First Concubine

Chapter 26 Punishing the brother-in-law (3)

 Change of face...so fast! Zhuge Yu touched the bridge of his nose: "A Zen conference was held in a county near the capital. Three demon monks went to attend on behalf of their respective temples. They were killed by robbers on the way. The Taoist priest fell down while going to the toilet in the middle of the night. He went down the hillside and died with a broken head and bleeding."

"so?"

"So they should have been silenced. If they don't agree with each other, it will be self-defeating, so don't worry."

“Then who does your father suspect to be the mastermind?”

"If nothing else happens, he will naturally be suspicious of whoever proposes marriage to you next." His father always couldn't keep calm when things happened to him. This time, he was really angry.

Will Xun Feng come to propose marriage? Shui Linglong held a negative attitude. Xun Feng has always presented himself as a sickly person who is indifferent to the world, so that he will not be pushed to the forefront because of a little curiosity about her. Shui Linglong thought of Yunli, that man as gentle as jade. If he was really interested in her and wanted to marry her or accept her as his concubine... wouldn't he fall into Xun Feng's trap and be blamed by the Zhenbei Palace?

The month of January flies by like a flash. During this period, Shui Hange mostly stays in Changlexuan. Everyone knows that the eldest lady and the master are deeply in love with each other. Even if the eldest lady is no longer in charge of the family, she is still the treasure of the master. The eldest lady... should not be underestimated. ! Only Qin Fangyi understood that none of Changlexuan's maids were clean anymore.

The sun is shining brightly, the snow has melted, the ground is wet, and the sun is shining brightly.

Today, a distinguished guest came to the house, it was Grandma Tan who was the most capable person around Concubine Yu. Grandma Tan went to Fushou Yuan without any hindrance. After explaining her purpose, the old lady's hand shook and the tea cup fell. , smashed it to pieces on the ground: "Mommy, you...you...are you telling the truth?"

Grandma Tan smiled and said: "Of course it is true. Your Majesty invited several imperial doctors to confirm the diagnosis. It is unmistakable! My Majesty said that the method taught by the eldest lady worked, and she got pregnant after trying it for a few nights!"

Concubine Jade's little life is at the beginning of the month, and the tenth day after the completion is almost the seventeenth. The emperor stays in the queen's palace on the fifteenth and sixteenth of each month, and in the following days he rests in the palaces of the noble concubine, the concubine Shu and the concubine Xian respectively. , I would have a few more days to rest alone, and it would not be until the 25th that I started visiting other concubines. Therefore, the days when Concubine Jade accepted the favor were not within the fertile period. After being prompted by Shui Linglong, Concubine Jade took the initiative to go to the emperor's palace to invite the favor. As a result, she actually got pregnant!

The old lady smiled from ear to ear, and was even happier than when she heard that Aunt Zhou was pregnant: "Amitabha! Bodhisattva bless you! The empress has finally given birth to her own child! Aunt Tan, you are not an outsider, and I will tell you everything that is in my heart." I have said it. Beauty is easy to age, but there is no guarantee that the time will come when the queen is young and beautiful. The child... is our blessing for the rest of her life! Not only did she cure my tuberculosis, I also helped my wife conceive a child, I will definitely take good care of this girl!”

"That's the truth." Nanny Tan said calmly, "The empress also said that our Shui Mansion has given birth to an emperor's concubine, and will soon give birth to a crown princess. The family is so noble that it is not comparable to ordinary official families. The young lady in the mansion They will all have unworthy bodies in the future, so the empress paid a lot of money to hire the former Shang Gong to be the lady's wife. Speaking of Jin Shang Gong, she is proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. I don't know how many noble ladies want to invite her. She went to teach her daughter, but she was tired of the life of dealing with others and wanted to retire and return home. If she didn't owe her a favor, she wouldn't be able to get her no matter how much money she spent. "

 The old lady was extremely grateful: "Your grace!"

Mother Tan has always maintained a standard polite smile: "At the beginning of next month, on the birthday of the empress, the emperor has authorized the daughters of the palace to stay in the palace for a few days, and they have the right to accompany the empress to relieve her boredom, so that the empress can raise her child with peace of mind."

