east wind evil

Chapter 5

Murong Li was called into the palace, this time he did not cause trouble.

Yan Wang said earnestly: "My son, I heard that you took a concubine?"

Murong snorted, which was a response.King Yan said: "Then you should also consider accepting a concubine. At such an old age, your brothers and children can memorize "The Analects of Confucius."

Murong remained silent, King Yan sighed again: "Go and see your concubine mother, she has been thinking about you."

Only then did Murong Li go to the harem, his biological mother had passed away, the concubine mother that King Yan was referring to was Concubine Shu who raised him.Concubine Shu was very happy to see him come back, so she hurriedly ordered someone to fetch fruits and snacks, still treating him as the child who didn't grow up when he was young.

After Murong Li ate two pieces of snacks, the eldest brother Murong Bo came in, and the two brothers met with a bit of stare at each other.After a long time, Murong Bo stepped forward: "Fifth, are you back?"

In front of Concubine Shu, Murong Li murmured, which was considered a promise.

Seeing that her two sons were there, Concubine Shu was overwhelmed with relief: "Li'er, I heard that you took a concubine? Why didn't you bring it to the palace for the concubine to see?"

Murong Li snorted: "What's so good about a woman?"

Concubine Shu was blocked by him. Anyway, she was used to it since she was a child, so she didn't take it seriously: "Mother and concubine have been looking forward to it for all these years, and finally you are finally willing to get married. Of course, I still want to see it."

Murong Li swallowed the dim sum in two or three mouthfuls, actually the dim sum in Concubine Shu's palace was not well made, it was too sweet, he thought.But still said: "Mother and concubine wants to see it, and I will bring it here for you to see someday."

Concubine Shu nodded, the whole palace, namely Concubine Shu and King Yan, could have questions and answers with him.

Murong Bo next to him said: "Father asked you to marry the concubine?"

Murong Li didn't listen at all, and didn't bother to pay attention.Concubine Shu said: "Your prince brother also said last time that the daughter of Fu Yushi's family is actually pretty good... I saw that girl once when she entered the palace last time. She is good-looking and has a gentle personality... ..."

Murong Li swallowed another piece of snack, felt that he had completed the task, and said: "There are a lot of trivial matters in the house, I will come to visit my mother and concubine some other day." He got up and left, Murong Bo chased after him.Concubine Shu looked at the backs of her two sons and just shook her head.

Now that King Yan has grown up, Prince Murong Shen has the support of the queen and is gradually beginning to govern.As the eldest son, Murong Bo's situation has become more and more difficult, and his other son has a heavy soldier in his hand, and is a target of envy and hatred. He is still reluctant to start a family and start a business, and he is in the same situation as his elder brother.Such two children are really like two stones pressing on the chest.

The two of them walked to the entrance of Zhanghua Hall, Murong Bo said: "Old Fifth, Concubine Mother also hopes that you will have a good family. She has been very concerned about you these years..."

Before the words were finished, Murong Li said coldly: "I used to have a family."

Murong Bo stopped, and said for a long time: "Old Five, I'm sorry."

Murong Li raised his foot and walked forward, apologizing won't bring her back to life, nor can it make me stop the pain, apology is useless.

Xi Jiange, Guan Jue sent a lot of ingredients, Xiangxiang was tongue-tied, she had never seen many things.Fortunately, Guan Jue sent two maids to help the cook.Xiangxiang stewed honeydew melon and snail meat chicken soup, which is dry in autumn and just moisturised.When Murong Li came in, the soup had just been stewed.Xiangxiang served him a cup, and it was just right for him to drink it.

Seeing that he liked it, Xiangxiang felt a little more joy in her heart. After drinking the soup, she served a few dishes.Even Xiangxiang can't make ingredients that are too expensive, but she is especially good at making tofu.She made fish-flavored tofu with her own sweet and sour sauce.Golden tofu cubes, orange carrot shreds, black fungus shreds, the juice is well harvested, and a fragrant sauce is poured on top.Murong Li had a big appetite.

