first princess

Chapter 47
In the dimly lit room, the moonlight was cut by the window lattices and spread out, casting finely mottled shadows on Concubine Yu's face. She accepted the imperial decree tremblingly, and kowtowed dully: "Thank you, Lord, for your kindness."

"Master Shui, time is running out, hurry up and tidy up, let's go to the Lenggong with our family!" Eunuch Zhang said arrogantly in a shrill voice, he looked down at another concubine who wanted to die, His face is expressionless, he has seen too many such things, newcomers and old people in the palace come and go, you go up and down, you die and die, the only one who can't be shaken is the Queen of the Palace, it's a pity that these women who are overconfident don't know who they are. Understand that you are a chess game in the eyes of others.

Lady Xin pulled out the jade bracelet from her wrist and handed it to Eunuch Zhang, pleading: "Elder-in-law, after all, the young master is pregnant. Although the Lord Long Live punished the young master, he is entrusting the fetus in the young master's womb. High Hope, please allow me to collect a few more clothes for the young master, so that the young master can better support the baby."

Eunuch Zhang's meaningful eyes lingered on Shui Chenxiang's slightly swollen abdomen, and then said wantonly: "Our family happens to have some abdominal pain and wants to go to the toilet. Shui nobleman, please clean it up slowly!"

After saying that, he turned and walked out of Cuiping Pavilion.

Lady Xin helped Shui Chenxiang up, and said comfortingly: "My lord, relax your mind to have a baby. Long live Lord may be angry for a while, and when the anger subsides, he will think of you again!"

Shui Chenxiang's eyes were empty and lifeless, as if staring at the mottled shadows on the ground, but also as if he didn't see anything: "Why don't you leave? Everyone in Guanju Palace has left in a hurry. Earlier, when Concubine Xiang came to ask for someone, Why are you staying?"

Ms. Xin has served Shui Guiren for many years. It is a lie to say that she has no feelings, but it is also a lie to say that she does not worry about her future.It's just that after watching too many scenes of worshiping the high and stepping on the low, she can clearly realize that the tree falls and the monkeys scatter, and the fastest runner is often the first to fall into the jaws of tigers and wolves, because this kind of treacherous slave will only be accused of being the vanguard , she might as well fall down with the big tree, but she won't die if she has a bad life, and when everyone runs away and she is the only one left, maybe it will be another world: Like a mountain, servants should not be villains who were struck by lightning that day."

Shui Chenxiang's eyes gradually filled with tears, and soon, there was a tinge of sharpness, and after the sharpness, it gradually became softer, and her tone gradually softened, but when she listened carefully, she was full of ridicule: "Concubine Xiang came to ask for someone, just to get rid of her." Show me your face! How can she really be kind to those people? It should be their retribution!"

Officer Xin's spine felt a chill, and her body felt chilly.

Shui Chenxiang rubbed her slightly protruding belly, turned her beautiful eyes, and said: "I know who is good to me, as long as I am still pregnant with the dragon's heir, I will definitely have a comeback one day!"

Ms. Xin lowered her head and dared not answer. In her heart, she certainly hoped that the young master would make a comeback, but this was already impossible.

As if feeling the strangeness of Miss Xin, Shui Chenxiang blinked slowly, and sighed: "Even if I can't get out of the cold palace again, I will let you go out with the little prince."

Lady Xin thumped and knelt down on the ground: "My lord! This servant wants to serve my lord for the rest of my life! This servant will never leave my lord!"

It seems that this sentence moved her, how can there be absolute sincerity in the world?Human nature is selfish, and those who do not plan for themselves are all fools!But selfishness also has a limit. For example, Ms. Xin, who maximizes her own interests while also taking care of her interests, can be regarded as three points sincere and seven points smart.She can see it, how can Long Live God not see it?When the child is born, Ms. Xin will definitely be accused of being a personal maid, so it is better to snatch it in advance to sell her favor, so that in the future, under the arrangement of Ms. Xin, she may have more opportunities to meet the child.Shui Chenxiang's eyes flashed, and she sighed: "Birth is different from the one raised under her knees. She doesn't have to play tricks, just a little negligence, and my son's life may be buried in those unclean things! You Only by being with the child can I feel at ease, and before giving birth, I will try to convince Long Live God."

