The little lady in the palace

Chapter 34 The Hutong
When Xie Yuyin woke up, she saw that there was no one around.Look again, Meng Junhuai is actually still in the room.

He was sitting at the table, with a pair of bruises in front of his eyes, and he took a sip of tea expressionlessly.

"...Your Highness?" Yu Yin was stunned for a moment, rubbing her eyes to make sure she was right, it was indeed Wu Qing, and then asked, "Did Your Highness sleep well?"

Meng Junhuai gave a "hmm" and took another sip of tea without looking at her.

Having not slept all night made him full of evil fire, and the most annoying thing was naturally why he was so worthless?Why worry about such a little nun!
Besides, why is she annoyed that she has so many eyelashes?His eyes hurt so much!
And the results are different every time!The first time he counted the left eye, the result was "dislike", he was bored, and then counted the right eye, the result was "like".Thinking about it again, I was not reconciled, and counted the left eye again, and it turned out to be "like".

Counting the days until dawn, Meng Junhuai was startled to realize that he had been bored for so long, and then felt that his eyes were too tired to open.

So he sat down at the table and drank tea to calm himself down.

After taking a few breaths, he looked at her: "Remember to send a post to the Princess Mansion, and other mansions should also hand it in today. It would be best if you can go and see her together."

"Oh, good..." Xie Yuyin looked at his tired face and hesitated a little, wondering if the matter with Princess Shumin was more serious than she thought?For example, the son-in-law not only beat the princess, but also disabled the princess?

Meng Junhuai didn't even think about looking in the mirror when he woke up. Seeing her expression, he vaguely guessed that he might not look good right now.

He didn't want her to see it anymore, he got up and said "I'll go ahead to catch up on sleep" and left, his footsteps were a little shaky.

Yuyin sent a message to Princess Shumin's mansion on the same day, and in the afternoon the princess mansion sent a reply, asking her to sit down in the mansion the next day.The eunuch who came to send the reply also brought a message, telling her: "Tomorrow I will visit Princess Jin and four other princesses of the county, and five princes and concubines from the mansions of the seventh, eighth, ninth, eleventh, and twelfth princes. "

Yu Yin made a calculation, except that no one went to the Tenth Prince's Mansion, which favored concubines and destroyed wives, all the concubines of the married princes went.

When she got up early the next morning to dress up, someone came to spread the word that several princesses who were married or had built mansions outside the palace would also be there.Yu Yin took a deep breath, secretly thinking that this battle is really not small.

So after hastily eating breakfast, she went out, and when she was about to leave the next door in the mansion, she saw two eunuchs escorting a woman out from the inverted room.

The man didn't seem to be able to exert much strength on his own, and he was half dragged and half supported all the way. Yuyin heard a few sobs vaguely, and heard one of the eunuchs complaining: "You are still crying, look how much you have provoked!" Trouble! Where are we going to cry?"

Yu Yin stopped and frowned, Shan Shan understood her expression, and shouted over there: "What are you arguing about! Come here and salute the princess!"

The three of them didn't even notice that they were coming, they all shuddered when they heard the sound.Then the two eunuchs came back to their senses first, and immediately dropped the person in their hands, and knelt down in front of Xie Yuyin to worship: "Princess."

Yu Yin ignored them for a while, and fixed her eyes on the woman not far away.Seeing that she was not dressed as a maidservant, and the jade hairpin on her hair was exquisite, she said: "She is from the north, what's going on?"

"Princess!" Gu cried out all of a sudden, she didn't have much strength, she still clenched her teeth and rubbed against Xie Yuyin.The two eunuchs didn't dare to stop her, so Gu walked up to Yuyin on her knees and grabbed her sleeve, "My concubine, I am... the Gu family who entered the mansion with you. If you say something wrong, His Highness will punish this concubine to kneel until now... Please, please spare this concubine once! I will never dare again!"

Yu Yin frowned: "How long have you been kneeling?"

"Two days and two nights, today is...the third day." Gu's pale face was flushed, "Your Highness said that if you are willing to forgive me, I will allow you to get up. But His Highness has been in your main courtyard, Even if I want to plead guilty... I can't get in."

As she said that, she kowtowed heavily: "Please! I beg you to be merciful! This concubine will repay you like a cow and a horse in the future. I beg you to spare this time!"