Under normal circumstances, not to mention concubines, even the queen can only have a relative enter the palace to accompany her in the last month of pregnancy. How much the emperor loves his concubine! The old lady was so happy that she almost couldn't open her mouth from ear to ear. She personally took out a pair of gold hardware from the dressing table and handed it to Nanny Tan, and solemnly prayed: "Nanny was the aunt who taught the queen when she first entered the palace. Such affection There is no comparison between ordinary masters and servants. The Queen is able to receive the Sacred Heart, and it is all due to the great contribution of Grandma. Here, I would like to express my gratitude to Grandma on behalf of the Lady! "

After saying that, he stood up and bowed to Grandma Tan.

Grandma Tan's face changed slightly, and she hurriedly stepped forward to support the old lady: "Don't do this! It is my duty to do my duty and be loyal to your Majesty, and I will take good care of your Majesty!"

The old lady said solemnly: "I'm afraid that the empress is too arrogant and pampered. She has already been criticized by the public, but she is not appreciated by the queen in the middle palace. It will take a lot of effort to ensure the safety of mother and child. I ask my grandma to take care of the empress like her own daughter. !”

 What the old lady wants is not sincerity, but true love! Nanny Tan took a weak breath. The first time she saw Concubine Yu, she knew that this girl would definitely win the favor of the emperor. In terms of appearance, Concubine Yu was indeed quite pretty, but in the harem where beauties are as beautiful as jade, , this beauty is not enough to attract the emperor's attention. She stands out among the three thousand beauties because her dress, words and deeds, even her expression and smile are so similar to that person back then!

Xiang Concubine also resembled her, but she looked similar in appearance but not in spirit. As time passed, the emperor lost much interest in Xiang Concubine, but he still tolerated Xiang Concubine's domineering behavior because of the similarity between Xiang Concubine and that person.

She served the emperor in her early years and the Jade Concubine in her later years. The ups and downs of most of her life have worn away her sincerity. Her dedication to her duties is out of servility, but let her take care of the Jade Concubine like her own daughter. She has no daughter, and she has no daughter. How do you know what kind of feeling this is?

Mother Tan’s eyes flashed and she smiled without changing her face: “I can do it, please don’t worry, old lady!”

In the Lingxiang courtyard, Zhifan brought a small stove and set up a small hot pot. What we were eating today was boiled mutton. There was no such ingredient in the house, and everything including the stove was sent by Crown Prince Zhuge.

It is said that a good woman is a book that ordinary people cannot read and that wise men read tirelessly. Because of this sentence, Zhi Fan doubted her own IQ for the first time, because...she really can't read the eldest lady!

The eldest lady likes to be lively. She rarely stays alone in the house except for sleeping. Whether she is writing or painting, there must be at least three servants around her, even if they are only doing embroidery work. Sometimes, the eldest lady doesn't do anything, just leans back in the chair and watches them go about their work, and she never gets tired of watching them for an hour! It’s like I’ve never seen a living person in my life!

Also, the eldest lady sleeps without a light, and she has to light a light during her lunch break. If she wakes up in the middle of the night and finds that the lights are out, haha, whoever is on duty will get the blame!

What’s even more strange is that the eldest lady’s coat can be simple and plain, or the fabric can be plain, but the bellyband and lining are absolutely staggeringly exquisite. The color, workmanship, embroidery, and materials are all perfect. After a month, The styles are not repeated.

Don’t most people dress smartly on the outside and be passable on the inside? There is still a patch on her bellyband, but the coat is brand new!

What puzzled Zhifan the most was that the eldest lady practiced calligraphy every day, but her handwriting was like a ghost drawing characters; she rarely practiced the piano, and the sound of the piano was better than the sound of nature.

 Zhi Fan shook his head, probably she would never be able to read the eldest lady in her life.

