Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 92

After the palace examination was over, all the dust settled, and all the tributes waited anxiously and leisurely for the results of the palace examination.

All of a sudden, the large and small entertainment venues in the capital became the places where these tributes lingered. Huang Zongbao was originally a person who couldn't be idle, so such good things are rare for him.

It's a pity that here, Huang Wenren was afraid that his nephew would make friends with dishonest people, but after the exam, he took even stricter precautions and locked him in the mansion.Only Huang Zongbao sighed and sighed all day long, and Mrs. Huang asked the kitchen to make soup to make up for him every day, but it couldn't make up for his sluggish appearance.

But after all, he is a rambunctious person, and being locked up in the mansion can't stop his nonsense, and after only half a day, he found a new pleasure, digging soil and planting flowers in the yard, and the summer sun is shining, so he simply rolled up The sleeves and trouser legs were sweating profusely, and it didn't take long for him to tan himself.

Mrs. Huang felt distressed when she saw it, and told Huang Wenren, but Huang Wenren said: "It's good to cultivate one's morality."It's better than when I was in my hometown, fighting crickets and raising birds all day long.

Huang Zongbao worked more happily now, almost snatching all the work from the gardeners in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he didn't pay attention at all. Now that he changed into coarse linen clothes, he took a hoe to dig the soil and cut leaves in the garden.

One day, when Huang Jingting went to play in the garden, she fell in love with the blooming lotus in the pond. She wanted to pick some of them and take them back to the house to put in vases. She happened to see Huang Zongbao who was weeding with a cat lying on her body. She thought it was a gardener. , Let the maid beside you call someone to come and pick lotus in the water.

The little maid called out, and when Huang Zongbao raised his head, his master and servants were startled by such a strange face.

Huang Zongbao bared his white teeth, but he didn't take any notice of it, he just wanted to go into the water to pick lotus with his trousers on his arm.

"Cousin wants those plants, tell me, there is no need to call the servants over!"

Huang Jingting lowered her eyelids and looked at Huang Zongbao a few times.

But he saw that Huang Zongbao had already entered the water and quickly picked a few of the most beautiful lotus plants that bloomed, drawing water up from the pond.

The pond water wets the trouser legs, and the silt from the pond is still on the feet. Looking at it like this, it is really no different from an ordinary farmer.Huang Zongbao stretched out his hand, but Huang Jingting just took two steps back to avoid his hand, and winked for the little maid who was following her to accept it.

Although Huang Zongbao had a big heart, he also noticed her behavior, and there was no big smile on his face, but he was a self-proclaimed man after all, so naturally he would not care about this little girl.

Just patting the water weeds on his body, he said: "I heard that my cousin is going to be engaged to Lord Ning, congratulations to my cousin on becoming Mrs. Hou!"

"Who did you hear?"

Unexpectedly, upon hearing these words from Huang Zongbao's mouth, Huang Jingting's expression changed drastically, she frowned and said sharply: "Cousin, don't talk nonsense."

On the day Huang Jingting was contacted and grounded, she was informed by her mother about it. Naturally, there were a thousand and ten thousand in her heart. And this person is just a bastard.From today's sage to Cao Rui to this Lord Ning, it's all worse than the other.Even if she wanted to turn her back, she was a little scared after being imprisoned for so long. If she objected, she was afraid that she would be imprisoned again, so she just expressed her objection in silence.

The attitude that favored her only made Mrs. Huang think that she was happy, and she really got excited, so Huang Jingting was also very anxious. When Huang Zongbao said this, she was poked in pain, and her tone was natural Added a bit of disgust.

"..."

Huang Zongbao was bored, he was also a pampered young man, so he naturally lost his temper, so he snorted coldly.But that expression seemed to be mocking Huang Jingting, it's all like this, what are you doing.

Huang Jingting was so enraged that she simply pulled the lotus from the little maid's hand and threw it back into the pond.

"you……"

Huang Zongbao was really dumbfounded looking at Huang Jingting's behavior like a shrew, she didn't look like a lady.

All of a sudden, Huang Zongbao was pissed off, and he spoke with a bit of indiscretion.

"Look at you, you still don't look down on others, not to mention General Cao, even Lord Ning, you are far from worthy."

"Huang Zongbao!"

