Chapter 379: Concubine Qiong is looking for trouble, and Chu Chu supports her mother.
Chapter 379: Concubine Qiong is looking for trouble, and Chu Chu supports her mother.
After Li Yan finished speaking, he spread his hands as if helpless, and then sighed softly: "There are many people in the back house, so it's better to be lively!"
The tone of the last sentence is elongated, which will definitely make people uncomfortable.
Concubine Qiong was so angry that her teeth were itching. Although the ladies knew that Li Yan was not targeting them, they were still sulky because of these words: It's fun, then you should add more people to Duke Shun!
Concubine Qiong knew that Li Yan was taking advantage of her and behaved well, but unlike Empress Yuan, who could not hold back her anger, she couldn't help but choked again.
"I heard that Mrs. Shun Guo had a daughter who was brought back from outside. Could it be that Duke Shun had given birth to her secretly outside?"
Even the queen shook her head when she said this, and the others were even more outraged and did not dare to speak out.
There are also rumors outside that the child who was picked up did not look much like Mrs. Shun Guo, and was sent back to her maternal family, so everyone thought this was true.
They are obviously twins, so how come one of them has been living outside for so many years without knowing it, and they still haven't brought it back?
This alone makes people wonder.
But how can you embarrass others in front of so many people? This does not give Mrs. Shun Guo any face.
That is to say, Concubine Qiong dared to say it because of her favor.
So everyone's eyes turned to Li Yan, with suspicion and exploration.
"If you pick up a random daughter and raise her, she can be raised exactly like me. I would be very happy."
After saying that, Chu Chu didn't wait for her mother to say anything, she stood up and walked a few steps quickly, and was about to reach her mother.
"This is my little girl Chu Chu who I found after living abroad. Please help me take a good look at it. If I get it by mistake, I'm afraid I have to send it back."
Li Yan simply took Chu Chu's hand, let her lean on his lap, wrapped his hands around her small body, and pressed it against her face.
Chu Chu didn't admit it, knowing that someone was deliberately targeting her mother, she raised her head arrogantly and looked at the two people above, her eyes widened.
The little face is white and tender. After a lot of hardships in this industry, the little face that was originally round and full of baby fat turned into an oval face like Li Yan.
Coupled with a pair of smart and unconvincing big eyes, the demeanor and expression of Li Yan, who has turned slightly pale, are almost exactly the same.
"This child looks exactly like you. Who dares to question you? Concubine Qiong is just joking with you."
The imperial concubine sitting in the second seat from the left spoke up. Her words seemed to be helping Duke Shun, but in fact she was helping Concubine Qiong get down.
The queen couldn't help but look up.
This is the most low-key Concubine Xian, the mother-concubine of the Twelve Princes. She usually behaves well, rarely talks on big occasions, and never fights or fights. Unexpectedly, she is no longer silent now.
"Who knows if this is the former or the later?"
Everyone:…
This Concubine Qiong is too brainless. She won't take advantage of the situation even if she steps down for you?
"The queen and concubines must have never met Chu Chu, right?"
Chu Chu's bold words left them speechless. In the past, many people used Yan Yu's appearance to criticize her. They also said that Yan Yu could not compare to the beauty and beauty of Duke Shun Guo's wife, which was a pity.
So naturally everyone knew that the one standing behind Mrs. Shun Guo was Yan Yu.
Concubine Qiong was speechless, but Li Yan quit.
She looked at it with her peripheral vision and said to herself: "I guess it's either that Duke Shun's family background is too low to get into the eyes of Concubine Qiong, or that Concubine Qiong didn't sit next to the queen in the past years, right? I don't remember, do you think?" It’s so clear, otherwise my eldest daughter, Yan Yu, who was originally named Yan Yu, would come to the palace and kneel down every year, so how could Concubine Qiong meet and forget her every year?”
"You~~ are so presumptuous."
This was a clear way of scolding Concubine Qiong for being blind. Concubine Qiong was so angry that she wanted to stand up.
Li Yan wasn't afraid of her this time. Many things were already obvious. There was no need to compromise, and he didn't dare to do anything to her.
"Okay, it's the Chinese New Year! Everyone is happy. What's wrong with you, Concubine Qiong? Why do you keep holding on to Mrs. Shun Guo's wife every time?"
Such words seemed to calm the situation, but Li Yan heard them harshly, especially coming from the mouth of the mother of the country who was above ten thousand people and below one person, and there was a hint of sarcasm.
Concubine Qiong just said so much, but you remained silent and allowed others to ridicule you. Now I just said a few words and you changed the subject?
However, Li Yan remained silent due to the dissatisfaction in his heart, and the drama had to continue. There were too many conflicts, which might bring disadvantage to her husband.
However, Li Yan's face didn't look good until he entered the hall and sat down.
After the episode just now, the few of them saw that their mother's face was not very good, so they all sat beside her mother obediently. Even Chu Chu lost interest in attending the palace banquet for the first time.
I didn't expect the palace banquet to be so boring.
The food was served cold, the pot was not hot and there was not enough charcoal.
The aging emperor said a few words to comfort the ministers, and then the ministers, princes, and princesses paid New Year greetings to the emperor and queen. It was the same routine as in previous years.
The elder crown prince and eighth prince are not in Beijing this year, and no one is sensationalizing, so naturally there is no excitement like in previous years.
Next, the singers and dancers came up to show off their skills, and the ministers sitting near the front said compliments to each other.
In addition to greeting each other, the female relatives mostly made comments, but they did not dare to speak loudly.
The few people familiar with the Heshun Duke's Mansion are not close to each other, and it is rare to see them after entering the main hall.
From beginning to end, Chu Chu only took a few bites of the pastries and never touched her chopsticks again. She had observed a lot about people's worldliness.
Chu Chu didn't see the crown prince and eighth prince that her father and uncle Zimo often mentioned, and she was a little regretful. She thought she could get a glimpse of their ugly appearance!
Later, she learned from her eldest brother that the Queen and Concubine Qiong were the mothers of the Crown Prince and the Eighth Prince, and Chu Chu could not help but feel angry.
I thought to myself that it would be best for the Tatars to attack tonight and kill both the prince and the eighth prince.
It is best to take him back and then kill him, so as not to bring disaster to other soldiers, and not to bring disaster to the people on the border, so that the people can live a good year in peace and contentment.
However, she met the legendary twelfth prince, because after paying New Year's greetings to the emperor, the twelfth prince sat beside Concubine Xian honestly, and on the surface he seemed to be of a non-competitive nature.
He looks much taller than the back figure he saw in General Qi's Mansion, but he is still very thin. His manners are elegant but heroic, and the purple clouds on his head are a bit thicker.
"Is the Twelve Prince good-looking?"
"looks good!"
I don't know when Jiao Zhongjue sat next to Chu Chu, but Chu Chu's forehead was hit by a bullet, which was so painful that she had to turn her eyes away.
"Is Brother Bijue good-looking?"
Brother Jue didn't know why his face also showed a tinge, as if he wasn't too happy.
"Brother Jue and the twelfth prince are both good-looking!"
Chu Chu was angry without knowing it, and Jiao Zhongjue knew her child's character and ignored her.
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