Concubine falling from heaven

Chapter 45 Keep Her By Your Side
After a long time, Caiyun choked back her tears, hesitated for a while and asked: "Then what about the prince? If the prince finds out, will he..."

Caiyun wanted to ask whether the prince would accept the concubine because of this, but then thought, even if the concubine could give birth, it would be a matter of time before the concubine would be accepted.Even ordinary people will have three wives and four concubines, let alone a prince.

But when she saw Meng Zihan's disappointed eyes, she immediately comforted her: "No, no, definitely not. The prince is so kind to the princess..."

"Hehehe, silly girl." Meng Zihan pursed his lips and chuckled.

Her eyes inadvertently saw the purse embroidered on the table, and she reached out to put it in the palm of her hand, and suddenly felt that the purse was very heavy, otherwise... why would her hands tremble?Putting the purse into his sleeve, he said to Caiyun: "Okay, your respected prince should be back at this time, let's... go and have a look."

"Yes." Caiyun replied with a haunted voice, but her eyes were already crying into small walnuts.

Walking into the courtyard, I happened to meet Mu Xuanchen walking this way.Caiyun lowered her head, afraid that they would notice her strangeness.

When Mu Xuanchen saw Meng Zihan leaving the room, he put his hands behind his back and asked in a disciplined tone, "Where do you want to slip?"

Meng Zihan calmed down his emotions, put a smile on his face again, and said eagerly, "Wherever I can go, you are watching me like a prisoner."

"Say silly things again." The corners of Mu Xuanchen's mouth rose, "If you're bored, just wait until I come back to accompany you out."

"Who wants you to accompany me, can't I go out by myself? En?" She admitted that she was being duplicity at the moment, but her face had a provocative expression.

"No." Mu Xuanchen replied firmly.

In the past, she hated him being so domineering, but at this moment, her heart was filled with happiness.

"Why?" She pouted playfully.

Mu Xuanchen took a step forward suddenly, Meng Zihan didn't know what he was going to do, so he instinctively took a step back.

He raised his eyebrows and said very seriously: "Because you are too restless, who knows what you are going to do when you go out."

It was not Meng Zihan who laughed, but Xiao Hai and Ye Feng behind Mu Xuanchen.They didn't expect that a prince would take the princess so closely, and he wished he could tie a rope to his side.

Meng Zihan was very uncomfortable being laughed at by the two of them, why did he describe her as a restless woman who seemed to be hunting for sex as soon as she went out.

Fortunately, the two of them stopped laughing in time, otherwise she really wanted to go up and teach them a lesson.

"Look at you, what are you talking about?" She complained angrily and funny.

Mu Xuanchen smiled charmingly, then asked, "What were you doing just now?"

Seeing her coming out of the house just now, Mu Xuanchen was very surprised, because in his eyes, Meng Zihan was definitely not a person who could live at leisure, and he wanted to run out every day, just like a child.

Hearing Mu Xuanchen's question, Meng Zihan and Caiyun were shocked.

"Ah..." Meng Zihan was so guilty that he couldn't answer for a moment.

Caiyun also lowered her head even lower in fright.

Mu Xuanchen felt that they seemed to be hiding something from him, so he narrowed his deep eyes slightly, and the natural light in his eyes shocked the two of them so much that they didn't dare to look up.Meng Zihan twisted his fingers uneasily, but didn't know how to speak.

Do you really want to say it?
No, now is not the time.

"There's something, but you don't want to talk about it?" Mu Xuanchen tentatively asked while holding her hand.

Her look told him that there must be something, but she didn't know how to say it.

Behind Mu Xuanchen, Xiao Hai's slight exclamation suddenly came: "Caiyun, why are your eyes so swollen? Have you been crying?"

As soon as Xiao Hai finished speaking, Ye Feng bumped him gently with his elbow, Xiao Hai realized that he was talking too much, no matter what, he shouldn't ask about his fellow slaves in front of his master.

Although Xiaohai is observant, but now he is using it at an inappropriate time.

Caiyun had deliberately avoided it, but her eyes were still swollen from crying.

"What's going on?" Mu Xuanchen asked with a frown.

