A Precious Pearl in the Imperial City - Chapter 74

“What book?” Wang Chen glanced at the walnut kernels piled into small hills, pinched two walnut kernels and threw them into his mouth, and leaned over curiously.

Jiuzhu moved aside and gave a vacant lot for King Chen to sit on: “I don’t know, I haven’t opened it to read. There are only two villains on the cover of the book.”

Wang Chen didn’t take it seriously and summoned the maid and **** to wait for the two to wash.

The palace people cleaned the beds, and the two sat side by side to soak their feet together, and even the foot-soaking basins were next to each other. Wang Chen turned his head to look at Jiuzhu’s basin, and stretched out his wet feet, resting on Jiuzhu’s instep.

“Your Highness?” Jiuzhu turned to look at him.

“I will try the water temperature on your side.”

It turns out that the back of the girl’s instep is much tenderer and softer than that of a man.

“It doesn’t make a difference, it’s all the same.” Jiuzhu followed Wang Chen’s appearance and put her feet into his basin. Wang Chen’s raised thumb made her ankle tickling.

“Itching.” Raising her foot, Jiuzhu wiped her feet dry, and climbed onto the bed: “Your Highness, this bed is really big.”

Wang Chen touched his nose uncomfortably, and waved back all the palace people in the room: “This is the bed where the two of us sleep, of course it’s big.”

Yun Duqing, relax, this is your princess, the princess who will eat and sleep together in the future.

“His Royal Highness.” Jiuzhu sat cross-legged and picked up the little man book that was thrown aside by him: “His Royal Highness, you throw the book aside.”

“Why is there a book on the bed?” Wang Chen took the book. Will the palace clerk in the Kylin Palace do anything? Who would have the intention of reading on the day of their wedding?

He sat cross-legged like Jiuzhu, opened the book carelessly, stared at the content on the screen, and did not respond for a long time.

“His Royal Highness, what is painted on it?” Jiuzhu poked his head curiously.

“The little girl is not suitable for reading things.” Wang Chen blocked her protruding head with his hands, and closed the book stiffly: “Nothing to watch.”

“There is nothing to look at, you can show me.” That’s how people are. The more people close to you don’t let them see, the more they want to see.

“What are you looking for? I am not sleepy after a day of tiredness today?” Wang Chen hurriedly threw the book under the bed, pressed Jiuzhu on the bed, and pulled the quilt to cover himself with her: “Sleep.”

“Sleepy.” Jiuzhu stretched his head out of the quilt, pulled the edges of the quilt with both hands, and whispered: “But I can’t sleep.”

“Why?” Wang Chen hesitated, stretched out his hand from the quilt, and pressed the quilt behind Jiuzhu so as not to let the cold wind in and make her back cold.

“I have slept alone since I was a child. For the first time I squeezed a quilt with someone. I was a little uncomfortable.” Jiuzhu glanced at Wang Chen: “But you can rest assured, your lord, I sleep well. Master said, I lie down at night. What kind of posture, what kind of posture do you wake up in the morning, you can be obedient.”

Seeing her timid appearance, Wang Chen sighed and lifted the quilt to get out of bed.

“His Royal Highness, where are you going?” Jiuzhu grabbed his wrist.

“Go to the closet and take a quilt out.” Wang Chen looked down at her hand and yawned: “You lie down and sleep well.”

“No.” Jiuzhu dragged Wang Chen back into the quilt, and Wang Chen found that he was a little unable to struggle.

“I’m not used to it now. Sleeping a few more nights should be fine.” Jiuzhu patted the quilt on the two of them: “The couple should lie down together.”

Wang Chen did not tell her that the prince and his concubines had their own yards, and they did not live in the same yard every day.

Her eyes are clean and innocent, and she is ignorant of men and women. In the heart of Chen Wang, she is struggling fiercely between beasts and beasts.

“His Royal Highness.” Jiuzhu reached out and hugged his neck, and said softly, “Go to sleep.”

Wang Chen took a deep breath: “Are you sure you want to sleep in a hug?”

