Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 146 Madam Policy
Xiao Jinglan still had to carry out a series of rituals with the concubine. When they arrived at the bridal chamber, Murong Wei came over to have fun, especially Murong Wei, but said with a smile: "Today, I hope that the fifth brother will get married. The fifth brother can be married." Don't forget what you promised me."

Xiao Mingchen smiled wryly and bowed: "Sister-in-law, please forgive me!"

Mrs. Quanfu took the scale and asked Xiao Mingchen to pick away the bride's Xipa, Xiao Mingchen felt a little embarrassed for a while.

He has met Ms. Chu before, if he is picked up now, will Miss Chu still remember him?

With such a strange mood, Xiao Mingchen opened the Xipao, and saw a young girl wearing a double phoenix crown, a real red gold embroidered cloud and phoenix pattern big-sleeve shirt, and a blue-colored treasure-faced flower phoenix pattern under the Xipao. Like a crown jade, with goose fat nose, pink face and peach cheeks, at this moment, the eyes are shining, the whole person looks a little shy because of being watched, and the pretty face is dyed with red clouds, making it even more charming, fresh and pleasant.

Xiao Mingchen was stunned for a moment, and everyone laughed.

Chu looked up, and when he saw Xiao Mingchen's appearance, his eyes suddenly froze.

She also entered the palace since she was a child, but she entered the inner palace, and Xiao Mingchen was not the empress's son, so he was not familiar with her, even if he met her when he was a child, who would remember?
Later, when he was a little older, the adult prince could not go to the residence of his mother and concubine at will, and Xiao Mingchen was used to playing outside, so he forgot about it long ago.

On the other hand, when the queen passed away, she was offering incense in the temple, but a disciple broke in by mistake. At that time, she was planning to take off her clothes and take a nap, but unexpectedly, she was barged in by this bastard. But an unmarried woman was actually broken into the house, but it was a big deal, if she was found out, she would be doomed.

What happened back then, she beat the guy in front of her and slapped him?

He is actually her husband?

Miss Chu's eyes flashed, she glanced at Xiao Mingchen, then turned her eyes to pay respects to Murong Wei and the others, met several sister-in-laws, their voices were timid and gentle, she looked at a very gentle person, her whole body was like made of water.

Xiao Mingchen was wondering whether the bride would remember him, but seeing that she didn't respond, he was suddenly very disappointed.

Murong Wei couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "Hurry up and finish the salute, fifth brother, you still have to toast."

On the other side, the two couples were sitting at the head of the bed. Xi Po tied the skirts of their clothes together, and cut off a section of hair from each of the two to weave a concentric knot. Immediately, Mrs. Quanfu took the auspicious things such as peanuts and lily petals. Xiaodou, singing the song of spreading the tent, sprinkled all kinds of auspicious things on the tent and on them.

After singing the song of spreading the tent, the husband and wife are invited to eat some dumplings for their children and grandchildren, and then the ceremony is considered complete.

Xiao Mingchen wanted to go to the front yard to toast, so he told Chu family: "I'll go to toast first."

The Chu family smiled and said, "My lord please."

The couple are very respectful to each other.

Once Xiao Mingchen left, some idlers in the room should have retreated, Murong Wei knew how hard it was to get married, she had to sit on the bed with the apple weight in her arms and wear such a heavy phoenix crown on her head, but she was suffering very hard.

"Aunt Wang and sisters-in-law have worked hard. I will hold a banquet in the mansion another day, and I invite you all to come to the mansion for tea." Chu's voice is gentle and soft-spoken. In fact, most people have met her before, so it is not considered as Strangers should all agree.

He Wangfei smiled and said: "Now you are also a woman, and you will live in harmony with Xiao Wu in the future."

"Yes, this concubine follows Aunt Wang's teachings, and will definitely refrain from self-restraint."

Murong Wei saw that her every move was very decent and generous, the ring on her body and the phoenix crown on her head didn't move when she was walking, it can be seen that it was the result of her training since she was a child.

Mrs. Quan Fu said from the side: "Princesses, the stewards of the mansion invite you all to the wedding banquet."

Everyone will leave.

Before leaving, Murong Wei whispered to Mrs. Chu: "Let the servant girl guard you later, you take the phoenix coronet and hurry up, it will be night."

Chu gratefully said: "Thank you, Second Sister-in-law, Second Sister-in-law is happy, so she should also pay attention to her body."

Murong Wei patted her hand, smiled and left.

As soon as everyone left, Mrs. Chu breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on the bed, asked the maid to guard the door, took the phoenix crown down by herself, and felt much more relaxed immediately.

"Miss, Princess Luo is quite a nice person."

