Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 110 Envy, Jealousy, Hate

There is a sense of concern for the younger brother in the words.

After eating, I sat down and drank tea, then went to Xuanwu Lake to charter a painting boat, and boarded the boat for a lake tour.

"I'll go to the deck to get some air, you guys play chess slowly."

Murong Wei left knowingly and went to the deck to blow some air.

Xiao Mingchen tasted the green tea at ease, and sighed: "This kind of life is called enjoyment. There are too many rules in the palace. It would be great if I start a mansion sometime. I don't have to be so restrained in the palace."

"You didn't come out to say this, did you?"

Xiao Mingrui narrowed his eyes slightly to enjoy the quiet time of the afternoon.

The scenery of lakes and mountains complement each other, the sound of painting and singing, and Wu Nong's soft words make people intoxicated.

"I can't see through it." Xiao Mingchen said with a frown: "Second brother, although we say that our brother has schemed against elder brother this time, I don't think he is depressed at all, he is just studying at home, like a normal person."

Xiao Mingrui looked at the chessboard on the table and put down a sunspot.

"If the elder brother becomes depressed when encountering such a thing, he is not worthy to be our elder brother."

If King Qi was really so useless, he would have been removed from power long ago, so why should he worry?
"That's true. It's just that when he dealt with Imperial Physician Zhu before, he wanted to know if the Empress had a boy or a girl? Now he doesn't plan to do anything?"

"After so many things happened, Father's trust in him has been greatly reduced. If he is smart enough, he should also know that the best thing to do now is not to act rashly, and it is best not to do anything. Otherwise, he is courting death."

"But Emperor Father didn't reveal what Second Brother Li meant."

Xiao Mingchen was puzzled and said: "I really don't know what the father is thinking?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Father is in the prime of his life, so it's normal not to think about establishing a prince now."

Xiao Mingchen didn't speak, but thought to himself, I'm afraid it's not that simple.

Doesn't the father just want the two sons to fight each other, so he can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight?

Father Huang is a master of chess, in this game of chess he treats everyone else as pawns, and he is the only one who plays chess.

Unless one day a chess piece jumps out of the chessboard, no one will ever be able to defeat him in the empire where the emperor is the second child.

Even Xiao Mingrui was just following the rules of Emperor Jianwu's game.

As long as he doesn't sit in that position, he has no way to get out of this rut.

"Is the eldest brother planning to do nothing? Isn't he worried that we will have a little brother born?" Xiao Mingchen asked while thinking about the chess pieces on the chessboard.

"In the current situation, he may think that we will be more anxious." The corners of Xiao Mingrui's mouth rose, and he took a chess piece from Xiao Mingchen, with a confident look in his eyes. "Now, it depends on who has better patience. I don't plan to make a move."

"But everyone doesn't do anything. If it's really a royal brother, will father, will he..."

Make him the crown prince?
"will not."

Xiao Mingrui shook his head and said: "For a newborn child, the father would not be such a trifling matter, setting up the crown prince without seeing whether he can take on the big responsibility. If the father thinks that time is enough, he may wait until the sons are all grown up. Choose again."

Xiao Mingchen looked at the situation on the chessboard dejectedly: "Wouldn't that be a three-legged rivalry? We will be at a disadvantage in this way, he is a legitimate son, and his name is right and proper."

Xiao Mingrui hooked his lips: "Who told you that you are the younger brother, why can't you be the princess?"

Xiao Mingchen's eyes lit up: "What does Second Brother know?"

Xiao Mingrui just smiled and said nothing: "Why do you think elder brother is in such a hurry to act? Why doesn't Father disregard private gossip in the capital to spread the news that the queen is pregnant with a prince?"

"Didn't he learn about it from Zhu Taiji?"

Xiao Mingrui's expression turned cold, his eyes were sharp, and he was wise with insight into everything: "No, if it is really the prince, father would not allow such news to spread. If you think this kind of news is true, the imperial doctor Zhu might leave If you have a home, go to Goulan?"

Xiao Mingchen took a deep breath, he suddenly understood what his brother said, and thought of the biggest possibility with chills all over his body.

Their royal father knew that this was a princess, so he did not stop the spread of this fallacy, making many people think it was a prince.

He used this unborn child as a bait and threw it into the sea full of sharks. It was just an unborn child, but it caused chaos in the court in the capital, caused the two sons to make a choice, and attracted Qi Wanglu. If Xiao Mingrui hadn't seen through this point a long time ago, he would not have taken the initiative to avoid going to the south of the Yangtze River.

