Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 54
Except for utensils, gold and silver items are to be sent back as dowry.

Speaking of which, King Luo didn't suffer at all.

Everyone was talking about the dowry, and they were amazed: "Look at this, it doesn't look like marrying the second princess, but like marrying the original spouse."

"What do you know, after all, the two of them still have a lifelong friendship, so what's the point of giving more gifts?"

Murong Wei didn't need to show up on such occasions, because it was against the rules after all.

Everyone didn't see the eldest lady, so they naturally wanted to ask why, and the old lady took it lightly.

There is no need to ask if you have no eyesight.

Murong Wei has seen spring today, she has changed her heavy jacket, and put on a light jacket, poppies embroidered in light green with light yellow twigs and flowers, double-breasted narrow-sleeved tunic, brocade cloud and mist shirt, silver patterns embroidered with hundreds of butterflies A flower skirt, and then step on a light and soft light green embroidered shoe, it looks like a spring flower shining on the moon.

Murong Wei hid in the room, listening to the noise outside, she couldn't help feeling bored.

"Miss, do you want to go out?" Xiang Tao held a blue and white porcelain beauty's flower dendrobium, and inserted a bunch of poppies.

"No, it's a beautiful spring, but I can only embroider the dowry in the house."

It's really sad.

"Miss, don't you want to meet someone?" Xiang Tao smiled boldly.

Murong Wei pinched her: "I really want to be beaten, if I don't fight for three days, I will go to the house to expose the tiles!"

"A lot of people in our courtyard have gone out to watch the excitement, and only a few servants are left to accompany you. Miss, don't you want to reward me?"

Murong Wei glared at her, and said sadly: "I still want others to reward me."

Don't look at the dowry gift, she can't see it again.

It's better to marry earlier, when she will be financially independent, have a dowry, and have money, she will be able to do a lot of things when she has money.

It's better than the current days of Miss Boudoir, where there are too many constraints.

It is much easier for women to go out than for young ladies.

Murong Wei embroidered the handkerchief, feeling impatient, when suddenly she heard two soft clicks on the window.

She raised her eyebrows and looked out. The window was open at this time, propped up by the window, and the flowers and plants outside could still be seen from here.

Xiangtao went to Yuegu's place, and there was no one in the room for a while.

Murong Wei was not a person who stretched out her clothes, stretched out her hands, and opened her mouth, so she put down her clothes at this moment, went to the window, and stretched her head to look out.

As soon as she showed her head, a handsome man's face suddenly appeared in front of her. Murong Wei was so startled that she almost didn't cry out.

"Ah, you..." She stared at the man in front of her in surprise. Seeing his bright eyes, she pushed open the window and walked in lightly.

After a long while, Murong Wei was still a little dazed.

Is she right?
Was that man Xiao Mingrui just now?

"Wei'er, could it be that you were scared stupid by me?" A teasing voice sounded in her ear.

Murong Wei looked back, and quickly looked around nervously. Seeing that he was still smiling, she said angrily, "Your Highness, why did you come here in broad daylight? What should you do if someone sees you?"

Xiao Mingrui stretched out his hand to grab her wrist and put it into his arms, "Angry? Otherwise, it would be too difficult for me to see you. I miss you, Wei'er, but I can't wait until a few more months to see you."

With a bit of anger on Murong Wei's pretty face, she punched him angrily, Xiao Mingrui's eyes were deep, "Don't you miss me?"

"Hmph, I don't want to. I'm busy all day embroidering dowry, and I still have to learn. How can I have time?"

Now she still has to find time every day to learn the rules from the nanny sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

This is so busy.

Xiao Mingrui dragged her into the inner room, and half-drawn down the curtain.

Murong Wei raised her eyebrows: "It's broad daylight, you won't..."

Xiao Mingrui laughed and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"You really miss me?"

Murong Wei's voice was a little unsteady: "You're bullying again, the servant girl will come later..."

Xiao Mingrui said: "If I'm not like this, I'll wait to get married if I want to see you again. I'm going to inspect the spring flood of the Yellow River, and I'm ordered by my father to go to inspect it. I'm afraid I won't be in the capital for a long time. Be careful."

"Ah, you want to go out?" Murong Wei was stunned for a moment: "How long will you be going?"

Her slightly worried expression pleased him, making the smile in his eyes deeper for a moment.

"Don't worry, I'll go for a month at most, and I'll come back before we get married." As he spoke, he asked a little helplessly: "Are you responsible for the commotion in your house a few days ago?"

