concubines

Concubine Li Shu never thought that things would become such a big mess. When the prince left Dongmei Courtyard with Yan'er in his arms, Concubine Li Shu was overjoyed, but she couldn't be happy anymore because she hadn't received the call yet, nor listened to it. Said that the prince would put Yan'er in her room.

The next day, when Fei Cui was beaten with a board in the backyard, and was dragged out after being beaten bloody, Concubine Li's face turned pale with fright. Tea, Concubine Li Shu rushed over and said, "Sister, what should I do? The prince seems to know..."

Concubine Wei said indifferently: "Oh? What does the prince know?"

Concubine Li Shu was stunned for a moment, "Sister..."

Concubine Wei said: "Speaking of which, the eldest lady is really pitiful. The adoptive mother is not sympathetic, and the birth mother is not kind. Fortunately, in the future, the eldest lady will be sympathetic to the prince, and she will be raised by herself. It is not bad."

Concubine Li Shu became anxious, "Concubine Wei, this is all your idea!"

Concubine Wei frowned and said, "Did I ask you to deliberately feed the young lady unclean food? Or did you deliberately make the young lady sick so seriously? Sister Li, you should still worry about yourself now. The maid was not beaten to death by the prince. You are also the eldest daughter's biological mother, and you have long been abandoned by the prince, at most you will be grounded... But if you are like the princess, it will end badly."

Concubine Li Shu didn't know how the concubine clung to her indiscriminately, but now she was frightened by Concubine Wei's words, she didn't know what to do for a moment, Concubine Wei said leisurely: "Concubine Li Shu should not come out and continue walking, don't annoy the prince again."

Concubine Li Shu murmured: "If I am really grounded by the prince..."

Concubine Wei smiled and said: "The girl raised by the prince himself, even if she is not a princess, her status is comparable to the second and third misses. The younger sister can be said to be a blessing in disguise."

Concubine Li Shu went back in despair, Concubine Wei sneered, idiot.However, the goal she wanted to achieve has been achieved, even better than she imagined. Originally, the prince was dissatisfied with the princess because the princess did not take good care of the concubine. Hands down... Concubine Wei couldn't be more satisfied.Now in the palace, the concubine has plummeted and has no son, concubine Ji is an idiot, there is no trouble, no matter how good Qi Yun is, he is still a man...

Concubine Wei's smile is incomparably smooth. In this life, she must become the prince's legitimate wife!Even if she doesn't have the favor of a man, even if it's just an empty reputation, she will become a wife, a princess, and a queen!

Concubine Li Shu disappeared quietly in the palace, and a small Buddhist hall was set up in the backyard of the palace. Concubine Li will only be accompanied by the ancient Buddha with blue lanterns in the days to come.Li Chen hated her more than that maidservant. No matter what the reason was, a mother couldn't harm her child. This was Li Chen's bottom line, and it was the thing he couldn't tolerate and hated the most, but he couldn't The mother who slaughtered her daughter can only see her for the rest of her life, and she is not allowed to see Yan'er for the rest of her life.

Yan'er is getting better day by day, Li Chen has been sleeping with Qi Yunruo in the West Wing room for the past few days, after Yan'er is well, Li Chen moves her room, Yan'er smiled and asked: "I will live here from now on?" ?”

Li Chen nodded, "Does Yan'er like it?"

"I like it." Yan'er has lived in Dongmei Courtyard for the past few years. She understands the warmth and coldness of people better than anyone else. She knows how to read people's faces when she is young. Looking at Yan'er, he said, "I'll show you your new clothes and jewelry, okay?"

Yan'er's eyes lit up, "Okay."

Qi Yunruo held her hand and said as he walked, "Yan'er is the master of Molian Courtyard now, if there is anything you want to play with, just tell Mommy, you can do anything."

Jing'er said, "I want to play with my sister."

Yan'er looked at her little brother, Qi Yunruo said with a smile: "Jing'er has to take care of my sister."

Jing'er trotted to the other side, took Yan'er's other hand and said: "Later, my sister will come to my house, I will give you whatever you like."

Qi Yunruo always felt that the trick of harming Yan'er was too familiar. Last time, even if he didn't investigate the matter between Concubine Wei and Mu'er, Qi Yunruo understood that the person Wei Concubine placed next to Jing'er reminded him how cute and fun his younger brother was Jing'er has a childlike heart, and immediately went to see her younger brother, and the maid next to Mu'er hugged Mu'er on the couch, at such a height, Jinger could reach it with her arms, but when he picked up her younger brother, he threw him to the ground There was a thick blanket on the ground, and Mu'er was fine, but there was such a big commotion that alarmed the prince——afterwards, those maids and servants were all dealt with, and Li Chen knew it well.