This is just an appetizer. A person like him can't do without big fish and meat.So the main course is rock sugar trotters, crispy diced chicken, braised pork, and the rice is specially made with golden colorful fried rice, and a refreshing red bean cake is added at the end.They are all home-cooked dishes made by farmers, and there are no delicacies from mountains and seas, but Murong Li eats them deliciously, the man is very angry, October is still the end of summer for him, and the sweet and sour taste is very appetizing.Murong Li is a dog tongue, basically not picky eaters, but he can eat an extra bowl of rice here.When he is full, Xiangxiang will make a pot of lemon honey tea for him to digest the food and get rid of the greasy food.Murong Li himself feels that there are too many things to eat here, even if it is a dog's tongue, he is willing to come back to eat here.

In the evening, he would practice martial arts for a while, so Xiangxiang sat down on the promenade at the entrance, lit up the lampposts, prepared water and sweat towels for him, and then took out the belt that had not been embroidered during the day, and then embroidered.When Murong Li turned his head, he could see the warm light around her.Sometimes when he stopped, she would look over. In the orange light, she got up and poured him a glass of boiled water, brought it over, and wiped his sweat by the way.Murong Li frowned after taking a sip: "No wine?"

Xiangxiang's voice was soft: "Drink some water, I've already drank a lot outside."

Murong Li somehow didn't want to care about it, forget it, just drink water.

He usually practices martial arts for an hour, and the maids have already prepared hot water, and Xiangxiang takes care of him to take a bath, and when he plays tricks, he just messes with her in the bathtub.The two girls outside were waiting, and Xiangxiang's expression changed in fright.Without any scruples, he insisted on being full before he washed both of them indiscriminately and carried her to the bed.

Outside Ning Cui and Bi Zhu both lowered their heads, blushing and did not dare to look at it.Murong Li changed his clothes by himself, got on the couch, and struggled again, Xiang Xiang frowned slightly, but still catered to him docilely.His energy seemed inexhaustible, and Xiangxiang died several times overnight.In the end, I didn't want to move, and finally just slept until dawn.

In the morning, when Murong Li woke up, Xiangxiang was still sound asleep, but there were clean clothes prepared for him hanging on the hanger beside the bed.Murong Li dressed herself, and when Xiangxiang woke up when she went out, Ning Cui had come in several times to look at her, and when she saw her get up, she hurried over to help her.Xiangxiang's clothes were in disarray, and the marks on her skin were hard to hide.Ning Cui covered her mouth, blushed and just smiled.Xiangxiang weakly let her help her into the bathtub, took a bath first, washed her long hair, and spread it out to dry.Murong Li has a camel's stomach, and he will eat for a few days when he is hungry and come back to store it.

She lay down in the hot water and slept for a while before asking: "Is the master coming back today?"

Bi Zhu said: "I heard from the chief steward that King Yan sent him to the right camp to train soldiers, and he probably won't be able to come back during the day."

Xiangxiang nodded: "Let's make something to eat at noon, and you send it to him."

Bizhu pursed her lips and smiled connotatively: "Madam is still thinking about our lord."

Xiangxiang's face was slightly red, and she was a little disappointed: "I have no relatives in Jinyang City, who else can I think of besides him?"

Seeing that she was a little depressed, Ning Cui was afraid that Bi Zhu would make her sad again, so she hurriedly said: "It won't be long before Madam is pregnant with a baby, and she can also spread the branches and leaves for our lord."

Xiangxiang's face turned red immediately, and Bizhu laughed and coaxed: "That's right, I think the prince is so energetic, it's probably coming soon."

Xiangxiang was so ashamed by them that she had to turn around and say, "I want to send a letter back to Lingzhi, can you send it to the post for me?"

Ning Cui replied: "Ma'am, as long as it is finished, I will send it to the post in the afternoon."

Xiangxiang thought about it several times, and finally wrote a letter to report her safety, and Ning Cui really sent it out for her right away.She cooked in the small kitchen herself, made four dishes and one soup, and asked Bizhu to send it to Youying.

