Chapter 261: 261 Don’t worry
Chapter 261 Chapter 261 Don’t worry
Chu Qianhuang kowtowed three times to the queen, causing her head to hurt and she felt dizzy.
This was the first time she felt real fear.
Even if the matter of her and Chu Qianchen's subcontracting was exposed before, she had never been so panicked or confused.
At that time, even if she lost her status as the legitimate daughter of the Hou family, she knew that she was still the third princess's companion. She knew that she could still go to Nanhao with the third princess to change her destiny...
For her now, the most important thing is the identity of the princess's companion.
In the past few months, everything she had done was to stay with the third princess.
Thinking about it, Chu Qianhuang raised her head resolutely, with a determined light shining in her eyes, wanting to use the third princess to impress her.
However, how could the Queen relent just because Chu Qianhuang kowtowed twice, waving her hand and saying, "Take her down!"
The two chamberlains smiled coldly at Chu Qianhuang, who was kneeling on the ground, and said forcefully: "Miss Chu, get up."
The chamberlain's voice was flat without any fluctuation, and the warning in his words was clear.
Queen Mother Yin ignored all this. She turned around and walked back with Chu Qianchen, "Qianchen, if anyone dares to bully you in the future, just tell the Aijia that the Aijia will make the decision for you."
Chu Qianchen smiled slightly and responded briskly: "Mother, don't worry."
She held Queen Mother Yin's arm affectionately, obediently, like a lovable Persian cat, which made Queen Mother Yin's heart almost turn to water.
The Queen also slowly turned around, her eyes lightly scanning Yuan Zhitong's body.
Yuan Zhitong's eyes flashed slightly, he took a step forward and followed.
"..." Chu Qianhuang looked at the back of Queen Mother Yin and Chu Qianchen leaving, and then looked at the queen. She knew that it was useless for her to plead for mercy now, she was just humiliating herself.
She bit her lower lip, enduring the pain on her face and heart, trying hard not to let her tears fall.
Her hair was soaked with sweat, and strands of wet hair fell messily on her face, covering one of Chu Qianhuang's eyes.
Her other eye was staring at Chu Qianchen's leaving figure, and deep in her eyes was a deep hatred that was so thick that it almost overflowed.
At this moment, Chu Qianhuang understood what hatred was.
After she traveled to this world, she never actively harmed anyone. She just wanted to live a good life, get rid of the original plot, and no longer let others trample on her.
However, none of them let him go. It was because they bullied others too much, and it was Chu Qianchen who kept pushing them step by step.
The scenes that happened in the past six months flashed before her eyes like a revolving lantern, and each one was still fresh in her memory.
Chu Qianhuang didn't want to ask for help anymore.
It is an eternal truth that good people can be deceived by others.
She slowly stood up from the ground and saluted the queen's back in front of her.
What about the Queen Mother and the Empress? It seems that they are the best in the world, but in fact, they can't be proud for a few days...
Thinking about the ending of these two people in the dream, Chu Qianhuang had a cold sarcasm in his eyes, and then left without looking back, escorted by the two chamberlains.
Her back was so thin and thin, exuding a kind of aloofness that made everyone drunk but I was alone.
The queen had already caught up with Queen Mother Yin and said with a smile, "Let mother worry about it."
Queen Mother Yin said calmly: "Who picked An Le's companion? The choice was not very good."
"..." The queen's face suddenly stiffened. The two companions in the palace who didn't know how to be happy were both personally selected by her, the queen.
The queen directly ignored the question and said calmly: "Mother, Anle is in need of a companion right now. I see Miss Yuan as smart, generous, virtuous and virtuous, so it is better to keep her in the palace, so that she can have free time." Go and talk to my mother, what do you think?"
The Queen suggested thoughtfully, as if she was thinking of the Queen Mother.
Queen Mother Yin stopped and moved her eyebrows, but did not agree immediately. She looked towards Yuan Zhitong with a hint of sizing, examining and thinking.
Yuan Zhitong showed a surprised smile, knelt down and blessed the queen: "Thank you, the queen, for your appreciation."
Queen Mother Yin didn't say anything. She glanced at the Queen with a half-smile, and then continued walking towards the Royal Garden with Chu Qianchen.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law chatted casually:
"Qianchen, didn't you watch the "Sun Wukong Havoc in Heaven" just now? The Aijia looked at it, this monkey show was really not very good, it was very noisy."
"Mother, let's go to the Royal Garden to enjoy the flowers and calm down."
The speaker has no intention, the listener has intention.
To the Queen's ears, every word seemed to have a profound meaning.
