A few days later, the third prince invited the brothers to come over for a drink. Everyone in the courtyard was busy with their work. As the hostess, Zhao Ruolan also accompanied the eldest prince and the second prince to have wine inside, and they started chatting. Regarding the palace building matter, the eldest prince and the second prince were very safe people. They did not say that they had received the news. They only said that the noble concubine and the queen had urged them to pack their things and they themselves The guess is to leave the palace.
Zhao Ruolan thought. She really didn't get the news. The queen didn't send anyone to warn her. The Zhao family didn't send any news. The third prince didn't say anything either. He probably didn't know. Otherwise, Zhao Ruolan should have been prepared. .
Living in the palace was inconvenient after all. Since the Queen was above, it would be difficult for her to find out some information. The rules in the palace are strict, and it is not easy for outsiders to get in. It would be better to leave the palace earlier. With your own mansion, no matter what you do, it will be easier.
The eldest princess said that if she really wanted to leave the palace, she would like to live near the bachelor's residence, closer to her parents' home, so that she could be filial to her parents. The second prince's concubine shook her head: "If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, follow the dog. Now that I am married to the second prince, I should listen to His Highness. I will go wherever Your Highness thinks is good."
The eldest prince's concubine felt that the second prince's concubine was too rigid, so she was reluctant to talk to the second prince's concubine. She only looked at Zhao Ruolan: "What about you?"
Zhao Ruolan smiled and said: "I don't know either. There is no certainty about leaving the palace now. It was brought up so suddenly that I didn't have an idea for a while." This meant that she had no idea in the palace. News channel, don’t know anything.
The eldest princess's smile was indeed gentler: "You are still young after all. There are no clues to these things. You will know it with experience in the future."
The second princess glanced at her and nodded: "After all, the time in the palace is short. Besides, the queen mother also hopes that you will be around more often. My son has traveled thousands of miles, and the mother is worried. The queen now takes you very seriously, my darling, and is unwilling to do so." There are people who bring up this matter.”
Also to compliment the queen, Zhao Ruolan said with a smile: "I also want to serve the queen from time to time, but I am afraid that the queen will be bored, so I dare not disturb her often. Second sister-in-law, if you are free, you have to have a good talk with me. What does the queen like, so I can please the queen later."
As they were talking, noises were heard outside. The three sisters-in-law didn't care about the gossip and all looked at the door. They saw the eldest prince pointing at the fourth prince and scolding him. The fourth prince was very dissatisfied and stiffened his neck to retort. The second prince sat in his seat holding a wine glass and watching the fun, while the third prince was very busy trying to persuade him back and forth.
Zhao Ruolan looked at the third prince's face and saw only concern and anxiety, not boredom.
She turned to the eldest princess and the second princess and smiled and said, "Sisters-in-law, please sit down for now. I'll have someone cook some sobering soup."
The eldest princess also smiled and said: "Men are like this. When they drink too much, they speak loudly, as if they are quarreling. It's okay. Don't worry."
"I'm not worried. The eldest brother is the eldest brother and must protect his younger brother. After all, today is the first time that our husband and wife have a treat. The eldest brother must be caring about our face." Zhao Ruolan said, asking the eldest princess to find a way to dissuade her. Woolen cloth.
Otherwise, if the eldest prince, as the eldest brother, takes the lead in causing trouble when his younger brother is entertaining guests, will this get a good reputation if word spreads about it?
The eldest princess smiled when she looked at Zhao Ruolan. She thought she was a follower, but she didn't expect that she was a pug. Dogs still have a temper no matter what.
The eldest princess smiled and said: "Don't worry, your highness knows your propriety, and I will definitely not destroy your stall today."
Apart from smashing the stall, the rest is not guaranteed, such as knocking the fourth prince to the ground and beating him up.
Zhao Ruolan turned to look at the second prince's concubine. The third prince was from the second prince's side. It wouldn't be good if she allowed the eldest prince to bully her, right? The second prince's concubine frowned and spoke: "Sister-in-law, after all, it is the third brother and his wife who are treating us today. If the eldest brother doesn't even spare this little face for the third brother, then there is no guarantee that the father will not blame him for not having an eldest brother. I don’t know how to respect brothers and sisters. I think you’d better come forward and try to persuade me. If my elder brother’s temper gets worse later and you can’t stop him, it will look bad on my face.”
This is a mockery of the eldest prince's concubine being shameless in front of the eldest prince.
The eldest prince's concubine is very well-mannered, and she is still smiling: "In our family, the husband has always been the wife, and the prince has always done whatever he said. As a housewife, I only need to let the prince have no worries when he goes out to do errands. Don’t worry about the rest.”
"Sister-in-law is also a scholar. Is it possible that you don't know that husband and wife are one? It's good for a husband to be a wife, but there has to be a difference between the wife and the concubine, right?" The second princess said with a smile, you will be the main wife. If you don't know how to advise your husband, you just do everything to please him. What's the difference between that and being a concubine?
