rui and the others.
Princess Rui didn't ask if Shen Jin's life in the border town was good. Looking at Chu Xiuming's appearance, she knew that she was doing well, and her face was ruddy, and there was an undeniable friendship in her eyes.
Although Chu Xiuming didn't say anything, Princess Rui noticed. As soon as they came out, Chu Xiuming's eyes were on Shen Jin first, and after making sure that Shen Jin was fine, he looked at them. Zun waited at the gate of the palace for so long, and still arranged everything properly, if Shen Jin really wasn't in his heart, it would be impossible.
"Mother and Concubine, you have been in the palace for so long, are you okay?" Shen Jin asked with some concern.
Princess Rui pursed her lips and smiled, "On weekdays, your mother and I are in the Empress Dowager's Palace. The Empress Dowager eats vegetarian food and prays to Buddha all the year round, and doesn't come out very often. Except that she can't walk around at will, there is nothing else."
Shen Jin felt that the Empress Dowager would not enjoy it, but she was the Empress Dowager who ate fast and recited Buddhism every day, "What about the concubine and mother?"
"Of course I want to accompany the Queen Mother." Princess Rui didn't take these things seriously, "And the prince will also go to the palace to take care of him from time to time."
"Oh." Shen Jin responded.
Concubine Rui looked at Concubine Chen and said, "I finally met Miss Jin, why didn't you speak?"
Shen Jin also asked, "Mother, why don't you talk to me?"
Concubine Chen held Shen Jin's hand and said with a smile, "Looks like it's a lot taller."
Shen Jin snuggled into Concubine Chen's arms with a smile, and said softly, "Yes."
Concubine Chen has a daughter like Shen Jin, and now she is hugging her daughter, her heart is almost melted. Shen Jin stopped making trouble after a while, and Concubine Chen didn't care that Princess Rui was still there, so she asked about Shen Jin. basic necessities of life.
Concubine Rui was listening and didn't say much, just kept smiling on her face. As soon as she got in the car, Shen Jin poured three cups of tea. While talking to Concubine Chen, she touched the teacups and served them Concubine Rui had a cup, and Concubine Chen gave another cup, and then she drank the last cup slowly.
Concubine Chen was feeling thirsty, she drank more than half of the cup before putting it down, and realized that she had lost her composure just now, Princess Rui didn't care about it, she just smiled, "I'm afraid it's too late today, why don't you come with Yongningbo tomorrow In the mansion, I will also invite your two sisters and brother-in-law to come to the mansion and have a family reunion."
"Okay." Shen Jin replied with a smile.
Before I knew it, I arrived at Prince Rui's Mansion. Chu Xiuming had already sent someone to notify him in advance. Because King Rui was in the palace, Princess Rui's two sons, Shen Xuan and Shen Xi, were waiting at the door. The concubine Wang and concubine Chen went in, but Chu Xiuming and Shen Jin didn't go in, but went directly back to Yongning Bo's mansion.
When Chu Xiuming and Shen Jin returned to the mansion, hot water was already prepared in the mansion, and Anping waited on Shen Jin to freshen up and change into regular clothes. When Anping came out, An Ning had already told the general things in the palace. In fact, she knew it. Not many, because An Ning couldn't follow up when the queen was talking to Shen Jin and the others.
But An Ning paid attention to the time when the two princesses arrived and when Princess Rui and the others left.
Mother Zhao heard the words and said, "At the beginning when I got the news that His Majesty intends to marry the general, this old slave boldly guessed about these two princesses. Among His Majesty's daughters, they are the two of the right age. It is also slightly younger than Princess Chenyang, but the old slave thought it would be Princess Chenyang, but never thought that it would refer to King Rui's daughter in the end."
In fact, not only Zhao Mama, but also the military advisers of the General's Mansion had guessed that Emperor Cheng's point of marriage was just to show favor to the Chu family and strengthen the relationship between the Chu family and the royal family, so choosing the princess to marry was the best choice.
It's not that Chu Xiuming thinks highly of himself, but that Mrs. Yongning's position is really worth such a price. With the military achievements of the Chu family and their status in the army, even the queen's daughter's marriage is justified.
As long as they are normal people, they will probably know what to choose, but who would have thought that they would meet a Cheng Emperor who is confused about big things and shrewd about small things. Instead, he married King Rui's concubine.
It would be fine if the emperor didn't have a daughter of the right age at the time, but he just didn't want to.
If Emperor Cheng really felt sorry for his daughter for doing such a foolish thing, it would be considered true temperament, but from what he did later, we can see that this is not the case.
Why did Princess Rui give money to Chu Mingxiu? She knew some things decades ago, and she didn't act until the border town was relieved.
In the end, you are just disappointed with Emperor Cheng. If you are really on guard against the Chu family, then don't use the Chu family, but he still can't do without the Chu family, so just try to win over Shi En. When the Chu family really commits a crime, The righteousness of the world is also on the side of Emperor Cheng.
But what about Emperor Cheng? She wanted to win over the Chu family, but she couldn't swallow that breath, and she was on guard against the Chu family. She was so visibly defensive that she couldn't handle big things, and hated the Chu family when it came to small things.
For example, those rumors in the capital, none of them in their generation have ever seen Chu Xiuming's parents, unless Chu Xiuming was adopted, otherwise they would not grow up like rumors, but they all understand in their hearts, just don't talk too much, this kind of Rumors are the most deceiving people of Shen Jin's generation.
