Chapter 47: Discover something fishy(1)
Chapter 47 Discovering something fishy (1)
In the dim room, the moonlight was cut into pieces by the window lattice and fell, casting fine mottled shadows on Concubine Jade's face. She took the imperial edict tremblingly and kowtowed dullly: "Thank you, Lord, for your kindness."
"Sir Shui, we don't have much time. Please pack up quickly and follow our family to the cold palace!" Eunuch Zhang said arrogantly in a high-pitched voice. He looked down at another palace concubine who was seeking her own death. His face was expressionless. He had seen too many such things. New and old people came and went in the palace, you came up and me down, you and I lived and died. The only one who couldn't be shaken was the queen of the middle palace. It's a pity that these women who don't overestimate their abilities will not survive until their death. Understand that you are a chess piece in the eyes of others.
Miss Xin took off the jade bracelet from her wrist and handed it to Eunuch Zhang, pleading: "Eunuch, the young master is pregnant after all. Although Long Live Lord has punished the young master, he has placed his trust in the fetus in the little master's belly. I have high hopes, and I would like to ask my father-in-law to do it for me and allow me to collect a few extra pieces of clothes for my little master, so that I can take better care of my baby.”
Eunuch Zhang’s meaningful eyes lingered on Shui Chenxiang’s slightly bulging abdomen, and then he said casually: “We happen to have some abdominal pain and want to go to the toilet. Shui Guizhen, please take care of it slowly!”
After saying that, he turned around and walked out of Cuiping Pavilion.
Official Xin helped Shui Chenxiang up and said comfortingly: "My dear master, please relax your mind so that you can have a baby. I may be angry for a moment, but when you calm down, you will think of my good deeds again!"
Shui Chenxiang's eyes were empty and lifeless, as if staring at the mottled shadows on the ground, and as if she didn't see anything at all: "Why don't you leave? Everyone in Guanju Palace has left. Concubine Xiang came to ask for someone earlier. Why do you want to stay?"
Ms. Xin has served Mr. Shui for many years. It would be a lie to say that she has no feelings, but it is also a lie to say that she is not worried about her future. But after watching too many dramas of worshiping the superior and suppressing the inferior, she can clearly realize that when the tree falls and the hozen disperses, the fastest runner is often the first to fall into the teeth of the tiger and wolf, because such a treacherous slave will only be accused of being a vanguard. , she might as well fall down with the big tree, and live a bad life but she will not die. And when everyone is gone and she is the only one left, maybe it will be a different world: "The little master treats his slaves with kindness. Like a mountain, I will not be a villain that was struck by lightning that day.”
Shui Chenxiang's eyes gradually filled with tears, and soon, they were stained with a hint of sharpness. After the sharpness, they gradually became softer, and her tone gradually softened, but if you listen carefully, it was full of ridicule: "Xiang Fei came to ask for someone, just because she wanted to get rid of her. Show me your face! How can she really be nice to those people? They deserve their retribution!"
A chill ran down Ms. Xin's spine, and she felt a chill in her body.
Shui Chenxiang touched her slightly protruding belly, rolled her beautiful eyes, and said, "I know who is good to me. As long as I am still pregnant with the dragon heir, I will definitely be able to make a comeback one day!"
OFFICIAL Xin lowered her head and did not dare to answer. Secretly, she hoped that the young master could make a comeback, but this was no longer possible.
As if sensing the strangeness of Miss Xin, Shui Chenxiang blinked slowly and sighed: "Even if I can never leave the cold palace, I will let you accompany the little prince out."
Ms. Xin fell to her knees on the ground: "My lord! I want to serve my lord for the rest of my life! I will never leave my lord!"
It seems that this sentence touched her. How can there be absolute sincerity in the world? Human nature is selfish, and those who don’t plan for themselves are fools! But there is a limit to selfishness. For example, Miss Xin, who maximizes his own interests while also taking care of her interests as much as possible, is considered to be 30% sincere and 70% smart. She could see it, so how could Long Live Lord not see it? When the child is born, Miss Xin will definitely be accused of being a personal palace maid. It is better to **** it in advance and sell her favors. In this way, under the arrangement of Miss Xin, she may have more opportunities to meet the child. Shui Chenxiang's eyes flashed, and she sighed: "After all, there is a difference between a biological child and a child raised under her knees. She doesn't have to do anything bad. Just a little negligence, and my son's life may be ruined by those unclean things! You Only by staying with the child can I rest assured that I will find a way to persuade Long live the baby before giving birth."
