female concubine

The Jiang family has a wide network of connections, many children came back today on the day of death, people big and small surrounded the family temple.

When a woman gets married, she follows her husband's family, and the first wife's tablet is also set up in her husband's family. However, the Jiang family still set up a tablet for Xiao Youqing's biological mother in the family temple, which shows her favor and status.

After the worship, Xiao Youqing talked about the old days with the clan members whom he had not seen for a long time in Jiang's ancestral house, talking about the family affairs, most of them were asking about their health and well-being. If you are more honorable, there are some women who flatter you, and there are also those who seek official careers for their husbands.

"Auntie, Auntie, do you think Yun'er has grown taller?" A little boy with horns pierced ran up to Xiao Youqing and asked with big round eyes.

Xiao Youqing smiled and touched the back of the boy's head, "Yun'er is much taller than last year, and he will be a good boy when he grows up."

"Yun'er wants to be like Weng Weng, to study and take the Jinshi exam."

Xiao Youqing smiled again, and looked at the many teenagers in front of him, "Why don't you see that boy Luo Chuan, uncle can't get away from the Third Division, and he is bored in the Imperial Prison, so I took this opportunity to come out. Those who came back with me said that they had some trivial matters to deal with, so I came back first."

The children didn't understand, only a few older couples looked at each other, and a middle-aged man walked out, saluted Xiao Youqing and said, "Don't you know, the princess?"

"What does Uncle Qi mean by this?"

Seeing Princess Chu's hesitation, he explained: "Luo Chuan committed a crime in Kaifeng Mansion and was taken to the dungeon. Now that King Chu has entered Dali Temple, it is very likely that he will take over the case. This spring is about to begin. , so we thought..."

"If the prince breaks the law, he is the same as the common people. What's more, Jiang Luochuan is the eldest son of my Jiang family. He dares to gamble together in disregard of the family rules and laws. It is not a pity to die!" The person who spoke was dressed in a crimson official robe. , the second son of Mrs. Jiang, Jiang Fuzheng, the current prefect of Jiangning.

The Taigong is the eldest son of the Jiang family, and he has four sons and three daughters. Except for the youngest son who died early, and the dozen or so children from the concubines, it can be said that there are a lot of descendants.

Just as Jiang Fu appeared, no one dared to intercede again. The scarlet robe official immediately walked up to Xiao Youqing, bowed and said, "I will see Princess Chu."

"You're very polite, uncle. About Luo Chuan, I will ask the prince when I return to the capital tomorrow."

"If he breaks the law, he should be responsible for his actions. Even though King Chu is a prince, he should not bend the law for personal gain."

Xiao Youqing nodded.

"Uncle, before leaving, Youqing still has something to say to uncle."

Jiang Fu is nodding.

Coming out of Jiang's ancestral house, Xiao Youqing followed Jiang Fuzheng to the magistrate's mansion.

"Have you made up your mind?"

Xiao Youqing nodded, "En."

"For that worthless Xiao family?"

"Not only for the Xiao family, but also for the Xiao Jiang family, as well as Youqing himself."

"Is the king of Chu reliable? I heard that..." Jiang Fuzheng hesitated, betting with hundreds of members of the Jiang family. If the king of Chu loses, the Jiang family will definitely be implicated, and the hundreds of years of foundation will be destroyed.

"Uncle!" Xiao Youqing sat up, "Youqing swears in the name of mother, only if you trust me, you will surely succeed!"

Jiang Fuzheng knew that this niece had always respected and loved his mother the most.

"Mr. Longde's eyes are trustworthy, but the king of Chu..." Jiang Fu is staring at Xiao Youqing, "The birds are gone, the good bow is hidden; the cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey is cooking, and the officials are worried..."

"If the king of Chu hadn't ascended the throne, there would be no future for the Xiao and Jiang families. Moreover, I can guarantee with my life that if the king of Chu is the king, the world will prosper, and the Jiang family will be among them."

There was firmness in Xiao Youqing's eyes, and he asked again: "Did brother know?"

Xiao Youqing nodded.

"You are my sister's favorite daughter. Before my father died, my father said that the people who are happy with the Jiang family are not me and my eldest brother, let alone the third child who is an idiot, but my sister and you. At first, I didn't believe it. The Jiang family has a century-old foundation, and there are so many children in the clan, so why do they need two women to support them? After my father left, my elder brother and I were able to be promoted to the official position all the way, all thanks to my sister's guidance, but..." Jiang Fuzheng was a little sour, "So uncle I respect your decision, and I will follow it to the death."

