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Chapter 200 Standing in Line (2)

Dong Yuan thought that although she could understand the struggles in the imperial court, she would not be so close.

Today's empress' actions made Dong Yuan understand that she cannot escape from the matter of the crown prince's choice of concubine.The queen empress forcibly tied her, a housewife, with Sheng Xiuyi's official faction.

As long as Sheng Xiuyi is not on the queen's side, Dong Yuan will definitely be implicated.

On the way back, Dong Yuan sat silently beside Sheng Xiuyi without saying a word for a long time.

This has been done beyond what she can struggle with.

She can work hard for Sheng Xiuyi about the inner house.But in the battles in the officialdom, she could only let the queen treat her as a pawn and become a constraint for Sheng Xiuyi.The cruelty and complexity of officialdom battles, and the inextricable connections, are far beyond her control as a little girl locked in the inner house.

If he acted rashly, it would make Sheng Xiuyi even more passive.

"I heard what the empress said. The concubine that His Majesty chose for the prince is the granddaughter of Princess Wen Jing. Is that the daughter of Grandma Wugu?" After Dong Yuan calmed down, he thought of Princess Wen Jing, and then got up from the Sheng family. Sheng Wenrou, the fifth aunt's grandmother, is the eldest daughter-in-law of Princess Wenjing.

Isn't Princess Wen Jing's direct granddaughter the daughter of Grandma Wugu?
"Yes." Sheng Xiuyi said, "I am 13 years old this year, and was raised by Princess Wen Jing herself since childhood."

It's actually Sheng Wenrou's daughter.

Dong Yuan couldn't help sighing in his heart: the friendship between these aristocratic families is simply intricate.

"She is three or four years older than the crown prince." Dong Yuan murmured after thinking for a while.

Sheng Xiuyi laughed, and then explained: "The crown prince is young, if he practiced the Ninth Five-Year Plan as soon as possible, how can the women of the mother world be so childish? The older you are, the more prudent. Besides, the crown prince's choice of concubine is a major event for the country, and it is related to the country. Ben, how could he consider whether the two of them are of the same age..."

This means that the emperor may die, and the prince will definitely be in power for the next two years.The marriage between the princess and the prince is a political marriage.The royal family can ignore things that ordinary people value, such as appearance and age, but the power behind the crown princess is the key.

"Why did Your Majesty take a fancy to Princess Wen Jing?" Dong Yuan asked suspiciously, "Isn't the Palace of Princess Wen Jing not very powerful?"

Sheng Xiuyi was silent for a moment, then said: "It may not be the residence of Princess Wenjing."

Dong Yuan was stunned.

Could it be that His Majesty has already seen that the empress wanted to interfere with the prince's choice of concubine, so he made a lot of noise?His Majesty is not interested in what the empress said, but someone else?

Seeing Dong Yuan pondering, Sheng Xiuyi was afraid she would ask again, so he changed the topic.

When the two arrived at Shengchanghou's Mansion, the sky was already dark, and the sky and the earth were gray.There was a big red lantern hanging at the entrance of Sheng Mansion, and the sky could still see flying snow in the light.

Dong Yuan sighed: "This year's first snow fell for two full days, which is really strange. Although there was heavy snow in previous years, it didn't fall like this."

Sheng Xiuyi frowned: "If it snows heavily, I'm afraid there will be no peace in the Northwest."

In snowstorm years, the camps of herdsmen in the Northwest are covered by heavy snow, and their cattle, horses and sheep freeze to death. They have no food to survive and have to plunder the people on the frontier.

If there is looting, there will be resistance, and if there is resistance, there will be bloodshed. In the end, it may lead to a great battle.

The rulers of the Northwest countries are afraid of a snowstorm year, and so are the emperors and courtiers of this dynasty.

Nobody likes war except militants.The war will set the economy back for several years, and the prosperity of Guotai Minan will be wiped out.

Dong Yuan hastily interrupted him: "Bah, bah, what is the heavy snow disaster? This is called the auspicious snow heralds a good year. Last year there was also heavy snow, but this year's weather is not smooth! People who have studied so many books are still so dumb."

Sheng Xiuyi couldn't help laughing at her nervous tone.

His mood also improved a lot.

The husband and wife first went to Mrs. Sheng's Yuanyang Pavilion to greet Mrs. Sheng.

"Why did you come back so late?" Mrs. Sheng asked Dong Yuan worriedly, "Is the empress healthy?"

Dong Yuan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's phoenix body is peaceful, everything is fine. Today is the day of your concubine's concubine, not only me, but also Mrs. Shan Guogong and Concubine Shu. When everyone talks together, they forget the time. So I left the palace late, which made my mother worry."

Madam Sheng was relieved now, and said with a smile: "It turns out that today is the day when the empress descends, and we didn't even know about it..."

"Your Majesty's health is not good, and the empress doesn't want to deal with it, so I only announced my own sister." Dong Yuan explained.

Mrs. Sheng naturally understood this truth, she nodded slightly.After talking for a while, let Dong Yuan and Sheng Xiuyi go back to rest earlier.

The two said goodbye and went back to the Jingsheyuan, Dong Yuan went to wash up first, and Sheng Xiuyi went to see Brother Cheng.

Brother Cheng was in great spirits today, and his nurse, Mother Qiao, was holding him and talking in the warm pavilion, and he was giggling happily.Seeing his father coming in, he smiled even more happily.

Wearing a thick fur coat, his movements were very clumsy, and he stretched out his hand to Sheng Xiuyi with difficulty, asking Sheng Xiuyi to hug him.

Sheng Xiuyi held him in his arms and kissed him hard on the face.

Maybe it was because Sheng Xiuyi's face was a little cold, Brother Cheng stopped smiling immediately, his little nose frowned, he pushed Sheng Xiuyi, coyly asking the nanny to hug him.

