I was a salted fish in ancient times

Concubine Lan never expected that Xie Zhui would say something against her. In her opinion, she had already made up her mind on this matter, and now she was just informing Xie Zhui, so that he would be prepared to welcome the newcomer into the mansion instead of Asking for his opinion.

Now hearing Xie Zhui's sonorous voice of refusal without flinching, Lan Fei's expression changed.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she suddenly took a picture of the table, stood up and stared at Xie Zhui, her face full of anger and grievance: "What did you say? You disagree? Why do you disagree?"

I don't know if it's because she was afraid that she slapped the case too hard so that it hurt too much, or because she was irritated by Xie Zhui's attitude. Before she could finish her question, tears began to drip down.

She stared at Xie Zhui, as if she had received the greatest grievance from the whole world.

Xie Zhui didn't understand why Concubine Lan liked to cry, and he watched her cry blankly.

To be honest, Xie Zhui was a rather boring person, there were many people crying in front of him, and he didn't respond at all.

It can't be said that he is hard-hearted, the main reason is that he is used to seeing life and death at the border, and has seen too many life and death.When border wars broke out, white-haired people sent black-haired people away, wives and children were separated, families were destroyed, and soldiers were seriously injured and died in battle.

Countless people left their homes due to the war, and some of them disappeared halfway.

He had ridden past people with numb eyes, but he would leave nothing but smoke.

People often say that the cries of those who died are hidden in the wind on the border. Those border guards have seen too many tragic things and heard too many sad and mournful cries, so tears are very important to him. Said to be the most useless attack.

If possible, he could even let Concubine Lan cry in front of him all at once.

But thinking of Concubine Lan Xiao Shan's mother, who is also a nobleman in the palace, it is impossible for him to do this for Xiao Shan.

So when Concubine Lan was crying silently, Xie Zhui said sternly, "Concubine Mother, I don't rely on anything, I just don't want to."

Concubine Lan was even more annoyed when she heard his words, she couldn't swallow the breath in her heart, she sneered while crying: "Why, you mean Shan'er has to get your consent to accept a side concubine? Even if you still General of the Northern Territory, I am not your subordinate, and you can't control me. You don't want to accept the side concubine, so tell me, as a Li Wangjun, you have nothing to do but bring unnecessary rumors to Shan'er Apart from making him ridiculed by rumors, what else did you bring him? He married you, how wronged he was. "

"Shan'er is a dignified prince and has the status of a prince, so why not accept one or two side concubines. Just because of your jealous words just now, you have already committed the crime of seven times."

Hearing Lan Fei's harsh and even biting words, Xie Zhui's face didn't even move.

After Concubine Lan finished venting her anger, he continued: "Mother and concubine misunderstood, I didn't mean that. First of all, I think the rumors are not credible. I acted upright and dared to confront the person who spread the rumors." Therefore, I am not afraid of rumors. On the contrary, those who spread rumors should be afraid of my ministers. Secondly, the prince once said that as a powerful prince, his thoughts should be put first. The prince did not know what the mother and concubine just mentioned. Therefore, Shu Erchen cannot agree."

Concubine Lan was angry and aggrieved, she gritted her teeth and said, "Don't use Shan'er as an excuse, I am his concubine mother, how dare he not listen to what I say?"

Xie Zhui's expression was light and his tone was cold: "Mother and concubine forgive me, the son is not the prince himself, so he can't answer mother and concubine's words on behalf of the prince."

"You..." Lan Fei's eyes were red with anger: "Why didn't I know you were so eloquent? Is this because I was wrong before?"

Xie Zhui: "My son has always been like this. The mother and concubine don't have much contact with my son. It's normal that I don't understand."

Concubine Lan: "..."

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When Xiao Shan arrived at the Jinglan Palace, Concubine Lan was crying very sadly, and she was still pressing Xie Zhui: "Are you saying that as long as Shaner agrees to this matter, you will agree? In your eyes, is there still me?" This concubine?"

And Xie Zhui straightened his back and stood there without moving.

When Xiao Shan approached the hall, Concubine Lan explained what Xie Zhui had done, and then she made a conclusion: "You Li Wangjun are really powerful, he can find words to answer every word I say."

Xiao Shan glanced at Xie Zhui, and then said solemnly: "Concubine Mu, if he can't answer a question, he is either dumb or not smart. Isn't it good for Xie Zhui to be like this, neither dumb nor stupid .”

Concubine Lan: "..."

After a while, she looked at Xiao Shan with accusations and puzzled eyes: "You are just with him, and you say this on purpose to anger me, don't you? I gave you a side concubine to hurt you?"

Xiao Shan said in his heart that you didn't harm me, because I am not blessed to enjoy this kind of life of hugging left and right.

It is he who is not happy, unhappy and unwilling.

