Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 173

Lele looked at the little girl with a broken smile. She could feel that the little girl was just being naughty. When she grew up, if she told her about this, she would probably feel ashamed. It's unbelievable!
Speaking of Zhang Youzhen who just appeared, everyone is obviously very interested. Brother Pei is discussing with his elder brother Wenzhi why Zhang Youzhen can chase Xiao Jinglan all over the mountain. I can't see anything scary about her, right? ?
Although Hutou is very smart, he is still a 13-year-old boy, and naturally he doesn't understand the relationship between men and women, so he said: "Maybe that Miss Zhang is very difficult, otherwise Uncle Jinglan wouldn't be like this."

Murong Wei thought in her heart, it might be a woman chasing a man, and Xiao Jinglan's attitude is hard to say, but it is obvious that she wants to make people retreat, but this girl is really persevering, maybe one day in the future It is also unknown whether the cultivation will be successful.

However, Xiao Mingrui was in a good mood. Seeing Xiao Jinglan deflated, he felt refreshed all over his body, as if he had eaten ginseng fruit, and a hundred and eight thousand pores shouted comfortably at the same time.

"It's true that one thing falls one thing." Xiao Mingrui said gloatingly.

Hutou sticks out his tongue secretly, and laughs secretly in his heart, it seems that the father and this uncle Jinglan were rivals in love back then, tsk tsk, this is really interesting.

But as long as his brain is not broken, he will never dare to ask his father what happened back then, otherwise he will never doubt the possibility of being beaten up by his father.

The family returned to the Daimiao Palace at the foot of the mountain, and it was already dusk. Xiao Mingrui was in a good mood because he saw Xiao Jinglan slumped, and had a drink in the evening, so he tossed Murong Wei up in the middle of the night with great enthusiasm, and slept until late the next day. Blame him.

"Is he so happy to see his unlucky husband?"

Xiao Mingrui didn't feel tired, on the contrary, he felt refreshed. He punched a few times in the morning, went to meet some officials with the prince, and dealt with some matters. He was obviously very refreshed. Do not call one place.

Xiao Mingrui laughed lightly. In the morning of early autumn, Bailu was confused. Xiao Mingrui walked with his wife in the garden of the palace, and said: "Why can't I be happy? That bastard made me troubled many times back then. Heh heh, he also today!"

Seeing his schadenfreude, Murong Wei stretched out her hand and punched him, and said with a smile, "Look, my lord, do you look like an emperor? What's the matter, it's been so many years, do you still remember? What do you want to say?" Come to think of it, is it clear who was right and who was wrong in those years?"

Xiao Mingrui said dissatisfiedly: "I just can't see him acting like a lover. It's been so many years, what else does he want?"

Murong Wei shook her head: "Maybe he has his destiny, maybe he can achieve a positive result this time."

"I hope so, then Prince Jing should be thankful."

At this time, the little eunuch outside came to report that Xiao Jinglan wanted to see them.

"Cao Cao Cao Cao is here, this fellow is here to ask for help, right?" Xiao Mingrui obviously wanted to see him make a fool of himself, and was quite interested in it, so he called someone to summon Xiao Jinglan.

"I'll take a look too, it might be interesting."

I have to say that the temperament of this couple is really quite similar at this time, otherwise, everyone is talking about husband and wife?

The husband and wife summoned Xiao Jinglan in the Donghua Garden of the palace.

It wasn't just Xiao Jinglan who came, he also followed the girl named Zhang Youzhen step by step behind him. This girl was still dressed as a teenager yesterday. Naturally, she was very cramped when she saw the emperor and empress, but her nature was bright, and she quickly turned her big and flexible eyes. I don't know what I'm thinking, but sometimes I look at Xiao Jinglan very tenderly. Obviously, she also really likes Xiao Jinglan. Otherwise, what would a girl do if she didn't have sincerity and perseverance? get it?

Murong Wei thinks she can't do it, but she rarely admires her.

"Xiaodao came to say goodbye to the emperor and the empress, and today he will leave Mount Tai and go back to Mount Wudang."

Murong Wei was a little surprised: "I'm going back now, why don't you stay for a few more days?"

"It's because Master's [-]th birthday is approaching, and I have to go back to celebrate it anyway. This is why my junior sister came here." Xiao Jinglan added these words superfluously, seeing the narrow expressions on the couple's faces, he suddenly felt old. Yihong, look, isn't this trying to cover up?
He was really helpless in his heart, but seeing Zhang Youzhen, he really had nothing to say, how could this girl chase him for these years, why he didn't know why, it can be said that the gap between the two was too big, and in his heart...

