The Empire and the Kingdom

The two people stared at each other, how much tenderness was expressed through the eyes.They all suppressed their uncontrollable emotions in their hearts, and could not speak out, for fear of profane and hurt each other.Even if you can't get what you want, I wish you happiness and well-being.

The next day, a young eunuch came out of the palace, saying that he was ordering by Princess Yunyi to deliver something to Miss Xue San.Anyway, this is a person from the palace, and Mrs. Pan saw it in person, the thing was a small wooden box, and the little eunuch left after delivering the things.

Pan opened the wooden box, and saw that inside the yellow silk were a pair of white jade beads, a pearl bracelet and a pair of jadeite bracelets.The things are indeed good things, not to mention the fineness, just the style, which is a special offering in the palace, and there is no outside.It's just that the mistress of the dignified Prime Minister's Mansion doesn't take this thing seriously.Pan's just puzzled, how could his stupid third daughter have something to do with Princess Yunyi who just returned to the palace?

Xue Ai was called to Pan's Wanning Court, and the eldest lady Xue Ying was also there.Xue Ai greeted his mother and eldest sister, and stood aside waiting for his mother to speak.

"Someone came from the palace just now, saying that Princess Yunyi gave you some things." Mrs. Pan handed the small wooden box to Xue Ai. "Since it was rewarded by the princess, you just keep it. I just don't understand, Princess Yunyi just returned to the palace, why would she give you something for no reason? Are you afraid you promised her something?" Pan's His eyes suddenly became sharp.

Xue Ai took the small wooden box with both hands, "Mother, how can my daughter promise something useful to the princess? It's just that I met the princess at the gate of the palace banquet last time and said a few words. Maybe the princess thinks I'm speculative." , so I rewarded some small gifts."

"Small gift?" Xue Ying interjected, "Third Sister has such a big tone. Just the pair of jade bracelets is more than a thousand taels of silver. Even if it is a princess, this reward is a bit too generous."

Xue Ai didn't speak.As long as Xue Ying speaks, regardless of whether she is right or wrong, Pan will definitely stand by Xue Ying's side, and she will be reprimanded for nothing.

Seeing that Xue Ai didn't speak, Pan didn't reprimand her too much. "It's a good thing that Princess Yunyi is willing to make friends with you. After all, you will live in the palace in the future, and one more friend can help the prince more. But you must know that your father is the prime minister of the court, with a high position and authority, and how many people fawn on you , how many people are plotting, your sister is clever, I am not worried. You are so dull, don't fall into the trap of others, it would be better if you hurt your father."

"Yes, my daughter knows." Xue Ai bowed his head to be taught, his heart was calm.

Seeing Xue Ai sticking there like a stick, Pan got upset and waved her back.

"Mother, why does Princess Yunyi want to reward the third sister?" Xue Ying is the eldest lady of the Xiangfu, and Xue Ai, who is the only daughter of the same family as her, is stupid and dull. The other sisters are all concubine daughters. When it comes to the daughter of the Xiangfu, it almost refers to Xue Ying alone.She is used to being treated with high regard wherever she goes. Even if she is a princess and princess, although her background is high, how can she catch up with her father's authority?But now, the rewards in the palace are only awarded to Xue Ai, and Xue Ying is not at all, she is really not reconciled.

"You're too petty!" Pan poked her daughter's forehead and said, "Those things are good, but don't you have enough good things? What does Elle have? Even if you give her these jewelry, she doesn't have clothes to match. Are you still afraid that she will go out and steal your limelight? You, you always lose your position, what you want to worry about is not Ai'er, but the three from Xihaiju and Yunjianxuan."

"Daughter is just too angry." Xue Ying was still very concerned about Xue Ai getting the jewelry.

The incident soon spread to the other two courtyards.Xihaiju, the courtyard of the noble concubine Wang.Although Wang's family is a concubine, she was born as an official lady, and she entered the family as a noble concubine at that time.Later, her father and brother's official position became bigger and bigger, and her younger sister entered the palace again, so in the prime minister's mansion, she was no worse than Pan's except for not having the title of wife.

"Why did Princess Yunyi reward Miss San for no reason?" Wang looked at her two daughters, Xue Zhi and Xue Yi, "You don't know why?"

Xue Yi was young, and had always been indifferent to the affairs of the back house. Now he was practicing calligraphy on the table by himself, completely ignoring his mother's questioning.

Xue Zhi is very interested in these intrigues in the back house, "Mother, Princess Yunyi has just returned to the palace, and the third sister usually doesn't go out, so how can there be any intersection? If I have to say there is, it will be the previous palace banquet." might come across."

"At most, it's one-sided acquaintance. With Miss San's stupid temper, she can let Princess Yunyi admire things with one look?" No matter how she thought about it, Wang couldn't figure it out.

"Third sister looks so dull, she can't even hear the words, who wants to make friends with her?" Xue Zhi complained.

"That's right, what's going on today? Could it be that the eunuch who sent the message made a mistake? Didn't the thing be rewarded to the third lady?" Although this is ridiculous, Wang feels that even this is better than the current situation Much more reliable.

