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Chapter 53
Hua Liuli got into the carriage with the prince. Hua Liuli stared at the pendant on the carriage, and suddenly she couldn't hold back and laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" The prince handed a plate of dim sum to Hua Liuli, staring at the empty seat next to Hua Liuli for a while, and didn't sit there after all.
"Your Majesty laughs, she has become a big fat in the eyes of others." Hua Liuli laughed mutedly while holding the ceramic dish containing the dim sum, and she seemed to smile very happily as she shook her sideburns gently.
"Fortunately, the princess's help, the lonely fat was not taken away." The prince smiled and thanked him, "If there is another time, please help Liuli with a knife."
"The look in the eyes of that girl Xie looking at the courtier is not very friendly." Hua Liuli put the plate on the small table and shook her head, "Your Royal Highness, it is better to rely on others than to rely on yourself. You must know how to save yourself."
"Liu Li is right."
The carriage that Prince Edward rides is spacious and comfortable. Even if several people lie side by side, they will not be tied up.
In order to avoid other people's gossip about Hua Liuli, in the carriage at this moment, in addition to the prince and Hua Liuli, there are also the waiting eunuchs and maids, who bowed their heads and stood on one side without saying a word.
"Princess Leyang's mother and concubine had a very good relationship with the emperor and grandmother in the palace before she died of illness." The prince said, "After she married to Xie's house, the father and the emperor read about the old concubine's affection and took care of her. "
But the human mind is a very strange thing, sometimes too good, but it is easy for people to forget their duties, and even want to have more.
When she was young, the princess Leyang was not so ostentatious. Her father wanted her to marry to the south. Not only did she appreciate things every year, she also often stayed in Beijing.
Probably because of this kindness and tolerance, as well as Princess Shun'an, who lives in Beijing but has never been named the eldest princess, gave her a sense of superiority. In recent years, she has become more and more high-profile.
This time she entered Beijing, she was more powerful than ever. It was not her husband’s power that was fighting, but she knew that her eldest daughter died in Beijing, and her father would have sympathy for her, even if she was a little bit improper. Locally, everyone will see her bereavement, with one eye open and one eye closed.
It is not uncommon to see people like Princess Leyang in the bustling capital city.
For the sake of power and status, whether friends or relatives, even their own flesh and blood, they can give up.
When the prince saw the big from a young age, he had already seen through such a human mind. It was really boring and nothing new.
Sending Hua Liuli to the gate of Hua's house, the prince was about to leave when Hua Changkong greeted him with a smile on his face.
"His Royal Highness." Hua Changkong smiled and said to the prince, "It's not early, so why not leave after dinner in the cold house?"
"The lone trade came, I'm afraid it will disturb your house..."
"Your Majesty is polite, you are all vulgar people in this mansion, and your Majesty doesn't dislike it." Hua Changkong welcomed the prince into the gate and enthusiastically introduced the flowers and plants in the mansion to His Majesty. From time to time, he praised Emperor Changlong and said that he would reward him The mansion given to them is so good and so comfortable.
Although Hua Changkong was so enthusiastic when he was a guest at Huajia last time, the prince felt inexplicably that today's enthusiasm is a bit more sincere than before.
He looked back at Hua Liuli, who was following behind him. Hua Liuli smiled and blinked at him. The prince thought, maybe he was thinking too much.
In the evening, Hua Yingting and Wei Mingyue were both present. Hua Yingting invited the prince to sit down. The prince insisted not to: "The lonely and the general have a half-teacher friendship, the general is the teacher, and the lonely apprentice, how can an apprentice sit on the first place of the master? General please."
This is the future Master Taishan. He wants to be more diligent in order to marry a wife.
"Your Royal Highness's words are very bad, the emperor is the emperor, and the minister is the minister." Hua Yingting was so strong that he pulled the prince and pushed him on the first seat. "His Royal Highness will lead the heart, and our family actually don't want to pay attention to it. This is just for the purpose of blocking the mouths of outsiders, and I have to do it. Your Royal Highness is to be a helper, so feel wronged."
I hope you can see it in the friendship of the half-teacher in the future, and you will be able to endure it after being cleaned up by my girl.
"The general is so polite."
"His Royal Highness is too forgiving."
After eating a meal, the host and the host enjoyed themselves. Hua Yingting got up and personally sent the prince into the carriage. He looked at the prince like a kind old father-in-law, without the slightest commanding generals on the battlefield.
As soon as the prince left, Hua Yingting returned to the house. Seeing that the good girl was tired of acting like a baby in front of her wife, she sighed deeply in her heart.
Good girl, did you know that your old father didn't worry about your two brothers getting married.
Hua Liuli didn't know what her old father was thinking. She was telling her mother about meeting Princess Leyang at the foot of the mountain today.
