The little lady in the palace

Chapter 82
Yuyin heard that there was something in Concubine Ding's words, and wanted to ask more questions, but Concubine Ding just shook her head quietly, signaling her not to ask anything.

She kept silent, and wanted to ask Meng Junhuai after she went back.As Concubine Ding, it is indeed inconvenient to say some things directly, but after returning to the mansion and closing the door, Meng Junhuai will not hide anything from her.

Yuyin pressed down the shadow of suspicion, and followed Concubine Ding back to Yongning Palace. As soon as she stepped into the palace gate, Zhao Chengrui chased after her, panting and bowing: "Princess."

Both stopped their feet, Yu Yin asked him: "What's wrong?"

"The empress nodded her head on what the master said about the abolition of Emperor Jiang Liang." Zhao Chengrui reported.

It is so easy to depose a concubine's room in a mansion. If it is a concubine or a side concubine, the queen still needs to make a serious order, but the concubines below the side concubine can actually make their own decisions in the mansion. You will report back to the queen, and the queen will just nod.

Concubine Ding was slightly startled: "Jiang's? Isn't that the first one to enter the mansion?"

"Yes, she is this morning..." Yuyin wanted to explain, but seeing that Concubine Ding didn't care, she immediately ordered Nanny Chi to say, "You don't need to give the reward you prepared for Mrs. Jiang, but give it to Mrs. Qiao." I think that child is sensible, and I will give her a seat at the table later."

There are many banquet rules during the Chinese New Year. Generally, side concubines and side concubines who occasionally enter the palace eat meals in the side hall. "Add a seat to the table" refers to the banquet in the main hall where the concubine Ding lives.In this way, among the people at the table are either the concubines who are good friends with Concubine Ding, Yuyin and the Twelve Princes, and the children who came in with them, Du Qiao's concubine of the royal family made her tremble at the table Yes, Yuyin watched it several times, she was so nervous that she almost couldn't even use chopsticks.

"Feng Yi, don't be afraid." Yu Yin said warmly, looked at the several dishes in front of him, ordered one and said, "Send this sweet and sour pork loin to Feng Yi."

Mrs. Qiao hurriedly left her seat to thank her, and the virtuous concubine who was sitting next to Concubine Ding said, "Princess Yijun is really virtuous and generous, she will take care of the sisters in the house like this."

"Well, let's talk about it separately." Concubine Ding smiled while sipping her soup, "She is virtuous and generous, but it has nothing to do with Qiao Fengyi's current status. Jun Huai is now wholehearted, so I can just watch."

Everyone present: "..."

Yuyin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said in her heart, concubine mother, you are here again.

After lunch, everyone just sat and talked together, He Jing wanted to play with Qiao Fengyi, Yu Yin nodded, and Concubine Ding didn't ask questions.The older children were laughing and making noise in the open space in front of the hall. Ah Qi, born to Azuo Ayou and You Shi, was still young, so they stayed in the hall. The three brothers sat on the couch together, looking Very attractive.

Yuyin sat on the embroidered pier beside him, Youshi stood behind Yuyin, Concubine Ding hugged Ah Qi and smiled at Youshi: "You have worked hard too, the two boys in the yard are both half-sized and small, so you have to worry about it. "

Youshi pursed her lips and smiled, and said a blessing in a correct manner: "Thank you for your understanding. I don't feel tired. Both A Li and A Qi have been very well-behaved since they were young. I heard that the princess... let the two It's like the child is making a fuss, but the princess is more troublesome."

Yu Yin frowned slightly, and the smile on Concubine Ding's face also faded.She was silent for a while, and when she looked at Azuo and Ayou who were hugging and rolling, her eyes became kind again: "It's better to make troubles. It is said that children who made troubles when they were young grow up to be smart."

Youshi's heart froze, Concubine Ding put down Aqi and waved to Azuo and Ayou: "Come on, grandma has a look at you."

A Zuo Ayou looked at her with bright eyes, because she didn't understand what the word "grandma" meant, she turned her head to look at her mother.

"Come on, call grandma." Yuyin smiled, stood up and hugged A Zuo, pointing to the designated concubine, "Grandma, this is your father's mother, your grandma."

In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the banquet that was supposed to start in the evening seemed a bit deserted. The clan relatives and civil and military officials gathered inside and outside the hall, and the dining tables were all prepared, but the emperor did not show up for a long time.

Everyone waited while chatting with their colleagues, and the brothers at the table where the princes were sitting gradually became a little impatient.

King Pujun of Xingsan asked Prince Jin: "Brother, what's the matter? Father, the dragon is not in good health?"

"Third brother, be careful." Prince Jin gave him a sideways glance, then said quietly, "I just entered the palace yesterday to meet with you. Father is fine, and he said that he feels much better recently."

For more than a year before that, the emperor's father was ill with the holy body, and he never recovered again and again.Seeing his father's ruddy complexion and good spirits yesterday, Meng Junya breathed a rare sigh of relief.

The emperor's second son, King Pingjun, frowned and said, "What's going on? I haven't seen my father late for the New Year's feast."

It's almost half an hour late today.

Prince Jin shook his head: "Wait a little longer."

After waiting for another two minutes, it was King Shanjun who came.

Since three or two years ago, he has gradually gained face in front of the emperor, and now all officials know the limelight of this Shanjun king.As he walked through the square, people kept getting up from the seats to talk to him, and when he entered the hall, the lesser clan members who were close to the door also got up to greet him, and this one said, "Oh, Master Shi, you Here you come", the one said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, come to my house to have a drink or two." A table of younger princes only observed the expressions of the brothers next to them, without saying a word.

