The Crown Prince in the Jade Pendant

It snowed last night, and when I got up this morning, my eyes were all white and covered in silver.

In Chaoyun Courtyard, Linglong exhaled a white breath, rubbed her hands and opened the curtain.

"Where's the girl, isn't the girl awake yet?"

"The girl woke up, she is now in the west while she is doing her make-up."

Linglong sighed, and after she warmed her body, she walked lightly to the west.

Chu Jinyao was sitting in front of the vanity mirror, and Bellflower was holding a round mirror behind him, adjusting the silver hairpin on Chu Jinyao's bun. Chu Jinyao saw Linglong in the vanity mirror and asked, "Is the news coming back?"

"Yes." Linglong replied, "Before the beginning of the spring, Master Hou is going to the capital to report, so the old lady took advantage of these two days to settle the marriage between the second young master and Miss Duan Jia."

Changxing Hou was going to the Fifth Army Camp in March, and the Hou Mansion couldn't make it to move into the capital a year ago. So just after the New Year, before the smell of firecrackers dissipated, Changxing Hou Mansion became busy again. Everyone is preparing for the upcoming relocation without touching their feet.

Kikyo said with some excitement: "I heard the maid in front of the old lady say yesterday that we will be able to move to the capital at the end of February. It seems that the girl's Ji Li can be done in the capital!"

The maids all over the room were in a joyful leap, Chu Jinyao just smiled faintly when she heard it. The two mothers who were sent from the palace came in and heard Kikyo’s words and asked: "So the birthday of the fifth girl is in spring?"

"Yes, on March 16th." Chu Jinyao said, "It wasn't long before the land thaw. The Tatars had nothing to eat in the winter after a winter snowstorm, so they went south to invade. I was born at this time. ."

Born in the chaos of war, and was replaced.

The two mothers were sent here for half a year, and only now did they know Chu Jinyao's birthday, and both of them had a bit of a shame on their faces. A mother said in an explanatory manner: "It's all right when we get to the capital. The girl is a quasi-prince, and Huali must be very beautiful."

After the two mothers were frightened by Qin Yi, they were much more honest since then. They are old people who come out of the palace, and of course they know what is most important in the palace.

Why can Empress Xiaoqi say one thing in the palace? It wasn't because of how powerful Xiaoqihou's methods were, or how prominent his family background was. In fact, the roots were all in the emperor's body.

Xu was because of the special way Xiao Qi received. Over the years, the emperor has responded to his new wife and former sister-in-law. Not to mention the many matters of the harem, even if it is the affairs of the court, as long as Xiaoqi speaks and acts like a baby, the emperor will not be able to hold on to agree.

It was precisely because Empress Xiao Qi was pampered by the emperor, and even able to move the emperor, the outer court and inner palace were very jealous of Empress Xiao Qi. Everyone was afraid of Empress Xiaoqi, Empress Jing Xiaoqi, it was all because of the emperor behind her.

The prince could be thrown to the border for disrespecting Xiaoqi, not to mention other people.

The higher the position, the more obvious the status disparity. The wives of ordinary people can still rely on their own strength and ability to fight against their husbands and mothers-in-law, and fight for a place for themselves. However, it does not exist in the royal family, and the right to speak will always be concentrated in the hands of those few people.

To put it more bluntly, the only masters in the palace are the emperor, the prince, and a few princes, and now the empress is also considered one. This is the court, where concubines and nobles serve the royal masters, and the servants and eunuchs below serve these empresses.

When the two mothers saw the prospective princess, the prince seemed to value them very much. The people in the palace met the windshield the most, and they had an idea together. Although the Queen Empress's orders could not be resisted, the new crown princess could not be offended.

If Chu Jinyao entered the palace, His Royal Highness still liked it, that would be great.

The two mothers originally dared to beat Chu Jinyao cruelly. One was relying on the empress to support her, and the other was because the new princess was not a noble lady. In their eyes, an out-of-town, noble rank passed down to the last generation of Marquis, is not even the most powerful and nobleman in their eyes.