At that time, Murong Li was having difficulty swallowing You Ying's food, so Bi Zhu came over with a food box.Murong Li opened it, and saw that the rice was sweet and glutinous pineapple rice, the dishes were very simple, it was bacon fried with garlic sprouts, home-cooked fish, home-cooked tofu, plus a plate of shredded radish pancakes, and the soup was sweet corn ginkgo pork ribs soup.

It is a very simple meal that can produce a different taste.No expensive restaurant can imitate this taste.

In the evening, when Murong Li came back, Guan Jue reported to him all the accounts of the house, and he flipped through a few pages to read.There are many manors, mansions, fertile fields, pastures, and horse farms in Prince Xun's mansion, all of which he did on a whim, and he never cared about them after buying them.Guan Jue found someone to take care of it, and it has been doing well these years.Murong Li doesn't care how much money he has, anyway, he eats what he has and wears what he has, and he never cares about where the money is spent.Fortunately, Guan Jue is capable, and he rarely worries about the family affairs.

He only read a few pages of the account book, then went to Xiangxiang's yard, and saw Xijiange, where Xiangxiang was drying many red plums, and now he was using a small silver knife to cut small slits on each plum.

Murong Li was very surprised: "What is this for?"

There were beads of sweat on Xiangxiang's forehead, but there was a smile on her face: "Wine making, plum wine. You can drink it in a few months. My mother used to like to bury the inexhaustible fruits made into wine every season. Our family needs fruit wine all the time."

Murong Li frowned: "Can't buy it?"

Xiangxiang immediately stopped smiling, I...did I say something wrong?She said cautiously: "You can also buy it."

Murong Li didn't say anything anymore, he just felt troublesome and just took a sip of wine, is it such a waste of time?
Xiangxiang put down the plum and brought him a bowl of fruit milk soup.Chilled with ice for a while, Murong Li sat on the side to eat, watching her patiently slit all the plums a few times.Time seemed to slow down, Xiangxiang said: "I think the yard is too spacious, can I entrust Jue to buy some flower seeds and plant them?"

Murong Li said: "It's up to you. Just ask him to transplant some chrysanthemums over here." Isn't it time for autumn chrysanthemums to compete in beauty?

Xiangxiang said softly: "I want to grow some myself. Actually, the joy of growing flowers is not something you can experience just by watching them bloom densely."

Murong Li asked: "Isn't planting a flower to watch it bloom?" What's the difference?
Xiangxiang smiled: "Not only do I like its flowering, but I also like the process of its growth." I just prefer to see a seed emerge from the soil, slowly grow leaves, pull vines or grow taller... such a process People like Murong Li will never experience such fun, right?
Xiangxiang really planted some flower seeds in the garden, and Murong Li didn't spend much time in the mansion during the day, so he didn't care about her.If she knows the place at noon, she will send Ning Cui or Bi Zhu to deliver food, and Murong Li will usually come back for dinner.Xiangxiang prepares his breakfast and dinner very carefully.No matter how early Murong Li got up or how late he went home, as long as he came to her place, there would be hot meals.If he drank alcohol, Xiangxiang could bring out the tea soup for sobering up at any time. He didn't like to drink tea, but if Xiangxiang brought it over, he would still drink a few sips while frowning.After a long time, I didn't bother to care about what the woman gave him. Anyway, I can drink it if I ask, and she won't poison it.

Xiangxiang was very happy to receive the letter from her family, which was written to her by her father Guo Tian.Said that life at home is better now, the business of the tofu shop is very good, the family is really too busy, not only expanded the store, but also hired several helpers.My younger brother also started to go to school, clamoring to learn martial arts.A coach in the county government offered to Guo Tian that he was willing to teach Guo Yang martial arts, and other arresters also came forward.Guo Tian also asked him to learn martial arts with them, and usually went to school.The government took special care of Guo's Tofu Factory, and even exempted them from taxes.Officials and gentlemen often come to eat, and even the tofu needed by the garrison is purchased from Guojia Tofu Square.At the end of the letter, Guo Tian sighed, this can be regarded as one person attaining the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascended to heaven.Then he said, it's a pity that you are not here, the taste of the sauce is still not as good as before.

Xiangxiang was both happy and a little melancholy watching, finally someone at home was taking care of her, so she was relieved.

