The little lady in the palace

Chapter 200 Stab wounds
After the Shangsi Festival, the weather was getting warmer and warmer. Yuyin thought about it, and called Jiang and Jingxi Zhenxiyao back, planning to take a few girls to the suburbs of Beijing for an outing.

As a result, several boys also wanted to go together, Meng Junhuai thought about it, then he might as well go with the whole family.Girls go outing and fly kites, boys ride horses and hunt, and if they are interested, they can go fishing by the river together... It is true that there are days that are not so lively.

So the mansion made serious arrangements and planned to come back after playing for three to five days. It would be good to live in Qingyuan nearby in these three to five days, so as not to have to go back and forth.

When leaving the mansion and leaving the capital, it was clearly arranged, one carriage for each person, but all the girls had to stay in the Yuyin carriage, making her originally spacious carriage so crowded that it made people sweat.

As we chatted, we naturally talked about children, and when He Jing mentioned this, he felt aggrieved, holding Yu Yin's arms and complaining pitifully that she and Xie Sheng were looking forward to having a well-behaved and smart daughter, but in the end they gave birth. After having a son, it’s okay if the things prepared for her in advance are useless. Now that the child is more than eight months old, he has already shown the naughty spirit of "Sajia wants to demolish the house!" He Jing and Xie Sheng is very worried about what will happen to the mansion after he can walk and run.

When He Jing was complaining, Xizhen smiled contentedly, and peeled an orange for her: "Here, don't complain, contented people are always happy."

"Don't be mad at me!" He Jing stared, "Otherwise I'll tie your daughter up for a baby marriage, and keep her in the mansion to prevent her from leaving!"

He Jing was really crying with anger. She had been thinking about having a daughter since she first got married, but now Xizhen has a daughter, and the second brother also has a daughter. Although Xi Yao has a son, it seems She's so good... She just needs to take a deep breath and prepare to deal with this little devil!

He Jing lay on Yu Yin's body for a long time because of this, and finally she thought, "Hey" and raised her head: "Mother and Concubine, why don't you let the second brother live with me?"

Yu Yin: "..."

She stared at He Jing for a while and burst out laughing: "You've already made up your mind about your niece?!"

"How can you call her idea!" He Jing looked sad, "Just invite them to live here, let me relieve my greed! Besides, the second brother is a boy, and he has no wife. Come and learn from us how to teach children Is it not good?"

She persuaded very seriously, as if she was not joking.Yu Yin was also serious, and asked her, how long do you plan to invite your brother to live there?He Jing generously said that there is no problem for a year and a half, and he will follow him for three to five years!
Yu Yinxin said that you are really Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it!
There is nothing wrong with this matter, it is a good thing that several children are willing to get close at this age, and it is even rarer for grandchildren to be close.But Yuyin didn't directly make up his mind, and asked He Jing to discuss with Ah Qi, and Ah Qi would go if he wanted to.

So after getting off the carriage at the foot of the mountain in the suburbs of Beijing, He Jing went straight to Ah Qi.Yu Yin couldn't help laughing at He Jing's "passionate" appearance, but when she turned around, she saw that Xiang Ying, who was carrying a snack, was also staring there, as if she wanted to say something, and finally closed it in silence Mouth.

Yuyin's heart froze, only to remember that she had been sitting on the shaft of the chariot on the way.

"Xiangying." She called out, and Xiangying looked back, then bowed her knees and said, "Princess."

"You don't need to take the snacks." Yu Yin stared at the food box in her hand for a moment, then reached out to take the food box and handed it to the eunuch beside her to take it away.Then she thought for a while, lowered her voice, and said, "If you think it's inappropriate for the child to go to the Eldest Master, tell me."

"...No." Xiangying lowered her head, her shoulders tensed, "Second Young Master's child... has nothing to do with the servant, the servant remembers it."

Yuyin breathed heavily, then sighed heavily, she raised her hand and shook Xiangying's arm: "Stop talking, let's play together today, you should relax."

Then, within a short while, Meng Junhuai took a group of boys away, and He Jing came back limply, saying that Ah Qi was not willing to go, Yu Yin smiled at her while looking at Xiangying's expression, after all, he couldn't say anything .

