The Crown Prince in the Jade Pendant

In the cold morning, the palace maidens of Ciqing Palace suddenly got up diligently. They opened the curtains and preached to each other: "The princess is back!"

The palace mother hurriedly greeted her: "Prince Princess, you are back, it's cold outside today!"

"Isn't it?" Linglong rubbed her hands and quickly let Chu Jinyao into the house. All the maids in the room squeezed to the door, and those who changed the heaters and undressed their cloaks were full of vigor.

Chu Jinyao walked into the house and was roasted by the earth dragon for a while, only then did she feel slowly coming back to life. There was a heavy snowfall last night, and this morning it was so angry that Chu Jinyao couldn't stretch her hands straight after only going out for a trip.

Chu Jinyao sat on the pit near the window, basking in the warm sun behind her, slowly recovering the temperature in her body. Kikyo sat sideways on the pedals. She didn't go out with Chu Jinyao to greet her today, so her hand was still warm, and she was now covering Chu Jinyao with her palms. The palace maid quietly asked Linglong: "There are sedan chairs back and forth, how can the princess's hands be so cold?"

Linglong was squeezing her ears with her hands. After hearing these words, she motioned with her eyes: "The princess went to invite you today. She waited outside the hall for a stick of incense. Later, Aunt Lanyu came out and said it was a heavy snowfall last night. I didn't sleep well. I got a headache from the air conditioner when I got up this morning. The empress and the empress need to be warm and can't see the cold wind, so I asked the princess to come back first."

This is too much to say, the queen is afraid of the cold, and their princes are not afraid? If you really feel cold and don't want to see foreign guests, then line up in advance and say that you don't want the princess to go out. I had to wait for the princess to go, and waited outside for two quarters of an hour, only then did I say that the empress did not see any outsiders. The palace mother was displeased: "Isn't this just to toss people on purpose?"

"Okay, don't say anything." Chu Jinyao stopped in a calm tone. Although the house is full of people from the Changxing Houfu, but the wall has ears, it is better not to say some things. Chu Jinyao felt that she had been raised by herself in the past two years. If she hadn't returned to the Hou Mansion before, she wouldn't suffer.

Kikyo whispered: "The princess is really hard. I bother to manage the affairs of the palace, and I have to..." The queen was tossed.

Chu Jinyao glanced at Kikyo, and Kikyo unwillingly swallowed the remaining half of the sentence. However, Kikyo’s words reminded Chu Jinyao. Chu Jinyao asked, "The two grandma, how are you now?"

The palace mother said: “It was windy and snowy last night, and there was no charcoal basin in the backyard, but they were frozen enough. After you go out, the old slave will go in and tell Mother Liu that Mother Hong is already. All the tricks were done, and it was Mother Liu who stole things and reselled them. Sure enough, the woman became angry at once, scolded Mother Hong for shame, and confessed many things about Mother Hong."

"Oh?" Chu Jinyao became interested, "what are they all about?"

The grandmother of the palace attached her ear to Chu Jinyao, and whispered. After listening to Chu Jinyao, she shook her head gently: "It's really a dog biting a dog, it's a hairy mouth. Grandma, please bring Hong's here."

Mother Hong was locked up in an empty house in the backyard. This place was used to accumulate debris. There was no living atmosphere, so naturally she would not burn charcoal. She was locked up for a day and night, no one talked to her, and no one came to see her, as if she had been abandoned by the noisy and magnificent palace world outside. When it snowed all night, Mother Hong was almost half dead from freezing, and she lost all her anger.

Now that she suddenly entered the warm and thriving main hall, Mother Hong still couldn't react.

As if in a dream, Mother Hong heard a soft and pleasant voice from the golden jade in the full house: "Mother Hong, can you read?"

Grandma Hong nodded blankly. She was selected from the ranks of the people and was elected to the palace to be a palace lady. Once the palace lady eunuchs of this dynasty entered the palace, they would not go out again. There is a place in the palace to teach eunuchs and palace ladies to learn how to read. She barely studied there for two years, not as smart as the same period, but her literacy was pretty good.

