boudoir

Chapter 356 Mei's Jealousy
Rui'er and the others went back in the evening, and Qi Yunhao happened to be back home at that time.

As soon as he entered the door, he said to Liuli: "I don't eat at home at night, I eat at Lu Zhao's mansion. You Linglan and the others can accompany you, I will come back after eating."

Liuli said calmly: "Why did you suddenly come to their house for dinner again? Are you the only one?"

Qi Yunhao took his clothes to take a bath, and said, "It should be me. Oh, and Master Jin." He is now used to calling Jin Xuanxuan Xu Yuan as his uncle with Liuli, and he doesn't feel awkward at all.

Liuli glanced at him, and said: "Come back early." Then she sent him out.

After dinner, Liuli let Haitang Yetong accompany her for a walk for a while, then went to the study to read for a while, and then heard Qi Yunhao come back.Liuli went out to see that he was entering the room with his hands behind his back, Liuli greeted him and said, "It's really early." Qi Yunhao hummed, and then led her in.But he didn't speak again, and lay on the couch as if thinking of something.

Liuli knew that it was Lu Zhao who had invited Du Rui over tonight, and he was probably feeling a little awkward at the moment, so he ignored him and still turned his head down to read the book.

She knew that he was not a narrow-minded person, nor was he unable to turn a corner, otherwise, he would never have told her that he wanted to be friends with Du Rui.Of course, she didn't expect him to be friends with him. In fact, even if he had this idea, Du Rui might not.She wouldn't be so naive as to hope that these two could coexist peacefully, but, at least for the sake of the overall situation, let's put these aside for the time being.As for how this knot will be opened in the future, everything depends on God's will.

Qi Yunhao didn't bring up this matter, and Liuli didn't take the initiative to inquire, anyway, as long as he knew that Lu Zhao was making arrangements.A few days later, Liuli asked Jijiao to deliver meat and vegetables to Xu Yuan's residence, and Jijiao came back and told: "Master Xu and Master Du are playing chess, and the two of them are chatting and laughing. I can't understand a lot of small things, but I can see them." Come out, Master Xu likes talking to Master Du very much."

Liuli said: "What about when the general passed by?"

Ji Jiaoer thought for a while, and said: "The general still goes there often now. Mr. Xu doesn't smile so much, but he respects the general very much. If you let the younger ones say it, Mr. Xu admires Mr. Du, just like Mr. Du Like a friend of the same generation, he can talk freely. But he is not like a friend to our general, and I can’t tell the details. He just has a bit of respect, a bit of attention, and a bit of inquiry. Alas, in short, this kind of The feeling is different from that of Master Du."

He couldn't say it, so Liuli didn't make things difficult for him.Uncle Xu's respect for Qi Yunhao must be due to Qi's family's outstanding contributions at the border. Although Xu Shen resigned from office and lived in seclusion, he still has a passion in his bones, and he is loyal to the emperor and patriotic.Xu and Jin's two uncles may not necessarily be loyal to the emperor, but patriotism is certain.Qi's father and son have been fighting the enemy at the border for more than ten years, who in the world does not respect their achievements?And Qi Yunhao acts upright, and he is not the kind of treacherous villain, so this respect is easy to understand.

As for the importance he attaches to him, Liuli thinks that Ji Jiao'er couldn't express clearly, it should be a meaning of importance or something similar, and this may be because he and Lu Zhao dared to overthrow the prince. After all, the prince's character is already well known, so How can such a person be worthy of such a big responsibility?In this case, anyone who is an enemy of the prince may have a good impression on him.What's more, Qi Yunhao told him what he asked for from the very beginning?
Besides the exploration, presumably it was because he was Liuli's husband. After hearing so much about Liuli's encounters, Uncle Xu was not sure if he really treated Liuli as well as the legend said.

Liuli couldn't go out now, so she had to learn the news from the people around her.Her body became heavier and heavier, and her movements became more and more difficult. Sometimes she couldn't help panting even walking through the hallway.

Wu Zixin is now coming to the palace more and more frequently, and it is scheduled to come once every three days. Qi Yunhao also spends more and more time in the mansion, returning to the mansion after the morning court, sometimes At most, I will go to the camp to respond.King Dingbei knew that he was thinking about Liuli, so he took over part of his official duties himself, and asked Qi Yunke to do the other part.

Now the relationship between the two fathers and sons is getting better and better. Although Liuli knows that this is actually just like him and Du Rui, it is just an expedient measure for the sake of the overall situation, but the atmosphere in the palace has indeed improved.King Dingbei would sometimes come to the Chaoqing Hall, and Qi Yunhao would occasionally take the initiative to ask him to come over if he encountered something related to Lu Zhao, but he still didn't go to the main courtyard because he didn't want to see Mrs. Mei.

Now that Qi Yunke has taken over part of the official duties, Mei's family is happy. Among her two sons, Qi Yunjing is lazy and afraid of suffering, so she is only willing to work hard on her voice and appearance, so she doesn't get much attention from King Ding Bei. .Although Qi Yunke was young, he was willing to follow his father and brother in the border for so many years, and he worked hard when he came back. The day told Qi Yunke ear-to-face, asking him to obey King Dingbei for a good life, so that he could share some military power in his hands in the future.

