concubines

Chapter 215 Despair
Zhou Shuxuan waited for her answer, but when he lowered his head, he saw her eyes closed again.Not someone who likes to sleep late, Zhou Shuxuan reached out his hand to feel the temperature of her forehead, afraid that she might have a fever.Before her hand reached her forehead, she was grabbed by Miao Li and pushed away.

Miao Li was afraid that he would find out that she was strange, so she said in a coquettish tone: "Don't make trouble, I want to go back to sleep."

Zhou Shuxuan didn't poke her forehead any more, and said angrily, "I'm talking about such a big thing with you, and you actually want to sleep?"

Miaoli said a little irritably: "You are talking about rumors, and it's not really a big deal. It's just those people who have enough to eat and have nothing to do, and they talk nonsense outside because the eldest princess and Prince Qi are closer. What are you doing with your heart? There is no need to get angry with those people, and when you find out who is making the rumors, you can just punish them."

"But..." Zhou Shuxuan sighed, "I also think that someone is talking nonsense, but the people in the clan's mansion said that there are no waves without wind, and they told me that if I don't believe it, I can check it."

Miao Li said directly: "If you want to check, you can check it out, or if you want to check something else, it's not someone you don't know. You can just ask the eldest princess and King Qi to ask if it's right. See when the time comes. Will the princess beat you up, and does King Qi still recognize you as a younger brother?"

When Miao Li said these words, she tried her best to behave normally, and her heart couldn't stop beating.It's really not easy for her to keep her face unchanged to this extent.

Zhou Shuxuan suddenly came to his senses, and said with a smile: "You are a bad person, you actually asked me to do this, do you want me to be scolded?"

"It's obvious that you want to be scolded, and you can't stop talking there. The people in the clan's mansion are talking nonsense, you can just beat them up, what's there to be angry about?"

"Beat me up." Zhou Shuxuan snorted and said, "It's not that easy. You have to be beaten, and even an official can't do it."

"Isn't that enough? I really want to sleep again, you go out quickly." Miao Li stretched out a hand from under the quilt, and gently pushed him.

"Why do you love to sleep so much today? Are you sick? Or didn't you sleep well last night?"

"I can get up on time every day because of my self-discipline. Now it's the Chinese New Year and I want to indulge myself, can't I? Am I not allowed to sleep in?" Miao Li pretended to be a little angry, and stared at him with wide eyes .

"Okay, okay, go to sleep. I still have some things to do, and I will probably come back at night, remember to get up and eat." She didn't get up, so he wouldn't eat here.

Miaoli felt that he had stood up, so she covered the quilt and turned over, pretending not to care about him.

Zhou Shuxuan left with a doting face on her face. She actually wanted to sleep in today, and she was a real person again.It's also because of his bad luck that he can't even indulge himself, otherwise he also wants to catch up on sleep.

The person really left, Miao Li sat up from the bed with a long sigh of relief, her heart was still beating non-stop.Xu Meitang was really brave enough to actually spread the word about it, and probably wanted to fight her to the death.I was too nervous just now, and didn't ask about the assassination.

As soon as Zhou Shuxuan left, Xiaohong came back with the ointment.Just wiped off everything just now, and applied another layer to her.Knowing that you can't ask anything, you don't ask anything.

Miao Li doesn't have any appetite now, and she doesn't want to eat anything. She just sits on the bed in a daze as usual. She really doesn't want to get up now, so Xiao Hong quietly stands by.

Miaoli thought about it, then turned to Xiaohong and asked, "When did you arrive at the palace?"

"When the crown prince left the palace to build the mansion, he went to the slave servant's mansion. He used to work as a sweeper in Shende Hall. Later, when Li Liangdi entered the palace, there were not enough people to serve her, so the servant servant went to serve her."

This is something that Miaoli didn't expect, Xiaohong has been in the palace longer than her, but it's just right, she must know what she wants to ask.

Miao Li asked again: "Did the prince really dislike contact with women from the beginning?"

This... Xiaohong's hesitation is not easy to answer.

She must have thought too much, Miao Li explained: "I didn't doubt him, I just want to know some things in the past, and if you don't make it clear, it makes me think too much."

Xiao Hong hurriedly said: "Actually, it is not. The prince was still normal very early on, and he changed after he met Mrs. Xia. At that time, it seemed that the prince met Mrs. Xia outside the mansion, and he was very happy when he came back. , should be very fond of her, and the servants also heard Mrs. Wei say that there might be a princess. But suddenly, for some reason, things changed drastically. There is indeed a princess, but the prince seems to have changed. Later, the servants When I arrived at Chuheyuan, I heard that all the maids in Shendetang had been sent to other places, and all of them were servants. Later, the two side concubines entered the mansion, and some beauties were sent here and there. Come in, the girl should know all these things."

