Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 136

"Master, master, let's go in and talk." Xiao Luzi comforted him, but he was also terrified of the master's current appearance.

Speaking of this, Xiao Luzi was puzzled, since he loves the princess so much, how should he do this?
Xiao Mingrui went into the main hall of the house with a sullen face and sat down. He finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then said what he knew that day in one breath.

He only knew that Aichun and Xiangtao had a quarrel before, and later they went into the room to talk, but he didn't know what they talked about.

Later Aichun came out, looking very embarrassed, but Wangfei didn't make things difficult for her, she just asked her to rest.

"Eunuch Su went to see the concubine, but the concubine was not there, but the eunuch heard that the concubine asked someone to prepare wound medicine, it seems that the concubine was so angry that she hurt her hand."

Xiao Mingrui slammed his fist on the huanghuali round wooden table, causing the teapot to shatter to the ground, and the thick round wooden table was almost shattered by the strong shock.

"Damn it! That lowly maidservant! How dare you bully my concubine!"

Xiao Mingrui was furious, distressed and anxious at the same time, thinking that Murong Wei didn't know how to arrange it after hearing the woman's arrangement, and hurt her hands in a rage, but she felt extremely distressed, thinking that she must be extremely sad at this moment, and wanted to rush back immediately Explain it to her.

Originally, Xiao Mingrui planned to tell Murong Wei after he returned to the capital and made arrangements.

He didn't want her to worry about these things, let alone how to face her.

Even if he didn't cheat physically, but in terms of name, it was true on the surface.

This matter is extremely secretive, and he will not discuss it with others at all.

Therefore, even the whole family, no one knows the inside story.

Xiao Mingrui hates it very much, he is not a fool, how could he not know that Ai Chun is soliciting truth and deliberately making things big?
He especially hated Aichun for making her own decisions without her consent, and for daring to expose her pregnancy without his knowledge.

But he is a pawn in his hand, a woman who is willing to be humble and wants to climb the dragon and the phoenix, actually dares to climb on top of him and make her own way?
A cold light flashed in Xiao Mingrui's eyes, Xiao Luzi and Xiao Luzi were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and shivered.

Don't look at the prince who is very kind on weekdays, but he is actually very scary when he is angry.

It was obvious that they were extremely angry at the moment, and they didn't dare to touch bad luck.

Xiao Mingrui paced back and forth in the room, walking fast and hurriedly.

He naturally wanted to go back immediately.

But the royal father's official duties here have not yet ended, and he has no reason to rush back to the capital because of a maid's pregnancy.

But now the beautiful wife is obviously very sad, thinking of his wife's always smiling face crying secretly at this moment, he feels extremely hated in his heart.

All of this was forced.

He can only bear it now.

But will Wei'er know his helplessness, will she believe his sincerity?
"Wei'er will believe me, she is not an ordinary woman." He said to himself, not sure if he was trying to comfort himself or to prove something.

"I'll write a letter for you to take back to the princess."

He was about to write a letter right away, but he couldn't go back now, and he couldn't say anything secret in the letter, so he could only earnestly ask his wife to wait for him to go back and explain.

Xiao Luzi hurriedly got up to grind his ink, Xiao Mingrui wanted to write something, but he didn't know where to start for a long time.

In the end, I only said a few words in a hurry, and read it from the beginning after writing, feeling silent in my heart.

After sealing the envelope with sealant, Xiao Mingrui ordered Zhang De to send a message to Su De, asking him to admonish Aichun, put her under house arrest, and not allow her to go out and cause trouble.

When Zhang De left, Xiao Mingrui sat blankly in front of the desk without saying a word for a long while.

Not to mention the impact of this matter, but he has an explanation from his father.

Father Huang can no longer threaten his wife's life.

The benefits seem like a lot.

However, who can know the pain in his heart at this moment?

Xiao Mingrui lost his mind in a daze. In the evening, the setting sun slowly shone from the Yongding River in the distance to this palace courtyard, and the fire clouds in the sky piled up layer upon layer, making it very beautiful.

Xiao Mingrui rode a horse without any guards, and stood alone on the bank of the rolling Yongding River, leaning against the branches of the old trees planted all over the river. smooth.

Xiao Mingrui felt irritable, so he brought a jug of wine, sat on the old tree, and drank alone facing the sunset and the rolling river water.

The rain is vast at night, and the rain is hitting the plantains. It is the evening of May when the rain is dredging and the wind is mad. The dark sky makes people look like a giant beast devouring people at a glance.

