Mistress

Chapter 3

When Li Yan heard that Aunt Song and Aunt Ji were coming, she quickly racked her brains to bring out the vague memories, and went through them quickly in her mind, so that she could deal with them freely.

Xu Cheng, the prime minister, is really blessed. He has one wife and three concubines, all of whom are extraordinary in appearance.The main wife, Li Nianyun, is the eldest daughter of general Li Xiangrui. Li Xiangrui was born with mud legs. After being captured as a soldier, he has been fighting with the former general Xu Zhao.Because of Li Xiangrui's bravery, loyalty and courage, he was promoted by Xu Zhao all the way, and became Xu Zhao's lieutenant a few years later.After Xu Zhao passed away, he was posthumously named Xu Guogong, and Li Xiangrui was named a first-rank General Jingyuan, and he has been stationed in the Northwest Camp now.

Xu Zhao is the father of Prime Minister Xu Cheng. It is said that the Xu family has been kind to the Li family. If Xu Zhao hadn't promoted and appreciated Li Xiangrui, the Li family might still be nothing.

However, before Xu Cheng married Li Nianyun, Xu's mother had planned to let her younger sister's daughter Zhang Yuliu marry her eldest son Xu Cheng.Later, Xu's mother learned that her husband Xu Zhao and Li Xiangrui had already arranged the marriage between Xu Cheng and Li Nianyun in the military camp. In desperation, Xu's mother had no choice but to let her niece Zhang Yuliu be Xu Cheng's concubine.

Originally, Zhang Yuliu could have agreed to someone else, but her parents took a fancy to the Xu family's family status, and felt that Xu Cheng would be a pillar of the Ye Dynasty in the future, so they really didn't want to miss it, even if they let their daughter give to Xu Cheng. Cheng is also willing to be a concubine.What's more, they still had wishful thinking, many women died young in their 30s and [-]s, if Li Nianyun died early, wouldn't Zhang Yuliu also have a chance to be right?

Zhang Yuliu is Aunt Zhang who is busy in the medicine hall, and she didn't come to see his wife at this time.

Two years after Xu Cheng and Li Nianyun got married, he was not yet the prime minister, but was promoted from the minister of the Ministry of Rites to the Minister of the Ministry of Rites.The prime minister at that time was Mr. Song Qian, and Song Qian and Xu Cheng had a very close friendship. Perhaps Song Qian also saw that Xu Cheng would become a great weapon in the future, so he insisted on giving his concubine Song Ruzhi to Xu Cheng as a concubine. It's hard to turn down the hospitality, so I accepted it.

Song Ruzhi is the Aunt Song that Xueer mentioned in the report just now.

Seven years after Xu Cheng married Li Nianyun, he was appointed prime minister.When the emperor gave him a banquet, he casually pointed out a newly selected beautiful girl Ji Yanqiu and gave it to Xu Cheng.Xu Cheng did not dare to disobey the emperor's golden words, but fortunately this beautiful girl has not been granted a title, let alone served her bed, otherwise Xu Cheng would never have dared to accept it.

Ji Yanqiu is the daughter of a fourth-rank minister in the Ministry of Industry. She originally wanted to enter the palace as a concubine, but unexpectedly, she was sent here by the emperor to be Xu Cheng's concubine. On the surface, she dared not complain, but in her heart she was more or less Less uneven.But Xu Cheng was much younger and handsomer than the emperor, which more or less made up for the regret in her heart.

In this way, these three concubines are all noble concubines, and they all have a lot of background.Aunt Zhang is the niece of Mrs. Tai, that is, Xu Cheng's cousin; Aunt Song is the daughter of the former prime minister. She is a woman bestowed to Xu Cheng by the emperor, but no one dares to treat things vaguely, let alone she is still a person.

For so many years, Li Nianyun has always been generous and kind, and treated the three concubines kindly, and he has never blushed with anyone in public.In front of Mrs. Tai, Li Nianyun even praised the three younger sisters for being wise and capable, saying that they not only served the master very considerately and thoughtfully, but also helped her take care of many household matters in the house. What a blessing.

