First Concubine

Chapter 165 Ready to move (3)

Shui Linglong's neck felt itchy and she couldn't help turning around, blinking at him with bright eyes: "Zhuge Yu, actually... I know you and eldest sister..."

 Zhuge Yu covered her eyes with his big palm and said softly: "Sleep."

Shui Linglong bit her lip and wished she could kick him away!

 The news of Leng Youru's illness spread like wildfire, and the queen sent Eunuch Zhang to visit. In the afternoon, the Prince's Mansion and Suchenghou Mansion sent people to deliver various supplements. Zhuge Liuyun threw the things from the Prince's Mansion into the respectful bucket without thinking! At night, Zhuge Xiaotian went out personally, and when he came back, there was an unexpected white-haired old man beside him. She was wearing a long green coat, as plain as a piece of sapphire. Unlike the old lady's rosy face, she was as white as porcelain, but not pale.

Zhi Fan and Shui Linglong saw her from a distance. Zhi Fan asked doubtfully: "Miss, who is that? Why haven't I seen her before?"

Shui Linglong said calmly: "Leng Youru's mother."

Zhifan was shocked: "Ah? It is said that the old lady who lived in the Buddhist hall for decades? She didn't show up when Leng Wei died. Why is she here at the palace now?"

　Not showing up does not mean that you are not concerned. There is no way for a dead person to see you again, but it only adds to the sadness. But if the living ones could be saved, how could Old Madam Leng stand idly by? Shui Linglong touched her three-month-old belly and took Zhi Fan back to the yard.

It was three days after Leng Youru finally woke up. On the same day, King An successfully appointed the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Qiao Hui was reported to be one month pregnant. It was a double happiness, and the news of Leng Youru's awakening was quickly covered up.

The eldest princess came to congratulate her in person, took Qiao Hui's hand, and smiled from ear to ear: "I got pregnant two months after I came here. What a happy event, such a happy event!"

Mrs. Zhen was also overjoyed: "Who says it's not true? Xiaohui is really capable, and the king of the county also has an official position. This child will make our Zhuge family prosperous!"

This was helpful. The eldest princess laughed for a long time and looked at Qiao Hui and said: "You are serious too. How can you think that such a small amount of blood is a small day? Fortunately, it was discovered in time! Remember the doctor's words, don't worry about it. Don’t get angry, understand?”

Qiao Hui touched her blushing face and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law. I'll remember it."

The eldest princess’s words were more or less insinuated to complain about Zhen. Qiao Hui was clearly feeling unwell in those days, her face was pale, and her whole body was weak. As a mother-in-law, Zhen didn’t pay attention to her. This is unreasonable!

Ms. Zhen admitted that she was negligent this time and Qiao Hui was unable to participate in the exercises. She thought she was a sick girl. Mrs. Zhen quickly apologized and said with a smile: "I was negligent. I will pay attention next time and never let our Xiaohui be wronged again."

 After everyone dispersed, Qiao Hui sent Xiu'er to invite Shui Linglong. As soon as Shui Linglong entered the door, Qiao Hui lifted the quilt and went to the floor to salute Shui Linglong. Shui Linglong quickly stepped forward to support her: "Brother and sister, what are you doing?" She helped Qiao Hui sit back on the bed.

Tears quickly welled up in Qiao Hui's eyes: "Sister-in-law, Dong Jialin's brother... won the prize!"

Shui Linglong wiped Qiao Hui's tears and said seriously: "Are you sure?"

Qiao Hui nodded with tears in her eyes: "The eldest princess just told me that the Queen is ill today and she happened to go back to the palace to visit, so she heard His Highness the Crown Prince talk about this matter. It's absolutely true!"

Qiao Hui must feel aggrieved, and she cannot tell her husband and mother-in-law about this pain, let alone her family members, lest it cause unnecessary misunderstandings. Thinking about it this way, Shui Linglong valued this younger sibling a little more. At least she was sensible and not pretentious. Although Dong Jialin is good, it is a pity that the city is a bit deep after all. Shui Linglong patted her hand and said comfortingly: "You are my wife, and she is my aunt. No matter how old she is, she can't get past you. And as far as I know, she is a relatively law-abiding person. Apart from trying to please others, she has no trouble. Don’t worry about bad thoughts.”

