In the Han Cui Hall, Princess Mu An was sitting in the first position on the lower right side of the main seat. The maid served tea and then left respectfully.
There is tranquility inside and outside Han Cui Hall. Not far away from the gate, you can see the inner lake in the Prince Regent's Palace Garden. The lake is green and dotted with flowers. The lake is quiet and waveless, and there is almost no trace of the desolation of early winter.
Those who came with Prince Mu'an today were all juniors from Prince Mu'an's palace.
Prince Mu'an and his wife have two daughters and one son, one of whom was approved by Xie Yan as the crown prince just two days ago. When the edict to confer the title of crown prince is issued, Prince Mu'an and his wife will be completely relieved.
In addition to his three legitimate sons and daughters, there were also two sons and one daughter from the eldest family who came with them. As for the other concubines and their children who even old King Mu didn't care about, naturally no one cared about them.
Before going out, Princess Mu An hesitated for a while. Should she take Xie Chengyou with her?
She didn't want to offend Xie Yan and Luo Junyao, but Xie Chengyou was the eldest son of the eldest son, and it would be difficult to take care of others without him. It seemed that she, who had just become a princess for only two days, was deliberately suppressing and ostracizing the eldest son, or maybe she had just become the princess for two days.
It seems that these two people really have something to hide it from.
In the end, it was Xie Jun who woke her up with a word.
They are all in Shangyong City. You can't see them when you look up. If you don't see them today, will you see them in the future?
Even if she was embarrassed and uncomfortable after seeing her, it was not the Princess Regent. She deliberately avoided it but it looked strange.
Princess Mu An felt that her husband was right, so she no longer hesitated to take Xie Chengyou with her.
However, it wasn't just her who was hesitating whether to bring Xie Chengyou, in fact Xie Chengyou didn't want to come either.
But Princess Mu'an said that she would bring him to meet the Princess Regent, but he didn't say so as if he didn't know how to compliment her.
"Mom, do you think the third aunt will like us?" the second girl asked quietly.
Princess Mu'an reached out and patted her nervous daughter, "She is an elder. As long as you are respectful and polite, she will never make things difficult for you."
"Oh." The second girl was still a little uneasy. Although they had no conflicts with Luo Junyao in the past, the girls in Linglong Courtyard generally didn't like the second girl Luo very much.
The former Second Miss Luo was not very polite to the girls in Linglong Courtyard because of Xie Chengyou. Although there was no real conflict between the two of them, their noses were not noses and eyes were not eyes. In short, the relationship between the two of them was not very good.
The eldest girl sitting next to her said: "Don't think about the past. I heard from Xinyu from Princess Changzhao's family that the third aunt was actually very easy to get along with." In the past, Luo Junyao liked Xie Chengyou, so naturally he would not like their second wife.
But in the end there was no enmity.
I can only say that fortunately there was no enmity. Who would have thought that she would become the regent princess?
The two girls were whispering to each other. The newly appointed Prince of Mu'an County was sitting at the side, looking even more nervous than his two sisters.
The three brothers and sisters in the eldest room were even quieter. Their expressions were solemn and gloomy, and they looked more like they were visiting a grave than visiting their elders.
Princess Mu'an glanced at the three of them and regretted bringing them here.
"The princess has arrived."
Hearing the sound coming from outside, Princess Mu An quickly stood up with everyone, "I have met the princess."
Luo Junyao stepped into the hall, took a few steps forward and supported Princess Mu An who was about to bow down and said with a smile: "Second sister-in-law, you don't need to be polite." Then he looked at the others and said, "Please don't be polite."
Princess Mu'an smiled and said: "I thought the princess must be very busy these two days, so I shouldn't have come to disturb her. But they, the juniors, should also come to see the princess and give her a gift, so I came here shamelessly. I hope you can forgive me."
Luo Junyao glanced at the people in the lobby. Except for the prince of Mu'an County, he had seen everyone else.
"Second sister-in-law, you're welcome. Everyone, please sit down."
