Chapter 668, Part 743: Madam Xiao: Your Majesty, Sister Yunxi Will Also Be Here

August 16th, early.

Outside the palace of Prince Wei, several carriages were loaded with family members and maids. The women living in Tongque Garden also came to the outside of the palace in carriages under the protection of the personal barracks.

In the mansion, Yi Shiyan was explaining to his father that when they went to the capital, the Wei Prince's Mansion in Xiangyang would be taken care of by the Yi family.

"Xiaolu, are you okay? It's getting late." Han Anniang came over to urge her.

"Here we come. Dad, when you have nothing to do, you can also bring your mother to the capital to play." After Yi Shiyan finished speaking, he left the palace and got on the carriage.

On the motorcade, Wu Mi was sitting in Chen Mo's chariot. As a king with a different surname, Chen Mo drove a six-horse carriage. The carriage was relatively spacious. Together with Han Anniang and Xiaolu, they were taking their two children. There was a lot of chattering in the carriage. noisy.

Sisters Xia Zhiqing and Xia Zhining were staying in the same carriage. Xia Zhiqing was a standard official daughter and a famous talented woman in Qingzhou. However, after giving birth to a child for Chen Mo, she spent all her time with the child, sewing clothes and shoes for the two children.

Xia Zhining took care of the twins, and the two children were babbling and laughing, calling them "Auntie."

Xiao Yunxi and Xiao Ya were staying in the same carriage. The two women were both ladies, but they were not very good at being female celebrities. After all, they were born to be served, but they also knew that the journey was far away. In order to pass the time, the two of them were traveling Playing chess.

Song Min and Nangong Ru, Song Min was actually very close to Han Anniang and Xiaolu, but Chen Mo's carriage was already full, and there were still children.

Ning Yuan and Liang Xue were together.

Naranyi was alone in a carriage.

After these carriages, there is the carriage of Tongqueyuan.

Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Xiao were in the same carriage.

Xu Ying, Chu Ran and Chu Juan were in a carriage.

Originally, Chu Juan was going to be in the same carriage as Yang Qingqing, but Yang Qingqing didn't want to ride. She was dressed in military uniform, riding a white tiger, and walked in front of the convoy.

Chu Juan, Xu Ying, and Chu Ran were not familiar with each other, and had never met them before, but they were all related to each other.

Needless to say, Chu Ran was the royal princess and the daughter-in-law of the Xu family.

Xu Ying, the former queen, also has royal status and is the daughter of the Xu family.

Chu Juan, the daughter of the vassal king.

If we really wanted to discuss it, Chu Juan would have to call Chu Ran aunt.

Originally Chu Ran and Xu Ying could talk easily along the way, but Chu Juan's arrival made the atmosphere a little awkward.

…

Chen Mo was not in the convoy at the moment. Early in the morning, Chen Mo asked Sun Meng to take several groups of soldiers from the personal barracks to gather those who had passed the imperial examination and then headed to the capital together.

He went to the weapons workshop and asked Bai Quanmin, the chief engineer of the compound bow, to bring a few experienced masters to the capital. Chen Mo planned to build a factory in the capital to produce bows to expand production.

It would be time-consuming and labor-intensive to go to the capital to find someone again.

In the end, the two teams and the Wangfu's motorcade formed a long motorcade and left Xiangyang City.

…

Linzhou is not like Qingzhou. Qingzhou was affected by the Tianshi Army and later was sacked by King Huai. After a short period of development, it is difficult to return to the glory of the peaceful period.

Unlike Yuzhou, Yuzhou is mountainous. Let’s not talk about the invasion of Jinxia. The inconvenient transportation alone is destined to be difficult to develop.

But Linzhou was different. There were few mountains and flat ground, there were land and water routes, and it was close to the south of the Yangtze River. In addition, the Wei Palace was in Linzhou, which made Linzhou one of the safest places in the Song Dynasty. Its commerce was extremely developed and its population was large.

Zuo Lianglun, the former magistrate of Linzhou, and now Wei Linchun were both very capable people. They only managed Linzhou in an orderly manner, with smooth official roads. There were post stations every fifty miles and were guarded by government officials.

After the convoy came out of Xiangyang City, the news was received at all the post stations, and all counties sent officials to maintain the smooth flow of official roads.

Therefore, in less than five days, the convoy arrived at Xunwang City, an important town on the south bank of Linzhou.

The fleet has already docked at the dock and can be boarded at any time.

By the time we moved our things onto the boat, it was already getting late.

Chen Mo decided to set off again tomorrow morning.

Xiaolu was lively and active, and had a restless temper. The palace was so big that he could walk around everywhere, but he had been suffocating in the carriage for the past few days, so he had no interest in going back to the ship and invited Wu Mi and Han Anniang to come. Shopping and relaxing in Xunwang City.