"Mm, yes." Mrs. Chu was thinking about Xiao Mingchen's affairs absently. Could this kid be an apprentice?

How did he appear in the temple that day?
Fortunately, no one discovered it at the time, otherwise it would have been miserable.

Hmph, this guy didn't come to see her specially, did he?
Or does he have this habit of spying on girls from good families?

The Chu family frowned slightly, and until the end of the evening banquet, when everyone came to make trouble in the bridal chamber, she also behaved very decently, and no one could find a single fault.

Xiao Mingchen was drank a lot of wine, he was a bit drunk, so Chu asked someone to help him to wash up, and when Xiao Mingchen came back, she had already changed into clean clothes, her black hair was loose, and she was eating leisurely Porridge.

Xiao Mingchen was stunned for a moment, stepped forward and asked a little embarrassedly: "The concubine is hungry, do you want someone to prepare some more food?"

"No need." Chu said with a smile: "It's enough for me to eat some porridge. Does the lord want hangover soup?"

"No need, I'm not drunk."

Xiao Mingchen sat blankly for a while, a little uncomfortable, and didn't know what to say to his wife for a while.

"That..." Xiao Mingchen wanted to ask her if she still remembered him, but how should I say this?

That's not something glorious.

"What does the lord want to say?" She asked softly, "Listen, my concubine."

"I just... think, we met."

"Really?" Chu's eyes flashed: "This concubine also feels very familiar. Could it be that I have seen the prince before? Well, was it when I was in the palace?"

"...I can't remember clearly." Xiao Mingchen said with a dry smile.

"That was probably when I was in the palace." Mrs. Chu smiled, "It frightened the concubine."

"I think about it... I heard in the temple that there was a disciple molesting pilgrims. I don't know if I saw the prince there that day. I thought it was the prince offering incense there."

"Eh..." Xiao Mingchen's face turned red, and he was about to explain, when he saw that she had finished eating the porridge seriously, he said with a smile: "It can be seen that my hair is dizzy, the prince is a noble person, how could it be possible to go to such a remote place at that time?" place."

Xiao Mingchen smiled wryly, he is not a fool, hearing what the other party said, how could he not understand that she already recognized him?
"Miss, we have met before."

"Oh, where is it?"

"It was in the temple. I accidentally went to the wrong room. It happened last year."

Chu looked at him in surprise: "Walk into the wrong room, when did you talk about it? Ah, I remembered, you, are you that disciple? Ah, I didn't mean the prince..."

Xiao Mingchen touched his nose and said uncomfortably: "It was a mistake, a mistake."

The Chu family snorted coldly: "Your lord, do you know that this is bad for my reputation? Does this concubine still have the face to face others?"

As he spoke, he became excited and cried: "My lord might just retire as a concubine. Unexpectedly, my lord would humiliate me so much and let people know that I have a private meeting with a man. I might as well die!"

Xiao Mingchen was dumbfounded, and hurriedly said: "No, princess, don't get me wrong, I really didn't mean it. At that time, the temple was arranged in the wrong place, and I went wrong. It's not your fault, of course, it's not my fault either."

The Chu family said in grief and indignation: "I never expected that the prince would be such a man of Meng Lang that he would do such a thing. I would never dare to pretend that nothing happened."

Xiao Mingchen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "You and I are husband and wife, why bother about those things?"

He couldn't tell Chu's specially that he came to see her specially, right?
Chu just ignored him angrily.

Xiao Mingchen had no other choice in the end, so he said, "Okay, okay, can't I apologize to you?"

The Chu family said in a muffled voice: "Your lord despises the concubine?"

"No, absolutely not."

"My lord has never done this to others, has he?"

Xiao Mingchen said angrily: "How could I do such a thing, I am the King of Qin, do I need to do such indecent things?"

Chu looked at him with a faint smile.

Xiao Mingchen suddenly realized that he had become a prostitute, didn't he, didn't he just go to peek at Miss Chu?

The Chu family nodded and responded: "What the prince said is that with such a noble status as the prince, he would definitely not do such despicable things. It is really a coincidence."

Xiao Mingchen was suddenly very depressed.

"It's fate, hehe..."

Empress Chu said fearfully: "It's the lord who lost, otherwise the concubine's identity would be unclear. If the lord didn't tell me, I wouldn't remember it."

Xiao Mingchen said sadly: "It's a coincidence."

Mrs. Chu glanced at him angrily, wiped away her tears again, as if nothing happened, she just said to Xiao Mingchen: "My lord, sit down, and I will go get someone to prepare for the wine and soup."

After speaking, she got up gracefully and went outside to give orders.

