Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 66
Shui Ling was so frightened by her seemingly gentle but actually cold eyes that she fell to her knees, she didn't know why she was so bold just now, she dared to say that in front of the princess.

"Damn the servant! The servant lost his head for a moment, because he was anxious about Auntie's body..."

Xiao Mingrui's expression was cold: "Go out and play [-] boards, and learn the rules. This king has already said that no one is allowed to disrespect the princess."

Shui Ling's face turned pale with fright, seeing Wang Ye's appearance, it is impossible to beat her to death with these twenty boards.

She wanted to beg for mercy, but Su De had already got two young eunuchs to gag her and pulled her out regardless of her struggle.

Murong Wei owed her a blessing, "My lord, I think it's better to treat Aunt Zhang first."

After saying that, she was about to lift Aunt Zhang up, who knew that Zhang Yuqian would wake up slowly at this time.

Murong Wei was amused, pretended, continued to pretend.

She took the snuff bottle in Xiangyu's hand and put it on Zhang Yuqian's nose, the strong breath immediately stimulated Zhang Yuqian to sneeze.

"Oh, my sister is awake? It just so happens that the doctor from the good medical institution is here, so please ask the doctor to take a look." She reached out and grabbed Zhang Yuqian's wrist, and said with concern: "Why is my sister so honest, look at her You have changed seasons, could it be that there was no clothes for that season in the house before, why are you still wearing spring clothes?"

Murong Wei knew that the summer shirts in this mansion had already been made.

Maybe she didn't notice it herself, maybe she thought others wouldn't notice either?
Zhang Yuqian's face was sour, she couldn't tell if she really had heat stroke, or if she was made guilty by what Murong Wei said.

"Concubine..." Zhang Yuqian looked at Xiao Mingrui with a timid expression, "I'm not in good health, and I still feel cold on a hot day, and the temperature is not high in the morning, so I'm wearing spring clothes. Who knows that I won't be able to stand it after a long time?" Living."

Xiao Mingrui said lightly: "In that case, let the doctor take a good look at it, and if you are weak, take good care of it."

"I'm sorry, sister, why didn't you tell me earlier? I heard that the cold hands and feet in this summer are due to kidney yin deficiency. My sister's appearance, could it be a congenital deficiency? It takes a long time to recuperate."

While talking, Murong Wei asked someone to wipe Zhang Yuqian's face with a handkerchief.

The doctor came, his eyes shrank when he saw this situation.

"Doctor Zhang, just take a look at her." Xiao Mingrui sat on the side, sipping tea in a leisurely manner, without seeming to be in a hurry.

Even if Zhang Yuqian looked at him affectionately with those watery eyes, he directly ignored her.

Murong Wei raised the corners of her mouth, turned her eyes and sat down on the side.

The doctor first took the pulse through the wrist with a veil, his expression changed a few times, and finally he accepted the doctor under Murong Wei's concerned eyes.

"Aunt Zhang said that her hands and feet were cold, and she almost suffered from heat stroke just now. Doctor Zhang, do you think my sister has some deficiencies in her body?"

The doctor Zhang wiped his sweat, looked at Murong Wei's eyes full of concern, "According to the official, this aunt is exhausted, and her spleen and stomach are out of balance..." He dragged out a long paragraph of professional vocabulary, which made it difficult. Everyone didn't understand.

The last sentence, in short, Zhang Yuqian's health is not good and needs to be recuperated.

"That's it." Murong Wei glanced at the doctor with a half-smile, and then said to Xiao Mingrui: "My lord, originally I wanted Aunt Zhang to exercise her body well, but she is really in poor health. It looks like this It’s not enough to take a walk every day. It’s better to stay in the room and take medicine and take good care of yourself. This morning and evening will save you, and you can rest assured.”

Zhang Yuqian narrowed her eyes and pupils, she wanted to cancel the half-hour walk every day and give Murong Wei some eye drops, but it didn't mean she wanted to be locked up in the room to take the medicine and couldn't get out.

"My lord, my concubine, my concubine is really fine. The daily morning and evening is a big deal, and my concubine just wants to rest, but I can't delay this matter."

If you don't make up your mind in the morning and evening, how can you have a chance to meet the prince?
She doesn't want to be locked in the room!
Murong Wei grabbed her hand seriously and said, "Look at how your hands are frozen? It's so serious, and you still say it's okay? Doctor, do you think this disease needs to be rested for a long time?"

Doctor Zhang looked at Zhang Yuqian, saw her winking, and saw the slightly cold eyes of the princess, sweating profusely for a while.

