Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 133 The mandarin duck spectrum

"You're the one who likes him, I..."

The two maidservants are about to quarrel.

Chu Qing and Wan Xia clapped their hands and applauded, the quarrel gave Murong Wei a headache, and he quickly reprimanded: "What's the matter, go to Yue Gu's to get the punishment!"

All the maids lowered their heads quickly, but they all looked at Xiang Tao with playful eyebrows, and they blushed when they saw Xiang Tao.

"Okay, what kind of gift is it, let me have a look."

Han Wen managed the outside business for her, and he also opened a shop himself. The business was doing well, and the money was definitely not bad.

It's just that until now, Murong Wei still can't figure out what is going on with this person, why must she follow her?
"Princess, take a look at them. I still think this thing is rare. If you can't help it, even the palace doesn't have it."

When Xiangtao opened a flat jade box, there was a root of ginseng inside.

"Such a big ginseng has been formed, it must have been hundreds of years?"

Chu Qing looked curiously at the side, the ginseng had already formed a human shape, if you don't look carefully, it looks like a little doll!
And the roots are very complete, just smelling it, it seems that the whole breath is fresh.

"It's 500-year-old ginseng." Xiangtao said happily, "Century-year-old ginseng is very rare, and the effect of the medicine is almost the same, not to mention prolonging life. The servant girl heard that ginseng will become fine after a hundred years and can run by itself. Spiritual stuff. These 500-year-old ones are even rarer."

Murong Wei appraised it carefully: "Really, this is a gift from Han Wen? This thing is too expensive. It's worth thousands of gold."

This thing is a little too expensive.

Murong Wei felt that something was wrong, and after thinking about it, it was better not to accept it.

"Let him take it back."

Xiangtao said disapprovingly: "That's what it should be. He takes care of your business, and he...is not short of money. If it weren't for you, he wouldn't be where he is today. Besides, it's because of his kindness, and he wouldn't want to send it back. Yes. He said it all when he came.”

At the same time, Lu'er persuaded: "The princess will accept it. In my opinion, this should be regarded as a betrothal gift."

As he spoke, he looked at Xiangtao with a smile and started joking.

As expected, Xiangtao was tricked, she was so ashamed and annoyed.

Murong Wei looked at it with a smile, thinking that this girl seemed to have that kind of intention towards Han Wen...

It's just that she knows about Han Wen's situation, and now she doesn't know if he can take a fancy to Xiangtao?

Besides, can Xiangtao marry to be the main wife?

Ordinarily, she is someone close to her, so she won't suffer if she marries her...

While Murong Wei was thinking about it, she thought that the maidservants around her were not too young.

Like Aichunqingqiu, who are seventeen or eighteen years old this year, if they stay and leave, they will become enemies, so it is better to settle them down earlier.

"Hmph, you are all bad guys, you can make fun of people. I just want to make up for the princess. This is dug out from the deep mountains and old forests by the visitors outside the pass. Just like the storyteller said, it is called absorbing the essence of heaven and earth." Woolen cloth."

Murong Wei laughed loudly: "Do you think that's Monkey Sun? He has also absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon. Let me see. Could it be that he has become a genius?"

Everyone laughed together, Xiangtao pouted and muttered to herself: "Isn't it?"

Murong Wei didn't bother to pay attention to her, seeing that in the other gift boxes, there was also a catty of extremely high-quality blood swallows, plus snow lotus and other messy things, speaking of it, it was also an extremely valuable item.

Then take this thing and let it go.

When Xiao Mingrui came back in the evening, Murong Wei asked him about the affairs of Prince Jing's mansion, Xiao Mingrui said with a strange expression: "My aunt doesn't recognize anyone now... I thought I was going, but suddenly woke up..."

Murong Wei frowned and said, "So sick?"

"Well, yes."

Xiao Mingrui spoke absent-mindedly, remembering what the kid said when he met Xiao Jinglan in Prince Jing's mansion, and snorted.

Who does that little bastard think he is? It's not up to him to take care of the affairs of the Luo Palace!

Xiao Mingrui felt a little unhappy when he thought of this, looked back at his lovely wife, and thought: no matter what, Wei'er will always be mine, and no one can take it away.

How could Murong Wei know what he was thinking, she was still thinking about when to go to Prince Jing's Mansion, she had been ill for so long, it was time to go out.

First of all, my natal family had to go back. Aunt Zhou was so worried, and my grandmother and the others...

