Harem Pampered Beauty: Chen Xiangxue

Chapter 42

This crisp sound was especially harsh in the suddenly silent room.

Murong Xue stared blankly at the crumbs on the ground, and felt as if something had been broken in her heart, all kinds of sharp edges and thorns gnawed into the flesh and blood, causing her to shiver in pain.

Yeluyan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he said the words that had been entangled in his heart for a day and a night. When he saw her instantly pale face and trembling fingers, he suddenly felt more heavy.

Murong Xue realized her gaffe, and tried her best to squeeze out a pitiful smile, "Congratulations, my lord."

She unconsciously addressed him as prince for the first time after marriage.Yeluyan frowned at this address.Her reaction was beyond his expectation.Yeluyan even had an illusion for a moment that this was not Murong Xue.

The last time he just entered Guan Yue's bamboo pavilion, she threw herself into the lake excitedly. Although she didn't commit suicide, it can be seen how great her reaction was.So he has been thinking since last night, how to tell her so that she can calmly accept this reality.In fact, he didn't need to tell her that it was a matter of time before he married the concubine, but for some reason, the moment the old emperor bestowed the marriage, his first thought was how Murong Xue would react and how he should treat her Say.

He had envisioned several scenarios, one was "self-mutilation" like last time, the other was crying, and the third was begging him not to agree.But she said congratulations.

This attitude is the least embarrassing for him, but he is not happy at all.

He picked up the glass and drank it.

Murong Xue didn't say another word.She ate food silently, and never raised her eyelids to look at him again.The atmosphere was so silent that it was suffocating, Yeluyan remained motionless, watching Murongxue finish the whole plate of Longjing shrimp on the table, and then went to eat water chestnuts and drunken shrimp, he reached out his hand to stop her chopsticks, sinking Said: "Don't eat too much."

"My husband invited me to dinner for the first time, I am very happy, can you eat more?"

She still didn't look up, lowered her eyelids, her long eyelashes covered her mind, and she couldn't see her eyes, which made him a little anxious.He pinched her chin to lift her face up, but she deliberately lowered her eyes, still unable to see her eyes.

Yeluyan said: "Look at me."

Her eyelashes trembled, she glanced at him quickly, and lowered her eyes again. She couldn't look at him, and if she looked at him again, she would collapse, and she would cry bitterly upstairs, flooding the building.

"Husband, I'm full, let's go back."

He got up and went downstairs, Zhang Yuan paid the bill, and immediately brought over their mounts.

The night was dark, and the pedestrians on the road seemed to disappear at once, only the lights of thousands of families illuminated the capital.

Murong Xue stepped on the stirrup several times but failed to step on it, her hands were trembling, and her legs were trembling too.

Yeluyan bent down to pick her up and put her in front of him.

"My lord, don't be like this, others will laugh at you." She hurriedly wanted to struggle, but Yeluyan hugged her tightly and galloped away.

Murong Xue closed her eyes, tightly clenched her fists, desperately restraining her tears from shedding.

The name Yu Pingting stabbed her heart like a sharp dagger, and she even saw the cold light on the blade.She was not Guan Yue, she was his concubine, his most legitimate wife, and she would be the closest person to him no matter in life or after death.From the moment she married him as a side concubine, she should have thought of today, but she had been deceiving herself and not wanting to think about it until the news hit her suddenly and caught her off guard, covered in blood.

After getting off the horse, Yeluyan walked into the gate, Murong Xue followed behind him.When passing by Yintao Pavilion, she hardly dared to stop, said good night hastily, and headed towards Jinghu Lake.

Yeluyan looked at her back and didn't know for a moment whether to chase after her and coax her, or to leave her alone.

Back at Meiguan, the first thing Murong Xue did was to hand over the key to the study room of Yintao Pavilion to Ding Xiang.

"You give the key to the prince."

Ding Xiang was startled, she had followed Murong Xue for more than ten years, she had never seen Murong Xue look like this.

"What's wrong with you, miss?"

"Go hunting, I'm so tired, Perrin, I need to take a bath."