It turned out to be like this, Miao Li should be able to guess what happened suddenly, it was almost Zhou Shuxuan who knew that the Xia family had an adulterous affair with the former prince.Then he was hit hard and hurt his heart towards women. No one could have imagined that the first woman Zhou Shuxuan liked was Xia Shi.

When Zhou Shuxuan asked her to serve at the beginning, he just asked her to stand aside without doing anything.It was once that Zhou Shuxuan was drunk and wrote some strange sour poems. She didn't know what kind of madness she had at that time and secretly wrote a poem back to him, thinking that Zhou Shuxuan would not find out that she wrote it.But when he went there for the second time, Zhou Shuxuan asked her to sleep with her.

It's interesting to think about these things now.

"Girl, why are you asking this?"

Miao Li lowered her head and said, "I'm just wondering if the prince will be tempted by others in the future."

"This..." Xiaohong said very pertinently: "I feel that there may be others in his capacity in the future, but I shouldn't be tempted by others. Girl, don't think about the future, anyway, now is good. You are the only one in the prince's heart. If you haven't come here in the future, why do you care so much?"

That's right, the future hasn't come yet, don't worry about it so much, she's just afraid that there will be no future.

After chatting for a while, someone outside suddenly came in and said that the eldest princess is here.

Miao Li sighed, what should come will always come.The eldest princess should have heard those so-called rumors today, and she is the only one who knows, and she must be the first person to suspect.

Miao Li turned her face to show Xiao Hong, and asked, "Can you still see it?"

Xiaohong shook her head.

It's fine if you don't see it, Miao Li got up and went to the ground, ready to welcome the eldest princess in.As soon as she got dressed and sat down, the eldest princess came in.

Miao Li stood up and poured her a cup of tea, handed it to her hand and said, "Your Highness, drink a cup of tea to warm yourself up."

The eldest princess did not take her tea, but said: "I am not here for tea today, do you know what I am here for?"

"I know, the prince has already come back and said it. It's just some people making trouble outside, it's not a big deal."

The eldest princess looked at her and said, "Others may think it's making waves, but we all know that there are no waves without wind. No matter what it is, I hope that the waves didn't come from you."

"Your Highness thinks too much. It is absolutely impossible for me to get up. Your Highness treats me so well. I am not the kind of ungrateful person."

"I don't say that you thank me much, I just hope that you don't hate me. I can't help you if you come back like that. Say what you want, even if you ignore me for the rest of your life, just don't take it Such a big thing is a joke."

The eldest princess has been feeling guilty for this matter, and she feels that Miao Li will hate her for this matter.

"No, Your Highness really thinks too much. I dare to guarantee my family's life, those voices outside have absolutely nothing to do with me."

The eldest princess looked at her a few more times, and felt that she didn't seem to be talking nonsense. Miao Li knew something about her, so she shouldn't be such a person.Probably because she and King Qi were really too close, those people outside saw it and guessed wildly.Some people never tire of splashing dirty water on this kind of person.

Besides, now that Meng Runlin is in her hands, Miao Li should consider her brother, even if not for herself, and would not do that.

"Okay, I believe you, I will handle the matter myself." The eldest princess remembered another thing and asked, "But what happened to the assassination of Zuo met? Did the prince do it? If he really did it , let him not be so anxious, take his time. If a dog is in a hurry, he will jump over the wall."

"I'll tell him."

"Then it's okay, I'll go first."

The eldest princess still came and went like the wind, and left after speaking.

Miao Li sat idle for a while, then felt that she was not energetic, so she lay back on the bed.Looking at the curtain, his thoughts drifted far, far away.

She no longer thinks of any way out, and now it is true that all the roads have been blocked, and she cannot escape.

Some are glad that she has no children yet, otherwise the children will definitely be bullied when they grow up without a mother.What Xu Meitang said about leaving was never meant to live in another place safely, but to let her die.Without Zhou Shuxuan, Xu Meitang killed her as easily as strangling an ant.

Maybe she is a little pessimistic now, but she really can't think of any other way.Maybe others still have a way, but she just can't tell others about it.

This feeling was so hopeless that it had completely driven her crazy.She doesn't want to think about other things, she just wants to protect the people she cares about and... relief.

She really did her best.

Miao Li lay on the bed all afternoon until Zhou Shuxuan came back.

Zhou Shuxuan sat by the bed and said, "You haven't woken up all day, have you?"

Miao Li poked her head out of the quilt, shook her head and said, "I got up for a while, and then I felt that it was very cold to sit, so I fell asleep again."

"Have you eaten today? Are you hungry?"

"I want to eat mapo tofu."

Zhou Shuxuan pulled her out of the quilt with a smile, and said while tidying her clothes, "I'll get someone to do it for you."

(End of this chapter)