She was thinking about things to be planned for a period of time in the future, and she never paid attention to Xiao Mingrui's face.

On this day, Murong Wei felt that her body had recovered, so she brought various gifts and went back to her natal home accompanied by palace guards.

The Murong family was as peaceful as before, because Murong Wei had sent someone to say hello earlier, and sister-in-law Yunxia had passed the Chuhuamen to pick her up early.

Seeing that Murong Wei's complexion is still good, but a little thinner, Yunxia said with emotion: "But you are frightening people. Looking at your appearance today, I think you have fully recovered. You are really blessed by the Bodhisattva."

Murong Wei went to Rongshou Hall with her, and said as she walked, "It's my luck. How is grandma? Where's my little nephew?"

While she was asking about the affairs of the mansion, she learned that everyone was well and well recently, but Aunt Zhou prayed to Buddha because of Murong Wei's illness, and she made herself sick, but fortunately, she has recovered now.

When we arrived at Rongshou Hall, a servant girl came to greet her early in the morning. When I saw Murong Wei, it was my aunt and grand aunt who shouted shortly. After entering the room, the curtain of the Gebu was already closed. The old lady was talking with the eldest lady in the middle hall, pregnant He was holding a baby boy with tender pink eyes and very bright eyes, but it was Murong Fu's son, whose baby name was Baoqing.

Baoqing was wearing a bright red Baiying play cotton jacket, and was staring at her with wide eyes, stretching out his hands and shouting non-stop.

Seeing Murong Wei, the old lady quickly looked up and down, and asked repeatedly: "How is it now, your complexion seems to be getting better."

Murong Wei smiled and stepped forward to tease her little nephew, "Yes, I've only been out for seven or eight days before, and I've been fine for a long time."

The old lady nodded, her eyes were closed with a smile, and she said lovingly, "That's all right, I'll just say it, how could God be so unreasonable?"

The eldest lady next to her kept a cold face, seeing Murong Wei in a palace dress of silver and red with white butterflies and flowers, very dignified and elegant, because of this illness she lost a little weight, which made me feel more pity for her.

Hmph, I don't know why it's so tough?
God can't kill her?
The eldest lady secretly slandered in her heart, but on the surface she smiled and said: "It's really not easy. You have been sick for more than a month. Fortunately, the Buddha blesses you. It's really a blessing."

While talking, Aunt Zhou came with her son, Brother Chun.

When she saw Murong Wei, her eyes were red and she burst into tears.

Murong Wei hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her mother, and Yun Xia also persuaded her. It took a long time for Aunt Zhou to calm down, and took Murong Wei's hand to look up and down. Seeing that she seemed to be in a good mood now, she was also happy.

Brother Chun is still young, so he doesn't know what happened at all, and he doesn't recognize his sister when he sees her. Murong Wei looked at her nephew and younger brother, and thought, her younger brother is only a little older than her nephew. Thinking about it, it's really true. funny.

"Mother, don't worry, I'm fine now. Is this also an accident?"

"Be careful in the future."

The old lady said at the same time: "This is what I said, but I heard that the prince has spent a lot of energy for you during this time, and you should remember the duty of a daughter's family. Be a husband and a child, don't be arrogant."

Murong Wei was startled, seeing that the old lady began to scold others with a straight face, she was still a little unaware.

After the old lady talked more and more, Murong Wei realized in her heart that her grandmother was telling her to be a good wife and mother.

Murong Wei felt a little unhappy, although everyone knew about it, she didn't want to think about it.

There was no room for others between her and Xiao Mingrui, for this, both Xiao Mingrui and she paid a lot.

These words, she just listened to the wind, the left ear went in and the right ear went out.

Because of this matter, Murong Wei didn't stay at Murong's house for long, so she came out sullenly.

As soon as she left, the old lady sighed: "This girl obviously didn't listen."

Zhou An's family, who was waiting next to him, heard the voice and said: "Grandma and Luo Wang and his wife are in harmony, I think they don't want to think about these things. Or if Lord Luo went to kneel in the Taimiao some time ago, my aunt also accompanied him, and the news spread in the capital. "

The old lady shook her head: "How can the emperor be happy? Don't you think that the daughter of our Murong family is fond of jealousy? I wanted to persuade her to take the initiative to arrange someone for King Luo, but it seemed that she was not magnanimous, just looking at her like this, saying It's useless. It's really strange, why didn't this girl realize that she is such a twisted person before?"