Murong Wei was taken aback, she didn't tell him about this, how did he know?
"Don't look at it. How can I not know about your affairs so much? How secretive do you think you are? Your father sent someone to investigate the matter of Huichuntang, and I will smooth it out for you by the way."

She didn't know how much tail she showed. If she really checked carefully, it would be easy to find out her relationship with the Zhou family.

Murong Wei was shocked and covered in cold sweat.

She was really complacent. After doing it for a long time, in his eyes, she was still playing tricks.

She didn't expect that Murong Duan went to investigate specifically, and it was thanks to Xiao Mingrui smoothing out the traces for her.

Murong Wei was a little frustrated immediately, and asked aggrievedly: "I did it. Do you think I'm not kind?"

Xiao Mingrui was stunned for a moment, probably not expecting her to ask such a question. After a while, he stretched out his hand lovingly to rub her white hair, and said with a bit of a smile in his voice: "Fool, you are just protecting the person you want to protect. Besides, I I also don't want my woman to be pure and kind. Living in the inner courtyard of a deep house, you must have the ability to protect yourself, otherwise there will be places that I cannot protect."

In his opinion, liking a woman is not about blindly protecting her so that she becomes incapable and turns into a dodder flower. In that case, the flower will wither sooner or later.

An intelligent woman like Murong Wei is the most suitable, she can stand side by side with him.

Of course, he will protect her from the wind and rain outside, and she can also give him the warmth of home.

The male leads the outside, the female leads the inside, this is his idea.

Murong Wei hummed twice, and said after a while: "Am I a bit stupid, I didn't do this well."

"I don't blame you. You don't have much manpower. It's pretty good to be able to do this. Besides, you didn't do harm to anyone. It's just to expose the true colors of some people. Tell me, it's not cruel enough."

Xiao Mingrui had a bit of disapproval on his face: "You don't have to be kind to some people."

Murong Wei nodded, she couldn't ignore human life, she didn't want her hands to be bloody too.

I guess I can't stand it myself.

"Aren't you going back?"

Xiao Mingrui blinked: "I said I'm going to change clothes, so I just took a moment to come over."

Murong Wei saw that it was getting late, and pushed him: "It's better to go back quickly, there is no one in the yard now, and I don't want to meet people if I am seen later."

Xiao Mingrui was a little bit reluctant, "It will take some time to go. You should be careful in the capital, it's best not to go out. By the way, did you send that parrot to Zhou An? I don't know how elder brother knows about it."

"How is this possible? How did King Qi know about this?" Murong Wei was puzzled: "Will it cause any trouble?"

"It's okay, since I already know, it's not a trouble." He said lightly.

Murong Wei suddenly remembered that Xiangtao said yesterday that Zhou An got sick and went to Zhuangzi to recuperate, her expression froze.

But since he said there would be no trouble, she didn't want to bother with it.

"Having said that, big brother is not a person who likes to let it go. Although I have made some moves a few days ago, he may not be reconciled. But now he is about to go south with his father to Jinling to worship his ancestors. It will take a few months Only then can it be returned."

Seeing what he said, Murong Wei was also a little annoyed, why is that King Qi always haunted, and she will let him taste the power of pillow wind in the future, and she is not one who likes to be bullied and not fight back.

When she gets married and goes to the Luo Palace, and stabilizes, let's see how to deal with him!
Although Xiao Mingrui didn't want to leave, it's not good to stay here, Murong Wei was afraid that some maids would see her, so she went out to Yue Gu's first, but luckily everyone was here.

Murong Wei drew her attention away, Xiao Mingrui was full of tenderness when he saw this, but his figure was extremely fast, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Murong Wei heaved a sigh of relief, this guy didn't expect that he would be so crazy when he usually looks serious.

Murong Wei was lost in thought, Yuegu saw her in a daze, and smiled: "Miss, didn't you mean to play tricks? Young Master won't be here at the moment."

She was very guilty when she heard it, and quickly changed the subject.

A few days later, Murong Duan suddenly proposed to the old lady that Aunt Zhou should be promoted to a second wife, and it has been reported to the Ministry of Rites.

Although she is an ordinary wife, she is still different from a regular wife after all, she can only be regarded as a second wife, and she cannot have an imperial order.

The old lady agreed to this matter. Although everyone present was surprised, they understood it more.

Those who knew about that incident probably felt that Master Murong had annoyed his wife, so he carried Aunt Zhou out.

Some people thought it was to save face for Murong Wei.

