princess

Chapter 37

Looking at the list again, she changed the concubine of the Lin family from Chang Zai to Yu Nu. Although she was only downgraded by two ranks, the meaning in it was a bit intriguing. After all, she was the lowest rank among the eight people.

One must know that even a girl from the Xu family got a promise from looking at Xiao Yuanmin's face.

"Concubine Jing is having a good time these days. Li Dezhong went to the library to choose something to send over." Emperor Xuanhe threw the list into Li Dezhong's arms, and instead of looking at it, he just ordered.

"Yes."

The empress dowager's decree was sent to the Zhou family and the Yao family first. After all, the girls of these two families had the highest status, and the other families sent it a day late.

Xiao Qingrong looked at her mother hugging her younger brother, leaned over and said, "Mother Concubine, today the mother praised me."

Concubine Lin Gui touched her son's face, then raised her head and smiled at Xiao Qingrong, "Qingrong is doing very well, you have to be obedient, you know? Your father likes smart children, you have to work hard to please him, you know? "

"Understood." Xiao Qingrong watched her mother go to coax her younger brother to talk again, feeling a little lost in her heart. The mother concubine would hug her before, but since the younger brother was born, the mother concubine never hugged her and touched her head again. I won't sleep with her at night.

Although she still praises her, she just keeps asking her to work harder and harder, although she doesn't hate her younger brother, but... "Mother Concubine, let me play with my younger brother."

"My brother is still young." Lin Guifei looked at her daughter, "I can't play with you." After finishing speaking, she handed Xiao Chengshi to the nurse beside her, "Don't disturb my brother's sleep, do you understand?"

"The fifth younger brother was brought up by the elder sister when he was a child. I will not be worse than the elder sister." Xiao Qingrong said in a low voice, "Mother Concubine...do you not like Qingrong anymore?"

Concubine Lin Gui lowered her eyes slightly, beckoned, and let Xiao Qingrong come to her side, then patted her head, "How come, you are the daughter of Concubine Mother, how could Concubine Mother not like you."

Xiao Qingrong lay in Concubine Lin's arms, with a sweet smile on her face, "Mother Concubine... I like Mother Concubine the most."

"Yes." Concubine Lin Gui patted her daughter's head, "Remember, Shi'er is our mother's hope, so we must protect my younger brother, you know?"

"Yeah." Xiao Qingrong was a little unhappy. After having a younger brother, the concubine mother talked about her brother, but now it was rare for the concubine mother not to hug her brother. She didn't want to make the concubine mother unhappy by talking.

In fact, Lin Guifei ordered Xiao Qingrong to do this because she saw how Xiao Yuanmin took care of her younger brother. Regardless of other things, everyone would want a daughter like Xiao Yuanmin, but what Lin Guifei did not expect was that Xiao Yuanmin and Xiao Qingrong The situation is completely different.

Xiao Yuanmin lost her elder brother and mother when she was young, leaving only her younger brother, and Xiao Wenbin took care of her so meticulously back then, so she naturally felt that it was right to take care of her younger brother.

In addition, Xiao Yuzuo was almost watched by Xiao Yuanmin growing up, so his feelings are naturally unusual, and Xiao Qingrong was always doted on by Concubine Lin when she was a child, but after having a younger brother, Concubine Lin obviously loved her younger brother more, and the child's heart has not yet changed. , naturally not only will not like this younger brother, but will hate him instead.

Moreover, Concubine Lin Gui wanted Xiao Qingrong to take care of her younger brother, but she was afraid that Xiao Qingrong would hurt the child seriously, so she almost didn't let her touch her younger brother. Naturally, her feelings were not very deep.

It's just that Concubine Lin Gui hasn't thought of this yet, which has caused future tragedies.

Xiao Yuanmin couldn't bear Xiao Yuzuo's constant begging for her to leave the palace, and he was also curious, so he finally went to find Emperor Xuanhe. Emperor Xuanhe didn't object, after all, he had such an idea at the beginning, but unfortunately At that time, he was not favored, so naturally he didn't have this opportunity, and he didn't leave the palace to build a mansion until he was old.

"Alright." Emperor Xuanhe touched the jade wrench finger, "Xuanxuan works too hard on weekdays, so it's okay to relax, but... I'm not at ease with Yao Qing and Murongxi alone, so I'll take it with me Cheng Xuan, send a few guards to secretly protect... I will arrange these."

"Thank you, Father." Xiao Yuanmin's eyes were crooked, dimples were faintly visible, "I will supervise my younger brother to finish his homework in advance."

"Well, tomorrow's class will be suspended for a day." Seeing his daughter happy, Emperor Xuanhe urged, "Do you know that you are not allowed to go to dangerous places?"

"knew."

Emperor Xuanhe was still worried, so he specially brought Xiao Chengxuan to his side to give some instructions, which made Xiao Yuanmin a little embarrassed.

Xiao Chengxuan kept nodding his head to promise to bring back the elder princess's sister and the prince's younger brother safely.

On the way to the East Palace, Xiao Chengxuan smiled and said, "Where do you want to go?"

"I don't know, the second brother is the master." Xiao Yuanmin thought for a while and said, "I want to see sugar paintings and clay figurines. The maid said it was very interesting. If it is finished, I can bring some back as gifts for the fourth and sixth brothers. .”

"En." Xiao Chengxuan thought for a while, "Although the things outside are not as exquisite as those in the palace, they are also interesting."