A table of older princes had different expressions, some ignored them indifferently, while others sneered.

It was still Prince Jin who took the lead to smooth things over. He looked at King Pujun who was a compatriot with King Shanjun and his mother: "Third brother, go and welcome tenth brother, otherwise he will be blocked."

As a result, King Pu Jun smiled and said, "What are you worrying about? I think he is enjoying himself."

If it weren't for the mother and concubine being caught in the middle, he wouldn't even want to recognize this younger brother!
Prince Jin looked at Prince Pu indifferently for a while, but Prince Pu had no choice but to get up from his seat, poured two glasses of wine, and walked towards the bustling crowd at the entrance of the hall: "Tenth brother."

King Shanjun looked over and bowed: "Third brother."

King Pu Jun handed him a glass of wine in his hand, and stretched out his hand to lead him to the table: "Come and sit down, brothers have been waiting for you for a while."

King Shanjun didn't intend to go there, he still smiled, but turned sideways and said: "Come on, our brothers usually don't see each other when we can see each other. This is a Chinese New Year celebration. Let me have a drink with all the uncles."

All the princes were stunned.

But he saw that King Shanjun really used the glass of wine that King Pujun handed over to his uncles who were far away in front of him. After the introduction, he breathed out the alcohol and cleared his throat: "Everyone sit down, my father told me Send a message. He is not in good health, so he won't come here today, but you still have to have fun during the New Year's Eve."

"Ah?!" Everyone was slightly shocked, and it was inevitable that someone would ask how the emperor was doing.

At the two tables closest to the throne, all the princes looked at Prince Jin, and Prince Jin took a deep breath and said nothing.

After the first quarter of the new year's bell rang, all the people who entered the palace went back to their homes.In the northernmost part of the Yi County Prince's Mansion, there was a chaos where the walls were falling and everyone was pushing.

Although Jiang knew early in the morning that his status might not be guaranteed, he still had some luck and hoped that the Empress would not nod.And even if she put aside the panic, she never expected that Yang Enlu would bring someone over on New Year's Eve to force her to move out of the courtyard.

Naturally, they didn't have that much patience to help her tidy up. Whether it was clothes or bedding, they rolled them up and threw them out of the courtyard. Anyway, if they let her out of the courtyard, they had completed their errand.

Jiang was so panicked that she couldn't even cry, and she had no time to regret why she was so mean in the morning.She begged them everywhere to let her take a break, at least let her pack her things, but those people ignored her.

She had no choice but to pat on the door of Mrs. Wang in the same courtyard, but the door of Mrs. Wang's room was closed and the lights in the room were also dark, as if she couldn't hear anything from her side at all.

Jiang was terrified, turned around and saw Yang Enlu at the gate of the courtyard nodding and bowing to someone.Taking a closer look, it was Mrs. Qiao who had just returned with the prince and concubine.

"Sister Qiao..." Jiang rushed forward in three steps at a time, and knelt down for Qiao, "Sister Qiao, help me talk, help me talk! It's New Year's Eve, what about the prince and concubine?" of……"

"Sister, please don't say a few words." Qiao Shi turned to avoid her gift, but she didn't know what to say next.She heard a little about what happened in the palace today, but it was about court affairs, so she felt that she shouldn't talk too much.

It was Yang Enlu who took the words, he yawned and bowed his body: "Madam Fengyi, please come back first, you are busy enough today, the prince punished you to copy two volumes of scriptures from the princess, you can't slack off. Hurry up Take a break, don't get tired and make a fuss."

Mrs. Qiao nodded, and went back to her room as she said, and then Yang Enlu looked at Mrs. Jiang: "Tsk, you..."

He shook his head: "We don't dare to say more about things that shouldn't be said, but I'll tell you something, something unpleasant happened in the palace today, if you still have some eyesight, don't bump into it. As for you in the future What's the matter... Our family has thought of two ways for you."

Jiang quickly said: "Elder-in-law, tell me!"

Yang Enlu laughed: "One is to find an opportunity in the future, I will open the mouth for you, and beg the prince to raise his hand and let you out. In the future, you will have nothing to do with the mansion, and you can do whatever you want."

"Elder-in-law, don't..." Jiang's face turned pale with fright, "I, I left the house like this...Where do you want me to go! I dare not go back to my mother's house, I..."

"Then there is only the second way." Yang Enlu didn't want to hear her crying, and said slowly, "You divide the chores in the house together, and you will not lose the salary you should get. But with this status, You should know it too.”

"I..." Jiang Shi was frightened and froze, but grabbed him as if he was afraid of Yang Enlu's repentance, "I am willing! I beg my father-in-law to speak kindly to the prince. As long as I can stay in the mansion, I can do anything." !"

In the main courtyard, the two of them, who were exhausted in the palace, lay down on the couch after washing, without talking for a long time.

After a long time, Yuyin couldn't help but put her hand into his hand, raised her finger, and poked his palm: "Don't be angry, King Shanjun is like this... It's not a day or two."

"Sigh." Meng Junhuai sighed and shook his head, "I'm not angry with my tenth brother, but because of today's incident, I suddenly couldn't be sure whether the prince most important to my father is the elder brother or the tenth younger brother."

What is even more frightening is that the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are also uncertain.

(End of this chapter)