Chapter 159
He stored this doubt, thanked Chen Rixin, a moment without an idea, ready to discuss with the princess. He first went to the Chengqian Palace to go through the motions, and finally arrived at the Yonghua Palace, where Princess Hui, King Qing and his wife, and Princess Yu were all present, the scene was very lively.
“How is it?” Royal Concubine knew that Xian Yang had been impeached and was anxious. He told her what had happened before, and then she put her heart at ease and chatted with them about her family.
“You guys, it’s inconvenient to travel out of the capital, why do you still bring these things?”
Rong xiangmei laughed: “nothing to honor the two ladies, only these wild ideas to eat fresh just.”
King Qing said, “This is what is original. To say that our mansion also have these, just thinking that mother consort in the palace, what good things do not have, embarrassed to honor these mountain wild goods, afraid to eat bad.”
Zhou Xian Yang smiled in embarrassment, “This is my fault for not thinking carefully. If Your Highness is not accustomed to eating them, give them to the people below you.”
Your Highness snapped, “No way, I’ve already asked the kitchen to make that pheasant. When I was a child, my father went abroad and left me with my uncle’s family, I also grew up in the mountains and ate these. Don’t go away, all of you, have your lunch in my palace.”
In the midst of all the excitement, His Majesty suddenly arrived: “I heard that Yonghua Palace is having a private dinner, so I’m here to join in the fun.”
Two noble consorts, two princes, two princesses, the emperor has not been with this large family together for a long time, the seat drank some wine, but even emotional, grabbed the arm of Xian Yang and Xian Yao, the tone of voice: “You are older, start a family, can contribute to the country dynasty. The more this is the case, you two brothers, the more to support each other, as I and your seventh royal uncle, ah …… not allowed to hand and foot competition, so that outsiders have the opportunity to take advantage of.”
Imperial Noble Consort and Hui Noble Consort looked at each other, their hearts tightened. It must be that the third prince’s matter had caused the emperor to worry about the hand-to-hand relationship between the imperial sons.
Xian Yao and Xian Yang naturally understood, and looked at each other with a smile, “My son respects my father’s teachings.”
Imperial Concubine gave the Emperor a piece of wild pheasant meat: “Don’t worry, Your Majesty, the two of them are the most amiable, brothers have love, and husband and wife are in harmony. I feel lucky to have raised these two filial and understanding children. You see, this is the wild pheasant that Xian Yang brought from Daqiuzhuang, it has a different flavor that you can’t eat in the palace.”
The Emperor tasted it and nodded, “Not bad.”
Imperial Concubine Hui again took the scalded mutton, chucked a plate, and served it to the Emperor, “Your Majesty, taste this, this is the tribute mutton from the Northern True Kingdom.”
Imperial Concubine first praised greatly, “Such light cooking, surprisingly no stink at all, on the contrary, with a sweetness.”
Noble Consort Hui smiled, “Xian Yao said that these are sheep that grew up eating the grass and herbs of the Northern True Country, and the meat is of the best quality.”
The two noble consorts were gracious, a rare family feast without so many rules, and the emperor ate happily.
Rong Xiangyang had always not eaten mutton, but now she couldn’t help but taste a few bites. Seeing that she liked it, Zhou Xian Yang said, “Why don’t we just write a letter to sixth sister and ask her to help us buy some live sheep in the Northern Realm, send them to the capital, and eat them now?”
Xiangmian laughed angrily, “You’re saying silly things again. The Sixth Princess has just finished giving birth and is definitely busy taking care of the child, so how can I bother her? I don’t crave for this, it’s enough for you to have tasted it here.”
Noble Consort Hui busied herself and said, “You child are also too over-attentive. This is just her ordering someone to do it, why is it troublesome? Husband is thinking of you, but you don’t appreciate it.”
In front of everyone, being educated by Princess Hui, Rong Xiangmian lowered his head in embarrassment. Zhou Xian Yang was busy smiling and bowing, “Thank you, Your Highness. This Wangfei of mine has big ideas, and only you can say a few words about her for me.”
Noble Consort Hui laughed, “That’s strange, Xiangmian has always been a good girl in Fu Ning Palace, but why did she become your boss when she arrived at the Yulong Mansion? I can see that you have spoiled her like this!”
