Chapter 85
On the day of his release from confinement, he was particularly busy, either inviting guests to this house or that house to do errands, giving birth to children, celebrating birthdays, and mourning. Luckily, the elder government officials were experienced and helped with the arrangements, so Rong Xiangmian was busy but not chaotic.
Even if they were sending gifts, every family wanted to invite her to go. She was alone, how could she go to so many? She was afraid that it would be bad to favor one family over another.
The head of the government told her, “Your Highness was honored in the palace and received a plaque from His Majesty himself, that’s why she did it. You have to take care of the palace and the Jing Yi Yuan, so you don’t have to be so busy and don’t have to do everything. Otherwise, it would be too ostentatious.”
Hearing him say this, Rong Xiangmian was at peace with himself and pushed as much as he could. Instead, he sent Wu Feng’s people to buy a few good plots of land overseas.
In her last life, minerals and hot springs were dug out from underneath these plots of land. She heard someone say at the time: “Unfortunately, these are unowned wasteland, and can not produce food crops. Otherwise, if someone bought it, they would be rich.”
She decided to be the one to make a fortune, after all, the Yuhang Mansion’s family background is not thick, she has to run it properly.
After finishing this matter, it’s time for Sun Mingyue and Yunwang to get married, Rong Xiangmei personally went to Sun’s family to give away the marriage, and went to Yunwang’s house to drink the wedding wine.
At the banquet, he had to talk to several princesses and the noble families in the capital.
When she hears that Yü Wang is traveling, the Princess says: “Xian Yang is highly valued by His Majesty, so it’s such an important thing to give him before he gets married.”
Princess Li immediately picks up, “The Minister of the Household honors Yü Wang, so His Majesty sent him along to provide disaster relief.”
Concubine Kai even said acidly, “As soon as Yü Wang returned to the capital, he compared the other highnesses to him.”
Her words were purposely directed at Princess Li, since she had never been satisfied that King Kai’s eldest son was being pushed down by King Li, and now that King Li’s popularity was being snatched away by King Qing and King Yup, she was pleased in her heart. These words really made Princess Li unable to stop her fake smile.
Rong Xiangshi saw her playing Taiji: ”How can King Yuh be compared to several royal brothers? He doesn’t know about the court, but he’s used to wrestling in the wind and rain outside, and things like disaster relief that come and go in the flood, as long as he can endure the hardship and put his heart and soul into it, he can always get it done. Your Royal Highnesses in the capital to do their best, he worked outside, are for the father to share the worry, each in their own way well ……”
Princess Qing laughed: “Yu Wang is devoted, is poor fourth sister. I see your spirit is not like some days ago, is not newly married respectively, sleep is not good ah?”
Rong xiang see can’t help but do shyness: “Second imperial sister-in-law again make fun of me.”
This group of noble family’s drinking capacity is really not small, and Rong Xiangmian drink until the dark before dispersing.
Her head topped with a heavy crown, pretending to be dignified for the whole day, when she went home, her neck couldn’t even straighten up: “When you’re a princess, what’s dignified and skillful is secondary. The first thing is to have a □□ neck!”
Fei Xue laughed and removed her crown, she immediately lay down on the couch as a salted fish.
Outside, one after another, someone returned the call, Wei mama listened to them one by one and sent them away. But took a few kinds of accounts to come in to show her, said to purchase Jing Yi Yuan need all kinds of utensils.
Rong Sang saw the inevitable wash your face, carefully read the accounts, pointing out a few mistakes, called the following people to change. Linlang also said to the Empress Dowager’s birthday gift ready, asked her to go see in person.
She struggled to get up, one by one detailed point, to confirm that there is no error, only then pitifully asked: “Aunt Linlang, small can now go to rest?”
“Seeing that you are so pitiful, go!” Lin Lang giggled.
Xiangmian was preparing to go back to the house to sleep when Meng Zhenru stood outside the courtyard at an unknown time and called out, “Your Highness, the slave girl has something to return to you.”
Fei Xue was furious when she looked at her, “This is not the place for you to come, there is something to find my mom to go.” She said, “This is not the place for you to come, go find my mom.” She said, helping Rong Xiangmian into the house.