"That's good." Chu Jinyao handed the things to Linglong, and let Linglong transfer it to Mother Hong. "Since you are literate, you will save the effort of reading it to you. Hong, please see for yourself."

Mother Hong took the piece of paper without knowing it, glanced roughly, and was shocked and scared: "This...what is this?"

"This is what Mother Liu gave to you." Chu Jinyao smiled lightly. "Mother Hong, I don't know that you have done so much in private. Madam Hong, you spend more time in the palace. My eldest, for your own sake, these pieces are accumulated, what will happen if they are handed to the head of the company?"

Mother Hong trembled all over. What she did was nothing but a trick used by the old oilman in the palace, but no one would say if she did it in private. Once she got it on the table, she was caught by the secretary in charge. There will be good fruits to eat. Grandma Hong did not expect that Grandma Liu would do this to save her life.

Mother Hong bowed her head deeply: "Please check out the concubine, the lady surnamed Liu deliberately pours dirty water on the slaves in order to protect herself!"

"Mother Hong is saying that these are all fake?"

Mother Hong suddenly became speechless, of course she did not dare to say. She paused for a while, and vigorously knocked Chu Jinyao three heads: "Please save the slave and maidservant."

"Help you?" Chu Jinyao sat sideways, adjusted the folds on her cuffs, and said slowly, "How to save?"

Madam Hong gritted her teeth and said: "The mother-in-law of the Liu family is used to stealing rapes and skidding. She is a slave but does not keep her duty. No matter who works as a servant, as long as outsiders give her money, she can take care of her master's situation. All revealed. The prince, such a shameless person, how can you believe her? If the prince doesn't believe it, the servant can prove it!"

"As long as someone stuffs money, she knows everything." Chu Jinyao suddenly looked at Mother Hong, her eyes sharpened, "What did she say?"

Mother Hong was speechless, and after a long while, she faltered and said: "When the princess first entered the palace, the empress sent someone to ask about the princess's temperament and preferences, but except for that time, it hasn't happened since."

Chu Jinyao didn't speak, she just stared at Grandma Hong quietly, staring at Grandma Hong with sweat. She didn't dare to be careless, and quickly put her whole body on the ground, and said tremblingly: "The prince is forgiving. That time it was the empress who wanted to inquire about the prince's temperament. The servant only said that the prince was gentle and easy to get along with, Liu The maid also only said that the prince's dowry was rich. The slaves and maids didn't say the rest."

"I didn't say it." Chu Jinyao sneered, "I don't have a chance to say it."

"Prince concubine for her life!" Mother Hong knelt on the ground, tearing down her tears. "The people from Kunning Palace came to ask, but the servants dare not say anything. Besides, when the bride is getting started, the mother-in-law will always ask people to inquire about the new wife's temperament preferences. , It’s easy to get along with each other in the future. The empress is also out of a motherly heart, so she wants to know what kind of person the prince princess is."

"Oh, it's all now, and I still want to use this kind of words to fool me." Chu Jinyao's voice suddenly turned sharper, and said, "Pull her down and hand her to the chief Xing Secretary to kill. By the way, in order to prevent her from being killed Out of good intentions' disclosure of the Donggong's news made her throat dumb."

"Princess Concubine!" Mother Hong was frightened, she shook away the servant woman who was holding her, walked a few steps and climbed up to Chu Jinyao. She wanted to pull Chu Jinyao's clothes and didn't dare, so she had no choice but to grab her. The skirt corner said, "The princess, the slave and maidservant know that she is wrong, and the old slave will never dare anymore! If someone asks again next time, no matter who it is, the old slave will never tell about the princess."

Chu Jinyao ignored Mother Hong who was holding her skirt corners, but picked up the tea cup to moisturize her throat. It seemed that the tea was a little hot. Chu Jinyao lifted the lid and blew it twice. There was no entrance, but slowly rubbing the pattern on the porcelain cup.

In this silence, Mother Hong slowly understood. Her throat seemed to be blocked by something: "Princess, you..."

"Grandma Hong, since I entered the palace, I have never seen my head or befriended the imperial concubines. I just want to live my life in peace, do you understand?"

Grandma Hong understood, Chu Jinyao asked her to follow this remark to the people on the Queen's side.

