boudoir

Chapter 357
This has always been because there are more extra meals in Liuli, each meal is not necessarily in time for the meal, and it is specially prepared by Madam Yu for pregnant women, so Qi Yunhao eats a lot in the front yard alone recently.At this moment, Liuli heard that King Dingbei was coming, and because Chunxiang said that there was a quarrel in the main courtyard just now, she guessed that King Dingbei had never eaten, so she came out to greet him and said, "My lord wants to eat something, I will make it in the kitchen." .”

King Dingbei waved his hand, and walked towards the courtyard of the study where Qi Yunhao was. After walking two steps, he still stopped and said, "Forget it, let someone serve you a bowl of noodles."

Liu Li said yes, and hurriedly called Xie Er's family, and asked her to cut some ham and make fragrant noodles, then thinly slice the elbow meat, and serve it with sauce to Ding Beiwang.

In any case, Liuli was encouraged by King Dingbei's blunt rejection of Mei's request, and his refusal to confer on Mei's application as a princess, which indirectly showed that Mei's status was not unshakable.As long as the Mei family stops, the palace will be truly quiet.In fact, she didn't really want to drive Mrs. Mei down. After all, there must be a mistress in the mansion. King Dingbei really wants to divorce Mrs. Mei. She and Qi Yunhao moved out of the mansion. Who will be in charge of the house then?It is not realistic for the old man to continue marrying.

Her goal is that as long as she has not moved out of the palace, Mei can stay there honestly. Liuli is not alone now, and there is still a child to protect, unlike in the past, it is enough to keep herself safe.What if Mei Shi jumps over the wall in a hurry and hurts the child?So she had to rely on King Dingbei's strength to crush Mrs. Mei to the ground.Then don't think about the princess or the Mei family. As Princess Ye's daughter-in-law, Liuli has long regarded her as her own mother. It is impossible for her to let other women share this situation when King Dingbei himself is not willing. honored.

Therefore, at this time, it is not only necessary for Qi Yunhao to have a good relationship with King Dingbei, but even she has to treat him badly.However, the old man has a bad temper, but he is a sensible person, and it is not in vain that Liuli treats him better.

The next day, Jin Xuan was going to meet Xu Yuan and the others at the house in Banping Hutong. Liu Li wanted to see them very much, but it was a pity that she might give birth at any time now. Not only did she pray that Yun Hao would not allow it, but even Wu Zixin told her not to go out.Unable to withstand her insistence, Qi Yunhao let Jin Xuan take a black horse-drawn carriage and entered the palace tightly.

Liuli greeted him in the hallway. Compared with the man in his memory who always had a smile on his lips, Jin Xuan's face was darker now. Although he was still smiling, it made people feel sad.

"Uncle Jin is so bad, he hasn't come to see me for so many years." Liuli smiled and cried, still acting coquettishly as she was when she was young, after two lifetimes away, as if only in this way can she find her long-lost childhood.Jin Xuan brought her unborn child a small fence that he made himself. He has been ingenious since he was a child, and he is very good at making these wooden crafts. This is what he made in Qing Palace in the past few days.

"When he is born, I will make wooden horses and swings for him." Jin Xuan said to her with a smile. "Uncle Jin takes care of all his toys."

Lucy wept again.

Jin Xuan stayed for dinner before being escorted all the way to Banping Hutong by Qi Yunhao.They will not show up until after Lu Zhao's matter is completed and their danger is eliminated.

Liuli sent them to the second door, and when the carriage had gone far away and was about to return to their room, another carriage drove in outside the door.

The main courtyard was lonely and deserted, the Mei family took leave with King Dingbei two days ago, and returned to Mei's residence for two days.It was because of her absence that Qi Yunhao agreed to Liuli to bring Jin Xuan into the mansion.Unexpectedly, it happened at this time.

After climbing the stone steps, Mrs. Mei asked, "Who is sitting in the carriage?"

The corner of Liu Li's mouth twitched: "Madam, didn't you see the sign of Prince Qing's Mansion on the carriage? You know who it is, so why ask me?"

Mei also thought that Lu Zhao was sitting inside, so she asked on purpose.At this time, when she pushed her up, she said in a bad mood: "You are on good terms with King Qing now. I heard that even when the boss is not around, you still talk to him alone. This is you, a married woman." Should you behave? Don't forget your identity!"

When Qi Yunhao was not in the house, Duan Wenhui came to Chaoqingtang to find out what happened, but was humiliated by Lu Zhao and left. Mei's attention was paid to Duan Wenhui's progress at that time, so she naturally knew.Seeing that she came to see off Lu Zhao with her belly upright, and Qi Yunzheng was not around, she thought that she had something to do with her.

Liu Li raised her eyelids and said, "Madam, let's take care of myself first. There is nothing serious about Mei's residence. If you go back to stay for two days, who can guarantee that there is nothing wrong with it?"

