Beauty is poisonous

Chapter 26 Entering the Dog Hole

"Sister, shall we come back later?"

The carriage galloped away, and Tao Yuanzhi looked at the farther and farther villa with some nostalgia. He has lived in this villa since he was born until now, and it has become an indispensable part of his life.

Now that he was about to leave this place where he left countless memories, and headed for a den of tigers and wolves, he couldn't help feeling a little worried on his small face.

"Maybe."

A faint mist flashed across Tao Zhizhang's cold eyes, and he almost couldn't see Zhuangzi, slightly rippling and complicated.

"Mother, why did you call that little slut back so early? Don't you think it's annoying to watch?"

When Tao Hanrui heard that Lian called Tao Zhizhang back so early, she rushed into Lian's room very unhappy.

Lian winked at Nanny Shen, and Nanny Shen hurried out of the room and sat at the door to prevent others from eavesdropping, while she listened to the commotion inside with pointed ears.

Lian sighed softly, pulled Tao Hanrui to sit down and said, "Do you think I'm willing to let her come back? Didn't Prince Xiangyang call her by name?"

"What? How did Prince Xiangyang know this little bitch? How could he name her?"

"It's not that the prince of Xiangyang knew her and named her, but the prince of Xiangyang got the emperor's imperial decree to register all the concubine daughters of families above the third-rank official, so she is also in the register. You said I can Won't let her come back?

Leaving aside the fact that Prince Xiangyang's son is not easy to mess with, this matter has been ordered by the emperor. If I don't let her come back, wouldn't it be a disguised form of resistance? "

Tao Hanrui's eyes flickered slightly, and she said worriedly: "Mother, why do I always feel that there is something wrong with this matter? I think the prince of Xiangyang wants a concubine to be a maid, and with his current favored appearance, which one doesn't hurry up?" Send it up? Why did he bother to ask the imperial decree to make a roster? Could this be aimed at that little bitch?"

"Hey!" Lian snorted and said, "Ruier, you really think too much, don't you? Who is the prince of Xiangyang? Who is that little slut? Not to mention that it is impossible for the two of them to have any intersection, they just met. How can someone like Shizi look at her small bean sprouts that haven't grown? You underestimate Shizi too."

Tao Hanrui thought for a while, and then laughed: "Yes, I'm really paranoid. But when the little bitch is back, the little bitch must follow. It's the same thing in the Zhuangzi, and now I'm going back to the Houfu Mother must hire him a teacher, right? Otherwise, if it gets out, wouldn’t it be said that mother is not kind and can’t tolerate bastards?”

When Lian Shi heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes, he gritted his silver teeth and said, "You are short-lived, so what if you are talented?"

"Mother, actually, you don't have to worry, when the time comes, put a few restless children by his side and just lead him in the wrong direction, so whether he is short-lived or not, he will be evil anyway!"

Lian immediately laughed, and boasted: "My Rui'er is still smart! I was afraid that you would suffer a loss if you entered the fourth prince's mansion, but I didn't expect you to be so smart, but I wasted my troubles." .”

"Mother..." Tao Hanrui felt shy when she heard the mention of the Fourth Prince, and coquettishly slipped into Lian's arms, pouted her lips and said, "I married into the Fourth Prince's mansion and became the princess, whoever dares to marry me?" What a loss? What's more, the fourth prince said, I don't give birth to a son, and I will never let anyone give birth to a son."

Lian was very pleased when he heard this, and then reminded him: "Although the fourth prince said so, if a woman wants to gain a foothold as soon as possible, she still has to rely on her heirs, so, after you marry into the palace, you have to support the four princes." You don't need to be ashamed of the prince's heart, use more means to hook the fourth prince in your room, it is best to squeeze the fourth prince dry, so that he will be powerless even if he is facing the woman next to him!"

"Mother..." Tao Hanrui blushed even more, and said angrily, "Why are you telling me these things now?"

Looking at the shy daughter, mother's love overflowed, and she said with a smile: "Okay, okay, okay, I won't say anymore, alas, seeing that he is about to get married, but such a big man still rubs against his mother's arms, Isn't that ashamed?"

"No matter how old you are, you are still Mother's daughter! Unless Mother despises her daughter!"

"Look at what you said, how could mother despise you? It's too late for mother to hurt you."

"I knew mother loved me the most!" Tao Hanrui smiled contentedly.

