Chapter 1199 505 Collision

The ladies around were silent, and the atmosphere became stiff and weird. Grandpa Shizi and Concubine Shizi have been married for several years, but have not yet had any children, and there are no concubines in the house. Mrs. Fang Sitai's words are clearly aimed at Concubine Shizi.

Reminiscent of the scene in the open hall just now, it seems that the relationship between the Fang family and the princess is really tense!

All eyes could not help but fall on Nangong Yue.

Fang Ziman, who was sitting next to Mrs. Fang Sitai, had her ears pricked up with a hint of anticipation.

Nangong Yue smiled slightly, and said calmly: "There is an old saying: establish the emperor, not to make the princes suspicious; to establish the princes, not to make the officials suspicious; to establish the heir, not to make the commoners suspicious. Doubt will lead to strife, and strife will cause chaos. Therefore, if the princes lose their positions, the world will be in chaos; if the officials are not equal, the imperial court will be in chaos; if the wives and concubines are not divided, the family will be in chaos; Fourth lady, what do you think?"

Mrs. Fang Sitai choked for a moment and was speechless.

A good one "If the wives and concubines are not separated, the family will be in chaos, and if there is no difference between the descendants and concubines, the clan will be in chaos"!

If she refutes it, she is denying the natural status of the eldest son, which is equivalent to opposing the ladies present, and even the entire etiquette. Even the Fang family can't protect her if she is so rebellious. , that is she is slapping her face, she just pointed at the concubine and concubine who were the talents on the stage comfortingly and praised with emotion...

Nangong Yue's eyes swept across Mrs. Fang Sitai's body, and said, "My concubine originally thought that the Fang family's three concubines favored concubines and destroyed their wives, and there was no distinction between concubines and concubines, but the three families were not familiar with etiquette and acted recklessly. Come on, could it be that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked?"

The ladies around took a breath of air. Concubine Shizi's remarks can be said to have offended the entire Fang family. The Fang family is the mother's family of the eldest son, and it is impossible for the eldest concubine to ignore the eldest son. Could it be the will of the eldest son to fall out with the Fang family? Thinking of this, they couldn't help but look a little subtle when they looked at Mrs. Fang Sitai.

Mrs. Tian glanced at her mother-in-law, and when she saw her slightly bowed her head, she chuckled and said, "You are right, Concubine Shizi, since the old man in front was poisoned by his heir more than ten years ago, the Fang family has Years are not all about doing things up and down, ignoring the rules and etiquette, and getting more and more arrogant."

The surroundings were silent for a moment.

Immediately, a lady thought of something and sighed: "So, I think of one thing. I heard that a concubine from the sixth house of Fang's family married the next year in Gong's house. The following year, she gave birth to Within two months of Lin'er, the pair of direct sons left by the original spouse drowned in the lake..." The lady pondered, and her heart skipped a beat.

"Didn't the eldest grandson of the fourth house of the Fang family die in two main rooms? I heard that he was mad at the concubine in the house, but I still don't believe it. Come to think of it, is it really something?" Another lady said, looking at Mrs. Fang Sitai thoughtfully, as if wondering if the other party deliberately turned a blind eye and condoned the death of his grandson's concubine. grandson-in-law.

The eyes of the female family members all focused on Mrs. Fang Sitai. Her old face was flushed red, and she almost vomited a mouthful of blood. Just as she was about to scold the other party for talking nonsense, she heard another familiar voice.

"There's still such a thing?!" A lady wearing a lake-colored robe blurted out in shock, and was afraid for a while. Originally, her parent daughter was discussing marriage with the eldest grandson of the Fang family's fourth room, but fortunately, she hadn't exchanged Geng posts yet, and she had time to go back on it...

"Mrs. Li, this is a rumor, you can't believe it." Mrs. Fang Sitai tried to defend her eldest grandson, but no one wanted to listen to her, and the female relatives whispered and whispered.