 Mother Zhong came in with washed mutton slices and a jasmine tea bag to remove the smell. The smell was so tangy that Zhi Fan and Liu Lu almost vomited. Mutton is a food that only the barbarians in Mobei love to eat. People in the Zhou Dynasty are not used to eating food with a strong smell. Let alone a jasmine tea bag, even ten of them cannot be eaten by Zhifan and Liulu. They are too young to eat. "Mercy" always invites them to eat together. They suddenly envied Ye Mao. He was injured and could not eat anything, so he could avoid a torture.

"That... that... miss, I have a stomachache and can't eat meat." Liu Lu held her breath and bravely said.

Shui Linglong used her chopsticks to pick up a piece of raw mutton and put it into the hot pot. She casually said, "Oh, okay, Mother Zhong, please remember not to put meat in the rice given to Liu Lu these days."

Liu Lu choked, I was wrong...

Liu Lu failed to take the lead. Zhi Fan sat down bravely and put a chopstick of mutton into the pot. After it was cooked, he swallowed it with garlic sauce. Yes, he swallowed it. He didn't chew it at all: "Well, really... Delicious!"

"If it tastes good, eat more." Shui Linglong scooped a whole plate of mutton into Zhi Fan's bowl, "Mother Zhong, cut it into another plate."

 The branches are messy in the wind…

 After finishing the hot pot, news came from Fushouyuan and the old lady summoned him.

Shui Linglong washed her hair and took a shower. After making sure that she no longer smelled like hot pot, she dressed up and headed to Fushouyuan.

It was still cold on February 1st, and the wind was cool and stinging on her face. Shui Linglong tightened her cloak and quickened her pace.

On the secluded path where Shui Lingyue and I met last time, a delicate figure suddenly jumped out from another path and bumped into Liu Lu!

 “Ouch! Who is it? So blind?” Liu Lu felt pain, pushed the man away, and rubbed her belly.

Shui Linglong stared at her and asked, "Sister Huayi?" The maid in the temple who sympathized with her about to marry the infamous Zhuge Yu and kindly told her that nobles avoid the color red. We haven't seen each other for only a month, how come she is so thin? His complexion also turned yellow and his dark circles were extremely serious!

Huayi looked up and found that the person she was colliding with was the eldest lady. A memory flashed through her mind. She was about to run away and knelt down in front of Shui Linglong: "Miss!"

Shui Linglong's eyes flashed sharply, and she said to Liu Lu: "You guys stay on the side and alert me if someone comes."

“Yes!” Zhifan and Liulu stood on two sections of the road, one in the south and one in the north.

Shui Linglong walked behind the rockery and Huayi followed. After making sure there was no one else, Shui Linglong asked: "Sister Huayi, are you sick?"

 It’s not that he’s sick, it’s that he was tortured like this by Mother Zhao’s son! It was only later that she realized that she was being used by Shi Qing. She wanted to expose Shi Qing's conspiracy, but Mother Zhao didn't give her a chance to get out of the yard! She was drunk that day, and when she woke up she found that she was naked and being raped by a man! And that man was so stupid that he not only did such shameful things to her day and night, but also bit her and hit her! She could feel that she didn't have long to live. She was a slave and no one would care about her after she died...

Huayi shook her head, tears welling up in her eyes. She looked around, as if she was trying to avoid someone's pursuit, and she was very nervous: "Miss! I don't have much time left. I want to ask you something! Seeing that I have kindly reminded you. For my sake, please promise me something, okay?"

With that said, Huayi knelt down and planned to hug Shui Linglong's feet. Shui Linglong took a step back to avoid it: "Don't touch me! Otherwise I will leave immediately!"

Huayi was startled for a moment, and then he was happy. Miss...is this considered an agreement? Huayi burst into tears and smiled bitterly: "I won't live long!"

Shui Linglong was slightly stunned. Did he not live long...or did he not want to live?

Huayi continued: "I beg the eldest lady to cremate the slave after his death. If the eldest lady has the opportunity to go to Mobei in the future, please spread the slave's ashes on the grassland of Mobei... I miss the grassland of Mobei so much. Think of Eji’s hotpot mutton..."

 Mobei? There was a sudden buzz in Shui Linglong's mind. Mobei is a nomadic people, located in the northern part of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In recent years, the two sides have been at loggerheads over the competition for the mining development rights on the border and the territorial rights in the Huaihai area. The flames of war almost filled the entire place. In the skies above the border, I heard that the soil there was dyed red with the blood of the soldiers. It was after Guo Yan defeated Mobei that he was awarded the title of Mighty General.