"That's natural. You have to be talented, good-looking, considerate, and filial. If you are the best daughter in the world, your mother will love you the most."

After saying that, Lian's hug became tighter, thinking that Tao Hanrui would marry into the fourth prince's mansion in less than half a year, and there was also the joy of having a young girl in my family, and also the worry about the deep house of the prince's mansion.

Outside the door, Nanny Shen looked at Tao Qiwu who was smiling with some anxiety. For some reason, the smile of this fifth young lady always gave her a gloomy feeling.

Just now when Lian Shi was talking to Tao Hanrui, Tao Qiwu came. When she saw Tao Qiwu, Shen Nanny was going to report, but Tao Qiwu stopped her, saying that she wanted to surprise Lian Shi.

Nanny Shen felt a little weird, but seeing Tao Qiwu's sweet smile and thinking of Lian's debt to Tao Qiwu, she agreed.

But after agreeing, she couldn't help but looked at Tao Qiwu worriedly after hearing the conversation between the young miss and Lian Shi.

At this moment, Tao Qiwu opened the door with a bright face, and called kindly: "Mother, sister."

Lian Shi was startled when he heard someone coming in, but when he saw it was Tao Qiwu, his eyes softened instantly, he strode up, supported Tao Qiwu and said distressedly: "Why are you here? Let the girl tell me what's the matter Just one word."

Tao Qiwu smiled mischievously and said, "Mother doesn't want me to come?"

"It's all nonsense, how can mother not want you to come? It's not because I'm afraid of you..."

Speaking of this, Lian stopped abruptly, looking at Tao Qiwu a little dodged.

Tao Qiwu smiled lightly and said: "Mother, don't worry about anything, my leg disease is not a one-day or two-day thing, and it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist if I don't mention it! I'm used to it, mother, don't always take care of me in the future. , I hide everything I say and do, which makes my daughter feel even more uncomfortable."

I don't want to say these words, but when I say them, Lian's heart is so distressed that she is about to cry.

This daughter is so sensible.

Tao Hanrui saw that Tao Qiwu made Lianshi cry when he came, she was a little unhappy and said: "Okay, younger sister, you see that you come here once in a while, and it made mother sad."

Tao Qiwu quickly grabbed Lian Shi's hand, and said coquettishly: "Mother, don't be sad, if you drop the golden beans again, sister will kick me out, who makes sister the most filial!"

Lian's words sounded like the little daughter's jokes, but Aunt Shen always felt that there was something to be said.

Tao Hanrui didn't feel anything, but proudly said: "You know, when I leave the pavilion, my mother will definitely not get used to it for a while, as your mother's daughter, you must accompany me more Mother, please be filial by Mother's side."

Tao Qiwu smiled sweetly and said: "Even if my sister doesn't tell me, I don't have to. Am I not Mother's daughter?"

Lian Shi spat: "You're talking nonsense, the more you talk, the more you will lose your bounds. If you weren't the flesh that fell from your mother, would mother love you so much?"

Tao Qiwu covered his lips and giggled, "Didn't mother love my sister the most?"

Lian Shi was taken aback for a moment, and his eyes turned sharply towards Nanny Shen.

Tao Qiwu immediately said: "Mother is angry? My daughter is just joking with mother. How can my daughter not know that mother actually loves me the most?"

Lien smiled awkwardly. Both are daughters, and the palms and backs of their hands are full of flesh. She just said that she loves the eldest daughter the most, but in a blink of an eye she will say that she loves the younger daughter the most. Will take her words as perfunctory.

This is a matter of mixed ends, she can't answer.

Seeing that Lianshi didn't answer, Tao Qiwu's eyes darkened slightly, and his heart that was struggling a little became hardened.

She took out the forehead from her bosom and handed it to Lian Shi: "Mother, this is the forehead I embroidered. The one I gave you last time is out of date. Please replace it with a new one."

As she spoke, Lian Shi could not help objecting, and took off the forehead wipe that Lian Shi was wearing now.

Lian smiled and said: "My daughter embroidered it stitch by stitch. There is no saying that it is outdated but not outdated. Wu'er, don't be too tired. Look carefully. From now on, the maids will do all the work."

"How can what the maids make can compare to what my daughter made by herself?" Tao Qiwu put the used forehead in his arms, took the one from Lian's hand, and helped Lian to put it on.