So these years have been really weird.

Murong Wei looked at Zhang Youzhen and said with a smile: "Miss Zhang, I and the emperor want to talk to your senior brother about something, I wonder if you can stay away for a while?"

Zhang Youzhen hesitated for a while, but he didn't dare to disobey the queen's order, so he nodded and retreated, and went outside to wait.

Xiao Mingrui calmly said, "I think this Miss Zhang is not bad, why doesn't Jing Lan think about it?"

When Xiao Mingrui said this, Xiao Jinglan immediately smiled wryly. If he could, he really wanted to go up and beat Xiao Mingrui, but of course he didn't dare, who made this fellow the Ninth Five Lord now.

Therefore, he could only roll his eyes secretly in annoyance, "Your Majesty, please stop laughing at Xiaodao. Junior sister is more than ten years younger than me, how can I do this?"

Xiao Mingrui sneered: "Don't tell me it's because of your age, you don't seem like someone who cares about it."

Murong Wei hesitated to speak, and then said after a while: "Jing Lan, you... I think Miss Youzhen really treats you well, a girl's family is running around for you like this, are you okay with going? "

Xiao Jinglan felt a little suffocated when she heard her say that. Didn't she understand the reason?

Back then, he lost his love because of her, and the two of them went to the lake for a while, and after saying goodbye, he went to Wudang Mountain.

It was said at that time that each other forgets each other, and the relationship between them these years is indeed as pale as water.

Even so, this feeling is hidden in his heart, others can say it, but hearing what Murong Wei said, he feels really complicated in his heart, looking at her with a touch of sadness.

The beauty of the past is no longer yesterday, how can it still be like the past?

Thinking of this, Xiao Jinglan felt a little depressed.

Seeing his expression, Murong Wei was a little dazed for a moment, and could only smile wryly in her heart. In fact, after so many years, she is not a selfish person. Could it be that she can really watch Xiao Jinglan die alone?
She can't do that.

And in this situation, she naturally wanted to think for Xiao Jinglan's sake.

"Why should I drag her down?"

Xiao Mingrui frowned: "Why do you drag her down? Could it be that your status is not worthy of her? Besides, you are only in your 30s, and you plan to die alone? I think that girl has never been married, don't you?" Say it's not because of you."

Xiao Jinglan smiled wryly, indeed... Zhang Youzhen is 21 this year. At this age, she is really an old girl who has not yet married. Since Zhang Youzhen went to Wudang Mountain to meet him 7 years ago, the relationship between the brothers and sisters has been from the beginning. After being rejected by him, this girl refused to give up. Although she said it was because she had someone in her heart and they were married, Zhang Youzhen said that she didn't mind. We're all married, don't you want to stay forever?
Xiao Jinglan was really entangled by her, everyone in Wudang Mountain knew about it, the real master also wanted to be a matchmaker, and his master also agreed with him, what could he say, he didn't want to go against the good intentions of the elders of the master, and he couldn't face it. For Zhang Youzhen, he had no choice but to leave Wudang Mountain and travel around.

In the past few years, he ran all over the place, but Zhang Youzhen unexpectedly chased him out.

Xiao Jinglan released her for the first time, and immediately escorted her back to Wudang Mountain. Don't let her come out again. After all, it is too dangerous for a girl to walk in the rivers and lakes. Although Xiao Jinglan knows that the real master sent someone to protect her , but still not at ease after all.

In case something happened, how would he explain it to the real person in charge?
But Zhang Youzhen is such a stubborn woman, she said that she will move Xiao Jinglan with her own efforts, and one day he will find her good and make him fall in love with her.

Humans are not plants and trees can be ruthless, Xiao Jinglan is not a sage, how can he be ruthless to such a girl, but this kind of feeling is not love, he is just moved by her behavior, but he knows in his heart, if he is forced to The two are together, how can they talk about happiness in the future?

He knew that he still had a shadow in his heart, so when he came to Mount Tai this time, he heard people mention the ceremony of enshrining Zen in a few days, and knew that the emperor and empress would come, so he stayed in Bixia Temple in silence.

The reason for this is just to meet an old friend.

But... goodbye, is it still the same person from the past?
The Sri Lankan people have gone with the peach blossoms, and their faces are not the same as in the past.

