"Yes, I will accept the punishment." Liuli immediately agreed.
The Queen Mother also nodded seriously and said slowly: "Go and invite General Guan and General Guan's wife to come in. Tell the Ai family that they have been waiting for a long time. Then you will be punished to find a place to stand under the shade of a tree for a cup of tea."
Come in and serve you when you have time. Let that girl Yurun come in and serve the Ai family and the guests who are coming for you."
"Yes." Liuli nodded immediately, saluted Xian Zijian and Xuan Yi, and turned around to go out.
After a while, Yurun led Guan Yupeng and Xian Ziai in. Xian Ziai's face was flushed, and there was a thin layer of sweat on her forehead. She bit her lips lightly, trying to maintain an elegant posture. The two knelt down to salute together, and Xuan Yi
He continued to eat his grapes, while Xian Ziqian stood quietly beside the Queen Mother.
"Get up." The Queen Mother sighed, "This girl Liuli is not old enough to forget things, but she actually forgot about the two of you waiting outside. If she hadn't invited the princess she likes to come over,
You still don’t know how long you have to stand. Yurun, where is that girl Liuli?"
Yurun immediately replied softly: "Liu Li is being punished outside. Tell your servant that the Queen Mother and the princess she likes will punish her to stand in the courtyard for as long as a cup of tea before she can come in to serve you."
The Queen Mother snorted softly, "This slave still knows that he is wrong."
"Please don't be angry with that slave, the Queen Mother." Xian Zi Ai immediately said softly and obediently, "When Zi Ai came with her husband, that slave told the two of us that the Queen Mother still has some things to deal with, please let us husband and wife
The two of us are waiting, so we can't blame her."
"Then you mean to complain about my family." The Queen Mother's face darkened and she said displeasedly.
Xian Zi Ai's face was startled, she couldn't help but raised her head and glanced at Xian Zi Jian, then quickly lowered her head, resenting Xian Zi Jian in her heart, she must have not known what she said in front of the Queen Mother, and coaxed the Queen Mother into believing it, thus refusing to answer the couple.
people.
"Zi Ai doesn't dare." Although there was resentment in his heart, Xian Zi Ai said tremblingly.
"Empress Dowager, please don't be angry." Guan Yupeng said immediately, "Zi Ai has a simple heart and is afraid that the slave will be punished because of our husband and wife. It is hot outside now, but the Empress Dowager still spared that slave.
Be a slave."
The Queen Mother nodded and said calmly: "If you make a mistake, you will be punished. The Ai family will not punish anyone by mistake, nor will a good thing go unrewarded. When doing things around the Ai family, you must be especially cautious.
A word was spoken incorrectly, a behavior was careless, and some inappropriate words were spread. The two of you entered the courtyard of the Ai family, but because of the negligence of a slave, the two of you waited outside for a long time, just as General Guan said.
"It is said that this is when the sun is at its strongest. If this reaches your mother's ears, won't she come to the palace to argue with the Ai family again?"
Guan Yupeng immediately laughed and said: "How can this be so?"
"How can this be so?" the Queen Mother repeated softly, and said with a hint of anger, "You are younger after all, and you have been at the border. You don't know what is happening in the capital. For your marriage to Xian Ziai, your mother is...
She came to the Ai family again and again, saying that she was dissatisfied with the emperor's matchmaking. The Ai family tried to persuade her again and again, but the emperor would not misjudge her, but she always felt resentful."
"Mother likes Zi Ai very much." Guan Yupeng also knew that his mother was not satisfied with Xian Zi Ai privately, but he did not expect that his mother would bring this matter to the Queen Mother, and he couldn't help complaining about his mother's troubles.
"Like her?" The Queen Mother snorted softly and continued, "Would liking her make you marry another woman before marrying her? And there is also a concubine who is pregnant. It doesn't matter if it's good or bad.
Or worse, Xian Ziai has been personally arranged for your marriage by the Emperor. Even if your Guan family doesn't like it, you can still wait until Xian Ziai comes in and marry her again in a few days."
Guan Yupeng's heart tightened and he did not dare to speak for a long time.
"Go back and tell your mother that the Ai family knew that she was unhappy, so they also chose a daughter from the Xian family for Xuan Yi. However, Prince Xuan's palace is a royal palace and you cannot just marry a daughter from an ordinary family, so the Ai family canonized Xian Ziqian.
For the princess you like, let her marry Xuan Yi. Your Guan family and Xuan family have always had a good relationship, and the Ai family also knows that your mother always likes to compete with Prince Xuan's palace." The Queen Mother said slowly, "She heard this
Will you feel more comfortable with the news? Regardless of whether Prince Xuan's Mansion has always been favored by the royal family, now that your two families have married a daughter from the same family, it can be considered an even match."
Guan Yupeng was a little embarrassed and lowered his head to listen.
"The Queen Mother, my mother-in-law does not have these thoughts." Xian Ziai looked at Guan Yupeng. Of course, what the Queen Mother said was not bad, but she said softly and frankly, "Actually, my mother-in-law also wanted to
Zi Ai's sister told the story to the second young master in the house. Zi Ai's sister once told Zi Ai privately that her brother-in-law had a good impression of her and asked Zi Ai's opinion. However, the Queen Mother had taken the first step and canonized Zi Ai's younger sister.
My mother-in-law was very sorry that she had a crush on the princess and personally arranged for her to marry her. Even if the princess she loved had no fate with her husband's brother before, my mother-in-law also deliberately wanted to introduce one of her husband's subordinates to Zi Ai's sister."
The Queen Mother listened quietly to Xian Ziyi's words with a smile on her face, nodded, and said gently: "The Ai family didn't know that the princess they loved was like this before. Xuan Yi, do you have a grudge?"
Xuan Yi ate a grape and said slowly: "The Queen Mother personally granted the marriage, how can she be so ignorant. However, I know that Guan Yucheng has always had a good impression of the princess he likes, but it's a pity that the Guan family already has one
One Xian Zi Ai, I guess I don’t want to add another one.”
The Queen Mother smiled with satisfaction and said: "That's right. How can one marry all the daughters of one family into one family? Zi Yuan, from now on when you marry Xuan Yi, you must learn from your sister and always protect your husband's family, no matter whether it's right or wrong.
Wrong, remember that your husband is your heaven. However, with Zi Daan’s character, I’m afraid I won’t be able to learn from it.”
Xian Zi Ai was not stupid, so she could naturally tell that the Queen Mother was quite unhappy with her and the Guan family in her words. With a heavy heart, she quickly glanced at Xuan Yi, who had never dared to look at her, but he did not look at her.
The Queen Mother and Xian Zijian were chatting and laughing.
She looked at Xian Ziyuan again, and Xian Ziyuan happened to be looking at her as well. Their eyes met, and Xian Ziyuan immediately lowered her gaze, as if she was not looking at her biological sister Xian Ziyuan but just a favorite princess. The two had never met. In her mind
However, Xian Ziqian, who was dressed elegantly, was still looking at her quietly, with a look that seemed to be filled with pity and questioning, which made her feel inexplicably irritable.