First Concubine

Chapter 136 The joy of reunion (2)

In the afternoon, Uncle Zhang handed the sign at the second entrance. Shui Linglong took the right sign and went to the flower hall in the front yard to meet Uncle Zhang. Mother Wang was somewhat alert. After hearing Shui Linglong's hint, she hid by the window outside the house and eavesdropped on the conversation between the old lady, Liu Luniang and Liu Lu, and then quickly told Mother Du. He then conveyed it to Uncle Zhang and asked him to bring the news to the palace.

Shui Linglong only found out that Liu Lu bit Zhuge Liuyun last night, and immediately someone tipped off the minister's office, hoping that Liu Lu's mother-in-law would give Liu Lu some advice. Therefore, Liu Lu Niang asked Liu Lu to return to Shangshu Mansion to "visit relatives". The reason why the old lady participated in this matter was probably because she wanted to reuse Liu Lu.

I wonder if Zhuge Liuyun sent someone to send that letter?

In addition, Shui Linglong was a little suspicious that Zhen had played a role in this matter. Zhen first gave Liu Lu a valuable bracelet, and then asked Liu Lu to send New Year pictures to her. Who can deny that Zhen was not taking advantage of the opportunity? How about sending Liu Lu to Zhuge Liuyun? Liu Lu was her roommate, and in the end she climbed into her father-in-law's bed. It was inevitable that the princess would think that it was all her idea!

Does Zhen, an old witch, think her life is too comfortable?

 At nightfall, Liu Lu returned to Mohe Courtyard, looking depressed.

Everyone has their own position. Just because Shui Linglong values ​​Liu Lu, it doesn't mean that she will pave a bright future for Liu Lu like Shui Lingqing did. There is a high school above the willows and a young brother below. As the eldest daughter in the family, she is destined to become a commodity in the eyes of her unkind parents. This is an inevitable tragedy in feudal society. Even Shui Linglong once fell into a similar predicament as Liu Lu, but she tried her best to break free from the cage.

Does Shui Linglong have the ability to stop Zhuge Liuyun from taking Liu Lu away? Of course there is!

For example, tell Zhuge Yu that I can’t bear to leave Liulu!

 But what are the consequences of doing so?

 It was to force Zhuge Yu to disobey his father.

 Do you think she is selfish? Yes, she didn't want to cause trouble for herself because of a maid. She had already offended the princess and must not offend Zhuge Liuyun again. Her Guo Yan was currently enjoying the protection of Zhuge Liuyun. What should she choose between her son and her maid?

Liu Lu served Shui Linglong tea as usual. Shui Linglong took it, took a sip, and said softly: "Uncle Yu has come and told you to go to the prince's yard."

Liu Lu's tears blurred her vision little by little: "Yes, I know this."

There were no polite words such as "Thank you, Miss, for all the cultivation, I will keep it in my heart", nor did I kneel down to beg Shui Linglong to save her from the fire and water. She was as quiet as if she was saying goodbye to a stranger. The moment she walked out of Shangshu's Mansion, she realized how ridiculous the sentence "I would rather be a wife of a poor family than a concubine of a high family" was. Not to mention being a sister-in-law, she didn't even have the right to commit suicide! She was useless. She knew that her parents wanted to sell her over and over again, but she still couldn't watch her mother kneel down and remain indifferent.

Zhifan understood what happened and realized that she had wrongly blamed Liu Lu. She stopped Liu Lu at the door and said, "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you."

Liu Lu glanced at her lightly: "I always apologize afterward, why don't you leave yourself a way out beforehand? Your biggest shortcoming is that you flatter people who are far away and hurt those closest to you. I've had enough of you. Don’t bother me anymore!”

 Zhi Fan’s heart was shocked and tears fell down!

Liu Lu entered the main courtyard from the Mohe Courtyard, which caused quite a stir in the palace. There were many opinions, both good and bad. But after all, she was just a maid with red sleeves and not an aunt. Everyone As we talked, we lost interest.

The old lady was happy to see the success and thought it would be best if Liu Lu could give Zhuge Yu another younger brother!

Leng Youru stayed behind closed doors to recuperate and refused to be visited by anyone. It was obvious that she was very angry!

Zhen was once worried that Zhuge Yu would retaliate if her little move was discovered. After waiting for a few days and not seeing Zhuge Yu take action, she felt relieved. This matter should have been smoothed over!

