Concubine of the Prime Minister's Mansion: Abandoned concubine is not easy to mess with

Chapter 42 Miss Liu fell into the water

Sitting next to Princess Mingyue was Princess Fengxiang who was also dressed in a bright yellow princess dress.Princess Fengxiang was born to Concubine Yu, the emperor's seventh daughter. Although her mother's family was not very prosperous, the emperor loved this Princess Fengxiang very much, so she developed her arrogant temperament.Princess Fengxiang inherited her mother's beauty and was known as one of the "Four Beauties of the Capital City".

"Come here, spread the pens, inks, papers and inkstones!" Princess Mingyue waved her hand, and the maids came in one after another, spreading the pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the table in front of everyone.

When Princess Mingyue sent out the invitation, she stated that today was to collect couplets, so every lady wrote with confidence.

After about a cup of tea, everyone's couplets were written, and the maids put away the written couplets one after another.After Princess Mingyue looked at them one by one, a just-right smile appeared on her lips, and then she took a few couplets and handed them to the female officer at the side.

The female official received the instructions from Princess Mingyue, and then took the couplets and blessed the ladies present, "Ladies and gentlemen, the princess has read everyone's couplets and thinks that the following ladies are well written. Miss Liu Ying, the sixth lady of the Prime Minister’s Mansion Gan Fu, the eldest lady of Fan Shangshu’s mansion Fan Lin, the second lady of Su Shangshu’s mansion Su Qian..."

These ladies are worthy of being cultivated by the family. When the female officer reads their names, the ladies below keep a moderate smile on their faces. Although they will occasionally look at the lady whose name is being read, there will be a little jealousy in their eyes and disgust, but mostly with a faint smile.Especially when Ganfu was read, countless pairs of jealous eyes shot at Ganfu undisguisedly. The other ladies had strong backgrounds and they dared not express their dissatisfaction, but Ganfu, a humble little girl, they could still bully her. .

There were as many as ten people whose names were read, but Gan Wei was never mentioned.Gan Wei glared angrily at Gan Fu who was sitting in the corner, her big eyes were full of jealousy and hatred, if the occasion didn't allow it, Gan Fu believed that Gan Wei might have rushed over to fight her at this time.When Gan Fu met Gan Wei's eyes, she deliberately raised her eyebrows, showing a look of contempt. Sure enough, the anger in Gan Wei's beautiful eyes was about to burst out.

Gan Wei is not the kind who is too stupid to be cured. Now she is in the mansion of Xian Wang, and the host of the banquet is Princess Mingyue, who is a model of noble girls in Beijing. If she makes something happen here, let alone her reputation, Her marriage may be affected, therefore, suppress the resentment in my heart, and only stare at Ganfu with eyes that can eat people!Hmph, she must tell her mother that she must kill this bitch, otherwise, she will no longer be able to gain a foothold in the circle of noble girls in Beijing.

"The princess has prepared the best red rice paper. Please write the couplets you made on the red rice paper. The queen mother will post the couplets you wrote in the palaces of all the masters in the palace on the [-]th day of the new year." The door!" There was also a faint smile on the lips of the female officer, her back straightened, and as soon as her words came out, the people below couldn't calm down anymore.

Just paste the couplets written by them on the gates of the masters' palaces, then your own couplets will definitely be appreciated by the masters, and by then, maybe your marriage will follow.Therefore, the faces of the ladies whose names were read couldn't be concealed, while the faces of the ladies who were not selected were full of pity.Of course, Liu Ying had to be excluded here, because from the very beginning, Liu Ying's face was full of sadness.

"Please, ladies!" The female officer walked down the steps and made a gesture of invitation, and then the previous maids came in one after another, and put the prepared red rice paper in front of the ladies whose names had been read.

Princess Fengxiang came to Princess Mingyue's ear as if asking something, Princess Mingyue searched the field, and finally stopped on Ganfu in the corner, the two whispered, and Princess Fengxiang's gaze contained a somewhat unknown smile. Light.