For women like them, they have been accustomed to men with three wives and four concubines since childhood.

So although it is said that women are always jealous and dislike their husbands who are promiscuous, but for the sake of reputation and to keep their husbands from going out, they always have some concubines.

But Murong Wei could not accept this kind of thinking.

That's all that's left, she can't kill people, can she?

Let her take the initiative to arrange for Xiao Mingrui, it would be better to kill her.

"Wang Luo is kind to the third girl, but this is really not the right time. If they have children, that's fine, but now it's..."

Murong Wei didn't go back directly to the mansion, she went for a walk, and went to visit Murong Yue in Jianningbo's mansion.

After returning to the palace, Su De greeted him, and said with a smile: "The maidservant is looking for you, it's a coincidence that the concubine Hui gave you some supplements."

"Mother concubine rewarded you with supplements? Oh, I have to enter the palace to pay my respects."

Murong Wei asked someone to collect the things, Su De said at the side: "My lord may be busy at this time, the servant girl heard the news that there is a foreign country's congratulations recently, and my lord is the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, and I have a lot of things to do. "

Murong Wei looked at him in surprise, why did Su De suddenly mention these things to her?

"This is what the lord asked the servants to say, because in the past two days foreign countries have paid homage, there are several small countries, and the Honghe Temple is too busy, and the lord has to be in the palace..." Su De said quickly, the wrinkles on the old face were squeezed Together: "And I heard that the emperor will visit the Yongding River for a while, I don't know if the prince wants to accompany him."

"I see. Of course, business matters are important. I also heard that there is a foreign country's congratulatory event recently. I think I have to be busy. In this way, take good care of the prince's body, and don't work too hard. Is it too busy?" Finished."

Su De repeatedly agreed.

Murong Wei went back to Tianxiangyuan, and asked people to pack up Xiao Mingrui's daily things and bring them into the palace later, since she wanted to pay for it, she couldn't let it go.

"Princess, everything is packed."

Murong Wei looked up and saw Aichun standing there, raised her eyebrows and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days, I heard that you were sick, but now you're cured?"

Ai Chun lowered her head and bowed her body: "Thank you, Princess, for your concern, it's already healed, and this servant is in a hurry to come back."

Murong Wei looked at her, and saw that Aichun was wearing a royal-style light green silk gauze beige with silver borders and rose branches, a honey-colored skirt with silver-trimmed ruyi patterns, black hair in an ordinary bun, and a silver dress. The gold-plated jewelry has a very good complexion, rosy in white.

"You look better than before. It seems that you are recovering well..." Murong Wei looked at Ai Chun and thought to herself, this girl has a pretty face, but I don't know who to give it to?
This matchmaker is not easy to do, and she didn't want to do anything messy, so she said with a smile: "I've been thinking recently, if there is any suitable person who promises you, you are not too young, If you have something on your mind, just tell me."

Su De stood aside, took the burden and belongings, paused when he heard Murong Wei's words, and then said: "My concubine is really kind-hearted, I see that there are some unmarried boys in the palace, let them marry this fairy Such a girl is a blessing.”

Ai Chun said in a deep voice: "I don't have any ideas, but I don't think about these things now..."

Murong Wei waved her hand: "Don't worry, this concubine won't mess with the mandarin ducks."

Next to her, Xiangtao jokingly said, "Slaves don't marry, they stay with the princess for the rest of their lives."

Murong Wei laughed and scolded: "Okay, I see if you are in a hurry!"

Su De hurriedly took his things out and shook his head.

Here I sent things to the Ministry of Rites.

The yamen of the Ministry of Rites is actually outside the Forbidden City, not inside, unlike the cabinet and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which are directly inside the imperial city.

The office of the Ministry of Rites is quite comfortable. It is a small three-room courtyard with all internal organs.

When Su De brought the things over, Xiao Mingrui was discussing with the servant of the right about receiving foreign guests, and in addition to catching up with King Wei's wedding, several princes' families also had weddings, so they were extremely busy.

To say that you don't have time is to say that you really don't have time, but to say that you are too busy to go home is not enough.

After sending the servant right away, Xiao Mingrui looked at the familiar furnishings, clothes, shoes and socks in the room, his heart tightened, and he didn't speak for a long time.

"The princess said..."

