After the prince enters the play

179 Chapter 179: Forced Marriage
Su Xinyi has always kept the matter of Xiaoyu Qingchi's female corpse in mind, especially since the deceased was Zhang Huiming, which made her even more puzzled.

After all, the current King Rong is not the cruel and merciless King Rong in his previous life. He is still a bit naive and honest now, so he should not kill Zhang Huiming.

But how do people die?

Why did he die in Xiaoyu Qingchi?

It is very strange that this matter should be investigated by the crown prince. It is reasonable to say that the matter in the harem should be handled by the empress. Why did your majesty let the crown prince come forward?

Something was wrong, but Su Xinyi could only stay in Yangde Palace obediently, trying not to get involved with it.

She had an intuition that His Royal Highness would not want her to be involved in this case. At most, she was an innocent passerby, or the unlucky one targeted by the envoy Zhang.

After a polo match, Su Xinyi's popularity skyrocketed, and the girls in Yangde Palace were very enthusiastic when they saw her. Except for those who deliberately targeted her, her little life was very comfortable, which was better than she expected. Much more comfortable.

"What are you going to do today?"

"I don't know, there is no news from Yuanhui Palace."

"It would be nice to go to the polo field to play."

"In your dreams."

Everyone chatted together, and Su Xinyi got a headache when he heard the word polo field, so don't go there.

Just as they were talking, they saw Shu Siyang walking in, wearing a long peony red skirt and a cloak of the same color, they were as gorgeous as peonies.

After Shu Siyang entered the hall, he looked at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Su Xinyi, but Su Xinyi was talking to Zhu Chanyi with his head turned, and he didn't see her at all.

Shu Siyang snorted, went directly to the upper seat and sat down, seeing that the opposite side was empty, he asked, "Did Miss Pei come?"

Someone nearby said: "Miss Pei went to Shaoyang courtyard to meet the crown prince."

As soon as the sound came out, everyone in the hall fell silent, even Su Xinyi turned his head.

No wonder Pei Nianwei dressed up very beautifully this morning, she hurriedly ate breakfast and left, so she was going to Shaoyang courtyard.

Su Xinyi frowned slightly, and then wondered whether Pei Nianwei's going to Shaoyang Yard had anything to do with her. They were cousins, and the relationship was much closer than her.

"Oh, Miss Pei really has a heart." Shu Siyang uttered a sentence in a toneless manner.

How easy is it to say this?

Zhu Chanyi and the others didn't talk to each other, they just chatted with the people around them without saying a word.

On the contrary, Li Qingyi looked at Shu Siyang and said with a smile, "Miss Shu, Miss Pei is the direct cousin of His Royal Highness, isn't it normal for a cousin to see her cousin?"

Shu Siyang looked up at Li Qingyi and said with a sneer, "Since you are entering the palace to run for election, you should naturally obey the rules. If you all behave like Miss Pei, wouldn't it be a violation of the rules."

"Since Miss Shu said so, you can tell Miss Pei when she comes back." Li Qingyi said with a smile.

The Pei family is the mother's family of the first queen no matter what, and the Shu family, as the successor's family, is a head shorter than the Pei family.Moreover, the current prince is born to Empress Pei. Even if Empress Shu desperately wants to make King Rong the prince, isn't that why she hasn't sat down yet?
As long as King Rong is not the crown prince for a day, the Shu family will have to give three points to the Pei family.

If it is outside, the stepwife will have to concubine ceremony in front of the main wife's tablet in the ancestral hall.

The two confronted each other tit for tat, and everyone got used to it these few days, not as nervous as when they first met, at most they pricked up their ears to listen, but they didn't get involved in other things.

At this time, Peiyu came in, gave a blessing to everyone, and then said with a smile: "Today, the empress is in charge of the harem, so she specially asked the slaves to send a letter to all the girls, and the lady said that all the girls should embroider their own clothes." A piece of handkerchief, wait until the servants come to collect it at this time tomorrow."

The crowd wasn't too surprised, it's normal for the queen to compare female celebrities, so naturally they all responded with a smile, and someone asked if the patterns embroidered on the peiyu handkerchief were all up to them?
Peiyu answered them one by one, and left with a smile after everyone had no questions.