“Isn’t the wedding night just to hug and sleep?” Jiuzhu puzzled: “Is the posture wrong?”

“Before you got married, the nanny sent by the Ministry of Ritual, what did you tell you?”

Jiuzhu recalled carefully: “The mother said that some things were learned for other people, and the mother treated me like a daughter. If I don’t understand anything after the wedding, Your Royal Highness will teach me.”

That really treats you like a daughter-in-law, I am the cheap son-in-law picked up outside.

“Did she say something wrong?” The smile on Jiuzhu’s face gradually dissipated, and she let go of her hand on Wang Chen’s neck.

“She was right.” Wang Chen sighed in his heart, and took her into his arms: “Go to sleep, I will teach you slowly every night from now on.”

As for today…

Seeing the girl’s smile regained her delicate face, he should not be as good as a beast for the time being.

In less than two sticks of incense, the girl who said that she could not sleep has already fallen asleep evenly breathing.

Wang Chen moved the arm that was pressed by her, and the story of sleeping with his arm all night in the book was fake. After a while, his arm had begun to numb.

He drew his arm cautiously, and saw the girl frown uncomfortably, he suddenly gave up the struggle.

Looking at the dragon and phoenix embroidered patterns on the bednet, he leaned sideways and gently kissed her forehead, and slowly fell asleep.

When he woke up the next morning, he was lying on the edge of the bed, Jiuzhu lying on the bed, his head resting on his chest, occupying most of the bed.

He bends his arm, it is fine, there is no waste, and it can be used normally.

It was already bright outside the window, and Wang Chen stretched Jiuzhu’s hand outside the quilt and gently stuffed it into the quilt.

Although he only occupies a small half of the big bed, he still doesn’t want to get up in this peaceful morning.

Outside the door, the warm water held in the hands of the court lady **** had been changed back and forth several times, and no one dared to make a sound.

“The equinox girl.” The chief **** of the Kylin Palace walked to the side and asked the equinox in a low voice: “I don’t know what taboos the princess has on weekdays. Please also ask the girl to give me some advice. The younger ones can also win the favor of the masters in the future.”

After yesterday’s wedding, no one knew that the prince valued the princess, and the entire Kylin Palace’s palace people were afraid to make the princess dissatisfied.

“Don’t worry about Grandpa Yang. When the princess was in her natal house, she was a gentle temper. As long as everyone worked hard and didn’t violate the rules of the palace, how could the princess be willing to punish everyone.” The spring equinox smiled politely, and she was the first class of the princess dowry. The maidservant, the entire Qilin Palace, must respect her.

“Yes, yes, the girl is right, we are all loyal and dedicated people.” In just a few words, Manager Yang knew that the equinox girl next to the princess was not a foolish temperament.

Nearly half an hour later, there was finally movement in the room, Manager Yang and Vernal Equinox walked to the door politely and asked each other to go through the door.

The two finally stepped into the door with satisfied smiles.

“Hey Wangye and the princess are happy to be married.”

“Get up all.” Wang Chen said to everyone with a rare gentle expression, “All the people under the Kylin Palace will receive two more months of salary.

He saw the vernal equinox standing next to General Manager Yang and knew that she was the maid in the dowry maid of Jiuzhu: “The vernal equinox is a close attendant next to the princess. In the future, she will act according to the rules of the first-class maid. Yang Yiduo, you go to the palace today. Let the province go, register the spring equinox girl as a sixth-grade female officer, and bring her back badge.”

“Small obey orders.” Yang Yiduo looked at the equinox with envy, and it was good to follow the right master. In a blink of an eye, he changed from a servant girl to a sixth-grade female officer. He entered the palace at the age of thirteen. Product manager.

“The slave and maid, thank you for your kindness.” Of course, the vernal equinox understood what the sixth-rank female official represented, and Fudi gave a great gift to the king.

“You are the princess’s close waitress. If there is no official rank in the inner court, others will look down on the princess.” Wang Chen made no secret of his intention to give her the rank of a female official, just to praise Gao Jiuzhu: “There is no need to thank the king, and serve him well. The princess is enough.”

