Chapter 13: The first bloom of glory(4)
Chapter 13 The first bloom of glory (4)
"Your Highness, you see, there are two children in a family but one of them is a son. There are three situations mentioned above. But only in the second situation, one is a son and the other is also a son. In other words, the other is also a son. The probability is 30%, not half as intuitively thought.”
"Ah? Ju... is actually like this..." The seventh prince couldn't believe it, but he had to believe it.
Seeing that the Seventh Prince's expression relaxed, Shui Linglong continued to be persuasive: "Your Highness, guesses and first reactions are often unreliable. It requires precise measurement and analysis to get the standard answer. For example, your arm is less than two feet tall. It is long, but the distance between the pond and the branch is more than three feet. It looks close, but it is actually out of reach. "
After saying that, Shui Linglong walked to the lake herself and reached out her hand to grab the hanging branches, but she couldn't touch them at all, let alone a nine-year-old child.
The seventh prince was still a little unconvinced: "I...I...I just didn't examine the question carefully. If I thought about it carefully, I could have calculated it in the same way as the first child and the second child."
Shui Linglong smiled lightly: "Your Highness, you feel that your whole life of wisdom has been ruined, don't you? But do you know, Your Highness, that if you get the question wrong, you can deny it, and if your wisdom is ruined, you can clean it up, but life cannot be repeated. , His Majesty Seventh Prince cherishes it.”
After finishing speaking, he threw a pebble into the lake. With a "pop" sound, it sank and never floated again.
The seventh prince stared at the ripples on the lake and broke into a cold sweat...
Behind the rockery on the other side, the old lady and Xiao Dezi were almost fainted with fright. The seventh prince was the youngest son of the queen, and he was loved as much as his lifeblood. Even though Concubine Jade had received so much favor from the emperor, he was not enough in front of the queen. . When the Seventh Prince said that he wanted to kill the nine Linglong clans, the old lady was almost scared for half of her life. Fortunately, looking at this attitude, the Seventh Prince took back his life.
The old lady looked at Xiao Dezi: "Eunuch De, look..."
Xiao Dezi blessed his body and said, "Don't worry, old lady, I didn't see anything."
Long after the three people left, the seventh prince suddenly came back to his senses: "Hey! You haven't told me which palace you are the new concubine yet? I asked my mother to promote you to the throne!"
"Xiao Qi, who are you talking to?" As soon as Yun Li walked out of the emperor's study, he heard the palace servants report that the seventh prince was making trouble by the lake. He hurried over, only to see him with his hands on his hips and shouting. He didn't know where he was. Who are you yelling at?
The seventh prince turned his head and said, "Brother, has your father taken in many new concubines recently?"
Yun Li was startled. The draft had just ended and his father had indeed selected many official women to fill the harem, but why did Xiao Qi suddenly ask about this?
He did not rush to answer, but looked at the writing on the ground: "What is this?"
The seventh prince repeated the previous events exactly, and his words could not hide his admiration and love for Shui Linglong. After hearing this, Yunli slightly raised the corners of his lips. Where is the new concubine? According to Xiaoqi's description, the person was clearly Shui Linglong, a truly sweet and kind-hearted woman.
In the Guanju Palace, Shui Linglong and the old lady paid homage to the Jade Concubine. The Jade Concubine applied a thin layer of powder and lightly swept her eyebrows. Compared with Shui Hange's thick eyebrows and big eyes, her willow eyebrows were slender, her phoenix eyes were long and narrow, and her red lips were small. She looked more like The Jiangnan woman had a reputation of being virtuous and never relied on favors to become arrogant, so she won the emperor's heart.
“Greetings to the Concubine Jade, may you be blessed.” The old lady and Shui Linglong bowed to the Concubine Jade.
Concubine Jade stood up and personally helped the old lady up. Her voice was as sweet as beads falling on a jade plate: "Mother, don't be too polite."
The old lady stood up straight, and Concubine Yu stretched out her hand to support Shui Linglong, smiling gently: "This is my niece who has never been masked before. Raise your head and let me see."
Shui Linglong raised her head as she was told, showing an innocent smile for her age.
Concubine Yu looked at her carefully for a while and found that compared to Shui Lingxi's alluring beauty, she looked mediocre in appearance, but her watery eyes had a calm and restrained meaning. Concubine Yu smiled and said: "She is very beautiful with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes. It’s all thanks to you that the old lady can recover, Xin’er, bring me the brocade box.”