He didn't care about why a maid was crying, except for her...Meng Zihan, he didn't care about anyone, but...he vaguely felt that Caiyun's behavior today must have something to do with Meng Zihan's behavior just now.

"She..." Meng Zihan thought for a while, and then forced out an awkward smile, "Hehe, I can't hide anything from you."

"Sure enough, something is hiding from me?" He waited for her answer.

"It's because I feel bored, so I wanted to go out to relax by myself, but Caiyun pulled me and refused to let me go out, so I scolded her severely, who knew she couldn't stand being scolded so much." He turned his head and winked at Caiyun.

Caiyun immediately nodded and said: "Yes! It's not good to be a slave."

Hearing what Caiyun said, Meng Zihan finally breathed a sigh of relief, but Mu Xuanchen's next words made Meng Zihan half dead.

"Okay! Caiyun has a reward today." He pursed his lips and said.

Xiaohai sweated for Caiyun.

Meng Zihan widened her watery eyes and said, "What do you mean!"

"It's called rewards and punishments." Mu Xuanchen nodded her nose and said, "If she loses you again, it won't be the punishment of starving for three days."

"How dare you!" Meng Zihan raised his eyes to meet his domineering smile.

He still ignored the existence of other people and held her in his arms.

Meng Zihan secretly heaved a sigh of relief, he finally believed her words, if he didn't believe her and continued to investigate, he might not be able to hide anything from him.

Caiyun looked at the two people who were brimming with happiness in front of him, but secretly felt sad.Now the prince doesn't know the fact that the princess is barren, if he knew, would he still spoil the princess like this?
Caiyun didn't dare to think about it anymore.I just hope that when the prince accepts the side concubine, he will not neglect the princess at the same time.

He really wanted to ask or investigate further, but he told her that as long as she said it, he would believe it.Even if he doubted it, even if she lied to him, he still chose to believe it.

Ye Feng and Xiao Hai didn't know what was going on between the three of them, they just thought that the princess and the prince were inseparable and deeply in love, so they just smiled and turned around.

It has been a few days, and I still don't know how to say what to say. Meng Zihan just sits on the rocking chair in the courtyard and looks at the sky quietly every day, but when Mu Xuanchen comes to her, she will act like a It's all right.

Caiyun knew what she was thinking, but she was unable to help her because she had more energy than she wanted.In addition to adding clothes to her when it was cold, reminding her to eat when it was dark, and then standing quietly by the side.

The rocking chair made a slight creaking sound due to the shaking, and the purse in Meng Zihan's hand slowly slipped from Meng Zihan's hand and fell to the ground in an instant.

"Princess." Caiyun picked up the purse on the ground and presented it to Meng Zihan, pulling her back from her thoughts.

She took the purse with a light smile, and began to look carefully again.

"This purse has been embroidered for a long time, why didn't the concubine give it to the prince?" Caiyun asked puzzled.

Meng Zihan smiled sweetly: "He won't like being so ugly."

"How could it be?" Caiyun knew that she was in a bad mood and was thinking of the worst in everything, so she could only comfort her, "As long as it is a gift from the concubine, the prince will definitely like it."

"Really?" Meng Zihan smiled.

Although I know that Caiyun's words do not lose comforting elements, but the sound can really make people feel much better.

Mu Xuanchen and Ye Feng came back from the outside, and just stepped into the gate of the mansion, they asked: "What is the princess doing today?"

He would ask this question every day when he came back, because he found that something was wrong with Meng Zihan, and he talked less and less. He was used to seeing her alive and kicking, and now she was so quiet that he was very worried.

"If you go back to the Lord, the princess is just in the courtyard of Zimeng Pavilion and hasn't done anything."

Zhang Butler's answer is also the same sentence every day.

"What happened to her?" Mu Xuanchen muttered softly, and after thinking about it, he looked at Butler Zhang and asked, "Has the princess met anyone recently?"

He was worried that the ignorant Prince Chu Rui and the unwilling Hua Yankang would disrupt her life.

Butler Zhang immediately replied: "If you go back to the Lord, no one has come to the Chen Palace recently, and the princess is only staying in Zimeng Pavilion."

"Master, do you want to see the princess first?" Ye Feng asked.

Mu Xuanchen pondered for a moment and then said, "Go to the study first."

