Family Has a Concubine

At about three quarters in the afternoon, Ye Tang Cai returned to Dingguo Bo’s Mansion, but he heard Qing'er calling San Ye outside.

She opened the curtains, and she saw Chu Yun standing there, wearing a thin light green dress, with a pretentious look on her face. She didn't know how long she had been standing here.

When she saw him, her heart finally settled down, and she smiled: "San Ye."

"Yeah." Chu Yunpan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her.

Although she had already prepared a plan to escape for her, she had already called Princess Xinyang, and when the needle in the Prince's Mansion came to report the letter, she went to rescue Ye Tang Cai.

I don't want to, that Lin Mogang played a role, it seemed more natural.

But even so, Chu Yunpan's heart was still hanging tightly, waiting here all the time. Seeing her smile, a heart fell, but thinking of her experience in the Prince's Mansion, it was still uncomfortable.

The carriage entered the Chuhua Gate, and Hui Ran put down Xiaozi. Ye Tangcai was holding her red dress and was about to hold Hui Ran's hand, but Chu Yunpan suddenly took hold of her delicate soft pancreas.

Ye Tangcai hadn't reacted yet, she was suddenly pulled by him, and she exclaimed. He pulled her whole body forward, and then threw herself on her body.

It made her stand on her knees in the carriage, but her upper body fell on him and was held tightly by him.

Ye Tang was dumbfounded, his face flushed, and he was furious: "You, what are you doing?"

"Your foot... isn't it?" Chu Yunpan's voice sounded in her ears.

The heat he exhaled caused Ye Tangcai's ears to become hot and annoyed: "When did my feet hit?"

"I listened to... the informant said." Chu Yunpan said with a low voice. Her delicate body was full of arms, which gave a sense of reality.

"Wrong report...Ah-" Ye Tangcai exclaimed, and then the sky turned around, and he was already hugged by him.

Ye Tangcai couldn't find balance for a while, and in a panic, she had to hug his neck.

"It's not wrong." Chu Yunpan hugged her and walked forward. "This is the last time. You won't have to do this kind of thing in the future, and you won't have to go to the Prince's Mansion again."

Listening to this, Ye Tangcai only felt his eyes hot.

God knows how disgusting and scared she is to deal with them every time she goes to the Prince's Mansion, and even today, even if she knows that Chu Yunpan and King Liang are ready to find out how to save her, there is always something like this... just in case... When she promised to do this, she was ready to be out of touch.

"But..." Hui Ran ran up: "The prince is looking at the girl. What if I ask the girl to make some tea and wipe the flowers?"

Since Huiran learned that Ye Tangcai was being watched by the prince, and when she recalled how many times she had gone to the prince's mansion, she was frightened for a while.

Chu Yunpan Junyi's face was cold: "I will bring you status, status, and glory." I will never let you be bullied or humiliated again.

Ye Tangcai's heart was slightly shaken when she heard this, her small face was buried in his arms, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly as she listened to the sound of his heartbeat.

Chu Yunpan walked into Qiongmingxuan holding Ye Tangcai all the way.

Qiuju hurriedly greeted him, and when he saw Chu Yunpan holding Ye Tang to pick it in, he was shocked: "Girl...what's wrong with you?"

Chu Yunpan had already carried her into the house, put her on the bed of Luohan, and said to Hui Ran, "Get the water!"

Huiran agreed and ran outside, calling Shang Yuyang and Yuhan, and let them bring hot water together.

Qiu Ju stepped forward: "Girl, what's wrong with your legs?"

"My legs..." Ye Tangcai wanted to say that his ankle was broken, but when he just hugged her, she said no. Now she couldn't open her mouth to admit it, so she curled her small mouth.

"You must kneel a lot at the Prince's Mansion, right?" Qiu Ju said with a distressed expression, "but... went in?"

Ye Tangcai shook his head: "No."

Qiu Ju sighed lightly, her eyes reddish: "Girl Ling...what should I do? Do you really want to marry that person?" Moreover, the girl lost the opportunity to meet the princess.

