female concubine

Late at night, the drunken servants were supported or carried by attendants to the carriage waiting outside the gate of the second palace.

A few sober officials walked together with lanterns, "You said this year is really strange. Privy Secretary Fang and Prime Minister Zhang You didn't do anything against His Majesty, and they have always been confidantes in charge of reform. How did you get left out in the cold?"

"Maybe it was because of serving Yushi Jiang Luochuan a few years ago. Zhang Youxiang forced His Majesty to issue a decree to punish his own sister in the court hall. That Jiang family is the younger brother of the saint. I heard that he had a deep relationship with the saint when he was young. "

"These years, I don't understand what His Majesty is thinking. Even the people promoted by His Majesty in the six divisions and nine ministers have been sent to other places, and some of them have been imprisoned from the punishment hall. It is strange to stay here in Beijing. .”

"Sister-in-law's affairs can't be left for us little people to worry about."

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In the spring of the 29th year of Qianyuan, on the [-]th day of the first month of the Yuan Dynasty, the capital once again mobilized guards to open the city gate at night and release it for three days.

——Cao House——

"Father goes to Yuan Ankang, mother goes to Yuan Ankang." Cao Shuyao brought two bowls of Fuyuanzi to his parents' table, "Daughter just made it, is it delicious for parents to try?"

Mrs. Zhang scooped up a sesame-stuffed Fuyuanzi with a spoon, and the man beside him in new clothes squinted his eyes and nodded in praise, "As expected of Daddy's eldest daughter, this skill is even more exquisite than the cooks in our backyard."

Mrs. Zhang turned her head, "Just pamper her and see who is willing to marry her in the future."

"This suitor has even leveled the threshold of his family, so why worry about no one to marry him?"

Mrs. Zhang looked up at Cao Shuyao, "You will be ready in the middle of next month. Mother knows that you are always well-behaved. Yesterday, the Li family sent someone to send an invitation card. There will be a wedding feast at the grassland in the suburbs of Beijing at the beginning of next month. I am thinking about it." Now that women are not as incapable of showing their faces as they used to be, you, Weng Weng, taught you to kill you since you were a child, so go with your mother and see more scenes by the way."

"Madam, is this just a meeting, or is she picking a husband for the aunt?"

"After reaching the age, she will reach the age of Meimei. This marriage can't be dragged on forever."

"There are some people in the clan who have not yet married in their [-]s and [-]s, and no one has said anything. The lady can do whatever she wants."

"The concubine also wants to, but what position do you occupy in the official position now? Marriage in the prime minister's team is not easy. If the official family makes an order at that time, it will be too late for you to regret it."

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——Eastern Palace——

-Snapped! ——A black-glazed teacup built in a kiln was smashed by the palace servants in front of the Crown Princess, and the broken porcelain pieces almost scratched the Crown Princess.

The palace man was so frightened that his legs became weak and he knelt down on the ground tremblingly and said, "Your Highness, spare your life, Your Highness, spare your life."

"Why are you so clumsy, you can't do this little thing well, what use is it to keep you?"

"Ms. Zhang."

The female Shi who reprimanded the palace servants for making mistakes turned around and said, "Your Highness."

The pregnant princess has difficulty moving, "help her up."

"But Your Highness..."

"She definitely didn't do it on purpose. There are no details. Anyone can make mistakes. Just clean up the floor."

"Yes."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your generosity." The palace servant kowtowed again and again, "Thank you, Your Highness."

Princess Le'an came back from Da Nei and trotted all the way to her mother, carrying her skirt, "Mother." After entering the hall, she slowed down and walked up to Fushen and said, "Mother, Shangyuan Ankang."

"Where's your father?"

"Accompanies Weng Weng to the Shangqing Palace in Luoyang, Xijing, and my mother-in-law also went. Father worried about mother and let his daughter come back."

"There are so many people in the East Palace."

Princess Le'an sat next to the concubine, leaned over and put her ears sideways in front of her protruding belly, "But my daughter is still worried, she wants to spend more time with her mother, and when my younger brother is born, I will take him to release Fengyuan."

The crown princess stretched out her hand and touched the eldest daughter's head, "Time flies so fast, you will be old next year."

"When the time comes, mother and father will choose the word for Chen'er together."

The Crown Princess smiled kindly: "Okay."