"Father... is really tall."

Xiao Mingchen felt a little chilled, everyone said that the Tian family was ruthless, and that the royal father could use this child as bait in such a cold-blooded way, he never thought, how many people would plan to kill her?
"Father Huang died a lot of children, it doesn't matter if there are more, let alone a princess."

The implication is that Emperor Jianwu doesn't care at all.

Moreover, the queen's physical condition is very bad, and the imperial doctor also said that whether the child can be born, and whether it can be supported after birth are all problems.

What's more, no one dares to attack the queen now.

Xiao Mingchen felt deeply powerless, "Father's wrist is too high, we players in the game are no match for him at all. Second brother, will Father know our tricks?"

"It's impossible for him to know everything. He knows some things, but he just turns a blind eye. Because the son who wants to sit in that position is absolutely impossible to be a fool with no means."

Xiao Mingrui stopped the chess pieces in his hand, "I won this game."

Xiao Mingchen stared blankly at the chessboard, shook his head and sighed: "Second brother, I'm still playing with you, being an emperor is really not for humans."

Xiao Mingrui patted him on the shoulder: "When did brother treat you badly?"

Xiao Mingchen concealed the chill in his heart, and felt a little better after seeing his second brother.

They have a deep brotherly relationship, and the reason he does his best to help his brother is naturally because he regards him as his dearest brother.

Now that he has grown up, he has to work hard just for the sake of the future.

After he opened the mansion, he was going to get married. At that time, the family was separated, and he had to think about himself and his family.

No matter for the future or the present, he will help his brother well.

As for himself, he still has self-knowledge.

He did not have Xiao Mingrui's decision on many things, nor did he have the idea of ​​becoming an emperor.

He wanted to be a general since he was a child.

"Second brother, my future depends on you." Xiao Mingchen laughed jokingly.

The two brothers are playing chess here, and Murong Wei is also fishing with a fishing rod under the fixed awning on the deck.

Xiangtao came over with some melons and fruits, seeing the princess leaning leisurely on the bamboo chair, she seemed to be falling asleep.

She looked down and saw that the bait on the hook had already been eaten by the fish.

"Princess, there is no more bait on the hook."

Murong Wei pulled it up to see, it wasn't so, she couldn't help laughing at herself: "Let's add some more bait, I wanted to catch some fish. It's a pity, we don't have Jiang Taigong's skills, and those who can will take the bait."

The little eunuch who was waiting next to her changed the bait for her. Murong Wei concentrated on catching some fish, and she happened to go back to cook fresh fish at night.

It's a pity that I don't know why, but the bait still doesn't taste good. After fishing for a long time, none of the fish took the bait.

Murong Wei even saw a carp swimming around the bait, but turned a blind eye and swam over directly.

"Your sister...is my character so bad?" Murong Wei couldn't help but curse in a low voice.

Xiangtao covered her mouth and couldn't help snickering.

The servant girls and eunuchs who were serving at the side all lowered their heads and held back their smiles.

Murong Wei held her breath, her pretty face was full of anger: "I have to catch a fish today, I don't want to be such a bully."

"Who bullied you?" The two brothers Xiao Mingrui and Xiao Mingchen also turned to the deck, and saw Murong Wei's face was puffed up like a runaway kitten.

No ladylike appearance, no elegance, just like a kitten with fried fur.

Xiao Mingrui couldn't help laughing, "Who dares to bully this king's concubine?"

Murong Wei pointed to the fishing rod angrily and said, "No fish took the bait."

Xiao Mingrui looked into the water and saw a few fish passing by, but he turned a blind eye to her bait.

He couldn't help laughing.

"My lord!" Murong Wei raised her voice, her fair face flushed instantly, and she said angrily, "You're laughing at me too!"

Xiao Mingchen laughed loudly, "Second sister-in-law, you are not very attractive, are you?"

Murong Wei looked at the surface of the water angrily, and hummed: "The fish here must be too cunning. Why do so many tourists here, they always throw food into the lake. It's really a declining world, and the fish's heart is not old. ah."

Seeing her regretful and sighing expression, everyone present couldn't help laughing.

Xiao Mingrui suppressed a smile and asked Xiaoluzi to prepare the fishing rod: "Okay, this time I will let my husband bully you back, and I must catch a few fish to make amends for you."

Murong Wei curled her lips in disbelief: "The fish here are all very cunning, so they won't take the bait."

