The little lady in the palace

Chapter 198 Depression
When she knew that the other party was actually from Prince Yi's residence, Xiangying was a little confused.This shock lasted for many days, she was immersed in it, and she didn't even dare to say a word, until she heard that Meng Shiqi was going to guard the tomb.

"Shouling?!" She looked in surprise at the maid who was blowing medicine for her by the couch, and the maid looked cold and cold: "Yes, no one in the mansion has ever been to a place like Bada Hutong. Second Young Master Not only did he go but also caused such a thing, the prince is naturally very annoyed."

Then the maid looked at her, with a bit of contempt and resentment, and said: "Our second son has never suffered such a hardship since he was a child. Miss, you are really capable."

Xiangying was speechless, she suddenly felt that it was completely wrong for her to propose to come to the palace regardless.

That day, she was terribly frightened by Jin Yiwei's sudden arrival, and there were only two thoughts left in her heart that became clearer - one was to leave Yingyue Tower, and the other was to keep this child.

Meng Shiqi was so pleasantly surprised when he found out that she was pregnant, and so was she. They all looked forward to the birth of this child.

But after arriving at the palace these few days, she gradually felt that what she said that day was probably irrational.She heard many things in the east courtyard, not counting the one she just heard, there are many more.

For example, everyone is saying that she must have colluded with Yingyuelou to blackmail the palace, and she is sure that the second son is kind, otherwise, how could the brothel allow the girl in the building to be pregnant so easily...

She can say that she is really wronged without blinking an eye, and she really did not collude with Yingyuelou.However, she was not sure if she was being used by the madam to blackmail the palace.

Thinking of this link, no matter what the truth is, it doesn't matter anymore.The more she thought about it, the more she believed it was true, and the more she believed it was true, the more she felt a sinner.

Xiangying became more and more reticent.If no one asks her anything, she can go a whole day without saying a word.Such a day seems to be the same every day, unchanging, not bad, but there is really no hope for it.

In the northern suburbs of the capital, it took several days for Meng Shiqi to hear that Xiangying had been brought back to the mansion.He only felt the haze in his heart suddenly cleared up, and he breathed a sigh of relief, but instead, intense thoughts surged up.

In the past five years, seeing Xiangying was a routine thing for him.When he went to Bieyuan to escape the summer heat or went to other places for fun, he always looked forward to seeing her again, and the feeling of anticipation was very interesting.

He has been used to bringing her a copy of everything interesting he sees outside, from dim sum and candies to fabric jewelry later.He likes to bring these things to her immediately after returning to the capital, to see her reaction and joy on her face.

But this time, the longing became extremely sour.Because after he returns to Beijing, he may not be able to see her again, even if she is now in the palace, in her home.

"Hey, Ah Qi." A wine cup full of wine was handed to him, and Meng Shiqi raised his eyes to see that it was Uncle Ten.

Uncle Ten has been guarding the mausoleum here...for eight or nine years, and later his eldest son also came here, and never returned to the capital. Now Uncle Ten looks very old.

Meng Shiqi took the wine cup but didn't drink it, and kept silent while holding it in his hand.Meng Junhong pulled the stool over and sat down. He opened his mouth and laughed at him: "I told you to come here anyway. If the emperor is careless, he should send your father or your third brother over."

Meng Shiqi frowned, slandering that this tenth uncle really can't speak.

Meng Junhong ignored his expression, and continued on his own: "You are really capable, dare to go to the Bada Hutong? Hey, if you are really good at this, raising one outside is better than going there Ah, that place is too eye-catching."

"Uncle Ten, stop talking!" Meng Shiqi put the wine cup aside irritably, stood up and glared at him, his face flushed red, "It's not what you think! Xiangying...Xiangying is not that kind of person! "

"Xiangying? That's a nice name." Meng Junhuai sneered, then sighed and shook his head, "But... Poor, I heard that she entered your palace? You go and find out about those who were taken in by the clan earlier. What will happen to Liuying, tsk...don't be annoyed by Uncle Ten, Uncle Ten will give you a piece of advice, if you really want her to live longer, don't even try to see her when you go back."

"I don't care about you!" Meng Shiqi slammed the door and walked out.Behind him, Meng Junhong drank his wine and sneered to himself.

He also said that those brothers who stayed in Beijing are living smoothly, it seems that they still have their own affairs.

