Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 96 Before the Storm
Seeing Murong Wei's eyes, Lu'er knew what she meant, and nodded in agreement.

"Nuhong, you told me about my mother, what is your plan?"

Seeing that Murong Wei didn't look displeased, Nianhong knew that she was not angry, so she said, "Your servant, I just want a place to settle down. If the princess is worried about your servant, you can go to work in the sewing room."

The corners of Murong Wei's lips curled up. The Da Furen arranged for such a person for her, but could she have imagined that this person would turn back in a short time?
It's just that at Murong's house, she won't do anything.

This snuggle red didn't do anything, and she didn't have that chance.

Now that she has surrendered, Murong Wei will not be stingy.

"You also know my concubine's temper. If you do things obediently, this concubine will not treat you badly in the future. As for the careless thoughts that should not be, I will put them away for this concubine."

Seeing what she said, Nian Hong was ecstatic in her heart, bowed down and said: "My servant thank you for your life, this servant will definitely do well for her, and I will cut off contact with Da Furen from now on."

Murong Wei waved her hand: "No, my concubine doesn't want you to cut off contact with your mother. From now on, you can continue to communicate with your mother. You can only say what I tell you."

Nian Hong immediately understood that Murong Wei was planning to become her spy instead.

But after she said these words, although she also got Murong Wei's guarantee, she also had the possibility of becoming a concubine.

Looking at it these days, she still had some ideas, but that day she was directly hit by Xiao Mingrui's cold "Have I seen it?"

In addition, after observing her, she is also good at observing words and expressions, and she feels more and more that the princess is not a woman who can tolerate others.

She couldn't allow the prince to be with other women.

Although this idea may be unthinkable, it is obviously possible.

If the princess was such a jealous woman, she would not dare to stroke her beard anymore.

The prince didn't look like he liked her either.

And her original identity is also embarrassing, now she can only do something strange.

"Xiangtao, send her back first, and wait for me to check some things."

Xiangtao looked at Nunhong with contempt, snorted, and sent her back to her place of detention.

When Mother Zheng came in, Murong Wei asked her to check some things.

These are not very secretive, but coincidentally, the one who lived nearby and had the opportunity to enter the red room that day was Zhixia who lived not far from her residence.

Zhixia and Aichun live together, and their relationship has always been very good.

Aichun didn't go back that day, most of the others were doing work, only Zhixia went back once in the afternoon because she was not on duty.

After hearing such a result, Murong Wei also remained silent.

Seeing her silence, Mother Zheng said in a low voice, "Wangfei, do you want to interrogate Zhixia?"

"No need for the time being, let Nianhong come out, and this concubine will see what they have to do if they can't succeed."

Most of Murong Wei's thoughts are now on Xiao Mingrui's affairs. As for the selection of candidates for the inner house's inner treasury and the clothing bureau, she has spent a lot of effort. As for the affairs between women, she just takes a look at it.

She picked up a few pieces of paper and looked at them, a little dissatisfied: "This Wei Bin gave this kind of thing? Does he know so little? Does he have something to hide?"

Madam Zheng took the confession sent by Wei Bin, and wrote about many illegal things that Madam Ling's family had done over the years.

It's just that Murong Wei read it again, and found that although there were a lot of evidence, it was not strong enough for Xiao Mingrui to make up his mind to let Nanny Ling be raised in the house.

How could Xiao Mingrui not know if it was just embezzling usurers, or taking some money?
"That's right, I'm afraid that this old servant will not stop?"

Murong Wei sneered: "This old fox, I'm afraid he doesn't know the pain until he suffers a little bit."

Nanny Zheng nodded and was about to speak, when she saw Qingqiu coming in a hurry.

"Princess, slave..."

Qingqiu looked around and saw that the other three people in Chunxiaqiudong were not there, only the concubine and a few of her confidantes were in the room, so she got bolder and knelt down and said: "Your maidservant has something important to report!"

Murong Wei is funny, why have so many people reported important matters to her recently?

"Do you have anything to report?"

Qingqiu looked around, hesitated to speak.

Murong Wei was curious about what she wanted to say, picked up the teacup and skimmed off the foam, and said lazily: "This room is full of my confidantes, just tell me what you want."

