Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 33 Rumors Spread
Murong Wei was stunned, and said subconsciously: "Yes, who doesn't like such a handsome man."

Just kidding, people like beautiful scenery, and it's good to just look at such a handsome man without doing anything.

"You..." Xiao Jinglan was so angry that she stretched out her hand and patted her forehead: "Don't call me beautiful, I'm a man! Why do you think I look like a younger brother? You say, what kind of younger brother do I look like? You How big! Why are you always so inexplicable, girl, it's simply too hateful."

Murong Wei rubbed her head, and only then did she realize that she was speechless, she seemed to be a little confused.

I don't know if it's because too many things happened from yesterday to today.

Coupled with the matter with King Luo, it made her even more irritable, and her thinking became a little dull, and she actually became dumbfounded in front of him.

This is not acceptable, the problem of being in a daze is unacceptable, otherwise I don't know what troubles will be caused.

"Didn't I say it, did I say it wrong? I'm too tired and out of spirits, so it's inevitable that I'll talk a little bit upside down." She explained.

This is indeed inappropriate. Even though she is not young in heart, she is younger than him here.

It is inevitable that he cannot accept such words.

Xiao Jinglan's black eyes narrowed slightly, a cold light flashed, and he said unkindly: "You mean, you want to say that I feel immature like a child?"

Of course Murong Wei would not admit it, "How come, I am younger than you."

Suddenly he heard a burst of crying, the voice was accompanied by desolation, anger, and depression: "Xiao Jinglan, you are such a bastard!"

He froze all over, and when he looked up, she was biting her lip, the lip was bitten out of blood, her face was full of tears, she was crying so sadly, extremely sad and angry, looking at him with shame and anger, disappointed and sad eyes.

That look made him feel as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him in the twelfth lunar month, the heat from his body disappeared, and his blood became cold.

When he was startled, Murong Wei suddenly pushed him away, and she was hugged and cried.

Why is she so unlucky, she went to have a good time, but encountered such a thing.

You obviously saved someone, but when you come back, you will cause a lot of trouble in the city, and you will be called a broken shoe by others.

They clearly have feelings for Luo Wang, but they can't be together.

No matter how calm she was on the surface, no matter how she expressed that she didn't care, how could she not feel uncomfortable in her heart.

No one can be ruthless than grass and trees, she is just the most ordinary little girl.

It's just clinging to the little yearning for true love in my heart, and I don't want to obey this world.

Now she knows how ridiculous she is, how can the men here care about women?

It was Xiao Jinglan, who kept saying that she loved her, but had he asked her opinion again, was it his favorite to forcefully molest herself like this?

The matter with Luo Wang had already made her feel extremely uncomfortable, but Xiao Jinglan, a brat, would be even more rude.

For a moment, she only felt grief and indignation, and all the grievances burst out in an instant, and she just wanted to cry.

Why should she encounter such a thing and be bullied by him?
What did he think of her?
Xiao Jinglan had come to his senses at this time, seeing her appearance, he was already blaming himself, so annoyed that he slammed down the bed, and hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, Wei'er, it's my fault, you..."

Murong Wei raised her eyes and said tremblingly: "I don't want to see you, I, Murong Wei, am not the kind of woman who can let you insult me ​​like this!"

Xiao Jinglan was full of regrets, he went up to hold her hand, but she pushed her away, he said anxiously: "It's my fault, when I was angry and you said I was immature, I lost my head. It's because I like you that I can't help it." This way. I'm sorry, but I will never do it again."

"You go! I beg you not to come here again, I don't want to see you. If you still have half of my consideration, you should also know that if you are found out like this, I have no choice but to ask for death. When you say you like someone, you don't just care about yourself Have you ever considered my thoughts, have you respected my opinions? Yes, maybe you think that I am an insignificant person, so you want to bully me like this!"

She was cold all over, only a pair of bright eyes pointed at him tremblingly and angrily, got out of bed while talking, but tripped and almost fell.

Xiao Jinglan was so frightened that he quickly supported her, but she pushed her away.

"It's my fault, Wei'er, please don't treat me like this, I really like you! I won't come to you at night again in the future, I will keep the etiquette, I won't do this before you marry me I know it's my fault this time, if you're angry with me, give me a good blow."

Xiao Jinglan really regretted it this time, her face was full of anxiety, and she scolded herself for being confused.

Murong Wei is a girl in the boudoir, she is not yet married, so there is no reason to be angry at being molested by him like this, she was also temporarily infatuated, originally she just wanted to punish her, but unexpectedly she was emotionally moved, and immediately felt a little out of control Live by yourself.

If she hadn't cried, he might have done something.

