Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 73 If I Love You

Zhang Yuqian suddenly became weak all over, fell to the ground, and begged in fear: "My lord, this servant just lost his mind for a while, it's all... that lowly servant girl Shui Lan instigated me, I'm for Miss, Miss hasn't An incense..."

Xiao Mingrui glanced at Su De: "Slap me."

Zhang Yuqian's eyes widened in shock.

Xiao Mingrui has never punished women. In the past, he has always treated his women fairly well. Basically, the treatment is considered very good.

And didn't beat or scold.

Zhang Yuqian couldn't believe it for a while, until Su De came in front of her, she waved her hand and slapped her face, "I'm offended, Aunt Zhang, this old slave is also following the order of the prince."

With a sullen face, Su De slapped Zhang Yuqian again, until Zhang Yuqian's cheeks were red and swollen, her ears were buzzing, and the corners of her lips were broken, so Su De stopped.

Zhang Yuqian was startled and frightened, and looked up at the man who was fiddling with the jade finger indifferently in a daze and horror. The man in the brocade robe and jade belt and the jade face in front of him was unparalleled in majesty. Like Yan Luo Guisha!

His cold and ruthless gaze made Zhang Yuqian tremble all over. She was very scared, very afraid that this man would kill her.

"You broke the rules." His cold eyes seemed to be looking at a stranger: "I don't beat women, and I don't like to beat women. It's just that it doesn't matter who betrays me, as long as it should be punished. What do you think you are, to collude with people from Prince Qi's mansion? You idiot, you are complacent about being used by others, this time the king was almost implicated by you, do you think the scheme has succeeded?"

Zhang Yuqian cried: "Your servant dare not, the lord spare your life. The servant really didn't intend to collude with His Royal Highness Qi... and the servant did not implicate the lord..."

"With a stupid woman like you, should I feel honored?" Xiao Mingrui was amused by her words.

"My lord..." She threw herself at Xiao Mingrui's feet, pear blossoms covered with rain, and begged pitifully: "My lord, this servant only thinks of you, this servant loves you so much. This servant was instigated by Shuilan and others for a while, Made a big mistake in confusion, this servant just wanted to give birth to a prince's son, and gave the young lady an adoption incense... I beg the prince to enlighten me..."

Xiao Mingrui got up and shook her off in disgust, and said with a sneer, "Stop using Wanrong as a weapon, you want to deal with the concubine for your own selfishness, and put it on Wanrong instead? Give me a son, are you worthy?"

Zhang Yuqian was stunned for a moment, she was so ashamed and indignant by what he said.

Why is she not worthy?

How can the prince say that, it's too, too ruthless.

Su De lowered his eyes, rubbed his hands that were a little sore from the beating, and thought to himself, although the prince's poisonous tongue does not flare up often, its power is still unabated.

When it hits people, it can make people want to die.

"Zhang Yuqian, you are just a servant girl next to Wanrong. You came from a poor and humble background. You were originally a slave. If it weren't for Wanrong's face, I couldn't bear to refuse her begging me before she passed away. You don't know where you are now. Can you still live here with rich clothes and fine food? This is not enough. It should have been three sticks of incense in front of the Buddha every day to thank the Buddha for giving you a good life. How dare you look forward to Shu, and want to plot against the princess and collude with outsiders to harm the king. You What right does a lowly maid have to give birth to a son for this king, and still want to adopt Wanrong?"

He bent down and strangled her chin, with a sneer on his face: "Do you think this king can't understand your mind? Want your son to be named the first son? The eldest son? Want to compete with the son born to the princess?" The position of the son? You deserve it too! You are such a stupid woman with vicious thoughts, a woman who has been a slave for generations, what qualifications do you have to give birth to a son for this king? Even if he has such a mother, he should feel ashamed and angry. I can’t wait to be reincarnated!”

Zhang Yuqian was shocked by his words from the inside to the outside, and she was hit hard for a while. She really wanted to die directly.

"My lord, you, how can you say that about my servant, this servant is also your woman..."