If all etiquette and rules can be put aside, from a selfish point of view, Yuyin hopes to make the child recognize Xiangying.However, this hurdle really cannot be passed, and there is no way to pass it.

In this world, it is nothing new for a man to have a child with a concubine or maidservant before he gets married.As long as the mansion does not mention who the mother is, the guests who come to celebrate the full moon and the hundred days will tacitly ask no questions, and no one will think that there is anything wrong with it, nor will they feel ashamed of it—this is a customary rule , everyone is very familiar with this, so familiar that even He Jing and the others never asked a word about the child's biological mother.

But if it is publicly stated that the child's mother was born in a brothel, it will be embarrassing all at once.It doesn't matter whether Xiangying was innocent or not before she and Ah Qi, their whole family will be stabbed in the back.

Now it's like this...the public's discussion can't get up, it's just that it's really bitter and fragrant.

A few feet away, the group slowed down when they reached the place where the prey often appeared, and searched around while driving the horse.

Ah Qi was in a complicated state of mind, and after walking for a while, he called out "Big Brother" in a subdued voice. Ah Li turned his head, and saw him pull the rein and go to the side.

Ah Li frowned, and followed them to a remote and uninhabited place, Ah Qi said: "Brother, my father seems to be in a good mood today. You said if I... If I ask him for an errand in Jinyiwei, why not?" Sample?"

"Jin Yiwei's errand?" Ah Li frowned, looked him over, and asked again, "What are you thinking?"

"I didn't think about anything, I just thought that the errand over there...cousin can do it, so can I." A Qi said.

Ah Li's expression darkened a bit: "The third brother hasn't spoken yet, so don't make trouble."

"The third brother is already the eldest son, so of course he is not in a hurry." A Qi pursed his thin lips, and then let go, "I'm not trying to argue, I'm just thinking, if I have some skills, some things might be easier to handle ...Brother, the eldest son of our mansion is the third younger brother, and the eldest son is you. I am destined to have no burdens. Then I want to live a good life, can't I?"

"You..." Ali stared at him and took a deep breath, then smiled wryly, "After all, you are still for Luo Che."

Aki didn't say a word.

Ah Li shook his head with a smile, turned over and dismounted, and he dismounted too.The two brothers led the horses and walked together. Ah Li said, "You guard the mausoleum. When you come back, you know that you have made some plans for the future. That's good. But your plan... I'm afraid you made a mistake."

"I just want to try." Aqi's expression was gloomy, "Brother, you don't know, when I think of Xiangying's suffering at the concubine's mother and her status as a maidservant at the concubine's concubine, I just..." Aqi I don't know how to describe that feeling, sighed heavily, and said, "How will you live in the future if you keep talking like this? Ah Luo is getting older, and if she asks my mother where is the future, what should I say? Even if this can be deceived She, what about seeing Xiangying when she went to the main courtyard? Do you still want Xiangying to salute her?"

He was talking in a state of confusion, obviously he had envisioned many future scenarios in the past few days.Ah Li listened without saying a word, and after he finished speaking, he breathed out and said, "But if you make great achievements, you will attract more attention. At that time, do you think it will be easier to give her a title than it is now?"

"But I..." Ah Qi was stunned by his brother's words, he was stunned, and couldn't hide his annoyance, "Then what do you say!"

"Actually, if you are ruthless, this is not a problem." Ah Li looked at him lightly, "It's not that other mansions don't have children with maidservants. If a father is ruthless, a mother can't make a fuss." .”

"That's what you said..." In Ah Qi's heart, those who did that were simply inhuman!
He also knows that there are maidservants in other mansions who give birth to children and give birth to others. He doesn't understand why those people can let their mothers give big gifts to their children with peace of mind. It's scary to think about it.

Ah Li looked at his expression and said: "If you can't be ruthless, that's the same thing. Anyway, the mother and concubine are not the ones who will treat the servants harshly. You can rest assured and wait. When our third brother becomes Prince Yi, you can talk to him." Let's discuss this."

Ah Qi: "..."

He said: "I can't just hope that my father will soon be here just because of Xiangying... so what!"