Xue Zhi snorted coldly, "If something is given to Eldest Sister, then it's better to give it to Third Sister. Eldest Sister will definitely be angry this time, I don't know how long she'll have to vomit." Like Xue Ying, Xue Zhi doesn't He will regard Xue Ai as a competitor.Firstly, Xue Ai is dull, not an opponent at all, and secondly, Xue Ai is a married person, and has already withdrawn from this sisterly fight.

See Yunxuan, the courtyard of Jiang's concubine.Mrs. Jiang is not yet thirty this year, but because of proper maintenance, she doesn't look much worse than the twenty-eight beauties, and her skin is still so tender that water can be squeezed out.As soon as she received the news, she called her daughter Fourth Miss Xue Ruo to ask about Xue Ai and Princess Yun Yi.

"Mother, how can the third sister have the ability to hook up with Princess Yunyi? I think the princess probably thinks that the third sister is stupid, just for fun." Xue Ruo is still young, and her background is the worst among her sisters, so she usually dare not talk to her sisters. They fight, but they look down on them in their hearts.

"I don't think things are that simple. But it's not our turn to worry about this matter. Wanningyuan and Xihaiju must be thinking about it right now. Just wait and see, there will be results sooner or later." Jiang's Xiaomenxiao Although she was born in a household, although she did not dare to compare with the other two courtyards in this mansion, she lived a much more dignified life than the wife of an ordinary family.She understands that her greatest reliance is Xue Xiang's favor. In the current situation where no one has given birth to a son, as long as she can give birth to a son, then everything will be fine.

Feng Jingsu sent a small wooden box, which caused subtle changes in Xue's inner courtyard.This is just the beginning, the stagnant water in this lake has slowly begun to change, but now almost no one has noticed.

August [-]th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so it is natural for the whole family to reunite, so Princess Ming Qi's tea tasting banquet is scheduled to be held on August [-]th.As the elder sister of the current emperor, Princess Ming Qi already has a house full of children and grandchildren.Ever since her son-in-law passed away, Princess Ming Qi has been living in the Princess Palace in the capital as a widow.Older people like to be lively, so every year the eldest princess will hold many banquets and invite noble ladies from the capital to come and have fun.Many marriages are decided at the Princess's banquet, so the Princess's banquet is always very popular. Everyone thinks that the Princess's mansion is full of peach blossoms and has good Fengshui.

A few days before the banquet, each family received invitations from the Elder Princess' Mansion as usual.Looking at the bronzing red invitation card, Pan frowned slightly.

Xue Ying read the invitation and frowned. "Why did the invitation specifically mention our five sisters?"

The invitation says that Mrs. Xue and the five young ladies are respectfully invited to go. This is nothing to other families. Whoever receives the invitation does not have all the children and family members going?But Xue Ai has been confined to her home recently, and Pan will never let her go to such a lucky banquet.Now that there are five young ladies in the invitation, there really must be one of them.

"Maybe it's easy to count people like this." Pan thinks it's not a big deal, but her family's situation is a bit special, so there's no need to be too sensitive.

"I have to take Third Sister out again." Xue Ying was dissatisfied.

"She hasn't caused trouble recently, why are you acting like this?" Pan really doesn't want to see Xue Ai, but she doesn't want to see her own child anyway, if others come to abuse her, it won't be justified.

"Mother, every time I take Sanmei as a stepping stone, I will be asked about Sanmei by others. Although I have said all the good things for Sanmei, people still laugh at Sanmei for being dull-tempered, and they will be punished even with me." How embarrassing to laugh at!" Xue Ying also didn't understand that everyone's eyes were always focused on Xue Ai who was behind her even though she was such an excellent young lady of Xiangfu.

After all, she is still young, and she doesn't understand that the world loves to flatter others, and it is always easier to laugh at others than to praise others.In addition, Xue Ai will be the concubine of the crown prince in the future, the person most young ladies will kneel down to worship, if you don't say a few words now, how dare you say it in the future?As for building a good relationship now?Don't be kidding, such a dull person, a fool who accepts all good and bad words, what's the use of building a good relationship?Could it be that Xue Ai will help when he is in trouble?Even if Xue Ai has such a heart, how can he have such a brain?

"Okay, since you don't like to take her with you, then let her be by my side so that your reputation won't be affected." Pan said helplessly.My little daughter is really troublesome.At this time, she couldn't help but think that it would be great if the son survived.

In Pingle Pavilion, Meng An took out all of Xue Ai's clothes and rummaged through them again, and said with a bitter face: "Miss, none of your clothes can match that set of jewelry, what should I do?"

Xue Ai put down the books in his hand, came over to read them one by one, and pointed to one of the water-blue dresses, "That's it."

"This set?" Meng An took out the dress and looked back and forth, "But this set was worn by you two years ago, and it was an outdated style at that time. Although it doesn't look too old now, but..." She wrinkled Frowning, "You will be laughed at if you wear it out."

The author has something to say: Happy New Year everyone!Because of the epidemic, I can’t go out to code words. It’s really hard to stick to code words at home without being distracted. Fortunately, Xue’s little fox is still cute!The other thing is to keep an eye on my favorites all the time, you should move!It doesn't move, woo woo woo!So keep asking for collections, I love you~