atypical prostitute

Chapter 178 The Concubine

In the late spring and March, the grass grows and the warblers fly. As a result of three busy months, the Songhe Tower was officially completed, and Ayu also fulfilled her promise. She moved to live in an independent small courtyard outside shortly after the Lantern Festival, and will no longer stay in the The Ye family is unhappy with Lici.

Today, the Liu family was full of guests and candles, it was a good day for Duan Qing'er to officially enter the Liu family.

Although he was only a concubine, but because of Liu Erlang's insistence, the concubine ceremony was arbitrarily organized.Of course, she was a concubine after all, so only relatives and friends of the Liu family were invited, and there was not a single strange face in the wedding hall.

Of course, every guest looks at the host differently.

Some were disdainful, some were indignant, and some were gloating. As the mistress, Lu Mochou was dressed in red, sitting on the head, looking at her nose, nose, nose, and heart, and turned a deaf ear to all the whispers below.

Li Ci was also invited.

Because it was a private banquet, she was wearing a goose-yellow shirt with a strong spring vibe today, and her hair accessories were casual, just a few pearl hairpins, but even if it was just a tassel made of rice pearls and rubies the size of pomegranate seeds that touched her forehead, it was still full of charm. With a majesty that cannot be ignored.

The expulsion of Ayu has already been blown all over the capital with the spring breeze.When they learned that Ayu had voluntarily resigned, the women who were good at fighting in the inner garden of the deep mansion suddenly raised their evaluation of Lici to a new level.It is not uncommon for the mistress to have thunderbolt means, and it is really powerful to be able to defeat others without fighting.

What is especially rare is that Mrs. Shaohou is still very young, and she already possesses such means. Given time, it must be limitless.

But none of them knew that it was Ye Chuan who really made this happen.

Li Ci thought to herself.

It is true that she has never regarded Ayu as an opponent of equal status, and she is too lazy to pay attention to Ayu's stupid provocations, but after all, she is close at hand, and she is shameless again and again, which is inevitably unpleasant.Of course, as Ayu said, her endless tricks, Li Ci can be killed with force at once, but Li Ci is for fame and reputation. At the very beginning, she actually chose the benevolence of a woman, so every day after that Every step, they were forced to use gentle means.

It is also these tenderness that make Ayu naively think that Li Ci is a weak and deceitful character.She is indeed stupid, so stupid that she doesn't know that Li Ci's many forbearances are just to maintain her magnanimous image in front of others.

But what did Ye Chuan say to her to make this cunning and ignorant woman change her attitude in an instant?

Although still stupid, it is much more pleasing to the eye than before.

Thinking of this, Li Ci subconsciously glanced at Ye Chuan, who was beside him with starry eyes and sword eyebrows.

No matter what happens, this man will choose to stand by her side. Although he often does some things behind her back, she knows that every decision he makes is for herself and for this family.

He is a man who can rest assured to hand over his back.

At the moment of emotion, she took the initiative to hold his hand, touching the warmth of his wife's fingertips, Ye Chuan was slightly taken aback, and then grabbed his hand tightly.

Falling in love with each other is like spring breeze.

At this time the newcomer has also arrived.

Duan Qing'er, who was dressed in light pink because of her status as a concubine, walked slowly under the guidance of the lady in brocade clothes. Her face, which was thinly applied with makeup, was fresh and charming, and her amorous eyes glowed with hope.

She walked up to the mistress and stood tall.

Picking up the warm tea that had been prepared, Duan Qing'er knelt down humbly, raised the tea water above her head, and served the tea.

However, Lu Mochou was not in a hurry to take the tea from the concubine's room. She glanced at Liu Erlang meaningfully. When she found that Liu Erlang's eyes were full of love and eagerness, she snorted coldly and took back her intention to accept the teacup. hands.

"I don't drink this tea."

She spoke coldly, her tone was not high, but it echoed in the silent lobby like a thunderbolt.

Liu Erlang's complexion suddenly became gloomy. He knew that Lu Mochou didn't like Duan Qing'er, and also knew that Qing'er's introduction was just the beginning of the war in Liu's back house, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

Because of Lu Mochou's sudden attack, some of the guests laughed, most of them were close to the Lu family, they knew the benefit exchange behind this concubine, and they also knew Duan Qing'er's true identity.

If they were not concerned about the distinguished guests of the Ye family, they would have ridiculed them at this moment.

The air was deadly silent, Duan Qing'er still maintained the posture of serving tea, because she had to hold it high above her head, her arms trembled slightly.

But Liu Erlang didn't care about his heartache, he glared at Lu Mochou angrily.

"why?"

"Because I don't want to drink!"

Lu Mochou said bluntly, how much grievance she endured for the man in front of her, she even put down her body to please him, but this is the result she got!

Just because she refused to simply drink the tea served by the concubine's room, and refused to simply let him hug the beauty back, so——

"you--"

Liu Erlang was so angry that his hands trembled.

The concubine's document has been written and signed and sealed. Whether the mistress drinks the tea served by the concubine's room will not change the fact that Duan Qing'er is already Liu Erlang's concubine's room.But even if it's just an insignificant formality, Lu Mochou's refusal to assist in completing it will eventually cast a cloud over the joy of taking concubines.

A concubine's room is a concubine's room after all.

Thinking of this, Liu Erlang resisted the impulse, lowered his voice and said, "What do you want me to do to drink this cup of tea!"