The queen forced a smile and echoed: "Mother, my daughter-in-law asked the royal kitchen to prepare a lot of snacks with flowers today. The queen and the nine younger siblings must try them later."
After saying that, she said to Yuan Zhitong: "Zhitong, you can follow Xiao Changzi to find the third princess."
The queen also knew that going too far would be wrong, so she sent Yuan Zhitong away.
"Yes, the Queen." Yuan Zhitong accepted the order respectfully, with an elegant manner, as if he was measuring it with a ruler, "I have resigned."
Yuan Zhitong stayed where he was to respectfully see them off, and then turned around.
However, Yuan Zhitong did not rush to find the third princess. Instead, he stuffed a silver ingot into Xiao Changzi and asked him to take her elsewhere first.
Yuan Zhitong hurriedly hurriedly caught up with Chu Qianhuang near Long Zongmen.
Chu Qianhuang had already put on a bright red cloak. The wide cloak hat blocked her messy sideburns and blocked some inquiring eyes.
"Miss Chu," Yuan Zhitong stopped Chu Qianhuang, took out a new frost-white handkerchief and handed it to Chu Qianhuang, sighing apologetically, "I couldn't help you."
She hesitated for a moment and said politely: "I didn't expect your sister to be like this..."
The words ended with a sigh, and the wind blew them away.
At the same time, Yuan Zhitong's maid also gave money to the two chamberlains who were escorting Chu Qianhuang. The chamberlains just turned a blind eye and avoided them, letting them talk, and there wouldn't be much delay. effort.
Chu Qianhuang shook his right hand and finally accepted the kindness from Yuan Zhitong.
"Thank you, Miss Yuan, for interceding for me. You don't have to worry about me." She persuaded the other party instead.
Her voice was a little hoarse, but her expression had calmed down at this moment, and her eyes were deep and calm. Although she still looked embarrassed, she felt a little more open-minded.
Chu Qianhuang felt extremely ridiculed in her heart.
Even an outsider who has never met her knows how to pity her situation. Chu Qianchen is still her half-blood sister, but he is always wary of her, not afraid to speculate on her with the greatest malice, and insists on stepping on her to climb up.
She was wrong.
She was thinking about the blood relationship between them, but in Chu Qianchen's eyes, no matter whether she was Chu Qianhuang or not, she was her enemy.
Who allowed "Chu Qianhuang" to occupy the position of Chu Qianchen's legitimate daughter and enjoy the honor of the legitimate daughter over the years.
This is original sin.
Chu Qianhuang wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief. The frost-white handkerchief was immediately stained with the blood on her lips. It was as red as red plums on the snow, which was shocking.
Yuan Zhitong glanced in the direction of Changying. Naturally, Changyin Pavilion could not be seen from this position. The only thing he could see was the blue sky and the glazed tiles sparkling in the sun.
Yuan Zhitong said softly and helplessly: "My cousin dotes on her, and cousin Chen Wang also dotes on her. Now that she is so angry, even the Queen can't do anything... Miss Chu, I will try to find a way to plead with you another day. "
Chu Qianhuang smiled bitterly, wiped his lips with a handkerchief, and turned his eyes.
Hearing Yuan Zhitong call the Queen Mother Yin his aunt and King Chen his cousin, Chu Qianhuang suddenly realized that Yuan Zhitong and the Queen Mother Yin were very close.
A sudden malice arose in Chu Qianhuang's heart, and the malice spread rapidly.
She bit her red and swollen cherry lips slightly with her teeth, "Everything she has now is just relying on King Chen."
Yes, Chu Qianchen is now able to look down on everything from a high place, just because he relies on King Chen.
When King Chen and Queen Mother Yin are gone in the future, Chu Qianchen will only have the false name of Princess Chen.
She didn't want to argue with Chu Qianchen. After all, Chu Qianchen's glory was like that seemingly gorgeous butterfly. The butterfly turned into a cocoon and seemed to have gained a new life. However, how many people knew that the butterfly turned into an adult insect? The butterfly does not live for more than half a month.
How fleeting its brilliance is!
Yuan Zhitong smiled lightly, with an elegant and gentle expression, "If I have the opportunity to meet cousin Chen Wang, I will ask my cousin to advise your sister."
Chu Qianhuang's eyelashes trembled, and a hint of ridicule flashed across his eyes.
King Chen? !
Chu Qianchen is now a wife who is valued by her husband, but in the final analysis, the brilliance and glory she possesses are just a false illusion.
Didn't Chu Qianchen just now say that he was showing generosity to others? !
Oh, then just repay the other person with his own way. If the fake thing can't be true, then just tear up the "illusion" as she wishes!
Chu Qianhuang raised his chin and looked in the direction of Changyin Pavilion.
