first princess

Chapter 44
Guo Yan suppressed his racing thoughts, and with a slight smile on his lips, he said: "The Mobei royal family has changed their heirs, and the newly appointed emperor of Mobei wants to send envoys to Dazhou to establish a good diplomatic relationship with us. I am in charge of receiving the Mobei envoys."

When the three princesses heard that Guo Yan was going to deal with Mobei Shijie, she felt a little uneasy: "No way! You and Mobei people are basically natural enemies, and it is very dangerous to get together! Besides, we are going to get married soon, Xun Xun The prince said, it is best to take a honeymoon trip after the big wedding, so that the relationship will be good! If you are so busy, how can you have time to accompany me?"

Hearing Xun Feng's name suddenly, Guo Yan's heart seemed to be pricked by a needle, and then he smiled and shook his head: "This matter has just been put on the agenda, and it will probably be summer, uh...or autumn when the envoys from Mobei really enter Dazhou .” About the honeymoon trip, avoid talking about it.

The third princess let out a long breath, and said with a smile: "Then you come to play with me every day after the court, okay?"

Guo Yan subconsciously planned to refuse, but somehow thought of something, and then nodded in a strange way: "Okay."

The third princess shyly leaned closer to him bit by bit, and then boldly wanted to hook his fingers.Guo Yan suddenly raised his hand to straighten the hem of the court clothes, and asked casually, "I heard... Shui Linglong is ill."

He seems to... care about Shui Linglong very much!The third princess's expression turned serious, and she withdrew her hand that was frozen in mid-air: "Yes!"

Guo Yan didn't notice the change in the third princess's mood, so he just said, "Go and see Shui Linglong for my sister, okay? My sister is very worried about her."

There are some moves that work once and fail twice.The third princess looked at Guo Yan suspiciously, not letting go of the unresolved melancholy on his brows and the distress in his eyes when he mentioned Shui Linglong.The third princess's heart was sour, and her nose was also sour. She hurriedly turned her face away to prevent Guo Yan from seeing her appearance as a jealous woman: "My mother sent someone to visit her, and the result will be soon. .”

Conscience told Guo Yan that he shouldn't take advantage of this innocent girl's feelings for him, but when he thought about Shui Linglong's life and death, he felt that even if he was so despicable as to be struck by lightning, he took a step forward and held the hand of the third princess: "How can anyone else make me feel at ease?"

The third princess gritted her teeth and held back her shyness: "Then give me a kiss!"

This...he has no experience of kissing a woman in two lifetimes. Guo Yan's long eyelashes blinked rapidly, and he was silent for a moment, then tilted his head, and his lips gently brushed her tender cheeks...

Guo Yan, you bastard!You can be wronged like this because of her...

The third princess walked away with tears in her eyes. On the way, she ran into Yun Li who was also down. Seeing her distraught look, Yun Li couldn't help but ask, "Third Sister, what's wrong?"

Hearing the familiar voice, the third princess threw herself into Yunli's arms as if seeing a savior, and shed tears that she didn't dare to shed in front of Guo Yan: "Brother, tell me, the person you like If you fell in love with... a thing and value it more than you, what would you do? Would you want to destroy that thing?"

Yun Li's eyes flashed, could it be that Guo Yan's heart belongs to him?He helped the third princess up, and slowly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with his slender fingers. His warm eyes, smiling eyes, and melodious and magnetic voice calmed the restless heart of the third princess little by little: "I will think, Why not? Human... nature is like this."

The third princess quietly breathed a sigh of relief, she was afraid that she would be abnormal!
Yun Li saw that her face was slightly pale, and said again: "But I know that if I destroy something she likes, she will hate me. Instead of making trouble out of control, it's better to like what she likes and love what she loves. In this way, at least our relationship can be closer."

Like what he likes, love what he loves... The three princesses' black and bright pupils moved: "But what if I feel uncomfortable?"

Yun Li patted his younger sister on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "If that person hates you, you won't feel bad? Destroy his things, relieve yourself, but make him hate you, or protect his things, hold your breath, But which can make him look different, which one do you think is easier to accept?"

The pupils of the third princess shrank, as if she had an epiphany...