"It's really hot today, doctor, don't you also suffer from heat stroke?" Murong Wei said with a smile.

Doctor Zhang hurriedly said: "Your official is just thinking about how to take care of Aunt Zhang's body, she will recover quickly if she recovers..."

That is to say, whenever you want to recover from illness, you can do it.

This doctor is really shrewd.

Murong Wei nodded: "Let's prescribe a prescription, eat it first, if it's not good, then ask the imperial doctor to have a look."

Xiao Mingrui glanced at Zhang Yuqian, and said calmly: "Since the princess said so, you should stay in the room and rest. The princess is sympathetic to your poor health, so that you don't have to worry about morning and evening, then you copy the Buddhist scriptures to pray for the princess Bar."

Zhang Yuqian shook her body, looked at Xiao Mingrui with a bit of sadness, and asked for a while: "Maidservant, can you also copy Buddhist scriptures for the former master. Maiservant has been praying for her since..."

Xiao Mingrui was silent for a moment.

Sighed: "It's up to you."

Murong Wei glanced at him, then looked at Zhang Yuqian, saw her get up delicately, and looked out blankly: "Where is Shui Ling?"

"She violated the rules set by the king yesterday, she was dragged out and beaten. Someone, send Aunt Zhang back."

Zhang Yuqian seemed to tremble all over, and immediately burst into tears: "My lord, she is left to me by the lady, please forgive her for offending the princess..."

Give her eye drops?
This woman is playing the tragic card.

Some cards can't be used all the time, and they won't work after a long time.

Murong Wei said lightly: "She violated the rules set by the lord, the house would not be complete without the rules, if everyone doesn't follow the rules set by the lord, wouldn't the house be in chaos? The master is not the master, and the servants are not." My servant. However, it seems that the girl was beaten, and in that case, for the sake of Sister Zhu, please ask the prince to punish the girl lightly. After all, she and Aunt Zhang are both Sister Zhu's people."

Zhang Yuqian was so stuffed up by her words that she couldn't breathe, her pale face turned red in an instant, and she trembled with anger.

That said, she was the maid who climbed onto the master's head, unruly, and pleaded with the prince past the concubine.

If you really take yourself seriously, no matter what, you can't change the girl's background, and you will never be able to have a noble status.

I have to say that Murong Wei sometimes has a poisonous mouth.

In this era of fighting for parents and family background, don't force some things if you can't argue.

Although she is a concubine, she has a powerful father and a powerful family background.

On this point, in this era of strict hierarchy, no maid can go past her.

There are people who can reach the sky in one step, but not everyone has this ability and opportunity.

How dare she show it in front of her with her little means?

She still seems to be confused, if Xiao Mingrui really turned towards her, could she be locked up to "recover her illness"?
Xiao Mingrui glanced at Murong Wei, that look seemed to say that you are cruel enough.

Murong Wei gave him an innocent expression, please, if you didn't have so many women, would I waste this time?
Xiao Mingrui shook his head helplessly, expressing that knowing his mistakes would make him better.

Murong Wei suppressed a smile, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise.

"My lord, what do you say?"

Xiao Mingrui took a sip of tea, and said quietly: "Oh, I'm not a person who doesn't miss old love. Let someone let that girl go, and go back with Mrs. Zhang to eat vegetarian food, chant Buddha and offer sacrifices to Mrs. Zhu."

Aren't you thinking about your old master? Let's recite Buddha's name for her.

Zhang Yuqian was left speechless for a while by his words, so she could only bow her head and pretend to be grateful: "Thank you, my lord, for understanding my concubine's longing."

Xiao Mingrui asked someone to send her back.

The two servant girls helped Zhang Yuqian out of the main hall just now, but just as she descended the steps, Zhang Yuqian seemed to be too weak to stand still, and immediately fell to the side.

Seeing that Mrs. Zhang seemed about to fall to the ground, suddenly a figure jumped out and supported her.

Murong Wei was stunned for a moment, and when she took a closer look, it turned out to be Niuhong.

Nianhong supported Zhang Yuqian, and the two servant girls next to her were also startled, and hurried over to pick her up.

Niuhong said apologetically, "I didn't expect Aunt Zhang to be weak. Fortunately, I thought that the princess is the most polite person, so I waited by the side and waited for Aunt Zhang to leave before doing work. If my aunt fell down, wouldn't that implicate the princess? This can be regarded as a disaster."

Murong Wei was a little surprised by Nie Hong's words, but Xiao Mingrui laughed, "The maidservants raised by the concubine are all eloquent."