"There will always be a way." Ye Tangcai said, her bright eyes flicked across the cold light. "I'm hungry, Qiuju, tell the kitchen to cook two bowls of wontons."

Qiu Ju agreed and turned around and went out.

When her figure disappeared at the courtyard gate, Ye Tangcai said, "Then...when will King Liang do it?"

"How do you want to put your token in?" Chu Yunpan said, picking the corners of his lips: "Your cat?"

"How did you know?" Ye Tang was taken aback.

"You suddenly carried a cat outside. It didn't look like a whim, and you specially ordered a gold medal for it as a toy. The size and shape of the gold medal are very similar to the emperor's return order." Chu Yunpan said.

Ye Tang's lips curled up slightly: "This cat has a hobby, which is to hide things. Especially those gold objects, it loves it the most. But where you hide it, you must wipe it out. Its nose is extremely sensitive. He can find the place where he urinates in five or six days."

"Is it reliable?"

"Naturally. In the past six months, I have tested it more than a hundred times, and I have been training continuously. Then, when should I put the brand in?" Ye Tangcai asked him back.

"Since it can take a few days, then three days later!" She had only entered the study room of the Prince's Mansion today. If the incident happened tomorrow, the suspicion would be too great.

"It's just... Even if the prince has an accident because of this token, can you help sister-in-law?" Ye Tangcai worried.

"It must be possible." Chu Yunpan said without hesitation.

At this moment, seeing Qiuju coming back holding a tray from a distance, she walked into the room, Ye Tangcai smelled a fragrant wonton.

Qiuju put the wontons on the round table in the small hall and greeted Ye Tangcai and Chu Yunpan went over to eat together.

I saw a small white porcelain plate on the tray, filled with small wontons, sprinkled with oil, sprinkled with chives, and two celadon bowls.

Chu Yunpan picked up the spoon and filled two bowls of wontons, Ye Tangcai picked up the spoon, digging up the small wontons and eating them one by one.

When Chu Yun saw her eating happily, the corners of her lips curled up. Her food has always been very good, especially when she eats duck cakes. Just watching her eat can make you feel happy.

The two were eating rice, and suddenly saw Luye walking into the courtyard gate.

Ye Tang looked around. Did the Qin clan already know that she ran to the Prince's Mansion and "kneeled" and wanted to make trouble with her for not bringing Chu Miaoshu?

But soon, she denied it, because there was a familiar maid behind Luye. This maid named Xiao Qing was the second-class maid beside Miao's.

Luye and Xiaoqing were standing outside the house, Luye said. "Three grandma, someone from your family's family is looking for it."

Xiao Qing hurriedly saluted Ye Tang: "Auntie Grandma."

Seeing Xiao Qing's face panicked, Chu Yun frowned, "What's the matter?"

"Auntie, did you not see the letter sent to you by the third wife last time?" Xiao Qing's face was anxious, with a reproach, "Ms. Ling was promised to the Miao family again. Married. The old lady is so anxious to find her death in the house, so go back and persuade her!"

Ye Tangcai has already put down the spoon: "I'm now..."

"Go back and tell the old lady that she died and my sister-in-law was tortured in Miao's house and no one cares. She is alive, even if she really married, she can still support her!" Chu Yunpan said coldly.

Xiaoqing choked.

"Tomorrow I will go back and have a look." Ye Tangcai said.

Xiaoqing heard that Ye Tangcai was too ruthless. Miss Ling was so kind to her before, but now that something went wrong, she didn't even look at it. Now she comes to call someone, and the uncle will scold her.

But seeing Chu Yunpan's excessively Leng Jun face, he dared not say much. After a gift, he resigned.

Ye Tangcai said, "She was just anxious. After my sister-in-law's accident, I was busy with other things and really never went back. They didn't know that I was working hard for my sister-in-law, so they would naturally feel that I was ruthless. This is human nature."