What a fool I am, I have been a fool from the beginning.

Xiao Jinglan was suffocated by what she said, and her handsome face immediately turned green and pale: "No, I really didn't mean that. I'm just natural and unrestrained, and I don't like restraints. Maybe because of this, I don't pay much attention to etiquette and norms. But I don't mean to belittle you."

There was a burst of cold sweat on his forehead, but now it got worse and worse.

Murong Wei didn't want to listen to his explanation, so she drove him out directly: "You go, you go now!"

She pushed him out.

Xiao Jinglan saw that she would not listen to any persuasion now, so she had to wait for her to calm down before talking about it.

She is already so unhappy, how dare he stay anymore, if she says something bad, I don't know if she will hate him to death.

Xiao Jinglan left with some distress.

When he came, he was quiet, but when he left, he was clean, waving his sleeves without taking a single cloud with him.

Only Murong Wei sat on the bed after he left, hugging the quilt and wiping away tears.

She felt like a clown who had been played on and was a clown in the end.

What kind of thing are you? Why do you think that people have to be absolutely infatuated with you and take your own thoughts as the only thing?
Could it be that if I really thought that I came from time travel, I would be able to attract thousands of people?

If you really think so, then you are taking yourself too seriously.

There are many things in this world that are not so simple, just like when she came here, except for the idea that she was incompatible with this world, she also knew nothing about it.

It’s not that he has traveled back to the ancient dynasty, at least he still has some common sense of history. It’s good to be here, but he doesn’t know anything.

Which of the men here is not three wives and four concubines, the woman he likes is pampered, and the woman he doesn't like is thrown aside.

But if you expect them to abandon fame and fortune for you, that seems even more unrealistic.

Murong Wei was in a bad mood, even in her previous life, she had never been forced by any man like this, which made her even more angry.

You say that you are an ancient person, and you don't even talk about etiquette and morality.

"Fortunately, I still think he is a good person. I just said the wrong thing. Is there any need to treat me like this? I'm not his wife." Murong Wei cried more and more sadly, thinking about her own situation, she couldn't help feeling sad .

But Xiao Jinglan, who left and returned to Prince Jing's mansion, was very depressed at the moment. He was sitting in the study drinking, thinking of what Murong Wei said, he naturally regretted it.

I am indeed a bit Meng Lang, after all, she is a girl from a good family, how can she bully her at will?
But at that time, I was also impulsive.

"Second brother, what are you doing?" Xiao Jinghua stepped into the study, smelling the smell of alcohol, and frowned immediately.

Xiao Jinghua was wearing a silver-gray Taoist robe and a crane cloak. At this moment, his thick eyebrows were slightly frowned, with a bit of helplessness: "What's wrong with you, who offended you, why are you using wine to relieve your worries?"

Xiao Jinghua had just finished discussing the matter with his father, "Father is looking for you."

Xiao Jinglan was upset, and suddenly asked: "Brother, tell me, do you like sister-in-law?"

Xiao Jinghua's eyes widened, he looked at him in astonishment, covered his lips in embarrassment and coughed lightly: "What are you talking about, you said that too. Naturally, your sister-in-law and I respect each other as guests."

Xiao Jinglan murmured: "Respect each other as guests... Is that the case? Brother, have you ever had a woman you were attracted to? I saw her crying, and I really blamed myself..."

Xiao Jinghua looked at him in surprise, his eyes changed: "Who do you like? It can't be the third Miss Murong I heard you mention before, right?"

Xiao Jinglan was silent: "Brother, I want to marry her, is dad looking for me?"

"You... don't you know what happened yesterday? I, Long Xiangwei, also encircled and suppressed the barbarians in Ziwei Mountain today, and I saw Lord Murong was there too. You should know that something happened to her, right? In this case, I guess Dad won't promise you."

Xiao Jinglan shook his head: "I know, I went to Ziwei Mountain to look for her last night, and I even found her before you. She was...with the seriously injured King Luo...she was the one who saved King Luo..."

"You're here?" Xiao Jinghua raised his eyebrows, "It's no wonder I had to see you, but since that's the case, I'm afraid her reputation will be ruined. How could my father allow you to marry her?"

"Prince Luo won't marry her, I'll marry her!" Xiao Jinglan walked up and down the room restlessly.

Xiao Jinghua looked at his appearance, shook his head, turned around and ordered someone to prepare sober soup.

"He will definitely be angry if you go to see Dad like this, you should wash up before going there. As for that Miss Murong, I advise you, it's best to wait until the news has passed. Or see and say hello to King Luo first."