If Miss Xin was three-point sincerity before, it is now five points. Miss Xin kowtowed: "As long as it can make the little master and the little prince happy, I can do anything I want!"
This answer satisfied Shui Guiren, and Shui Chenxiang asked again: "Who is the newly canonized precious person?"
Official Xin shook her head: "I don't know."
“The precious person has arrived—”
Shui Chenxiang and Miss Xin were both shocked, and an ominous premonition arose in their hearts. Miss Xin helped Shui Chenxiang stand up. When they followed the sound and looked sideways and saw who was coming, their eyes almost fell out!
"Hello, aunt!" Shui Lingyue has put on a new and bright palace dress with honey-colored embroidered pink lotus flowers, and a pair of gold gardenia hairpins. In the palace, only the masters with the concubine rank or above have such hairpins. Qualified to wear Buyao, a sixth-grade nobleman...actually wore it! What does this mean? No, this is not the most difficult thing to accept. The most difficult thing to accept is...next to Shui Lingyue, stood Grandma Tan with a calm face. At this moment, Shui Chenxiang seemed to understand something!
Shui Lingyue's smile was as bright as a flower: "Aunt, I'm here to see you off. Since you are my aunt, I won't care about your rudeness. In return, please make sure you have a good child. I look forward to being a mother-in-law every day!”
They are both noble people, but there is a world of difference between those with titles and those without titles. Remembering that she had tried every means to fawn over the Jade Concubine before, but the Jade Concubine was indifferent and only favored Shui Linglong, her thorn in her side, she became furious. The Jade Concubine was deprived of her title, demoted to a noble person, and imprisoned in the cold palace from then on. At the same time, the emperor named her a queen. Noble, given the title "Jen", she immediately felt that she had the capital to ridicule this aunt, so she hurriedly ran to see the joke. Of course, the emperor named her to raise Shui Guiren's child, which was somewhat unexpected by her.
Shui Chenxiang finally understood why the emperor did not come to Guanju Hall for several days, and Shui Lingyue also ran away all day long. Shui Chenxiang looked at Nanny Tan, and then at Shui Lingyue. Every detail of the past five years came to mind, and she burst into tears and laughed: "Haha... precious people, please cherish your blessings!" She guessed what happened that night. I guess it was just a ploy, and Shui Linglong was really good at it. I don’t know whether Shui Linglong and Shui Lingyue conspired together, or Shui Linglong plotted against everyone alone.
Shui Lingyue pretended to wipe away her tears: "Auntie, don't be too busy warning me. The emperor loves me, so I will naturally have a lot of blessings to enjoy. Auntie, you are all alone in the cold palace, don't do stupid things out of your mind. That will cause me My son is gone!”
These words are really heartbreaking! Shui Chenxiang's lungs were about to burst with anger: "Shui Lingyue, don't you know that the sky is high and the earth is high! What's the point of talking nonsense with me? If you have the ability, go to Xiang Fei to show off! Go to the queen to show off!"
Shui Lingyue raised the fragrant handkerchief in her hand: "Ha! They didn't offend me, why should I provoke them? It's just that you don't know Taishan, you only know how to love Shui Linglong's little bitch! Didn’t you expect that the little concubine you once looked down on could leap over the dragon’s gate and step on your head one day!”
Shui Chenxiang smiled instead of getting angry after hearing her words. It seemed that Shui Lingyue was not with Shui Linglong. Shui Lingyue thought she had gotten a huge advantage, but she didn't know that all this was the result of Shui Linglong's secret connivance. . Her fate will be Shui Lingyue's fate one day!
"Speak, Shui Linglong! Did you already know that Shui Lingyue would become my father's new concubine?" The third princess pushed Shui Linglong, who was deep in thought, and asked anxiously.
Shui Linglong was silent. That night she jumped out of the window and was hugged by Guo Yan...
“Yingying! Yingying, is that you?” The emperor shouted happily as he entered the kitchen.
Li Chang sighed and said, "Long live my lord, this should be what the cooks make, it's nothing special."
The emperor picked it up with chopsticks and took a bite: "No! The imperial chef can't make this taste! It has been more than ten years, and I have never forgotten this taste!"
“Long live the Lord, Master Ying, she...”
Before Li Changzhi finished speaking, the emperor shouted: "Who? Who is here! Come out! If you don't come out, I will order people to search you. If they are found, I will take off your head!"