She was a little incoherent: "Is it not my fault that I don't want to give birth to a good family? Why do you say that, my lord? The other sisters are not necessarily higher than me. Princess, Murong Wei is just a concubine. She ..."

Xiao Mingrui scolded: "Shut up, you are also called the princess? Yes, it's not your fault that you were born into a family, it's fate. If that's the case, you should remember what duty is!"

Zhang Yuqian cried: "Did the lord forget to promise the young lady? You said that you would let the servant give birth to a son for the young lady..."

He dusted off his clothes and said coldly: "This king promised Wanrong to adopt a child for her, but where the child came from is not certain. Who said that you have to give birth? Adopt a child from outside." It's also quite convenient for righteous daughters and so on."

Zhang Yuqian just felt that the last straw was gone, and she froze there for a while, as if the sky had fallen.

He actually said that!

No, no, how could the prince casually adopt a child?

All of Zhang Yuqian's hopes were blown away for a while. If she couldn't have a son, everything would be hopeless!

She didn't expect that the prince would be so cruel and indifferent, directly destroying all her dreams.

Xiao Mingrui didn't bother to look at her, "Do it for yourself, face the wall and think about it for me. If I find out that you dare to make any changes in the palace or what you did to the princess, go down and accompany Shuilan. For Wanrong's sake, we Don't want your life, this is the last time."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left resolutely, his clothes were fluttering, but his whole body was condensed, which made people feel terrified.

Su De turned around and sighed: "Aunt Zhang, this old slave is leaving, please take care."

……

Lu'er entered the bedroom, but saw the princess was resting on the bamboo couch, reading with a book in her hand.

At the beginning of summer, the weather was not too hot, and it was even cooler in the evening. Murong Wei wore a white silk shirt, a floral crepe dress, white gauze trousers, and her black hair was only loose. She was very comfortable.

It's just that although seeing Wang Hao's appearance is quite comfortable, she doesn't seem to care at all, but... I haven't turned a page in the book after reading it for a long time.

Lu'er looked at the people waiting outside and sighed.

Murong Wei glanced at her casually, but asked: "Did you see the prince come out?"

Lu'er said hesitantly: "Maybe the prince is drunk... The slaves sent someone to watch, but the prince has not come out yet. I don't know if the prince has fallen asleep."

Murong Wei paused for a moment, then subconsciously glanced at the red-gold clock with grape-wrapped branches inlaid with enamel in the corner, half an hour had passed, could it be that he was really drunk and stayed there to rest, rather than because he had something to do? ?
Murong Wei couldn't believe it for a moment, she felt a little confused in her heart.

No, Xiao Mingrui won't do this...

She was in a daze for a long time, but what could he do to stay so long?
"Don't let anyone stay there." After a long time, she ordered in a calm voice.

If he really had nothing to do, he would naturally come here, and he wouldn't stay with Zhang Yuqian for too long.

After all, he had already told her many things before.

The husband and wife had already reached a consensus, so why would he go to Zhang Yuqian's place for so long without saying hello at such a time.

Even if he really wanted to stay there, he should have sent someone close to her to tell her, at least he would have sent the little eunuch instead of letting the people around Zhang Yuqian come over.

Seeing her like that, Lu'er felt uncomfortable.

If the prince does this, the lady must be so sad.

She saw how difficult it was for the young lady to be with him.

"Miss..." She didn't call her that for a long time: "Don't think too much, you are still a princess and a big wife after all. As long as you have a son, he will definitely be the son in the future, and no one can compete with you." .”

The etiquette is there, unless Murong Wei can't give birth, then the son born by others will have a chance.

A bastard who changed his name could not fundamentally change his status and identity.

Murong Wei laughed at herself: "Okay, you, what are you talking about? It's getting late, you can go down too, I don't need anyone to serve me here."

"The servant will serve you to sleep."

Murong Wei shook her head and sent Lu'er away.

She walked around the room alone, not knowing what to think.

Although she could rationally believe that Xiao Mingrui would not betray her, but a woman, as a woman, how could she have no burden at all?
Time passed by every minute and every second, but Murong Wei neither wanted to sleep nor to think about it.

