The Lofty Fierce Consort

Chapter 123

? Xu Guifei was indeed stunned.

She hadn’t seen such a stunned person. A bride who had just married in a few days before dared to go to the House of Internal Affairs in spite of dignity.

After being surprised, she smiled again, and she smiled like a hundred flowers in full bloom.

Concubine Xu Gui is not a beautiful woman, she can only be regarded as above-average in terms of appearance, and the palace is much more beautiful than her. What she is beautiful is that special temperament, that kind of distinctive charm. As soft as water, with a trace of shyness and pity.

“Niang Niang, these four princes and concubines are completely dumbfounded. This is a joke.”

Xu Guifei just smiled without talking.

The same dialogue also appeared in Fengqi Palace.

“Niang, the four princes and concubines are really vulgar. At the beginning, your majesty should have promised her to the second prince. With her dragging her back, it is estimated that Xu Guifei will be too late to regret it.”

“What do you know, this person really promises to give the second prince, but that can help the slut. If someone didn’t deliberately do this, why would the dignified prince and concubine make a fuss about the House of Internal Affairs so disregarding dignity?”

“…”

“This **** never forgets to dig a hole for this palace. This time I started from the internal affairs government. Anyway, the internal affairs government is not under the control of this palace. Let’s just wait and watch the good show.” Empress Xiao revealed a touch of unknown meaning. Smile.

“Yes.”

***

Sure enough, such a cold day did not stop the spread of rumors in the palace.

Almost on the second day, almost everyone in the palace knew about the four princes and concubines making a fuss in the House of Internal Affairs.

Naturally, there are not a few people who watch jokes in various palaces and courts. This rumor doesn’t mention a word about the case of the House of Internal Affairs’ seizure of Xianyun Temple, only staring at the Four Princes and Concubines making a disturbance to the House of Internal Affairs. The words are extremely horrifying and terrifying, and the Four Princes’ Concubines will be the four princes. Described as if the **** is ​​coming to life.

The reason why rumors are rumors is because it satisfies some people’s evil tastes. These palace eunuchs have a low status in the palace, and finally they have a high status and a lot of grooves, and all of them are extremely excited to discuss. Some people who haven’t seen Yan Yan are only seven feet tall, sturdy and mighty, not like a woman at all, or they won’t be rationed to the fourth prince.

The rumors became more and more intense, and Empress Xiao finally couldn’t stand it anymore, and took action to stop it. At the same time, Yan Yan, who was the chief culprit, also asked the palace people around the Queen to give advice, and banned for ten days was enough to show punishment.

During the whole process, Mei Xiang’s hearts almost stopped beating in fright, but Yan Yan and Luo Huaiyuan ignored them, as if there was nothing wrong with them. It happened that Yan Yan had abandoned the snowy road for a few days, and didn’t want to go to Fengqi Palace to ask for peace.

I was living my own life by shutting down the door, so I never thought you would not cause troubles to provoke you. As soon as the empress’s empress banned Yan Yan’s feet, the second prince and concubine Lu Xiuling came to the door.

When the sister-in-law came to the door, she naturally wanted to greet her by sweeping the couch. However, as soon as she was sitting down, Lu Xiuling had a chat, which annoyed Yan Yan.

The general meaning of Lu Xiuling’s words is to tell Yan Yan to pay attention to the prince and concubine’s manners, and not to care about self-reliance with the minions. You can’t hear the sarcasm at all from the voice, but you can turn these words upside down in your heart, except for sarcasm or sarcasm.

Lu Xiuling probably thinks that her identity is higher than that of Yan Yan. She said these words as a sister-in-law. On the surface, it is true, but in private who talks with whom? This person is too ignorant, and Tian Dutian has come to his home.

Yan Yan didn’t wait to see anyone, she said on her face: “The second emperor’s wife is here to teach me?”

This was quite rude, and Yan Yan was not prepared to be polite to her.

You said that Lu Xiuling came to deliberately disgusting people, she doesn’t seem to be either, she also said that she was sincere and polite. But this behavior and these words, no matter how they look, are disgusting. Anyway, Yan Yan doesn’t like such a person, and she doesn’t bother to guess what she is thinking. If she doesn’t like it, it’s better to stay away.