Murong Wei said angrily: "My lord, don't make fun of this concubine. I just lost money to this girl. Otherwise, Aunt Zhang will fall again. How about it? Nurse red, it seems that this princess should reward you."

Zhang Yuqian looked at Nianhong, and saw that she also gave birth to a weak willow Fufeng, with misty eyes and small red lips, timid and watery like willows blown by the wind, a typical Yangzhou thin horse.

Nianhong lowered her head slightly at this time, her face was flustered with a bit of shame: "I don't dare, it's just my duty to be a servant. The servant is the maidservant of the princess, so she should share her worries."

Zhang Yuqian's heart suddenly became alarmed, and a sense of danger of encountering an old enemy suddenly rose in her heart. The woman in front of her was the same type of woman as her, and she even seemed to be better than her in thinking about men.

She glanced at the little hoof resentfully, gritted her teeth, and stared at her vigilantly.

This little hoof is trying to step on her to get to the throne, so that the prince will take a fancy to her, but she can't think about it!
Murong Wei frowned, this cuddly red...

Xiao Mingrui said with a smile: "Why haven't I seen you as a maid, did you also bring it from Murong's house?"

Murong Wei raised her eyebrows: "That's right, they were originally two maidservants, who were called Nugget to the Red and Yicui. My mother saw that I didn't have enough staff to give it to me."

She looked at Xiao Mingrui with a smile: "I think they can change their names, how about Hongxiu and Tianxiang?"

Xiao Mingrui almost didn't choke, thanks to the good cultivation of the royal family, he was able to maintain his demeanor, but his expression was a little weird.

"I think the current name is not bad, but it's too frivolous."

Murong Wei looked at Nian Hong: "How about asking the prince to give them both a name?"

Xiao Mingrui shook his head, he didn't want to take on this thankless job, what if something happened to dissatisfy the lady, what if he wasn't allowed to go to bed at night?

But Zhang Yuqian said at this time: "I am really unwell, I really want to thank Miss Nunhong just now. My lord, I can no longer serve the lord and princess, so I will resign."

Xiao Mingrui nodded: "Let someone carry a soft sedan to take you home."

After finishing speaking, he asked someone to help Zhang Yuqian leave.

Zhang Yuqian looked back at Nunhong, "Ms. Nunhong's name is really good, it's a pity that the prince changed it." After saying that, she covered her face and smiled.

Nianhong also looked back at Zhang Yuqian, "My aunt has won the award, and I don't remember who changed it. In fact, the maidservant's real name is Mr. Zhu."

The two looked at each other, and there was a fear of each other in each other's hearts.

Just like a couple who hate each other by nature, the two have a disgust and hatred for each other for no reason.

A person who hates the other party is clearly the fate of a maidservant, but she is lucky enough to become an aunt, a master, whatever, and still put on such an aloof appearance.

The appearance of a person who hates the other party has robbed her of her glory, and her methods are no worse than her own. Doesn't this all attract the attention of the prince?Are you going to change her name?
The two looked at each other, as if sparks were flying for a moment, and the lightning flashed and thundered.

Murong Wei looked at it casually, and suddenly found that this scene was very strange.

After watching for a moment, she couldn't help laughing.

OK, this is really getting interesting.

Would she like to add fire by the way, so that these two people will turn their eyes to each other.

So as not to be idle all day long.

Zhang Yuqian turned around, waited for the soft sedan chair to arrive, Shi Shi ran up on it, and looked back at Nianhong with a bit of sarcasm.

She wanted to understand, the red was given by the concubine's aunt, and the concubine didn't seem like a tolerant person, she wanted to seduce the prince, how could it be so easy?

Isn't this still cleaning the maid?
Think of her position?

It's not that she is also lucky to have her current status.

Zhang Yuqian went triumphantly.

Gritting her teeth secretly, Nianhong scolded the whole family of dead hoofs over and over in her heart.

The more Murong Wei watched, the more interesting she became, her black eyes rolled, as if she was thinking about how to watch a play.

Xiao Mingrui saw that she was in a daze, her black and white eyes were flickering like a little fox, and he felt that she didn't know who she was trying to plot.

The master has gone, and Murong Wei is too lazy to stay here.

"My lord, I see that the weather is getting hotter and hotter. I just asked someone to prepare some medicinal soup to prevent heat stroke. I think the mansion can prepare some. It's not a valuable thing. You can drink mung bean water and the like." Some."

After thinking about it, Xiao Mingrui agreed with her opinion.

