When Wanshu arrived at the room of the eldest princess Wanxian, the third princess Wanchan was leading her younger sister, the fourth princess Wanxi, out.
Wanchan is one year younger than Wanshu, less than eight years old this year, her appearance follows that of Hu Liangdi, quite bright and glamorous. Wan Pei is not like her mother and sister, she is delicate and delicate, she usually talks less and has a shy personality.
"Second Sister, come to talk to Eldest Sister? Wan Pei and I are going back."
"Looks like it's still early, come to talk to eldest sister, you guys should go to bed earlier when you go back." Wanshu straightened her spine and said with a quiet smile.
Wanxian heard Wanshu's voice and came out to welcome her.
Wanchan responded, nodded to Wanxian again, and left with her concubine.
"The fourth younger sister has just been divided into yards, and she is not used to it, so the third younger sister brought her to sit with me." Wanxian said.
"Fourth sister is a bit timid. She should be allowed to live with third sister for a while, and then live alone when she gets used to it." Wan Shu was talking to her, and the two went into the house.
On the other side, Wanchan led Wanmei back to the yard, and just walked into the gate, she said, "Where do you think she went to the eldest sister?"
Wan Yu hesitated for a moment, then shook her head.
Wanchan looks at her sister's clumsiness with a bit of resentment.
"She must have gone from Fifth Sister. If you don't believe me, wait until I go in and ask Little Deng Zi."
Sure enough, after entering, Wanchan called Xiao Dengzi to ask, and the answer she got was that the second princess just came out of the fifth princess's yard, and went to the elder princess's place.
"Do you see what I said? No wonder mother said that dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes, and the son of a mouse can make holes. Our second sister is exactly the same as her mother."
Naturally, Wanchan didn't say this, the original words were said by Hu Liangdi, Wanchan listened to them, and now she uses them to teach her younger sister.
"Be careful when you deal with her in the future, don't be sold by her and count the silver for her."
Wan Pei whispered, "I think Second Sister is pretty nice."
Under Wanchan's stare, her voice became smaller and smaller until it disappeared.
"Can a hypocritical person still let people see her hypocrisy? Mothers say that, so just listen to it. Besides, do you think she is really good? But she claims to be a descendant, just pretending to be in front of us, don't believe it Go and see in Fifth Sister’s yard now, and Fifth Sister will definitely be very angry with her. Something happened in the East First Hospital, Jidetang should be more involved, people who don’t know think that Jidetang’s people are against the East First Hospital people are more concerned."
Wanchan told her that she didn't dare to make her sister angry, so she could only listen and nod her head.
After sending Wanshu away, Xiaohe, Wanxian's close maid, said: "Princess, why did you say those things to the second princess? I feel we are guilty."
Wanxian was reading a book, her fair and delicate face was illuminated by the light, and her skin looked crystal clear.
Hearing this, she raised her head: "It's just a sentence, if you can say it, it will avoid any suspicion."
"The servant is exhausted for you."
tired
It's not that I'm tired, as the sisters are growing up, the eldest princess has a good temper and is the eldest sister, so she inevitably becomes the hub between the sisters. The second princess came to the big princess when she had something to do, and the third princess also came to the big princess when she had something to do, but the fifth princess didn't come often.
However, Xiao He felt that Princess Wu was still young, and when she got older and knew more, she might come too.
In fact, it’s okay to come here occasionally, it’s just a walk between sisters, but the mothers of the third and fourth princesses are Hu Liangdi, the second princess’s mother is the crown princess, and the eldest princess’s wife Xu Liangyuan is also close to the crown princess. Although Jide Hall and the West First Courtyard did not have any ostensible disagreement, everyone in the East Palace knew about the private disagreement.
Especially if something happened in the East Palace again, for example, this time, it would be somewhat embarrassing if they all came and bumped into each other.
The eldest princess is not human in the middle, otherwise she would not have said those things to the second princess when she bumped into her at the door.
"Fortunately, Princess Wu doesn't like to say such trivial things, otherwise Princess..."
Wan Xian was amused by Xiao He's appearance, and tapped her forehead with her finger.
The two... were talking, when Nanny Shan came in and said, "Xiao He, the princess is reading a book, don't disturb her, go out and play."