The news of Shui Linglong's illness spread quickly, but within a few days, the entire capital was full of uproar, and the once-suppressed "Zhuge Yuke's Wife Theory" once again became a talking point in the streets and alleys.

"Have you heard? The high fever persists, and you are unconscious. Even the imperial physician is helpless!" said Passerby A.

"It's more than that? I heard that she has rashes all over her body. Could it be a seasonal epidemic?" Passer-by B said.

"What kind of rash? It's red and swollen all over, and the skin on her face is almost torn! Oh, it's horrible. According to me, she's probably in danger this time!" Passerby C.

"Then Prince Zhuge has to change his fiancée again? Old Wang, don't you have a lame concubine daughter in your family? Do you want to consider marrying the Zhenbei Palace?" Passer-by.

Bang!
Passer-by was knocked out!

Zhuge Yu was upset, so he went to Yao's house that afternoon. Not long after, Yao's carriage drove into the palace.The current empress' surname is Yao, she is Yao Cheng's aunt, and Zhuge Xi is her niece and daughter-in-law.Zhuge Xi changed into the crown dress of Mrs. Gaoming of the second rank, and put on the golden seal of Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, and entered the harem in a hurry. She first went to Weiyang Palace to bow to the queen, and then sat with the queen for a while. When he was planning to leave, it happened that Yun Li came to check the seventh prince's homework, and they chatted for a while, until Zhuge Xi went to Guanju Hall with a serious face at dusk.

As the so-called Encounter Lu Zai, when passing through Taiye Pool, Zhuge Xi and the eldest princess who was returning to the palace to visit her biological mother met unexpectedly.These two people have been separated from each other since they were young, and they also met together strangely when they got married. The eldest princess' biological mother is just a low-ranking concubine, and there is no comparison with the favorite jewel of the Kashgar Qing clan. It was horrible, and after several years, this breath was still a little hard for her to swallow.

The eldest princess wears an apricot-colored spring dress embroidered with begonia flowers, lined with a white pleated skirt, and her hair is tied obliquely behind her head, fixed with two gold hairpins. Compared with Zhuge Xi's slender, fair and supple, she With a plump body and rosy cheeks, one hand was intentionally or unintentionally placed on the high swollen belly, looking at the stunning Zhuge Xi, he smiled and said: "So it's Mrs. Yao! I haven't seen you for a while, Mrs. Yao has become more and more slender , It's not like me, I was pregnant not long after I was born, and I haven't lost weight in the past few years, I really envy Mrs. Yao!"

Zhuge Xi's greatest pain was that he had been married to Yao Cheng for five years and had no children. Yao's family rarely took concubines. Both her father-in-law and mother-in-law were kind and never urged her to do anything in front of her, but she knew in her heart that her father-in-law and mother-in-law were secretly afraid I am in a hurry.Her husband loves her like life, but she can't even bear him a child... Zhuge Xi gritted his teeth, but smiled and said: "Look at you, you envy me, and I envy you! We have been married for five years and have four children , I’m pregnant with another one right now, the eldest son-in-law loves you, and he will take concubines as soon as you become pregnant, for fear of tiring you and the fetus in your stomach! Pregnancy plus confinement, strictly counting, hehe...you’ve had a pretty good five years It's clean, but then again, it's actually a beautiful thing to not have to serve men, what do you think?"

The eldest princess's face turned pale, and she couldn't smile anymore.

Zhuge Xi smiled coldly, turned his head and left the place.

In a confrontation, no one was able to please, and both of them were stabbed in the heart.

Concubine Yu is extremely honored and favored, and Guanju Palace is always full of people, but the visit rate on this day has almost broken the previous record. It is worth mentioning that even Concubine Yu's deadly enemy, Concubine Xiang, is here!
Concubine Xiang and Concubine Yu entered the palace in the same year and had a son who was eleventh. The Chenxiang Hall where she lived was not far from Guanju Hall, but she and Concubine Yu didn't move around much.Compared with Concubine Yu's virtuous reputation, she is notorious in the palace, but with the empress' support, even the three concubines have to give her a little bit of shame.

Guanju Palace, in the north main room, Shui Linglong leaned softly in Zhi Fan's arms, Zhi Fan picked up the medicine bowl, took a sip, waited for a while, and began to drink spoonful after spoonful of medicine when there was no abnormality in her body. Feeding Linglong, she didn't notice that the hands of the maid who brought the medicine in were shaking...

