Yijuan cloud

Chapter 22
"Your Majesty can't!"

Mrs. Xu cried out, changed her usual dignity, stood up in a panic, gathered her train and knelt on the ground.

She had lost a lot of weight, her waist was empty, and she had a petite face as big as a palm. Even though she was heavily rouged, she still couldn't hide her dejection.

These days, she must be even more sad. She is regarded as a shrew and a jealous woman by everyone in the capital. She has trouble sleeping and eating, no matter who she is.

A woman's reputation is sometimes more important than her life.

After she knelt down, there was an awe-inspiring look on her face, her back was straight and her posture was still noble and graceful.

Prince Chaoyi kowtowed and said in a calm and firm tone: "I am innocent, but my words are hard to defend. I have to die to make my determination clear, and I will never bring the prince into trouble."

Cao Yingshan snorted and glanced at her disapprovingly.

Prince Yi said: "If you stand up and speak, you will be threatened with life or death at every turn?"

Then she said to Xu's maid, "Hurry up and help your master up." The maid hurriedly went to help Xu, but Xu remained unmoved.

Prince Yi went to help her in person.

The moment Mrs. Xu stood up, tears welled up in her eyes. She looked at Prince Yi with infatuated and passionate eyes, as if everyone in the room was gone and only she and him were left.

Seeing this situation, Cao Yingshan couldn't help but sneer.

In her opinion, Xu was just putting on airs, and the prince did not distinguish between right and wrong, so he was actually her life-long support.

She is sad but unwilling to do so. It is only because she has no love that she cannot act like Xu.

It's a pity that Cao Yingshan has been taught by Aunt You for many years, but because she is used to being arrogant, she has not learned the most powerful weapon of a woman.

Nothing in the world is weaker than water, but nothing can win against the strong.

All men in the world, like my father and Mr. Cao, all love women to be gentle.

I secretly sighed in my heart, since Cao Yingshan experienced the poisoning incident, she didn't even try to show respect to Prince Yi. If things go on like this, I'm afraid she will be abandoned by Prince Yi.

Prince Yi helped Xu sit down again and said warmly: "Madam wants to die to prove her ambition, others will only think that she has confirmed the rumors. It's just a matter of a gust of wind. Let's just live our lives as usual. The two of you live in harmony. I'll go to the outside of the Great Wall." After a while, as time goes by, the storm will naturally pass."

His eyebrows were deep and picturesque. As he spoke, his eyes lingered on Xu and Cao Yingshan. When he blinked his eyes, his long eyelashes appeared and disappeared, and the light in his eyes came out.

Cao Yingshan turned a blind eye.

After all, Mrs. Xu knew the basics, but she suppressed her grievances and hatred. She looked at Cao Yingshan with a smile and said, "I will treat Sister Cao like a sister, but I don't have to go outside the Great Wall."

Prince Yi said helplessly: "Uprisings continue in various places, and the emperor already has a headache. Now the Tatars have invaded again, but I still bother the emperor with family affairs. This is really against the way of a minister. If I go on this trip, I can help the army." I have driven out the Tatars and made up for my mistakes, so I can be considered worthy of the emperor's grace."

Princess Yi said: "But it is very difficult outside the Great Wall, and those ignorant people are brutal and cruel. If the prince wants to devote himself to the emperor, there are many opportunities, so why do he have to risk his life?"

Prince Yi smiled warmly at her and said, "I'm not going to fight in the battle. I'm just going to take up a post in the Xuan Mansion to raise food and support for the soldiers. Madam, don't worry. The emperor has already agreed to this."

Because Cao Yingshan was angry, she thought that the prince would not come to our courtyard easily, so she neglected to prepare.

That day, just after breakfast, I heard the maid outside the house calling "Your Majesty," and the bead curtain flickered, and someone had come in.

The people in the room hurriedly saluted. Cao Yingshan was also a little surprised, but she still pretended to be reluctant and gave her blessing perfunctorily.

Prince Yi didn't feel dissatisfied. He looked quite happy and said with a smile: "Everyone, get up."

Then I quickly ordered to bring towels, prepare tea, and tidy up the couch.

Prince Yi took the towel and wiped his hands. After putting it down, he said to Cao Yingshan, "I have a happy event. I'm sure you will like it."

Cao Yingshan glanced at him: "What other good news can I have?"

"Today in court, the emperor proposes your second brother Cao Junlei to be the Imperial Guard of the Hundred Households."