"Today, I would like to trouble you, ladies, for a trip. I have nothing to entertain you! A few days ago, brother Thirteen Emperors brought a pot of ice lotus from Beiyan, which is considered a rare item. Today, I will borrow flowers to present Buddha to thank you all. Miss!" Because of her embarrassing status, Princess Mingyue has developed a cautious, polite and introverted temperament, her words are not as arrogant and domineering as other princesses, and she always has a smile on her face, giving people a warm and kind feeling.

When the ladies heard that it was Binglian, their eyes were filled with excitement.Ice lotus grows on the icebergs in the north, and is resistant to cold but not heat. It can only be raised in places with extremely low temperatures. Because of the mild climate, the ice lotus cannot be raised at all.Although there are many rich people in Beijing, there are very few people who can raise ice lotus at home.

It's not that the ice lotus is really difficult to raise, but because the ice lotus is a thing of the north. In recent decades, the relationship between the two countries has been tense, and if you are not careful, you will be accused of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country. Therefore, even if you have the ability to get Ice lotus can support ice lotus, and no one dares to raise it blatantly.Looking at the whole Nanming, apart from the emperor, the only ones who dare to raise ice lotus are Xian Wang and Ding Wangfu.

After Princess Mingyue finished speaking, she stood up with the support of the female officer, "Because the ice lotus likes to be cold, it is kept in the ice pond, everyone follow me to open your eyes!"

After Princess Mingyue, Princess Fengxiang followed closely, and the other ladies followed her out of the flower hall one after another.

When Princess Mingyue led everyone through several corridors to a special room, everyone was amazed.In front of me is a house built independently in the garden. There is no special place outside the house, but when everyone walked to a place 50 meters away from the house, they felt a chill soaking through their bodies. chill.The maids around immediately put on the cloaks in their hands for the ladies.

"All the servants are waiting outside, please come in, ladies and gentlemen!" Princess Mingyue had already led Princess Fengxiang into the ice room, and the female officer stood by the door, blocking the servant girls who were serving beside the ladies.

If it was an ordinary banquet, everyone would definitely not want it. These ladies who are used to being served all the year round can be said to be almost useless without maids, but this is the palace of the virtuous king, and there are two princesses in front of them. After a few instructions, they walked into the ice room one after another.

There is nothing superfluous in the ice room. There is a large pool in the middle, surrounded by large pieces of ice, and the bottom of the pool is also full of ice. In the snow-white ice water, a few clusters of light green lotus The leaves grow in the icy water, and three crystal clear lotus flowers stand in the water, like noble fairies, gazing coldly at the people who come to watch.

After all the ladies walked into the ice room, feeling the biting chill, they gathered the cloaks on their shoulders, and some put the cloaks on their heads, but their eyes were fixed on the holy and beautiful pool. ice lotus.

"Wow, this ice lotus is so beautiful!" A lady exclaimed, and the other ladies stopped being reserved, and started talking in twos and threes.

Gan Fu walked to Liu Ying's side, pretending to be surprised, and said, "This ice lotus is so beautiful, pure and pure, and independent, it is indeed a holy flower blooming on the top of the iceberg!"

Liu Ying turned her head to look at Gan Fu beside her, with a faint smile on her haggard face, "Yes, Bei'an's national flower is well-deserved!"

Gan Fu and Liu Ying had a good chat, and the two wandered around the pool, and walked to Gan Wei's side unknowingly.

"Fu'er, I didn't expect you to be so talented at such a young age. I wonder if you could tell me about the couplets you made?" Liu Ying chatted with Gan Fu for a while, and felt that the little girl in front of her was very smart and lovely. The simplicity and kindness even gave her an inexplicable intimacy.

"Sister Liu congratulates me. My couplet is more about celebration. If you talk about talent, you can't even talk about it!" Ganfu lowered her eyelids shyly, and then slowly said her couplet, "'Red plums are in bud, proud of winter, snow and green willow are spitting catkins Welcome to the New Year', Hengpi: Celebrate the Spring Festival."

"It's really tacky enough!" Gan Wei immediately barked when she heard Gan Fu's couplet, her eyes were full of disdain, and she said, what talent would a wild girl from the countryside have? Look at this couplet, it's really tacky no.

Gan Fu stared at Gan Wei in embarrassment, lowered her head, and looked scared, "What the fourth sister said is that my talent is not as good as the fourth sister! It just happened to fall into the eyes of Princess Mingyue!"