Huayi, an inconspicuous maid, no, from Mobei, "sucked" into... Shangshu Mansion? !

A trace of strong vigilance flashed in Shui Linglong's eyes.

 Huayi's scalp was numb when she saw it. Was her bet wrong? The eldest lady is like those people. When they heard that she was from Mobei, they thought she was a craftsman? No! not like this! She is not a meticulous craftsman! Although she also comes from a famous family, she... was not ordered by anyone! She and her brother simply lived in Dazhou!

"Miss! Listen to my explanation! My original name is..."

"Where did Huayi's little **** go? If I find you, I'll have to **** your legs! You dare to play a cat-and-mouse game with me? Damn you! You little bitch!"

Before Huayi finished speaking, he remembered Mother Zhao’s cold scolding in the distance, and Huayi trembled all over as if he had been electrocuted! There was a trace of panic and despair in her tear-filled eyes. She had to use all her strength to escape. After this incident, Zhao's mother was bound to be more cautious. She... had no chance again!

 She gritted her teeth, took off a crescent-shaped jade pendant from her neck and stuffed it into Shui Linglong's hand: "The master favors all the maids in Changlexuan! Sometimes several of them serve the master together. If this continues, the master's body will be hollowed out!"

 Immediately stood up and ran away without looking back!

At the last moment, instead of interceding for herself, Shui Linglong offered her a favor, and it was hard for Shui Linglong to refuse. Shui Linglong picked up the jade pendant and looked at it. The sunlight shone into the transparent mutton-fat jade, and the words on the back came into view clearly - Nova, is this the name of the painting?

Shui Linglong thought of the mysterious Mobei concubine again, and vaguely felt that Mobei's defeat was very strange. The Dong family was exterminated, and even the babies were not spared. Without a successor, the Mobei people could only retreat. The second requirement is to elect the most prominent Tai clan to power. Since Mobei has all the secretaries entering the Zhou Palace, how could the Dong clan still be defeated so miserably? Besides, Guo Yan isn't so crazy that he even kills babies, right?

 Forget it, she is no longer a queen, nor is she an adviser. She is just a concubine, Shui Linglong. What does state affairs and war have to do with her? Shui Linglong put away the jade pendant, left here with Zhi Fan and Liu Lu, and went to Fushouyuan.

The group of people walked for less than a quarter of an hour before a strong young man quietly caught up with him. He had an unattractive appearance and a dark complexion. He belonged to a species that you would never want to talk to if you saw him a hundred times. He was disguised as that person. The first skill taught to him is that even if you are a prince, you must act like a beggar when you pretend to be a beggar. This is called skill!

He hid behind the locust tree, pinched the stones in his hands, and judged when was the most appropriate time to remove the two maids next to Shui Linglong. Thirty meters ahead of them was a small lotus pond. The maid's breathing was steady and strong, which showed that her lung capacity was very good, her shoulders were broad, and her body was thick at the top and thin at the bottom. She should be very good at swimming, especially the butterfly stroke. Let her fall into the water, no one will be killed, and one life can be saved.

With this thought, he added an extra stone in his hand, preparing to push Zhi Fan and Liu Lv into the water at the same time, and then pull Shui Linglong away while they were splashing in the water.

 There is no way, he misses her so much!

Missing her arms! Miss her smell! Thinking about it makes my whole heart clench into a ball!

 Today, despite the risk of being regarded as a madman, he has to tell her who he really is!

Just when he raised his hand and was about to make a move, Mama Du came over from behind: "Hey! The new one...who is that? This is where the masters live, you can't come! I'm just watching you You are so powerful that you are allowed to enter the inner house to do things, but I tell you, except for the courtyard and the dining room, you are not allowed to move around at will! Otherwise, I will report to the old lady and expel you from the Shangshu Mansion immediately!"

 He was so angry that he was shaking all over, just one step away! There’s really only one step left!

 (End of this chapter)