Qiao Hui didn't seem to believe it: "Then...does the county prince like her as much as the rumors say? And my mother-in-law? You don't know, Bauhinia Courtyard and Pingtingxuan House look similar on the surface, but in fact they are completely different. The wood they use is different from the others." The craftsmanship is the best, and there are even more houses with ground dragons than here... My mother-in-law was responsible for the decoration of the two courtyards. Sister-in-law, you see, my mother-in-law is so partial, just like Dong Jialin Come through, I..."

Shui Linglong held her forehead, I was the one who moved that yard, and your mother-in-law was shot dead. Shui Linglong cleared her throat and said, "Although she is an orphan, she is also a cousin recognized by the Yao family. Her identity is different from that of ordinary women. Thirdly, her brother is so talented and learned, and he can pass both the autumn examination and the general examination." First, the top three in the palace examination are definitely in the bag. In the future, she may be appointed by the emperor to be the consort. From then on, she will be a relative of the emperor. A relative of the emperor commits herself to be a concubine to the prince. Can your mother-in-law not compensate her a little? ?”

Qiao Hui was successfully bypassed, and she felt that Dong Jialin's future was actually quite bright, and being a concubine was really aggrieved. She felt relieved and her anger became smoother: "I was so out of control for a moment that I made a joke to my sister-in-law. Sister-in-law is right, who doesn’t have three wives and four concubines? Some are voluntary, and some are forced. We have to be relaxed when we are wives. Otherwise, if we are serious about ourselves, who will understand our difficulties? "

Here, as Shui Linglong and Qiao Hui talked more and more happily, there was a lot of trouble in the other two areas of the palace, starting with Xianglan Courtyard. When the eldest princess was talking to Qiao Hui in Pingtingxuan, both Zhen and Zhuge Shu were nearby. When she heard the news about Huiyuan in A Jue, Zhuge Shu's face turned green! Dong Jialin's charming brother is really lucky. Why did he get the first place in the exam? The initial resentment towards Qiao Hui was diluted by the fact that Dong Jialin was about to join the family. Zhuge Shu sat cross-legged on the kang, and Liu Zhu offered a cup of green tea with honey. Zhuge Shu picked it up and took a sip, but suddenly dropped the cup to the ground without any warning. Everyone was shocked and heard her angrily say: " It’s so hot! Do you want to burn me to death?”

Liuzhu held back her grievance and said, "I don't dare!"

Mrs. Zhen came out of the clean room, glanced at her daughter angrily, waved her hand and said, "After you have packed up, go down."

"Yes!" Liuzhu was relieved, picked up the broken porcelain and amber and walked outside together.

As soon as the room was empty, Mrs. Zhen's face darkened: "I haven't grown much in stature, but my anger is getting bigger and bigger. Tell me, why did you take Liuzhu out today?"

Zhuge Shu rolled his eyes stubbornly: "Why did I take it out on her? It was obviously her who burned me!"

Zhen reached out her cold fingertips and tapped her forehead: "You! What ability does Liuzhu have that I don't know better than you? If she could burn the master even making a cup of tea, how could I have chosen her to come to the capital in the first place? It’s obvious that you’re falsely accusing her, and you’re still being so stubborn with me! It seems that I have to marry you off as soon as possible, so that you don’t bother me all the time at home!”

When Zhuge Shu heard this, he became even more angry: "I am your daughter, but instead of believing in me, you believe in a lowly maid! In your heart, I am not even as good as a lowly maid! What did you do when you gave birth to me? You can just raise a lowly maid!" "

"Nonsense! How could you, the majestic Princess of Kashgar, say such stupid things? If your grandfather knew about it, wouldn't he give you a slap in the face?!" Mrs. Zhen's chest was so angry that Zhuge Shu fell on the coffee table and cried. stand up.

Zhen's wife immediately became weak. Her son was not well educated and stayed with her to cause harm to her. If her daughter was not well educated, the most she could do was to marry into her husband's family and cause harm to her husband's family. Adhering to this concept, Mrs. Zhen felt that it was not worth being so angry for her daughter: "Then tell me the truth, what's wrong with you?"

 Zhuge Shu saw that Mrs. Zhen was not as angry as before, so she raised her head and asked, "Is Dong Jialin coming through the door soon?"

Zhen's eyes tightened and she looked away: "Who told you?"

Zhuge Shu hummed: "You still need someone to tell you? I'm not a fool! The condition we negotiated with Su Chenghou's house was that the second sister-in-law would not take concubines for the second brother until she was pregnant. But now that the second sister-in-law is pregnant, Dong Jialin's brother It’s high school again, so you can’t wait to recruit Dong Jialin, right?”

