Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 143
As he said that, he put her finger in his mouth, Murong Wei was touched by him like this, but felt that the place where the fingertips had not hurt for a long time seemed to be faintly hurting, and even her heart was also hurting.

"Does it still hurt?" he asked softly.

Murong Wei shook her head, "The pain has been gone for a long time. I still remember that feeling in my heart."

Xiao Mingrui now thinks about when he saw Xiao Jinglan and Murong Wei talking about going to Wudang Mountain together, at that time he was also shocked and angry, pushing others with himself, how could he not understand Murong Wei's mood.

Although Murong Wei had to come back to solve the problem because of the child this time, but he knew that if he didn't take good care of his wife, would her heart stay away again?

After this incident, the relationship between the husband and wife has been tested, no matter what, it is because these things have deepened their understanding.

"Think about happy things." He stretched out his hand to caress her belly gently with his eyes: "Weier, do we have a baby?"

There was surprise and disbelief in the tone.

At this moment, he was still a little dazed and at a loss.

Murong Wei responded, and said softly: "It's been more than a month. I haven't had my period these days, and I didn't pay attention. I didn't know until I checked my pulse."

Xiao Mingrui became overjoyed: "I won't be born until next year. Wei'er, am I going to be a father?"

Although Murong Wei's lower abdomen is still flat and there are no signs of pregnancy, Xiao Mingrui somehow felt a blood connection in his heart, and a strange intuition emerged in his heart: This is his child, he and The crystallization of love combined with a beloved woman!
"That's right." Murong Wei was in a much better mood because she and Xiao Mingrui had settled their feud, and she was also in the mood to joke, "I'm going to stay in my stomach for ten months."

She is also a mother for the first time, and in ancient times, the medical conditions here are not very good. In fact, she is also a little nervous.

It happened with Xiao Mingrui again, these two days were really uncomfortable, I felt gloomy from time to time, sometimes happy and sometimes sad.

Fortunately, now Xiao Mingrui's soft words are soft and gentle. As a pregnant woman, she is accompanied by her husband, and she feels much better, and she no longer feels at a loss.

"It took you more than a month to recover. Will it be bad for your health?" He asked worriedly.

"It's okay, I'm fine." Having said that, she asked, "It's Aichun, what are you going to do?"

Xiao Mingrui regretted it at this time, if he knew that Murong Wei was pregnant so soon, it would be impossible for him to get Aichun pregnant.

Although it is not his species, it is naturally so in the eyes of outsiders.

This incident was originally a scam, and it was nothing more than a blindfold.

At least now that Murong Wei is pregnant, it's hard for the emperor to say much.

"Don't worry, I have arrangements."

He won't allow anyone to threaten Murong Wei's status. As for Ai Chun, since she wants to climb the dragon and become the phoenix, she should have the awareness to be used by others.

It's hard to do anything now, if what happened to Ai Chun before giving birth, people will suspect that Murong Wei did it.

Therefore, Xiao Mingrui has also thought about how to do this matter. There are not many people in this world who he can care about, and Aichun is not one of them.

As for Aichun's life and death, he didn't care at all.

"Whatever you plan to do, I'm up to you. But I don't want our children to have an extra big brother and big sister."

Xiao Mingrui smiled slightly: "No, she is not qualified."

Since Xiao Mingrui said so, Murong Wei didn't want to ask him how to do it.

As for Aichun, since she is shamelessly trying to seduce her man, does she still have to treat her like a saint and take pity on her?
Whatever you do, you have to bear the consequences.

There are not many people that Murong Wei cares about, and Ai Chun is not among them.

If Lu'er and the others did this, Murong Wei might feel heartbroken, but for Aichun, she just felt disgusted and had no other thoughts.

"I asked someone to ask the imperial physician to take a look." Xiao Mingrui was still worried, "You are twin now, you can't be like in the past, you have to pay attention."

He got up and called for someone, and Su De ran in beamingly, "Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the concubine, I heard that the concubine is happy, this is a great event in the Luo Palace, my lord, do you want to tell the palace?"

The corners of Xiao Mingrui's mouth turned up, and his face was also full of joy: "Go to the palace to announce the good news, and invite the imperial physician to give Wangfei a pulse."

Murong Wei is not a delicate person, she also got up at this time, Lu'er, Xiangtao and some maids and eunuchs congratulated at the door, Murong Wei was really happy to be congratulated by everyone, as if infected by this kind of happiness.