The night in Luowang Mansion is also quiet and quiet. The lanterns under the eaves are swinging back and forth in the night wind, and the lights are lingering.

The maid picked out candles, and Zhang Yuqian recited scriptures silently, as if she was reciting scriptures, but her heart was very ups and downs.

Zhang Yuqian has been feeling very upset ever since she heard some unspeakable rumors, and now that she has received the confirmed news, knowing that Aichun has dreamed of Xiongxiong, it is even more unexpected.

"Master, servant girl heard that Aichun has been locked up and cannot come out. Do you think the princess is angry, so this is punishing Aichun?"

Zhang Yuqian glanced at the little maid Ding'er, "What nonsense are you talking about, the princess is also something you can talk about?"

Ding'er is not very old, but he has always thought about wealth and honor in his heart. After following Zhang Yuqian, he has been thinking about how to get his master back into favor. There is a bright future!

"Slaves are just talking about things. Everyone is talking about it now. I heard people say that the princess is too domineering. If you are more generous on weekdays, how could our prince find someone close to the princess? This is not to let the princess Embarrassed?"

"It's all right now. The princess is very angry when something like this happened. I don't think the princess is that powerful. I'm afraid the prince won't spoil the princess anymore. Isn't it like this for all men? The master is still young Beautiful, isn't it better than that Ai Chun?"

The little maid tried her best to encourage Zhang Yuqian to fight for favor, not only for Zhang Yuqian's sake but also for her own sake.

Although Zhang Yuqian was deeply jealous of Murong Wei, she had been on the sidelines since the incident happened.

Although she was very afraid of Murong Wei's methods and did not dare to compromise, but she was sure that Wang Hao would never dare to object to the decision made by the prince.

That being the case, it would be best if it could be restored to a few years ago.

She is also about 20 years old, how can she not be in a hurry.

The little servant girl talked for a long while, but Zhang Yuqian didn't see a statement, so she had to go down sleepily.

Zhang Yuqian was fascinated by the candlelight, and thought, I don't want to argue with you anymore, I just want to have a child, so that I won't be lonely when I grow old, isn't it sad!
If the prince came to look for me by himself, can you still blame me?

All the men in this world who are famous and are officials are eligible to marry concubines, but most of these people have three wives and four concubines.

"Murong Wei, it's enough for you to spoil her for the past two years."

"Sister Su, I'm going back first, and it's getting late. I didn't expect to play cards with my sister until now." Looking at the rainy night outside, Liu Yue said with a smile: "It's time to open an umbrella. Send them off."

Su Mei smiled and said, "I'll see you off."

As he spoke, he opened an umbrella and sent Liu Yue to the gate of the courtyard.

"Sister, don't think too much, just let nature take its course." At the door, Su Mei reminded her.

"I haven't thought about anything." Liu Yue sighed, "Is there anything I can't see?"

Then he turned around, accompanied by his personal maid, and turned back to his small courtyard next door along the stone road.

Across from the door, in the courtyard with a field of flowers, the concubines Qi Yan and Wu Lan were sitting together playing leaf cards, and two maidservants beside me were playing with me.

Not long after, a servant girl came over and said, "Aunt Liu came out from Aunt Su."

Qi Yan's face was cold, her cheekbones were a little high, and she looked very proud. At this moment, she even sneered: "It seems that you can't sit still?"

Wu Lan smiled and said, "Yes, but you should pay attention, I'm going to win you."

Qi Yan hurriedly looked at the cards, seeing that he was about to lose, she said angrily, "Why are you so lucky today?"

A purple-clothed maid next to her said, "Maybe the master is absent-minded today?"

Qi Yan raised her eyebrows and snorted, but her eyes were filled with dissatisfaction, "Look at you worthless, why don't you learn from that Aichun, and climb into the bed of the master? She has a big stomach, and the prince doesn't favor her too much. Well, why are you happy?" Wu Lan also said: "It's strange to say, the princess has been there for two years, why has she not been pregnant, it stands to reason that the prince shouldn't let Ai Chun, a maid..."

Of course Qi Yan understood what she meant.

In the past when the former concubine Zhu was here, the prince never cared about women, and occasionally favored them, but he never let them leave their seeds, and he always asked them to drink the concoction afterwards.

Because the prince wanted the princess to give birth to the eldest son.

Later, because of the death of the Zhu family, there was a war again, and she married Murong Wei again, but she had been doting on Murong Wei for so long, and she was not seen pregnant.