Su Xinyi looked at Peiyu's demeanor, but he was more respectful than before, so the queen can't get away today, is it because the matter of Xiaoyu Qingchi's female corpse has not been found out?
"Xin Yi, what do you want to embroider?" Wang Yingyao came over and asked.

Jiang Ruolan also came over, and upon hearing this sentence, she said, "Anything is fine, you don't need to pursue luxury and complexity, as long as you are generous and concise."

Jiang Ruolan said this because she was afraid that Su Xinyi hadn't done this in the country. Although the country people can embroider a little, how can they compare with the ladies who are taught by top embroiderers.

That's why I said this because I didn't want Su Xinyi to feel pressured.

Su Xinyi nodded solemnly when he heard the words, "I also think that any embroidery is good, as long as you put your heart into it."

The three of them went back talking and laughing, and a female envoy had already prepared a needlework and other things.

Before Pei Nianwei came back, Jiang Ruolan simply brought her sewing frame and came to accompany Su Xinyi and the others.

"It's impossible to stay in the room over there. You don't know that Shu Siyang and Li Qingyi are really fighting each other all the time. It's really embarrassing for me to be caught in the middle. It's better to hide and be clean." Jiang Ruolan said in a particularly painful way .

Wang Yingyao said: "Then don't go back, just stay here, Miss Pei is fine when she comes back, she usually doesn't say a word when she pulls the curtain."

Jiang Ruolan nodded, "Then I'll stay a little longer and go back after dinner."

The three of them took out their needles and threads while they were talking, and Su Xinyi clamped the embroidered cloth on the bamboo support, thinking about what to embroider, which is simple and time-saving.

After much deliberation, he decided to embroider a clump of bamboo. His Highness the Crown Prince is as noble as a bamboo forest. Bamboo is really simple, beautiful and seasonable.

She picked a green silk thread and split it, twisted a thin thread into the embroidery needle, and slowly embroidered while pinching the needle.

Jiang Ruolan was quite surprised and said: "Xin Yi, you are very skilled in this movement, and the thread is also very thin. How many threads did you chop for this one thread?"

Su Xinyi said casually: "Not many, about twenty or so."

The top embroiderers can split thirty or forty threads in one thread. Although Su Xinyi didn't split the threads very seriously, she felt that twenty or so threads would be enough.

She didn't come to show off her embroidery skills.

Jiang Ruolan took a deep breath, "Twenty or so? That's not much? If I didn't know what you were telling the truth, I would have thought you were showing off."

Su Xinyi looked up at Jiang Ruolan, and asked suspiciously: "Is that too much? If your embroiderer cuts like this, it's unqualified."

"You also said that's the embroiderer!" Jiang Ruolan said angrily, "It's unreasonable, you can use a long gun even if you use it, but you can still pick up embroidery needles, just pick up embroidery needles, yours The thread can be cut so well, it is really more popular than people."

Su Xinyi: ...

Can this be considered great?

In her previous life, the people around her could chop more than [-] chops casually. They said that they were barely qualified if they chopped like this, but her twenty or so were not qualified, so this is still considered good in Jiang Ruolan's eyes?

Seeing Su Xinyi's puzzled expression in a daze, Wang Yingyao said with a smile: "Ruolan is right, although we are learning the craft from the embroiderer, we don't really need to make a living from embroidery in the future." , and when doing these things at home, there are girls who split the thread specially, and they use it by themselves, so ordinary people may not split the thread well."

It was only then that Su Xinyi realized that he wanted to hide his clumsiness, but he still had the upper hand, so he felt helpless.

What is this called!
Su Xinyi made up his mind to adjust it, so when embroidering bamboo, he deliberately only used half of his skill. It can be seen that the embroidery is a bamboo, and it has a bit of charm, but it is not very good when you look closely.

In contrast, although Wang Yingyao and Jiang Ruolan did not chop the thread well, they embroidered with much finer detail, and at first glance they were more delicate and beautiful than Su Xinyi's.

Su Xinyi's embroidery work is too simple, and it's finished before night, and she doesn't need to light a lamp and boil wax to work overtime, which is great.

Wang Yingyao had a bitter face, "If I had known, I would have embroidered plum blossoms in the snow. It's simple and fast."