Ms. Xin presented a brocade box with both hands. Shui Linglong took it with a smile and opened it. It was filled with the most popular jewelry and jewelry, which were not at the same level as what Qin Fangyi gave her. Shui Linglong smiled gratefully: "Thank you, empress."
The three of them sat down and chatted for a while. Finally, Concubine Yu finally suppressed her shyness and got to the point: "Linglong, please help me find out why I haven't gotten pregnant after five years in the palace."
Shui Linglong was stunned at first, then thought of the old lady's protection and the concubine's kindness. After a moment, she smiled coldly, and said, how could the dowry of a concubine's daughter be compared with Shui Lingxi's? The old lady even scolded Shui Hangge mercilessly, which hurt her to the core...
The family affection in a big house is indeed valuable!
Shui Linglong raised her head with a sneer, but when she looked at Concubine Yu, she suddenly changed her posture and said, "Madam, I'm really not a doctor. I just occasionally got a prescription to treat tuberculosis, but it doesn't work for everyone. The fact that the old lady can recover is because of the deep blessings of the old lady and it has nothing to do with me.”
Concubine Yu tried to see some flaw on her face, but she was disappointed. Apart from being nervous, Shui Linglong's eyes showed no trace of panic or dodge. She couldn't help but touch her belly and sighed sadly: "Oh! Could it be that I Is there really no chance to be a mother in this life?”
An hour later, the old lady and Shui Linglong said goodbye to the Jade Concubine. Before leaving, Shui Linglong murmured as if unintentionally: "I once heard someone say that it is easier to get pregnant on the tenth to fifteenth day after menstruation. , I don’t know if it’s true or not.”
She boldly guessed that if there was nothing wrong with Concubine Jade's body, then the day of **** was not within the fertile period.
As soon as they left, Xiao Dezi immediately told everything about Shui Linglong rescuing the seventh prince.
After hearing this, Concubine Yu’s face became solemn: “She really didn’t reveal her identity to His Highness the Seventh Prince?”
Xiao Dezi shook his head: "His Royal Highness Seventh asked, but the eldest lady didn't say anything."
Concubine Jade's frown gradually relaxed, her eyes flashed, and she said meaningfully: "Don't make this matter public, she is a member of my family, so as not to make people think that she got orders from me to curry favor with His Highness Seventh Prince. And the Queen. Although I have the favor of the Emperor and a good reputation, I have never been popular with the Queen. It is because of this that I have not become the target of public criticism. Once this balance is broken, I can only live a stable life. It’s difficult. The person from Chenxiang Palace is staring at me, waiting for me to make a mistake!”
Shui Linglong and the old lady walked towards the palace gate. By chance, they met Xiang Fei beside the imperial garden, who was riding a soft sedan back to the Agarwood Hall. The two of them hurriedly stepped aside like other palace people, and respectfully lowered their bodies to avoid it.
Among the first-rank concubines, the position of Concubine De has been vacant for many years, and the emperor has not promoted a new candidate. Concubine Yu and Concubine Xiang entered the palace in the same year, and they were both concubines of the second rank. The former was favored by the emperor, and the latter was appreciated by the queen. It can be said that she is the most favorable candidate for the position of Imperial Concubine. According to the memory of her previous life, the winner is the famous Concubine Jade.
Xiang Fei didn't even look at the people next to her, and looked ahead arrogantly. However, when she passed by Shui Linglong, she smelled the faint fragrance of lily of the valley. Xiang Fei's eyebrows frowned, and she didn't know what to expect. What, looked back. At this time, Shui Linglong had supported the old lady and took steps forward. Xiang Fei only saw her back. She laughed to herself, her sister had been dead for so many years, how could she still be alive?
Back at Shangshu Mansion, Shui Linglong unexpectedly ran into Anping. He lowered his head and looked left and right as if he was looking for something.
An Ping even looked up and saw her, and quickly walked over and saluted: "Miss."
Shui Linglong asked calmly: "Why did you come to Shangshu Mansion? But what's the matter with the Crown Prince?"
Anping scratched his head and told Shui Linglong about finding the bracelet. He was afraid that Shui Linglong would misunderstand. He didn't say that the bracelet belonged to Zhuge Yu, only that it was his mother's relic. That day, the carriage sent Shui Linglong back to his house, and today he Come wander around and try your luck to find it.
Shui Linglong took out a twisted gold bracelet from the purse on her waist and asked with a smile: "Is that it? I picked it up in the carriage. I thought it belonged to the eldest son of your family. I planned to return it to him with my own hands, but I didn't. I think it’s yours, I’m sorry for making you look for it so hard.”