But why didn't the lord let Aichun drink the medicine? He couldn't dote on her so much, could he?

"Slave maid, is the princess incapable of giving birth?" A little maidservant next to her said boldly.

"It's hard to say. The princess was still young when she got married at that time. Last year she caught up with the filial piety and couldn't conceive. This year she got sick again, so I can't say for sure." Wu Lan was still very kind, and the fit girl sighed. : "I don't know if Aichun can be born?"

Qi Yan was annoyed in her heart, she wasn't annoyed at Murong Wei at this time, Murong Wei is a princess, that's justified, they didn't dare to speak up, God knows that a spring of love suddenly appeared, actually snatched away the prince's favor, and got an heir before her !

So, why not make people jealous!

"She wants to give birth, can the princess bear it?" Qi Yan sneered and said, "The princess can let her give birth to the eldest son? Let's just wait and see."

Wu Lan didn't take it seriously: "But I think the prince wants a child."

Qi Yan was annoyed in her heart, and thought to herself, she really wants to see what that little hoof is capable of.

Not to mention what the concubines in the palace think, but the whole palace is already talking about it.

Even the outside world also spread the news.

Now no one is talking about Murong Wei's petting and jealousy anymore, and no one is talking about Xiao Mingrui's infertility, but they are talking about Murong Wei's falling out of favor.

The Murong family sent someone to visit Murong Wei, but Murong Wei was smiling as usual.

"Third sister, just open some more." Sister-in-law Yunxia saw that Murong Wei didn't seem to be very sad, and she felt very strange in her heart. She knew better than others that Murong Wei and Luo Wang had a very good relationship. Now that something happened, why did Murong Wei have such an expression? Indifferently, as if what happened had nothing to do with her.

This made Yunxia very uneasy.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry. I can think about it." Murong Wei smiled: "I was demanding, the prince is the head of the family, he is free to spoil whoever he wants. Since Aichun is pregnant, it is also a happy event. The prince should give her a title."

Yunxia was stunned for a moment, thinking that she met her younger brother Qin Anran when she went back to Anjun Palace yesterday, Qin Anran was very upset with Luo Wang's behavior, and asked her to comfort Murong Wei well.

Yunxia smiled bitterly in her heart.

His silly younger brother had a crush on Murong Wei. Although they are married now and the relationship between husband and wife is pretty good, he obviously still pays close attention to Murong Wei's movements.

But how should she talk about it?

Although the Murong family was not very happy about this, at least they didn't have to bear the pressure from Emperor Jianwu, otherwise it would make people misunderstand that they would not be able to teach their daughter.

"Fortunately, she's just a maidservant, and she's someone close to you. It's fine to be a housekeeper. Will giving birth to children in the future also be counted in your name? Sister, don't get into trouble with the prince because of this, as long as there is a prince If you have children, you don't have to worry about anything else."

Murong Wei still just smiled without saying a word, and sent Yunxia away with an unpredictable expression, making it impossible for anyone to figure out what she was thinking.

The more Xiangtao looked at her, the more frightened she became, and she said to Yuegu in private: "How good this is, I see Wangfei's appearance, I don't know if she will do something terrible."

Yuegu frowned, thinking that Murong Wei had arranged for her son Shuisheng to visit the maidservants in private, Shuisheng fell in love with Luer because Luer had known him before, Shuisheng liked Luer before, Yuegu knew more I am happy, report to Murong Wei.

Murong Wei then said: "In this case, I will ask Lu'er what she means. If she is willing, I will naturally not treat her badly."

Now that Yuegu heard Xiangtao say this, she always felt that Murong Wei was arranging something. From the past two days, she saw that the princess was arranging all the affairs of the palace, and she was still in order, so she didn't know what she was thinking.

"Why does the princess seem to be arranging things and then planning to leave..."

Xiangtao muttered: "Isn't it like this?"

Yue Gu was worried, and at night, she talked to Murong Wei about it.

Murong Wei had a wound on her hand, and it took a day or two for the scab to heal after applying the medicine. It was just itchy, and that kind of itching in pain was like the suffocation that finally broke through the barrier before turning into a butterfly.

"Yue Gu thinks too much." Murong Wei said lightly, "Shui Sheng is not young anymore, and it's time for Lu'er to get married."

Since this incident happened, Murong Wei has had opinions on Madam Zheng and the others.

What made her horrified was that Madam Zheng and others concealed her so much that Murong Wei became deaf and blind.

This incident made Murong Wei feel strongly dissatisfied and insecure.

