The little lady in the palace

Chapter 173
Everyone was sweating for Xie Xiyao, and also embarrassed for the eldest son of the emperor.After being quiet for a while, the queen smiled and said: "You are right, there is no rush for the affairs of a lifetime. In this case, this palace will not worry about you. Walk around more, maybe you will find a good husband for yourself?"

The queen's last words seemed to be a bit of a joke, Xi Yao breathed a sigh of relief, said "Yes, my servant remembers", kowtowed and stood up, and stood beside Yuyin.

Afterwards, everyone told some anecdotes and retired from Kunning Palace around noon, and each went to greet the concubines in each palace.

Yuyin has to go through this process every New Year's Eve, and she also has to walk this road every New Year's Eve, but in real time, since the new emperor ascends the throne, these things should change.

——The harem should be vacated for the concubines of the new emperor, and the concubines should move to other places for the elderly or go out of the palace to live in their sons' mansions.But because there are really not many concubines around today, including all the famous ones in Prince Jin's mansion, there are not many people, and he has no relationship with them, so he simply put his concubines in The more remote palace rooms save the concubines the trouble of moving.

Yu Yin felt a little sad when he thought of this.She thought that the relationship between the emperor and the empress was probably no less than that between her and Meng Junhuai, so he could not care about other concubines like this.This kind of family should be very harmonious, and it should be much more worry-free than a family with disputes between wives and concubines... But their problem lies in their children.

Judging from the current situation, the empress probably cannot have any more children.Then no one persuaded the emperor and other concubines to add a few princes?There must be, the delay in the birth of a new prince can only be because the emperor himself refuses.

It would be great if the eldest son of the emperor can live well. He is not afraid that he will always be weaker than ordinary people, and his life span will be a little shorter... If he can live to be four or fifty years old, he will be able to solve many problems.

Yu Yin sighed again.It was probably because she had just met the eldest son of the emperor, and this incident suddenly made her feel even more depressed.What a well-behaved young man that is, if he can succeed to the throne, he must be a prosperous and wise king, why did he suffer this kind of torture?

"Ming Jing." Yu Yin squeezed Ming Jing's hand, Ming Jing raised her head, and she said, "My concubine wants to go to Hualing Nunnery to pray for the eldest son of the emperor on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, you go with my concubine, okay? "

"Okay!" Ming Jing nodded, and said that she would call her brothers, saying that they all liked this big brother.

After getting Yongning Palace, Ming Jing "stayed obediently" beside Concubine Ding for a while, and then "obediently" couldn't stop.But she felt that it was not good for her to go out to play, so she forced herself to continue to sit obediently, and occasionally glanced at the adults around her, unable to hide the expectation in her eyes.

Later Concubine Ding saw the clue and hugged her with a smile: "

Can Ming Jing sit still?She can't get in the mouth when we talk here, it's a bit boring.Let her sisters take her to play in the imperial garden, don't bore the children when it's Chinese New Year. "

He Jing, Lan Jing and Xi Yao got up together and took her out together, but after a while, they arrived at the Imperial Garden, where there was still snow and ice, which was exactly what a girl of Ming Jing's age wanted.

The older sisters were happy to play with her, but they didn't let her too much.During the snowball fight, several people played very "seriously". Ming Jing, who was not dominant in strength and stature, was quickly defeated by the snowballs that flew over one after another. She ran forward while shouting and laughing. Try to avoid them.

After finally hiding behind the rockery, Ming Jing was able to breathe a sigh of relief, and looked at the few sisters who were still far away, thinking that she must throw a bigger snowball before they came over.

However, this area is probably due to the lack of people coming and going, and there are no snow blocks that have been trampled down. The snow on the ground is loose and loose, and it is difficult to form a ball.

Ming Jing, who refused to give up, squatted there with her head covered in snow, and regardless of the cold hands, she suddenly saw two big hands holding a handful of snow and pressing it on the snow ball she had just piled up.

Ming Jing looked up and was startled: "Your Highness!"

Then she wanted to see the ceremony, the eldest son of the emperor squatted down and helped her: "You are the young master of Prince Yi's mansion, right?"

"En!" Ming Jing nodded, and the eldest son of the emperor asked again: "It's so cold and you still have a snowball fight, aren't you cold?"

"It's cold..." Ming Jing pursed her lips and said unhappily that her sisters bullied her, three of them beat her, and even if she was cold, she would fight them again.

"Haha." The eldest son of the emperor laughed, and then buried his head in helping her continue making snowballs. Ming Jing looked up, but her little face turned pale: "...!"

A hand slowly stretched out from a small hole on the rockery, holding a snowball, apparently about to shoot it down.Ming Jing was stunned for a moment, and when she yelled "Sister, don't...!", the snowball just hit hard.

Meng Shi, who was caught off guard by the chill on his head, took a hissed breath, and at the same time heard the laughter of the girls on the other side of the rockery who had succeeded in their plot.

Then the three girls came together to look at the little sister who was hit, but they could see the younger sister who was safe but shocked, and the eldest son of the emperor who was covered with snowflakes.

For a moment, the four girls present stared at each other with suffocated eyes. Then, seeing the eldest son of the emperor silently brushing off the snow from his head, turning his head with a gloomy face, he only uttered one word: "Who?"

"..." The three shrank their necks at the same time, but none of them betrayed the other, but their subconscious eyes immediately betrayed their companions.

Meng Shi was stunned, and looked at her for a while, with a slight smile in his eyes: "Miss Xie has reached the age of marriage, so she is still very lively."