Xiao Mingchen looked at his beautiful wife dumbly, and said in his heart: "Women are really hard to deal with!"

Why did he have a bad premonition?

No, seeing the newlyweds, going to see her in the palace, and returning home in three days, and after returning home, Mrs. Chu will take over the internal affairs of the mansion again. She also behaved very magnanimously and decently towards Xiao Mingchen's concubine, and she couldn't pick anything Anything wrong almost made Xiao Mingchen suspect that the smiling girl who hurt him violently back then was his hallucination.

Until one day, Xiao Mingchen took Chu's family to visit the second brother Xiao Mingrui's house, and the two brothers went to the study to talk, and Murong Wei left Chu's to talk together.

"Is your brother and sister doing things well recently?"

Chu said with a smile: "Everything is fine, there is nothing wrong with the palace."

Murong Wei patted her hand with a smile and said: "I heard Fifth Brother mention you before, saying that you are an unusual woman. I saw you were married the other day, and it really is so."

Chu was stunned for a moment, and frowned slightly, "Sister-in-law heard my husband tell me about me before?"

That brat wouldn't tell his elder brother and sister-in-law what happened back then, would she still have the face to face others?

"That's right, at the beginning... Well, last year, the emperor intended to promise you to the fifth brother, and the fifth brother got a little skinny. I will secretly tell you about it..."

Murong Wei deliberately said in a joking tone: "The kid just wanted to see what his wife looks like, and he didn't tell us what was going on. He just came back very satisfied and wanted to marry you. I just asked , how is your wife? He said, "Although it's a bit fierce, but I can hold it together, haha, it didn't make me happy at the time."

Chu was secretly annoyed, luckily he didn't say how he saw her, otherwise he would really be ashamed!

It's just that she is not stupid, why did Murong Wei say this for no reason?

"I didn't know there was such a thing. The prince is too menglang... Sister-in-law, you are still laughing at me, but I am ashamed to face others. I will ask him later!"

"Hey, don't ask him about this. Men always want to save face. I see him as a wife who loves his wife. It's not true that women have to beat him like he usually said. During this time he It’s pretty good for you too, that kid liked you very much in the first place.”

Murong Wei smiled and tried to persuade people, but she was very particular about how she tried to persuade, some sincerely persuaded, and some became angry the more she persuaded.

Chu looked at Murong Wei and said, "Oh, who can be as happy as you, Second Sister-in-law? Who in the capital doesn't know that Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law are deeply affectionate?"

Murong Wei said dejectedly: "Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite. My sister-in-law didn't tell you these things to try to hurt you. My husband also has difficulties, so I naturally want to be considerate of her. But the fifth brother is playful and active by nature. , I see that only the fifth sibling can control him."

"I don't know how to persuade her, what can my sister-in-law do?"

With a smile on the corner of Murong Wei's mouth, she was just waiting for this sentence.

Consciously or unintentionally, she talked about how to subdue a man in a few words, Chu's listened to Murong Wei's admiration, and thought: It's strange that King Luo dotes on her so much, but it turns out that she is really different.

If you want to talk about being a folk husband and wife with the prince instead of paying attention to respecting each other as guests, you should say what you should say, and don’t ask what you shouldn’t. Men are not hard-hearted, let alone people who already have a good impression of you. Don't worry about the other party not giving up.

On this day, the Chu family and Murong Wei had a happy chat, Xiao Mingchen and his wife had dinner at the Luo Palace before going back to the Qin Palace.

Murong Wei laughed from time to time, Xiao Mingrui was stunned, and then asked: "Is there anything funny? Why can't you keep laughing?"

Murong Wei suppressed a smile and said, "It's nothing, I thought of a joke and thought it was funny, so I started laughing."

There is no way to tell Xiao Mingrui about this, this is a woman's secret, if I tell him that I plan to let your younger siblings secretly torment your fifth younger brother, then he is not in a hurry?

She is a bit narrow-minded, it's no wonder, Xiao Mingchen said that about her, if she can forget about it, she is really broad-minded.

It's a pity that she is just a woman, a small woman, and she can't talk about a broad mind.

Xiao Mingrui looked at her worriedly. From his point of view, since she became pregnant, Murong Wei has been very abnormal. She either eats too much, or occasionally changes her mood too quickly for no reason.

Sometimes I was still smiling in front of me, but I started crying in the blink of an eye, which is really confusing.

Murong Wei said that this is a normal phenomenon after a woman is pregnant, Xiao Mingrui didn't think so, so she had to play a song tomorrow, so as to make her wife happy.