Although this matter was requested by Xiao Mingrui and Madam Zheng had to do so, and she was confident that Nanny Zheng would not dare to betray her, but it is obviously very unwise to entrust power to one person.

Although Madam Zheng is capable in handling things, she is just too capable. On the contrary, she sometimes makes her own decisions. If she encounters this kind of thing again, won't she become deaf, blind, and deceived by others?
Therefore, she planned to make Lu'er and Shui Sheng get married, and from now on, there will be a team on the surface and a team behind the scenes, and those who inquire about information must find other secret sources by themselves, and cannot give all the information to Madam Zheng.

Since this incident happened, Murong Wei has become more and more incomprehensible in the eyes of others.

And Madam Zheng didn't even know what the master was thinking.

Murong Wei doesn't intend to let them know that she can trust Lu'er, and she can trust Yuegu and Shuisheng as well. This matter will also be carried out slowly.

Murong Wei was only thinking about how to arrange things in the future, but these things depend on Xiao Mingrui's attitude.

If it makes her sad and disappointed, everything will be discussed!

Even if it doesn't disappoint her, she can't let it go.

Such bullying, is it because she thinks that Murong Wei is easy to bully?

"Princess, let's be careful..."

Before Yue Gu finished speaking, Zhang De, the little eunuch outside, rushed back to the capital in the heavy rain.

"My lord sent the letter back." Lu'er accepted the letter in the corridor, her face was very complicated, but she hoped that the letter could say something that the princess would like to hear, so that she would not be so sad.

"Zhang De came back in the rain?" Murong Wei raised her eyebrows and nodded as she looked at the letter wrapped in greased paper and said, "Let him go down to take a bath and change clothes, and drink some ginger soup. See you later." I."

After all, he didn't open the letter, but just stared at the clear and handsome font on the envelope, lost in thought for a while.

Aunt Yue hesitated to speak on the sidelines.

Outside, the rain was rushing, falling from the dripping eaves, flowing along the waterway in the courtyard into the underground passage, and there was only a faint fragrance of flowers in the house, which was extremely quiet.

Murong Wei was silent for a long time before opening the letter.

After reading the letter, she picked up the letter paper and lit it on the candle.

Yue Gu was stunned.

Murong Wei's expression flickered under the light.

Lu'er hurriedly brought a basin and watched Murong Wei throw the paper into it and burn it to ashes.

Murong Wei closed her eyes and meditated.

After Zhang De took a bath, he drank ginger soup and hurriedly talked back and forth.

"The maidservant greeted the princess, and the prince said that the maidservant will bring you a message."

"say what?"

"My lord said that he will not be able to return to Beijing temporarily because of his busy schedule, but please ask the concubine to preside over the affairs of the palace, and we will discuss it after the lord returns."

Murong Wei had a mocking smile on her lips: "That's all?"

Zhang De was trembling: "The lord also said, please take care of your health, and everything will be discussed after the lord comes back."

"Humph."

Murong Wei's eyes sparkled, she thought for a while and said: "Okay, you can go down."

Yue Gu looked at Murong Wei.

"I'm sleepy."

Murong Wei didn't say anything else, just went to sleep peacefully by herself.

The maids looked at each other, what did the prince write to the princess?

Everything now made them very worried and panicked, and they were also afraid that something would happen that they could not control.

The lights in the house dimmed.

Murong Wei lay on the bed, but did not fall asleep, staring at the brocade pattern of dragon and phoenix on the curtain, Bingdilian, Ruyi and other patterns with almond eyes.

Xiao Mingrui didn't explain Aichun's matter in the letter, but only comforted her, saying that he made her believe in his feelings, that he was still loyal to her, and everything would be discussed when he came back.

Hearing this, Murong Wei felt the urge to laugh.

Unswerving loyalty, is this still called unswerving loyalty?
She seemed to be fine on the surface, but in fact there was still a fire in her heart.

She was just suppressed by herself, if it wasn't for waiting for his explanation, why would she stay here?

Murong Wei felt resentful, stood up and stood at the window to listen to the rain, and murmured: "The rain is gurgling outside the curtain, the spring is fading, Luo Qun can't bear the cold at midnight, in the dream, he doesn't know that he is a guest, and he is greedy all day long..."

She started talking to herself: "I don't know that I am a guest in the dream, but I am also a passer-by when I get up. Is this place not my world after all?"

The rain fell silently, and no one could give her an answer.

When Murong Wei thought about what had happened since she came to this world, she really felt like a dream but not a dream.