Qingqiu's eyes flashed with excitement, and he said mysteriously: "The matter I want to talk about... I'm afraid it's very secretive, and it's about Nanny Ling."

Murong Wei narrowed her beautiful eyes, put down the teacup, and a sharp light swept across her: "Really, let's hear it."

"Does the princess know that Nanny Ling has two granddaughters?"

"Slave servant... I know something. Mother Ling and her two granddaughters, one is her own granddaughter and the other is her grandniece. They are both beautiful girls. Mother Ling thought that she should not have thought about it. The granddaughter made me a concubine for the prince."

Murong Wei was greatly surprised, and looked at Qingqiu with a little surprise.

She didn't expect Qingqiu to actually say this.

Seeing her interested gaze, Qingqiu plucked up his courage and said: "This servant just happened to know something. Mother Ling has been very dissatisfied since the princess entered the mansion, and has always wanted to provoke the relationship between the prince and the princess, and make conditions for her granddaughter to be in power. Are you I know, the prince respects her very much. If she really spoke, maybe the prince would not refuse to accept them as concubines, and maybe the status would not be low. But the prince has always loved the concubine, and they couldn't find a chance. So, until one time The prince went to Aunt Zhang's place, and Nanny Ling bought Wei Bin's manager and the people around the prince, that is, the little plum, to replace the sachet that Aunt Zhang often wears for the prince. It was because the princess wanted to create a rift between the prince and the prince. .”

Murong Wei's heart was filled with huge waves, she never thought that the one who tampered with Xiao Mingrui that time was actually Nanny Ling?

She really didn't think of it.

Murong Wei's face turned cold, there was a kind of calm before the storm, but it made people feel boundless cold.

"Where did you know this!" Murong Wei's eyes were as sharp as a knife: "How do you know such a secret thing?"

It is impossible for her to listen to Qingqiu's one-sided words.

But few people knew about that incident, and not many people knew the real reason for her conflict with Xiao Mingrui.

If Qingqiu hadn't really heard something, he definitely couldn't give such a reason!

Nanny Ling, did she really do this?
It made her feel weird at all.

Does Ling Momo think that with such a thing, she can shake Murong Wei's position?
Why did she think that she would have conflicts with Xiao Mingrui because of women's affairs?

She has never told anyone about the tacit understanding and agreement between herself and Xiao Mingrui.

Did she really show such a strong possessive desire?
Murong Wei's heart fluctuated, but no matter what, she was still able to keep asking calmly at this moment.

"Slave... One of my cousins ​​has a good relationship with the maid of Madam Ling's granddaughter. Yesterday, when they were arguing about preparing for the Qixi Festival, they got drunk. The cousin heard what the maid said, and she made a lot of troubles. Speak out. My cousin has the best relationship with me, she is a person who can't hide her words, so she told me."

Murong Wei's eyes flickered. Although Nanny Ling was a servant in the mansion, her family's life was definitely much better than that of ordinary stewards.

No, Xiao Mingrui specially assigned some slaves to serve him.

"How did that maid know about such a thing?"

"She is the personal maid of Yuanyuan, the grandniece of Ling Momo. She only knew about it once she heard the conversation between Ling Momo and Ling Youcai. But if she wasn't drunk, she wouldn't talk nonsense. Yes. The maidservants absolutely did not lie, the princess can testify to my cousin about this matter. And..."

Qingqiu paused, seeing Murong Wei's complexion getting serious, she said: "I also heard from my cousin that they bribed the people around the princess and tampered with her."

Murong Wei closed her eyes, and Madam Zheng couldn't restrain herself anymore: "Who is that person?"

"Yes..." Qingqiu thought about his future, and thought that the girl might not be able to escape sooner or later, so he said hard: "It's sister Zhixia."

Xiangtao yelled "Yeah", and quickly covered her mouth.

Although Murong Wei had already guessed something, she was still silent when she heard it.

Is it really Zhixia?

That girl, who usually looks so innocent and cute, could she be such a scheming woman?

Mother Zheng turned around and said to Murong Wei: "Look, servant girl, the princess should send someone to call Zhixia over immediately. It seems that she is short of money at home recently. If it is for this reason, it is very likely. Just a little incense is not enough to make the princess If something goes wrong, if the servant looks at those things, the little girl may think that she will not harm the princess."

