White Hedge Dream

Chapter 156 Early Morning

Mother Xu walked into the prince's courtyard with a little maid carrying a food box, and saw the maids coming in and out busy.

Chunxiang, who was standing in the corridor, hurriedly came over to greet him.

"Why is it so lively?" Xu's mother asked, "Are you eating?"

"Not yet, the prince and the young lady have just taken a bath." Chunxiang said.

Xu's mother was stunned for a moment: "Why is it so early in the morning..."

Chunxiang's face turned slightly red: "The prince and the young lady accidentally got their clothes wet..."

She was on duty last night. Before dawn, she heard some movement here. It seemed like the bed was shaking and people were whispering. These big girls were taught by their mother in charge...

She did not rush over and ask the young lady if she was up.

She covered her head with a quilt and continued to sleep, but the next moment she heard the sound of water.

There was a pop.

She was startled.

It was the sound coming from the bathroom.

Chunxiang couldn't bear it any longer and got up and walked out of the penthouse to the door. She heard the low chopping sounds of the prince and the young lady in the clean room.

She hesitated and raised her voice outside the door: "Your Majesty, Madam, are you awake?"

It seemed quiet for a moment, and then the prince's voice sounded.

"Let the hot water boil on the stove and take a bath."

Chunxiang hurriedly responded and asked the little girl to notify the stove. After waiting for a moment, the prince let her in. She walked to the door of the clean room and saw the young lady being wrapped in a thin quilt by the prince and being held in his arms. The prince was naked and lying on the ground. It's all water, and the discarded tangled pajamas...

Chunxiang hurriedly lowered her head to clean up the room and watched the prince walk out with the young lady in his arms.

The prince was still barefoot.

Thinking of that scene, Chunxiang was still a little embarrassed.

Seeing the maid's appearance, Xu's mother realized that young couples just like to fool around.

As they spoke, the maids dispersed. Chunyue came from inside and asked the kitchen to pass the food. Seeing Mother Xu standing in the yard, she hurriedly said to her, "Mother Xu is here."

Zhou Jingyun's voice came from inside: "Mother Xu, come in quickly."

Mother Xu took the food box from the little maid's hand with a smile and went in.

The room was warm, Zhou Jingyun smelled freshly freshly dressed, and Zhuang Li sat by the window to smoke his hair. Seeing Xu's mother come in, he stood up and said hello with a smile.

"Okay." Mother Xu said with a smile, her eyes swept over the two people's faces, and she saw that their eyebrows were still tired, and they seemed to be embarrassed, so they avoided their eyes when she looked over.

Young people are thin-skinned, so Mother Xu won’t look at them any more.

"This is the lantern cake sent by the Second Madam. Madam asked the Crown Prince and Young Madam to have a taste."

She handed over the food box.

Chunyue reached out and took it.

Zhuang Li smiled and thanked him.

Mother Xu glanced at the two of them and said with a smile: "Young Master, please eat quickly." After that, she left.

Zhou Jingyun asked: "Has mother eaten?"

Xu’s mother said: “Madam, you are reciting sutras this morning and will have to eat later.”

Zhou Jingyun nodded: "Excuse me, mother Xu, please go and tell the kitchen. I will go over and eat with mother."

The prince wants to see his wife? Xu's mother was surprised, but not surprised, because the madam wanted to take the young lady to the palace banquet today, but the prince flatly refused. The madam was a little angry. The prince was going to tell his mother to be obedient.

The prince is a filial child.

She responded with a smile and went to the kitchen first.

Zhou Jingyun didn't follow immediately, as if he wanted to leave but couldn't bear to leave.

Chunyue had already taken the cloak and was a little hesitant when she saw this.

Zhou Jingyun looked at Zhuang Li: "Then, I'm going."

Zhuang Li looked at him and curtsied: "Thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty."

Zhou Jingyun took the cloak and put it on him and strode out.

Zhuang Li walked out and stood on the corridor, watching Zhou Jingyun's figure disappear from sight.

