Yixiu's Rebirth: Sending Bai Lianhua's Sister to Become a Concubine

It is different from the happy atmosphere in Yongkang Pavilion.

Rouze felt uneasy in Longjing Pavilion.

She has not seen Yinzhen since she returned home.

Only Su Peisheng came with a cold message, asking the concubine to stay in Longjing Pavilion for the time being and not to come out.

Don't come out, isn't that just house arrest?

She also gave Su Peisheng some money, hoping to secretly find out what Yinzhen's current attitude was.

However, Su Peisheng avoided the purse of silver without even looking at it, saying that he didn't understand what the prince meant and asked the concubine to wait.

Rouze wanted to say something else, but Su Peisheng waved his hand and signaled his attendants to close the door.

Since then, Rouze has been staying in Longjing Pavilion for seven or eight days.

Everyone in the mansion tacitly agreed not to inquire.

After all, something that could make Yinzhen and Yixiu hold back their anger and keep their mouths shut must not be a trivial matter.

They are just vying for favor and are not prepared to risk their lives.

They can clearly distinguish between one meal being full and another meal being full.

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Different emotions are floating in the air, and the days have turned into April.

Willow catkins began to float in the capital city, flying everywhere and affecting people's breathing.

But in the mansions of respectable aristocratic families, such cheap plants are not allowed to appear. The servants in the palace are busy cleaning up the willow catkins that occasionally fly into the walls, and carefully taking care of the crabapple flowers that are about to bloom.

As long as there is another spring rain, the crabapple trees will bloom with mostly pink flowers, and people are looking forward to adding some vitality to the palace with the bright colors.

"Sister, the crabapple blossoms are about to bloom. I'm going to paint under the tree and put two small food boxes next to them. One will hold two kinds of fruits, red water chestnuts (1) and chicken heads (2), and the other will hold jujube paste and yam cake (3). The combination of crispness and sweetness is just right."

That day, Yi Zhengxing took Lingyu and Li Jingyan for a walk outside. Lingyu was chattering all the time, and Rouze, who was standing at the door enjoying the breeze, happened to hear it clearly.

elder sister?

Rouze sneered in her heart. That silly girl who didn't even dare to speak loudly back then, is now being pestered by others to call her sister?

If she still had some conscience, she should find a way to get her real sister out.

What are you trying to win people's hearts from outside?

"Master, catkins are about to float in from outside again. Why don't we go back and sit down?"

Fang Luo on the side spoke.

She had no choice. She couldn't just tell you to stop listening. The more you listened, the more upset you would feel.

Rouze was visibly thinner, and her complexion was no longer as radiant as before.

There was no harsh treatment of Rouze in the mansion, and three meals a day and daily expenses were still provided as usual.

However, Rouze felt depressed and could not relax. She could only eat a few bites of her meals every day and asked to be sent away.

The food prepared by the concubine was naturally much better than that prepared by the maids.

When a young maid saw that Rouze refused to eat, she secretly took the leftover food to the servants' room and had a big meal with her sisters, which was considered a way to have fun during the days of confinement.

Unexpectedly, Rouze soon discovered that someone was eating her meal while she couldn't eat. She was so angry that she beat the maids, scolding them for not sympathizing with her feelings and taking advantage of her heartlessly.

For a moment, everyone in Longjing Pavilion felt in danger and looked at each other on the road.

Fang Luo's mentality is relatively better.

After her last contact with Yi Xiu, she saw with her own eyes that Yi Xiu let go of the maid who was having an affair with Kang Lu Hai, and she knew that as long as she was obedient, she would still be worth using.

Even if Rouze really committed a crime against Yinzhen one day, her life would not be in danger.

Therefore, she has been serving Rouze more often recently, in case Yixiu sends someone to ask about Rouze one day and she doesn't know.

When the other maids saw Fang Luo taking the initiative to take on the responsibility, they were immediately grateful to her.

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Yinzhen finally walked into Longjing Pavilion one afternoon.

"My Lord..." Rouze burst into tears again when she saw Yinzhen: "I already know I was wrong. It's all my fault that I wanted Lord Beile to pay more attention to me, and I also hoped that Hongchang would have a bright future, so I did such a thing..."

Rouze knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.

"Ahem..." Yixiu cleared her throat. Rouze turned around and saw Yixiu standing behind her with a speechless expression.

Yixiu came in to pay her respects: "Lord Beile, I got up early to sort out the things in the storeroom and just finished settling everything. Am I not late?"

"Of course there is none."

Yinzhen reached out and pulled Yixiu to her seat, then turned to look at Rouze.

The concubine was also listed in the family tree and had a seal, not to mention that Rouze was the only concubine in the capital.

Everyone is staring at Rouze.

If Yinzhen wanted to touch her as a concubine, it would be difficult for him to do so without a reason.

But this matter must not be known to outsiders.

Yinzhen felt like he had a suffocating feeling in his chest, with no way to vent it.

Even if Rouze was placed under house arrest in the mansion, he still felt angry when he thought about it.

"Then send the concubine to Ganlu Temple and announce to the public that she has gone to pray for Hongchang."

"Fourth Master, all I have done is for Hongchang and for you. Now that you want me to go to Ganlu Temple, I have no complaints."

Rouze, with tears in her eyes, knelt down and kowtowed to Yinzhen.

Her thin shoulders trembled slightly, and her whole body looked fragile.

Yinzhen felt a little reluctant, but when he thought about what she had done, which almost brought disaster to the entire Fourth Prince's Mansion, that reluctance quickly dissipated.

Yixiu watched Yinzhen's expression change coldly.

How unbearable? Hmm?

Could he really give up his future for Rouze?

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Notes:

(1) Red water chestnut: Purple-red water chestnut prefers warm and humid environment with plenty of sunshine and cannot tolerate frost. Therefore, it requires a frost-free period of more than 6 months to achieve a good yield.

(2) Chicken head: also known as chicken head fruit, is an annual aquatic herb of the Nymphaeaceae family. It is mainly produced in Yugan, Jiangxi Province, China, and is also grown in other places such as Jiangsu and Anhui.

Both kinds of fruits grow in ponds. In addition to showing that Lingyu likes to eat, it also implies that Lingyu can stay clean in an environment where everyone is competing with each other.

(3) The jujube paste and yam cake can nourish the stomach and spleen, which is a metaphor for her sweet and innocent personality, and slowly warms up Yixiu after her rebirth.