Li Yan's heart tightened for a while, oh my god, she doesn't have Li Nianyun's mind, these three women are probably not easy to deal with, how can she deal with them?
Then she thought about it, in Xu Cheng's current situation, nine out of ten would not be able to come back, and the future of these women is still unclear, maybe they won't be able to stay together in the mansion for a long time, then Let's be perfunctory first.

Aunt Song and Aunt Ji walked in, and the servants who followed stood by the door of the outer room.One of them is as delicate as Xiaojiabiyu, and the other is as bright and charming as colorful beads. Although they are not well-dressed and their faces are covered with sorrow, they cannot conceal their flower-like beauty.Especially Aunt Ji, who looks less than twenty, her face is so tender that water can be squeezed out, the so-called creamy skin is probably referring to a woman like her.

Li Yan has had an eye addiction, and she has to sigh deeply in her heart, there are so many beauties around the house, how can Xu Cheng's legs be willing to step out of the house?
Both Aunt Song and Aunt Ji looked at Li Yan in amazement, and couldn't believe that the woman in front of her was his wife!Although the maids saw Qi'er in the morning, they all went back to report to their masters, saying that the madam was in better spirits this morning, and the two of them were already mentally prepared, but they never thought that the madam would be able to get up on the kang. Big illness, is she just recovering from a serious illness?

During the first month of Li Nianyun's illness, they also came to Dingshen in the morning and evening, and occasionally served Li Nianyun to drink soup and medicine.But later, when Li Nianyun saw that they were having trouble sleeping and eating because of the master's affairs, and she herself was in a trance, she refused to let them come, the reason was that she didn't want to make them sick.Since they didn't really want to come to say hello and serve her, and the master didn't know if he would be able to return home, why did they bother to do these things to each other, so as not to increase resentment in vain.

So in the past month, neither of them has seen his wife, but Aunt Zhang will come every five or six days, because she is in charge of the affairs of the house now, and some things still need to be discussed.

When they first saw each other today, both of them felt terrified. They thought that Madam would be ill soon, and the funeral would be held in the mansion soon.Unexpectedly, not only would Madam not be able to die, but her demeanor would be even better than before.Whether it's her facial features or her figure, they are all just right now, with clear facial features, dignified and generous, and the demeanor she exudes makes people feel awe of her.

They hurriedly squatted down to salute, and said in unison: "Madam, all blessings!"

Li Yan made a gesture to help them, "You two sisters please stand up."

The two of them got up, and Li Yan ordered Qi'er to show them a seat.

Aunt Song looked at Li Yan, her eyes suddenly became moist and sparkled with crystal light, she said softly: "Madam has great blessings, her illness has just recovered, this is a great joy, the mansion should Congratulations. However, the master, he... he..., if the concubine can be by the master's side, even if it is only half of the burden, I will be willing to die."

As soon as she mentioned the master, tears immediately rolled out of her eyes.Putting aside other thoughts, Li Yan just looked at Song Ruzhi's weak and pretty appearance, which was a bit sickly and beautiful, and felt that she was really worthy of a man's love.

At this time, Aunt Ji, who was sitting by the side, blinked her star-like eyes, and said nonchalantly: "Isn't that so, now that we stay in this mansion, we are in a state of anxiety every day, facing death and death?" What's the difference?"

Li Yan nodded slightly, sighed and said: "My sisters are very reasonable. The master is in danger. If something happens, we women can only die cleanly. It's just... even if we die, we should not die in Jiaoyang City for the sake of it." Good. As long as they are forced to run out of food and grass, and the soldiers have no food to eat, anything can happen. I don’t know if you have heard of the "killing of concubines to feed soldiers", it is really tragic."

Aunt Song and Aunt Ji were stunned when they heard the sound, they felt their hair stand on end.Aunt Song held a silk handkerchief in her right hand, and unconsciously held the armrest of the chair tightly with her left hand, sitting stiffly.

Ji Yanqiu seemed to be much bolder than Song Ruzhi, she just calmed down, covered her handkerchief and coughed lightly, then changed the subject and said: "It's not just that our hearts are like mirrors, who in the house can't see through, last night What happened to Dr. Xu in the house, I'm afraid that some people with bad intentions will follow suit, and I don't know what kind of moths will happen in the house next."

Li Yan had guessed that Dr. Xu couldn't be sick in bed just now, so she asked, "What's wrong with Dr. Xu?"

(End of this chapter)