"Young madam, come in and eat." Chunyue saw Zhuang Li standing still for a long time and reminded, "It's cold, don't get cold."

Zhuang Li then averted his eyes and walked in. The food in the kitchen was placed one by one.

"What did the prince say when he went to see the madam?" Chunyue asked curiously.

Originally, a maid should not be so talkative, but the atmosphere this morning was strange. It was not a quarrel. The two of them seemed to be making a decision, with solemn expressions.

Zhuang Li raised his head and smiled at her: "I want to go to the palace banquet with my mother to convince the prince. The prince is going to say good things to his mother now."

Chun Yue knew about this matter. She was flatly rejected by the Crown Prince before, so it turned out that the Young Madam wanted to go.

Since the young lady wanted to go, the prince had no choice but to bow his head and say good things to his mother.

Chun Yue couldn't help but laugh: "I hope Madam won't embarrass the Crown Prince too much."

Zhuang Li said, "The prince has been embarrassed by me. I hope he will suffer less hardship from his mother." After saying that, he sighed lightly and lowered his head to eat.

The atmosphere instantly became quiet again.

Chunyue wanted to smile, but suddenly she felt sad for no reason, so she put the dishes and backed away.

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Mother Xu no longer needs to serve the food and drink beside Mrs. Dongyang Hou. That is the business of the maids. As the mother in charge, she first went to the kitchen to prepare Zhou Jingyun's meals, and then dealt with a few trivial matters. After returning to Dongyang Hou, she On Madam's side, breakfast has ended and Zhou Jingyun has also left.

Mrs. Dongyanghou was sitting by the window drinking tea.

Mother Xu looked at her face and asked, "Madam, you didn't embarrass the prince, did you?"

Mrs. Dongyang Hou snorted: "How can I embarrass him? It's okay for him to embarrass me. Who asked me to be the mother? I can't bear him being embarrassed in front of his wife."

Mother Xu laughed and said, "What kind of embarrassment is there between mother and son?" She urged Mrs. Dongyang Hou, "Madam, don't rest. Go and invite the young madam. This is her first time entering the palace. Please teach her well." She also warned her. , "Take out the jewelry you put at the bottom of the box so that the young lady can give you face."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou was angry and funny: "I don't need to invite her, and I didn't beg her to come into the palace. Jingyun said he would let her come."

But this is indeed a major event for the Dongyang Hou family. Her daughter-in-law officially entered the palace for the first time and appeared in front of the powerful wife.

It must be decent. "Go on, go on, lay out all my things and let her choose."

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"Prince?"

On the path leading to the Crown Prince's courtyard from Mrs. Dongyang Hou, Zhou Jingyun stood still, looking in the direction of his courtyard, seemingly in a trance.

The maids who passed by saw it and came forward to ask after hesitation.

Zhou Jingyun came to his senses.

"Is the prince going back?" the maids asked.

Zhou Jingyun lowered his eyes: "No, I want to go out."

Are you going out to wait for the carriage? But you shouldn't wait here while waiting for carriages and horses. It looks more like you want to go back to the yard.

The maids were puzzled and did not dare to ask any more questions. The prince's expression was a little downcast.

Just as he was at a loss, Zhou Jingyun raised his head: "Go and tell the young madam that she will take her to the banquet tonight and ask her to go to the madam to listen to her instructions."

There is a banquet in the palace today, and Mrs. Dongyang Hou will definitely go. She is not sure whether she will take the young lady with her, but now it seems that it is confirmed, and the maids are also very happy.

"This is the first time the young lady has entered the palace."

"This is also the first time that the young lady has officially stepped in front of people."

"Yes, there is no need to speculate and discuss things behind my back from now on."

"Go quickly, go and tell the young lady."

The maids laughed and headed towards the prince's courtyard.

Zhou Jingyun looked at the figures of the maids and looked at the courtyard over there again.

Feng'er ran in from the front: "Your Majesty, carriages and horses..."

