The Great General and His Little Scholars

In the general's mansion, Aunt Zhu brought her maid, Lamei, and walked excitedly to the courtyard of the eldest princess and Liao Mingli.

As soon as he entered the door, a eunuch stopped him and said, "The eldest princess is resting, please do not disturb other idlers."

Aunt Zhu's complexion changed, and she said, "Waiting for others? What nonsense are you talking about? It's me! Mingli's mother-in-law, the princess's mother-in-law, you actually..."

But the eunuch said without changing his face: "The general's wife is the eldest princess' mother-in-law, how dare you, a concubine, dare to climb the dragon and the phoenix!"

Aunt Zhu didn't expect this kind of thing at all, and was stunned at the door for a moment.Originally, on the wedding day, she was left out in the cold.Song Yuanzhen had sent word to Liao Mingli a long time ago, asking Aunt Zhu not to appear at the wedding banquet.I don't have to bring out my identity as a concubine, and I lose face by being arranged.

Although Liao Mingli couldn't bear it in his heart, he couldn't do anything at Song Yuanzhen's request, so he had to let Aunt Zhu stay in his yard all the time, and was not allowed to leave for even a single step.

Poor Aunt Zhu spent the whole night listening in the yard, her tired legs almost broke.On the second day, I thought that even if I couldn't accept Song Yuanzhen and Liao Mingli's tea serving, at least they could appear on the occasion when serving tea.

Unexpectedly, before Aunt Zhu got up early and dressed up, Song Yuanzhen's imperial edict arrived, directly ordering her not to show her face.Aunt Zhu wept angrily, and wanted to call Liao Mingli to question him, but she couldn't even see him.

After ten days or so, Liao Mingli finally came to tell her.Every afternoon, she can visit the princess in the yard.Aunt Zhu has been looking forward to it since the morning, and finally in the afternoon, she still got rejected.

Seeing how rude the eunuch was, Aunt Zhu was so angry that she almost fainted.He still wanted to defend himself, but he saw a court lady flashing out from behind the shadow wall, and said to Aunt Zhu: "Auntie, please follow me, the princess wants to see you."

When Aunt Zhu heard this, her complexion immediately became arrogant, she rolled her eyes at the little eunuch, straightened her dress, and walked in with the maid with her head held high.

Entering the living room of the main room, Aunt Zhu saw Song Yuanzhen sitting on the Eight Immortals chair in the middle, holding a bird's nest in her hand, slowly tasting it.

Aunt Zhu put on a smile, and was about to go up to say hello, but a maid next to her spread a small square mattress in front of her.

Of course Aunt Zhu was no stranger to this thing, but she had a look of extreme surprise on her face.She looked at Song Yuanzhen in disbelief and said, "What does the princess mean...I want to go to the princess..."

Song Yuanzhen ignored her and just concentrated on eating the bird's nest.

The palace maid replied coldly: "You are just a concubine of the general's mansion, our princess is a majestic eldest princess, you don't even know the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers, do you?"

Aunt Zhu's lips were trembling, trying to defend herself, but she couldn't say a word.The appearance of being clever and coquettish on weekdays is not daring to show one bit in front of Song Yuanzhen.

She bit her lip, knelt down with a flushed face, and kowtowed: "I have seen Her Royal Highness."

Song Yuanzhen glanced at her slowly, and said, "Isn't this Mingli's mother? Hurry up and help her up."

But the maid didn't move, La Mei, Aunt Zhu's maid, had to put down the things in her hands and help Aunt Zhu up.

Aunt Zhu's face turned from red to white, and she suppressed a smile and said, "The eldest princess married into the family, are you still used to it?"

Song Yuanzhen said coldly: "The general and his wife treat me very well. Is there anything I'm not used to?"

Aunt Zhu bit her lip, took the gift box she prepared from the maid Lamei with trembling hands, and handed it over, "This is a gift for the princess, please accept it with a smile."

Song Yuanzhen didn't lift her eyelids, the maid reached out to take it, turned around and handed it to the little palace lady behind her.In front of Aunt Zhu, the little maid went out of the room holding the gift box.From the beginning to the end, Song Yuanzhen didn't even glance at it.

Aunt Zhu stood on the ground in embarrassment, with her head down, the handkerchief in her hand was almost twisted into twists.

Song Yuanzhen said, "Don't slander me in your heart, because you know that although Mingli was born by you, you are just a concubine, worse than those slaves. How can I be with you Sit on an equal footing."

Aunt Zhu's face turned blue and then turned pale, and after a long time, she said in a hoarse voice: "What Her Royal Highness said is true, but I never thought about it that way, I just wanted to do my best."

Song Yuanzhen looked at Aunt Zhu, and said calmly: "You don't look like an ignorant person. You must know that the person I wanted to marry at first was not Mingli."

Aunt Zhu gritted her teeth, unable to speak a word.

Song Yuanzhen said again: "As women, my aunt must be able to understand how frustrated the princess feels when she is rejected thousands of miles away by Liao Mingsi. Fortunately, Ming Ming has a general understanding of etiquette, and is gentle and sensible. Only then did I know that it turned out to be The wrong person was chosen earlier."

After hearing this, Aunt Zhu relaxed her expression, and said with a smile: "Mingli is obedient, I taught him to be gentle, gentle and humble since he was a child."

"Hehe, my aunt taught you well." Song Yuanzhen said with a fake smile: "Mingli is a person who can do great things, but in this general's mansion, Liao Mingsi has always robbed the limelight. And Liao Mingsi is the wife's own son. , if you want to get everything in the general's mansion, it must be impossible in this lifetime."

Aunt Zhu grinned: "It is already his blessing to be favored by the princess."

"I'm his wife, so it's natural to help him." Song Yuanzhen raised his head, and finally shifted his gaze to Aunt Zhu: "But as a mother, shouldn't you help your son too?"

"Of course, of course." Aunt Zhu nodded attentively and said, "If the princess has any orders, just tell me, as long as it can help Mingli, I can do anything."

Song Yuanzhen stared at Aunt Zhu for a while, then retracted her eyes and said, "It's good to have your words. When the princess needs you, I will naturally send someone to find you."

Aunt Zhu saw that this was the end of the conversation, she hurriedly bowed to her with interest and said, "I just miss the princess and Mingli, since I have seen the princess, I won't disturb your rest anymore."

After that, he was ready to leave.Unexpectedly, Song Yuanzhen stopped him and said, "Wait." After saying that, he winked at the maid beside him.The maid turned around and went into the inner room, and came out in a moment with a mahogany box in her hand.

The lid of the box was opened and held in front of Aunt Zhu.

"These are the twenty top-grade oriental beads that the emperor gave me. Since my aunt came here for the first time and brought a meeting gift, I can't be rude." Song Yuanzhen said.

Aunt Zhu's eyes were almost popping out of their sockets. She trembled for a long time before reaching out to take it: "This... this is... thank you, princess!"

Aunt Zhu walked out of the room gratefully, and the maid said in a low voice, "Princess, this person doesn't look reliable."

Song Yuanzhen sneered: "I don't need to be reliable, just stupid enough." After speaking, his eyes swept over the red box in the corner, and his eyes became gloomy.