In fact, Xiao Chengxuan still has a bad taste, he didn't tell Xiao Yuanmin about preparing the copper plates, he wanted to wait to see his sister pay the bill with gold beads and silver ingots, so as to scare the small merchant from embarrassing himself, after all, he had done this before.

Of course, he will definitely prepare more, and help his younger siblings pay for it in the end.

"Murong, do you think my sister can understand my father?" Xiao Yuzuo muttered while biting a piece of jerky.

"If the Eldest Princess doesn't make sense, your Highness is even more impossible." Murong Xi flipped through the book in his hand, it was an isolated copy, even the Murong Mansion couldn't get it.

Xiao Yuzuo glared at Murong Xi, only thinking that he was making sarcastic remarks. After all, Murong Xi can go out of the palace every day, so it is not unusual, and maybe he feels that he is wasting his time reading.

"Why do you want to go out so much?" Murong Xi finally closed the book and looked at Xiao Yuzuo, "Don't tell me that you are curious about the outside world."

Xiao Yuzuo pursed his lips, "I want to find out the Yao family's attitude."

"Oh?" Murong Xi raised his eyebrows, a flash of realization flashed in his eyes, he was afraid that the girl from the Yao family was about to enter the palace, and this was to remind the Yao family of his existence as the crown prince.

"Even if I don't need the Yao family, I won't allow the Yao family to hold me back."

"Yeah." Murong Xi was no longer interested, and continued to read the book with his head down, "I heard something interesting outside."

"What's the matter?" Xiao Yuzuo asked curiously.

"The second prince is perfunctory in his studies, the fourth prince has learned too much, the sixth prince is dull by nature, and the seventh prince is weak, and he may not be able to grow up." In fact, the original words are not like that, Murong Xi just summed it up slightly, "and Hui Yi The princess born by the queen is talented and intelligent, and the princes are hard to match."

"Didn't you mention me?" Xiao Yuzuo asked as he tapped the table with his fingers.

"No." Murong Xi looked at Xiao Yuzuo with a smile, "What does His Royal Highness think?"

"They didn't see my sister's efforts." Xiao Yuzuo pursed his lips and said, "Who wants to make things difficult for our siblings."

Plagiarism is more ruthless than any means. A princess with a noble status, you have compared many princes, what do you want to do?In this way, how will Xiao Yuanmin behave in the future, I am afraid that these rumors will spread, and those ministers should play... If the father no longer allows Xiao Yuanmin to practice martial arts and literature, then her past efforts will be in vain, but the father reprimanded the ministers, only It will ruin the eldest princess' good reputation, and in the long run, it will be detrimental to their siblings.

Even the relationship between their siblings...

"I don't think so." Xiao Yuzuo said, "The second brother is good at martial arts, and the guards in the palace are not as good as him. The fourth brother knows a lot. The masters in the Hongwen Museum praised him as talented and intelligent. The sixth brother is loyal in nature. Father The emperor praised him for being pure and kind, and the Seventh Emperor's younger brother is innocent and innocent."

Murong Xi understands that Xiao Yuzuo is asking him to help spread the word, but... his eyes narrowed slightly, "I personally think that this is the worst policy. After all, there are many people who are jealous of the status of the eldest princess, so it's better to find another way..."

"Huh?" Xiao Yuzuo looked at Murongxi.

"The fire isn't big enough, why don't we add more oil and fan the wind." Murong Xi smiled with a bit of elegance and purity, "What does the crown prince think?"

Xiao Yuzuo also understood that indeed, the power behind him was too small. When such rumors were infinitely distorted and magnified, it would make people feel unreliable, and thus sympathized with the eldest princess.

"Okay." Xiao Yuzuo responded immediately, looking at Murongxi, Murongxi didn't say anything more, just nodded, Xiao Yuzuo breathed a sigh of relief, sister, I will protect you this time.

"Can you find out who it is?" Xiao Yuzuo asked.

Murong Xi shook his head, "The rumors haven't spread yet... Those who do it are also very careful. I also found out about it by chance. We've made preparations in advance, so maybe we can get a blessing in disguise."

"I know." Xiao Yuzuo gritted his teeth, "It's obviously aimed at me, why do you always use my sister as an introduction..."

Because the eldest princess is too sharp, it's just that it's hard for Murong Xi to say this, and he knows the reason for the eldest princess's move, and will do it, it is those families with princes... It's hard to say who it is, after all, which one? It's all possible, but there are not many who can do this.

Among them, the most powerful one is of course Concubine Lin's family, but Guan Lin's previous behavior is not likely to be so closely arranged, "I will let people keep investigating, but it is better not to focus on this right now."

"Ah."

Zhao Momo knocked on the door and reported, "The Eldest Princess and the Second Prince have come to look for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Please come in quickly." Xiao Yuzuo smiled, "It must be good news."

Murong Xi also nodded, stood up and followed Xiao Yuzuo, met the Eldest Princess and the Second Prince and saluted, "Murong Xi greets the Second Prince and the Eldest Princess Changping."

"Get up." The second prince said with a smile, "Looking at Fifth Younger Brother, I'm afraid he guessed it? Or he looks very happy."

"I'm happy to see the second emperor brother." Xiao Yuzuo argued stiffly, "Sister, did the father agree?"

"En." Xiao Yuanmin nodded to Murong Xi, then looked at his younger brother and said, "But you have to do your homework well and go out tomorrow."

"That's great." Xiao Yuzuo led the people into the house, and after they all sat down, he said, "I haven't been to my uncle's house yet, let's go to my uncle's house to have a look."

(End of this chapter)