In the past few days, when she was around the old lady, she could often hear the old lady mocking the eldest princess openly or covertly, and devaluing the eldest princess as worthless, so she suddenly lost her mind.
She shouldn't forget that since the last time she was punished to kneel, she found that Princess Ancheng was different from before!
She shouldn't get carried away and forget that the person in front of her is not only the Marquis of the Hou Mansion, but also the only eldest princess in Daliang today.
Just when she turned pale and didn't know what to do, Princess Ancheng suddenly spoke, but not to her.
"Mu Chun, why did you hit me so hard? If there were any shortcomings, the old lady would not be able to destroy my yard."
Princess Ancheng's soft tone seemed to be blaming Mu Chun and worried about Leng Xia, but in fact it was full of sarcasm.
After hearing this, Leng Xia broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly knelt down: "Princess, please have mercy. I was not thinking clearly just now and said the wrong thing without noticing. It has nothing to do with the old lady."
She didn't dare think about what would happen if the old lady heard what she just said.
During this time, the old lady was already upset about the gift given some time ago, but she did not dare to provoke the eldest princess openly, fearing that she would mention the dowry again, so she and the Marquis could only ignore her.
If the old lady knew that she had just said those words and had involved her and the Marquis...
Leng Xia's face turned paler instantly, and she knew that the old lady and the Marquis were treating her well now because of the child in her belly. If she offended the old lady...
Leng Xia didn't dare to think about it, bit her lip and continued to kowtow.
But he heard a voice coming from behind.
"What are you doing? How is it appropriate to cry and cry in the mistress's yard?" Shen Wanqi led two young men and looked at the situation in the yard with an unhappy expression.
Leng Xia trembled, and before she could raise her head, she heard Shen Wanqi say again: "Why is this maid so ignorant of the rules? Go back and receive your punishment."
Princess Ancheng laughed, and Mu Chun on the side said: "Master Marquis, please take a closer look, this is no ordinary maid."
After hearing this, Shen Wanqi frowned and looked at the kneeling figure: "The clothes she wears really don't look like ordinary maids... Leng Xia?"
The moment Shen Wanqi recognized her, he felt as if he had seen a ghost, and then he heard her sobbing and calling "Master Hou".
Shen Wanqi immediately frowned: "Aren't you waiting on the old lady's side? What are you doing here!"
Mu Chun: "She said she came to give Madam a heads up. It was Madam who was wrong about the dowry before, so that made the Marquis not come home for more than half a month. Now that the Marquis is back, he asked Madam to apologize and said A few nice words to coax Mr. Hou back."
Shen Wanqi's face darkened from the moment he heard the word dowry, and after Mu Chun finished speaking, his face became even more gloomy.
"Bastard, who are you? Who allowed you to come in front of the mistress and make irresponsible remarks!" Shen Wanqi's anger did not seem to be fake. He walked quickly to Princess Ancheng and bowed his head guiltily to admit his mistake.
He said that the previous dowry matter was his fault. During this period of time, he was busy with affairs in the court, and secondly, he didn't know how to face her, so he never returned home.
Then he called the two young men who were following him forward and asked them to put down the pile of things they were carrying. He said that these were all things he had ordered from several shops in the city these days, including gold and silver jewelry, rouge and gouache, and children's toys. , all specially bought for her and her children.
Princess Ancheng only glanced at her and then looked away, returning to the topic just now: "So that's what happened. I really thought she was right."
Shen Wanqi's hand holding the rattle froze, and he turned back with an ugly expression: "What are you still doing kneeling there? Why don't you hurry back to the old lady to receive your punishment!"
After hearing this, Leng Xia gritted her teeth and stood up with difficulty. After saluting, she ran away without looking back.
When Shen Wanqi saw her struggling to get up, worry flashed in his eyes, but he quickly covered it up and continued to show Princess Ancheng what he had chosen with a smile.
"These gold bracelets, gold earrings, gold locks..." Shen Wanqi took out those things one by one and put them in Mu Chunqiuyu's hands.
"This fragrance in particular is a new fragrance from Fragrance Pavilion. It is said that it was snatched up as soon as it was launched. This is the last bottle." Shen Wanqi carefully took out a wooden carved box from among the things, and gently Opening it, I saw a bottle of beautifully crafted perfume inside.