When Murong Li came over, he saw her laughing and crying while holding the letter paper, and he didn't understand why this woman had so many emotions.Xiangxiang quickly put down the letter paper and brought out the stewed soft-shelled turtle soup.Recently, she has been getting used to those more expensive ingredients. After all, it is not shameful to always make bacon and fried garlic sprouts for the prince.It's just that the bird's nest and so on are still practicing, and I dare not take it out for a while.Murong Li didn't care, he drank Xiangxiang when it was brought to him, and thought it was pretty good, no matter what he drank, whether it was expensive or cheap.

Xiangxiang asked the girl to set up dinner beside Xijian Pond. Murong Li had a good appetite, and said while eating: "Pingduguan officers and soldiers are changing their defenses, I'm going there soon."

Xiangxiang whispered, just thinking about her parents, she was a little distracted.Murong Li didn't repeat any more, and continued to eat.Xiangxiang picked the crabs for him and put them in a small dish: "Will you be going... for a long time?"

Murong Li thought for a while: "A few months. It takes a month to go back and forth."

Xiangxiang said softly, "Will... be in danger?"

Murong Li said: "What danger is it? It's not war."

Xiangxiang felt a little relieved, and peeled another crab for him.

Murong Li was eating, when the butler came to invite him, saying that the crown prince Murong Shen had come.He responded and threw his chopsticks out.Xiangxiang didn't expect that when he said that, he meant to go out immediately.

Murong Li really entered the palace overnight, and left Jinyang City early the next morning, heading for Pingdu Pass in the northwest.Xiangxiang was still thinking about whether to prepare something for him, or got the news from Guan Jue that the prince had already set off.

Xiangxiang really didn't know what to say, but Guan Jue smiled and said: "The prince has such a temperament, madam, please take care of me. It's not bad, I can tell you when I go out. That's called..." After thinking for a while, he suddenly felt that it was not good to mention the blue glaze in front of Xiangxiang, so he stopped talking immediately.

Xiangxiang thought it was nothing, and smiled at him: "I understand, thank you, Mr. Guan." Having said that, she was somewhat reluctant.After all, she has only one close person in Jinyang City.As soon as Murong Li left, he felt that a very important piece of life was suddenly missing, and time passed more and more slowly.Xiangxiang still plants flowers, brews wine, and does embroidery every day, and occasionally dreams of him. The 16-year-old girl even vaguely understands missing.She often wrote letters to her family. On this day, Guan Jue came over suddenly: "Mrs. Xiang, there is a brother outside who said that he is from your hometown. Entrusted by your father, I brought you some things."

When Xiangxiang heard this, she immediately asked, "Where's the person?"

Guan Jue leaned forward: "Wait in the main hall."

Xiangxiang followed him, and he said: "Madam, although you are from your hometown, you have married into the palace after all. The prince is not here, so in the future... it is better to meet these people less."

Xiangxiang hesitated for a moment and asked, "Can't we see you?"

Guan Jue said: "It's not impossible, it's just that it's rare, and it's always good for Madam. It's fine to let the maidservant meet."

Xiangxiang said, "I'll just meet you, sir, will you accompany me?"

Guan Jue said: "Try to be as brief as possible and use as few words as possible. They don't understand etiquette, even if they accidentally make a mistake and fall into the eyes of others, it will eventually cause criticism."

It wasn't until they reached the main hall that Xiangxiang realized that it was Ma Jingshan who came.

It doesn't matter to Ma Jingshan, he is an open-minded person, and the Guo family's resignation does not hinder the communication between the two families.When he saw Xiangxiang, he didn't salute. After all, he was a grassroots man, so he didn't know the court etiquette.He was about to come over immediately, and called out, "Sister Xiangxiang!"

Guan Jue immediately stopped him and said, "Brother Ma, please meet Mrs. Xiang."

Ma Jingshan was startled, but he understood for a moment, and knelt down to salute: "Ma Jingshan, a grass-roots man, has met Mrs. Xiang."

Xiangxiang was startled, and when she was about to go over, seeing Guan Jue's expression, she had no choice but to say from a distance: "Brother Ma, please get up."