But does concubine Li Shu have these brains?If Qi Yun had heard the prince talk about the matter before, concubine Li Shu spread the news and thought that the empress and the prince had a deep relationship. If she hadn't just given birth to a child at that time, Li Chen might have killed her at that time.

According to several maidservants, Concubine Li Shu has indeed gotten closer to Concubine Wei recently.

Li Chen was very upset about this matter, Qi Yunruo didn't mention his guess to him, but prepared to find out by himself, after all, he is the chief steward of the palace and should be assigned.The most important issue before Qi Yunruo now was Qi Niqun, he couldn't figure out how to treat Qi Niqun.

Now Qi Yunruo is not in a hurry to get back his belongings. What he is worried about is that the events of that day cannot be spread. He called the nuns in charge of each courtyard and ordered them one by one, but good things did not go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. There were still rumors that the prince and concubine of the Chun Palace were at odds, and Qi Yunruo vaguely felt that not all the people in the palace were dedicated to the palace, some were for others.

Qi Yunruo was taken aback by this guess, he frowned fiercely, and walked a few steps in the room anxiously, bored and uncomfortable.

When Li Chen returned to the imperial court, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Party of the Ministry of War have always been close to him, thinking that he can keep the clouds open to see the moon. It's like this... Li Chen didn't know it, and stood calmly in the court hall. Regardless of what he thought in his heart, the ministers must respect him on the face. He is the eldest son of the present, and he is still the most likely candidate to be established as the crown prince.

Facing up, the emperor said: "Prince Chun."

Li Chen came out, "My son is here."

The emperor nodded, "You belonged to the Qiang tribe, and you assigned the Xixiao and Tumu tribes to Suzhou, but the governor of Suzhou couldn't govern these two tribes. You proposed to depose the warlike family and the middle-of-the-road family, but these two tribes are all arrogant. He also killed the doctoral officer sent from the Central Plains."

Li Chen said coldly: "The murderer pays with his life."

The emperor said: "The governor of Suzhou invited troops to suppress it, what do you think?"

Ji Hansong came out and said: "Now the Northwest General Zhao is monitoring the actions of the Xinyuan Kingdom, and at the same time reorganizing the remaining six tribes and the capital of the Qiang people. I have no time to spare. I think that the court should send other talents, not only to use force to deter them, Also send civil servants to subdue them."

Cheng Wenjie, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said: "The minister seconded the proposal."

Li Chen heard the emperor's faint dissatisfaction with him. The emperor looked down on those alien races on the border, and felt that he had to do his best to suppress the two disobedient tribes, so it was better to continue to trouble Berg himself.

Li Chen said: "If these two tribes are still under the jurisdiction of the Qiang people, there is no guarantee that they will not contact the other tribes to rebel. Only by being under the constant supervision of my Dakang will there be no worries. In the future, strong troops will be stationed..."

King Qing suddenly said: "My son is willing to lead the troops to go."

There was an uproar in the court, but the emperor sitting at the top smiled and nodded, "Go on."

King Qing said: "My son is willing to go to these two tribes, bring soldiers, horses, bows and arrows, and completely subdue them. I ask my father to give me half a year. My son will let them bow their heads in front of my Dakang royal family."

The emperor pointed his fingers at the back of the dragon chair, "What do you think?"

Concubine Yuan and her family said one after another: "What Prince Qing said is very true."

"I think that the prince is more valuable than ordinary generals, and I can show my majesty in front of the Qiang people, and let them know that I am a prince of Dakang."

"I also feel that the prince is the most appropriate person."

Li Chen didn't speak, but King Jing hesitated for a moment, and when he was about to speak, he heard a loud voice saying: "I would like to go with Brother Sanhuang."

It is the fourth prince Yongwang.

King Yong came out and said: "As Lord Ji said, subduing these two tribes is not only about force deterrence, but also cultural education. The sons and ministers are no better than the second and third emperors. Brothers have world-class martial arts, but reading After reading the books of sages, there are also many masters who understand the classics of the Han people in the mansion, and I am willing to take them to Suzhou to spread the principles of the classics and rebuild the future achievements for my Dakang."

King Qing glanced over in dissatisfaction, but the emperor sighed heavily and said, "Yun! I will take you two brothers as imperial envoys to Suzhou."

"I have thanked my father." Yong Wang Li Xu said happily.

King Qing also had no choice but to say: "My son will definitely live up to his trust."

On Li Chen's way out of the palace, King Jing stepped forward and said, "In the future, people will only praise the third and fourth child for the achievements you have made."