Mrs. Fang Sitai was so angry that the corners of her eyes twitched, her hands clenched tightly in her sleeves.

She has failed!

I thought I could use "The Jade Pillow" to run on the Concubine Shizi, but I didn't expect that Concubine Shizi didn't care about the face of the Fang family at all, and simply didn't pay attention to the Concubine Shizi.

It's so arrogant!

At this moment, Mrs. Fang Sitai really wanted to leave the table, but she held back when she thought of the scene in the open hall. The Fang family has lost all face today. I am afraid that even the King of Zhennan is dissatisfied with the Fang family. If he leaves at his birthday banquet, I am afraid that the relationship between the Fang family and the palace will only get worse in the future.

"Grandma." Fang Ziman whispered worriedly to Mrs. Fang Sitai, stroking her chest to help her calm down. Afterwards, she glanced at Nangong Yue timidly, her beautiful eyes became misty, as if to say: How could you treat an old man like this.

Mrs. Fang Sitai patted her granddaughter's hand soothingly, and said softly and stretched: "The Concubine Shizi is right, favoring a concubine and destroying his wife, and there is no distinction between concubines and concubines, it is the root of the family chaos."

Nangong Yue said with a look of relief: "Mrs. Fang Sitai understands."

Mrs. Fang Sitai's hands clenched even tighter.

The Fang family was run to such a degree today that she didn't believe it, her uncle wouldn't care. After all, the uncle is the grandfather of the eldest son, and it is much safer for him to come forward than his own. This time, the uncle will definitely understand that they have good intentions to marry Sister Man into the palace. No matter what, they must not let the prince and concubine dominate! Otherwise, the Fang family's position in the southern border will be at risk!

This is a major event related to the entire Fang family!

Even for the Fang family and the prince, the uncle will definitely help them!

Thinking of this, Mrs. Fang Sitai calmed down. She pretended not to hear the whispers around her, and bowed her head to watch the play seriously, but her mind had already drifted out of the sky.

Several actors on the stage had already left the stage, and soon the gongs and drums sounded again, and "Mulan Joins the Army" was sung on the stage again, but this time it was the last break of the show.

At this time, a little maid in a blue dress came upstairs in a hurry. Because the big and small drums in front of the stage were playing happily, no one paid attention to her.

"Sister Baihui..." The little maid whispered a few words in Baihui's ear.

Baihui walked to Nangongyue's side, and replied succinctly in a barely audible volume: "Prince Concubine, the second son just bumped into Lady Zhou of General Dingyuan's mansion."

Nangong Yue's hand holding the tea cup paused in mid-air, but now she was not in the mood to drink tea, she put the tea cup back on the table, got up and left the table.

Nangong Yue didn't need to say more, Baihui and the little girl immediately followed.

After leaving the theater, the little maid led the way: "Prince Prince, please come with your servant."

The three walked along a bluestone path and walked to a quiet bamboo forest. The sound of gongs and drums in the back became farther and farther away, and became lighter and softer, and finally they could not be heard at all...

Seeing that there was no one around, Nangong Yue asked the little maid, "What's going on? Why did the second son bump into the Zhou family girl?"

The little maid continued to lead the way, and explained: "Prince Shizi, Miss Zhou lost the ring pendant that she used to hold the corner of her skirt. When Sister Bai Zhou accompanied her to look for it, she found that the ring pendant was hanging on the corner of her skirt. On a sycamore tree outside the second gate. Sister Bai Zhou can't climb trees, so she went to the old lady to get a ladder... But it was windy at that time, the branches were shaking violently, and the ring pendant was swaying in the wind, almost Falling down. Miss Zhou was in a hurry, so she went to climb a tree and almost fell down. Fortunately, the second son happened to pass by and caught Miss Zhou..."

Nangong Yue didn't speak, saying that Xiao Luan "collided" with Zhou Roujia, so that's what happened. Speaking of which, Xiao Luan was a bit wronged.