In any case, this matter has also been approved by the parents, and the other aunts can only secretly envy and hate.

Especially Aunt Fang was even more annoyed, she felt that she also gave birth to a son, but in the end she gave Aunt Zhou a position, how could she not be angry?
Behind the scenes, Aunt Fang secretly scolded Murong Wan'er and Murong Guan several times.

Murong Wan'er is still upset, Liu Pingyi did well in the martial arts exam this time, and she will be awarded a martial arts Jinshi in the final exam.

But that guy was usually in love with her and only polite, like a gentleman, Murong Wan'er didn't see any special reaction from him.

I couldn't help secretly hating that vixen that I had never met.

Murong Wei was quite happy, no matter what, she could call Aunt Zhou her mother in the future, instead of calling her Aunt all the time.

Once the mother has status, the birth of the child is guaranteed in the future.

On the contrary, Da Furen was meditating with a pure mind and few desires. Unfortunately, if her mind is not calm, no matter how many Buddhist scriptures she reads, it will be useless.

Now that Murong Lan returned home, she finally came to the Buddhist hall to meet the eldest lady, and saw that her mother seemed to be the same as before except that she was a little thinner, so she complained: "Mother, you don't know, dad has gone crazy , I suddenly promoted Aunt Zhou to a second wife, and even my grandparents agreed. My elder brother has nothing to say!"

Da Furen's expression changed immediately, her eyes were a little ferocious: "What are you talking about, he really made that Jianren his wife? I knew it, he said a long time ago... this heartless person threw me here, but Give that splasher a place!"

Da Furen's face flushed red with anger, she couldn't catch her breath, and almost fainted.

Murong Lan was taken aback, and hurried over to rub her chest and calm down, and it took a long time for the lady to return to normal.

Seeing her mother like this, Murong Lan couldn't help crying when she thought of the troubles at home.

"Good boy, mother is fine, things have happened, it's useless to talk about it. I blame me for being careless."

The eldest lady said grimly, she finally figured it out, no matter what happened that day, she was calculated by others.

As for who did the calculations, everyone is suspicious.

Murong Lan covered her face with a handkerchief, sobbing, "Didn't my daughter say that...it was Feng Yu, he went too far."

The eldest lady frowned, seeing her daughter crying so sadly, she didn't know what was going on.

"What's wrong with Feng Yu? The palace exam will be held in April, and the Palace of Preserving Harmony will hold another exam before. Isn't he busy studying?"

Murong Lan said bitterly: "If he is really studying, that's fine. How long have I been married to that unscrupulous bastard? He didn't know what happened that day. He fell in love with a newly promoted maid, so he had to accept him." house."

The eldest lady frowned, "It's too much for him to be newly married. But after all, she's just a housewife. If you like it, you'll like it. If you don't like it in the future, just dismiss it."

Murong Lan's face turned red, she gritted her teeth in annoyance, her charming face was a little distorted.

"It's that maid who looks a bit like Murong Wei's little hoof, and is quite clever. That bastard Feng Yu hasn't spent the past few days with that maid. Me, how can I be ashamed to face others!"

Thinking of this, Murong Lan felt extremely annoyed, not only hated Feng Yu's ruthlessness, but also hated Murong Wei for seducing Feng Yu.

Now that she is Princess Luo, aside from mentioning it, Feng Yu still can't forget it.

Thinking of this, Murong Lan felt sad.

The eldest lady didn't expect such a thing, she was so angry that her hands trembled for a long time.

"This Feng Yu is too much. Could it be that my Murong family has no one left? Mother will seek justice for you!"

"Mother, why are our mothers so miserable!" Murong Lan threw herself into the arms of the eldest lady, and the two mother and daughter burst into tears all at once.

Half of the flowers bloom, and each represents a branch.

In this world, when someone is happy, someone will be sad.

Xiao Mingrui was naturally elated when he hugged the beauty back, but Xiao Jinglan on the other side was depressed and decadent.

At this time, he was leaning against the window, holding a jug in his hand, his handsome face was a little drunk.

"Brother, these days are really boring. I will finish my work later, and I will go back to Wudang Mountain with you to become a Taoist priest. Become a fairy early, and save yourself from suffering in the world."

He raised his head and drank the fine wine in the jug.

Liu Qingchen couldn't stand it anymore, stepped forward and grabbed the jug and threw it aside, "Okay, don't drink, look what you are like these days? Since people don't like you, why don't you let it go? Greed, hatred, obsession , but it’s just a demonic obstacle. If you see through it, you might be able to enter the Tao.”