After saying this, Prince Yi took the tea and took a sip, as if he was sure that Cao Yingshan would be happy after hearing this.Unexpectedly, Cao Yingshan was just stunned for a moment, looked disapproving, and said: "What's the big deal? He is him, what does it have to do with me?"

Prince Yi put down his tea bowl and said in surprise: "Not everyone can get into Jinyiwei. Cao Junlei is your second brother. Aren't you happy?"

Cao Yingshan looked back at him and said: "Does the prince not know that he is the daughter of our wife? Although he and I are both from the Cao family on the surface, we are not from the same place at all. It is good for him, and I can at most get involved. It’s just the light on your face.”

Prince Yi pondered for a while and said: "Forget it, your appearance is also good. I heard from the princess that there are a few new opera girls in the house who can play, play and sing. After dinner, you will accompany me to the waterside pavilion to enjoy the lotus flowers." , let’s listen to the music.”

This should mean that the prince is seeking peace.

Cao Yingshan breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "I'm sorry, my chest is so tight. I have to take medicine later. I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you, Your Majesty."

"Then let's go after you take the medicine?"

"After taking the medicine, it's time to go to bed again."

Prince Yi had a stern expression on his face, sat there for a while, and then left.

A few days later, Concubine Xi celebrated her birthday in the palace.

Mrs. Xu sent a message and asked Cao Yingshan to follow her.

It is a great honor to enter the palace to attend the banquet.

What's more, Cao Yingshan loves to be lively. After marrying into the palace, she can't go out easily. If she has such an opportunity, how can she bother to shirk it?

If this is nothing, when I saw Cao Yingshan holding Aunt You's arm and walking out together outside the palace gate, I couldn't help but be surprised.

Aunt You, with her status, was actually allowed to attend the concubine’s birthday party!
That day, in the evening, Mrs. Xu came.

She slowly sat down on the chair, looked at Cao Yingshan calmly and restrainedly, and after a long while she said: "The pure will themselves be pure. I haven't done it, I just haven't done it. Whether you believe it or not, that ice porridge is definitely not mine." It’s given to you by my order. You must know that our Xu family helped your Cao family, let your second brother fill the errand of Jin Yiwei, and invited you and your mother into the palace, not because I can’t treat you, on the contrary, I feel sorry for you. I have fulfilled my duty as the mistress of the house. If I were really a jealous and shrewd woman, how could I allow you to act like this in the house? That is to say, the prince and I have good tempers, so we don’t want you to abide by such and such rules. Everything I do is nothing more than It’s for the prince, for the reputation of the Yiwang Palace, do you understand?”

Cao Yingshan said coldly: "Why are you here talking to me? It's a joke. What's the use of me understanding it? If you have the ability, can you make people outside understand it?"

Mrs. Xu stared at Cao Yingshan coldly for a while, then finally suppressed her anger and snorted.

I guess she felt that Cao Yingshan would not be able to please the prince if she was like this. As long as Cao Yingshan was not favored, what else would it matter to her?
Xu said nothing more, stood up and left.

When he walked next to Cao Yingshan, he said calmly: "By the way, when the prince goes to the outside of the wall, he must bring a few maids with him. If there are capable people in your house, please tell them their names."

Cao Yingshan said: "No. The princess can make her own decision, so why bother."

Mrs. Xu must have just gone through the motions, so she ignored her and walked away.

At night, I heard Cao Yingshan tossing and turning outside for a long time.

I didn't dare to sleep deeply, so I just lay quietly.

Suddenly I heard her whisper: "Duo'er, are you asleep?"

I said: "Sleep. What do you want to do, Miss?"

"Come here," she said.

I had no choice but to get up and go around the screen to her bedside. She poked her head out of the tent, her eyes bright and shining with excitement, and whispered: "Duo'er, you can follow the prince to the outside of the Great Wall. I am actually I forgot that Brother Fan is going too. He has no one to take care of him there. Besides, there is no one to mend his torn clothes. If you go with him, you can take care of him at least, so I will go with him."

I suddenly woke up and found it difficult to accept it. I said, "I have never thought about going beyond the Great Wall. I'm not used to it and I don't want to go."

Cao Yingshan knelt down and came over to hold my hand.

"It only took a few months for you to come back. You are smart and attentive. I can only rest assured if you go. If others in the house are allowed to go, I would rather not get involved in this matter. Duo'er, you can go. "

(End of this chapter)