proud wife and concubine

"Hmm..." Xiao Xueqiong rubbed her chin and thought for a while, then said weakly: "I think His Royal Highness King Qin is right..."

"It's quite reasonable, but I'm not very sure in my heart... However, compared to the truth, my worries are not much grounded. Since A Ke originally intended, he hesitated for a long time because of me, I also Don't worry about it anymore. What happens next in this matter is entirely up to him to decide. "

"Yeah," Xiao Xueqiong nodded, agreeing, "That's it! His Royal Highness King Qin is such a smart person, and there are a lot of people in the house to advise him and solve problems. My sister doesn't have to worry about it. She can spend more time with me. OK."

"I haven't been with you much?" Li Yuerong pinched Xiao Xueqiong's little face and asked.

"Where is there too much?" Xiao Xueqiong refused to accept, and stretched out her hand to scratch the other party's itch to fight back.

"You little heartless, for you, I will not leave the mansion now if I can. Even if I can't evade where I am really going, I will try to bring you by my side. Among the dignitaries in the capital, I don't know who How many people are wondering: Why did Princess Zhaoyang suddenly change her temper?" Li Yuerong took the opponent's troublesome little hand, and with a backhand shake, Xiao Xueqiong couldn't move.

"But when you were at home, whenever someone came to the house, you would abandon me to meet guests in the front yard. But there are more and more people like this every day, which is really annoying." Big, Xiao Xueqiong decisively changed her tactics, lying on her sister Yuerong's shoulder and acting coquettishly.

Li Yuerong was very useful, and immediately comforted her softly: "There have been a lot of things recently, and you have been wronged."

"Since you know that I have been wronged, how can you make it up to me?" Xiao Xueqiong stretched out her white and tender index finger, and gently poked the other person's shoulder.

Li Yuerong smiled ambiguously, with one hand still encircling the person in her arms, while the other grabbed Xiao Xueqiong's messy fingers, and sent them to her wet mouth, licking them lewdly, the originally warm atmosphere suddenly became erotic. .

"Don't...it's broad daylight, Xiaodie is outside." Although Xiao Xueqiong lit the fire, she just wanted to tease Li Yuerong on a whim.Unexpectedly, Li Yuerong climbed up the pole, like wildfire starting a prairie fire, Xiao Xueqiong couldn't take it anymore.Naturally, it's not that she doesn't want to be intimate with Li Yuerong, on the contrary, although she is a little bit shy about the things in the room, she is willing to enjoy them both from the heart and the body.But at this hour, the servants are all waiting in the yard, and they are not allowed to come in and report something... If someone breaks through, Xiao Xueqiong feels that she will never want to leave the room for the rest of her life.

"What? Afraid of being heard by them?" Li Yuerong asked maliciously.

"When...Of course." Xiao Xueqiong had been teased so that her breath became short of breath.

"Then, you call Xiaodie over, tell her that you are discussing things with me, and let all the servants go outside the yard." Li Yuerong suggested.

Xiao Xueqiong was so angry that she was struggling to get out of Li Yuerong's arms: "I don't want it! It was me last time..."

Xiao Xueqiong had to worry about doing such things all the time, whether Xiaodie had become suspicious.

"Okay, okay, can't I say it? Don't move around!" Li Yuerong's hand around Xiao Xueqiong's waist suddenly exerted strength, and then firmly hugged Xiao Xueqiong and stood up.

Xiao Xueqiong was taken aback, and quickly put the bracelet around Li Yuerong's neck: "What is sister going to do?"

Li Yuerong smiled and said nothing, hugged Xiao Xueqiong and walked straight to the closed door.

"Xiaodie." Li Yuerong called out.

Xiao Xueqiong was so frightened that her voice was about to jump out, and she kept struggling to get down: "Shadow! Shadow!"

Li Yuerong followed Xiao Xueqiong's gaze, saw two figures with their necks intertwined reflected on the door by the candlelight.

"You're so smart." Li Yuerong kissed Xiao Xueqiong's flushed little face heavily, and then freed up a hand to put down the heavy door curtain used to block the wind, "Isn't that all right?"

