Chapter 41: Princess Wenjun
Chapter 41 Princess Wenjun
The Green Lotus Festival in Shengjing is more lively than the Spring Festival and New Year. Not only ordinary people pay attention to it, but also the officials of the Hou Mansion often pay attention to it.
The Wenjun Prince's Mansion in the south of the city is also brightly lit tonight.
The current Prince of Wen County, Mu Sheng, has inherited his father's title. The old Prince and the late Emperor were brothers in love. Seeing the old prince behind his back, the emperor sympathized with his ancestors and treated the prince's palace with all kinds of honors. The prince's palace was particularly dignified and honorable.
The courtyard was silent, except for the glistening light and shadow of the glazed wind lantern. A nun in green clothes carried a wooden tray across the yard, bypassed the beaded curtain and entered the inner room.
The seven-screen Guanghan wooden couch and chair were covered with soft cushions, and sitting on it was a beauty with a careless bun. The beauty wore a honey-pink satin dress with silver threads and two pale pink pearls hanging from her ears, which made her whole face look rosy and radiant.
This is Pei Yunshu, the eldest daughter of Duke Zhaoning and the current Princess of Wenjun.
Pei Yunshu is the eldest daughter of Duke Zhaoning. She is the biological sibling of Duke Zhaoning's son Pei Yunying from the same mother. She is two years older than Duke Zhaoning.
Mammy put the wooden plate on the table and took out a white porcelain bowl from the plate, which contained brown soup. Before she even got close to it, she smelled an unbearable bitter smell.
Pei Yunshu couldn't help but wrinkled her nose.
Mammy smiled and said: "Princess, this is the prepared anti-fetal medicine."
Princess Wenjun touched her flat belly, frowned and said, "Put it here, I'll drink it later."
Mammy picked up the medicine bowl, as if she didn't hear her words, took a spoonful of it and handed it to her mouth. She said with a smile: "Madam, don't mind the bitterness of the medicine. This is what His Majesty the Prince ordered to take. Take advantage of it." It’s good to drink it hot.”
Pei Yunshu's eyes turned cold. The maid next to her was about to speak when someone came to report from outside: "Princess, the Crown Prince Zhaoning is here!"
Pei Yunshu looked happy, took the medicine bowl from her grandma and put it on the table. She was about to get up. Her maid Fangzi hurriedly supported her, and then she took two steps out and saw someone coming in the darkness.
There was a bright moonlight in the courtyard, and the lights were dim. The man's figure flickered in and out of the night. As he got closer, the wind lanterns under the eaves became brighter, illuminating the young man more clearly.
He is a young man in gorgeous clothes. He wears a black brocade dress embroidered with gold patterns. His long hair is held high by a gold crown, which makes him even more beautiful. In this cold spring night, he is a beautiful scene of his own, shining like a pearl. Hui.
Pei Yunshu was supported by Fangzi and took two steps forward. The young man had already seen her and just smiled, took her arm and helped her into the house.
After Pei Yunshu sat down in the room again, Pei Yunying said helplessly: "Didn't I tell you? Sister, you are heavy, don't come outside to pick me up."
"I just got pregnant and I haven't even shown my pregnancy. How can I be so delicate and delicate that I can't even take two steps?" Pei Yunshu said angrily.
Pei Yunying glanced at the room and suddenly chuckled, with a hint of ridicule in his voice: "You are a princess of a county, and you are found to be pregnant. Except for Fangzi, there are not many people waiting in the room. You are indeed not 'delicate' enough. "
"Ordinary people have to find a few more people to take care of their mistress when she is pregnant. The prince's palace has declined to this extent, and I am deeply surprised."
Although he was smiling, his tone was a little cold. The grandmother who was delivering the medicine beside her could not help but look stiff.
Although the princess was beautiful and was the legitimate daughter of Duke Zhaoning, and her appearance was not bad, it was a pity that she was not gentle and petty, so she was not favored by the prince. The princess has not been pregnant for many years. In this mansion, Pei Yunshu only carries the false title of princess, and is often overtaken by others.
Now the county princess is pregnant, but the county king doesn't care about her, and the servants in the mansion will inevitably look down upon her. On weekdays, it was okay, and the princess would hide herself from others, but today, she was caught by Prince Zhaoning.
You must know that Mr. Pei, the prince of Duke Zhaoning and the chief minister of the palace, looks kind and good-looking, but in fact he is so powerful and clever that even the king of the county is afraid of him. In fact, if it were not for Mr. Pei's protection, I am afraid that the status of the princess would be even lower now.
Mammy thought, now Mr. Pei has not even looked at her since he entered the room. He clearly wants to embarrass her on purpose. She didn't dare to offend him, so she could only smile and salute him.
Pei Yunying didn't even look at her. He only glanced at the wooden plate in front of the table and landed on the bowl of brown soup.
Mammy hurriedly explained: "This is the anti-fetal medicine that the prince's palace ordered the kitchen to boil for the princess."
"Anti-fetal medicine..." He muttered, walked to the table, picked up the medicine bowl and put it under the tip of his nose, twitching the corners of his lips slightly.
Pei Yunshu looked at him.
Grandma felt a little nervous for no reason.
The young man smiled, raised his arm slightly, and poured all the bowl of soup into the narcissus bonsai at the corner of the table.
“Not good.” He said calmly: “It’s too bitter. Let’s make another bowl.”
