First Concubine

Chapter 1 Storm in Water Mansion (1)

 Dazhou.

The spring rain fell non-stop, dripping on the tiles, making a pleasant sound of ding-dong-ding-dong.

The dilapidated temple, with spider webs covering the beams and intertwined branches, seems to have framed someone’s lifeline.

Shui Linglong took two moldy steamed buns and slowly climbed back to the temple, a round trip of 360 steps a day.

 She couldn't walk because her legs had been cut off.

In the back room, a little girl who was burned beyond recognition and whose whole body was charred moaned without a sound. Flies and maggots were wreaking havoc on her rotting body. She was so painful that her liver and gallbladder split apart: "Mother... mother..."

Qing'er, Mom is here. Mom is coming over soon, don't be afraid!

She wanted to speak, but she could only make a sound of "yiyiahah" because her tongue was pulled out.

Shui Linglong crawled over with difficulty, waved away the flies, and picked out the newly born maggots one by one. Then she washed her hands with the water under the eaves, then took a bite of the steamed bun, chewed it into pieces, and fed it to her daughter. .

 The little girl’s life was finally coming to an end, and she couldn’t swallow a single bite.

 Qing'er, eat it! Why don't you eat?

Shui Linglong cried so hard that her heart was broken. She opened her daughter's mouth and pressed the broken bun inside with her index finger.

The little girl tried her best to open her eyes full of liquid, and said weakly: "Mom... you... eat it by yourself... Qing'er... I'm going to die soon..."

 Since Qing'er is dead, you no longer have to be dragged down by Qing'er. You are a good mother. Qing'er does not regret being your daughter. Qing'er will still call you "mother" in her next life.

 “Mother!”

 The familiar call made Shui Linglong tremble all over!

 It is the voice of my son! The son is here, the son has found them!

For five years, she has been dreaming of taking her daughter away from this ruined temple. She does not ask to restore her daughter's appearance, but she wants the doctor to give her daughter peace for the rest of her life!

 But the next sentence made her feel like she had fallen into an ice cellar again!

"Mom, why would you want to rest in this ruined temple? It's so smelly, maybe some unclean people live in it." When he said this, the young man's disgusted eyes swept over the spider webs in the corridor, and there was still something in the air. The smell of rot.

Shui Linglong's heart was shocked again, Xun Bin, who did you call "mother"? I am your "mother"!

Shui Lingxi walked with graceful steps, as beautiful as a fairy from the Nine Palaces descending from the mortal world, and her every smile was so charming. That gorgeous and clean dress was incompatible with this messy old temple, but the dirtier it was, the happier she was!

She held the boy's hand and said in confusion: "I just heard someone talking, Bin'er, did you hear it?"

The boy's legs are somewhat disabled and it is slightly inconvenient to walk. It is said that his legs were disabled by his biological mother not long after he was born! Not only that, that ruthless and poisonous woman also betrayed her father and eloped with her sister!

He often thought, if it weren’t for the beautiful woman Bodhisattva in front of him who treated him like her own child, how could he, a crippled prince, be looked at twice by his father? Therefore, he must remove all obstacles in the palace for her and help her ascend to the throne of queen!

 The young man smiled: "Mom, wait here, I'll go in and take a look."

Shui Lingxi touched his handsome face and said kindly: "Mother is with you. You know, mother is always worried about you."

The young man smiled with affection, like the sunshine in March, which warmed the heart: "Mom, you are so kind to me."

Shui Lingxi smiled warmly and walked to the side room with the boy. When she saw Shui Linglong holding a body that could no longer be called a "human", she was so "scared" that her face turned pale and she dived in In the young man's arms: "Oh my God, Bin'er, that...what is that?"

This scene stung Shui Linglong’s eyes!

"Mom, don't worry, I'll deal with the monster that scared you!" The young man soothed Shui Lingxi for a while, then stepped forward, pulled out the sword from his waist, and without saying a word, pierced the little girl with the sword. A child's body.

Shui Linglong was shocked: "Ah...ah..."

　　Xun Bin, she is not a monster! She is your sister! How could you kill her?

The young man picked up his sword and threw it away, and threw the little girl out of the window. His facial expression was as if what he was throwing was just a bean sprout or cabbage, and he didn't care that there were cliffs and abyss outside the window...

In the air, there were a few faint sounds of "brother" floating in the air, which seemed to be there but not yet, like a dream.

