Soft and crispy waist

Chapter 129 This is a trap!

As Nanny Niu spoke, along with Aunt Huan and Chunzhi, ten people entered the room in two rows and stood in front of the chairs on both sides. No one was allowed to sit down until their seats were assigned.

"Xia Zheng, you come and read it."

Then he hurriedly put her on the fire.

Facing more than ten pairs of eyes focused on her, Xia Zheng didn't hesitate and picked up the list and read out: "Lin Rongrong, a woman of serene and virtuous character, is worthy of being the Crown Prince's concubine."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone raised their eyes.

Zhou Lin was the first to ask, "Since Lin Rongrong is a concubine, why are you the one reading the name list?"

Xia Zheng ignored him and continued, "Xia Zheng Feng Surong, considering Lin is young, will temporarily take care of the chores."

This caused even more unrest. The two people who had entered with Zhou Lin also spoke up, "Although Sister Lin is young, she is the legitimate daughter of the Lin family. She has been managing the household since she was in elementary school. Why should Xia Surong do it for her?"

"Yes, Princess, this is inappropriate. Xia Surong has never learned how to manage a household. I'm afraid she can't even recognize all the characters in the account book. How can she manage the general affairs like this?"

"That's right, Sister Lin, don't you think so?" Zhou Lin turned and asked Lin Rongrong who was standing at the back.

Lin Rongrong lowered her head and looked up to see everyone huddled together, as if they were terrified.

Seeing her useless look, Zhou Lin was so angry that she cursed in her heart, "What a useless girl! She was just lucky enough to crawl out of the mistress's belly."

Turning around, just as he was about to face Xia Zheng, he saw Xia Zheng say again, "This matter has been approved by the Queen. If Zhou Shenhua has any grievances, the Crown Prince's Consort can convey it to the Queen on your behalf."

When they heard that they were only Shen Hua, one level lower than Xia Zheng, they were about to burst out with righteous indignation, and then they saw Xia Zheng turn around and show the list in front of them.

The stamp of *** pierced their eyes sharply, choking everyone's words back in their throats.

After glancing at everyone and seeing that no one was interested in speaking anymore, Xia Zheng continued reading.

Among the eight newcomers, except for Lin Rongrong, Shen Hua, Shen Yuan and Shen Yi, who each had two, the remaining one had the lowest rank, Chunzhi and Aunt Huan, who were one rank higher and were given the title of Huaizhang. Chunzhi became Huaiyi and Aunt Huan became Huaide.

At this point, there were only one concubine, one aunt, and one assistant to the emperor left vacant in Gu Yizi's backyard.

But even if there are still three vacancies, Gu Yizi is the prince with the most prosperous backyard in the history of the Great Zhou.

After the position was determined, the ceremony of enthronement came. Xia Zheng had prepared for it in advance. Even though most people did not like it, she had to grit her teeth and accept it.

But Lin Rongrong seemed to have never thought that she would get the position of a concubine, so she did not prepare any gifts. She was suddenly placed in a position second only to the emperor, and everything seemed hectic and chaotic.

When Xia Zheng bowed to her, she frantically searched everywhere on her body, and finally took off a bracelet from her hand and wanted to put it on Xia Zheng.

But her hands were so small, and the bracelet was also so small, that she couldn't put it into Xia Zheng's hands at all. She was so anxious that she was sweating all over.

Xia Zheng held the bracelet and said with a smile, "Thank you, Concubine Lin, for being so thoughtful and preparing it for Ruanruan. I will keep it well and give it to her when she is older."

Xia Zheng's words relieved her from the dilemma, and she nodded repeatedly.

After receiving the gift, Xia Zheng naturally sat below Lin Rongrong, and all the positions were settled.

"Now that your positions have been determined, regardless of whether you sisters are unhappy or not, it has already been reported to the royal family and sealed by the emperor. You must not cause any further disputes in the future. If you are dissatisfied, you should make progress and quickly give birth to children for the Crown Prince. The Duke's Mansion will not treat you unfairly."