After Tao Hanrui looked at it for a while, she praised: "Mother, don't tell me, my sister's embroidery skills are really not boastful, I can't do this embroidery work."

Lian smiled and said: "What kind of embroidery work do you do as a majestic county chief? In the future, you will be the fourth prince's concubine. Will there be any good ones? Why do you need to do it yourself?"

Tao Qiwu's hand on Lian's forehead was slightly stiff, and then he fastened it as if nothing had happened.

As soon as Lian said this, he felt that something was wrong. Could it be that the elder daughter didn't have to do it herself because of her noble status, so the younger daughter was not noble?
Afraid that Tao Qiwu would be suspicious, she looked at Tao Qiwu apologetically, and said embarrassingly: "Wu'er... Mother means..."

"Mother, what's the matter?" Tao Qiwu blinked his clear eyes, looking puzzled.

Lian Shi stared at Tao Qiwu closely, and found no trace of sadness on her face, so he relaxed, laughing secretly that he had too many thoughts and thought Wu'er was too complicated.

Wu'er is only nine years old, how can he know so many twists and turns?

"It's okay, what mother means is that you embroider really well."

Tao Hanrui looked at it for a while, and praised: "Yes, my sister's craftsmanship is indeed exquisite, but as the saying goes, good clothes match beautiful women, and the reason why the forehead is so beautiful is thanks to the beauty of my mother. , my sister said, right?"

Tao Qiwu covered his lips, laughing so hard that the branches trembled.

Lian's face turned red and he spat: "No matter how big or small a girl is, she even dares to make fun of her own mother!"

That being said, the eyes looking at Tao Hanrui were soft enough to drip water.

Tao Qiwu was still smiling, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

Tao Hanrui said: "What does my sister think of my sister?"

"Does it need to be said? Naturally, it is beautiful and beautiful, so beautiful that people can't breathe. Otherwise, how could the fourth prince be fascinated by his sister?"

Although these words are said to be a compliment to Tao Hanrui, they always have a somewhat frivolous meaning, if someone else said that, Lian Shi would definitely scold him, but it was Tao Qiwu who said it, Lian Shi naturally couldn't bear to scold him.

He just smiled and said: "What kind of person is the fourth prince? He is a dragon and a phoenix among men, how can he be fascinated by women? Isn't it because he likes your sister that he can be so affectionate?"

"That's natural." Tao Qiwu said so, but he didn't take it seriously in his heart. If Tao Hanrui lost his identity and appearance, would the fourth prince still be happy with Tao Hanrui?
think……

The smile on her lips grew wider.

"Okay, mother, stop praising the fourth prince, he is already proud enough, and if you say good things about him, he is still so proud?"

With these words, it was as if the fourth prince had been regarded as his own.

Lian Shi pretended not to hear it, but felt a little sour in her heart. The daughter who had been raised and loved for more than ten years was seduced by the fourth prince.

Tao Hanrui didn't care about these, but said to Tao Qiwu: "Sister, you also said that my sister is beautiful, but just now my sister also said that a good dress matches a beauty, your hands are so skillful, and my sister's wedding dress May I trouble you to embroider it?"

Before Tao Qiwu agreed, Lian immediately objected: "No, absolutely not. The wedding dress is not about wiping the forehead. It takes a lot of time and effort to embroider it, and it also takes a lot of time. This half a year is too rushed, and I am tired." What about Wu'er? I don't agree."

"Mother, I don't worry about the wedding dress embroidered by others! My sister's embroidery skills are so good, why don't you let my sister embroider it? I will wear the most beautiful wedding dress to marry the fourth prince, and others will naturally ask Where did my wedding dress come from? If I say it was embroidered by my sister, wouldn't that give my sister a name?
Think about it, for the fourth prince's wedding banquet, the attendees are either rich or noble, and they are all superior people. If they fall into the eyes of these noble ladies, and my sister's future marriage will be settled, wouldn't that be a way to get the best of both worlds? "

Lien hesitated for a while, on the one hand feeling sorry for his little daughter, but on the other hand wanting to make plans for her.

Tao Qiwu's eyes flickered slightly and said: "Mother, let my daughter embroider, my sister is going out of the court, and I have nothing to give my sister, it's okay to embroider a wedding dress."