"...Your Highness, forgive me." Xi Yao couldn't say she was afraid of him, but no matter how it happened, she was wrong.Gritting her teeth secretly, she still knelt down on the spot and explained, "My daughter thought Ming Jing was there, so..."

"Still bullying the younger?" A charge was dropped in a calm tone, Xi Yao was taken aback, bowed her head and said nothing.

Meng Shijin stood up and walked in front of her, while Xi Yao showed no fear, but at the same time was forced to hide by an inexplicable aura.Reluctantly, the snow slowly melted under her knees, and the cold air rushed upwards, and there was a hard gravel road under the snow, which made her legs uncomfortable, and she couldn't escape for a while.

Then this discomfort aroused her fear little by little.She felt that the eldest son of the emperor was not the kind of person who would care about such trivial matters, but to be honest, she didn't know him at all.

What if he wants to care about something if he is in a bad mood today?Then she can only bear it!You Qi's aunt is not here, especially... You Qi did something to slap him in the face just a moment ago.

The more Xi Yao thought about it, the more panicked she became. At this moment, the eldest son of the emperor said again: "The three cousins, please go back first. I'll ask Miss Xie a few words."

"..." and Jinglan Jingming looked at each other blankly, none of them were particularly familiar with the eldest son of the emperor, at least not enough to plead for mercy by relying on their cousin relationship.

So what they can do is to leave quickly and report a letter to the concubine mother.So Xi Yao was quickly dropped by them.

Meng Shijin looked at her, held down his slightly disturbed heartstrings, and sighed, "Would you like to sit over there?"

It seems to be just a very polite and ordinary question?Xi Yao couldn't figure out what he meant for a while, so she stood up according to the words.Her foot slipped, he quickly supported her, and then let go of her hand quickly, without any special intimacy.

The two walked into the pavilion. Meng Shiying sat down by the stone table and saw that she was still standing there, so she said, "Thank you for sitting down. I just teased you casually. I just played with my sister. It's nothing to bully the younger." .”

Xi Yao was blessed and went to sit opposite him.She raised her eyes and glanced, and saw some crystal drops of water on the top of his head, which should be caused by the melting snow.

She was conflicted for a moment, thinking that he was not in good health and should not be able to freeze, so she took out the veil, handed it over and pointed to his head: "Your Highness, please... wipe."

Meng Shijin smiled, took the veil and wiped it casually, and when he took it off, his eyes fell on the embroidered lotus pattern on it.

He paused for a moment, then smiled as usual: "Girl doesn't like the marriage that the family told me, is it because she has a sweetheart?"

"Ah...?" Xi Yao was stunned, feeling at a loss when he said this suddenly, "No..."

He handed over the handkerchief to signal her to look, Xi Yao was still dazed for a moment, then she understood immediately, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, you are thinking too much."

The eldest son of the emperor didn't say a word, he nodded slightly to signal her, and she said, "I just think that the twin stalks symbolize a happy marriage, but the reason why they can grow together is because both of them are the same height - this doesn't mean that you are married. Is this also the case? If the heights of the two sides are different, how can it be possible to be like Bing Dilian, and how can it be truly happy?"

After she said this, coupled with what she said in Kunning Palace earlier, Meng Shiying roughly understood the reason for her distress.But this reason made him very surprised, so he frowned and said: "The family wants you to marry low? This is impossible. But is there any family that doesn't pay attention to the right family, let alone you Xie family?"

"The difference between high and low is not only on the lintel." Xi Yao thought of this and felt extremely distressed, she sighed and told the truth, "The family feels that the current situation in Beijing and China is too tight, and they are afraid that the courtier will marry someone who is ambitious and fighting. Afterwards, the family either formed a clique with others or watched the courtiers look down upon in the husband's house. So the courtiers were chosen for their high sillages but contented with pleasure... The courtiers thought it was right for the family to think so, but the courtiers I really don't like them."

She said, looking at the expression of the eldest son of the emperor, and added another sentence: "Your Highness, don't feel that the courtesans are restless. The men that the courtesans have been in contact with since childhood are all people like grandfathers, fathers, and uncles. It doesn't matter if you are good for your family, you always have to work hard for some things. The courtiers really don't dare to think about how to live with a husband who only knows how to be sensual in the future. The man who has been murdered has fun for a few years... and if he dies on the battlefield and sacrifices his life for the country or something, even if I have been a widow for the rest of my life, I think it is worth it!"

What Xi Yao said was indignant, and it was only when she finished speaking that she realized that she seemed to have talked too much...?With a lump in her throat, she looked at the look of the eldest son of the emperor again, avoided her eyes, and stumbled back to make amends: "My daughter is just... just talking casually."

"If a girl like you marries someone, her husband's family will be very reluctant to make you a widow." After a long silence, he suddenly said this.Xi Yao was stunned for a moment, and he stood up with a smile: "I took it for granted when I was in Kunning Palace just now, so don't worry about it, girl. There is nothing wrong with a girl wanting to marry a satisfactory husband, let's find it slowly. Press hard... I can help you intercede."

"...?!" Xi Yao was taken aback by his last sentence. The eldest son of the emperor ignored the shock on her face, looked at the handkerchief in his hand, stuffed it into his sleeve indifferently, and said casually. Said: "The handkerchief is dirty, so I can't continue to use it. It's causing trouble for the girl. I'll send some new ones to the girl in a while, thank you."

As he spoke, he bowed his hands to her, turned around and strode away.Liu Xiyao froze on the spot, and after a while before she realized—wait?
How many new ones?No need... Their girls don't just wear a handkerchief when they go out, she has something to use!

If he gave her a few more yuan, where would she put it?

(End of this chapter)