"...Hmm." Lu Xiuyun smiled and squinted her eyes, patting her heart to express her relief.
"You don't ask?" Cao Xiwan was surprised.
"You've seen it all, what do I have to ask?"
Cao Xiyang chuckled and glanced at her: "Okay, don't worry, Miss Lu, I have a solution."
The window panes of the small room are filled with colorful osmanthus shadows.
The green tile charcoal basin in front of the window was burning.
The weather is also a little hot.
She stood up and looked into the dark room inside the screen. The soft lake green curtain in front of the door was hanging, and both Po Song and Ma Luo were asleep.
Cao Xiwan waved from the corner of the room, and Lu Xiuyun quickly followed him and put his ear to her.
She whispered in her ear.
Lu Xiuyun was shocked when she heard this: "What? Yang Jingshu is actually——?"
She smiled slightly, stood up, opened the cabinet and took out a large warm food box. She put charcoal in the warm food box, and then put a few bowls of porridge in to warm. The food box was placed on the table.
.
She picked up the pots and basins and pulled Xiuyun out of the small duty room.
She went to the back yard to fetch water and wash the porridge pot, which was already a little burnt.
This courtyard is where Su Jintian lived. There is no one there now, but there is a well in the courtyard, surrounded by wooden well fences and windlass.
There are old trees and green grass in the courtyard, and the walls are covered with dense winter jasmine vines, which rustle like music when the warm wind blows. There are several pink roses in full bloom beside the well railing, making it a good place for whispering.
She put down the basin by the well and went in first to check every room in the yard to make sure no one was there.
She and Xiuyun moved two small stools and sat by the well railing, whispering together.
next door.
Liu Ruhai was in Luo Yuan when he heard something moving next door. Was it the sound of the well railing?
He didn't sleep all night, so he came back and asked the boy to set up a bench under the willow tree in the courtyard. He lay down and ate tea, intending to catch up on his sleep.
He squinted at the sunshine outside the willow tree and didn't bother to pay attention to what she and Lu Xiuyun were plotting.
He had received five thousand taels and alerted Lu Xiuyun of the Crown Princess's condition.
Now, he is worried that Su Jintian killed the demon lords in Biying Palace one by one. Originally, the demon lords were rebellious, so they should be killed. But the seventh-day demon king who had made friends with him was in the palace,
Urging him to enter the palace quickly.
This matter needs to be discussed with Cao Xiwan.
We can't let her know that the Dai Wangfei is the Seventh Heavenly Demon King of Biying Palace.
Cao Xiwan picked up a bucket of water, poured it into the basin, and then said: "I didn't know it at first, but it's our eldest lady's good luck that I happened to see Princess Dai in the palace these days."
Lu Xiuyun didn't know why she suddenly mentioned Princess Dai again.
However, Cao Xiwan saw the princes and concubines of various palaces on the She Palace.
"Princess Dai actually looks a lot like Yang Jingshu." She said softly, shaking off the water beads in her hand.
So Cao Xiwan understood that what Xiuyun said last time was right. The Crown Princess was not willing to let her sister from her mother's family become her step-concubine. However, after she became seriously ill, she was worried about her children and listened to her mother's family's instigation before she decided to recommend a step-mother.
Concubine. Most of the time, this candidate was recommended by Yang Guogong’s palace. The Crown Princess agreed because she thought she was an inconspicuous natal sister.
"What? Do Yang Jingshu and Princess Dai look alike?" Lu Xiuyun was shocked and stopped stretching her fingers in the well bucket.
She thought that Cao Xiwan said that there was nothing to worry about this Yang girl because she was ordinary and inconspicuous, but she didn't expect that there was something inside.
"Xiuyun, you and Liangdi should discuss whether to ask the Marquis to check on Yang Jingshu."
She thought for a moment, and while washing the pot, she told Xiuyun, "I'm afraid this daughter of the Yang family is related to Nanyu, the rebel thief Liangguo Gong. If the Marquis finds some evidence, just say that her origins are unknown, and then let Dong Gong
If His Highness knows, it will be impossible for her to become your step concubine."
Cao Xiwan thought for a while: "Let Mr. Hou find someone to handle it. However, it is not urgent. We will wait until there is nothing we can do."
Lu Xiuyun was overjoyed and quickly kept it in mind, but also curious: "Dong Liang? A traitor?"
She knew that the man Cao Xiwan liked before was killed by Xiaowan during the major rebellion case involving Liang Guogong.
"Yes, Liangdi doesn't know, but the old lady definitely knows."
Just as the old lady was talking, someone came outside the courtyard. The ajar door creaked, and a servant woman poked her head in to take a look.
Cao Xiwan and Lu Xiuyun laughed at the same time.
It turned out to be Liu Yinger.
Now that she has given birth to a child, she has a plump face. She is no longer a maid in the inner hall, but is already the wife in charge of the old lady's room. Liu Ying walked in with a smile: "I'm easy to find. I know you hide and talk about sex."
By the way, the old lady’s name is Xiuyun and she has something to ask.”
Lu Xiuyun quickly took off her red silk cloak and turned it over to reveal the plain green silk inner layer.
She tied up the green silk shawl again and covered her head and face with a hood. She walked through the palace wall and entered the palace without letting other servants know.
"The piano is placed in the small duty room. You go first." Cao Xiwan said.