Although he had known for a long time that Murong Wei was just a friend to him, but it was not until now that he felt so clearly.

It's his own business that he likes her, she knows, but she said that she already has someone she loves.

The Xiao Mingrui in front of her is her lover, her husband, and the person she will spend her whole life with. This man has indeed lived up to his expectations. He has given Murong Wei the supreme favor that countless emperors have not given him. There is no concubine in the sixth palace, how can this be done casually?

For him, no matter whether Murong Wei is happy or unlucky, the pain hidden in his heart will never disappear.

It's just that with the passage of time, everything seemed indifferent. Just now, Xiao Jinglan suddenly had a strange feeling, as if he had completely calmed down, and when he faced her again, he really felt the peace of forgetting the rivers and lakes.

How else?
Or choose to forget each other, which is the best result.

Murong Wei looked at him quietly, suddenly, she seemed to feel that the person in front of her was different.

She looked at Xiao Jinglan in surprise.

Xiao Jinglan calmed down, and thought to himself mockingly, could it be that he has been here for so many years and still doesn't understand this?
He knew that Xiao Mingrui's relationship with Murong Wei could not be interfered with by others, and neither could he.

It was so then, and it will be so in the future.

Now that I have figured it out, I don't need to feel any more uncomfortable because of what Murong Wei said.

"It's because of me, Junior Sister, who has been refusing to give up all these years. That's why I avoided it. Originally, I didn't want her to waste her youth for me."

"However, she has been running around for you now. This is not the way, Jing Lan, it's not your job to avoid the problem. Why don't you solve it? I believe you should have a good talk with Ms. Zhang."

Xiao Jinglan was silent for a moment, then nodded and said: "You are right, maybe I should do this. This time I have thought clearly, and when I go back to Wudang Mountain, I will settle this matter no matter what."

Xiao Mingrui raised his eyebrows, "Manly man, are you still afraid of a girl? How can it be resolved? What does it look like to hide?"

Xiao Jinglan thought angrily, if you were in my situation, let's see how you do it, this time you won't have back pain while standing and talking!

He got up and cupped his hands and said: "Since that's the case, it's getting late, and I'm about to leave for Wudang Mountain. Your majesty, empress, Jing Lan will take my leave now!"

Murong Wei said softly, "Take care all the way."

Xiao Mingrui snorted, didn't say anything, just said after Xiao Jinglan walked out: "I hope you can get married early next year."

Xiao Jinglan shook his head, saw Zhang Youzhen had been waiting outside, saw him come out, Zhang Youzhen came over in two or three steps, and asked curiously: "Senior brother, have you finished talking to the emperor and queen?"

"It's over, let's go back to Wudang Mountain."

"Okay, I haven't been back for a long time, hehe, Master must be scolding me again..." Zhang Youzhen said happily, as long as she was with Xiao Jinglan, she would be happy, like a lark, she happily left the palace .

Xiao Jinglan stared at her blankly, for some reason, he seemed to see the shadow of his past in Zhang Youzhen.

At that time, he fell in love with Murong Wei bitterly, and stalked her to death, but in the end he was saddened and could only watch her marry someone else.

Zhang Youzhen's kind of love as long as he can be with him, so humble and low in the dust, made him feel uncomfortable.

In love, people who always give more are vulnerable.

Maybe Murong Wei is right, if you can't accept it, you should settle this matter as soon as possible, so as not to delay others.

"Youzhen..." Xiao Jinglan was silent for a long time before saying, "I probably won't go out again this time."

"Okay, senior brother, let me just say, what are you doing all the time running around? Can I still eat you, junior sister?" Zhang Youzhen said happily, although she is very strong, but which girl has gone so far for love? Running all the time, waiting for a long time, when there is no weakness in your heart?

"Youzhen, do you know who is that woman I once loved?"

Zhang Youzhen was stunned for a moment, she had never heard Xiao Jinglan talk about this matter.

"You saw her too, just now."

Zhang Youzhen looked at him in astonishment, but after a while she suddenly realized, she fell silent, and smiled sullenly, reluctantly: "No wonder, then... such a noble and beautiful woman, I like it even when I look at it... ..."

Zhang You's heart is twisted, no wonder he has never forgotten his love, it turns out that the woman he loves is such a legendary figure.

A legendary woman who has stepped onto the throne from a concubine to the empress, and who can be favored exclusively by the emperor, without concubines in the harem.

A confidante shrouded in countless halos, who is said to be the most beautiful woman in the world.