He wanted to say that the carriage and horses were ready, but when he saw the prince looking at the courtyard like a stone sculpture, he couldn't help but swallow the words that came to his lips.

The prince's expression looked very sad.

But Zhou Jingyun, who heard the footsteps, looked over and said, "Are the carriages and horses ready?"

Feng'er nodded and couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, please take a rest today, or go out again tomorrow."

What's so urgent?

Zhou Jingyun smiled at him and stepped forward: "Let's go."

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In the early morning after the festival, there were not many people on the street. Many people were still asleep after last night's carnival.

Shopkeeper Cai was sitting in the carriage looking a little dazed, as if he hadn't woken up.

To be precise, he didn't sleep all night.

First, the young master rushed to Dongyang Hou Shizi regardless of the Lantern Festival, but fortunately he did not cause a scandal in public. Then he came back and shouted that he must use incense, otherwise he would not be able to sleep.

He couldn't stop it, so he could only guard it himself.

Then, the young master began to struggle in his sleep, as if he was suffocating. He hurriedly splashed water on the young master to wake him up. When he woke up, he was so frightened by the nightmare that he seemed to be crazy.

Thinking of this, shopkeeper Cai looked inside the car. Shangguan Yue was leaning in the corner wrapped in a cloak, or in other words, Shangguan's young lady was huddled in the corner.

Today's Shangguan lady's face is paler than before, her eyes are twinkling, and her lips are tightly closed, like a piece of white porcelain that will break at the touch of a touch.

So when he wanted to see Mrs. Dongyang Hou again, he didn't dare to stop her.

He was afraid that if he really stopped him, the young master would be broken into pieces.

"The Crown Prince of Dongyang is out!" the young master suddenly said. He sat upright with his crouched body, climbed to the window, peeked out through the gap, and muttered, "He's mounted, he's gone, he's gone out -"

At this point, he crawled out.

"Go, go, I'm going to see her, I'm going to see her."

In fact, not only the young master was crazy, but Shopkeeper Cai himself was also going crazy. He climbed down and stood in front of the concierge of Dongyang Marquis Mansion.

"Excuse me, our little lady would like to ask the young lady for consultation." He pinched his throat and forced out a kind smile.

He also disguised himself as a woman and insisted on accompanying Shangguan Yuelai.

Otherwise, "I won't let you go out even if I fight to my death."

Shangguan Yue seemed to be helpless and muttered: "You can come if you want. Anyway, if you come, it will be the same as if you didn't come."

He didn't understand what he meant, but he didn't care. Anyway, he had to keep an eye on him and never let the young master get into trouble when he was about to enter the palace to meet the emperor and the royal family today!

The concierge looked him up and down, as if he had never seen such an ugly woman before. Fortunately, his eyes fell on Shangguan Yue and he recognized this pretty little lady.

"Mrs. Li, please come in." The concierge said politely, "Young Madam has ordered you to come today."

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Shopkeeper Cai stood in the corridor and looked up. This place was called Xichun Hall.

Two maids stood next to them, discussing, "...I think it would be better to use the set of jewelry given by Mrs. Xue." "It should go with the apricot color..."

They originally wanted to talk to him, but they didn't know that the woman Shopkeeper Cai was pretending to be looked terrible, and she still had her own business to be busy with. Seeing that he was completely deaf and mute and didn't reply, they stopped paying attention to him.

Shopkeeper Cai was not interested in talking to the two maids, and kept his ears open to listen to what was going on.

Just now, Madam Marquis Dongyang arrived, wrapped up tightly. I don't know if it was because she was dazzled by combing this woman's hair, so she went in without seeing her appearance clearly.

There were voices inside.

"Are you okay?"

in unison.

Both men were greeting each other.

There was quite an atmosphere of a mandarin duck in distress. Shopkeeper Cai murmured in his heart and yawned inexplicably. He hurriedly raised his hand to cover it and glanced at the maids on the side. The maids were still talking, their voices were noisy, and they seemed to be very close. It seems very far away.

He listened blankly, his eyes gradually becoming blank.