Chu Yunpan did not answer, and silently filled her bowl.

He just hated Ye Tangcai for running around in the past few days, kneeling and begging, and being frivolous by the prince. He finally had a meal at ease. He didn't want to be disturbed before even half of the meal was eaten. .

Ye Tangcai watched the celadon bowl in front of him full of small wontons, stuffed so that there were no gaps, Ming Yan's small face couldn't help but wrinkle: "I can't finish eating."

"Eat." Chu Yunpan just one word, "Or, do you want to eat duck cake?"

Ye Tang Cai heard the words duck cake, and the corners of his mouth twitched. He quickly picked up the spoon and silently fought with the little wonton in the bowl. Thinking of duck cakes, I felt bitter, but how I listened, I felt that there was something wrong with what he said.

After she finished eating, Chu Yunpan said, "I'll go out."

Ye Tangcai oh agreed, and Chu Yunpan stood up and walked out.

When he left, Hui Ran's hot water was ready, and when she finished the bath and lay down on the bed comfortably, she was awakened. By the way, she finally felt that there was something wrong with his words!

He actually used duck cakes to blackmail her?

That is to say, he already knew that she didn't like this stuff? Then why buy it back for her to eat?

Thinking of this, Ye Tangcai's whole body is not good. I wanted to run to question him, but he must have ran to look for King Liang.

But when it got dark, and he hadn't returned yet, Ye Tangcai had to sleep indiscriminately.

…

In the early morning of the next day, most of the capital was passed on that the father and son Lin Guogong went to the Prince's Mansion to appraise paintings together.

Originally, the marriage between Miao Jihe and Ye Lingjiao made the people doubtful. They didn't know whether Miao Jihe was really broken or fake, and whether the prince had an affair with Miao Jihe.

Now that the father and son of Lin Guogong did not avoid coming to the door, it is obvious that even the Lord Guo thinks that the prince is innocent, and Miao Jihe and Ye Lingjiao were married before, so they felt that it was a misunderstanding. Even if there are a few who do not believe it, it does not affect the image of the prince.

Xu Rui was sitting on the second floor of a wine shop in Dongda Street, listening to the diners around talking about Miao Jihe, and praised the prince. A smile appeared on the corners of his lips.

The crown prince was able to wash away the stigma, it was all his credit!

I don't know her, do you know about it? If you know it, you will be mad!

Thinking that her bright little face would be angry with him and bloom more beautifully and compellingly, Xu Rui was thrilled.

At this moment, I saw a familiar figure coming downstairs with two maids, only to see her jet-black hair bun, butterfly tassel hairpin, and a water-red jacket skirt. Even though she could not see her face, Xu Rui still I recognized it at a glance, this was Ye Tangcai.

Xu Rui thought to himself that Ye Tangcai would definitely come here, and he must have just left Jing'an Houfu.

Xu Rui guessed right, Ye Tangcai did indeed go to Jing'an Hou Mansion just now.

Yesterday she promised Xiaoqing to go back and have a look. If nothing happens, An Ningtang and Ye Lingjiao were surrounded by a vulgar wife, and she couldn't see anyone if she wanted to.

Ye Weicai said again that after Xiaoqing went back yesterday, she gave the old lady a conversation, and then she calmed down and stopped making trouble.

Ye Tangcai thought that it was not bad these days, so she didn't have to go in to see it, otherwise trouble would start again.

After leaving Jing'an Houfu, Ye Tangcai came here for breakfast.

Ye Tang Cai walked to the corner of the lobby and sat down with Hui Ran Qiuju before ordering food.

Seeing a man dressed as a scholar approaching, Ye Tang Cai narrowed his eyes.

Xu Rui smiled and stepped forward: "What a coincidence, big sister."

Qiu Ju looked at him, his eyes were cold, he was really everywhere! "We don't know you, what's the matter with you?"