Sheng Xiuyi didn't know why, and looked at the wet nurse in surprise.

The wet nurse told Sheng Xiuyi her conjecture: "My lord, Brother Cheng is most afraid of the cold..." It means that Sheng Xiuyi just came back from the outside, and when his face was too cold, he put it on Brother Cheng's face, which made Brother Cheng angry. Not fast.

After Dong Yuan finished washing, he changed into a homely beanie, stood at the door of the Nuan Pavilion and saw this scene, grinning from ear to ear.

Sheng Xiuyi couldn't laugh or cry, he squeezed Brother Cheng's little hand.

Dong Yuan stepped forward and held the child in his arms.

When he came back to tease the children, Dong Yuan didn't mention the crown prince's choice of concubine anymore, and Sheng Xiuyi naturally kept silent.

The next day, the snow finally stopped and the sky cleared.The sun hangs over the treetops, shining brilliantly, and the crystal snow on the tops of the twigs glows with dazzling silver light.

The days when the snow melts are the coldest.

Sure enough, the next few days were bitterly cold.

Sheng Xiuyi still goes to the Prince's Mansion to teach every day, while Dong Yuan lives at home as usual.Every three days, I see the women who are in charge of the family. Usually, I greet Mrs. Sheng and take Brother Cheng to play.My aunts come to say hello every day, and brothers and sisters Sheng Lehao ​​and Sheng Leyun also come to sit down.

Occasionally, Dong Yuan would ask Sheng Lehao ​​about his homework, and would also ask Sheng Leyun to come to him to do needlework.

After snowing, it cleared up and it became even colder. Dong Yuan asked a few personal maids to find all the felt wool that she had brought from her natal home.

When she got married, the old grandmother gave her four pieces of felt fleece brought back from the Northwest camp, which are much softer than the usual ones on the market, and are best for keeping warm and cold.

"What are you doing with these things?" Seeing that Dong Yuan had found all of them, Luo's mother knew that she was going to be a favor again, and said with some distress, "It's not like there is no felt at home. These things are the old lady's bottom of the box. They are because they love you. Here it is for you. There will be more snow days in the future, what are you going to do now?"

Dong Yuan smiled: "No matter how precious something is, it's useless to hide it at the bottom of the box. I'm going to make some hats, scarves, and gauntlets for the wives, young masters and ladies."

If so, you don't need much material.

Mama Luo breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Luo's mother looking like a miser, Dong Yuan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Ju Hong and Qiangwei who were on the side also sniggered.

Luo's mother recalled it, her old face was slightly embarrassed, she couldn't scold Dong Yuan, so she stamped her feet and scolded Ju Hong and Qiang Wei.She was not aggressive enough in cursing others, but it made Dong Yuan and the others laugh again.

After a laugh, the atmosphere in the room became more harmonious.

Dong Yuan took several pieces of felt and asked Mother Luo and the others which one was the best.It took a long time for everyone to choose one of them.

Suddenly the little maid outside came in to report, saying that Luo Dazhuang had come to greet the grandma.

Luo Dazhuang is the man next to Dongyuan who used to be the maid of Juxiang, and also the nephew of Luo's mother.

Hearing that Da Zhuang came to see the grandma, Luo's mother suddenly slapped her thigh and said, "Could it be that Juxiang is born?"

Dong Yuan was also surprised.It's freezing cold, confinement is enough for adults and children to suffer.She hurriedly said, "Let him in quickly."

The little maid hurriedly said yes.

Dong Yuan asked Ju Hong and the others to pack up the felt, and went to see Luo Dazhuang in Dongcijian by himself.

Luo Dazhuang is tall and burly, with a dark complexion, he looks like a strong farmer.He doesn't look handsome enough, but he looks very honest.

"Juxiang was born last night, it's a girl." Luo Dazhuang stammered a little in front of Dong Yuan, he stuttered and said.

Sure enough, the orange fragrance was born.

Dong Yuan couldn't help being happy, and said: "That's really great. You go back and take good care of Ju Xiang, I'll send someone to see her later."

Luo Dazhuang said yes.

As soon as Luo Dazhuang left, Dong Yuan asked Mother Luo to prepare some medicine supplements and fabrics, and sent someone to have a look at Juxiang.

"Ju Hong and mother go together." Dong Yuan said, "One of you is a sister-in-law and the other is an aunt, go and see her. When she is confinement, bring the child in for me to see."

Mother Luo and Ju Hong said yes.

Dong Yuan thought of the felt velvet that had just been dug out, and told Qiangwei: "Take a piece of velvet and wrap it up, and send it together."

Mother Luo hurriedly stopped her and said, "It's too expensive. How can Juxiang and the child afford it? Isn't Juxiang embarrassed by you?"

"What's precious?" Dong Yuan laughed, "It's just that things are scarce. It's cold early this year, and she's in confinement, so use it for their mother and daughter. Will there be insects in the bottom of the box?"

Mother Luo wanted to refuse, Qiangwei persuaded her, and Mother Luo had no choice but to accept.

The maids in the room were busy packing things for Mother Luo and Ju Hong.

The orange-red complexion is a little unnatural.

She and Ju Xiang are sisters-in-law, but they married a few months later than Ju Xiang.Now that Ju Xiang has given birth to a daughter, she is afraid that her mother-in-law will talk about her again when she goes back.Thinking of this, Ju Hong felt unhappy.

She was annoyed to go back.Erzhuang was like a wooden man, with no warmth in his body, not like a husband at all, but a stranger.The mother-in-law has a broken mouth and keeps nagging, which makes Ju Hong not have the slightest nostalgia for that family.

And Juxiang and Dazhuang have a very good relationship, in comparison, Juhong is even more repulsive.

(End of this chapter)