Only then did Xiao Xueqiong feel relieved, but she was still angry, and when Xiaodie's footsteps were getting closer, she bit Li Yuerong's chest hard through her clothes.

"Hiss!" Li Yuerong was caught off guard and gasped in pain.

"Princess, what are your orders?" Xiaodie asked respectfully outside the door.

Xiao Xueqiong smiled triumphantly at Li Yuerong, and the other party pinched her already fleshy little butt a few times to show her response.

"My little aunt and I have some confidential matters to discuss. You ask all the maids inside and outside the house to go out of the yard. If someone comes over later, just say that I am resting and see no visitors." Li Yuerong ordered.

"Yes, are the servants in the general's room also called out?"

"nature."

"Yes." Xiaodie took the order and left.

The remaining two people in the room looked at each other and smiled, their glued eyes turned into intertwined bodies. On such a bleak autumn afternoon, the room was ignited with a charming spring feeling.

Thanks to Xiao Xueqiong's auspicious words, Zhao Xu returned to the imperial capital in the deep winter and the first snow.Li Ji thought that he had traveled a long distance and worked very hard, so he was allowed to go back to his residence for a few days to recuperate before entering the palace to face the Holy Spirit.

Although the return of the "righteous lord" will affect the happy life of himself and Sister Yuerong to some extent, after all, Xiao Xueqiong has treated Zhao Xu like an older brother after getting along for a long time, so she doesn't feel distressed, but is very happy.Before Zhao Xuren arrived, Xiao Xueqiong had already directed the people to prepare the dust-cleaning banquet.Li Yuyao also came to the house in the name of "seeing her brother-in-law".When Zhao Xu came back, the four of them had a meal happily.

"It's said that "the bitter cold outside the Great Wall" is true." Xiao Xueqiong couldn't help but sighed as she looked at Zhao Xu's protruding cheekbones due to her thinness.

Zhao Xu smiled, and said to Xiao Xueqiong and Li Yuyao while picking up vegetables: "Bitter, it's not too bitter. The cold is real. Before August, there was heavy snowfall, and the snow flakes were as big as a palm. Said outside the tent A few words, the saliva can freeze the tongue. If you have the opportunity to go there in the future, you must cover it tightly."

"Where is anyone going?" Li Yuyao shook her head straight, expressing that she was not interested in going there, even her hometown in Yunzhong thought it dry and cold.Xiao Xueqiong nodded straight, naturally she didn't want to go beyond the Great Wall, but to agree with Li Yuyao, she was most afraid of the cold.

"However, brother-in-law, why are you tanned? Didn't it mean that it snowed there a long time ago? Could it be that the sun is very hot in the severe winter there?" Li Yuyao asked curiously.

"That's right, the terrain is very high there, even if there is snow everywhere, the sun can still dazzle people." Although Zhao Xu was very hungry, he had to take his image into consideration in front of the two little girls, and returned after swallowing his food wholeheartedly.

"General, why do you only eat vegetables? Are these plates of meat not delicious?" Xiao Xueqiong saw that Zhao Xu kept picking up vegetables, but did not move his usual favorite roast chicken and pork leg. Li Yuerong even directly He moved several plates of vegetables to Zhao Xu, feeling very puzzled.

Li Yuerong on the side looked at Zhao Xu's embarrassment that he wanted to eat but had to answer, and he couldn't help but laugh: "Miss, let General Zhao eat first, he may not be able to eat vegetarian food for half a month there. Northwest, I have been there before, if you have any questions, I will definitely know everything."

Only then did Li Yuyao realize that she had forgotten the rules when she left the palace, and she didn't know if she was rude, so she felt a little embarrassed at the moment, and stuck out her tongue in embarrassment.

After all, Xiao Xueqiong had been with Zhao Xu and Li Yuerong for a long time, so she didn't think anything of it, but she felt sorry for her general even more, and even picked up several chopsticks of vegetarian dishes for him.

Li Yuyao was not very hungry, she lost her appetite after a few mouthfuls of food.But this time I didn't bring Turan with me, and now it's boring to go back to the room by myself, so I had to sit aside, thinking that Xiao Xueqiong would play with her for a while after Xiao Xueqiong finished eating, and then go back to the room to rest.

