The little lady in the palace

Chapter 130 Love
Yuyin returned to the main courtyard and saw Youshi waiting in the courtyard.

"Princess." Youshi Yifu seemed a little guilty, "You came to me because..."

"It's about You Zexu." Yu Yin took a look at her and breathed a sigh of relief, "Let's go into the room and talk about it."

The two entered the room together, Yuyin sat down, and sat down without calling Youshi.After pondering for a while, he looked at her lightly and said, "I read the letter you wrote to the lord. It was originally a matter between children, and the eight characters have not been written yet. I think it doesn't matter if you let nature take its course. But you..."

She smiled slightly: "Are you in a hurry?"

You Shi froze: "Princess..."

"Actually, even now, I still don't care about You Zexu and Princess Duanrou. I know you hope that he can get the status of a son-in-law so that you can continue to challenge me, but if you think that the You family married a The princess can compete with the Xie family, you are too naive."

Yu Yin frowned as she spoke.She really didn't understand, why Youshi still thinks that these quarrels are just a matter between the two of them?
The last smile on You Shi's face couldn't hold on any longer, he slowed down, and his voice trembled slightly: "Princess, the reason why you called me here is..."

"I want you to understand." Yuyin looked at her, and said, "There are some concubines in this dynasty who can take on errands. But the relationship between the two of us is here, do you think Xie's family will let You Ze Is Xu on an errand? If he wasn't in Jinyiwei, what real power would you have in the You clan? What an honor it is to be the son-in-law?"

The contempt in her eyes could not be suppressed.She hasn't argued with Youshi much these years, because Youshi's ideas are always more or less ridiculous.

Humans, it is inevitable that there will be a few times in life when you think about it, but You Shi can think about it every time, and Yu Yin is really convinced!

Sure enough, being so impressed by her, Youshi was shocked and dazed at the same time.

Then these two emotions turned into anger together: "Princess, you..." Her eyebrows twitched, and her anger became even stronger, "You have thought of this step a long time ago! So let them meet!"

"Then I really can't do it." Yu introduced Shan Shan to bring tea, took a sip, and told her calmly, "You Zexu is only a general flag in Jinyiwei. I want to remove him, so what's the use? A lot of effort? To tell you the truth, the prince has said that if I think something is wrong, I don’t have to let You Zexu go on errands. I went to the front house just now to spread this word.”

"you……"

"Also." Yuyin touched the Eight Immortals table lightly, and stood up, "You haven't stopped for so many years, and I know what kind of person you are. I know about Princess Duanrou. I will give up easily, but I really don't want to see you making trouble inside."

You Shi choked in his throat, extremely vigilant: "What do you want..."

Yu Yin smiled lightly: "I will send a message to my concubine. From tomorrow onwards, you will enter the palace to serve her, and Ah Li and Ah Qi will live with me. When the prince comes back, you will come back."

"You can't!" You Shi panicked all of a sudden, his tone was blunt, but his voice trembled, "I'm also a mother of two children, you can't..."

"For no reason? Isn't it your job to serve your mother-in-law?" Yu Yin said in a more blunt tone than her, "It's also my job to take care of the children in the house. Don't worry about putting them down, I like them very much."

No matter how unwilling You Shi is, in this kind of matter, You Shi can't hold her back.

That night, Ah Li and Ah Qi were all sent to the main courtyard.The two children are not afraid of her, but they are a little surprised that their mother suddenly wants to enter the palace to serve grandma.

Ah Li asked her worriedly: "Is grandma in poor health recently?"

Yu Yin coaxed him with a smile and said: "No. But your grandma is usually alone in the palace, so she is inevitably bored, so let your mother and concubine go to accompany her."

"Oh..." Ah Li nodded obediently, held her hand and said solemnly, "Then mother concubine, don't worry, if grandma is still bored, I can also go to the palace to accompany her!"

These words made Yu Yin feel uncomfortable for a while.Until the nanny took them back to their respective houses, she still felt guilty for the child's innocence.

Moreover, she didn't understand how she finally made such a decision.

She hadn't thought about letting Youshi enter the palace to serve the concubine at all. What she wanted to do was to explain clearly to You Zexu first, and then go back to the main courtyard to openly explain Youshi's unauthorized letter to Meng Junhuai. , How to punish and how to punish, you can let several concubines in the north come to watch, make a quick decision, and finish the matter as soon as possible.

But in the end she said something else like a ghost...

Yu Yin lay crooked on the couch, thinking quietly for a long time, and felt that it was You Zexu's liking for Xizhen that surprised her.