It's just that there's something odd about this.

After Miss Zhou came to the palace, she could easily check where she went. How could her jade ring be hung on the tree in the front yard, unless someone did it on purpose?

The question is, who did it? Did Miss Zhou compose and sing this show, or did someone deliberately frame her? Whether it is the former or the latter, this person has done so many small actions in the palace, and it is too ignorant of the palace!

Nangong Yue's eyes sank, and she no longer thought about it. Following the little maid all the way, she walked around from the west side to the front of Guipu Hall. At a glance, she could see Xiao Luan, Zhou Roujia, and Bai Zhou standing at a distance of two. Under the high wall not far from the door, a few sycamore trees outside the wall poked out their dense branches.

Xiao Luan seemed to be a little careless, but watching him look at the sky for a while, the tree for a while, and the front yard for a while, his demeanor revealed a clear manic depression.

And Zhou Roujia was standing two or three feet away from Xiao Luan. She looked awkward and kept her head half lowered, so she couldn't see her expression.

Nangong Yue's gaze paused on Zhou Roujia. In her impression, Miss Zhou didn't seem to be wearing this outfit... Wait, this robe seems to belong to Xiao Fei, right? ! It seems that the autumn clothes were just made a few days ago.

Xiao Luan and others also noticed Nangong Yue's arrival, and when she approached, several people saluted her.

Nangong Yue didn't talk to them any more, and said directly: "Let's find a place to talk."

The group followed Nangong Yue towards Guipu Hall. Guipu Hall consists of five main rooms, with wing rooms on both sides. Nangong Yue took them into the westernmost wing of Guipu Hall.

After everyone sat down first and foremost, there was silence in the wing, with Baihui guarding the door.

"Second brother," Nangong Yue said to Xiao Luan first, "Shouldn't you be in Xingsu Building?"

Xiao Luannane said: "Tang San Gongzi and Zhang Wu Gongzi felt that watching the play was boring, so we wanted to go to my study to chat, and when we were passing outside, we saw that Miss Zhou was very dangerous climbing a tree, so we ran away. Come here, just to save Miss Zhou..."

Nangong Yue didn't care what Xiao Luan and the two sons were going to do when they went to the study. The point of the question was that the sons of the Tang family and Zhang family were there just now? Then this incident is not something the Xiao Zhou family can pretend it never happened...

Nangong Yue's heart sank a little more.

Nangong Yue asked again, "Where are the third son of Tang and the fifth son of Zhang?"

Xiao Luan replied, "They went back to the Sulou." After a pause, he added flatteringly, "Sister-in-law, I told them not to talk nonsense."

Nangong Yue disagrees. The palace can control the mouths of the servants in the palace, but it can't control the mouths of outsiders. Today, there are many visitors to the palace, and it is inevitable that they will be passed on from ten to ten... This matter is related to the reputation of the girl's family. After the troubles broke out, Xiao Luan was a good man, but his reputation suffered a little, and this young lady of Zhou was afraid that she was going to have a green lamp and an ancient Buddha.

Nangong Yue asked Xiao Luan just now to confirm whether someone was plotting against him.

If it is not, then it can be ruled out that Miss Zhou did it on purpose, and then think of the jade pendant hanging on the tree inexplicably, I am afraid that Miss Zhou is the one who is being calculated.

A sharp light flashed in Nangong Yue's eyes. At this moment, Que'er walked into the wing quickly, and nodded slightly to Nangong Yue as soon as she entered the door.

Queer stepped forward, and after blessing Nangong Yue, she whispered back: "Prince Shizi, there is a woman who saw that Miss Tuesday's maid had been there before, and she looked sneaky. I didn't wait for that woman. When I went to ask questions, she ran away in despair..."

Nangong Yue lowered her eyes and said nothing. After pondering for a while, she first ordered Bai Zhou to go back to the theater, then stood up and said, "Miss Zhou, please follow me to the front room to speak."