In order for Zhao Xu to have a good meal, Xiao Xueqiong and Li Yuyao stopped talking, and the dinner fell silent, and now it was Zhao Xu's turn to be embarrassed.He felt that he had to find something to say to the two younger sisters, but he couldn't seem too deliberate and make the two younger sisters feel bad.After thinking for a while, Zhao Xu asked Li Yuerong: "By the way, why don't you see your junior sister?"

Li Yuerong just sipped the wine down her throat and almost choked on it.At this time, Li Yuyao also wanted to come, and asked in agreement: "Yeah, why haven't I seen Sister Qingmo? I haven't seen her for a long time. It's strange to miss her. Meng Qi told me before that Dr. Shen is beautiful and kind-hearted, and has superb medical skills." , it would be nice to meet again by chance.”

"Oh, I didn't expect that you all miss her a lot." Xiao Xueqiong said quietly.

"She opened a medical clinic in the south of the city. For convenience, she moved out. If you want to see her, go to Qingyuefang in the south of the city by yourself." Li Yuerong quickly stopped the topic: She coaxed for a long time, and it was hard to get rid of someone's treatment of her. With the obsession of "there must be adultery" with Shen Qingmo, who knows which pot this Zhao Xu will not open and which pot to lift, it seems that I am too kind to him.

Zhao Xu just asked casually, knowing that Shen Qingmo had moved out of his house, he was unexpectedly relieved.But after all, he is a guest and the princess' junior sister, so it is not easy for him to show it, so he pretended to be sorry and said: "Miss Shen, why don't you stay a little longer, before you have time to say goodbye."

Xiao Xueqiong felt that she shouldn't serve Zhao Xu food, but let him be hungry for a while.

"It's just..." Li Yuyao just opened her mouth when she was interrupted by Li Yuerong:

"By the way, Zhang Mengqi is with you, okay?" Without giving anyone a chance, Li Yuerong decisively changed the subject.

"Ah, I almost forgot the business!" Li Yuyao slapped her forehead. She looked at the two maids standing not far away, and then at Li Yuerong.

Li Yuerong understood and waved the two of them back.

"Meng Qi has been staying in my palace for more than a month, and I have never had a chance to see the father. I dare not take her out, for fear that the father will not see her, and I will meet Concubine Wei and the others first. However, I will take her every now and then. When she went to see Concubine Li, she actually ran into Emperor Father once."

"Has the emperor seen her?" Xiao Xueqiong asked.

"Yeah." Li Yuyao nodded, "At first I just looked at it a few times, and didn't say anything."

"Ah..." Xiao Xueqiong was a little disappointed.

"But..." Li Yuyao changed the topic.

"But what? Tell me quickly, you're still playing tricks on us!" Xiao Xueqiong pinched Li Yuyao dissatisfied.

"I was just talking..." Li Yuyao rolled her eyes and continued, "However, a few days later, I went to pay my respects to my father. thing."

"What did he ask, and how did you reply?" Only at this moment did Li Yuerong show a little nervousness.For her father, she has always had an almost intuitive fear in her heart.

"He asked me, there is a maid in my palace who looks a bit like the late empress, when did she come to my palace, and where did she appoint her. I followed my sister's order and said I saw you As for the new maid who entered the palace, because she looks like my elder sister, I feel that she is a good match, so I specially picked her back to the palace."

"Very good," Li Yuerong nodded approvingly, but she was still a little uneasy: "And then, what does Emperor Father say?"

Li Yuyao replied truthfully: "Father didn't say much, he told me to spend more time with Concubine Li, so he asked me to step down. It seems that he didn't become suspicious."

"Heh, I guess it's not that he didn't become suspicious, but he already sent someone to the Inspector to check before asking you." Li Yuerong said while thinking about whether there were any omissions in the arrangements made by the Inspector.