Everyone then thanked the princess and sat down again.
Both Luo Junyao himself and Princess Mu An had both forgotten that according to protocol, Luo Junyao should come to the door to salute King Mu and Princess Mu.
Xie Chengyou sat next to Prince Mu'an, who was a few years younger than him. He felt very complicated when he saw Luo Junyao sitting on the main seat chatting and laughing with Princess Mu'an.
Luo Junyao was no longer the girl in his memory who was clearly arrogant and unruly, but who always loved to pretend to be gentle and careful to please in front of him, and who often ridiculously adopted makeup that was completely unsuitable for her.
At this time, the woman sitting on the main seat was wearing a light gold embroidered palace dress. The girl's hair was pulled up high, with only a few small and exquisite hairpins and a dark gold palace flower in her hair.
She looks graceful and luxurious, but still has the agility and beauty that a woman of this age should have.
Her starry eyes were smiling and her face was radiant. One look at her and it was clear that she was having a great time.
Looking back at himself, he was left with only sadness and desolation, which made him almost uneasy in front of her and unable to raise his head.
What made him feel even more uncomfortable was that Luo Junyao didn't pay attention to him at all.
From the beginning to the end, she only joked with Princess Mu'an, and occasionally said a few words to Princess Mu'an's two legitimate daughters. It was as if he was the son of an ordinary concubine in the palace of Mu'an.
Princess Mu An exchanged a few words with Luo Junyao, and she also found that the newly appointed regent and sister-in-law was not as difficult to get along with as she had imagined.
Because she was born into a noble family and was young, she did not speak as slowly and calmly as most noble ladies. Her speech was humorous and bright, and she did not like to beat around the bush. Moreover, this princess loved to laugh, and when she smiled, it made people think that she had a cheerful and lovely personality.
relative.
Princess Mu'an felt a little more relieved. The couple had already understood one thing. If their family wanted to be successful, they had to be close to the Regent's Palace. It was naturally best to have a good relationship with the Regent.
"It's time for the children to salute the princess." Princess Mu An smiled and said, "Chengyi, Chengyou, Chenghui, come here to greet your third aunt."
The youngest prince of Mu'an County was named Xie Chengyi. He stood up and walked to the middle of the lobby very naturally.
He was only fourteen years old this year. He had come specially to pay tribute to the Princess Regent and naturally he didn't think much about it. However, the Xie Chengyou brothers were a little embarrassed.
Xie Chenghui glanced at his brother, feeling a little gloating and a little unhappy.
Although he didn't have much contact with Luo Junyao, because he was Xie Chengyou's half-brother, Luo Junyao was very polite to him when they met him in the past. Who would have thought that now Luo Junyao would become his third aunt, not to mention that he would throw Xie Chengyou back
Steal the property of your grandfather and parents from him!
Originally, Xie Chengyou was adopted by Xie Yan. Although he was jealous, he still flattered his brother, hoping that he would be able to take advantage of Xie Chengyou's throne in the future.
But now that the big house has few things, the two have become competitors. Xie Chenghui is more hostile to Xie Chengyou than to his cousin Xie Chengyi.
Not to mention Xie Chengyou, since he entered the Regent's Palace, his expression has always been stiff, his eyes lowered and silent.
"Chengyou, Chenghui?" Princess Mu An frowned and thought to herself: Just this once, she will not take the people from the big house out.
The two brothers Xie Chengyou finally got up and walked to the lobby, standing next to Xie Chengyi on the left and right.
The three cousins bowed respectfully and said, "Greetings to Third Aunt."
Luo Junyao sat in the main seat and watched, thinking that among the three of them, only Xie Chengyi, the youngest, really worshiped her as his aunt.
At that time, the prince's son was not favored in Prince Mu's palace, so that Xie Chengyi, the prince's legitimate son, was also very low-key and inconspicuous. Xie Chengyi developed a taciturn and unwilling to be in the limelight at a young age.