Xiao Mingrui turned his eyes to look.

"The princess said she wanted to marry the maid beside her. I wonder if the prince has any suitable candidates?"

Xiao Mingrui thought for a while: "You can arrange it. There are also some guards or stewards in the mansion who are not married. Let's see if anyone is willing."

Su De hesitated to speak.

"My lord!"

The voice of He Bingwen, the servant on the right, came from outside the door, and he looked very angry: "Oh, that person from the Ryukyu Mission fought with Annan's envoy, and almost killed him. The people from Honglu Temple are maintaining order over there..."

Xiao Mingrui snorted, raised his eyebrows, and said angrily: "What do they think of Daqin? A group of foreign barbarians, let's go and have a look."

Something is really wrong.

Seeing the prince, Su De disappeared in a blink of an eye, and didn't speak for a while.

Xiao Mingrui was paid in the Ministry of Rites, so naturally he couldn't go home.Murong Wei herself is very at ease.

The next day, he was afraid that he would not eat well, so he went to the kitchen to direct someone to make supplements. He wanted the little eunuch to send it, but Ai Chun interrupted and said, "I should send it to the servant, isn't the princess still wanting to send it?" Did something pass?"

Murong Wei originally asked someone to bring two pieces of clothes to Xiao Mingrui, but she didn't comment, so she asked the little eunuch to send them along with Aichun.

When they arrived at the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, the soldiers guarding the gate saw that they were from the Luo Palace, so they led them directly.

Xiao Mingrui just came out of the cabinet just now, and he was explaining the upcoming tasks to the ceremonial staff member Wailang and the chief at his office. Hearing that Murong Wei had sent him something, he sent the guests away.

"I will send you food and some clothes at the order of the princess. They are newly made."

Aichun politely greeted at the side, lifted the food box and put it aside, and took out two straight ornaments, one with cloud and dragon pattern on a blue background, and one with persimmon stalk pattern in autumn fragrance.

Xiao Mingrui looked at Aichun with lightning eyes, Xiao Luzi, who was waiting next to him, directly pulled the little eunuch out.

"Do you want to have a try, my lord?" Ai Chun took the clothes and wanted to try them on for Xiao Mingrui, but Xiao Mingrui pushed her hand away and said coldly, "Who asked you to come?"

Aichun was stunned for a moment, her eyes suddenly filled with mist, and she looked like she was about to cry: "My lord..."

That tone really sounded a bit twisted and rounded, with a bit of aggrieved look.

Xiao Mingrui turned a blind eye to her, he felt irritable seeing her, so he scolded: "Go back, don't let me see you here!"

Ai puberty looked at him, "I didn't do it on purpose, I just want to see you."

"I don't want to see you."

After finishing speaking, he ruthlessly asked Xiaoluzi to see the guests off.

Seeing this situation, Aichun had no choice but to restrain her grievance, and looked back three times before leaving.

Xiaoluzi sent people away, looked at the door, curled his lips, and muttered: "Bah, Hu Meizi!"

Xiao Mingrui rubbed the center of his brows, it happened that Su De came, saw Aichun from afar, saw Xiao Mingrui, and said: "Your servant stopped her, lord, do you see?"

Xiao Mingrui thought for a while, and said, "Take her to the other courtyard in the next street."

Su De nodded, it was close over there.

What the master does is his business. As a slave, he can only think what he wants, and he can only obey orders.

Xiao Mingrui was very tired, and when Su De left, Xiao Luzi spread the dishes for him, looked at the supplements in the food box, and finally smiled.

"It's still Wei'er who loves me." Xiao Mingrui thought in his heart, but when he was eating, he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

It was getting late and the lights were on.

Xiao Mingrui left the yamen of the Ministry of Rites and took a car to the courtyard in the next street.

This is not the property of the Luo Wang Mansion on the surface, few people know that he has set up a yard here.

"Golden House Cangjiao?" Xiao Mingrui laughed at himself.

When he arrived at the place, Xiao Mingrui lived in the main house.

Su De went to arrange things, and had to arrange for someone to return to the palace later.

Xiao Mingrui drank some wine, it was getting late, and Su De was sent away by him.

The sky is a little dark tonight, there is no moonlight, Xiao Mingrui is sitting in the ear room next door, drinking from the hip flask.

He suddenly missed things on the battlefield.

There's not so much intrigue and trouble to think about.

It was getting late at night, and he hadn't fallen asleep yet.

