After retiring, I saved the crazy prince

Chapter 24
Liu Yun kowtowed desperately: "My lady is generous, thank you for letting Liu Yun go."

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me. After I tell you my conditions, see if you can do it. First, if Chen Yao wants this invitation, you can give it to her."

Anyway, she didn't think about going to the banquet, she just wanted to use the invitation as bait to lure the snake out of the hole.

"As for the second, I want you to return to Chen Yao's side, but you need a reason to go back, a reason not to stay by my side."

After Qi Jiuzhu finished speaking, she smiled and looked at Mama Liu who was waiting respectfully, "Thank you Mama Liu, the wound should be more conspicuous."

Mother Liu bowed and said, "This old slave understands."

"I will beat you with thirty lashes, and then send you to Liuxiangyuan. You have to bear it. As for whether Liuxiangyuan can accept you, it depends on your own ability."

Blindly being soft-hearted and soft-hearted will only make people think that she is weak and deceitful, and that the thirty lashes are the punishment she deserves.

"I will take care of your family in Yunzhuang. If you still disagree, you know what will happen!"

Looking at that slightly pale and immature face, Liu Yun felt fear for the first time.

When she was dragged out, she did not resist, but let the whip lash her body. The clothes on her body were torn apart, and blood continued to ooze from the wound. She gritted her teeth and silently counted thirty whips.

Fortunately, she finally got her life back.

After beating the whip, she dragged her body to the Liuxiangyuan with her injuries.

Qi Jiuzhu went to the house to see Qi Hui who was sleeping soundly, took out the white porcelain bottle left by his brother, applied medicine for Qi Hui, and then gently stroked his eyebrows and eyes, with a gentle smile on his mouth: "Brother, I will definitely protect you from now on." looking at you."

The night was a bit cold, and it was raining lightly outside the window. She gathered the cloak on her body, and put the white porcelain bottle on the table. When her brother brought the medicine, she knew that the medicine was a gift from Mr. Wei Lang. , this wound medicine is really effective, the wound on her knee has scabbed, it must be healed in a few days, as Wei Xuan said, it will not leave a scar.

She also inquired about this Lord Wei from her elder brother, and learned that he was also serving in the palace and was a guard of the East Palace.

She entrusted her elder brother to deliver a box of snacks and 20 taels of silver to Wei Langjun.

So she sat back at the table and wrote a letter to Aunt Xue and fourth cousin Gu Yan of the Gu family.

Yesterday the imperial decree for bestowing the marriage was issued, and the Minister of Rites also discussed the wedding plan with the prince, and only waited for the Qin Tianjian to take the birthday horoscopes of the prince and Shen Su'e to measure the auspicious date and time of the wedding.

After all, the prince's wedding is a state affair, and every aspect needs to be cautious. It will take more than a month to follow the set agenda of the Ministry of Rites, and then to officially get married.

Mr. Zhao from the Ministry of Rites wished he could live in the East Palace, and several officials under him were about to step through the threshold of the East Palace. Aunt Weiyang, the female official of Fengyi Palace, would come to the East Palace and the Ministry of Rites every day to inquire about the progress. Wei Xuan stayed in the East Palace except for going to court. People who deal with government affairs and are busy with the Ministry of Rites and the Eastern Palace.

Shen Sanniang has already been confirmed as the candidate for the Crown Princess, today the Shen residence held a Hundred Flowers Banquet, and twice as many people came to the door than usual.

Shen Shangshu greeted the guests at the gate of the mansion with a red face, accepting everyone's advance congratulations, the status of the Shen family was even more prosperous, and Shen Sanniang became the crown princess, which meant that she had reserved the position of queen in the future.

The Shen family has produced two empresses, which are far from comparable to other officials and eunuchs in Chang'an City.

Most of the people who came to the door today brought gifts. It was originally a banquet for young men and women to meet each other. Many officials in Chang'an City also took this opportunity to secretly give gifts to make friends with the Shen family.

Shen Shangshu was busy with the guests, arranging the dinner after viewing the flowers. Although the Empress would come today, it was just to show her face.

As for the crown prince, he might not even show his face at all. The candidate for the crown princess has already been decided, and today's Hundred Flowers Banquet is just a formality to select a few empresses and ladies from the candidates recommended by Concubine Liu Shu and Li Zhaoyi.

Shen Shangshu has struggled in the imperial court for decades, and the Shen family also produced a queen, so his vision is not so narrow, he knows that even the selected concubine Liang and lady are just decorations in the Eastern Palace.