"Hmph! What do you mean, you mean I doubt Princess Mingyue's vision?" Gan Wei immediately yelled at Gan Fu in displeasure.

"No, no, I didn't mean that, Fourth Sister, I know you've been in a bad mood recently, I really don't have any other meaning!" Ganfu shook her little head like a rattle, and her big eyes were three-pointed. Staring at Gan Wei in horror, her whole body was still trembling inexplicably, anyone could tell at a glance that she was very afraid of Gan Wei.

Everyone knows that Gan Wei has a domineering temper. Although the concubine's children have no status in the family in their big family, they are not like Gan Wei, who can make the concubine's sister tremble with a word, and her eyes are full of mockery and contempt. .

"What nonsense are you talking about? When did I get in a bad mood? Ganfu, I think you're deliberately against me!" Gan Wei didn't let the outside world know about Gan Wei's disfigurement. Although Fu's words did not directly mention her disfigurement, it implied that she was in a bad mood because of her disfigurement, so Gan Wei stared at Gan Fu with anger, pointing at Gan Fu and yelling.

"Fourth sister, I don't!" Gan Fu turned pale with fright when she heard Gan Wei's roar, and immediately hid behind Liu Ying, as if she was looking for shelter.

Seeing Gan Wei being so arrogant, Liu Ying frowned slightly, "Miss Si, although Fu'er is a concubine, she is your sister after all, how can you reprimand your sister like this?"

"Liu Ying, this is our housework. What does it have to do with you? Hmph, don't think that everyone doesn't know about your dirty affairs! You have already been engaged to the Shen family, and if something happens to the Shen family, you immediately Retired, ungrateful, you still have the face to teach me a lesson, wipe your shoes clean first and then meddle in other people's business!" Gan Wei was so angry at Gan Fu, seeing Liu Ying defending Gan Fu, she put the fire on her It spread to Liu Ying.

Shen Jie's death was Liu Ying's pain, and when Gan Wei blatantly said it, that pale little face turned cold all of a sudden, the sadness in her eyes deepened, and tears just flowed down.

"Fourth Sister, it's my fault. If you want to scold me, you can scold me. You can beat me. Please don't hurt Sister Liu!" Gan Fu was obviously very scared, but she still pretended to be calm and stood in front of Liu Ying. Gan Wei's gaze.

As soon as Ganfu's words came out, there were accusations from all around. Gan Wei felt the strange eyes of the people around her, pointed at Ganfu and yelled, "Ganfu, what nonsense are you talking about, you..." But for some reason, her body is just like that. She fell forward uncontrollably, and because her hand was pointing at Ganff, it looked like she was about to hit Ganff.

"Sister, don't hit me!" Gan Fu saw Gan Wei rushing towards her, and shouted deliberately, then turned to one side, and dodged to one side.Behind her is Liu Ying, Gan Wei's hand didn't touch Gan Fu, so she rushed towards Liu Ying, and Liu Ying was standing by the pool, being pushed by Gan Wei, her body fell backward involuntarily, with a plop , fell into the ice pool.

"Ah?" Everyone exclaimed, because they were all young ladies who were raised in deep boudoirs and couldn't swim, so they could only shout by the pool.

"Sister Liu fell into the water, hurry up and save her!" Gan Fu yelled in horror, terrified.

"What's going on?" Princess Mingyue and Princess Fengxiang had been chatting together, and when they heard shouts, they looked into the pool, only to find someone thumping inside. Princess Mingyue's face paled instantly, and she shouted, "Come on, help me!" people!"

The water in the ice pool below was very deep. Liu Ying jumped in the pool twice, because it was too cold, her hands and feet soon froze, she closed her eyes, and sank into the water.

"Ah, Ms. Liu!" Seeing Liu Ying sinking, the other ladies screamed in horror. Only Gan Wei, who was frightened by the scene in front of her, stood there in a daze, watching in disbelief. Holding her own hand, she killed, she killed?

"Sister Liu, Sister Liu!" Gan Fu yelled in horror, watching Liu Ying's body slowly sinking into the bottom of the pool, "Come on, help me!"

(End of this chapter)