Although Xiao Jinghua is not very satisfied with his desire to marry a concubine, it is rare that he has a woman he likes these years, and he will not go against his brother's wishes.What's more, the family background is also a good match.

But when this happened, he was very uncertain.

"Lord Luo?" Xiao Jinglan laughed at himself, yes, he had to ask clearly.

"What happened to you?"

"It's nothing, I'm just a little upset." After all, he still couldn't open his mouth, and he couldn't tell his brother about his personal affairs.

How should I put it, do you mean that I broke into the boudoir of an unmarried woman?

That brother must scold himself to death!
Xiao Jinglan went to the outer study to meet Prince Jing after freshening up.

King Jing Xiao Cheng was about fifty years old, with a hulking back, a sharp-edged face, a pair of eyes that were pure and restrained, a beautiful beard, and a crown of black hair. At the moment, he was wearing a homely stone-blue Taoist robe with a dragon and persimmon stalk pattern. The demeanor of Confucian generals.

Seeing Xiao Jinglan, he frowned slightly: "What, have you been drinking?"

Xiao Jinglan came forward to say hello, Xiao Cheng nodded: "Get up, what have you been doing these two days?"

Xiao Jinglan was somewhat restrained in front of his father, "My son is doing some things, but it's not convenient to tell father."

Xiao Cheng raised his eyebrows, but this kid was quite honest, so he didn't say what he didn't want to say.

"Forget it, I won't ask you any more. But when I met the princess, she mentioned that she wanted you to say goodbye. There were some banquets before, right?"

Xiao Jinglan's eyes darkened: "Yes."

As he said that, he knelt down solemnly again, "Father, Jing Lan has been recuperating in Wudang Mountain all these years, and I feel particularly guilty for not being able to serve at the knees of my parents. Now that my son is back, I want to help you, Father. As for What the mother said, the son doesn't think about it yet."

After much deliberation, he realized that now is indeed not the time to bring up this matter, and it is better to wait until the news of this matter has passed.

Xiao Cheng's eyes flashed in relief, but he still had the strict father's look on his face, and nodded: "Since you have this heart, there is no war yet, why don't you go to the barracks to practice and experience, you can go to your brother's Longxiang Wei, just let him take care of you."

Xiao Jinglan hesitated for a moment, then said: "What about the barbarians? Will the emperor let it go?"

Bringing up this matter also made King Jing furious, and he wiped them out, turned around and ran to the door of his house to assassinate the prince, who was also a general at the time, how could this matter not make him angry.

It's just that he has just returned to the court, so he can't go back to Saibei again for the sake of a few thieves.

What's more, it's not worth it for those remnant soldiers and defeated generals, and the imperial court can't afford such a large military expenditure.

"Although the emperor is angry, he will probably ask the guard at the border, General Xiaowu, to give the barbarians some color. It is impossible to start a big war now."

Xiao Jinglan closed his eyes, since this is the case, this matter will not be serious.

Anyway, this matter is not that simple, and it is normal for the emperor not to want to say anything.

"Although those barbarians were arrested, they didn't get any information. They just gritted their teeth and said that they hated King Luo for killing the barbarian prince. King Luo was seriously injured this time."

After the light rain, the sun shines all over the earth.

The winter air has a bit of cold wind blowing through the courtyard, and the evergreen holly trees stand upright under the cold wind.

Xiao Mingrui leaned on the pillow, with the scroll in his hand, the room was lit with silver frost charcoal, and a warm fragrance wafted from the large gilt smoker cage from time to time, making the whole room smell warm and cozy.

"My lord, His Highness the Fifth Prince has arrived." Su De was waiting at the door, and only then did he announce.

Xiao Mingrui nodded: "Let him in."

The fifth prince entered the door, took off the cloak on his body and handed it to Su De, while walking towards Xiao Mingrui, the white jade pendant around his waist kept swinging with his footsteps: "Second brother, I have something to tell you."

Xiao Mingrui smiled, Su De brought tea, the two drank casually, the fifth prince snorted: "Second brother doesn't know, but the city is very lively now."

Xiao Mingrui was not surprised, his expression was very cold, "What did the emperor say?"

"Father told me to comfort you well and let you rest in peace. This matter must not be left alone. The barbarians must pay the price."

Xiao Mingrui's eyes moved slightly, and he twitched the corners of his mouth, "In that case, please thank Father for me."

"Also, because of this matter, the father was furious, and reprimanded the Governor of Shuntian, the Yamen of the Wucheng Bingma, and the Secretary of the General Administration at the court, saying that they were perfunctory, so that the thieves didn't know when they got in, and they didn't know in the future. I still don't know if there will be a regicide..."

Xiao Mingrui was a little surprised: "Father actually said that?"