"Did my mother have a bad relationship with the princess before? When my daughter saw her mentioning you, her face was very ugly." Hua Liuli thought, her mother must have lived a wonderful life when she was young. These female relatives in Beijing, Many people admire her, but many people hate her.
"Princess Leyang?" Wei Mingyue thought for a while. In her memory, there are not many things related to Princess Leyang. She shook her head: "I don't know how I was when I was young. Even if someone is dissatisfied with me, they will not take it to heart."
Seeing her mother's appearance, Hua Liuli said: "You deserve to be the unparalleled mother in the world. Any conspiracy and tricks in front of you are paper tigers."
"Stop flattering, your mouth is so sweet, is there a conflict with the Princess Leyang mansion?" Wei Mingyue smiled and nodded Hua Liuli's forehead. She gave birth to three sons and a daughter. The one who looks most like her inside is the most delicate Pretty harmless daughter.
Only those outsiders would feel that their mother and daughter have completely opposite temperaments.
The daughter followed her temper, but the way she acted learned from her father. Those who thought she was weak and deceived because of her appearance would not know what was going on until they were unlucky.
"Daughter originally didn't want to be nosy." Hua Liuli explained, "but the eunuch in the princess mansion flogged the people, and the princess still said bad things about you, how can your daughter stand it. You are your father's favorite woman, daughter and brother. Our best mother, how can you casually let people speak ill of you in front of me?"
"Our good girl is doing a good job. How can we go to the battlefield if we don't guard the hearts of the people." Wei Mingyue smiled, "Do what you think is right, don't be afraid."
Hua Liuli greasy into Wei Mingyue's arms, whispered: "Mother, does Princess Leyang want her daughter to be a princess?"
Wei Mingyue looked down at her daughter who was still acting like a baby to herself when she was a child, with a slight smile on her face, "Do you want her to be a princess?"
"Whether she is a princess, what does it have to do with her daughter?" Hua Liuli sat upright and looked at Wei Mingyue questioningly, "You should think about this kind of thing."
"You are right." Wei Mingyue smiled, "From my point of view, your majesty probably wouldn't want Miss Xie to be the princess, although she is indeed a good choice."
The Xie family came out of a gifted celebrity, and he was very famous in the south. The prince married the daughter of the Xie family, which was equivalent to buying the hearts of most literati in the south, and it was extremely good for his reputation after he succeeded. But there are advantages and disadvantages. Southern talents and celebrities control the mainstream power of public opinion, which is tantamount to an invisible sword.
As an emperor, he doesn't want to be a master with a sword, but wants to be the master of this sword.
The prince married with the daughter of Xie’s family, which not only allowed the southern literati circle to be used for himself, but also invisibly elevated the status of the southern literati. Over time, these people would point fingers at the royal, saying that this can be done and that can not be done, making the emperor a puppet with the shackles of fame.
The tortoiseshell country adjacent to Dajin is a lesson from the past.
Wei Mingyue once went to the tortoiseshell country, where literature is more important than martial arts, and he believes that everything is inferior but only high school. The scholars always conduct death lessons in the court hall, and when the court is killed, he can still win his name.
What made her most incomprehensible was that there were few women on the streets of Tortoiseshell Country. If a woman meets with a foreigner, she is unclean. Even the prince must marry early and abide by the so-called feminism.
After marrying the prince, the prince even dared to raise a concubine. If the prince accommodated a concubine, they would be exaggerated by these scholars. If it could not be accommodated, they would not be called jealous or fierce.
If Dajin’s consort dared to do such a thing, they would be beaten by the princess and be bruised and swollen with only half a life left, and severely beaten half to death before reconciliation.
As for the literati in the capital, when encountering such a lively scene, they would only take a pen and paper to record or draw down the matter, and then write a few limericks, and write them into a playful play, no one would call for grievances for the consort.
In recent years, there are several old men in the Xie family who are advocating that Dajin should learn tortoiseshell ethics, but they have not attracted too many people's attention.
She was very worried. After Xie's daughter married the prince, it would be really troublesome if she suddenly started to lead by example and let Dajin women learn tortoiseshell women.
She looked at Hua Liuli worriedly, her daughter was still young, and she couldn't live in this environment for the rest of her life. However, the actions of the superiors have a huge impact on the people.
After thinking about it, still hope that Xie's daughter will not be a princess.
The second day when Princess Leyang returned to the capital, she went to the palace to pay respects to the Queen Mother and Emperor Changlong. When she mentioned the eldest daughter who died last year, she felt choked up.