Yilan Xuan.

"Hey, what wind brought Sister Xiangfei here?" Concubine Yu asked with a smile, and before Xiangfei could answer, she quickly ordered Nv Xin to say, "Make tea, Sister Xiangfei likes to drink West Lake Longjing, just before Long Live The day sent me some."

Concubine Xiang seemed to have gotten used to it, with no expression on her ice face, she took the tea from Mrs. Xin, took a sip quietly, and said: "Tea is good tea, but unfortunately I don't like this kind of taste recently gone."

Just as Concubine Yu was about to speak, Concubine Xiang quickly resumed her conversation, "Yesterday, Lord Long Live sent the Eleventh Prince some pineapples. I saw that the Eleventh Prince couldn't finish eating, so I sent some to Sister Yufei."

After saying that, Xiao Anzi handed the fruit basket to Officer Xin.

The corner of Concubine Yu's mouth twitched. Although West Lake Longjing is good, it is not as good as the pineapple which is expensive but not marketed: "Thank you, sister Xiangfei!"

Concubine Xiang still has a face of ice cubes, arrogant like a flying eagle on a snowy plateau, her tone is clear, and a little careless: "Oh, I am here, I am entrusted by the empress to bring Zhang Yuan to Miss Shui Diagnosis, Sister Yufei is convenient, and take us to Miss Shui's residence."

Concubine Yu covered the corners of her lips with a handkerchief, and an unnatural look flashed across her eyes: "Why don't you thank Sister Xiangfei, let Officer Xin bring Zhang Yuan to judge, so as not to give Sister Xiangfei the sickness, that way , I can’t explain it to Lord Long Live.”

Concubine Xiang tapped the table lightly with her purple gold armor, and said calmly: "Long live God has his own empress to take care of it. Why, do you think that the queen of a country is no better than a second-rank concubine who is in front of Long live God?" portion?"

Concubine Yu's face darkened: "Three or two sentences will charge my sister for disrespecting the queen. My sister has a sharp tongue, and my sister can't beat you! Sister, let's ignore my sister's good intentions!"

Concubine Xiang will not be led by the nose by her: "I feel guilty for ignoring your kindness, but I can't bear the crime of disobeying the empress! Whichever is more important, sister, I am not a fool. Besides, who in the palace I don't know how kind and generous my sister is? Even if my sister really offends me, my sister won't argue with her, don't you think?"

Concubine Yu was so angry that her complexion was red, and Concubine Xiang was wearing a gorgeous blue palace dress. The skirt and cuffs of the skirt and cuffs were embroidered with peonies in full bloom. Ice-cold, but always ostentatiously beautiful: "What? Sister Yufei disagrees? Then, I can only report the truth to the Empress Empress, and ask her to decide for herself."

Concubine Yu tightened her hand on the veil, and said sincerely: "To be honest, my sister refused to let my sister in, because I really thought about her. Linglong's high fever persisted, and she had rashes all over her body. Doctor Chen said it might be possible. It's a disease of the time, it's highly contagious, how can my sister let my sister take this risk?"

Concubine Xiang glanced at her indifferently, and her aloof attitude made Concubine Yu feel angry: "Since I am here, I won't be afraid. Besides, sister, I have always been a thorn in your side. If I really catch the epidemic and die Death, sister, you should be happy, why bother to be so pretentious, it makes me really suspicious, is there something tricky about Miss Shui's illness?"

"You..." Concubine Yu's face turned pale, some court secrets are not known to outsiders, she and Concubine Xiang did not get along with each other not only because they entered the palace at the same time, and they were also the second-rank concubine, the position of Concubine De The most favorable candidate was because Xiangfei accidentally slipped a tire during a dispute with her. Since then, Xiangfei has been against her everywhere, and even put musk on her for half a year, causing her to almost lose her fertility Ability, just for these new and old hatreds, can the two of them not be sworn enemies?
Of course, she was worried about letting Concubine Xiang go in to visit Shui Linglong. The most fundamental reason was that she speculated on the thoughts in the impermeable Linglong's heart. She entered the small kitchen, and then the emperor fell in love with the scene, and had affection for Shui Linglong. She spent so much time trying to make Shui Linglong, the person involved, think that everything was just an accident, because only by making Shui Linglong think that it was an accident can she be more happy It is good to proceed with the next plan; if Shui Linglong becomes suspicious, it is not that there is no backup plan, but Shui Linglong has been unconscious since the day after the incident, she can't guess what is going on in her heart, the backup plan is risky, she dare not act rashly use…

What if Shui Linglong sued her in front of Xiangfei?
Concubine Yu, who took the initiative to attack, felt that she had become very passive for the first time.