As the princess of Wei, Wu Mi had learned about the situation in various places in Linzhou before setting off, and said: "There is a curfew in Xunwang City. It is getting late now. The vendors in the city have probably closed their stalls and gone back. There is not much to visit. of."

Hearing this, Xiaolu could only return to the boat honestly.

Although Chen Mo has many women, they are far from enough to require two ships, so the women of Tongqueyuan and the family members of the house are all on the same ship.

In the building and boat, the maids were getting ready inside and outside.

In the room at the back of the first floor of the building, Mrs. Gan, who was tired from traveling and traveling, saw the maid tidying up the room. When she was about to lie down on the bed, Mrs. Xiao came over and invited Mrs. Gan to say hello to Wu Mi.

"Is this okay?" Mrs. Gan was a little surprised. After all, they were just the outer room. Logically speaking, they should avoid the main room. How could anyone take the initiative to go and say hello.

"It's not a matter of good or bad, it's a matter of attitude. When we were in Xiangyang, we didn't live together, but now we are on the same boat. We always bump into each other without looking up. We can't hide all the time. Besides, last time Xu Princess Ying and Zhaoqing both came to visit, and Princess Wei didn't say anything. Now that we are taking the initiative to greet them, Princess Wei can still criticize us," Mrs. Xiao said.

Seeing that what Mrs. Xiao said made sense, Mrs. Gan nodded.

On the terrace at the back of the ship, Wu Mi sat dignifiedly on a sandalwood chair. Beside her, besides the girls from the mansion, Xu Ying and Chu Ran were also there, but they all stood without exception.

Feeling the river breeze in front of them, looking at the sunset glow in the sky.

Xiao and Gan, who were a little nervous, relaxed a little when they saw Xu Ying and Chu Ran.

"My name is Xiao Qiang."

"My name is Gan Qin."

"Meet the Princess of Wei."

Madam Xiao and Madam Gan, who were a generation older than Wu Mi, bowed to Wu Mi with a humble and polite attitude.

"No need to be polite." Wu Mi smiled and raised his hand, then said, "Come on, serve tea."

After that, he ignored them and chatted with Han Anniang and the others.

After all, they were just concubines, so Wu Mi was not overly enthusiastic.

At this time, Yang Qingqing, who was playing with four children with Dabai, also came with her children. When she saw Madam Xiao and Madam Gan, as well as Xu Ying and Chu Ran, she immediately cast a puzzled look at them, and then looked at Yang Qingqing.

Because of Dabai, Yang Qingqing, who was not popular in the mansion, was quite liked by the four children.

Yang Qingqing was startled and turned her eyes to Wu Mi.

Wu Mi was also in trouble when she saw this scene. As the saying goes, teaching by example, she had always taught her children to be polite to family members and guests, and not to be rude.

Gradually, the children would take the initiative to call Xiaolu and Xia Zhining their aunts.

But Madam Xiao and Madam Gan had not entered the house, so how should they call them?

Wu Mi pondered for a while and said, "Call her aunt."

Aunt, in Jiangdong, has two meanings, which can be called the aunt of parents and the sister of mother.

The children are still young now. If they grow up and Madam Xiao and the others have not entered the house yet, then they are considered as Wu Mi's elders, and this title is not wrong.

If they enter the house, then go with the flow.

"Aunt." The four children called Madam Xiao and Madam Gan, as well as Xu Ying and Chu Ran in a baby voice.

Madam Xiao, Madam Gan, and Chu Ran were all stunned.

Xu Ying was very good at coaxing children. She walked to Chen Jia and squatted down, touched the heads of the four children in turn, and smiled: "You are so good, but this aunt calls me old, so call me sister from now on."

She is not afraid of losing her generation.

The girls: "..."

The four children did not act on their own, but looked at their mother first.

"Aunt is joking with you." Wu Mi said softly.

The four children did not understand, but knew that after saying hello, they could continue to play with the big cat.

White Tiger Dabai was very annoyed with these four little two-legged beasts, but he did not dare to yell at them, so he could only let them bully him.

For a moment, Dabai felt that tiger life was meaningless.

After the four children continued to play, Madam Xiao and Madam Gan were suddenly ignored.

Xu Ying and Chu Ran were fine, they had a relationship with Xiao Yunxi, and they could take the initiative to talk to Xiao Yunxi.

In fact, Madam Xiao and Madam Gan could do the same.

After all, before Chen Mo, they and Xiao Yunxi were sisters.

But as soon as the two ladies smiled at them, Xiao Yunxi seemed not to see it and ignored them.

Xiao Yunxi remembered the revenge of the two women for her.