“How come you talk like this? I’m here to persuade you, you are so, so…” Lu Xiuling flushed.

Yan Yan raised her eyebrows, “What’s wrong with my words? Erhuang’s sister-in-law, you should go back as soon as possible. I was banned by my mother and it is not suitable to receive you at this time. Evian, see off the guests.”

“Second prince and concubine, please here.”

“you-”

Lu Xiuling’s eyes flushed, and she stomped her foot fiercely, leaving her back seemingly fled.

During dinner in the evening, Yan Yan and Luo Huaiyuan talked about it.

“What do you think she thinks? I never give her a good face, and I tirelessly lean towards me. What do you think she does?”

“My daughter-in-law is so beautiful, she wants to be drenched in your light, and she will be more beautiful in the future.”

Yan Yan gave him a mouthful, “All nonsense!”

***

Leaving Xianyun Temple, on the way back to Jin’an Temple.

The palace man next to Lu Xiuling couldn’t help but say: “Manny, why don’t you come here to find it unhappy, these four princes and concubines are just rough people.”

The look on Lu Xiuling’s face was difficult to discern, and she whispered: “We are all wives after all. Her bad reputation is also a hindrance to me. As a sister-in-law, I should persuade her a lot.”

Xiufang was filled with righteous indignation: “But you look at her look, but you don’t respect you at all, why do you treat her so kindly.”

Lu Xiuling just lowered her head and did not speak.

When she returned to Jin’an Temple, she pretended to be a little bit progressive to rest in the sleeping hall, and did not let anyone follow her to serve.

Xiufang was so annoyed and anxious that she had to wait outside the door of the sleeping hall. A fellow curious palace man asked what was wrong, but Xiufang didn’t cover up, so she said that the second prince and concubine were kind enough to be scolded by the fourth prince. said. So it didn’t take long for the entire Jin’an Hall to know that their princes and concubines were deceived by the four princes and concubines of Xianyun Hall.

This is not the first time. In the past, there were always four princes and concubines who refused to give the second prince and concubine a good expression. I didn’t expect it to develop into this way now. These four princes and concubines are really deceiving people too much!

The news naturally reached the ears of the second prince.

During the evening meal, the second prince couldn’t help but say: “You don’t go to the Xianyun Temple in the future. If you can’t get together, why bother to add to yourself.”

Lu Xiuling lowered her head and whispered: “After all, she and I are wives. She is not sensible. As a sister-in-law, I do my best to persuade her.”

The second prince flickered darkly and inexplicably, and smiled, “The four younger siblings are on the cusp of the storm right now. There are many people in this palace. Since they are kind, don’t do bad things. You will seal everything up later. Lest any rumors spread.”

Lu Xiuling stiffened for a moment, and then said respectfully: “The husband is more considerate than the concubine, and the concubine should do her best.”

The second prince nodded and put down the silver chopsticks. Someone took the saliva and basin to serve him clean and wash his hands. After that, he wiped the water on his hands with a cotton kerchief, and the second prince stood up.

“I’m going to the study, you can rest first, don’t wait for me.”

“Respectfully send her husband.”

Lu Xiuling half-hanged her head, crouching and saluting, the moment she stood up, a twist of her eyes finally vented.

***

The ten days of banned feet quickly passed. On the first day of lifting the ban, it was logical to go to Fengqi Palace to thank the Empress Empress.

At the gate of Fengqi Palace, Yan Yan, who was about to get off the sedan chair, saw Lu Xiuling not far away. Seeing this, she deliberately slowed down.

Even though the other party greeted her, Lu Xiuling was wearing a silver-white cloak with emerald patterns, her hands folded in the cloak, and she was holding a gilt hand stove.

“Four younger siblings came to please mother and queen? Let’s go in together.”

Yan Yan had to grin stiffly, and got on and off the sedan chair with Mei Xiang’s support.

After being notified, the two entered the hall, and Empress Xiao sat high on the phoenix seat in the hall, full of grace and luxury.

Lu Xiuling saluted her, and Empress Xiao called out. After Yan Yan took her turn, she crouched and greeted Empress Xiao according to the etiquette in the palace.