Zhuge Yu really didn't know the cause and effect. Shui Linglong ordered Zhi Fan to keep silent about the matter of "Liu Lu informed Zhen, and Zhen gave Liu Lu a valuable bracelet in return." Therefore, Zhuge Yu, like other masters, thought that Zhuge Liuyun had seen it. Shangliulu is just a coincidence.

In the Mohe Courtyard, Shui Linglong packed the winter clothes, middle coats, underwear, trousers, shoes, and scarves woven with rabbit fur for Guo Yan. She also packed a lot of homemade sausages, cured meats, dried fish and Some deer antlers, cordyceps, ginseng... are ready for Zhifan to send to the army. She had stayed in a military camp and knew that winter battles were the most difficult. She would often lie down in the snow for a whole day in order to ambush, and it was not easy to keep up with the nutritious food. She would often eat a bowl of hot soup and three cold steamed buns. A meal is considered a solution. Guo Yan is a general and may have better conditions, but she is still worried.

Looking at Shui Linglong’s busy figure, Zhi Fan couldn’t help but laugh: “I can’t fit it in anymore! Please move the entire Mohe Courtyard to the north!”

Shui Linglong looked at the seven or eight large boxes on the ground and murmured: "It really can't fit in... Then hire an extra carriage! Hire more manpower! Forget it, it's more reliable to have escorts! There are more in the east of the capital Haiping Escort Agency has a good reputation, please give it a try!”

Zhi Fan’s mouth twitched, Miss, Guo Yan is just your godbrother. The prince has been in Jiangnan for more than a month, but you haven’t even blinked an eye!

Aren’t all mothers in the world like this? They never give their children too much. Shui Linglong pressed the box and stuffed two more hand warmers that Guo Yan didn’t need.

 Finally, she couldn't hold it anymore, so she had the box taken out, along with the New Year's gift to the Shangshu Mansion.

Zhuge Yu went to the Prince's Mansion in the afternoon and discussed some political affairs with Yun Li. When he came back, he found Shui Linglong sitting in the main room waiting for him to have dinner. He washed his hands and sat down with Shui Linglong. The dinner cooked in the small kitchen was very good. Rich: Stir-fried pork belly, Kung Pao chicken, secret braised lamb, beef tenderloin with Hangzhou pepper, steamed sea bass, braised spring bamboo shoots, ribs stewed with small potatoes, three delicacies, stir-fried bean sprouts, and a portion of lotus root and pork knuckle soup, a bowl Lily Corn Soup. Among them, the secret braised mutton, ground three delicacies, and Hangzhou pepper beef are made by Mrs. Zhong herself.

Shui Linglong was so greedy that she felt that Zhuge Xi had really done a great thing this time!

Zhuge Yu touched her head and gently raised the corners of his lips: "Eat!"

 When Zhuge Yu raised the chopsticks, Shui Linglong also picked up the chopsticks.

 Zhuge Yu ate a little faster, and the bottom of his second bowl was gone before Shui Linglong finished half of the meal. However, he simply ate some vegetables and waited until Shui Linglong finished eating before putting down his bowl and chopsticks.

This night, Zhuge Yu did not read the book, but took Shui Linglong and sat down on the imperial concubine's couch.

Shui Linglong blinked and looked at him in surprise: "Is something wrong?"

"Well, I checked some information and wanted to tell you." Zhuge nodded and looked at her fondly. Shui Linglong couldn't get used to her serious look without the evil demeanor when she was alone. Shui Linglong touched the pure white skirt and smiled slightly, "What's the news?"

Zhuge Yu held her little hand that seemed to have gone somewhere, kissed it, and said: "Third sister and Governor Jiang are leaving at the end of the month and are expected to arrive in the capital next month. Governor Jiang sympathizes with the difficulty of returning to Beijing for the third sister, so he will stay here during the New Year. He has a house in the west of the city, not far from the palace, so you have time to take the fifth sister to play with the third sister. "

Play? Always treat her as a child.

Shui Linglong used her other hand to tuck her hair back from her temples, and said with a hint of sigh: "Fifth sister is celebrating the New Year... I guess she has to go back to Shangshu Mansion." There is no reason for a little girl who has not left the cabinet to stay at her brother-in-law's house during the New Year.

"I'll take it over in the spring." Zhuge Yu hugged her on his lap, and a warm breath suddenly enveloped her. Shui Linglong lowered her eyes and smiled, "Thank you."

Zhuge Yu came to tease her. He put his forehead against hers and said with a half-smile, "How do you want to thank me? Can you say it verbally?"