Murongxue was wearing a hunting suit and looked really tired. Ding Xiang didn't doubt that he was there, so she went to Yintao Pavilion and handed the key to Yeluyan.

Yeluyan took the key with a gloomy expression.

Ding Xiang turned around and left, when Yeluyan suddenly called her, "What are you doing, madam?"

"Ma'am is taking a bath."

"Serve Madam well at night."

Ding Xiang responded, wondering why she was so considerate today?
Back at Meiguan, Murong Xue had already taken a shower and was lying under the quilt.

Ding Xiang found that the room was dark, even the floor lamp was not lit.

"Is the lady asleep?"

"Well, hunting with the prince is not light."

The two closed the door lightly.

Pei Lan whispered: "The lord is getting better and better towards the lady. He just returned from the expedition, and he didn't take a break, so he took the lady out to play."

When Murong Xue heard these words, she finally couldn't help but shed tears. There was a reason for his unprecedented kindness to her.

The next day Murong Xue woke up early, Pei Lan called hot water to wash her face and hands.

Ding Xiang went to fold the quilt and found that the pillow was turned upside down, and was about to turn it over when suddenly her fingers stiffened.

She came to Murong Xue in three steps and two steps, and said with red eyes: "Miss, you can tell me what you feel wronged, why are you crying behind someone's back?"

Murong Xue covered her face with a hot towel, took a long time to put it down, looked back and smiled: "I don't have any grievances, the prince is so kind to me, he took me hunting, bought me so many clothes, and even took me to a restaurant for dinner. "

"He must have bullied you again." The entire pillow was wet, how many tears did she shed to make it like this, Ding Xiang hugged the pillow and cried in a mess.

Perrin asked, "Miss, what happened?"

Murong Xue was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "The prince is going to marry the concubine."

Pei Lan was startled, and immediately changed his expression, he dared not speak, for fear that a mistake would arouse Murong Xue's sadness.

Murong Xue smiled wryly: "Actually, I knew from the day I married him that such a day would come sooner or later, but I deceived myself and thought that maybe he only likes me and never marry a concubine in this life." Speaking of which, she Some choked up, "I'm so stupid and ridiculous, right?"

"No." Perrin shook his head with tears in his eyes.

"These days, I feel like I'm walking on the edge of a cliff. I don't know which foot will fall off the cliff. I'm worried all day long. Today I finally fell down the cliff. Although my body was broken, I was finally at ease. .”

Murong Xue smiled, this kind of smile that was uglier than crying made Peilan feel even more uncomfortable, she choked up and said: "Miss, you are suffering too much, you can obviously do it," she couldn't bear to continue.

But Murong Xue didn't know what she meant, she could obviously marry a man who held her in the palm of his hand as the wife, but she chose to marry Yeluyan as a concubine.

Love to the depths without resentment, and she doesn't want to be a concubine, but there are so many people in the world of mortals, she only loves him, and marrying someone else is worse than death, and this life is wasted.

What can she do?She can only fight alone and move forward bravely. She thinks that a human heart is made of flesh. If she loves him wholeheartedly, she will definitely be able to move him and make him see no one but herself. But she is too confident after all. , Push yourself to a corner.

Yeluyan didn't come to Meiguan for three consecutive days, and Murongxue didn't go to Yintao Pavilion either.

The maids in Meiguan were a little strange at first, but everyone finally understood the reason the next day. It turned out that King Zhaoyang was going to marry the concubine Zheng.Not only that, but the whole capital knew the news that the eldest daughter of Zhenguo General Yuguishan, the cousin of Concubine Qiao, was going to marry into Zhaoyang Palace.This matter is not only Yeluyan's private matter, but also a major event in the government and the public. More and more obvious messages reveal that the old emperor intends to pass on Yeluyan.

This group of beauties from Yi County entered the palace. The old emperor was eager to beg for a son, and he exhausted his water for fishing. As a result, his hollowed out body was like a dam with no embankment. It collapsed overnight, and he lost even the ability to favor his concubines. , The dream of having a child naturally was completely shattered.In desperation, he had to consider establishing a crown prince.Yeluyan was a relatively trustworthy candidate. He was young but steady. This time the bandit warlord wanted to see his ability, and he did not disappoint.

