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"It's okay, I've gotten used to it for a long time." Concubine Nian took out her handkerchief and wiped away the makeup that had been spent.

Ling Dang took out the rouge to put makeup on Concubine Nian Gui: "Ling Dang was so angry that she wanted to go up and tear their faces off."

Gently tap the bell on the forehead: "You girl, I will rest for a while, wake me up in an hour."

"Yes."

"Mother, what you did today is too obvious." Cao Zhiyu was dissatisfied: "In the future, I will have to rely more on this elder sister in my official career."

After all, Du Xuan is a woman, she has no knowledge in this area, she only knows how to fight for favor: "My son is the servant of the household department now, and I still need to see Cao Miaoyin's face?"

Even though Du Xuan was short-sighted, it was Cao Zhiyu's mother after all. Cao Zhiyu explained patiently: "Mother, who knows who are the two most powerful masters in the harem?"

"Who is it?" Du Xuan was most excited to gossip about women.

"The Queen and Concubine Nian."

"Scared, Cao Miaoyin can still share the harem with the queen?" Du Xuan's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Mother!" Cao Zhiyu corrected: "It's the imperial concubine. Now the empress in the palace holds the power of the six palaces. The favor of the imperial concubine will last forever. The emperor can't say that he is obedient to the imperial concubine."

Du Xuan covered her mouth and whispered a lot: "Then the queen didn't click Cao Miaoyin? Can you tolerate her gaining a foothold in the harem?"

Cao Zhiyu: "Not only is he not angry, but he also has a very good relationship with Concubine Nian, so mother, we must win the relationship with my sister."

The old servant was very popular in the court. In the evening, the ministers and their families came one after another. Seeing Shang Qi and Shang Lan kneeling, their jaws dropped in shock.

What, what are they going to do when the prince kneels down?Lying down?

Fortunately, someone told them that this was ordered by Concubine Nian, so they were relieved and followed the original etiquette.

When Concubine Nian came out after resting, many people gathered in the courtyard. Seeing her coming out, the female relatives all came forward and said many words of comfort.

Looking at it, Du Xuan's gums were itchy, and she asked the maid beside her, "Xi'er, is she the master of the Cao family or me?"

Xi'er has been serving this Du Xuan all the time, so of course she knows that she doesn't like Concubine Nian. When Concubine Nian's mother was alive, she kept silent on her, and after her death, Mr. Cao still read it. Going up, until he died, Du Xuan was just an aunt.

Although she is also the only hostess of the Cao family, "Auntie" is not as nice as "Madame".

Xi'er responded: "Don't be angry, Auntie, who calls someone a noble concubine?"

"Hmph." Du Xuan raised her hand to let Xi'er support her: "Come on, let's go out and show our face, so that others will not forget that the Cao family has an aunt."

I saw Du Xuan with a sad face, she came out of the corridor as if she had just cried, even though she was an aunt, she was the only female relative in the mansion, all the ladies and ladies greeted him politely.

Du Xuan looked at Concubine Nian and said, "Why did your empress come out, don't take a rest."

"I want to spend more time with my father and see him off for the last time." Concubine Nian looked longingly at the mourning hall.

After listening to her words, Du Xuan showed signs of crying again, Nian Guifei: "Don't cry, Auntie, birth, old age, sickness and death are normal, father's health is not good, everyone knows it."

"It's me, it's my fault. His poor health is because I didn't take good care of him." Du Xuan's words made people think about it. Concubine Nian Guifei said that the old servant was in poor health. She just said this, It can't help but make people feel that Concubine Nian is blaming her.

Bell interjected: "Auntie, don't cry, our mother didn't blame you, she brought you so many supplements."

Thanks to the bell, the people present, whether they read the gossip or really care about them, can't go out and talk nonsense about how the noble concubine Nian is treating her aunt badly.

In the mourning hall, Shang Lan said to Shang Qi: "This aunt is not a good person at first sight."

"Don't talk nonsense." Shang Qi hinted that there were other people around.