"Hey, there's nothing I can do about it." Ah Li said in a leisurely tone, and seeing his younger brother's face lit up with anger, he turned serious again, "It's not that I won't help you, it's that this fact is hard to get better. I hope you can calm down , don't make any more troubles, if not... well, it's not you who are unlucky anyway."

Only Xiangying was unlucky.

Ah Li's words stabbed Ah Qi in the heart, but he had no power to refute.

Yes, no matter what he tries, as long as he makes a mistake, only Xiangying will bear the consequences.

He still didn't know what Concubine Mu had done to Xiangying, but Concubine Mu obviously couldn't tolerate her, otherwise she wouldn't be pushed to the main courtyard.As for the side of the main courtyard, it is a blessing that the concubine is willing to continue, he can no longer make the concubine unhappy rashly, otherwise Xiangying really has nowhere to go.

Ah Qi fell into silence while thinking.Ah Li looked at him, and followed him in silence.

As an elder brother, he certainly hopes that his younger brother's troubles can be resolved, and he doesn't want to be so ambiguous, but isn't there no other way right now?
If Ah Qi doesn't cause trouble, Xiangying still has a place to live with his mother-in-law and concubine.

Where their mother and concubine...

Heh, when Ah Qi was guarding the tomb, he didn't know about those things, but Ah Li knew a lot.

He didn't see the specific situation, but once, when Lin Lan came back from the east courtyard, she was so frightened that she cried. It took him a long time to coax Lin Lan to get well.

How ruthless is the concubine mother?As a son, he didn't dare to think deeply.

"A Luo is the child's small character?" A Li thought about it and looked at him again, "Don't call me that in front of your father, mother and concubine."

Xiangying's surname is Luo. It's not hard to imagine why he married such a small character.

Ah Qi nodded, should say "know".He didn't intend to mention it to his father, queen, mother and concubine at first, but he just wanted to read this name himself so that he could always remember not to give up Xiangying.

A few days later, everyone returned to the palace, and what followed was another busy day.

First of all, it was Lan Jing and Tan Yu's auspicious date that was chosen at the end of July.Lan Jing clapped her hands and applauded after hearing the news, saying that it was already cool at that time, and it would not be too uncomfortable to toss around in unconscious clothes all day.

But before that, the first thing to do is the hundred days of Ah Qi's daughter.

The hundred-day day is in mid-May, and it is hot right now, but the heat also has the benefits of being hot, and it looks more joyful, unlike autumn and winter, which are always a little bit bleak.

The Hundred Day Ceremony is also celebrated in the front house and the back house. The banquet in the front house is held in the main hall, while the banquet in the back house is in the east courtyard.

So the main courtyard was very quiet that day, and Yu Yin and Ming Jing also went to the east courtyard to attend the banquet.A group of servants were doing their own things without any movement, and one courtyard seemed cold in summer.

In other words, no one else felt cold, but Xiangying herself felt cold.

The unmotivated feeling seemed to be more intense on this day. She wanted to not be so listless, so she imagined the scene of giving the child a hundred days in the east courtyard, but the more she thought about it, the cold and dull feeling The feeling is getting stronger and stronger.

After more than three months, this feeling is no longer unfamiliar to her, but it still scares her.

It was a feeling that would arouse her to panic every time it appeared, and many times, as long as this feeling appeared, her mind would be out of control.If she described it in detail, she felt that there was a dark shadow following her all the time, pressing on her heart, pressing her to prevent her from breathing, making her sleepless and restless.

There were also many times when the black shadow seemed to spread its wings to envelop her.It was tightly wound, so tight that it made her have some weird thoughts...

For example, she doesn't want to live anymore.

Xiangying also doesn't understand why such thoughts always pop up from time to time.In short, when she thinks like this, her heart is always gloomy, but after the gloomy, she will know clearly... In fact, the situation is not that bad.

The saddest time was obviously when she stayed in the east courtyard after giving birth, and the current situation is much stronger than that time.The princess treated her very well, and gave her everything that could be given to her according to her status.The princess would ask about her basic necessities of life, and the bowls of medicine that she had to drink every day were also prescribed by the imperial physician in order to recuperate her body.