Li Chen said with a smile: "What kind of achievements should be praised? Although we are princes and lords, we are also Dakang's subjects. These are Dakang's achievements."

King Jing said leisurely: "The third child has always wanted to make meritorious deeds, but who knows that the fourth child also does the same. The fourth child is still your real brother."

Li Chen said: "We are all close brothers, so it's not the same for everyone who makes meritorious deeds?"

King Jing smiled and left first.

Li Chen left the palace to go to the yamen with his hands behind his back and a relaxed expression on his face. What King Qing grabbed was a hard bone, half a year... half a year, tsk tsk, he dared to say it.As for the fourth child, Li Chen's face darkened. Also, he didn't get along with this younger brother much, and he was towards the queen. Li Chen felt quite lonely for a while, but this feeling quickly dissipated. Now he has Five children, Jing'er is lively, Yan'er is bright, and Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi...

When Li Chen returned to the mansion, he learned that the princess had come to invite him over.

Many days had passed, Li Chen did not set foot in Dongmei Courtyard, he sent concubine Li Shu, but did not ask the concubine a word.

There are many household affairs today, and it was already evening when Li Chen came back, Qi Yunruo said: "See what the princess means, please stay over there for dinner." Qi Yunruo helped Li Chen change his clothes, "You don't need to come back Alright, I'll just eat it myself."

Li Chen squeezed his face, waved the maidservant away, leaned into Qi Yunruo's ear and said, "You're not jealous anymore?"

"What are you talking about!" Qi Yunruo blushed and pushed him away, "My lord, no matter what the princess says, don't be angry."

"Why am I angry?" Li Chen straightened his belt and patted his face lightly, "You can also go and eat with those two little ones."

"Hey, I see."

Li Chen leaned over to kiss Qi Yunruo's lips, smiled, and went out.

Qi Yunruo stood there for a while, rubbed his face with his hands, and shook his head vigorously, then went out and ordered someone to put the rice here, and asked Jing'er and Yan'er to come and eat together.

Although Li Chen said he would not be angry, he came here with the intention of being angry, so he didn't bring any personal servants - after all, he was the princess, and he wanted to save some face for her - he was alone Strolled to Dongmei courtyard.

Sure enough, Qi Niqun had already set up dinner here, and she was at the door, God of Fortune, "My concubine greets the prince."

Li Chen nodded and said, "Princess, please get up."

Qi Niqun stood up, smiled softly, and personally led Li Chen to sit down. Li Chen noticed that Qi Niqun was wearing a plain skirt, with elegant light makeup on her face, a lily bun, and some delicate clothes. Xiaochai, Qi Niqun gave Li Chen a lamp, "My lord, please."

"Sit down, just call the servants."

Sitting beside Li Chen, Qi Niqun took the lead in toasting and said, "This first cup is my concubine's plea to the lord, it's all my fault for not taking good care of Yan'er and causing her to be wronged."

Li Chen drank it.

Qi Niqun toasted again, "The second cup concubine continued to plead guilty, that day concubine was unscrupulous, did not want to repent, and hurt the third brother, please forgive me."

This time Li Chen hesitated, but still drank.

"The third cup, concubine respects the lord. You and I are dear husbands and wives, but we often have rifts. This concubine should take serving the lord as my duty. This cup wishes us two to get back together."

Li Chen held the wine glass and drank it slowly.

Qi Niqun smiled and invited Li Chen to eat. After a while, Qi Niqun went out to the outer room, where Liufang was waiting with a bowl of medicine. The concoction slipped from her lips, Qi Niqun wiped it off expressionlessly, and asked, "Is everything ready?"

Liu Fang nodded, but said worriedly: "Wangfei, you should think about it again, if the prince finds out..."

Qi Niqun sneered and said: "Man, how can there be any morals that will really guard a person, when I have a child, and the prince has a son, why would he care about this with me?"

"But..." Liu Fang said, "This kind of medicine for tigers and wolves hurts the body after all. I see that the prince has treated you well just now, and I didn't care about the matter of the elder lady and Qi Yunruo. There is no need for you to do this."

Qi Niqun said coldly: "It's all fake! The prince is very wary of me, I'm so humbled, he hesitates to drink a glass of wine, he won't take the initiative to stay."

Liu Fang saw that she couldn't move her, so she nodded and said: "The servant will call everyone down later, and then light the incense."

Qi Niqun nodded.

Qi Niqun went back and continued to serve Li Chen for dinner. She obviously felt that Li Chen was absent-minded, she was angry and sneered at the same time, could it be that the prince really fell in love with that little bitch Qi Yunruo?What a joke, even his oiranian mother didn't win his father's heart, Qi Yunruo, what ability does a man have to make the prince really like him!But since he thought he had kept the prince, he told him to take a look, men can't be trusted!