Murong Wei sneered and said: "No, it's just that it will make this concubine unable to conceive for a while. After a long time, it will become sick."

She thought of the evidence sent by Wei Bin today. As the steward of the internal treasury, Wei Bin obviously participated in this matter, or he thought it was okay and gave some help.

However, he did not write down this matter in his testimony, obviously concealing a lot.

Although she said that no one was allowed to visit him, but looking at the current situation, it was obvious that someone gave him a pass.

This person doesn't think about her.

Seeing her say these words, Qingqiu felt uneasy.

She... was just lucky, and she and her cousin heard about it by chance.

When she learned of this, she immediately realized that this was a good opportunity.

The cousin had a drink with Yuanyuan's maid last night, although she didn't hear what the maid said, but it doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter if she said it or not, as long as she told the princess about it, then she said it.

She and her cousin worked together to get rid of their current status, strive for the top, and get rewards. This move will definitely lead to heaven in one fell swoop.

And when something like this happened, Nanny Ling shouldn't think about being able to stay in the palace.

After hearing Qingqiu's words, Murong Wei believed most of them.

Judging from the previous signs, it is true that there are not many people who can play tricks around Xiao Mingrui, and Nanny Ling definitely has that ability.

If she has two more beautiful granddaughters, then everything will be quite reliable.

Moreover, if she were, she would definitely be able to get some high-quality fabrics.

"Princess, this servant will bring Zhixia's little hoof here now!" Xiang Tao said angrily.

Murong Wei said coldly: "No need, now this concubine doesn't want to startle the snake."

She didn't plan to deal with Nanny Ling immediately, if Zhixia was theirs, wouldn't this be a shocker.

That is very bad.

"Qingqiu, you have done a good job in this matter. This concubine also wants a loyal servant girl, as long as you do it well, in the future..."

Qingqiu was overjoyed: "Thank you, Princess!"

"Your cousin, you made her sick, don't let her tell anyone about it."

"Yes, the servant understands."

Murong Wei rewarded her with a pair of bracelets inlaid with gold and jade, and Qingqiu left happily with a smile on her face.

Madam Zheng frowned and said, "How does the concubine plan to deal with Nanny Ling? She is so courageous that she dares to deal with you like this..."

Murong Wei picked up some cold Longjing and tasted it, "Nurse, don't be in a hurry. You go and find out who has been close to Wei Bin recently. In addition, this concubine will go to the prison to have a good meeting with Wei Bin in person."

Lu'er hurriedly said: "Princess, how can you go to the pickling place with such a noble status, servant girl look..."

Murong Wei waved her hand and said: "No need to say more, this concubine wants to go in person."

She won't let people tip off, since there are nails in the yard, she naturally won't let people tip off and cause Wei Bin to die inexplicably.

Who did it, probably no one knows better than Wei Bin.

As for Nanny Ling.

The corners of Murong Wei's mouth turned up, she'd better behave herself, and don't do anything else.

Her temper is actually not very good, and she will not always tolerate other people's faults.

If you offend her, you should have the consciousness to accept revenge!

She will arrange the layout from now on, and before that, arrange the affairs of the palace one by one, so that it is possible to do things well.

The next day, Niu Hong was released.

Everyone didn't know why she was released, but seeing Nugget Hong's proud look, it was obvious that the princess no longer doubted her.

The little concubine who came to pay her respects early in the morning saw the appearance of Nian Hong, her eyes flickered, as if she was thinking about what Murong Wei was trying to do with this action.

Murong Wei didn't cancel the rules, nor did she say that she didn't find out the real culprit, she wasted so strangely, she didn't know what she wanted to do.

The concubines stood aside to pay respects to Murong Wei, waited on Murong Wei's daily life, and took away the work of the maids.

"It will be Qixi Festival soon, and the house will be busy. How are you preparing, sisters?"

Su Mei whispered: "The concubine is ready."

Zhang Yuqian said: "My concubine still has to lead the lowly concubines to worship the moon."

Murong Wei said lightly: "Yes, I'm afraid that this concubine will have to enter the palace that day, and I'm afraid she will be late when she comes back."

