royal princess

Chapter 168 A woman's heart under the sea needle 1
Chu Chenglan came in with a smile, Qiao Lingyi asked her to sit down, and asked Shuhui to make tea, then looked at her and said, "Why didn't you play with everyone in the yard, but came in to keep me company."

Chu Chenglan rolled her eyes gracefully, "The annoying person has gone, it's boring to stay, so come in and ask for a cup of tea, you don't think I'm annoying, do you?"

"What are you talking about? When do you come, I will prepare tea here for you." Qiao Lingyi said with a smile.

Chu Chenglan smiled triumphantly. There was no one else in the room, so she lowered her voice and said, "I've heard about your family's affairs. What's going on? It's spread all over Mingxiu Palace, so Su Rui Not to mention it a lot.”

Qiao Lingyi smirked when he heard Chu Chenglan's words, but he said: "I'm a girl and I don't know what's going on. My family is in Chuyang, and there is no one in Beijing. This matter I'm also surprised."

"I think so too. I guess someone is behind the scenes." Chu Chenglan snorted coldly, then looked at Qiao Lingyi and said, "The Empress Dowager saw you when she returned to the palace. I don't know how many people here are greedy. Girls are not embroidered pillows, all of them come from extraordinary backgrounds, you have to be careful."

Qiao Lingyi was grateful, looked at Chu Chenglan and said, "Thank you for reminding me, I'm from Chuyang, and I don't know anything about Beijing, you have to teach me, so that I don't know if I'm being tricked, And treat your enemies as your benefactors."

"You're right to ask me about these things. If you want to know anything, just ask." Chu Chenglan took a sip of tea, with a bit of complacency in his eyebrows and eyes, and he couldn't help looking down on Qiao from a remote place like Chuyang. Lingyi.So what about the Empress Dowager's niece, she was relegated to such a remote place by the first emperor.

Qiao Lingyi didn't seem to notice the disdain in Chu Chenglan's eyes at all, and the smile on his face was even more joyful, so he asked, "I'm a little curious about Xi Ronghua, I heard that her natal family was not famous before. , now it is quite surprising, not only pregnant with the emperor's heir, but also monopolizing the holy favor, it is really eye-catching."

"What's the matter? If it weren't for my sister to support her, she wouldn't be where she is today." Chu Chenglan didn't take it seriously, took another sip of tea, and put the teacup on the table gracefully, and then said: " The ancestors of Xi Ronghua's natal family are in the same line as Quzhou Su's. It's a pity that her family's luck is not good, and it's a side branch. Later, there were some internal strife in the family, and they were expelled from this branch to stand on their own The portal." Because the noble concubine clarified this matter, no one in the palace dared to speak nonsense easily now.

Therefore, when Chu Chenglan talked about this matter, even though he was unwilling to honor Xi Ronghua, he didn't dare to smear Xi Ronghua wantonly, so he could only pass along a vague sentence like this.

Qiao Lingyi smiled thoughtfully when he heard the words, and then said, "Speaking of which, Xi Ronghua is a poor person." He could be a branch phoenix, but now he can only do so little.

"Man is life, this is a gift from God."

Qiao Lingyi just smiled, and there was laughter and laughter in the yard. The two of them looked out at the same time, and Chu Chenglan sighed and said, "This is the last time to be selected, and I don't know what the result will be."

"You and I don't need to worry." Qiao Lingyi smiled sweetly.

Chu Chenglan thought it was the same, and put this trouble behind her, looked at Su Rui outside and said, "She guesses that even if she stays, she may not be able to ask for it, so go, her family and Xi Ronghua's family are different. Old and dead have nothing to do with each other."

There was a lot of rumors about Yunshang's arrival before, Qiao Lingyi naturally knew about it, "Maybe not necessarily, how could Xi Ronghua dare to act so blatantly?"

"Yeah, everyone says they don't dare, but that Xi Ronghua has the guts to dominate the emperor alone during pregnancy. Can this courage be so small?" Ronghua is considered a manipulative person, but from her point of view, this person is definitely not a law-abiding person.

Qiao Lingyi rolled his eyes, half covered his lips and said, "You can't talk nonsense like this, what if it gets out?"

"It's not with you, don't worry about it anymore."

"Always be careful that the walls have ears, you are such a carefree temper."

"You are not the same."

The two chatted and laughed, and never mentioned the matter in the palace again. Seeing that the final election was coming, Mingxiu Palace also became nervous.After all, there are so many people here, only half of them can stay in the end.And in the remaining half, how many people can get high positions.There will never be a person who can be named a noble concubine after entering the palace like a noble concubine. There are still two seats left for the fourth concubine, but there are many concubines with qualifications and favors. Newcomers like them dare not expect this of high position.

But for the rest of the position, it may not be impossible to think about it.There are several daughters from aristocratic families here, let alone the niece of the queen mother, the queen's sister, the fourth concubine dare not think about it, so can you think about the concubine?No matter how bad it is, the nine concubines are always qualified.

Thinking of this, everyone's blood will inevitably boil.With a background like Xi Ronghua, with three years of qualifications, and now she is pregnant, she is nothing but a titled Ronghua.

