first princess

Chapter 122 The Secret of the Palace (3)
Shui Linglong sat down and picked up the teacup, borrowing Shui Minyu's words, a crow is a crow, even entering the Phoenix's nest can't change the fact that she is a crow!Even though Shui Lingxi used to be forced to pretend to be noble and virtuous for a while because of the title of the quasi-princess, once she left that title, she immediately began to depreciate herself!Look at her unbearable petty appearance now, she feels ashamed for her!
Shui Linglong withdrew her gaze from Shui Lingxi's face, turned to Liu Lu, and said with a stern tone: "You are too serious, you can't even hold a cup of tea! Could it be that the mansion didn't give you food?" ? Are you hungry or ill? You are so ineffective in doing things! You will be fined for one month, and if you commit the crime again, you will not be lenient!"

Liu Lu was quite gloating at first, but suddenly she was punished, she couldn't help being more jealous of Shui Linglong: "Yes, this servant will always remember the teachings of the princess."

Bite the word "Shizifei" seriously!

Shui Lingxi had mixed feelings in her heart, she looked at Shui Linglong and said, "I have something to tell you!"

Shui Linglong gestured to Liu Lu, Liu Lu understood, bowed and retreated.

Thinking of what she was going to talk to Shui Linglong next, Shui Lingxi straightened her back again: "Eldest sister, let's be smart and don't talk dark words, I'm here today to bring you good news and bad news , I don’t know which one does Eldest Sister want to hear first?”

Shui Linglong won't be led by the nose by her: "You like to talk about going to the toilet, not dragging down."

Most of the sense of superiority that Shui Lingxi had finally developed disappeared in an instant, and she lost the interest in teasing her: "To be honest, your mother is from Mobei!"

Shui Linglong slowly clenched her hands buried under her wide sleeves, how did Shui Lingxi know such a secret?But her complexion was so calm, like a lake of unwrinkled water, that when Shui Lingxi looked at her, she almost thought that she had heard it wrong that night!Shui Lingxi cast a sideways glance at Shui Linglong, and smiled meaningfully: "Elder Sister, if you don't believe me, you can ask your grandmother and father. If I want to tell half a lie, I would rather be struck by lightning!"

Shui Linglong calmly said: "And then? Tell me what do you want?"!
Shui Lingxi turned her beautiful eyes, and said: "It is forbidden for Dazhou to marry Mobei."

Shui Linglong took her words and echoed: "Yes, so if you expose this matter, father will be the first to suffer! Then the prime minister's mansion who has an in-law relationship with father! Then comes the prince's mansion! The head is light, and it may not be necessary to ransack the family and exterminate the family!"

Shui Lingxi's heart skipped a beat.

"Second sister is not stupid enough to push herself into a desperate situation, is she?" Shui Linglong asked with a half-smile.

Shui Lingxi swallowed her saliva, and stuffed back the fear that slipped out unconsciously: "I don't know how to spread it to the outside world. Anyway, we sisters, I can't bear to see you suffer."

Shui Linglong smiled and said: "It turns out that I misunderstood the second sister. The second sister just told me a piece of news. I thought the second sister had something up her sleeve! It's me, the elder sister, who is jealous of a gentleman with a villainous heart." Stomach, second sister, your prime minister can hold a boat in your belly, don't argue with elder sister!"

What she said was watertight, but Shui Lingxi couldn't tell what she had in mind for a long time!

"Second sister, please go back if you have nothing to do. I'm tired and want to rest." Shui Linglong gave the order to evict the guest without politeness.

Shui Lingxi looked unwilling, she managed to catch a Shui Linglong's weakness, she hadn't used it to blackmail Shui Linglong, how could she leave?

Seeing her hesitate, Shui Linglong asked again: "Is there anything else?"

A stern look flashed in Shui Lingxi's beautiful eyes, but she smiled bitterly, and said, "Eldest sister, I'm not afraid of making fun of you if I say it out, I'm actually here today to...negotiate something."

"Need to discuss something?" Shui Linglong turned up her volume, her eyes became a bit colder, with the temperature of the snow and the thickness of the black iron, Shui Lingxi was almost impenetrable, and she changed her words by accident, " Ask for something."

Shui Linglong gave a faint "hmm", "What do you want?"