Shui Linglong rushed towards Shui Lingxi like crazy, Shui Lingxi took a step back, looked at her condescendingly, and silently sarcastically said: "Sister, didn't you say that my body, which has served the prince, is not worthy of Brother Feng? You see, the one who is with him now is me! Also, if you feed me the child-killing medicine, it turns out that it doesn’t matter if you don’t have a child. Look, your son has become mine. Your daughter was burned by me, your son was crippled by me, and his memory was destroyed by me. But in his heart, you are a poisonous woman and I am a loving mother. He also said that he would never help me in this life. Forget it, haha...Sister, sister, Brother Feng spared you a pair of eyes just to let you see your retribution! This is the consequences for 'betraying' him!"

 Betray him? She loved him so much that she couldn't help herself. When had she ever betrayed him? She doesn't remember how many open and secret arrows she has blocked for him, nor how many loyal people she has framed for him. She is covered in blood and is despised by thousands of people! However, he is a man of great virtue and has become a popular figure!

She fought through the mountains and rivers with her sword and helped him reach the ninth grade, but he allowed her to become half human and half ghost because of a few words of provocation!

Xun Feng, you are so heartless and unjust!

Shui Lingxi, you are so cruel and vicious!

I, Shui Linglong, swear here that even if I turn into a fierce ghost, I will be entangled with you two forever and fall into the eighteenth level of purgatory together!

She turned over and jumped into the abyss.

 …

 A carriage was parked by the fast-flowing river. A handsome man wearing dark clothes was leaning on a soft couch, staring quietly at the other side of the river, in the direction of South Vietnam.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Look!" Anping pointed at the two bodies that were swollen but hugging each other tightly by the river, and shouted loudly!

Zhuge Yu looked at the situation, and he didn't know what he thought of. His eyes became as deep as a pond, and under the seemingly calm lake, there were endless undercurrents, as if a collision would destroy the world.

After a long time, he gestured and said slowly: "They are a mother and daughter. The river is rushing, but she hugs her so tightly. Her loving motherly heart can be seen from the sun and the moon. If you want to bury it well, find an eminent monk to do it. French, let her save the dead."

 “Yes!” Anping was shocked. He had followed the prince for more than 20 years, and this was the first time that the prince showed kindness.

 In the eighth year of Emperor Dezong's reign, Shui Linglong died.

 Dazhou, severe winter.

Thirty miles north of Kyoto, in the most inconspicuous house in a small village in Tong County, rainwater fell from the eaves and dripped into three shabby washbasins. One of the basins was about to be filled, and the water was delicate and skinny as a stick. With his little hands, he picked up the washbasin and poured water into the yard, then put it back where it was.

At this time, Mrs. Zhong walked in with the food box: "Miss, I made some porridge, you can use it as you please."

"You eat too." Shui Linglong took it with a smile and divided half of it into another empty bowl. Mother Zhong quickly poured the porridge back and swallowed her saliva, "I've eaten this, you're not hungry!"

 Gulu. Mother Zhong’s stomach growled unsatisfactorily.

Shui Linglong smiled lightly: "I'll leave some for you after I eat."

  No matter how poor a place is, there are rich households, no matter how rich a family is, there are also poor people. They belong to the latter.

When my mother was still alive, my father came to visit occasionally, and they lived a relatively comfortable life. After their mother passed away, their father never came again. They were kicked out of the spacious courtyard and squeezed into this house of less than ten square meters. A screen, with her "room" on the left and mother Zhong's "room" on the right.

Her mother, Dong Jiaxue, was originally the daughter of a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River. By chance, she met Shui Hangge, a poor scholar. Her parents beat each other hard, so Dong Jiaxue eloped with Shui Hangge with a huge sum of money. As expected, Shui Hangge became the top scholar in high school, but Before Dong Jiaxue had time to rejoice, Shui Hangge married Qin Fangyi, the daughter of the current prime minister.

At that time, Dong Jiaxue was already three months pregnant, and there was no way out if she wanted to go back on her word. In addition, she really fell in love with that man, so Dong Jiaxue reluctantly watched Shui Hange use her "dowry" to build a mansion in the capital, marry a wife, and Bribing officials, she rose all the way up, from the sixth-rank editor to the second-rank minister. However, her own health deteriorated amidst repeated betrayals and disappointments, and she finally passed away, leaving Shui Linglong to suffer from the ridicule of her servants and the hardships of life. torment.

