Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 155

Liu Pingyi reluctantly said: "Lady, go back first, I'll go to Dudu's Mansion right now."

It's about the future, he can't stay any longer.

Murong Wan'er was supported by her nanny and went back to the main room. Seeing that Mrs. He was still kneeling there, Murong Wan'er felt happy and said with a smile: "Why is my younger sister still kneeling? You don't have to pay too much attention to my third sister's words, I don't care too much." I won't let you serve me forever."

He still wanted to kneel down and pretend to be pitiful, but a nurse next to her had already helped her up, and said calmly: "Auntie, the purse you are wearing seems to be not right."

Liu Pingyi, who was coming in, paused and looked over.

He's face changed slightly: "What does Mammy mean by that?"

Nanny Zhang raised her eyebrows and said, "Don't wear it tomorrow, it's not good for pregnant women."

He reluctantly said: "It will be like this? The maid and concubine don't understand these things, my lord, I didn't do it on purpose."

Liu Pingyi hurriedly said: "Go down first."

Mrs. He left in despair, feeling worried, this Concubine Luo was too scary, in front of her, her little tricks were not enough, she was no match for her at all.

It will be impossible to plot against Murong Wan'er in the future, those two nuns are too scary.

But there is always time for them to go, right?

Liu Pingyi ordered people to take good care of Murong Wan'er, and then hurried to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion.

Murong Wan'er was very happy in her heart, and the old woman said: "Xiaojiazi is very angry, this little trick is not enough for us to see."

"Then what if she disobeys?"

"Before I came, the princess ordered that the two of us came to help the fourth aunt, and deal with all kinds of dissatisfaction."

Murong Wan'er was stunned, and said with emotion: "Third Sister is really amazing."

She suddenly felt that she had lived in vain all these years.

Women, just treat yourself well!
Why are you wronging yourself?

It's even more stupid to feel wronged for a man.

Murong Wan'er smiled and said: "That's really good. Third sister, can you tell me what to do?"

"I've said it all, auntie, just look at it, and you don't need to do anything."

Murong Wan'er nodded, thinking of the investigation report Murong Wei sent her, she thought to herself, He Qingning, you gave me the handle yourself, this time you are dead!

Within two days, Murong Wei got a piece of news... Liu Pingyi was ill, not seriously ill, it was said that it was an infectious disease.

Murong Wei was breastfeeding her daughter, and wondered if she wanted to make a big water basin and teach them how to make a baby swim, thinking so, she asked people to prepare it.

Lele was full, hiccupped, stretched out her hand to grab Murong Wei's hand, and babbled in Martian language.

Murong Wei looked at her daughter lovingly, thinking that when her daughter grows up, she must find a good husband for her, the princess is not easy to marry.

However, she doubted whether this sleepy girl would care about boys?
Murong Wei suddenly lost her mind.

Xiangtao murmured: "Grandpa Liu has an infectious disease, so is it okay?"

Murong Wei squinted at her: "What are you worried about, it will be all right in a few days."

Xiangtao widened her eyes, "Can it still be like this?"

Murong Wei smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about the fourth sister's matter, it's just a trivial matter. Let me ask you, the prince said his bodyguard Wu Jing, what do you think?"

"Wu Jing? Is it the guy who was with the prince when the Ziwei Mountain prince was attacked? I remember him, and he scared me out!"

When mentioning the events of that year, Xiangtao still has a deep memory.

"Haha, this is fate, you still remember."

Xiangtao curled her lips: "I don't want to marry him, hmph."

Murong Wei joked, "Should I arrange for you to meet?"

Xiangtao is noncommittal.

Murong Wei found it interesting, and thought there was something to be said for this matter.

So when Xiao Mingrui came back, Murong Wei said something special.

Xiao Mingrui felt that there was nothing wrong with this matter, just let her arrange it.

If both parties intend to do so, then forget it, and never force anyone.

Here Murong Wei temporarily became a Yuelao, and the Liu residence on the other side was also very lively.

"What, is it contagious? It can easily kill people?"

When He heard the doctor say that the disease was so terrible, her face suddenly changed. She was going to go in to take care of Liu Pingyi, but she stopped, thinking of her son, and hesitated for a while.

At this moment, Murong Wan'er ran in crying, saying that she must take care of Liu Pingyi, and that she would die with Liu Pingyi if she died.

After hearing what she said, Mrs. He didn't go in again, so he immediately pretended to faint, and got cold water to take a bath when he got back, but he caught wind and cold.

"Go and tell Xianggong that I can't take care of him anymore. If he goes, I will go with him."