The weather is getting hotter, and some extra money is needed to spend in the summer, so it is better to prepare some medicinal soup and mung bean water for heatstroke prevention, which are simple and practical.

Murong Wei started to think about it, thinking that the mung bean water was boiled, and the mung bean could be left to make mung bean paste, mung bean ice, and all kinds of food, so she became happier.

The husband and wife were impatient to stay in the main hall, they had long forgotten about Nianhong, and went back to Tianxiangyuan from Chaoshou verandah one after the other.

Xiao Mingrui said: "There is a Qingshu Temple in the east, and there is a waterfall of running water drawn from the rockery around it. In summer, the sound of the water is murmuring, but it is very cool. Why don't you and I move there when it's hot?"

"The concubine has just entered the palace for a few days, and I haven't even figured out the location yet. Why doesn't the prince take me for a stroll?"

Xiao Mingrui thought so, even though he was married, he was so busy these two days that he had no time.

"It's still hot, I'll take you for a walk around later."

Lu'er came in with a cardboard, Xiao Mingrui was stunned for a moment, "What is that?"

Murong Wei asked: "It's done so quickly?"

Lu'er smiled and said: "How can the slaves have such hands and feet? It's still Lu Shao's idea, everyone divides the work and cooperates, one person does the same thing, but in the end it's very fast. Wang Ye, the slaves don't know what it is called, the princess asked us to do it .”

Xiao Mingrui saw Murong Wei put the cardboard on the kang, and stepped forward to look.

At this glance, his eyes changed slightly, and after a long time, his eyes brightened.

"Is this a picture of the palace?"

"It's the personnel map of the palace. I think it's easy to get confused because there are so many people in the palace. It's very clear, and it's clear from top to bottom. And you can quickly find the person in charge of each place."

Seeing his interest, Murong Wei of course understood the benefits of this organization chart, and she really felt that it was much more convenient.

"If this thing is used in the imperial court, isn't it also feasible?"

He quickly drew inferences from one instance and thought of a place where this thing could be used.

Murong Wei blinked: "I don't know about this, I just use this to make it easier for the housekeeper to manage affairs. The prince has a lot of knowledge and strong memorization, how can the officials of the imperial court memorize it like this?"

Xiao Mingrui shook his head and said: "No, it can be used in many places, and it is always much clearer. I look like something for a Westerner, right?"

Murong Wei nodded: "It's indeed something that came from over there. I'm more interested in these Western learnings."

"Recently, Western learning has spread a lot. I have also met some missionaries. It's just that those people always like to promote their teachings, which are contrary to my Confucianism. A few years ago, there was a teaching case in Jinling. Because these people have offended the local scribes, it is absurd that they want believers not to visit the Confucian temple or offer sacrifices to their ancestors."

When Xiao Mingrui mentioned this matter, he obviously didn't like that Catholicism very much.

Murong Wei really didn't know about this.

"There is such a thing? I think they obviously regard the Great Qin Dynasty as another place. This is not a place where theocracy is supreme."

Isn't it a joke to say that people don't worship their ancestors here?

Xiao Mingrui nodded: "However, some of their things are really useful. A few of them entered the Qin Tianjian to participate in the compilation of the calendar, but they have some real talents in this area."

Murong Wei smiled: "Whatever they do, we use the good ones, and throw away the bad ones."

Xiao Mingrui said with bright eyes: "What else do you know? Why haven't I seen any Western writing on this?"

Murong Wei quickly said: "I bought this before, probably brought by overseas missionaries, right? There are some things related to numbers written on it. For example, Arabic numerals, accounting and so on."

Xiao Mingrui frowned: "I know Arabic numerals. Foreigners like to use these numbers. It is more convenient to write accounts than Chinese characters."

Murong Wei nodded: "I think so too, it's better than writing. After that, I glanced at Lu'er."

Lu'er responded, and turned around to get the ledger.

This was done by Murong Wei using the method of sending and receiving accounts, but it is much more convenient than the traditional journal.

Xiao Mingrui took it and looked at it, "This is the account book you usually make? I didn't expect that there is such a method, but it is much more convenient."

He is not a fool, of course he can see the function of this thing, if it is used in the household department, it can greatly improve the efficiency of the household department.

In the past, it was really troublesome to check the accounts, even the accounts were not understandable by everyone.

He had to study for a long time before he could understand the account books that looked like ghostly symbols.

When Xiao Mingrui became interested, Murong Wei gave him some pointers, and he soon understood.

