Chapter 79 Xiaowu's plan, the prince pleads
This night, a sparse star and bright moon, a red pavilion with horns, proud of the top of the rock, a piano, a delicate glazed palace lamp, a teenager in red, sitting cross-legged, with his wrists hanging in the air, ten fingers falling strings, a clear and more melodious piano sound, easy to diffuse under the moonlight, hovering among the fragrant grass and green leaves, like a living In this quiet night, the spirit recites the ancient customs.
It's a pity that this mountain and flowing water are ignorant of appreciation.
The teenager in crow's long clothes in the pavilion walked back and forth anxiously, not at the rhythm of the piano.
The sound of the piano suddenly stopped and was very hasty.
The wind is everywhere, and the vegetation is low.
However, the third prince was unaware of it, and he was still immersed in anxiety.
For three consecutive days, she went to the Duke of Wei's mansion, but the eldest princess still refused to see her. Today, even the Duke of Wei showed some impatience and his attitude became more and more perfunctory.
The third prince gradually felt that things were not as easy as he thought, and today's queen's anger: "Chen has nothing to do with the Duke of Wei, but yesterday's tea party set up by Mrs. Chen, her aunt actually went to support it in person... How do you think you, your child, caused trouble at this critical moment? At present, the situation is compelling. You must ask for the understanding of your aunt. I can only think about it for you. In any case, you can't let Silang marry the Duke of Wei!"
"Who is underneath?" The young man in red suddenly got up and shouted harshly under the fake stone.
The third prince just came to his senses from anxiety and followed Kong Xilin's eyes, but he didn't see any figure. He couldn't help but look sideways, but he saw Kong Xilin's black eyebrows tilting, and the joking smile in his eyes flew quickly.
"Xiao Wu, I'm not in the mood to joke with you!" The third prince snorted coldly, lifted his robe and sat on the stone bench in the pavilion, picked up the tea cup and drank it.
"I thought that no matter what happened, I couldn't pull back Your Highness's soul." Kong Xi's lips slanted, and there was no end of glamour.
He didn't care about the chill in the bones of the third prince. He still sat back on the edge of the piano, slightly raising his thin and narrow eyelids. His eyes contained the moonlight in the distant sky, and the charm suddenly appeared.
Although this face is not as soft as that of the third prince. No matter the eyebrows and lips, it looks a little cold and hard, it also has the amorous feelings of falling on all sentient beings. It is even more enchanting and charming than the third prince with a cautious face at this time.
"I don't know if Aunt Su knows that your Highness is so much about her, she will be happy. Regardless of the obstruction of the elders, she just wants to have a good relationship with your Highness." Kong Xilin said again.
The third prince sneered coldly: "The aunt of the Su family is steady and polite, but not as shallow as those ignorant noblewomen."
Kong Xilin couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "Your Highness knows her so thoroughly?"
"What's the point of saying this now?" The third prince glanced at the evil spirits of disaster and misfortune, and Fengmu Weimi said, "Are you begging to stay here for nothing today? Is it just to see me laugh?"
"I'm afraid that Your Highness will be bored alone, so I came to comfort you. It's really not a good reward." Kong Xilin raised his arm, and the bright red open sleeves fell down. He spread out his palm, covered his chest, and looked sad: "Your Highness can really hurt people's sincerity."
The third prince couldn't help it for a moment, but still held the corners of his lips: "I'm really convinced by Xiaowu."
"But Your Highness, don't you think someone set a trap for you this Qianrao Pavilion?"
The third prince's smile suddenly became cold: "This is still Xiao said that I drank a bowl of tea that day, and I was dizzy. Isn't there anyone calculating? Is it still possible to drink tea and get drunk?"
"I think the person who calculates Your Highness is in red, right?" Kong Xilin said slightly: "Her intention to your Highness is not a day or two."
The third prince stared: "Xiaowu, can you relax your mind a little? Why are you always sorry for being in red? If she really tricked against me, how could she be knocked unconscious?"