Shui Lingxi didn't understand that she had grasped one of Shui Linglong's fatal weaknesses and could threaten Shui Linglong to agree to any of her requests, why did she now ask for something?Shui Lingxi paused, and said: "I...I don't want...to marry Xun Shizi, elder sister...please...please help me break this engagement."

Shui Linglong laughed: "You have been divorced by the crown prince, and now you want to break off the engagement with the crown prince Xun, do you want to never get married for the rest of your life?"

In her previous life, Shui Lingxi was sticky and Xun Feng was as sticky as a fly. In this life, she can give her perfect body to the other party, but she doesn't want to marry!
Shui Lingxi blushed slightly, and said in a low voice: "I... I have someone I like, please help me, big sister!"

The word "fulfillment" is a pun, but Shui Linglong didn't understand the second meaning, she just thought that Shui Lingxi begged her to help break up the engagement.Shui Linglong dismissed her request without even thinking about it: "There is nothing I can do."

Are you kidding, Shui Lingxi and Xun Feng are a match made in heaven, how could she be willing to break up this pair of fateful mandarin ducks in the previous life?
Shui Lingxi was so angry that she was so humble, Shui Linglong still didn't help her!If she had followed her original personality, she would have fixed her life and repaired Shui Linglong for a while, but thinking that she would have to "visit" her often in the future, she desperately forced herself to suppress her anger, until her head ached!
After Shui Lingxi left, Zhi Fan opened the curtain from the inner room and said with worry in her eyes: "Eldest Miss, I think Second Miss is weird."

Shui Linglong continued to walk behind the desk, picked up a pen and practiced calligraphy, and instead of answering Zhifan's words, she asked, "Has there been any news from Anping?"

Zhi Fan replied truthfully: "No, the waterway that the son of the world traveled is not easy to send letters. It is estimated that the news will be sent back when we arrive in the south of the Yangtze River. It is estimated that it will be two days after tomorrow."

Shui Linglong said indifferently: "The weather is turning cold, you bring a gift and go back for me to say hello to the old lady, and tell her that Fifth Miss is fine with me, please don't worry about her. Also, say hello to Mama Wang .”

Zhi Fan understood: "Yes, I understand."

However, after Shui Lingxi bumped into a wall in front of Shui Linglong, she walked towards the gate angrily, and scolded Shui Linglong thousands of times while walking. Why was she blinded by the title of princess in the first place? , to prevent her mother and brother from dealing with Shui Linglong?This kind of unfamiliar white-eyed wolf deserves to be fought to death in the house!

"Ah—who? You don't have eyes so much?" Zhuge Shu was hit and sat on the ground, crying in pain, "Are you blind? Can't you see me as a living person?"

Shui Lingxiyuan was also angry, and now hearing the other party's unrestrained words, like a fire cooking oil, the anger in his heart burst out: "Why didn't you hit me? I can't see you, can't you? You're blind, and you're no better off! You..."

Having said that, Shui Lingxi finally saw the other party's appearance clearly, and the following words stuck in her throat in an instant...

This person, if not Zhuge Yu's little cousin, who is it?

Zhuge Shu has never been scolded by anyone at her age. She stood up, patted the dust on her buttocks, and said harshly: "Hey! The first daughter of the Shangshu Mansion is amazing, isn't she? How dare you run amok in Zhuge's house and offend me?" My father is the patriarch! My uncle is the prince! My elder brother is the prince! My second brother is the county king! Your father is an upstart! Your elder brother is a broken sleeve who was expelled from the academy! You, Shui Ling Xi is an unwanted broken shoe that was rejected by the prince! Who has the right to accuse me? Why don’t you hurry up and apologize to me?”

Shui Lingxi was so angry that she lost all reason, she raised her hand and slapped Zhuge Shu hard!

Snapped!
The clear and crisp sound was like the green bamboos exploding, resounding abruptly in the quiet world, and also exploded in the heart of Shui Lingxi, Shui Lingxi suddenly changed color, my God!What did she just do?She...she hit Zhuge Yu's little cousin?
"Miss Four, I..."

Zhuge Shu gritted her teeth, just in time to see a car passing by not far away, she smiled coldly, stretched out her hands and pushed towards Shui Lingxi!