To deal with Li Ji, Li Yuerong had to put up all his energy and be careful everywhere.However, in the final analysis, this matter was a bit risky, because she had hated Concubine Wei for a long time, and she couldn't see that bitch being proud of her favor.What's more, Concubine Wei's favor and disgrace is directly related to A Ke's interests, so when she sees an opportunity, she rushes to seize it. If it is an ordinary matter, she will be more calm.However, there is no turning back when the bow is opened, and it is useless to worry and fear now.Now that the scene has been set up, the play must continue.

"Speaking of Concubine Wei, I think of something." Zhao Xu took over the conversation: "This time when I went to the peace talks, the emperor sent Wei Changqing, the nephew of Concubine Wei, to be my deputy envoy, but it was written in the imperial decree that I was the one to do it." Take full responsibility. I don't know if it's because of this, the counselor surnamed Wei has caused me a lot of trouble along the way."

"If you let him be the deputy envoy, why don't you give him real power? Since you don't want him to work, why force him into the envoy?" Li Yuyao asked.

"Because going to the peace talks this time, although the journey is hard and the responsibility is heavy, in the final analysis, it can be regarded as a fat job." Li Yuerong explained, "Father wanted to promote the Wei family, but he was not sure about Wei Changqing's talent. I was afraid that he would mess up such an important matter. So he ordered Zhao Xu to be the leader, and at the same time found a "deputy envoy" position for the Wei family. Son, our Fifth Prince, support the scene."

After saying this, Li Yuyao understood, but Xiao Xueqiong was puzzled again: "Why did my sister say that it is a fat job to go to the peace talks? Let's not talk about the hard work all the way. Although the negotiation is a credit, if the result is not satisfactory, I'm afraid it will You will be punished. Also, why did you let such a bad-spoken person like our general go, to be honest, I really sweated for him!"

"Haha!" Zhao Xu laughed heartily, and explained: "Although I am clumsy, the dozen or so attendants I brought with me are all eloquent and resourceful. I just need to shock the scene and consider whether it is OK or not. . ""

Li Yuerong is very expressive in front of Xiao Xueqiong, although she often does not realize it.As soon as Zhao Xu's voice fell, she added: "I said that the peace talks are a good job, and there is a basis for it. We are in the new year of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it is a troubled time. The Tuli people took advantage of the fire and robbed them. Since then, the situation has always been that the enemy attacks and we defend. Tuli has always been arrogant, but this time he took the initiative to make peace when the war is beneficial to them, do you know why?"

"Because of……"

Before Zhao Xu finished speaking, Li Yuerong rolled his eyes.

"If you, the general in charge of the peace talks, don't know, our Dazhou probably won't last for a few days. I'm not asking you." Li Yuerong said angrily.

Zhao Xu was speechless, thinking that you didn't make it clear, come on, I'd better eat my meal honestly.

"Sister, you said it." Li Yuyao stayed in the deep palace on weekdays, either learning etiquette as a maid, or reading and writing. She was so boring.Today is a rare opportunity to listen to others talk about the great world outside, but he listened with gusto, so he urged.

"The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows. The Tuli gathered a large army to fight with us, but they forgot that there is a country called Xiliao next to them. The Xiliao people are different from the Turi people. Their skin is generally whiter. Before the Turi people came, they had their own tribes, large and small, and although they spoke the same language and had similar customs, they did not have a unified country. Later, the Turi people grew stronger, and these large and small tribes in the Western Regions were conquered and became the Turi tribes. They are slaves of human beings. About three or forty years ago, some Xiliao people got rid of the slavery of the Turians and established Xiliao together with some slaves of other ethnic groups. Although Xiliao is small, it is difficult to defend and difficult to attack. Young and old, everyone practices martial arts, and all the people are soldiers. Probably because they have been enslaved and know what it's like to be a slave, so the people of Xiliao fought desperately, which is really frightening."

"In this way, Xiliao and Tuli have a deep hatred." Li Yuyao said.

"It can be said that, but after all, the strength of the two sides is very different. Xiliao is in a weak position, so naturally they will not take the initiative to challenge Tuli. As for Tuli, although they are sure to win the battle with Xiliao, they have to be wary of us. Moreover, the Central Plains is vast and rich in resources, rich in resources and rich in resources, far from being comparable to the borderlands of the Western Regions. The Turians have coveted this for a long time. Although there were many small conflicts between Liao and Tuli, there have been few major battles over the years."

