Chapter 125 The Rebirth of Black-Hearted Lotus in Ancient Times (2) (1/2)

Chapter 125 The Rebirth of Black-Hearted Lotus in Ancient Times (2) (1/2)

In the main courtyard, Mu Qingling was sitting on the bed with a pale face, drinking the medicine bowl in her hand.

Her appearance was not as stunning as Mu Qingrong. If Mu Qingrong was a graceful peony, then she was a graceful little lotus. Although she was also a beauty, from childhood to adulthood, whenever she stood next to Mu Qingrong, Mu Qingling was always ignored.

Mu Qingling didn't mind these. Although her father died when she was young, she was treated as a standard lady. In addition, with her mother's teaching, she also cultivated a broad-minded temperament.

She never liked to compete with her sister.

Even if she didn't like to do it, Mu Qingling was still stimulated when she learned that her sister Mu Qingrong actually asked the servants around the prince to withdraw and had something to say to him alone.

This stimulation was not much because of the sadness that her husband might be moved. After all, on the day of the wedding night, Mu Qingling already knew that her husband, the Linjiang King, really liked the second wife Mu Qingrong.

The King of Linjiang never concealed this fact, and even expressed his displeasure at Mu Qingling marrying in place of Mu Qingrong.

It would be a lie to say that Mu Qingling was not sad to be rejected by her new husband right after marrying in. She could vaguely guess why she, who had not met the King of Linjiang that day, married in place of her sister. Although she was the eldest daughter of the first house, she lost her father and was just an orphan without the protection of her father in the Marquis's Mansion.

Although Mu Qingling rarely went out since her father's death, she lived in the same mansion and more or less understood the character of her third sister Mu Qingrong.

She must have looked down on the King of Linjiang.

Then, pushing her third sister, who was also the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, out to marry the King of Linjiang instead of her was the best solution.

It would neither make the King of Linjiang angry and blame the Marquis's Mansion, nor would it make Mu Qingrong feel wronged.

Mu Qingling had already accepted it.

Hearing that the Prince of Linjiang loved to play, was unlearned and unskilled, and was an out-and-out dandy, she comforted herself that he was at least the younger brother of the present generation and a prince. Although he loved to play, at least he had no reputation for cruelty.

The rule in the Marquis's Mansion was that every daughter had to pay a dowry from the public treasury when she got married. The specifications for legitimate daughters and concubines were naturally different, but when it was Mu Qingling's turn to get married, the second aunt who was in charge of the household affairs of the Marquis's Mansion said that the mansion had been in trouble over the years, and the shops outside had also lost a lot of money. The silver and other things were strictly in accordance with the rules. Only the dowry looked good in name, but when the box was opened, it was found that they were all things that could not be taken out.

The second aunt did this because she was sure that Mu Qingling and her mother were unreliable, and her concubine brother was young. As a married woman, if she caused trouble with the bad reputation of the dowry prepared by the mansion, she would be the one who suffered in the end.

The Marquis's Mansion was her only surrogate support. Although a woman should obey her husband after marriage, if she wanted to live well in her husband's family, she still had to rely on her natal family for support. Based on this point, Mu Qingling could only swallow the bitterness.

Her mother wanted to sell her dowry to make a dowry for her, but was stopped by Mu Qingling. No matter how glamorous her dowry was, no one would dare to question her as a princess in the future, but her mother's dowry had to be kept, waiting for her younger brother to grow up and be separated from the mansion to buy family property later.

She was a legitimate daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, and her second aunt could deduct her when she got married. When the Marquis's Mansion was divided in the future, it was obvious that her second uncle and second aunt would not be able to give much to the first house.

Being pushed out to marry in place of her and having her dowry deducted, Mu Qingling could tolerate all these, but Mu Qingrong had an ambiguous relationship with her husband after she married in, which she could not tolerate.

If she liked the King of Linjiang at the beginning, why did she push her to marry in place of her?

Now Mu Qingling is already the princess, and Mu Qingrong, as the legitimate daughter of the second house of the Marquis's mansion, disregards her status and wants to be alone with the prince in front of so many servants in the palace. If it weren't for the fact that Prince Linchuan was also present at the time and took the initiative to follow, I'm afraid that by tomorrow, the whole capital would be full of gossip about the prince and Mu Qingrong.