Huang Jingting shouted out of control, but Huang Zongbao sneered: "Am I wrong? You don't look like a lady."

"You guys who have nothing to do all day long are full of dead money."

"Huang Jingting, be careful what you say!"

Huang Zongbao was also angry and threatened with a sneer.

"Get out, get out, I don't want to see you!"

Huang Jingting pointed to the exit of the garden with one hand, and gave orders, but Huang Zongbao was completely speechless by Huang Jingting's appearance, and even felt too lazy to argue with such a young lady, so he still stood where he was.

"You don't want to go, right! I'll go, let me go!"

Huang Jingting completely lost the demeanor of a lady, and was about to walk outside in a hurry. Who knows, she walked too fast, and didn't pay attention to the road. Halfway through the walk, she bumped into a man who was coming towards her. body.

"you……"

"Miss, are you alright!"

Huang Jingting was about to raise her head to reprimand, but she heard the man greet him warmly. Her eyes fell on his gentle smiling face, but she suddenly became hoarse.

"Miss, are you alright!"

Seeing the accident, the maidservant who came up behind her came over to support Huang Jingting, and when her eyes fell on the person Huang Jingting hit, she suddenly showed a surprised expression on her face.

And Huang Zongbao had already come over at this time, standing in front of Chen Wenhan, and said, "Cousin, why haven't you left yet?"

"you……"

Seeing Huang Zongbao's face, Huang Jingting felt angry again, stomped her feet, turned her head and left.

After Huang Jingting left, Huang Zongbao heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, the plague god didn't bother with you! Brother Wenhan, why are you here?"

Chen Wenhan just smiled slightly, as if the incident just now had no effect on him, and said, "The imperial examination is over, and I'm bored staying in the inn by myself, so I want to talk to brother Zong Bao."

"It's just right, but I'm bored. Fortunately, Brother Wenhan, you're here!"

Huang Zongbao was about to step forward to hold Chen Wenhan, but Chen Wenhan took a step back calmly, looked at Huang Zongbao and reminded: "Brother Zongbao, why are you dressed like this?"

"Oh..." Huang Zongbao looked at himself up and down, although he didn't feel embarrassed, he smiled a little: "I'm not bored these days, I have nothing to do to plant flowers. In this way, Brother Wenhan, you go to the study first Wait for me, I'll come back after I go back to the house and change my clothes."

Chen Wenhan nodded slightly, watching Huang Zongbao leave.

On the other side, when Huang Jingting walked for a while, the little maid came to her side and said softly: "Miss, do you still remember that young master?"

Huang Jingting didn't speak, and there was no expression on her face, but the little maid said to herself: "I didn't expect such a coincidence, that young master was the one that the young lady ran into when she came home that day. He turned out to be the young master Tang." friend."

"It's just something that I bought with Huang Zongbao!"

Huang Jingting stopped and said something in a cold voice.

Hearing the words, the little servant girl said softly: "Your servant doesn't look like that, that young master looks gentle and refined, and he didn't care if he bumped into him first, and he didn't even confiscate the money."

"I see you are talking more and more!"

Huang Jingting didn't say anything, she just glanced at the little maid behind her.Seeing this, the little servant girl covered her mouth with a smile: "Miss doesn't want the servant to talk, so the servant will stop."

When Mrs. Cao was led by Shao Yao into Ruyi's bedroom, there happened to be someone in Ruyi's room.

Mrs. Cao only glanced at it, but hurriedly knelt down and bowed: "I pay my respects to the imperial concubine, Princess Anrui."

"Auntie, get up!"

Ruyi cried out with a smile, and said softly to Princess Anrui: "Then you go back and clean up well, and you will go to the summer palace with us in a few days."

"Yes, thank you, my concubine."

Princess An Rui's face was full of gratitude, but she spoke dignifiedly.

Only after Princess Anrui withdrew, Mrs. Cao asked curiously, "Why are you and Princess Anrui so close?"

Princess Anrui can be regarded as an invisible person in the harem. The status of the princess in this dynasty is actually not high. Princess Anrui’s biological mother was a humble palace woman. After giving birth to her, she collapsed and died. She married a nobleman, and Princess Anrui was raised in the princess's house, so she had no parents or mother to take care of her, otherwise she wouldn't have reached this marriageable age, and the palace hadn't planned for her yet.

