I’ll Be the Male Lead’s Sister-in-Law

On the first day of April, the crabapples bloomed overnight. This time, everyone in the city knew that Princess An’s birthday was on the first day of April, and they loved Haitang the most.

Since Mu Mingtang learned that there was a problem with the incense, all the spices have been changed to fruit incense. Every day a box of good fruits pours out, the level of luxury even Xiang Nanchun, who is used to court expenses, feels too wasteful.

Although the money was spent like running water, Xie Xuanchen's condition has obviously improved. According to the little Taoist priest, it was far from the completion of the treatment, but Xie Xuanchen gradually adapted to the intensity, and slowly walked towards the martial arts area of ​​the East Road, and began to regain his strength.

When Mu Mingtang heard the word "recovery", his expression was not very good. It turns out that his current strength is just weak?

The relationship between Wangfuzhong is now complicated, but no matter how muddy the water is, the news of Xie Xuanchen's re-training is bound to be a blockbuster, and the news cannot be passed back to the palace.

But before the palace had time to do anything this time, another major event happened. The emperor of Beirong sent envoys to the Ye dynasty to discuss peace, led by the eighth prince of Beirong, Yeluyan. Today, the Yihe team has entered the Ye Dynasty and will soon arrive in Beijing.

The entire capital became a sensation because of this incident. Bei Rong occupies the Youyun Sixteen Prefecture, with strong troops, relying on the properties and geographical advantages of the Youyun Sixteen Prefecture, has been eyeing Ye Chao. Xixia has the ancient roads of the Western Regions and Longxi Racecourse, and has never concealed its ambitions.

In contrast, the Ye Dynasty was somewhat weak. In fact, Ye dynasty inherited from Zhou, and has always been the world usurped by military commanders, and the early military strength was not weak.

It's a pity that those in power themselves are rebellious, and after that they are especially afraid of others learning. When the throne was in Xie Rui's hands, Xie Rui was extremely jealous of the generals, and those who practiced martial arts were devolved. The emperor expressed his position in this way, and then followed up and down, and the whole country was in a kind of abnormal Chongwen and Wuwu.

Border troubles have always been a first-class problem for the court, and all civil servants are helpless when facing the battle report. Now that the military power Bei Rong takes the initiative to negotiate a peace with them, it is unprecedented and I dare not imagine.

This is not a trivial matter. From the master to the people, everyone is tense and attaches great importance to the issue of peace. After the Bei Rong envoys arrived in Beijing, the emperor gave a grand welcome in the morning, and two days later he also set up a grand welcome banquet for the Bei Rong team.

This banquet involves the face of the country, and the emperor and queen attaches great importance to it. The people invited to the banquet are of high identities, and everyone is dressed up for fear of losing the face of the court in front of the Beirong people.

On the day of the banquet, Miyagi's lanterns and festoons, the clothes fragrant and the shadows on the temples were very grand. The banquet has not yet begun, and the women who arrived early are sitting in the flower hall to rest. The crowd gathered together and could not help but talk about recent interesting events.

Now the first rare thing is that Suzaku Street was changed overnight, and the trees on both sides of the street were all replaced.

At first it was just mentioned by a lady, and then someone responded. Everyone said something to me, and finally everyone discussed about Princess An.

"Princess An celebrated her birthday a few days ago. The battle is too big. The sisters I married outside the capital know that Zhuque Street was full of begonia flowers overnight. It was quite the posture of Empress Wu to host a hundred flower banquet in winter."

Mu Mingtang did not hold a birthday party, but everyone knew her birthday, and they also knew that Mu Mingtang did not invite them.

What an embarrassing perception.

"More than that." Another Mrs. Hou answered, "Princess An spends extremely luxuriously. I heard that she dislikes the flavors of spice and fragrant cakes, so she only uses fruit incense. The best apples, she only uses them. Smoke the house and clothes. When the smell was weak, she took them and threw them away. She had to change the fruit for incense three times a day, which is not considered as food and clothing expenses."

Everyone gasped just listening, Apple and the others couldn't afford it, but they couldn't stand it every day. Even the empress dowager in the palace does not use fresh fruit to incense.

"Oh my God." A young Houfu's second room covered her mouth and exclaimed. After all, she is a second room, not as good as these first-in-law wives, and even worse in education and knowledge. She was puzzled, so she couldn't help but ask: "Isn't it last year that King An won't survive the New Year? Seeing it's April, why is King An doing well?"

As soon as this word came out, everyone was silent. Yes, it has long been said that Xie Xuanchen has only one breath, but Xie Xuanchen has never died.

His tone is really long.

But when I wanted to return, no one said it. After the Hou Mansion had finished speaking, everyone was in the cold, and no one answered her. He was a little panicked: "I am young and ignorant. Did I say something wrong?"

No one spoke up. At this time, the **** sang from outside: "Princess An is here."