"So, when Tuli was at war with us this time, Xiliao made a surprise attack, and Tuli was attacked by the enemy, so he sent someone to make peace?" Xiao Xueqiong asked.

Li Yuerong nodded approvingly: "That's right."

Li Yuyao still didn't understand: "Since Xiliao's national strength is far inferior to Tuli, why did they dare to attack this time? Aren't they afraid that Tuli will retaliate against them after they make peace with us?"

"Good question." Li Yuerong responded, "They are making such a risky move, either because the monarch is too stupid to know the truth of taking a chestnut out of a fire, or they have already reached some kind of agreement with our Dazhou. Judging from the current situation, it is obvious that It's the latter. Right? General Zhao?"

Li Yuerong turned her face to ask Zhao Xu, after all, she had been away from the court for a long time, and she could only analyze and speculate on military and state affairs by herself after inquiring about the news.

Zhao Xu nodded, confirming Li Yuerong's thoughts, but after all, it was a confidential matter, afraid that the two little girls, Li Yuyao and Xiao Xueqiong, would inadvertently reveal it, so Zhao Xu did not continue the discussion, but brought the topic to the West Liao Kingdom : "The Western Liao Dynasty seems to have been suppressed by Tuli in recent years, but it is not ineffective. They have been expanding northward. Not long ago, they just annexed Gaoche. Gaoche has sufficient water sources, relatively flat terrain, and is rich in famous Ma Liang. As a result, Xiliao's national power has greatly increased."

"Gaoche!?" Li Yueyao and Xiao Xueqiong said in unison, but compared to Xiao Xueqiong, Li Yuyao's tone was more urgent.

"Yes, it's Gaoche, why?" Zhao Xu didn't know why.

"It's nothing, I think it sounds familiar." Xiao Xueqiong scratched her head, then asked Li Yuyao, "Where have you heard it?"

"Not only have I heard that Turan is the dowry from Gaoche Kingdom." Li Yuyao replied.

"Ah, I remembered, Yuyao, you have a really good memory!" Xiao Xueqiong said with a smile.

Li Yuyao's expression was not so good-looking. She murmured: "Let me tell you, the day my father called me to the study, I met the envoy of Xiliao, but I was rewarded with pomegranates from Gaoche. It seems that at that time, Xiliao I've already got off the high car, and Turan still doesn't know anything, and keeps talking about how good his hometown is..."

"The envoy of Xiliao?" Zhao Xu pondered for a moment, and asked, "It happened before autumn, that's true. Gaoche existed in name only a few years ago, but this year their commander-in-chief only accepted Xiliao's envoy." Canonization. Speaking of Gao Che, he can be regarded as one of the most powerful states in the Northwest. It is unexpected that he fell so soon. Xiliao also has a large number of talents, so we must guard against it..."

"Isn't Gaoche our vassal? Why don't you help them? Just see them being annexed by Xiliao?" Li Yuyao was a little emotional.

Zhao Xu sighed softly: "When the Western Liao soldiers approached the high chariot, we had internal and external troubles and were too busy to take care of ourselves, so we could only..."

Li Yuerong interrupted Zhao Xu, and asked Li Yuyao directly: "Do you find it difficult to accept? When Turan first came to the Central Plains, Gao Che could barely be called a feudal vassal. After a few years, they bowed their heads to Tuli. The good horses have turned into Turi war horses and are raging on our land, do you think it is necessary to save such a "vassal"?"

"..." Li Yuyao was speechless, knowing that her elder sister was very serious about such things, so she didn't dare to speak more to make her angry.Secondly, she was really ashamed, because she really only asked Turan because of Turan, and she didn't think too much about it.

Xiao Xueqiong was also taken aback by Li Yuerong's sudden anger, she quickly took Li Yuerong's hand, and complained coquettishly: "It's just chatting, why is sister so excited? Yuyao and I haven't been out much, these things are of course Not as much as you and the general know."