"That's right..." Kong Xilin raised his flying eyebrows: "If the red clothes move, I'm afraid Your Highness will not be as simple as being in a coma."
The third prince glanced angrily and looked at the dark shadow in the distance. The moonlight was sad, and his eyes were suddenly deep, and the dark tide was surging: "The fat pig of the judge's family was just being used. I asked him and said that a servant told him about the reception in red, and his little servant was even more confused and said no. Qing informed him who only said that he knew the gambler at the chicken farm.
"Your Highness, you can think of what the people behind the scenes are planning for you without my reminder."
The third prince nodded: "I also suspect it's Lao Si."
But at this time, it is not the most important thing to thoroughly investigate the people behind the scenes. What is important is how to save the heart of the eldest princess.
"I have a plan, but I don't know if Your Highness can pull down your face." Kong Xilin hooked the strings and made a low and deep sound. With this ripple, his eyes seemed to ripple: "Your Highness, don't be guilty, and will spread his admiration for Aunt Su, give face to the Duke of Zuwei, and play the infatuated Langjun to ten. After all, the eldest princess is also your elder. , may not be soft-hearted.
He pleaded guilty... The third prince rubbed his eyebrows, and in this way, isn't it no different from those scoundrels?
"Your Highness, you are the prince. How can the eldest princess refuse to see him when you kneel in front of the Duke of Wei? Moreover, this petition does not indirectly prove the fact that he will marry the Duke of Wei. Otherwise, no matter how ridiculous your behavior is, it has nothing to do with the Duke of Wei. Kong Xilin stroked the piano with his finger, which was another string of flowing sounds.
The third prince also unconsciously moved. Over the years, his words and deeds have always been secular. Even if he makes such an exaggerated move, it is reasonable that the queen should not be suspicious.
Well, for the sake of the future, playing a love but a trivial matter is nothing more than being laughed at by the world after dinner.
The third prince decided to risk his dignity and do a big job.
All people with desire are determined to do it. The next morning, when the sky was shining, the market opened. The third prince, dressed in plain white, came down from the carriage, with thorns on his shoulders, and silently knelt outside the closed door of the Duke of Wei.
At this time, the Duke of Wei had already gone to court, and if the main door had not been to welcome the distinguished guests and the guests of the banquet, nothing would have been opened. There were only two families in the square. There were not many pedestrians on the Qingshi Avenue in front of the door. The third prince knelt for a while, but no one noticed it. After opening the door of the corner of the king's palace, the door, a gatekeeper looked at At this scene, I don't know who was kneeling under Jing Chang, and then crossed the long street to the corner gate of the Duke of Wei and informed the porter.
The person on duty today is Chundu's uncle. As soon as he heard about this, he hurried to the main door to check. In recent days, the third prince visited frequently, but he also knew it. When he saw that the person who was kneeling was the Third Highness, he was almost not scared to fall down from the stone steps and hurriedly reported it. He advised the third prince to get up and speak before he had something to say.
On this day, it was an ambush. According to the customs and people's conditions, the old and young Mao were about to gather in a place to "deliver off". Therefore, although it was dawn, several little women in the Duke's mansion were already dressed neatly and went to Yuanying Hall under the leadership of Huang and Li's family to accompany the eldest princess for a meal.
When they heard that the third prince pleaded guilty outside the door, everyone was shocked, especially Sanniang, and couldn't help saying, "Your Highness, how did you come here..." They couldn't help looking at Yichen.
The selection of the prince's concubine made the nobles talk a lot. In addition, the third prince made that disturbance. Many people knew the "identity" of the third prince's concubine in the future. Although the third mother had no chance to go out, she also listened to a few comments from the servants, and her heart was envious and jealous, especially at this time, as soon as she heard the third prince Kneeling in front of the door, I immediately thought it was for marriage.
So the eyes became a little complicated.
Yijing was naturally shocked. Seeing that Yichen was restless, she reached out and held her palm and gave her a comforting smiling face.