But if the new princess is favored, it is two different things. Since the two mothers were almost sent back to the capital last time, they have grown hearted and have gradually become polite to Chu Jinyao, and the scale of learning rules has also unknowingly relaxed. After all, what is face compared to fate?

Chu Jinyao naturally noticed it too. She pretended not to know, and continued to be peacefully with the two mothers. After all, they are the queen's people, and they also bear the name of teaching her to learn palace rules. Regardless of the queen's thoughts, on the bright side, these two mothers are Chu Jinyao's benefactors. Not only must she give it to them carefully, but also respect them and be polite to them, so that everyone can see her filial heart to these two mothers, that is, to the empress.

On the contrary, if she really allowed Qin Yi to send these two people back to the capital, no one would listen for whatever reason. Outsiders would only see a bride from Chu Jinyao who hadn't been through the door, and dared to dismiss the kindness of the empress, and sent the empress back to the mother who taught her the court rules. What's more terrible is that it still relies on the prince's hand.

There is no need to wait for her to be officially canonized, a hat that charms the master and disrespects the mother-in-law can be buckled on her head immediately. A woman's reputation is a double-edged sword. When Chu Jinyao was a girl, she was almost forced to marry by her reputation, let alone the current prince?

There is only one prince, but there can be many princes. Chu Jinyao was very grateful to the prince for willing to vent her anger, but she really only had one life.

Speaking of Ji Li, the maids in the room were all chatting, and there were too many things to say. Wedding ceremony is a major event in a woman's life, second only to the wedding. Today, Chu Jinyao is still a princess, and her ceremony is naturally the biggest event in the Changxing Hou Mansion.

The maids were enthusiastic about discussing and rituals, but Chu Jinyao untimely thought that after waiting for the rituals, it's time to take six rituals.

Chu Jinyao truly felt that she was going to marry.

By the end of the first lunar month, there were neatly packed cages everywhere inside and outside Changxing Hou's Mansion. All the houses and households have cleaned up the details, and tirelessly instructed the junior and the maid over and over again, hurriedly but happily waiting for the official trip.

Chu Jinyao boarded the carriage with the support of the crowd, and carefully lowered the curtain, the carriage driver gave a clear drink, whipped his whip, and drove the horse forward. Sitting in the swaying carriage, Chu Jinyao listened to the maids at will as a pastime. The maids talked over and over again about those things. The three girls had already married in August last year and will marry from the capital this spring, and the two girls have already left Changxing Houfu completely at the end of the year.

Chu Jinyao also vaguely heard that after Chu Jinmiao returned to Su's house, she seemed to be forced to kiss her by the family, and her dowry was naturally a big problem. At that time, Zhao was afraid that Chu Jinmiao would be wronged, so she specially assigned a maid to her, and wanted the maid to serve her and do heavy work for her. But now, it seems to be counterproductive.

After all, under Chu Jinmiao, there is a younger brother who can't marry a wife.

But these have nothing to do with Chu Jinyao. Chu Jinyao didn't do anything. She even kindly gave a lot of money to the fake daughter who had replaced her identity, so that she would have nothing to worry about for the rest of her life. Their family's bad life has nothing to do with Chu Jinyao?

Before Chu Jinyao left Taiyuan, someone with good deeds came and told her that it seemed that the marriage of the head of the Wangfu County of Huailing County was not easy to talk about. After all, although Chu Jinyao and the county chief are not well-known, everyone who should know also knows.

The reputation of the woman is really fragile. At the beginning, the prefectural palace used this to force Chu Jinyao. Now, it is their turn to taste the evil fruits they planted.

At the beginning, she wanted to be the prince concubine, if she became praised by everyone, if not, it would be a joke from others, let alone offend the real prince concubine. Coupled with the county owner's arrogant temper and self-respect, Chu Jinyao also felt that she was not good at marrying.