"It seems that Concubine Yu is determined not to let me in?" Concubine Xiang raised her eyebrows and asked.

Concubine Yu hesitated, Xiao Dezi walked in with a fruit plate, and gave her a wink as she passed by Concubine Yu's side, and the stone in Concubine Yu's heart finally fell: "No, since Sister Xiangfei is determined to go, let's go Right! But my younger sister is pregnant with a dragon heir, just to be cautious, I will wait outside the door later."

Concubine Xiang scoffed contemptuously: "You don't have to go at all!"

Concubine Yu's expression froze.

"Then...Gaqier...Geqi..." A crisp, vague voice suddenly sounded at the door, startling Zhifan, Zhifan's hand shook, and the soup smashed to pieces on the ground!She was so anxious that she patted her forehead hard, this is newly brewed medicine, and she hasn't given the young lady a mouthful yet!

The two palace maids suddenly changed their colors. Oops, the eldest lady didn't drink the medicine, what should I do?Su Xin pouted and signaled Su Rong to get a bowl quickly, Xiangfei and Zhang Yuanjuan will be here soon, so nothing can go wrong!Su Rong turned around and walked out the door.

Zhi Fan looked in the direction of the door with sullen eyes, only to see a two or three-year-old child, wearing a brand-new royal blue jacket and trousers, blinking his watery eyes, running towards the door. Beside the bed, Zhi Fan couldn't hear what he was muttering.

Su Xin and Su Rong saw who was coming, and hurriedly bowed their knees and saluted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Eleventh!"

The branches suddenly changed color, Your Eleventh Highness?

"Then...Gaqi..." The eleventh prince muttered something indistinctly, stepping on the wooden couch, trying to climb onto the bed, but his legs were too short to get on.

Zhi Fan held Shui Linglong in his arms, unable to move him away, he glared at the two maids, didn't they know that the eldest lady was ill?How dare you let the eleventh prince, who is only two or three years old, come in?What do you feel at ease?

Su Xin and Su Rong glanced at each other and ignored them, the Eleventh Prince deserves his illness and death!Su Rong stepped out of the room decisively.

Zhi Fan comforted: "His Royal Highness, don't come here, the eldest lady of the servant's family is sick and will be contagious, you go to play elsewhere, okay?"

The eleventh prince continued to climb: "Then... Gazi..."

What did the little Highness say in a daze?Zhifan laid Shui Linglong flat on the bed, and pulled the quilt to cover her up, intending to take two pieces of cakes to coax the eleventh prince out, but at this time, Xiao Dezi's voice came: "Xiang Empress Concubine arrives--Empress Concubine Yu arrives--"

Su Xin's expression just changed, that's terrible!Haven't given the eldest lady the tranquilizer yet!

"Eleventh! Come to Concubine Mother!" As soon as Concubine Xiang came in, she saw her son crawling on Shui Linglong's bed. After being sick, give it to the child, not to mention that her eleventh year is less than three years old!
"Naka...Qi...Egeqi!" Eleventh Prince pulled Shui Linglong's fingers, turned his head and said softly to Concubine Xiang, he looks so cute, like a pink glutinous rice ball, when he spoke , with black and bright eyes blinking, coupled with curly and thick eyelashes, she is really cuter than an angel!
Suddenly, Xiao Anzi's complexion changed, he walked to the bedside and hugged the Eleventh Prince, then turned to Xiangfei and said: "Mother, it's a bit boring here, I will take His Highness Eleventh out to play first."

Concubine Xiang clenched her bare hands tightly, and her long eyelashes trembled in an irregular rhythm, but it was so fleeting that no one noticed her strangeness. She waved her hand: "You send His Highness Eleventh back to Chenxiang Hall."

(End of this chapter)