The room immediately became quiet, Xiao He glanced at Wanxian, bowed and retreated.
"Mommy, Xiao He didn't bother me, it's just that I'm tired from reading, so I need to talk to her."
"Princess Princess, don't think that this old slave is so talkative. It's becoming more and more shameful for this old slave to see Xiao He. Because of the princess, you love her and dare to say anything in front of you. You are actually very right to do this. , You must not get involved in the conflict between Jidetang and the West First Courtyard. When the third princess comes, you read it for the sake of sisters. It is understandable to deal with one or two. Explain clearly, the second princess is not If you think about it, Jidetang will naturally not think too much about it. This old slave believes that if Liangyuan hears this, she will definitely have the same opinion."
Wanxian pursed her lips and said nothing.
What Shan Nanny said was not wrong, she thought so too, but Xiao He—had no bad intentions, but felt that she was tired of living, and felt that she was born as a princess and elder sister, but she valued the second county too much The feelings of the Lord, let go of your own identity, and live a wronged life.
Wanxian sometimes hates her own personality, thinking too much, but what can she do if she doesn't want to, after all, their West Second Hospital is not comparable to East First Hospital and West First Hospital.
"Mommy, don't punish Xiao He, I'll just teach her more in the future."
"Since the princess said so, the old slave will naturally listen to the princess."
In the East First Courtyard.
After a love affair, Pan'er didn't even bother to move.
"Get up and wash up."
"I don't want to move."
Pan'er dawdled, not wanting to move, and only after seeing the prince called someone in did he put on his clothes and go to the bathroom.
After taking a bath, I changed into clean pajamas again, and lay down on the couch, feeling much more comfortable.
This day, just entering May, has become so hot.
What the crown prince thought was the report from the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. Regarding the drought in Shaanxi and Gansu, if it continues like this, the two places will be drought this year.
Since there is a disaster, relief must be provided. It is better to provide relief at this time than to provide relief when the disaster expands. If the remedy is proper, it may be possible to recover some after the autumn harvest.
But how to provide relief, and who to send to relieve, need to be discussed.
As soon as this matter was mentioned, the prince couldn't help frowning. He was too disappointed with the efficiency of the court. He had to discuss many times about one matter, who belonged to which faction, how to divide the interests of the factions, and how to If you achieve a balance, you won't be cheap, and of course it won't be cheap for me. It will take half a month to fight in the courtroom. When the charter is brought out, things will be delayed.
But when he was really caught in it, he could understand the difficulties. Sometimes it wasn't that he couldn't let it go, but that he had to. Because once you make a concession, it is not a step. What you may give up is an opportunity, an opportunity, and a lot.
But it was very annoying. During the day, it was okay to be in front of people, but when the night was quiet, he couldn't stop sighing.
"Your Highness, why don't you sleep, but you have something on your mind?" I thought that Pan'er was asleep, but she didn't, moved a little and leaned over.
"Why haven't you slept yet? In fact, there is nothing wrong, but there is something in the court."
As soon as he heard that it was a matter in the court, Pan'er stopped asking immediately, and the prince didn't want to say any more, and changed the subject: "By the way, the palace may go to Xiyuan to escape the summer heat in the past two days, so you should make preparations in advance. Once you do it, you won’t be in a hurry.”
"To escape the summer heat, will you go, Your Highness?" Pan'er became interested.
Since Xiyuan was overhauled once, Emperor Cheng'an was keen to go to Xiyuan for sightseeing, and he would go there once or twice a year. As a concubine in the harem, Empress Fu would naturally accompany him, but the prince might not necessarily go. In terms of distance It was the year before last that the crown prince took his family to Xiyuan.
"Naturally." His father would not feel at ease if he didn't go.
The rest of the sentence, the prince did not say. In the past two years, Emperor Cheng'an had become more and more guarded against him, but he seemed to know that guarding against him was useless, so his methods became simple and rude. Roughly speaking, wherever he went, he had to take the prince with him.
The two of them talked a few more words, then fell asleep and had nothing to say all night.
Sure enough, on the second day, in the afternoon... someone from Jide Hall invited Pan'er over, saying that they were going to discuss the matter of going to Xiyuan to escape the summer heat.