The motorcade of Changxing Houfu stopped and went for three or four days, and finally arrived in the capital at sunset. The chariots and horses are overwhelming, and the people in the Changxing Hou Mansion are exhausted, and they just want to get into the mansion quickly and have a good night's sleep.

The mansion of the Changxing Houfu in the capital is far worse than that of Taiyuan. However, if it were not for the reward of the palace, Changxing Houfu would not be able to buy a mansion in this area.

However, after they arrived at the Hou Mansion, there was a small episode.

The old servant at the door said that the house on the east side of the Hou Mansion had been vacant for a long time. It was said that it was someone else’s ancestral house. Many people came to ask and did not sell it. However, it was suddenly bought a few days ago.

Then, the old servant took out the title deed of the house next door.

Changxing Hou was stunned for a moment, suddenly thinking that when the prince came last time, he seemed to casually ask where their house in the capital was. After Changxing Hou pondered for a moment, he took the title deed and said: "I understand, you don't need to worry about this, I have my own arrangements. By the way, who sent this title deed?"

The old servant shook his head and didn't know. He said, "It was sent by a man in yellow clothes. He didn't say anything. He just handed it to me, let me put it away, and then left."

"What did he leave behind?"

"Never."

"Master Hou." Zhao clan came over and said to Changxing Hou, "Other things will be delayed for the time being, it's getting late, let the mother and the girls go in and rest first."

Changxing Hou glanced backwards, Chu Jinyao had just got out of the car, and the servant girl behind her was busy removing the cage from the car. Changxing Hou looked at it for a while and asked Zhao, "Has Jin Yao's yard been arranged?"

"My mother has ordered someone to clean it up a long time ago, and she can live only when someone comes."

"Keep it for now, don't let her move in. Let her rest in the mother's yard for a few days."

"Girl." Kikyo ran back out of breath and said to Chu Jinyao, "The old lady said that your yard has not been cleaned up yet, let's move things to the old lady's yard first."

Confiscated? Chu Jinyao's instinct was not right, but this is not a big deal. She nodded and said, "Okay, let's bother grandma for a few days."

As for Changxinghou, he first went to the house next door to take a look around and found that the courtyard was well repaired, and the paint on the pillars was new, and he could live in it only by moving it softly. Changxing Hou didn't know what kind of mood he should have. As a father, he was a little subtle. As a courtier, he seemed to have to thank the prince for his kindness.

What the master means really depends on guessing.

Chu Jinyao lived in the old lady's embrace for three days, and it was considered that she slowly recovered her vitality. It's just that she has too many boxes and cages piled up here, which is inconvenient. However, within a few days, Chu Jinyao unexpectedly received a message: "You said our family bought the house next door, now let me move there to live?"

"Master Hou has already opened up the wall between the two houses. It is convenient to get in and out, and the daily life is also neat, leaving it exclusively for the girl."

Under what circumstances, what does Hou Changxing do to expand the house? Chu Jinyao moved to the east in confusion. But what people say is correct. The mansion on the east side was originally independent. Although it is not a big one, it has everything in the front hall garden. After opening up with the Hou Mansion, Chu Jinyao can go back and ask for peace at any time, but once he closes the middle door, She was like an independent portal, very comfortable.

Mrs. Chu originally planned to move to the capital at the end of February, but she did not expect that it would actually be much faster. By mid-February, they had already settled in the capital.

The Changxing Houfu had just settled down, and before they could take a sigh of relief, the test of the new imperial family in the capital had already arrived.

The only daughter of Princess Rong'an, who is also the second young lady of Wei Guo Gong's Mansion, invited Chu Jinyao to visit Wei Guo Gong's mansion.

On the day of the banquet, there were also Princess Baoqing from Ruiwang Mansion and two young ladies from Hou Mansion in Zhenbei.

Chu Jinyao was shocked when he saw these names. These four people are almost the representatives of the top noble women's circle in Beijing. All of them are relatives of the emperor, and they often walk around behind the emperor. Their attitude can be said to be the attitude of the noble women's circle in Beijing.