Xiao Jinglan tugged at his sleeve and said, "I'm uncomfortable, I'm uncomfortable, do you know?"

Liu Qingchen shook his head, he couldn't understand the love in this world, but seeing his younger brother's appearance, he felt that it would be better for him to get away from everything here and return to Wudang Mountain as soon as possible.

So as not to cause any trouble.

"You really like her so much, can you give up everything for her? Can you give up revenge?"

Xiao Jinglan was stunned, and said with a wry smile: "Yeah, do I really love her so deeply? It doesn't seem to count, so why am I so uncomfortable? I can't give up revenge, but I don't want to give up her either."

Liu Qingchen shook his head: "Since it's already decided, don't be obsessed with it anymore. Just let it go. You still have a lot of things to do."

Xiao Jinglan stood up, his figure was a little crooked, "I want to get drunk right now. Life is not what you want in this world. The Ming Dynasty spreads out flat boats, five-flowered horses, and golden fur. Hu'er will exchange for fine wine, and I will be the same as you." Eliminate eternal sorrow!"

Liu Qingchen looked at him speechlessly.

The younger brother is really drunk, it's all talking about drunkenness.

"Do you really think you are a wine fairy?" He reluctantly dragged Xiao Jinglan to the soft couch, seeing that he was drowsy, covered him with a quilt and went out.

When they got outside the door, they saw Xiao Jinghua get off his horse and go outside Jinyuzhai.

"What about the boy?"

"Drunk." Liu Qingchen said helplessly: "It seems that he was hit hard this time."

Xiao Jinghua was silent for a moment, and said: "I would also like to thank brother Liu for taking care of my brother, I will take him home right now."

Liu Qingchen nodded, and helped Xiao Jinghua send Xiao Jinglan to the carriage.

Xiao Jinghua looked at his sleeping brother, and also sighed.

What else can he do? Now that the wedding date is set, what else can he do?
It was just a mistake at the beginning, but now that the father sees his appearance, he is angry at him for not paying attention to his body and hates him for not having great ambitions.

But I also felt that under the hesitation at the beginning, people slipped away.

Otherwise, his son wouldn't be able to look like this now.

But it's no use regretting it anymore, everything has been settled.

Liu Qingchen could only persuade him to relax.

The days are so unhurried, and it seems that it will be April in the world.

This day, Murong Wei was learning the royal rules and various taboos from Nanny Li of the House of Internal Affairs, but Murong Wei listened carefully and memorized them all, with a very rigorous attitude, which made Nanny Li very satisfied.

"Well, the Lord has learned the rules very well, and the servants have nothing to teach."

Murong Wei hurriedly said: "It's Mammy who taught me well, it's been so hard these days Mammy."

After all, let someone offer some thank you.

Nanny Li accepted it with satisfaction, and was about to speak when Xiangtao came to report it. Seeing Murong Wei, she smiled and said, "Miss, just now the eldest and youngest mistress passed out. The doctor checked the pulse and said it was happy. It's been two months."

"Ah, that's a happy event." Murong Wei had a smile on her face, but she was thinking in her heart, it's too late for Yunxia to get pregnant, so the eldest lady can't come out?

The daughter-in-law is pregnant, and it is always difficult for her to take care of the housework.

It seems that the grandmother will zoom out of the lady.

Murong Yue's wedding is about to come soon, so it's not appropriate for my sister-in-law to do it for my aunt, and when the time comes for my son-in-law to return home, he can't be allowed to pay homage to his second aunt.

Murong Wei asked people to choose some antiques, and went to Shuangxi Courtyard to visit her sister-in-law.

There were quite a lot of people at this time, Yun Xia was sitting on the kang at the moment, with a shy and satisfied smile on her face, Murong Fu who got the news was also very happy at the moment, with some joy of being a father for the first time.

Murong Yue was also there, seeing Murong Wei stepping up to say hello.

Murong Wei sent the things, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, sister-in-law, I've been so busy these days, my little nephew has been exhausted."

Yunxia coughed lightly, and her face turned even redder: "I didn't notice it either, but fortunately I found out today. Otherwise, it would be a joke."

In fact, she was also under a lot of pressure, and she had been in the house for a while, and finally she was pregnant, so she didn't have to make trouble for her husband to take a concubine.

Murong Fu treated her very well, and he didn't like women. She told him about taking a concubine, but he didn't agree.