She simply found an embroidery machine and embroidered the purse.

Xiao Mingrui said that she wanted her to make him a purse, but she never had time to spare, and only now did she draw a conclusion.

On the dense silver lamp and jade hook candlestick, the bright red candle was burning high, and red tears flowed from the candlestick.

After an unknown amount of time, Murong Wei heard the sound of the second hand and looked up, suddenly it was late at night.

The sound of the watchdog sounded, and it turned out that it was already the third watch.

Her heart sank.

Xiao Mingrui, what's going on, he didn't send Su De to send her a message, and he hasn't come back until now, what is he thinking?

Could it be that he is really a heartless man who talked softly to her last night, but now he is going to another woman...

Murong Wei's heart was flustered for a moment, she only felt pain in her heart, and she was suffocated tightly, as if someone had tightly clenched her fist, making her unable to breathe at all.

She threw down the embroidery and stood aside, wanting to pick up the book and read to calm her mind, but she saw the poem written in the book, it just happened to be a sentence "Beautiful woman breaks her grace before she is old, leaning on the smoked cage and sitting until dawn. "

She stared blankly for a long time, then muttered to herself.

"Beautiful beauty before she gets old... Could it be that I, Murong Wei, will also become an abandoned woman? No, if I am abandoned, I will not utter such sad words. It is better to learn from Yan Rui, 'I will eventually have to go Go, live, you must live, wait until the mountain flowers are all over your head, don't ask where the slaves will go'."

But when I think about it, I suddenly find it funny, why did I sit here leaning on the smoked cage until dawn?

Could it be that after marrying an ancient person, her heart also becomes like that of an ancient person, like an idiot, to stay here foolishly?

She shook her head, picked up the calligraphy, and started writing poems with a pen.

If I love you, I will never be like a climbing Ling Xiaohua, showing off with your tall branches.

I must be a kapok next to you, standing with you as the image of a tree...

We share the cold wave, wind and thunder, and thunderbolt; we share the rain, fog, liulan, and hauni.

It's as if they are separated forever, but they are forever attached to each other.

This is the great love, and here lies the steadfastness: love... not only loves your stalwart body, but also loves the position you insist on, the land under your feet.

"If I love you..." Her eyes became full of determination, "I, Murong Wei, will never be Ling Xiaohua!"

This modern poem was one she had read before.

Should she be a climbing lingxiaohua, live and die for men?
Although women have no status here and are completely men's vassals, even so, she is not willing to let herself give up those women who are here, which is regarded as a ridiculous insistence.

If Xiao Mingrui really felt sorry for her, she would never cry and seek life and death for him.

Maybe this kind of feeling is too calm, but this is her feeling.

Before confirming it, she couldn't put all her emotions on it.

She should have been a kapok plant by his side, sharing everything about him, and accompanying him through ups and downs.

"If you don't let me down, you will never let me down."

she murmured.

As time passed, Murong Wei gradually became tired as night fell.

Soon, the book in her hand fell slowly and landed beside the bamboo couch, and the long Persian blanket covering her body kept rising and falling with her breathing.

Her heavy eyelids were already drowsy.

Looking at the clock, he saw that it was past one o'clock, but Xiao Mingrui didn't say that he was back, but he didn't send anyone over.

Murong Wei was silent for a long time, and suddenly laughed at herself: "Xiao Mingrui, you'd better not let me down."

She was tired, tired, and she, Murong Wei, was not made of iron, she could bear so much.

Maybe she can be very strong, but she is just a woman, and there are many things he can't remember.

Murong Wei closed her eyes, she didn't think about anything now, she just wanted to sleep well.

The night is colder, the bright red lanterns are hung high on the verandah outside the window, and the half-string moon in the sky casts a faint silver glow.

In the courtyard full of fragrance of flowers, even the chirping of insects gradually died down.

I don't know how long it took before Xiao Mingrui and Su De returned to Tianxiang Garden under the moonlight.

