Abandoned Women: The First Secret Service Concubine

Chapter 297
"Why are you so glib?" The Su Xingyan that Murong Xi'er had seen before were all gentlemen, never had he seen such a deceitful appearance.For a moment, I felt goosebumps were about to rise, and I couldn't help shaking my whole body.

"Come in quickly, don't freeze." Su Xingyan quickly wrapped Murong Xi'er in his arms again, stuffing his head in together, so that the wind would not blow her in the slightest.

Murong Xi'er smelled the faint manly breath on his body, and couldn't help whispering: "You are wrapped in a big ice cube, aren't you cold?"

Because of wanting to mingle with the soldiers, Murong Xi'er followed the military regulations in almost everything.For example, except when sleeping, a suit of armor almost never leaves the body.At this time, she was also wearing a silver armor made of metal, which was heavy, thick, and cold, but Su Xingyan didn't dislike it, and wrapped her in it several times, which made Murong Xi'er's heart touched.

If Feng Yao was here and knew what was on her mind, she would probably want to tease her—silly child, you are a princess, if you can trick your heart into becoming a consort, what is the cold for a while?
"By the way, there is one more thing for you." Su Xingyan said suddenly, then slightly let go of Murong Xi'er, took out a brocade bag from his bosom, and handed it to Murong Xi'er.His big cloak, I don't know if it was specially made, but it is thick and wide, it just wraps Murong Xi'er up tightly, and it allows Murong Xi'er to lean up slightly and free his hands to look at things.

Taking advantage of the bright snow color, Murong Xi'er opened the brocade bag and saw the contents clearly.But seeing a roll of paper with complicated patterns and special texture, it turned out to be 1000 taels of silver bills, ten in total.

"What did you give me the banknote for?" Murong Xi'er asked in surprise.

Su Xingyan replied: "I used to save some private money, but I didn't know where to put it, and I was afraid that my parents would find it, so it took a lot of hard work to hide it. Now that I have a daughter-in-law, it is natural that such a difficult matter Leave it to the daughter-in-law."

"Bah! Who is your daughter-in-law?" Murong Xi'er spat, put the silver ticket back into the brocade bag, and stuffed it to him: "You take it yourself."

Although the two of them had made up their minds, Murong Xi'er couldn't accept such a large amount of silver because they had no name or share.

Su Xingyan showed a pitiful expression and said: "Ah Xi is too small? The little one is just a commoner, and no matter how expensive the gift is, he can't get it out. Don't you think it wrong, princess?"

"Speak well!" Murong Xi'er rolled his eyes at him, "You are only the son of a merchant, where did you get all this 'private money'?"

Murong Xi'er heard from Feng Yao that the Su family is just the shopkeeper of the Zhiweilou branch in Huangsha Town, and their monthly surplus is only a few thousand taels, and most of it is handed over to the owner, how much can they save?The 1 taels might be the Su family's annual bonus, so they would never accept it.

Su Xingyan saw that he couldn't be fooled, so he recruited honestly: "I have saved for 20 years, and I have only saved less than 2000 taels of private house money. Among them, there are more than 8000 taels. I made fireworks for others, and they paid me .”

"Who are you making fireworks for?" Murong Xi'er frowned.

Su Xingyan saw that he couldn't hide it, so he had no choice but to recruit: "To the owner of Zhiweilou."

It turned out that Su Xingyan was stimulated by Feng Yao, so he came to the capital to find Nangong to do things ruthlessly.Seeing the back of Murong Xi'er who had to leave that day, he felt very uncomfortable, and when he went back, his mind was full of making money.

Su Xingyan has been a playboy since he was a child, he didn't read many books, but he learned a lot of strange obscene skills in a mess.One day when I saw a child lighting firecrackers, I suddenly had an idea and remembered that I could make fireworks.So I began to bury my head in research, and I have researched more than a dozen magnificent and gorgeous fireworks.

He remembered that the Nangong family had a prince's side concubine, so he wanted to ask Nangong Wuqing to take it to the prince, and then show it to the emperor at New Year's Eve, maybe he would be appreciated by the emperor and queen.Nangong Wuqing thought it was interesting, so he really brought some kinds of fireworks that Su Xingyan was proud of, and begged to see the prince.

Because there is a kind of fireworks made by Su Xingyan, which can bloom with huge characters in the air, so the prince is very satisfied when he sees it.He came up with many auspicious words and asked Su Xingyan to make fireworks.After Su Xingyan was prepared, the prince was very satisfied with seeing it, and rewarded many good things to the Nangong family.

Nangong ruthlessly converted it into silver and gave Su Xingyan more than 8000 taels of silver.Su Xingyan had money and finally had a rest, so he went to look for Fengyao and inquire about Murong Xi'er.After learning that Murong Xi'er had entered the military camp, he immediately took out the money from his previous private house and gathered up 1 taels to send to Murong Xi'er.

After hearing this explanation, Murong Xi'er pursed her lips, unable to utter another word.

Su Xingyan only thought that Murong Xier was angry, and quickly explained: "I don't want to fight against the sister of the Feng family. It was the sister of the Feng family who told me to just do my own thing. She is waiting to talk to me in the mall. It's fighting."

Feng Yao has a grudge against Shen Yunzhi, and Shen Yunzhi is the prince's confidant, so Su Xingyan offered good things to the prince, which is actually suspected of being against Feng Yao.Su Xingyan knew how much Murong Xi'er was towards Feng Yao, so when he said these words, he was afraid that Murong Xi'er would be angry with him.However, he refused to tell him to hide it from Murong Xi'er, and he became a little dejected.