If it is said that Miss Xin was three-point sincere before, now it is five-point, and Miss Xin kowtowed: "As long as it can make the little master and the little prince better, the servant can do anything!"

Such an answer is still satisfactory to Shui Guiren, Shui Chenxiang said again: "Who is the new precious person?"

Officer Xin shook her head: "I don't know."

"The precious man has arrived—"

Shui Chenxiang and Ms. Xin were both startled, an ominous premonition arose in their hearts, Ms. Xin helped Shui Chenxiang up, when they followed the sound and saw who was coming, their eyeballs almost fell off!

"Hello, Auntie!" Shui Lingyue has changed into a bright new and bright honey-colored embroidered pink lotus palace dress, and a pair of gardenia golden steps on the hairpin. In the palace, only the masters who are concubines or above have Qualified to wear Bu Yao, a sixth-rank nobleman... actually wears it!What does this mean?No, this is not the most unacceptable thing. The most unacceptable thing is... Beside Shui Lingyue, there stands the calm-looking Nanny Tan.At this moment, Shui Chenxiang seemed to understand something!
Shui Lingyue smiled like a flower: "Auntie, I'm here to see you off. Since you are my aunt, I don't care about your disrespect. In return, please be sure to have a good child. I look forward to being a concubine every day!"

They are both nobles, but there is a world of difference between having a title and not having a title.Thinking of how she had flattered Concubine Yu in every possible way before, Concubine Yu was indifferent and only focused on favoring her stingy Linglong. Noble, given the title "Jane", she immediately felt that she had the capital to ridicule this aunt, so she rushed to see the joke.Of course, the emperor asked her to raise Shui Guiren's child by name, which was somewhat out of her expectation.

Shui Chenxiang finally understood why the emperor didn't come to Guanju Palace for several days in a row, and Shui Lingyue also ran out all day long.Shui Chenxiang looked at Nanny Tan, and then at Shui Lingyue. The memories of the past five years came to her mind, and she burst into tears and laughed: "Hehe...precious one, please be blessed!" What happened that night, she guessed Out of the general idea, it was just a trick of Li Daitao's rigidity, Shui Linglong is really good at it, I don't know whether Shui Linglong and Shui Lingyue conspired together, or Shui Linglong plotted against everyone.

Shui Lingyue pretended to wipe away her tears: "Auntie, don't be so busy admonishing me, the emperor loves me, I naturally have a lot of blessings to enjoy, Auntie, you are lonely in the cold palace, don't think about it and do stupid things. His son is gone!"

These words are really heartbreaking!Shui Chenxiang's lungs were going to explode with anger: "Shui Lingyue, don't you know the heights of the sky and the earth! What kind of skill is it to play tricks on me? If you have the ability, go to Xiangfei to show off! Find the queen to show off!"

Shui Lingyue raised the fragrant handkerchief in her hand: "Heh! They didn't offend me, why did I go to provoke them? It's only your fault that you don't know Taishan, and you only know how to love that little bastard of Shui Linglong! Didn't expect that the little concubine you once looked down upon could also jump over the dragon's gate with a carp, and step on your head one day!"

Shui Chenxiang laughed instead of anger after hearing her words, it seems that Shui Lingyue is not with Shui Linglong, Shui Lingyue thinks she has picked up a huge advantage, but she doesn't know that all this is the result of Shui Linglong's secret connivance .Her end will be Shui Lingyue's end in the future!
"Shui Linglong, talk to me! Did you already know that Shui Lingyue would become my father's new concubine?" The third princess pushed Shui Linglong who was in deep thought, and asked anxiously.

Shui Linglong remained silent, after she jumped out of the window that night and was hugged by Guo Yan...

"Yingying! Is Yingying you?" The moment he stepped into the small kitchen, the emperor exclaimed happily.

Li Chang sighed and said, "Long Live Lord, this should be made by the cooks, it's nothing special."

The emperor picked it up with chopsticks and took a bite: "No! The imperial chef can't make this taste! It's been more than ten years, and I have never forgotten this taste!"

"Long live, Master Ying, she..."

Before Li Chang could finish his sentence, the emperor sternly shouted: "Who? Who is here! Come out for me! If you don't come out again, I will order people to search, and if they find it, I will take your head off!"