Zhou Roujia raised her slightly pale face, but she still straightened her back, feeling uneasy: the first time she came to the palace for a banquet, she made such a big mistake that she almost had no face to go back to face her mother.

Thinking, her lips trembled slightly. Would the Princess Shizi think she was the kind of frivolous, ignorant girl? Do you think she is plotting against Second Young Master Xiao...

The two of them picked up the curtain and entered the front room, and the maids were left in the wing room outside.

"Miss Zhou," Nangong Yue asked straight to the point, with a very gentle attitude, "When did your ring pendant fall?"

Zhou Roujia, who thought she would be reprimanded, was stunned for a moment, then she took a deep breath and briefly explained that she was accompanied by Bai Zhou to change her dress because of the soup splashed on the mat. , then continued: "Prince Shizi, I thought about it carefully later, before I changed my clothes, my ring was gone." But she remembered that she touched the skirt when she got off the carriage, and the ring was still there at that time. , After that, the memory is a little vague and cannot be confirmed.

Zhou Roujia's blue-green robe really belongs to Xiao Fei. Nangong Yue raised her brows slightly, immediately caught the key point, and asked, "Miss Zhou, how did your clothes get splashed with soup?"

"..." Zhou Roujia hesitated, her father was also the second wife, so the relationship between her and her two younger sisters was a little delicate. But in any case, they are their own sisters. She is an older sister, how can she tell others that her younger sister is not.

Nangong Yue naturally saw it, and her eyes were a little more favorable to this Zhou Da girl, but she said sharply: "But Tuesday girl?"

Zhou Roujia was stunned, frowning slightly, feeling a little strange. Thinking about it carefully, the second sister spilled the soup and splashed her dress. Many people at the banquet saw it, and it was not unusual for the imperial concubine to know. But if the imperial concubine knew about it long ago, why would she ask? Could it be that the princess was guessing based on a certain basis?

A picture suddenly flashed in Zhou Roujia's mind. The second sister's maid knelt beside her and wiped the soup from her skirt with a handkerchief...

Zhou Roujia understood something instantly, her pupils shrank sharply, and her body trembled slightly.

It was so!

It was the second sister who wanted to frame herself. She knew that this ring was a dowry left to her mother by her late grandfather, how important it was to herself, and that it was her personal possession, so she deliberately threw it in the front yard. , what are you thinking about...

The more Zhou Roujia thought about it, the more shocked she became.

Regardless of the reason, it is an indisputable fact that one's own reputation has been damaged. Zhou Rouhui still got her wish!

Nangong Yue saw that Zhou Roujia wanted to understand, so she stopped asking.

She sighed secretly, thought for a moment, took off a jade bracelet on her left wrist, then pulled Zhou Roujia's left hand and put it on her, saying, "Second uncle bumped into the girl, my sister-in-law first gave it to her on his behalf. Don't you pay for it..."

During the conversation, the bracelet had already been put on Zhou Roujia's wrist, and she had no time to refuse.

The jade bracelet is delicate and pure in texture, green and clear, like a spring water, but in Zhou Roujia's eyes, it is like a shackle, locking her tightly.

She moved her lips and wanted to speak, but her dry throat couldn't utter a word, and she only heard the prince concubine instruct the maid to send her back to the theater.

Zhou Roujia resigned with a stiff action.

She bit her lower lip nervously. The Zhou family can only be regarded as an upstart in the southern border, far from a prominent family. In terms of family, they are not worthy of the Zhennan Palace. Even compared to the second room, the big room is even weaker. Without a real brother, she lost her boudoir reputation... In addition to the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha for the rest of her life, she could only enter the palace as a concubine.

She could imagine that if the palace opened her mouth to let her enter the palace as a concubine, to protect the reputation of her sisters, and to please the palace, her father would also agree.

But--

She is really not reconciled!