——He comforted himself talking to himself, as if he felt a little more comfortable in his heart, he took another sip of wine leisurely, and stopped talking about this matter.

In the blink of an eye, another new year passed, and when the weather turned warmer in February, Lan Jing and Tan Yu's marriage was officially mentioned in the Ministry of Rites, and an auspicious date began to be determined.

But before the auspicious date was set, news came from the east courtyard that Xiangying was about to give birth.

Yu Yin calculated that she was only eight months pregnant, and she was born prematurely. Fortunately, a few hours later, the East Court came to report and said that everything was fine.

Xiangying gave birth to a daughter, who was born prematurely, so the weight was lighter, but the doctor said there was no serious problem, and it was just a matter of giving birth and taking care of it.

After the baby was born, You Shi took a look at it, and asked to take him to Ah Li's residence in the west, and let the couple take care of his younger brother first.After all, Ah Qi hasn't come back yet, even if he comes back, Youshi is not at ease to let him take care of the child.

No matter who the child's mother is, she will not be wronged in the slightest.The nanny and maidservants are all prepared according to the regulations, and the mansion will respect her as a young lady.If Meng Shiqi has a title of title in the future, she will not be missing from the title that should be bestowed on the juniors in the palace.

As for Xiangying, she was "invited" out of bed early in the morning on the fourth day after giving birth.

She changed her clothes and went out to answer the question. Liang Guangfeng, the eunuch in charge of the East Courtyard, sized her up and said flatly, "You will be responsible for sweeping the yard in the future, and you will be on duty overnight during your shift. You don't need to intervene in other matters. Just go with it."

"Yes." Xiangying deserved to be very flat, with no fluctuations in her expression, as if nothing mattered.

In the main room, Youshi couldn't help feeling disgusted whenever he saw the figure in the yard for several days.

Luo Xiangying had a delicate and delicate face, which made her often inexplicably think of Mrs. Xie in the main courtyard. The more she looked at it, the more she felt that such a delicate appearance was specially used to attract men's affection, and she could not blame men for being unable to bear it.

The prince is, and so is Ah Qi.

The dark fire in Youshi's heart could not be suppressed, he wanted to vent his anger on Luo Xiangying, and even more wanted to throw her into the main courtyard to embarrass the princess.Luo Xiangying couldn't stand it, she had been like a lump of elm wood since she gave birth, she accepted the punishment and accepted the punishment, and she didn't have a big reaction when she was asked to kneel outside for a whole night, which made You Shi neither feel that she was angry, nor could she say anything about her Disrespect pushed her to the main courtyard.

After a full 20 days, Youshi could be regarded as waiting for the opportunity to add nausea to the main courtyard.

When the little cloth tiger who was only half done was presented to her, she sneered and turned to look at Luo Xiangying, who was escorted in: "The workmanship is good. But I heard that you personally gave the The princess promised not to let the child recognize you, so the princess brought you back. Now that you have come out like this, you have a lot of heart."

"...side concubine." Xiangying couldn't help but panicked.This is different from the side concubine who usually picks her faults. No matter how sad the flesh and blood are, it is only a word, but when the child is involved, she is worried that it will cause big trouble.

Xiangying was at a loss for a while, then hurriedly knelt down: "Your servant... I didn't want the children to know that this was done by my servant. I just want to..."

"Whatever you say." Youshi looked at her, "Anyway, your promise was not made to me, and it wasn't my face that you slapped."

Then she raised her eyes: "Take her to the main courtyard and hand it over to the princess."

Xiangying raised her head in great fear, but she was only taken aback for a moment, and the fear disappeared without a trace.

She couldn't seem to grasp the feeling of fear, and when they dissipated, she didn't even know what was scary.She just felt that her heart was very empty, as if she had nothing, couldn't bear anything, didn't care about anything, and had nothing to care about.

In the main courtyard, Yu Yinyuan was sorting out Lan Jing's dowry list, adding something to the list from time to time.Hearing that the East Court had brought Xiangying over to question the crime, he couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

Xiangying should still be in confinement, why ask...?
She first briefly asked about the whole story, and Mammy Rui went out to ask the people from the east courtyard, and then came back to report.After hearing this, Yu Yin frowned for a while, feeling that You Shi was a bit harsh, but it cannot be said that You Shi did something wrong.