"That's not necessarily true, Second Sister-in-law." Xiao Mingchen said proudly, "Second Brother is a master at fishing."

"is it?"

Murong Wei didn't quite believe it.

Why can't she catch it? If the fish doesn't bite, he can catch it?

When Xiao Luzi brought the fishing rod, Xiao Mingrui also started fishing in a decent manner.

Murong Wei stopped fishing, and ate a cantaloupe on the side.

Xiao Mingchen ate the watermelon and said: "Second brother, catch a few more later, I'll stay here for dinner tonight."

Murong Wei smiled and said, "That's a good thing, let's use this fish for cooking."

Thinking of the bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge, Xiao Mingrui felt palpitated, and quickly asked: "My lady, I told you not to let you do it."

Murong Wei distinguished with a guilty conscience: "I didn't intend to do it myself. Isn't there a cook here?"

Hearing what she said, Xiao Mingrui was finally relieved.

He really didn't have much confidence in his wife's craftsmanship.

Murong Wei originally thought that he would definitely not be able to catch any fish, but she didn't expect that this time, before she finished eating the melon, a fish would actually take the bait.

With a shake of Xiao Mingrui's hand, the fishing rod bent into an arc in the air, and in an instant, a big fish with water on it flew out of the water, swaying non-stop in mid-air.

Murong Wei's almond-shaped eyes widened, and her beautiful eyes almost burst into flames looking at the fish.

Bullying, gender discrimination!

How dare these stinky fish discriminate against Murong Wei!
Murong Wei was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas were born in heaven. She saw the little eunuch next to him put the fish into the bucket, oh, it's such a big one.

Xiao Mingrui obviously noticed the fire-breathing beautiful eyes of his sweet wife, and laughed in his heart, "Don't be angry, lady, I'll fish it up to make amends for you. This is considered as a gift for you."

Hearing what he said, Murong Wei felt less suffocated. She snorted, curled up her mouth, and said triumphantly, "See how I clean it up when I go back. Xiangtao, do you think it should be fried or boiled? Do you want to eat it?" How about boiled fish, sweet and sour fish, squirrel mandarin fish, or fish soup?"

Xiao Mingchen almost choked when he heard it, "Second sister-in-law, please spare this fish."

Anyone who offends can't offend the second sister-in-law.

Murong Wei glanced at him and said with a smile: "Okay, let's make squirrel mandarin fish."

Squirrel mandarin fish?

Xiao Mingchen wanted to be a squirrel mandarin fish, with so many knives drawn on his body, he would be carved like a squirrel and blown out.

Second sister-in-law, how much resentment do you have? You must cut it into pieces.

Xiao Mingrui looked at her dotingly with a smile on his face. Seeing her high spirits, he also wanted to pamper her in his heart.

It doesn't matter how she plays, as long as she is happy.

His fishing skills are indeed much better than Murong Wei's. After fishing for less than half an hour, he caught several fish, including carp, silver carp, and grass carp.

Murong Wei thought bitterly: These fish must be females, so same-sex repel each other and opposite-sex attract.

At this moment, she also admitted that she was unpopular.

So, she decided to find a place to cook at night.

Xiao Mingrui only fished for a while, then asked people to put the fish in a bucket and bring it with him when he went back.

When she went back in the evening, Murong Wei specially ordered someone to bring those fish.

Xiao Mingchen dragged Xiao Mingrui to the shore of Xuanwu Lake, saying that he would only be back at dinner time.

Back in Fei Garden, Murong Wei went into the kitchen, first asked the cook to clean up the fish, and then decided which dishes to cook. The ingredients to be prepared were all prepared, and Murong Wei just had to cook.

The first time is raw and the second time is familiar, now she moves much faster.

After working for more than half an hour, she finally finished her work. She asked the kitchen to wait for some dishes to be cooked before going back to the room to take a shower.

The two brothers have come back and are talking under the gazebo in the garden.

Murong Wei changed into a moon white gauze shirt and a goose yellow phoenix pattern peony horse face skirt. She walked leisurely along the gravel path, with strings of pearls hanging down from her temples, round and brilliant.

It was getting late, and the Fei Garden among the flowers was even more fragrant and full of sleeves. The two brothers were admiring the flowers, and there was a beautiful woman among the flowers.

Of course Xiao Mingchen didn't want to stare at his sister-in-law, so he turned his sideways eyes and said to his elder brother: "Second brother is so lucky, my younger brother envies you to death."

Xiao Mingrui's face was calm, but he was not without complacency in his heart, but he said: "It's just so-so."