"Madam, please remember to use it..." Shen Wanqi covered the fragrant dew and placed it on the small table nearby.
After doing all this, Shen Wanqi sat on a chair next to him. He took a look at Princess Ancheng's expression and said, "Yanxi, did your Majesty really not talk about me to you at the last full moon banquet?"
Princess Ancheng paused while shaking the rattle, and her eyes fell on Shen Wanqi's face: "Why do you say this?"
Shen Wanqi sighed: "Recently, your Majesty has been more and more harsh on me in the court.
"I have always been at odds with King Ling and his party. A few days ago, King Ling's subordinates went to inspect my subordinate office. The next day, they read a copy of my book in front of His Majesty. They even asked for some minor details. Normally, His Majesty would just give me a few verbal scoldings, but this time he actually scolded me in front of all the ministers and called me a bloody slut!"
Shen Wanqi shook his head: "I was even asked to make complete rectifications within five days, otherwise I would be fined and demoted!
"When I retired from the court, all the ministers were talking about the prince-in-law, and the prince-in-law. They really trampled my face to the ground, and even ignored my wife!"
"I'm so angry, but I have no choice but to come to Madam for advice. What's going on, Your Majesty?"
Shen Wanqi's distress was not fake. When he first married Princess Ancheng, the emperor's dislike for him was not fake. Although he had to consider the princess's face and give him a promotion, it was all a false position and had no practical effect.
Later, after he listened to Rou'er's advice and bribed Leng Xia to cut off Ancheng's connection with the palace and other palaces, the emperor and these princes slowly started to take him seriously.
At first they thought that Princess Ancheng had cut off contact with them because of these false duties and contempt, so they hurriedly gave Shen Wanqi a position of real power, but then changed their attitude.
Secondly, all the people they sent to the Hou Mansion were driven back by Leng Xia in the name of the princess, so he was the only one who knew the princess's thoughts well.
Thinking of this, Shen Wanqi softened his tone again: "Madam, do you know how my husband offended His Majesty?"
Shen Wanqi's words put all the responsibility on Prince Ling and the emperor, who were at odds with him, and even dragged Princess Ancheng into it, insinuating that the emperor would not only deny him His face, even the princess's face, was ruined by him.
How could Princess Ancheng fail to hear the meaning in his words? However, she only paused for two seconds and shook the rattle in her hand again: "Brother Emperor has indeed never talked about you with me, and Brother Emperor is the leader of a country." Lord, how could you do that to avenge private revenge?
"It should be that there is a big problem in the area under your jurisdiction, which caused the emperor to get angry in public."
Shen Wanqi was so stupefied by her words that he neither advanced nor advanced. In the end, he could only squeeze out a few words through his teeth: "What Madam said is true, but for my husband, I judge the heart of a gentleman with a villain's heart."
As soon as Shen Wanqi finished saying this, Shen Zhizhi's cry came from the room. After hearing this, Princess Ancheng immediately got up and walked towards the door, and Mu Chunqiuyu also hurriedly followed. No one paid attention to Shen Wanqi for a moment. .
His face was ugly, and his voice was a bit colder than usual: "Madam, please take care of the children first. I have something else to do for my husband, so I will leave first."
"Farewell to the Marquis."
In the room, Princess Ancheng held Shen Zhizhi in her arms and fed her milk for a while. Shen Zhizhi burped after eating.
"Madam, I have brought back all the things sent by the Marquis." After saying this, Muchun placed all kinds of rouge, gouache, gold, silver, jewelry and toys on the couch, preparing to pack them away one by one.
"I almost forgot about this." Qiu Yu held the box of fragrant dew that was said to be new from Fragrance Pavilion and placed it in front of Princess Ancheng.
Princess Ancheng glanced at it, and just as she was about to order someone to take it away, she saw Shen Zhizhi looking straight at the scented dew box with round eyes.
She thought Shen Zhizhi liked this thing, so she reached out to take it, but unexpectedly she heard:
[Don't touch it, Ryuki, there are bad things in the box! 】