Rong Xiangmian laughed at her, “She didn’t do anything wrong in the residence, why is she still like an enemy?”
“Now that His Highness has left the capital, the girl is not in the palace today, she is free, not playing by herself, running around, I don’t know what she wants to do. Always feel that she is not honest.”
Rong Xiangshi saw a movement in his heart and laughed, “Then call in and ask how dishonest.”
Meng Zhenru just stood outside the bedroom and replied, “Your Highness, today you took a few sisters to drink wedding wine. The slave girl thought that the courtyard couldn’t be left unattended, so she looked around. I found a florist taking advantage of the delivery of flower pots to furtively explore both the study and the Buddha Hall.”
Previously, Rong Xiangmian had specifically instructed that no subordinates were allowed to enter the bedroom, the two study rooms, and the Buddha Hall.
Feixue immediately asked, “In that case, why don’t you take him?”
Meng Zhenru glanced at her: “Slave girl is new to the house, hastily take people to fear may not be trustworthy. If Your Highness sends a few trusted and capable people to secretly keep an eye on them, it would be good to hold them.”
Xiangmian knew that she was deliberately saying to Feixue, smiled and said: “I know. Tell Wei mama the name and appearance of that person, and have someone keep an eye on him.”
“Yes.” Meng Zhenru bowed and retired. Rong Xiangmian then instructed Feixue, “Tomorrow, second aunt is inviting guests, I’m going to go home. You’ll watch the house with Xiao Nan and Mama Wei and keep an eye on the situation.”
“Yes.”
Rong Xiangmian met his second sister at home and heard her say privately that the guards of the Imperial Tomb had been replaced with the North Conquering Generals, that is, people under the command of her husband, the Duke of Chang Guo’s son.
“You don’t know, listening to the people who took over from them came back to say that Yu’s life is like that of an unattended livestock. There is only one meal a day to eat. In winter and summer, she is only covered with a thin quilt. The year before last suffered from coughing disease, no doctor to see, so far have not been good …… alas, a center palace queen, if not done that no heavenly things, why would it be like this ah!”
Hearing this, Rong Xiangmian’s heart can’t say how sad it is. She understands that the reason Yu Wang made such a big circle to lure out His Third Highness was so that his mother’s life could be a little better.
Rong Xiang Yu reassures her, “Don’t worry, in the future, the supplies that should be given to Yu at the Imperial Tomb will no longer be deducted. In addition to three meals a day, she will be given some tonic things. We will also hire a doctor to see her.”
Xiangmian straightly said thank you, and was afraid of involving her brother-in-law.
“You don’t worry, this is all for her share, we just do what we need to do, even if someone asks, it’s also the people of the Marquis of Yongan who are not clean, they don’t dare to let people know.”
Hearing her sister say this, Rong Xiangmian was relieved.
After staying at home for two days, when she returned to the royal residence, sure enough, the hidden bulls and demons couldn’t wait to come out. Xiao Nan immediately took a whip and quietly bound the person outside the Buddha Hall and locked him up in the woodshed, waiting for Rong Xiangmian to come back to be sentenced.
That florist originally still wanted to pull the wool over his eyes, Xiao Nan performed a flying dagger directly in front of him, firmly planted on the abandoned wooden planks around him, immediately scared and confessed everything.
Xiao Nan told the princess: “This person is from the Meng family sold in the minion to buy, was originally serving the Meng family go out to follow the car, and many people in the capital of the family slave acquaintance. Not long after he entered the house, the steward of the Kai Wang House found him and gave him silver, allowing him to spy on the house and check on its situation. Every half a month, we meet at the vegetable market entrance on West Street to talk.”
“King Kai?” Rong Xiangmian was a bit surprised, King Kai and King Yu didn’t have much of a beef ah.
She had a plan and told Xiao Nan to tell that person, “Tell him if he wants to live, pretend like nothing is wrong and contact the Kai Wang Mansion as usual, and what to say to them, wait for me to think of something and tell him.”
The more Rong Xiangmian thought about it, the more fearful he became. Even the unaffiliated Kai Wang is still eyeing the Yul Wang House, the Yul Wang House is really having a hard time. I don’t know how King Yu is doing and whether he has suffered any loss from the Zhang family.