“Ah—” Shui Lingyue screamed and knelt at the door, “Your Majesty, spare your life!”
“Who are you? Why are you sneaking around outside?”
"I...I...I just made a dish and planned to send it to the Jade Concubine. I was afraid that the oil would stain her eyes, so I went back to the room and changed into clean clothes. But when I was about to come in, I heard a man. The sound of voices scared me... I was so scared that I didn’t dare to step forward..."
The emperor's tone softened a lot: "Did you cook this dish?"
"Um."
"Serve me to eat. Li Chang, set a table here. I'll see if the food and wine are good."
Later, the emperor probably drank too much, so he hugged Shui Lingyue and started kissing her. After a while, Shui Lingyue's murmur came out as she tried to resist but returned the favor.
Recalling this, Shui Linglong pressed her eyebrows, feeling dissatisfied. At first, Shui Lingyue just wanted to please Concubine Yu and reject the marriage with Governor Jiang. But when Shui Lingyue found out that there was an opportunity to get close to the emperor, her Her desire also increased. As long as she was a concubine of the Shui family, she would be constrained by Qin Fangyi. Even without Governor Jiang, the subsequent marriage would probably be unsatisfactory. Instead of this, she would be better off becoming the emperor's concubine.
For Shui Linglong, having a "scapegoat" is the best thing. She doesn't want to be the emperor's woman, nor does she want to be Xun Feng's **** to drive a wedge between the emperor and Zhenbei Palace, so she won't expose Shui Lingyue.
Shui Linglong tucked her hair behind her ears and smiled: "I'm not a god, how can I know the emperor's thoughts? I was just thinking about when the red rash on my face will go away. Wearing a veil all day, I’m too embarrassed to see anyone!”
"Pfft--" the third princess laughed out loud, "You deserve it! You pretended to be sick and got yourself involved! If you had told me earlier... forget it, if you don't pretend to be sick, you can't tell others!" In the end, she broke into a cold sweat. If Shui Linglong hadn't been alert, she might have been harmed by the water.
Zhuge Xi glanced at Shui Linglong with slight annoyance: "What's going on between you and Shui Guiren? Why does she want to harm you? How does she plan to harm you?"
Shui Linglong looked horrified and frightened: "I...I don't know."
Zhuge Xi's lips moved, probably wanting to say something unpleasant, but he swallowed it in the end: "I don't blame you, don't be afraid!" After thinking about it, he added, "In my opinion, she is probably planning to kill." I asked you to put the blame on the emperor so as to drive a wedge between Zhenbei Palace and the emperor. Do you know who is behind the scenes? "
I said it was Xun Feng, can you believe it? Not to mention that the prince and Xun Feng had a good relationship, even Zhuge Yu had once worn a pair of pants with Xun Feng. If one thing went wrong and the prince and Zhuge Yu isolated her at the same time, then she would really be in trouble. After resurrecting her life, she didn't have that much trust to give to anyone, not even the prince who had never harmed her in her two lives, or the husband with whom she would sleep forever in this life. Shui Linglong looked thoughtful: "I don't know."
Zhuge Xi saw that her hands and forehead were covered with rashes, and wanted to push her further, but he couldn't bear it: "Forget it, you are a little girl who doesn't understand government affairs. Shui Guiren is really cruel. The emperor treats her with deep affection, but she doesn't." You can do so many tricks in secret, even your biological niece can take advantage of it! But..."
After a pause, he added, "The emperor canonized your sister as a noble. This is not a sign of his attitude. He will not vent his anger on the Shangshu Mansion."
Shui Linglong nodded: "That makes me feel relieved."
The third princess said: "Yes, the emperor and the empress were punished because she cheated on their servants and sold the things given by the emperor. Nothing else was involved."
That’s it! Shui Linglong used the lid of the cup to stir the tea leaves in the tea cup. The emperor had saved the Shui family a lot of face after all. Accepting bribes or selling the gifts given by the emperor was purely personal greed. If he colluded with foreign enemies, it would inevitably lead to suspicion of the Shui family. With the intention of plotting rebellion, the emperor... really trusts the Shui family so much?
Zhuge Xi looked carefree on the surface, but her thoughts were delicate. After she was silent for a moment, she looked at Shui Linglong, with a dark and indistinguishable light flashing in her eyes: "Since the emperor and the queen said so, we naturally think so too, Linglong, what do you think?"