He ordered so.

Although she was not very willing to part with Liu Pingyi, she still had a son. If Murong Wan'er and Liu Pingyi were to die together, she would still have a son, and the property would be hers.

Murong Wan'er was feeding Liu Pingyi a medicinal soup, thinking to herself, I don't know what kind of medicine Third Sister prepared, and how she made pustules all over her body, it looks really disgusting.

Liu Pingyi was extremely depressed, but at the moment he was also quite touched, after all, at such a time, others would avoid him, but Murong Wan'er was by his side unexpectedly.

It was rare for him to say softly: "Miss, you don't have to wait on me anymore, you are still pregnant with the child. If I... well, if I really go, you have to give birth to the child and raise it up."

Murong Wan'er cried: "Sir, don't say that anymore, Wan'er is yours in life, and your ghost in death. If you are gone, why am I still alive?"

Liu Pingyi was about to speak, when Nanny Zhang came in and said, "Grandpa, just now Aunt He sent someone to say that she has a cold because of her grief, and she is sick in bed, so she can't come to serve you."

Liu Pingyi was furious in her heart, her face was extremely ugly, and she was even more disappointed in her heart: Could this be the woman he has been protecting all this time?
At this time, he is hiding far away and is still sick in bed. Do you think he is a fool?

"Husband, don't be angry, my sister still has to take care of Wenxuan's child, she must be very sad."

Liu Pingyi was even more angry when she heard this, but no, these women don't want husbands after they have children.

He Qingning is looking forward to his death, can she take care of the child by herself?

Liu Pingyi still didn't believe it, but he waited until the second day, and He Qingning didn't come on the third day.

He was very disappointed, and in the end he was even more skeptical, how did he set his sights on such a woman?

It was Murong Wan'er who stayed with him for a few days, until finally he recovered from his illness and lost weight.

Liu Pingyi was very guilty of his wife and vowed to treat her better in the future.

The pustules on Liu Pingyi's body went down, Murong Wan'er applied ointment on him again, after five days, the marks faded, and there was no scar left on his face.

At this moment, He Qingning appeared with the child.

Liu Pingyi's attitude was very cold, but He Qingning was very good at pretending to be pitiful, somehow coaxing him to soften his heart, and his attitude towards her became better.

Murong Wan'er saw her teeth itching, and said in her heart: "Just wait and see how I deal with you!"
However, in two days, Liu Pingyi accompanied Murong Wan'er to go out to the temple to fulfill his wish. After all, he was sick, so Liu Pingyi also planned to go to relieve the disaster.

The two originally planned to come back in the afternoon, but they never thought that Murong Wan'er would come back early because she said her stomach was a little uncomfortable.

When the two came back, Liu Pingyi's servant came over in a panic and whispered something in Liu Pingyi's ear.

Liu Pingyi's face turned livid and red immediately: "What are you talking about, it's impossible!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Murong Wan'er.

"Sir, what happened?"

Liu Pingyi said coldly: "He said that just now Qing Ning was hit by someone for committing adultery with her cousin, and now he has been caught."

Murong Wan'er was taken aback: "There will be such a thing, it's impossible, Husband, although Sister Qing Ning had some conflicts with me before, I believe she is not this kind of person. Husband, go and see what's going on first , Did someone wrong them?"

Liu Pingyi's complexion was not very good-looking, and she couldn't tell whether it was his wife's fault for a while, but remembering that Murong Wan'er served him a while ago, but He Qingning refused, he couldn't help hesitating, so he rushed over to see what was going on thing.

But when they got to the place, they saw that He Qingning and her cousin were already awake. When they saw Liu Pingyi, they cried and begged, saying that they were murdered.

Liu Pingyi was furious, no man would be happy to be cuckolded, and he was no exception.

At this time, there is no reason to see it at all.

When I came back, I saw Murong Wan'er making baby clothes, and when I saw Liu Pingyi, I asked about the situation.

Liu Pingyi said in a deep voice, "They said they were murdered."

Murong Wan'er frowned: "Impossible, who can harm them at home? In fact, it's easy to know if they have an affair. Sister Qingning's cousin must be very clear about these things, right? Why don't you call her here?" ?”

Liu Pingyi was puzzled, so she sent someone to call He's cousin.

Nanny Zhang followed, and she didn't know what method she used, anyway, He's cousin got the truth out.

The real situation is that He Qingning used to be in a relationship with her cousin, but when Liu Pingyi appeared, He Qingning wanted to get rich, so she abandoned her cousin and hooked up with Liu Pingyi.