Concubine Rui also guessed about Chu Xiuming's marriage at the beginning. She thought it was between Zhaoyang and Princess Chenyang, but who would have thought that it would fall in Prince Rui's mansion. When she heard the news, Princess Rui simply I don't know what to say, in fact, even if King Rui didn't mention it, Princess Rui would not let Shen Zi marry, that would be not marriage but enmity.
Princess Rui was truly disappointed when she found out that the border city was besieged and Emperor Cheng did not send troops to rescue, and even after the siege was finally cleared, the food and supplies would be stuck.
Thanks to Emperor Cheng's stupid move, he also left another way for Prince Rui's mansion. Thinking of what his father said before he got married, some things had already happened to Duan Rui at that time. His father chose King Rui, but he was married to King Rui. Identity and his confusion.
In fact, Emperor Cheng asked Chu Xiuming to go to Beijing this time. If he really broke the boat and let people kill Chu Xiuming directly, Princess Rui would think of him more highly. Now...
Princess Rui looked at her two sons and said softly, "Xuan'er, your third brother-in-law rarely goes to Beijing, so you should get closer to him and take him around."
In the palace, Shen Xuan was most convinced by Princess Rui, the mother, and said, "My son knows."
Princess Rui nodded in satisfaction. Her son is an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs. If it weren't for... Princess Rui lowered her eyes slightly and restrained her expression, "Xi'er, you are not too young. Do you know how to ask your third brother-in-law more?"
Shen Xi was slightly younger, and said with a smile, "My son knows."
Princess Rui said, "Okay, let's go and study."
"The son comes to eat with his mother at night." Shen Xi said.
Concubine Rui nodded in agreement, and when Shen Xi left, only Concubine Rui and Shen Xuan's mother and son were left in the room. Cuixi also went down with her maid, and even guarded the door herself.
Seeing that his mother had something to say, Shen Xuan pushed open the window and poured warm jujube tea for Princess Rui. Follow him."
"The border town is poor, and there are barbarians staring at it, isn't it too dangerous?" Shen Xuan and Shen Xi had a good relationship, and said after hearing the words, "I'm afraid the second brother can't bear it."
"Girl Jin can bear it even for a girl, why can't he bear it?" Princess Rui said in a deep voice, "Do you know why I never let you go to the court to be an official?"
Shen Xuan was brought by Princess Rui's side since he was a child. Unlike King Rui's confusion, he was more like Princess Rui. Especially after the life-and-death calamity, he was even more calm, and said, "My son understands."
Princess Rui nodded and said, "Since the day your uncle gave the mansion a marriage proposal, the status of Prince Rui's Mansion has been embarrassing."
There was anger on Shen Xuan's face. He thought of his mother being taken into the palace this time, saying that the queen mother missed her sickness, but he knew what it was really like, and King Rui, a father, he could not count on. , Said, "Son understands, since this is the case, why not ask the third brother-in-law to arrange a position for the second brother, even if it is a pawn."
"It's not so far." Princess Rui calmed down and said, "And girl Jin is also a good boy, she won't understand." It's not that Shen Jin and Shen Xi have a good relationship, so they will take care of them more, Shen Jin He is a sensible person, and a sensible person will not do stupid things. If Shen Zi was the one who married this time, Princess Rui would not make such an arrangement.
In Yongning Bo's mansion, Shen Jin slowly ate red date cheese, talking about things in the palace, "The queen is very kind." It's just that some fake fairies, small animals have an intuition, whether they are really good to people or fake.
Mother Zhao felt a little sympathetic to the queen, and she was afraid that she would be choked by Shen Jin today.
Chu Xiuming nodded and said, "It's good to be kind." Kindness is tantamount to superficiality. In this way, not only dare not make things difficult for Shen Jin, but also help Shen Jin clean up the mess. Who asked Emperor Cheng to release a lot of information about Shen Jin It was rumored that the empress could never dismantle the emperor, and the emperor's words were like covering Shen Jin with a layer of golden armor.
"Princess Chenyang is very naive." It's just a little silly, fearing that she will be taken care of by the empress, "I think the concubine mother is really nice." As the aunt, Princess Rui is not as good to Shen Jin as she is to Shen Qi. But it's time to teach, and I haven't done anything wrong with a few concubines, at most I just don't care.
Chu Xiuming smiled, "Because Princess Rui is a sensible person."
Shen Jin nodded, and then said, "Princess Zhaoyang is indeed born of the queen." She really looks like the queen.
Chu Xiuming didn't say anything more, but Shen Jin said in a low voice, "My concubine said that the empress dowager has been eating fast and reciting Buddha, it's really..." Blessings will not be enjoyed.
"Hmph." Zhao Nanny snorted coldly, "There are a lot of bad things on my mind, so I don't have to eat fast and chant Buddha every day."
Shen Jin looked at Zhao Nanny with a confused face, her almond eyes were extremely innocent, Zhao Nanny's heart softened, and said, "Madam may not be able to eat any hot food in the palace, the old servant will let the kitchen cook it in a while." Honey pigeon."
"I ate the golden silk roll at the Queen's place. It tastes good." Shen Jin said quickly, "It's really good."
Zhao Momo's eyes darkened for a moment before she smiled, "This old slave can also make that stuff, but it's a bit more troublesome. If Madam wants to eat it, this old slave will do it right away."
"Okay." Shen Jin stretched out his hand to take Zhao Nanny's hand, "I miss you so much. Although there are many things in the palace, it doesn't feel fresh enough, so I just used one."
Mother Zhao felt even more distressed, and said, "Madam, use it first, and this old slave will go now."