"The emperor said that Princess Anrui is also at the age of marriage, and he intends to choose someone from this session of tributes to marry Princess Anrui. The Qionglin Banquet is going to be held in the summer palace. The emperor said that he will let Princess Anrui go with him to see each other. .”

"This is the kindness of the emperor."

After hearing the words, Mrs. Cao felt that although Princess Anrui hadn't made a decision until now, she was considered lucky. The princesses in this dynasty were basically bestowed marriages by the superiors, and the bestowed people were generally just those who were not too old. There is no chance for the children of a family with great power to see each other by themselves.

Although there is a limit to this matter of seeing each other, it is still much luckier than other princesses.

"It's a matter for a woman to be married, so she must be cautious." Ruyi replied with a smile, and reached out to touch her stomach. This action caught the attention of Mrs. Cao.

"Your Majesty is now four months old, and it's not obvious when you look at her belly."

Ruyi nodded and said with a smile, "Maybe she's a princess, so she's small!"

"That's not necessarily the case. Some stomachs will not swell up like a balloon until they are five months old. This may be the case with your empress."

Ruyi just smiled and said nothing when she heard the words, anyway, it doesn't make much sense to argue about the sex of the child in this palace.She just changed the subject: "General Cao must have gotten married in the past few days, have everything been prepared?"

"Ready, ready!"

When this topic was mentioned, Madam Cao's smile deepened, and she said gratefully: "I would like to thank the emperor and empress for the reward."

There is a happy event in the family of an ordinary minister, how can there be such a big face, receiving gifts from the emperor and the imperial concubine, Madam Cao only feels that she has a big face.

"It's just some small things. Both the emperor and I hope that General Cao and Ms. Jiang will be able to love each other and have a precious son."

"That can be regarded as borrowing the precious words of the emperor and the empress!"

After talking, after Ruyi drank the tonic soup from Shaoyao, Mrs. Cao talked about some interesting things in Beijing, but she mentioned the marriage of the eldest lady of Prime Minister Huang's family.

"In a daze, I heard that Mrs. Huang and the Ninghou Mansion have been in close contact recently. I heard people say that the two families are going to get married."

"Ninghou Mansion?"

Ruyi didn't have a deep impression, probably only remembering that at Aman's [-]-day banquet last time, the wife and wife of this mansion came up to toast with her.

"The grand lady in Ninghou's mansion looks extraordinary?"

Ruyi didn't remember whether she remembered correctly, so she asked uncertainly.

"That's right, that Mrs. Tai is also a character, but it's a pity that the Ninghou Mansion now lacks a family member."

Mrs. Cao actually had a bit of sympathy for the Ninghou Mansion in her heart. This Hou Mansion, which cannot be supported by a man, is more or less difficult.Her son, whom the Cao family has benefited from, has grown up and is able to take care of himself.

As for the Ninghou Mansion, the current Xiao Ninghou, although he is motivated, is still young, and he may have to wait a few years to really support himself.

"This Miss Huang is lucky. Once married, she will be Mrs. Hou!"

Ruyi heard Mrs. Cao say this, and probably had some impression of the situation in this mansion.

"Yeah, I heard that Lord Ning is a good one, and Miss Huang married, it's a good match!"

Although Mrs. Cao dislikes Huang Jingting because of the previous incident, she has always been kind-hearted, and naturally she will not get angry when the person she hates gets married. After all, marriage is a woman's lifetime affair. She was also happy to see the young girl married well.

Ruyi also nodded with a smile.

It's just that Ruyi and Mrs. Cao chatted casually about this matter. I didn't expect that in a few days, Mrs. Cao brought Miss Jiang, who had married the day before yesterday, and now Mrs. Cao into the palace. With a new twist.

"Then Miss Huang, what a crime!"

Mrs. Cao shook her head and sighed.

Ruyi frowned and asked to be given a seat. Seeing this aroused her curiosity, she couldn't help asking: "What happened?"

"Hey, Miss Huang, I'm afraid no one will dare to marry her in the future!" Mrs. Cao's words opened up the conversation, and she began to talk about that matter.

Speaking of which, after the Huang family and Ninghou's mansion became engaged, they communicated a lot more frequently, and even attended a party every now and then.