"It's enough for me to know my elder sister." Xu Rui chuckled. "I'm not here to find something, but just want to give a gift. My sister is about to get married, and I don't know what to give for a while. Appropriate, here is a piece of jade pendant. Big sister, give it to sister-in-law for me!"

As he said, he took off a piece of jade pendant from his waist, and saw that it was a piece of emerald with a very good water head. Look at the luster on it, it was delicate and soft, and it must have been made by Yin Tingniang.

Qiu Ju looked furious and sneered: "Girl Ling won't ask for something dirty! Also, my girl won't give it to you."

Xu Rui looked cold when he saw Qiu Ju mocking the jade pendant he was wearing as a dirty thing, but as a well-known literati, Qiu Ju was a maid, so he could quarrel with her and just glanced at her coldly.

Xu Rui just chuckled, "Since sister-in-law is not rare, then I won't give it away. That elder sister will bring me some blessings! By the way, it is me who suggested that sister-in-law marry Miao Jihe!"

As he said, he stared at her bright little face, waiting for her to look annoyed.

"You, what did you say?" Qiu Ju listened and was startled, "Did you do a good thing? No, wait, why would the old lady listen to you? Impossible!"

The old lady obviously doesn't like Yin Tingniang, even if she barely hates Yin Tingniang because of her "saving grace" to Ye Chengde, she will not accept Xu Rui's oil bottle.

Xu Rui was relieved by Qiuju's words, but she felt a little unwilling, because he felt that Ye Tangcai should have said this in his own mouth, that's right!

No, she only held the tea and sipped it gracefully.

When Xu Rui saw that she turned a blind eye to him, Jun's face became cold.

"You drag the oil bottle, nonsense, you just want to **** off my girl." Qiu Ju let out a cold voice.

Xu Rui heard her calling herself to drag the oil bottle, his face was stern, and immediately, he smiled again, looked at Ye Tangcai and said, "Isn't I dragging the oil bottle? Big sister will know soon!"

Now, give her a notice first, and then reveal his identity, that's fun!

"Did I ask you something?" No, Ye Tangcai raised her eyelashes lightly, and she glanced at him like alms. "I'm sitting here, without saying a word or asking, you just chatter here, just such a little thing, is it enough to make you so ecstatic?"

Xu Rui's face became stiff when she heard her words. This was a mockery of his petty, like a country boy who had never seen the world.

Xu Rui became angry from embarrassment, and the refutation was irrefutable, so he coldly snorted, "Everything is in my hands. There is always a time when you kneel in front of me and my mother!"

After speaking, he turned and left.

Qiu Ju looked at his back, coldly: "It's really mean, I always come for scolding."

"Eat breakfast!" Ye Tang Cai sneered.

Several people had used breakfast and went to the Qiu's family to visit Wen's family. Only then did they return to the National Palace.

When I walked into Qiongmingxuan, I saw Chu Yunpan sitting on the Grand Master's chair in Xicijian, with a letter on the coffee table in front of him.

Seeing her come in, he smiled and picked up the letter: "Kang Kang, he is already on his way back to Beijing!"

Ye Tangcai's eyes lit up when she listened, "Xu Dashi is coming back?"

"Yes!" said Chu Yunpan, "before this letter was sent out, it was already on the road. I will arrive in Beijing in early March."

Ye Tangcai accepted the letter, opened it, and looked excited.

"I'm going out." Chu Yunpan said and stood up.

"Where to go?" Ye Tangcai lifted a bright little face from the letter and looked at him eagerly.

This small appearance made Chu Yunpan want to go up and squeeze it, but in the end he held it back, "Just do the present thing. Tomorrow night, in the middle of the night, you put that thing in."

Ye Tangcai shuddered as she listened, then nodded.

Chu Yunpan turned and went out. Ye Tangcai looked at him by the window and watched him leave, until he disappeared from her sight, she rolled on the Luohan bed, opened the letter, looked at it, and then smiled happily. .

Smiling, her face suddenly stiffened again, and she forgot to ask about the duck cake.