But Liu Ying'er smiled: "The old lady also called you, and I said you, did you talk back to Mr. Hou again?"
"You see it again."
"Can you tell?"
Lu Xiuyun returned home secretly this time because of Song Liangdi's important event.
When the second steward saw Su Jintian offering the green beads, he was relieved and quickly advised: "Master Hou, since the eldest lady has the opportunity to become the concubine of the East Palace, it is better to discuss this matter with the old lady? Master Hou, think about it, I can't be loyal.
It is because of the fact that Princess Yanghui is a guest of honor, the princess has good relations with the eldest princess of Ning Kingdom, and the eldest princess's consort is also the minister of Taizu Tuogu."
Su Jintian listened to the twists and turns in the relationship between national relatives.
Now that he is guarding the Qiantian Gate, he has to learn more.
Manager Lian Er said: "The eldest princess's consort, Duke Mei, is now His Majesty Huiwen's first loyal minister. Uncle Zhongzhong is just relying on this relationship. But in terms of how close the relatives of the country are, how can they be compared to the one in our house?"
The concubine of the Eastern Palace?"
"That's true."
The Marquis let Su Jintian stay in the mansion for a few days. He went into the inner hall early in the morning and reported the matter to his aunt, the old lady.
The old lady had ignored worldly affairs for many days, but she was full of joy these days. First, Lou Shuluan was pregnant, and now there was news about her granddaughter. When the old lady heard this, she sighed: "I just hope that when I close my eyes, Jiahui will come."
There can be a result. Together with you, we can support this family. Even if I go underground, I can have the honor to meet your father. He sent your eldest brother to the late prince as a companion in the first place, hoping that this house would be able to grow again in the future.
Furthermore, I didn’t expect that your eldest brother would not be so lucky, and the first prince would leave early.”
"The son is unfilial and makes his mother troubled."
"This is a happy event."
The old lady then sent someone to quietly call Lu Xiuyun and Cao Xiwan into the inner hall, and asked her close confidants Fan Niangzi and Liu Ying to guard the door so no one could come in.
In front of the old lady, Cao Xiwan mentioned these old events in Liangguo Duke's Mansion as usual.
Song Chengming listened at the side, glanced at her, and said nothing. She was smiling but not smiling. She was not trying to instigate the relationship between the Marquis and his wife.
Maybe if the Marquis marries his wife, Song Liangdi's important affairs will be ruined this time.
What's more, she had just taken a look at Mr. Hou when she entered the hall. He must have gotten Bi Zhuer from Su Jintian. He looked relaxed and in a good mood. The dark air between his eyebrows that had been lingering in the past few days was also gone.
Disappeared.
She sneered, she dared to take something from Su Jintian's hand. She guessed that Su Jintian had killed the minister of Prince Zhao's house again, and the Marquis was so happy that he wanted to reward him, and he might even arrange a marriage for Su Jintian.
She gloated over her misfortune and pretended she didn't know anything.
The old lady always complained about the marriage between Song Chengming and Lou Shuluan, but she also knew that this was not her biological son but a concubine, and no matter how filial she was, she was still a step below.
What's more, Lou Shuluan is pregnant. The old lady won't say much.
In the inner hall, the shadows of flowers are mottled and layer upon layer.
Even outside the door, Liu Ying could hear the secret discussions in the inner hall.
The old lady pondered: "Xiao Wan is right. I'm afraid Jiahui doesn't know yet. Princess Dai is Nan Yu's eldest daughter."
Song Chengming stood aside with his hands lowered, acting like a filial son, and nodded: "My mother is right. Princess Nan gave birth to two sons and two daughters for the king when she got married a few years ago. When Nanyu's house was confiscated, His Majesty Taizu
I feel that she is already the wife of the Li family, the husband and wife are harmonious, and the children are five or six years old, so it does not affect her at all. She is still the princess."
The old lady moved her body, and Song Chengming quickly stepped forward to place the pillow: "Mother, lean on her."
Cao Xiwan knew that the Marquis did not have the ability or the hypocrisy to be a Marquis.
The old lady smiled and nodded. As long as the third concubine could show filial piety, she was satisfied. The second child was idle even in this respect, just like her sister Zhou. They were obviously cousins, so she
They were separated from each other by birth. Unfortunately, the family had undergone great changes, and her ex-husband and children died in the war. Now that she is older, she does not blame her sister for being orphaned.
Now, the second child has lost his title, and the children have grown up and they have to arrange their marriage and future, so they start to become anxious. Finally, she also knows that she has to make good friends with the third child. The old lady looks at Song Chengming with a smile. The eldest son is not there, so she chooses a virtuous and concubine to take under her lap.
She believed that she was right to become an heir and inherit the title.
Her husband, Mr. Marquis, likes Wu Shuzi, but she doesn't.
These three concubines can arrange a good marriage for the second wife Jia Shu. If Jia Shu gives birth to a legitimate son in the future, Jiahui will be in the East Palace again. There will be a Concubine of the East Palace and a Concubine of the Crown Prince in the family, so she will dare to close her eyes.
Already.
The old lady leaned on the couch and recalled: "I remember that at that time, Empress Ma Niangniang of Taizu Xingwu was still here. She brought Princess Dai's daughter-in-law into the palace and stayed with her for a few days to comfort her. Xiao Wan."