little wife

Chapter 1

Dark clouds gathered in the sky, dragonflies flew low on the lake, and the dull cicadas sounded louder and louder, as if they were struggling to reflect the light.

Chalcedony pushed open the window and looked outside, and a sultry air came over her. She hesitated for a moment and turned around and asked, "Princess, it looks like it's going to rain heavily today, and it's more uncomfortable outside than in the house, why don't you?" Is the window open?"

No one answered.

Yusui was waiting to be persuaded again, the door opened with a "squeak" and was carefully closed again. Someone walked quickly to the bed, put down a bowl of dark brown soup beside the bed, and said hastily: "Jasui, What kind of windows do you want to open, don’t you know that girls can’t see the wind?”

"Princess Wang said she was so stuffy that she wanted to open the window to have a look." Chalcedony said in a low voice, "It's almost September, and it's so hot, it's so unusual."

Indeed, at this time of the year, even if there is an autumn tiger, it should be just a little bit of prestige. When the weather is good, the autumn is breezy, and it is a good day to bring a group of relatives and friends to enjoy chrysanthemums and crabs.

A sigh came from the carved mahogany bed, and the bed curtain was lifted lightly, revealing a pale and thin face, it was the hostess of this other courtyard—Prince Rui Ning Luo.

On such a hot day, she was still covered with a thin brocade quilt, which was embroidered with large and gorgeous peonies, but the fiery red color did not make her feel happy, on the contrary, it made her look even more beautiful. His skin became even paler, with no blood left.

"Is it hot? I can't feel it at all. I'm sorry for you." She said sadly.

Yu Sui's heart felt sour, and her throat choked up: "What are we, but you, the princess... are the ones who are complaining."

Ning Luo smiled wryly and stretched out her hands from the brocade quilt, those hands that were once as long and tender as catkins were now like dead branches: "Lvsong, help me up."

Upon hearing her words, Lv Song took a step forward, held her by the back of the neck, lifted her up half of her body and said, "Girl, you should drink the medicine first. The doctor said that your body is stronger than before." It's much better, as long as you take the medicine on time, there will be a turnaround..."

Lvsong is Ning Luo's dowry maid from the Duke of Ning's mansion. Ever since Ning Luo arrived in another courtyard, she has changed her name to "girl". It will be better too.

Only this time, she chuckled almost inaudibly.

Lupine couldn't go on talking, everyone knew that this was just a white lie.

The wind and cold were blowing into her bones and depression was in her heart. Ning Luo had been sick for more than three years. She stayed alone in a courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing and spent countless days and nights alone. It's just a trace of unwillingness left in my heart.

She ignored the medicine bowl handed over by Chalcedony, and leaned against the bed with the support of Lv Song, who quickly put a big cloak beside the bed on her body, and tightened the collar for her.

Even if she was sitting, Ning Luo also felt that her eyes were dark for a while. She gasped twice, and stared at the green bamboos outside the window lattice. It is because there is no one to take care of it in this scorching heat, and it has lost its original character of being so elegant.

"They're about to die..." she murmured, "That's fine, ashes to ashes, dust to dust."

Yusui sobbed softly: "Princess, don't be sad. Didn't Lord Dingyun say that he would visit famous doctors for you a while ago? He is so powerful, why don't you ask him to say something nice in front of the prince, and then help the girl you?" After tearing up that vixen, the prince will remember you well and invite you back to the palace, and you will gradually get better."

A gleam of light flashed in Ning Luo's eyes, Marquis Ding Yun... Yes, after living in other courtyards for so many days, the aristocratic family in the capital may have forgotten her as the genuine Princess Rui, only Ding Yun As always, Marquis Yun regarded her as his own younger sister, sending all kinds of new gadgets to her from time to time, and rare medicinal materials never stopped. It's a pity that with her body, these good things were wasted.

Marquis Dingyun is busy with government affairs and military affairs. He just returned to Beijing from northern Xinjiang this year, but he took time out of his busy schedule to visit him a few days ago. In order to avoid suspicion, he just said a few words outside the door that day, but let her in In the next few days, I was full of thoughts, as if I had returned to the days when I was pampered, with the love of my parents and elder brothers, the young and beautiful face, and the wanton and happy cardamom years...

Lv Song gritted her teeth, and a trace of anger flashed between her brows: "Why is the prince not a prince, is it rare for you to be our girl? I just ask him to let the girl go quickly, even if it is to go to the green lantern to worship the Buddha, it is better than being tied to him powerful!"