Ma Jingshan smiled and said: "Your father asked me to bring you some things, you...how are you doing?"

Xiangxiang said, "It's pretty good, but it's Big Brother Laoma who came to visit."

Ma Jingshan said: "I also happened to be in Jinyang to do business, so I stopped by."

Xiangxiang asked a few more questions about the situation at home, and Guan Jue had already signaled not to talk too much, so she had to get up and let Guan Jue see off the guests.A conversation, but aroused homesickness.It is even more melancholy to think that it is not like before.

Guan Jue ordered Ningcui and Bizhu to send her back to Xijiange, and inspected the things Ma Jingshan sent her carefully, and after seeing nothing unusual, she sent her back to Xiangxiang's yard.

Guo Tian gave his daughter a lot of jewelry, saying that his family was poor in the past, and he didn't even prepare anything for a dowry.The jewels given by the lord last time were really too expensive, and I would be afraid to keep them, so why don't I pick some that she can use and give them to her.Others were played for her by her mother and sister, which can be regarded as a thought.Xiangxiang carefully put away the jewelry her mother and elder sister made for her, thinking of home, and suddenly thinking of Murong Li, who didn't know what he was doing now.

The days went by day by day, and in November, Guan Jue came to her: "Madam, do you have a letter to bring to the prince?"

Xiangxiang was surprised: "Can you bring the letter there?"

Guan Jue smiled: "Of course, there are couriers in the army, which are much faster than ordinary post stations. And the letters will not be lost."

Xiangxiang thought about it: "Aside from letters, can I bring other things?"

Guan Jue said: "Of course, madam, see what needs to be brought over, and someone will come to pick it up in the afternoon."

Time was running short, and Xiangxiang didn't have time to prepare anything, so she packed and put away the clothes, belts, purses, etc. that she had made for him these days.When I want to write a letter, I don't know how to pick up the pen.For a long time, I only wrote some trivial matters in the house, and asked if I was all right.Then he folded the letter, and if someone came to pick it up, he handed it over to the courier to bring it back to Pingdu Pass.

Things arrived quickly—arrived together with the military letter.Murong Li took the reply from the military letter, waved his hand to tell the army to put away the baggage, and never asked any more questions.

Xiangxiang knew that she could bring things there, so it was inevitable that she would spend some time thinking about it.First, the venison is sliced, marinated with carefully prepared sauce and dried to make dried venison, and some small fish are dried in the sun.When the messenger came back next time, I entrusted someone to take it with me.She still wrote a letter from home, but Murong didn't reply, and she didn't care.

Murong Li is not family-loving, since the death of his mother and concubine, he doesn't think he has a family anymore.In the past, when Lan Lan was at home, she never wrote to him—if she missed him, she would pack up by herself, whip her horse and come to the camp, and she couldn't drive her away.Blue glaze doesn't know how to take care of people, she throws away her own clothes when they are dirty, let alone broken... Now that he has arrived at the military camp, he just thinks what the hell is this food, it's like pig food!But when there is no one to eat, the pig food can only be eaten at will.Then he received dried meat and dried fish from Xiangxiangtuo's messenger.Tried one and thought it was really good.Well, fortunately, I can still point to them and live.

At the end of November, Xiangxiang became very lethargic and had a poor appetite, especially greasy and fishy.She is only a 16-year-old girl, and Ning Cui and Bizhu are not much better. What do the three girls know?They don't even care.On the same day, Xiangxiang suddenly vomited out the aroma of the food in the big kitchen, and the two of them felt bad, so they rushed to ask for a doctor.

The doctor came over to check the pulse, his brows were brimming with joy: "Congratulations madam, you are very happy!"

Xiangxiang was stunned, and it took him a long time to realize that the servants all looked very happy.Guan Jue also felt delighted, after so many years, the prince finally had a son.

Murong Liyuan is in Pingduguan, the good news can only be reported to the palace.King Yan knew about it, but Long Yan was very happy and rewarded him with many things.The Queen and Concubine Shu's rewards also arrived later. The Queen's rewards were more expensive, and Concubine Shu was more thoughtful. They were all practical things for pregnant women this month.The palace sent an imperial doctor to ask for pulse.After a lot of tossing, Guan Jue said to Xiangxiang: "Madam, please write a letter to the prince to say goodbye. The prince must be happy to know."

