wedding dress

Chapter 208 Comparison
In the twelfth lunar month, there were two snowfalls, which were not heavy.This year's winter is strangely warm, even if it snows, it can't keep it, and it melts as it falls.

The fourth princess and sixth princess went out of the palace and went to Prince An's mansion together.The sixth princess is wearing a thick cloak, her waist is getting thicker and thicker, her figure is bulky, her face is like a full moon, and she is very plump.The fourth princess looked haggard, and the queen's illness has not improved, so the life of the fourth princess is not easy.

The Yufang Pavilion is warm and cozy. There is a plate on the table, which contains honeydew melon and pomelo, and there is a sweet fruity fragrance in the room.

"You know how to clean up the house." The sixth princess took off her cloak, and leaned lazily on the couch: "Oh, it's so suffocating. You don't know, the doors and windows in Fengyi Palace are tightly closed, airtight, The smell in there is so smoky...cough," she glanced at the fourth princess, but didn't continue: "Hurry up and bring out your good tea and let's have a taste."

Xiaodong smiled and said, "It's up to you to say that? But you'd better not drink tea right now."

Hongjing brought in three gaiwans, and when they were uncovered, there was light yellow soup inside.

"what is this?"

"It's sherbet."

The sixth princess took a spoonful and tasted it, and hurriedly greeted the fourth princess: "Well, this way of eating is very fresh, you should try it too."

"I'm just an idler, thinking about food and drink all day long."

The fourth princess also took a sip, nodded and agreed.But she was in a trance, and she knew at a glance that she hadn't tasted the taste of the thing in her mouth.

Princess Six and Xiaodong exchanged glances.

Just looking at the expression of the fourth princess now, one can tell that the queen's condition is not optimistic.

"Fourth sister and sixth sister stay and eat before leaving."

The sixth princess agreed without hesitation, the fourth princess shook her head and said: "No, there is still something to do in the mansion. Sixth sister, you should go back earlier, maybe it will snow after a while."

The sixth princess took another sip of the sherbet, shook her head and said, "It will snow when it snows. If it snows, I won't go back. I will stay here with Xiaodong."

The fourth princess really didn't stay any longer, said a few words, ate half a glass of sherbet and left.When Xiaodong sent her out and came back, the sixth princess had already kicked off her shoes, complaining: "The shoes make my feet feel uncomfortable."

Pregnant people are prone to lower extremity edema.Xiaodong leaned down to have a look: "How long has it been? Have you asked the imperial doctor to see it?"

"For a few days, the imperial doctor has also seen it. He said that it is better to walk less and stand less, and he did not prescribe any medicine. But there are many things recently..."

"Well, pay more attention to what you eat, and naturally you can't take medicine indiscriminately."

The sixth princess sighed, lowered her voice and said, "I think the queen will not survive this winter."

Xiaodong looked out nervously.

The Sixth Princess was not the first person to say this to her, and Cai Gu also mentioned it cryptically.

Even though this is in his own room, Xiaodong still feels guilty: "Don't talk about this."

"Hey, what are you afraid of." The sixth princess shook her head: "I went to see my mother, and she has been thinking about this matter in her heart. You see, the father has three living sons now, the fourth prince has no mother, and the third prince has no mother. My mother is about to die, she is the fifth prince's mother... If that position is vacant, she will have a chance."

Concubine Song Shu actually said this to Princess Six?And the sixth princess trusted her so much that she mentioned this matter to her.

Xiaodong felt a little vigilant in his heart.

She didn't want to be involved in the palace battle at all, the water here was too deep.

Besides, how can it be that simple?The Li family is powerful, and the third prince is also gradually becoming popular.If the empress goes away, the emperor appoints another empress—for example, if Concubine Song Shu is appointed, then the fifth prince will become the son of the eldest son, and the position of the third prince will inevitably be embarrassing. It's a battle between the open and the dark, and there will never be peace.

Although Xiaodong's political sense is not very sharp, she thought that if the empress died, the emperor would not make concubine Song Shu the empress.Concubine Song Shu's background is also low. Her family used to run a grocery store, and she just had enough food and clothing, so she was considered well-to-do.As a result, she gave birth to a beautiful and outstanding daughter. After entering the palace, she was a court lady first, and later was favored by the emperor.

Don't talk about anything else, let's just talk about tradition. The queens at the beginning of the Great Xia Dynasty were all from famous families, and there was never a single exception.The Empress Dowager Shengde in the front is the daughter of the Chen family, and the current Empress Li is also from a prominent family.

The sixth princess shook her head and said, "Let me advise her a few words, and she can't speak deeply because there are people around. I hope she can understand and don't get into trouble. The last time she was reprimanded by her father, wasn't it because her heart was too big and her hands were too long?" Is it?"

The sixth princess also understands this matter very well.But in Xiaodong's impression, Concubine Song Shu is not a stupid woman ignorant of current affairs.If she was really stupid, she would not be able to give birth to a daughter, and climbed from the palace lady to the position of concubine Shu.

Maybe it's a fan of the authorities.

In terms of status, under the empress, the highest status is Concubine Ming.However, Imperial Concubine Ming has been falling out of favor since that serious illness, and she stays behind closed doors all day long...