Empress Xiao glanced at her, and she seemed to realize to the close-knit palace beside her: “Today is the day when the fourth wife’s confinement period expires?”

The palace man squatted and said yes, Empress Xiao nodded and looked at Yan Yan again.

“You are a bride. I shouldn’t have given you such dignity as a mother-in-law, but since you are a royal wife, you must know how to be respectful and respectful, and you must know how to maintain the royal dignity. In this palace, there are so many great things to do. A slave who steals and plays slippery, you can come and talk to the queen if you encounter something, the queen will be the master for you, how can such a decent internal affairs office make a fuss? You must know that you are the fourth daughter-in-law, a husband and wife. , The glory of glory, the loss of everything, what wrong you made, the old face is also dull…”

During this period, Empress Xiao didn’t scream, so Yan Yan kept squatting like that.

This is a trick commonly used in the palace, but unfortunately it is a piece of cake for Yan Yan. She walks for two hours without trembling legs, so would she be afraid of such tricks? Empress Xiao did not cry, she continued to blessed.

Lu Xiuling stopped talking, still couldn’t help but release her siege: “Mother, do you think you let the four younger siblings get up first, always squatting like this, how can you stand it?”

Only then did Empress Xiao appear as if she was suddenly enlightened, and she sighed with her support on her forehead: “Get up quickly, the queen mother is now older. This memory is not as good as one day, and she always loses everything. Xiangping, give it to the two princes soon. Concubine looks at her seat.”

Seeing this, Lu Xiuling hurriedly stretched out her hand to help Yan Yan. She straightened up without knowing that Yan Yan didn’t shake herself. She didn’t look uncomfortable at all, and deliberately avoided Lu Xiuling’s hand. Lu Xiuling suddenly became embarrassed.

She concealed her embarrassment with a soft smile, and withdrew her hand: “The four younger siblings are worthy of martial arts.”

Yan Yan nodded and glanced at her: “It’s easy to say.”

“The Queen Mother taught you carefully to keep in mind. In the future, you must not make mistakes and lose the face of our royal family. After all, we are different from others. We are royal daughters-in-law…”

Yan Yan saw that someone from the palace had brought a chair, so she turned around and sat on it, ignoring Lu Xiuling.

“You are young and have a reckless personality. After all, when you were in your boudoir, you are not the same as getting married. There will be many more in the future…”

Yan Yan couldn’t bear it anymore and pulled out a sneer: “Second emperor’s wife, this is Fengqi Palace, not in your Jin’an Hall. I know you are virtuous, graceful, dignified, and noble. I am a younger brother and sister. Sigh. But you want to show off. Can you go back to your house and show off here? Do you not use my misbehaving and low moral character to set off your noble character, and you feel uncomfortable?”

Lu Xiuling stepped back after suffering a severe injury, tears in her eyes, “I was kind, how can you say that…”

“Okay, okay, why are you arguing here in this palace? It’s really naughty for a child!” Empress Xiao groaned.

Xiangping on the side said to the queen with a smile: “The empress, the two princes and concubines are young and ignorant. In the future, you will have to teach me as a mother-in-law.”

Empress Xiao sighed and said, “Now there are three that are enough for my palace to have headaches, so let me enter two more quickly, so I won’t make my palace confused.”

I have to say that this Empress Xiao is very good at talking. She was already on the verge of tearing her skin apart, and was confused by her naughty words.

This Xiang Ping is also a capable person, that is, he agrees with the master’s words, and also points out that Empress Xiao is a serious mother-in-law. Naturally, this was to beat Lu Xiuling. After all, Empress Xiao was an orthodox middle palace no matter what, even if Xu Guifei was Lu Xiuling’s serious mother-in-law, she had to retreat in terms of status.

Yan Yan did not understand if she did not understand, but Lu Xiuling understood it anyway.

She hurriedly bowed her knees and bowed to Empress Xiao, blushing crampedly and said: “It’s the daughter-in-law’s fault not to confess to the mother, and please don’t blame the four younger siblings. She has always been straightforward in speaking, she has no intention of speaking.”

Yan Yan simply convinced Lu Xiuling, why did she pull her up for everything?