Ah Qi is Youshi's own son, so Youshi is naturally more nervous.She thought it was inevitable to completely break off the relationship between Luo Xiangying and the child, after all, the longer it dragged on, the harder it would be to figure it out.

Yu Yin could only say: "Let's keep her, let the side concubine rest assured, and only let her be in the main courtyard in the future."

Nanny Rui folded out again, but after a while, she brought Xiangying into the house together.Xiangying bowed and bowed, Yuyin almost didn't realize it all at once.

——The last time she saw Xiangying was in Yingyue Tower, she remembered that she was a delicate and delicate girl, not very beautiful but fair and juicy.Now I see that he is dry and thin, and there is no luster in his eyes, and he is a completely different person from before.

So Yu Yinben wanted to mention a few words to her, but now she couldn't say anything to blame, she hesitated, and only ordered: "Let Shan Shan clean up a room for her."

Then there was no movement in the room, Xiangying knelt motionless until Shan Shan came in to call her, then she kowtowed to Yu Yin and left with Shan Shan.

Yu Yin looked confused, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, and soon she guessed wildly, thinking that You Shi had treated her badly.

She also imagined before that Youshi might not like Xiangying, after all, she is a brothel girl, if Azuo and Ayou provoke such a person, she would not like it either.

But... don't go to this point!

More than 20 days after giving birth, it seems like a different person from head to toe?You Shi is torturing her to death? !
"Call a nurse to take a look at it later. If you want supplements, tell the dining room directly." Yu Yin pondered and gave another order.She weighed the scale in her heart, and felt that although she couldn't flatter Xiangying, she couldn't grind people to death like this.

In a wing room on the west side of the main courtyard, Xiangying listened distractedly to Shan Shan's description of where the various living things were placed. Get up some spirits.

It wasn't until Shan Shan was about to leave that she suddenly came back to her senses and stretched out her hand: "Aunt Shan Shan..."

"Hey." Coral turned around, "What's the matter? Tell me."

"I..." Xiangying was startled, and asked her, "What kind of work do I do?"

"Work...?" Shan Shan looked at her amusedly, "You haven't given birth yet, and you plan to do such a job? Let's take care of it first, and it won't be too late to talk about it when the time comes."

After she finished speaking, she wanted to leave again, but Xiangying stopped her again: "Auntie, don't..."

Coral frowned, Xiangying retracted her hand and lowered her head: "The servant is in the east courtyard... I have been doing things as usual for a long time, and the princess probably doesn't want to see the servant idle. Auntie, you should arrange something for the servant, anything is fine, the servant Can do it all."

coral:"……"

She has been with the princess for more than 20 years, and among the people in the world who know the princess well, she must be ranked among the top ten.What Xiangying said was funny to her, knowing that the princess could not let a confinement man work in the yard.It can be seen that Xiangying is so stubborn, and she is not in the mood to argue with her about this matter. After thinking about it, she said: "That's it, try staying on duty tonight. If the princess calls you for something, you should say something." , if it’s okay, it’s time to go to bed and go to bed!”

Shan Shan knew in her heart that night watch was the easiest job in the main courtyard.The concubine seldom has anything to worry about at night, most of the time they can sleep in the main room until dawn.Moreover, there is a charcoal fire in the main courtyard that is specially allocated to the person on night duty, so there is no need to save money for a full night, even if you sleep in the main room and you can only sleep on the floor, it is not cold at all.

She explained these to Xiangying succinctly, and waited, but Xiangying didn't respond.

Shan Shan only felt that the girl was strange, and didn't say anything else, so she turned and left.

But when it was time for dinner, Meng Junhuai said that he had something to do and would come back later, so Yuyin brought Mingjing to dinner with him without interest.

Her lack of interest was not because Meng Junhuai was not coming, but because of Xiangying.

This thing is really annoying.Ah Qi made Xiangying pregnant with a child, she temporarily softened her heart and brought Xiangying back, You Shi saw that Xiangying was not pleasing to her eyes, so she tormented her ruthlessly...

It seems that everyone has their own reasons, and it is not clear who has done more wrong.

But even if no one did "more" wrong, it is inevitable that she did not handle this matter safely.Maybe if she was asked to do it again, she would still be softhearted and make exactly the same arrangement, and she still couldn't say that she was right.