"Okay, get up quickly." Yuyin stretched out her hand to block it, and took a closer look, and there was a bruise on Gu's forehead.

She shook her head, turned her head and ordered: "Go back to His Highness, I don't care about this matter. Help Fengyi go back and rest, and send the doctor to take a look."

Mrs. Gu thanked her immediately, and the two eunuchs supported her to go north.Yu Yinjing watched for a while, seeing that Mrs. Gu couldn't use any strength at all, her legs and feet couldn't move when she was walking, and she had to rely on the support of the two eunuchs to go back.

——This situation made her sigh for most of the way. She closed her eyes and rested for a while in the carriage, but suddenly came back to her senses: "That's not right."

"Stop!" Shocked, Shan Shan immediately yelled to stop the carriage, leaned over and asked, "What's wrong, lady?"

"Oh...it has nothing to do with this trip." Yu Yin breathed out, "You send someone back to the north to pass a message and move a place for Mrs. Gu. Just say that Mrs. Gu is restless, so don't disturb her after a long time. Stay restless."

"...Miss?" Shan Shan was a little surprised, but seeing her serious expression, she quickly lifted the curtain and went out to spread the word.

Coral directly said to Zhao Chengrui: "Change someone else to drive, and you can spread the word. I think it's better for you to stay in the mansion and keep an eye on it, so as not to cause trouble."

"Hey, come on, please rest assured!" Zhao Chengrui responded as he jumped out of the car, and Yu Yin felt relieved when he heard this sentence in the car.

Gu's thoughts are quite ghostly.Even if he was pleading guilty just now, he was actually still "restless".

She said too much about the king of Yijun who punished her. Adding up every sentence, she pointed out that the king of Yijun was ruthless, and another sentence exposed her own mistakes. It is easy to make people think that it was the prince who punished her Too much.Coupled with the fact that she was really hurt badly, Yu Yin couldn't help blaming him for a moment.

But that's actually ridiculous.No matter what, one should get closer to the person standing with her - even if this person has really done it, she should still understand that he is protecting her.It is enough for the two of you to explain the shortcomings. You should not feel pity for the one who is against you in your heart, but turn the person who protects you into an enemy.

Yu Yin secretly sighed that Mrs. Gu really has some skills, and she and Meng Junhuai almost created a rift with a few words.

It can be seen that Gu's confession just now is still full of calculations... Meng Junhuai punishing her like this is really not too much!
Yu Yin thought about it, secretly a little angry.Angry at Gu's taking advantage of other people's kindness in this way, and also angry at herself for being really, really close to being taken advantage of by her!

She rested her chin and pondered, wondering if she was particularly easy to be used in this respect?The fact that she practiced Buddhism for ten years is well known to everyone in the palace and even in the entire capital. Wouldn't it be easier for those who want to think about it, and then work hard on it?
Then it doesn't matter whether she is really much kinder than others. There are many people who use their brains to her, so it is inevitable that she will make mistakes sometimes, right?The so-called often walks by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet!

Hey, it's really annoying!

Yuyin leaned back on the backrest, breathing slowly and frowning.Suddenly I felt that the phrase I liked very much before, "If you have nothing to worry about, it is a good time in the world", it is actually very ironic to put it in the world of mortals!

In Buddhism, it is easy to "have nothing to worry about", but in the world of mortals, there are too many "nothings"!
On the northernmost side of the palace, the courtyards on both sides are quiet.

In the past three or two days, the atmosphere has always been a bit strange, one is that Lu and Miao always shut themselves in the house without seeing anyone, and the other is that Gu who was called to the front house the day before yesterday has not come back.

The remaining three people didn't care about what Lu and Miao were doing for a while, and all their attention was on Gu Shi.

Mrs. Gu was invited by the people from the front house at noon the day before yesterday, and they didn't return for two days. They were very curious about what happened.