"My lord, fifth brother, dinner is ready."

"Let's go to the West Flower Hall to use it. Let's go, fifth brother, let's eat the fish we caught with our own hands today."

Murong Wei smiled and said, "That's right, the cook has prepared squirrel mandarin fish, boiled fish, hot and sour fish, there are many kinds."

"Okay, I'm a glutton!"

The three of them went to the West Flower Hall, the maids had already set up the dishes, and when they arrived, they immediately ordered the dishes to be served.

A few cold dishes were served first, followed by some stir-fried hot dishes, and finally the fish.

There are squirrel mandarin fish, boiled fish, hot and sour fish, and fish soup.

Murong Wei got up by herself and filled a bowl of fish soup for Xiao Mingrui, "Try it and see how it goes."

The fish soup was milky white and extremely fragrant. The surface impurities were skimmed off, leaving only the most essence of the soup, which really made people's index fingers move.

Xiao Mingrui took a sip, and it was delicious, but it was surprisingly bland, so he couldn't help saying: "Well, it's a bit too bland, it seems that no salt was added."

"No, I remember I put salt." Murong Wei said in surprise, and suddenly covered her mouth while talking.

Xiao Mingrui's body froze immediately, looking at the dishes on the table, he couldn't help but smile wryly.

"Didn't I say I won't let you cook?"

Xiao Mingchen said strangely: "Second brother, you can be content, and your sister-in-law cooks for you, so you can have fun secretly. How many times have you seen those mothers who do it themselves? What's wrong with it, I think it's good. "

As he spoke, he drank a few mouthfuls of fish soup.

Isn't it very fresh!

Xiao Mingchen looked at his elder brother with envy and hatred, thinking that the second elder brother really does not know how to be blessed while he is in the midst of blessings.

Xiao Mingrui knew it, he was afraid that the dishes below would still taste weird like porridge with preserved egg and lean meat.

After hearing King Qin's words, Murong Wei immediately straightened her back, and said with confidence: "That's right, it's not fresh. Well, my husband, I just do it casually, occasionally doing it a few times, it's just a change. "

Well, what else did he say!
Xiao Mingrui looked at his younger brother gloating in his heart, thinking that you boy, I will let you know how awesome you are later!

Xiao Mingchen saw that he was silent and didn't care what his brother thought, so he picked up boiled fish and ate it.

But as soon as he took a bite, his whole face became distorted and deformed, as if he wanted to spit it out, but he didn't want to lose his composure, so he stuffed it in his mouth in embarrassment.

Murong Wei sat down at the table, and ate the stir-fried side dishes by herself. These were all made by the cook, and of course they tasted good.

"What's the matter, is it too spicy?"

She stretched out her chopsticks to taste it, but Xiao Mingchen stopped him, he swallowed the fish with difficulty, "Yes, it's too spicy, sister-in-law better not eat it."

After that, he hurriedly called someone to pour tea.

After drinking a cup of tea, Xiao Mingchen regained his strength.

The taste of this boiled fish is too strange, how can it be bitter?

Xiao Mingchen didn't understand.

He looked at the second brother with sympathy, brother, you are not authentic, why didn't you tell me earlier?
Xiao Mingrui gloated at him, didn't you insist on eating it yourself?
Murong Wei didn't know how dirty the two brothers were, so she frowned and said, "Is it really that spicy? Hey, it seems that I put too much chili."

"Yeah, second sister-in-law, it's okay. I heard that you are the only one who cooks, and it's really good to make it like this! But this dish is only delicious when it's spicy, hehe..."

While eating vegetarian dishes, Xiao Mingchen looked at the squirrel and mandarin fish dish, thinking that it looks pretty decent, so there shouldn't be any problems, right?

As a result, after tasting the chopsticks, he found that the mandarin fish was too sweet, and it was a bit greasy.

Put too much sugar and less vinegar, the taste is very strange.

"Is it tasty?"

Xiao Mingchen's mouth was bitter, thinking that he had met a genius today.

He glanced at the second brother, you can solve your own affairs by yourself.

Xiao Mingrui raised his eyebrows and remained calm.

"It's pretty good. But I've eaten a lot today, and I really want to eat some vegetarian food."

Murong Wei said with a smile, "Fifth brother, you're welcome. This is a fish caught by the prince. If you like it, fifth brother can eat more."

Xiao Mingchen's expression froze for a moment, and then he saw his brother's eyes full of smiles.