“Yes.” The vernal equinox glanced at the bednet, saw the young lady’s figure moved, and whispered: “The prince, when the princess gets up, she doesn’t like too many people to wait on her.

“Yang Yiduo stay with you, the others retreat.” Wang Chen adjusted his sleeves, opened the bed net and sat on the edge of the bed. Seeing Jiuzhu sitting sleepily holding the quilt, he stretched out his hand and squeezed her cheek: “Woke up?”

“His Royal Highness?” Jiuzhu slowly recovered from the unfamiliar environment. She tilted her head and stared at Wang Chen. She and His Royal Highness are now a family.

“Drink some honey water.” Chen Wang took the honey water from Yang Yiduo and fed it to Jiuzhu’s mouth: “Open your mouth.”

Jiuzhu drank two sips obediently, and asked incomprehensibly: “His Royal Highness, when did I fall asleep last night?”

“Will you drink it?” Wang Chen didn’t want to answer this question.

Jiuzhu shook his head.

“After the two sticks of incense you said you couldn’t sleep.” Wang Chen handed the cup to Yang Yiduo and poked her forehead: “Liar.”

“Usually I lie down on the bed and I can fall asleep with a stick of incense.” Jiuzhu looked away with a guilty conscience: “So Liangzhuxiang can barely fall asleep.”

Wang Chen looked at her with a faint smile, “Really?”

“Yeah!” Jiuzhu nodded vigorously to prove the authenticity of his words.

At the equinox, she lowered her head and smiled. Usually the lady does fall asleep in bed, so it’s not a lie.

“Well, this king believes you.” Chen Wang chuckled, “Get up and have a meal, and I will take you to see the father and the queen later, and I will stop by the four older brothers for a walk.”

He rubbed two fingers: “There should be something good to take.”

Jiuzhu suddenly came to the spirit: “Okay.”

On the first day of the wedding, Jiuzhu was specially dressed up. The eight-tailed Chaoyang Phoenix Zhengchai in the middle of the bun was exquisite and gorgeous, and Jiuzhu actually suppressed it.

“Phoenix goes with peony.” Wang Chen drew a blooming peony between her eyebrows and nodded in satisfaction.

“The princess is really a mysterious girl, and her appearance is beautiful.” Yang Yiduo flattered and said: “The peony flower described by His Royal Highness is just right. Standing together, it is a pair made in heaven. Looking at the entire capital, except for your majesty and the empress. , There is no better match between the two.”

“Well said.” Wang Chen threw the pen depicting Huatian to Yang Yiduo: “You have a reward.”

The people of the Kylin Palace are more foresighted than those of the sixth house of Zhang.

“Our princess is indeed the Nine Heavens Fairy who went down to the earth.” Wang Chen took Jiuzhu’s hand and raised her eyebrows to ask Yang Yiduo: “You know, why did she go down so hard?”

Yang Yiduo shook his head blankly.

“Of course it’s to meet this king.” Wang Chen gave an enthusiastic smile, picked a piece of silk and put it on Jiuzhu: “Ming Xiaozhu, follow me.”

In Mingyue Palace, Empress Su absently finished her breakfast, and Emperor Longfeng fed the food to her mouth, but she didn’t even react.

“Mei Dai.” Emperor Longfeng smiled: “Du Qing likes to sleep late, how can he get up so early?”

“Today is different from the past.” Su Ho pushed away Emperor Longfeng’s hand: “I don’t know the book I let people put under their pillow, did they see it.”

“Oh, I want them to see it, but I don’t want them to see it.” Suhou simply put her cheek on her cheeks: “When I entered the backyard of the palace, I was only so big.”

“You are in my eyes, just like in previous years.” Emperor Longfeng said quickly: “You get up early in the morning, and you don’t even use your meals well. Eat more.”

“No, no appetite.” Su Hou pushed his hand away again: “No matter what is in front of me now, I have no appetite.”