“What Noble Consort Hui said is exactly right.” Princess Qing took over the conversation, “I also heard the day before yesterday that Yuhang didn’t dip a drop of alcohol at the banquet at the Duke of Chang’s residence, saying that Princess Yuhang was not allowed to, and that the fourth younger brother really listens to his younger sibling’s words.”
“Hui Niangiang, Liu sister ……” Xiangmian inexplicable, eat a lunch, become □□ her will, can only be petulant begging to let go.
Zhou Xian Yang held her hand and explained, “Wangfei is the same as me, both left home since childhood and had to understand. Now, I want her to be as comfortable in the royal residence as she would be at home as a young lady.”
Rong Xiangmian blushed scarlet in shame, “In front of father and mother consort, what are you talking about?”
Princess Qing laughed: “Yo yo yo, really envy people. Your Highness, you see people do husband’s heart.”
King Qing couldn’t help but follow and joked, “I can’t really tell, but Yang Hsien is a rough man, but he’s a lover.”
The crowd was joking about the couple, when Shen Du Zhi suddenly came to deliver a message, saying, “The Duke of England wants to enter the palace to ask for an audience, saying that he wants to apologize to His Majesty.”
Upon hearing this, Rong Xiangmei busily collected his laughter and knelt down, “Because of my daughter-in-law’s ineffectiveness in restraining her distant relatives, I have tired Your Highness’s reputation, and I am terrified, so I ask Your Majesty to grant me a pardon.”
The emperor leisurely drank a cup of wine, signaling Xiangmian to get up: “Nowadays, in the capital, the royal family of important ministers, there are many people who do not constrain the family ministers’ relatives, and there are many cases that are reported to the Supervisory Inspection Yuan. The Supervisory Yuan is not all impartial. In the head of the Marquis of Yong’an to promote people, there is the Queen Consort’s mother’s family, there is also the Duke of Zhen’s family relatives …… each other as a blackmail, each other to ask for favors, or collusion and deception.”
Speaking here, Qing Wangfei, who came from the Zhen Guo Gongfu, was also terrified and immediately knelt down.
“Because of the interests of relatives, some of these cases have been trivialized, some deliberately made a big deal, and some even colluded with the high official’s house to retaliate, I have seen it all in my eyes. Supervisory investigation this time with the Daqiuzhuang thing and the Imperial Palace of History together with the fuss in front of me, is not because of the British House and this group of civil officials have no friendship, take the opportunity to combat Yuhuang House, to Yongan Marquis House to sell good. If Yang Xian had not disposed of this matter in advance, I don’t know how many articles would have to be made. I intend to clean up these bad habits. Now that I have this matter, it’s a good time to use it to make an appearance and settle the old accounts of the Supervisory and Inspection Yuan. You do not need to worry.”
After lunch, the Emperor left Yonghua Palace.
Shortly after, news came from the front that the Emperor had reprimanded the Duke of England for not disciplining his subordinates well, and had fined him a year’s salary.
After Rong Xiangmei and Zhou Xianyang left the palace, they went straight to the Duke of England’s residence. Originally, they thought that Daqiuzhuang was already the property of the Yul Wang Mansion, and that the Yul Wang Mansion would take care of everything. Now, it is necessary to apologize to the Duke of England.
On the way, Zhou Xian Yang told Xiang Xiang about Chen Rixin’s news.
She immediately had a grave expression, ”Mansion? If those messages refer to about harboring Yu Xiangyi, they are talking about either our mansion or my father’s mansion …… Aunt Zhong! She was suddenly bestowed into the State Duke’s Mansion by His Majesty before our wedding. I first wondered, in my last life, my father didn’t take any more concubines after my mother’s death, and His Majesty didn’t even ask about it, so why did he bestow a courtesan on him this time for good reason.”
Zhou Xian Yang nodded, “Very likely. We have ousted so many people from our mansion, and our close associates are all trustworthy. It’s not easy to inquire about our hidden matters. Only this Aunt Zhong can get close to the private matters of the State Duke’s Mansion.”
Rong Xiangshi saw a cold sweat: “Just go and inform father.”
The Duke of England this day, actually did not because of the salary penalty thing angry. On the contrary, his face was rosy and joyful: “This period of time, the Rong family is really too hot for people. Out of such a not so small thing, but instead of peace of mind. His Majesty first take his own son and in-laws to open the knife, after the matter is good to do, we do not go to start this head, who will come? Our family is not short of this year’s salary to live.”