At some point, he got up to grind the ink, picked up a pen and splashed ink on the rice paper.

It was only when I finished writing that I realized it was a love poem.

"There are vines in the wild, with zero dew, and there is a beautiful person, clear and graceful..."

This is what he once wrote to Murong Wei, "Meet each other, be with your son..."

To live together with your son means to grow old forever.

At this moment, he is also complicated.

The recent situation could no longer tolerate him, so he could only make this decision.

And when the time comes, will Murong Wei understand him?

If she found out, would she leave angrily?

He didn't bother to touch other women at all, not because he didn't want to make her sad, but because he didn't like other women at all.

He wondered if Murong Wei would be too mindful not to listen to his explanation.

With her temperament, it is probably very possible.

if……

He couldn't imagine her leaving him at all, it would be crazy.

What he promised her once, but he couldn't finish it. Will she be disappointed and sad, and never talk to him again?

After an unknown amount of time, someone came in through the door.

"My lord."

The man stood respectfully at the side, his figure hidden in the darkness, making it almost impossible to see his appearance.

Xiao Mingrui didn't seem to be surprised at all, and when he heard the movement, he just said: "It's over? You go down."

In the next room, Ai Chun got up from the bed, and Xiao Luzi came in, frowning: "Hurry up, the prince told you to go quickly."

Aichun lowered her head and said, "I see, I'll pack up and prepare to go back."

Xiaoluzi ignored her, just urged her to take a bath and leave quickly.

It was dark and windy at night, and Aichun went back to the palace in a carriage.

Looking at the dark night, she tightened her clothes, and murmured: "Why is the prince so strange, it's as cold as ice for a while, and for a while..."

Men are all of this virtue.

She thought, a man of good looks and a gentleman on the surface is not a male thief and a female prosperous in secret?
Either way, she just needs to get what she wants.

Xiao Luzi saw the man off, and soon found that the prince was in the study.

After entering and serving tea, Xiao Luzi asked: "Is the master going to rest?"

Xiao Mingrui drank the hangover soup, although he drank a lot, he was still very sober.

"I still want to read the booklet."

He said calmly.

Xiao Luzi agreed, and while serving Xiao Mingrui to rinse his mouth and clean his face, he thought, it's really strange, why is the prince still so energetic?

Like nothing happened.

Presumably it must be the result of daily exercise.

No wonder the concubine contracted the epidemic, the prince is fine, he is in good health.

Xiaoluzi thought so.

In the evening, Aichun came back.

Madam Zheng was about to go to bed, when she saw that girl came back, she was surprised, so she asked casually, "Why did you come back only now?"

Aichun said in a low voice: "It's the prince's room that needs to be tidied up. Eunuch Su left me alone, so I'm back now."

"Oh, let me tell you, it's getting late. You won't be on duty tonight, so go to bed early. You will be on duty tomorrow."

Aichun turned around and left. Madam Zheng looked at her and suddenly felt something was wrong.

She is an old man who has been through the human affairs for a long time, and she has stayed in the palace for a long time. Looking at Aichun's walking posture now, her steps are obviously a little flimsy when she walks, and her steps are spread outwards. It seems that...

Madam Zheng felt a little heartbroken, stepped forward a few steps, and chased after her.

When he got closer, he became even more aware of the abnormality.

"Mammy?"

"Aichun." Madam Zheng flashed her eyes and said with a smile, "I just wanted to ask you something."

"Sister, please speak."

"Yuegu's son Shuisheng, you know, is now in charge of the mansion. Yuegu wants to find a wife for her son, why don't you ask me?"

Aichun hurriedly said: "Mommy, I...I don't want to get married yet. Thank you, Mommy."

Mother Zheng smiled and said: "Really? I was thinking that you are not too young, and the princess is a kind person, so you don't have to be ashamed. This is a major event in your life. If you can't make the decision, just ask Your mother and father."

Aichun lowered her head, wondering: "I can't take charge of this matter now."

"That's what I said."

Madam Zheng exchanged some more pleasantries, and seeing Aichun leave, her eyes flickered coldly.

Is this girl stealing men outside, or something else?

If it's stealing a man, so be it, if she's crawling on the master's bed, hmph!
Mother Zheng thought about it, sneered in her heart, and made up her mind to observe and observe first.

Who knew that after walking a few steps, they ran into Su De.

(End of this chapter)