Ning Luo glanced at her approvingly. After all, she was the maid who followed her since she was a child, and knew her thoughts.Although her life is not long, but the name of Princess Rui is put on her every day, and she feels sick every day.

There was a sound of footsteps outside, and they stopped at the door, and the mother Wang in the other courtyard called out cautiously: "Qi Wangfei, Eunuch Yu from the mansion is here."

Although this courtyard is located on the outskirts of the city, it is surrounded by personal guards from the palace, and the one in the capital also sends people over to visit her from time to time, as if she has a deep affection for the princess.But Ning Luo understood that it was just a deception.

She closed her eyes, looking tired and didn't respond.

Nanny Wang announced twice, and after a while, the door was pushed open with a "squeak", and a middle-aged man in a purple inner robe came in. His cheekbones were slightly protruding, and his figure was Thin, high-pitched voice sounded a bit harsh, it was Rui Wang Yang Yan's most trusted internal official Yu Gonggong: "I see the princess, I wonder if the princess is feeling better today?"

A mocking smile appeared on the corner of Ning Luo's mouth.

Eunuch Yu was a little embarrassed by her smile: "The prince is concerned about the body of the princess, and the special servant brought some rare medicines, ten hundred-year-old ginseng plants, a bottle of Danzhu pills from Baiai Mountain in the Western Regions, and a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum... "

"It's a waste to stay with me, let's give it to Concubine Zhao." Ning Luo said indifferently.

"Princess, why bother?" Eunuch Yu said with a smile, "The prince misses you day and night, but he really can't get away. After a while, the concubine will know the prince's mind when she returns to the city."

Ning Luo was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Then Yang Yan is about to get what he wants right away?"

Eunuch Yu's face changed slightly and he was speechless.

Ning Luo felt a pain in her heart.

She thought of her father and elder brother, the two upright loyal ministers and good generals who died in the end; she thought of Yang Yan in the past, the suave but affectionate His Royal Highness King Rui; when her father and brother entrusted her to Yang Yan, did they ever I would think that one day their family will be buried in this marriage...

She gasped violently, as if there was phlegm in her throat, she made a bellows-like cracking sound, as if she was going to suffocate in the next moment, the green pine rushed to her back and chest Rubbing, Eunuch Yu was also a little anxious, picked up the medicine bowl beside him and passed it over: "Princess, take some medicine slowly."

Ning Luo calmed down her panting with difficulty, and a layer of extremely abnormal red tide appeared on her face, which looked a little scary on the almost pale and transparent skin. She turned a blind eye to the medicine bowl, and just laughed in a low voice: " Then I wish the prince soaring into the sky and submitting to the world..."

"That's natural," Eunuch Yu showed a strange look in his eyes, and said cautiously while watching Ning Luo's expression, "Even a character like Ding Yunhou has been decapitated and beheaded all over his family. can have--"

As if a thunderbolt fell from the sky, Ning Luo felt a suffocation in her chest. Before she could recover, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and her eyes were all white.

"You...what did you say..." She squeezed out a few words from her throat, raised her blood-splattered fingers tremblingly, but then fell down slumped.

Eunuch Yu was startled, but then smiled and said: "Then Jing Yun deserves it. He has always been arrogant and arrogant, and dared to covet the princess and speak nonsense in front of the prince, saying that since the prince is heartless and heartless, he will betray him." Leaving the capital and taking the concubine far away, I don't even think about it. His master is firmly held by the prince, let alone he is a mere Marquis Dingyun? Naturally, such a traitor prince cannot tolerate him. The mountain set up an ambush to put him to death. The traitor was also very powerful. Under the siege of hundreds of forbidden troops, he didn't change his face. Later, the prince shot an arrow from a high place, and then he was cut off by Commander Wu several times. Eyes were still open, looking outside the city gate..."

Eunuch Yu opened and closed his mouth, but Ning Luo couldn't understand.

That amazingly talented Marquis Dingyun... died unexpectedly.

At the age of 16, when the Southern Zhou Mission entered Beijing, he was fearless in the face of danger. He shot the general of the Southern Zhou Dynasty and became famous in the first battle.

Shi Dian won the test of Tanhua and rode a horse through the streets.

At the age of 20, he went out with the army to resist foreigners in the Gobi Yellow Sands in the Northwest. After three years, he won countless military achievements in blood.

At the age of 22, he inherited the position of Marquis Dingyun and became a prince and marquis.

