The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 90
She froze for a moment, and immediately got up to greet him.

"My dear boy, what are you still doing? You can't delay if your mother summons you!" Mrs. Lin said, she stepped into the threshold, then turned around and told the maid next to her, "Come here, help the young lady to dress up." !"

"Yes! Ma'am!" Everyone responded.

The next moment, Lin Xirong was pushed on the chair, and a large group of servant girls began to busy around her, while her original servant girl, Yue Huan, was pushed aside.

Mrs. Lin sat with her head tilted and looked at the scene, with a very satisfied expression on her face.

However, Lin Xirong felt extremely uncomfortable, she glanced at her mother through the Linghua mirror, and asked: "Mother, do you have to enter the palace?"

"Of course! Your Majesty is summoned, how can you refuse?" Mrs. Lin replied with a smile on her face, which was far from her previous stern-faced image.

Lin Xirong hesitated for a moment, then said: "But mother, Zhaoqing and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will soon get married, I don't know why the empress summoned us at this time?"

"Why?" After hearing this, Mrs. Lin glanced at her daughter with a half-smile, and said with a smile: "Of course it is to choose a side concubine for His Highness!"

"Me?" Lin Xirong's face turned pale when she heard this, and she pointed at herself tremblingly.

Mrs. Lin nodded triumphantly, and said with a smile: "At this time, Concubine Rong would summon many wives to enter the palace, and order them to bring their daughters with them. No one else was summoned, only us, which means that the position of your side concubine is almost inseparable!"

"My daughter, don't marry Your Highness!" Lin Xirong shook her head fiercely when she heard this, and the two maids who were combing her hair were so frightened that they let go quickly, fearing that they would hurt her and cause her to be beaten severely.

"What did you say?" Mrs. Lin's expression darkened when she heard this, she gave Lin Xirong a cold look, and said in a deep voice: "This is the arrangement of the empress, you can't resist it!"

"Your Highness, he doesn't like me at all!" Lin Xirong pouted angrily when she heard the words: "That day in the Jokhang Temple, he humiliated his daughter in public! From then on, I swore never to marry he!"

"Ridiculous!" Mrs. Lin immediately reprimanded after hearing this: "It's such a long time ago, why mention it? I saw that every time the First Prince came to pick you up at the house, you were not very happy? What are you putting on now?"

Lin Xirong shook her head: "The person His Highness wants to pick up is Zhaoqing, not me."

Although what she said was the truth, it hit the eternal pain in Mrs. Lin's heart. Great anger burst out in her eyes, but she forcibly endured it.

"Hurry up and make up, and we will enter the palace together later."

After hearing this, Lin Xirong flatly refused, "I don't feel well today, so I won't go."

"What did you say? Say it again?" Mrs. Lin said coldly.

Lin Xirong raised her head high, stared at her and said, "I said, I won't go..."

"Slap!", before she finished speaking, Mrs. Lin slapped her hard on the face!
Lin Xirong was stunned by the burning pain on her face, she looked at her mother in disbelief.

Madam Lin looked at the bright red five finger marks on her face, and panicked in her heart.

Oops!Now my daughter can no longer enter the palace!

Madam Lin, who knew that she might have made a terrible typo, was terrified, remorseful and resentful for a while, unable to utter a word for a long time.

The next moment, Lin Xirong covered her face and cried with a "wow--", she got up abruptly and ran out while crying.

It wasn't until she was about to run out that Mrs. Lin woke up like a dream, and shouted loudly to the outside: "Come on! Catch her!"

Lin Xirong ran even faster after hearing the words!
"Why is this bastard always against me?" Mrs. Lin stomped her feet angrily as she watched this scene.

No one dared to answer her.

After a while, a servant woman came in and reported: "Ma'am, miss has gone to the old man's yard."

"I was really spoiled by that loser!" Mrs. Lin was so annoyed when she heard this, she punched the table with a fist, causing the teacups and utensils on the table to fall to the ground.

A servant woman reminded: "Madam, there is no need to delay any longer, otherwise, the time to enter the palace will be delayed."

Mrs. Lin's face was even uglier when she heard this.

But thinking of the slap marks on Lin Xirong's face, she also knew that she would definitely not be able to take her into the palace today, so she could only stare in the direction of Hongli Yuan with hatred, and said in a deep voice: "Don't wait for her, go into the palace." !"

"Yes, ma'am."

A quarter of an hour later, the carriage parked in front of Lin's house slowly drove away.

In the Hongli Courtyard, Lin Xirong was crying and telling Mrs. Lin what had happened.

"I just said that I wouldn't go, and my mother beat me..." Lin Xirong said with red eyes, "Grandfather, did I really do something wrong and shouldn't disobey my mother?"

Old Master Lin glanced at the palm print on his granddaughter's face, sighed that it was a crime, and called a few servants to help dispense medicine to Lin Xirong.

At this time, he took a long look at Lin Xirong and sighed: "Rong'er! In fact, your idea of ​​not wanting to be a concubine for the crown prince is correct, but the way you did it was wrong."

"Grandpa, what do you mean?" Lin Xirong was stunned when she heard the words, and looked at her grandfather suspiciously.

Old Master Lin glanced at her, and said slowly: "Only your mother entered the palace alone. If Concubine Rong proposes to accept you as His Highness's side concubine, she will definitely agree. By then, this matter will be settled. , you have no choice but to repent."

Lin Xirong was stunned when she heard the words, she only thought of resisting Concubine Rong and her mother by not entering the palace, but never thought about the consequences.

"Then, what should we do now?" Lin Xirong asked, her face full of remorse.

"No rush." ​​Old Master Lin smiled slightly after hearing this, and said, "If the matter has not reached that point, even if Concubine Rong is willing, it depends on His Royal Highness's intentions, right? His Highness clearly knows about the Murong family. Little brother likes you, he is like a good brother, how could he win people's love? Listen to grandfather's words, relax your heart, and pretend it's nothing." He said with a smile.

Lin Xirong never expected that her grandfather would still tease her at this time, and the other half of her face blushed, and she said coquettishly, "Grandfather! You are talking nonsense again! How do you know that Murong Jin likes his granddaughter? What if it's not?"

Old Master Lin laughed out loud when he heard the words: "Your grandfather and I have a good eye for seeing people!"

Lin Xirong lowered her head and pinched the corner of her clothes, wondering what she was thinking.

"Okay, your face is also covered with medicine." Old Master Lin said: "Your mother has probably entered the palace by this time, go back!"

……

In Yongchun Palace, after Mrs. Lin greeted her, she sat down on the brocade stool brought by Gong'e.

Concubine Rong glanced at her with a smile, and said, "I've heard that Mrs. Lin is a virtuous and virtuous woman. It must be very tiring to take care of the Prime Minister's house by herself all these years, right?"

"Returning to your mother's words, tiredness is not a big deal. After all, it is a matter of duty. Only by doing my best to take care of my body can I let Xiangye have no worries. Don't you think so?" Mrs. Lin said very politely.

Before entering the palace, she had hesitated in her heart, fearing that because of Ye Zhaoqing, she would be made things difficult by Concubine Rong, but at this moment, her worries had completely disappeared.

Concubine Rong should have known that she and Ye Zhaoqing were at odds, but she still called herself into the palace, which meant that she didn't like Ye Zhaoqing very much, otherwise, she wouldn't care about her feelings.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Lin's heart was filled with joy. She knew that her daughter's becoming the prince's side concubine was almost a certainty!

It's a pity that she is a side concubine, not a main concubine...

Mrs. Lin was annoyed, and then comforted herself in her heart, it doesn't matter, let's start with the side concubine first, with her daughter's intelligence and beauty, she will definitely be able to replace the mourner in the crown prince's position in the future!
By then, wouldn't the position of Crown Princess be within reach?
"Madam is right." Concubine Rong smiled even more when she heard the words: "I heard that Zhaoqing once lived in your house for a while and was taken care of. You can't be ungrateful, right? She called out and thanked Madam."

Mrs. Lin was flattered when she heard this, she was more and more sure that Concubine Rong had a rift with Ye Zhaoqing, she pretended to refuse and said: "It is right to take care of her, my wife dare not be thanked by the Crown Princess."

"Oh? Why is that?" Concubine Rong raised her eyebrows when she heard the words.

Mrs. Lin smiled coyly, and said: "Going back to your mother's words, the Crown Princess doesn't seem to like the minister's wife very much... I don't think much of the care of the minister's wife..."