Anping was immediately overjoyed. Today was the last day. If he couldn't find the bracelet, he and a bunch of brothers would have to be kicked out of the palace to drink in the northwest wind. The eldest lady was really their savior! He bowed deeply and said excitedly: "Miss, Anping and a group of brothers will remember your kindness. If there is an opportunity in the future, they will definitely work hard to repay you!"
You are so excited, and you still say it’s not Zhuge Yu’s? Shui Linglong smiled lightly, turned around and entered the Shangshu Mansion.
In the study room of Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, Zhuge Liuyun was dressed in navy blue brocade clothes, leaning back on the chair with a very solemn expression: "Since the horoscopes are not compatible, let's choose another good match." A Taoist priest said this, and three highly respected monks also thought that Their numerology is incompatible, so let’s forget it.”
Leng Youru sighed slowly: "If you want to say that this girl is really different from the previous three, she is the one that Yu'er likes. It would be a pity to give up like this. In my opinion, it is not necessarily the key whether these horoscopes are compatible or not. The first three They obviously got along, but unfortunately they still passed away. Maybe they didn't get along..."
Zhuge Liuyun looked solemn: "The Taoist said, it's her destiny! She wants to defeat Yu'er! She controls water, and Yu'er controls fire. I only have a son like this! What if she controls Yu'er in two ways? "
I don’t know which words stimulated Leng Youru. Leng Youru’s heart felt like a needle pricking her heart. She suppressed the discomfort and said calmly: “If I remember correctly, Your Majesty, you don’t seem to believe in Buddhism or religion. In fact, you don’t believe in Buddhism or religion. Is it because you don’t like the other party’s identity?”
Don’t even think about how your son’s reputation has become? Is it easy to marry a legitimate daughter?
When Anping pushed open the door and walked in, Zhuge Yuzheng was leaning on the simple couch, his expression very calm, and he was completely different from the domineering playboy.
“Master, I found the bracelet.” Anping presented it with both hands and added at the end, “The eldest lady found it.”
Zhuge Yu took the bracelet and saw that the several damaged areas on it had been polished and shiny, and the broken golden wires had been reattached. He seemed to be able to imagine that fierce woman under the oil lamp, her delicate hands wrapped around her fingers. His demure look, as he thought about it, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
"Sir," Anping said cautiously, "Xiaoyi heard the news from the study that you and Miss Shui are not compatible, and this marriage...can't work out."
Click!
The bracelet that had been treasured for fifteen years was cut into two pieces...
The news that Shui Linglong and Zhuge Yu were not compatible soon spread to the Shangshu Mansion, but it was not widely publicized because the Princess of Zhenbei also hoped to choose another daughter-in-law from here, so only Qin Fangyi and Shui Hangge knew about it.
Shui Hangge, who has not set foot in Changlexuan for several days, rested in Qin Fangyi's yard for the first time tonight. Qin Fangyi was very happy. Aunt Zhou is the same age as her. Aunt Zhou can get pregnant, why can't she? Therefore, she worked hard to please Shui Hangge.
Shui Hange kept Xiao Jiujiu in mind, and tried his best to tease her, trying to make her dizzy so that they could talk. However, women at thirty are like wolves and at forty, like tigers. After a few rounds, Qin Fangyi became more and more courageous as she fought. , but Shui Hangge was so tired that his back was so weak that he had no choice but to hand over the "ammunition".
After finishing, Shui Hangge did not go to sleep directly as usual, but cleared his throat and said: "Fangyi, where is the engagement token given by the emperor?"
“Why did my husband suddenly ask me this?”
“I still think it would be better for Linglong to marry the prince.”
Qin Fangyi sat up straight. The room was burning with red charcoal, but her heart felt cold: "Mr. sir, what are you talking about?"
After the plum blossom appreciation banquet, Shui Hangge felt that the prince was interested in Linglong. At that time, because he was discussing marriage with the Zhenbei palace, he couldn't say anything, but now aren't they incompatible? The incompatibility of the horoscopes and the inability to get married has no impact on the woman's reputation. Linglong is still a good daughter of the Shangshu Mansion. Moreover, this honor was indeed given by the emperor for Dong Jiaxue's sake, but it was related to some confidential issues that he never mentioned to anyone. Just passed.
“Linglong’s biological mother has passed away. She can only be your daughter. What’s the difference between marrying her and marrying Lingxi? She is both your mother-in-law!”
“Since there is no difference, let Lingxi get married.”