Xiao Huangmen, the gatekeeper, was a little surprised to see him, but Xiao Mingrui didn't pay attention. When he arrived in front of the main room, Lu'er and Xiangyu, who were sleeping in the side room on duty tonight, heard the movement and came out to greet him.

Seeing that it was Xiao Mingrui, a hint of surprise flashed in Lu'er's eyes.

Regardless of the time, at least the prince didn't spend the night like that, and he came back.

That's good, no matter what, it can save face for the princess.

However, Lu'er still had some resentment in her heart, but seeing Xiao Mingrui's exhausted appearance, she didn't dare to say more, and followed her in to serve her.

"Is the princess asleep?" Xiao Mingrui asked in a low voice with bloodshot eyes.

Lu'er narrowed her eyes: "Well, the concubine has been waiting for the lord, and the servants see that there are still lights, so they are probably still studying."

Xiao Mingrui raised his eyebrows, sent his servants out, and entered the bedroom.

This girl has been waiting for him?

What's going on, didn't I send someone over to say that I would come back later and let her go to bed earlier?

Xiao Mingrui went around the screen and entered the bedroom, and saw his lovely wife sleeping on the bamboo couch, covered with only a long Persian blanket, as if because of the cold night, she shrunk into a shrimp, her black hair was scattered in white On the bamboo lady, her white face exudes a soft light under the lamp.

Xiao Mingrui frowned, why did he fall asleep here, what should he do if he was freezing?
These girls are too careless, how do you take care of the princess?
Xiao Mingrui stepped forward to sit down on the side of the bamboo couch, originally wanted to pick up his wife, but suddenly caught a glimpse of a piece of paper she was putting on hand, picked it up and looked at it.

On it is written a poem that doesn't look like vernacular, and poetry doesn't quite look like poetry.

Although it looks like a rhyme, it is very strange.

It was just the content that shocked him.

"If I love you..." He murmured this poem, and his heart was agitated for a while.

Was this written by Weier?
Is it from her heart?

Xiao Mingrui's eyes lit up, the deep affection in this poem warmed his whole heart.

"Don't be the Ling Xiaohua beside me, just be a kapok plant? This silly girl, why..."

Yes, she is not the kind of person who follows his position to show off herself, is not the one who clings to his existence, but a woman who can stand side by side with him.

is his wife.

He had never felt so genuinely their bond with each other.

She loves him, and he loves her too.

Maybe he has never said too many love words, but he has done it.

Xiao Mingrui?
A strange scent of makeup that didn't belong to him came over him. Murong Wei had smelled this smell before, and Zhang Yuqian had always used this kind of incense on her body, and others rarely used it to fumigate clothes.

She felt a shock in her heart, she just felt that something stabbed her heart fiercely, and blood was gurgling.

A burst of anger and grief made her lose her mind in an instant, and pushed him away fiercely.

"Xiao Mingrui! You..." Her voice trembled. What time is it? It's already three o'clock.

Soon it was time to prepare to go to court, and he came back.

What can one night, one night do!
She just felt like she was going crazy, even though she had tried to convince herself that he wasn't doing anything there, maybe he was really asleep.

But this idea is really ridiculous. If you stay there, can you just chat under the quilt?

Now this man just came back from another woman, and he still wants to make out with her?

She only felt inexplicable grief and indignation, and felt a rush of hot air rushing straight to her heart, which made her almost shattered in an instant, and she couldn't bear the pain.

Xiao Mingrui froze for a moment, looked at her sad and indignant face in surprise, and asked in puzzlement: "Wei'er, what's wrong with you? Look at you, why are you sleeping here? You'll be freezing..."

"Don't worry about it!" She only thought about the smell, as if a knife had been stabbed in her heart. "It's because I'm stupid that I believe you and wait for you to come back."

Xiao Mingrui looked at her in surprise, wondering why she would say that all of a sudden.

He stepped forward to hug her: "Wei'er, what's the matter with you? I came back a bit late, but I have something to do at night. Don't be angry, you know I'm very busy. I have to go to court soon."

Murong Wei just felt that smelling that smell, she felt great hatred in her heart, didn't he even want to change a robe to deceive her?