"The eldest girl has always been considerate and sensible. I only blamed me for not giving her a strong body when she was born." With the consolation of the queen mother and Emperor Changlong, the princess Leyang barely stopped her tears, her eyes were red. The daughter's hand said, "Now I only have Yaoyao, a girl and an incompetent boy. Yaoyao is gentle and virtuous, and likes the cultural climate of Beijing. I just thought about it and let her stay in the city."
This is not too vague. Emperor Changlong and the Queen Mother understood what she meant. She wanted Xie Yao to marry in the capital.
The queen mother smiled and asked, "Which good son-in-law do you have a fancy?"
"Mother and queen, although my daughter often lives in Beijing, she doesn't know enough about the city. The other children are good or not, and the daughter doesn't know." The princess Leyang touched the back of Xie Yao's hand with a smile and said. The prince was grown up by me. Yaoyao has a docile personality and has liked to play with the prince since she was a child. Why don't she stay with the prince and take care of him?
Hearing this, the smile on the queen mother's face suddenly faded. She glanced at Emperor Changlong, held up the tea cup and covered the corner of her mouth without speaking.
Emperor Changlong glanced at Xie Yao, who was shy and timid. Instead of mentioning the marriage, he said, "Why didn't you come to Beijing this time?"
"There are still some things to be dealt with by Ma Ma, and we will not arrive until about half a month later." Princess Leyang said, "Brother Emperor, Yaoyao and Prince..."
"Your Majesty." Zhao Sancai walked in hurriedly, "Hou Changan, please see you."
"The bright moon is here?" Before Emperor Changlong could speak, the Queen Mother said first: "Hurry up and invite her in."
Seeing the attitude of the queen mother, Xie Yao's face became miserable. If the queen mother agreed to this marriage, how could she rush to let others in? Obviously, didn't want her to marry the prince, and didn't want her to be too embarrassed with her mother.
Princess Leyang was calmer than her daughter. She patted the back of her daughter's hand without a smile, and stared at the door of the hall.
People in the capital always said that the rude woman Wei Mingyue was the number one beauty in Beijing. She wanted to see how beautiful Wei Mingyue could be after spending so many years in the cold border.
Not long after, a bright and beautiful woman walked in, with a lively force in her gestures, which was very eye-catching.
"Mother." Xie Yao felt a tingling pain from the back of her hand, and she whispered.
Princess Leyang let go of her daughter's hand and sat on the chair dignifiedly with a right smile on her face.
"The last general has seen your majesty, and the empress dowager." Wei Mingyue stepped forward to salute, glanced at Princess Leyang, but did not speak.
"Get seated quickly, you don't need so much courtesy." The queen mother greeted Wei Mingyue to sit down, secretly rejoicing in her heart. Fortunately, Wei Mingyue is here, otherwise she and the emperor would have to work hard to refuse to kiss.
Wei Mingyue bowed his hand and saluted the Queen Mother again, and gave a big gift to Emperor Changlong: "Your Majesty, the final admiral is here today to plead for the imperfect daughter."
Seeing Wei Mingyue bowing to herself, Emperor Changlong unconsciously moved his butt back. But when she heard about Hua Liuli, she thought she knew the prince’s thoughts, and then sat forward, trying to hold up a kind smile: "What does Cherished Minister mean? Fushou Princess is smart, cute and cute. , Kind and considerate, Huizhilanxin, why do you need to ask for any crime?"
Whatever it is, praise her daughter first.
"Your Majesty is absurd, and the Admiral is really embarrassed to hear this." Wei Mingyue smiled helplessly, "The child is really unbelievable. The first day Princess Leyang entered Beijing, she did something that upset the princess. The goddess has no choice but to take her to the outside of the temple and ask her to plead with your Majesty in person."
"Princess Fushou is outside?" Emperor Changlong glanced at the sky outside. Today's weather is not good, and the wind is whistling. Princess Fushou is so weak, how can he stand it?
Fearing that the wind would blow away the little girl his son liked, Emperor Changlong didn't even have time to ask what Hua Liuli had done, so he directly asked Zhao Sancai to bring the little girl in.
Xie Yao saw the visitor clearly and almost broke a silver tooth. Isn't this the little fairy who seduced the prince's cousin?
"It's so windy outside, how can you let the princess stay outside alone?" The Emperor Changlong looked at Hua Liuli and liked it more. This girl is nice and looks better than her mother. The most important thing is her gentle personality, not like her mother. Dear, one palm can split a big rock.
"Go get the hot ginger soup and remove the incense from the house." After consciously setting up a lovely and amiable image of a father-in-law in front of Hua Liuli, Emperor Changlong asked gently, "Can the princess need some snacks? "
"Your Majesty, the ministers don't need it." Hua Liuli held the hand of the servant girl, walked to the center of the room, and bowed to everyone in the room, telling the story exactly what happened yesterday evening.