Thinking of the eldest princess's intimidation, Zhen felt a chill in her heart: "There's nothing wrong with you, why are you worrying so much? I'm telling you, don't have any evil thoughts about your second brother again! You The second brother is now a serious member of the court. This kind of scandal in the house is enough to ruin his life's future. Your father and your grandfather will not support your second brother by then! I don't want your second brother to end up on the streets in the future! I don’t want you to be a beggar and go back to Kashiqing to save your life for Miss Lin, so just calm down for me!”

 Let’s talk about the flower hall. In the flower hall, the three generations of ancestors and grandson were obviously quarreling over the future of the palace. Even Zhuge Xiaotian's reputation as an old devil could not calm the father and son.

"I don't agree! Pingnanhou Mansion and our royal family have been on the same page for many years. Their instigation was indispensable when my mother and concubine were accused of joining the Zhuge family! With the addition of old and new grudges, Pingnanhou Mansion must fight to the death!" The one is Zhuge Yu.

Zhuge Liuyun firmly stood with his son this time: "Xiao Yu is right! The emperor is certainly hateful, but if the old thief Ping Nanhou hadn't withdrawn from You Ru's marriage first, the emperor would not have made up for You Ru's marriage. Ru made an excuse to point her to me as the princess!"

　　To marry a woman who has broken off the engagement to Kashgar Qing is really a slap in the face to Kashgar Qing! But what can Kashgar Qing say? When the Kashgar Plague spread, it was not because they were not good at medicine, but because they lacked the medicine that only the Great Zhou Dynasty had! As a result, tens of thousands of people died, and they had to surrender to the Great Zhou...

Zhuge Xiaotian was so furious that he slapped the newly bought table into pieces: "Zhuge Liuyun! You rebelled against me! Your son is not sensible, and neither are you! How did you know that it was Pingnan back then?" Hou voluntarily broke off the engagement, instead of being forced by the emperor? You two really underestimated the emperor's methods! You don't even think about who crawled out of his belly! Conspiracy and conspiracy are just commonplace for him. Fighting with him , you are so young!"

Zhuge Liuyun was speechless. It was not that he had never thought about this, but... he had never been willing to believe it.

Zhuge Xiaotian pointed to the treasure map on the table and said angrily: "There is still this ghost thing, quickly think of a way to throw it out! A man is not guilty of carrying a treasure, and our Zhuge family has relied on the word 'stable' for so many years! It's good for you to have what the emperor wants! Don't you think your life will be long?"

Zhuge Liuyun said unwillingly: "Dad, "Guanyin Buddha Lotus" originally belonged to Linglong, and we don't think we took other people's things."

Zhuge Xiaotian wished he could slap him to death: "You are confused, you are confused! Is it the land of the king in the whole world? Is it the minister of the king who is on the shore of the land? Since Linglong is married to the husband of a great Zhou, she is a native of the great Zhou. Her things belong to the great Zhou." Zhou, it belongs to the emperor! Don’t have that dream of being the Supreme Emperor of Mobei! I tell you Zhuge Liuyun, power is like flashy sand, the tighter you hold on, the more you lose!”

He didn’t believe in fate before, but after the eminent monk discussed Zen with him for so many times, he believed it without reservation! In this world, some people are born with a precious life, and they only need to pay one point since they were born to get a lot of rewards, such as Zhuge Liuyun; while some people are born with a hard life, and they can only get a barely satisfactory harvest after going through vicissitudes of life, such as the eunuchs in the palace. . Zhuge Xiaotian glanced at the rebellious father and son, and said in a cold voice: "I'm warning you, we are not the ones who can get involved in the dispute between the Pingnan Marquis Mansion and the Yun family! Dragons fight with dragons, a group of brave men. Why join in the fun?"

Zhuge Yu curled his lips and said with a sullen face: "Zhuge Ermao, I have tolerated you for a long time! Who is Pixiu? Don't let other people's ambitions destroy your own prestige!"

"You—" Zhuge Xiaotian's hair suddenly exploded, he raised the vase on the side and threw it at Zhuge Yu. Following this extremely destructive move, his face turned as red as a little apple, "You stinky Boy! Who, who, who, who taught you to call it that?”

　　Bang! Zhuge Yu dodged and the vase hit the pillar. Zhuge Yu choked and coughed: "Er Mao, wasn't this your previous name? So what if you changed it? You are still Er Mao! Er Mao, Er Mao, Er Mao!"