Qi Yunke was disturbed to hear that, and now less people went to the main courtyard. Sometimes when they heard that King Dingbei stayed in Chaoqingtang for dinner, he would come over to eat along with him.Liuli didn't care about these few sips of rice water, so when they came, it was natural for people to send good wine and food to the front yard.King Dingbei has long been accustomed to the taste of the long house, and Xie Er’s family is willing to spend their time. The same fish can always make several tricks, so later Qi Yunke and Liuli got close, and sometimes King Dingbei was away. In the mansion, he also took the initiative to come to eat with his elder brother.

Liuli felt that among the three children Mei gave birth to, only Qi Yunke could catch her eye.Qi Yunjing is a typical aristocratic family. Qi Mulan has a good foundation, but unfortunately she lacks education. If it is Qi Yunhao's own sister, then Liuli will naturally find a way to train her. A good prince and county lord, was trampled by the Mei family for nothing. up.It's a pity that she is not, so she doesn't bother to worry about it.

In fact, if Qi Yunke stayed in the palace back then, he probably would have been made a wimp by the Mei family. Fortunately, King Dingbei dragged him to the northwest, and he actually persisted, so he had the achievement he has today.

Both of them went to Chaoqing Hall for dinner, so only she and Qi Mulan were left to eat at Mei's place.Mei herself also felt bored, and often a table of dishes barely moved and then moved out.There were no He Yuhua and Duan Wenhui in the mansion, and now that she had broken up with Zhongyonghou's mansion again, she became more and more lonely.She disdains making friends with noble ladies in Beijing who are of low rank, and those who are of similar rank either have a lot of contacts with Chao Qingtang, or they are older and less active.Those who are of a higher rank than her, except for a few direct royal relatives, there are not many left. Among the direct royal relatives, there are all decent ones, such as the eldest princesses, who are all real golden branches and jade leaves. Forget it, you are still just a wife now, although others respect you as the wife of King Dingbei, but you feel inferior after all.

Every time she thinks of this, Mei can't help feeling resentful.Concubine Ye is already dead, and she has been posthumously crowned as a princess. Although she is a cousin of the Holy Majesty, I heard that the relationship between the cousins ​​is quite good, but she is a dead person after all. Can't you give me a title?She doesn't know what King Dingbei thinks. In the past, Qi Yunjing and Qi Yunke listened to her. Turning directly to Chaoqingtang, now that she is lonely and spends more time alone, this suppressed resentment arises.

"My lord, I've been married for so many years, and it's also a credit to praying for your family to have children. When will you give me this role?"

This day, she finally caught King Dingbei eating in Rongxi Hall, so she prepared a table of good dishes and whispered to him.

King Dingbei fiddled with the two dishes in front of him, and said indifferently: "Isn't this one good? Not everyone has a first-class wife."

"My lord!" Mei called out, her eyes were red, "Is the first lady the same as the princess? You have been crowned king for four or five years, and my position has not yet been determined. I told you about this earlier. , you just say that you will talk about it after you are busy, it has been so many years now, and you still haven't applied for me, how do outsiders look at me?"

"How do you look at you?" King Dingbei finally chose the cucumber that looked refreshing, took a piece and put it in the bowl and said, "Aren't you the head wife of Prince Dingbei's mansion? Incomparably, how else can I look at you?"

"That's good!" Mrs. Mei became angry when she heard what he said, and immediately said: "Since the first-class wife is no different from the princess, why is Mrs. Ye still conferred after everyone is dead? She just gave birth to the prince." Having a child, and I have served the prince for more than 20 years, could it be that I am not as good as a dead person in the prince's heart?"

"you shut up!"

King Dingbei stepped on her words and shouted angrily, slapped his chopsticks on the table and stood up.

Seeing his angry eyes wide open and his face livid, Mei couldn't help being afraid, she stood up in panic, as if she had nowhere to put her hands.

"She is her, you are you!"

Squeezing out these words between his teeth, King Dingbei strode out of the threshold with a flick of his sleeves.

Mei Shi was startled, staring at the tooth chopsticks on the table that had been snapped off, and fell down on the chair after a long time.

Rongxitang had a falling out here, and Liuli knew about it.Hastily asked someone to inquire, and after a while Chunxiang came back to tell the matter, Liuli was also silent.In fact, Mei's doubts are also her doubts. Why didn't King Dingbei apply for the title of princess for Mei?Is it because you think Mei Shi is not decent enough?But Mei was married by him himself, and he couldn't wait to marry her, so he probably wouldn't dislike her background and refuse to apply for a grant.Could it be because he was thinking about Princess Ye?But if he still has the position of Princess Ye in his heart, how could there be such things later?What's more, how could he ignore Qi Yunhao when he was a child, and even send out all of Princess Ye's dowry?

Thinking of this, she couldn't bear to think about it anymore, because Dongmei said that King Bei had already come to Chaoqingtang.

(End of this chapter)