Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 78 Cunning
The one in the front is in his early twenties, with a calm and graceful expression, the one in the middle is eighteen or nineteen years old, with good looks, and the one in the back is 16 years old, charming and charming.

Greeting Wangfei: "Princess is here too, Jincheng, Jinyue, Jinhua..."

Only then did Murong Wei realize that these were the three princesses.

The eldest sister of the emperor, Princess Jiangdu, has passed away. The eldest princess is Princess Jincheng, who married Wang Jian, the son of Wang Yun, the hereditary commander of the Longyou Guard.

The second daughter, Princess Jinyue, married Du Hang, the son of Du Heng, the minister of Taichang Temple.

The emperor's third daughter, Princess Jinhua, was only married this year. She married Lu Zhun, the son of Lu Ping, the commander of Tengxiang Zuowei.

The princess naturally knew everyone here, and the only stranger was Murong Wei.

Several princesses came to see Murong Wei again, and they had a good time.

Concubine Chu brought a few more guests. Her natal sister-in-law, Grandma Lu San, is a hot-blooded person. She is dressed in bright red, and she looks gorgeous. The atmosphere becomes even better when she comes. All the girls seem to like her very much. .

Murong Wei observed secretly, now she just recognized the person.

Although it is said that today is just a small office and only some ordinary people are invited, there are quite a few people here.

There were also the mother family of the King of Chu, the Qian family of Concubine Duan, Mrs. Qian and her youngest daughter Youshu, and some other wives from the prince's family, including Princess Anjun, Princess Pingjun and so on.

Among these people, Princess Jing was the latest to come.

Concubine Jing's complexion was not very good, her complexion was a little pale, even the rouge could not hide her fatigue.

It was Princess Qingli who helped her to come. Murong Wei thought of Xiao Jinglan, seeing Princess Jing's expression, wondered what exactly Xiao Jinglan was talking about back then?
He is a little prince, what on earth could make him so bloodthirsty?

Murong Wei couldn't help thinking of the secrets of Prince Jing's mansion that she had heard, and looked at Concubine Jing secretly.

Princess An Jun ate the ice products and eight-color summer snacks that came up, and said with a smile: "This birthday party is really well done, and the ice products I eat taste better than those made at home."

Princess Chu arranged for everyone to sit down, and replied: "This is the prescription I asked for from my second sister-in-law, otherwise how could I choose these fresh methods?"

Princess An Jun glanced at Murong Wei, and said in surprise: "Is that so, I didn't expect Princess Luo to have such an ingenious idea."

She thought of her son's increasingly silent appearance, and sighed in her heart.

At first he refused to agree to this marriage, even though the child later found out that Murong Wei married Luo Wang, he became more and more silent.

Such a sunny and cheerful child, now he has become sensible.

Looking at it now, she thinks that this girl is really outstanding, knowledgeable and interesting, no wonder Luo Wang can like it.

Concubine Jing seemed a little tired and was still in a trance, Princess Qingli looked at Murong Wei in displeasure, her face not showing.

At the beginning, he wanted her to marry the second brother. At that time, the second brother Xiao Jinglan wanted to marry her wholeheartedly. Since King Luo issued an imperial decree about her, the second brother was very depressed for a while. Now he leaves early and returns late every day. I know what's going on.

She seems to be more beautiful than when she was at the flower appreciation banquet in Prince Jing's Mansion. At that time, she was still like a flower bone, but now she is in bud, with the first grace, and her face is even more beautiful. Presumably with the age The older you get, the more beautiful you will be.

It's just that recently my mother doesn't know why she is in a trance, and she is always easily frightened. When she saw the imperial doctor, she only said that she was frightened, and she didn't get better after taking the medicine.

Originally, it was impossible to talk about it today, and for some reason, Princess Jing later said that she wanted to come out for a walk.

Qing Li looked at her mother worriedly, Princess Chu also noticed the abnormality of Princess Jing, and asked with concern: "Auntie, what's wrong? She doesn't look very well, can I ask the doctor to take a look?"

Murong Wei looked carefully at Princess Jing. Judging from her complexion, she seemed restless and overly frightened recently.

It's just... how could a good-natured person be overly frightened?

Murong Wei was a little surprised.

"It's nothing, it's just that I didn't sleep well last night. It's very hot and I can't sleep." Princess Jing reluctantly said.

Concubine Chu didn't look well, she turned around and told the nanny to ask the doctor to be ready at any time.

