The sun sets and night falls.
Lanterns were lit everywhere in the palace, illuminating the night like day.
In the past, there were only two lanterns hung outside Hengwu Courtyard.
Now, because the third wife and the fourth wife were kneeling at the door of the courtyard, two extra lanterns were added.
The rest were the same as usual.
The two of them knelt in the night, as if they had been forgotten.
When the hour came, the palace fell into silence.
The moon is high in the sky, and it is midnight.
Two shrill shouts pierced the night sky, waking up everyone in Hengwuyuan.
Shen Yue, who was far away in Linmoxuan, slept peacefully without being disturbed at all.
Early the next morning, as soon as she woke up, Banxia came up to her, her eyes smiling like a crescent moon, and said, "Prince Concubine, the third wife and the fourth wife were carried out of the palace at midnight last night."
"Carried out" Shen Yue was surprised.
Banxia nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "It was just carried out."
Although there was a curfew in Kyoto at night, the third wife's and fourth wife's residences were not far away, just one street apart.
The palace's carriage traveled at night.
Unless they were short-sighted, they would not dare to stop the palace's carriage even if they had the guts to do so.
Seeing Shen Yue's surprise, Banxia started talking.
She could wake up early in the morning and go to Linmoxuan to get first-hand information.
Late last night, the third wife and the fourth wife screamed because there were ants crawling on them.
The bites of the ants were not painful, but several ants crawling on them, which was too disgusting.
The third wife and the fourth wife screamed in fear, seeing dozens or hundreds of ants behind them, which was really disgusting.
The two were frightened and quickly stood up, but they had been kneeling for several hours, and their legs were sore.
Suddenly, they couldn't support their bodies, and they knelt down again so hard that their knees almost broke.
The fourth wife was better off.
After all, she couldn't kneel as long as the third wife.
But she was unlucky.
When the third wife fell to the ground, she just grabbed the hem of her skirt.
Her body was unstable and she hit the ground so hard that her head was knocked.
I was so green that I almost fainted.
The two of them knelt all the time.
Mother Shi sent Nanny to watch the night.
Nanny was sitting on a chair and taking a nap.
When she heard the noise coming from outside the courtyard gate, she was almost frightened out of her soul in the middle of the night.
She quickly got up and took a look.
The third wife and the fourth wife looked embarrassed.
When she saw that it was ants, she scolded the two wives half to death.
They were really used to being pampered.
A few ants frightened them so much that they turned pale and thought they had seen a ghost.
But the third wife and the fourth wife were so frightened that they couldn't get up even if they thought about it.
She was responsible for watching over them.
If If something happened, she couldn't afford it.
No, grandma went to report to Mother Shi.
In fact, the screams of the third wife and the fourth wife made most of the maids in Hengwuyuan wake up.
You pushed me, I pushed you, and the maids all got up to see what happened. .
Shi's mother slept in the princess's room.
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Ever since the princess became pregnant, Shi's mother had stayed with her at night.
Dongxue and Qiu Shuang kept vigil at night.
She was worried, and her mother-in-law called her, which woke the princess up.
The princess got up.
When she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, the third wife was scratching her itch here and there, and she was shouting, "An ant bites me."
The princess frowned, "Why are there so many ants?"
Mother Shi smiled and said, "Maybe it's going to rain.
It's just a few ants.
The two ladies are making too much fuss."
It was indeed just a few ants, not a big deal, but they were afraid of those little things.
The princess was also a little worried, "You still have to continue to kneel down."
The third wife's mind was not on kneeling for punishment at all.
She felt uncomfortable all over.
She couldn't wait to take a shower and change clothes.
Moreover, her knees hurt and she really couldn't kneel down.
She was sitting on the ground now.
Fortunately, it was night, and only the maids in Hengwuyuan saw them slumped on the steps in such disheveled clothes.
The fourth wife hit her head and fainted after seeing the princess.
She didn't say anything that would offend people: she had been kneeling for a long time.
If she had said so, her kneeling would have been in vain.
One was fainted and the other couldn't kneel down.
The princess waved her hands and said, "Send them back to the house."
Then, the maid sent them to the front yard, and Manager Chu personally escorted them out of the palace.
The matter of kneeling down to beg the princess came to nothing.
However, a lot of ants suddenly came outside Hengwu courtyard, so Mother Shi asked the maid to check them.
When Shen Yue went to greet the princess, Shi's mother was reporting, "I don't know which maid clumsily sprinkled some sugar on the ground.
The sweetness attracted a lot of ants."
Listening to Shi's mother saying that she was clumsy, Banxia pouted.
How could she be so clumsy?
Her hands and feet were so numb.
Dozens of grains of sugar were sprinkled into the cracks behind the skirts of the third wife and the fourth wife.
There were only three or five grains on the two of them at most, which could attract ants, but they would not notice anything was wrong.
The princess glanced at Shen Yue, and a smile flashed in her eyes.
Shen Yue was a little embarrassed by the sight.
She was just thinking about whether to confess to the princess, when she heard the princess laugh and said, "That ant saved me a lot of trouble."
Shi's mother also laughed, "It's not like I helped the princess a lot."
After kneeling for three days, the third wife and the fourth wife should not come to kneel to beg the princess again.
Moreover, the two of them looked a little miserable yesterday.
They will not go out unless they take care of themselves for three to five days.
Shen Yue sat next to the princess and helped her diagnose her pulse.
Outside, a maid came in and said, "Princess, Concubine Gu sent her maid to say that Prince Heng's Mansion will send Na and collect gifts today."
The princess put down her Yunxiu and said calmly, "I know who Prince Heng's Mansion invited to send Nacai gifts."
The maid shook her head, "I don't know."
"Ask Concubine Gu to go to the gate of the palace to greet the distinguished guests," the princess ordered.
When Prince Heng's Mansion sends Nacai gifts, he will definitely ask your lady to send them.
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No matter who it is, the princess has no intention of getting involved.
But Concubine Gu asked the maid to tell the princess that she wanted the princess to give face to Prince Heng's palace, but she didn't expect that the princess would directly ask her to greet people.
A quarter of an hour later, Concubine Gu brought Zhao Yanran to Hengwu Courtyard.
She said, "The marriage between Prince Heng and Yuan Rou was granted by the Emperor.
Prince Heng's palace sent Na and collected gifts.
Does the princess think it is appropriate for me to greet him at the gate?"
She had no intention of letting the princess go to welcome the guests.
In the huge Kyoto, except for the emperor and the queen mother, the princess would not have to go even if the queen arrived.
But if she didn't go to the main gate, she should let the imperial concubine go.
She was welcomed by the second gate, which not only gave Prince Heng the face, but also wouldn't lower her status.
She couldn't bear to call the imperial concubine, so she asked her to come forward.
The princess looked at Concubine Gu and said, "Since I asked you to greet me, you will not lose the dignity of the palace.
Although you are a concubine, you have also been married to the Royal Jade Butterfly.
There is no need to belittle yourself.
The princess is pregnant and it is inconvenient to welcome her."
Guest, I think no matter who Prince Heng’s palace invites to send gifts, there will be no objections.”
Even if there is, I dare not say it out loud.
The princess's words made Concubine Gu's face turn red and blue.
She never belittled herself.
She just wanted the palace to give Chu Yuanrou face.
Only when she marries into Prince Heng's palace will Prince Heng value her: