Madam Hou

Chapter 137

The Spring Festival of Jinghui's tenth year came as scheduled. The Marquis of Yongning, as in previous years, guarded the stove, worshiped the ancestors, and finished the reunion dinner. Everyone went back to their respective yards to watch the night.

Yinniang and Lin Fengqi were walking back to Tangrong Courtyard when they suddenly heard a voice shouting from behind: "Cousin, cousin-in-law, wait for me."

Yinniang and Lin Fengqi stopped and turned around, and saw Sister Lu Qian trotting forward from behind, Qinghua and Caizhu who were following Yinniang and Lin Fengqi quickly came out to stop her from going forward.

Sister Lu Qian looked at the two people standing in front of her, and looked at Lin Fengqi with some grievances. Seeing that he was indifferent and only cared about helping Yinniang to pat the snowflakes that fell on her coat, her eyes turned red, and she pitifully yelled at Yinniang He said, "Cousin?"

Yinniang winked at Qinghua and Caizhu, and then Qinghua and Caizhu took a step on both sides to get out of the way.Only then did Sister Lu Qian come forward with a smile on her face, she lowered her head and took a peek at Lin Fengqi before she said to Yinniang: "Cousin, cousin-in-law, I'm bored by myself, can I stay with you tonight? "

Cai Zhu next to her heard this, and curled her lips in disdain. A girl who has not left the court, is sandwiched between husband and wife to guard the house together. Fortunately, she can figure it out, and it seems that not enough people know her little thoughts.

Yin Niang also gave her cousin a very unexplained look, and then smiled and said: "Cousin is confused, uncle and aunt are all there, why are you alone, what you said is a bit unfilial. " Then he took her hand again, patted the back of her hand, and said: "The vigil should be with the family. How can I deprive my cousin of her filial piety? Cousin, please go back to Jingxiangyuan quickly, uncle, aunt and others are afraid You are waiting for your cousin." After finishing speaking, without waiting for her to speak, she directly instructed Caizhu: "Caizhu, take your cousin back to Jingxiangyuan."

Caizhu hurriedly came out and replied, "Yes, ma'am."

Yin Niang nodded, and walked away holding Lin Fengqi's arm.Sister Lu Qian still wanted to follow her, but Cai Zhu quickly stopped her and said: "Miss Biao, let's go, this servant will take you back."

Sister Lv Qian pulled her handkerchief, clenched her hands into fists, gritted her teeth and let out a "Yeah", then reluctantly shook her handkerchief and went back to Jingxiangyuan.

Caizhu sent Sister Lu Qian to the gate of Jingxiangyuan and went back home. Sister Lu Qian entered the courtyard. Master Lu, Da Zhong and Xiao Zhong rushed up to greet her, and said, "How, is your cousin stopping you?" Let you approach Lord Hou?"

Sister Lu Qian didn't want to talk, she stomped her foot and went back to her room with a "hum".

Xiao Zhong said half gloating and half disappointed: "Look, it really is no use." Regarding the fact that her cousin and sister-in-law wanted to be a concubine for Lord Hou, Xiao Zhong's mood was very complicated. She succeeded, and her eyes grew to the top of her head, so she no longer took her sister-in-law seriously. On the other hand, she felt that as a concubine, Lu Qian would definitely benefit from being a natal family member, and maybe she could even ask for a concubine. Hou Ye made an official for the gentleman, and she will also be the wife of the official by then, so how majestic it is.

The big Zhong stared at the little Zhong very dissatisfied, and the little Zhong shrank back and swallowed the words.

Mrs. Da Zhong looked in the direction of Tangrong Courtyard, thinking that yesterday, she "kindly" ran to give her advice, teaching her how to deal with that new concubine.She can't serve Master Hou now, Aunt Liu has a family background and background, if she is allowed to win Master Hou's heart away, she might not even have a place to stand in the main room.The best way now is of course that she also bring out a concubine to compete with Aunt Liu, and it is best to be a noble concubine, so that she can win the competition.Of course, for the sake of safety, the new aunt must be loyal to her, preferably her relatives.She could keep Aunt Liu by her side by making rules to prevent her from getting close to Master Hou, and then ask Aunt Xin to help her keep Master Hou's heart in the main courtyard.

As a result, no matter what she said, she either pretended not to understand, or said: "Aunt Liu is a concubine bestowed by the emperor, I dare not offend her."

Seeing that she didn't want to get in, she simply showed her elder's money, half coaxing and half oppressing her to accept Sister Qian as a noble concubine, but she blocked her words as soon as she opened her mouth, what "concubine's room" They all exist like cats and dogs. Sister Qian is my cousin, how can I make her change from a petite guest of the Hou Mansion to a cat and dog of the Hou Mansion" "I know that my aunt cares about me, but how can I send my cousin to the fire for my own sake? Even if my aunt is willing, I can’t bear it.” “Auntie, do you want your cousin to be a concubine to save the dowry because you have been cheated out of all your money? How can you do this, auntie? Although the cousin is a girl, she is also You gave birth!" "Don't worry, aunt, I will definitely find a good family for my cousin in the future, and let her go out to be the main wife in a good way, and don't worry about the dowry, I will pay the dowry."

Inside and outside, she accused her of being unkind as a biological mother, who sent her daughter to be a concubine and sold her for glory. She was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood.

Da Zhong thought about it for a while, and then said leisurely: "I think if you want Sister Qian to become Lord Hou's concubine, you have to ask Mrs. Da Tai for help."

If Yinniang doesn't know about these small ideas that the Dazhong family is playing in private, at this moment in Tangrong courtyard, Yinniang and Lin Fengqi were sitting in the room talking and guarding the house.

As a result, she stayed behind and guarded on the bed. Yin Niang used a newly learned method to serve Lin Fengqi comfortably, making Lin Fengqi softly hum and call her "little fairy", "heart-heart baby" and "good Yinniang". Take turns shouting.After Lin Fengqi got comfortable, he didn't forget to show courtesy to Yinniang. The two of them made the bed creaky, and they didn't sleep until midnight.

The second day is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the wives are going to the palace to congratulate them.Yin Niang went into the palace to receive a circle of sympathetic looks, and then came back.

The second day of the Lunar New Year is the day of worshiping the uncle, Yin Niang and Lin Fengqi went back to Yangjiaoer Alley.As a result, after returning, Lin Fengqi had a stomachache for a long time. The reason was that Pingniang, who felt wronged by her sister because of Lin Fengqi's concubine, added some ingredients to her brother-in-law's wine glass. A promise to put laxatives in his bowl if he is not good to his sister.

Yinniang looked at Lin Fengqi who came out of Gong's room clutching her stomach, and then accused her with her eyes, while gloating in her heart, she apologized sincerely: "Pingniang is young and ignorant, sir, you must forgive her..."

Lin Fengqi was very dissatisfied with Yinniang's hidden schadenfreude, and stared at her, but before he could express his anger, his stomach growled again, and he rushed into Gong's room again clutching his stomach , Yinniang met at the back, she covered her mouth and laughed...

At this moment in the palace, Yanniang stood under the plum blossom tree in the cold palace, looking up at the plum blossom buds growing on the branches in a daze.

Perhaps because of the lack of people, there was a thick layer of snow in the courtyard and no one cleaned it. The plum trees were not cut, and the branches and leaves grew in all directions. On the contrary, these two plum trees grew more lush than the plum blossoms in the imperial garden.

I know it is not snow, because there is a secret fragrance.

Facing the severe cold, many white flower buds grew on the branches of plum blossoms.

Yanniang recalled that not long after she first entered the palace, Concubine Xue Guifei, who was still concubine Shu at the time, accused her of murdering the eldest prince. The witnesses and documents were spread out in front of the emperor. Suspected, her heart gradually turned cold.

A fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl is at the time when her heart is sprouting, even if she is forced into the palace, but seeing the emperor who put down his body to please her, her heart has melted once.It's just that the emperor at that time only had favor but not love for her. The emperor's favor, like flowers in a mirror and moon in water, came and went quickly.The emperor threw her into the cold palace in a rage.

She still remembers what kind of life she lived in the cold palace.It is lucky to eat leftovers, and in the worst case, she will not even be able to eat a grain of rice for a few days.It was still winter when she came in, there was no carbon in the cold palace, the windows of the room were broken, the cold wind blew in, it hurt people's bones, and the quilt was wet, every night, she and painted pottery Caici can only sleep for a short while by hugging each other to keep warm.

Later, the empress had someone secretly send a message to her, saying that she would lure the emperor to the cold palace, but whether she can seize this opportunity or not depends entirely on her means.

Of course she wanted to come out, she wanted to die and come out, what she thought at that time was, whoever could save her from the cold palace, she would spend the rest of her life as a cow and a horse to repay her.

She starved herself for three days, and she was so hungry that her whole body was weak, and then she stood under the plum tree to pick plum blossoms and eat them. When the emperor came, what she saw was the scene of her picking flowers and eating them on tiptoe.According to her original expectation, when she turned her head to see the emperor, Lihua cried aggrievedly with rain, and then pretended to faint.The beauty of the city, coupled with a scene where the beauty is dressed in white and wins the snow picking flowers and eating, what a scene that can arouse men's pity.

The previous steps were all according to the script, but when she acted until she was crying, maybe all the grievances she had accumulated all the time burst out at this time. After she cried for the first time, she couldn't stop, and naturally fainted I can't pretend anymore.Even when she was crying, she didn't take into account the need for pear blossoms to bring rain, she cried so much that she was full of tears and snot, and there was no beauty at all.When the emperor came to hug her, she even wiped her snot and tears on his clothes.

After that, she came out of the cold palace as a matter of course, and the emperor treated her even better than before.

(End of this chapter)