Her forehead was cold, but his was warm. Her soft and soft body was leaning against his strong and warm chest, like leaning against a towering mountain. She had always been as strong as she was, but she couldn't help but feel dazed for a moment... She just wanted to let go of everything. Be on guard and rely on him wholeheartedly for once. But soon, she broke free from the abyss of infatuation. The betrayal in her previous life was still vivid in her mind. She really didn't dare to ask for love and couldn't afford it.

 “In a daze again!” Zhuge Yu bit her lip punitively. Shui Linglong felt pain, but she didn’t glare at him, but bit her lip back!

Zhuge Yu laughed foolishly and let her teeth bite his lips wantonly. It was not without pain. The girl tried hard, but it was rare for her to take the initiative.

Shui Linglong bit her tongue, and the tip of her tongue touched his. An electric current quietly flashed through her mind, like a breeze ruffling the mirror lake, causing shallow ripples. Her body froze and stopped moving.

Zhuge Yu kept his lips from hers and said with a smile: "Look at your ability!" Then he grabbed her head and kissed her deeply until the person in his arms was panting and leaned weakly on his shoulder. He just gave up.

Shui Linglong pursed her red and swollen lips. Before she completely lost her mind, she knew to get back to the topic: "What on earth do you want to tell me?"

"Before I tell you, answer me first, what are your feelings for Guo Yan?" If there were any clues about the relationship between men and women, he would rush to Mobei and kill Guo Yan without hesitation!

Shui Linglong pressed her heart, her eyes were clear and there was no dodge: "My dear, just like Fifth Sister, there are some things that I...I can't explain to you, but Guo Yan is really a very important relative to me. That's all." That's all. "I really can't say that she was reborn...

Zhuge Yu looked at her for a moment. After a while, he patted her shoulder, suppressed the complicated look in his eyes, and said, "Look, I scared you! Am I such a narrow-minded person?"

Shui Linglong just wanted to slap him!

What Zhuge Yu wanted to talk about was not Guo Yan. He hugged his wife's slender waist tightly and said, "Last time, Xiao Anzi told you that your mother is a young lady from the Siqin family. Her name is Sqintana, who is also his tenth wife." The aunt we lost years ago, right?"

Shui Linglong's quiet eyes narrowed slightly: "He told me this, is there a problem?"

Zhuge Yu put his chin against her temples and said sternly: "I carefully checked the history of the Siqin family, and there are some discrepancies with what he said. The Siqin family did have brothers and sisters Siqin China and Sqinnova. They were separated at the border of Dazhou. Judging from their ages, Chi Na is Xiao Anzi and Nova is Huayi. The only doubt is that Miss Tana was not separated from them eleven years ago. Tana was born. He died soon after."

“So, my mother is not Tana!” Shui Linglong opened her eyes wide.

Zhuge Yu took a deep breath, as if he was afraid that she would not be able to withstand the impact of the facts, and gently stroked her back: "Linglong, are you sure that "Guanyin Buddha Lotus" belongs to your mother?"

Shui Linglong pondered for a moment, straightened up from his arms, and looked at him steadily: "I'm sure, although I haven't seen "Guanyin Buddha Lotus", those locked boxes belong to my mother. I saw her when I was a child. Counted many times.”

Zhuge Yu held up her fair little face distressedly and chose a lighter tone: ""Guanyin Buddha Lotus" belongs to the royal family of Mobei. The late emperor of Mobei passed it down to the eldest princess Nuomin. Nuomin has a younger sister. , it is the concubine De who enters the palace as the daughter of the governor of Jizhou!"

There was a thunder in Shui Linglong's mind. She had guessed her mother's identity countless times. Even when Xiao Anzi hugged her and called her "cousin", she did not stop guessing. Maybe she was a powerful lady, maybe a certain person. She was a wealthy businessman, but she never expected that her mother... was from the Dong family that was massacred by Guo Yan!

Zhuge Yu held her tightly in his arms, kissed her eyebrows softly, and felt her long eyelashes quivering irregularly. He sighed slowly: "Guo Yan's massacre of the Dong family seems to be something else." If there is something hidden, give me time and I will find out, okay? Don’t tell my father about your life experience until I find out the details of the Dong family’s extermination.”

He knew that she had given up the treasure map to rescue Guo Yan. His father asked her about her life story in a subtle way, but he cleverly avoided it. Before determining what his father's thoughts were about Concubine De and Mobei, he felt it was necessary to conceal her life experience.