The three of them laughed, and after Su Xinyi finished work, she got up and moved around, only to realize that the curtain on Pei Nianwei's side fell down at some point, and she didn't realize that everyone had come back.

Su Xinyi didn't bother about Pei Nianwei either, she walked out of the hall and stood under the eaves of the verandah, golden clouds were falling in the west, the sky was full of sunset, the whole sky was covered with a layer of gorgeous red, the night wind also had a little temperature, spring is true It's coming.

The crown prince in the Shaoyang Courtyard was reviewing the file, and Yang Jin was replying next to him, "After knowing the cause of Zhang Huiming's death, His Majesty scolded His Highness Rong Wang severely, but the matter involved the Queen, His Majesty didn't say anything, very Maybe this matter will pass in such a vague way.”

Without raising his head, the crown prince could hear the dissatisfaction and anger in Yang Jin's words. He said flatly, "Tell Hu Siyi about the Queen's incidents against Yong'an County Lord several times."

"Hu Siyi is an old cunning, even if I tell him, I'm afraid he may not speak before His Majesty." Yang Jin said helplessly, Hu Siyi is only loyal to His Majesty, and no one can bribe him.

No one dared to buy him easily.

"You just let people go." Yan Junchu lowered his eyes and said, the long eyelashes covered those dark and deep eyes, suppressing all thoughts.

Knowing that His Highness has made up his mind, Yang Jin turned around and left.

Yan Jun got up and stood under the tree at the beginning, the twilight of the sunset fell on him, making his handsome and extraordinary face even more noble and unparalleled.After a long time, he chuckled, and sat back at the desk to review the files, as if he wasn't the one who was agitated just now.

The file in his hand was sent by Yulin Wei, whom Su Xinyi had been expecting for a long time, but this file was much thicker than ordinary letters.

After Yan Junchu finished reading it, he picked up a pen and wrote a short paragraph on the paper, then rolled it up, reached out and beckoned to his servant Huang Zhuo, "Send this note to County Lord Yong'an quietly."

Huang Zhuo hurriedly took the note and stuffed it into the armhole, bent down and replied: "Don't worry, Your Highness, this slave will definitely do it."

Huang Zhuo has been with the prince for many years, and has been staying in the Shaoyang courtyard to serve him. He was very surprised why His Highness secretly sent a message to the county lord Yong'an, but he should not have known this. He quietly went to Yangde Palace and found his usual friend. The good palace man found an excuse, and only said that the Duke of Qi's mansion sent something to County Lord Yong'an, and he happened to come back from outside the palace to bring it, so please help me.

Huang Zhuo's sense of presence in the harem is very low, and he usually stays in the Shaoyang courtyard. The one in the Yangde Palace is his fellow villager, and the two of them have a good relationship in private, so they helped spread the word.

Su Xinyi was a little surprised when she got the letter, and she couldn't help being stunned when she saw Huang Zhuo.

She knew him, the servant who used to follow His Highness the Prince.

Huang Zhuo was holding a bag of things to cover up. Seeing the county magistrate of Yong'an coming out to pay his respects, he naturally returned the same rhetoric as before and handed the bag to Su Xinyi.

When Su Xinyi thanked him for taking the burden, a note was suddenly stuffed into her palm, and when she raised her eyes, Huang Zhuo had already turned and left.

She put the note away calmly, and went back with her bag.

It's not uncommon for family members outside to bring things in. In the past two days, Shu Siyang has received them twice, so no one cares too much about her carrying the burden. At most, she can ask, knowing that it was sent by the Duke of Qi. I am not curious anymore.

After Su Xinyi went back, Jiang Ruolan and Wang Yingyao were still busy threading needles and threads. She sat down on the edge of the bed without disturbing them, and pretended to open the bag, only to see that it was full of food, which was really true.The key is that the food is not from the palace, but bought from time-honored brands outside.

The people around His Royal Highness are really thoughtful in doing things, it's because they are afraid that people will see the flaws.

The aroma of the food caught the attention of Wang Yingyao and Jiang Ruolan. Su Xinyi simply asked them to eat a little together, and explained that it was delivered from home. The two of them didn't refuse. They washed their hands with a smile, and then sat down Pick up a small snack the size of a wine glass and eat it bit by bit.