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次月

Li Dingguo's second son Li Dingguo's wife held a birthday banquet in the plains at the foot of the mountain in the northern suburbs. During the first lunar month, he wrote a note to invite guests and friends. On the day of the birthday banquet, the number of people attending the banquet was so large that almost half of the dignitaries in Tokyo city They all came, and the curtains of various families were set up around the venue.

Li Dingguo's eldest brother, Li Dingbang, Shang Xiandi's third princess, was the captain's son-in-law. Li Dingbang's second son, Li Duanyou, married Wei Yan, the second daughter of Wu Guochang's princess, Yongkang county head.

There is a mountain in the northwest of the shooting venue, and there is a pavilion halfway up the mountain. The servant is holding a bag of hare meat in his hand, "The princess wants to see why she doesn't go in directly. post, but if the princess wants to..."

"It's boring to go in and see it." After hearing that the Li family held a wedding ceremony, Princess Yiguo rushed from Tianshui Lane to the north of the city.

The ball game at the foot of the mountain officially started under the sound of drums. Several men chased after horses, which attracted a burst of cheers, and then a woman tied up her sleeves with looped arms and stepped on the horse. In the western half, there was applause and cheers on the field after scoring the goal.

Princess Yiguo was stunned holding the bamboo stick, then got up and took a few steps towards the railing, "Who is that girl? She looked so well-behaved, she was so free and easy immediately."

"It's too far away, the villain can't see her face clearly, but the young man who fought with her seems to be..."

"That is Yan Gui, I know."

"If the princess wants to know, the villain will ask Xiao Yanei for the princess after the show is over."

In the bow-kowling arena, Xiao Yangui showed her prowess and won the favor of many women who were waiting to be married. Xiao Yangui rode a horse and walked outside the curtain of the Cao family. Girlfriend."

"I have seen Xiao Yanei."

"I knew I would see the girl again."

The host of the wedding feast saw that Ya Nei, who was in command in front of the hall, seemed to be interested in the eldest daughter of the Cao family, so he matched up with a group of people to play a ball game between the two.

"The yamen must let the little lady in."

"nature."

Cao Shuyao, whose hospitality was hard to bear, had no choice but to tell his two younger sisters, "Second Niang, you have to look after San Niang."

The second girl of the Cao family was two years younger than the eldest girl. There were three sisters in the Cao family. The second girl led her younger sister to Xiao Yangui, "I don't care what you are in the yamen. In any case, don't bully my elder sister."

Xiao Yangui looked at the little girl whose appearance was somewhat similar to Cao Shuyao, and immediately said with a smile: "Young lady, what I said...then let me assure you that I will never bully your elder sister, okay?"

"Humph."

Four horses galloped together in the court, two women and two men refused to give in to each other, and the undefeated son of the general finally lost a goal to Cao Shuyao.

The women in the curtain held a round fan to block the sun, and they talked together: "This yamen must have lost on purpose, the concubine's love, I think there will be a happy event in Tokyo soon."

"It is said that the eldest daughter of the Cao family is the order of Wangfu. If these two families get married, it will be very prosperous."

"The family is right, a man is a man and a woman is beautiful, no one will stop me if I think about it."

After jumping off the horse, Xiao Yangui went to the side of Cao Shuyao's horse to stabilize the horse for her, and made a gesture to help her off the horse.

Mrs. Cao didn't reach out her hand, but nodded slightly in thanks and said, "Xiao Ya Nei's kindness is appreciated, but men and women are different, please don't make things difficult for the Ya Nei."

"Ah, oh." The happy man almost forgot that the young lady who was sitting right away was a young woman who hadn't left the cabinet yet, "I'm sorry." Then he led the horse to the curtain of Cao's house.

Cao Shuyao didn't let the female envoy help her, but jumped off the horse by herself, Xiao Yangui was stunned by the heroic appearance of the tiger girl, and immediately stepped forward and said, "I didn't expect that Miss Cao's riding skills are so superb. , Xiao admires it."

"Thank you Ya Nei for letting the ball go."

"I only withdrew some strength. I was afraid of getting hurt when the two girls were present, but I didn't let the rest go."

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Until dusk, the guests dispersed in chariots and horses after the dinner, and Xiao Yanhui personally escorted the three sisters and their wives of the Cao family back to the Cao residence on horseback.

In the hidden alley of Chunmingfang, there were a few servants riding on horseback, motionless, "Captain, do we still need to go up and ask Xiao Yanei?"

