Da Suining

Chapter 236
Xiang Daying knelt on the ground and did not dare to raise his head: "The emperor is wise."

"Let's be honest."

"Yes." Xiang Daying was trembling, and told the emperor how Xiangyan got pregnant and how the family discussed it one by one, and said: "I have the courage to dare to lie to the emperor, but... I hope the emperor will take pity on the minister." Daughter... She is infatuated, and now there is a child in her belly. Although it is embarrassing to expose everyone like this, the minister... is also eager to love his daughter, so he didn't think carefully. If the second prince... If he doesn't marry Yan'er... Yan'er will be afraid for the rest of his life. It's... I can't live anymore."

"Are you forcing the second child, are you forcing me?"

"I don't dare. Even if the second prince doesn't marry Yan'er, it's her own fault. She didn't clean up her body and love herself. This is her lesson. I dare not complain, let alone force the emperor. It's just..."

"Just what?"

"Just looking at it, the two children seem to be in agreement. The child in Yan'er's stomach...should be called the emperor's grandfather. If it weren't for this child, I would strangle Yan'er to death, and I wouldn't let her humiliate her." Ancestor, but after all, she has the royal blood, and the royal blood is damaged, and I can't atone for my sins even if I die."

"You're right." The emperor almost uttered tears to Xiang Daying.

"It's not that I'm unreasonable. Although I'm unmarried and pregnant, I won't be tolerated by the world, but since this has happened..."

"I must teach Yan'er to take good care of the second prince, and in the future, I will open up branches and leaves for the royal family."

"Poor parents in the world." The emperor sighed: "Go back, let me think about this matter, and I have to listen to Concubine He, after all, she only has the second child and one son."

Consensus courtyard.

The little eunuch got two golden pheasants from nowhere, locked them in the cage, stared at each other, flapped their wings and pecked at each other's feathers.

Usually these little eunuchs like to make some crickets and gnats, and put them in cages for Guo Kai's entertainment.

Guo Cheng was happy, rewarding money is common.

The charcoal fire in Heyiyuan is full, and the temperature is like a spring day.

Guo Kai poked a golden pheasant on the head with his chopsticks, and urged: "Bite, you should bite."

After being poked twice by him, the golden pheasant actually lay down on the ground with its wings curled up. The other golden pheasant took the lead, jumped on it and began to peck the hair on its head. After a few pecks, the two golden pheasants felt lifeless. Lie together and doze off.

Guo Kai poked it a few more times with his chopsticks, until the golden pheasant was too lazy to move.Simply lie down together, one by one narrowing their eyes tighter than the other.

"Second prince, these two golden pheasants were caught by farmers in the remote mountains. They are brightly colored. Look, how interesting they are."

"Interesting?"

"interesting."

"You bastard, this listless golden pheasant just comes to fool me, fools me every day, cheats me of my silver, cheats of my gold, all of you..." Guo Kai kicked the cage, the wooden cage was even It was solid, and he let out an "ouch" in pain: "Throw this cage out, these two golden pheasants, throw them into the small kitchen to shed their feathers."

The little eunuch quickly lifted the cage and went.

The maid warmed the wine and brought it up. Guo Kai drank a glass of wine, saw that the maid was pretty, and rubbed her wrist against his face: "My dear sister, when did you come to Heyiyuan? Why haven't I seen you?" ? Your hands are so soft."

The palace maid withdrew her hand and retreated.

Guo Cheng wanted to arrest her, but unexpectedly caught his mother and concubine's lapel.

"Mother, what are you doing?" Guo Cheng felt disappointed.

"What are you doing? My son." Concubine He sat down by the window, shaking her handkerchief, but fidgeted.

Guo Cheng's eyes turned around the maids, and Concubine He nodded his forehead and said: "I want everything that smells good, but the ones in my palace can't satisfy you. These maids are just the lowest. Wait..." Concubine He asked the servants to leave, and Fang whispered: "These maids, whoever you want, you can give them to you. There are not ten palace ladies you have meddling in, but there are eight, right? Open one eye and close one eye, when did you hook up with the daughter of the Xiang family, and your father was watching, so how will it end?"

"It's all her game. She is pregnant with my child."

Concubine He was furious: "It's too late for you to understand now, haven't you been held hostage by her belly? How did your mother teach you? The wife of your wife must be a well-matched family. The daughter of a meritorious family, what kind of family is Xiang's family? Xiangyan's father is only a second-rank man with a pen, how can he help you? She is still a concubine. Wouldn't it make people laugh out loud?"

"But I gave her ten ingots of gold, but she still doesn't seem to be willing..."

"Silly boy, she doesn't want gold, she wants to marry you. If she marries you, what gold, silver, wealth, status, status?"