She was kindly thinking, did she really fall into the eyes of the prince?I haven't come back for so long, is it because the prince has been staying by my side?This is possible, after all, she is outstanding at chess, and the prince has seen her because of this, so it is not impossible to like her now.Alas, it's too many skills to overwhelm your body;

Those who are more jealous are wondering if she has done something wrong to upset the prince, and she has already been punished?Maybe he was moved to some inconspicuous corner of the mansion, or he was kicked out of the mansion directly?This is not accurate, the Gu family does not have a serious title of wife, and the ranks of "Fengyi" and the like can be decided by each government itself, and no one cares about it in the palace.If this is the case, then she deserves it, she is the most noble among the six people, she is always indifferent to others on weekdays, and she is bored in the room studying some chess skills.

Two conjectures were swirling in everyone's minds, and today is the third day... Then, Mrs. Gu came back.

There was commotion in the courtyards on both sides at the same time.

"Gu Fengyi is back!" Mrs. Miao yelled at Mrs. Lu after listening to the maidservant's report, "You really don't want to go and take a look? If you don't see him when you look up, do you really turn your back on him completely?"

"No." Lu shook his head flatly.She couldn't tell Miao that the prince didn't have any luck with her that night, and she couldn't tell the princess's thoughts that she had figured out, so she could only stop her blindly, "I won't go, and you shouldn't go either. There's a lot going on here. Let's do it, we can't touch it."

"Tch, you've looked down upon others after serving the prince once, right?" Miao was so angry that she ignored Lu's persuasion, opened the door and went out.

The yard next door was in disarray.

The eunuch who sent Mrs. Gu back let him go, and Mrs. Su and Mrs. Wang, who were in the same court, were taking him inside together.Seeing that Mrs. Miao had also come, Mrs. Wang called to her, "Come and help me!"

Mrs. Miao hurried to help with her maid who came with her, and when she looked up and saw Mrs. Jiang sitting on the sidelines, she got angry, but she didn't dare to offend the most senior concubine Liang, so she could only pretend that she didn't see it.

"How did this happen! How did you offend the prince?" Su Shi, who entered the mansion together with Gu Shi, frowned and asked several times, but Gu Shi gritted his teeth and refused to answer.Su Shi didn't ask any more questions, and several people helped her into the room together, and put her directly on the couch to rest.

Not long after, the doctor also arrived.

There are only a few doctors in the mansion, and none of them are blind.I heard that the people who wanted to watch were personally punished by the prince, and everyone shrank back a bit. If they were not ordered to come to see the princess, but someone from the north, they would have to find a reason to push it away, and no one would come.

This person who has come here is unwilling to get too close to them. In the four steps of "seeing, hearing and asking", at least the "asking" is omitted-he didn't say much from the beginning to the end, and just looked at it on his own. Wu Lu next to Mrs. Gu wanted to say it several times, but was hesitant to say it because of the doctor's expression, and finally endured it.

However, the consultation was completed in a short time, and some external and internal medicines were prescribed.Wu Lu followed the doctor to grab the medicine, and when she came back, she first gave Gu Shi some external use, and then decocted it for internal use.

As soon as the water in the medicine pot boiled, Wu Lu raised his head when he heard the noise, and saw several eunuchs entering the courtyard together.

Seeing the menacing person, Wu Lu's heart skipped a beat, feeling that the visitor was not kind.

"Father-in-laws..." She hurried over to meet them, stopped in front of them, and asked with a smile, "Father-in-laws, what's the matter?"

The few who came in didn't speak, and led her gaze to look out of the courtyard.

Zhao Chengrui, who just stopped outside the courtyard, frowned.He didn't intend to speak at first, he just wanted to keep an eye on these people and move them out. Coral asked him to come just in case.

But now he is familiar with blocking people, and he knows that he wants to move out the person next to him.

Zhao Chengrui sneered in his heart, "I don't know people", and walked into the courtyard with his hands behind his back: "You know we are not from the North Courtyard, right?"

"Yes, Eunuch Zhao..." Wu Lu saw that everyone in the main courtyard was weak, "I know you are with the princess."

"That's fine, you just have to swallow some nonsense for me." Zhao Chengrui glanced across the courtyard in front of him, "I know that you are somewhat loyal when you marry, but remember, Gu Fengyi's future is not You can control it, so don't meddle in it!"

Wu Lu held her breath and dared not make a sound, Zhao Chengrui looked at her, and said again: "Help us move Gu Fengyi's place obediently, and I'll find you another good job."

"Grandfather, father-in-law..." Wu Lu froze for a moment, then felt cold all over, and suddenly knelt down, "I am the only one beside my lady, you, you want to put me somewhere else... Our lady can't be without someone!"