Chu Jinyao accepted the temptation of the capital on her. On the day of the banquet, Chu Jinyao put on a big red cloud brocade dress and a silver white coat with floral satin, and went to the banquet alone.

This is the first time that she doesn't need to worry about her identity, and she wears precious fabrics all over her body. Yunjin is as brilliant as a cloud, but after Chu Jinyao meticulously altered the details, it has become more plain and radiant.

This kind of banquet, even if Chu Jinyao is willing to take people, the other girls in the Hou Mansion are not willing to go.

Forget it, the little demon who has just become a spirit, don't play around in front of the real dragon and phoenix. Let Chu Jinyao go by himself.

Last year the crown prince suddenly wrote back and asked the emperor to marry him and a woman. Although the relationship between Qin Yi and Empress Xiaoqi is relatively complicated, they are seeking wealth and wealth, and the crown prince has always been a sweet pastry for many people in Beijing. However, a newcomer suddenly appeared to cut Hu. Who in the capital can be willing? Even the cabinet has a lot of criticism. But who made the prince resolutely demand that the queen fan the flames, so that after a period of time, the emperor had nothing to say.

The three most distinguished people in the world have all agreed. What use is there for others to oppose? Everyone watched as the imperial decree of marriage was issued from the palace, and the Ministry of Ritual announced to the world, and the choice of the crown princess was also confirmed.

Since last June, the little-known princess in Beijing has been very curious about this little-known princess. Seeing the year-end performance appraisal, Changxing Hou was dropped into the fifth army camp in the capital. The princess's only daughter took the lead and took the initiative to post to Chu Jinyao. They wanted to see if the woman who could let the prince take the initiative to invite her to marry, how many arms had grown.

Princess Baoqing and the two young ladies from Zhenbeihou's Mansion arrived early. They were sitting in the warm pavilion of Wei Guogong's mansion, their servants were like clouds, their manners were elegant, and they talked and laughed softly. At this moment, they heard the singing: "The fifth young lady from Changxing Houfu is here."

Everyone couldn't help but stop talking and laughing, and looked up to the outside. After a brief period of loneliness, the four distinguished ladies all sighed in their hearts.

Oh, man. The crown prince Qin Yi has been unique in the capital since he was a child. They thought that the prince was different, but the facts proved that men are all a virtue.

Princess Baoqing smiled and said: "This prospective princess is a good-looking woman, and the prince's elder brother Yanfu is not shallow."

After Chu Jinyao entered the house, she bowed to Princess Baoqing according to the rules. Although everyone here is of amazing family background, only Princess Baoqing has a grade and a title, so Chu Jinyao only greets Princess Baoqing. As for the remaining few, such as the princess's daughter and the queen's niece, although they are valuable, but strictly speaking, they are still in white bodies. Chu Jinyao only nodded hello in the same way. She herself has the title of princess, even if she is not married, she can't lower her identity like this and bow to these people.

Princess Baoqing looked at Chu Jinyao and said with a smile: "So you are the Chu family sister, get up quickly, our sisters care about what these do."

Having said that, she didn't wait for Chu Jinyao to bow before speaking.

Zhao Lanhui also smiled and said, "I was so stunned, I was actually taken the first place by you." She looked at the maids around her, and said, "What are you doing in a daze, please show Miss Chu a seat."

Chu Jinmiao kept a soft and shy smile, and greeted several people in the room one by one.

The host, Zhao Lanhui, is the only daughter of Princess Rong'an. She should look like a father, and she should look elegant, not like the current royal family, and her brows and eyes are full of spirit. Princess Rong'an is the emperor's younger sister, the most favored princess in the capital, and was accused of marriage to Wei Guogong's second-in-law. The princes and horses of this dynasty were not allowed to participate in politics, so after marrying the princess, Wei Guogong's second son could only get some errands in the leisure department, and there was no hope for official career. Because of the strict rules laid down by the founding emperor, most princesses and her husband were not well married, and the same was true of Princess Rong'an, who had been married to her husband for many years and had only one daughter under her knees, and it was Zhao Lanhui.

