The King's Concubine_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(45)

Yao Cheng's heart tightened, thinking that something had happened to Yao Niang in the palace. However, when someone came to the door, he was definitely not something he could deal with, so he nodded honestly: "My wife's sister did go to the Prince Jin's Mansion as an errand a while ago. It was Wang Daniu's aunt Wang Daniu who introduced her to her through her own sister. Your Excellency, What happened to the villain's sister? It's just that Yao Niang asked someone to bring a letter back from the house a while ago..."

Master Qian interrupted him: "Nothing happened to your aunt, but the safety of the palace cannot be ignored, and the details of her origins need to be found out. By the way, your aunt is a recent widow, and she has an infant son? "

Yao Cheng nodded: "The villain's aunt was a poor person, and she married a salesman. Unfortunately, the salesman was short-lived, and left the mother and son alone. The villain's wife felt sorry for her, so she took her to live at home. , and the villain's nephew also lives in the villain's home." This statement was discussed long ago, so Yao Cheng was not ambiguous at all.

Lord Qian nodded and looked at Guard Wang with his eyes.

The king's guard stood up and bowed his hands to Mr. Qian: "Thank you, Mr. Qian. I have to return to the palace to resume my life, so I won't stay any longer."

Mr. Qian followed this man all the way to the door. He didn't turn back until he rode away.

No one told Yao Cheng to leave, and Yao Cheng didn't dare to leave, so he just stood there and waited.

After Mr. Qian came back, he looked at Yao Cheng with a friendly face: "I didn't expect that you are so lucky. Your sister-in-law is actually serving the little princess of His Highness Prince Jin, Yao Cheng..."

Until Yao Cheng left the county government office, he was still a little confused.

Could it be said that Yao Niang is really amazing? He couldn't help but think of what Liu's mother said that day about the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, and he always felt that everything was like a dream. The county magistrate, who had always been acquainted with money but not people, actually looked at him differently, and his aunt seemed to be favored by noble people. Otherwise, a wet nurse even sent someone to find out the details.

Two happy things happened in succession, which finally swept away the dark clouds of this period. Yao Cheng planned to go home and tell Huiniang, which would also make his wife happy.

Yao Niang didn't know about these things that happened in Linyun County.

After Zhou Sheng came back, he conveyed the message to her. Knowing that her sister was very good and Xiaobao was also very good, Yao Niang was relieved. She is now too busy dealing with Prince Jin, so she can't think about anything else. She doesn't get enough sleep all day long.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the small courtyard is covered with ice this month.

Not only are there the little princess and Nanny Mu, but there are also three wet nurses.

This matter was arranged by Fucheng, saying that the three wet nurses had been working hard to serve the little princess, and they were so hot that the little princess would have no one to serve her. Anyway, a little bit of ice is nothing. Every winter, the palace will store a lot of ice for summer use. The ice can be used up every year and it will not be wasted.

Even so, it can be regarded as setting a precedent. There is no saying that any house will provide ice for the servants. At most, the masters will put ice in the house and the servants will cool down for a while. As for Aunt Mu, she is not considered a servant, and everyone in Prince Jin's palace knows this.

As a result, the three nannies received special treatment, and the little princess became truly favored by His Highness, and all the servants who served around her followed him to heaven. Even the reputation of the Liu Chun Pavilion has increased, and it looks like it is unparalleled in favor. After all, Xiao Kua Yuan is superficially affiliated with Liu Chun Pavilion, and the princess is the daughter of Concubine Hu.

The mother is valued by the child, and the child is valued by the mother. These have always been complementary to each other. Although the little princess is not a boy, she can't stand the fact that Prince Jin now has such a daughter.

When Guixuan, Qixia Pavilion, and Tingxueju heard the news, they were so angry that they gritted their teeth and wished they could drag Concubine Hu up and have sex with her, so that His Highness Prince Jin could have a son and a half daughter and enjoy this kind of life. Blessing. On the contrary, Siyiyuan has been very quiet these days, and seems to have faded out of people's sight overnight.

Everyone in the mansion knew that the princess was sick. She had been sick since the day His Highness left Siyi Courtyard.

This was the first time that His Highness was so disrespectful to the Princess. Although the couple treated each other with respect, it rarely happened that His Highness was so disrespectful to the Princess on her birthday.

Privately, the servants talked a lot, saying that with this momentum, it would be more important to keep the Chun Pavilion in the limelight. It is better to be favored than to be famous. Only with favor can you have children. Look, Concubine Hu gave birth to a little princess for His Highness in just over a year after entering the palace. And it has been seven or eight years since the princess married His Highness. For a long time, he has not been able to give birth to an heir.

Although I don't want to admit it, I have to say that the dispute over the family has always been about the heirs.

Heirs are related to the future of Prince Jin's Palace. If Princess Jin cannot give birth to a son and someone else takes the lead, then the future subordinates of Prince Jin's Palace will have nothing to do with Princess Jin.

At most, she is just using the title of Princess Tai in vain. With the fight between the Princess and Concubine Hu like this, I don't know if she will be able to end well in the future. It's not like this has never happened before. The son of a certain prince's concubine succeeded to the throne, and the old princess was forced to live in seclusion by the concubine, and she didn't even dare to show her face.

Maybe outside, there is some distinction between concubine and concubine, and one's family background. But in this royal family, it is the place where family background is least important.

In Siyi Courtyard, Princess Jin was lying haggardly on the couch. Zhou's mother was not here, so Zi Yan stayed by her side to serve her.

Princess Jin smiled sarcastically and said to Zi Yan, "Look, this is coming."

Zi Yan sighed: "Princess..."

"This is how he beat me! Why are they all beating me? I have already regressed, I have taken countless steps back, why are they all beating me? My father beat me, and my mother also beat me, but he is calm and calm. Even though she looks so young, she actually beats me. She brought a woman like that back to disgust me, but she didn't do it to me. I had to fight with her in order not to let anyone overwhelm me... Haha, he finally saw what he wanted to see, his methods are so ruthless..."

small theater:

Prince Jin: I just went to the wet nurse’s room at night. I couldn’t bear the heat and sought to cool myself down. You mediocre people are really good at thinking →. →

Yaoniang: I don’t know anything.

Chapter 36

"Empress..."

Princess Jin laughed so hard that she was out of breath, but Zi Yan supported her and she stopped laughing: "When she entered the house, you said why should I fight with her because of my status? She couldn't jump much. Day. Look, isn't this a clear example, Zi Yan, let me tell you, whenever you enter this back house, either the east wind will overwhelm the west wind, or the west wind will overwhelm the east wind. Even if you don't want to fight, there will be countless people forcing you to fight. If you don’t fight, you can only wait to die..."

Zi Yan thought about what had been reported in the newspapers in the past few days, saying that Concubine Hu was extremely arrogant, often going tit-for-tat with their people, and winning over many servants, and she felt silent in her heart.

She was short-sighted, always thinking that since the empress didn't like this kind of thing, why not stay away from it. As a princess, Concubine Hu could not shake her status at all. But it was only a little more than a year before reality slapped her hard in the face.

No matter how cheap Concubine Hu is, with someone supporting her, even if she is a prostitute, she can still dominate the noble Concubine Jin.

"Back then, my mother suffered just like this. She thought she had a noble status and could not be shaken by anyone. She was angry for most of her life and watched helplessly as that man had both children. However, she had only given birth to a daughter in the past few decades. . I am not even as good as my mother. I don’t know how I will be tortured by that person in the future..."

Zi Yan wanted to comfort Princess Jin, but she sat up from the couch on her own: "No, I can't sit still and wait for death. Even if he thinks I'm disgusting, I will find some people who can make him not disgusted. It's Shi Sheng If you have a child and bring it to your side, anyone can do it, but it can’t be kept in a hospital.”

"Mother, then let's—"

"Let the people in the small courtyard move and see if they can instigate that stupid nanny who doesn't know what to do. She doesn't know how to get close to the water, so she must be a lowly child. I'll call Concubine Feng over later, and let the following people People go out to search, I don’t believe that no one can steal that bitch’s limelight!”

As these words fell, a sharp light burst out in Princess Jin's eyes. It was only then that the proud and proud daughter of the Xu family regained some of her former charm. Time may have worn away her pride, but it has not worn away her ambition.

"yes."

Yao Niang didn't know that so many things had happened because of a certain man who always came into her room at night and couldn't bear the heat, just to make himself and her more comfortable. If she knew, she would probably be frightened.

As soon as the message was sent above, someone delivered the ice cauldron in the afternoon.

Except for the little princess and Nanny Mu, there are three nannies each in the room. Nanny Qian and Nanny Wang were laughing so hard that they couldn't even see their eyes. The other servants were all envious, but Yao Niang was the only one who was subtle.

When the ice cauldron was delivered, many servants came to watch.

A few young girls looked around in this room and in that room, and some people said that the ice cauldron in Yao Niang's house was different from the one in Qian Niang's house.

When everyone was originally happy, these words were a bit disappointing.

Nanny Qian was a stingy person, so she felt unhappy when she heard this, so she came to Yao Niang's room with some excuse.

Yao Niang was cleaning up the house. This ice cauldron was not a small thing and took up a lot of space. She moved it to a different position before putting it down. I went to fetch a basin of water again and wiped the ice cauldron up and down. It seemed that the things had been moved out of the warehouse just now, and there was some dust on them.

The arrival of Nanny Qian made Niang Yao a little surprised. Everyone should be busy in their respective rooms at the moment.

Unexpectedly, after Nurse Qian arrived, her eyes were glued to the ice cauldron. She stared back and forth at it for a few times, snorted, and then turned around and went out.

Nurse Qian went out with her front foot, and Axia came in with her back foot.

She looked at Nanny Qian's back and said to Yao Niang anxiously: "Nanny Su, I heard them all saying that the things are different."