Chu Yiqing had just arranged things in the kitchen, but she didn't expect to run into this problem as soon as she arrived in the garden. Her eyes darkened, and she strode forward. When she saw the bruise on Mai Xiang's arm, she immediately
She stretched out her arm and pinched Princess Jue's arm hard. Princess Jue let out an ouch and shouted loudly: "How dare you twist me, I..." She said,
He also exposed his arm, as if he was looking for evidence, but at this moment, he suddenly felt that it was inappropriate. He raised his eyes and glanced in panic, and quickly put his arm down. He wanted to ask for more evidence, but there was no evidence.
, had no choice but to eat coptis with salt, and shouted coldly: "Concubine Chu, how do you discipline these people? If you can't teach them well, how about I take them back to Prince Jue's palace and teach them well?"
Chu Yiqing sneered and said in a cold voice: "The country girl you kept talking about just now naturally knows the identity of Mai Xiang first. Mai Xiang is not a maid, so she doesn't need you to discipline her. Besides, the people we are hosting at the Prince's Mansion today are friends, not enemies.
Princess Jue, we don’t welcome people like you in the Prince’s Mansion, please come!”
Princess Jue was startled. She didn't expect that Chu Yiqing would chase them away within two words. She immediately shouted loudly: "Chu Yiqing, are you crazy? Do you know what you are talking about? How dare you be so unruly!"
"Rules? We come from a barbaric land like Chu Han. What rules do we need? Princess Jue? We only know that some people come here deliberately to find trouble and are prepared. Although we are kind-hearted, we are not just easy to bully.
Yes! Princess Jue, please, otherwise, I will ask the guards to take you out!" Chu Yiqing's eyes were cold and he directly issued an order to expel the guests.
Princess Jue Liu Jun was trembling with anger. During the days when Li Huang was not in the palace, although the second prince was still not taken seriously, he was now the eldest son in the palace. In addition, she was born in a famous family, and the second prince's mother was just a little girl.
Palace maid, she is used to showing off her power in Prince Jue's palace. Where has she ever been insulted like this? Even if it is an insult, it must be because she has a higher status than her. This Chu Yiqing is obviously a little concubine, but she dares to be so ignorant of her status.
Inferior status... As Liu Jun thought about it, his face became more and more ferocious. Just when he was about to have an attack, he heard Chu Yiqing say quietly: "I don't know what the emperor will do when he knows that someone is coming to cause trouble today."
I think this is the first time the prince has entertained the officials since he returned to the palace. I didn’t know, but I thought the people in Prince Jue’s palace would not welcome the prince back to the palace!”[
It's not welcome, but if you say this, the emperor may not be able to get through. Princess Jue's face turned livid with anger. In the end, she couldn't get angry and left with her people angrily.
As soon as Princess Jue left, the fat lady was a little confused. She quickly picked up the one named Ying'er and said: "The children are playing without any importance. I really feel sorry for Concubine Chu!" After the fat lady finished speaking, she said
He took Ying'er and Liu'er to say goodbye and went out.
"It is said that Madam Governor has some connections with Prince Jue's Palace, and she may have joined forces to bring trouble to Concubine Chu today!" Madam Yang Xin stepped forward and reminded her in a low voice.
With Madam Yang's advice, Chu Yiqing knew what was going on, and stepped forward to comfort Mai Xiang. Just as he was about to invite everyone to sit down, he saw that the princess did not leave, but instead nodded to her.
Chu Yiqing nodded lightly towards her. Now that Princess Jue was gone, only Princess Qian had the highest status, so he invited her to sit next to him. Qi Yunluo seemed a little flattered, with his eyes wide open.
, I wanted to say something, but I couldn't. I just sat quietly beside Chu Yiqing, eyes lowered, rarely moved my chopsticks, and almost didn't speak.
There were fewer people looking for trouble during the dinner, and the atmosphere gradually became more lively, especially the glutinous rice ribs and shrimp paste corn pancakes. Everyone liked to eat them, and they finished them in a while. Mrs. Yang was still not satisfied and said: "The taste of this thing
It’s really special. I’ve never tasted it before and I don’t know what it’s called. I’d like to ask Concubine Chu to enlighten me!”