"Puff"!
Shui Lingxi fell upside down into the bucket full of feces!
The woman pushing the cart turned her face away, not daring to look directly at the little master's prank...

The first to get the news was King An. He first reprimanded Zhuge Shu severely, and then ordered his servants to wash and put on clean clothes for the unconscious Shui Lingxi. Shui Linglong pleaded guilty, Shui Linglong almost fell in love with the Little Demon King Zhuge to death, but she said with a serious face: "This kind of thing happened... It is really difficult for our palace to explain to the Shangshufu. In this way, I will repair the book for my grandmother and ask her to look at it in the surroundings. For the sake of my younger sister, we turned hostility into friendship, but whether it will work...I can't guarantee it."

King An was almost grateful: "No matter what happens or not, there is Mrs. Lao! I will personally go to the house to apologize to the old lady, and I will forward this letter!"

Shui Linglong held back her smile and wrote a letter to the old lady.

That night, King An personally came to the door to apologize. The old lady was already asking for the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, but she was so sleepy that she came to give her a pillow. She became a little angry symbolically, and then turned her head to criticize her granddaughter: " Actually, Miss Fourth can’t be blamed for this! What kind of temperament is my own granddaughter? As a grandmother, how can I not understand the truth? A slap can’t be slapped, and they are all engaged and married. Children care about..."

The old lady complained about Shui Lingxi's faults one by one. King An's heart grew hairy when he heard this, and the old lady said kindly, "...she's a bit too tolerant. I will strictly discipline, and hope that our two families will not freeze our relationship with each other because of these small misunderstandings!"

Anjun Wang nodded dully: "What the old lady said is very true."

As soon as King Anjun left, the old lady called Shui Lingxi to her yard, and scolded her head and face: "You are so capable, you dare to beat even the daughter of the king's mansion! You really think that you are still the former appointed prince concubine It’s just a side concubine! It’s not the prince’s son who married, but the prince’s son! If you dare to disrespect the people in Zhenbei’s palace in the future, I’ll break your hand!”

Inside Tian'an Residence, Zhuge Shu lay in the arms of the old matriarch, crying tears: "Look, grandma, she slapped my face all swollen! It hurts so much! Huh... Second brother even scolded me..."

Avoid pushing Shui Lingxi into the Gong bucket!

The old matriarch's heart throbbed, and she touched Zhuge Shu's swollen face and looked left and right, "Oh, why is it so swollen? Does it hurt? Grandma, please!"

The old lady held Zhuge Shu's right cheek and blew.

Zhenshi cleared her throat, bowed her head and remained silent, mother, you made a mistake, Shui Lingxi hit the left cheek...

When King An Jun returned to the palace, Zhi Fan, who went to inquire about the news, also came back.

Zhifan told the truth about what he learned from Madam Wang: "That night, the old lady proposed to raise the wife as an equal wife, but the master disagreed, so he argued with the old lady. Clearly, I only know that the old lady never mentioned the words of raising a wife for her. Mama Wang also said that the old lady's character seems soft, but in fact she is very stubborn. Once she makes up her mind to do something, eight cows can If you can't pull it back, the master's excuse should be very important. As for the second young lady, she happened to enter the courtyard when the master and the old lady were arguing, so I don't know if she heard something!"

It seems that Shui Hangge told the old lady that her mother is from Mobei, but Shui Lingxi happened to hear it!

Zhi Fan asked: "Eldest Miss, what are you going to do? In case Second Miss reveals her wife's identity..."

Shui Linglong peeled an orange, her eyes turned cold: "That depends on whether she has the ability!"

In the evening, Shui Linglong wrote a letter to Shui Hangge, telling Shui Hangge the exact conversation between Shui Lingxi and her, and asked Shui Hangge to give her a definite answer: Is her mother from Mobei?
Soon, Shui Hangge replied to the letter, repeatedly saying that Shui Lingxi was talking nonsense. Her mother did indeed say that she was Dong Jiaxue when she was with him. If she wasn't Dong Jiaxue, then who was she?If your daughter finds out about her, please let him know as soon as possible!
It's kicking the ball to the dead!