It turned out that all the girls in his room were former girls.

She was also worried, if the mother-in-law came out, would someone come in again?

In case the mother-in-law gives a maid, it is not easy to do.

"Who knows how to joke, who is not happy to hear it, the little sister hasn't congratulated the big brother yet."

Yun Xia said angrily: "I see you are laughing at me one by one. Second sister and third sister, you are also the ones who are going to get married soon."

Murong Yue and Murong Wei's faces became hot immediately, and they had a quarrel for a while before they came out of Shuangxi Courtyard.

Murong Yue sighed: "We sisters will go our separate ways soon, and we won't be able to see each other often in the future. Thinking about it makes me feel uncomfortable."

When Murong Wei saw her sister mentioning this, she was also a little disappointed.

"Let's not talk about this. But after getting married, although there are restrictions in some places, you don't have to be at ease when you are a girl, but there are fewer taboos. Now that you have money, what is the second sister worried about? I heard that the second brother-in-law also passed the exam. Didn’t you also pass the general examination of this subject? When the results of the palace examination come out, you will just get married. At that time, it will be really..."

Murong Wei thought of those two crooked words, but didn't say them, and laughed by herself.

Murong Yue raised her eyebrows: "What is it really?"

Murong Wei raised her head slightly, and asked with a smile: "Do you really want to listen?"

"Let's listen to it. Judging by your appearance, I'm afraid it's not a good thing to say."

Murong Wei smiled and said in her sister's ear: "Isn't it the night of the bridal chamber, the time of the gold list?"

Murong Yue's almond eyes widened immediately, her face flushed red, and she went up to beat her in embarrassment: "You bad girl, how dare you hit my sister!"

"Oh, sister, please forgive me!"

The two sisters had a laughing scene, and Murong Yue sighed, "Actually, I'm really nervous right now."

After all, it is a completely strange life, a strange family, and everything strange.

Let her suddenly leave the familiar environment, after all, there is something hard to let go of in her heart.

Murong Wei also fell silent.

After a while, he said: "No matter what time it is, just live your own life well. With my sister's temperament, I don't think she will suffer no matter where she goes."

Murong Yue raised her eyebrows, "I'll be the one who won't suffer the least if I look at you."

The two sisters were talking about something, and someone from the other side came to inform them that the eldest lady came out of the Buddhist hall, and now she is at the old lady's place.

The two looked at each other, "I haven't seen my mother for a long time, let's go to say hello."

In terms of emotion and reason, even if they really don't like to see the eldest lady come out, there is still a word of filial piety on them.

Murong Yue naturally also knew what Second Aunt had told her about that elder brother who died before he was born.

There was also some sadness in my heart for a while.

Second aunt Niangdi's wife naturally also had some resentment.

But so what.

The sister-in-law is pregnant now, of course it doesn't mean she can't handle things, but she shouldn't be too tired.

But the next two weddings were very complicated.

It is also impossible for the old lady to keep the eldest lady in the ancestral hall.

Although she has been released now, she will naturally be closely monitored. If she does something bad again, it may be difficult for her to even enter the Buddhist hall in the future.

When I arrived at the old lady's Rongshou hall, I lifted the curtain and went in. Sure enough, I saw the old lady standing beside the old lady, with a respectful attitude, listening to the admonition.

"Now that your daughter-in-law is pregnant, she is my great-grandson, and she must be taken seriously. As for you, take over the family affairs during this time, and you will be in charge of the marriage of the second girl and the third girl later. , Don't act like you did in the past. If you don't want to do things well, I can take back the family affairs. "

The eldest lady narrowed her eyes and said, "My daughter-in-law understands."

It is not uncommon for the mistress to murder a concubine in a big family, but the family may be sophisticated and not known to outsiders.

The eldest lady was uncovered, and now she has lost face in front of her in-laws and husband.

If it weren't for having a good son, how could it be so easy to get out?

It's just that it's not the same as before, no matter how much she feels in her heart now, she still has to take good care of those aunts and take care to ensure that the child can be born safely.

Let alone the annoyance in my heart.

Murong Wei and Murong Yue went up to greet their grandmother and the eldest lady.

Murong Wei saw that the eldest lady was getting thinner, her whole face seemed to be getting older, and her normally well-maintained face showed a bit of aging.

A look of disgust flashed across those eyes when they looked at Murong Wei.

Murong Wei snorted, thinking that this woman better know what to do, otherwise she wouldn't mind making her sick again.

(End of this chapter)