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "This is called shrimp paste. It is made from grinding and fermenting coastal shrimps. It not only has a special fragrance, but eating more shrimp paste can make bones strong, especially for children, pregnant women and the elderly."
suitable!"
Mrs. Yang was stunned for a moment. She didn’t expect that this inconspicuous little thing was actually made of sea shrimp. She immediately praised: "It is indeed a good thing. We are in for a treat this time!"
Chu Yiqing smiled and nodded, and asked someone to take out the wine again. The wine brought from Chu Han was different from the wine sold outside. Due to tight supply, the wine sold outside was only bought after one year of fermentation, while Chu Yiqing
What Qing brought this time was buried in the cold land of Chuhan for three years. It was brewed from the sweetest longan grapes. It is the best product. It tastes sour, sweet and refreshing, with a mellow and long taste.
, fearing that the ladies would run out of wine and drink too much, they turned to the freshly brewed watermelon juice. It looked so beautiful in the delicate white porcelain cup that all the ladies wanted to try it.
The ladies' side was pure watermelon juice, but with honey added to it, which made it taste extra sweet, and several of them drank a lot.
The food was delicious and the drinks were delicious. Everyone ate and drank comfortably, so they slowly started chatting. With Mrs. Yang's guidance, they became more and more congenial.
Because there was a banquet in the front hall, Chu Yiqing felt uneasy and asked Ying Qian to visit a few times. He heard that Li Huang had a good chat with several ministers, and the second prince was also there. He didn't seem to think that there was such a thing in the backyard.
If there was any friction, he would relax and concentrate on eating and drinking with the ladies.
After eating and drinking, actors naturally came on stage. It’s just that today’s drama is not the scenes often heard outside, but written by Chu Yiqing himself.
As soon as the second prince left, those ministers who had previously fawned over Li Huang no longer cared about it. In addition, the appearance of Chu Huan also dispelled the previous rumors that Chu Yiqing was not getting along with his mother's family.
There are no big mistakes.
When Li Jue left the Prince's Mansion, he saw that his palace's carriage had been waiting outside the Prince's Mansion. He was startled and quickly got on the carriage. As soon as he put his head in, his buttocks was still exposed, and his face was full of...
He was caught hard by Liu Jun.
Li Jue felt that his face was burning, and he was afraid that there might be another wound on his face, but he did not dare to attack, so he quickly asked: "What's wrong? Who made you angry?"
Liu Jun was kicked out of the Prince's Mansion by Chu Yiqing just now, and he was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger. Now seeing that Li Jue was slightly drunk and his eyes were blurred, he couldn't help but kicked Li Jue with his hands and feet and cursed in a low voice.
: "Drink, drink, you know how to drink. Is the wine in the Prince's Mansion really so delicious? You are here to do business, are you here to drink?"
Li Jue let Liu Jun pinch and kick her, but she just lay at Liu Jun's feet and refused to get up. The woman outside was afraid that what the two said would be seen by people in the Prince's Mansion, so she hurriedly urged the carriage to leave.
When he arrived at Prince Jue's Mansion, Liu Jun got out of the car first, and walked into Prince Jue's Mansion first, regardless of the drunk Li Jue in the car. The housekeeper from Prince Jue's Mansion hurriedly came out and carried Li Jue in, but when he saw Li Jue,
With the scratch on his face, the housekeeper immediately got angry and asked the servant to arrange Li Jue. Then he went out of the room to meet Liu Jun. He still endured his temper and saluted Liu Jun and said
: "Princess, my dear, after all, our young master is the prince, so his face cannot be hurt. If the emperor summons him to the palace, how will the princess explain to the emperor?"
Liu Jun was letting her maid help remove the jewelry on her head. When she thought of the phoenix jade hairpin on Chu Yiqing's head, her heart felt like a cat's paw. When the old housekeeper said this, she became even more angry.
He grabbed a pair of heads and faces that had just been removed from the table and threw them on the old housekeeper, "Face, face, your prince still knows how to save face? Now that the prince has returned to the palace, all the ministers in the court are fawning over him, why should he be asked to do it?
Wasn't it just to frighten those who wanted to curry favor with the prince? Look at him, he was so drunk! What are you saying here about the emperor summoning him? When the prince is not in the palace, the emperor will not summon him for a year.