Luo Junyao didn't have any bad feelings towards such a fourteen-year-old boy. He smiled and said: "Everyone, get up, Feng Jian."
Outside the door, Feng Jianlanyin and a few people came in with something in their hands. Luo Junyao smiled and said, "They are all small gadgets. You can play with them."
"Thank you, Third Aunt." Xie Chengyi looked at the things delivered to him with some curiosity. They were a jade pendant and a set of the Four Treasures of the Study. Looking at the two brothers Xie Chengyou, they also had similar things, but he had extra ones.
A small seal on one side.
Luo Junyao smiled at him, "No need to be polite."
The three brothers returned to their seats, and Princess Mu An summoned three more girls.
"I've met Third Aunt."
"No need to be polite, just get up."
Princess Mu An smiled and pointed at the two girls and said: "I'm afraid the princess is not familiar with these two girls. This is the eldest girl, A Qi, and this is the second girl, A Xuan."
Luo Jun shook his head and turned his head to look at Lan Yin.
Lan Yin sent the meeting gifts to the two girls with a smile, and naturally did not forget Xie Yuan's share.
However, the gifts from Xie Qi and Xie Xuan were obviously thicker than those from Xie Yuan. The older Xie Qi thanked the third aunt in a reserved manner, while the younger Xie Xuan was obviously much happier.
Their second wife has been overshadowed by the concubine's eldest brother all these years. Although her grandfather did not dare to openly violate Emperor Gaozu's rules and dethrone her father as heir apparent, everyone in Prince Mu's palace regarded the eldest son as their legitimate master. On the contrary, they themselves
Although he is a direct descendant, he lives like a concubine.
Now that she saw Luo Junyao being so clear-cut, the little girl immediately felt very fond of her.
However, Xie Yuan's face became more and more ugly. He must have been warned before coming here. Although he was unhappy in his heart, he did not dare to express it directly. He just kept a calm face and said nothing.
Luo Junyao didn't care about this. In her opinion, this was just a process.
If you like her, you can see her more often; if you don't, you can just see her.
After saluting and talking for a while, Princess Mu An was about to get up and leave. Luo Junyao didn't stay long and got up to see them off, but Princess Mu An quickly said there was no need to do so.
Even so, Luo Junyao accompanied them out and gave them a ride.
The group of people left Hancuitang and just passed through the garden in front when they saw Xie Yan strolling in from outside.
Xie Xuan, who was still chirping next to Princess Mu'an, immediately shut up and huddled beside Princess Mu'an as if being strangled by the neck, daring not to move.
"I have met the prince."
Xie Yan glanced at the group of people in front of him and frowned slightly.
Luo Junyao walked over and said with a smile: "Have you just gone to court? Are you back so early?"
Xie Yan held her hand and said, "Nothing, just come back first to see if you are not used to being alone?"
"I'm fine. What's wrong with me?"
"That's good, second sister-in-law, this is..."
Princess Mu'an said: "I brought the children here to pay homage to the princess, and now I have to say goodbye."
Xie Yan said casually: "It's time to pay a visit. It's rare for the palace to have guests. Why don't Second Sister-in-law stay for lunch?"
Princess Mu An quickly declined, saying that she would not bother her later if she had something to do at home.
Xie Yan did not force himself and raised his hand to call the steward to send the group out.
Not only Princess Mu An, but also everyone else secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly followed the steward outside.
Xie Xuan, who has the most outgoing personality, decisively eliminated the idea of coming to the palace to play with this third aunt again. If she met her third uncle every time she came, she might lose several years of her life.
Xie Chengyou walked at the end and couldn't help but look back behind him.
He only saw a petite woman in the garden throwing herself into the arms of a tall and straight man, raising her head and saying something to him with a smile. The smile on her face was brighter and brighter than he had ever seen before, and Xie Chengyou couldn't help but be a little stunned.
Suddenly, he felt a chill all over his body.
When he came back to his senses, he realized that Xie Yan had one arm around the woman in his arms, but his cold eyes fell on him.