“Then I’ll send someone to rush Qing to rush…”

“What are you urging!” Empress Su raised the volume: “No one is allowed to disturb them. You are the father, you don’t understand the rules at all.”

Emperor Longfeng didn’t dare to speak anymore, he silently picked up a bowl of porridge.

“Your Majesty, Empress, the prince and the princess are here.”

“Hurry up and let them in.” Su Hou stood up and motioned to Xiangjian to take out the present she had prepared.

“Father, mother, are you eating?” Wang Chen took Jiuzhu into the door, glanced at the breakfast that had not been removed from the table, and said with a smile: “I will bring the princess to you, and beg the father and the queen to accept us. worship.”

“Wait for the cold on the ground, my daughter’s knees can’t be cold.” Suhou asked the palace man to take the futon and put it in front of Jiuzhu.

Wang Chen looked at the empty floor in front of him, and stopped talking.

Isn’t the prince worthy to own a futon?

Jiuzhu moved the futon to the middle, and dragged Wang Chen to kneel on the big futon with him.

“Father, please have tea.” Jiuzhu picked up the tea and held it high above his head.

“Okay.” Emperor Longfeng took a sip of the tea, took a few deeds and put them in Jiuzhu’s hands: “I have nothing to give you. These are the hot spring villas and villas under my personal name. If you do in the future After making up for the free time, I will go to these places to live for two days.”

“Thanks Father Emperor.”

Wang Chen glanced at the land deed: “Father, this hot spring village is also liked by my sons and ministers.”

“It’s useless if you like it. It’s your daughter-in-law now.” Emperor Longfeng smiled: “You used to be with me, so there were few things you took?”

“His Royal Highness, it’s okay.” Jiuzhu whispered in Wang Chen’s ear: “Mine is yours.”

“Mother, please have tea.” The land deed was handed over to King Chen for collection, and Jiuzhu gave Su Hou the tea.

“Good, good.” Su Hulian said a few good things, took a sip of tea, bent over and helped her up personally: “Come on, sit and talk.”

“Niangniang.” Xiangjian handed the tray to the back of Su, motioning her not to forget these gifts.

“I almost forgot.” Empress Su rubbed his temples and said with a smile: “Your father gave you the title deed, and I will send you a few shops in the city, and a set of three into the courtyard. If Du Qing dares to **** you off in the future , You move to a courtyard house. Remember, men are not used to it.”

“Cough cough cough.” Chen Wang glanced at Su Empress, dear mother and empress, please tell you clearly that I am your biological son, not your son-in-law.

“If you have a dry throat, let the kitchen stew a cup of Chuanbei Sydney cream for you.” Su Hou glanced at him disgustingly: “Don’t prevent me from talking to Jiuzhu.”

Chen Wang: “…”

He walked to Emperor Longfeng and sat down, and Emperor Longfeng patted him on the shoulder.

My son, a married man should learn from the weeds under the wall and be strong and tough.

“You have just arrived in the palace, and if there is anything you are not used to, come and tell me.” Queen Su said to Jiuzhu: “You are the prince and concubine, and there are not so many rules when going out of the palace. On weekdays, Du Qing will accompany you outside the palace. go.”

“Niang.” Jiuzhu couldn’t help laughing: “His Royal Highness is very kind to me.”

“Why is it called Niang Niang again?”

“Mother Queen.” Jiuzhu blushed.

“Lunch is here for me.” Empress Su was happy: “I let the small kitchen cook your favorite dishes, and then I will go to Zhangliu Gong to see my brother-in-law in the afternoon.”

Jiuzhu nodded. After looking at Su, she glanced at King Chen who was sitting with His Majesty, with a smile on her eyebrows.

In the Sixth Palace of Zhang, a few princes sat in the courtyard looking through until the sun was shining. The Mingyue Palace sent someone to say that the emperor and the queen Liuchen and Princess Chen would have lunch, and the couple would visit them in the afternoon.

“Huh.” Wang An breathed a sigh of relief, his straight back collapsed in an instant, and he stood up slowly: “I will go back to the house first, and I will play chess with my brothers in the afternoon.”