"What are you talking about! Since you have been favored, how can you still pick and choose?" Concubine Rong became angry when she heard this, and turned her head to Zhao'er and said, "Go and call Zhaoqing here." I would like to see how ungrateful the Crown Princess is when facing someone who has kindness to me!"

"Yes, ma'am." Zhao'er replied, then turned around and retreated immediately.

Concubine Rong turned her head to look at Mrs. Lin, and said with a smile, "I'm Zhaoqing, I'm sorry for my madam, I apologize to you on her behalf."

"Oh! I dare not take it for granted!" Mrs. Lin was overjoyed, but her face was filled with fear and fear, and she refused again and again: "It's none of your business..."

"Since she is going to marry Yu'er soon, then this matter is under my control!" Concubine Rong said without doubt.

Mrs. Lin heard this, but a trace of displeasure welled up in her heart, she wished that Concubine Rong would immediately drive Ye Zhaoqing away and replace her daughter Lin Xirong as the Crown Princess.

It's a pity that Concubine Rong didn't mention this at all. Although she hurt Ye Zhaoqing again and again, she didn't intend to replace her at all.

Mrs. Lin noticed this, and she immediately felt hatred in her heart.

Why?Concubine Rong already hated that funeral star so much?Why do you have to let her be the princess?Isn't this embarrassing yourself?

She couldn't figure it out.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhao'er came in from the outside and reported: "Your Majesty, Miss Ye has already arrived, but..."

"Just what?" Concubine Rong raised her eyes and asked.

Zhao'er lowered her head, her voice was inaudible: "I don't know why, His Royal Highness got the news, and he is waiting outside with Miss Ye for the call from the empress."

"What? Yu'er is here too?" Concubine Rong's expression changed suddenly after hearing this.

"Yes, empress." Zhao'er lowered her head, not daring to look at Concubine Rong's face at all.

"Go and tell him that I don't have time to see him today, tell him to go back." Concubine Rong mused.

Zhao'er raised her eyes and was about to answer, but suddenly heard a cool voice coming from behind: "Why doesn't the concubine mother want to see Erchen?"

She lowered her head immediately.

"Yu'er, what are you doing here?" Concubine Rong asked patiently and in a deep voice.

"Zhaoqing sees the empress." Ye Zhaoqing paid his respects according to the rules.

As soon as Mrs. Lin saw her, her eyes turned cold.

Li Yu smiled when he heard the words, turned his head and glanced at Ye Zhaoqing who was following him, and said with a smirk: "My son heard that Mrs. Lin was here, so I brought Zhaoqing to apologize to her. When she was in the Lin Mansion, she took care of her in every possible way!"

As he said that, he turned his head and glanced at Mrs. Lin, and said with a half-smile, "Mrs. Lin, do you think so?"

Madam Lin didn't dare to look at his face, a trace of fear gradually welled up in her heart, but she still said boldly: "Your Highness is polite, taking care of Miss Ye is what a court lady should do."

She was betting that Concubine Rong would not just sit back and watch her being made things difficult by Li Yu.

Sure enough, Concubine Rong spoke up: "Yu'er, Mrs. Lin just came into the palace to pay my respects to the palace, she didn't mean to embarrass Zhaoqing, don't think too much about it."

Mrs. Lin breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

"My concubine is worrying too much. I really appreciate Mrs. Lin!" Li Yu blinked, then turned to look at Mrs. Lin who kept her head down without saying a word, and said with a smile: "When I was in Lin's mansion that day, Mrs. Lin Madame has been trying every means to match Miss Xirong and Second Young Master Murong, I don't know how happy I am to see this!"

Mrs. Lin was startled when she heard this, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, my wife has never done that? My family, Xi Rong, wants to..."

"What are you going to do?" Hearing this, Li Yu sneered at Mrs. Lin and said, "Do you want to be my side concubine? Your Lin family's face is really thick-skinned! Do you really want me to refuse you?" How many times will you die?"

"Yu'er!" After hearing this, Concubine Rong's expression darkened: "What nonsense are you talking about? Xirong is a good girl, and what she wants to do is to be your side concubine, isn't it..."

Li Yu interrupted: "Mother Concubine, do you really want this minister to choose such a tell-tale, cruel woman's daughter as a side concubine at this time? Are you sure?"