She frowned and sighed, as if she couldn't speak. After pursed her lips, she whispered: "I was also wrong just now. I was so angry that I forgot my shape, so I pushed my roommate."
"I didn't expect her to change so quickly."
"Change?" Yuan Zhitong raised his eyebrows in confusion.
Chu Qianhuang's expression was a bit sad, and the volume was low enough that only the two of them could hear, "The thunder and rain are all your kindness. Who would have thought that the emperor would suddenly grant a marriage agreement to her and His Highness King Chen?" The imperial decree forces the second sister to marry into Prince Chen's palace."
"She already had her heart set on belonging..."
Hearing this, Yuan Zhitong's eyes suddenly lit up and he stared at Chu Qianhuang without blinking.
But Chu Qianhuang closed her mouth and forced a smile: "I made a mistake. Miss Yuan should forget it."
At this time, a middle-aged chamberlain waiting a few feet away urged impatiently: "Are you done?" They still have to go back to the queen!
"Thank you for the long wait, my father-in-law." Chu Qianhuang said politely to the two chamberlains and said goodbye to Yuan Zhitong.
"Miss Chu, walk slowly."
Yuan Zhitong looked at Chu Qianhuang's back, his dark apricot eyes shimmering, standing tall and graceful.
Chu Qianhuang walked leisurely and straight, like a pine and cypress in the snow.
It was Chu Qianchen who was unkind first, and then she was unjust.
The more amazing and talented a man is, the more aloof and proud he is, and there is no room for a grain of sand in his eyes.
If King Chen knew that Chu Qianchen had been devoted to the second prince, would he still tolerate her? !
Xiao He is also a success, and Xiao He is a failure.
She would just wait and see.
I hope Yuan Zhitong will not disappoint her. After Chu Qianhuang left, Yuan Zhitong quickly turned around and politely asked Eunuch Xiaochang to take her to the third princess.
The place where the female guests change today is Guifuzhai, which is less than a cup of tea away from Changyin Pavilion.
The third princess Anle was still in Guifu Zhai. She had already gone to the clean room. The two maids accompanying her carefully arranged her clothes and planned to help her get a new sachet.
Anle picked and picked, not liking any of the sachets.
"I don't like this, and I don't like that." Anle tilted her head and pursed her lips.
Yuan Zhitong walked up to her and bowed to Anle: "Your Highness, Third Princess, Miss Chu has left the palace. From now on, I will be Your Highness's new companion."
"Sister Huang, don't you want to be my reading companion?" Anle's eyes widened, and she was no longer in the mood to pick out the sachet.
Without Sister Huang, wouldn't it be even more boring for her in the palace in the future?
"Yeah." Yuan Zhitong pretended not to see it and nodded.
She smoothly took off a gourd-shaped sachet from her waist and said, "Your Highness, how do you like this sachet? I see this parrot is so smart and cute in its embroidery."
Yuan Zhitong inquired and found out that the third princess had a parrot that could learn to speak.
"This is so cute!" Anle finally showed off her face, smiling brightly and innocently. The two maids also breathed a sigh of relief.
After coaxing the third princess, Yuan Zhitong went to the flower viewing banquet in the Imperial Garden with her.
Today is a flower-viewing banquet hosted by the Queen. Even if the Queen only uses this as a cover, it is still a "flower-viewing banquet". The Queen still has a lot of seasonal flowers, such as chrysanthemums, four-season crabapples, redbuds, and orchids. , cold orchids, red dendrobium, etc. Although October is not the peak flowering period of camellias, some camellias are blooming one after another, and those blooming camellia bonsais have also been moved here by the chamberlains.
At a glance, the flowers piled up beside the lake in the Imperial Garden can barely be considered a riot of color.
The breeze blows, and the fragrance of flowers spreads with the wind, refreshing the heart and mind.
When Anle and Yuan Zhitong arrived, Chu Qianchen had already sat down in the water pavilion by the lake with Queen Mother Yin, and the Queen accompanied the Queen Mother on the other side.
There are also some princesses sitting in the water pavilion, sitting together in twos and threes, drinking tea and talking.
As for the young ladies, they couldn't sit still. Some were feeding the fish in a nearby pavilion, some were listening to the musicians playing the piano, some were admiring the flowers and painting, and some gathered together to play kettle.
There were about a dozen double-eared iron kettles placed on the ground, and the sound of "dong-dong" falling arrows could be heard one after another.
An Le had just arrived when she was called by Princess Chang Ning of Prince Shun's Mansion to play hut: "An Le, you came just in time, we are missing one person."
