"Brother!" The closer he got to the tea hall, the more excited Jing Shao's mood became, and his footsteps couldn't help but quicken, calling out before he even entered the house.
Jing Chen put down the tea in his hands, frowned slightly, looking at Jing Shao who trotted in, he couldn't help but open his mouth to admonish: "Already a married person, still this kind of fidgety, what a behavior!"
Jing Shao reflexively stopped, and then shook his head and laughed bitterly, since childhood was used to being reprimanded by his brother, as soon as he heard his training, he wanted to run away, but now listen to this "what a behavior" but feel intimate and incomparable, and only hope that he will be able to reprimand himself in this way for a long time. He walked in with a big grin, saw his brother frowning and glaring at him, couldn't help but grin, went up to his brother and sister-in-law to salute.
"Uncle," the sister-in-law Xiao who was sitting on the side got up and returned the salute, saw Jing Chen still cold face and didn't say anything, then smiled and said, "Originally I shouldn't have come, I heard that Dixu's body is not feeling well, and he didn't see to go to the mansion after noon, your brother is not assured, so he brought me here." In the usual family, the morning is to pay respects to parents, brother and sister-in-law, after noon is to recognize relatives, so they come over at this moment although some self-degradation, but it is also reasonable.
Jing Shao naturally also understood the reasoning behind it, hearing his sister-in-law say so, he looked up to see his elder brother who still had a slight frown on his brow, and immediately felt warmth in his heart, his own self in his last life was really blind, thinking that his brother was usually cross-eyed at him because he was looking at him in a bad light, but he didn't pay attention to how much this person had done for him in a place that he didn't know about.
"Brother ......," Jing Shao rubbed up against his elder brother, opened his mouth, and only one word popped out.
Jing Chen froze, surprised to look up at him, since his father's decree to marry the North Marquis of Wei's second son, the brother he loved and protected since childhood refused to call him "brother", meet only called a "second brother", so that he was heartbroken. This day does not expect him to go to see himself, but unexpectedly into the king's housekeeper personally to confess, so that his heart rose some hope, after lunch to see him still do not come, they can not sit down to run over, I did not expect to really have this kind of surprise.
Xiao observed that the two brothers seemed to have something to say and smiled as she got up and said, "I'll go check on Wangfei."
"Sister in law ...... Junqing hasn't gotten up yet, you and brother stay here for a bit, I'll go call him out." Jing Shao was busy stopping Xiao.
"Yo, look at me, all confused!" Xiao was stunned, then chagrined, she clenched the handkerchief in her hand and made a big red face. Princess Cheng was a man, and although she was a sister-in-law, she had no reason to visit his bedside, but rather his elder brother could go to the inner room to see Dixu.
Jing Chen glanced thoughtfully at his wife and rose to say to Jing Shao, "Since Dixu is sick, don't toss him around, I'll go with you to take a look."
Duo Fu on the side heard, busy quietly told the little girl to run faster to inform the princess.
When Jing Shao brought his brother to the East Court bedroom, he saw Mu Hanzhang leaning on the soft couch in the outer room wearing a tunic, covered with a thin blanket. The outer shirt is loose and soft texture, it seems to be worn at home, although it is not too formal, but the sash is tied neatly and properly, not only shows that the person is sick, but also does not seem rude.
Looking at such a situation, Jing Chen secretly nods his head and stops Mu Hanzhang's movement to get up and salute: "How come you got sick on the second day of your wedding?" Jing Chen looked at his own brother, today when he heard that Princess Cheng was sick, his first thought was that something happened in the morning when he went to the palace.
"This ......" Jing Shao coughed lightly and touched his nose, even the thickest of cheeks were a little hot under his elder brother's gaze.
Mu Hanyang Zhang looked at Jing Shao's embarrassed appearance, slightly curved the corners of his mouth: ''Imperial brother need not worry, just caught a cold some fever, drank medicine has been fever.
"Well, yeah, the Marquis Bei Wei's family is too stingy, making the dowry so thin." Jing Shao busily followed and agreed, but did not know that this desire to cover up the words would only make it darker and darker, Mu Hanzhang could not help but roll his eyes.
Jing Chen looked at his brother and sighed, "Come with me to the study, I have something to say to you."
Jing Shao hung his head and was carried away, sneaking back before he left the door and making a pitiful expression towards Mu Hanzhang.
"Haha ......" Mu Hanzhang was amused by his appearance, I can't imagine that the usually reticent and cold person, to his brother in front of the surprisingly turned into a small child, can not help but laugh out loud, elegant as orchid gentleman suddenly unfolded smile, actually can not speak of bright and beautiful people.
Jing Shao saw that he smiled, and smiled so beautifully, so he contentedly followed his brother to the study to be disciplined.
"Concubine asks sister-in-law to be at peace." Xiao couldn't help but frown as she looked at Song Lingxin, who was bowing in front of her, and couldn't help but frown. This person was Jing Shao's side wife, who had entered the door two years ago, and could reasonably be called a sister-in-law, only now that the rightful royal consort had passed through the door, this Song still appeared in the teahall in such a mistress-like manner, dressed in a buff-colored Su brocade dress, with her head wearing a gold phoenix with beads stepping hairpin, and was so flamboyant!
"Why did you come over?" Xiao was still apprehensive about the second prince glaring at her just now, and now that she saw this Song Lingxin was even more upset, and without much politeness, she asked directly.
"His Highness and His Second Highness have something to discuss, my concubine thought that it would be boring for sister-in-law to drink tea alone, so I prepared refreshments in the small flower hall, and came to invite sister-in-law to come over and try some." Song Lingxin said this skillfully, purposely ambiguing the words, sounding as if Jing Shao had greeted her.