"Ah—" Shui Lingyue screamed and knelt at the door, "Your Majesty, spare me!"

"Who are you? Why are you sneaking around outside?"

"I...I...I just made a dish and planned to send it to Empress Yufei, and I was afraid that my whole body would be dirty with oil, so I went back to my room and changed into clean clothes, but when I was about to come in, I heard a man The sound of the voice, scared...too scared to go forward..."

The emperor's tone softened a lot: "You made this dish?"

"Ah."

"Serve me for dinner. Li Chang, just set a table here. I see that the food is good and the wine is also good."

Later, the emperor probably drank a little too much, hugged Shui Lingyue and began to kiss, and after a while, Shui Lingyue's murmur of refusal and welcome came.

Recalling this, Shui Linglong pressed the center of her brows, feeling that her heart was not enough to swallow like a snake. At first, Shui Lingyue just wanted to curry favor with Concubine Yu and reject her marriage with Governor Jiang, but when Shui Lingyue found out that there was a chance to get close to the emperor, her Desires also increased accordingly. As long as she was a concubine of the Shui family, she would be constrained by Qin Fangyi. Even without Governor Jiang, her subsequent marriages would probably be unsatisfactory.

For Shui Linglong, it would be best to have a "scapegoat". She doesn't want to be the emperor's woman, nor does she want to be Xun Feng's pawn in separating the emperor and the Zhenbei palace, so she won't expose Shui Lingyue.

Shui Linglong tucked her hair from her temples behind her ears, and smiled: "I'm not a god, how could I know what the emperor is thinking? I was just wondering when this red rash on my face will fade away. I have no face to see anyone!"

"Pfft--" the third princess laughed, "It's what you deserve! I let you pretend to be sick and put yourself in! If you had told me earlier... Forget it, if you don't pretend to be sick, you can't tell others!" Said In the end, she broke into a cold sweat fiercely, if it wasn't for Shui Linglong's vigilance, Chen Xiang might have been killed by the water.

Zhuge Xi glanced at Shui Linglong slightly annoyed: "What's going on with you and Mrs. Shui? Why did she want to harm you? How does she plan to harm you?"

Shui Linglong showed panic and fear: "I... I don't know."

Zhuge Xi's lips moved, probably about to say something ugly but he finally swallowed it down: "I didn't mean to blame you, don't be afraid!" After thinking for a while, he said, "In my opinion, she probably intends to kill I blamed you on the emperor, so as to provoke the relationship between the Zhenbei palace and the emperor, do you know who is behind the scenes?"

I said it was Xun Feng, can you believe it?Not to mention that the crown prince and Xun Feng have a good relationship, even Zhuge Yu and Xun Feng had worn a pair of trousers, and if one of them failed, if the crown prince and Zhuge Yu isolated her at the same time, then she would really be at a dead end.After living a new life, she doesn't have that much trust in anyone, even if it is the prince who has never harmed her in two lifetimes, or the husband who has died with her in this life.Shui Linglong showed a thoughtful look: "I don't know."

Seeing that her hands and forehead were covered with rashes, Zhuge Xi wanted to push her further, but he couldn't bear it: "Forget it, you are a little girl who doesn't understand government affairs. The nobleman Shui really hates her. The emperor treats her with deep affection, but she doesn't care about it." There are so many moths playing in secret, even my own niece and daughter can use it! But..."

After a pause, he said again, "The emperor canonized your sister as a nobleman. This is not a statement. He will not vent his anger on the Shangshufu."

Shui Linglong nodded: "This way I can feel at ease."

The third princess said: "That's right, both the emperor father and the empress mother were punished on the grounds that she allowed her servants to steal and sell the imperial gift, nothing else was involved."

That's it!Shui Linglong used the lid of the cup to shake the tea in the teacup. After all, the emperor saved a lot of face for the Shui family. Accepting bribes or selling gifts from the emperor is purely personal greed. Conspiring to rebel, the emperor...does he really trust the Shui family that much?

Zhuge Xi was careless on the surface, but her thoughts were delicate. After a moment of silence, she looked at Shui Linglong, with a dim and indistinguishable light flashing in her eyes: "Since the emperor and the empress said so, we naturally think so, Linglong, what do you think?"