Even today...she couldn't go to the east courtyard to attend the banquet, the princess asked someone to prepare a table of good dishes for her here.Tell her that it is her daughter's [-]th day after all, and she, as a mother, should be happy.

But why is she still unable to get up?

Xiangying was stuffy, and after a long time without success, she started pacing back and forth in the room.But she paced more and more anxiously, as if something in her heart was constantly expanding, squeezing her internal organs uncomfortable.In this discomfort, the black figure seemed to spread its wings again, covering the sky and covering the sky, with greater power than before.

She doesn't want to live anymore.

Following this line of thought, she felt that death was actually nothing.Anyway, she couldn't feel any joy in living, and her sleepy appearance every day made her feel like a walking dead, and she was tired of being like this.

Then it's better...then it's better not to live.

Her death can't affect anyone, the second son can forget about her in two years, marry a wife well, and his daughter won't have any right and wrong in the future because of her humble mother.She doesn't have to trouble the princess anymore, so maybe...it's good for everyone.

Thinking like this, Xiangying walked to the low cabinet like a ghost under her feet.

Casually opened the low cabinet, and there were several feet of white silk in the drawer.

It was given to her by the princess a few days ago. The princess told her that this material is very good, and it will be very comfortable to make a close-fitting little dress.Bring it to her and let her make it herself, but she hasn't had time to cut it.

Xiangying stared blankly for a while, then put her hand on the white silk.

Really comfortable, soft and soft, slightly cool.It was like a kind of material that my mother used to make underwear. At that time, she was sleeping in her mother's arms, and she was surrounded by this feeling.

In the east courtyard, after drinking for three rounds, the child who was the protagonist woke up suddenly. She cried loudly "Wow", which caused a burst of good-natured laughter from the surrounding guests.

"Huh? Yun Shu don't cry!" Ming Jing put down her chopsticks and ran over there.Yunshu is the name that the second elder brother just gave her today. Girls in this generation all start with the word Shu, and put it together with the word Yun, which is simple and chic.

When Ming Jing ran up to him, Yun Shu was already being coaxed by the wet nurse.But she kept crying, and Ming Jing made a face next to her and said, "Look at Auntie," but it didn't work. Later, Ah Qi came over to coax her in person, but Yun Shu cried even more heartbreakingly.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" You Shi frowned and asked, thinking whether to call the doctor quickly, but saw a figure approaching quickly.

It was a man from the main courtyard, he didn't bother to salute You Shi after he came, he went directly to the princess, bowed his body and whispered.

Yu Yin's gaze froze suddenly: "What did you say?!"

"Hu Po was the first to see her, and her face turned pale with fright." Wang Dongxu said.Yuyin asked again how was the person doing?Wang Dongxu said he didn't know, and said that the servants were busy saving people, so he didn't dare to delay, so he came back to answer directly.

Yu Yin regained her composure, and after waving him away, she still talked and laughed with the wives in front of her in a pleasant manner, and then said that there was something to do in the main courtyard, and then she left the table and went out.

"Respectfully send off the princess." You Shi left his seat, calmed down, and gave a wink to the eunuch beside him to take a look.

Yuyin walked out of the east courtyard and hurriedly ordered the doctor to come, thought for a while, and added: "Think of an excuse to invite the second son out, and then tell him what's going on in detail."

Then she hurried to the main courtyard, and when she arrived at the main courtyard, Xiangying's room seemed to be in chaos.

Amber was still holding on to the wall at the door to calm herself, her face still pale.Yu Yin stepped forward to caress her back, and asked her how she was doing softly, but she didn't bother to talk about herself, she just pointed inside, terrified: "When the maidservant came in, she looked up and looked at her... her expression made her feel ashamed." It's not right..."

"Amber!" Shan Shan snorted, Yu Yin let out a sigh, and asked someone to help Hu Po back to the room to rest, and stepped into Xiangying's room by herself.

Xiangying had already been helped to lie down on the bed, when everyone in the room saw her coming, they hurriedly retreated to the side to greet her.Yuyin tremblingly stepped forward to sniff the fragrant breath, luckily she still has breath!

"What's going on, who bullied her!" Yu Yin shouted.