In the evening, Qiuju was resting in the wing, while Ye Tangcai and Hui Ran lay in the main room.

At about the end of the day, the two got up quietly, and Ye Tangcai picked up the cat from the backyard.

Yuhan had waited outside Qiongmingxuan a long time ago, and nodded when he saw the two come out in black cloaks.

The three of them went out together, and there was a small black carriage waiting in the alley.

In mid-February, Daqi was still very cold, and the spring was very cold. The people have rested a long time ago, and some wealthy households have two lanterns hanging outside their doors, but most of the houses are all black. On the street, it was naturally dark.

But today is fifteen, and the full moon is particularly bright. I am used to the darkness, but I can see something.

A small black carriage walked slowly on the street for fear of disturbing people.

As soon as the carriage came close to Jinglong Street, it turned into an alley and stopped.

The three got out of the car, led by Yuhan, turned left and turned right, and came to Jinglong Street. You could see the side entrance of the Prince's Mansion from a distance.

A few people hid in the alley and Yuhan said, "This is the closest location to the Prince's study."

Ye Tangcai nodded, took the one-eyed cat out of her arms, and teased it softly: "Mimi, let's play a game."

She put the cat on the ground, took two steps back, then smiled and took out a gold medal from her arms, and she shook her body towards it.

The cat gave a soft cry, rushed forward, snatched the gold medal, and held it in his mouth.

It smelled everywhere, and then ran out. In the dark night, unable to see its small black figure, it rushed across the street and jumped onto the wall in the Zifu.

Ye Tangcai let out a sigh of relief when she saw it coldly found the smell she wiped off.

Yuhan was a little worried: "Can it put things away?"

"Yes." Hui Ran raised his eyebrows and looked at him. "This thief cat is a real thief. He likes to hide things in places where it smells. It loves to pee in those drawers in order to recognize that place. , And hide things in. Not only will they hide, they will also be closed!"

The corner of Yuhan's mouth twitched: "This cat is going to be refined!"

"San Ye, what did you do? This gold medal is..." Ye Tangcai still doesn't know what's going on. "What strategy is this to frame the prince."

"It's not framed, he did it originally." Yuhan smiled mysteriously: "The third grandma will know tomorrow!"

When Ye Tang Cai saw him selling Guanzi, he curled his lips.

Several people waited here for about a quarter of an hour, and when they saw the black cat running back, Ye Tang smiled when he picked it up and didn't pick up the brand.

The black cat jumped into her arms, and the others hurriedly left.

Ye Tangcai knew that something big would happen tomorrow, so early in the morning, he ran to the city with Huiran and Qiuju and drank tea in the lobby of Qianwei Building.

This is the most famous restaurant in Beijing, but it is the place where news spreads the fastest! It is also the closest to the emperor. If there is any news, it will come out as soon as possible.

"I heard that the marriage between the Miao family and the Ye family is being prepared tightly in Miluo. Tsk tsk, this is a lot of trouble." A pair of friends in their forties sat at a table by the window and chatted.

"I heard that on the day of marriage, Mr. Miao will come to welcome him in person."

Ye Tangcai, who was not far away, raised her eyebrows as she listened.

"I saw Master Miao before, and I wanted to retire several times. This time I got married, wasn't he forced? Why did he welcome him personally? Fake it!" Hui Ran whispered.

"It won't be fake to be able to let out this kind of wind." Ye Tang Cai frowned, "Otherwise he won't welcome his relatives when the time comes. Wouldn't he let the Miao Family slap himself?"

"He is willing this time." Hui Ran frowned.

Because of this one after another, the prince was successfully washed out, and Miao Jihe also saved some of his reputation.

In the palace—

Above the court, Miao Jiquan also came to the court all spring, and now their Miao family has made up for it.

The prince was also in a good mood and was talking about the scientific examination: "The list will be released on the first day of March, and the next day will be the palace examination. The Ministry of Rites and the Imperial College must be ready."

Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and Guozijian Jijiu quickly agreed.