Although the princess and her husband have a bad relationship, their daughter Zhao Lanhui is not a little pitiful. Zhao Lanhui relied on her distinguished mother, whether in the official residence of the State of Wei or in the imperial palace, she could speak well.

Sitting next to Zhao Lanhui is Princess Baoqing, who is the daughter of King Rui. It is still a legacy left by the founding emperor. Once a prince reaches adulthood, if he cannot become a prince, he must be named as a prince, and then he must return to the fief and be called the kingdom. If the prince did not recall to Beijing, it would be regarded as rebellion.

However, King Rui is an exception. Although he is in the fief, he has been close to the emperor since he was a child and has been thinking about getting closer to the emperor all these years. His prostitute was sent to the capital since she was a child, and she was raised by Xiaoqi. The facts have proved that King Rui’s method was correct. Princess Baoqing was particularly favored by the emperor because she was raised behind Xiaoqi and treated in the palace. Almost better than the princess. The emperor even made an exception for Princess Baoqing, and gave her a title early without waiting for her to come out of the cabinet.

As for the remaining two girls, it is even simpler. The older one is called Qi Xuan, and the younger one is Qi Rong. Both are the daughters of Zhenbeihou, and Qi Rong is a prostitute, so she needs to be more noble.

There were two queens in the Zhenbei Hou Mansion. The Queen of Qi gave birth to the crown prince Qin Yi, and the Queen of Xiao Qi had been the crown prince of the Sixth Palace for more than ten years. There was a prince and a princess under his knees. They are in a solid position and are very popular. After Xiaoqi's birthplace, Beihou Mansion, the family town of Beihou, has also become more powerful.

Probably the only unsatisfactory thing about the Zhenbeihoufu now is that it is a little apart from the crown prince Qin Yi.

Chu Jinyao thought about the wealth background of everyone present, and felt more and more heavy on his shoulders. Princess Rong'an's only daughter, Zhao Lanhui, is hard to say, but Princess Baoqing, Qi Xuan and Qi Rong, I'm afraid they won't be on her side.

In fact, Chu Jinyao really guessed a lot. Qi Rong looked at Chu Jinyao now, with a sense of scrutiny. Zhenbei Houfu tasted the sweetness, and wanted to have another imperial concubine in his own family. If it weren't for Xiaoqi's unwillingness, maybe the current prince is Qi Rong.

However, no matter what everyone thinks in their hearts, they are all kind and kind. Princess Baoqing took Chu Jinyao's hand and kept asking Chu Jinyao how good the road was and how he was used to living in Beijing, and finally even asked about the customs of Shanxi.

Chu Jinyao believes in saying less, saying less wrong, not saying good, most of the time, he pretends to smile shyly, and occasionally only answers one or two questions when he is asked. Chu Jinyao knew that she was not the opponent of the proud girl of these days, so she could only be more careful, at least not to make mistakes. She is now not only Chu Jinyao, her words and deeds also represent the face of the prince.

Princess Baoqing asked for a while, feeling very boring. She turned to ask about another thing: "Sister-in-law, I heard that you are going to be late soon?"

Chu Jinyao was taken aback, and quickly said: "You must not be the princess, I don't dare to be called the princess."

Princess Baoqing waved his hand and said, "What's the matter, the imperial decree has been issued, and now the palace is only waiting for you to make a gift. As soon as the ceremony is over, the Ministry of Rites can take six ceremony. By the way, sister-in-law, you are here for the first time. Beijing, who are the fans going to look for?"

This question can be regarded as a good point, and the honorable wife is selected by the honorable guest. The praiser is usually the woman's own friend and sister. If it turns out, Chu Jinyao would let the sisters of the Chu family come to praise her, but now she still represents the face of the prince, Chu Jinyao is really a little worried.

Chu Jinyao smiled and said, "I just came here and I am not familiar with Beijing, and I didn't think about it."