Just at this time, Wu Feng from the front sends in a flying pigeon to bring the news, Meng Zhen Ru received sent to the upper room to Rong Xiang See: “Wang Fei, His Highness’s letter has arrived.”
Rong Xiangmian hastily took it and unfolded the note.
“Have arrived in Jiangzhou, all is well, do not miss.”
After carefully reading both the front and back a few times, she dared to believe it, “Just these ten words? He’s also too perfunctory!”
Lin Lang and Meng Zhenru couldn’t help but laugh at the side.
She went inside and put up a pen and wrote, “Too perfunctory, you are penalized for rewriting.”
Handing it to Zhenru so she could take it to Wu Feng, she asked again, “You’ve gotten credit this time, what reward do you want?”
Meng Zhenru touched the beaded flowers in her hair, “The slave girl’s head is full of rewards from the crown princess, so I don’t dare to ask for any more rewards.”
Seeing that Rong Xiang saw that he knew what she was thinking and liked that she was smart, he said, “Then in the future, keep an eye on things in the mansion for me. Li Qing’s family is outside the second gate, you are inside, you two be my ears and eyes.”
“Yes!” The little girl happily bowed and went.
When Rong Xiang saw that looking at Fei Xue, she didn’t seem to resent her as much, and laughed, “The several of you follow me in and out every day, serving close to me. The things outside are not as clear as they are. I also need such people.”
“Yes! I will keep an eye on her, as long as she doesn’t have bad intentions.”
Sagami laughed and wrung her face, “What would I do without you guys!”
Early the next morning, Rong Xiangmian enters the palace, Xiao Nan only sends her to Zhengyangmen. Her identity is Yu Wang Fu guards, non-call is not qualified to enter the harem, will be here to wait for the dispatch, anyway, there are Feiyun Linlang follow her, and the Empress Dowager there, everyone is very assured.
Into the bell yu door, is where the harem.
An inner official greeted: “Your Highness is well. Today, the empress dowager’s birthday is held in Zhaoming Palace as usual. Nucai specially came to meet.”
The empress dowager does not like lively, birthday ceremony does not like big manipulation, Ci Ning Palace is never held these feasts. Only the birthday every year, the emperor insisted that the palace and the royal family in the Zhaoming Palace gathered to celebrate the birthday.
Rong Xiang see not even think about taking the maid, followed by the palace people to go in.
Zhaoming Palace is the palace is the most north of a palace, in the back of the Imperial Garden, to that direction, the more you go the more cold. In the usual this is very normal, but today there is a wedding banquet, how should also be full of palace people busy in and out or run into other members of the royal family clan it.
“Isn’t this where the birthday banquet is being held? How come no one is here?” Rong Xiangshi sees it as strange.
“Your Highness, you are late today, the other royal clans have already taken their seats.” That palace man said.
“I …… didn’t ah.” Rong Xiangmei has always been punctual.
“Wangfei, hurry up and go in, the empress dowager just now also read, why have you not come yet!”
That palace people’s footsteps gradually got faster, Rong Xiangmian was also a little anxious, but she always felt that it was not right. She walked a few steps, suddenly stopped: “This high class, when did you enter the Ci Ning Palace to serve?”
That palace man then said, “The slave was only assigned to Ci Ning Palace last month, Your Highness must not recognize it.”
Rong Xiangmian immediately turned to Linlang and Feiyun and said, “Quickly go back, this person is not from Cining Palace.”
Linlang and Feiyun were startled and hurriedly escorted Rong Xiangmian back. In front of them was Shoukang Palace, and just now they saw a few palace people walking around.
They didn’t run out of this tunnel before they saw a few women appear at that end.
Rong Xiangmian recognized them at a glance, and some of them were the palace staff who had rushed back from the palace.
They were all originally from Shoukang Palace to serve the Imperial Concubine.
Behind them, the gate of Zhaoming Palace made an unpleasant sound of opening and closing, and a few young chamberlains walked out, their faces unfavorable.
There is no birthday banquet here.
Why? Rong Xiangmian couldn’t figure out how she had fallen into someone’s way.