Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

"Your Majesty, the food has been prepared in the kitchen. Please order them to bring it in." The little girls asked for instructions.

Li Xiang waved his hand: "No, please help me pack some clothes. I want to go out."

Lantian asked: "The prince has just come back and wants to go out again? He just has something urgent to do. You should eat first before talking."

　　"Just do as I ask you to pack your clothes, what nonsense!"

Li Xiang has a gentle temperament, and he never loses his temper even if his servants do something unsatisfactory. When the servants and wives in the house saw his sudden anger, they were really startled, and they were all dumbfounded.

 “Why are you still in a daze? Pack your things for me immediately!”

It wasn't until Li Xiang spoke again that everyone realized what was going on. The servants didn't dare to talk anymore and immediately prepared bags for Li Xiang.

Li Xiang picked up his luggage and headed straight for the imperial city with his two followers.

After entering the palace, Li Xiang went straight to the Qinzheng Hall to meet the Holy Spirit, but the chamberlain told him that His Majesty was having dinner in the Jiaofang Hall and asked Li Xiang to wait here for a while. Upon hearing this, Li Xiang turned around and headed towards the Jiaofang Hall. go.

 Li Ling and Jing Shu were having dinner with the children when they heard the chamberlain come in and report that it was Li Xiang who came to see him. Jing Shu put down the jade chopsticks, looked at Li Ling and said, "My third brother is here to ask for an audience. He must have something important to do."

Li Ling nodded slightly and said: "The third brother is a calm man. He must have discovered something big down there, otherwise he wouldn't be so anxious."

With that said, he put down the jade chopsticks and said to his wife and children: "You can use it while I go and take a look first."

Li Ling got up and left the Jiaofang Hall. When he saw Li Xiang, he said, "You are anxious to see me, but what's the important matter? Come on, let's go to the Qinzheng Hall to discuss it."

Li Xiang cupped his hands and replied: "Everything is fine in the states and counties that the emperor ordered me to inspect. After the implementation of the decree, it has been very effective. The dignitaries have released a lot of land, and local officials have distributed all this land to the people. "

As he spoke, he took out a booklet from his sleeve pocket and presented it to Li Ling: "This is a detailed record made by Wei Chen, and all the relevant information is in it."

Li Ling took the book, glanced at his younger brother's solemn face, and asked, "But you found other troublesome things down there."

Li Xiang shook his head and said: "Everything is fine for the Bashu generation in Jiangnan, which the minister was ordered to supervise, and there are no thorny problems."

Li Ling relaxed a little and smiled at his younger brother and said, "Thank you for your hard work. You haven't had time to eat yet. Your sister-in-law and I are having a meal. You should come in and eat together."

 Li Xiang waved his hand and said: "My brother is not hungry. I am here to ask for leave from my brother."

When Li Ling heard this, he frowned slightly and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"

"Nothing happened. I want to go to Yizhou and need to take half a month's leave."

“Yizhou?” Li Ling repeated, and then asked, “You just came back from the south, what were you doing there?”

The two brothers were standing outside the hall talking. Jingshu heard the sound and rushed out. Li Xiang saluted Jingshu. Jingshu stepped forward and asked: "Pingyang just returned to Yizhou a while ago, but what happened there?" ?"

Li Xiang replied: "It's nothing, I just want to take her back." Jingshu knew that Li Xiang and his wife had never been on good terms, and now seeing that he cared so much about Pingyang, Jingshu was naturally happy to see it. She heard this and looked towards Li Ling said: "The third brother can't let go of his younger sister. He wants to pick her up, so just let him go."

Li Ling then realized that his brother came to look for him in such a hurry because he was going to pick up his wife.

He was surprised and asked: "You have been acting strange recently. Is there something wrong between you and your wife?"

Li Ling is not someone who pays attention to the trivial matters in the back house, but he has watched Li Xiang grow up, so Li Ling will inevitably care more about this younger brother.

Li Xiang hurriedly replied: "Pingyang and I are fine. There is nothing awkward. It's just that it's a long way to Yizhou, so I'm a little worried about her."

Li Ling nodded and said, "It's very good that you care about your wife. If so, just go."

In the western border of Wujin, the moon is rising, and the autumn sky has turned dark.

Li Xiang was saved. He said goodbye to his brother and sister-in-law, and went straight out of the inner palace. He got on his horse, took two followers and a simple luggage and walked out of the city through the night, rushing towards Yizhou at high speed.

By this time, Pingyang had already returned to Prince Yong's Mansion in Yizhou under the **** of Pei Yunqian.

 At dusk, Pingyang and his family had finished dinner, and the women were sitting in the courtyard drinking tea and chatting.

Pingyang has three brothers from the same compatriots, five brothers who were born as concubines, and two sisters who were born as concubines. These brothers have all married, so there are many female relatives in Prince Yong's palace. Prince Yong and his wife have always regarded Pingyang as their only legitimate daughter. Zhu, so when she came back from this trip, those sisters-in-law and sisters treated her like stars holding the moon.

Pingyang's eldest sister-in-law, Xie Shi, is the daughter of Princess Yunxi of the Emperor Wu Dynasty. Like Pingyang, she was a princess when she was in her boudoir. They all follow her lead.

Mrs. Xie already has three sons and one daughter, and is now pregnant again. Pingyang sat next to her, staring at her swollen belly and said casually: "Sister-in-law already has four children, and she has more to come, so you don't mind the hard work." ?"

Ms. Xie smiled and said: "You are still a child at heart. At our age, a woman can only be reliable if she has many children."

Pingyang's second sister-in-law, Zhen, is the daughter of a Yizhou noble. She is cheerful and agrees with a smile: "I heard that the family rules of Zhenguo Gongfu in Beijing are very strict. Men are not allowed to take concubines before they are married. It can be seen that our princess The house is too clean, so I don’t understand the suffering of people like us.”

Pingyang's third sister-in-law, Mrs. Zhou, is a noble daughter from the Zhongshun Hou Mansion in Beijing. She is Zhou Jin's cousin. After hearing what Zhen said, Mrs. Zhou said, "Second sister-in-law is right. All the noble daughters in Beijing are... They are looking forward to marrying into the Duke of Zhenguo's palace, not because of others. Most of them go there because of the family rules of their family. Not to mention the children of others, the current Holy Emperor, when he was the heir apparent in the palace, his wife There is no concubine here, so where can you find such a family?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhen looked at Pingyang and asked doubtfully: "So, before you married my uncle, there really was no concubine in my uncle's room?"

When they said this, Pingyang couldn't help but think of Li Xiang and Jiao Xing. She smiled awkwardly and replied perfunctorily: "You didn't exist when I got married. As for whether it was before I came here." Whether they sent people out early, I don’t know.”

Xie smiled and patted Pingyang's hand, and said with a smile: "Even if they really sent them out early, so what, it's always good if you're out of sight and out of mind."

The aunts and sisters were chatting here, and the little girl from Xie's courtyard came in and said, "Your Majesty, your Majesty is staying in the West Courtyard today. The person in charge of the West Courtyard would like to ask if you have any orders?"

Mrs. Xie replied: "Nothing else, just let them take care of me well. Don't forget to send the Bizi soup tomorrow morning."

After Mr. Xie finished explaining, he continued to chat and laugh with everyone.