But the two don't know whether it's the resurgence of their old relationship, or the cousin threatened He Qingning, which made He have to help him, and the relationship between the two has never been really broken.

Although He's cousin knew about it, she had been warned by her family long ago, so naturally she dared not talk about it.

"Where is your husband?"

"Hehe, my uncle is very angry. I guess I don't know how to torment them." Madam Zhang said with a smile.

Murong Wan'er screamed happily in her heart, "That's great, it's best to execute them later, it's not illegal to kill an adulterer."

"Why is my aunt doing this? If I see my uncle, I'd better ask her for mercy. My uncle also thinks you are generous. Besides, there are children."

"That child is not sure whether it is a husband-in-law or not. It may be a bastard. If you don't tell me, I don't think that child looks like a husband or He Qingning. I used to say that my nephew looks like an uncle, but now I don't look like it." Uncle?"

This is a harsh statement.

Nanny Zhang thought to herself, with someone like you, the strange way can be grasped by others.

Although Murong Wan'er wished that Mrs. He would be beaten to death, it was clear that Liu Pingyi still had some affection.

Of course he was also very angry, angry at being deceived, and having been a green-haired turtle for so long, his love for He Qingning has turned into hatred.

But after all, the two of them had such a past, and he couldn't bear to think about the child after all.

Murong Wan'er persuaded him to spare her life and send her to go home.

Liu Pingyi didn't do anything to He Shi, but Liu Pingyi found an excuse to get He's cousin to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

He could go around the He family, but he refused to spare the other party's adulterer.

Murong Wan'er drove He Qingning away, and the whole Liu Zhai was suddenly dominated by her own family.

As for that child, she knew that Liu Pingyi might also doubt whether it was her own seed, so it was already impossible to pose any threat to her.

I'm afraid Liu Pingyi will choose to send this child away sooner or later, whether it's to a relative's house or to his hometown in Jian'an, in short, out of sight and out of mind.

Murong Wan'er was extremely proud, but Madam Zhang told her that the concubine let her do it for herself in the future, and there might be Zhang Qingning and Li Qingning in the future, if there is still no one, then don't go looking for her.

By this time, Murong Wan'er was already very grateful to Murong Wei, so she specially asked someone to prepare a gift and go to the Luo Palace to thank Murong Wei.

"Just live a good life with your brother-in-law. You will be a mother too, so don't be too willful."

Murong Wan'er sighed: "I just found out today that the third sister is the most powerful."

Murong Wei shook her head: "What's so great about me?"

She also had unexpected things. In fact, in Luo Wang Mansion, apart from her own efforts in this world, all she relied on was Xiao Mingrui's love for her.

"Just let your brother-in-law treat you well. Liu Pingyi is a pretty good man, and you, take care of yourself."

Murong Wan'er nodded yes, she now obeyed Murong Wei's words.

After sending Murong Wan'er away, Xiao Mingchen brought his wife back.

"Second sister-in-law." Xiao Mingchen said with a smile: "Second sister-in-law, my daughter-in-law is pregnant."

Murong Wei was taken aback, then looked at the shy Chu family, and said with a smile: "Is there really a happy event? Then congratulations!"

Xiao Mingchen scratched his head, obviously a little embarrassed, obviously he was also very happy and nervous to become a father for the first time.

"How long has it been?" Murong Wei dragged Chu into the room and sat down, Chu's voice was soft: "It's only been more than a month."

Murong Wei smiled and said, "What a coincidence, it's just in time for my fifth younger brother to go to war."

Xiao Mingchen said with some worry: "I'm going on an expedition, and I don't know when I'll be back. It's the first time she's pregnant, so I need the second sister-in-law Lao to help me out."

Murong Wei glanced at him: "Of course you want to help the father to win the battle and come back sooner. You can't have a baby, are you still here?"

This is also a bit regrettable, but it is inevitable for Xiao Mingchen to go to war, and it is impossible not to go because of his wife's pregnancy at this time.

Chu said: "I don't think this battle will be fought for too long, isn't it because the army is going to fight and flee?"

"Of course, my father is majestic, and the emperor will personally conquer. At that time, the barbarians will not be able to flee? But this time, we don't want them to flee, but to fight until they obey."

Xiao Mingchen's eyes lit up when he talked about the war.

Murong Wei glared at him angrily: "You really don't have to worry about leaving your daughter-in-law in the capital."

Xiao Mingchen said distressedly: "I can't do anything, if I say that I stayed in the capital for my daughter-in-law, my father will definitely scold me to death. I will come back as soon as possible."