After hearing this, Li Yuerong also felt that she was unreasonable, and Li Yuyao was no longer a little girl, even though she was the elder sister, she had to take the little girl's face into consideration. "I was the one who went too far. My sister didn't blame you. Yuyao, don't take it to heart." Li Yuerong patted Li Yuyao's head to apologize.

Li Yuyao shook her head, how could she care about such a trivial matter.It's just that now she thinks of the Haikou she once boasted: if she wants to send Turan back to Gaoche thoroughly before getting married, she won't be happy anymore.

"I have come into contact with the second prince of Xiliao. Although he is not of my race, he is indeed a dragon and phoenix among people, which makes people feel awe. During the spring hunting next year, the princess can meet for a while." Zhao Xu said to Li Yuerong.

"He's coming too? It's strange." Li Yuerong smiled, "However, I'm married now, and I don't hear anything about the court. It would be nice if I could go hunting. How dare I join in the fun."

"Spring hunting? Can I go with my sister?" Xiao Xueqiong also went to the royal hunting ground several times when she was a princess, but Li Yuerong was not there at that time, and she couldn't even ride a horse, so she stayed in her tent most of the time I was in a daze, wanting to read a book but being laughed at for fun.It's different now, if sister Yuerong is with her, she is looking forward to it.

"Of course." Zhao Xu laughed, "You can still live in the same tent with Yuyao."

"That's unnecessary. It's good that Yuyao has Turan to accompany her. I still have to serve my sister. Or do you want to send me away and live with my sister?" Xiao Xueqiong also learned to tease Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu waved his hands repeatedly, and was about to say "Don't dare", when he suddenly remembered that Li Yuyao was still on the side, he quickly changed his words: "Did you forget that the female relatives will live in a separate camp?"

Xiao Xueqiong recalled it, and it was indeed the case. Back then, she also lived with her married sisters, and those male sons-in-law lived in the outer tents.In fact, if you think about it carefully, her sisters are not that bad, especially after they got married, they treated me much better than when they were young. I don't know what their situation is now.

"Princess." Xiaodie's voice suddenly came from outside the door, and several people stopped talking.

"What's the matter?" Li Yuerong asked.

"A distinguished guest has come." Xiaodie replied.

Li Yuyao and Xiao Xueqiong exchanged a surprised look: It's getting late, there is a curfew in the imperial city, besides, it's still snowing outside, and it's freezing cold, who would come to visit at this time?

Xiaodie spoke vaguely, Li Yuerong immediately understood and called her into the room to talk.

After Xiaodie entered the room, she first told Li Yuyao and Zhao Xu that she was impolite, and then whispered a few times in Li Yuerong's ear.

Li Yuerong's expression was a bit complicated, and seeing the other three people staring at her nervously, she said helplessly and a little angrily: "It's Ah Ke who's here."

Zhao Xu stood up suddenly, so frightened that Li Yuyao almost forgot what he wanted to say.

"Fourth brother? Didn't he go to Fenzhou with...A Xu?"

"What nonsense!" Li Yuerong also stood up, "Where are the others?"

"His Royal Highness King Qin came from the small door at the back, and he has probably reached the corridor by now." Xiaodie had originally been ordered by Li Ke - "keep quiet, just tell the general and the princess", but seeing that Li Yuerong didn't care, she said Tell the truth openly.

"I, I, I'll go... to meet him." Zhao Xu left without saying a word and ran away.

Xiao Xueqiong sighed inwardly: "Poor general, he is so excited, I haven't heard him stutter for a long time..."

"Aren't we going?" Li Yuyao asked tentatively. It stands to reason that they should go, but... Anyway, she always felt that something was weird when she came to the consort's mansion this time, so now she is not sure. .

"Hmm..." Xiao Xueqiong naturally didn't know, she just looked at Li Yuerong and let her make the decision.

"Let's go together, I want to ask him why he came here from Fenzhou when he left his official duties aside." Li Yuerong's tone was not kind, and she picked up the cloak and wrapped Xiao Xueqiong tightly before taking them out.

The author has something to say: Well, the speed-running plot--, I hope it can be completed as soon as possible