He must go back to Meng Zihan's Zimeng Pavilion to see her every day, and then deal with other things, but today is different, he has to solve the important matter in front of him.

Otherwise he and she will be in trouble...

Night falls
Meng Zihan didn't go back to her room directly after dinner, but came to the courtyard of Mu Xuanchen's study, because there was a swing set she liked there.

Meng Zihan had been complaining to Mu Xuanchen before, why such a big Chenwang Mansion only set up swings here, every time he just smiled and didn't explain, once she asked urgently, he raised his eyebrows and smiled Then he said: "Greedy ghost, isn't one enough?"

Standing in front of the swing frame, she stretched out her hand to gently hold the rope, and a look of surprise climbed up her cheek immediately.

It rained a few days ago, but there was no trace of water on the swing.

Because the silk was too slippery, Mu Xuanchen was afraid that she would fall, so the soft seat was made of cotton cloth wrapped in cotton. Logically speaking, after it rained all night, it is impossible for the cotton soft seat to remain dry, unless...

Meng Zihan smiled like a flower.

Turning around and sitting on the swing, with a light tiptoe, the swing swayed.

After the rain, the sky is full of stars, and a bright moon hangs quietly in the ink-like sky.Although the bright moon is quiet and peaceful, it can't stop the stars around it from surrounding it.

This situation made Meng Zihan, who had been thinking too much, feel even more touched.

It has been several months since she traveled here, no matter how nice Mu Xuanchen is to her, she can't forget the fact that she is not from this time and space, nor can she forget the memory that belongs to her in another time and space.She really hopes that she will lose her memory when she travels here, so that she won't let herself have too many worries and worries.

Moreover, now that she knows the fact that she is infertile, how can she cling to him like a normal person.

In ancient times, people regarded the succession of the family as the most important thing in life. Among the seven rules, it was "the greatest thing is to have no descendants". Even if he spoiled her again, how could he let himself have no children?If he married a concubine to inherit the incense, how could she be so embarrassed?
Looking up at the full moon, Meng Zihan smiled bitterly.

Mu Xuanchen is like the bright and flawless moon in the sky, and she is like one of the stars around the moon.Even if it is brighter, it will still be overwhelmed by many stars.

Swinging, looking at the starry sky, thinking about my family, my heart is entangled.

It seems that I can't help it, I want to sing when I sit on the swing.Without thinking too much, a song "The Moon A Thousand Miles Sends Lovesickness" came out leisurely from her mouth.

"The darkness of night covers all around, and the crescent moon in the sky is like a hook.

Recalling the past is like a dream, where can I find the dream again.

People are separated by thousands of miles, and the heart is already worried,
Please send greetings to Mingyue, those who miss her often cry.

The moonlight is misty and the night is not over, and the surroundings are lonely and quiet.

The cold light on the table is not bright, and I sit alone and feel lonely.

Thousands of miles away, there is no news, and it is always useless to wait for a long-distance question.

Please Mingyue send a letter on behalf of me, and send me a piece of paper to comfort my separation. "

After singing a song, why do I still feel uncomfortable?
It has been almost smooth sailing since she was a child, and she has never encountered anything that makes her at a loss like now.If you want to go back, you can't go back, if you want to stay, you can't stay.Such a dilemma made her suddenly lose her direction.

While the thoughts were wandering, a thick and magnetic voice suddenly came from behind: "Are you in a bad mood recently?"

Meng Zihan suddenly looked up, and Mu Xuanchen was already standing in front of her.

He frowned slightly, and spread his hands flat in front of her. She put her hands in his palms with a slight smile and stood up.

"Homesick?" From the singing just now, he had already heard her homesickness.

Meng Zihan faded away from the upset just now, pretending to be relaxed and said: "Yeah, did you want to tell me about that place because you couldn't bear it?"

Mu Xuanchen understood that she was referring to the place where she was found, so his face turned cold instantly.

"Do you think it's possible?" Even if he couldn't bear it, he would still selfishly keep her by his side, and he was willing to spend his life to make up for her.

Meng Zihan saw his displeasure, and immediately said: "I know you are not so generous, but actually... If I can go back, I will definitely come back again."

"No!" His face became more and more ugly, making the temperature seem to drop a few degrees in the already cold night.