Who knows, but only heard a soft laughter in front of him: "Well done!"

Su Xingyan was taken aback for a moment, then slowly raised his head, looking into Murong Xi'er's eyes.After seeing Murong Xi'er's eyes clearly, he realized that the words were brisk and lively, not irony, but genuine appreciation.

"Ah Xi, you don't blame me?" Su Xingyan suddenly became pleasantly surprised, and asked while holding Murong Xi'er's hand.

Murong Xi'er withdrew one hand, reached into Su Xingyan's chest, snatched back the brocade bag that she had rejected just now, stuffed it into her sleeve, and said, "Not only do I not blame you, but I also want to praise you!"

Murong Xi'er could more or less guess what his father was thinking now.But seeing Murong Lian committing suicide, how could he feel unhappy?And tell her to take the prince's money to train the soldiers, and it will be a good show to deal with him in the future.Just about to say something to Su Xingyan, suddenly there was a loud "bang" in the distance, and he couldn't help turning his head to look.

But seeing a few miles away, a huge firework bloomed in the sky, shaped like tens of thousands of pear blossoms, blooming from the flower buds.Clusters bloomed, clusters withered, and then more bloomed pear blossoms came up and wiped out the drooping withered ones.

Immediately afterwards, another firework exploded in the sky, but it looked like a pretty woman, smiling and holding flowers.The woman's face is not very clear, but the flower is extraordinarily beautiful.The layer upon layer of skirts on the woman's body were full of incomparably bright colors, which faded gradually after blooming for a moment.

Then there was a loud noise, this time it was a scene of hundreds of birds pilgrimage, hundreds of birds surrendered to the phoenix in the middle.

Immediately, what was even more astonishing came, I saw that after the birds had dispersed, the sky did not become dark, but a few large characters gradually became clearer: "I wish Lord Dutong a happy new year!"

When Murong Xi'er saw these words, she couldn't help exclaiming, she raised her hand to cover her mouth, her bright eyes opened wide, full of surprise.But I heard that in the barracks, there was a thunderous commotion at the same time: "I would like to wish Sir Dutong a happy new year!" It was actually five or six thousand soldiers who saw this and shouted out at the same time.

It turned out that the scene of Su Xingyan and Murong Xi'er embracing each other on the high slope fell into the eyes of many soldiers, and they immediately knew that the two were not real brother and sister, but probably married couples.One of them admired Murong Xi'er's strict military management, and the other admired Su Xingyan who left her family to see her beloved girl. The ten captains got together and gradually discussed an idea.

Isn't the military regulation prohibiting setting off fireworks in the barracks?They simply pulled the barracks several miles away, found an open space, and lit the fireworks.Anyway, Su Xingyan pulled it here to show Murong Xi'er, and he would not pull it back. Presumably their move has fulfilled them, so it was unanimously approved.

After seeing the gorgeous fireworks, everyone was shocked by Su Xingyan's craftsmanship.Seeing the big characters hanging brightly in the air again, I couldn't help but feel a shock in my heart, and they all shouted: "I wish Lord Dutong a happy new year!"

The voices of "Master Du Tong, Happy New Year" came wave after wave, which moved Murong Xi'er's heart and made her eyes feel hot.Through the somewhat blurred vision, she couldn't help but cast her gaze in the direction of the imperial city.

It was the place where she had lived for 16 years. She used to think that it was the place where she was domineering and like a fish in water.It wasn't until she was slapped twice that she realized that she was just a piece of fish on the chopping board.

Now that he left the filthy place and came to the poor but clean military camp, and watched the fireworks again, Murong Xi'er only felt that this life was never so worth living.In the Xuanming Palace, there was singing and dancing.Because it was New Year's Eve, the emperor and the queen took all the concubines and princes in the harem to watch the new year.

The palace had invited juggling troupes and opera troupes to perform lively performances early on, and a group of concubines and princes had prepared impromptu performances, which were extremely lively.

The emperor sat at the head, enjoying various programs, while turning his eyes, he could see everyone's expressions in his eyes.But everyone was smiling brightly, deliberately pretending to be lively and excited.However, in a place where he could not see, he turned his face and changed to another face.Of course, it's only where they think "he can't see".

The emperor has seen this kind of scene countless times, from the surprise at the beginning, to the numbness later, and now the interest.Suddenly, the emperor cast his gaze on the face of Concubine Xu Gui on the right, and asked, "What do you think of this year's program, Concubine?"

This year's song and dance show was originally organized by the queen's natal family with the help of concubine Xu Guifei.Therefore, Concubine Xu Gui was very happy. Seeing the emperor's question, she smiled and replied: "The program prepared by the empress is naturally excellent."

The queen who was sitting on the emperor's left knew that Concubine Xu Gui was very interesting, so she said with a smile, "Thanks to my sister's help."

Although the son of Feng Taifu's family broke his leg and had an accident, the queen and concubine Xu became closer.Just imagine, if Feng Ziyu broke his leg, which other daughter would marry him?If the queen decides to marry the princess to him, shouldn't Feng Taifu jump up for joy?
The two discussed it, and they both thought that this move was just right, making Taifu Feng grateful to the queen, and then devoted himself to the prince.As for Murong Xi'er's wish, the two of them did not take it seriously.So what if she is a princess, she is just a girl, if she doesn't obey her parents, why should she marry at will?
(End of this chapter)