Concubine Qiao Guixue was smart, she watched the words and demeanor of the old emperor, and knowing that he had made up her mind, she tried her best to point Yu Pingting to Yeluyan.In the future, when the old emperor dies, Yu Pingting will be the empress, and Qiao Xueyi will be safe for the rest of her life.

The old emperor couldn't stand the beauty's pillow wind, and also felt that the marriage between Yeluyan and the Yu family would be beneficial to the court, so he bestowed the marriage on the celebration banquet.As soon as the news came out, it proved more and more that Yeluyan would be the candidate for the crown prince, because the two most favored and powerful concubines in the palace, Qiao Xueyi and Zhao Zhenniang, married their adopted sister and cousin to King Zhaoyang respectively.

All of a sudden, the people who took refuge in Yeluyan were everywhere, even Murong Xue was affected, and he received invitations from several noble ladies in the capital for several days.She was really not in the mood to socialize, so she said she was sick and declined.

Little did they know that her excuse for illness became a laughing stock among some good people.Before the main concubine came in, the side concubine fell ill with jealousy.Especially in front of Yu Pingting, some gossipers in order to curry favor with her even more embellished and described Murong Xue's tragic situation vividly, as if they had witnessed it with their own eyes.

When Yu Pingting heard these words, although her face was generous and meaningless, her heart was full of jealousy.At the palace banquet that day, she deliberately followed Yuguishan into the palace, just to see what kind of character this concubine Zhao Shu's righteous sister was. She thought that a girl from a small county town could have some beauty, but when she saw Murong Xue At that moment, she realized that she had underestimated her.Murong Xue's appearance and temperament are not weaker than those of the famous ladies in the capital, and her eyes are even more clear and vivid, which makes people jealous.

Sitting beside Yeluyan, she was lively and charming, her every frown and smile carried a natural charm, unrivaled.

Yu Pingting couldn't help being jealous of such a person, getting Yeluyan before her, and entering the Zhaoyang Palace before her, was like a thorn in her heart, and she could only feel comfortable if it was pulled out.

Murong Xue didn't know that she had been regarded as a thorn in Yu Pingting's heart. She only knew that from now on, she was no longer the only woman around Yeluyan. Sleeping together, she almost died of grief.

On the willow shoots in the moon, she walked to the wooden porch in front of the Meiguan and sat on the ground.There was no moonlight, and the outline of the small pavilion in the lake could not be seen. Feeling sad for a while, she opened the flagon and took a sip.

Suddenly a hand stretched out from behind and snatched her flagon away. She thought it was Lilac, and said without looking back, "You are really more talkative than my father."

"Drinking while sick?"

Murong Xue was startled, turned around and saw Yeluyan, he pulled her up from the cold ground with a sullen face.

"I'm fine. I lied about being sick because I didn't want to go out to socialize."

He said angrily: "Even if you are not sick, when will your throat recover from drinking like this?"

"If it's not good, it's not good." She thought desperately, so what if her voice is better, he still wants to marry Yu Pingting.

"Then when will you have a son?"

Murong Xue was speechless, and said for a while, "I think it's better not to give birth."

Not born well?Yeluyan was so angry that he threw the jug in his hand into Jinghu Lake, turned around and stepped into the Meiguan, and said to several servant girls: "If you ask Madam to drink another drop of wine, each person will be charged twenty sticks."

Anxiang Shuying and Dingxiang Peilan saw Yeluyan in such a temper for the first time, and watched Yeluyan walk away with trepidation.

Murong Xue stood on the wooden corridor of the Plum Pavilion, watching his elegant and tall figure disappear on the stone bridge, she was so distressed that she couldn't breathe.It's not that she doesn't want to bear him a child, but if she has a son, can Yu Pingting tolerate it?

The two had been fighting like this for a few days, and the maids in the Meiguan looked worried for Murong Xue, she seemed to have fallen out of favor, but also didn't seem to be.

Early this morning, Mrs. Liu arrived at Meiguan.