This matter happened to happen at the party, and the Ninghou Mansion and Mrs. Huang seemed to have discussed about the same. To show their sincerity, they took the ancestral jade hairpin and gave it to Huang Jingting, which also meant to announce the signal to the outside world.Who knew that Huang Jingting had been keeping silent all this time, but at this moment she suddenly smashed the jade hairpin on purpose.

The reason why she said it was intentional is that she didn't even bother to cover it up. She held the hairpin in her hand and threw it out. Although the jade hairpin was not broken, there was a crack on her body. At that time, the two wives of the Ninghou Mansion, The expression on the face is not good.Unexpectedly, Huang Jingting still raised her chin and raised her face. She was also ungrateful to the Circus of others, and she didn't even say a word of softness.

After the party was over, the news spread in the circle in Beijing.

"Could it be intentional?"

Ruyi really couldn't figure out why the Huang family made such a fuss in front of everyone if she refused to marry if she didn't want to marry.

"Who knows what that girl thinks, I see that Prime Minister Huang and his wife have spoiled her!"

Don't talk about the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker, how can I pick and choose in this marriage.If you really don't like it, just tell your parents, maybe there are cruel parents who can force you to marry with a knife.Unexpectedly, he wants to pick out so many things.

Mrs. Cao thought so, and she was even more satisfied seeing her daughter-in-law sitting quietly and gracefully in her house, thankfully she didn't marry that thorny head into the house.

On the other side, in the prime minister's mansion, it can be regarded as an uproar.

At first, Mrs. Huang still loved her daughter. Although she knew that something serious happened to her daughter, she wanted to tell Huang Wenren slowly, so she asked someone to take a big lock and lock Huang Jingting in the house, but how could this matter be hidden? It's okay, only the next day, Huang Jingting became famous in the capital again, Huang Wenren just blew his beard and stared, and rushed back home angrily, and asked someone to ask a family law to teach his daughter a good lesson.

The Huang family's family law is always strict, and it is rarely used on girls. Mrs. Huang blocked it repeatedly, and Huang Wenren angrily blamed Mrs. Huang as well.

"You know how to spoil her, and you have pierced her so much that Tiandu still has this ignorant appearance. It is really going to piss me off!" Huang Wenren threw the stick in his hand to the ground and pointed at Huang Jing. Ting scolded: "Don't say that you are just the daughter of a prime minister's family, you are a princess, and you are not so willful! Well, now your reputation has been ruined, and even the other daughters of the Huang family have lost their reputation with you. You are a scourge, it is better for me to strangle you to death!"

It was the first time Huang Wenren treated Huang Jingting like this. She was also terrified, and just hid behind Mrs. Huang wiping her tears.

"Master, don't be angry, Jing Ting won't dare in the future, please forgive her this time!"

Mrs. Huang both loves her daughter and hates her daughter's disappointment, but after all, it came out of her stomach, so it doesn't hurt, she can only protect her.

But Huang Wenren sighed and said: "Time and time again, hasn't she caused enough troubles? Now, who dares to marry her! She shouldn't have been picked up back then and let her be a sister-in-law in that temple." On the contrary, it is clean!"

"If no one marries, no one will marry, and I don't want to marry!"

Huang Jingting was terrified, and her grievances welled up in her heart, and she replied with a hard mouth.

Hearing this, Huang Wenren barely missed a slap in the face. He panted heavily, fearing that seeing Huang Jingting again, he would not be able to resist beating this daughter to death. He suppressed his anger, but asked the housekeeper to bring her Kneeling in front of the tablet of the ancestors.

"None of you are allowed to see her, I think she can have a hard time with me for a few days!"

Huang Wenren really made up his mind to speak harshly this time.

The prime minister's mansion was clouded, and even Huang Zongbao was affected and unhappy. Although he didn't like Huang Jingting, he felt that she deserved to be punished for what she did. However, looking at Mrs. Huang Wenren Huang who was frowning every day, he felt the same in his heart. It's hard!

Chen Wenhan came to him very frequently recently, almost every day, but Huang Zongbao was not in the mood to receive him at the moment.

Chen Wenhan found out that Huang Zongbao was strange, so he made insinuations, but couldn't figure out why, and finally he listened to the matter from the people below.

Chen Wenhan pondered for a while, but made a decision that surprised almost everyone.

He personally went to Huang Wenren and asked Huang Jingting to marry him.

(End of this chapter)