This... Once discovered by the Queen, wouldn't Mother Hong be seeking her own death?

While Mother Hong was hesitating, Chu Jinyao continued: "But I won't use Mother in vain. You have been with me for a long time, and you have worked hard without credit. Waiting for another two years, Changxing Hou Mansion When it’s time for some of my sisters to talk about marriage, would you like to go out of the palace and teach them the rules in the Houfu? If the mother is not willing, then I can’t force it. I have a dowry Zhuangzi outside the city, mother It’s okay to go there for retirement."

"Prince Princess..."

"Grandma entered the palace since the age of fourteen, and it has been almost 30 years now. I just don't know, grandma is willing to go outside the palace to live an ordinary life."

Once the palace lady enters the palace gate, she cannot escape for life except death. But there are also a very small number of people who are valued by the concubines and empresses, and they are sent to their natal homes in the name of rewards to be the rules of the ladies. Saying to raise a girl is actually to provide for the elderly. After all, the people in the palace are very knowledgeable. The lady outside the palace has such a maid, who is not eager to help, and will go to her husband's house to raise her in the future. Besides, Chu Jinyao also said that if Mother Hong is unwilling to go out of the palace gate and enter the house, she can also go to the outskirts of Zhuangzi and live the life of an ordinary farmer from then on.

Grandma Hong was stunned for a long time, and finally did not resist the temptation of freedom. She knelt down deeply, put her hand in front of her forehead, and kowtow to Chu Jinyao straightly: "Thanks for the princess to be compassionate. The princess is gentle and gentle, incompetent with the world, and not sociable. No matter who gets into this temperament Family is a blessing to her husband’s family."

"It's good for Mother to understand." Chu Jinyao put down the tea cup and raised her voice slightly, "Ding Xiang, take Mother Hong to comb her hair and change clothes."

Grandma Hong stood up in fear, she followed for two steps, and then suddenly stopped: "Prince Concubine, what about Grandma Liu?"

"Liu reselled the objects in the palace and framed the people in the palace, which caused the people in the palace to be unbalanced. Naturally, such people would be sent to the director of Xing to be punished. What did Mother Hong say?"

"This is natural." Grandma Hong bowed her body. She offended Liu severely this time. In order to prevent the mad dog from biting back, of course she had to take advantage of her to kill her with a stick now. Also, if Mother Hong wants to fool the people on the Queen's side in the future, then in order not to reveal the stuff, she won't be able to let another person exist.

When everyone left, Linglong came to Chu Jinyao to pass a message: "Prince Concubine, Liu's family has already sent it, and there is also a message from the head of Xing Si. Just relying on her secretly selling the palace objects. She is wronged."

"Ok."

"Prince Consort, why not take advantage of Mother Hong being caught by us and dispose of Mother Hong all at once?" Linglong thought for a long time without understanding, and finally asked today.

"The queen has been busy arranging the New Year these days, so she doesn't care about us. When she is free in spring, she sends someone over to join her and finds that the two mamas she sent are gone. Can she give up? It's better to use both grace and prestige to buy through Hong Ma. Mother. Mother Hong came from Kunning Palace. One sentence she said is more useful than ten thousand sentences by ourselves. Let’s go to the queen and tell the queen that she definitely doesn’t believe it. If Mother Hong comes to prove it, it’s easier. That’s too much. We are of a low level, and we won’t have a good fruit when confronting the queen. We can fool her day by day. Let her not pay attention to us and stay low-key. This is better than anything else."

Linglong thought of this and felt sad: "Prince Princess, you have had a hard time. Not only do you have to subdue the various forces in the East Palace, but there are also difficulties and temptations to deal with the queen outside. The brides of other people, then use such steps. heads up?"

"You also said, that's a bride from someone else, am I?" Chu Jinyao smiled, and she nodded a little exquisite forehead, and said, "The crown princess is from the first rank, except for the queen and the queen dowager in the world. , Don’t need to salute any woman, do you think it’s for nothing?"

"The slave and maid still feel sad." Linglong lowered her voice and said, "The prince concubine, you have been so hard to deal with, the prince never mentions it! How about the slave and the maid inadvertently mentioning it in front of the prince?"

