35 Chapter 35
◎Two chapters in one◎
A new maid of the first rank was appointed to the Wu Taifei's courtyard. Her name was Shunfang. Huiyin had heard a lot of gossip that Shunfang was bought from outside. The maids who came in with her were only allowed to serve in the room at most, but she was a first-rank maid. Everyone was wondering who was behind her.
In Huiyin's opinion, Shunfang's embroidery work is no better than others and can only be considered barely acceptable. Her qualifications are only slightly higher than that of Nanny Fan's granddaughter, but it happens to be her.
It is easy to tell that all the people employed by the Huaiyin Palace have backstage supporters who are desperately trying to show who has the strongest backstage support.
"My little princess, the dowager queen said that when you go to pay your respects in the future, you should bring the prince with you." Nanny Fan came to deliver the message.
Huiyin smiled and said, "Okay, I understand."
Madam Fan didn't expect Huiyin to agree so readily. She thought she wouldn't agree. Huiyin asked the maid to give Madam Fan some money as a reward, invited her to have a cup of tea, and gave her a new makeup box.
"I'll have someone send it to mom later. I heard that your eldest granddaughter is going to get married soon, so this can be considered as a gift to her as a gift." Huiyin said with a smile.
Nanny Fan quickly thanked her, "Thank you, little princess, for your concern."
"Well, you go down first. I'm afraid you've been here for too long and the old concubine will blame you." Huiyin said considerately.
Madam Fan had not revealed any secrets to Huiyin, but she always gave her rewards. She also knew that the little princess could handle many things on her own and didn't need her to do anything. But the more this happened, the more Madam Fan felt that she had taken advantage of her and that she had to find a chance to repay her.
It's not that Nanny Fan is a good person and has a conscience. She was able to become the head nanny beside Concubine Wu, but it was not because of her so-called conscience. She even stepped on others and framed people before, but she knew the current affairs.
It was obvious who would own this palace in the future. The mistress offered her an olive branch. If she didn't take it, she would be completely useless once Mrs. Wu left in the future. If she can help the little princess even a little bit, she will also have a position in the palace in the future.
As soon as Nanny Fan left, Nanny became anxious: "Your Highness, are you really going to take the prince to pay his respects? The weather is getting colder today, and children cannot stand the cold."
Huiyin smiled and said, "Mom, what are you talking about? Of course I wouldn't. I said I knew, but I didn't say I would definitely take the child over. What a joke. She is tormenting me because it's the so-called grandmother-in-law disciplining her grandson's daughter-in-law. Even though I have a thousand grievances, outsiders think that I should have become a grandmother after being a daughter-in-law for many years. But as an elder tormenting a baby, I will never agree. If she dares to say that the child must be held in front of her in the wind even when he is asleep, then I will write a letter to Li Cheng immediately."
“Aunt, how dare you call the young prince by his real name?” Mother Nan was shocked.
Huiyin snorted coldly.
Of course, Concubine Wu was eager to meet more of her great-grandson, but braving the wind and rain or going so early in the morning was not something she considered at all.
Therefore, she was a little angry when she saw Huiyin coming over alone: "Why don't you bring Jing'er over? Didn't I ask someone to bring him to me?"
Huiyin said slowly, "Grandma, you know, Jing'er is only three months old. He is still too young to be exposed to the wind, and now he hasn't woken up. I thought you would be sympathetic, so I didn't bring him over."
"You..." Concubine Wu knew that she had been fooled by Huiyin.
"You have disobeyed your elders time and again. Get down on your knees."
Huiyin looked at her in disbelief, and saw Concubine Wu pointing at her. Originally, Huiyin just thought that this person was confused, and she didn't care about the matter of blocking Xunrou. After all, Xunrou was Concubine Wu's family, and it was normal for her to want a piece of the pie. But she never thought that this person was so confused that he didn't care about his dignity and asked her to kneel down.
But she wouldn't really do it to her right away, otherwise what was reasonable would become unreasonable.