She was too lazy to save face for Lu Xiuling, and sneered: “Thank you, the second emperor’s wife, for being an excuse for me as a younger brother and sister. But can you please let me take me on everything in the future? We are not familiar with each other, we really don’t. Cooked!”

After speaking, she didn’t even look at Lu Xiuling’s face, so she stood up and saluted Empress Xiao and resigned.

“Mother, daughter-in-law’s palace still has affairs to be busy, so leave first.”

Empress Xiao waved her hand, she turned and left. Empress Xiao glanced at Lu Xiuling who was standing below, and waved her to retreat.

When the two of them backed away, a **** on the side showed a strange look and said, “Manny, you said that the second prince and concubine, did she have a brain disease?”

Empress Xiao smiled sarcastically, and said: “You don’t understand a woman’s mind, especially this kind of mind that doesn’t allow a husband to treat a woman. Xiangping, tell Lu Hai.”

Xiang Ping pursed his lips and smiled: “The servant girl said, if what is said is wrong, Wanwang Empress will correct it. Back then, the second prince asked to marry the four princes and concubines in public, but his majesty did not approve it, but instead granted the four princes and concubines. After that, the second princes and concubines appeared. According to reports, Jin’an Temple has recently been unstable. The second princes and concubines repeatedly visited the fourth princes and concubines. They were all embarrassed by the rampage of the fourth princes, but the second princes and concubines were embarrassed by the rampage. Still happy, rumors are spreading around. According to the concubine’s conjecture, it is probably the second prince and concubine who cared about what happened before, and wanted to tell everyone that the four princes and concubines were stubborn and it was better for her to take on the important task of the second prince and concubine.”

Xiangping said it quite implicitly.

Empress Xiao was silent but smiled.

Lu Hai suddenly realized, but he was a little unbelievable: “That is to say, the second prince concubine wants to step down on the fourth prince concubine to raise himself?”

“There is never a lack of women in this palace who step down on others to elevate themselves, but this Lu Xiuling method is too clumsy.” Empress Xiao said.

Xiangping hid his mouth and smiled, “These four princes and concubines are really a second person, and they don’t have a face for the second prince and concubines. Now Liangzi has grown up.”

Empress Xiao nodded: “It stands to reason that Lu Xiuling is not such a decent person. She actually got into trouble in Fengqi Palace. Then there is only one possibility, it must be something stimulated…”

Empress Xiao didn’t say the rest, but knocked on the armrest of the phoenix seat, revealing a meaningful smile.

Seeing this, the two people on the side turned their hearts quickly, but they couldn’t figure out the clues. They could only stare at each other frequently, and their eyes flashed with different lights.

***

Time flies quickly, and it’s the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye.

As soon as the twelfth lunar month came, it was not far from the New Year, and the palace began to lively.

On the day of Laba, there is a habit of appreciating Laba porridge in the palace. The emperor and the queen will cook Laba porridge and reward them to the princes and guards. The Laba porridge made by the people in the Guards Palace is naturally not the same as that of the princes and ministers, and the ingredients are lower. Being able to get the Laba porridge from the palace shows that your majesty and the empress have a face in front of the empress. Because of Yan Yan’s relationship, this year Weiyuan Houfu also won the Laba porridge from the palace.

After Laba is over, it can be regarded as officially entering the new year.

Every family outside the palace began to display their lanterns and festoons in anticipation of the coming New Year. This place in the palace is also extremely busy, and all the palaces are beginning to show up. After all, the New Year in the palace is different from the others, and there are many banquets.

But all this has nothing to do with Yan Yan.

She was really clean for a while because of the last time she was in a stalemate with Lu Xiuling, and no one ran up to her by himself, adding a blockage to her and brushing her face. Because of the deterrence of the four fierce princes and concubines, the Xianyun Palace was honest, regardless of what was inside, at least on the surface. And Luo Huaiyuan was a wife slave, and it was absolutely what Yan Yan said, so Yan Yan’s life went smoothly.

The new year came in a blink of an eye.

On New Year’s Eve, Emperor Xi hosted a family banquet in Zhaoyang Hall to signify reunion. The Queen, Xu Guifei, and other concubines who were above concubines and concubines were all present, as well as princes and concubines.