Xiaodong was in a daze, as if something had been missed by her.

"what are you thinking?"

Xiaodong came back to his senses.

"It's okay, I'm thinking about it, I've almost cooked all the special dishes I know. If I cook for the empress dowager tomorrow, what can I do?"

The sixth princess pursed her lips and smiled: "What's the problem? The empress dowager loves you so much, she will eat a bite or two more of what you do. This person's luck is really bad. Look at the empress dowager. She was also a court lady back then. It can be said that her family background could not be more humble, and no one in her natal family can be found, but now she has become the queen mother." She whispered: "The queen mother of Shengde is good at everything, whether she looks good or comes from a good background. Dote on her too... well, it's all life."

After pregnancy, the sixth princess seemed to be more open-minded, she had never said such vicissitudes and mellow words before.She didn't believe in fate before, just like she always refused to admit defeat to the fifth princess.

People have experienced many vicissitudes and ups and downs, and they will understand that there are some things that maybe no one has done wrong, maybe you have tried hard and fought hard, but in the end you can't get anything.

So, leave it all to fate.It's not that we are incompetent, it's that fate is too cruel.

The sixth princess actually can't eat much now, her stomach is getting bigger day by day, and her appetite is getting smaller.But she was not greedy enough, she tasted this and wanted to eat another, and when Luo Wei came to pick him up, Xiaodong hurriedly handed this hot potato to her, and decided not to say anything like "come to my house" next time. It's a cliché, it's really easy to invite a god, but it's hard to give it away. When this god couldn't fit in his stomach and insisted on stuffing things down, it made Xiaodong sweat all over in the twelfth lunar month.

When Qin Lie came back, he saw Xiaodong sprawled across the couch.

"What's going on here?"

Xiaodong waved his hand feebly: "Don't ask me... Anyway, it's self-inflicted, I can't live..."

Qin Lie didn't expect the evil guest to come to Linmen for a while, so he sat down on the side of the couch, pinched her face affectionately: "The queen mother is ill, you are very tired these days, there is no shortage of servants at the queen mother's place, don't you Tired yourself up too."

"Yeah." Xiaodong didn't bother to explain that more than half of the reason for her exhaustion was that she was abused by the sixth princess.Even the sixth princess who "reformed evil and returned to righteousness" still often makes people feel overwhelmed.

Qin Lie said considerately: "Then you lie on your stomach, and I will rub it for you."

Xiaodong spread his arms and legs motionless: "I'm bored."

Qin Lie turned her over with a smile. To him, Xiaodong was no more important than Meihua, the fat cat at home.Plum Blossom has completely degenerated. She eats all day long, doesn't work hard, and walks with her belly drooping to the ground. Don't even expect her to be able to climb the beams of the house and drill into the cabinets—fortunately, there are no mice waiting for her to catch in Yufang Pavilion.

Qin Lie's hand skills are very good, and it has been tested for a long time. Xiaodong groaned when he was pinched, pointing out one or two points from time to time: "A little bit to the left, a little bit to the top, um, ok, ah, lighten up..."

Hongjing and Hongfu listened to the movement in the room through the curtain, looked at each other, and stopped walking at the same time.

"By the way, have you eaten tonight?"

"Eat it, I ate it in the store."

Although there are many cooks with the best skills, Qin Lie usually only has a bowl of soup and two cakes in the shop, or a large bowl of noodles with a side dish.He is not particular about eating, as long as he eats comfortably and fills his stomach.

The two leaned on the same pillow and whispered, Xiaodong said in a low voice, "I heard from several people that the queen is dying of illness."

Qin Lie patted her head: "Well, this matter has nothing to do with you."

"I know, I neither listened nor talked much, nor did I think too much." Xiaodong turned around and lay on Qin Lie's chest: "I just feel very stuffy. When I was in Suizhou, I missed the capital. After returning to the capital Well, I feel tense all the time, I can’t say a word, I can’t take a step.”

Qin Lie comforted him gently: "Look, if you haven't been to Suizhou, you don't have anything to compare with now. If the capital is not good, why do people all over the world want to go to the capital? Businessmen want to move in, students want to get in , the girl wants to marry in, and no one in the capital wants to leave, even if they are so poor that they have to rent a house outside Chenganmen, they still have to stay in the capital..."

Xiaodong smiled: "You are right. Comparing with others, if I am not satisfied, God will not be able to see me."

People are always dissatisfied, even if they are the empress dowager, they still have countless troubles, open swords and dark arrows.The proud daughters of heaven who are princesses also have their own troubles. Xiaodong feels that compared with others, she is already too happy.She doesn't have to worry about daily necessities, doesn't have to worry about whether her husband has his eye on another beautiful maid, there is no bloody fight between wives, concubines, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and sister-in-law.

Xiaodong looked at Qin Lie with a smile, and Qin Lie looked back at her tenderly.

It's really a beautiful day, beautiful scenery, beautiful atmosphere under the moon before the flowers——

Xiaodong's nose suddenly itched unbearably, and a sneeze made the bed curtain tremble several times.

Unfortunately, she also caught a cold.

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Today I went to the countryside to have a wedding, half of the day I was on the road, and the other half I endured the noise and heat... I was very tired.

(End of this chapter)