The room is very cool, the girls are eating ice cream and snacks, the lady of the troupe over there brought a brochure and invited them to order a play.

Concubine Chu is the birthday star, so she ordered it naturally, and she asked the elders to order a few plays.

To be honest, Murong Wei has never liked watching operas very much, because the operas here don't know what tune they sing, and they don't understand at all.

The theater troupe first came to celebrate the birthday of Magu. Murong Wei heard that the tone sounded like Wu Nong's soft language, and she could understand it a little bit, and asked, "What kind of troupe is this? I heard it was singing Wu dialect? "

Princess Qi said: "Don't you know, this is the Longevity Class, and it came from Jiangnan."

"I don't usually listen to operas very much, but this troupe's singing is very pleasant."

There is no way, apart from watching theatre, or going to Goulan to watch theatre, storytelling, there is no entertainment.

If she didn't have things to do every day, she would be bored to death.

The troupe's singing is actually a bit like Yue opera, Murong Wei is happy to hear it, it's not easy, at last there is an opera that I can understand.

This "Ma Gu Blessing Birthday" was very lively while singing, and the girls were chatting and watching at the same time, feeling at ease.

After the play was sung, there was a gag cutscene in the middle of the play, which was quite interesting to watch.

Next is "Yutangchun", looking at Murong Wei and found that it sang "Su Sanli left Hongdong County", almost choking.

Daringly, this is Su Sanqi's explanation.

Order a play and watch a play. At noon, the troupe is dispersed, and all the girls have a banquet.

This meal was discussed by Princess Chu with Murong Wei before. It is mainly light and appetizing. I don't care about eating in summer, so eating this kind of food is also very refreshing.

All the girls also drank some plum wine, you persuaded me to drink, I advised you to eat vegetables, and it was quite lively.

Concubine Jing's expression was better, and she managed to cheer up and eat.

After dinner, Qing Li supported his mother and went back first.

"Seeing that Princess Jing's complexion is not very good, why is her complexion so bad?" Princess He was a little surprised.

"Yeah, last time I saw her, she was fine, go back and look at her." Duan Wangfei said: "She is not quite right like this."

Murong Wei closed her eyes and pondered, but she thought in her heart that this matter...was related to Xiao Jinglan.

She was startled, could he attack Princess Jing?

The nanny at the door said: "The prince is back, let's say hello to the princesses."

But no, just finished talking here, the king of Chu has already entered, dressed in crimson purple cloud dragon pattern cross-neck collar, handsome and bookish with a smile on his face, first came in to greet the two aunts and other aunts.

"Today is Wang Hao's birthday. I want to make Wang Hao lively, but she doesn't want to grow up, so I invited my family over for a light meal. This king also asks for a glass of water and wine."

Grandma Lu San joined in the fun and booed: "Water and wine are just casually asked for? Doesn't the prince give gifts to the princess? We all give gifts, so we only ask for a glass of water and wine."

Princess Duanhua said with a smile: "Yes, Brother Huang, you can't simply ask for water and wine."

The youngest Princess Jinhua is the younger sister of the King of Chu. At this moment, she took her sister-in-law's arm and asked, "Sister-in-law three, did third brother give you a present?"

The King of Chu couldn't laugh or cry, he cupped his hands and said: "My aunts, please forgive me, I dare not refuse to give gifts, dare to ask the princess to give me a glass of water."

Concubine Chu smiled and said, "Don't dare, my lord is breaking my concubine's body."

As he spoke, he personally brought the jade cup to the King of Chu: "My husband, please drink this cup to the full."

This wine is just ordinary plum wine, the alcohol content is not high, so of course it won't make people drunk.

The king of Chu drank it all in one gulp, and all the women cheered.

The jade-like face of the King of Chu was blush, and he said with a smile: "Princess and everyone, let's have a banquet here. This king has something to do, so I will take my leave first."

The king of Chu left, and the girls were in good spirits, so they ordered a play and continued watching.

Murong Wei sat for a long time, got up to go to the toilet, the servant girl of the palace led her to the clean room specially set up here for the nobles, Murong Wei went in and took a look, the floor was covered with marble, and there were pine wood toilets and other things inside. The room is fragrant, clean and tidy.

After tidying up, I came out and washed my hands with bath beans and rose water.

Lu Shao and Zhi Xia were serving her, and Lu Shao asked, "Will the princess go back to the theater now?"