All the female family members were shocked, and they all pretended not to hear what the Hou Mansion had just said. Qi Qi stood up and said, "Hello, Princess An."

Mu Mingtang walked in and saw the full house of Huacai saluting to him, asking for peace and quiet. Mu Mingtang didn't think much, nodded, and said, "Don't be polite, get up."

After everyone thanked them, they sat back in their original seats curled up. Because Mu Mingtang came, the seating order in the flower hall changed slightly, but in general, everyone was still distributed as before.

Obviously, the people have not changed, and the occasion has not changed, but after Mu Mingtang came, the atmosphere in the flower hall was completely different. They just talked to you and talked about gossip about the An Palace, but now that Mu Mingtang walked in, no one dared to show anything.

The Houfu Jishi who had just spoken was even more frightened. He didn't dare to breathe more, for fear of attracting Mu Mingtang's attention.

Mu Mingtang didn't think much about it. She had become accustomed to these people, saying one thing to her, and another one behind her back. People live their own lives in this world, and at least nine out of ten things in their lives are actually not cared about. In the same way, ninety-nine percent of other people's matters and opinions are useless.

If you care about them, it will give them a face. Mu Mingtang didn't bother to investigate the weird silence in the flower hall when she entered the door. Anyway, no matter what the group of people thought, she couldn't change her happily fortune, but instead wanted to let her everywhere.

If you can't understand it, just endure it.

After Mu Mingtang sat down, he saw Jiang Mingwei, a long-lost acquaintance. Mu Mingtang hasn’t picked up anything for a long time. As soon as she saw Jiang Mingwei, she immediately greeted her enthusiastically: “Princess Jin, you are here too? This is really rare. In my impression, I haven’t seen it outside for at least three months. Are you there."

Jiang Mingwei's smile on her face stiffened, and she barely supported herself and said: "I recently contracted a cold and I didn't want to be sick to others, so I stayed in the house to recuperate. I haven't I feel that I haven't seen my second wife for a long time. I don't want my sister-in-law to miss me so much. If the sister-in-law wants to see me, she can come to the palace anytime."

Jiang Mingwei made the emperor very angry on the fifteenth of the first lunar month, and even the queen and Xie Xuanji were affected. In the past few months, even Xie Xuanji has been a man with his tail clipped, not to mention Jiang Mingwei, who wants to make life under the Queen and Xie Xuanji.

Why didn't Jiang Mingwei go out? Isn't it obvious. Thanks to the entry of the Bei Rong envoys to Beijing, the emperor hosted a banquet and all Wang and Sun Gongqing had to attend, so Jiang Mingwei could come out. No matter how dissatisfied the queen was with Jiang Mingwei, Jiang Mingwei is now Xie Xuanji's righteous wife, and there is absolutely no reason for her concubine to come out to entertain her.

When everyone saw Jiang Mingwei today, they knew well. They looked at the face of Jiang's family and King Jin, and they understood and pretended to be confused. No one asked Jiang Mingwei where he went some time ago. It happens that Mu Mingtang is the most painful to step on when he comes up.

Mu Mingtang did not have the slightest conscious of poking people sore feet. He still enthusiastically and eagerly talked to Jiang Mingwei: "Is it really convenient for me to go to Prince Jin's Mansion? I heard that the rules in Jin Dynasty's Mansion are clean, and the people in charge are all trusted female officials next to the Queen. . I rushed to the door, if the rules are wrong, wouldn’t it annoy the female officials?"

"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about?" Jiang Mingwei had a lot of powder on her face today, and she looked pale and stiff. She twitched the corners of her mouth when she heard Mu Mingtang's words. Jiang Mingwei should be trying to smile, but If you want to laugh or not, it seems weird. "The queen mother likes the second sister-in-law the most, and she always warns me to study with the second sister-in-law. If you come to Jin’s palace, the mother-in-law is too happy to know how to pick the second sister-in-law? ?"

Mu Mingtang smiled at the corner of his mouth and whispered in his tone, "Oh", "It turns out that the queen said these things to my younger siblings, which really makes me ashamed. Since my younger siblings don't want me to cause trouble, then I am disrespectful."

Mu Mingtang's words were plainly provocative, and he made no secret of gloating for misfortune. They are all palaces, so why is it that Jin's palace alone is well-regulated, and the palace maids are in charge of dispatching, while the An palace, separated by a wall, still allows Mu Mingtang to mess around?

It's not because the queen treated them two differently. Jiang Mingwei and Mu Mingtang are the same royal concubines, but their status in the palace and the comfort of their lives are completely different.

Mu Mingtang and Jiang Mingwei were talking, and none of the wives sitting next to him dared to interrupt. One of these two is the concubine of the prince, the other is the concubine of the King of Beijing, one they will not be able to provoke in the future, and the other they will not be able to provoke it now. Even if Jiang Mingwei seems to be out of favor, but the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, even if Jiang Mingwei really falls out of favor, he can't be bullied by a foreigner.