A woman has been involved with a man before she got married. Does she have any other options except marrying him?

At that time, as a legitimate daughter, can Mu Qingrong be a concubine?

If she becomes a concubine, where will the face of the Marquis's mansion be? The remaining sisters who have not yet married will be inferior to others when they find a husband in the future!

Even the prince in the mansion, with such a shameless sister around, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to find a wife.

Mu Qingling fell seriously ill the day after she got married. She was in a coma until today and just woke up. As soon as she woke up, she learned such a thing. She was so angry that she wanted to faint again. She could only quickly send someone to the bamboo forest and said that she had just woken up and thought she was going to die soon. That's why she asked her third sister to help tell the prince.

No matter how angry she was, for the sake of her mother, brother and innocent sisters who were still in the marquis's mansion, she had to bite the bullet and help Mu Qingrong save her reputation.

Although people were sent out, Mu Qingling didn't feel relaxed at all, but more worried.

For some reason, she felt weak all over a few days before her marriage, and she fell into a coma after the wedding night after she got married. But even so, Mu Qingling was able to roughly understand some of his character through the short time she spent with her husband.

Lin Shiheng, Prince of Linjiang, is the youngest son of the Queen Mother. When he was born, the current emperor had already been named the Crown Prince. It is said that the late emperor had seven princes at that time, each of them was a dragon and phoenix in their own right. They had already started fighting before the current emperor was named the Crown Prince. When the current emperor was named the Crown Prince, these princes all turned their spearheads against him.

To reach this day, I don’t know how many open and secret arrows I have escaped. Perhaps it is because he was deeply wounded by those half-brothers. After he ascended the throne, he faced the younger brothers below who did not participate in the fight. He is very tolerant, especially his younger brother King Linjiang, who loves him even more.

King Linjiang was still young when he ascended the throne today. The Queen Mother is his biological mother and the Emperor is his brother. When he was raised in the palace, he was a complete bully. Therefore, his temperament is that of a child. However, he is an adult, and he is still a bitch. The high-ranking prince's childish nature turned into a reputation as a playboy.

In other words, he is a giant baby version of a naughty kid.

On the wedding night, Mu Qingling only talked to her naughty husband for a short time before she felt relieved. Obviously, although her husband was too domineering, he was not bad-hearted, but he might have never suffered anything. With a few words of encouragement, he would take it seriously and do anything.

Although he was not satisfied with himself as the princess, he still respected her. He handed the palace to Mu Qingling that night. Mu Qingling did not expect her husband to fall in love with her once they met her. She only wanted to treat her with respect. .

Since the prince trusts her and entrusts the entire palace to her, she will take good care of the palace and repay this trust.

Who would have thought that her dilapidated body would reach such a state that she fell into a coma the next day.

Mu Qingling sighed. She didn't want to die. She wanted to live well and watch her younger brother grow up, marry and have children, move her mother out of the Marquis' Mansion, and watch her live a long life.

Therefore, even though his heart ached because of Mu Qingrong's attempt to commit suicide, which was likely to bring down the entire Hou Mansion, Mu Qingling still stood up and drank the medicine in an attempt to save herself.

It was just that her body was too weak and she had no strength in her hands. After taking a few sips, she slowly lowered her hands and said softly: "Nanny, feed me."

The wet nurse who had been carefully guarding the bedside saw this scene, and she burst into tears of distress. She quickly took the medicine bowl, scooped out the medicine and brought it to Mu Qingling's mouth. Seeing that she was feeding her a spoonful, she drank a spoonful. , as if he was completely unaware of the bitterness of the medicine, and the tears fell more and more.

"Girl, please send the message back and let the madam come and see you."

"No need."

Mu Qingling shook her head and said with a wry smile: "My mother will definitely cry when she sees me like this. Since the doctor said it can be saved, why should I make my mother sad?"

When the wet nurse heard what she said, her heart ached even more, and she couldn't help crying bitterly.