Xiangxiang touched her flat stomach, she was two months pregnant, but she still couldn't see anything.She blushed slightly and nodded, but she thought for a long time before writing a shy letter home to announce the good news.

Concubine Shu still loves her son, thinking that Xiangxiang is alone in the mansion, and the little girl is alone.There was no mature mother in the mansion to serve him, so he asked King Yan to take Xiangxiang into the palace to take care of him.Of course, King Yan agreed immediately, and someone from the palace came to deliver the decree in the afternoon, asking Xiangxiang to clean up, and the palace sent a car to pick him up three days later.It was the first time Xiangxiang received an imperial decree, and she was uneasy.After the imperial decree was announced, a nun from the palace came to teach her the palace rules. Xiangxiang was pregnant and had a bad appetite. Learning such complicated palace rules every day made her even more careless about eating.Mother Jiaoyin didn't ask her very strictly, but if you want to enter the palace, you can't see the queen and don't even know what gift to give, right?So she taught her in the palace all day long how to salute when she saw King Yan, queen, and concubines in various palaces.How to answer the questions of the King of Yan, how to answer the questions of the Queen, and so on.

Xiangxiang sent a letter to ask Murong Li, and cautiously mentioned if she could not enter the palace and be raised in the mansion.Every time the messengers go back and forth, besides military letters, King Yan, Concubine Shu, Queen, Murong Bo brothers also send letters sometimes.Joining the army handed the letter to Murong Li, and Murong Li pulled it out, only took out the urgent reply from King Yan, and threw all the others in the drawer, without flipping through them again.

Three days later, the palace came to drive, and took Xiangxiang into the palace.Ning Cui and Bi Zhu cleaned up for her and sent her to the carriage.Guan Jue led his servants to stand at the door, and sent her off with the etiquette of sending off his master. Knowing that the lady was timid, he comforted her: "Concubine Shu is our prince's adoptive mother, and she has always been close to him. Madam can rest assured." Xiangxiang nodded and put down the curtain, but felt uncomfortable for a while.

The car drove all the way into the palace and arrived at Zhangwen Hall where Concubine Shu lived.Concubine Shu had already cleaned up the clean room, and was already waiting at the gate of the palace. Xiangxiang was helped out of the car by the nanny, and saluted according to the rules.She smiled and stretched out her hand to support her: "Okay, you are pregnant, why do you care about these vain rituals?"

Xiangxiang was still nervous, and didn't know what to say to such a person.Concubine Shu led her all the way into the inner hall: "I've got someone to tidy it up here, you can see what's missing, and I'll let someone add it."

Xiangxiang quickly pulled back her skirt and gave a little blessing, and said politely: "Go back to Concubine Shu, it's already very good here, I don't need to work on my lady."

Concubine Shu took her into the room and sat down. She had heard earlier that Murong Li had taken a daughter of a tofu shop as his concubine.Now I understand even more that she is the daughter of a small family, but she looks good, with delicate skin, gentle eyebrows, and a very docile temperament.They are two completely different people from the previous blue glaze.In contrast, Concubine Shu liked this girl even more. Blue glaze's temperament that could push the prince's butt, was really detrimental to the royal prestige. Having a wild bull in a family is enough to cause headaches, and another... ...The more she looks at her, the more she loves her. After all, she is a concubine. Don't worry too much about her family background, as long as she is innocent—Murong Li never mentioned anything about the rebellious army.Who else dares to talk too much?Judging by this girl's complexion, the child will definitely not be much worse in the future.

Xiangxiang is always nervous in front of her, her whole body is tense, and she is very reserved when she asks a word and says a word back to her mother.Concubine Shu saw it, and only told the two older nuns to take good care of her, and let her rest by herself.