As for Mu Mingtang, not to mention it. Wang An’s current position is indeed delicate, but Song Wulang’s lessons are right in front of him. As long as Wang An is still there, no one in the capital dared to show his face to Mu Mingtang.

Everyone was silent, seeing the shadows of the two princesses with swords and swords, you came and went, and the content of the words gradually changed from sarcasm to ridicule. The wives were afraid that these two would make a fuss in the palace. Then these two would be fine, and they would all suffer.

A wife hurriedly said haha: "Don't say that Princess Jin doesn't feel long, I always feel that I have just met Princess An, maybe because I can hear the news of Princess An from time to time. By the way, the courtesan have not congratulated Princess An on her birthday. The minister’s wife would like to wish Princess An a happy birthday and a long and healthy life. It is not too late for the Princess."

With a lady at the beginning, other people also responded. For a time, the Hua Ting was full of words for Mu Mingtang's birthday.

Blessing Mu Mingtang has always been unwilling to come. She thanked her together, but she was a little surprised: "How do you know my birthday?"

The lady who spoke first smiled awkwardly: "This...it's hard not to know."

Not only the noble officials, but even the street pawns and the common people in Tokyo know that Princess An’s birthday falls on the first day of April, and she loves Haitang.

Now everyone in Beijing knows that Princess An lamented that there is no Begonia in the capital. In order to please the Princess, King An let the Begonia flourish on the main street overnight. Such a big movement, I am afraid that the deaf and blind can know it.

Mu Mingtang murmured: "So you all know that, I thought I just had a birthday."

Everyone smiled more and more embarrassed. Yes, they not only knew that Mu Mingtang was on the first birthday in April, but they also knew that Mu Mingtang did not invite them at all.

So I look down on them, and I don't even want to make face-saving invitations on my birthday.

The wives laughed. Although Mu Mingtang refused to give them face in front of the people in the city, the ladies and their wives still had to treat Mu Mingtang with respect and courtesy. With similar blessings in her ears, Jiang Mingwei's face became increasingly ugly as she listened.

Before, Mu Mingtang, as her stand-in, had always celebrated her birthday in June. Jiang Mingwei also heard the movement on the street on the first day of the new year, only to realize that Mu Mingtang's birthday was on the first day of April.

After Jiang Mingwei learned of the outside affairs that day, she couldn't accept it. She is still worrying about how to save Xie Xuanji and how to suppress the fox spirits, but Xie Xuanchen actually spends such a big deal on Mu Mingtang's birthday?

It's just a birthday, as for?

Jiang Mingwei was disdainful and engaged in so many bells and whistles, it was just a show. What's the use of these forms? If you really live a solid life, who will do it?

Jiang Mingwei thought in her heart that she didn't care, but in fact, she had been paying attention to the movement next door all day. Mu Mingtang didn't hold a birthday party, it seemed very shabby, but Xie Xuanchen stayed with her all day. Accompany her to enjoy the flowers, accompany her to play, and I heard that she also accompanies her to make wine.

Jiang Mingwei tried to be disapproving, but in fact she was sour and jealous. With a word of Mu Mingtang, Xie Xuanchen can transplant Haitang for her all the way, so why can someone do this for Mu Mingtang.

Obviously when Mu Mingtang was the adopted daughter of the Jiang family, he didn't even have any hobbies of his own. She first became the second lady of the Jiang family and later became Xie Xuanji's fiancée. She lived in the capital for almost a year, but no one in the Jiang family had asked Mu Mingtang when she was born or what she liked. Xie Xuanji didn't care. Mu Mingtang's only meaning is to exist as Jiang Mingwei's stand-in, "like" Jiang Mingwei everywhere, and everyone confidently regards her as Jiang Mingwei's shadow.

Born with the sun, vividly, but can only live in the shadows forever. A shadow does not need a name.

The Jiang family and Xie Xuanji neglected Mu Mingtang as they should, and Mu Mingtang never mentioned his own affairs. But now, there is another person who publicly and grandly proclaimed the world. Mu Mingtang’s birthday is on the first day of April and he loves Haitang very much.

Xie Xuanchen used the most arrogant way to make up for the things she had missed for Mu Mingtang one by one.

Jiang Mingwei also took a blow, feeling some subtle embarrassment. Although she was afraid of Mu Mingtang and hated that Mu Mingtang replaced her in her previous life, she was always proud of it deep down. No matter how high Mu Mingtang goes, it is only her stand-in. Everything about Mu Mingtang depends on her.

But now, Jiang Mingwei realized that Mu Mingtang was no longer her shadow. Mu Mingtang gradually peeled her apart, and everyone talked about Princess An's extravagance, about Princess An's birthday hobbies, and also talked about King An's connivance to her. There is no trace of Jiang Mingwei.

She became the person in the shadow of Mu Mingtang.