"Tea, I will drink it, but not now."

Lu Mochou replied in a voice without emotion. With the help of her maid, she stood up, walked around Duan Qinger, and walked to the center of the hall.

Stand still and look around.

"Today is a good day for the lady of the Duan family to become a concubine of my Liu family. All of you here are close friends of the Liu family. I believe you all know better than me how Qing'er and my husband met each other. Follow the teachings of the saints. , Qing'er's tea, I have to drink it. But I... just feel heartbroken, I can't drink it, and I don't want to drink it."

She spoke quietly, with coldness and helplessness in every word.

No one can blame her.

It is unreasonable but reasonable for the mistress to refuse entry into the concubine's room.

What's more, most of today's guests are women, and they accept the existence of concubines with a forced face and smile. Almost all of them have personally experienced this pain.It's just that they didn't have the guts of Lu Mochou to fully expose their unhappiness in public.

After saying these words, Lu Mochou's mood was relieved. She turned around, walked quickly to Duan Qing'er, grabbed the tea cup and drank it down, and then threw the whole cup on the ground.

"you--"

Liu Erlang could no longer restrain his anger.

It's a pity that Lu Mochou was also on the verge of breaking out.

"Don't worry, her mother-in-law personally agreed to Qing'er's entrance. No matter how much I am reluctant, I can't change it. But I am not reconciled, I am really not reconciled, why? Why!"

She spoke hoarsely, without the leisure and elegance of a noble lady, she insulted like an ordinary shrew, with faint blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.

Facing her questioning, Liu Erlang just helped Duan Qing'er who was kneeling on the ground, and said resolutely and calmly: "Because she is the person I like, but you... are not."

"Is this your truth?!"

In resentment, Lu Mochou turned around and walked out of the wedding hall.

She walks slowly, as if every step needs to use all the strength of her body, her face is full of sadness, as if she is walking barefoot on the edge of a knife, her proud eyes are slightly closed, and the crystal tears are like broken beads. flowing.

She walked slowly like this, walking out of the resplendent and resplendent lobby, towards the bright spring.

When she reached the door, she stopped, stretched out her hand, and tore off the bright red color, revealing a white gauze.

The spring breeze blows, and the white gauze flutters, which is indescribably weird.

Then, she turned her head, her tear-stained face was charming with heartbreak, she looked at Liu Erlang, and smiled sadly.

Dressed in white, she is incompatible with the blooming flowers around her, but she is also shockingly beautiful.

"I hope your feelings for her will be as you promised, and will never change!"

After that, she walked away, leaving a room full of embarrassment.

……

……

Things had developed to this point, and the atmosphere of joy had completely disappeared. If the guests who favored Lu Mochou were not for the grand plan of cooperation between the Lu family and the Liu family, they might have left in a hurry.

Duan Qing'er looked at Liu Erlang anxiously, her unfriendliness turned into substance and sticky all over her body, because of what the young lady said just now, she would be in a difficult position.

But Liu Erlang gave a refreshing smile, cupped his hands and said: "Zhuo Jing has been feeling unwell recently, so it is inevitable that he will be agitated. Please forgive me for spoiling the fun."

This is really talking nonsense.

Someone thought disdainfully, Ye Chuan glanced at Lici, and the two of them met their eyes, everything was kept silent.

So the husband and wife stood up hand in hand, and congratulated: "I wish my cousin a beautiful woman in my arms. On my cousin's side, as long as my cousin doesn't forget the old one when he gets a new one, he will figure it out sooner or later."

Talking lightly, the nun behind her held a welcome gift: a three-foot-high crimson coral, a complete set of red gold hair.

The gift is not too expensive, but it just shows the Ye family's attitude.

Liu Erlang knew that Li Ci was trying to protect himself, so he immediately pulled Duan Qinger forward to thank him, and he had already prepared the gift in return. It took Duan Qinger three months to embroider the embroidered screen of hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren. But the heart is priceless.

With the Ye family taking the lead, the next thing will be easy to handle.

Although the Lu family is dissatisfied with taking concubines, they will not lose to anyone in terms of politeness. Whether it is a one-foot-tall white jade Guanyin, a mother-child-sized Nanzhu chain or a jadeite twisted bracelet, they are all precious but not overbearing. Gift.Liu Erlang's gifts in return are naturally equally generous - the Liu family has been operating in the Northwest for many years, with a profound heritage, and the display of rare items emerges in an endless stream, causing bursts of exclamation from time to time.

Duan Qing'er was even more dazzled.

She has been around in Pingkang, her vision is better than that of ordinary women, and she has a rough estimate of the value of everyone's gifts and gifts in return.It's just this valuation, but it's even more frightening: there are no congratulatory gifts below a million dollars, and the Liu family's gift in return is equally expensive.

She was a little apprehensive.

Is he really worthy of Liu Erlang's fanfare?

Ordinary people take concubines and carry them in a small sedan chair in the dark. Even entertaining guests is extravagant, not to mention such a luxurious guest list.

Luckily, they're still here.

Those guests, which one is not well-known in the capital.

Following Liu Erlang's introductions one by one, Duan Qing'er even fell into a trance: everything at this moment is too much like a dream, a dream that is so beautiful that she doesn't want to wake up.

All these fears of hers fell into Liu Erlang's eyes, but he just grabbed her hand more tightly and pulled her to the front.

"Lin Shilang, this is Qing'er—"

(End of this chapter)