Alas, annoying.To this day, Yuyin doesn't know how to correct these inadequacies, feeling listless and useless.

In the end, she could only think, at worst, she would just raise Xiangying for the rest of her life, and provide her with good food and drink. Anyway, she could not afford the money from the main courtyard.

Although she doesn't like Xiangying either... But in her eyes, she always feels that just because Xiangying gave birth to Ah Qi's child, she shouldn't be allowed to die at the hands of anyone in the house.

What an evil fate!
Yu Yin couldn't help wilting because of this, Ming Jing watched her whole meal, but she didn't notice.

So after dinner, as soon as she slumped onto the couch, Ming Jing came over: "Mother Concubine!"

"Huh?" Yu Yin raised her eyes and bumped into a smiling face, curled her lips, "What's the matter?"

Ming Jing laughed: "Mufei, are you in a bad mood?"

Yu Yin sighed, and only said it was fine, and told her not to worry, but Ming Jing climbed onto the bed directly: "Concubine mother, let me have fun with you! Don't let the king come over tonight!"

Yu Yin: "..."

Little girl, you really know how to stitch together! ! !

She and Meng Junhuai had refused to take Ming Jing to sleep together for a long time, not because they didn't want to, but because they didn't want Ming Jing to be too clingy to them.Children, as they grow up little by little, they have to adapt to the process of leaving their parents little by little.

Among the children, Ming Jing is really the most clingy one. When she was seven or eight years old, she always slept with them five or six days out of ten!This directly affects their married life...!
So Yu Yin looked at Ming Jing with a cold face, but she made up her mind that the last time Ming Jing slept with her seemed to be more than half a year ago.

That's fine...!Just tonight, just tonight, just to find an excuse to keep Meng Junhuai from coming, she also wants to be quiet by herself, thinking about what to do about Ah Qi in the future.

So the mother and daughter lay down early after taking a bath that night, and Ming Jing happily rolled around beside Yu Yin, making Yu Yin who was not in a good mood couldn't help laughing, and patted her while laughing at her. : "How old are you! Be honest!"

"Father is not here, everything will be fine!" Ming Jing cheered unceremoniously, Yu Yin pinched her nose sullenly, and went to the bed to blow out the candle.

It was dark in the room, but Ming Jing was still so excited that she couldn't sleep, she pulled Yuyin to tell her stories, and then told Yuyin all kinds of recent new things by herself.The mother and daughter chatted for an unknown amount of time, Yu Yin was urging Ming Jing to sleep quickly, when a clear muffled sound suddenly came from outside.

"Hiss..." Ming Jing kicked her legs under the quilt, still excited, "There is a ghost!"

"...Don't talk nonsense, where did the ghost come from!" Yu attracted her to pat, and the next moment, she heard a short sound of rubbing against the wall outside the house.

"There really are ghosts! Ah! It's scary!" Ming Jing's eyes lit up, she didn't seem to be afraid of ghosts at all.

"You talk nonsense, my concubine won't take you to sleep." Yuyin stared at her with a straight face, reached out and patted her, and said as she got down on the bed, "Lie down obediently, and concubine mother will go and have a look."

Then she walked towards the door, while hearing the little villain Ming Jing yelling from behind: "Don't go, don't go! What if the ghost takes mother and concubine away from Yazhai!"

Yu Yin: "..."

This little girl must have read a lot of idle books recently, and I will ask my husband to give her homework tomorrow!

While teasing, Yuyin cautiously opened the door...

The cold air that suddenly rushed in from the main room made her shiver all over.

She was wondering why there was no fire in the main room today, when she lowered her eyes and saw a person crooked on the ground by the door, who seemed to be sleeping curled up.

"Xiangying...?" Yuyin frowned, bent down and patted her on the shoulder.

"Huh?" Xiangying responded unconsciously, and then woke up with a fright, her face turned pale the moment she saw Yuyin clearly, "Princess..."

She hurriedly bowed down, Yuyin felt that the room was too cold, so she told her: "Come in and say."

Xiangying was overwhelmed, and followed Yu into the house.As soon as Yu Yin sat down on the side of the couch, she saw her kneeling down again.

Yu Yin pondered for a while and asked her: "Who made you watch at night?"