Liu Yue complimented her with a smile: "Wangfei just go, the servants will wait for Wangfei to come back to preside over it. At that time, I have to beg for a coincidence and thank you to Qiniangniang."

Murong Wei ate a crystal mushroom steamed stuffed bun, chewed it slowly, and said after a long while, "Then I'll have to thank my sisters, and then there will be a begging meeting to see who is the most ingenious."

"Of course the princess is the most ingenious."

The concubines complimented her.

Xiangtao curled her lips and thought to herself: These people are really good at flattering, what a pity, if you flatter again, my lady won't like you any more.

"My sisters don't have to stay here all the time, my concubine has to go out, so you sisters can go back."

Murong Wei chased them away, and changed into an ice-green gauze shirt with twigs and white peony makeup, a gauze skirt, and black hair pulled up in a ponytail. Emerald green heart, a few small rose beads, red gold hollowed-out luan bird earrings.

There is a pair of glass bracelets inlaid with blue diamonds printed on the wrists. The white wrists are slender, just like a tender lotus root.

When Murong Wei went out, she saw that Zhixia was still teasing the little parrot with a smile as usual, her eyes darkened.

She already knew that Wei Da from the incident office had approached Wei Bin.

Before Wei Da's actions this time, he had come into contact with people around Ling Youcai.

In this way, it is clear who made Wei Bin say these words.

If Wei Bin didn't know some of their pivotal weaknesses and asked Wei Daxu to give Wei Bin certain benefits, otherwise, with Wei Bin's righteous indignation at that time, I am afraid that he would never let go of the opportunity to slander Nanny Ling so easily.

can be what?
For life, for money.

He knew what was going on without thinking about it.

It's just that this matter is an internal conflict, and she won't let people mess up the house.

What is more important now is Xiao Mingrui's matter.

As for the internal conflicts, she will solve the external conflicts by the way.

Murong Wei took the car to Chu Wangfu.

Concubine Chu was dealing with matters at home, when she heard the maid said that Concubine Luo was here, she was stunned: "Why is the second sister-in-law here? Oh, I forgot, I told her that day to discuss the matter of appearance."

She didn't expect Murong Wei to come in person.

Princess Chu liked the screen that Murong Wei gave her on her birthday, so she asked Murong Wei to discuss the matter of being a female celebrity.

Murong Wei is only good at designing some unique patterns, if she is allowed to do it herself, it will not be very good.

It's just that today he came to Chu Wang's mansion, but the drunkard's intention was not to drink.

As soon as Murong Wei arrived at Prince Chu's mansion, she also knew that it was impossible to take the initiative to talk to King Chu about something, which was inappropriate.

After all, the identities of the two parties, one is the sister-in-law and the other is the younger brother-in-law. She and the sister-in-law pass the door and don't talk to the younger siblings, so what do you want the younger brother to do?
It's easy to say it, but it doesn't sound good.

It's just that the King of Chu will not be ignorant of recent events. She came to the door on her own initiative. If he was more careful, he might be able to guess that she came here on purpose.

She never doubted the IQ of these princes.

When Murong Wei saw Princess Chu, she said with a smile, "The third siblings are leisurely at home, and I'm so busy."

Princess Chu wore a plum red tangle of lotuses covered with golden sleeves, and an ice blue seahorse Chaoyun skirt. After hearing her words, she said angrily, "Second sister-in-law, don't laugh at me, I am busy every day." It's so frustrating."

"Now that the prince is not in the capital, I have to make up my mind on a lot of things. I can't compare to you. Now I am in a hurry with some things. I can't just come to you to talk about it."

The two sat as the guest of honor, Princess Chu persuaded: "Isn't the second sister-in-law worried about the second brother? I don't think the second brother will be in any danger in Yingtian Mansion. After all, he is also a prince and prince. Who would dare to let him go?" Involved in danger? After a while, she will always come back. The second sister-in-law is probably newly married, or..."

Murong Wei's face was a little shy: "Although I am a sister-in-law, you also know that I am younger than you. My younger siblings don't dislike me as a female celebrity. I still want to ask my younger siblings for advice on housekeeping."

When Princess Chu heard what she said, she thought she was being embarrassed by the concubine's room in the mansion, so she retreated to the left and right, and asked, "What did the second sister-in-law say? But what's the trouble?"