Murong Wei looked around, shook her head and said: "It's no fun to sit back after eating, I see that the scenery in this mansion is pretty good, so let's take a walk around."

Lu Shao agreed, and the three of them left the clean room. The scenery near the Chonghua Hall was beautiful, but after crossing the Moon Cave Gate behind Xiuzhu, the willows were dark and the flowers were bright again.

At this moment, there are four seasons chrysanthemums in full bloom in summer. The flowers are clusters of red and white, surrounded by bees and butterflies, which is very beautiful.

A path paved with crushed stones stretches into the distance, an osmanthus tree is planted beside the path, Murong Wei stands under the tree and enjoys the chrysanthemums comfortably.

Surrounded by rockery in front, there is a stream on the rockery that forms a small waterfall and falls into a deep pool.

Murong Wei went closer to have a look at this waterfall, and found that it was different from her own.

My own home is a waterwheel, but this one somehow forms a cycle, which looks much smarter.

"What a big butterfly." Zhixia shouted.

In the blink of an eye, Murong Wei saw a colorful and beautiful big butterfly resting on a flower, the two girls became playful for a moment, eager to try to catch the butterfly.

"Okay, you go and catch it."

"Hey, maidservant is going now." The two little girls went to catch the butterfly excitedly, but the butterfly quickly ran away, and the two chased the butterfly and disappeared around the bushes in a blink of an eye.

Murong Wei turned around the rockery and saw that there were some koi carp raised in the pool under the waterfall, and they were swimming comfortably in the water at the moment, and they didn't look a little nervous when they saw people.

Murong Wei lowered her head to play with the water, and suddenly heard a conversation in the distance.

"My lord, the matter has been settled."

"En." A somewhat familiar voice came, which shocked Murong Wei suddenly.

Could it be that she heard something she shouldn't have heard again?

This voice sounds like the King of Chu, who else can be called a prince in the Chu Palace?

"Those who know, you know what to do."

"Yes, my lord, the villain has made them disappear."

The voice was so sinister that Murong Wei felt a chill in her heart. She never expected that the bookish King Chu would have such a cold side.

She shook her head and thought to herself, yes, which one of them is simple?
Growing up in the largest yard under the sun, there are so many right and wrong that it is unimaginable. They can grow up safely and live a beautiful life. How can it be so simple on the surface?
Even if you don't want to seize the heir, you have to have some strength in your hands to protect yourself.

It's just that she won't hear what she shouldn't hear, right?

It would be terrible if it was discovered.

Murong Wei cursed in a low voice, why is she so unlucky, why does it seem like she can always hear something and see something she shouldn't see every time?
Could it be that she has an accident physique and specializes in causing accidents?

It's too bad luck.

Murong Wei carefully hid on the edge of the rockery, behind the protruding stones, hoping that no one would find her.

She will never run around again in the future, lest she encounter such a thing again.

You said that these people are really, if you want to talk about something, you don't go back to your room to talk about it, you have to talk on the road?

"Very good, you have done well, go back and receive the reward."

"Thank you, Lord."

The voices of the two seemed to be heard in the distance.

Murong Wei breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to come out when she suddenly heard a low voice: "Who's there? Come out!"

Murong Wei was startled, her heart was pounding, it couldn't be discovered by such a coincidence, could it?
She held her breath and did not come out, and heard the voice of King Chu again: "I saw you, why are you still hiding there?"

He saw her?
Murong Wei's body froze, she held back her anger and thought, anyway, he can't do anything to her, even if he saw her, she didn't hear anything, it's not a secret.

She poked her head out quietly and looked outside, and she saw the King of Chu standing in the distance looking around.

"Still coming out? My lord has seen you, how long do you want to hide?"

The man's voice was very sharp, but he looked left and right, but he didn't look at Murong Wei at all.

Murong Wei stared round her phoenix eyes, narrowed her eyes slightly, and hummed, so he was cheating on her!

cunning!

Murong Wei recalled that when she first met Xiao Mingrui at Prince Jing's mansion, that guy also pretended to leave first, and then came out from another place, catching him by surprise.

Hmph, as expected of a brother, just as cunning!

Sure enough, the guy didn't see where she was at all. He looked around for a while but didn't see anyone. He frowned and left immediately.

This time Murong Wei waited for quite a while, but she didn't see anyone coming. The two girls went chasing the butterfly, and they didn't know where they went, and they haven't come back for so long.