"With uncle's words, Youqing can rest assured."

At sunset, the carriage returning west from Jiangning Prefecture is about to enter Gyeonggi-do.

Xiao Youqing was leaning against the carriage, holding a stove in his hand, in which was burning the charcoal that had just been added at the post station.

Suddenly the carriage stopped abruptly, and the person leaned forward, Xiao Youqing grasped the stove in his hand tightly and climbed up from the carriage.

"Who are you?" A woman's voice came from inside the car.

"Who are we, you don't need to know, all you need to know is that it's time for you to go to the underworld to see the judge."

"I am the concubine Yuan of the current king of Chu. This place is less than a hundred miles away from the capital. If I die, what good will it do you?"

"What about Princess Chu, don't say that King Chu doesn't know, even if he knew, he wouldn't come to save you."

Familiar with the matter of the prince's inner house, Xiao Youqing frowned, fear quietly arose in the face of death, "You are... the prince's people!"

The eyes of the masked Heizi man moved slightly, "No one can be left alive, kill!"

"My lady, go quickly, crossing the river is the territory of Tokyo, there are imperial guards patrolling them and they dare not mess around." The servants of Jiang's family and Xiao's family gathered together, holding their long swords tightly to protect Xiao Youqing behind them.

"Delusionally trying to kill my wife, pass us first."

The man in black looked contemptuously, Yang waved his hand, "Kill!"

He stared at the direction in which the carriage was fleeing, squinting his eyes like something in his bag, "I heard that the daughter of Xiao Shi's concubine is also a beauty, hum!" He said with an evil smile: "The other team, follow me. "

Outnumbered and outnumbered, a dozen domestic servants risked their lives but only delayed for a short while.

There is a stone bridge on the river, across the bridge is Gyeonggi, a group of men in black with blood dripping from their bodies chased to the river bank on horseback.

The Heizi man suddenly stretched out his hand and shouted, "Bring the bow!"

--call out! ——With the sound of an arrow, the person on the horse fell to the ground.

The bow and arrow hit the horse's leg directly, causing severe pain in the foot, and the horse fell to its knees. The wheels couldn't stop the speed of the sprint, so it hit the low guardrail of the stone bridge straight, and the impact caused the whole body to fall under the bridge. fell into the water.

The river water in early spring is icy cold.

Old Tokyo.

As soon as the happy man returned home, he found Princess Chu's personal envoy and asked, "Where is the princess?"

"The lady went back to the Jiang family's ancestral house to worship the ancestors a few days ago. Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of the lady's birth mother. Doesn't the prince know?"

Wei Huan was taken aback, she only knew that Xiao Youqing's biological mother died young, and said in a daze, "She... didn't mention it to me."

"Oh, the lady said before she left that she would be back in three days, but now the sun is almost setting..." the maid looked at the darkening sky in the west.

【"Brother knows what you're thinking. Although Qingmu is straight, it's hard to prevent other flowers and plants in the mansion from sticking out of the wall. I know the sixth brother is helpless, so I will clean up the branches that come out of the wall for you, so as not to worry about you. , from now on, you can be intoxicated with mountains and rivers, and no one will disturb your tranquility."]

Wei Huan suddenly remembered what the crown prince said in his ear during the day, and quickly asked the envoy, "Are you sure the princess is going back today?"

"Go back to Alang, yes."

She wanted to learn how to be the master of the future, but the prince was really afraid that she would become the master of the future.

"She's always been very accurate in her words!" King Chu's worry suddenly came to his mind, "Where is Jiang's ancestral house?"

"Jinling."

"Little Six, Little Six!" After yelling anxiously, Wei Huan ran out of the palace.

"Alang, I'm here."

"Prepare the horse!"

Little Six didn't think too much, and led out the master's horse and his own horse as instructed.

Wei Huan pulled the reins towards the west of the city, and immediately cracked his whip fiercely.

Little Six followed closely behind Wei Huanma, "It will be sunset soon, and the gates of the old city will be closed. Where is Ah Lang going?"

Wei Huan didn't seem to hear Xiao Liuzi's words, and his eyes were fixed on the front, as if he was thinking about something blankly.

The cold wind hit the face like a knife shaving.

Seeing his master ignoring him and rushing forward, Little Six was very anxious, "Ah Lang, slow down! What if you fall down on such a fast horse?"

——Boom boom boom! ——The sound of the drums of the upper and lower keys on the city tower sounded.

Wei Huan held the reins tightly, Yang Qi whipped the horse's whip fiercely towards the horse's tail again!