Mr. Zhuge was born at the wrong time. There was a war and a shortage of food. The wife in the military camp did not eat enough and had insufficient milk. She thought that the old man was full every time. If the old man cried again, she would give him water. Over time, the old man stopped crying. , by the time the lady reacted, the old man was already severely malnourished. The military doctor was at a loss, so a kind-hearted slave gave him a suggestion, saying that the lower the child's name, the better he would be able to support him. She wrote a letter to her husband on the front line, roughly expressing her thoughts. My husband was almost dead in the war, so how could he have time to care about this? Only one word came back: accurate! Since then, Mr. Zhuge has been miserable since then!

Zhuge Xiao was so angry that his eyes were filled with stars. He pointed at Zhuge Yu and said angrily: "You bastard, if I don't beat your grandpa today until your teeth are all over the floor, you don't know how powerful your grandpa is!"

Zhuge Liuyun's heart skipped a beat. The combat level was: Special! Solution: Get out of the way!

　　咻! Zhuge Liuyun slipped towards the door!

 “Don’t be a deserter!”

 “Don’t be a deserter!”

It was Zhuge Xiaotian and Zhuge Yu who shouted loudly at the same time. After the grandfather and grandson exchanged glances with each other, they all pounced on Zhuge Liuyun.

 Half an hour later…

The three gentlemen walked out of the flower hall with great pride, all of them had their hands behind their backs, all of them looked solemn, and they were all arrogant!

The woman who was guarding the gate felt her scalp go numb, as if she had seen the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang. She was stunned for a long time before respectfully saluting the three of them: "Old Master, Prince, Prince."

The three gentlemen nodded in unison: "Yes!"

They glared at each other again, hum!

Zhuge Xiaotian raised his proud head and coughed a few times as hard as he could: "Cough cough cough!"

Zhuge Liuyun twitched the corner of his mouth and bowed his hands: "Congratulations to see you off, Dad!"

Zhuge Yu also bowed reluctantly: "Congratulations, grandpa!"

 Zhuge Xiaotian left with satisfaction!

Zhuge Liuyun was frustrated in front of Lao Tzu, so he wanted to show off in front of his son. He also imitated the old devil and cleared his throat: "Ahem, cough, cough!"

Zhuge Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "Eat more Pipa!" He left the place without looking back!

 Zhuge Liuyun was so angry that he was so angry that he was almost half dead!

 Zhuge Xiaotian returned to Tiananju strong and calm. The old lady had already rested. Ping'er saluted him. She lowered her head and saw the dust on the uppers of his shoes. She was stunned and said with a smile: "I will give you some water."

Zhuge Xiaotian waved his hand: "No, I will do it myself. You can go back!"

As soon as Ping'er left, Zhuge Xiaotian couldn't help but jumped up with his left foot in his arms. You brat, you're so cruel! I remember when he was galloping on the battlefield and defeated all the invincible opponents in the world, but now he was stepped on by his own grandson! If you tell me, you will be embarrassed!

The old lady was sleeping soundly, drooling all over her body, snoring from time to time, and murmuring vaguely in her sleep. It was probably because the osmanthus candy tasted better than the corn candy, but it’s a pity that you all didn’t allow me to eat it. I feel so aggrieved...

Zhuge Xiaotian had finished dancing and limped to the bedside, thinking that it would be nice to have children and grandchildren, but in the end it was his wife who stayed with him until he was lonely and faced his waning years. He lay down and wanted to seek something from her. comfort!

 “O wife.”

　　　…”

 “Old partner!”

　　　…”

 “I’m hurt!”

　　　…”

 “I’m lame!”

 The old lady turned over and gave him a big butt!

Zhuge Xiaotian was angry and helpless, shook his head, hugged the quilt and fell asleep.

 Compared with him, Zhuge Liuyun's treatment was slightly better. Zhuge Liuyun was beaten so badly by his own father that except for his face and important parts, there was basically no disgrace on his body. Taking a deep breath, Zhuge Liuyun entered the bedroom.

Leng Youru was sitting quietly on the bedside reading a book. The royal blue jasmine brocade quilt with embroidered water patterns was covered to her waist and abdomen. She was wearing a loose white short coat that was only worn in the room. She was embroidered with budding flowers using Hunan embroidery technique. The pink peonies were placed, and the dim candlelight hit her clothes, reflecting the once hazy pink mist light, reflecting her still pale face that had not recovered from a serious illness, but adding a bit of unreal rosiness. They say that time is not forgiving, but beauty like her has amazed time.

 (End of this chapter)