Chapter 253: Intent
Yin Qianhua, who planned to go to Yuan's house in the past few days and reveal her son's heart to her aunt, received news from the prince's mansion before she could take action, the princess was born prematurely, and there was a blood collapse, and the situation was very critical.
Yin Qianhua, as an aunt, must come forward at this time, she rushed to the prince's mansion with the longest ginseng and tonic in the palace, the imperial doctors were busy rescuing for six days and failed to save the young life, the princess and her daughter who had just been born and had not seen this world finally left together.
"Are you going to the Prince's Mansion to offer condolences? Do I have to go with Ruyi too? Of course, Xiao Yao didn't want to go to the funeral, not to mention a creepy feeling, her legs had to be swollen after kneeling for most of the day.
"I'll go, let my sister stay." Xiao Yuan patted his chest proudly, as long as the Marquis of Zhongyong's Mansion went to Miss, who could care if it was one or two.
"The Prince's Mansion is not as good as an ordinary royal mansion, all the officials and their families who have reached the age have to go, although there are no clear regulations in this regard, but the rules that have been continued since ancient times are like this, except for your fourth aunt and sister-in-law because of their inconvenience, the rest of the people in our family have to go."
"Sister-in-law...... Do I have another little nephew? Xiao Yao forgot about the bad things in the Prince's Mansion for the time being, and asked for another soft little meat ball to call her aunt, Xiao Yao was very happy. It would be nice to add a little girl, in that case, if he and his sister get married, at least there is someone in the family who can let his grandfather shift his goals and express his feelings.
"You go to the sewing room and ask them to help you measure the size, and tell them to work overnight to make your and Ruyi's mourning clothes, and they will go to the prince's mansion tomorrow." Tong Mingyu glanced at her daughter, she had already begun to learn to be a housekeeper when she was thirteen, her daughter was still so innocent, if she could be half favored at home after she got married, she would be content.
Thinking about it, my daughter actually participates in the housekeeping, and she intervenes in the part of the accounts, and the kitchen and sewing room at home have been effective under the management of her system, and now she only needs to assign a task every few days, and reconcile the accounts at the end of each month, basically without bothering.
Not only did she do things seriously, but Xiao Yuan was also driven, Yiyuan's treasury accounts are now in Xiao Yuan's hands, and the two of them did their errands in a good way, and Yuan Yutongle's mouth couldn't close.
"Daughter, let's go." The sisters held hands and left, and Tong Mingyu went to arrange the carriage and see what decorations in the house needed to be avoided. Because of the matter of the crown princess, the second son's marriage date and the daughter's meeting with the child of the Liang family can only be delayed, and it just so happens that she can't get over that hurdle in her heart, maybe things will change after a while, Tong Mingyu is really reluctant to marry her daughter to a guard.
The next day, the Qin family and the others dressed up and set off with the two little girls, and Xiao Yao and Xiao Yuan changed into mourning clothes on the carriage when the carriage was halfway through.
As the saying goes, if you want to be pretty and filial, Xiao Yao interpreted this sentence very well, with a beautiful face and a silk coat to set her off, I saw pity, Chu Chu moved.
"Xiaohui, did you bring scissors?" Tong Mingyu looked left and right, and felt that her daughter was too eye-catching, if there were scissors to trim her forehead, cover her smooth forehead and cover her clear eyes, it might not be so conspicuous.
"No, the slave didn't bring it." No one will bring scissors when they go out, and in addition to broken silver, Xiaohui has a small comb in her purse.
Tong Mingyu picked a few strands of hair on her daughter's sideburns with her fingers, but she didn't expect that instead of covering it up, it made her look a little charming.
"Forget it, you'll walk among us in a moment, keep your head down as much as you can, and talk less." Tong Mingyu put down her hand in frustration, her daughter is really not suitable to go out, what if this attracts everyone to watch in the Prince's Mansion, or attracts people with a heart!
"Oh!" You don't want to go to that kind of occasion yourself, okay?
Carriages were parked in front of the Prince's Mansion, and the ladies of each family lined up to go inside in an orderly manner, waiting to pay homage to the Crown Princess.
Xiao Yao stood in the middle of the Xiao family's team, if she hadn't deliberately searched for her, it would have been difficult to find her. As soon as the people of their family appeared, several waves of people left the gate, and the target person had already appeared, and it was time to go back and report to the master.
"The lady of the Marquis of Zhongyong has arrived." The steward in charge of the reception made a loud announcement.
Offering incense and kowtowing, the Xiao family repeated the same actions as the guests in front of them, and when they knelt down and kowtowed, because they had to be arranged according to their generation, Xiao Yao and Xiao Yuan knelt in the last row.
The mourning hall is full of white veils and women dressed in plain clothes, and next to the coffin are several children with heavy filial piety, as well as the concubines of the prince's mansion, the number of people is spectacular.
A man has so many concubines, how many tears will he shed for his wife! Since ancient times, ruthlessness has been the most emperor's family, and it seems that there is nothing wrong with what he said.
"The prince has arrived, and the prince has arrived." The sound of rustling clothes rubbing against each other sounded in the mourning hall, accompanied by low sobs, everyone's faces looked very solemn, and Xiao Yao could only use deep breathing to relieve the depression in her heart.
"Sit down, there will be sudden changes in the house, and it is inevitable that there will be mistakes, omissions, and inconsideracies, I hope you will bear with me." Prince Yun Yiheng hugged his fists.