Qi Niqun felt a little better in her heart. She thought of tomorrow's scene and imagined Qi Yunruo's appearance. He must be hypocritical and in pain, making the prince feel distressed, this bitch!When I lived in Dongmeiyuan, I learned to seduce men. I asked the prince to take the initiative to move him out, asked the prince to take him to the northwest, and asked the prince to do it for him...

bitch!bitch!

After drinking for three rounds, Li Chen felt that it was too much, so he blocked Qi Niqun's hand from lifting the jug, and said with a smile, "No need, just eat some more food."

Qi Niqun smiled and glanced at Liufang.

Liufang nodded, went to the censer, shook a package of things in, took a small rake and gently mixed it in the spices, she tremblingly closed the censer, turned around to see that the prince and princess had finished eating, and took someone to The cups and plates were brought out and left far away.Qi Niqun glanced at the incense burner, and brought water to clean Li Chen's hands.

Li Chen casually dipped his hands in the water, rinsed his mouth again, and was about to say that he was going back to the front yard when he realized something was wrong. He raised his head and looked at Qi Niqun.

Qi Niqun put the water back and forced herself to be calm: "My lord, it's getting late, why don't you just rest here."

Li Chen looked at her silently.

Qi Niqun stood up, opened the curtain leading to the bedroom, Fu Shen said: "My lord, please."

Li Chen stood up, looking around the room, finally, his eyes fell on the exquisite incense burner on the shelf, Li Chen closed his eyes and took a breath, turned around to leave, Qi Niqun was startled , shouted without thinking: "Close the gate!"

The people outside were at a loss when they heard this, and a little eunuch trotted towards the gate of Dongmei Courtyard after a while.Li Chen suddenly turned around and looked at Qi Niqun, Qi Niqun jumped over and hugged Li Chen, breathing disorderly, said: "I am the wife of the prince, I ask the prince to stay here."

Li Chen said coldly: "Don't be so shameless, Princess."

Qi Niqun let him go, walked a few steps to the door and pressed against it, and said sharply: "My lord! You have no right to blame me! I am your wife, and I must give birth to a son for you!" She seemed to have found a reason , "My lord, even Concubine Zhang is pregnant, and Concubine She is going to give birth in a few months, concubine must have a son... No, you must have a son."

Li Chen said: "I don't need it."

Qi Niqun looked at him in a panic, "My lord! You can't do this to me! I can't live without a son, I will be... I will be... my lord..." She calmed down, "Even if you want to blame me in the future, I won't let you go!" You won't regret it, you can't get out now."

Li Chen was hot all over, and his hands and feet were weak. He watched Qi Niqun approaching and unbuttoning his clothes. Qi Niqun leaned softly on Li Chen, "My lord, don't blame me, I want to give birth to you... ..."

Li Chen closed his eyes, and Qi Niqun was overjoyed, but the next moment, Li Chen kicked him, and Qi Niqun fell a long way, clutching his stomach.Li Chen walked over to open the door, Qi Niqun's face was in pain, but her mind was extremely clear, today is her only chance, the prince will hate her even more in the future!She took the medicine for several months, and specially checked the best day, and she couldn't let the prince go today.

"My lord!" Qi Niqun frantically stood up and went over to tear Li Chen's clothes.

The medicine is extremely powerful. Li Chen has tried his best to maintain his rationality. He couldn't even resist a woman. Li Chen grabbed his collar in pain, and Qi Niqun frantically pulled him into the inner room. .

For a moment, Li Chen even lost all hope. He fell in love with Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi deserved to defend him. Xiao Qi devoted all his love, support and wisdom to him. Xiao Qi...Qi Yunruo's face flashed in Li Chen's eyes. In front of her eyes, Li Chen's mind cleared up a bit, and he grabbed Qi Ni's skirt by the collar and slapped her.

At this moment, Li Chen heard a violent knock on the door, which seemed to be coming from far away, but also seemed to be very close to him. Li Chen collected himself, went to open the door, and heard the door of Dongmei Court There was indeed a loud knocking at the door.

Seeing Li Chen standing at the door with disheveled clothes, several servant girls knelt down together. Li Chen walked out step by step, and Qi Yunruo who was outside finally broke open the door. He panted heavily, saw Li Chen at a glance, and rushed over , Li Chen smiled, Qi Yunruo came to hug him, but Li Chen was directly brought down to the ground by his strength.

"My lord... my lord!" Qi Yunruo anxiously checked whether he was injured.

Li Chen said, "Go back."

Qi Yunruo nodded in panic, "Okay, I'll take you back right away."