Of course, the reason why Shui Hangge has been able to stabilize Dong Jiaxue for so many years is not without its trump card, but--

"Miss! Miss! What a happy event!" As she was thinking about it, Cui's mother walked in with a spring breeze on her face. She shook her raincoat, took it off and put it by the door. She never looked at Shui Linglong's smile today. He was extraordinarily kind, discerning carefully, and even had a hint of ingratiation.

 Mother Zhong suppressed her disgust and stood up with a smile to greet her: "What kind of wind brings Mother Cui here? Please sit in the room quickly."

Mother Cui bowed respectfully to Shui Linglong, but did not sit down, but said happily: "Miss! The Shang Shufu has sent someone to take you back to the capital! The carriage has entered the village entrance, and we will arrive at Zhuangzi in a quarter of an hour. !”

 Qin Fangyi’s movements are so fast!

Shui Linglong's eyes revealed the right amount of surprise: "Who are all here?"

Mama Cui told the truth: "It's Mama Sun and Mama Wang."

Shui Linglong smiled. Mother Sun is Qin Fangyi’s confidant, but Mother Wang is the person close to the old lady.

There was no one who came to pick her up in her previous life, including Mother Wang. She was abducted by a group of robbers and taken to a mountain village on the way. Those people tried to **** her. When Wan Fei was desperate, she was rescued by Xun Feng, the prince of Pingnan. Immediately afterwards, Xun Feng It became a disaster in her life!

Now think about it, whether it was the robbers or Xun Feng, it was all a trap set by Qin Fangyi for her.

Now that Mother Wang is here, at least it means that she has won the bet, there will be no robbers, and she will not meet the man who made her spend her life wrongly.

The eldest lady smiled gently, but for some reason, Cui's mother could see a hint of murderous intent. When she wanted to explore further, Shui Linglong had already turned her face away. Cui's mother's scalp was numb, and she secretly laughed at herself for thinking too much. , isn’t she just a fifteen-year-old girl?

Mother Cui left the house, and Mother Zhong glared at the figure from behind!

Shui Linglong didn't feel anything at all. It's human nature to worship others and be inferior to others. It was no big deal for Cui's mother to treat her coldly. Besides, except for her bad attitude, Cui's mother had not caused any substantial harm to her.

 She is not the person she wants to collect debt from.

Mama Zhong closed the door and said solemnly: "Miss, tell the truth to this slave. Is the reason why Qin Fangyi took us back to Beijing because...you gave her the jade pendant?"

Shui Linglong nodded: "Yeah."

Mother Zhong beat her chest in pain and burst into tears: "Miss! That is your only hope! When Madam was alive, Qin Fangyi often used this coercion and inducement. As long as Madam handed over the jade pendant, she would promise Madam peace. The title of wife, but Madam is willing to be an unknown concubine for you. Has Madam’s years of suffering been in vain? In two months, only two months, the prince will go to Shangshu Mansion to propose marriage. ! At that time, no matter how reluctant Qin Fangyi is, she will have to make a big show to take you back to Beijing! How can you give up the engagement token now?

Shui Linglong spoke slowly: "I don't like the prince."

In her previous life, she was reluctant to hand over the jade pendant and endured so much hardship. She was also plotted against. She fell into the love network designed by Xun Feng and willingly escaped from the marriage to the Prince's Mansion. In the end, Shui Lingxi became... Crown Princess. In fact, in the end, Shui Lingxi failed to honor her mother, because the throne was taken away by Xun Feng!

This hot potato was something Qin Fangyi and her daughter wanted, so she rewarded it to them!

 After a while, the sky cleared up.

Mama Cui sent two sets of brand new clothes: "This is the grace of the eldest lady. My maid has put it on the bed for you."

After Mother Cui left, Mother Zhong frowned: "Miss, don't change, just let Mother Wang see what kind of life you live on! Let the old lady know Qin Fangyi's virtue!"

Shui Linglong said lightly: "So what if I know? Will the old lady divorce the prime minister's daughter, spit out my mother's money, and return my legitimate status? Besides, all the money spent by Shangshu Mansion is my mother's money. This shirt should belong to me, why don’t I wear it?”

What Shui Linglong didn't say was that in her previous life, she only returned to Shangshu Mansion after the beginning of spring. The old lady had already died of illness at that time. In this life, she returned to the capital two months earlier. Even if the old lady is still alive, her body is probably not very strong. She I don't want to put my chips on a sick grandmother.