The Prince's Mansion was considered to be very quiet, and Aichun's side wasn't really a big deal, although there were some minor incidents, but they were nothing more than minor incidents, so Murong Wei followed to watch the excitement.

As for Murong Wei, no one dared to do anything to her at this time.

Not to mention Murong Wei's own control over the palace, even if she wants to surpass those doctors and Murong Wei herself, it is not easy to get!

Because of the hot weather, Murong Wei didn't like living in Tianxiangyuan, so she asked Xiao Mingrui to move to Qingshu Palace together.

This is a good place to escape the heat in summer, no ice is needed, only the gurgling water outside is enough!

Murong Wei left Qingshu Palace, Xiao Mingrui was beside her to support her. In the evening, when the sun was setting and the sun was setting, it sprinkled on the rolled waterwheel. Under the refraction of the sun, there are gorgeous rainbows.

Some of these rainbows are just short bunches that are not obvious. Murong Wei was delighted to see it, but Xiao Mingrui didn't like to let her stay by the pool. Although it was cool, he was afraid that she would get cold, so he accompanied her Go for a walk in the garden outside Qingshu Temple.

This place was originally in the east of Tianxiang Garden where Murong Wei lived, and a bluestone path in front of Qingshu Hall stretched far away. Some flowers that were in season were planted in the garden. Famous sweet-scented osmanthus trees, and a circle of precious apricot trees are planted in the distance, but the season is too early to be seen.

It was evening, and although the weather was a bit hot, the temperature had cooled down a lot. Murong Wei was pacing leisurely and leisurely with an ivory-handled fan fan in her hand. Looking at her posture, she was really a bit expensive in the picture of a lady with hairpin flowers. The charm of a woman.

The servants and maids on the left and right were all accompanying them. Because of the hot weather, Murong Wei wore a silver solid gauze overlay, a silk shirt embroidered with orchids on a white background, a silver powder gauze skirt, and her black hair was tied in a peach heart bun. Picked a piece of emerald to pick the heart.

Xiao Mingrui was a little more relaxed because he was at home, he was wearing an indigo-colored dragon dress, and all the maids beside him had their hair in a high bun and wore silk skirts with narrow collars, and some of the younger ones had their hair combed , hair straight to the forehead, and wearing bijia, so one can see clearly the master and the servant.

"The weather is really sweltering. It seems that it hasn't rained for many days. If so, there won't be a drought this year, right?"

Murong Wei looked at the unobstructed sky, and Xiao Mingrui was also a little worried. It hadn't rained for more than half a month, and there seemed to be a drought around the capital. It seemed that preparations should be made early, and the people of Qin Tianjian also Anyway, do the math.

"My lord, my lord!" Su De ran over all the way, saw Xiao Mingrui and hurriedly said: "My lord, I have a guest to see you."

"who?"

Su De hesitated to speak, Murong Wei smiled and said: "You just go to meet the guests, I will go back after I turn around."

Xiao Mingrui ordered the people around him to take good care of the princess, and left with Su De.

Not long after Xiao Mingrui left, Murong Wei was still taking a walk here enjoying the flowers, and not long after, they heard the sound of the two talking and laughing.

When they got closer, they saw that they were two acquaintances.

One is Qi Yan, a concubine, and the other is Wu Lan.

The status of both of them was very low, so when they saw Murong Wei, they naturally hurriedly performed the concubine ceremony.

"My concubine really didn't expect to meet the princess here. Is the concubine admiring the flowers? The flowers in this garden are blooming very well." Wu Lan said with a smile: "The concubine is planning to come to see it. Come and enjoy the flowers at both ends of the day.”

Murong Wei glanced at her knowingly, knowing that she meant that she happened to be passing by, so she lowered her head and sniffed the fragrance of the flowers, and said with a smile: "It's okay, no matter how beautiful the flowers bloom, no one will appreciate it, right? The ancients said. Unintentionally striving for spring, being jealous of others, this is not the character that any flower can have, it must be a plum blossom."

The two changed colors instantly.

Qi Yan reluctantly said: "This word is good, isn't it, plum blossoms are noble and unparalleled."

Wu Lan said: "I am a layman, but I like ordinary flowers, such as lotus and apricot flowers. They are all good. Can the concubine ask the servants to take some flowers back to enjoy?"

Murong Wei waved her hand: "Sister, you're being polite, just let the servants prepare."

Wu Lan hurriedly said, "That's unnecessary. I like flowers, and I'm used to doing them myself."

As he said that, he thought of going to the side to choose what he liked and pick some back.

Naturally, expensive ones cannot be taken back, so ordinary ones should be chosen.

Qi Yan went over to help her, and Murong Wei pointed to a piece of four seasons crabapple in the east with a fan: "How about this pink one?"