The man seemed to have some talent in numbers. He took things and studied them for a long time before he breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly he put his arms around Murong Wei and said with a smile: "No one knows that I married a treasure."

Murong Wei Xia raised her cheeks and cast a sideways glance at him, "Didn't you say you were going to Qingshu Palace? You are not allowed to talk about other things today."

"Okay, I'll take you there now." Xiao Mingrui took her hand and went out dotingly, followed by Qingqiu Zangdong's second servant girl and Xiaoluzi.

Coming out of Tianxiangyuan, walk east along the Qingshiban road, pass through a large garden, the couple enjoy the beautiful scenery of the courtyard, bypass the garden, and to the east, there is a Qingshu Palace covered with green glazed tiles hidden in the rockery Among the flowers and stones.

After entering the three main halls, I already felt quite cool, the terrain here is low and surrounded by trees, it is really refreshing and pleasant.

When I arrived in the courtyard, I saw a huge rockery in the hallway. It looked like a real stone transported from the mountain. There were green vines, wild flowers and vines on it. There was a path leading directly to the pavilion on the top of the mountain. It was Biwu Pavilion.

There was a waterwheel next to it that kept pumping water, and the water flowed from the pond next to it into the rockery, forming a waterfall, and fell into the round pool paved with gravel.

The pool of water is actually connected with the pool of water, so the water is constantly circulating.

Murong Wei raised her head and felt the cool air brought by the turbulent water, she shook her head and said, "It's really extravagant, and I even specially set up a water truck to carry water."

Xiao Mingrui smiled and said: "The waterwheel is not worth much, how can it be considered a luxury? I remember reading it in a book. Back in the Tang Dynasty, there was still a family of a minister, and the water from the waterwheel was poured on the roof tiles in summer. , to form a water curtain, which is extremely cool. But I am not so inspiring."

Murong Wei was speechless when she heard that, this is more powerful than artificial rain.

Don't underestimate the wisdom of the ancients, they don't only know how to use ice basins.

She looked around and said with a smile: "However, this place is indeed suitable for escaping the summer heat, and it is extremely refreshing. It's just that the sound of the water is not low, so you can still sleep?"

"Even if it's raining, we can sleep. We sleep inside, and the sound of the water is not too loud, so we can't hear it clearly." He took Murong Wei's hand and went to the door, and the waiters had already come to welcome him.

The two entered Qingshu Palace, where Xiao Mingrui would occasionally come to live here, so someone cleaned it all year round.

In the main hall of the house, there is a picture of a pine and a crane prolonging the year, a table with a huanghuali curly grass pattern, and a cool couch next to it, and some things like Mrs. Bamboo for people to rest.

The east room is the bedroom, and the west room is the banquet room, where there is an antique shelf with some antiques.

Murong Wei entered the bedroom, and opened the carved window to see the scenery of the courtyard, the waterfall was splashing in front of her eyes.

"This is indeed a good place. It's just that you can live in summer, but you can't live in it when it's colder. I'm afraid it will be freezing."

Xiao Mingrui nodded: "It is indeed colder here in winter, and there are waterfalls outside, which adds to the chill."

"It's not that hot yet, I don't think it's too late to move here until June or July."

Murong Wei looked at the things in the house, saw that the bed was furnished in Xiao Mingrui's style, knew that it was the place where he lived before, and if he really wanted to move back later, he would have to rearrange it.

The sky was getting late and the sky was filled with rays of light, the two of them left Qingshu Palace, passed the garden, and happened to meet Xiao Mingrui's concubines.

Everyone seemed to be talking and laughing in the garden, seeing Xiao Mingrui, they were a little surprised, and hurried forward to salute.

Su Mei said: "The concubine and a few sisters were going to pay their respects to the prince and concubine when they passed by this garden and saw the flowers blooming quite well, so they stopped for a while."

Liu Yue said with a smile: "I happened to meet Wang Hao here. I heard that Wang Hao's embroidery is very good, and the purse that Wang Hao gave is very unique. I was telling my sisters that I want to learn from Wang Hao."

Murong Wei had a professional smile on her face: "Aunt Liu was joking, my embroidery work is not worthy of your praise, the purse is beautiful, but I did not embroider it. The prince knows that my embroidery work is not very good."

Xiao Mingrui looked at her with a smile: "If you are a purse, you will be pushy."

Zhang Yuqian was not there, Qi Yan, the concubine, looked at the garden full of flowers, but said: "It's a pity that the chrysanthemums haven't bloomed yet, but the slaves love chrysanthemums the most, they are pure and flawless."

(End of this chapter)