Xiao Yao always lowered her head, she hoped to leave here as soon as possible, and at the same time, she also prayed in her heart that God would let the royal people live a long life! Don't let yourself go through such a battle again, people with this kind of atmosphere are depressed.
Everyone hung their heads in silence, waiting for the next wave of kneeling spirits and crying spirits, Yun Yifan glanced at the direction of the Xiao family as if inadvertently, only to see Xiao Yao's black bun, the poor little junior sister must have been dragged by the old lady and her mother-in-law.
After resting for a while, the ladies began to cry, where did Xiao Yao have tears! She pulled out two handkerchiefs dipped in pepper from her sleeves, kept one for herself, and handed one to her sister. It's too embarrassing to not shed a tear in this situation, and I really can't cry, so I can only borrow props.
What she didn't expect was that the power of Ma Jiao was so huge, she couldn't stop the tears flowing, and when Yun Yichen and Kong Xuzhe arrived, the eyes of the two little girls crying were red, like a pair of little rabbits.
"That's what the silly girl said!" You shed a few tears to indicate that it is over, crying so sincerely, I don't know if you think the princess is the sister of the two! Kong Xuzhe couldn't help but sneer.
Perhaps because she felt that someone was watching her, Xiao Yuan shrugged her nose and didn't dare to use a handkerchief anymore, so she simply rubbed her eyes directly, she wanted to see who was staring at her.
"Where's your own veil! Do not rub your eyes with your hands. Xiao Yao had already put on a clean handkerchief, she didn't expect Xiao Yuan to still use props, no wonder her eyes were about to turn into peaches.
"You...... Why didn't you tell me? Xiao Yuan stuffed the "incriminating evidence" stained with pepper powder back into his sleeve, pulled his handkerchief that exuded the freshness of plum blossoms, sniffed it deeply, wiped the corners of his eyes, and looked for the source of his uneasiness.
Xiao Yuan's eyes widened, and he pouted and glared at Kong Xuzhe, there is something wrong with this person's head! It's okay to run to the prince's mansion, he thought he was marrying a daughter-in-law! You can also see the liveliness.
Kong Xuzhe vaguely scratched his face with his fingers, a very good-looking little girl has become a little rabbit, it's a shame.
Being able to swallow her anger is not Xiao Yuan's style at all, she shows her snow-white teeth, trying to scare off her opponent. Yo! It's still full of tiger teeth! No wonder I can't forget her, the advantages of the little girl are really more and more.
Of course, the two of them interact so frequently, of course, they can't hide the people around them, Xiao Yao glanced up, and was crashing into Yun Yichen's dark eyes, everyone saw Xiao Yao's cheerful and lively side in the past, where did anyone have seen her pitiful, delicate and tearful appearance. Her appearance would hurt even if a hard-hearted person saw it, let alone a young man with strong blood.
"I can't stand it, my heart will break when I look at it twice." Kong Xuzhe shook his head, who is so cruel to make the beautiful sister kneel, if it is a man, he should know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, and quickly let my beautiful sister and the little cutie go.
Yun Yiheng saw Xiao Yao for the second time today, and of course he had heard of this little beauty who was famous in Kyoto. But the emperor's sentence "The daughter of the Xiao family must be the main room when she marries" made him afraid to move forward and dare not fantasize in his heart. Because the emperor's order cannot be violated, because he is unwilling to be an enemy of the Zhongyong Marquis's Mansion.
Now the situation is very different, the prince's mansion has no hostess, and although the remarried princess cannot catch up with the Zheng family in terms of status, it is not bad in other aspects. Yun Yiheng also cast his eyes on Xiao Yao, it is really appropriate to give her the title of the first beauty in Kyoto, it may not be easy to find a more beautiful and aura lady than her in Tianyu!
Xiao Yao didn't expect that these people would appear in the Prince's Mansion at the same time, and now there is only one Mu Fengwu left for them to gather. Xiao Yao used his eyes to stop Xiao Yuan from messing around, didn't they hold a banquet, are these guys sure they didn't go to the wrong place?
After all the ceremonies were completed, the ladies rested in the side hall and had dinner before going out one after another. Yuan Yutong hugged her mother-in-law, Xiao Yuan supported Xiao Yao, looked at the mother and daughter, and then looked at her legs that were a little difficult to walk, Xiao Yao felt that she was too weak.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered the villain to escort the daughter of the Xiao family back to her home." The chief of the guard of the Prince's Mansion bowed very politely and kindly to the Xiao family, and behind him were two rows of guards, which attracted other officials' families to stop and watch, and even more began to point fingers at the Xiao family and muttered quietly.
Do you have the right to refuse? Tong Mingyu thought to himself that he was really afraid of something, but he didn't expect the prince to actually start his daughter's idea, what should he do now!
"You go back and tell the prince that your cousin and King Kong Xiaojun will escort the Xiao family back, there are so many things to be busy in the prince's mansion, and he won't bother with such a trivial matter as giving someone away." King Qi gave Yun Yichen and Kong Xuzhe a look, why are you waiting for it if you don't act!
Everyone understood the prince's intentions, only the Xiao family sisters still regarded themselves as outsiders, and their two pairs of eyes looked at King Qi and the chief of the guard of the prince's mansion in confusion and puzzlement, not knowing what was going on.