After Concubine Shu left, Xiangxiang relaxed a little bit. The two nuns are old people around the empress, and they are good at taking care of pregnant women. Concubine Shu is also relieved.However, not long after Concubine Shu left, the queen arrived at Zhangwen Hall.Concubine Shu had no choice but to accompany the queen to visit Xiangxiang.Xiangxiang had just rested, so she had to get up and straighten her clothes immediately, and knelt down to meet the queen.

The empress sat down first, and then said: "Get up, those who are pregnant, be careful. All these formalities will be avoided."

Concubine Shu accompanied her to sit at the bottom, and Xiangxiang could only stand as per the etiquette, but fortunately, the queen was still given a seat.

When Murong Li Na came in, it was just a few martial arts fussers, who didn't know the etiquette at all.Therefore, he didn't say whether he was a side concubine or a concubine, but he didn't report to Zongzheng, so of course he was a concubine.The people in the mansion don't care - anyway, it's just this master, do you care if he is a wife or a side concubine?But in the palace, this difference is very obvious.Logically speaking, if a concubine is pregnant, no matter what, she would not be able to be a queen to visit her in person, but Murong Li has been in the army for ten years and has been in charge since he was 17. Now his reputation in the army has been growing day by day.As for the queen, as the biological mother of Prince Murong Shen, no matter what, this person must be win over.

The queen was a bit guilty. When Murong Li's mother and concubine passed away early, a child was helpless in the palace. She originally wanted to come and raise her. Anyway, it is not bad for this meal. When she grows up, she will still be a dependant.Who knew that King Yan refused to allow it, and she was still somewhat displeased.Later, it was rumored that King Yan intended to be raised by Concubine Shu, and she was even more unhappy.Concubine Shu's son Murong Bo is the eldest son, and he is highly intelligent, gentle and kind, and has always been famous in the court.

If he was not born as a concubine, I am afraid that the possibility of him becoming the prince is far higher than that of Murong Shen.Now if Concubine Shu gets another child named Murong Li, wouldn't it be even more powerful?She didn't think about coming here for a while, so she found a eunuch and pushed Murong Li into Qingliangchi while the matter was still pending.Murong Li was only four years old at the time, and almost drowned in the pond.Fortunately, Murong Bo found out in time, regardless of the cold winter months, he jumped into the cool pool to fish Murong Li up, thus saving his life.King Yan stayed by Murong Li's side for several days, and when he woke up, he ordered the fifth prince to live in the Zhangwen Palace and be taken care of by Concubine Shu.Although it has never been found out who is the mastermind in this matter, how can the queen herself not be as clear as a mirror?

Now that Murong Li holds a heavy army, he has become a big tree.If Murong Shen wanted to ascend the throne smoothly, it was very important whether the big tree was willing to be a ladder or a roadblock.Fortunately, he doesn't get along with Murong Bo, even the queen thinks Murong Bo is too stupid, she doesn't cherish having such a younger brother.During the battle in Moyang City eight years ago, the King of Yan ordered him to lead a reinforcement army to support Moyang, but he was actually five days late for the sake of the people of a village.Murong Li led the army to defend to the death, almost died in Moyang, and lost his concubine Lan Yang.From then on, the two brothers became inseparable.Only then did the queen feel that she saw a little hope again, and began to win over King Xun.An adopted son is an adopted son after all, so it shouldn't be difficult to win him over, but with Murong Li's donkey-like temper, no matter how wise a person is, he will be at a loss what to do.Now that his concubine is finally pregnant, of course the queen has to try her best to show her friendliness and send them over like a stream of supplements. Why doesn't Concubine Shu know what she wants?However, after all, she is the master of the harem, so what dare she say?I just have to take good care of it.