Xiao Mingrui was even more generous and wanted to reward the whole family.

Murong Wei glanced at him with a smile on the corner of her mouth, but she didn't object.

Nanny Zheng and Aunt Yue came over to support Murong Wei, and Aunt Yue smiled so hard that she couldn't see her eyes: "Miss is so lucky, this child must be a small child."

Madam Zheng echoed, "That's right, a lucky person like our princess must have given birth to a boy. Judging from the princess's body, she looks suitable for a man."

Murong Wei was a little dumbfounded, there was no sign of it, how could she tell if it was a man or a woman?
Isn't this bullshit?

Madam Zheng began to think in her heart, why is that little Aichun so coincidental, now that the princess is also pregnant, that woman's belly can't be kept.

In case a boy is born, wouldn't he be taking the position of the eldest son?
Isn't this a threat to the position of the princess?
Madam Zheng is thinking about how to get rid of Aichun's stomach without causing people to suspect the princess, which is not easy to do.

Xiao Mingchen poked his head outside, finally got his second brother out, and hurriedly stepped forward to congratulate him.

"Second brother is overjoyed, this time he is the first son, and my brother is really happy for you."

Xiao Mingrui snorted, narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "What nonsense did you kid tell your sister-in-law?"

"Hey, what did I say? Didn't I just say a few fair words? Isn't it true that my sister-in-law is back and pregnant, so why should my younger brother have some credit?"

This kid has a thick skin, but now he talks without the slightest blush. Looking at his appearance, it seems that he is the biggest contributor to Murong Wei's return.

Xiao Mingrui scolded angrily: "Go and apologize to your sister-in-law yourself. Although Wei'er has a good temper, if you offend her, don't blame me for not reminding you. Life will be difficult in the future."

Xiao Mingchen rubbed his head and said innocently: "I'm not targeting her. If she gets along well with you, then she's my good sister-in-law. If she doesn't live well with you, she's not a good sister-in-law."

"You make a lot of sense!"

Murong Wei walked to the courtyard and stayed under the grape arbor, seeing the two brothers talking, she glanced at Xiao Mingchen with a smile.

Xiao Mingrui pushed Xiao Mingchen: "Go, apologize to Wei'er, those bastard words should be said by your uncle?"

Xiao Mingchen came up to Murong Wei with a bitter face, bent down and bowed: "Second sister-in-law, my younger brother was also confused before, and I didn't have the sense to speak, I ask second sister-in-law to forgive me, my younger brother is polite!"

As he spoke, he respectfully greeted Murong Wei.

Murong Wei turned her body, didn't answer, and said flatly: "Fifth brother was joking, how can I ask you to apologize? It turned out that I was wrong."

Xiao Mingchen said with a wry smile: "Second sister-in-law, just pretend that I didn't say those words. I also defended my second brother at that time. This is a bit harsh, but it's not rough, right? Now that you're back, second sister-in-law, I am also very happy to live a good life with my second brother. I really didn't mean to target you. "

Murong Wei knew that what he said was the truth, this kid was not targeting her, it was just what he said, and his attitude just made her angry.

What does he think of a woman?

A tool for bringing up children, or a housekeeper for the backyard?
Xiao Mingrui stepped forward to smooth things over: "Fifth Brother did not do it on purpose. He has been persuading me to make it clear to you before, but we all have different ideas. As you said, seek common ground while reserving differences. You can forgive him and let this kid give you a gift." apologize."

Xiao Mingchen hastily said: "That's right, when my little nephew is born, I will give him a big gift!"

Xiao Mingrui came out to speak, no matter how unhappy Murong Wei was, she couldn't shake her face in front of his brother, snorted, and said angrily: "Okay, look at you, you look like someone who is about to get married Is it? You are the prince's younger brother, what else can I argue with you?"

Xiao Mingchen hastily praised her for her generosity and congratulated her on Mengxiong Zhixi, this kid is very skinny, beating him and scolding him is useless.

Xiao Mingrui opened his heart and said with a smile: "My wife is the most generous."

"Of course." Murong Wei looked at Xiao Mingchen with a smile, that look was a bit evil, and Xiao Mingchen suddenly shivered.

Is it windy? Why does he feel so cold?
Murong Wei thought to herself: Am I generous?Hey, you boy, don't offend me.A woman's mind is small.