When she came to this world, was she a passer-by or a person who participated in everything that happened?

In this world, what will be her fate?

For some reason, Murong Wei suddenly remembered that Xie Mingyan, the woman locked up by Xiao Mingrui.

How is she now?

She remembered that Xie Mingyan said that you will die in the future, and now Murong Wei is a little dazed.

This night, after all, I couldn't sleep peacefully.

The palace is cold and lively.

Xiao Mingchen came and left again.

When he left, he sighed a few times and thought to himself: It seems that sister-in-law always feels that something is wrong. Could it be that sister-in-law wants to break up with the second brother?
It's ridiculous to think about it again.

But he knew that the second sister-in-law could not agree to the marriage proposal of the second brother. This woman is very strange, and he really can't know what the future will be like.

The Qing guests gathered in Prince Qi's mansion, King Qi waved his folding fan, wearing a light fur coat, he looked elegant and elegant, and at this moment he also said lightly: "Oh, I also want to congratulate my second brother, after so many years, I finally have a son gone."

Qing Ke commented: "In this way, the rumors are self-defeating."

King Qi said with a smile: "Second brother's family affairs are always very lively. Hehe, but this time I don't know that second brother is back, how to face that younger brother and sister? I heard that second younger brother is fond of jealousy, isn't it going to make trouble now?"

"Your Highness, Princess Murong is a woman after all, how can she still fall out with King Luo? Even if she is the most powerful female tiger, Wu Song has to surrender!"

Everyone disagreed, and didn't think that Murong Wei dared to do this.

Of course, among the people present, there are still some people who are afraid of guilt, but they also secretly slander: It's better to make a scene to be lively, that's a good show to watch!

With a smile on his face, King Qi thought: Although he didn't do anything to the second brother this time, it also made their husband and wife estranged, so it's not a loss.

He had seen Murong Wei unhappy for a long time, and now he can take revenge for the past.

On this day, Murong Wei got up early in the morning and saw that it had been rainy for two or three days, and today the sky was clear and clear, so she said to the servant girl beside her: "I want to go out of the city, let someone prepare the carriages and horses."

Lu'er was dressing Murong Wei, when she heard this, she was taken aback: "Where is the princess going?"

Xiangtao brought breakfast, and was very surprised to hear this.

Murong Wei said indifferently: "It's raining for a few days and it's very stuffy. It just so happens that the weather is good, so I can go out to relax and worship the Buddha. I haven't lived in Zhuangzi for a long time."

She ignored what other people said.

"But I heard that the prince will return to Beijing in a few days." Xiang Tao said with a chuckle.

She just said, the princess has been too quiet recently, too quiet.

It turned out to be waiting here!
Could it be that the concubine chose to leave because she wanted to give the prince a bad start?
Thinking of this, Xiangtao is very worried.

Lu'er also hurriedly persuaded: "Princess, it's better to wait for the prince to come back..."

Murong Wei glanced at her, "Didn't you hear clearly what I said?"

All the maidservants immediately stood in awe, and did not dare to persuade them anymore, feeling uneasy in their hearts.

After breakfast, Murong Wei asked people to prepare chariots and horses, and left Luo Wang Mansion leisurely.

After buying some things in the capital, he went to Xiaojiazhuang in the suburbs.

Murong Wei was leisurely reading and sipping tea in the carriage. At this moment, the summer wind was blowing, and the roadside was full of flowers and willows. When you left the city, there was an official road, and the road was smooth. When you arrived at Xiaojiazhuang, it was paved with gravel. Although it had been raining for several days, But not muddy.

Zhou Fang, the steward of Xiaojiazhuang, was very surprised when he heard that the master was coming. He didn't expect Murong Wei to come here at this time.

Murong Wei seemed to be really out for an outing, and the people who waited on her were puzzled.

After settling down at Zhuangzi, Murong Wei changed into a set of lotus-colored solid summer shirts, her black hair was simply tied up in a bun, and she brought a few maids to the workshop to have a look.

Seeing Han Wen, she sized her up and said with a smile, "Today I'm just here to take a look around, so you can do whatever you want."

Han Wen didn't expect her to come here, and was a little dazed for a while.

It's just that Murong Wei's expression is very relaxed. He also heard about Luo Wang's mansion, but he was very surprised at this time, and he didn't understand why Murong Wei was so calm.

"Princess wants to see me take you around."

Xiangtao interjected from the side: "Brother Han, if you have any fresh rouge and gouache here, show Wangfei some."

(End of this chapter)