Wu Lan nodded in praise and said: "My concubine's eyesight is really good, it's better to count this one, if it's half-opened, it can be opened for a long time after going back and putting clean water."

A nurse in charge came over and brought a blunt pruning knife, and after Wu Lan had chosen, she cut a few.

Qi Yan also gave a blessing and said: "The concubine also wants to choose two to go back, but it's not the four seasons crabapple, I want two camellias."

Murong Wei took a look, Shancha was on her side, she said with a smile, "Let someone take it."

Although it is said that people are not allowed to pick the flowers in the palace at will, and they are guarded, but the masters are not in this range.

But the famous ones are not easy to pick back. The camellias here include both famous ones and ordinary varieties. The improved Four Seasons camellias have different colors and bright colors. Murong Wei also likes it very much. However, the season is too early, and it will be winter or early spring, but the camellia is also very tolerant of severe cold.

Xiang Tao curled her lips, came over to support Murong Wei and said, "Princess, do we want to pick a few back too?"

When she saw Qi Yan coming to see the flowers, she was used to not getting used to this woman who was always cold and pretending to be noble. At this time, she smelled some kind of incense on her body. The smell was very strange, but it couldn't be called no It smells good, Xiangtao is a bit dissatisfied, and it is still fragrant in summer, is it uncomfortable?

Qi Yan pointed at the two flowers, and Xiangtao caught a glimpse of her fair-skinned left hand. On her ring finger, she wore a ruby ​​ring. The color was extremely bright and vivid, and it was even more dazzling under the sun.

Everyone more or less focused their attention on her ring, such a good ruby ​​ring is rare.

Murong Wei saw that she had been choosing for a long time as if she was not sure what to choose, but she stayed in the sea of ​​flowers, the fragrance was strong, and Qi Yan's approach made her feel very uncomfortable, but she felt a little suffocated in her heart.

This feeling became more and more unpleasant as time went by. Murong Wei was wondering if it was because of the fragrance of the flowers, when suddenly Wu Lan ran up to Qi Yan and stood beside Qi Yan, and said with a smile: "Why not?" I didn’t choose well, I just looked at those two flowers and it’s not bad, sister, don’t pick and choose, it’s not bad.”

As soon as Wu Lan blocked her, the uncomfortable feeling eased a little. Murong Wei frowned slightly, feeling something was wrong in her heart.

"Princess." Doctor Sun and Doctor Liu next to her suddenly came over, and said to Murong Wei, "It's not good for you to stand outside for too long, why don't you go back first."

Doctor Sun glanced at Wu Lan and Qi Yan.

Murong Wei also felt uncomfortable, nodded and said: "Alright, Xiangtao, let's go back. The two sisters choose slowly."

Wu Lan hurriedly said: "The servant and concubine will send off the princess respectfully."

Speaking from this side, Murong Wei turned around and took two steps, when suddenly she heard a scream from behind, followed by the sound of everyone screaming.

"Princess be careful!"

A strong force came from behind, and Xiangtao, who was next to Murong Wei, hurriedly tried to support Murong Wei, but was almost pulled down by Murong Wei. At this moment, an ordinary-looking maid suddenly jumped out from the side, stepped forward to support Murong Wei The shoulders and the feet seem to take root, standing upright.

This servant girl is none other than the female guard that Xiao Mingrui found for Murong Wei, but she has been very taciturn since she came here for so long, she never spoke much, unexpectedly it will come in handy today.

Being supported by her like this, Murong Wei didn't fall to the ground, but being frightened like this, Murong Wei suddenly felt more uncomfortable, and her face turned pale in an instant.

Everyone was almost stunned, Doctor Sun was taken aback, seeing Murong Wei's face hurriedly stepped forward to hold her hand to feel the pulse, although she is not a master, but she also understands medical principles, at this moment her face turned livid.

"Princess, woo..." Xiangtao cried on the side, the ordinary-looking maid helped Murong Wei, and the maid next to her rushed over to help Murong Wei, but Murong Wei felt more and more uncomfortable in her stomach, don't need Sun When the doctor took her pulse, she knew that she was having fetal gas, she immediately turned pale with fright, her hands and feet were cold.

Who pushed her?
Looking back, it turned out to be Wu Lan, and she was kneeling down on the ground in horror at this moment: "Damn it, Qi Yan suddenly yelled and bumped into me for some reason, and I fell forward, I, I didn't do it on purpose." Yes, concubine, maids and concubines should die..."

Qi Yan also knelt down on the ground, Xiang Tao took a few steps forward and said angrily: "You are so bold, how dare you murder the princess!"

(End of this chapter)