The Queen looked at An Le outside the water pavilion, and said to the Queen Mother Yin with a smile: "Mother, look at An Le, this child is just playful. He is already thirteen years old, and he still can't calm down."
"This child likes the Ninth Brother and Sister very much. He always calls this Sister Chen. I have told her several times that she is Aunt Nine Emperors, but she always calls her the wrong one."
Anle outside the water pavilion took the bamboo arrow handed to her by Princess Chang Ning and threw the bamboo arrow in her hand.
The bamboo arrow hit the mouth of the pot neatly, drawing a burst of warm applause.
Princess Changning, Yuan Zhitong and others gathered around Anle and applauded her. The young girls smiled brightly and the flowers around them were even more beautiful.
Queen Mother Yin didn't like the queen, but she didn't have any ill feelings towards the third princess. She smiled and said, "This kid Anle is indeed a lovable child."
The queen observed Queen Mother Yin's face and continued: "This child Anle is just like her brother. She is outspoken and has clear likes and dislikes. The prince always said that the Nine Emperor Brothers are the pillars of the country..."
The queen sighed as she finished her sentence, her eyes flashing faintly.
Since Jin Shang ascended the throne, the Queen has never behaved like this. No, even when Jin Shang ascended the throne, Queen Mother Yin is the successor, and the Queen is the daughter-in-law of Queen Yuan. She is not respectful to Queen Mother Yin, at most she is. On the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month, I went to the Empress Dowager Yin to ask for her greetings, just to show off. Just because the empress had the prince as her support, she was able to live freely and arrogantly in the harem for the past ten years.
But now the emperor wanted to depose the prince, and the queen was also panicked.
What she just said was to help the prince show his goodwill in front of Queen Mother Yin and Chu Qianchen. It is true that the prince is now rejected by the emperor, partly because of Gu Jue.
The Queen Mother Yin knew the Queen's intentions very well, but she smiled and said nothing.
Seeing that Queen Mother Yin didn't answer, the queen felt a little upset, but she didn't dare to show it.
The emperor wanted to depose the prince, so she couldn't let it go and had to do something.
She had discussed it carefully with her father and brother, and now the only person who could help the prince was King Chen.
King Chen and the emperor have always been at odds with each other, from before the emperor ascended the throne to now. Moreover, the relationship between the brothers has been deteriorating. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are at war with each other.
However, the emperor could not suppress King Chen at all, but was suppressed by King Chen. Since King Chen returned to the capital from the north, it means that he would not seize the throne for the sake of his status as a monarch.
For King Chen, it would be better to support the next king who is friendly to him.
In contrast, as long as there is the support of King Chen, the emperor cannot depose the prince.
The cooperation between the prince and King Chen is beneficial to both parties and complements each other.
The queen's eyes flashed with a cold look of determination.
Over the years, she had been acting as a virtuous queen and never deliberately suppressed the concubines and princes who targeted the harem. The prince also worked hard for the court. As a result, the emperor did not remember her and the prince's friendship at all, and repeatedly suppressed the prince.
The prince was kind and filial. Even if he was punished by the emperor to kneel down in the ancestral temple, he never said anything wrong to the emperor.
But she couldn't sit still and wait for death.
She couldn't just watch others take away everything that belonged to the prince!
Therefore, the queen specially arranged this flower viewing banquet not only to entertain the Queen Mother and Princess Chen, but also to show goodwill to other high-ranking nobles through this flower viewing banquet.
The Queen Mother Yin was well aware of the twists and turns in the Queen's heart, and was impatient to entertain the Queen, so she dismissed her casually: "Queen, there are many guests today, so you don't have to accompany the Ai family."
The queen stood up calmly and said: "Mother, my wife will be excused from my company first."
The queen was also thinking about talking to the other married women, so she left.
Queen Mother Yin knew that Chu Qianchen was not going anywhere because he was with her, so she pulled the little girl and stood up.
"Come on, let's go enjoy the flowers."
As Queen Mother Yin walked, she glanced at the queen who was not far away. The queen sat down next to Princess Li and Princess Rui.
Queen Mother Yin touched her sleeves gracefully and said with a half-smile, "The Queen is too impatient. The Crown Prince's position is still stable, how can he do this to her?"
"The Queen is right." Chu Qianchen smiled slightly, a pair of shallow pear dimples overflowed from his palm-sized face, and there seemed to be rays of light rippling in his eyes.
Chu Qianchen didn't say this just to please the Queen Mother Yin, she really thought so.
The prince is the grandson conferred by the late emperor and the emperor's eldest son.
Even if the emperor now gives the prince a name of unfilial piety and wants to take advantage of the prince, it is still not possible for the emperor to depose him with just one word. In the previous life, the prince was seriously injured and disabled, which gave the emperor the first opportunity to depose him. .