Sitting crookedly on the golden dragon chair, the emperor yawned. The crown of his head swayed slightly, a golden embroidered golden dragon gown, which did not give him much sense of nobility, but made his original yellow face even more yellow.

Emperor Zhengxuan is already sixty years old. At this age, many people are able to be energetic, especially rich people, who eat and live well, and are nourished by ginseng bird's nest, and most of them look young.

However, Emperor Zhengxuan was sixty years old and seventy years old.

His face was full of wrinkles, his face was drooping, his head was pale and his hair was pale, and his dragon's eyes were faint.

But even so, when he was in good spirits, he would still insist on going up and seldom let the prince supervise the country.

He yawned and watched the prince talk freely below.

"Report!" There was a voice outside.

Emperor Zhengxuan raised his eyelids, "What emergency?"

Generally, those who come to report at this time are all urgent reports.

A little **** from outside ran in, holding a folder in his hand. He plopped and knelt down.

The emperor didn't bother to read: "Read!"

The little **** simply said: "The prefect of Lizhou sent an emergency report, saying that a landslide suddenly appeared somewhere in Dingshan, and hundreds of people were buried."

Hearing this, all the officials in the court took a sigh of relief and couldn't help whispering to each other.

The little **** continued: "One of them escaped and ran to report to the official. The prefect of Chengzhou rushed over with the government officials and found that the land of the cave was..."

Hearing the two places of Chengzhou and Dingshan, the prince's eyelids twitched, and a bad premonition rose in his heart. He said, "This matter..." For a while, he didn't know how to stop it. After thinking about it, he said. : "Now I'm discussing the meeting and the palace exam..."

After listening to these words, the expressions of each of the upwards were a bit wrong. King Liang even sneered: "The meeting and palace exams have been discussed, and this is nothing new."

"Yes." Yu Shi said with a sullen face, "This is an emergency report, saying that hundreds of people have died in the collapse. His Royal Highness has always been kind, do you think that trial is more important than human life?" Said that he was about to impeach Prince One. 4d posture.

The prince's face was stiff.

The little eunuch, who was kneeling on the ground, said: "The prefect said that the land of the cave-in seems to be a sacrificial place for the emperor."

Hearing this, everyone in the morning took a breath, and they all looked at the prince in unison.

The sick emperor Zhengxuan on the dragon chair listened to this, his rickety body suddenly straightened, and a pair of dim eyes shot cold sharp light at the prince.

The prince's handsome face was slightly green, but he remained calm.

Before the prince spoke, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites sneered coldly: "What is the sacrificial place for the emperor? Nonsense!"

At this time, Yu Shi had already jumped out: "His Royal Highness actually built the emperor's sacrifice field, it is really heartbreaking!"

Each generation of emperors of Daqi built their own sacrificial grounds for the emperor to pray for the country and the people, and the weather will be smooth. Of course, this is a small part. The biggest part is to pray for a solid throne and a long life.

As for the prince, naturally he could not build a sacrificial place for the emperor, otherwise he would have the intention to usurp the throne. But there are legends that the prince built the emperor's sacrificial ground in advance, which can strengthen the prince's fortune and stabilize his position as the crown prince. This is the residence of the emperor.

However, the prince built a sacrificial place for the emperor, which will affect the emperor in his seat.

Therefore, when he heard that the prince built the sacrifice place for the emperor, Zhengxuan Emperor Longyan was furious, coughing non-stop with anger, and tremblingly pointed at the prince: "You—"

"Father, the son is wronged." Upon seeing this, the prince hurriedly threw himself and knelt down.

Yao Yangcheng, Shangshu from the Ministry of Justice, said: "The emperor, the prince is the most filial piety, how can you do such a thing?"

King Lu, the eldest son of the emperor, came out. He was a middle-aged man who was almost inexperienced. He was handsome and thin. "Father, the younger brother of the three emperors must have been framed."

Wang Liang stood aside, and his charming phoenix eyes cast a cold glance at Wang Lu.