female concubine

Princess Yiguo stepped forward, folded her scarlet sleeves and bowed, palmed the fan and opened it immediately.

Cao Shuyao suddenly opened her originally calm eyes wide when the envoy straightened her head up, and the unchanged facial features quickly came to mind, "Princess Yiguo..."

The distance was less than three feet, and the little girl who was only as tall as a table in the past had already put on her wedding dress. The welcoming envoy folded her sleeves and bowed again, "The welcoming envoy, Wei Ruhua, made a personal welcome."

Cao Shuyao nodded lightly, "It's hard work."

The palace servants helped the crown prince and concubine into the chariot. After boarding the chariot, Princess Yiguo got on the horse and greeted the procession back. The drums rang all the way. Cao Shuyao sat in the chariot and stared at the back of the white horse in front of her, which seemed to be the same as that of the young The sister I met back then was different.

All the etiquette after the personal welcome was performed except that the crown prince forced himself to support his body and was supported by his servants. The rest of the etiquette was almost omitted due to the crown prince's physical discomfort.

On the night of the wedding, the crown prince sat on a chair and looked uncomfortable, and he didn't say anything.

"Your Highness can say whatever you want, and all the concubines are listening."

"It's really wronged you to let you enter the East Palace at this time."

"Whether I am wronged or not, how can I tell clearly in a day or two, and I do it voluntarily, and it has nothing to do with Your Highness."

The Crown Prince looked at Cao Shi in shock, "The Crown Princess is indeed unusual, so it's no wonder they chose you. You must be tired after a day of tossing around, so take a good rest." The servant then helped the waving Crown Prince up.

Cao stood up and said to the crown prince, "Please take care of yourself, Your Highness."

"My palace will."

After the crown prince was helped away by the servants, Cao Shuyao sat down in front of the mirror and took off his heavy clothes, staring at the mirror in a daze.

【"Why does the princess want to be a welcoming envoy?"

"I have a bright pearl, which has been locked away by the dust for a long time, and now the dust is gone, and the light is born, shining through thousands of mountains and rivers."】

"Your Highness."

Cao Shuyao was awakened by the palace servants, and the palace servants crossed their arms and bowed and said, "Is this villain taking off your makeup?"

Cao Shuyao turned her head and saw that it was a female historian with a leather belt on her head, "What's your name?"

"Returning to Your Highness, the villain is a palace servant of the Neizhi Bureau. His surname is Xu, but he has no name."

"Xu Neiren, take them all out, I will do it myself."

"Yes." Several wives put the clear water on the shelf, bowed and walked backwards.

Cao Shuyao dismissed all the palace people in the bedroom, and removed the pearl makeup one by one in front of the mirror. The female envoy who was supposed to keep watch at night saw the crown prince and the palace people coming out of the palace one after another, and then stepped into the room.

"girl."

Cao Shuyao wrung out the silk handkerchief and wiped it gently, "What's wrong?"

"I see that His Royal Highness is not as seriously ill as they said, and tonight is the first night of the wedding..." Ah Ci looked at the table of the wedding wine and did not move at all, "Did His Royal Highness leave just like that? "

"Ah Ci." Cao Shuyao turned her head again and looked at herself in the bronze mirror who had removed her make-up, "I have some things to say in the future, don't ask anyone to ask you if you don't want to say it. This is the East Palace. If you make a mistake, you will be doomed." .”

"Slave guilty."

"In two more years, the ten-year contract you signed will come to an end. You still have a choice now."

Ah Ci knelt down and wept, "I won't leave. I was picked up by my mother since I was a child. After my mother left, no one treated me like a girl."

"If you want to stay, you have to abide by the rules, and you can't be willful."

"Yes."

——Boom! ——The servant went to the gate of the palace and knocked lightly on the door.

"What's the matter?"

"His Royal Highness, Princess Yiguo asked someone to send you something."

Ah Ci wiped away tears and got up, went out to receive the congratulatory gift from Princess Yiguo sent by the servant, "Miss."

"Where to put it."

Ah Ci gently put down the food box, and immediately blessed her body and said: "I will leave."

Cao Shuyao got up, walked to the table and sat down. When she opened the food box, she found that there was a plate of candied haws inside, and there was a note under the plate, "The wind shakes the heart and shakes the tree, and the cloud generates dust. people."

Cao Shuyao's eyes were still calm, "Officials and saints are not as overly pampered as rumors outside, and this handwriting has also worked hard."

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The servant helped the crown prince back to the bedroom in the north courtyard, helped him to lie down, and brought in the soup and medicine prepared by the Pharmacy Bureau, "On the wedding night, did your highness leave just like that and leave your highness the princess alone?"

The crown prince's complexion was not very good, he covered his hands and coughed a few times, took a rough breath and said, "Didn't you see that, she doesn't seem to want to stay in the palace very much, why bother to harm others with my appearance like this." Immediately, he frowned and reached out to take the medicine bowl brought by the waiter.

"After drinking so many medicines, His Highness's health has not improved. The villain doubts whether this prescription will work."

The crown prince put the empty bowl back and lay quietly on the wooden couch, "If the sky doesn't keep you, what can you do?"

The servant heard this and immediately knelt down, "The common people need a benevolent master, and the princess and the little county king also need a father. God has the virtue of good life, and will not take away the benevolent master easily."

The crown prince looked sideways at the trembling servant, "I want to know how he will react if I die. For more than 30 years, whether he has my son in his eyes."