Therefore, Huiyin was puzzled and asked, "Grandmother, what are you talking about? Just because you wanted to look after the child, I ignored him until he was only a hundred days old. I traveled a long way to bring him here to serve you. Now you want me to hold him in your arms because I said I was afraid the child would catch a cold. I was just following the orders of the young prince, who told me to take good care of the child. Why are you humiliating me for this?"
Nanny Fan was also afraid that things would get tense, so she hurried over to mediate: "Tai Fei, you are not feeling well. I will help you go inside to rest."
"No, just make her kneel down in front of me. Look at this: there is no such thing as a grandson's wife and mother-in-law arguing with each other..." No one here has ever disobeyed Concubine Wu.
Huiyin thought to herself, if I kneel down today, I will write my name upside down in the future. She screamed, "Oh my God, grandma is trying to kill me."
She stood up and rushed towards the pillar. Of course, she would not rashly kill herself, because as soon as she rushed forward, she was pulled by the servants. She still struggled to crash into the pillar, and she struggled so hard that she fainted. Before she fainted, she gave Qiu Feng a look.
Why is she looking at Qiufeng? Because Qiufeng used to cry very well. When she was in Jizhou, her mother would take Qiufeng with her every time she went to a funeral.
Qiu Feng's voice was clear, and he started crying again in an instant: "My girl, you traveled thousands of miles from Jizhou to marry me, and you gave birth to the prince after risking your life. You never thought that they would force you to death? My God, please look at our little princess. Dou E is not as wronged as she is. Little princess, please come back and see the little princess..."
Mother Nan passed the sedan chair with everyone else.
Concubine Wu was terrified. She felt that Huiyin had repeatedly disobeyed her, which made her feel embarrassed, and she wanted to punish this grandson's wife. As long as she knelt down, no matter whether she was wrong or not, she was wrong.
I didn't expect Zheng to have such a fierce temper. He actually straightened his penis and even shouted loudly.
Concubine Wu was anxious and angry, and said to Nanny Fan, "Tell that girl to stop howling. What nonsense is she talking about? Someone will slap her in the face later."
Nanny Fan was speechless to Concubine Wu. You made a mess yourself, and you have no way to clean it up, and you want me to offend people. You thought that since her family members were not around, you could control her easily and make her kneel down, but you didn't expect her to be so ruthless.
Although most of the people in this mansion are Concubine Wu's people, and some of them even whispered bad things about Huiyin in front of Concubine Wu, Huiyin is not a good person. Her vision does not mean that she can endure humiliation. So she pretended to be sick and spread the news.
She even lay in bed and couldn't get up.
This matter soon spread to the residence of the Prince of Wei, and Concubine Wei asked Concubine Wu to come over to talk. In fact, there were many things going on in Concubine Wei's residence, including the quarrels between wives and concubines, the Prince of Wei's favoritism to Concubine Xu, and the lack of a crown prince. But she was very smart and almost never mentioned the troubles at home to Concubine Wu. Concubine Wu always felt that she had to take the initiative in front of outsiders, so she said to Concubine Wei: "She is not as good as Zhen. Sister, I really envy you that your wife is so sensible and obedient. The one in my family is always looking for death. It is obvious that she is disobeying me, but it is my fault."
"Good sister, don't be angry. If you don't mind, I will talk to her for you." Seeing that Concubine Wu was aggrieved, Concubine Wei was also comforted.
Concubine Wu said, "If I don't tell these things, I don't know what kind of rumors will spread outside in the future."
The two concubines talked, and at lunch time, Princess Wei came with Yin Lifang to serve. Yin Lifang made a pair of knee pads for each of the two concubines. The knee pads were made of white fox fur, which was warm and not frizzy, and fit them well. Concubine Wei was not old, so she got a knee pad with a vermilion longevity pattern and a peony flower embroidered on the base, while Concubine Wu got a knee pad with a longevity pattern and a pine and cypress embroidered on the top, both of which had very good meanings.
"This embroidery is so beautiful." Concubine Wu couldn't help but feel extremely envious.
Why are other people's daughters-in-law so good? She really has a miserable life.