She once swore secretly: It doesn't matter even if it's close to someone, she wants to marry a man seriously and be the first lady, and she doesn't want to be in such an embarrassing situation like her mother... Since she was a child, she has watched My mother wept secretly in a place where no one was around, seeing that my mother was forced by my second aunt to be forced to live in seclusion...

It's not that she despised her mother, she really felt sorry for her mother.

Her grandfather was originally a subordinate of Grandfather Zhou, who died on the battlefield to save her grandfather, leaving only her mother, an orphan, who was adopted by her grandfather and grew up in Zhou's family. One of the dowries that I have been saving for my mother.

Originally, when his mother was fifteen years old, Mrs. Zhou would marry her beautifully, but at that time, the uncle of the big house died in battle, and Mrs. Zhou was so grief-stricken that he let his father take care of the two houses. Under the begging of her grandmother, Mrs. Zhou, the mother could only agree to marry her father for the sake of raising her...

Zhou Roujia showed a bit of bitterness on her face, and squeezed the handkerchief in her hand.

Her personal maid looked at her girl worriedly, and could only sigh silently in her heart. What she said now was superfluous, and she blamed herself for not stopping the girl from climbing the tree at that time... Now it's too late!

The sound of gongs and drums from the front woke Zhou Roujia suddenly. She looked up and found that the theater had appeared at the end of the road.

The drums are getting louder...

Zhou Roujia took a deep breath and tried her best to return to her usual appearance, gentle and elegant.

At this moment, "Ancient City Meeting" is being sung in the theater, and Erye Guan, who is red-faced, green-robed, and golden-armored, rushes to the stage with a horsewhip in his hand.

Que'er sent Zhou Roujia to the theater and left, and Zhou Roujia and the maid went up the stairs to the second floor by themselves.

Her two younger sisters were still sitting in their original seats, but Zhou Roujia deliberately didn't look at them. She was afraid that her emotions would collapse if she was not careful. What exactly is the younger sister doing in this way, and what role does her third younger sister play in it!

Zhou Roujia met Xiao Fei's concerned eyes, and Bai Zhou was standing behind Xiao Fei. Obviously, Xiao Fei already knew what happened, but there was no contempt in her eyes. Zhou Roujia felt a warm current in her heart that was almost riddled with holes, and seemed to have strength again, but at the same time she couldn't help feeling ironic. Sisters who have grown up together since childhood are sometimes not as good as one-sided people...

Zhou Roujia smiled at Xiao Fei, indicating that she was fine.

She walked up the last stairs firmly. At the same time, on the stage, Zhang Fei with black robe and silver armor and face like black charcoal appeared with a spear. Guan Yu was full of joy, thinking it was the reunion of his brothers after a disaster, but Zhang Fei was furious. , mistakenly thought that Guan Yu's apostasy was coming to seize the ancient city.

Just as Zhou Roujia was about to sit down, she heard Zhou Rouhui's voice in her ear: "eldest sister, are you back?"

Don't let people see jokes, Zhou Roujia said to herself in her heart, while sitting down, she turned to look at Zhou Rouhui with a smile, and nodded: "Second sister."

"Big sister," Wednesday girl asked with a caring look, "Why have you been out for so long? Are you okay?" She carefully watched her words with a look of inquiry in her eyes.

Zhou Roujia seemed to have been poured a bucket of cold water on her head, and she felt chill in her heart, it was clear. It turned out that the two sisters conspired together!

Why?

Why do you want to do this? !

Zhou Roujia suppressed the anger in her heart and said meaningfully: "Second sister, third sister, after watching the show for a long time, I felt a little noisy, so I went outside for a walk."

The three sisters of the Zhou family on the second floor looked like a calm sea, but there was a turbulent undercurrent. On the stage on the first floor, Zhang Fei was scolding Guan Yu for surrendering to Cao's enemy. Brother, you come and go, swords and guns dance...

Drums rumble!

This book was first published by Xiaoxiang Academy, please do not reprint!