She really won't lose if she loses to her.

"Many years ago, I told her to forget about each other. It is true that I have been far away from the capital these years... But I still can't forget my love. Junior sister, so I don't want to delay you. A person who has someone else in his heart, you marry Giving it to me is delaying you, and it's unfair to you. Although, it's impossible for me to be with her now, but I'm just such a stubborn person who admits death, and I'm still a stunned young man..."

Zhang Youzhen looked at him with some despair: "Why, I just want to be with you. If you practice Taoism, I can accompany you, and I don't want to do anything. Isn't that okay?"

Xiao Jinglan smiled bitterly and said, "Youzhen, I can't pass the test of the elders of the master's school, I can't be so selfish."

"Should even this requirement be taken away?"

Zhang Youzhen was originally riding on the horse, but at this time the horse had stopped, her face turned pale, she turned her head away, and after a long time, she said in a trembling voice: "Seven years...how many seven years does a girl have...Senior Brother, I If I am not an iron man, I will be tired. Time and time again, I refuse again and again. Every time I chase you on a journey, I always think that there is still hope. When you discard it like garbage, I still think, still There is a chance. As long as you persist a little longer, there will definitely be a chance...Why, senior brother, you are not even willing to give me this chance?"

She raised her head, with tears streaming down her face: "This time, when I came here, I thought, if, if you really reject me again, I might not be able to hold on anymore. Yesterday you said that you would return to the teacher's school with me, You don't know how happy I am."

"Youzhen..." Xiao Jinglan was stunned, looking at the crying girl in front of him, he suddenly hated himself very much.

If he had made it clear earlier and rejected her cruelly earlier, perhaps, this girl would not have been so desperate now.

Now, watching the girl cry in front of him, as if her heart had been ripped open, Xiao Jinglan also felt the same, only felt the pain in her heart.

"There will be no second seven years, no more..." Zhang Youzhen ran forward crying on the horse.

Xiao Jinglan was dazed for a while, when the autumn wind picked up and the leaves rolled up and fell, he let out a long sigh.

"Why, there are always so many infatuated people in this world, why do lovers always fail to get what they want?"

Seven years, how many seven years are left in life?
His mind was a little confused for a while, and then he remembered the scene when he met Murong Wei at the beginning of the year, and for a while he remembered the naughty and cute little junior sister when he first met Zhang Youzhen, who always pestered him to talk about the Fa.

In a flash, has it been seven years?
When did that little junior sister have deep-rooted love, and when did the old man become a sun-dried title page, hidden in memory?
Feeling sad, Xiao Jinglan rode away.

The fallen leaves are silent, and the years are ruthlessly swept away.

After Xiao Jinglan left, the hall suddenly fell silent.

Xiao Mingrui said with a complex expression: "This bastard is really a rotten peach blossom."

Murong Wei sneered: "Are you envious of him?"

Xiao Mingrui said seriously: "I would envy him? Is this contempt?"

Murong Wei didn't smile, looked at his leaving back, and murmured: "I hope he is happy."

"Everyone has their own fate, why worry about him? If he still can't figure it out in his heart, it's useless for others to talk about it." Xiao Mingrui snorted: "I think he's a bystander, and an authority fan."

Murong Wei didn't answer his words, just smiled and said no more.

When it comes to Xiao Jinglan's matter, her good husband is about to become explosives.

After so many years, it is still tried and tested.

Murong Wei felt that she had better not use this matter to arouse his anger, otherwise, she would definitely be the one who would be unlucky.

At this time, Qianxi and her elder brother Wenxiang ran over surrounded by the maids. This little girl ran quite fast, and she didn't even know how her short legs were so fast. The nanny behind couldn't catch up. Or when we got to the front, it was the small road that stopped people.

"Princess, Third Prince, slow down, slow down, don't fall..."

Father-in-law Lu Fei was so busy supporting the two princes and princesses, Qianxi and Wen Xiang came in, first greeted the father and queen mother, and then Qianxi's big black eyes looked left and right, as if looking for something.

"You girl, what are you looking at?"

Qian Xi asked, "Queen Mother, where is Uncle Immortal, isn't he here?"

Xiao Mingrui said angrily: "He came to say goodbye, and he has left now."

"Yes, he has gone back to Wudang Mountain with your immortal aunt."

"Ah... just left." Qian Xi pouted her mouth in disappointment, and said angrily, "Why didn't Uncle Immortal tell me?"