Reply, if my mother-in-law's father hadn't been taking care of him in the court, I'm afraid the emperor would have forgotten the existence of a second prince, right? Even this Prince Jue's Mansion was given to me by my father after he begged the emperor for mercy. Otherwise, your prince would still be here today.
He is being imprisoned in the palace! Besides the daily expenses, besides the moon and silver, what other rewards are there in the palace? Aren’t they all subsidized by my natal family? Look at this palace again. I don’t bring everything from my natal family.
Here? What do you princes have? Nothing! If you are so unmotivated now, why do you want to show your face?"
The old housekeeper was so reprimanded that he could not raise his head, but he did not dare to say anything, so he could only sigh, bowed and went out.
Liu Jun's face turned pale with anger, and he was trembling all over. "Today, Chu Yiqing actually made me unable to get off the stage in front of everyone. Let's see how I deal with her in the future! By the way, you told me that day, that Prince
There is a fight between the purchase of the government and the purchase of Prince Qian, why has there been no movement for so long?"
Liu Jun was asking about the woman behind her. She was over fifty years old. She brought her from her natal family and called her Mrs. Lan.
"It's not like Miss doesn't know that the really powerful one in Prince Nagan's Mansion is the Sixth Prince. Princess Nagan is very weak. If Miss didn't take the lead, how could she dare to go to the Prince's Mansion to cause trouble? When Miss came out just now, the old slave looked at her
At a glance, I saw that the god princess did not leave with the young lady, but was still sitting there. Maybe she would take this opportunity to curry favor with her! Miss, you also know that you always bully the god princess on weekdays. Now, old slave
I'm really afraid that Princess Gan has taken refuge with Chu Yiqing, which would be a real loss for the young lady!" Mrs. Lan said quickly.
"To seek refuge with Chu Yiqing? She wanted to, but would King Qian agree? Even if King Qian is blind, his ambition is not small. Because his mother and concubine have some status in the palace, many people gather on weekdays.
, if his father hadn't tried every means to get the emperor to marry Qi Yunluo while he was still young, the Qi family would have been just a small seventh-grade county magistrate, unable to even enter the main hall.
If not, let alone the prince coming back today, even if he doesn't come back, there will be no place for our Prince Jue in this capital!" Liu Jun said bitterly.
"Miss, you also know what kind of life Qi Yunluo spent in Prince Qian's Mansion. Although the second prince is not motivated, he only has you as his wife. There are many wives and concubines in Prince Qian's Mansion, and there is also a child born from a concubine.
Zaizi is obviously the grandson of the emperor, but his treatment is very different from that of the prince. He is almost five years old now. He has never been summoned to the palace by the emperor. He is said to be in poor health and takes medicine all day long.
’, just like the ‘medicine’ jar, Qi Yunluo can be regarded as the child’s mother after all, and she is not welcomed at all. Such a child is better than some!” Mrs. Lan put down her hair for Liu Jun.
, said while saying.
"Yes, when you say this, I feel better. No matter what, in this palace of Prince Jue, everyone will look at my face. I say one thing but not say two, unlike that Qi Yun
Luo, there is a domineering mother-in-law, a ruthless husband, and a sick and cheap son!" After Liu Jun said this, he seemed to have calmed down, but when he thought of Chu Yiqing,
He was itching his teeth with hatred, "But why is Chu Yiqing so lucky? She is obviously a seductress who specializes in charming wives. She was engaged to the prince of the government before, but secretly interacted with the fifth prince, which made her pregnant and was exiled.
As for Chu Han, in just a few short years, she turned into a princess from the previous dynasty and returned to the palace as a concubine. The child she gave birth to was also loved by the emperor and the queen mother. Now she is pregnant again, and she still takes it seriously.
It’s unfair!”
Mrs. Lan quickly said: "Miss, you are the main concubine, the princess who is being married by the matchmaker. Chu Yiqing is just a side concubine. She is nothing more than a concubine. How can you compare with you?"
In this way, Liu Jun seemed to be satisfied, but he became more and more dissatisfied with today's events, "The two children brought by Mrs. Guan really have no eyesight and can't do any small things well. They are really angry."
Me!"
"Miss, it's just that wild girl from the country. If it were normal, other girls would have tolerated it long ago. Who would dare to say a word? I didn't expect that wild girl from the country to have a bad temper!" Mrs. Lan quickly added, "
But now the woman from the Yang Mansion seems to be very close to the Prince's Mansion, Miss, you should pay more attention in the future!"