For a moment, the two ladies felt a little embarrassed and started to talk. The people who were talked about just responded casually.

After holding on for a while, the two ladies still couldn't stand it and left on their own initiative.

Back in the room, the two ladies couldn't help complaining.

That is to say, they are experienced people, and if they were young girls, they would be wronged at this moment.

"What's that expression? If she didn't have a good family background, she would be the same as us." Madam Gan complained.

Madam Xiao knew she was talking about Xiao Yunxi, and sighed, saying, "When she was in the Huai Palace, she gave us the cold shoulder. Now she's in the Wei Palace, she's still giving us the cold shoulder. She hasn't changed at all."

They complained, but they knew they couldn't do anything about Xiao Yunxi.

After all, they didn't have anyone to back them up.

As for the family, they had to rely on them.

After a long silence, Madam Gan said, "No, I must give birth to a child for the Wei King. Only a child can support us."

Madam Xiao nodded in agreement, and after a moment, she touched her belly and sighed. They had seldom had sex with the Wei King, so it was even harder to get pregnant.

But no matter how difficult it was, she still had to find a way. After thinking about it seriously, she said, "Sister, come here, I'll teach you something."

...

After Chen Mo arranged the scholars who passed the palace examination to board the ship and stayed on the "scholar ship" for a while, he returned to the ship in the palace.

In the corridor, Chen Mo went to Wu Mi's room and met Madam Xiao coming towards him.

"I greet the prince." Madam Xiao saluted.

Chen Mo nodded: "I'm tired after traveling for several days. You should rest early."

After saying that, he was about to pass by.

But Madam Xiao stopped him and said, "The prince hasn't had dinner yet. It's just that my sister has prepared wine and food in the room. The prince should come too."

"No need"

Chen Mo was still talking, and Madam Xiao immediately said, "Prince, sister Yunxi will also come."

Hearing this, Chen Mo's body was shocked.

He had never experienced this scene before.

Seeing that Chen Mo didn't say anything for a while, Madam Xiao couldn't help but hum "man" in her heart, and then smiled charmingly: "Prince, it's settled. Sister Yunxi, sister Gan, and I will wait for you in the room."

After that, Madam Xiao left.

...

"I'm back."

In the room, Wu Mi was about to remove her makeup, and saw Chen Mo pushing the door in. She quickly got up to greet him, undressed Chen Mo, and then said: "Hurry up and wash your hands, it's time to eat."

Chen Mo nodded, looked at Chen Jia who was sleeping on the couch, and said: "Jia'er is asleep."

"Well, he hasn't stopped since he got on the boat. He should be tired from playing. Don't worry about him. When he wakes up, I'll ask the kitchen to make something to feed him." Wu Mi put away her robes, turned around and saw Chen Mo had washed his hands, and came over to hand him a handkerchief.

Chen Mo took the handkerchief and wiped his hands: "No need to work, sit down and eat together."

"Yes."

After eating and drinking, Chen Mo held Wu Mi's little hand, raised it to his cheek, and smiled: "Mi'er, let's hurry up and have a second child."

Wu Mi's face was slightly red, and she glanced at the child on the bed and whispered: "I'm having my period, you can let Sister An Niang accompany you, and Jia'er is still here."

Chen Mo showed a disappointed look, then touched the flat belly of the beauty, and said softly: "Okay, after the matter is over, your husband will accompany you well."

"Yes."

Wu Mi buried her head in Chen Mo's arms.

After a while of tenderness, Chen Mo held Wu Mi's delicate face and kissed it.

...

On the other side.

In Mrs. Gan's room.

Xiao Yunxi walked in with a frown.

Madam Xiao and Madam Gan saw Xiao Yunxi coming and hurriedly stood up to greet her: "Sister is here, please sit down, please sit down."

"Don't give me that, tell me, what do you want to talk to me about?" Xiao Yunxi has been with them for more than a day or two, and she doesn't have a good impression of them.

Madam Xiao came over and wanted to hug Xiao Yunxi's arm, but the latter dodged. Madam Xiao was not annoyed and said: "I know that sister is still angry with us. This time I invited you to come here just to apologize to sister."

Xiao Yunxi narrowed her eyes and sneered: "You must beg me for something."

"To be honest, we are all the prince's women now. Although we are not as good as sister, we also have the opportunity to give birth to children for the prince. Maybe we can become good sisters in the future. Why treat each other coldly? It's better to drink and talk happily tonight and shake hands to make peace." Madam Xiao said.

Xiao Yunxi snorted coldly and was about to leave.

Outside the house, Chen Mo walked in.

"Your Majesty, you are here." Madam Xiao immediately ignored Xiao Yunxi and came forward.

Xiao Yunxi: "..."