How come her girl, who is such a good person, has such a miserable life? She lost her father when she was young. She is obviously the legitimate daughter of the eldest daughter of the Hou Mansion, but she wants to avoid her sister and offer incense. She obviously wants to stay in the temple wing. As soon as I stepped out of the door, I was married in such a confused way.

When she was furious that the dowry had been tampered with, the girl comforted her. She would be a princess in the future. What a noble status she had. Who would have thought that her good days as a princess would be ruined by a strange disease before she even started? Got it clean!

Seeing that all the medicine in the soup bowl was finished, the girl's face turned pale and she closed her eyes slightly. She looked very tired, but she still had to hold on and asked: "Is the girl I sent out back?"

This girl, of course, was the girl sent to the bamboo forest to find an excuse for Mu Qingrong to be alone with the prince.

The nanny thought again of the unabashed arrogance on Mu Qingrong's pretty face.

When they were in the palace, her girls had repeatedly avoided it, and now they are all married. It was obvious that the third girl wanted a marriage that she did not want. Why did she come to disrupt the situation again? She did whatever she wanted to do, and why did she not care about the reputation of the Marquis Mansion? Even if she doesn't want to be famous and shameless, there are still unmarried girls in the house!

The nurse's teeth were itching with hatred, and she was also angry when she spoke: "You haven't come back yet, girl, if you want me to tell you, I should inform the palace of the dirty things that the third girl did today."

"In the mansion."

Mu Qingling seemed to have thought of something, and there was a little mockery in her eyes, and she said softly: "I'm afraid it won't work. My second uncle and my second aunt have always been of the same mind. Even if I tell them, they will only think that I am deliberately slandering my uncle." Sister’s reputation.”

"Then we can't just let the three girls seduce the prince!"

There were only two of them in the room, and the wet nurse was not afraid of violating taboos when she spoke. She just said bitterly: "It was obvious that she looked down on the prince and refused to marry him, so she pushed the girl to take her place. Now that the girls have all married, she is so arrogant. Even the girls from poor families who can’t afford to eat are not as shameless as she is!”

"No matter how shameless she is, even if it's for Ning'er's reputation, I will take care of it for her."

Ning'er is Mu Qingling's younger brother Mu Ning. When her father returned to his hometown to pay homage to his ancestors, he fell seriously ill on the way back to his hometown and died before returning to the capital. The concubine who followed him was frightened and gave birth to a child. The son followed him away.

When the group of them returned to Beijing, the eldest lady, who suddenly learned about her husband's death, almost fainted from crying, but the fact was before her eyes, and she could only put away her grief and raise her bastard under her knees.

After so many years of teaching, even though he is a concubine, he is no different from a legitimate son. In Mu Qingling's heart, her younger brother Mu Ning and her mother are the only two people she cares about in the Hou family.

Now Mu Qingrong's big move will drag down the whole house. Mu Qingling doesn't even have the energy to be angry. She has long been accustomed to the third sister's temperament of caring about others and dying as long as she is happy. She is the second uncle and second aunt. , haven’t you never considered the reputation of your house?

Now, she just wants to survive until her younger brother grows up and can live a separate life with her mother. By then, the messy affairs in the Hou Mansion will no longer affect their family.

Mu Qingling felt a little sleepy after taking the medicine, but she still had to wait for the girl she sent out to come back. She could only force herself up and ask the nanny to bring a book to read to her. However, after reading only a few pages, she heard the doorbell. There were sounds of a woman crying and a girl beside her scolding.

She was already sick, but when she was so noisy, her beautiful eyebrows couldn't help but frown tightly, and she asked with a white face: "Who is outside?"

The wet nurse looked at her own girl with distress, and stood up in a hurry: "I'll go take a look, my slave."

After a while, the person who made the quarrel outside was brought to Mu Qingling's bed.

She was wearing coarse cloth, but it did not hinder her beautiful appearance. As soon as she entered the room, she knelt on the ground. When she saw Mu Qingling, who was still leaning on the bed, it was like she had seen a savior. She was crying and crawling on her knees. Arrived at the bedside.

When she reached the bedside, she kowtowed her head vigorously, and while kowtowing, she begged: "Please, princess, save the daughter of the people, please princess..."