Liu Jun nodded, hating Chu Yiqing even more in his heart.
After sending the guests away, Chu Yiqing also felt tired, so he asked Yingrun to take the others to clean up, while he went inside to rest.
"Auntie, let me make the bed for you!" Mai Xiang quickly stepped forward, made the bed for Chu Yiqing, and then touched a fan and fanned it for Chu Yiqing.[
"How do you feel about today's events?" Chu Yiqing asked her with a smile.
Mai Xiang bit her lip and whispered: "Auntie, are all the children of this wealthy family really so hypocritical? Look at those Liu'er and Ying'er, they used to have a flattering face, but they change at any time!"
Seeing her lonely expression, Chu Yiqing stroked her hair with his hand and said, "This is just outside the palace. We haven't let you enter the palace yet. The fights between women in the palace are even more cruel. With your sex,
How can you handle it! Mai Xiang, in fact, now that your uncle is the prince, there is no difficulty in making you the princess. If you really want to marry Liu Yi, your uncle and I will also find a way, but I am worried
It’s you again. You have such a temperament that you can’t cope with today’s scene. How can you cope with the scene in the palace? This is why I insist on bringing you to the capital! Now that you are still young, you still have time to stay with me.
Look more, take a look, think more, think about the path you want to take before making a decision!"
Only then did Mai Xiang understand the reason why Chu Yiqing brought her into the capital, and she immediately nodded and said: "Thank you for the tip, I will definitely think about it carefully!"
Chu Yiqing nodded and saw that Mai Xiang was also tired, so he let her go down to rest. She lay on the bed and squinted for a while, then she felt the breeze. When she opened her eyes, she saw Li Huang sitting beside her bed, fanning.
The eyes are full of tenderness.
"Tired?" Li Huang saw that she was awake and quickly stepped forward to help her sit up, "You have been tired from working all day today!"
Chu Yiqing shook his head and said: "I'm not tired. I met Mrs. Yang today. She seemed very kind and easy to talk to. She also told me a lot about things inside and outside the palace. She also got along well with several ladies. Except for
Apart from Princess Jue coming to cause trouble, today is going very smoothly!"
"I heard from Yingrun that you kicked Concubine Liu out and pinched her, but I never thought you knew these tricks to deal with people!" Li Huang couldn't help laughing.
Chu Yiqing also curled his lips, "What's so difficult about this? I just don't want to argue with them on weekdays. Don't think I'm easy to bully!"
Li Huang stepped forward and hugged her, "Today's banquet was very successful. Thanks to the guidance of Yang Xin, Yu Hanlin and others, now half of the power in the court has been used by me. This time, we have a firm foothold!
I just wronged you and allowed you to enter the palace as a concubine in exchange for the freedom of my mother and concubine..."
Chu Yiqing suddenly gently scratched Li Huang's face and said with a smile: "Are you going to have to say these words every day before you are willing to accept it? I have already said that wherever you are, there is Taoyuan, where A and I are.
Bao’s home, we just need to work together to run this home well!”
Li Huang nodded, gently raised Chu Yiqing's hand and kissed it on his lips, and said with a smile: "Today can be regarded as completing a big event. You have worked hard to prepare for several days. I have a seat in the suburbs to say goodbye."
Yuan, you have been very unhappy these days, why don't you and Abao go to Bieyuan tomorrow to relax. After the matters in the palace have been dealt with, I will also go to Bieyuan to accompany you. It is cooler there at night and more comfortable than here!"
When Chu Yiqing heard this, he immediately became interested. He had been busy with banquets these days, and he was really tired. In addition, he was so unhappy that he wanted to go out for a walk. He immediately nodded and said: "Tomorrow Shangguan Yu and his wife will deliver
If you want to visit after reading the post, why not set the meeting place in a villa in the suburbs, so that everyone can be more comfortable!"
When Li Huang heard that Shangguan Yu was coming, he immediately felt a little uncomfortable, but he couldn't show it, so he could only nod.
While the two were talking, they heard Yingrun coming to report happily: "Master, madam, the young master is back, and he has brought back many rewards from the Queen Mother!"