Yin Lifang didn't care. She was just killing time by doing these embroidery works. She even thought that Concubine Wu was really confused. Zheng had Li Cheng's only son, and now she was forced to kneel down or even die. Everyone would not say anything because of her age and status, but who wouldn't grumble in private?
In fact, Concubine Wu thought that people condemned Huiyin, but Huiyin didn't care at all. She went to visit him every morning and evening as if nothing had happened. However, Concubine Wu didn't dare to let her bring the children to see him again. Later, Huiyin was also invited to the Prince of Wei's mansion to appreciate chrysanthemums.
When Concubine Wei saw Huiyin and Concubine Wu standing in a clear line, she said to Huiyin, "Hurry up and support your grandmother."
Huiyin just smiled and said to Concubine Wei: "Thanks to you, we are able to appreciate such chrysanthemums after returning from Xuzhou."
When Concubine Wei saw her talking like this, she just pretended not to hear it, and couldn't help but feel that Zheng was a bit rebellious. Huiyin also did it on purpose. In her opinion, Concubine Wu was a fool and her words were also foolish, but Concubine Wei always tried to stir up trouble. If it weren't for Concubine Wei's letter, she wouldn't have come to Jianye with her children. It can be seen that this person is a snake in the heart, so it is better to stay away from her.
Because even if she explained the reason clearly, Concubine Wu would not listen to her.
Concubine Wu said she was worshiping Buddha, but she always liked to talk with Concubine Wei and often came over. Huiyin later stopped pretending and did not go to Prince Wei's palace for almost half a month.
But ever since Huiyin made trouble last time, Concubine Wu didn't dare to go too far again and just spoke in a weird tone.
Just like now when Huiyin came to pay her respects, she held up a headband and said, "Look, this was given to me by Concubine Yin Ci. They are truly filial."