But now, it's far from time.
She can be sure that if the emperor now dares to say that the prince should be deposed, a group of veterans left by the late emperor will kneel down in the Yangxin Hall to remonstrate.
While talking, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stopped in front of a cold orchid. Purple flowers bloomed among the leaves. The leaves were elegant and handsome, and the flowers had an elegant and mellow fragrance.
The two stood just in a position where they could see several girls throwing pots by the lake. Yuan Zhitong raised his arm and threw the bamboo arrow in his hand.
She exerted too much force, and the bamboo arrow flew over the spout of the pot with a "whoosh" and shot into the lake with a "plop", causing a lot of splashes.
There were circles of ripples on the lake surface, sparkling.
"Too hard." Chu Qianchen said casually, not knowing who he was talking about.
Everyone knew that the Queen's flower viewing party today was a drunken affair, so everyone was observing the Queen's every move.
In the past, the queen had always been aloof, but now she suddenly lowered her attitude to such a low level. It is not an exaggeration to say that this behavior is completely different. This will only lead to random thoughts of those who are interested.
Originally, after a few days, the emperor's anger subsided and the prince returned to the court, and everyone would have forgotten about the prince's incident. But now, the queen's hurried behavior will make people in various houses think that The prince's status was really about to be lost, so the queen was so anxious to win over the various governments.
The queen would only be self-defeating, and would actually harm the prince.
The Queen simply made a stupid move today.
Empress Dowager Yin lamented: "The Queen has been too smooth in the past few years. She has lost her sense of proportion when something happens, and she has no manners as a mother of the country. Princess Jingle was bullied to the point of not paying attention, but for a trivial matter, she Just messing around."
Queen Mother Yin looked at the Queen with distant and indifferent eyes, with a detachment that had nothing to do with her.
Chu Qianchen: "Princess Jingle?"
"Princess Jingle had some dispute with her husband-in-law, and she was whipped by her husband-in-law," Queen Mother Yin said, "I heard that it seems that it was because the husband-in-law wanted to take in my cousin."
"The Ai family just happened to hear something about 'Drunk and Hitting the Golden Bough' when they were listening to a play."
As Queen Mother Yin spoke, she picked up a purple-red cold orchid. She compared the cold orchid to Chu Qianchen, and personally helped her put it on her temples. She smiled with satisfaction and asked Aunt He. Said: "How is it?"
Aunt He said with a smile: "The Queen Mother has good taste, this flower is really suitable for the princess, and the person is more delicate than the flower."
Queen Mother Yin was amused, smiling brightly, and her expression and behavior were much lighter than when she was facing the Queen.
Chu Qianchen raised his eyebrows.
But there are gains and losses for any prince-in-law who favors a princess. This prince-in-law loves his cousin and is "drunk with golden branches". Doesn't he feel that life is not good?
There was another burst of warm applause from the front, cheering for Anle and Princess Changning.
Most of the noble ladies have been eliminated, leaving only Princess Anle and Princess Changning in the decisive battle.
When the little girls get together, they have a youthful and vigorous energy.
Queen Mother Yin looked at them and then at her daughter-in-law, "Ah Jue said that you are very good at archery and you must be good at throwing pots as well. Go and play with them."
Queen Mother Yin felt that it was really boring for her daughter-in-law to accompany her all the time. She, a little girl who had not even grown hair extensions, should play more with her peers and not be so calm.
Chu Qianchen smiled slightly and said seriously: "I am really good at throwing pots...I will show you the competition with the prince later, but you have to ask the prince to let me have three arrows!"
"But..." She tilted her little face and said matter-of-factly, "I am an elder, so I won't bully Anle and the others."
The third princess's pot throwing skills are pretty good, but compared with her, they are really incomparable. She still doesn't bully the children.
Chu Qianchen was sincere, but in the eyes of Queen Mother Yin, it was really funny for a little girl to act like an elder.
Queen Mother Yin was amused again and was about to say something else, but Nanny He suddenly said: "The Queen Mother, the Imperial Concubine is here."
Queen Mother Yin and Chu Qianchen both followed Nanny He's gaze and looked over.
A few feet away, Concubine Chu walked up, wearing a begonia red gown and a nine-died and four-phoenix crown. The four-phoenix hairpin on the beaded crown holds long bead knots in its mouth. When she moves, several long bead knots sway slightly, making her gorgeous face even more dazzling.
Concubine Chu was obviously five points prettier than the queen in appearance. She, who had been so unassuming in the past, now had a high-spirited aura.
(End of chapter)