Shui Linglong smiled and nodded: "Mrs. Yao is right. Linglong has been recuperating since she was taken back to the palace by the third princess today. Linglong has no idea what happened in Guanju Palace."
Zhuge Xi secretly appreciated it, but he didn't know what he thought of and frowned again. Shui Linglong noticed the change in Zhuge Xi's mood. She would also be suspicious. Marrying a wife should be a virtuous one, and no family would dare to attack a scheming woman.
The third princess joked: "You still call me Mrs. Yao, Mrs. Yao. Shouldn't you change your name to sister?"
Shui Linglong lowered her head, smiled shyly, and her cheeks were stained with a layer of carmine.
The third princess became more and more teasing. She approached Shui Linglong and said with a smile: "Are you shy? Do you want to get married? Tell me, you actually like Zhuge Yu very much, right?"
"Ah - Third Princess, you..." Shui Linglong turned sideways shyly, looking embarrassed.
The shy appearance of this little girl dispelled a lot of Zhuge Xi's doubts. She didn't participate much in tonight's events, but she also guessed from the exchange between the third princess and Shui Linglong. On the surface, Shui Linglong is The victim, the one who actually collapsed was Shui Guiren. Although Shui Linglong pretended to be ill to protect herself, it was an indisputable fact that Shui Guiren was defeated by a fight. People who are too thoughtful may not be Yu'er's blessing, but judging from the current situation, she should be just getting wise in a hurry, and other than that, she is no different from an ordinary girl in a boudoir.
Zhuge Xi's thoughts moved and he said kindly: "In the final analysis, it is the Zhenbei Palace that has troubled you this time. It is difficult to be a noble lady. You are tied to the fate of the Zhenbei Palace. While you enjoy the supreme honor, you must also bear some consequences. Guns and arrows, if you continue to act so recklessly, I really don't feel at ease! Let's take what happened this time as an example. If you had a smarter maid or mother by your side, you wouldn't have resorted to such a trick. The next step to attract reinforcements. These are all due to your status as the daughter-in-law of the Zhenbei Palace. I can't stand by and watch. In this way, let Yuan Mama go back with you. Yuan Mama came with me from the Kashgar Qing tribe in the early years. Sincerely You have no choice in terms of your abilities and skills. With her taking care of you, Yu'er and I can feel more at ease."
Worry is fake, but surveillance is real. Before her husband's home, a highly respected mother was sent here. Those who knew it said it was for protection, but those who didn't know it thought she was so incompetent that she had to rely on a mother to support her! How will she gain a foothold in the palace then? If she was just a little girl who didn't understand the world, she would have been moved by Zhuge Xi's affectionate and rational words and couldn't bear to refuse. However, after living two lifetimes, her heart has been hardened to a stone. How can she compromise so easily? Shui Linglong straightened her hair on her temples, with an innocent smile on her fair face: "This is not the fault of the Zhenbei Palace. Mrs. Yao does not need to blame herself. Linglong does not dare to trouble Mrs. Yao. We haven't come to terms with each other yet. It would be better to have one more thing." One less thing is better.”
Just now, the third princess clearly asked her to change her story, but she still kept calling her "Mrs. Yao". It was clearly a satire that she was married to another man and had to interfere in the family affairs of Zhenbei Palace! Zhuge Xi's expression became solemn, and his good impression of Shui Linglong disappeared in an instant! Her voice turned cold: "Then tell me, what are you going to do next time you encounter this kind of situation? Are you still going to use the bitter meat trick? Use it every time. What will you do if your body becomes useless in the end? You can't give birth to my brother. What to do with the child? You young people are reckless and never think about the consequences! What's more, it's a child of a low-class concubine? Blessing…”
Bang!
The glass of exquisite water fell to the ground and was smashed into pieces. Her eyes were suddenly as cold as the dark light from hell. Wherever she passed, the coldness was overwhelming: "Mrs. Yao, don't think that because you can't give birth to a child, you will think that others They are all the same as you! I know my own body! You have been a little princess of the Kashiqing tribe since you were born, and you have experienced things that you think are no big deal, but in my opinion, they are nothing at all. Feng Lang, do you think your experience is enough to be my life guide? If your father is not the King of Zhenbei, and your mother is not the legitimate daughter of the Leng family, if something happens to you, you may not even be able to use the torture trick! , It’s so conceited to the point of blindness!”
(End of this chapter)