Hearing what Tao Qiwu said, Lian nodded and said: "Okay, but you must pay attention to your body, if you are tired, you should rest right away, you know?"

"Understood." Tao Qiwu replied softly.

Seeing that her wedding dress was settled, Tao Hanrui felt better, and she didn't lose her mind when she spoke.

Said: "It's hateful that little bitch stayed in Zhuangzi since she was a child. No one must have taught her how to embroider, otherwise I would let her do all my embroidery work."

Tao Qiwu's eyes turned slightly cold, dare to treat her like someone like Tao Zhifang?She sneered in her heart, this is her sister, the extremely selfish sister.

Because of talking about Tao Zhizhu, Lian felt uncomfortable, so he didn't take Tao Qiwu into consideration, and didn't see the coldness in Tao Qiwu's eyes.

Instead, he sneered and said: "A concubine who knows nothing will be kicked out even if she goes to Xiangyang Prince's Mansion. It is true that they owed their mother and daughter in the previous life, and they have stayed in Zhuangzi for so many years. , come back in a hurry or embarrass the Houfu."

Tao Qiwu wondered: "Mother, sister, what are you talking about? What do you mean by being driven out? Is the second sister going to Xiangyang Palace?"

"What, how could she have such a life to go to Xiangyang Prince's Mansion!" Tao Hanrui curled her lips in disdain and said, "It's just that the Prince of Xiangyang wants all the concubines to apply for the position of maid."

"..." Tao Qiwu blinked, with a puzzled expression on his face.

Tao Hanrui then told the whole story.

Tao Qiwu fell into deep thought when he heard this, and frowned slightly.

Lian said distressedly: "Ah, Wu'er can't take this little bitch's matter to heart, so don't tire yourself out."

Tao Qiwu said with a shallow smile: "Mother, what can I think of? I'm just weird. How can you say that the emperor really loves his son?"

Before Lian could speak, Tao Hanrui said contemptuously: "Pain? What's the use of pain? It's just a bastard."

Tao Qiwu's face darkened, and she shot Tao Hanrui like a knife. Just now, she was just testing Lian's attitude towards Prince Xiangyang, so as to test the possibility between her and Prince Xiangyang.

Unexpectedly, Tao Hanrui gave her such a sentence before Lian's said to let go!To scold the man she likes in front of her is really hateful!
Lian's lowered his voice and reprimanded: "Rui'er, what nonsense are you talking about? Beware that walls have ears!"

Tao Hanrui was startled, but she didn't admit defeat and said, "The left and right are all mothers, what are you afraid of?"

There was a black line on Lian's forehead, and he said in a deep voice: "That can't be nonsense, you don't know, in fact, every high official's house has the emperor's spies, those people are not something that my mother's subordinates can guard against! If you say that Let the emperor hear it, and you don't need the title of princess!"

"How could it be so serious!" Tao Hanrui had never been reprimanded before, she understood in her heart but refused to give in.

"Why is it not so serious? If what you said is true, whose son is the son? You dare to call the emperor's son a wild son, can the emperor spare you?"

"Okay, okay, I get it, mother." Tao Hanrui felt a little scared now.

Tao Qiwu said again, "Mother, since this is the case, should we make double preparations?"

Tao Hanrui erected a spike like a hedgehog, and scolded Tao Qiwu: "Sister, what do you mean? What double preparations are you going to do? Don't you think the fourth prince can't be on the Dabao?"

"Sister...I...I..." Tao Qiwu looked shocked, unable to utter a complete sentence.

"Rui'er, what are you doing? You scared your sister."

Lian Shi hugged Tao Qiwu in his arms, and stared at Tao Hanrui.

Tao Hanrui said angrily: "Mother, look how much you spoil my sister? Don't you know what to say and what not to say?"

Lian Shi glanced at Tao Hanrui and secretly sighed.

This daughter is good at everything, she must be talented, she must be good-looking, the only thing is that she is too proud.

In fact, what Wu'er said is right, how can an egg be put in a basket?
Although Concubine Xu was favored, it was after all just the result of many parties' weighing, and in terms of status and background, the possibility of the Fourth Prince becoming the Great Treasure was really not a certainty.

After all, there is a crown prince in terms of concubine, and there is a son in terms of favor. The fourth prince only got into the eyes of the emperor because of a favored mother and concubine.