"No." Chu Jinyao smiled and shook her head, her eyes seemed to be shining brightly, and Linglong was stunned for a while, "he knows."

"what?"

"He even knows that I trained a girl, and he still doesn't know how long I have to stay in Kunning Palace every day? He just didn't say anything."

Linglong will be suspicious: "Newlyweds are the most sticky. Even if it is an ordinary family, if the wife is wronged by his mother, the husband and son will have to feel sorry for a while. If the newlyweds do not say anything, then you will be in trouble. Prince Concubine, you This is still the stepmother, the prince has nothing to say?"

"He's not the temperament to talk about this kind of thing." Chu Jinyao was unexpectedly sure, "He never even said what he wanted to do, he must be guessed." Chu Jinyao said, sighed, "Yes. I don’t know how he developed this character."

Linglong sighed, everyone in the palace had a hard time. Chu Jinyao only had to deal with the queen anyway, and other people would not dare to be rude to Chu Jinyao. These were naturally a deterrent from the prince's years. Before they entered the palace, how did the prince who lost his mother's young child get out of it?

Chu Jinyao was about to say something when she suddenly heard a voice outside. She accepted the words and went to meet Qin Yi at the door.

Today was really dry and cold, and Chu Jinyao stood outside for a while and had a deep understanding. And Qin Yi had to stand on the square outside Fengtian Temple every day when he went to court, and he would be there before dawn, so he would die if he thought about it.

Chu Jinyao probed Qin Yi's hand and frowned, "It's so cold."

She handed the cloak to the court lady next to her, and conveniently stuffed her heater into Qin Yi's hand.

Qin Yi held her wrist, raised an eyebrow and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Your hands are so cold!" Chu Jinyao stared at him angrily, "No matter, you don't want me to keep it by myself."

Qin Yi was not willing to use a heating stove for women. Chu Jinyao despised this person, but she still warmed Qin Yi's hands heartily. "His Royal Highness, you have to go to court every day, it's too hard."

"This is the rule, everyone is uncomfortable." As the crown prince, Qin Yi is indispensable in the morning dynasty. He still stands in the forefront, without even a windshield. But somehow he lived close, and the other adults had to get up four more days before entering the palace with a cold wind blowing at the gate of the palace for a long time. The emperor sat on the steps of Fengtian Hall, and he didn't feel well. It is precisely because of this that no one had the intention of discussing national affairs early this morning, so they probably walked through the process and quickly dispersed.

Chu Jinyao and Qin Yi sat in the inner room and asked people to quickly exchange the hot tea, while she herself held Qin Yi's fingers and sighed Qin Yi gently.

It is really addictive to have such a person who knows the cold and the hot every day when he comes back from the dynasty. Qin Yi silently watched Chu Jinyao intently warming his hands, and suddenly held Chu Jinyao's palm with his backhand.

"What's the matter?" Chu Jinyao raised her head and looked at her suspiciously.

Qin Yi slowly rubbed Chu Jinyao's slender fingers, remembering what had just been reported by the eyeliner.

Chu Jinyao went to Kunning Palace early in the morning and stood outside for a while. He didn't even enter the house and was sent back by Xiao Qi.

He had no feelings for Xiaoqi and Empress before. He felt that this man was shameless, arrogant and thoughtless, and had no other emotions except boredom. But now, after Xiao Qi successfully disgusted him.

The author has something to say: The Shang Dynasty set:

In the lens:

Wen Dongbuxi has a dignified manner. The elders are very wise, the emperor is aloof, the crown prince is highly diligent, and the other courtiers concentrate on discussing politics.

In fact:

The emperor's heart: sitting a bit tall, the wind is so big...

In the heart of the old man: Someone abuses the elderly here

Crown Prince: To tell the truth, anyway, the solution was finally made in the Wenhua Hall or the cabinet. Why should I give a briefing here?

Other ministers of civil and military affairs: It's so cold, why can this person on the show say so!

Yushi: I'm not cold, I want to stare at the scoundrel in this issue who is guilty of being in front of him! Let me go, I'm not cold!