Shui Hangge probably wanted to continue to lie to her that her mother was Dong Jiaxue, but Ah Jue became Jie Yuan with the same surname, so she must have some relationship with Dong Jia's clan in Jiangnan. Shui Hangge couldn't hide it anymore.

Shui Linglong left a candle, and asked Zhifan to go to the building to rest, while she lay on the bed, ready to fall asleep.

Suddenly, the window was opened, and a figure came in.

Shui Linglong vigilantly took out the dagger under the pillow, Guo Yan hurriedly whispered: "Shh - it's me, Guo Yan!"

Shui Linglong felt a little relieved, but she sat inside the curtain and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Guo Yan didn't dare to overstep, so he stood three feet away from the bed, quietly watching the figure inside the curtain, embarrassed like a child who made a mistake, and didn't even know where to put his hands: "I'm sorry, last time... I was negligent and almost hurt you..." He heard Zhuge Yu mention the following things, although it was not dangerous, but as long as he thinks about it, he can't stop being afraid!
"It's not your fault, and I didn't see any flaws. It's because Xun Feng is too cunning, we should be more careful in the future." Shui Linglong comforted him a few words, then changed the subject, "The clothes and shoes I made for you Does it fit?"

Guo Yan's attention was successfully diverted, and he couldn't hide his joy: "It fits! I'm wearing it now! If you don't believe me, look!"

Shui Linglong really opened a small slit in the curtain and glanced at him: "How are you getting along with the third princess?"

"Not... not bad." His face was red, he had no experience in personnel affairs before, and he didn't study the information in advance, so he was ashamed and thrown to his grandma's house.The strange thing is that the three princesses seem to be very happy...

snort!That woman just likes to see him embarrassing!

Shui Linglong couldn't see his expression clearly through the curtain, but listening to his faltering words, one could guess that he was probably shy. According to the memory of the previous life, the third princess will soon spread the good news.And Guo Yan...

Guo Yan touched his hot face, feeling extremely embarrassed, but luckily Shui Linglong was sitting under the curtain, otherwise he would have to find a hole in the ground to get in!

"That... I came today to say goodbye to you."

As soon as she heard the word "Farewell", Shui Linglong's eyelids twitched violently. In this life, Mobei intends to talk to Da Zhou and present a treasure map. The two countries will not fight again like in the previous life... She Comforting himself like this, Guo Yan suddenly heard Guo Yan cough lightly, and said: "Prince Mobei and Princess Taj left the capital overnight, and the two countries are about to fight again. The emperor ordered me to be the Marshal of the Northern Conquest. Lead the soldiers of the three armies out of the city."

It's almost the same as the previous life...!

The reason why I say it is almost because Shui Linglong didn't care too much about the government at the time, and I don't know who Mobei sent to come to the peace talks. I only know that the two sides still broke up in the end, but what is the reason for the breakup?

Shui Linglong clenched her fists, and asked tentatively: "Isn't Mobei quite sincere in the peace talks this time? Why... didn't the talks go through?"

There was a hint of anger in Guo Yan's eyes, like the cold wind startled the dead branches, as if he could see the mottled shadows: "The "Avalokitesvara" presented by Mobei this time is fake! Their Taishi's courage It’s really big! Use a fake treasure map to exchange for Da Zhou’s [-] dans of food every year! The emperor is really angry this time, and he will not give up until he beats Mo Bei so hard that he can’t turn over forever!”

That being said, Concubine De has made a move!
The only people who can recognize the authenticity of "Avalokitesvara and Buddha Lotus" are the descendants of the Dong family. It should be Concubine De who stole the treasure map and found that it was not true, so she took the opportunity to tell the emperor.And since the "Avalokitesvara Buddha Lotus" presented by Prince Mobei is a fake, does it mean that the one in his hand is real?

Shui Linglong was thinking about the ins and outs of the whole thing in her mind, and always felt that she had overlooked some key factors. While thinking about it, she asked casually: "What treasure can I find in "Avalokitesvara Buddha Lotus"?"

Guo Yan pondered for a moment, then said, "I heard that there is a secret recipe for immortality."

Shui Linglong smiled disapprovingly, originally she had some respect for the emperor, but now after hearing the news, she feels that he is no different.Who in the world can escape the cycle of life and death?Immortality is just a legend!

(End of this chapter)