Although most people were dissatisfied with Tao Yurong's nice words, they did not dare to say anything and just agreed with a hypocritical tone.

Afterwards, Tao Yurong gave a few more instructions and let them go.

According to their positions, Lin Rongrong and Xia Zheng went out first.

After stepping out of the courtyard, there were no more rules. Lin Rongrong turned around, as if she wanted to say something to Xia Zheng, but before she could say anything, Zhou Lin came out from behind, reached out and pulled Lin Rongrong over, pretending to whisper, but her voice did not drop. "Concubine Lin, be careful. You've been deprived of your duties as soon as you enter. Don't let anyone trick you into giving her anything else."

As soon as he finished speaking, without giving Lin Rongrong a chance to speak, the two people who came in with Zhou Lin also came out. The three of them surrounded Lin Rongrong and led her out.

The others who came out right after him also followed the crowd and walked quickly past Xia Zheng as if avoiding the plague. Only Xia Zhengfu, who was named Shen Yuan of the Xue family, quickly followed the others.

"What do they mean? Are they banding together to fight against you?" Chunzhi, who was the last one to come out, looked at the group of people who were leaving angrily.

Xia Zheng did not respond, but instead, she and Concubine Huan, who had come out to greet her, nodded and then said nonchalantly, "They don't obey me, and now that no one is sleeping with them, they naturally formed a faction."

"Why should they not accept it?"

Seeing Chunzhi's cheeks puffed up with anger, as if she had suffered a great injustice, Xia Zheng asked with a smile: "Don't you know?"

Chunzhi curled her lips unnaturally, but eventually the anger subsided.

Even she knew that these young ladies from aristocratic families had learned to be housekeepers since childhood. They had the ability to be the wife of a wife, and even if they were concubines, they would still be proud.

If the person's status is higher than theirs, they will naturally be convinced; if the person's status is lower than theirs, they will have strong abilities and they will have no way to refute the recognition made by the superiors.

It happened to be Xia Zheng. It was like a group of experienced chefs in the kitchen suddenly asking someone who knew nothing about cooking to be the head chef. Which one would accept it?

What's more, they had a grudge with Xia Zheng before.

Chunzhi knew it all, but she and Xia Zheng were friends, so naturally she had to stand on her friend's side, even if it wasn't so firm.

"That's right, ***. With so many people, I don't know how much trouble they will cause. How can I control them? Asking you to take charge is like putting them on the fire. It's obvious that they are going to make you suffer..."

Before he could finish his words, Xia Zheng covered his mouth.

Chunzhi looked at Xia Zheng with confusion in her eyes. Seeing that her gaze was directed to the right, she followed her gaze and suddenly felt a chill rush from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.

She forgot that although *** was gone, there were still many of ***'s people left in the mansion.

He appears and disappears mysteriously, seemingly from nowhere at any given moment.

At this moment, an old lady was standing in the shadows staring at them.

Gratitude brought her hand and she took two quick steps. After making sure they were far away, Chunzhi whispered, "They're clearly trying to frame you. This is a trap!"

"Our Chun Huaiyi has become smarter and he saw through the trap at the first sight." Xia Zheng praised him like a child.

"Stop joking and get down to business. This is no small matter. Even the Crown Princess can't stop the King's decision. What are you going to do?"

Yes, it was stamped with the seal of ***, so the matter was naturally decided by ***. Tao Yurong was perfectly invisible once again.

I don't know how she talked to *** to make him willing to take the blame for her.

But no matter what, this is what has happened.

"When the enemy comes, we will fight them with soldiers; when the water comes, we will block it with earth." Xia Zheng shrugged and said it with great ease.

"You're joking again. I really want to ask you..."

"Would you like some golden roast duck? It should be out of the oven now." Xia Zheng interrupted again, but Chunzhi didn't want to get back to the topic, so she pulled her and hurried back.