There was no anger or anything else in that look, but it made him shiver inexplicably.
Xie Chengyou quickly withdrew his gaze, turned around and hurriedly followed the person in front of him out.
"What are you looking at?" Luo Jun shook his head and looked at Xie Yan.
My height is really a problem. Always talking with my neck raised will make my neck tired.
Xie Yan turned around, looked down at her and said with a smile: "It's nothing. I didn't expect you to have guests. Am I disturbing you?"
Luo Junyao said: "No, I was about to send them out. Princess Mu An said that she would bring the juniors to give me a gift. I accepted the gift, then gave them the gift and that was it."
Xie Yan nodded and said, "They should indeed salute you, so as not to collide with you outside again in the future."
Luo Junyao said: "We haven't gone to see King Mu and Princess Mu, is it okay?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Xie Yan said nonchalantly: "He is sick and can't see anyone." Of course, someone said this, but Xie Yan didn't care.
Just after leaving court, an old scholar advised him that he should take the princess to pay homage to his parents.
"oh."
Xie Yan pinched her cheek with a smile and said, "If anyone questions you about this, just say that I don't allow you to go to Prince Mu'an's Mansion, do you understand?"
"Understood." Luo Jun said with a smile.
Although she didn't want to go herself, she didn't feel embarrassed at all because Xie Yan took all the blame for this matter.
Men, sometimes they are used to deflect blame.
Moreover, who made those two weirdos? Go and meet them, what if they bite her?
The two held hands and walked towards Jingyuan. As they walked, Luo Junyao said, "Isn't Bai Jingrong going to have an audience with His Majesty today? I thought you would be back very late?"
Xie Yan said calmly: "What can we talk about in the court? It's just a formality. What we really want to talk about must be discussed in private."
"Well, then..." Before Luo Junyao could finish speaking, there was a burst of noise outside.
"Prince Wei, what are you doing..."
Wei Changting's voice was a little urgent, "Has the prince come back yet?!"
"Back, the prince and princess are..."
The two looked at each other. Although Wei Changting was always a bit fickle, he was rarely so rude, which showed that he was really anxious.
Xie Yan said solemnly: "Let him come over."
It was quiet outside for a moment, and soon Wei Changting appeared in the sight of the two of them.
The expression on his face was a little ugly, and his expression was also rare and gloomy.
"What happened?"
Wei Changting said in a deep voice: "Yu Chen led people to the tomb of General Cui."
Xie Yan's face also turned cold, and he asked in a deep voice: "Who told him?"
Wei Changting said: "No one told him. He probably got the news from some source. Also, Cui Zheyu and Gu Jue also went there."
Xie Yan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry, I will go over and take a look."
Wei Changting snorted and said, "If there's anything interesting to see, let me take a few people over and kill him directly."
Xie Yan glanced at him and said, "Even if you dye General Cui's grave red with blood, you may not be able to kill him."
Wei Changting did not answer, obviously a little unconvinced.
Xie Yan said calmly: "Do you think your reputation as the number one master of the Zhenguo Army was in vain?"
Wei Changting didn't answer. He was actually not familiar with Yu Chen.
When Yu Chen was in charge of the Zhenguo Army, he was still a junior colonel who hung out with the late emperor and Xie Yan.
At that time, he saw with his own eyes the blow that Yu Chen caused to the Zhenguo Army.
Wei Changting couldn't help but gnashed his teeth and said: "How can he still have the face...how dare he!"
Xie Yan said: "Let's go and see how much he has grown over the years."
Luo Junyao said quickly: "I'll go too!"
Xie Yan raised his hand to hold the palace flower on her temples, nodded and said, "Okay."
Hearing this, Wei Changting glanced at Xie Yan strangely. It can be imagined that what happened next would not be very peaceful. Is it really okay for His Royal Highness the Regent to bring the newlywed princess there?
But thinking of Cui Zheyu, although the princess is young, she is still a girl. Maybe it will be better if she is in the past?