Seeing that Lian was lost in thought, Tao Hanrui didn't want to be angry anymore, and said with a livid face: "Mother, you won't listen to my sister's words and think about it? Married to the prince of Xiangyang, don't blame me for being rude! Hmph!"

After all, she left in a fit of anger.

Behind her, Lian looked worriedly at her back, moved his lips, but finally did not stop her.

Tao Qiwu hid in Lian's arms, a sneer appeared on his lips.

She knew that Lian Shi had listened to her words.

At this time, she pushed Lian Shi away and expressed her panic: "Mother, did I say something wrong?"

"No, you're right." Lian Shi gently stroked Tao Qiwu's head, his eyes fell on her feet, and sighed softly: "If it weren't for your feet... oh..."

Tao Qiwu lowered his head, full of hatred!

foot!foot!foot!
It's those damn feet again!If it weren't for this foot, she would have married Zhuo Qihua, wouldn't she?

She had never hated Lian Shi so much at this moment. Looking at the forehead wiped on Lian Shi's head, she smiled strangely.

After coming out of the Lian's house, Tao Qiwu asked Qiuyue, "Qiuyue, do you think I will be selected if I go to apply for the imperial maidservant?"

Qiuyue was taken aback, and quickly said, "Miss, are you kidding me?"

"Do you think I'm joking?"

Qiuyue was even more frightened out of her wits, she was afraid that the master would really go for an interview, if it was known that the daughter of the dignified Houfu was going to interview the maid, wouldn't they treat the Houfu as a joke?
Even if Lord Hou won't do anything to Miss, but these servants are probably dead.

His face was as white as paper.

Tao Qiwu glanced at her and said: "If you tell me, just say it, what are you afraid of?"

Qiuyue smiled wryly and said: "Can I not be afraid, my servant? I am afraid that my son will lose his life!"

"Oh, how do you say that?"

"With such a noble status, you serve as the maidservant of the son of the world, isn't it the birthday of the son of the son?"

Tao Qiwu loves to hear these words, blushes slightly, and said in a low voice: "If he is willing, I would be willing to live a few years less, but I can't bear him to lose my life."

Qiuyue complained endlessly, this little master is bewitched, don't really go!

After thinking for a while, he forced himself to calm down and said, "Speaking of which, if the young lady goes to apply for the election, the prince will be astonished, but have you ever thought about it, if you really become the maidservant of the prince, you will lose your right to be a prince in the future?" Concubine's chance. Could it be that Miss is willing to give up the position of Shizi Concubine to someone else?"

Tao Qiwu's gaze became cold and vicious, and he said coldly, "Dream!"

Only then did Qiuyue breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the master gave up his mind.

The back was wet.

When the carriage stopped at the gate of Hou's Mansion, Tao Zhijuan looked at the three big golden characters of Taohou's Mansion, and was in a daze for a while.

Adding up the time of the two lives, she has lived here for 22 years, but in these 22 years, she has lived worse than a third-class maid.

She has no feelings for this deep house.

"Sister, is this the Hou Mansion?"

Tao Yuanzhi looked at the majestic gate with some curiosity. Two tall stone lions opened their teeth and claws at them at the gate, and the lion's eyes were even more angry, full of majesty.

Aunt Chen jumped out of the carriage first, walked to the gatehouse and started talking.

After a while, Aunt Chen came back with a livid face, and said angrily: "Second Miss, the concierge told me to let Second Miss and the young master go in there."

After all, he pointed to the dog hole on the side.

Tao Yuanzhi said indignantly: "It's unreasonable, they let us go in through the dog hole! They are really bullying! Sister, give me the stick, I'm going to break the door open!"

Momozhizao looked at the tightly closed vermilion gate with cold eyes.

It took a long time before he said calmly: "Brother, you are bored."

Tao Yuanzhi blushed and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, sister, I was wrong."

Tao Zhizhang smiled slightly, touched his head, and said softly: "It's wrong to be anxious, but it's right to have backbone. Even if you are a concubine and concubine of the Houfu, don't forget that we are still living in the Feng family." The Feng family is a proud family, and they will never lower their proud heads!"

Feeling a sense of pride in his heart, Tao Yuanzhi firmly said: "Yes, the backbone of the Feng family will always be straight."

Taozhizhao nodded, and said leisurely: "Don't worry, my sister will let him open the main door to welcome us in."

(End of this chapter)