The fifth prince nodded: "Yes, this is too serious, and the civil and military officials of the whole court were so scared that they broke out in cold sweat. Father also emphasized that each government office should be loyal to the emperor, and everyone should reflect on themselves, so everyone is busy these days. Introspect, restrain the subordinates, and the incidents of chickens and dogs in the capital are much less..."

Xiao Mingrui narrowed his eyes: "Listen to you, the ministers in the court participated in a large piece this time because of the participation of Zhou Xin, the censor of Zuodu?"

The fifth prince frowned: "Yeah, second brother, what do you think about this matter? That guy Zhou Xin is known as 'one down', every time he participates, some officials have to fall down, this time the officials involved There are also some who have a good relationship with us, you see?"

Xiao Mingrui rubbed the center of his brows: "Royal father cast a net everywhere this time, and lost all of our brothers. But if my guess is right, the eldest brother will lose the most, right?"

"Yeah, huh, second brother, you might have something to do with him! Otherwise, how did those barbarians infiltrate the capital without concealing the truth, and how did they plan to assassinate second brother in Ziwei Mountain? If it wasn't for second brother's fate, and Second brother, you also have traitors among your bodyguards..." The fifth prince turned pale with anger, thinking of that incident made him feel very bad.

Xiao Mingrui said lightly: "Fifth brother, you are still so impatient in everything. This matter may not be the elder brother's involvement, but he may have heard some rumors and knew that someone was against me, but he may not know that it is a barbarian, so he did it The door of convenience. I just want to fish in troubled waters. Father is obviously a little cold at me now, why should he come out like this and make father furious. You know that if I die, father will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly, he It won't be good, after all, there are many sons of the emperor."

Fighting between their brothers, some things still have a bottom line.

The fifth prince curled his lips and said dissatisfiedly: "I don't think he can't do this."

Xiao Mingrui just smiled: "In any case, this matter should be related to him. Since I have suffered such a big loss, if I don't pay back, he has forgotten who I am. The hand is too long. I put nails in my bodyguards, but at present, my father is feeling guilty towards me, so the gap between our father and son can be easily resolved. If it is not appropriate to move around, those people in the court will lose their losses. Also useless."

He smiled calmly, but when he talked and laughed, the situation changed.

The fifth prince nodded, then hesitated to speak.

"Is there anything you can't tell me?"

Xiao Mingchen curled his lips, "It's not about your Murong Wei, now the whole capital is talking about the second elder brother's assassination. At the same time, someone spread the word, saying that there was a lady who went to offer incense and was captured by thieves..."

The smile on Xiao Mingrui's face faded, his eyes were suddenly as cold as ice, and there was a frightening chill in his eyes: "Who did it?"

Xiao Mingchen was also shocked when he saw his appearance, it had been a long time since he had seen his second brother like this, usually it meant that some people were going to be unlucky and touched his bottom line.

"It was checked, and it is difficult to confirm the news. At that time, there were many officers and soldiers who went to suppress the bandits. It is very likely that someone spread the news, so it is difficult to confirm."

"If those officers and soldiers spread the news, they would only say that I was with a woman. Why did they say that she was captured? Unless someone deliberately spread rumors. Is it Big Brother and the others?"

Xiao Mingchen curled his lips: "No, they don't care about this matter. And if you get the help of the Murong family for nothing, how can the elder brother be willing? He doesn't think you will marry that Miss Murong as his wife, and he is not related to the Murong family. Some kind of relationship? I do know some news, it seems that this matter came through Murong's family? So I don't believe it."

Xiao Mingrui also didn't believe it.

"Murong Shangshu and Mr. Murongge probably wouldn't do such a thing. There's no need to ruin the reputation of my daughter's family. Even if they don't want to have anything to do with me, they don't have to pay attention to it. There's no need to ruin their reputation. "

"Yeah, that's why I find it strange."

Xiao Mingrui thought for a moment: "You go and let me know right away, no matter what, you can't let her suffer from this matter."

Several days have passed, and Murong Wei doesn't know how difficult it will be to be disturbed by rumors.

"Second brother, do you really want to do this?"

"Yes, I have decided."

Xiao Mingchen shook his head, and said solemnly: "Since you have made the decision, brother, I will support you unconditionally. I will let people prepare for this. Don't worry, my future sister-in-law will not suffer."

"As for Murong's house, please keep an eye on it to see if there is any problem."

Xiao Mingchen laughed, with a bit of teasing: "Of course, let's take a look at the situation of my little second sister-in-law. I will definitely report to my second brother later."

Xiao Mingrui glared at him with a smile in his eyes, but he was not angry.

(End of this chapter)