"If you want to talk about this food, it is really a time-honored brand that can have this kind of taste." Jiang Ruolan ate a butterfly cake, which was very satisfying, "The butterfly cakes in their family usually have to queue up to buy, Xin Yi, your family treats you It's really loving."

Su Xinyi responded with a smile, and ate one herself. The taste was soft and seven points sweet, and it didn't make people feel greasy.Su Xixian and Su Jingmo would ask people to line up to buy this butterfly cake every half a month, and each time they would give her a copy. Sometimes it was butterfly cakes, sometimes it was orchid cakes. In short, they bought different patterns every time.

Thinking about it this way, Su Xinyi suddenly realized that in just a few days, she actually missed someone from Duke Qi's mansion.

After eating snacks and it was time to rest, Jiang Ruolan got up to say goodbye. Her embroidery was still a little short, and it was almost enough to add a small class after washing up at night.

Wang Yingyao's work was also finishing. She washed her hands after eating and then sat there to embroider. Su Xinyi took the opportunity to pull down the curtain in the name of sleeping.

After lying down, she took out the note that Huang Zhuo had given her, looked at it under the light, and the smile on her face didn't stop!
The prince told her that the caravan had entered the customs and the people came back, so he didn't say much about the rest, but it's good for people to come back, it's good for people to come back.

Su Xinyi has been worrying about this matter for more than a month, and the stone has finally landed.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is indeed a trustworthy person, and he will pass on the news to her, even if it is not very convenient, he will find a way to let her know.

His Royal Highness is such a good man.

Su Xinyi slept quite well this time, and when she woke up the next day, she felt refreshed and energetic.

That note was turned into a ball of paper by soaking it in the water when she washed her hands this morning, and it disappeared without a trace after changing the water in the basin.

After breakfast, everyone gathered in the main hall again. Su Xinyi looked at the ladies with different expressions, thinking that maybe many people failed to do this embroidery well.

Peiyu arrived soon, put away everyone's embroidery, and assigned another task, copying scriptures.

Su Xinyi: ...

What is the queen going to do?
To grind their temper?

Copying books is better than embroidery, Su Xinyi thinks this is okay, but she couldn't laugh when she saw that the scriptures in Peiyu's hands were as high as a finger.

The queen must be avenging her personal revenge. Such a thick book can be copied in one day, which is ruthless!

At this time, the queen was in the Yuanhui Palace, scolding the son of Rong Wang, and she almost vomited blood when she scolded her son.

King Rong also felt aggrieved, looked at his mother and asked, "What are you doing to set up a stumbling block for Su Xinyi? She didn't provoke you, why do you always trouble her?"

"Why didn't you provoke me? Look at what she did to your aunt and cousin. Is this what ordinary people would do?" The queen gasped in anger, her face as black as a pot.

King Rong was even more inexplicable, "Mother, you must have heard your aunt confounding black and white. It is clear that they are targeting Su Xinyi themselves. Besides, it is her business that Yan's cousin likes Shang Junyan. If you think there is something wrong with her, you have to think that she is wrong." Su Xinyi also likes Shang Junyan, this blind man can tell that Su Xinyi really hates Shang Junyan."

"What do you know? Some women are quite good at seducing people, so Su Xinyi's doing this is clearly to attract Shang Junyan's attention." The queen became even angrier when she mentioned this, "You can say that this matter has nothing to do with her, if It doesn't matter, why did Shang Junyan not agree to the marriage of the two families?"

King Rong felt that there was really no reason between him and the queen mother, so he said with a dark face: "If there is a woman who chases me and insists on marrying me, would you be willing?"

"Of course not!"

"Isn't that right?"

Queen:  …

Wang Rong looked a little scary at the look of his mother, and immediately slowed down his tone and said: "You are just worrying, Shang Junyan clearly doesn't like Jones, this is why you must force them to get married, and it is not Jones who will suffer in the future, A man doesn't like her, so what's the use of marrying him? Anyway, if a woman insists on marrying me like this, if I'm forced to marry her, I will only hate her more."