"Yes, the Wei Palace is always a place where mothers-in-law are kind and daughters-in-law are filial. They love their grandchildren even more. Last time, on Old Madam Huo's birthday, Concubine Wei did not allow the princess to bring the eldest princess back to her parents' home, saying that she was afraid of scaring her. But we have you in our palace, and you are in charge of the palace. We just need to be filial to you." Huiyin smiled.
吳太妃聽出徽音的言外之意了，這個孫媳婦的意思是你讓三個月孫子這麽大老遠過來，你又何曾疼過自己的重孫子了？
做長輩的不尊重，怎麽能夠讓晚輩孝敬起來。
可吳太妃對徽音的這些作為非常不滿，讓人一封接一封的寫去徐州給李澄，恨不得李澄過來建業打徽音幾巴掌。
然而徽音卻始終沒有給李澄寫過一封信，她唯一寫的一封信是想通過江碧波的商隊送去冀州給自己父母的。
她很清楚給爹娘的信，絕對會先由李澄過目，這不是李澄愛偷看，而是她們夫妻屬于政治聯姻，萬一她在中間洩露什麽出去，對整個徐州以及江南都不好。若她直接寫信給李澄，到時候她和吳太妃的信都送過去，不過是各打五十大板，最後還因為吳太妃的輩分，可能李澄還怪自己不夠委曲求全。
但她跟娘家人寫信，把這些事情說出來，還能立一個好名聲。
果然，李澄讓人先把徽音的信截了在手裏看，信上開始先是問候冀州的岳父母，接着又開始吐苦水，說孩子剛到建業就吐奶，吳太妃一次都沒來探望過，還怕別人說閑話，所以給自己給了一對镯子。又說吳太妃想搶孩子，大秋天的早上讓她抱着孩子去請安，她見風太大就拒絕了，接着太妃覺得她不聽話，當着所有的下人逼迫她下跪磕頭，她不堪受辱想撞死算了，但是臨近柱子的時候，她又想老天生了她一遭，她不能白白死了，所以吓唬了一下吳太妃。
看到這裏李澄笑了，這才是徽音，不會任人宰割。他再往下看着徽音說她在建業沒什麽朋友，家裏管家的仆從下人，大多數都是吳太妃的人，她們時常也會欺負她。末尾說她很想回冀州，說自己只是小小抱怨一二，讓鄭夫人不要當真。
一時間，李澄覺得自己太不是人了，自己的妻兒在後宅遭受怎樣的待遇？吳太妃全篇都在說徽音不恭敬，可哪裏不恭敬，也沒有具體寫出來。
可憐的徽音！他得早點去拯救妻兒才是。
對徽音所做的布置，吳太妃一無所知，正好建業這邊殷麗儀把謝太守接回來了，謝太守毒傷已經好了許多了。魏王沒有怪罪他打敗仗，只是好好地青州又被搶了過去，還折損了兵将，暫時謝九儀就不在考慮之中了。
徽音也讓人置辦了厚禮去謝家探望，這次她過去的時候，恰好碰到殷次妃也來了，三人遂在一處說話。
說起來殷麗芳和殷麗儀姐妹二人居然長的沒什麽太相像的地方，而且兩個人性格渾然不同殷麗儀是她最先接觸的，容貌極好，但行事好聽叫直率，說不好聽就叫莽撞，顧頭不顧尾，且還似乎也不太避嫌。殷麗芳就聰明多了，她很大氣，許次妃那裏徽音接觸過幾次，覺得她太矯揉造作。
就像現在也是殷麗芳主動找話題：“小世子可好？我們敬兒上次見到你們世子一眼，一直吵着要去看呢。”
“現下很好，只是不知如何總是聞到一股炭煙的味道，不知道你們能不能聞到。”徽音閑扯，其實她明白自己是什麽原因，因為晨昏定省，她還得照看孩子，說實在的是有點過度疲勞，人過度疲勞時就很容易幻嗅。
其實吳太妃都不能算對手，但是這輩子的走向和上輩子不同，莫名的徽音也要重新開始想日後的路了，可能就有些焦慮了。
殷麗芳卻很能說到一起，她道：“我有段時候也是如此，不過那還是懷着我兒子的時候，因為我身體不大舒服，就有大概個把月都覺得總是聞到枯草燒焦的味道，後來慢慢的心态放平就好了許多了。”
她不妖媚，也不像殷麗儀總顯擺她和李澄的關系，說話也很妥帖，三兩句話就讓人對她産生好感。
徽音含笑道是。
又聽殷麗儀說起她是騎馬去的青州，結果還沒走到，謝九儀就已經趕往建業了，還好夫妻二人彙合在一起，要不然差點就錯過了。
說起來殷麗儀這個人之前和徽音鬧了不愉快，這次見徽音提着補品上門，早已把以前那點不痛快的事情抛卻了，她現在還得了個賢妻的美譽，又有什麽不好的。
徽音說了幾句話，就準備離開了，殷麗芳亦是如此。
“我是因為家裏孩子太小，所以趕着回去，您可以多待一會兒，和謝夫人敘敘舊啊。”徽音還道，似乎和殷麗芳很投緣的樣子。
殷麗芳老實道：“不成，今兒太妃那裏要聽戲，王妃讓我早些回去伺候呢。”
如此，徽音才沒有多說了。
等她們都走了，殷麗儀對身邊的丫鬟巧珍道：“你有沒有發現，我姐姐倒是和鄭氏挺合的來的。你看我就覺得鄭氏有時候太不近人情，和她總說不定一起去。”
“咳，殷娘娘好像一直都是這般。”巧珍不好說，剛開始的時候大家仿佛都挺喜歡自家小姐的，因為她漂亮可愛無拘無束，又是個熱心腸的人，但到最後無一例外都會更喜歡大姑娘。