"It was her..." The waiter recalled a girl he met when Jiaosi went back to Beijing to buy candied haws last year, and immediately looked up at the door plaque, "No need, let's go back."

"Yes."

After the Cao family's carriage entered, Mrs. Zhang greeted Xiao Yangui very politely, and finally sent her out of the mansion in person.

"I'll trouble you, Xiao Ya Nei, to run this trip to see you off."

"Ma'am, you're welcome. It's great that you don't think I'm bothering you."

"How could it be? It's Bi She's good fortune to be able to pay a visit from the yamen."

Ah Ci followed her daughter back to the inner courtyard where she lived, "That Xiao Yanei is really like a glutinous rice cake sticking to your mouth, you can't even shake it off."

Cao Shuyao frowned very rarely, "I should know, how could the Li family's family not invite the Xiao family, who is also a general, today I got myself into trouble."

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The servant dismounted and entered the mansion, and several servants led the horse to the backyard.

"Princess."

"How about it, did you ask?"

The servant nodded, "It's the son-in-law of Cao Ji, the servant of the door."

"Ah?" Princess Yiguo was stunned, "How could it be her? Then was she also the one we bumped into last time?"

"perhaps."

"That little girl back then?" Princess Yiguo lowered her hand and gestured twice on her waist.

The waiter nodded, "Yes."

"She has grown so big, but I still can't see her face clearly."

"The eldest daughter of the Cao family will hold a wedding ceremony in the middle of this month."

"In the middle of the month?" Princess Yiguo lowered her head, "Forget it, I'm going to enter the palace to accompany my father in the middle of the month." Then she sat down with a sigh of relief, "Today, I saw that boy Yangui kept running into Cao's tent, You are more attentive than anyone else, probably because you have taken a fancy to him, right?"

The servant nodded, "After the banquet, Xiao Yanei personally sent Miss Cao back to the mansion."

"The family background of these two people is quite right."

"Does the princess also value family status?"

"Family or something..." Princess Yiguo shook her head, "If you like him to the extreme, you won't care. If you don't like him, he will be disgusted by you even if he is even a little bit worse than you. Anyway, I won't marry anyone. Those civil servants actually wanted to send me to marry, if it weren't for my father and Uncle Wang..." Then he smiled indifferently, "After all, this person is a selfish thing."

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After Xiao Yangui left Cao's residence, he happily returned to Dianshuai's mansion on his horse.

"Mother, mother!" Xiao Yangui ran into the middle hall, "Mother."

Mrs. Lu walked out from the inner courtyard wearing a crescent-colored thong, seeing her son panting and sweating profusely, he hurried in without going to the inner courtyard to change clothes, so he frowned and said: "There are no rules at all, what are you doing?" Could it be that you have caused trouble for your father again? He just came back from Da Nei."

"My son wants to tell you something."

"Go and change your clothes first, and then go to save your father."

"Ow."

After bathing and changing clothes, Xiao Yan changed into the casual clothes of Yanju and walked to the north courtyard where her parents lived.

"The son greets his father and mother."

"Your mother said you have something to do..."

"Father." Xiao Yangui walked to his father's side, "My son is going to marry the eldest daughter of the Cao family in Chunmingfang."

"Chunmingfang inside Baokangmen?" Xiao Yunze stroked his thick beard, "Cao's?"

"It's the young lady of the servant Cao Ji's family."

Sitting aside, Mrs. Zhang covered her mouth and smiled, "Look at your son, he has a pretty good eye."

Xiao Yangui scratched her head in confusion, "But is there something wrong?"

"Do you know how many rich and powerful families want to marry his girl, but so far none of them has been established. The Cao family is now considered to be the leading family in Tokyo. If you want to marry someone else, you have to be able to see it." on you."

"Did you like it? Will my father and mother know soon after they go to propose marriage for me?"

"You really like her?" Xiao Yunze asked seriously.

Xiao Yangui nodded again and again, "Today I had a kowtowing competition with her, I lost, but I did it on purpose, but she is different from other girls."

Xiao Yunze didn't immediately reject his son, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "The eldest daughter of the Cao family is about to reach the age of Ji, and after you reach the crown, Daddy will send a matchmaker to come to propose marriage for you."

"Then father and his son have made a three-pronged agreement, and they are not allowed to go back on their word when the time comes."

The husband and wife looked at each other and smiled, "When did your father and I lie to you?"

"Okay, then it's settled."