"I don't want to marry her."

"Sigh." Concubine He rubbed her temples: "The current plan, the child in her stomach is a way to manipulate you. Mother thinks about it, but she doesn't have a good idea. If she is allowed to sit in the Heyi Courtyard, and then take advantage of the next The snowy road is slippery, let someone play tricks on her, let her slip and fall, and the child in her stomach will not know whether she will survive or not."

"Since Mother thinks this way, let her enter the palace quickly, she will definitely come, and she will have no children by then, at worst, give her a sum of money."

"But just in case... this method is not very safe. If you ask the imperial doctor to prescribe a miscarriage medicine, I'm afraid... there will be too many people talking."

"I might as well trick her out and kill her."

"Nonsense." The emperor came in with his hands behind his back.

Guo Cheng's legs went limp in fright.

Concubine He was so shocked that her face turned pale: "The emperor is here, and you servants don't know how to notify the emperor when the emperor is here. My concubine greets the emperor..."

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, it's snowing, why did your Majesty come in person?" Concubine He leaned forward and patted the snow particles on the Emperor's shoulders: "The servants are not dedicated, look at the snow all over the Emperor, what should I do if I catch a cold? "

"Catching a cold is a minor matter. If you come a little later, your mother and son will be killed."

Guo Cheng shuddered.

Concubine He shivered.

The emperor drank a cup of tea, stared at Concubine He and said, "I didn't see it, Concubine He is very good at planning."

"Your majesty." Concubine He knelt on the ground in aggrieved manner, hugged the emperor's knees and wiped away her tears: "Your majesty, this concubine is just talking...you can dare...everything I say is out of anger. That's all. The concubine just loves our son and doesn't want him to be coerced by others."

"You love your son, so don't others love your daughter? In the end, her daughter was also pregnant because of Jie'er. Why, Jie'er doesn't even have this responsibility?"

Concubine He was silent.

Guo Kai shrank his head, not daring to say another word.

"She is pregnant with your child. It seems that you like her too. If that's the case, why don't I fulfill you."

Guo Kai looked at Concubine He.

Concubine He beat the emperor's leg: "In theory, it's reasonable to marry someone who made someone pregnant. It's just that their family teamed up to perform this play, which made the concubine feel very uncomfortable. It can be seen that this Xiangyan, If you are not an honest person, if you marry her as the main wife, how will you convince the public in the future?"

"Then what do you mean?"

Concubine He looked at the emperor's face: "In my opinion, if I have to marry the daughter of Xiang's family..."

After listening silently, the emperor looked at Guo Cheng again.

Guo Cheng was elated: "I am willing."

"This matter is not right and wrong. Later, I will let... the eldest princess go to find out what Xiang's family wants. It's not too much to force."

Sending the emperor away, Concubine He ate a sweet fruit on one side. The room was warm, and Concubine He gradually became sleepy: "Qi'er, go and rest, the Eldest Princess will talk about your marriage."

It is a great honor for the eldest princess to come to the prime minister's mansion.

Everyone in the Xiang's mansion was dressed in new clothes and greeted them respectfully at the gate. It was Mrs. Xiang, also supported by Xiang Suining, who stood at the wind for a long time and waited.

The blue-covered carriage from Changxinhou Mansion came along the long street.

The princess came wearing a dark rose red Shu brocade robe embroidered with hibiscus flowers.

Wearing eight precious gold hairpins on her head, huge green tourmaline silver earrings on her ears, and a pair of bracelets with hollowed out phoenix inlaid with white jade beads on her wrists, she is truly magnificent, rich and graceful.

Tang Xiaoniang stood under Prime Minister Daying, and seeing the princess approaching from afar, she whispered: "The news about the princess is very good, as soon as the matter between Yan'er and the second prince has been settled, she came to congratulate her."

"Don't talk too much, it's rare for the eldest princess to come, so please be careful." Xiang Daying lowered her head.

"The marriages in the folk are all the words of the matchmaker. The second prince is not an ordinary person. His marriage is considered decent for the eldest princess to mention. It is also worthy of my Yan'er." Tang Xiaoniang was naturally happy.

Mrs. Xiang has already greeted her, but the eldest princess is very polite: "No need, please."

The brocade box brought by the eldest princess was extremely heavy.

Opening the brocade box, inside are two hairpins, a pair of gold bracelets, a pearl necklace, a tourmaline necklace, and some palace flower jewellery, which are shining and dazzling.

These things, at a glance, are treasures in the palace.

Tang Xiaoniang could hardly sit still, she stretched out her hand to catch it.