Zhou Xian Yang thought, the British Duke did not hear the words of the Emperor of Yonghua Palace, but immediately understood his intention, really understand the Emperor’s mind.
Rong Sheng saw that Rong Xiangmian’s face was not good and even comforted her, “This is not a big deal, don’t take it to heart. Our family two years ago what is the light, and then look at today, life is originally high and low ups and downs, now this is even good, better than a day from the heights of the fall to pieces.”
Rong Xiangmei smiled, did not say anything, resisted the urge to question the Duke of England’s wife on the spot.
The British Duchess originally thought that something big had happened, just knew that it was the matter of the manor, relieved, complained: “That manor or the eunuch was alive, allocated to that Rong old man’s father in charge. Because the old man valued the friendship of the townspeople who took care of him when he was a child, we can’t be too strict. Who knows that even did this kind of lawless thing, but also called people to the imperial court to go! Really, damn it!”
The British Duke gave her a cross glance, quite dissatisfied with his wife’s discussion of the elders in front of the juniors. He has always been filial, at this moment, he had no choice but to advise Mr. and Mrs. Yuhang to let that old man Rong’s family at least stay alive and live in the manor.
Yuh Wang couple also indeed think so, in addition to the guilty son should pay for the life, their family old and young, behavioral errors are not guilty to death.
“We are thinking of copying old man Rong’s home, and then in allocating a sum of money from the king’s account to those victimized human households as compensation.”
The Duke of England nodded, quite approving.
Mrs. Guo Gong also took the initiative to mention, “Now that the manor can’t be left without someone to manage it, if you can’t find a suitable candidate, it would be just as well to send two people from us. The Xi family’s son is a competent ……”
Watching the Duke of England’s wife enthusiastically giving ideas, the family chatting about trivial chores, no different from an ordinary family, Zhou Xian Yang glanced at Xiangmian for fear that she couldn’t stand it.
Rong Xiangmian’s face was bland, with no trace of resentment: ”Thank you, mother. We were worried about where to find someone.”
As soon as Mother Xi heard that her son had been reused by the Yulong Royal House, she was immediately overjoyed and thanked the crown princess and madam.
Liu said, “Now that it’s almost the end of the year, there are a lot of things to do, and I’m too busy to come.”
They are a little surprised, before the State Duchess has been removed from the right to manage the house, now is back to run the household?
This is not good to ask directly, sit idly for a while, Xiangmian said: “Sister-in-law at home? I’ll go find sister-in-law to have a word.”
“In, she is pregnant, you go see her.” The State Duke’s wife smiled with her eyebrows.
“So soon!” Rong Xiangmian’s originally somber mood brightened because his elder brother and sister-in-law had a good result.
The Duke of England is going to be a grandfather, he is thin on the heir, and Rong Xiang Gu is also delayed in having a child, which makes him even more worried about the Rong family’s fragrance and fire. Now the Rong family has a successor, finally solved a piece of his mind.
Duke of England smiled and said, “It is all because of Dr. Sun’s holy hands, Xiang Gu’s two families are grateful to you.”
When they went to the courtyard of Mr. and Mrs. Rong Xianggu, Xiangmei and Xianyang muttered, “I told you that the affairs of the family had already been taken care of by your sister-in-law, so why did you go back to it again?”
Zhou Xian Yang looked unconcerned, “Pregnant women naturally can’t work hard. Now it’s good that the Duke of State has a grandson, and the Duke of State’s wife has easily taken back the authority to manage the house, so it’s no wonder that the two of them are still so happy after being punished for a year’s salary.”
After saying that, he immediately realized that it was inappropriate, and that he shouldn’t talk about the crown princess’s parents like that. He spat out his tongue with a very doggy expression, “Little slip of the tongue, Your Highness is magnanimous, spare me.”
Rong Xiang Gu didn’t want to live with him biting off more than he could chew, laughed a little, and turned toward his elder brother and sister-in-law’s courtyard.
Rong Xiang Gu hadn’t returned from the Hanlin Academy yet, so Zhou Xian Yang couldn’t enter the inner room, so he asked Xiang Xiang to go and congratulate his sister-in-law for him.
Who would have thought that Gu Frost would have heard the little girl’s message and come out of the bedroom, telling someone to make tea in the main hall and wait for them.