Xiangying replied: "Servant... I asked Aunt Shanhu for a job."

Yu Yin frowned: "Then Coral didn't tell you to make the bed and light the stove?"

Fragrant and stagnant.

Coral explained, and she heard it too.But she didn't dare to use it, because in the east courtyard, there were many things that others could use, but she couldn't.

She hesitated and didn't dare to answer, Yuyin thought about it, and felt that Coral should not be bullying her, so she said directly: "There is hot tea on the table, drink a cup to warm your body, go back to sleep."

Xiangying still knelt there motionless, not saying a word.Yu Yin was a little impatient: "What's the matter with you?"

"Princess, slaves will not dare anymore..." Xiangying burst into tears, crying until Yuyin was defenseless.

She was stunned, seeing that Xiangying was covering her mouth and trying not to cry out, the emotion in her eyes became more and more panicked, and there was obviously something hidden.

"The concubine ever punished you for being on duty at night?" Yuyin asked her bluntly, but Xiangying knelt a few steps away and didn't even dare to answer this question.

She really didn't dare to guess what the princess was thinking. The 20 days after giving birth were enough for her to understand that in this palace, anyone could kill her.

It was like this in the East Courtyard, but whenever the side concubine wanted to punish her, whatever she said was wrong, and it was wrong whether she said it or not.No matter how hard the side concubine punished her, no one would come out and say a word for her, as if everyone was happy to see her not doing well, and they would all be comfortable when she was not doing well.

This made her feel how stupid she was to want to leave Yingyue Tower blindly...

When the old bustard beat her the hardest, she couldn't beat the people in the palace.After all, the old bustard still points at her to make money, and no one in the mansion cares whether she is dead or alive.

Last time in the east courtyard, the side concubine saw her fall asleep on duty, and let her kneel outside without saying a word.This time it was the concubine, she really didn't dare to guess what the result would be.

Yu Yin frowned slightly and waited for her to answer, but after waiting for a while, she realized that she might not be able to wait any longer.She shook her head, impatient because of Xiangying's appearance, but at the same time couldn't help feeling soft-hearted.

Rao even if she felt that she had made inappropriate arrangements at the beginning, she still secretly blamed You Shi for being too ruthless.How many days has it been, to force people like this?

Yu Yin let out a sigh of relief, and walked over to help her.When Xiangying saw her approaching, she subconsciously wanted to hide, but she forced her arm: "Get up, I won't ask any more."

Xiangying stood up tremblingly, looked at her several times hesitantly, Yuyin smiled slightly, held her hand and said: "Go back and have a good rest, I don't need you to work before confinement, I will talk about it later. You are still young, you will regret it in the future if you break your body."

"Princess..." Xiangying avoided her gaze, hesitated, and then argued, "Your servant is fine."

"There is no other meaning in what I said, just listen to me." Yu Yin said, "If you need anything, just ask someone to talk to. If you want to eat, let the dining room make it for you, it's okay."

The next day, Meng Junhuai came to the main courtyard after he was free. He originally wanted to settle accounts with Ming Jing who was yelling not to let him come, but when he entered the room, he saw Yu Yin lying on the Arhat's bed, with a big "annoyance" in his eyes.

"What's the matter?" Meng Junhuai laughed and walked forward.Yu Yin raised her eyelids and sighed: "This is so fragrant... what should I do!"

"What should I do?" Meng Junhuai didn't know that Xiangying had arrived in the main courtyard, and didn't understand what Yuyin was talking about for a moment. Yuyin sighed again, and didn't have the heart to say what was wrong with Youshi, so he talked to him listlessly. Said: "I left Xiangying in the main courtyard, how do you say to arrange it?"

"Stay in the main courtyard?" Meng Junhuai was taken aback, turned around and sat down, thought for a while and then said, "There is nothing to arrange, the people in your courtyard can be used as you like. Anyway, the status is irrelevant, the palace How can you not give such a number one title."

Yes, the name is really irrelevant.

Then there is really nothing to arrange.

"Do you think I can ask my concubine to point out an imperial physician to show her?" Yu Yin asked him thoughtfully, did Meng Junhuai honestly say that there are not enough doctors in our mansion?She said again, "I don't think this girl is in the right mood, her eyes are dull... I'm afraid something will happen if I drag it on!"

(End of this chapter)