——Squeak... Several gatekeepers worked together to push the city gate.

"Wait a moment!"

Wei Huan yelled loudly on the fast horse, pulled the rein in a panic, the fast horse stopped suddenly, and she rolled off the horse.

Little Six jumped off the horse in shock, "Ah Lang!"

After the lock is completed, the key to open the city gate is not with these guards.

"Sixth Prince?" The supervisor was also shocked, "Sixth Prince?"

"I'm going out of town!"

"The gate of the inner city has been closed just now. Even if it is not closed, the outer city will be closed a moment earlier than the inner city. Even if the prince goes out, he will not be able to get out of the outer gate."

"Who is in charge of the gates of the capital?" Wei Huan grabbed the gate guard's arm, his eyes reddened.

"Imperial City Division." The Imperial City Division is in charge of the entrance and exit of the palace, the guards in the Zhou Lu, and the opening and closing of the palace gates. "But it also needs orders from the officials."

Wei Huan let go of the guard, turned around and stepped onto the horse, regardless of the pain in his hand.

"Six princes?"

Regardless of the yelling of others beside him, he rushed back without stopping.

Little Six was still breathing, so he got on his horse and followed him. He understood what the master was going to do after the conversation just now, "At this time, the gate of Da Nei's palace has been closed, even if A Lang goes, he will not be allowed in."

【"When the general was appointed as the supervisor to build the mansion, a flying bridge was built leading to Da Nei, making Zhao Wang's mansion no different from a small east palace." Wei Huan suddenly remembered what the teacher reminded him when he just returned to Beijing.

"Prince Zhao's Mansion, Flying Bridge!"

So turn from the side of Donghua Gate to Zhao Wangfu on the north side of the East Palace on the right.

Except for King Zhao, it is extremely difficult to see other princes in Zhao Wang's mansion, because the prince will not come, and Chu Wang just returned to Beijing not long ago.

The anxious person jumped off the horse and dared not stop for a moment.

The guards of the palace knew that she was the king of Chu but still blocked her from the door.

"Presumptuous, these are the six kings of the official family!"

"My lord, please calm down. Prince Chu's residence has the regulations of Prince Chu's residence, and Prince Zhao's residence also has regulations of Prince Zhao's residence. Please wait for the villain to report back to Alang before entering."

"Hurry up!" Xiao Liu scolded, then turned around to Wei Huan's side, saw the master's left half of his body was stained with mud, and patted him lightly.

"hiss--"

A few drops of blood dripped from the inside of the robe along the fingers onto the gate of King Zhao's Mansion, "Ah Lang, you fell and hurt yourself!"

"Prince Chu, King Zhao is here to invite you."

"Alang should go back first..."

Wei Huan shook off Xiao Liuzi's hand and almost ran quickly.

And King Zhao in the mansion is leisurely fighting tea with his subordinates, "My king's tea milk won't budge, you lose."

"Alang, the king of Chu has arrived."

Zhao Wang, who was happy for winning the tea fight, put away his smile, waved to everyone, and immediately looked at Dao Weihuan, stared at him for a while, and then smiled slightly, "Where did the sixth brother go, why is he covered in mud? Those servants..."

"Third brother." King Chu panted.

Zhao Wang was stopped by his younger brother's claim, "What are you?" Zhao Wang waved his hand to send everyone away.

"I want to enter the palace. I know that the official ordered the general to be the prisoner to build a flying bridge connecting Da Nei on the third brother's house."

Zhao Wang leaned back on the seat, crossed his palms, and began to pretend to be confused, "Indeed, there is a flying bridge in my house to enter the palace. , coming in and out at will is just a rumor from outsiders..."

She naturally heard the overtones, but Wei Huan didn't have so much time to listen to him circling, "She's in danger!"

Zhao Wang frowned and looked at her with half-closed eyes, as if hesitating to have something to do with him, jealousy made him forget about his future wife's family and the king of Chu.

"I never touched her!"

King Zhao's eyes widened, he was very surprised in his heart, and at the same time, his eyes were full of suspicion when he stared at her.

"I know you like her. Since we got married, we've been just playing around with her. I've already told you the truth. Believe it or not, it's up to you."

When a person is in a hurry, any lie has flaws, but the king of Chu obviously couldn't see it, so Wang Zhao stood up waveringly, rolled his eyes and said: "It's okay to take you into the palace, but..."

After listening to King Zhao's request, King Chu trembled with red eyes, "As long as you let me into the palace, I can promise you!"