She pondered for a while, and suddenly she was looking forward to seeing the fifth sibling.

Isn't this kid very fond of his wife?
It's easy to handle, does she think she passed on some tricks from the imperial husband, hey, let his wife punish him then!

Let him look down on women, let him dare to talk to her like that!
When the time comes to make him miserable, if she comforts her and pretends to be magnanimous, won't he be grateful?

Fight with me, no way!
Murong Wei's mood suddenly became better.

Xiao Mingchen, who didn't know it, didn't know that he had become the target of Murong Wei's calculations, and he was urging his brother to treat him.

Who would have thought that at this time, a young eunuch came to report that Concubine Jing had passed away, and people from Prince Jing's residence came to report.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Just now I was full of joy, but in the blink of an eye, I suddenly heard about the funeral.

"Auntie gone?" Xiao Mingchen sighed: "Auntie has been ill for a long time, too, hurry up, let's brothers change into filial piety."

Xiao Mingrui looked at Murong Wei worriedly: "I still have to go to the funeral, can you go with your body?"

Concubine Jing is a princess, and they are all nephews. According to the etiquette system, they must observe filial piety. As a concubine, Murong Wei also has to mourn and cry.

Usually, she is not afraid of anything, but now that she has a body, if something happens to her after being tired, it will be terrible.

"It's fine. I've always been in good health. Actually, I don't feel particularly uncomfortable right now. I'll make arrangements when I go to Princess Jing."

Murong Wei didn't have a good impression of Princess Jing, but this person went, no matter how they were juniors, they were all going to mourn, otherwise it would be against the rules.

She had heard from Xiao Jinglan that the death of Princess Jing was just a few days ago, so she was not too surprised.

Xiao Mingrui suddenly thought of Xiao Jinglan, and felt a little unhappy, that brat dared to tease him, it's really hateful!
"What will happen to my marriage if this happens?"

Xiao Mingrui said: "It doesn't matter, the wedding date is fixed and it is impossible to change it. There is no more suitable date this year. What's more, it will only be at the end of the month."

There are so many relatives in the royal family, and it is impossible to tell if any elder dies every month. If they all keep their filial piety, how can they live?

Only direct blood relatives, such as parents, brothers, uncles, aunts, and foreigners within the five clothes, still observe filial piety. What's more, there is a folk saying that they get married within a hundred days, which is for filial piety.

It's just that they still have to keep their filial piety according to the rules, but this marriage is not easy to postpone.

"I still have to ask my father, and I have to discuss this matter with the Ministry of Rites."

Murong Wei asked their brothers to go to Prince Jing's mansion by themselves, because it was not a national funeral, and there was no need to wear white in the mansion, but they couldn't use too bright colors to catch the eye.

Since ancient times, Murong Wei has a deep understanding of the troubles of keeping filial piety for the ancients, which is far from the convenience of modern times, especially the thing of not being able to have children after three years of filial piety feels extremely inhumane.

Back then Confucius thought it was unreasonable.

It was really weird that such a thing suddenly appeared in the originally happy atmosphere.

Let Murong Wei feel the impermanence of life for a while.

The birth of new life and the disappearance of old life is indeed full of emotion.

It was a coincidence that Murong Wei asked Zhang Luo Xiaofu to catch up with this matter as soon as she came back.

The news spread quickly in the palace, and not long after, almost everyone in the palace realized that the princess was pregnant.

Aichun is quiet here, but the little maid who was in charge of serving her got the news from the outside and came back to tell Aichun.

At that time, Aichun's face turned pale.

The princess is also pregnant.

How could it be such a coincidence that she didn't get pregnant sooner or later, and she happened to catch up at this time?
Moreover, the princess is pregnant, so she must become a thorn in the flesh?
Ai Chun caressed her abdomen, her face was pale, the little maid hurriedly supported her and said: "Sister, don't be afraid, you also have children, the prince is also watching, the princess can't do anything to you."

Ai Chun shook her head.

She knew Murong Wei's power very well, she was very anxious, but she had nothing to do.

Just as he was thinking, there was a sound of footsteps outside the yard.

The two looked out together, and suddenly saw Zang Dong coming with a tray of red lacquered crabapple flowers, and when they entered the courtyard, they glanced at Ai Chun and said: "The princess said that these days are not easy for you, you are pregnant with a noble person, special reward Your jewellery."