The queen took a deep breath, this son is hopeless, can there be another one to teach again?
"Besides, Su Xinyi is so wronged in this matter. It is clear that Shang Junyan couldn't clean his own butt. Isn't it unreasonable for you to trouble Su Xinyi? Besides, how do you explain Zhang Huiming's matter to the emperor this time?"

Rong Wang was worried, if he told the truth, the mother and son would have to meet in prison.

The queen glanced at her son, "Seeing how promising you are, you are just a maid, and you haven't really caused any trouble. Your father will not pursue it. If you insist on pursuing it, at most you will be scolded, and you will be punished." That's it."

King Rong: ...

He is the most unlucky in love!
The queen's words became a prophecy, and the emperor would not really embarrass the queen for a female envoy, but he was rude to his son, scolded him severely, closed the confinement, issued a foot restraint, and detained him. His salary for half a year.

King Rong really wants to cry but has no tears. Is this just a disaster from heaven?

Hu Siyi stood aside pretending to be a wooden man without daring to breathe, looking at His Royal Highness Rong's sad face, he felt a little guilty.

But thinking about how the empress kicked her own son out, it would be a big deal just because he helped spread the word.

His Majesty valued Fourth Master Su very much back then, but now that the Empress is targeting Su Fourth Master's daughter, he has to report back to the Emperor since he knows about it. How the Emperor handles it is the Emperor's business, but he does not report the knowledge. If His Majesty finds out one day, he will It's hard to say whether this top spot is his or not.

King Rong left with a sad expression on his face. The emperor became even angrier looking at his back, and said to Hu Siyi: "Look at him like this, he is simply... rotten wood that cannot be carved!"

Hu Siyi was guilty at first, and after hearing the emperor's words, he couldn't hold back and said something kind to King Rong, "Your Majesty, please calm down. His Highness Rong Wang was kind at the time, but he didn't expect things to turn out like this. Besides, that Zhang Huiming himself Knowing that she made a big mistake, even if she doesn't settle it herself, she won't be able to spare her when the Dong Chuang incident happens."

The emperor sat in front of the imperial table with a sullen face, looked at Hu Siyi for a while and asked again: "What is the queen targeting Su Xinyi for?"

Hu Siyi paused in his heart, it was hard to say this, his mind was spinning rapidly, and he calmed down before he spoke, "Your Majesty, I dare not speak nonsense. However, the county lord of Yong'an just returned to Beijing not long ago, when he was trapping Ma Rude in the south of the city, Yong'an The county lord set up an ambush to arrest people, and His Royal Highness Rong Wang was there at the time, and I heard that the county lord saved the life of His Highness Rong Wang, and then the Empress sent someone to go to the Duke of Qi's mansion to reward the county lord Yong'an, but it seems that what he said was not very appropriate."

The emperor naturally knew about Su Xinyi's rescue of the king, but he was not very clear about the details. Hearing what Hu Siyi said, he said, "Tell me carefully."

Hu Siyi told what he knew, and after hesitating for a while, he repeated the conflict between Princess Runyi and County Lord Yong'an about Shang Shizi.

The emperor's face was fluctuating, and Hu Siyi didn't dare to guess the holy will, so he stood with his head down and said nothing.

It took a while to hear His Majesty ask: "Is it true that the Guangping County Prince's Mansion forced the marriage of Shang Junyan?"

Hu Siyi didn't dare to talk nonsense, and immediately said: "This slave is not very clear, but there is indeed news that two families are negotiating marriage before."

As for forced marriage or normal marriage negotiation, His Majesty should send someone to investigate.

The emperor turned his head and looked out the window. It was dark, and some palace people lit up the palace lanterns and hung them up high. The palace lanterns stretched out, lighting up the stars for the night.

"Go down." The emperor waved his hand.

"Yes, my servant will leave." Hu Siyi hurriedly bent over and exited from the hall, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and his back felt faintly cold, it's not easy to be in front of the imperial court.

The Prince's Mansion of Guangping County has always been arrogant in doing things relying on the empress. This time His Majesty used the word "forced marriage", which shows that he is dissatisfied with it, but he doesn't know how His Majesty will deal with it.

Hu Siyi kept his mouth shut, no matter how he dealt with it, these words would not flow out of his mouth.

(End of this chapter)