Concubine Rong's face turned pale when she heard this, and she couldn't utter a single word immediately.

Li Yu laughed immediately, turned his head and glanced at Mrs. Lin who had already been stunned, and said with a smile: "I forgot to remind you, both the mother concubine and this palace have promised Zhaoqing that within two years, this palace will Absolutely no side concubine, Mrs. Lin, if you want Lin Xirong to be my side concubine, it will have to wait until two years later!"

"By that time, Lin Xirong will already be eighteen. Do you think this palace will choose an old girl instead of a young girl of fourteen or fifteen?" Li Yu said in a cool tone.

After hearing this, Mrs. Lin's complexion turned ashen for a moment. She looked at Li Yu in disbelief. She never expected to hear such a fact from him!
The next moment, she turned her head suddenly, stared at Concubine Rong firmly, and asked in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, is what His Highness said true?"

Concubine Rong's expression was also very ugly. Hearing the words, she nodded her head silently, and her back couldn't help but straighten: "This palace is just about to tell you about this matter. As long as your family Xirong is willing to wait, in two years' time, this palace will definitely be there. One of Yu'er's four side concubines is reserved for her. I keep my word!"

After finishing speaking, she turned her head and gave Li Yu a bitter look.

Originally, she wanted to tell Mrs. Lin about this slowly, but unexpectedly, Li Yu poked it out all at once.Now, it's no wonder Mrs. Lin would agree!
Li Yu shrugged and gave his mother a smiling expression.

"But what's the use of it?" Mrs. Lin's face was full of bitterness when she heard this: "As Your Highness said, in two years' time, my Xi Rong will be eighteen, and she will be caught in a pile of pink and tender girls." Among the little girls, there is no chance of winning."

"Then are you rejecting Bengong's kindness?" Concubine Rong raised her eyebrows upon hearing this.

Madam Lin turned her head and glanced at Ye Zhaoqing, but she saw her standing quietly beside Li Yu, with neither sadness nor joy on her face.

She has gone through so many tricks with Li Yu, but this woman seems to stay out of it!

Madam Lin's heart suddenly surged with anger!

As if playing a prank, she asked Ye Zhaoqing: "Miss Ye, do you think I should promise my mother, or not?"

Hearing this, Ye Zhaoqing looked up at her blankly. Obviously, she was absent-minded just now and didn't hear what Madam Lin asked clearly.

Li Yu snorted coldly and said: "Mrs. Lin, Zhao Qing is only Xi Rong's friend, but not her old mother. Don't you think it's funny to ask her such a question?"

However, Mrs. Lin was very stubborn, and still stared at Ye Zhaoqing: "Miss Ye, please answer me."

Ye Zhaoqing finally raised his eyes to look at her, then took two steps forward, bent down and bowed and said: "Madam took care of me a lot when I was in Lin's mansion, Zhaoqing has never had time to thank me, today I finally have a chance gone."

Concubine Rong watched her move without making a sound.

Mrs. Lin wanted to yell, but she was afraid that this was Yongchun Palace, her anger was forced to be suppressed, and her internal organs ached from the irritation, she gritted her teeth and said, "You haven't answered my question yet."

Really stubborn!

Ye Zhaoqing smiled slightly, and said: "Madam should ask your daughter this question, after all, this is her lifelong event. By the way, why didn't Xi Rong enter the palace today?"

This question was supposed to be asked by Concubine Rong, but she didn't ask it in order to give Ye Zhaoqing a bad start, but Ye Zhaoqing asked it now.

After hearing this, Mrs. Lin recalled the slap she had slapped her daughter on the face, she dodged a little, and hurriedly replied: "Xi Rong is not feeling well today, so she didn't come."

"Oh, that's it!" Ye Zhaoqing said, turned to look at Li Yu and said, "Your Highness, aren't you going to leave the palace later? Can you visit her for me?"

"Yes." Li Yu agreed without hesitation: "You will come with me when the time comes."

Mrs. Lin listened to this, her heart was mixed with happiness and depression, she didn't know whether she should refuse or not.

But at this moment, Concubine Rong said, "Just let Yu'er go alone." She turned her head and glanced at Ye Zhaoqing, and said, "You're going to get married soon, and the newlyweds can't get married from the palace, right? ? This palace gives you a grace, today you will leave the palace and go back to the Marquis Mansion, and get along well with your family."