Yes, Princess Duanrou's liking for You Zexu didn't shock her so much.It is true that Xizhen, a lady from the side branch of the Xie family, cannot be said to be more noble than Princess Duanrou—even Xi Yao cannot be said to be more noble than Princess Duanrou.But in terms of affection, these two girls are far closer to her than Princess Duanrou.

It was only recently that Princess Duanrou had interacted with her. Before that, even Meng Junhuai, an uncle, didn't know her very well.It is true that they are connected by blood, but in fact they are just a little bit more familiar than strangers.

But Xizhen Xiyao was the girl she watched growing up.Rank the girls all over the world in her eyes, and Jing Mingjing ranks first, and Xi Zhen Xi Yao ranks second.Suddenly a person who had never thought of Xi Zhen's choice of husband came out and said he liked her, Yu Yin was really stunned for a moment and didn't know how to deal with it.

how to say?This feeling probably corresponds to the folk saying - she feels that the good cabbage she has worked so hard to raise for many years, let it go!pig!Give!arch!up!

No matter how good You Zexu is, or in other words, no matter how much better than You Zexu is, it probably won't be able to stop her from feeling this way.

She thought about it carefully, Meng Junhuai probably felt the same way when he saw Xie Sheng.

And if Xie Sheng wasn't her nephew, she would probably think that Xie Sheng was not good enough for her and Jing.

But in fact, they all agreed in their hearts that Xie Sheng and You Zexu were good children.

Yu Yin dealt with this mess of thoughts, and fell down on the couch with a sigh.Dazed for a while, he laughed at himself that he had to worry about the marriages of so many children, am he... old?
No no no, absolutely not...

Yu Yin shook her head indiscriminately, persuading herself that if she encounters troubles, she just needs to stand up and solve them!Don't think about these things!
She weighed the weight of You's family, Youshi's, and You Zexu's difference for a while, then turned her head and called Liuli: "Send a message to Xie's mansion, please ask my brother to come tomorrow. In addition, tell Xizhen not to go forward after reading tomorrow." Don't delay, just come back and say that I have something to tell her."

The next morning.

In late autumn, it was already very late at dawn, and when Youshi arrived at Yongning Palace, the surroundings were still half dark.At the gate of the palace, a nanny and two maids were waiting for her. When she saw her coming, the nanny gave a blessing: "You are here."

"Yes." You Shi returned the gift.The nanny didn't say anything more, she stretched out her hand to invite her in, two maids held up lamps to illuminate the two of them, Youshi looked at the closed door, "Toffee is still asleep?"

"Yes. Spring is sleepy and autumn is exhausting. The concubine has been feeling a lot lately. Please wait for a while."

After finishing speaking, the nanny gave her another blessing, and then led the maid to leave.You Shi understood that the "waiting" was not about asking her to enter the palace or wait in a side room, but to wait outside.

The decision was the princess' idea.

She couldn't help laughing at herself as she thought about it, feeling that she was really bad at it.After so many years, I never thought that the people who manage the Yongning Palace can only let the Yongning Palace help the princess and oppress her together.

Youshi just waited outside with complicated emotions, hating the concubine for being vicious, resenting the prince's ruthlessness, and mocking himself for being useless.After waiting for about an hour, the door of the palace in front of me opened.

Just as You Shi was walking forward, she saw a basin of water splashing head-on, she had no time to hide, she screamed and turned her head away, she was literally splashed all over her body!
"Ah, side concubine!" The maid splashed the water with a flustered face, and knelt down after a moment of hesitation, "Side concubine, forgive me, I don't know you are outside."

Youshi was about to get angry, but a tired voice came out first: "Is it You side concubine?"

She had no choice but to hold back her anger, and nodded her head: "Yes, I am here to serve the concubine."

"Well, come in." There was no joy or anger in Concubine Ding's voice.Next, he explained for the court lady, "I told them to pour the water out after washing, so as not to raise dust on the ground. This happens every day. I don't know that you came so early today, so don't blame her."

When Youshi heard this, he couldn't blame the maid anymore, so he could only forced a smile and said: "Yes, I don't blame her, it's my concubine who didn't say it in advance."

After she finished answering, she entered the hall, went to the bed and knelt down to pay respects: "Toffee is well."

"Get up, change your clothes first." Concubine Ding said kindly.

Mrs. You replied "Yes", just as she got up and stepped back, Concubine Ding said again: "Stop."