Murong Wei ignored him, and sent him to play chess with Li Jishan in the front yard, explained the pregnancy precautions to Mrs. Chu, and wrote a list to Mrs. Chu, explaining everything very clearly.

Chu said gratefully: "I really want to thank the second sister-in-law, I don't understand anything."

"Why are you being polite to me? The fifth brother is going to go to war. You can stay in the capital by yourself, or you can go back to live with your mother's house, or come to me. I will often visit you. Anyway, when the fifth brother comes back, I have to pay back He needs to be a good lady. Otherwise, that kid will definitely make a fuss."

Murong Wei joked with a smile.

The Chu family wanted to see Hutou and Lele again. Seeing the two babies were white and tender, she was very envious, and said, "If only I could give birth to such a pair of twins."

"It depends on luck. I also got lucky by chance. And the risk of having twins is too high, and the burden on the mother is too heavy. It's better than one."

Chu had a sudden thought: "But how good it is, if you give birth to two at a time, it will save a lot of trouble if you give birth a few times, and you don't have to suffer so many times."

Murong Wei couldn't laugh or cry, one of the twins would easily die, she didn't think it was so good.

The two sisters-in-law had a chat, Murong Wei kept them dinner, and when Xiao Mingrui came back in the evening, the two brothers met and had a chat.

"You know how to choose the time." Xiao Mingrui looked tired, but he was in good spirits, "If you don't get credit for going this time, your son will ask you in the future, and I'll see what you say."

Xiao Mingchen immediately puffed up his chest, and said confidently: "That must be due to credit, and then I can tell him from a young age that I miss your old man back then."

Murong Wei couldn't help laughing, laughing so hard that her branches trembled.

Xiao Mingrui glared at him angrily, patted him on the shoulder, and felt sorry for him for a moment: "Your boy is going to be a father too."

Xiao Mingchen was a little moved, thinking that it was really not easy for the two brothers to come to the present through ups and downs all these years.

"Yeah, second brother, you have to work hard." He whispered.

"Mind your own business." Xiao Mingrui said with a smile.

At the end of the song, Xiao Mingrui sent the two of them back to Prince Qin's mansion, and when he came back, he saw Murong Wei leaning on the side of the small bed, humming a sweet lullaby to coax the two children to sleep.

The light shone on her creamy skin and her gentle face, giving off a warm feeling.

Xiao Mingrui looked at the quiet appearance of his wife and children, and his heart was quiet, as if the fatigue of the day disappeared immediately.

He walked up to Murong Wei and sat down, and accompanied her to coax the child.

Murong Wei was humming a lullaby, this word was said by Murong Wei, she sang a song that Xiao Mingrui had never heard before, but the singing was very sweet, and the children obviously liked it too, they would not fall asleep until listening to the singing .

In fact, Xiao Mingrui also likes to listen to her singing, her singing voice is very beautiful, especially when she sings a lullaby, the mood is even more beautiful, he always likes to appreciate it.

Xiao Mingrui hummed along, and Murong Wei laughed, "It's okay, it's not out of tune."

Xiao Mingrui patted her forehead, "Naughty."

Seeing that the child was asleep, the husband and wife stared at it for a while, told the nanny to take good care of the child, and then went back to settle down.

Xiao Mingrui was still busy reviewing some papers, and Murong Wei was doing some needlework beside him, occasionally looking up at him, and asking someone to prepare some tea.

The years are quiet, and the spring breeze blows through the window lattice, and playfully lifts the lowered corner of the curtain.

Occasionally, this spring breeze blows across the willow branches, the bright moon, and the world, leisurely and contentedly.

The day of Emperor Jianwu's personal conquest has come.

This time may be the last imperial conquest after Emperor Jianwu ascended the throne, at least for Xiao Mingrui.

His mood was greatly affected.

The busyness of the day still couldn't bring him out of this emotion.

Everyone is optimistic that this expedition will have a perfect ending no matter what, it seems that only Xiao Mingrui sees the risks involved.

But he couldn't even tell anyone about such things.

Before Xiao Mingchen left, he found his younger brother, and told him earnestly not to be greedy for merit this time, but also to take good care of his father.

Xiao Mingchen said in surprise: "Second brother, why do I feel that you are very worried?"

"Well, I have a bad feeling..."

Xiao Mingchen said with a smile: "This is a personal conquest by the royal family, a large number of troops, famous generals, the emperor himself is also a person who knows how to fight, how could it fail?"