When Murong Wei came out from behind the rockery, Shi Shiran was about to go back to Chonghua Hall first, but just turning a corner, she bumped into someone head-on.

"Finally Ken came out, huh..."

The man's voice stopped abruptly, with some surprise.

Murong Wei cursed in a low voice, looked up, and saw the King of Chu looking at her with some surprise, his eyes moved slightly.

"It's the second sister-in-law? Why is the second sister-in-law here? Aren't you watching a play in Chonghua Hall?"

As if nothing happened just now, Murong Wei said with a smile: "No, I was a little bored, so I came out for a walk, and I got lost while walking."

The king of Chu smiled lightly, and now he was a little inquiring on his usually handsome and elegant face: "Is that so, what about the maid next to the second sister-in-law, why isn't she around to serve her?"

Murong Wei frowned and said: "No, those two girls saw a butterfly and said they were going to catch it, but they didn't know where they went, maybe they lost their way. I just wanted to go back first, and then trouble someone to find it. Woolen cloth."

"Coincidentally, my younger brother was passing by here just now, and I didn't see the second sister-in-law."

"Yeah, I'm watching your rockery waterfall. We also have a waterfall like this in our house, but it's not as cleverly designed as yours. I just want to go back and ask a craftsman to renovate it."

The two of you come and go, laughing and talking, if you ignore the sharpness of each other's words, it really looks like a family.

King Chu was about to speak, when suddenly his expression changed, and his face suddenly became as pale as paper. Holding the rockery with one hand, he turned around and left in a hurry.

Murong Wei looked at him in surprise, and a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind: "What's wrong with third brother, is he sick?"

"It's okay, I'm just a little uncomfortable." He said reluctantly, but the next moment he suddenly clutched his chest and fell to the ground.

Murong Wei looked at him in surprise, he seemed to be suffering from some kind of illness.

Seeing that his qi and blood were out of order and his face was pale, it seemed that something was wrong.

Murong Wei hurriedly wanted to call someone over, but was stopped by him: "Don't call someone!"

He took something out of his chest with difficulty, but he couldn't get it out for a long time.

Murong Wei quickly took it out for him, but it was a porcelain bottle. She opened the bottle and saw that it was a pill, she poured one out and fed it to him.

The king of Chu swallowed the pill, and it seemed that he was in severe pain. He was sweating all over his body, and his clothes were already wet in a short while.

Murong Wei was startled, seeing his blue fingernails, pale face, and purple lips, she suddenly thought of something.

Heart disease?

He has heart disease?
This appearance is typical of insufficient blood supply. Could this be angina pectoris?
Not like ah.

There was no one around, only the rustling of the wind blowing through the leaves.

After he took the pill, he seemed to be getting better gradually, his breathing gradually calmed down, and his complexion was no longer so ugly.

She stretched out her hand to hold his wrist, wanting to check his pulse, but the King of Chu broke away, and a pair of painful but murderous eyes stared at her like hungry wolves.

Murong Wei's heart trembled, and the murderous look in the eyes of the person in front of her woke her up suddenly.

How could she have forgotten, this kind of thing should be a very secret thing, she has never heard anyone outside say that King Chu has a heart attack.Then it should be a secret.

That being the case, he must have been doing his best to keep it a secret.

And now that he accidentally broke his secret, would he want to kill someone to silence him?
No wonder she has always heard that the king of Chu has no intention of seizing the heir to the mountains, rivers, poems and books. Now she understands that it's not that she doesn't want to, but that she can't, right?
After all, with such a body, he might get sick and die at any time, so how can he seize the heir?

But this doesn't mean that people don't want to, otherwise why haven't people known about it?

If the emperor knew about this matter, he would really be hopeless. After all, no emperor would pass the throne to a sick son.

The most important thing to be an emperor is good health. If the health is not good, how to deal with government affairs?

And the issue of offspring is also important.

The health is not good, he died early, the son is still young, and the master is suspicious of the country, so troubles are inevitable.

Murong Wei thought that this matter was only for a moment, and seeing that the King of Chu had the intention of killing people to silence her, she took a step back: "Third brother, your second brother said he would come to pick me up, I think he will be here soon. Three Brother, you have heatstroke, I should ask someone to take you back."

King Chu's body shook, as if he had thought of something, the murderous look in his eyes subsided, he closed his eyes slightly and let out a breath, his voice hoarse: "No, I'm much better. Thank you, Second Sister-in-Law, for helping me just now."