Xiao thought about it, Princess Cheng is a man is not good to entertain her, the side room to accompany her to drink tea is nothing wrong, and that the two brothers have been there for so long and not yet come out, there must be a big thing to discuss. So they got up and followed Song to the West Garden.
"Young master, slave girl heard that the second prince consort went to the small flower hall with the side lady to have tea." Lan Ting refilled Mu Hanzhang's cup of tea and said quietly to him.
"Oh?" Leaning on the couch Mu Hanzhang lifted his head from the book, some amused look at the nervous little girl, "Where did you hear it?" Lan Ting is quite resourceful, just young, with him around the time and short, not without some timidity, today even took the initiative to explore the news, naturally have to be slightly encouraged.
"I heard Sister Dream Ruoxi say that when I went to the teahouse to refill the water." Lan Ting bit her lower lip, her face quite a bit indignant; the tone of Mengxi's speech was clearly complimentary to that side madam, and full of gloating over the young master's embarrassment at being hung out to dry.
Mu Hanzhang nodded, "Well done." With that, he moved his gaze back to the book.
"Young master," Lan Ting was very displeased with his own young master's unconcerned attitude, "You don't even know what Dream Ruoxi has said."
Mu Hanzhang lifted her head helplessly and said in a calm tone, "She must have said, 'Wangfei was just married the next day and was overpowered by the side madam, so in the future, she doesn't know who to listen to in the mansion', right?"
Lan Ting's eyes widened in surprise, "Young Master, how did you know?"
Mu Hanzhang laughed lightly and shook his head, this stupid girl had everything written on her face, it was hard for him to not see it.
"Your Highness, His Highness has asked to bring word that dinner will be served with His Second Highness, so you don't have to wait to use it in the house." ZhiXi came in to deliver the message, and in the process asked the servant carrying the food box to arrange the meal in the outer room.
"Got it." Mu Hanzhang put down the book in his hands and sat down at the dining table, he had no appetite with the fever at noon, but now he was really a little hungry.
Zhi Ruoxi personally stood in front of the table cloth food, Mu Huanzhang hold up the rice bowl, looking at the table full of exquisite dishes, really more luxurious than the North Marquis House, and married to the king also do not have to day in front of the mother-in-law to set the rules, if it is a woman married to the Cheng Wangfu, certainly will be very happy, right?
Thinking of Jing Shao's gentle smile, Mu Hanzhang couldn't help but sigh, if she was the commoner daughter of the Marquis of Beiwei, she was definitely not qualified to marry King Cheng, and now she still doesn't know if this is fortunate or unfortunate?
"Zhi Ruoxi, is there a map in this royal residence?" After dinner, Mu Huanzhang asked as if casually with a cup of tea.
"Back to Your Highness, there's a diagram, in the small study, the slave girl will go and look for it." ZhiXi respectfully responded, the small study refers to the study here in the East Garden, not far from the bedroom, and was quickly brought back.
Mu Hanzhang was a little surprised that Zhi Ruoxi was able to go to the study to get something for him, Jing Shao even allowed him to look at the things in the study as he pleased? He didn't believe that without Jing Shao's permission, this girl would dare to just bring it to him. Turning to himself, he felt that he was being overly cautious, and that there might not really be any important secrets in the small study.
Slowly open the scroll in his hand, the precise drawing style is obviously a set of design drawings that have been touched up, the overview of the royal residence is clear at a glance. The royal residence is divided into two courtyards, separated by the garden and listen to the wind pavilion, listen to the wind pavilion includes a tea hall, study, warm pavilion, water pavilion and many other buildings, the backyard is divided into east and west two courts, the east court is Jing Shao's residence, the west court to live in the women's family. Because mu hanzhang does not belong to the female relatives, can not live in the west court, so with jing shao live in the east court.
His eyes traveled through the entire painting, and finally settled on "Shinohara Flower Hall", which should be what they call the small flower hall, located in the center of the West Garden. Mu Hanzhang closed the scroll, he is a man, the side room on behalf of the hospitality brother and sister-in-law should also be, but this is Jing Shao accounted for or the side of the wife Song's own initiative, the significance of which will be very different.
"Your Highness, the two aunts from the Western Garden have come to offer tea to Your Highness." Mengxi walked in through the door and said with a smile, surreptitiously observing Mu Hanzhang's reaction.
"Eh?" Mu Hanzhang couldn't help but slightly frown at his words, King Cheng has a side room and two concubines, which he knew before the wedding, now that the two concubines have come to offer tea, how come the "understanding, in and out" side lady hasn't come yet? Is this a demonstration to him, or is it testing the king's attitude?
The corner of the lips hooked up a cold smile, women's tricks, really boring. Get up and change clothes, let two concubines waiting in the side hall, Mu Hanzhang not slow to change a treasure blue regular clothes, the head did not wear a crown, let Lanting take the same color of the hair band randomly tied, Fang called the two concubines to come in.
ZhiXi couldn't help but frown at the situation in front of her, thinking that this side lady hadn't followed the king to see off the guests, had she? On her face, she smiled and introduced Mu Hanzhang. Dressed in a goose-yellow dress, the soft and charming-looking Liu is the king's mistress, and the turquoise-colored dress, the petite and witty Li is the concubine.
Author's comment: Ancient titles of princes' wives and concubines: (Information from Baidu)
The first rank.
The second grade.
Third grade.
Fourth grade.
Fifth grade.
Sixth grade.
The expression "Dixu" originates from Luo Bingling's "Palace Marriage", because I like this title and can't think of any other suitable one, so I used it ~ "Palace Marriage" is a big favorite, and I recommend you to read it ~ the story of a small attacker marrying a small subject!