Zhao Chengrui laughed and said nothing.

Wu Lu kowtowed, and said again: "Please say a few words of love to Wangfei, my lady knows she was wrong, please don't..."

"It's okay." Zhao Chengrui answered with a yawn before she finished speaking, and said lazily, "I'll tell you this for you. Let's go, help us move the yard, you go with Gu Fengyi, Let’s not talk about changing errands.”

"Thank you, Grandpa Xie!" Wu Luxian didn't expect him to agree so quickly, thanked him overjoyed, and immediately got up from the ground to help them pack their things together.

In the evening of that day, this word reached Yang Enlu's ears, and Yang Enlu laughed immediately: "Heh, this Zhao guy is pretty smart."

The little apprentice smiled and nodded. Seeing that the master didn't speak or ask questions, he knew that he should quietly let the master think about it.

Yang Enlu took a closer look and had to admit that he was very satisfied with Zhao Chengrui's arrangement.

The princess moved Gu's family out of the North Courtyard because Gu's restlessness.In other words, in fact, where Gu Shi lives is not the most important thing, what matters is keeping her out of trouble.

She is young and has a lively mind, so she must not be so easy to settle down.There is a loyal servant girl next to him to help, I am afraid that if I grit my teeth, I will have to fight for myself again.

With Zhao Chengrui's words, it is different.

Gu's life must be difficult these days, and the girl next to her will inevitably suffer along with it.With Zhao Chengrui's words, the girl couldn't help thinking that if she had agreed to him and changed to another job, she wouldn't be in such a miserable situation now.

——Most people are like this. It is easy to be loyal for a while, but when it comes to suffering, it is easy to regret it. If there is another "good opportunity" that I missed before, I will regret it even more.

Regret will slowly turn into hatred, first hate yourself, and then hate the people around you.After a long time, it's hard to say whether that girl will help others step on Gu's foot, let alone give her advice!
After Yang Enlu smacked enough by himself, he remembered Zhao Chengrui in his heart, thinking that he could make friends in the future.Then he looked into the room, and there was no sound in the princess' bedroom.

After a while, I finally heard the prince roar: "It's against him!"

In the room, Xie Yuyin's breath stagnated and then eased, and he thought to himself that after talking for a long time, he could be considered to have reacted a little.

She went to Princess Shumin's mansion today and heard a lot of things. In short, Princess Shumin's mother-in-law often made the princess unhappy after she lived in Beijing.

For example, when the princess and the son-in-law were arguing about their unhappiness, the mother-in-law would spend days looking for reasons to distract the son-in-law so that the princess could not see him.If the princess went to find her an "important person", she would still sneer and show her face both openly and secretly.

——This kind of thing made all their sisters-in-law feel righteous indignation.The concubines of each mansion memorized the matter carefully, and told their husbands after returning home, so that they can discuss together what to do next.

So even though Meng Junhuai was already upset, Xie Yuyin still had to say: "After this happened too many times, that Zhang Wei must have grown courageous because of the princess's good temper. If he quarreled again, his mother wouldn't need to say anything else. He can leave the mansion for a few days without returning, but according to the princess, he still..."

She didn't know how to go on, what she had said was already too much!
Just like when she married him as his wife, and whether he came to her main courtyard at night or not was up to him to decide, the son-in-law married the princess, and whether the princess saw the son-in-law should also be the princess' decision.If the princess doesn’t see her, the son-in-law can’t do anything, but if the princess sees her, it’s called “calling the son-in-law to attend” and the son-in-law must be there on call. I’ve never heard of anyone who dares to leave the mansion for a few days and ignore the princess!

"He also...brought other girls into the mansion." Xie Yuyin finally said this sentence even more outrageously, lowered her head and murmured, "The Eleventh Prince's mansion said to help the princess to check, It is said that it is the top sign of Zuixiang Building in Bada Hutong, and it is called Chen or something..."

"Chen Miaorong!" Meng Junhuai said these three words with a livid face.

"Yes, yes!" Xie Yuyin's eyes lit up, "How did Your Highness know?"

"..." Meng Junhuai glanced at her expression, and immediately said, "I haven't been there."

(End of this chapter)