He had a bit of self-mockery in his heart, so what if he killed someone to silence him, how long could this body last?

Anyway, it can't be cured, and it can't be done if people know about it.

The reason why the thought of killing was conceived in an instant was because people like them would not leave a handle in the hands of others.

But when she heard Xiao Mingrui mentioned just now, he thought of his second brother, if Murong Wei died in his house, Xiao Mingrui would never let it go.

That being the case, there is no need to do so.

Murong Wei also breathed a sigh of relief, only to realize that her back was covered in sweat, and she was still afraid.

If he really wanted to do it, there was no one around here, who would have thought that it was her who did it?
Murong Wei looked around vigilantly, none of these princes had fuel-efficient lamps, and now that she knew their secrets, it was not a good thing.

"I think it's better to ask someone to take you back to rest." She lowered her head to help him up, but King Chu leaned against the rockery and shook his head.

"I'll feel better in a while and go back by myself."

Murong Wei paused, since he didn't want people to know about it, she couldn't disobey him.

He leaned against the rockery, smiled self-deprecatingly, with a look of abandonment: "Do you think it's ridiculous?"

Murong Wei shook her head: "You are just sick, I think if you invite a famous doctor, you can always, always be cured."

She didn't even believe it herself.

Heart disease is an incurable disease in modern times, let alone here.

What's more, with his conditions, I'm afraid he has already seen many famous doctors. If he wants to be cured, he will be cured long ago. Can he wait until now?

"Do you believe this?" He didn't care whether his clothes were dirty or not, and his breathing was still a little rough. Looking at his nails, he felt a little disgusted.

This look annoys him, let alone others.

He didn't want people to know that he was sick, and he didn't want to see other people's sympathetic eyes.

I don't even want to see myself seeing doctors one after another like a fool, only to be disappointed in the end.

Murong Wei was silent.

Even Princess Chu didn't know about this.

Apart from his mother and concubine Duanfei, only his personal eunuch knew about it.

King Chu seems to have rarely talked about this matter with others. Now that she knows the secret, he no longer feels uncomfortable before.

"Is it present at birth?" She asked, "I don't look like it."

The King of Chu's eyes flashed: "Why, you know medical skills? I saw you just now... you want to feel my pulse?"

Murong Wei was far away from him, "It's just superficial knowledge, I learned it from a doctor at home."

The King of Chu smiled, with a bit of mockery in his black eyes: "Then you can get my pulse, now I'm not afraid of people knowing about my situation."

"If you don't want to say it, I won't tell others." Murong Wei thought for a while, and stepped forward to feel his pulse.

King Chu's complexion has improved a lot at this moment, and a pair of dark eyes on his handsome face looked at Murong Wei thoughtfully.

The young girl in front of her was like a blooming green lotus. Due to the struggle just now, a strand of black hair was slightly scattered on her temples, and her creamy snow skin was as smooth as almond tofu, revealing a healthy rosy color.

At this moment, she was seriously examining his pulse, her crescent eyebrows were slightly frowned, her summer shirt was slightly curled, and there was an indistinct fragrance from her body, that kind of fragrance was not the fragrance of flowers, it was indescribably clear and seductive.

"It's really serious. From the looks of it, it shouldn't be a disease you're born with. When did you get sick? How did you get this disease?"

Murong Wei tilted her head in doubt and asked...

The king of Chu suddenly stopped breathing. He turned his head away as if to cover up, and his voice was a little erratic: "My grandmother has a heart disease, and my mother doesn't have it. But a cousin of my grandmother's natal family died of illness when he was eight years old."

"Family inheritance? This...is not easy to handle. But when choosing a concubine, don't you have to check it out, why..."

How did you choose to enter the palace?
Every time a concubine is selected, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has to check the family's eight generations of ancestors, as well as the concubine's physical health both internally and externally.

The King of Chu smiled bitterly and said, "My mother and concubine are not sick. How did the Household Affairs Office know about this? I also had the disease when I was three years old. At that time, my concubine asked the imperial doctor to see me, so I found out."

Or invisible?
Some people have it, some people don't.

Murong Wei shook her head, she has no cure for this hereditary disease.

Seeing her shaking her head, King Chu didn't react at all.

He has seen many famous doctors over the years.

When he got sick, Concubine Duan bought a doctor to see him. Then he went out of the palace and changed his identity to ask the doctor to see a doctor. There was no good way to treat the disease.

(End of this chapter)