Shui Linglong smiled and nodded: "Mrs. Yao is right. Today Linglong has been recovering from her illness after being taken back to the palace by the third princess. Linglong has no idea what happened in Guanju Palace."

Zhuge Xi admired it secretly, and frowned again after thinking of something.Shui Linglong noticed the change in Zhuge Xi's mood, and she would be suspicious if she were to marry a wife. No family would dare to attack a scheming woman.

The third princess jokingly said: "Mrs. Yao is still called Mrs. Yao, shouldn't she call her sister instead?"

Shui Linglong lowered her head and smiled shyly, her cheeks were stained with carmine.

The third princess became more and more teasing. She approached Shui Linglong and said with a smile, "Are you shy? Want to get married? Tell me, you really like Zhuge Yu, right?"

"Ah—Third Princess, you..." Shui Linglong shyly turned her body sideways, showing a state of embarrassment.

The shy appearance of the little daughter's family dispelled many of Zhuge Xi's doubts. She didn't take much part in what happened tonight, but she also guessed three or five points from the exchange between the third princess and Shui Linglong. On the surface, Shui Linglong was The victim, the one who actually collapsed was Shui Noble. Although Shui Linglong pretended to be sick to protect herself, it is an indisputable fact that she defeated Shui Noble.People who are too thoughtful may not be Yu'er's blessing, but from the current point of view, she should just be quick to gain wisdom, otherwise she is no different from an ordinary boudoir girl.

Zhuge Xi thought about it, and said kindly: "In the final analysis, the Zhenbei Palace has implicated you this time. It's hard to be a noble lady. You and the fate of the Zhenbei Palace are tied together. While enjoying the supreme honor, you must also bear some Ming Dynasty. Shooting in the dark, if I let you continue to be so reckless by yourself, I really don't feel at ease! Let's take this incident as an example, if you have a smarter maid or mother by your side, you won't be able to come up with a bitter trick. The next strategy to attract rescuers. These are all caused by your status as the daughter-in-law of the Zhenbei Prince’s Mansion, so I can’t stand by and watch. In this way, let Mama Yuan go back with you. You don't have to choose your skills and abilities, and with her taking care of you, Yu'er and I can rest assured."

Worries are fake, but monitoring is real.Before the doorman's house, a respected mother was sent here. Those who knew it said it was protection, but those who didn't know thought she was so incompetent that Shui Linglong had to rely on a mother to support her!How will she gain a foothold in the palace by then?If she was just a little girl who didn't know much about the world, Zhuge Xi would definitely be unable to bear to refuse what Zhuge Xi said at this time with emotion and reason.However, after living two lifetimes, her heart has been hardened into a stone, so how could she compromise so easily?Shui Linglong straightened her hair at the temples, and a pure smile appeared on her fair face: "It's not the fault of the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, Mrs. Yao doesn't need to blame herself, Linglong doesn't dare to bother Mrs. Yao, she hasn't been through the door yet, it's better to do something more." One less thing is better."

Just now the third princess clearly asked her to change her words, but she still kept calling "Mrs. Yao", clearly mocking her for marrying another wife and intervening in the family affairs of Zhenbei Prince's Mansion!Zhuge Xi's expression became serious, and his affection for Shui Linglong disappeared in an instant!Her voice turned cold: "Then tell me, what are you going to do next time you encounter this kind of situation? Still use bitter tricks? Use it every time, and what will you do if you become useless in the end? You can't give birth to my brother. What about the child? You young people are reckless and reckless, and you never consider the consequences of doing things! Let alone a child born to a low-class concubine? It is completely petty and can't be on the stage! I will help your mother to discipline you, it is yours Blessings..."

Bang!
Shui Linglong's cup fell to the ground and smashed to pieces. Her eyes suddenly became as cold as the light from hell, and wherever she passed, the coldness was overwhelming: "Mrs. It’s all the same as you! I know my own body! You have been the little princess of the Kashgar Qing clan since you were born. If you want the wind, you want the rain. Feng Lang, I feel that my experience is enough to be my life treasure? If your father is not the king of Zhenbei, and your mother is not the daughter of the Leng family, if you get into trouble, I'm afraid you can't even use bitter tricks! Because of you , is simply conceited to a degree of blindness!"

(End of this chapter)