Murong Wei would not give anyone a chance, since Xiao Mingrui told him to do it, she did not hesitate to give up the superficial benevolence and kindness of alms.

Aichun was taken aback, she didn't expect Wangfei to send someone something.

Because those jewelry are very exquisite, and a pair of jasper hairpins with butterflies and emerald green are even more exquisite. She lives here these days, and her life is the same as before, but she has changed from serving people to being served by others. The benefits come.

She couldn't help but feel uneasy, thanked Murong Wei, but pulled Zang Dong who had been with her for many years, and sounded: "Zang Dong, I heard that the princess is pregnant? This is a great event, go back and congratulate the princess for me .”

Zang Dong is still the same old person who is neither cold nor indifferent. Hearing what Ai Chun said at this time, he is still a gourd: "I see. If my sister is fine, I will go back and report to my life first."

After saying a blessing, he turned around and left.

Aichun frowned, wondering what was going on outside?
Although her old lady asked someone to come and see her several times, she couldn't leave the yard, and she couldn't say anything private.

The prince can't keep her locked up all the time, can he?

After Zang Dong left the yard, he ran into a familiar little maid not far away.

"Sister Zang Dong, where are you going?" This maid is from the backyard, serving Su Mei and Aunt Su.

"The princess sent me to give some things to Aichun."

"Really? Oh, didn't you hear that the princess is happy? Then don't you take Aichun as a thorn in your side?"

Zang Dong glanced at her: "Stop gossiping. What the princess does is the princess's business. If Nanny Zheng heard it, she wouldn't tear your mouth apart."

The little maid hurriedly laughed and went around.

After returning to the backyard, by coincidence, several aunts were gathering at Zhang Yuqian's place to play leaf cards.

The little maid entered the door and said to a big maid who was waiting on the side: "It's really interesting, the princess asked Cangdong to deliver something to Aichun, what do you think you can give? It can't be some medicinal soup, right?"

The big maid reprimanded: "Speak nonsense, what are you talking about?"

Speaking of it, the aunts looked like they were playing cards, but the cards were really bad. Zhang Yuqian threw a good card, but because she paid attention to the little maid's words, she lost the game.

Wu Lan smiled and said, "I'm going to win a lot of money today."

Zhang Yuqian was a little annoyed: "I'm not lucky today. I won't fight anymore."

The women were also not in the mood, but Wu Lan was the only one who was smiling like a normal person, heartless.

"What are you worrying about? I heard that Princess Jing has gone. The princess will probably go there tomorrow to mourn the funeral. I'll see us going to pay her respects later. I haven't seen you for many days."

Wu Lan brushed off her clothes as she spoke, and Su Mei said calmly, "Sister said yes, let's go together."

Zhang Yuqian smiled slightly: "That's good."

A few people tidied up, and before noon, they went to Tianxiang Garden to greet Murong Wei.

When Madam Zheng heard that they were coming, she said to Murong Wei: "Recently, they have been restless, and each of them wants to jump up and down. Does the princess want slaves to suppress them?"

Murong Wei was asking her to prepare for the funeral, when she heard the words, she just said: "I'm pregnant, and the lord's doctor, nurse, and other things that I ordered to be prepared will be brought here. From now on, all the eating and drinking utensils should pay attention to this. As for them, let them dance go."

What else can they do?

But she can watch a good show, shouldn't Aichun be lively?
Nanny Zheng agreed, and now her main concern is naturally Murong Wei's stomach, and other things come second.

"In the future, I will record all the information by category and show it to me once a day. Although Mammy is capable, she will inevitably forget some things. This is convenient." Murong Wei said flatly.

Madam Zheng was a little nervous. I'm afraid the princess is still upset that they didn't tell her about Aichun before?
Mother Zheng was a little worried, and was eager to find a way to win back the master's heart, so she said, "Wangfei, do you think that Aichun...in case it threatens the little prince?"

Murong Wei narrowed her beautiful eyes, "You don't need to worry about this matter, this concubine has her own opinion, I don't want people to say that I can't tolerate people, so I will let Aichun move to the backyard in the future, and transfer people to serve her, what can I say about her?" Now he is also a nobleman."

This means, do you want to watch Ai Chun give birth?
Mother Zheng was puzzled, but she was not stupid, she didn't think that Murong Wei would let Aichun go, if that was the case, she must have an idea.

At that time, she will naturally understand.

Mother Zheng understood the other meaning in Murong Wei's words.