Therefore, this origin is really important.I don't know if Xi Ronghua would resent his family at this time, and why he wanted to become a sect and set up his own family back then.If she hadn't come out of the clan, she would be the fourth concubine by now as a daughter of the Su family in Quzhou.

During this period of time, Xiao Qi was very unhappy, very unhappy, and very irritable.Obviously Si Jin is still the same as before, but he feels different, and if you ask him to say what is different, he can't tell.Everything from clothes to meals to soup is not lacking every day.Going to Yihexuan Sijin is also greeted with a smile as before, but the taste is different, yes, it is the same old taste, it seems to be gone all of a sudden.

Guan Changan saw the emperor was in a daze again, I don't know how many times today, he immediately lowered his head and pretended to be a quail, he didn't dare to scan around at all, trying to make himself as invisible as possible.

The figure of He Shiyi outside flashed away, Guan Changan took a look, and walked out on tiptoe, "What's the matter?" He asked in a low voice.

"Mao Donglin from Changle Palace asks to see the emperor." He Shiyi pointed to a place not far behind.

Guan Changan raised his head and took a look, and Mao Donglin walked over quickly with a smile, "Eunuch Guan, please be accommodating, the imperial concubine ordered the servants to come."

Guan Chang'an thought that the emperor is probably in a bad mood at the moment, so if you go in at this time, you will be filled with ashes.He had some grievances with the concubine, and he never got along with the people around the concubine. At this time, he smiled sweetly and said: "It's easy to talk, Eunuch Mao, wait a moment, I will go in and report."

It's rare that Guan Chang'an didn't make things difficult, Mao Donglin still wanted to count you as smart.

Soon Guan Changan came out, "The emperor Xuanmao, please go in, hurry up."

Mao Donglin cupped his hands, raised his feet and entered the hall.

Guan Changan guarded the door with his hands behind his back, listening to the commotion inside with his ears open. He only heard Mao Donglin say that Princess Yuzhen wanted to see her father, and the imperial concubine invited the emperor to have lunch.However, probably the emperor would not agree, and Yihexuan said they would go there at noon.

Just when Guan Chang'an thought that Mao Donglin was going to return in defeat, he heard the emperor agree.

For a moment, the whole person stood there like petrified.Even when Mao Donglin came out, he couldn't calm down.As soon as Mao Donglin left, the emperor asked Guan Changan to go to Yihexuan to inform him.

Guan Changan: ...

God is really hard-nosed, why should the imperial concubine intercept the emperor, but he has to go to the Yihexuan to look at people's eyes?

Feeling aggrieved in my heart, I can't help but write another note to Changle Palace.

Guan Chang'an didn't dare to say anything about the emperor's order, so he had no choice but to pass the message to Yihexuan.Arriving in front of Master Xi, Guan Changan smiled like a chrysanthemum in September, "The emperor was going to come, but Mao Donglin from Changle Palace said that Princess Yuzhen wanted to see the emperor. , I can only come and invite the emperor to come over."

The smile on Si Jin's face changed from Meidai's at all, and she said with a smile: "Thank you for running this trip yourself, it's hard work."

"Working on the errands of the master, the slaves dare not say hard work, they should all be done."

Si Jin smiled again, "I won't waste my father-in-law's time here, just report to the emperor and tell me that I know. Princess Yuzhen has always been close to the emperor, and she misses her father sometimes. The emperor should take good care of her." Accompany the princess to enjoy family happiness."

Hearing this, Guan Chang'an felt his heart trembling, and he didn't dare to stay longer, so he retreated and returned to Chongming Hall to return to his command.

Xiao Qi inquired carefully about Si Jin's expression and tone, his face became even more stinky than before, and suddenly dark clouds covered him, Guan Chang'an really wished he could shrink into a ball and get out.

"Get your driver ready."

"Yes." Guan Changan was startled, the emperor wanted to go to Changle Palace with great fanfare.

The news that the emperor went to Changle Palace at noon quickly spread throughout the harem. After all, Yu Jia was too obvious to ignore.It is said that Yu Jia didn't leave Changle Palace until the first moment of Shen Shi. The shining team envied so many beauties in the Imperial Garden.

During dinner, Xiao Qi went to Yihexuan, deliberately talked about the Changle Palace, and also mentioned Princess Yuzhen.According to the past, Si Jin would always be jealous and coax her out of her temper.Who knew that today Si Jin would be very tolerant and gentle and said: "Princess Yuzhen respects the emperor, her father and daughter are in harmony with each other, it is in line with human nature, it is only right for the emperor to visit more often."

Xiao Qi would be a fool if he didn't know what was wrong.

But what is Si Jin angry about?
If it's because of my cousin, I haven't seen her these days.As for the affairs of the Qiao family, he also handled them on business, so there was a lot of disagreement between the Queen Mother and him.Even in these days, the queen has been tossed by the queen mother a lot. If the queen hadn't protected Si Jin under his instruction, the queen mother would have to toss her head.

(End of this chapter)