The servant raised his head, his eyes were wet and red, "Your Highness, are you still thinking about your majesty?" The servant was puzzled, "I don't understand that sheep have the grace to kneel and crows to feed back, and so on are all licking Under the deep love, the villain entered the palace at the age of seven, and had never met his biological father. He abandoned the villain. The villain had never experienced his father's love, and now he can't even remember his appearance. "

The crown prince turned his head back, closed his eyes and said: "Cao family..." Then he sighed, "I will not let my son become like me."

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The next day, the Crown Prince braced himself up and accompanied the Crown Princess Cao Shuyao into the palace to thank him. The etiquette remained the same, but the people on the throne looked extremely thin due to illness, and besides the Empress, Princess Yiguo accompanied her.

Under the guidance of the etiquette officer, the bride brought the jujube plate to the imperial court, knelt down and said, "The bride has seen your uncle."

The emperor looked at the new crown princess in the Eastern Palace, and there was no wave or tension in his eyes for the first time. The emperor nodded. Aunt."

Xiao Youqing got up and helped him up personally, "The bride must know about the East Palace, it's really hard for you."

"Being the wife of His Highness is a blessing for the concubine and the concubine's family."

Princess Yiguo stepped forward from the side of the emperor, "I have seen Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess."

"Princess." Then the Crown Princess walked up to the emperor, "I have something unfeeling, so I would like to report to Your Majesty alone," knelt down and said, "I hope Your Majesty will agree."

The emperor froze for a moment, then waved to the left and right, and Xiao Youqing pulled Princess Yiguo back from Wende Hall.

"What does the Crown Princess want to say?" At this point, the emperor was unable to help her up, "Get up first."

Cao Shuyao raised her head, "Why did Your Majesty choose a concubine?"

"It's the courtier's idea to choose you as the crown princess, and I'm the one who draws the red circle."

"Without that red stroke, it is absolutely impossible for the concubine to kneel here today."

"You are indeed very smart and courageous. The ups and downs of the Cao family are now in your hands. Go to the middle palace more often. I hope you can be a competent wife and mother."

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Outside Wende Hall, Princess Yiguo supported Xiao Youqing to sit down on the side of the palace corridor.

"Your father told me about your idea of ​​leaving the court. The current situation..."

"My daughter knows the current situation. Daddy's body cannot withstand the anger of those ministers, so my daughter will not come by force."

"Your Majesty, Princess." Cao Shuyao walked out of the hall wearing a red dress, facing Xiao Youqing, "Your Majesty calls Princess Yiguo to enter."

Xiao Youqing patted her hand, "Go."

Princess Yiguo stood up and bowed slightly to the Crown Princess, "Your Highness."

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Princess Yiguo helped the emperor out of Wende Palace and said goodbye, and then left the palace by car, and went out from the south gate of Da Nei, but did not go back to Tianshui Lane, but went to the Ministry of Punishment of Kaifeng Mansion.

——Department of Punishment——

"Your official has met Princess Yiguo."

"Where is the speech officer detained by the Ministry of Criminal Justice?"

"Go back to the princess, in the prison."

The servant of the Ministry of Punishments took Princess Yiguo to the prison, where many criminal officials and noble children were imprisoned, "in batches according to the order of the Holy One."

Princess Yiguo glanced at it, and there were more than ten speech officials and ministers in several cages, and there were some familiar faces among them.

"Princess, princess."

"The lower officials are wronged, I hope the princess will forgive me."

Princess Yiguo turned around, and the minister of punishment cupped his hands and said, "Liu Shangshu went to Da Nei early in the morning, what do you want the princess to order?"

"Let all your people go, and I have to speak to them alone."

"This..."

Princess Yiguo cast her eyes coldly, "Why did I come here, and who did I bring with me, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment should know, right?"

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment stared at him, then bowed immediately, "Yes, yes, I will let them leave right away." Immediately, he took all the prison guards away.

"The lower official is wronged, please the princess must make the decision for the lower official."

Hearing the begging voices of the bustling people, Princess Yiguo approached with her hands behind her back, "Do you officials want to get out from here?"

A few mice suddenly jumped out of the prison. If it was normal, Princess Yiguo would definitely hide behind Yanchuan in panic.

"The lower officials and others are all family members. They were locked up here for several months and were in pain. I also ask the princess to be merciful and plead with the officials on behalf of the sinners."

Princess Yiguo sneered in her heart, "I'm just a princess with no real power, and here is the Judiciary, how can I let you out?"

"The princess is the most beloved daughter of the official family. If the princess begs for mercy, the official family will definitely show mercy."

"It is impossible for the officials to let you out."

Several officials knelt in the prison and looked at each other sideways, "I beg the princess to forgive me."

"Although officials can't, Her Highness the Queen can. But, let you go out, who knows if you will oppose Her Highness the Queen like those ministers."

"Princess, the sun and the moon can learn from each other. What the officials and others have said has nothing to do with Her Royal Highness, and the officials and others have never slandered Her Highness the Queen."

"You guys know the temperament of the officials." Princess Yiguo was still playing charades with the court officials.

"If you can get out of prison and reunite with your family, even if you lose your official position, the lower officials will be grateful."

Princess Yiguo turned her back with her hands behind her back, and forced several court officials into a hurry, "If Her Royal Highness and the princess are willing to show mercy, the officials will only obey the princess' orders from now on."