Xiangxiang stayed in Zhangwen Hall, but there was one person who was very unhappy.Her name is Yinzhi, and she is the daughter of an old palace man next to Concubine Shu.After the old palace lady died, Concubine Shu missed her old love and kept her by her side. Although she was a maid, she regarded her as her own.When Yin Zhi was young, she often followed Murong Bo and Murong Li. She originally had a heart for Murong Li.Concubine Shu even said that if Li Er wanted to, she would marry her as a side concubine.When Murong Li left the palace to build the mansion, Concubine Shu even sent her to be in charge of the mansion, and she also regarded herself as the mistress of Prince Xun's mansion.Who knew that Murong Li had blue glaze, so he didn't care about the women next to him.No matter what she thinks of Lanya, she doesn't like it, so she can't help but catch Kong and wants to sneer, saying that Lanya is a hen that can't bear children, but can only cluck and learn to crow.Can Blue Glaze be able to hear this?Stepping forward was a big slap, and by the way kicked him.Yin Zhi covered half of his face and cried out of anger, and complained to Murong Li.After Murong Li listened, he said: "If you think the palace is not good, you can go back to the concubine mother." After finishing speaking, no matter how much she begged and begged, she was sent back to Zhangwen Palace.After Lan Zi's death, Yin Zhi once told Concubine Shu that she still wanted to go back to Prince Xun's mansion to take care of Murong Li.Concubine Shu opened her mouth to Murong Li, and Murong Li said: "For the sake of Concubine Mother, the last time I sent it back alive may not be the next time." Concubine Shu didn't dare to say anything.Now she is still serving Concubine Shu, she is 19 years old and has not yet been married.But Murong Li took another concubine and was pregnant, how could she be willing?

Xiangxiang lived in the side hall of Zhangwen Hall, and was exhausted after dealing with the ladies in various palaces for a day.She only ate a few mouthfuls of dinner, and the nuns saw that her appetite was really bad, so they had to make tea for her with dried plums.During the few days since Xiangxiang studied the palace rules and entered the palace, she almost didn't have a good rest.When the two nuns came out, they met Yinzhi.Everyone in the palace knew that Concubine Shu doted on her, so they hurriedly saluted: "Miss Yinzhi."

Yinzhi took a look inside, and snorted: "You guys are very considerate in serving you."

The two nuns didn't know what they did wrong, they glanced at each other, and said hesitantly: "This is Prince Xun's concubine, the empress ordered you to take good care of it..."

A hint of malice flashed in Yinzhi's eyes: "I'm just a concubine, but is it worth being so careful?"

The two nuns wanted to talk again, but she had already turned and walked away.

The next day, Yinzhi asked Concubine Shu specifically, saying that she wanted to go to the side hall to accompany Xiangxiang.Concubine Shu knew that she still didn't give up on Murong Li, so she could only say: "Go ahead, you can talk to her. I see that every time I pass by, she is always nervous. This is the first child, so it's not good to always be like this. Take care of me more." She thought to herself, if Yin Zhi can make friends with Xiang Xiang, and Xiang Xiang says a few words in front of Murong Li, Yin Zhi must have a chance if she wants to enter the palace.She felt that she understood Murong Li's personality to a certain extent, and if she didn't agree, she would not take it to her mansion.

When Xiangxiang woke up, the sun was already high.The kitchen didn't bring breakfast, so the two nuns went to rush for it.The person at the other end was also very embarrassed, and privately said that Miss Yinzhi had said that she would deliver the meals here by herself in the future.The two nuns didn't dare to rush her, and Yinzhi didn't bring her breakfast until it was almost noon.It was already completely cold, and there was no place in the hall to warm it up. Xiang Xiang didn't want to eat it at all, and now he couldn't eat it even more.It wasn't until lunch and dinner were delivered late that she felt sad.Those cold meals are sometimes even messed up.Whenever the nuns had any objections, Yinzhi would stare and scold them.

Xiangxiang didn't understand why, she didn't have anyone acquainted in Zhangwen Palace, and no one would tell her this.In order to let her have a good rest, Concubine Shu stopped coming here.Sometimes the queen would send the girl in charge to come over to take a look, but it was just a few polite greetings.After all, she is just a concubine with a low status, and it is a process to be in charge of a court lady.Who would have thought that a soft-hearted person like Concubine Shu would treat Murong Li's pregnant concubine harshly?
Xiangxiang entrusted messengers to deliver three letters to Murong Li camp in two months, but there was no single word reply.The number of times was too many, and the soldiers knew that he didn't read family letters, so they didn't bother to pass these letters in front of his eyes to be annoying, and put them directly in the letter box every time.

(End of this chapter)