The eldest princess couldn't laugh or cry, so she had to let a few juniors go back first, and then dispelled her face full of excitement and doubts. She dazzled at Li Shi, who wanted to stay in Yuanying Hall to watch the play, and asked Huang to persuade the third prince to get up in person.
Seeing that the eldest sister was restless, she persuaded her to sit in Luqingyuan. The two sisters sent out the maids around them to talk about their minds.
"I think my sister also heard the elders mention that the princes chose concubines."
Yijing just said a sentence, and Yichen blushed, but she did not insist that marriage was the order of her parents as righteously as usual. She could not discuss it privately, but hung the brocade hand and did not make a sound.
"At this time, you can't just focus on shyness. If you have any thoughts in your heart, you might as well tell me." Ying was a little anxious for fear that the eldest sister would be disturbed by the "sincerity" of the third prince.
Since the incident of the orchid hairpin, Yichen and Yijing have been much closer than before. Unconsciously, Yichen did not treat Yijing as a cardamom girl. He hesitated for a while and sighed: "This matter was originally at the orders of my parents... To tell the truth, my sister, my grandmother also asked me what I meant in private, but I and Sandian Zi was very strange and didn't even say a few words. I didn't know how his character was, but listening to his grandmother's intention, he seemed to be very unhappy about the third highness to stay in the brothel. Naturally, I would not disobey the hearts of the elders, but I didn't expect His Highness... In this way, wouldn't it make me become the talk of those idle people.
It turned out that he was worried about this, and Yang Jing shouted: "The behavior of the Third Highness is really ridiculous. He doesn't care about his reputation, but he is so tired that his sister doesn't stop." First of complaining, beautiful scenery comforted him, "But it's nothing. There's nothing wrong with the horizontal sister, but it's just a discussion for a while. In the past, there was also the romantic talent. In order to ask the beauty to take care of it, he expressed his admiration with poetry and piano music. Although the world is talking about it, it is also elegant talk, and it will not hurt the woman's boudoir. Besides, there are mothers and grandmothers who are in charge, and my sister doesn't have to worry.
Yichen is still a little worried. In fact, she originally had no evil feelings about the third prince, but who doesn't look forward to living with her husband in the future? Of course, Yichen also knows very well that such extravagance is too childish for the prince, but the marriage is now. Before I decided, I knew that the third prince had left a hook, and there was some diaphragm in his heart, and Meichen also knew that he was very ordinary in his appearance, but the third prince was a handsome man. If he still had a flowery heart, he would definitely have romantic affairs in the future. Yichen was afraid that the Empress Dowager had agreed to marry her grandmother and wanted to marry in the future. In the face of those embarrassments, I am really worried.
couldn't help talking about his worries with Yujing.
After hearing this, beautiful scenery naturally became more at ease and couldn't help persuading: "Since my sister thinks so, she said to her grandmother that she is not an autocratic elder and will definitely consider her lifelong happiness."
"But my mother also said that the emperor and the empress dowager both wanted to marry our house... In this way, didn't it embarras my grandmother?"
"That's not the only choice of the third prince." Yijing continued to encourage the eldest sister: "In my opinion, although the second prince is inferior to the third prince and the fourth prince, I heard that he is very gentle and will not be involved in any power reserve dispute, which is a good match."
Looking back on her previous life, she remembered that the second prince concubine was the second mother of the Shangshu Mansion. I heard that after the marriage of the two, Zhuo disliked the second prince's biological mother, often picky, and lived a very domineering life. Despite this, the second prince always treated her modestly and politely. Although he inevitably accepted two side concubines, They were all women from a poor family, which was not a threat at all. In addition, there was no other concubine. Zhuo's life was very easy. However, later, Zhuo's heart was not enough and he actually raised an actor outside. I don't know what happened. The emperor was so angry that he abolished her position as a concubine and wanted the second prince to divorce his wife.
The second prince still cared about his old feelings and knelt down for many days before allowing Sheng to open up the Internet. In the end, he left some room for Zhuo, at least in terms of reputation.