Damn, who told you to talk big, have you felt our pain this time?

Fortunately, Xiao Mingrui said at this time: "Wei'er, I have something to discuss with my fifth brother."

When Murong Wei heard this, she said, "You brothers are talking, I think there is still something to deal with."

After finishing speaking, he exited the West Flower Hall and returned to the main room.

Murong Wei wasn't very hungry, so she asked the kitchen to make a bowl of shredded chicken noodles and ate it with a few dishes.

Xiangtao accompanied her with a strange expression, while saying: "Wangfei, you should stop cooking in the future, this is really not what you should do."

The key point is that Xiangtao found out from what happened just now that there may be something wrong with the dishes cooked by the princess, otherwise, why would His Highness King Qin have such an expression?

That is to say, the concubine, who was being concealed by the prince, hadn't thought of this for a while.

These bystanders can all see it clearly.

It's just that Wang Hao, an insider, was enthusiastic, but she didn't notice it.

Murong Wei glanced at her strangely, "Why did you persuade me too?"

Xiangtao thought about the words, "Didn't the maid think that the princess has a lot of things to do? Besides, you are a princess, a court wife, how can you cook by yourself? Isn't it inappropriate? The servant thinks that you only need to order others Just get ready."

Murong Wei didn't have much patience for this cliché, she frowned and said, "What's wrong with court wives, court wives are not allowed to cook, who made the rules?"

Xiangtao was speechless for a moment, thinking that the princess was interested in this matter now, and when she was distracted by other things, she might forget about it.

"Didn't the princess say she wanted to make clothes for the prince?"

Murong Wei thought of this, but she was really not good at female celebrities, so she pushed all this matter to the sewing room.

Considering that Xiao Mingrui has given her many things, she should also make some gifts to give back.

"Well, I'll do it when I have time."

Xiangtao breathed a sigh of relief, and thought to herself, my lord, you can ask for more blessings!
No matter how happy Xiao Mingrui is and suffers from illness, life will still go on.

It's just in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the moon is full and people are full, all the officials are going home for reunion. As the largest courtyard in the world, the royal family in the palace will naturally have a banquet.

Xiao Mingrui didn't do anything to cover up, but he was dressed plainly. He was dressed in royal blue moiré dragon pattern, black boots with blue bottoms, and a winged crown tied around his black hair, making him look elegant.

Murong Wei wore a sky-blue blouse with Yunxia Fengwen makeup and flowers, a [-]-fold hippocampus Zhaoyun horse-face skirt, black hair in a bun, and a red gold hairpin with a magpie on a branch. Dropping ears and sideburns, black eyebrows lightly brushed, and light makeup.

Xiao Mingrui smiled and said: "This body is plain and clean, today is a holiday, why are you dressed so plain?"

After finishing speaking, she picked a suet jade-dotted emerald tortoiseshell hairpin from the dressing table and inserted it in her hair. It was paired with a few pearl flower hairpins, which complemented each other very well, making it more dazzling.

Xiao Mingrui nodded in satisfaction: "Okay, let's go to the palace for a banquet together."

The two then drove to the Forbidden Palace early.

Although it's still early, but after all, I have to go to the palace to pay my respects, so I won't be free for a while.

After entering the palace, after going to the Queen's place to greet Concubine Hui, and talking about the friendship with other people, it is all boring.

But this time, since Xiao Mingrui returned to Beijing, many people who had avoided Murong Wei before talked and laughed at her as if nothing had happened, as if they had never avoided her before.

Although Murong Wei secretly despises this kind of behavior, it is human nature, and she will not do any drastic actions on the surface.

Politics is a man's business, but it also extends to women.

"I heard that the empress mother will come out to meet guests tonight." Princess Chu said, "I don't know if the empress mother's body can be done?"

When Murong Wei heard that this time it was a hard job again, when the time came, the daughter-in-laws of them would definitely be by her side to take care of her.

"We'll take care of it later."

Princess Qi was talking to Princess He, when she heard the words, she raised her voice and said: "Of course, I respect my mother from the bottom of my heart. This is our duty as daughters-in-law. As the eldest sister-in-law, of course I must Pay attention."

While she was talking here, Murong Wei saw a imperial concubine's car approaching. Isn't the palace attendant beside her the concubine Li's maid?

Concubine Qi's words were quite loud, many people present heard them, not to mention Concubine Li in the car.

As King Qi's biological mother and Concubine Qi's serious mother-in-law, I don't know if she would be happy to hear her say such words.

(End of this chapter)