Compared with the gloom and gloom of the Weihou Mansion, the Pingxi General Mansion is full of flowers.
Before midnight, the guests had all dispersed.
Tao Huansheng took a shower in the study, changed into a loose Taoist robe, looked up at the direction of the new house, and frowned.
After a while, he opened the door and walked out.
Meng Ying changed into regular clothes and lay down in her clothes. She was not sure whether Tao Huansheng could come to the bridal chamber to spend the night. If it was a full-on show, the bridal chamber would have to go through the motions because of the reputation of the Queen Mother.
But Tao Huansheng is a person who does not act according to common sense. She is not sure how he will deal with this matter.
The red candle was weeping, and the night was already slightly cool. Tao Huansheng opened the door and walked in.
Seeing Hongying outside, he said: "You go to the wing, you are not needed here."
Hongying was kicked out twice a day, but instead of feeling resentful, Hongying felt happy. The girl was like a stone and she wished that Tao Huansheng was smarter and the two of them could achieve "good things" earlier.
Hongying replied "Yes" and quickly backed out.
There was only a partition door between the inside and outside, and Meng Ying heard Tao Huansheng's words.
She felt uneasy in her heart. Although she was prepared, how should she cope with being alone in the middle of the night?
I was nervous in my heart when I heard Tao Huansheng outside, saying: "Miss Meng, I am sleeping in the outer room today. There are people in the palace watching outside the house. It is not appropriate to separate rooms at this time."
After Meng Ying heard this, she put her heart in her stomach and said, "General, please."
She thought she would have no sleep all night, but who would have expected that Meng Ying had a good night's sleep and slept until dawn.
Hongying came in to fetch water to wash herself, and then she learned from her that Tao Huansheng had returned to the camp early in the morning, and she felt relieved.
After breakfast, he and Hongying checked the accounts of the general's mansion, and joked with Hongying: "The general is the boss, I will be the shopkeeper in the future, and you will be the waiter..."
But just after half of the counting, the concierge came to report that it was someone from Prince Gong's Mansion who sent the post.
Meng Ying took the post and looked at it carefully. What was surprising was that it was Princess Gong who was coming to visit.
Meng Ying quickly ordered people to sweep the courtyard.
After walking around the General's Mansion today, I discovered that only the main gate of the General's Mansion was in order. The courtyard upon entering was dilapidated. The waterside pavilion was full of water plants, the roofs were leaking, and several pavilions were in ruins.
If it is repaired, it will require a lot of money.
But there was only a hundred taels of silver in the accounting room. Although there were gifts from yesterday's wedding guests, who would dare to sell them without Tao Huansheng's order?
The only people serving in the mansion are a cook, a rough lady, and a concierge.
Meng Ying gritted her teeth and asked Hongying to open her private treasury, withdrew five hundred taels of silver, first bought a few maids, and then hired craftsmen to paint the banquet living room.
Hongying was so busy that she had no choice but to call all the people from Meng's house over, sweeping and tidying up. Everyone was very busy.
On the second day, after a while, Princess Gong’s Phoenix arrived.
Meng Ying quickly put on a bright red and gold-covered jacket and a moon-white Hunan skirt, and went to the door to greet her.
When Princess Gong arrived, there was a huge crowd of people. The palace maid in front was playing the wishful thinking card, and the palace Efeng behind was chasing her down to follow on foot. It was so grand.
General Pingxi's Mansion is located in Tianshuijing Hutong in the east of the capital. It can be said that it lives in a back alley. Here, the neighbors see the clan's carriages and horses going out to see each other.
When Luan Jia approached, everyone knelt down and did not dare to raise their heads to look at each other.
Meng Ying knelt at the door and saluted the princess to greet her.
Not long after, Princess Gong, who was in her early fifties, was wearing a long purple dress with gold trim and gold thread. She was wearing a nine-phoenix Chaoyang golden walking stick on her head. With the help of the maid, she slowly got off the carriage.
Meng Ying, wearing a white lotus silk double-breasted fairy dress, bowed down and sang, "My wife, Meng, the wife of General Pingxi, has met the princess! Princess, may you be blessed and safe."
"Mrs. Tao, there is no need to be formal, please get up quickly!" The maid next to the princess reached out to help Meng Ying up.
Meng Ying closed her eyes and stood with her hands lowered, and said: "Princess, today Fengjia is coming, but the palace is simple and simple, and the ministers are frightened."
The princess smiled and said: "No problem, I have nothing to do, so I can just take a walk."
Princess Gong said she wanted to walk around, so she just walked around the courtyard. Meng Ying introduced where the study was, where the banquet room was, and so on.