殷麗儀倒也不生氣，她托腮看着巧珍：“之前我一直擔心，現在什麽都不擔心了。”
巧珍勸着：“您也該多歇息一二，上次您就小産了，小月子沒坐好又跑過去，您這……”
“好啦，我聽你的還不成嗎？”殷麗儀也覺得自己的身體總沒有之前那麽好了。
同樣在坐小月子的還有呂笑，原本她有了身孕，後來不小心摔了一跤，孩子就這麽沒了。呂笑傷心難過不已，她躺在床上，總是畏寒，連襪子都穿上了，葡萄端了一杯熱茶給她：“太子妃，您喝點熱茶吧。禦醫說您這一胎本身就不穩，若是好生調養，以太子對您的恩寵，絕對還會再有孩子的。”
太子的确對她很好，甚至還冷落了之前的鄭良娣。
正想着，又說鄭良娣過來了，葡萄沒好氣道：“您現在在養病，她來做什麽。”
“別這麽說，以前她受寵的時候，也沒減少和我的來往啊。”呂笑還是沒有拂了鄭德音的面子。
德音進來見呂笑臉色蒼白，唇色無色，也有些許的愧疚，李珩和她說當時是為了大業，才示好于呂家，甚至這次呂笑小産，德音也在其中推波助瀾過。因為李珩想把孩子留給她生，不想讓呂笑産下兒子，這也是為了社稷好。
所以，德音在這裏說了不少話：“妾身只是代您管着東宮管幾日，等您好了，我便把管事權還回來。”
呂笑虛弱笑道：“鄭良娣你素來很會管家，我大抵是不成，還是你管着吧。”
德音又愧疚的不行，她想等将來我有了孩子，也必定會善待于你。
這次沒有鄭家，太子依舊是天命所歸，搶回了青州和前世一樣。那說明歷史總不會變的，李澄也遲早會死，這輩子她也要那樣把徽音從江南接過來，也算是她的彌補了。
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昨日跳百索累了，今日腰酸背疼的，徽音扶着腰，又回去躺在榻上，拿起書看。今日吳太妃去了魏王府上，她算是能夠清閑幾分，要不然晨昏定省也是很累，她其實是個憊懶的人，尤其是伺候別人她最不耐煩了。
況且她的信若是被李澄看到，馬上就要接她回去了，她也沒必要和這個老婆子周旋了。
吳太妃當然又去找魏太妃蛐蛐的，說的還是那三板斧，偏魏太妃自己也寂寥，魏王府裏的煩心事哪裏有聽人家家裏的八卦順心的。
再者，她看的出來鄭氏尤其有主見，是個油鹽不進，又桀骜不馴的主，不像吳太妃耳根子軟。
兩人蛐蛐了一晌午，到了午膳時卻聽說李澄從徐州來了，剛面見完魏王，來給太妃們請安。魏太妃一喜，“看來你這孫兒是給你出頭來了。”
吳太妃面上波瀾不驚：“什麽給我出頭，我這孫兒素來孝順，肯定是來探望我的。”
二人好容易等到李澄過來，都很激動。
李澄自然不會在魏王府就發難，他先狀若無事般請安：“給祖母和魏太妃請安。”
“你不是在徐州，怎麽有空過來？”魏太妃還假意問起。
李澄道：“現下朝廷從青州撤兵，有些關于青、徐兩地的軍情小王需向魏王叔禀報。”
魏太妃打着哈哈：“外頭的事情我們不懂，正好我們要用飯，你就留下一起陪我們吃飯，我們也許久沒見你了。”
“是。”李澄倒是耐着性子陪她們倆用飯，還時不時說了幾個笑話，兩位太妃都笑的合不攏嘴。
這讓吳太妃更覺得孫子是給自己撐腰的，最好是多納幾個次妃妾侍，把那鄭氏關在北屋那個冷僻之地，一輩子不寵她，這就是她和自己作對的下場。
越想這吳太夫人心裏越歡，臉上不免也露出幾分。
Li Cheng glanced at her lightly, but felt uncomfortable in his heart. Seeing his grandmother in such a happy mood, she must have often taken pleasure in tormenting Huiyin. In Jianye, everyone in the Prince of Wei's mansion must be on the grandmother's side, even the usually friendly Concubine Wei must be on the side of Concubine Wei. No wonder Huiyin felt isolated.
Huiyin was really miserable, luckily he came, Li Cheng thought of this and took a big bite of the sheep's head skewer.
Seeing that he had a fierce expression, Concubine Wu took the initiative to have someone pour wine for her grandson: "You should drink some wine too." Drinking some wine would make people bolder, just to see how stubborn Zheng was.