Chapter 572: If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight
Chapter 572 If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight
Han Yicheng returned to the post house in the east of the city anxiously, and was summoned by Concubine Yue just after changing his clothes.
Dark clouds obscured the sun, although many candle lamps were lit in the house, the light was still very dim.
Looking at Concubine Yue with an earnest face in the hall, Han Yicheng actually felt a bit of a strange atmosphere.
"I heard that at noon Pingning Wang Chuan Lao Yicheng went to the state capital for questioning?"
Placing one hand on the incense table, Yue Guifei raised her eyes and squinted at the anxious Han Yicheng.
"Returning to the imperial concubine, because the Baiyu delegation left the post house and stayed at Yuanlai Restaurant yesterday, King Pingning called the officials to ask the reason."
Han Yicheng bowed his head submissively and replied.
Concubine Yue Gui smiled at him: "How did Master Yi Cheng reply?"
"The lower officials don't know what's going on."
Han Yicheng muttered a few times full of contempt in his heart, she knew this matter well, why bother to ask herself again.
After thinking for a while, he carefully raised his head to look at Concubine Yue, and said in a soft voice: "However, the lower official is very angry when he looks at His Highness, and there have been some rumors about Princess Pingning and Prince Xie in the city recently, and the lower official thinks that His Highness is not May Prince Xie live in Princess Pingning's restaurant."
"Prince Xie is indeed audacious. He dared to covet my concubine sister. No wonder Jin Xiao is so angry."
Yue Guifei smiled triumphantly: "Master Yicheng, don't worry, King Pingning is not angry because of you."
As he spoke, he gestured to the waiter beside him, and saw a person walking up with a tray.
"Here is one hundred taels of gold. I have been received by Lao Yicheng many times when I return to my hometown to visit relatives. It is time for the Japanese Palace to return to Beijing. I specially prepared this small gift to thank Master Yicheng."
Yue Guifei stood up slowly, walked up to him, couldn't help but frowned and sighed: "As for the wish of the old Yicheng, I will do my best to fulfill it for you this time when I return to Beijing."
Seeing Concubine Yue's leisurely and comfortable demeanor, Han Yicheng's heart became agitated.
Just now she asked someone to assassinate herself, and now she is rewarding gold, which is really confusing.
Could it be that he was afraid that he would report her?
Or maybe you want to pretend to be good and stabilize yourself, and then look for opportunities to kill yourself?
Han Yicheng was a little uncertain, but one thing was certain, Concubine Yue Guifei would never let her go.
Bending his waist, Han Yicheng replied with trepidation: "The noble concubine is polite, serving the noble concubine is the duty of a lower official, and I dare not care about the old noble concubine."
"Since this palace rewarded you, there is no need for Master Yi Cheng to refuse."
Concubine Yue squinted her eyes and looked at him, then grinned and said, "Lord Yicheng, you only need to remember that as long as you are loyal to me, I will definitely protect your prosperity and wealth."
"Thank you, Concubine."
Han Yicheng pretended to obey and agreed, and for now, he could only accept the gold first.
I was also afraid that if I stayed in the Rongning Garden, I would be tricked by Concubine Yue, so I left with an excuse.
Chu Nanzhi returned to the mansion, only to see Tang Weiming had already led two servants waiting at the door.
Seeing her carriage, Tang Weiming immediately greeted her with a smile while holding an umbrella.
"His Royal Highness has been back to the residence for a long time, and is waiting for the princess to try on the crown dress."
Tang Weiming held an umbrella for her. Seeing her dusty appearance, his eyes showed more concern: "The weather is getting colder, the princess is wearing such thin clothes, don't freeze her body."
"The day turns really fast, but I'm not used to it."
Chu Nanzhi followed him to the living room, and when she saw a group of people in the room, she subconsciously looked at Lin Jinxiao who was in the crowd.
That handsome appearance is particularly dazzling in the crowd today.
The two just looked at each other, and Chang Shi Song Liao stood up and bowed to Chu Nanzhi with a sullen face. He was a little dissatisfied and said, "I don't know why the princess came back so late today. Seeing that the seal is coming soon, there is still a A lot of things need to be prepared, so don't delay the ceremony."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chang Yanjue, who was at the side, patted the coffee table with one hand with a solemn expression, and scolded in a cold voice: "Song Changshi has been an official for many years anyway, hasn't he learned the way of monarch and minister? Princess Pingning is a state Madam, do I have to report everything to you?"
"Chang Lao said seriously, the lower official is only concerned about the safety and honor of the palace, and has no other intentions."
Song Liao listened with bitterness on his face. As the head of the royal residence, he had to ensure that the prince and princess had no serious faults, and he also had to make the couple not feel bad about him. This kind of drudgery was really too difficult. up.
In the past few days, there have been rumors about the princess and Prince Xie in the city, which has to be worrying.
"Song Changshi really has a heart."
Chu Nanzhi looked at Song Liao with a smile: "It's just that when it comes to the safety, honor and disgrace of the palace, my palace naturally attaches great importance to it. There is no doubt about this, Mr. Chang Shi. As for my palace's whereabouts, it is not trivial. Should I report it to Master Changshi?"
"The lower official has no such intentions, please don't worry about it too much."
Song Liao was even more frightened, and carefully glanced at Lin Jinxiao who was sitting beside him, but his eyes suddenly became as cold and terrifying as if stained with frost.
He plucked up his courage and quickly explained: "Your Highness, Prince Xie, as Bai Yu's envoy, shouldered the mission of peace talks, but refused to accept the court's arrangement, and led the envoy to live in Yuanlai restaurant without authorization. I'm afraid he has ulterior motives."
It’s almost a matter of saying that the apprentice went to hook up with the princess.
Lin Jinxiao disapprovingly smiled coldly at him: "Song Changshi is too worried. The Bai Yu Mission came to the territory as guests. They neither caused disturbance nor disturbed the people. They just wanted to look up to us. The customs of the He Empire, what kind of intentions can there be?"
Nowadays, everyone wants to play tricks to sow discord between the two of them, and he can be regarded as seeing everyone's fear of Chu Nanzhi, wishing he could immediately abandon her.
It's just that he deliberately instigated what happened yesterday, and he is not afraid of those rumors.
Looking at the people in the hall, Lin Jinxiao went straight forward, adjusted her makeup with a friendly expression in front of everyone, and sighed unhurriedly: "If you talk about those rumors in the city, you can't blame other people. It's just that this princess is too dazzling, so it's inevitable that people miss her."
After finishing speaking, she stared at Chu Nanzhi affectionately, and said softly: "Go in quickly, the two mistresses and mother-in-law are leading the palace people waiting for you to go in and try on the crown robe."
"it is good."
Chu Nanzhi respectfully bowed to Chang Lao Nie, and went to the inner hall with Sang Qi.
Seeing Chu Nanzhi coming in, the little ones were all overjoyed, they rushed forward to meet them, and urged them in unison with smiles: "Aniang, you are finally back, hurry up and put on your crown so that we can see it first." Look."
Chu Nanzhi glanced at the di crowns, big shirts and scarves held in the hands of the maids, the jewels were very gorgeous and eye-catching.
Although I had been looking forward to it for a long time, I didn't feel very excited when I saw it now.
Wearing the heavy nine-zhai crown and the big shirt and Xiapei, she knew the weight contained in it. In the days to come, she could only move forward without any retreat.
If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.
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(end of this chapter)