Within a few words, the two sisters became angry.
Things were developing very fast outside. At this moment, the eldest prince also reached out and touched the fourth prince. The fourth prince was jumping and stretching his head towards the eldest prince. Fortunately, the third prince stretched out his arm to stop them. Otherwise, these two would not be able to Already gathered in a pile.
Zhao Ruolan pursed her lips. If there really was a fight, not to mention the reputations of the eldest prince and the fourth prince, but they would inevitably turn their anger on the third prince. The master's family couldn't even hold a banquet, so what would happen in the future? What ability?
"I went to invite a few young princes over. I said that as my sister-in-law, it was my first time to invite my brothers-in-law to dinner. I prepared gifts and asked them to show their respect." Zhao Ruolan ordered Qingyun. Qingyun was a little scared. But they are both princes, and if they beat her up if they disagree with her, there is no place for her to reason.
But in this situation, even if she was afraid, there was nothing she could do. A whole room of people were staring at her. Qingyun Zhuang asked Shi Yun to go with him, but Shi Yun didn't dare to struggle. In public, can you clearly show that you are afraid of several princes?
"Your Highness, the princess has something to say to you." Qingyun arrived outside and hesitated before walking forward, followed closely by Shi Yun. Two meters away, Qingyun stood still, saluted the third prince, and tried to keep his tone calm: "The princess said that since she entered the house, this is the first time she has hosted a banquet for the brothers. She is also a sister-in-law, so she specially prepared it for her brother-in-law. I have prepared a meeting ceremony and invited your highnesses to come to the house to talk."
Emphasis was placed on the first time. It is the first time anyway, so you have to give it some face, right?
Someone who helped smooth things over, like the seventh prince, stood up quickly: "Third sister-in-law also prepared a meeting gift? Isn't that too polite? I have to go and see, I don't know what kind of gift third sister-in-law has prepared."
Qingyun hurriedly stretched out his hand: "His Majesty Seventh, please come this way."
If someone moves, it's easier for the younger ones to follow. Who doesn't like a gift?
Qingyun led the young highnesses over, and Shi Yun took the opportunity to take out the prepared greeting gifts - Zhao Ruolan had really prepared them in advance, but at first he planned to wait until the banquet was over and give them to the guests before sending them out. , since you are in a hurry to use it now, you have to take it out first.
This gift also took a lot of thought. I specially asked the Third Prince and his younger brothers what they liked, and then prepared it according to their preferences.
Seeing that everyone had passed by and only the eldest prince, second prince, third prince, and fourth prince were left, the third prince smiled and said: "Okay, go and have a look quickly, otherwise you will be late and all the good things will be picked away. , Your third sister-in-law will never prepare it for you alone again."
Before the fourth prince could speak, the third prince stopped the eldest prince and said, "Brother, speaking of it, the gifts you prepared for your younger brothers when you and your sister-in-law got married were really generous. I still remember it now. My sister-in-law specially prepared pen and ink for me."
As he spoke, his eyes turned red: "I will remember the friendship between the eldest brother and his younger brother."
The second prince snorted and said mockingly: "Your eldest brother didn't prepare that, that was all prepared by my sister-in-law." The boss is such a reckless man, how can he have such delicate thoughts? Isn't it because the eldest princess is so careful and specifically inquires about her brothers' preferences?
"No matter what, the eldest brother is still very concerned about his younger brothers." The third prince said with a smile, and pushed the fourth prince: "Hurry up, don't cry and regret secretly when you don't have good things in a while."
The fourth prince pursed his lips, glared at the eldest prince, turned around and went inside.
The eldest prince was not happy either: "Look at that disrespectful look. Look at whose younger brother is rolling his eyes at his elder brother. He's either big or small. He just needs a lesson."
The third prince smiled hurriedly and said: "You are just a child before you get married. Teach slowly, teach slowly, come, come, come. The children have all gone to get gifts. We are adults. Let's have a drink first. I will pour wine for the eldest brother and the second brother. , Big brother and second brother please.”
After all, the second prince gave the third prince face. The eldest prince snorted twice and picked up the wine glass. Even if the matter was over.
In the room, the expressions of the eldest princess and the second princess were not so good, but they were all thinking the same thing now. They all felt that Zhao Ruolan had an impatient temper and wanted to be tough. They didn't say they wouldn't help, so why were they so anxious?
Zhao Ruolan pretended that she could not see the faces of the two sisters-in-law, and asked with a smile: "I heard that His Highness the Fourth Prince likes archery the most. I have a good bow and arrow here. Would Your Highness the Fourth Highness want to see it?"
Zhao Ruolan's father was a military general, Marquis Yongyi. Just by looking at the title, he knew that the items collected by the military general must be good ones. The fourth prince felt a little more excited and expectant in his heart: "Really? Then I have to take a good look at it." I saw it, thank you third sister-in-law."
Zhao Ruolan shook her head: "There is no need to thank you for the little kindness from me and your third brother. You can take a look first."