"The courtier only cared about the safety of the people, but didn't care about the face of the eldest princess, which made Miss Xie sad. After returning home, the courtier was uneasy and couldn’t feel calm for a long time. I learned that the eldest princess and Xie The young lady is here with the empress dowager, so I am here to plead with the two of you." After speaking, she walked up to the eldest princess and Xie Yao and was deeply blessed. "Sorry, the courtier was impulsive yesterday. Please forgive her."
"The little girl is ignorant, the final general has already taught her at home yesterday." Wei Mingyue arched her hand toward the princess Leyang, "Please forgive me, princess."
The princess Leyang felt cold, and she never expected that Wei Mingyue's mother and daughter would poke the matter directly to the emperor's brother. Where is the plea, it is clear that a hole was dug under her feet, and a few needles were buried in the hole.
"When the puja is held, let the people set up stalls around, Jingzhao Mansion has long asked the court for instructions. This is a good thing for people's livelihood, and there is nothing wrong with it. Why do the eunuchs of the Princess Mansion scold the vendors?" Emperor Changlong asked the court ladies Holding Hua Liuli to sit down to rest, her expression was a little chilly: "Leyang, although you are a princess, you should also take care of those who bully others."
"The emperor is right." Princess Leyang covered her eyes and sobbed quietly, "Since the eldest girl passed away, my life has been muddled and haunted, but it has made those who do not have long eyes become more arrogant."
She cried for a while, wiped the teardrops from the corners of her eyes, and said to Hua Liuli, "Fortunately, the princess was here, so that this kind of bullying slave was not allowed to succeed. How can this palace blame the princess, it is too late to be grateful."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Hua Liuli smiled obediently. "Yesterday, my mother told the courtiers that my Majesty is the most gentle and kind, and treats the younger generations very well. I saw you today and I realized that you are better than my mother."
"It's Chang'an Humiu who praised it." Princess Leyang squeezed these words from her teeth. She would rather believe that pigs can climb the tree than Wei Mingyue would praise her like that.
Yesterday, the female general under Wei Mingyue clearly didn't show her any face, and forcibly took her chief eunuch to Jingzhao Mansion, and forced the yaman of Jingzhao Mansion to beat him ten sticks in public, which caused hundreds of people to watch the excitement. Later, he was sent back to the princess mansion.
Along the way, had intentionally or unintentionally said something to the people in the capital. This was the eunuch in the Princess Leyang's mansion. He also said how hard-faced Jing Zhaoyin was, and how the prince was righteous. He would rather punish the aunt's servants for the people, and also said that his majesty taught the prince how well.
It attracted the people who watched the excitement and applauded.
This is to slap her in the face, to make faces to others.
Yesterday I did something so wicked. Today my face changed and I went to the palace to plead guilty. Although I did something right, but I did it too impulsively and didn’t give the princess face, so I came to plead guilty.
I really want to save face. Don't make things so ugly yesterday.
The fact that they are doing this now is clearly for your majesty, it seems that their mother and daughter are loyal to your majesty.
What made her even more angry was that the emperor not only didn't reprimand Hua Liuli, but from time to time he let the court ladies and eunuchs come over to eat, and those who didn't know thought it was his daughter.
"Don't boil ginger tea too thick, remember to get a bowl of rose dew to explain the ginger flavor to the princess." Emperor Changlong was not in the mood to listen to Princess Leyang's miserable cry, and waited for her to finish. He asked the maid to prepare rose dew for Hua Liuli.
The atmosphere suddenly became a little embarrassing. Princess Leyang watched Hua Liuli sip the ginger soup, and Wei Mingyue said something like, "Your Majesty is still majestic, this child doesn't like to drink these at home," and she felt sick. .
The mother and daughter not only double-faced, but also love to flatter the emperor's brother.
Really shameless.
"Wei Aiqing, I think Princess Fushou is very good. Don't be faulty with her everywhere. It's normal for a little girl to dislike the taste of ginger soup. Who would like things that taste bad?" Emperor Changlong now looks at Hua Liuli It feels good everywhere, after all, this is the future daughter-in-law.
Of course, the best part is that she didn't follow Wei Mingyue as a mother. It was thank goodness that she was a blessing to his son.
"Princess Fushou, you are in poor health, so you must take the medicine on time, otherwise your family will be worried." Seeing Emperor Changlong seems to love Hua Liuli very much, Xie Yao was a little flustered, "If you don't take good care of yourself now, what can you do later What?"
People who are not in good health should not want to be a princess.
"Who said that the princess is not good?" The prince strode into the hall, and his eyes fell on Hua Liuli who was drinking rose dew with his head down. "I think the princess is very good."