Shui Linglong's mind was buzzing. If her mother was Nuo Min, then Concubine De, who was also the Dong family's princess... wasn't she her... aunt? !

 Chengde Palace.

Concubine De held the hand of the eleventh prince and taught him how to practice calligraphy. The eleventh prince was already three years old and his speech was clearer. His facial features were very similar to Concubine De, but his face shape and small hands were exactly like the emperor's.

The eleventh prince raised his fair little face and asked ignorantly: "Mother and concubine, is the writing of "Chief Minister" good-looking?"

Concubine De touched her son's little head and smiled softly: "It's beautiful! Concubine Mu's eleven is very powerful. She can write such beautiful calligraphy at such a young age!"

The eleventh prince didn't seem to believe it. He put down the brush, held up Concubine De's sad face with his chubby little hands, and asked softly: "Then why is the concubine still not happy? What are you doing? , will the mother-in-law be happy?”

Concubine De almost cried: "Concubine Mother is not unhappy. Concubine Mother is... yes... she misses your father a little."

The eleventh prince seemed to have an epiphany. He lowered his eyes and thought seriously for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "I know, I will try my best to endorse it. The next time my father checks my homework, I will be good at every word." , and then beg your father to come see your mother and concubine!”

Concubine De didn't know how to explain it to her son, so she had to make mistakes and said: "Uh... OK, you... study hard is right."

At this time, Xiao Dezi came in, and Concubine De called her nanny to take the eleventh prince to bed.

The eleventh prince knelt down to Concubine De and then returned to the room with his mother. However, as soon as he entered the room, the eleventh prince did not go to bed immediately. Instead, he steeled himself and took out the lessons taught by the master and reviewed them again. The master said , as long as he knows it well, it will be fine, but he wants to memorize it every time. He wants to be a very good, outstanding son, so that his father will come to see his mother and concubine.

"How is it?" The kind smile on Concubine De's face gradually condensed on the corners of her lips.

Xiao Anzi frowned and sighed: "We have launched the seventh sneak attack, and we still can't get close to Guo Yan!"

Concubine De's eyes suddenly widened, and she said in disbelief: "How could this happen? Our people have been strictly trained! What they are best at is assassination, why can't they even get close to Guo Yan?"

Xiao Anzi's pupils moved from left to right, and his expression became more solemn: "There is a group of people secretly protecting Guo Yan, and our people cannot break through their defense. They seem to be very familiar with our moves and routines, and they can kill us every time In the bud, the strangest thing is that they don’t kill us, otherwise, with their abilities, our people would have been wiped out long ago!”

Concubine De sat on a wicker chair, holding her forehead and thinking: "We are not allowed to kill Guo Yan, but we are not allowed to kill our people? How strange!"

Xiao Anzi straightened up, looked at Concubine De who was deep in thought, and expressed her inner guess: "With all due respect, there is no one else but the prince who knows our secret guards very well!"

Concubine De raised her head, her eyes filled with surprise and sadness: "Why...why...did he do that?"

Based on the information he had gathered and his subjective guesses, Xiao Anzi said: "On the day of Shui Linglong and Zhuge Yu's wedding, Guo Yan went to Shangshu Mansion in person and worshiped Shui Hangge as his godfather. After that, Guo Yan frequently visited Zhenbei Prince's Mansion. , and even helped Shui Linglong deal with Prince Xun, which means that Shui Linglong and Guo Yan are the same person!"

Concubine De stood up and shouted: "Impossible! Guo Yan is Shui Linglong's enemy! Guo Yan killed her grandfather and grandmother, uncles, aunts, nephews...so many relatives..."

A cold light flashed in Xiao Anzi's eyes: "In the face of interests, what do those so-called blood feuds mean? Guo Yan is beating the Tai clan to death this time. Who can guarantee that Guo Yan doesn't know Shui Linglong's identity? , want to help her regain her kingdom? Including the prince, maybe he has the same idea! Because of how much Nuomin has given you, he will only give more to Nuomin's daughter! So now, Guo Yan, Shui Linglong, and the prince, The three of them are already closely united! From now on, the development of the Mobei Royal Family will no longer be in your hands!"

Concubine De's body swayed and she fell down on the wicker chair...

In the study room of the main courtyard, Zhuge Liuyun carefully looked at the "Avalokitesvara Buddha Lotus" presented to him by Shui Linglong. He found an expert to identify it and found that it was indeed authentic!

 (End of this chapter)