After Pan'er arrived, Hu Liangdi, Xu Liangyuan and others were all there, all concubines who had given birth in the Eastern Palace.
The Crown Princess didn't gossip too much, and she briefly talked about going to Xiyuan to escape the summer heat, including the time of going, how many servants and how much luggage she could bring.
Even though they are from the East Palace, it is naturally impossible for everyone in the palace to go, and those who can go are all fertile concubines.
In the past few years, the East Palace has not entered the East Palace again, and there was a show in the middle. Empress Fu wanted to add someone to the East Palace, but was rejected by the prince. In recent years, apart from Pan'er, other people have given birth to children one after another, all of them are old people from the Eastern Palace, one is Hu Liangdi, and the other is He Liangyuan.
In the 23rd year of Cheng'an, He Liangyuan gave birth to the daughter of the Sixth Princess Wanyu, and Hu Liangdi gave birth to the fourth son, Zongxuan, in the 24th year of Cheng'an.
Hu Liangdi finally gave birth to a son, which was considered to be his wish fulfilled, so it has also subsided in the past few years, almost no longer taking the initiative to cause trouble. What made Pan'er surprised was not this, but the second prince Wu Wang Zongxuan in the previous life. Because of her early intervention, he became the fourth prince in this life, and his name was still Zongxuan.
There is another person worth mentioning, that is Zhong Liangyuan, who gave birth to the fifth son Zongjiae in the 24th year of Cheng'an.
When we met for the first time, Pan'er didn't remember it for a while, but after thinking about it afterwards, she always felt that this woman looked familiar. It was only later that the fifth son was born, and she heard that the prince named her Zong Qi, so she remembered the seventh prince An Wang in her previous life. It's called Zongmae.
What about the five or six princes? And if she remembers correctly, King An's mother and concubine died young, which is why she has no impression of Zhong Liangyuan.
However, Zhong Liangyuan is not here today, since she gave birth to the child, her health is not very good, and she is sick for half a month. Everyone in the East Palace knew about this, and if she wanted to come to Xiyuan to escape the summer heat, she would not go.
Sure enough, the Crown Princess brought up the matter again.
"I ordered someone to invite Zhong Liangyuan. She is not feeling well these days, so she won't go to Xiyuan. This time, not only our East Palace will accompany you, but King Qi, King Chu, King Yan, and King Yue will also go with you. Hope you all Be cautious in your words and deeds, and don't cause trouble for the Eastern Palace."
"yes."
"Okay, you all step back and go back to pack your bags."
Hearing that she was going to Xiyuan to escape the summer heat, Wanrong came to the East First Hospital immediately after she came back from the girls' school.
"Mother, are you really going to Xiyuan? Then can I take Xiaohong along with me?" Xiaohong was the name of the horse the crown prince bought her, and it was a brown-red filly.
Wan Rong has recently been eager to learn how to ride a horse, and is very concerned about her beloved horse. Even if she doesn't usually ride, she still has to go to the stable to have a look. See if the servants treat her Xiaohong harshly, if they serve her well, and so on.
"It's useless for you to ask mother about this matter, you should ask your father, there are many mountains and rivers in Xiyuan, what do you do on horseback?"
The last time Wanwan went to Xiyuan was when she was three years old. At that time, she didn't understand anything. She felt that she had almost no impression, but she just remembered such a thing. Everyone in the palace said that Xiyuan was good and fun, so she wanted to take Xiaohong with her, and she wanted to practice horse riding as well, but Pan'er's words made her discouraged.
"You really can't ride a horse?"
Pan'er saw her daughter pouted with displeasure on her face, and pulled her into her arms: "Mother doesn't care about you every day, you've become a crazy girl, this time going to Xiyuan is not only the people from our East Palace, except your grandpa Grandmother, and many concubines of your grandfather, as well as people from several other palaces such as Prince Qi's Palace and Chu Palace, you brought Xiaohong there, not to find trouble for your grandmother, and when others talk about the madman in the Prince's house Girl, what do you want your imperial grandmother to do?"
"Who dares to say that I am a crazy girl from the prince's family? Besides, mother, my daughter is not a crazy girl. How can you say that about my daughter?" Wan Wei refused.