After two cups of tea, the two took their seats in the banquet hall.
The princess said: "I didn't take a closer look yesterday, but today I discovered that Mrs. Tao is so beautiful that she matches General Pingxi and does not disgrace him."
"The princess is so complimentary." Meng Ying replied next.
"General Tao has a life-saving grace for the prince. I am here today. Firstly, I will give Mrs. Tao a strong appearance so that those who have evil intentions will not dare to cause trouble again. Secondly, I also want to ask Madam if there is any difficulty. If so,
Even so, if Prince Gong’s Mansion can do anything in this capital, he will not refuse.”
Meng Ying knew very well that the reason why the princess came forward must be because Tao Huansheng had an old relationship with Prince Gong, but she never thought that it would be a life-saving favor.
Now in order to save himself, Tao Huansheng accepted the love of Prince Gong's Mansion.
"The princess made a serious statement. As a subject, it is only right to save the prince. How can I dare to retaliate?"
When these words were said, the princess was very happy and said with a smile: "There are rumors that you and General Pingxi were in love with each other with a silver hairpin, and neither of them married. Now it seems that General Pingxi also has a very good taste in people."
OK."
After Princess Gong finished speaking, she took off the jade plaque from her waist and the maid handed it to Meng Ying.
"This is something I carry with me. If you are in trouble, bring it to the palace and I will seek justice for you."
"Thank you, Princess." Meng Ying took the jade token, bowed and bowed to express her gratitude.
Before Princess Gong left, she whispered to Meng Ying: "Now General Tao has an important position and cannot leave his post without permission. I'm afraid he can't always be by your side. Those who have families in the city defense camp will come to the camp on the full moon day.
Send food, Madam, you might as well take advantage of sending food to reunite with General Tao more often."
Meng Ying nodded and thanked the princess for the suggestion.
After seeing off the princess, Meng Ying asked Hongying: "What's the deal with the silver hairpin that seals your love?"
Hongying said with a smile: "I just found out today that General Tao asked Dongsheng to tell the guests that he and you met four years ago. At that time, you confirmed your love with the general with a silver hairpin and gave him a ceremony to persuade the general to join the army and serve the country.
.Now this 'silver hairpin seals love' has become a popular story, and restaurants and restaurants are all singing this part."
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Meng Ying stroked her forehead, really dumbfounded, thinking: Tao Huansheng's ability to tell lies is really second-to-none. It's obviously a fake marriage, but he still has to make up so many stories.
Hongying smiled and teased: "Madam, how about I sing a song for you? 'What a wonderful time, beautiful scenery, I give you a silver hairpin from my family...'"
Meng Ying blushed, covered her ears, and said, "I won't listen, I won't listen."
"Hey, madam, don't run away..."
Meng Ying hurriedly hid in the inner room, her face flushed with shame.
It would be fine if they were all lies, but that silver hairpin...
No, no, he was the one who snatched the silver hairpin. However, he didn't expect it to be so, and now the bandit actually married her. I have to sigh: It's really God's will.
Meng Ying had just calmed down when she heard Qinghe come to report that Hongying and someone had a fight outside the door.
"Let's go and have a look." Meng Ying was puzzled. Logically speaking, the princess had just left and no one would dare to cause trouble at this time.
When I walked to the gate, I realized that it was Wu Botang who was here. But Hongying was annoyed that the Wu family would not save her, and refused to let Wu Botang in at any cost.
Meng Ying knew that Wu Botang was always promiscuous, so she frowned and said to Hongying, "Let Mr. Wu come in and tell me what it's like to make noise at the gate."
"Yes." Hongying opened the door reluctantly.
As soon as the door opened, Wu Botang was stunned.
In front of him, Meng Ying had already put on a woman's bun and was dressed like a bride. He felt like he had poured out a five-flavor bottle, and he didn't know what it felt like.
Meng Ying saw Wu Botang, dressed as a Taoist priest, with a tired face. She didn't want to close the door to thank guests, and said: "We haven't seen you for a long time. If the third master has anything to say, please tell me inside."
Wu Botang calmly replied: "Okay, let's talk about it inside."
Meng Ying didn't know where she offended this man, so she carefully led the way.
In the banquet hall, the guests and hosts were seated separately.
Meng Ying didn't know where to start, so she asked: "The last time we met, the third master sent Mingzhu back to Meizhou. I wonder how Mingzhu is doing?"
"I don't know. I sent my grandfather and cousin to Meizhou, and then I went to visit famous mountains with my Taoist friends. I just returned today."
