The emperor's scheming: alluring the world

Chapter 75
In the middle of February, the Eldest Princess posted another post to Li Meiying. Half a month has passed since the last trip to the lake. Li Meiying took a look at the post and looked at the rare gifts on the table. The eldest princess wanted peace, so she accepted the invitation.

At noon the next day, she arrived at the Eldest Princess' mansion as scheduled. The Eldest Princess had already prepared a banquet and welcomed Li Meiying to the dining room in person. Said: "Greetings to Princess Yingsu, the princess is blessed."

"There are no outsiders here, so Ling'er doesn't need to be too polite." Li Sister-in-law said kindly as she stretched out her hand to help Yang Xianling, as if the unhappiness that had happened between the two of them never existed.

Yang Xianling got up according to the momentum, looked at Li Meiying and said respectfully: "The princess has a noble status, and Xianling dare not make mistakes. I have offended many things in the past, thank you princess for being generous."

Seeing the mother and daughter who had completely changed their temperaments, Li Sister-in-law just smiled sarcastically, and then took her seat as if nothing had happened.During the banquet, the eldest princess showed her favor to Li Meiying frequently, while Yang Xianling changed her previous aggressive posture, and her words and deeds were quite ingratiating.

After lunch at the eldest princess's mansion, Li Meiying stood up and said goodbye. The eldest princess saw that Li Meiying had made up her mind to go, so she did not want to keep her anymore. She and Yang Xianling personally sent Li Meiying out of the mansion, and watched her carriage go away , and then returned home with Yang Xianling.

As soon as she entered the gate of the eldest princess's mansion, Yang Xianling said unwillingly: "Mother, what is she, why do you want my daughter to be respectful in front of her? If she really had that much ability, she would have been beaten by Empress Wu back then." Hurt into such a virtue!"

The eldest princess's expression became complicated and dignified when she heard this: "Ling'er, my mother has underestimated Li Sister-in-law all these years, and thought she was just a weak and deceitful little cotton sheep, but mother is wrong, she is not a cotton sheep, she It's a wolf that can't be provoked. You may not know that some days ago, it took a lot of effort for my mother to learn that the twenty heads in front of An Guogong's mansion were her masterpiece, a person who killed so much , must not be a bad guy, and her scheming is deeper than Empress Wu, we can't be enemies with such a person, and you must not let your temper fool you in the future. The last time you picked Li Changning, if she didn't want to let you go One horse, you really think you can get out of here!"

Yang Xianling half-understood what she heard. Although she was not reconciled, she finally nodded obediently when she met her mother's worried eyes: "Mother, don't worry, my daughter will not be self-willed in the future."

After hearing this, the eldest princess was slightly relieved, and the mother and daughter went back to the backyard together. Aunt Cen, who was following behind the eldest princess, looked at the eldest princess with distressed eyes.

A few days later, Li Meiying got the news that the Eldest Princess was in charge and took a concubine for her son-in-law. It was said that the concubine was not only beautiful but also very plump. Li Meiying just smiled when she heard the news. Quan Dang heard a joke and didn't care much.

Bo Liuzi at the side heard the news, and she secretly connected the matter of the eldest princess's sudden offer of favor and taking a concubine for her husband with what she heard on the deck during the lake tour that day, she was shocked at the moment, the eldest princess Taking the initiative to show favor, this is to join hands with Li Meiying to deal with the queen, thinking of this crucial point, Bo Liuzi secretly made a decision.

Li Yi asked Empress Wu to choose a concubine for the son of Dingkang on the grounds that the noble ladies in Beijing were all outstanding in appearance. Empress Wu reported this matter to Emperor Cheng of Ming Dynasty. Emperor Cheng thought about it and thought marriage was feasible, so he agreed Request, allow her to hold a palace banquet, let Dingkang Shizi see for himself if there is something he likes.

On the day of the banquet, everyone thought Li Sister would not be present, but unexpectedly she entered the palace with Princess Jiangning to attend the banquet.

Attending the banquet this time were the fourth prince who had just returned to Beijing after a study tour, and Wu Haolong, the fourth son of An Guogong who had made military achievements in the army and was recalled to Beijing by Cheng Dixuan.

As soon as Li Meiying entered the Chengfu Hall, the eyes of the fourth prince were immediately attracted. Seeing that Li Meiying was with Princess Jiangning, he quietly got up and went to Liangfei's side and whispered: "Mother, Concubine, Who is the young lady who came with Princess Jiangning, my son looked nervous."

The Fourth Prince had just finished asking, when he heard the salutes of the ministers, he looked back in response, and immediately understood, then he heard Concubine Liang's emotional voice: "She is the adopted daughter of your father, named Yingsu. Hey, the mother and daughter are both beautiful women, and the men of the Wei family, old or young, are all in the hands of their mother and daughter."

After the fourth prince learned of Li Meiying's identity, he stared at Li Meiying with a thoughtful expression, so that he didn't listen to a word that Concubine Liang said later.

After asking everyone to excuse me, Li Meizheng felt a probing gaze. Looking around, she saw the strange man next to Concubine Liang. He had a three-point similarity to the fifth prince Wei Haoyou, and he was very similar to Concubine Liang. Judging from the close situation, he should be the fourth prince who returned to Beijing after studying abroad.

Lightly looking away, Li Sister-in-law looked for Li Yi and his son in the crowd, and sure enough, she saw the hypocritical father and son in the crowd, turned her gaze again, and found Li Changning among the princesses, and saw Li Changning following behind A man with fair complexion, handsome and evil features, but he was dressed in eunuch costume.

Seeing the man standing aside respectfully with downcast eyes, Li Meiying's lips curled into a playful smile, and she brought the man by her side as a eunuch. Only Li Changning could do such a ridiculous thing.

"Yi'er, I finally saw you again. How are you doing?" Li Sister-in-law looked away and was about to sit down with Princess Jiangning when suddenly a voice of surprise sounded in her ear, and she knew who it was without turning her head. She avoided it with some disgust.

Wei Xuanjin who was at the side saw her, hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Wei Haoyou without a trace, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, I heard that the queen is going to choose a concubine for you. I wonder if this is true or not?"

With Wei Xuanjin's words, Wei Haoyou's joy at seeing Li Sister-in-law was overwhelmed by anger in an instant. He threw off Wei Xuanjin's hand bluntly, and said in a low voice angrily, "Don't mention it in front of me. This matter affects my mood.”

"What's the matter? Choosing a concubine is a good thing. There are so many beauties in Beijing for you to choose from. Why are you unhappy?" Wei Xuanjin glanced at Li Sister-in-law and said deliberately.

Wei Haoyou glanced at Li Sister-in-law anxiously and angrily, and seeing that the other party didn't care at all, he dragged Wei Xuanjin away a few steps in great disappointment and said in a low voice, "What's the matter with you, I know I like it Xie'er, you still want to choose a concubine in front of her, are you deliberately embarrassing me?"

"My cousin doesn't like you, so why bother to say it, the empress has a motherly heart, you don't want to let it down." Thinking of the disgust in Li Sister's eyes when she saw Wei Haoyou, Wei Xuanjin was merciless The opening of the face said.

(End of this chapter)