Bing calculated that if the eldest sister becomes the fourth prince's concubine, she will be afraid of the queen. In addition, Chen, the mother-in-law, is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and life will not be easy in the future. Since she is destined to marry the royal family, the second prince is the best choice.
After hearing this, Yuchen blushed again. After a long time, he still had no idea.
Binjing had to make up his mind to wait for the plague god of the third prince to leave, and then take his eldest sister to his grandmother to speak through, which would be more reassuring earlier.
However, Yuan Yingtang said that the eldest princess saw that the third prince was only wearing middle clothes and carrying thorns on his shoulders. The usual brilliance turned into depression all over her body. The pair of Yu's exquisite phoenix eyes that looked forward to Shenfei also fell down listlessly. The situation was really pitiful. It was inevitably good and funny, but he looked serious: "Sanlang! Where did you get out of here?
The third prince had to kneel again. Fortunately, Huang raised his eyes quickly and quickly: "Your Highness can't do this. You are the prince. Our ministers can't stand your kneeling."
"My aunt and the Duke's wife were originally the elders of Haoxi, so they naturally can stand it. Besides, Haoxi's behavior is ridiculous, which makes my aunt angry and doesn't see me. If you don't sincerely plead, how can you calm down your aunt?" The third prince blinked his bright peach blossom eyes pitifully, sweeping away the evil breath. At this time, he was very clever.
The eldest princess looked at the nephew and couldn't help rubbing her eyebrows and looked very annoyed. First, she let Huang take care of herself, then rejected the servants, including Mother Song, and talked with the younger generation alone.
"Don't beat around the bush with me, and don't use any bitter meat tricks. Let's talk directly if you have something to say." The eldest princess picked up the third prince and threw it on the ground angrily except for the pretentious thorn on her shoulder, and came straight to the point with a blank face.
The third prince was a little embarrassed. Then he smiled and raised his eyelids to meet two sharp eyes. He immediately became serious: "Haoxi came to plead for the matter of Qianrao Pavilion earlier."
"If this happens, I won't be angry, and you don't need me to forgive you, but you have to break it down with the Empress Dowager and the Holy Mother."
When the third prince choked, he was a little restless.
The eldest princess is straightforward and usually very talkative, but this time, she is like an iron plate, soft and hard, which is really embarrassing.
But the third prince is not an ordinary person. Since he even knelt down at the gate, he naturally won't give up halfway: "I dare not hide it from my aunt and grandmother. Haoxi has a solid admiration for Sister Chen, and my grandmother and mother also understand my feelings..."
"Marriage matters, pay attention to the orders of parents, and I will naturally discuss this with the Empress Dowager." The eldest princess interrupted the third prince without mercy.
"Grandma..."
"The Empress Dowager and the Holy Mother don't know that you have redeemed the prostitute and placed her in the house, do they?"
......
The third prince was stunned in the chair, and then did not know his words and deeds. As early as the eldest princess, she was regretful, but if he did it again, he could only choose to "take the blame" for Chen Liu.
"Grandma, this is really a misunderstanding. I was just curious, so I went to the brothel and heard that the girl in red admit her background. She was originally an exotic noble girl. She fell into the dust because her tribe was destroyed by the hands of the Beiyuan people, but she was unwilling to kill and begged me to save her from that dirty place. I also moved with pity for a moment. Heart just redeemed her and arranged a place to live, but in the future, there will never be any more contact with her. In a hurry, the third prince thought of one of the widely circulated versions, and then tampered with it and temporarily expropriated it.
The eldest princess looked at him for a moment and then said, "This was originally your private matter, and I don't bother to pay attention to it. Well, you have also compensated for the gift, and the explanation has also been explained. I also know that you said you admire my Chen'er. I will discuss the next thing with the Empress Dowager. Sanlang'd better go back. Do you and Chen'er have any Fate depends on God's will.