Mu Qingling was disturbed by her crying and had a headache. She couldn't help but press her eyebrows and asked the girl who came in with the woman: "What's going on?"

The girl looked confused. After hesitating for a few times, she still knelt on the ground and said crisply: "This is... the prince's concubine."

"I originally lived in Xiyuan. When I heard that the princess woke up today, I made a fuss to look for the princess. The guards in the palace did not dare to stop me, so I disturbed the princess."

"No! I'm not a concubine!!"

The woman was so stimulated by these words that she raised her bloody head and begged: "The girl is from Longxi. She went to Beijing with her father a few days ago. On the way, she met the prince. He kidnapped the girl back to the mansion. Said... He said that he wanted to take a common girl as his wife, please be kind to the princess! The common girl is still engaged, so she really can't serve the prince! "

"The common girl originally wanted to die, but in the past few days, the prince has not touched the common daughter because of the princess's illness. Now that she is still innocent, the common daughter wants to beg the princess for mercy..."

After saying that, she continued to kowtow to Mu Qingling as if she was not afraid of pain, and kept pleading in her mouth: "I beg the princess to have mercy and put the common girl back, I beg the princess to have mercy..."

Mu Qingling's vision turned black and she almost fainted. Seeing that her face was pale and transparent, the wet nurse stepped forward to give her a hand and asked worriedly: "Girl?"

"I'm fine."

Mu Qingling took a few breaths with white lips, finally regaining her composure, and then exhaled, "Send this girl out of the house, and then transfer fifty taels from my private treasury to calm her down. If the prince asks, just let her know." He came to find me!"

The last sentence was full of anger.

She originally thought that although the husband she married was not a great hero and was a bit uneducated, he was not a villain at all, and he could treat her as a princess with respect.

result! He actually raped a civilian girl! Still at the foot of the Imperial City!

There are no rules at all in this palace. Putting aside the matter of this girl, just because she can come all the way to the princess's main courtyard as a roommate, you can see how there are no rules in the palace.

The guards can't stop it, and the girl can't stop it either!

To put it bluntly, what if the person who broke in today was not this poor girl, but the foreign man.

Mu Qingling made up her mind to take good care of her body and start to deal with the affairs of the house, as well as the prince. Even if it would anger him, she had to make it clear to him that it was okay to have a concubine if she wanted to marry him, but she couldn't. It's a girl who forces herself on someone who doesn't want her. What's the difference between that and a beast?

Just as she was thinking this, she heard the poor girl who was helped by the girl stand up let out a short scream, and then quickly shook off the girl's hand and hid beside the bed as if she had seen a wild beast, with her head full of blood. His eyes were filled with despair.

"Princess...Princess, save me..."

Mu Qingling leaned up and looked over, and sure enough she saw her husband. Linjiang Wang Lin Shiheng opened the curtain and walked in.

She held her weak hands slightly and said in a soft voice to the poor woman: "Don't be afraid."

As a woman, what she fears most is being a concubine and having her innocence tarnished. If she doesn't care today, this poor woman may not be able to escape death.

Even if she angered the prince today, she would definitely protect this woman!

Lin Shiheng looked at Mu Qingling, who was looking at him with a white face. She was only sixteen this year. She was beautiful and looked very weak due to her serious illness. However, her almond-shaped eyes were not as calm as water in the memory of the original owner, but with a Angry.

He frowned and looked up and down at the shivering woman hiding by the bed, "Who is this? Why is there blood on one end?"

After saying that, he looked at Mu Qingling who was leaning weakly: "Is he yours, Princess?"

Mu Qingling did not relax, but asked: "The prince doesn't know her?"

"I see so many people coming and going every day. If I knew everyone I met, I would be exhausted."

Lin Shiheng didn't care at all about the coldness in her tone. After he finished speaking, he swaggered and sat on the edge of the bed. He looked at the woman standing by the bed with a look of disgust, and saw that she was so frightened by his eyes that she was shaking. , the disgust in his eyes suddenly became heavier.