Could it be that after marrying her, he felt he could do whatever he wanted?
Once people start to think wildly and decide on something, no matter how they look at it, it is wrong and suspicious.

Just thinking about it now, his explanation sounds very ironic to her.

Those modern men, who are with their mistress behind their backs behind their backs, say every day that I am busy, that I work overtime, and that I have entertainment?

Didn't he even have the time to send someone to speak?

Murong Wei was furious when she heard this, and felt both grief and anger, punching and kicking to push him away: "Go away, I don't want to see you again. Xiao Mingrui, you bastard, you heartless man!"

Xiao Mingrui was completely bewildered by her sudden outburst. Seeing her so angry, he didn't understand how he had offended her.

Why did he become a heartless person?
This is to convict people, and at least let people know what they did wrong, right?
He had never seen Murong Wei so coquettish and savage, not to mention which woman dared to talk to him like that, she didn't know what to do for a while.

"What's wrong with me? Wei'er, you can give me a reason anyway? Is it because I came back late today? I really have a business..."

Murong Wei said angrily: "Official... What a official. Don't tell me you're not with other women tonight!"

Xiao Mingrui raised his eyebrows, after a long time, it turned out that she was jealous.

It's just that her reaction is too big, right?

I just went to Zhang Yuqian's place to stay for a while and then left. I still went to warn her. I didn't do anything, and I can be said to be upright. Could it be that she became so angry just because of this incident?
Xiao Mingrui was a little unbelievable.

The wife in his impression would not be such a small-bellied woman. He could see from the poem just now that she shouldn't be this kind of woman.

"Yes, I did. I came back from Uncle Wang's tonight. I drank some wine and went to Zhang Yuqian's." He wanted to say more, but he saw a trace of despair flashing in Murong Wei's always bright eyes. And anger, and something shiny and shiny, quickly faded away.

He was about to explain, but she pushed him away: "Okay, you go to her, why do you want to come back, don't touch me, Xiao Mingrui. I misread you!"

Xiao Mingrui stepped forward to hold her down helplessly, but the woman in his arms struggled desperately, pushing him angrily: "Let go of me, I don't want you anymore, Xiao Mingrui!"

Xiao Mingrui was also made angry by her, what is going on with her?

Didn't he send someone to say that he is busy with things ahead, and that he will come back later.

How angry is she?

Is this what she said she wanted to stand side by side with him and share the storm?

Just because he went to Zhang Yuqian's place, could she be so angry?

Although he was happy that his wife was jealous, it was because he cared about him.

But she actually said she didn't want him anymore?

Can this be said?
Xiao Mingrui was annoyed, "You don't want me anymore? Who do you want? Murong Wei, you are my concubine, I don't believe you are such a jealous woman, you..."

Murong Wei waved her hand and punched him angrily, her tears suddenly fell like broken beads.

"Yes, I'm a jealous woman, I'll forget it if you divorce."

"You..." There was a burst of anger in his mind, just thinking that she actually wanted to leave him, who did she want to follow, Xiao Jinglan?

Thinking of this, Xiao Mingrui felt a surge of jealousy in his heart, and his eyes flashed with irritability: "Don't even think about it, don't even think about following someone else! You are mine, and mine alone!"

How could Murong Wei escape from the man's brute force, she just felt pain in her heart, the scent that followed him like a shadow made her suddenly think of Xiao Mingrui's appearance of tossing around with other women. Feel wireless wronged.

She started to cry, and slapped the man in front of her, "Xiao Mingrui, you bastard, I'm just that easy to bully! I'm just so easy to bully, don't touch me, don't touch me with hands that have touched others!"

She cried aggrieved and sad. It turned out that she was an ordinary woman after all, and it turned out that she could not calm down after all.

Xiao Mingrui was startled, and roared: "What on earth do you want? What did I do wrong? Tell me, if I, Xiao Mingrui, have wronged you in any way, you can tell it and I will make amends to you. Are you still Are you angry, still blaming me for what happened two days ago?"

This bastard, the thief called "Stop the thief", he did something wrong, and he still blamed her!
(End of this chapter)