Mammy felt relieved and said with a complacent smile: "Your Highness, there is no medicine that is not bitter. Good medicine tastes bitter..."
Pei Yunying looked at her, with a gentle smile on his handsome face, but a chilling tone in his tone: "Then endure it until it's no longer painful."
Mammy was speechless.
Pei Yunshu was silent and said, "Mom, please go down first. I have something to say with the prince." Pei Yunying was already speechless. When she heard about this pardon, she asked for it and immediately took the empty bowl with her. gone.
After she left, the atmosphere in the room relaxed a little. Pei Yunshu glared at the person opposite: "She's so good, why are you scaring her?"
"This is not scary," Pei Yunying said with a careless smile, "I killed her with one blow in front of the prince's palace today, so this is scary."
"You're talking nonsense again." Pei Yunshu didn't want to talk to him about this, so she just changed the topic and said, "Speaking of which, why did you come here suddenly today? Doesn't it mean that you have a lot of official work these days and you can't get away from it?"
Pei Yunying smiled and said: "Zhuangzi has sent a few baskets of fresh lychees, especially for you. But you are heavy, so don't be greedy for more."
Pei Yunshu was surprised: "I just finished eating the plums you brought earlier, and you brought lychees again. Do you really think that my sister is a pig?" After she finished speaking, she laughed first, "But the plums you brought are indeed good. I have been vomiting so much these days that I can't even leave the bed, but after using your plums, I feel much better, and my stomach is not as acidic as before."
“Those are freshly picked plums, so they are naturally good.” Pei Yunying raised his eyebrows, “As long as you like them.”
"Of course I like it. Even if I didn't like it before, I like it now." Pei Yunshu said, and suddenly remembered something, "By the way, the Qinglian Festival is coming soon. I'm pregnant this year, so I'm afraid I can't be with you. go."
Since Mrs. Zhaoning passed away, Pei Yunshu and Pei Yunying would go to Wan'en Temple to light lotus lanterns and pray for blessings every year during the Green Lotus Festival. But she was really inconvenient this year, so she had to prepare incense, candles, rice oil, and Yang and Pei Yunying brought them with her.
Pei Yunying sighed: "I expected it a long time ago." He glanced at Pei Yunshu and said calmly: "Don't worry, I will help you say whatever you need to say. Please Bodhisattva bless the child in your belly to be lively and healthy, be born safely, and mother and child to be safe. , mother and daughter are safe, and they will be safe every year."
Pei Yunshu pinched his arm and said angrily: "Nonsense! What I clearly want is that my incompetent brother should quickly meet a girl he likes and start a family as soon as possible. Otherwise, everyone will have a family in the future, but only With him alone, wouldn't it be lonely and miserable?"
"Hey," Pei Yunying sneered and pointed at herself, "Look at my face. Do I still need the blessing of a Bodhisattva? Every time I come to your county prince's house, the handkerchiefs I pick up on the road are as high as a mountain."
Hearing this, Pei Yunshu burst into laughter.
This is indeed a fact. Every time Pei Yunying comes to the prince's palace, the maids in the prince's palace are particularly attentive, and they all dress up and rush to the courtyard. So when Pei Yunying came back later, he didn't even let the concierge announce loudly.
Pei Yunshu looked at the person opposite and sighed in her heart. Among other things, her younger brother's appearance and figure are indeed very attractive. When she married into the prince's palace, everyone knew that she was not favored. Every time the ladies had a banquet, she could not get along with those noble ladies. Only Pei Yunying...those ladies tried their best to find out about the marriage of Prince Zhaoning.
It's a pity that Luo Hua is deliberately ruthless. Prince Zhaoning has a very high vision. He has grown so tall that no one likes him, and his good face has been lost in vain.
She spoke to Pei Yunying for a few more words, and gradually became tired. After Fangzi helped Pei Yunshu to the bed to rest, she sent Pei Yunying outside the yard.
The glazed lamp swayed slightly in the night wind, the smile on the young man's face faded, and his black eyes were darker than the night.
Fangzi followed him and reported in a low voice: "...the other maids in the courtyard have been sent away by the concubine's people for some reason these days, and only this slave is left. The princess was afraid of causing trouble, so she didn't bring any new people in, but it should be I couldn’t hold on for long. I didn’t dare to touch the tea, drink, soup or medicine in the room, and the princess secretly poured it out..."
Fangzi was the person arranged by Pei Yunying.
Pei Yunshu was the legitimate daughter of Duke Zhaoning. Even if she was no longer favored by the prince, no one from the prince's palace would dare to murder her.
But it is different when there is a pregnant princess.
If the county princess gives birth to a son, she will be the county prince's heir apparent. In this world, wealth can only be obtained with great danger. As long as the benefits are big enough, nothing can be done.
So Pei Yunying ordered Fangzi to enter the palace and secretly protect Pei Yunshu's safety.
He walked to a light, stopped, and simply said: "I will send two more people in in a few days."
Fangzi said respectfully: "Yes."
“There are many people in the house, so it’s possible that no one will know your identity. Once someone catches you, I will tell you.”
"yes."
"If someone is harmful to the princess, protecting the princess should be the first priority, as long as Mu Sheng is not killed."
"yes."
He paused for a moment before continuing: "It doesn't matter even if I get killed."
In the dark night, which is so dense that it cannot be dissolved, there are lush flowers and branches, like human figures.
He glanced back and smiled, his tone casually cruel.
“If you kill him, I will be responsible for it.”
(End of this chapter)