Wen Xiang was dragged here by his younger sister, otherwise he would have played with his second brother Wen Pei in the palace long ago, how could he dare to come here to take the initiative?
Sure enough, Xiao Mingrui snorted: "This is an adult's business, you children don't need to know. Wen Xiang, what's the matter, you don't know how to take care of your sister, have you messed with Wen Pei again?"

Wen Xiang hurriedly complained, but there was nothing he could do, otherwise how would he dare to come to find training?

Qianxi pouted her small mouth, she was about to cry, she looked like she was about to cry.

Murong Wei said helplessly: "Okay, look at you, there will always be a chance to meet your fairy uncle in the future."

"When will it be, queen mother?"

"I'm not sure about this, but if you cry again, your father will definitely not let you see him if he gets angry."

When Qianxi heard this, she stopped crying immediately, and looked at Xiao Mingrui timidly, "Father, don't cry Qianxi, Father, don't let me see Uncle Immortal."

Xiao Mingrui suddenly had a headache, what a crime, this Xiao Jinglan is a monster, born to harm Xiao Mingrui!

Fortunately, he was finally far away, Xiao Mingrui felt that it would be better for that guy never to appear in front of him.

"Okay, you are obedient, and you will definitely see Uncle Immortal in the future." Murong Wei coaxed her daughter a few words.

Qianxi burst into laughter again.

Xiao Mingrui forcefully asked Wen Xiang to take his sister away to play, now he has a headache when he sees this girl.

When the two brothers and sisters left, Xiao Mingrui said helplessly: "It's really a debt from the previous life, where did I owe them?"

Talking about what came to mind, he said to Murong Wei: "Hutou and Lele are both 13 years old, and it's time to choose a marriage in two years."

Murong Wei's eyes widened, "It's so early, don't you need it?"

She didn't want her daughter to marry so early. As for the prince Hutou, she didn't want to marry too early. Boys at the age of sixteen or seventeen actually didn't have fully developed bones, so it was not appropriate to marry too early.

"Can we start choosing now...it's not too early. The princess must choose carefully, and then she will be educated before she can enter the palace." Xiao Mingrui said, considering his son's marriage, he appointed the ministers of the court, civil and military The officer filtered it again.

Murong Wei shook her head: "I really admire you, I don't want the children to get married too early, it's not good for them."

Xiao Mingrui only mentioned it temporarily, after all it was too early, he immediately said: "I can't stay in Taishan for a long time, I should go back after a few days."

Murong Wei nodded, although she also wanted to have fun with her family, but she also knew that it was impossible.

The husband and wife both have their own responsibilities, so they can't just ignore everything, right?

After a few days, Xiao Mingrui left Taicheng and returned to Beijing.

Murong Wei also knew that unless there was a day when Xiao Mingrui would abdicate in the future, otherwise, it would be hard to say that they would really be able to play around.

Moreover, the children are still young, people, there are always such and other ties in this life, once you get married and have children, you will have no free time, everything must be for the sake of the family.

In the spring of the next year, Xiao Jinglan went back to Beijing. This time it was Prince Jing's birthday. Although he hadn't returned home for many years, he still had gifts from people, but most of them were given by the angry Prince Jing. threw.

For this son who wanted to be a Taoist priest, King Jing was very angry and annoyed, and he hadn't come back for so many years, and he didn't show any intention of getting married, which really made King Jing anxious.

Prince Jing is also in his 60s, and his temper is better than in the past, but he hasn't seen his son for so many years. Although he is angry with him, he can't be locked out of the door. People come in.

Xiao Jinglan met his elder brother, many years have passed, his nephew is fifteen or sixteen years old, and the marriage has been settled, Xiao Jinglan is not married yet, seeing him as an uncle, the nephew will have to worry about his uncle's lifelong affairs.

Xiao Jingyu had long been granted the title of Prince Li and moved out of Prince Jing's Mansion, and now that his father was celebrating his birthday, he was naturally staying at Prince Jing's Mansion.

Many years have passed, Princess Jing didn't know where she was reincarnated, and no matter how much hatred, it faded with the years, Xiao Jinglan was quite concerned about family affection at this time.

"After so many years, the second brother is still the same as before. Oh, no, he is even more immortal now." Xiao Jingyu sighed: "It really looks like a fairy, and he doesn't eat fireworks. But I said, the second brother You should also think about marriage, look at our brothers and children are better, and you are still alone."

(End of this chapter)