Move to the backyard?

Hey, those women dare not deal with the princess, can they have a good face towards Ai Chun?
It seems that the princess wants to see the dog bite the dog.

At this time, Zhang Yuqian and the others had come to pay their respects.

Murong Weisu raised her hand and said with a smile: "It's been a while since I saw a few younger sisters, these days my concubine is not feeling well, and I didn't invite you to talk."

Zhang Yuqian said with a smile: "The health of the princess is important, it was the concubine who heard that the princess was happy, so she came with the sisters to congratulate the princess."

"Sisters are interested."

She didn't tell anyone to sit down, and Zhang Yuqian and others didn't dare to sit down, so they could only stand there and listen to Murong Wei talking.

"You also know that Aichun next to me, this girl is happy, I discussed this matter with the prince, what the prince means is to let Aichun be a housekeeper girl, I don't agree. Anyway, she is also by my side Let her be a concubine and move to Fengyuan in the backyard, just to be a companion with all the younger sisters, so as to relieve the loneliness."

All the girls were a little surprised.

Su Mei said softly: "The princess has always been generous and virtuous, the Wei family must be very grateful, this is her blessing."

"It's all for the prince." Murong Wei smiled gently: "My sisters often go to see her, so that she won't suffer alone. Now that my concubine is pregnant, I don't have much energy to take care of so many things. I still want to Come on, is this something to share with others?"

When she said this, everyone's eyes lit up.

Zhang Yuqian thought to herself: Hey, Tongfang girl?Concubine?
If the concubine is not pregnant, Aichun will be the only child of the prince, so she can't be appointed as an aunt, can it be this kind of treatment?
What's the idea of ​​letting them get closer to Aichun?
Besides, does the princess mean that she wants to decentralize power?

Those with deep thoughts can't show their thoughts, they just promise to be.

Wu Lan flattered her: "The concubine is a noble person, and she is also busy on weekdays, but now the pregnancy is the most important thing. You can find someone you trust to share some of the other things. You will be in charge."

"That's a good idea." Murong Wei praised, "My sisters are all smart people."

Zhang Yuqian hurriedly said: "If the princess doesn't dislike it, the concubine is also willing to share the burden for the princess."

"Isn't that good? Why don't you bother the younger sisters? But I've made sense of this matter recently, but I'm afraid it won't work if I have a big belly later." Murong Wei said with a smile, but didn't agree immediately.

It's just that a few people are obviously a little moved.

In this palace, only by taking care of things can one have some power and live a better life.

Murong Wei didn't mind letting go of the right to manage the flowers and plants in the backyard. Although it looked small, it was considered a job anyway, so it wouldn't be too boring, and she could still get some money.

She could see clearly what these women were thinking.

At the moment, I stopped mentioning it, said a few words, and sent them away.

Everyone thought about it.

After returning, some slaves urged the master to say: "What does it mean for the princess to let that Ai Chun live here? Do you want the masters to punish her? The slaves think that Ai Chun is not pleasing to the eye, this is stealing the prestige of the masters. If she doesn't have a child, how can she be brave?"

"Why do you do this? Is it good for us?"

The man smiled coldly: "The princess wants us to trouble Ai Chun. If we don't please her, we will definitely not be able to get the job. But if we please her, if the child is gone, who is the scapegoat? Aichun is united, if she gives birth to a son, it will be powerful to us. Maybe we all have a chance."

Naturally, these women have different minds, there are those who want to get a job and are jealous of Aichun, there are those who don't want to cause trouble, and there are those who are scheming and want to turn over.

Murong Wei didn't care what these women thought.

If she shows such intentions, someone will do things for her. Presumably those women are not stupid enough to get rid of Aichun's child by themselves.

And Aichun is not a fuel-efficient lamp, she has been with Murong Wei for so long, she will not even have such a little ability.

Now, Murong Wei only cares about her own children, as for others, what does it matter to her?
That afternoon, Xiao Mingrui came back for a visit. Prince Jing's Mansion was already a filial piety. As Princess Anhua's nephew, he naturally had to go there.

When the funeral begins tomorrow, the Ministry of Rituals will arrange the funeral etiquette. Because the weather is getting hotter, the funeral will be suspended for three days.

When he came back, he saw that Murong Wei was snuggling on the couch, holding something embroidered in his hand. When he got closer, he saw that it was the baby's bellyband which was almost finished.

(End of this chapter)