There are three other children of the same generation beside them, two young masters and one young lady, who are a few years younger than them, and they are all children of Cao Zhiyu.

However, they could only call Shang Qi and Shang Lan the Seventh Prince and the Eleventh Highness. The two elder brothers didn't say anything, but the youngest girl was not happy about it. Obviously other princes' cousins ​​could call them elder brothers, so why couldn't they.

But now they are busy and sad, no one told them that the relationship between Aunt Cao and Concubine Nian is not very good.

At night, the guests dispersed, and the elders rested, leaving some servant girls and five children to guard the mourning hall.

The door of the main room was wide open, a gust of wind blew in, the white silk hanging on the beams rattled, the paper money in the basket was scattered on the ground, and the candles were also extinguished.

Cao Jingxiu, the only girl in the Cao family, burst into tears: "Wow, it's so scary, I want to go back to the house."

One of the two elder brothers frantically went to light a candle, and the other took out a handkerchief to wipe Cao Jingxiu's tears: "Little girl, be good, don't cry."

"Second brother, I want to go back to the house, it's still scary here." Cao Jingxiu sobbed, I felt pity for it.

The elder brother Cao Jingzhu is lighting the candle, and the second brother is Cao Jingshu.

The elder brother was a little strict: "Grandpa will say everything on the last journey until the end. If you go back, grandpa will really love you for nothing."

Scared so much that Cao Jingxiu hid behind Cao Jingshu: "Second brother, I'm afraid."

Cao Jingshu patted the younger sister on the back: "Don't be afraid, all the brothers are here."

Looking at Shang Qi and Shang Lan again, the two of them didn't move a single bit from the very beginning, and they cleaned up the paper money scattered around them in an orderly manner.

At this moment, there is a contrast between the two sides. After all, they are the children of the royal family, not to mention that they are all calm, but the three brothers and sisters of the Cao family don’t think so. They just think that these two are older than them, and when they reach this age, they can do the same. .

In the long night, there must always be a topic to pass, and Cao Jingxiu made Shang Lan the most topic: "His Eleventh Highness is not a child of our Cao family, why should he keep the spirit?"

"A child from your Cao family?" Shang Lan felt that this girl had no brains: "Why, when did my father change his surname to Cao?"

Even if they were given ten guts, they wouldn't dare to say that. Cao Jingzhu glanced at the younger sister, and Cao Jingshu apologized for her: "My younger sister can't talk, I'm sorry, what he meant..."

"We know what she means." Shang Qi threw a few into the brazier before throwing them into the brazier: "Speak but be careful if you don't have a brain."

With a double entendre, the three brothers and sisters of the Cao family shut their mouths. Obviously, what Cao Jingxiu said just now, whether it was the topic or the words themselves, had offended the two princes.

Just when everyone thought this was over, Shang Qi said again: "Eleventh brother was raised by my mother and concubine, he is my younger brother, you should remember it well."

I don't know who these words are aimed at, but the servants in the room replied: "Yes."

Cao Jingxiu glared at Shang Lan unwillingly, but happened to meet Shang Qi's deep eyes, and immediately lowered her head in fright.

The next day the eldest prince Shang Li also came, along with Qi Ling and Zhuang Zifu who had already answered Xu Fei.

Shang Qi left Shang Lan to guard, and took them to the backyard to rest. Zhuang Zifu took the initiative to stay: "Shang Lan is so pitiful, I will stay with him."

These words aroused Cao Jingxiu's dissatisfaction: "Aren't we human?"

"Ah?" Zhuang Zifu felt that this girl was tougher than his younger sister Zhuang Ziyuan: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean that, me."

Shang Lan said: "Zifu, you don't need to apologize, how can His Majesty apologize to the daughter of a courtier?"

Xiao Yunzi who was following behind also said: "Yes, girl, your tone of voice just now can cure you of the crime of collision. You must pay attention to your words in the future."

Obviously Cao Jingxiu disdains Zhuang Zifu's proton: "He is not our Highness Xiyuan."

The implication is: he is a proton, what should I respect?