He thought so in his heart, but said on his mouth: "Mother Concubine, I know your whole heart, but I have already rejected this matter from my father, and my father also promised that I will not bring it up again. In the future, my concubine should not take it Ask Xie Zhui about this kind of thing, if you ask him, if he agrees, he doesn’t mean he disagrees, isn’t this embarrassing for him.”

"Impossible." Concubine Lan tried her best to tense her face and said, the emperor obviously thought about it for a long time last night, and finally silently agreed.How did things change so much in one morning?

Xiao Shan had a fearless look on his face: "If the mother and concubine don't believe it, you can ask the emperor, the son will never dare to lie." At most, he amplified the meaning of the emperor privately, which is a normal exaggeration and cannot be regarded as in lying.

Concubine Lan was choked, so she naturally couldn't directly ask the emperor why he backed down.

No matter how stupid she is, she can't do such a thing.

Thinking that the emperor might really change his mind, Concubine Lan's mood suddenly became depressed.She really couldn't understand, with so many good-looking, beautiful and exquisite people inside and outside the palace, how could Xiao Shan be so special to Xie Zhui and defend him everywhere.

The more Xiao Shan did this, the more she disliked Xie Zhui.

Of course, if Xiao Shan followed her completely, she wouldn't find Xie Zhui pleasing to her eyes either. She and Xie Zhui could be regarded as natural offenders.

But a decision has been made, and the emperor has also expressed his intentions and obtained a temporary acquiescence. Xiao Shan really does not want to continue discussing this issue with Concubine Lan, especially in front of Xie Zhui.

So he said: "Mother Concubine, it's getting late, Erchen and Xie Zhui won't stay for dinner, Erchen and Xie Zhui will leave."

Naturally, Concubine Lan didn't want him to leave like this. She looked at Xiao Shan who was about to say something, but saw Shan smiled helplessly, with a particularly sad and helpless expression: "Mother Concubine, others believe in those rumors and rumors and spread those ugly things. I don't care about it at all, but the concubine mother is more trustworthy than others, and my son is really sad when he sees it."

Concubine Lan panicked and said, "Since when did I believe this? I feel bad when I hear this. I wish that all the people in the world who say such things are dumb."

Xiao Shan's tone was low: "If the mother concubine really doesn't believe it, why does the concubine mother bring up this matter again and again? Where does the concubine mother put the face of Erchen and Xie Zhui? Xie Zhui is obviously a victim of rumors, mother Why does the concubine think that this is all his fault? If we really want to talk about right and wrong, those who talk nonsense are the culprits."

Lan Fei: "I'm not, I just don't want you to suffer these grievances."

Xiao Shan: "But I don't feel aggrieved at all by the words of outsiders. They say this is tantamount to farting. If relatives and friends are like this, I will feel aggrieved."

Concubine Lan's focus is different from that of ordinary people. After hearing this, she thought about it seriously and came to an unusual conclusion: "Are you thinking that concubine mother is meddling?"

When Concubine Lan said this, her expression was aggrieved.

She thought so much about Xiao Shan, she wished she could pile all the good things on him, but she got such a result in the end.

She was angry, unwilling and wronged.

Xiao Shan lowered his eyes: "That's not what I mean if I don't dare. Concubine Mother, the matter has already been settled by the emperor. I don't want to continue discussing this matter, so I will resign."

Xie Zhui followed suit and saluted: "My son also retires."

When the two left, Concubine Lan lay down on the imperial concubine chair and said angrily, "Is it my fault?"

Cui Shu who was serving at the side: "..."

She didn't dare to say it was Concubine Lan's fault, but she couldn't say it was Xiao Shan's fault either, she just couldn't understand why Xiao Shan didn't want to accept the side concubine.

It's not a bad thing to accept a side concubine. Needless to say, the emperor, there are almost countless famous concubines in the Sangong and Liuyuan.Apart from the Crown Princess, there are also Liangyuan Liangdi and others in the East Palace. During these days, the Crown Princess is pregnant and unable to serve him, so they all take the initiative to recommend those people to serve the Crown Prince.When the princess concubine gave birth to the little grandson, the queen would also dispense with those people's avoidance soup, so as to ensure that the East Palace would have more children and more blessings.

Not to mention the eldest prince Xiao Rong, it can be said that there are many wives and concubines. Sometimes the eldest prince specially marries the daughters of some people in order to get the support of some people.

After all, the matter of accepting the side concubine is very beneficial to Xiao Shan, at least he doesn't have to face him every day.But then again, as a woman and a younger brother, whoever gets married is not shy and timid looking forward to being a couple for life.

Cuishu never expected to witness this incident on Xiao Shan, an ignorant prince.Thinking of these, Cui Shu was full of emotion.