“Why are you up, sister-in-law? Quickly lie down.” Rong Xiangshi saw her go up to help her, and Gu Frost laughed, “Why is fourth sister-in-law saying silly things like Xianggong? Is it possible that a pregnant woman can’t stand and has to lie down for ten months?”
As she says, she is busy giving Yul Wang and his wife a seat: “Originally, as soon as I found out about this news, I wanted to prepare a gift to send to the royal residence to say thank you. Since I heard that you guys left the capital, I didn’t go there immediately.”
Xiangmian pulls her: “Quickly don’t be nosy. Big brother is busy, sister-in-law is at home and takes good care of herself, where do we need to stick to these false gifts? If you want to thank me, bring me the best tea you have here!”
“That’s natural.”
Gu Frost originally wanted to say that our brothers and sisters are waiting for your good news.
However, looking at the newlyweds of King Yu and his wife’s sweet appearance, he thought that it was only a matter of time before they had a child, and not wanting to bother them with the things that bothered him in the past, he pressed on with no mention of it.
“Today you must stay in our courtyard to eat dinner together, the manor has sent ten black pigs, you guys taste it.”
Rong Xiangshi stroked his chest, “I don’t know what kind of mouth blessing I have repaired today, only in the palace I ate a bellyful of Bei Zhen Guo’s mutton and wild pheasant meat from the mountains to come over, and then at night I want to eat the black pigs again.”
“Eating more is good, the affairs of the royal family is also enough to work hard, a strong body is more important than anything else.”
Sister-in-law’s hospitality, naturally can’t refuse, they agreed, gossiped for a while, and then got up to go to aunt and Xiang Wen’s place, telling Gu Frost to take a good rest.
Gu Frost sent them straight to the door: “Go and sit down and return, don’t eat there. If you don’t come over, I and this one in my belly won’t comply!”
Zhou Xian Yang walked away before he laughed out loud, “This sister-in-law of yours is really a wonderful person, and even leaving a meal gives you the air of a fight.”
Rong Xiangmian laughed, “Thanks to her straightforward nature, my big brother has become a lot more cheerful since he married her.”
Xian Yang glanced at Xiangmian, “You don’t hold a grudge against your big brother?”
“What do I hate about him? He was just a kid back then, and he didn’t have a mother ……”
Zhou Xian Yang looked at Xiangmian with a strange look.
“What’s wrong?” Rong Xiangmian touched her face, “Where is it dirty?”
Zhou Xian Yang pressed her hand and rubbed it all over her face, “Your Highness is truly a person with a generous heart, admire admire admire.”
Xiang Xiang pulled her hand away, not in a good mood, “Teasing me?”
“I’m very serious. Wangfei is so open-minded, I also need to learn.”
Going to his aunt’s place, Zhou Xian Yang did not talk much from start to finish, just sat and drank tea, listening to their small talk.
From this family’s peace settlement to that family’s separation, from going to Jade Soup Mountain to soak in the hot springs to going to Wan’an Mountain to enjoy the first snowfall of the year.
As if the thrill and pain of the previous days were all a dream. Only the moment to eat, drink and play on earth.
When it was almost dark, Rong Xiang Gu finally returned from the Hanlin Academy.
When Gu Frost’s maid came to invite King Yu and his wife over, his official clothes were still on. Seeing King Yuh and his wife enter, he busily bowed.
Xian Yang meets him and smiles as he goes up to congratulate them.
Gu Frost scolds, “Why did you come back so late? I left my fourth sister and fourth brother-in-law to eat, and I was so anxious when you were late.”
“Seeing that it’s the end of the year, there are too many papers being distributed all over the place.” Rong Xiang Gu turned to his petite wife with a face of shame, “I brought you Hibiscus Ointment to make amends.”
Looking at the couple’s peaceful and happy appearance, Rong Xiang Gu hesitated in his heart.
When she was a child, her eldest brother was so quiet and reticent. But to her, he was better than anyone else.
As the eldest son of the Rong family, as long as there was something delicious and fun, he would always be the first to get it. Sang-mi sometimes could only watch with bated breath.
However, Rong Xiang Gu would always end up quietly giving things to Xiangmian.
After getting married, Rong Xiang Gu was much more cheerful.
She didn’t know if she should bring up those painful memories in his happy moment of being a first-time father.
Zhou Xian Yang pressed the back of her hand under the table, signaling that she didn’t need to dwell on it like that, and that she would have to face it sooner or later.