Unexpectedly, the eldest princess and Mrs. Xiang sat with tea and never mentioned the brocade box. The maid beside the princess held the brocade box and stood obediently.

After two rounds of tea.

The fruit was also brought up.

It was the fruit that Xiang Yan personally served.

Xiangyan changed into a crimson silver flower shirt, a silver red long skirt, her black hair was loosely tied with a silver hairpin, her long eyebrows fell into her temples, her lips were bright red, she is a delicate beauty, although her stomach is slightly bulging, she is still in good spirits , the eye waves are flowing, especially vivid.

Her hand, which was holding a white porcelain plate with fruit, was dyed with pink Kodan. Her fingers were slender and supple, so white that they shone, almost transparent. This soft and boneless hand seemed to be untouched at first glance. Yang Chunshui's noble lady.

"Princess, please use it." Xiang Yan put down the fruit and blessed her.

"This is..." The Eldest Princess looked at Xiang Yan's belly: "This is the third girl, right? She really is beautiful."

"My daughter is the prettiest girl in Qingcheng. No girl can compare with her. If the eldest princess doesn't believe it, you can ask her." Tang Xiaoniang answered.

"Cough cough cough..." Xiang Daying coughed.

"I mean... the eldest princess has a dignified temperament, and the eldest princess is naturally a first-class beauty. Yan'er is... still a child, and cannot be compared with the eldest princess." Tang Xiaoniang was embarrassed: "The eldest princess will not come to our house easily. , this time... you are here to tell Yan'er about marriage, right?"

It is already rude to answer before calling.

The eldest princess smiled and asked Mrs. Xiang: "This is?"

"She is my master's concubine, and Yan'er's mother Tang."

"Oh, that's how it is." The eldest princess glanced at Tang Xiaoniang, as if looking at an outsider.

Tang Xiaoniang's face turned red: "Although I am a concubine, after all Yan'er is pregnant with the second prince's child, Yan'er is promising, and the eldest princess is here to help talk about life, right? When will the ceremony be celebrated? When will the engagement ?”

Xiang Daying smiled awkwardly: "My wife... don't mind the eldest princess."

"Third Miss's matter..." The eldest princess looked at Xiangyan's belly meaningfully: "I already know about Third Miss's matter, but don't worry, I'm not a fast-talking person. I'm here today to serve you. According to the emperor's wishes, I went to Xiang's family to talk about the marriage of Cheng'er, after all, he is not young, and your daughter is also about the same age."

Tang Xiaoniang unconsciously looked at the box of jewelry.

"What the emperor means is that in order to avoid long nights and many dreams, it is best to arrange the marriage before the year. At that time, the second prince will be given a house outside the palace. After getting married, your daughter will be the main wife. I don't know what to do. I can also go to the palace to answer."

Mrs. Xiang was sitting with her, but she didn't answer the conversation. What happened to Xiang Yan made her feel ashamed like never before, but she couldn't blame her granddaughter in front of outsiders.

Tang Xiaoniang was very happy: "I will marry Yan'er into the family a few years ago. This is really anxious. It seems that the second prince likes our Yan'er very much."

"Cough cough cough..."

"If you marry a year ago, let's marry a year ago. Our family will prepare the dowry, but the second prince is the emperor's son after all, so the dowry...should be quite a lot, right?"

"It's easy to talk about the bride price. The emperor's son's marriage is naturally a grand affair. There should be one, and nothing is bad. The Ministry of Rites will make a list at that time. If you feel that something is inappropriate, you can bring it up."

"Excellent, excellent, I agree, I have no objection." Tang Xiaoniang snatched the brocade box from the handmaid's hand and rubbed it in her hand: "The eldest princess must have come here with sincerity, the jewelry in this brocade box, I So I accepted it, so that the eldest princess can go back to work."

The eldest princess didn't raise her head: "This jewel is not for you."

"I know it's for Yan'er. I'm her mother, so I'll keep it for her first."

"This jewelry is not for the third girl."

"Then?" Tang Xiaoniang was confused: "What does the eldest princess mean? Didn't you come to kiss me today?"

"Yes."

"Then... these jewelry..."

"This is for the second girl."

"Give it to the second girl?" Tang Xiaoniang was completely confused: "When the eldest princess comes to kiss this time, is it for the second prince, or for your son?"

"Cough, cough..." Mrs. Xiang had no choice but to interrupt Tang Xiaoniang, and calmly said to the eldest princess: "What does the eldest princess mean here, but please make it clear."

"Come here." The Eldest Princess beckoned Xiang Suining to come forward, and then stuffed a box of jewels into her arms: "Are you willing to marry into the palace and marry Cheng'er as your wife?"

a bolt from the blue.

(End of this chapter)