Seeing his expression, she grinned perfunctorily: "I was joking with you." Of course she was joking, even if she could really go back, she couldn't control it if she wanted to.

"Really?" He was still sullen, with a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes.

She tiptoed and pecked lightly on his lips and said, "You said you would believe everything I said."

Looking at her innocent face, Mu Xuanchen gently hugged her into his arms, Han'er, please forgive my selfishness, because I can't choose to let go.

"Xuanchen!" She whispered against his chest.

"Huh?" He hummed in response.

What should be said is always said, he also has the right to know, doesn't he?
But...she really didn't have confidence.

Why don't you try him first...

"If... suddenly one day, you find that I am not what you imagined, or that I have disappointed you in some way, will you ignore me?"

"What is Han'er worried about?" He has always been worried that she will leave, but how could she have such an idea now?Could it be that he thinks that he puts his mind on the court all day long and ignores her?
"Answer me first." She pressed urgently.

"No, I will never ignore Han'er." Sensing her uneasiness, Mu Xuanchen gave her a reassurance.

"Do you like children very much?"

Mu Xuanchen was obviously stunned, he never thought that Meng Zihan would ask him this question, since that day when she asked Caiyun how to prevent him from getting pregnant, he felt that she was unwilling to bear children for him.

And now that their relationship had progressed, he thought she would be happy to have children of their own.But from her tone just now, he knew that she was still unwilling, or...she was not mentally prepared.

He kept comforting himself like this.

When he came back to his senses, he met her crystal clear eyes like stars, held back the real thoughts in his heart, raised a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, and gently kissed her forehead.

"If Han'er isn't mentally prepared yet, we won't consider it for now."

"Temporary?" Meng Zihan knew that the answer she wanted was selfish, but when she heard Mu Xuanchen said "for the time being", she still felt a layer of disappointment in her heart.

Seeing her disappointed expression, Mu Xuanchen sighed helplessly. In front of her, he could only compromise: "Okay, if Han'er doesn't like it, we don't want it."

"Really?" She was stunned.

"Yeah." He nodded with a chuckle.Looking at her with a helpless smile, when will this girl become more mature, why is she so afraid of such things?It seemed that she had to take her time and not rush it. One day she would hope to have a child belonging to the two of them.

Mu Xuanchen thought so.

Hearing what he said, apart from guilt, Meng Zihan actually felt very at ease.

If he could give up his heir for her, what else could she think about?

The knot of depression in her heart that threw herself into his arms seemed to have been untied, and she would not think about it any more in the future, and she would cherish the person in front of her.

"Go back to the room!" His charming voice sounded in his ear.

"Ah?" She was so attracted by his voice that she didn't hear what he said.

Mu Xuanchen didn't give her any time to think, and immediately picked her up and walked towards "Tianao Pavilion"...

After several days of rain, the weather has been getting better and better recently.I don't know if it was because of Mu Xuanchen's words, or because of the weather, Meng Zihan's mood also relaxed.

"Caiyun, is the prince back?" she asked.

"Well, I'm back, in the study." Caiyun answered briskly.

Seeing that Meng Zihan had returned to his former cheerfulness, Caiyun also felt better.

He took out the purse from the dressing box, gently stroked the word "Chen" on it with his fingers, and a smile floated on his cheek.

Time to give it to him.

"I'll go, you stay." After turning his head and explaining to Caiyun, he couldn't wait to go to Mu Xuanchen's study.

With a joyful mood, Meng Zihan ran to his study courtyard in a bouncing manner.There is no Ye Feng in the courtyard, is he in the study?After a moment of suspicion, Meng Zihan began to mutter complainingly: "This light bulb."

After going in later, you must brainwash him well, don't follow her husband all day long, even though you are a close body guard, you should give them a space to be alone with each other in due course.

After walking a few steps, another bad idea suddenly popped up in her mind: how about secretly listening to what they were talking about, isn't it a topic that is not suitable for women?

Thinking of this, she covered her mouth mischievously.

She tiptoed to the door of the study, so nervous that she didn't even dare to breathe. This was the second time she stood here and eavesdropped, and she really thought it was quite fun.

In the study, what Mu Xuanchen and Ye Feng were discussing was not what Meng Zihan imagined...