A game of chess was mixed, but it was just to show the fifth brother, and now the fifth brother can’t come, they are not interested in pretending.

King Huai swept all the pawns on the chessboard into the chess box. The black, black, white and white ginseng were mixed together in a mess.

“Big brother.” Jing Wang glanced at the chess piece and gave a wry smile: “Brother will also go back to the house first.”

Wang Huai waved his hand and motioned for him to leave quickly.

“Big brother.” Yun Yanze took out a chess piece from the chess box and placed it in the middle of the chessboard: “Big brother, I will accompany you.”

Wang Huai raised his eyelids to look at him, and sneered: “The fourth brother is deep-minded, and he can’t be the next to you.”

“I have lost all the games.” Yun Yanze changed the chess piece: “Big brother doesn’t want to play chess with me, it’s not surprising. Unfortunately, the fifth brother doesn’t like to play chess, otherwise the big brother can compare with him. See who is the best one.”

“The fourth brother is wrong.” Wang Huai picked up the chess piece and threw it into the chess box: “The fifth brother is different from us. He doesn’t need to play chess.”

Yun Yanze gave an unclear smile. Everyone is a chess player. Why is Yun Duqing an accident?

“Don’t be upset. In this life, I don’t want to believe my fate, but I have to admit it.” Wang Huai has no good feelings about this cruel-faced brother: “Also, has the fourth brother ever heard a folk story? “

Yun Yanze looked at him calmly.

“It is said that there is an old man in a certain village who hates cats and dogs very much. Every time he sees them, he throws stones at them. One day, a cat scratched his hand while he was not paying attention. A few days later, the old man suddenly looked on. Crazy, biting when you see people, and afraid when you encounter water, the world says that this is the retribution he got for bullying cats and dogs.” Wang Huai smiled, and asked in a low voice, “Fourth brother, you know, what kind of disease is this?”

Yun Yanze smiled and shook his head: “Does the eldest brother know?”

“This disease is called crazy cat disease.” Wang Huai lowered his voice: “It is said that people who have this disease can see the tragic death of various cats every day, and they will not be peaceful until death. Fourth brother, are you afraid? “

Yuan Yanze took a sip of the tea on the table: “Those who have a clear conscience are naturally not afraid.”

“Heh.” Wang Huai laughed sarcastically, “The fourth brother makes sense.” After speaking, he turned around and went back to his yard.

Reaching out to grab a handful of chess pieces, Yun Yanze sprinkled all the chess pieces on the board and touched his wrist.

“nonsense.”

Sweeping the wide sleeves, countless chess pieces splashed to the ground.

“It’s dawn.” Ming Jiyuan lay on the wall and said to Ming Cunfu on the other side of the wall: “I don’t know if Jiuzhu has been wronged.”

“Brother, you have been talking all morning.” Ming Cunfu leaned against the wall dying, and wanted to say, if it really doesn’t work, you can marry a daughter-in-law and come back to take care of it.

But thinking of the strength of the third brother, he didn’t dare to say it.

“The people in the palace are deep-minded, and they say three things. There are four wives on her, and I don’t know whether they will get along well.” Ming Jiyuan squeezed the wall hard: “And those palace people, Jiuzhu’s natural innocence, Will the people behave like yang and yin.”

“Brother, don’t squeeze it, we are going to be deducted from the monthly salary!” Ming Cunfu used the force of milking, and shook Ming Jiyuan’s wrist: “The only five princes in the palace are Chen Wang. My son, a servant in the palace, how dare to act against my sister. You have forgotten the character of King Chen. With him, who would dare to bully our family Jiuzhu?”

“It’s better to rely on men than on yourself. King Chen can’t always be by Jiuzhu’s side. There are also those conspiracies…”

“The third brother, you have been with Jiuzhu for a short time, maybe you still don’t know her enough.” Ming Cunfu’s face turned red, and he hadn’t broken the hand that enlightened and sent far away: “Don’t look at our family Jiuzhu is usually charming, smart at the critical moment. .”