You Shi stopped his feet, and saw Concubine Ding's eyes flicking over her face, her brows were slightly frowned, as if there was some dissatisfaction.

"Toffee..." She was stared at by Concubine Ding with a guilty conscience, and called out with confusion, Concubine Ding said again: "The juniors have finished their filial piety, you are still in the period of filial piety of the late emperor, right? "

Youshi couldn't help but tense his heartstrings: "Yes..."

Concubine Ding stared at her: "Then what are you wearing on your temples?"

Youshi suddenly pressed down on what Concubine Ding said, it was an orange silk flower.

"With a background like your princess's, you don't dare to break this rule, but you are very courageous."

"Toffee..." Youshi's knees went limp and he knelt back, thinking that he had brought this with him yesterday, he felt that Xie Yuyin must be trying to trick her.

She didn't show mercy to Xie Yuyin either: "Private concubine forgive me! This concubine deliberately inspected it before leaving the mansion, and dared not break the rules. As for this... this concubine brought this in front of the concubine, and the concubine did not say anything about it." No, I thought that..."

"You still dare to bite your concubine." Concubine Ding frowned deeply, took a long breath, and looked away from her face, "I should not care about the rules of your wives, and the empress is working hard for the eldest son of the emperor. You Go and apologize to the Queen Mother."

When You Shi heard the word "Queen Dowager", his soul was frightened: "Toffee Concubine..."

"What to say and what not to say, you decide for yourself." Concubine Ding said with a cold face, "Don't think that the whole world can be up to you."

Concubine Ding said so much, Youshi could only go to the queen mother to plead guilty.After she retreated shyly, Nanny Chi came in, respectfully invited Concubine Tai to sit in front of the dressing table, and said in a low voice: "Concubine Tai, Concubine You just came in today...would it be too much. "

"That's why she 'passed' first." Concubine Ding casually held the comb, and handed it to Nanny Chi, "Yuyin's temperament, if Youshi didn't cause trouble, she would never send Youshi to me. So For many years, although Youshi didn't hurt her, he probably annoyed her enough."

Sister Chi lowered her eyebrows and gave the concubine her head pleasingly: "Are you planning...to train You Shi well?"

"It would be great if it could be. After all, there are some things that should be considered in Yuyin's position. I am better than her." Concubine Ding said, with a long sigh, "Besides, she is in such a situation. Confused... Who will be the loser? It's not her or her natal family, it's Ah Li and Ah Qi, and maybe Ah Zuo and Ah You."

If the mother fights, how can the child live better?Concubine Ding has a headache when she thinks about this, and the concubine in the nearby mansion may be worried that the mistress will suppress her too much, leaving her child with no future at all, but this Prince Yi's mansion... the concubine Zheng is obviously not such a person, but I can't stand this concubine jumping up and down by herself!
If the concubine is forced to suppress the concubine, no one else can say anything.But Ah Li and Ah Qi are good children, and Concubine Ding doesn't want to see them being pushed to that point by her mother.

"It's almost Mid-Autumn Festival, let's prepare some gifts for the children." Concubine Ding glanced at Nanny Chi from the mirror, "The ones in the east courtyard and west courtyard of the main courtyard are prepared according to the same rules, but they will be more generous for the son."

"Yes." Nanny Chi understood, and while answering the words, she gave the maid a wink, telling the maid to remember this matter.

Prince Yi's Mansion.

When Xie Jiqing heard that Yuyin invited him suddenly, he was afraid that there was some urgent matter, and after entering the mansion on the morning dew, he heard that the righteous master hadn't woken up yet.

He didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and Zhao Chengrui who came to meet him said: "My lord, please sit down first? The princess gets up, and my servant will come to invite you immediately."

He went to sit in the main hall of the front house, and an eunuch came to serve tea. Zhao Chengrui said that the main courtyard still needed his service, and retreated after apologizing.

After Xie Jiqing sipped a cup of tea slowly, Yuyin hadn't gotten up yet.

He couldn't sit still anymore, got up and walked out, planning to stroll around.

When he came to discuss matters with Prince Yi, if Prince Yi had other matters and couldn't see him in time, he would walk around the front house at will, leaving the eunuchs waiting to know this, so he didn't stop him, just silently follow him.

Xie Jiqing walked for a while and came to a bamboo forest. He wanted to go around, but when he listened carefully, he heard something moving inside.

It was the sound of archery, one arrow shot impatiently, the muffled sound of the arrow hitting the target followed one after another, but occasionally there were a few crisp sounds of missing the target and landing.