Just like in the imperial palace, the emperor has three palaces and six courtyards, and 3000 beauties in the harem. The most honorable and powerful one is the empress.

As long as this position belongs to the Shen family, other Shen Shangshus will not care about it. The result of today's Hundred Flowers Banquet is nothing more than a formality, taking this opportunity to appease the two empresses who lost power in the competition for the crown princess.

The Shen family is the real focus of today's banquet.

Since the Hundred Flowers Banquet is going to be held, Shen Shangshu has also carefully prepared it. Just for those precious flowers and trees, he specially sent people to Yunnan to spend a lot of money to buy all kinds of rare and precious flowers. There are dozens of rare varieties such as peonies, orchids, and crabapples, and those flowers are placed in the front hall all the way from the main entrance of the Shen residence for people to enjoy.

Guests of the mansion can start from entering the door and enjoy the flowers along the road all the way to the front hall. After sitting in the front hall for a while, the people in the mansion have already prepared dozens of snacks, melons, fruits and fine wines. Singer and dancer, just from the elaborate arrangement and ostentation in this mansion, it is no less than a palace banquet held in the palace.

Although the banquet cost a lot, it did not exceed the limit. Shen Shangshu also knew how to measure it, and the more cautious he seemed to be when his daughter entered the Eastern Palace.

Today, Empress Shen is hosting the flower viewing banquet in name, and he organized it according to the standards of empresses hosting banquets in the palace.

It's just that Shen's residence cost thousands of gold today, which is extremely luxurious.

Sure enough, after all the noble ladies in Chang'an City had arrived, Empress Shen's chariot came late, and behind her was a mighty group of eunuchs and maids, palace fans embroidered with peacock feathers and gold threads gleamed in the sun The brilliance all demonstrates the supreme and noble status of the queen.

The noble ladies headed by Shen Su'e stretched their necks, until dozens of palace servants and maids passed by, but they didn't see the handsome and slender figure of the prince, she felt a little disappointed.

It's just that the disappointment only lasted for a moment, and she quickly suppressed the disappointment. The crown prince got married, and everyone in the East Palace was busy. Today, Wei Xuan might not come here without time. When she thought that she was going to marry Wei Xuan , the corners of her mouth raised uncontrollably.

She stepped forward and personally helped the queen to get off the sedan chair. Behind her, the noble ladies knelt on the ground and said in unison: "Join the empress."

Although she was by the side, at that moment, she also had an illusion that she was accepting the worship of everyone as the princess at this moment, and this feeling made her physically and mentally happy, especially in a dream, she did not feel He raised his head high, puffed out his chest, bursts of happiness and joy filled his heart, and the smile on his face was generous and decent.

"Auntie, let me help you to the front hall."

Empress Shen patted her hand lightly, and said with a smile: "Don't look, you and Xuan'er are about to get married, and everything about the wedding is busy, and he must be too busy to get away today."

Shen Su'e blushed, and lowered her head shyly, "Auntie, stop teasing Su'e."

Today's Hundred Flowers Banquet at the Shen family, in front of the Shen family's gate, there were cars and horses like dragons, and the whole street became crowded. Although ordinary people could not go in to the banquet, there were not a few people who watched the excitement. To see the sky.

Qi Weiwei dressed up beautifully and sat in the carriage leaving the house, but Qi Jiuzhu remained calm and was still looking at the account book in Yanguiyuan.

From the very beginning, she didn't intend to attend the Hundred Flowers Banquet of the Shen family. What she was more concerned about was that Liuxiangyuan had already started to take action. Before that, she wanted to marry herself off.

Aunt Xue sent a letter early this morning, saying that Gu Yan would visit her in person tomorrow and wanted to speak to her face to face.

In the letter, Aunt Xue kept a close relationship with her, saying that there would be surprises waiting for her tomorrow.

She wasn't worried that the marriage would not work out, but she hoped that the marriage would be settled sooner so that she could feel at ease.

The fourth cousin will come to the door tomorrow, how should she tell him?If you say it bluntly, it seems that your daughter's family is too eager.

Qi Shao hurriedly stepped into the gate of the courtyard. Seeing that his sister was still sitting in front of the case and looking at the account book, he hurriedly urged: "Sister, it's already this hour, why haven't you dressed yet? I'm about to miss the Hundred Flowers Banquet at the Shen family."

Qi Jiuzhu didn't intend to go to the flower viewing banquet at all, so she planned to pass the invitation to Chen Yao along the way.

(End of this chapter)