"It's not a failure, I'm asking you to guard against big brother."

Xiao Mingchen was startled, his eyes flickered: "Second Brother, you don't think that Eldest Brother wants to..."

"It's very hard to say." Xiao Mingrui couldn't explain the reason to him, so he could only say this.

Xiao Mingchen pondered for a moment, and said: "Since the second brother said it, I will naturally pay attention to it when the time comes. Besides, who is the father?"

Xiao Mingrui thought to himself, what if his father is sick or injured?
Then it's hard to say what's going on.

He has been preparing for this matter for a long time and will never allow failure.

Xiao Mingchen didn't know the importance and danger of this place, but Xiao Mingrui couldn't help thinking about it.

The next day was the day of the Royal Conquest. Emperor Jianwu would go to the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices to heaven and the Taimiao to offer sacrifices to ancestors, and then held a grand appointment ceremony before departing from the capital.

This time it can be said that famous generals are like clouds, warriors are like tigers, King Jing and Li Mian and other famous generals of the time all went out with the army, and the person staying behind in the capital was Zhao Jian, Marquis of Yunan, who was a confidant of Emperor Jianwu. Impossible, but staying in the capital, with the capital camp and the imperial army, is naturally more than enough.

It is estimated that the people of the capital will go to see them off spontaneously at that time. Such a grand occasion has not been seen in many years, and the pressure on public security in the capital will also be great.

Xiao Mingrui negotiated with Yu Nanhou, and he had to dispatch people from Wucheng Bingmasi and Shuntian Mansion, so he was really busy.

He didn't come back early that night, and went to bed early in the morning, saying that he would get up early tomorrow.

Murong Wei woke up in the middle of the night and opened her eyes, but Xiao Mingrui was not on the bed.

She was a little surprised, she got up with her clothes on, and when she saw Xiangtao at the door, she was watching the night, and asked, "Where is the prince?"

Xiangtao said in a low voice: "My lord just went out, it seems that he took his sword and went to practice in the woods."

Murong Wei was a little surprised, it was the middle of the night, why was he practicing sword at this time?
It's still too early to hear the chicken and dance.

Murong Wei then went out to look for him.

At this time, the stars and the moon were bright in the sky, and under the moonlight, insects were buzzing in the grass. Murong Wei walked along the bluestone path, and when she reached the edge of the bamboo forest, she heard the sound of Yiyi dancing swords in the empty night.

Murong Wei entered the bamboo forest along the path, the moonlight slanted through the bamboo leaves slanted by the wind and scattered in the forest, but in the open space, she saw a person dancing with the moonlight, the bamboo forest moved, and that figure danced from time to time The lightning flashes fiercely, and sometimes it is as quiet as Mount Tai standing tall, the sword comes out of the box, and the shadow of the moon and the sword, accompanied by the whining wind, has a mysterious and desolate feeling.

Murong Wei seemed to feel something in her heart, but she felt that Xiao Mingrui's sword dance had a sense of sadness, a sense of a hero's ambition to die before he was rewarded, which made people feel resentful.

She seemed to understand what was going on in Xiao Mingrui's mind, and sighed: "I don't feel sorry for myself when I lie in a lonely village, but Shangsi defends Luntai for the country. I lie in the middle of the night and listen to the wind and rain, and the iron horse and ice river fall into my dreams."

The voice was very abrupt, but it seemed to coexist strangely and harmoniously with the sword shadow, as if everyone could see the scene of the Iron Horse Glacier coming from a dream.

Xiao Mingrui saw her, and after he finished practicing this section of the sword, he settled down and stopped.

"Iron Horse Glacier Dreaming..."

Xiao Mingrui muttered to himself, feeling a little lost.

Murong Wei walked in front of him, and said softly: "My husband also wants to go to the battlefield, so you feel something?"

Xiao Mingrui nodded, "That's right... Actually, I really want to go this time when my father is on the expedition. Thinking of the army going out tomorrow, I feel a little bit disappointed."

He actually likes life on the battlefield very much, but there are always many unavoidable things in life.

Just like this time, he had to give up and could only choose to stay in the capital to supervise the country.

But even though I know what is the best way, how can I easily reduce the regret and melancholy in my heart?
Murong Wei wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, and said softly: "One day, my husband will be able to conquer by himself."

Xiao Mingrui was startled, is there really that day?

Murong Wei took his hand and walked back, "The night is cold, let's go back first."

Xiao Mingrui walked side by side with her, "Don't say such things casually in the future, if people hear me, I don't know how to laugh at my arrogance."

(End of this chapter)