The family banquet adopts a split table system, with the royal banquet table as the chairman, seated with Emperor Xi and Empress Xiao. The left and right are arranged in two rows, with Xu Guifei on the right, noble concubine, and two or more concubine seats. As for the concubine, there is a three-person seat. According to the rank, Ma Cairen sits at the bottom. , Sitting in the same place with two unloved men.

It stands to reason that she should not come to this kind of family banquet in her current position, but the four princes are for her, and more or less of this kind of face is also to be given.

On the left are the princes headed by the prince, the unmarried princes sit alone, and the married prince sits with their princes and concubines. The prince occupied two more seats than others because of his family. One seat was set up by him and the prince’s concubine Qu, and the seat behind him was the two small princesses and the prince’s two lords.

The two little princesses are not very old, but they are two or three years old. One is from the prince’s concubine, and the other is from the prince’s concubine surnamed Wu. It was all watched by the nurse, sitting upright in the chair.

The new year’s congratulatory message was opened by the prince, because it is a family banquet, there are not so many rules, just a few words of blessing. After that, the second prince and the third prince entered the blessings one by one, and when he arrived at Luo Huaiyuan, he didn’t bother to think about it, so he slipped what others had said before.

Everyone knows that the four princes are unlearned and extremely stupid, but there are no jokes.

There is no turn for the fifth prince, because the fifth prince is a dumb, this is a thing everyone knows.

It happened that the seat of the fifth prince was right next to Yan Yan, and she couldn’t help but take another look.

I saw the five princes with fair skin and handsome appearance, and their eyebrows were touching like ink paintings. His expression is very indifferent, his face is not fluctuating, even on such occasions, his eyes are still motionless, as if he is out of the picture.

Yan Yan sighed a pity, she had heard that the fifth prince was dumb, but she didn’t know if she was deaf and dumb.

The hand on her lap was squeezed, Yan Yan turned her eyes and saw Luo Huaiyuan winking at her. For the time being, I don’t know the meaning inside, but Yan Yan didn’t pay attention to the five princes anymore.

At the family banquet, Emperor Xi said a few words, which basically meant to let the three married sons work harder, and strive to see the little emperor and grandson at the next year’s family banquet.

When it comes to this, the second prince and Luo Huaiyuan are okay, after all, the prince’s face is ugly not long after they have just gotten married.

The prince has been married for more than four years. There are many concubines in the East Palace, but so far no male heir has been born, and only two small princesses have been born.

The Emperor Xi didn’t blame the prince, but the prince was anxious. In fact, not only was he anxious, but Empress Xiao was also anxious. Because of the inheritance of heirs, the position of the prince became more stable. Lest the two or three princes come from behind, it would be a joke.

Press not to mention.

After the family banquet, the crowd dispersed, and then went back to the palace to watch their lives.

Luo Huaiyuan was lazy, and when he returned to Xianyun Hall, he washed and went on the couch first. In this winter day, the weather is cold, so it is naturally warm and comfortable to lie in the bed. Yan Yan originally wanted to do something else to pass the time. It was still early at the moment, but when I saw the person lying in the bed, he waved at her , He also took off the hairpin ring and rinsed on the couch.

Sure enough, it was still comfortable under the covers.

Yan Yan was too lazy to nest in Luo Huaiyuan’s soft arms, and she didn’t want to move because of the heat.

“How old are you staring at the fifth child today?”

Luo Huaiyuan gnawed at Yan Yanxue’s white earlobes leisurely, and Yan Yan didn’t bother to pay attention to his actions, because the experience of this period of time told her that it was useless to stop.

“I didn’t keep staring at it, I was just curious. Is the fifth prince born deaf and mute?”

Luo Huaiyuan gnawed and licked before saying: “That’s not true. The fifth child just can’t speak, but he can still hear him.”

The ancients regarded disability as being divided into two categories, natural disability or terrestrial disability. Natural disability is a natural disability, and terrestrial disability is acquired. The fifth prince could not speak since he was a child. This is a natural disability, but generally deaf-mute and deaf-mute, most deaf people cannot speak, because he can’t hear, so naturally he can’t speak. It is rare to see someone who can hear but can’t speak.

“There is a reason why the fifth child is like this.”?