"Mother Concubine..." Li Yu immediately became nervous when he heard this, and kept pointing his eyes at Concubine Rong. The poison on his body has been cured to the most critical moment. Is this really the case?

Concubine Ke Rong was unmoved.

Ye Zhaoqing responded with a smile: "Thank you, Madam, for your understanding. I will pack up my things and leave the palace after my servant."

"Go now." Concubine Rong waved her hand, she didn't want to see Ye Zhaoqing again for a moment.She lost this game again.

"Yes, empress, thank you for taking care of me these days." Ye Zhaoqing said, knelt down and kowtowed to Concubine Rong several times before getting up.

Concubine Rong's face finally eased a bit when she saw her making such a big gift.

Madam Lin's face was gloomy, as if the sky was about to rain, almost dripping water.

"I'll see you off!" Seeing that Ye Zhaoqing was about to leave, Li Yu immediately took a few steps forward.

Concubine Rong immediately shouted, "Yu'er! Didn't you say you were going to visit Miss Lin?"

"Let's go together later!" Li Yu said, holding Ye Zhaoqing's hand, and the two left Concubine Rong's bedroom together.

Concubine Rong watched this scene with mixed feelings, and didn't speak for a long time.

After a long while, she glanced at Mrs. Lin, and said in a languid way: "I am exhausted, you should also kneel down!"

Mrs. Lin felt very unwilling, but after hearing this, she could only obediently agree: "Yes, ma'am."

……

Ye Zhaoqing returned to the side hall and ordered Liu Er to pack things for him.

Li Yu followed in from the outside, and said with a worried expression: "Zhaoqing, do you really want to go back to the wolf den in Ningguohou's Mansion? Everyone there wants to eat you. I'm really afraid that you will be in danger. "

"No matter what, that's my home." Ye Zhaoqing looked back at him, smiled slightly, and said, "I'm neither a princess nor a princess, what does it look like to get married from the palace? I can only go back to the Hou's Mansion."

"Besides, it's only three days. You don't have to worry about me."

Hearing these words, the worry on Li Yu's face didn't decrease at all, but he always knew that Ye Zhaoqing was a strong-minded person, and he was also smart, and the group of people in Ningguo Hou's Mansion might not be her opponents.Thinking about it, my heart is much more relaxed.

In fact, Ye Zhaoqing didn't have many things, only a few changes of clothes in total.Liu'er quickly packed it up.

"Aren't you going out of the palace with me? Let's go!" Ye Zhaoqing said with a smile.

Li Yu nodded, and stepped forward to grab Ye Zhaoqing's hand.

Ye Zhaoqing stepped away.

Li Yu withdrew his hand in embarrassment, followed Ye Zhaoqing out of the side hall, and the three of them took a carriage and walked out of the palace together.

Here, Concubine Rong sent Madam Lin away, and when she got the news that the two had left the palace, she was furious in her heart, and told Zhao'er: "Go, throw away all the things that bitch used!"

Zhao'er was startled, and quickly replied, "Yes, Madam."

Concubine Rong's anger subsided a little.

Ye Zhaoqing and Li Yu left the palace smoothly, the two decided to visit Lin Xirong first, and then return to the Hou Mansion.

Sitting on the carriage, Ye Zhaoqing said worriedly: "I don't know what happened to Xi Rong? Otherwise, with Mrs. Lin's temperament, she would bring her into the palace even if she said anything today."

"What else can I do?" Li Yu sneered immediately after hearing this: "You can tell with your ass, it must be that Xi Rong refused to enter the palace, so Mrs. Lin beat her in a rage! This is a beating , with a lottery on his body, it is naturally not easy to enter the palace."

Ye Zhaoqing was taken aback when he heard the words: "That's her daughter! How could Mrs. Lin hit her so hard?"

"You're thinking too much." Li Yu said impatiently: "Of course Mrs. Lin won't hit her daughter hard, but what if she slaps her in the face?" As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows and said, "The skin of my daughter's family She's so delicate, especially her face, she couldn't see anyone for several days after being slapped, let alone entering the palace! Madam Lin must regret it too!"

After hearing this, Ye Zhaoqing raised his eyes to look at him, and said in doubt: "You haven't seen it with your own eyes, how can you guess so accurately?"

(End of this chapter)