These words were so profound that the third prince didn't know how much it was for a moment. Even if he was unwilling, he didn't dare to beg for nothing in front of the eldest princess. He had to say goodbye first. He just left. The scenery in the Green Qingyuan got the news and pulled Yichen to come over together before entering the room and saw the corner. With two thorns in it, Yijing couldn't help but round his eyes: "Grandma, did the Third Highness really carry this thing?"
The eldest princess couldn't help laughing: "Children's tricks are worth making such a fuss?"
Ying came forward happily and rubbed her for a while. Seeing that Yichen was only standing aside, her eyes were ashamed and she stopped talking. She couldn't help pulling her over and squeezed her with the eldest princess Luohan**.
"Grandma, the eldest sister just said that she doesn't want to be the third prince."
It was so amazing to come straight to the point that he almost taught Yichen to plunge into the tea case.
"You girl, you are young, what do you know?" First, she laughed and scolded the scenery, but the eldest princess took the hand of Yichen and comforted her gently: "Chen'er, don't worry, if you don't want to, your grandmother will definitely make the decision for you."
Unexpectedly, he didn't ask a word, so he decided.
Yijing was overjoyed. She also stretched out her hand, held it together with her grandmother and eldest sister, and shook it hard: "Sister, look, I'm right. As long as you say what's in your heart, your grandmother will definitely make the decision for you." But he asked curiously, "Grandma, what did the third highness say earlier?"
Looking at the beautiful scenery and a pair of clear eyes full of curiosity, the eldest princess's mind moved. She really repeated the words of the third prince just now and asked Yichen first: "Chen'er heard this reason, but do you think the third prince is understandable?"
Yichen only felt that her cheeks were hot, but she was very polite. Naturally, the elders would not fail to answer their questions and looked down and said, "If that's true..."
Bingjing was very anxious and interrupted Yuchen's words repeatedly: "How can my sister take this seriously? If it is pitiful, most of the women who have fallen into the wind and dust have a history of bitterness, blood and tears. The third prince is kind-hearted. I'm afraid that he has already redeemed eight prostitutes and set up ten rooms and eight rooms outside.
As soon as the words fell, the eldest princess was hit by a popcorn on her forehead.
"You girl, you are getting more and more open-mouthed." Although it was a reprimand tone, the eldest princess's eyebrows were full of spoiling.
Yijing spit out the tip of her tongue and put her head in her grandmother's arms: "I only dare to say it in front of my grandmother. I'm also worried that my sister will be soft-hearted and be blinded by those who have bad intentions."
After hearing this, the eldest princess became serious, but did not push away the beautiful scenery. She just asked, "What do you mean by bad intentions? It's okay if you don't believe the third prince's explanation. Does it mean that he has other plans?"
Yijing did not choke and hide it. He measured the words in his heart and said in an orderly manner: "The Third Highness met his eldest sister, but at the palace banquet, he didn't even say a word. Why did he suddenly admire him? If so, why did he go to that dirty place to have fun? It can't see that he can't Really; then the third prince did not hesitate to plead with Jing and wanted to marry us, isn't it? Earlier, I heard from my sister and knew that both the emperor and the empress dowager liked my sister's temperament and talent. My sister must marry into the royal family. If it were not the third prince, it was very likely that she would be the fourth prince, but the empress would not want the fourth prince to get strong support and threaten the prince. The third prince was the same brother with the prince. Therefore, it should be In order to help the prince, he tried his best to fight for this marriage. But he has the problem of picking flowers and grass, and he really doesn't deserve such a virtuous and gentle sister as me.
Although these words were a little childish, they also analyzed the situation very clearly. The eldest princess couldn't help but think that she let Yijing look at the mansion for a period of time, but she had such an understanding of the current situation. On the contrary, although she was a few years old, it was too easy to believe other people's words, so the eldest princess became more and more It is not appropriate for the third prince to think that Ichen and his motives are not pure.
How could the third prince have thought that his painstaking efforts were wasted in vain under the trick of a little girl's tongue. After following the predetermined plan, he participated in several poetry tea sessions of "talented scribes" and expressed his feelings for Su in public. The "admiration" of the aunt.