Princess Changning has been living in the south since she remarried. She has not returned to the capital for more than ten years and has not even attended the late emperor's birthday banquet.
If it was inconvenient to marry the Helan family of Donghu and live far away from Beijing, it would be excusable. But after returning to Beijing, it was still the same. He did not come to the palace banquet every year. This was the late emperor himself in the past.
For more than ten years, I haven't mentioned the eldest princess half a sentence.
Some people speculated that perhaps the eldest princess had gotten married and then remarried, which had displeased the late emperor, and the father and daughter were separated as a result.
The quarrel between the royal father and his daughter was not something that ordinary people could reconcile.
Even if the late emperor ignored the eldest princess, the eldest princess had the son of King Donghu under her knees and a husband with hundreds of thousands of troops beside her pillow.
The late emperor didn't like the eldest princess, so he could only ignore her and never reprimanded her.
The eldest princess has now returned to the capital, and even His Majesty is polite to her, let alone others.
So the people who received the message from the Princess Mansion dressed up carefully and came over with their daughters.
As for why I specially brought my daughter here, I have to mention the princess’s son, Prince He Lanfeng of Donghu.
The eldest princess has not been in the capital for many years, but He Lanfeng has always been there. Like other princes and grandsons, she went to school in the palace and grew up under the eyes of the late emperor.
Since He Lanfeng was in the palace, he had seen many of his courtiers and concubines.
The eldest princess is a rare beauty in the Beijing royal family, and everyone in the Donghu royal family has deep facial features and tall stature. The combination of the two blood lines makes Helan Feng a Zhilan Yushu. She is extremely handsome and has long been famous in the capital for her beauty.
It's a pity that He Lanfeng has been weak and sick since he was a child. He lived in the palace for a long time and never went out. He only appeared at palace banquets occasionally, always taking medicine instead of food, which made people feel sorry for his appearance and lamented his body.
I heard that after this disaster in the capital, Master Helan's illness became even more serious.
The eldest princess returned to Beijing this time, perhaps to choose a suitable wife for Mr. Helan, to celebrate Mr. Helan, and to continue the bloodline of the Helan royal family.
Qiao Lan sat behind the screen in the guest room where guests rested, and was forced to listen to the gossip in the eldest princess's house for a while.
Qiao Lan was getting older and would feel dizzy and sleepy after eating. Unable to hold on any longer, she asked Grandma Xiang to help her to rest in the private room, where she fell asleep directly on the recliner behind the screen.
When she heard the noise and woke up, she found that two women had arrived in the wing at some time and were still discussing matters at the eldest princess's house.
She really didn’t mean to hear it!
"I see that today the eldest princess praised the daughter of the great bachelor's family. Maybe she has taken a fancy to the girl from her family."
"The girl from the Pang family is well-educated, gentle, and sweet, but when her sisters get married, the first-born girls are girls. If I were the eldest princess, I would definitely not choose her..."
"The eldest princess also praised the Sun family..."
The two women were sitting in the house discussing, choosing girls from other families, just like going to the vegetable market to bargain with the boss, and they were dissatisfied with whatever they saw.
Qiao Lan remained in the same position and listened to the gossip for a long time. When the two of them had finished chatting, she felt half of her body starting to feel numb.
It hurts!
Qiao Lan wanted to move her body and change her position, but she was afraid that she would be embarrassed if she made a scene.
She finally understood why wealthy families brought so many maids and women when they went out. If one of them was in trouble while the master was sleeping, there would be other people coming to see the door. If there was only one and she happened to be away, they would show up.
Such a situation!
If there are not many people around, she will be like her, so I can only pray silently in my heart.
Aunt Xiang! Aunt Xiang! Where have you been? Can you come and help me? I can’t hold on any longer!
Just when Qiao Lan was praying that Aunt Xiang would appear soon, there was another slight knock on the door.
"What's going on?" one of the women asked.
"Madam, Mr. Helan has appeared!" The soft voice of the little maid came into the room.
"Oh!" The voice of the woman who responded rose several times.
"Then let's go over and take a look!"
"Let's go!"
Then there was a burst of footsteps gradually drifting away.
After the surroundings were quiet, Qiao Lan used her hands to support her half-numbed body and sat up from the recliner. She slowly rubbed her arms. Bits of tingling pain flashed back and forth between her muscles. She felt more pain and numbness.
The feeling gradually faded away.
Qiao Lan rubbed herself for a while and felt almost better. She lamented that she usually practiced a lot. If she was more delicate, she might have to wait until she was under general anesthesia and let others rescue her.
With a creak, the door to the wing was pushed open again.
"Old madam, are you still in the house?" Aunt Xiang asked in a low voice, her tone urgent.
Qiao Lan quickly said: "I'm here!"
Grandma Xiang hurried behind the screen, her face was pale and frightened, she knelt down and admitted her mistake, "It's all my fault, old slave. When I went to use the toilet, when I came back, there were many people guarding the door of this wing. I didn't dare to come forward.
I offended those ladies, so I went back and invited the eldest lady."
"The eldest lady is accompanied by a housekeeper from the princess's mansion. It's the housekeeper who can go out to solve the problem..." Grandma Xiang didn't dare to hide the news and kept talking.
It sounds like people from the Princess Mansion stepped in to resolve the siege. Maybe Mr. Helan went out on purpose.
Qiao Lan looked at the sweat on Aunt Xiang's head and said, "It's not your fault! Aunt Xiang, help me up."
Aunt Xiang hurriedly stepped forward and helped Qiao Lan up from the recliner. Seeing Qiao Lan gently rubbing her right leg, she quickly followed suit and said, "What's wrong with the old lady? Do you want to ask a doctor to come over and take a look?"
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Qiao Lan: "No, I'm numb after lying there for a long time."
"Yes, I was wrong!" Aunt Xiang admitted her mistake again.
After this incident, Qiao Lan has already come to a realization! It is wrong to have less people around if you want peace and quiet. Peace is peace and it is true that it is inconvenient, especially in this special situation.
After returning home, it would be better for her to have more people around her.
As for the girls at home, we should also add more.
Qiao Lan made up her mind, but she did not say these words directly to Aunt Xiang. Aunt Xiang's face turned pale at this moment, and Qiao Lan was afraid that she would think too much if he said it.
As soon as Aunt Xiang helped Qiao Lan up and walked a few steps, Wang and others followed her.
"Mom, are you okay?"
"fine!"
"Mom, that Mr. Helan..." Wang stopped talking. Seeing Qiao Lan's face calm, she felt a little more at ease, and calmed down her tone and said, "I see, he looks somewhat similar to Mr. He."
He Lanfeng, He Feng...
Isn't the word "he" pronounced similar to the word "he"?
Wang and others already had the answer, but they were afraid that the old lady was too old to hear about big changes, so they softened their tone. Unexpectedly, the old lady didn't react at all after hearing this!
But she heard Qiao Lan say calmly: "Mr. He told me earlier that his surname is Helan, his name is Helanfeng, and he lives in the capital. I didn't hear that there was any family named Helan in the capital before, but today.