"It's bleeding. It's an eyesore. Why don't you go down and clean it up." After saying this with a look of disgust, he turned his head to look at Mu Qingling, and said in a rather puzzled tone: "The people around you are here. Girl, why are you so ugly? It’s not appetizing to have such blood on your face.”

"ugly?"

Mu Qingling almost laughed out of anger at him: "If the prince thought she was ugly, why did he come back by force?"

"Is this king robbing someone?"

King Linjiang, who was dressed in rich clothes, was stunned, with a look of sudden realization in his eyes: "I drank too much that day, so I snatched a beauty and came back to enjoy it. Isn't this the princess? Are you sick? Just put it in Xiyuan first. ”

"Now that the princess is recovering from her illness, it's time for me to enjoy it."

After he finished speaking confidently, he turned his head and glanced at the woman who was standing tightly holding on to the bed curtain and shaking non-stop. His eyebrows gradually knitted together and he looked her up and down as if he was confused.

"This king...brought back such an ugly person? It seems that he drank too much and couldn't look at people accurately."

King Linjiang, who had very high requirements for appearance, simply forgot what he had just said about enjoying beauties and directly ordered:

"You guys, throw this person out of the palace as soon as possible, and don't taint my eyes again!"

Several girls in the room looked at each other and didn't dare to move for a moment. Lin Shiheng kicked the corner of the bed directly: "Hurry! What's wrong with not eating!"

Mu Qingling, who was weakly leaning on the bedside, carefully observed his expression and found that he did sincerely despise the ugly commoner woman. Although he was confused, he still nodded to his girls and said: " Send her out of the house, give her fifty taels, and ask a doctor to look at her wounds."

"yes……"

Several people were blessed, and the woman hurriedly exited the house with a face full of "Thank God and thank the princess."

Lin Shiheng first smiled at Mu Qingling, and then looked at the nanny standing by the bed with a look of "I want to protect my girl" in disgust.

"Please step back, I have something to say to the princess."

He is the prince, the biggest person in the palace, so no matter how worried the nanny is, she can only bow and leave.

The couple were the only ones left in the house for a while.

"Princess, don't worry. I just asked the imperial doctor. He said that it will only take three days for you to fully recover. When you are cured, I will accompany you to the Marquis Mansion and return home. This illness of yours, I even missed the door."

Mu Qingling looked at Lin Shiheng, who looked normal in front of her, and was a little unsure as to why he suddenly treated her so well. Could it be that he was feeling guilty, but he didn't see any guilty look on his face when he faced the civilian girl who was robbed just now.

She hesitated for a moment and then asked, "I wonder if your lord has ever robbed other women by force in the past?"

"No, she is the only one. The queen mother was afraid that the king would be addicted to women and his body would be empty. She specifically ordered the king to marry a princess before he could have a concubine. Didn't the king just snatch her back and not have time to enjoy it?"

He looked so matter-of-fact, as if he was not talking about robbing a girl, but saying, "I went to the street and bought a big cabbage." Mu Qingling wanted to be angry but didn't know where to start. She was holding back her expression. Another layer of whiteness.

However, this was her husband, so she could only use a gentle tone and be patient.

"Your Majesty, that woman is clearly unwilling. Not only will it not be fun for you to win her, but you may even force her to commit suicide. If you like beauty, you can find some women who are willing to serve you to enter the palace and give them a proper title. Then we can have sex. I wish you could benefit from it.”

Lin Shiheng: "But I like people who are unwilling to serve."

Mu Qingling's heart was filled with pain. She took a few breaths, held back her anger and saw that Lin Shiheng listened carefully to her words, and then forced out a smile:

"But it is a violation of national law to snatch a girl from a good family like this. Even if you are the prince, if you break the law, you are breaking the law."

Mu Qingling tried hard to recall the books she had read, and planned to use a long speech today to get rid of the illegal thoughts of husbands who like to rob civilian girls.

As a result, she had just stood up when the handsome prince in front of her, who was about the same age as her, had already nodded with a look of confusion on his face.

"So this is ah."

"Then I won't steal it next time."

Mu Qingling, who had prepared a lot of words to persuade her husband, paused.

She was a little confused and at a loss.

He actually agreed so straightforwardly.

Is it that...simple?