If you want to talk nonsense, who wouldn't?Don't think that she doesn't know that she asked her two brothers to do the work of King Dingbei when she went back this time. Her two brothers are now working in the camp, although Mei's Shen's concubine is a face of Meifu. Son, but do they have the ability to tell King Dingbei?In the end, why don't you send some money out, and ask the generals in the camp who have been with King Dingbei for a long time to come forward to talk about cooperation?

This small matter of her own family is so troublesome that she needs to invite an outsider to intervene, Liuli really doesn't like to see this family very much.

Mei's thoughts were broken, and she couldn't hold back immediately, "Who are you saying is tricky? What's wrong with me? You should make it clear!"

"Do you know it yourself?"

Liuli didn't want to bother with her, she helped Yuegui's hand and turned to go back to the room.

Seeing that she was gone, Mrs. Mei had no choice but to go back to the main courtyard.

Seeing her angry face, Xiangying hurried forward and said, "Madam just returned home, what's the matter?" The maid who followed Mei's next to her naturally returned on her behalf.Xiangying heard that there was a dispute with Liuli, and after thinking about it, she said to Mei: "Why can't Madam lose her composure? Now the eldest grandma is the lifeblood of our family, and the prince and uncle are precious." What about the child who is about to be born. At this time, Madam is angry with her, isn't it against me?"

"Then what do you want me to do?" Mrs. Mei turned around abruptly, pointing to her chest: "Could it be that because she is pregnant with a child, my wife has to humb down to her to please her?"

"It's not to please." Xiangying sighed, and said: "The eldest grandma is pregnant with the eldest grandson in the mansion. This is an important matter in itself. If the prince still ignores the eldest son as before, that's all. But now you and I both know that the prince is gone now. Not only has he obeyed Grandma’s words, but his attitude towards the uncle has also changed a lot. There is no benefit for the madam to fight her openly. And the more you are like this, the prince and Your relationship will become more distant. In this case, why don't Madam think about it from another angle?"

"What do you mean?" May asked.

Xiangying said: "I mean, since the eldest grandson is precious to the lord, the madam might as well treat the grandma better. Think about it, if the grandpa is your own, and the child in the grandma's belly is your own grandson, you Will you still have the same attitude towards grandma?"

May shook his head.Xiangying said: "That's it! Why is the prince getting closer to the long house? On the one hand, the grandma is trying to please her. On the other hand, the prince has seen it. Madam, your attitude towards the long house is fundamentally different from that of the second and third masters. For the sake of balance, he will naturally treat the long house better. If you take the initiative to treat the long house better and the eldest grandma, the prince will feel relieved, and of course he will also appreciate your kindness and get close to you."

"After all, don't you want me to curry favor with Chao Qingtang?" Mrs. Mei became angry again, "If I do this, that bitch will have to ride on my neck even more? Then the anger I have suffered for so long Is it for nothing? What bad idea did you come up with? I'm not going!"

"Oh, my wife!" Xiangying sighed, "You are really smart and confused for a while! As long as you keep the prince's heart, how do you want to deal with grandma at that time, there is still no chance? You forgot What did you do when you first married in Qifu? Didn’t the prince respect you and love you in those years? Why did the prince come back after going out for so many years, and you even forgot this level? I remember clearly , you were the one who told me at the beginning that you couldn't compete with Mrs. Ye in an open fight, and you can only have a chance of winning if you take it secretly. Have you forgotten all about it?"

Mrs. Mei sat in a daze, staring at the door, her thoughts seemed to drift to those long-ago years.

In a blink of an eye, it has been half a lifetime. That year when she was in her boudoir, she was like thousands of girls of the same age dreaming about her future life. Suddenly, one day a matchmaker came to the door and said that it was the mansion of the Great General Zhen Guo. The newly widowed general came to propose marriage.At that time, her father was only a civil servant of the sixth grade, and she was not considered a lady of the family. She didn't know why the prominent General Qi would take a fancy to her?He has a hereditary title and military power, and the key is that his late wife was the niece of the empress at that time, and he himself is also handsome and handsome, with a very good appearance.

Such a family background and character, no matter what, it doesn't seem like she will take a fancy to her.But whether she believed it or not, he still married her in with Father Mei's consent.After becoming a husband and wife, he respected her very much and was very polite, but he seemed far away from her.As her husband, he looked more attractive than when he was seen from a distance on the street. When he was concentrating on practicing boxing in the garden, when he was giving orders to his subordinates how to use military tactics, and when he was eating without saying a word, this Everything fascinated her.

Gradually, her admiration for him has reached the point where she cannot extricate herself.In addition to the daily life, she also wanted to know more about him, such as his previous life, his relationship with Mrs. Ye, and his thoughts.He was often in a daze, and sometimes when he was talking to her, he suddenly stared at something in a daze.She intuitively felt that it had something to do with the dead Mrs. Ye, after all, he married her in less than two years after Mrs. Ye's death.She would never be so naive as to think that this is how much he loves her, and even she has some doubts, has he ever felt like a bond between husband and wife for her?

(End of this chapter)