"Master! What should we do now?" Ye Feng's expression changed from the usual peaceful one.

Mu Xuanchen sat in front of the desk, Yingmei frowned, the haze rising in his eyes made Ye Feng feel that he really encountered a problem this time.

In the past few days, Mu Xuanchen and Prince Chu Rui had a dispute over the "peace war", which actually touched Mu Xuanchen's bottom line, and now it has created a situation of ice and fire.

Originally, Prince Chu Rui made other requests that both Mu Xuanyi and Mu Xuanchen could consider, but he actually asked Meng Zihan to marry him for "marriage".

Not to mention that Mu Xuanchen would not agree to this request, Mu Xuanyi naturally opposed it.

Mu Xuanyi had already persuaded Prince Chu Rui to exchange other conditions, even if he wanted the daughter of any official, but he actually said "except Meng Zihan, other conditions are negligible".

Thinking of this, Mu Xuanchen was furious.

No one can take anything away from him, let alone the one he loves that he will never let go of.

The hand on the desk was tightly clenched, the nails were deeply embedded in the palm, and the joints were white from the clenching.His face was so cold that the atmosphere around him dropped sharply.

If only Prince Chu Rui proposed this condition, he would have a hundred and one thousand reasons to convince the ministers to refuse, but the tricky thing now is that Princess Chu Yun even disregarded her reputation and said that she was already his.

Mu Xuanchen could see the thoughts of their brother and sister.If he really married Princess Chu Yun, Meng Zihan would definitely not be able to bear it. In this way, Prince Chu Rui would have an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Because Meng Zihan had always regarded Prince Chu Rui as an old friend before, the latter's success can be imagined.

"Do you have any good ideas?" Mu Xuanchen asked Ye Feng lightly, his emotions did not fluctuate greatly, which was also expected by Ye Feng.No matter how urgent things are, he will only bear them silently.

But this time, he was really in big trouble, because Mu Xuanchen never asked Ye Feng's opinion like this before.

After thinking for a while, Ye Feng replied hesitantly: "It's better for the prince to marry Princess Chu Yun."

Ye Feng didn't want to drive a wedge between Meng Zihan and Mu Xuanchen, but at present, there is really no other way except this method. Anyway, which prince doesn't have three wives and four concubines? There cannot be only one princess.

Marry Princess Chu Yun?
Meng Zihan outside the door suddenly felt his whole body go stiff.

what happened?Why did you suddenly mention that you want to marry Princess Chu Yun?Could it be that they fell in love for a long time after getting along for a few days.

The ominous premonition made Meng Zihan feel chills all over his body.

Mu Xuanchen took a deep breath and sneered: "Should I say that this princess Chu Yun is too innocent or too stupid, a dignified princess who is willing to marry this king as a side concubine, doesn't she feel wronged?"

"It seems that Princess Chu Yun really wants to marry me, and if I don't marry her, maybe she will say that she is pregnant with my child." Ye Feng said.

Meng Zihan burst into tears after listening to their conversation...

It turned out that the two of them had already secretly plotted against Chen Cang, and they also thought that the side concubine had wronged Princess Chu Yun, and the implication was to make her abdicate?

She covered her mouth with one hand, afraid that she would burst into tears.

The other hand tried hard to cover his heart, but why did he still feel a tearing pain?I want to take a deep breath, but it still hurts...as if something has been dug out from there...

The clothes around her heart were wrinkled by her, and she wanted to calm herself down, but her hands couldn't stop shaking.

The whole back was stiff as if he had lost consciousness, but he could feel the coolness all over his body.

She really wanted to rush in and question him loudly, but she didn't have the courage nor the qualifications to question him.

How does she compare to a princess?
The most important thing is that now that she knows the fact that she is infertile, what face does she have to question?

Just as he was about to turn around, he heard Mu Xuanchen laugh without any emotion.

Why did she find such laughter so harsh and ironic?
In order to suppress the emotions that were about to erupt in his heart, Meng Zihan bit his trembling lips tightly, even though he was bleeding from the bite, he didn't know it.

Mu Xuanchen looked at Ye Feng leaning on the back of the chair and pretended to be relaxed, "Their brothers and sisters are really not simple, and they are also special enough."

(End of this chapter)