Her complexion was a little bit bad, and all the servants around looked at each other in blank dismay, finally, she pushed the youngest eunuch out.

The eunuch lowered his head and replied, "My lord, my concubine, please treat her well...You guys don't dare to bully her. No one has ever come in, but I heard Aunt Hu Po call out of nowhere, and it's like this as soon as I come in..."

This fragrance...

Yu Yin sighed heavily.

"Xiangying!" A person rushed in like a gust of wind, Yuyin frowned, and he stopped suddenly, "Mother Concubine."

"You can accompany her." Yuyin looked at Aqi and said, "Only this time this afternoon."

Ah Qi seemed to be taken aback, and then hurriedly agreed as if she was afraid that she would regret it, and Yuyin went out, waving to the others to also retreat, leaving this room to them.

"Miss." Shan Shan called softly, with a hint of dissatisfaction in her tone, "This Xiangying...doesn't know what's good or bad."

Yu Yin shook her head: "No."

Hearing what she said, Coral was slightly taken aback.But seeing that she had nothing else to say, he had no choice but to keep silent.

Yu Yin thought about it, but felt that Xiangying was really pitiful.She also noticed that Xiangying was never happy, even trying to make her happy was useless.

The imperial doctor said that this is not all about the mood, it needs to be treated with medicine.

For a time, Yuyin didn't quite understand the reason for this—medication should always be needed when one is sick, and "depressed" really doesn't seem like a sickness.The imperial doctor explained it to her, and even a layman like her didn't quite understand it, so she read the medical books herself, half understanding and half understanding, thinking that this might really be considered a disease...?
It was only when this happened today that she felt that it might really be a disease.Because before she left the main courtyard, she specially asked Xiangying to come over and say a few words. At that time, Xiangying's mood was quite normal, not at all like Zhu'er who was about to commit suicide at any moment.

In the wing room, Xiangying woke up not long after, her eyes moved slightly to the side, and she froze all of a sudden.

"You..." Her voice was hoarse, Meng Shiqi held her hand, and even his eyes were red: "What short-sightedness are you looking for! Ah Luo has just passed a hundred days today, and you have the heart to leave her alone?!"

Before he finished speaking, Meng Shiqi felt the hand in his palm struggling desperately.

The depression in Xiangying's heart that hadn't faded was replaced by fear because of his appearance. She kept struggling, but he never let go, so she couldn't help crying: "Let me go..."

"Xiangying?" Ah Qi was stunned, and Xiangying was so frightened that her whole body was trembling: "I can't see you... Both the princess and the side concubine will be unhappy. Let me go! Let me go!"

"Xiangying, listen to me..." Ah Qi clenched his hand even tighter. Before he could finish speaking, Xiangying suddenly turned over and stabbed at something with his left hand!

There was a sudden stabbing pain in his arm, and Ah Qi screamed, and the next moment, Xiangying was also dumbfounded.

"I..." She looked at him dully, amazed at what she did just a moment ago, wishing she hadn't done it.

However, the hairpin was still in her hand, and a bright red part of the hairpin was slowly dripping down.

Aqi's arm was bloody, and he looked at Xiangying in astonishment: "Xiangying, you..."

The servants who heard the call and stepped into the house were also dumbfounded.

After the two eunuchs came back to their senses, they rushed to report to Yuyin. Yuyin's mind was already in a mess, and when he heard about the hurtful things, his head would explode.

What do you mean?Today, she has to kill someone in the courtyard, right? !

She went back to Xiangying's room with a livid face, and saw that Ah Qi was holding his arm and finger joints were still oozing blood, and she was afraid that Xiangying would hurt others rashly on impulse, so she said, "Hurry up, protect the young master, go out and find the guards." Look over here!"

"... Concubine Mu." A Qi trembled slightly, looked at Xiangying, turned to Yuyin and knelt down, "Concubine Mu, I caused this injury myself."

"Aqi, you..." Yuyin looked at him with a frown, thinking that a fool wouldn't believe what you said? !

Ah Qi breathed a sigh of relief: "A year ago, I was ignorant and caused trouble for you and the family. The next thing...let me solve it myself, do you think it will work?"

(End of this chapter)