Mother Zhong was at a loss for words. The lady has changed a lot since her serious illness. She no longer cries and complains about everything. She lives very happily every day and is very generous in looking at things. I believe that my wife can rest in peace in heaven.

Shui Linglong changed her clothes and walked to the carriage with Mother Zhong, where Mother Sun and Mother Wang were already waiting.

This was the first time that Mother Wang saw the eldest lady. She saw a child with beautiful features and clear eyes. However, her body was too thin, as if she was malnourished. Mother Wang couldn't help but frowned.

 “My slave, please give my regards to the eldest lady.” The two of them bowed and saluted. Mother Sun’s salute was obviously not respectful.

Shui Linglong saw through it without saying anything, and said politely: "You two mothers don't need to be polite."

After finishing speaking, he took elegant steps and stepped on the footstool to get on the carriage. She looked completely different from a poor girl who had never learned how to behave.

Mama Wang was secretly surprised. How did she know that Dong Jiaxueyuan was a talented woman, and her etiquette and rules were no worse than those of ladies from the upper class? How could the daughter she taught be any worse? In addition, Shui Linglong and Xun Feng conspired with each other in the previous life, and they were well-informed, and this magnanimity unknowingly became overwhelming.

Mother Sun had met Shui Linglong, but for some reason, she still felt that Shui Linglong had changed a lot compared to a year ago, not in appearance, but in her calm and quiet temperament, which reminded her of the second lady of Shangshu Mansion. , the noble girl Shui Lingxi who conquered the country and became famous all over the world. But in just a moment, Sun's mother forgot about this surprise. Are you kidding me? The second young lady is unique and no one can surpass her!

 The vermilion plaque with gold letters reads "Shuifu" in a free and easy manner.

Shui Linglong stood at the door, looking up at these two words that made her life miserable. She felt an indescribable irony in her heart. Every brick, every plant, every tree, every person, every soldier, was all spent by her mother. Money, but in her previous life, she had to look at Qin Fangyi's face even to buy a new piece of clothing.

What ends up in her hands is often not new clothes, but old skirts that Shui Lingxi has worn and unwanted. However, she also gained a bad reputation for imitating Shui Lingxi.

And she escaped from the marriage and followed Xun Feng, which "caused" Shui Lingxi, who was already committed to her, to get on the sedan chair for her. When they met again, Shui Lingxi burst into tears and said: "If my sister is not wronged, it will be good for her to be happy. "

She was so moved that she felt that she and her lover were finally married, but her sister was separated from her lover forever. From then on, she felt extremely guilty towards Shui Lingxi all her life, and allowed Shui Lingxi to commit adultery beside her again and again. The crime was so serious that Shui Lingxi finally hooked up with Xun Feng.

Why didn't she turn around at that time? Shui Lingxi actually didn't have a sweetheart at all. What was she thinking about from the beginning was to be the crown princess?

“Miss, please go and pay your respects to the eldest lady. I have sent my servant back to the old lady.” Seeing Shui Linglong looking thoughtful and refusing to enter the house, Mother Wang reminded her.

Shui Linglong looked at Mother Wang with a faint smile, and asked knowingly, "Shouldn't I go to pay my respects to my grandmother first?"

Mother Wang sighed slightly: "The old lady had a high fever last night. This morning when the servants went out, they still didn't leave. The old lady was afraid that the illness would be passed on to others, so she ordered everyone not to go to the morning and evening to rest until the old lady gets better. , I will take the eldest lady to kowtow to the old lady."

Even though she was ill, she still sent someone to pick her up. Shui Linglong couldn't help but feel a little fondness for this grandmother: "May I ask what kind of disease grandma has? Why is it so severe?"

Mother Wang saw that the concern in Shui Linglong's eyes did not seem to be fake, so she told her in detail: "The old lady is suffering from tuberculosis. She has been suffering from tuberculosis for some years. She has been relying on medicine to maintain her health. It has good and bad times, but she can't get rid of the root. "

 Tuberculosis should be the "tuberculosis" mentioned by Xun Feng. In her previous life, she followed Xun Feng on the march and fought. One year, when the border war was tense, a large number of soldiers in the military camp were suddenly infected with tuberculosis. Xun Feng cured them with a strange medicine. What was it? She couldn't remember it for a moment.

 (End of this chapter)