Ming Jiyuan let go of his hand holding the wall, Ming Cunfu almost fell into a big somersault: “After two days, when my sister returns, you can ask her if she is used to living in the palace.”

“You forgot.” Ming Jiyuan said in a low tone: “Jiuzhu is a royal woman, and there is no rule of returning home for three days after getting married.”

Ming Cunfu was stunned. Hearing these words, he suddenly felt heartbroken that he had a younger sister who had been married and was not in Ming’s house.

Can’t even go back to the door?

He was silent for a moment: “Maybe… Maybe your Royal Highness will accompany her back?”

Wang Chen even came to welcome his relatives personally, and perhaps he could break an example for his sister in the matter of returning to the door.

“Even if the King Chen is willing, there is no objection between your majesty and the empress?”

“Jiuzhu said that the imperial concubine… Empress Su likes her very much.” Ming Cunfu still held a glimmer of hope: “I think it will not be for her.”

“Many mothers-in-laws treat their daughter-in-laws differently before and after marriage.” Ming Jiyuan patted the wall again, this time Ming Cunfu didn’t have time to stop.

After a bang, a large piece was missing on the fence.

Ming Cunfu took a few steps back quickly and proved with practical actions that this matter had nothing to do with him.

Ming Jiyuan glanced at Ming Cunfu with disappointed eyes. Even Ming Cunfu would leave him to protect himself at critical moments. How hypocritical is the brotherhood of those princes in the palace?

“Third brother, it’s not that my younger brother doesn’t want to share the ups and downs with you. The main reason is that I really don’t have any money.” Ming Cunfu explained as he ran, “If the money is deducted, I don’t even have enough money to buy rouge gouache for my fiancee.”

Seeing the sixth brother who can’t even climb the wall on weekdays, but now he is walking fast, Ming Jiyuan sighed, “Human heart.”

“Big Prince.” A young man came hurriedly. He glanced at the missing corner of the wall, and took a few big steps back: “There is a wandering road leader outside, who said he was entrusted by the two masters of the young lady. Here comes a wedding gift.”

“Hurry up, please.” Ming Jiyuan regained his senses and strode out: “Serving good tea, don’t neglect.”

He walked quickly to the main hall and saw a middle-aged female Taoist chief wearing a cyan robes with a wooden hairpin sitting in the house, and said: “Junior Ming Jiyuan, Naizhu’s brother, I don’t know that the long fairy is here. Please forgive me if there is any rudeness.”

“Master Ming is polite.” The female Taoist returned a gift and took out a wooden box from her bag: “Pandao passed through the capital, and was entrusted by the two Taoist leaders to hand it over to the Ming family. Fortunately, she did not humiliate her life. Please accept it, Mr. Ming.”

“Thank you Mr. Dao.” Mr. Mingji foresight put down his things and was ready to leave, and said quickly: “The leader has worked hard all the way. It’s better to stay in a humble house for a few days. When Jiuzhu comes back, I personally thank you.”

“We outsiders gather and disperse, and we don’t insist on everything.” The Taoist smiled: “If the son of Ming is sincere and thankful, it is better to order a stick of fragrant incense in front of the statue of Sanqing and give a half bowl of rice for the beggar. It’s your merit.”

“The Daoist is unwilling to stay, and the younger generation dare not force it. The Daoist is also asked to leave the immortal name, so that the younger generation can explain the matter to his sister.”

“The old Tao is Xianyun and Yehe, and the name Taboo is just a code name. You don’t have to be persistent.” The Taoist chief smiled humorously: “You can tell Miss Ming what happened today. She is bound to Taoism and will understand. “

Ming Jiyuan’s heart beats, is it destined to Dao Fa?

“My son, don’t want to think about it.” The Taoist leader seemed to see through his thoughts: “Those who are comfortable with one’s heart are bound to Dao Fa. Miss Ming is a transparent person.”

She stretched out her hand and patted the wooden box lightly: “It’s just this thing. Please also ask the son to hand it to Girl Ming.”