At the age of 24, he and Shengdi pro-appointed General Zhenbei, and praised him as "the pillar of the Great Chen".

"Luo'er, do you want to leave here? I was entrusted by Yuanzhi to take care of you. As long as you want to leave, I can take you away even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire."

Outside the door that day, Marquis Dingyun asked word by word.

Since the death of her elder brother Ning Heng, Marquis Ding Yun, as Ning Heng's close friend, has always taken good care of her.But at this point, Yang Yan is about to ascend to the ninety-five position, how can she drag him down?What's more, she is already alone in this world, no one cares about her, so what if she leaves?
"Okay, I understand." After a long silence, Ding Yunhou said indifferently, "Don't worry."

These words were thoughtless, and before she could speak, Marquis Ding Yun left, and what was left in her mind was only the slightly hoarse and deep voice...

There was a sound of exclamation in the ears, and Ning Luo's eyes were filled with blood, and she suddenly gained strength for some reason, and she supported her body with both hands, half-supporting her body.

Lvsong was fighting with Eunuch Yu, Chalcedony was frightened, and at a loss she wiped the blood gushing from the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, while Nanny Wang was so frightened that she crawled to the threshold and called the doctor.

"Princess... don't scare your servants. If you have any troubles, your servants will die." Yu Sui cried and poured the medicine into Ning Luo's mouth. Ning Luo was weak and was swallowed several times in a row. Knowing where the strength came from, he raised his hand and overturned the medicine bowl.

"Yu An, I don't believe it. How could Marquis Ding Yun die? I want to see Yang Yan!" She gritted her teeth and shouted hoarsely.

A complicated look flashed in Yu Gonggong's eyes: "Zhao Concubine is right, the princess really has a deep affection for that Ding Yunhou, the prince is full of affection and wrongly paid, the slave is really worthless for the prince, if this continues, the prince Sooner or later, the fame of the first life will be ruined in the hands of the princess."

Ning Luo seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world: "A piece of affection is wrongly paid... Hahaha, Yu An, what good did Zhao Daiyun do to you, and you want to deceive me like this? You think I'm dead, she Zhao Daiyun Can she be pampered alone? Dreaming! If the cunning rabbit dies like a dog, her fate for Zhao Daiyun will only be worse than mine!"

Eunuch Yu's face turned pale, and he forced himself to say: "My concubine, don't want to frame this servant. The servant came here under the order of the prince. It is the princess who doesn't abide by women's morals, and the prince is angered by giving and receiving privately with Marquis Dingyun. What's more This brat is ambitious, the prince must absolutely keep him."

Physical strength was disappearing little by little, and there was a sharp pain in her abdomen, which was slightly different from her onset symptoms. Ning Luo felt excited. Is she finally going to die?Who thought she died too slowly, and wanted to add a dose of poison?Did Yang Yan finally think she was an eyesore, or did Zhao Daiyun finally couldn't bear to kill her?
She wanted to die a long time ago. She used up all the good luck and blessings in the first 18 years, and the rest of her life has been lingering. It would be a good thing if she could see her parents and elder brothers as soon as possible. In the end, Marquis Ding Yun had to be so troubled that he died for her, and even more so, he had to be honored for the rest of his life.

"It's a bunch of nonsense...Ding Yunhou has always treated me like a big brother..." She panted sharply, and the blood around her mouth was pouring more and more, making her face even more weird.

Eunuch Yu shuddered, and then sneered and said, "Are you stupid when you are someone else? That Jing Yun obviously loves you to the bone, and he has not even had a woman around him for so many years. This time, it is even more because of you." I don't want my life..."

Ning Luo could no longer hear what the eunuch was saying, her hands were hanging down feebly, and the exclamation from her ears became farther and farther away, and gradually disappeared.

Who put the poison in the medicine?The doctor, Yu An, or the two maids serving her?

Is Jing Yun really dead?Or is this old eunuch lying to her?

Will Yang Yan really become the Ninth Five-Year Master as he wished?Can Zhao Di'an be the mother of the world?Will these two people bite the dog in the end?

Everything is not important anymore.

If she can do it all over again, she must guard Ningguo Mansion, stay away from those villains, and happily be the jewel in the palm of her parents and brothers. Also, go and ask the stunningly talented Hou Jingyun of Dingyun, is it true? Love her to the bone like Yu An said?If so...why didn't you come to Duke Ning's mansion to propose marriage?

There was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, and she finally fell into the boundless darkness.

(End of this chapter)