"you…"
Qin Fangyi was angry, but she didn't really intend to confront Shui Hange. No matter how powerful her mother's family was, this man was not a vegetarian, especially when there was a concubine in the palace who doted on the harem. She had to give in no matter what: "Ms. sir, I know how loyal you are to the prince. Do you think that the third princess, Mr. Leng and Prince Xun sent gifts to Linglong with the prince's tacit approval, and then the prince fell in love with Linglong? Actually, you have misunderstood, third princess. Giving gifts to Linglong is because they fought together and won the battle, which is friendship; Master Leng gave gifts to Linglong because Linglong is his future cousin, which is family affection; as for Prince Xun, he actually wants to win over you, Linglong It just gives him a reason to give gifts. If Lingxi is the outstanding person that day, he will also give gifts. Who makes you so prosperous in the court that even the elders of the two dynasties have to give you some thin noodles? "
Qin Fangyi didn't pay much attention to what Shui Hangge said before, but the last paragraph made his self-esteem infinitely bigger. He said with some complacency: "Prince Xun really thinks so highly of me? The Xun family is one of the three major families."
Seeing that she had successfully diverted Shui Hangge's attention, Qin Fangyi couldn't help but let out a long breath, and said with a smile on her face: "Mr. Sir! Don't you know what you are capable of?"
Shui Hange was startled by the pun. Qin Fangyi's cheeks turned red and she twisted her body. Shui Hange was so excited that she turned over and pressed her under him...
A night of tenderness and sweet words finally made Shui Hangge stop thinking about sending Shui Linglong to the prince's residence. However, Qin Fangyi still had lingering fears. Her daughter once reminded her that Shui Linglong intended to seduce the prince. She didn't take it seriously at the time, but now that she thinks about it, she feels Shui Linglong does have a somewhat unclear and ambiguous relationship with the prince. As for the nonsense words she used to comfort Shui Hange, to be honest she didn't believe it herself, it was just that the authorities were confused by the onlookers.
"Madam, the old lady has recovered. She will go back to Fushouyuan in the next two days for morning and evening check-ups." Shiqing looked at Qin Fangyi, who had a blush on her face and two big dark circles under her eyes, as if she was possessed by an evil spirit. Her heart trembled and she reminded in a low voice.
"I know." Qin Fangyi frowned slightly. The old lady was in good health. Shui Minhui was about to return home. Shui Linglong was in the sky. It was okay to be separated, but it made her upset when they were together. Adding in the pregnant Aunt Zhou, she was really One head and two big ones. I don't know what she thought of, but Qin Fangyi's eyes flashed with admiration, "Has the parrot I asked my eldest brother to buy arrived? You go to the Prime Minister's Mansion and ask."
“Yes!” Shiqing bowed and retreated.
Qin Fangyi called Huayi again, "Tell the second lady to copy a copy of the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra for the old lady, and congratulate the old lady on her recovery."
The old lady recovered, the house was filled with joy, and the Fushou Yuan became lively again. But the icing on the cake can never be as good as providing help in times of need. You will understand it just by looking at where the masters are sitting.
The old lady was afraid of the cold and sat on the Kang with a four-dimensional pillow behind her. Next to her was Shui Linglong who was smiling and silent. Qin Fangyi and Shui Lingxi were sitting on the chairs at the bottom. The old lady didn't want to see her concubine's daughter, and she didn't allow them to come over to pay her respects on weekdays. But Shui Linglong not only came, but she also openly sat in a seat that even Shui Lingxi had never sat in. How could Shui Lingxi swallow this? Tone?
Shui Linglong looked at Shui Lingxi and said with a smile: "Who provoked the second sister so early in the morning? Why is the second sister frowning?"
The old lady looked around and saw that Shui Lingxi was furious. Naturally, there was a bit of anger in Shui Lingxi's eyes. After hearing Shui Linglong's words, she was ready to restrain herself, but it was a step too late. The old lady's gray eyebrows twisted: "If you dislike me as a sick old lady, just say so." , I don’t need your greetings here!”
"I didn't!" Shui Lingxi refuted instinctively. After saying this, even she was startled. She quickly stood up and saluted, "Grandma."
Shui Linglong patted the old lady's back gently, and while comforting her, she sighed: "Second sister, I'm not talking about you as an elder sister. Grandma has just recovered from a serious illness and can't bear the stimulation. No matter how grievance you feel, you shouldn't do it in front of grandma. They shouted, "As soon as the second sister has hairpins, the prince's house will come to propose marriage. This arrogant temper needs to be changed."
The old lady's face darkened, but after just saying a few words to her, she dared to feel grievances and become a crown princess before she got married?
(End of this chapter)