The story of Concubine Lan making a fuss about setting up Xiao Shan's side concubine quickly spread throughout the harem.

When Concubine Xian heard about it, she smiled and said to Biyu, the eldest maid next to her, "Sister Lan Concubine loves her son very much, and I hope that her wish will come true. But it doesn't matter if it doesn't."

Biyu always felt that Concubine Xian had something to say, but she didn't dare to ask, Concubine Xian naturally didn't want to have anything to do with her.She quickly regained her composure and ordered someone to recruit the eunuch who served Xiao Xian, thinking of asking Xiao Xian about his recent homework.

Concubine Xian now wants to let Xiao Xian win the emperor's eyes in terms of reading, so she has a tighter grasp on this aspect.

She was not afraid that this would cause embarrassment to the empress and the prince. After all, Xiao Xian was young and already had more face in front of the emperor than the other princes. Now it is not too much to be a little better.

Concubine Xian has such an attitude here, while concubine Shu, the fourth prince Xiao Yi's mother, is much calmer.

Concubine Shu is a talented woman. She indulges in poetry, calligraphy and painting on weekdays, and burns incense and worships Buddha when she has nothing to do.Xiao Yi has inherited her temperament, she is a Buddha-natured person, and she takes a relatively flat view of power struggles in the palace.

When Empress Zhonggong heard the news, Crown Princess Liu Jingyi was also there.

The Crown Princess is in a critical moment now, so she shouldn't come here to pay her respects.The queen only wanted her to give birth to the little grandson safely, and she didn't want her to toss back and forth.

Liu Jingyi said with a smile that she has improved a lot recently, and her diet is not as bad as before.Besides, Doctor Su said to let her be more active.She didn't dare to go to other places, so she had to come to the queen, hoping that the queen would not dislike her or anything like that.

The implication is that other places are not as safe as the queen's place.

The queen was elated when she heard this, and the heart that was hurt by Concubine Lan healed a lot.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking happily, and the palace servants reported to Concubine Lan that she wanted to give Xiao Shan a side concubine.

Now that the queen heard about Concubine Lan, her complexion suddenly became ugly.

Liu Jingyi glanced at her quietly, pursed her lips and remained silent.

The queen was silent for a while and asked the courtiers: "Does the emperor know about this?"

Gong Ren said: "The maidservant heard from the palace maid of Jinglan Palace that Concubine Lan had mentioned this matter to the emperor last night, and the emperor agreed. This morning, the emperor deliberately kept King Li here."

Queen: "The prince can go back to the East Palace?"

Gong Ren said: "His Royal Highness has just returned to the East Palace."

The queen frowned, she waved the palace servants to retreat, then looked at Liu Jingyi and said, "I don't know if the crown prince knows about this."

Liu Jingyi quickly stood up and said softly: "Mother, the crown prince has a very good relationship with King Li, even if he heard about it, he wouldn't take it to heart. If King Li really wants to accept his side concubine, the crown prince will only be happy for him."

The queen sighed: "I don't know the prince's temperament. He likes to think in the bright side of everything. You are the princess, and sometimes you should give some persuasion."

Liu Jingyi said: "What the queen mother said is true, and my son has recorded it. But..."

Seeing her hesitation, the queen said bluntly: "But what, just say it straight."

Liu Jingyi breathed a sigh of relief, and looked a little embarrassed: "When you return to your mother, the crown prince has great ambitions, and has always disliked those words of comfort from my ministers. I just think that my ministers are my daughter's family, and my thoughts are too delicate and easy to overthink."

The queen said earnestly: "It is precisely because of this that you have to comfort him even more. In this position, how many pairs of eyes are staring at him. If you don't help him look around, who can help him?"

Liu Jingyi's tone was soft: "Mother, don't worry, I understand what to do."

The queen nodded in relief.

Liu Jingyi sat with the queen for a while, and then returned to the East Palace.

She said a few words to Xiao Jin, and then said with a smile: "Just now, the queen mother asked the prince, saying that the prince knows that Queen Lan intends to accept the side concubine for King Li."

Xiao Shan glanced at him and said, "What did the queen mother say?"

Liu Jingyi recounted all the scenes at that time and what the queen said, and finally she said: "The queen mother always asks the concubines to persuade the prince, but it's also because the concubines are stupid, there is really no place to persuade them."

Xiao Jin's elegant and clear face showed some indescribable complexity, he said softly: "The empress mother and you both understand what I mean, but I also understand the third brother's thoughts."

Liu Jingyi didn't say a word, but with an elegant and skillful demeanor, Xiao Jin said: "I dare say that the third younger brother will not accept the side concubine easily, even if he has the heart, he will let me know in advance, do you believe it or not?"

Liu Jingyi's first reaction was not to believe it or not, but to be a little curious: "Why did the prince say that?"