Princess Qi Rong and Princess Baoqing smiled, without saying a word, but Zhao Lanhui said: "Don't worry, as you are now, who would you like to invite? If you have an idea, just tell me, I Go as a lobbyist for you."

Chu Jinyao had to admire Zhao Lanhui's high level of speaking. He was enthusiastic about this, and he was full of plans for her, but at the same time revealed that Zhao Lanhui would not be a praiser for her.

"Thank you for the second girl." Chu Jinyao also smiled and replied, with a faint expression, as if not anxious about it. Qi Rong originally wanted to see a bewildered look on Chu Jinyao's face, but she looked at it for a while and gave up angrily.

No matter, let Chu Jinyao, the country girl, go in a hurry.

Throughout the afternoon, Chu Jinyao laughed more and talked less, listening attentively to the other four girls talking about gossip in the capital or funny things in the palace. In fact, Chu Jinyao was completely confused. She couldn't even understand the name in the words, but she still kept smiling and accompany her all the way.

When the sky was twilight, after the carriage of the Changxing Hou Mansion drove out of the Wei Guogong Mansion, she exquisitely took Chu Jinyao's hand and said, "Girl, you are so calm today. It's just like the noble lady in the drama. , Quiet and gentle."

"I'm quiet because I don't understand what they are talking about." Chu Jinyao dared to indulge herself and let out a long sigh of relief when she got into the car. She felt the pressure on her shoulders heavier again. If Chu Jinyao came to the ground like a frog from the bottom of a well when she returned to Changxing Hou's Mansion from the Su family, then now she felt as if she had seen the sky high.

No wonder the ladies in Beijing look down on other places, because they are really proud of the capital. Originally, they had a prominent family background and received the most meticulous education since they were young. As they grow older, the gap between these top ladies and others will only increase.

Linglong looked at Chu Jinyao with some worry, Chu Jinyao shook her head, held her hand, and said, "Stop talking, go back to the house first. We will work hard after we get back to the house."

After Mrs. Chu heard about Chu Jinyao's affairs today, the old lady frowned in embarrassment. Originally, she planned to let Duan Yinghua, a lady from Shanxi's Buzheng Road, be a complier to Chu Jinyao, but the complier is usually a girl who has not promised to kiss, Duan Yinghua is a little unsuitable.

But if you really can't find it in the end, you can only ask Duan Yinghua to come. After all, this is what Mrs. Chu knows, the person with the best status, age, reputation and so on.

Chu Jinyao went back to her yard anxiously, and asked Kikyo to find her a book as soon as she entered the house. When listening to the words of Princess Baoqing and Zhao Lanhui today, Chu Jinyao heard many allusions that she did not understand. It wasn't until the end that she understood that these were from the historical records.

It turned out that Mrs. Chu believed in girls to be pampered, and it was enough to raise them peacefully until they were married. Chu Jinyao didn’t know that the noble ladies in the capital didn’t think that women were ignorant or virtue, just like Princess Baoqing and Zhao Lanhui. They also grew up reading the Four Books and Five Classics when they were young. When they were young, Zhao Lanhui even had a cousin. Enlighten together.

This was terrible, Chu Jinyao immediately asked someone to go to the Second Young Master and asked her brother to recommend a few books to herself. After sharpening the knife, Chu Jinyao can only hope that it will be useful to make up for the evil.

Chu Jinyao took out the energy to test the champion, and went through the difficult and incomprehensible classics for several days. In the end, she almost felt that she didn't even recognize the words. At the same time, Mrs. Chu was also inquiring about the situation in the capital. After asking someone for a long time, she finally had no choice but to write a letter, wanting someone to invite Duan Yinghua over.

During the performance appraisal at the end of the year, the Duan family also welcomed the promotion and was transferred back to the capital.

However, the world was unpredictable. Before Mrs. Chu could send the letter out, there were people in the palace.

The Queen Mother invited Chu Jinyao into the palace and talked with her about the usual things.

Homely...

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