Xie Jiqing also said that the eldest son in the mansion was impatient and couldn't practice well. He walked in along the stone path and took a look, but the man who was shooting the arrow made him startled: "Zexu?"

You Zexu's back tensed, and the hand that was pulling the bow subconsciously let go, and the bowstring flicked his left arm, causing him to groan in pain.

Xie Jiqing frowned, but before he could say anything, You Zexu had already left with his bow in hand, without looking at him, let alone greeting him.

"Zexu!" Xie Jiqing shouted, You Zexu didn't dare to stop, but he hesitated to address him.

Then he turned around and nodded, "My lord."

grown ups?

Xie Jiqing felt suspicious, walked up to him, looked at his sweaty face: "How long have you been practicing here?"

"It didn't take long..." You Zexu lowered his head, "I couldn't sleep, so I got up and practiced for a while."

Xie Jiqing declined to comment and asked, "What happened?"

You Zexu's eyes were obviously red, he looked up at Tianqiang and held back his tears: "Nothing happened, I... I don't know what to do."

"Where did you come from?" Xie Jiqing sized him up, "His Highness is not in the mansion, are you making your aunt angry, or the princess?"

"Stop asking!" You Zexu was obviously upset.

"Okay, don't ask." Xie Jiqing said as he glanced at his fingers that were bloody from being strangled because he drew the bow too quickly and too many times, "Follow me to the main courtyard, and I will heal your wounds."

"I can clean it up myself!" You Zexu said immediately.

"It seems to be the princess." Xie Ji smiled lightly. Seeing his pale face, he patted him on the shoulder, "When I was in Jinyiwei thinking about how to interrogate prisoners, you might not be able to pull the bow. It's okay, you can do anything. Go and make it clear in person, if you are right, I will help you intercede with the princess."

You Zexu gritted his teeth and didn't make a sound or move his feet. Xie Jiqing sneered: "How old are you and still so angry? Go, I still have business to do."

In the main courtyard, when Yu got out of bed, he heard that his brother had come, and he went directly to the main room to wait.

After dressing up, she went out to take a look, only to realize that You Zexu was there.

"Why are you here?" Yu Yin frowned, and after a closer look, You Zexu's complexion was obviously not good, he looked very weak, and his clothes were soaked in sweat, so he sat down and said, "Sit down, it's just right I was supposed to see you again today."

She wanted to ask her brother, what do you think about You Zexu liking Xizhen?If the elder brother thinks it's okay, she will ask Xizhen again; but if the elder brother thinks it is absolutely impossible, no matter what he says, he can't let him marry Xizhen... She has no choice but to act like a villain and end the matter directly. Let Xizhen know.

But You Zexu didn't go to sit there, Xie Jiqing pointed to him, and asked Yuyin: "What's the matter? At what time was it, he was shooting arrows outside. I went to see that the ground was full of arrows. It was only after I asked that I realized that the fight started at night."

"Ah?!" Yu Yin was surprised.She was too shocked when she first heard about it yesterday, and she spoke a little bluntly, but she didn't expect You Zexu to care so much.

Xie Jiqing took a look at her: "I shouldn't just speak for him without asking the whole story, but you see, I'm just such an apprentice, what mistakes did you make, you give him a chance to apologize? If you make a mistake in the palace, you have to beat me to death." The punishment is also up to you, just don't let him hold back like this."

"No..." Yu Yin looked at You Zexu, startled, "Zexu, you..."

"Princess." As soon as You Zexu opened his mouth, suffocated grievances rushed out of his heart, and before he could hold back, tears began to burst into tears.

"...Zexu?!" Xie Jiqing was dumbfounded by his crying, looked at him in surprise and then at Yuyin, completely unable to figure out what happened.

"Princess, please tell me what I can do to continue to be a Jinyiwei!" You Zexu wiped away tears, but the new ones quickly captivated his eyes again, "If you refuse to do that, I will I won't let the third person know... I know I'm not good enough for your girl from the Xie family, so I never thought of telling her!"

"Girl from the Xie family?!" Xie Jiqing was surprised after seeing him cry.His first thought was that he wouldn't fall in love with Xi Yao, right?Among other things, the age gap between him and Xi Yao is slightly larger...

"What's going on...?" He asked Yu Yin urgently.

Yuyin's forehead was confused, she didn't know what to say, when she raised her eyes, she saw Xizhen and Xiyao standing a few steps away from the door, with a look of surprise on her face.

(End of this chapter)