Meng Ying really didn't know what else to say to him, so she glanced at Hongying, who turned her head away, obviously still angry.
Qinghe understood and quickly served Wu Botang tea.
The atmosphere in the banquet hall was strange. Meng Ying was sitting on pins and needles, and Wu Baitang's face was as heavy as water.
"Third Master, why are you here?" You can't keep silent to anyone. You are already a "wife". Although you have attendants around, you can see that you can't avoid gossiping for a long time. It's better to do less than to do more.
"I know you are good at planning and have a wealthy family, so why do you choose to marry someone else?" Wu Botang turned the tea bowl, but did not drink the tea, and said in a tone of hatred that iron cannot be transformed into steel.
Meng Ying was a little angry. Tao Huansheng said she had a plan, and he also said she had a palace.
It's like she knew the outcome and did it on purpose.
She is a weak woman who just wants to live in peace in this long world. She has some scheming ideas. Is it wrong?
Both of them said that she was scheming. If she was scheming, she could make the Queen Mother retract her decree. Or if she was scheming, she wouldn't have to die?
Mengying held back her anger and said: "I am getting married according to the decree!"
The light tone made Wu Botang even more angry, and the tea bowl was placed heavily on the tea table.
"Even if you want to marry, you should marry someone from a scholarly family who can show mercy to you. Do you know who you are marrying? A rash general who was born as a bandit. I even said that you knew what you were doing, but I didn't expect you to be like this."
You despise yourself!"
"The third master's words are wrong. Meng Ying accepted Yi's decree in the past, and all the men in the world avoided me like a snake and a scorpion. Only the butcher wanted to take chestnuts from the fire, and his life was murdered. Fortunately, the general did not give up, otherwise I would have become a ghost under the spring.
.I am alive in the world today because of the merits of my general. The third master should not slander me."
Wu Botang suddenly stood up, held Mengying's shoulders, and said, "Why don't you go find my grandmother?"
Hongying said loudly: "Why didn't you look for it? It's just that you have a high threshold for An Ding Houfu. How can people like us get the mercy of the queen?"
Meng Ying struggled to break free from Wu Botang's hand and took three steps back.
He turned around and said, "Hongying, shut up! Don't talk nonsense."
After Hongying was scolded by Mengying, she became angry and said nothing.
Wu Botang was surprised and said: "You actually went to see my grandmother?"
"The Queen's decree, I know that the Marquis Mansion also has its difficulties, and I don't blame anyone. It's just that I am a wife, and people's words are to be feared. If there is nothing important in the future, please don't come again."
Meng Ying's words were meant as advice, but in Wu Botang's ears, she could hear a bit of resentment.
This slight resentment made Wu Botang feel relieved and said: "I know you have been wronged. When I learned about the news that you were forced to marry, I rushed back at night and night, but it was still a step too late. You give me
In a few days, I will save you from the fire as soon as possible!"
Meng Ying was surprised and said: "I'm afraid the third master is confused. Now that I'm married to a good man, there's no fire. Please be careful what you say."
"You don't have to hide your words when you talk to me. I understand that after you and Tao Huansheng reconcile, I will marry you. You don't have to worry about the reconciliation, I will make arrangements." Wu Botang said with confidence.
Meng Ying heard that something was wrong and quickly explained: "Wait a minute, Mr. Wu, I'm afraid you have misunderstood. I will not divorce the general, let alone marry Mr. Wu."
"You won't marry me and we won't get married? Are you crazy? You want to grow old together with a bandit leader?" Wu Botang walked towards Meng Ying and said angrily.
"He is not a bandit, he is General Pingxi, who was appointed by the emperor. The third master is not allowed to insult my husband."
Meng Ying spoke up to defend Tao Huansheng, and Wu Botang became even more angry. He reached out and threw the tea bowl: "Okay, okay! If you are willing to fall for yourself, don't tell Mingzhu that I didn't help you!"
After that, he walked away.
Hongying put her hands on her hips and faced Wu Botang's back, saying: "Bah, who wants to remarry you! Now it seems that our girl is no longer in danger, and all the cats and dogs are here. It's really easy to put the icing on the cake, but it's hard to say goodbye in the snow!" Meng Ying was shocked by Wu Botang's senseless behavior, but after thinking about his words carefully, she guessed that Wu Botang must have been entrusted by Mingzhu, and now that he was forced to marry, he felt guilty. But this Wu Botang's irritable character is completely different from Mr. Wu, who was called the light of the Hou family by Mrs. Wu in his previous life.
Could it be that his rebirth changed his character?