"Cao Shilang's daughter has a very sharp mouth." Shang Li said suddenly.

Cao Zhiyu, who was so frightened and rushed over, almost slipped and fell down the stone steps: "I have seen His Highness, His Highness Zifu, and Mr. Qi."

Shang Li nodded: "Cao Shilang, your girl is very nice."

Du Xuan thought that Shang Li would really praise her granddaughter again, and she was secretly delighted, thinking that Cao Jingxiu could catch Shang Li's eyes, but Cao Zhiyu immediately pulled her to kneel down: "It's okay for me to be a goddaughter. Your Highness calm down."

Well, why did this annoy the First Prince?Du Xuan lay on the ground and broke out in cold sweat.

Shang Li opened the folding fan and closed it: "So, after Cao Shilang's funeral, His Highness will send two nuns to teach them."

Well, now I don't even want to call Cao Zhiyu Cao's servant, so I can see that I am very angry. If it is not because of the inappropriate time and place, Shang Li will definitely punish him.

Shang Qi also stood beside Qi Ling, as if joking: "That's right, we can talk about it if we contradict our concubine mother. If I accidentally offend my concubine mother, my father might be furious and become my concubine mother and pick off my brother-in-law." Black hat."

Qi Ling looked at the person beside him, and couldn't help but put him in his arms: "You're talking nonsense again."

The joking words stopped in Cao Zhiyu's ears, but they were full of warning: "Yes, yes, I must strictly discipline you."

Shang Li and Ying Xufei didn't have the face to be the other two's light bulbs, and consciously went to sit in another place not far away. The servants of Cao's mansion were very surprised. Did these four people have a conflict?

Looking at Shang Qi, who was not very energetic because he didn't sleep well, Qi Ling felt distressed: "How long do we have to stay?"

He ate something to cushion his stomach: "I will be buried in the afternoon the next day, it will be soon."

"It's going to be a hard night." Qi Ling didn't like the etiquette here: "It's really troublesome, it takes so long, and meat is not allowed."

Looking at the two ounces of meat on Shang Qi's body, it was really not enough to pinch, Shang Qi slapped his hand off: "When you go back, make it up."

Qi Ling agreed very much: "That's right, it doesn't even feel comfortable to the touch."

After being together for a long time, the two talked more and more without scruples. After looking at each other, they raised their heads and laughed.

The laughter caught Ying Xufei's eyes, he looked at Qi Ling, still unwilling, if he could become Xiang'er's...

"Is it a pity that I didn't attack him before he was with the seventh brother." Shang Li saw through his thoughts.

Laughing softly, Ying Xufei said, "This is probably fate."

"I didn't know that you are such a broad-minded person." Shang Li felt that Ying Xufei was different, especially after Shang Qi came back from the northwest.

In the past, Ying Xufei, in order to find a beauty for Xiaoxiang, would never let go of those who had her eye on, and would be like now, resigning to fate.

"People of the royal family, you can't move." Ying Xufei blocked back with Shang Li's words.

As the weather got cooler, Shang Qi recalled that he and Qi Ling had encountered a snowy day a few years ago: "It's extremely cold today, I don't know if it will snow."

"Do you like snow very much?" Qi Ling asked.

"I like it." Then Shang Qi added: "Things are rare and expensive."

Qi Ling suddenly said: "When His Highness Zifu and I can go back, you will go with me? Dongling will snow many times in winter."

Speaking of Dongling Kingdom, Shang Qi was a little worried: "Will your father, he, agree with us?"

"What does it have to do with him? Didn't he say before I came here that he wants to sever ties with me?" When Qi Ling was tortured by his stepmother when he was a child, his father chose to turn a blind eye. If it wasn't for his display of talent, his father would value him Come on, Qi Ling will not live until now.

Shang Qi didn't know what to say, after all, this was an unpleasant experience for Qi Ling, and he couldn't say anything like your father after all, he always felt that he was persecuting Qi Ling.

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The weather has been so repetitive these days.

Going out to take a class and blowing the wind, I will have a headache when I come back!