Murong Wei sighed: "Actually, it's not a big deal."

Concubine Chu saw that she hesitated to speak, but of course it was not easy to tell her sister-in-law about such things.

Doesn't saying it prove that you are incompetent?
Seeing her very embarrassed look, Princess Chu smiled, and her eyes moved: "Second sister-in-law, tell me, it will come out of your mouth and into my ears, and no third person will know."

Murong Wei seemed to have made up her mind, and said: "Actually, it's not a big deal. It's just that I have encountered a difficult problem recently. I don't know how to deal with it now. I have the best relationship with my third sibling, so I can only ask you for advice." "

"The third younger brother and sister are also shrewd people, so I wonder if you can give me some advice?" She paused and said, "If there are two forces now, both of them are under my control, but now they are all fighting and making trouble. Don't let it go, if you are the third sibling, how do you deal with it?"

Princess Chu heard what she said, thinking that she had heard her meaning clearly.

When Murong Wei said that, she was probably talking about the concubines in the palace, right?
Could it be that there are two forces fighting now, which makes her more troubled?
Or are you talking about something else?

Unless you can't figure out what she means for a while, if it is said that the concubines are fighting, this situation is actually good for the mistress.

If they fight with each other, they all have to curry favor with being the mistress, and as long as they use a little tricks, they can even be wiped out.

But if you want to balance in the backyard, it's not bad.

The way of an emperor cares about balance, why not the way of wives and concubines?

Even Princess Chu also has the practice of supporting one faction and attacking the other in the backyard.

She raised the corners of her lips, patted Murong Wei's hand and said, "If that's the case, Second Sister-in-law doesn't have to be too upset. If this is the case, if Second Sister-in-law doesn't want to catch them all, then it's better to attract a third force to come in, so that we can let There's a balance of power."

Murong Wei's eyes flickered: "What if I want to fight against one faction?"

"Then let this third force increase to the people you want to help, and that's enough."

Murong Wei smiled and said: "The third younger sibling is still smart, I know. I'm the one who got the picture."

Concubine Chu said secretly: "You, it's better not to indulge some people. If possible, it would be better to clean up together."

She knew that Princess Chu guessed that she had gone to another place.

But it doesn't matter.

Even if she didn't know what she was talking about, the king of Chu would definitely understand.

"I brought some tricks, let the third brother and sister have a look."

Murong Wei called the maid to come in.

The two discussed for a long time, Murong Wei saw that it was getting late, got up and said, "I'm planning to go back, it won't be Qixi Festival soon, I have to enter the palace."

"Yeah, I also have to prepare, and the queen mother has to go and see."

Murong Wei left with a smile.

Princess Chu took the flower she gave and looked at it, pondered for a moment, but she didn't quite understand what Murong Wei was thinking.

At noon, the king of Chu came here for dinner, and asked casually, "Is the second sister-in-law here?"

"Yeah, send me some flowers, the second sister-in-law's craftsmanship is really good." Princess Chu naturally didn't intend to talk to him about women's private affairs.

The King of Chu paused, and after finishing his meal, he asked again, "What did she tell you?"

Princess Chu was taken aback when she saw his seriousness, not knowing why he said that.

Thinking of what Murong Wei said, I always feel that it has a lot of meaning.

Princess Chu immediately told King Chu what Murong Wei said.

Chu Wang Junxiu's black eyes were full of concentration at the moment, "Did she say that?"

"Yes, my lord, but what's wrong?"

King Chu shook his head: "It's nothing, maybe I was thinking too much."

He pondered in his heart, Murong Wei came here at this time and said such words again, the target must be him.

But, what does she mean by saying that?
The eldest brother and the second brother fought and fought non-stop, and he had no intention of getting involved in their fight.

She came... Could it be that she wanted to coerce him?

King Chu's heart fluctuated, did she think that if she got his secret, she could coerce Xiao Mingji to work for her second brother?
When the King of Chu thought of that woman, her bright beautiful eyes and the words she said that day appeared in front of his eyes.

She said she would not tell anyone, and she also gave him a prescription, which was indeed useful, at least he felt much better recently.

No... she would not be such a person.

The king of Chu remembered that it was Qixi Festival soon, so he could still find a chance to meet her when he entered the palace.

(End of this chapter)