"Good morning Madam, the prince asked me to tell Madam, please Madam arrange a dowry gift for Miss Shen so that General Xie can go to Shen's house to propose marriage."

Xie Zhi made great achievements in suppressing the bandits this time and was named General Ranger.Although it's not as good as the Shen family's family background, it can be regarded as fame after all.

Murong Xue was a little surprised: "So urgent?"

Mrs. Liu said in a low voice: "My lord wants Miss Biao to marry before Princess Yu enters the mansion."

Murong Xue was stabbed in the heart, it seems that he didn't want Yu Pingting to misunderstand his relationship with Shen Youxin, so he quickly married Shen Youxin, but when he married him, he didn't think about it this way, and let himself be misunderstood for a long time, feeling sad for a long time.Comparing the two, it was obvious that he was more nervous about Yu Pingting, this inference made her feel sad.

"I've never done anything about buying a dowry gift, and I still need my mother's guidance."

"Madam is too modest. Everything in the storeroom is in this booklet. Please take a look at it and see what is suitable for you." Mrs. Liu handed over a booklet.

Murong Xue took it over and found that Mrs. Liu was really good at managing the family. It neatly registered all kinds of property in the storeroom, classified according to gold, silver, jade, jade, pearls, etc., and registered them in the register.

Murong Xue flipped through a few pages, closed the book, and said to Mrs. Liu: "Nurse, take me to the warehouse. I really don't know what to pick just by looking at the roster."

"Madam please come with me."

Mrs. Liu led Murong Xue to the warehouse, took out the key to open the door, and invited Murong Xue to enter.

What Murong Xue saw at a glance was the Duobaoge on the east and west walls, which was as tall as a person, on which were placed various kinds of jade, porcelain, gemstones, inkstones and so on.It was the first time for Murong Xue to come into this warehouse, she was curious, she looked around, there were three rooms in total, some mahogany boxes and furniture made of red sandalwood and huanghuali were placed in the right room, silk and satin and some fur clothes were placed in the left room.

Liu said: "My lord said that the dowry should be generous."

Murong Xue nodded, looked at the notebook, and picked out jade ruyis, jade bracelets, coral beads, pearls, gold jewelry, purple sand tea utensils, silver utensils for making tea, gold bowls and silver chopsticks, etc.Mrs. Liu took them one by one for Murong Xue to have a look at, and put the things she was satisfied with on the long table in front of the window.

After picking out, I went to the left room again, and picked out four bolts of tribute satin, four bolts of silk, and some furs.Finally, I went to the right room and gave a pair of rosewood chairs, red sandalwood tables, and some small furniture.

When Mrs. Liu was picking things, Murong Xue accidentally found a delicate mahogany box in a big open box.

She bent down and took it out. It was a dressing box half a foot in size, with patterns of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum carved on the sides.

Murong Xue felt that it would be most appropriate to give Shen Youxin some little jewelry for girls, but since it was a betrothal gift, it was not good to give some worthless jewelry, so she asked Mrs. Liu: "Mama, do you think this thing can be used?" Is it not expensive enough to be a dowry?"

Seeing the box in Murong Xue's hand, Mrs. Liu was taken aback, "This is something carved by the prince, so it's not suitable to give it to Miss Biao."

Upon hearing that it was carved by Yeluyan himself, Murong Xue was immediately reluctant to give it to Shen Youxin, and felt that the box could not be put down even more, and he never thought that he could carve such an exquisite thing.

She opened the box and found a few poems engraved underneath:
When the spring rain breaks the bridge, people can't cross it, and the small boat stretches out the green shade.

Baixue dislikes spring and evening, so she wears trees in the garden and makes flying flowers.

The clothes are wet with apricot blossom rain, and the face is not cold with willow wind.

Murong Xue was a little strange, since he carved a poem, why didn't he carve a complete poem?Although the artistic conception of these poems is beautiful, they have nothing to do with each other. They come from three poems respectively. What's the point of putting them together like this?
She silently recited these lines of poems, and suddenly her face turned pale, and the dressing box in her hand almost fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)