First Concubine

Chapter 188 Punishing the Aunt (1)

Zhuge Liuyun sent Shangguanshi back to Qingya Courtyard. When she lay down on the bed, he said, "You are very exhausted. You stayed up late again this time. Don't go to socialize for now. I will wait until you have been raised for a few days." Bring you to meet other people.”

Shangguan's eyes narrowed, and then he said warmly: "I'll listen to you."

Thinking of the heroic woman who once galloped on the grassland and suddenly turned into the frail appearance she is now, Zhuge Liuyun frowned, but he didn't know what he thought of, and he said: "The past is in the past, who is it?" Don’t mention it again, just come back.”

Shangguan's eyes flashed with strong surprise: "Liu Yun..."

Zhuge Liuyun held her hand and said in the usual tone: "It's not easy for her either." He stuffed Shangguan's hand back into the quilt, "You rest, I'll come see you tomorrow."

Just as Zhuge Liuyun stood up, Shangguan took his hand and said, "Okay, I don't care about it anymore. If you stay, we will live like an ordinary couple like before, and I won't care about anything anymore!" "

Zhuge Liuyun's expression froze slightly, and he stopped talking.

Shangguan's eyes turned cold, and his heart became cold: "You think I'm old, don't you?"

Zhuge Liuyun showed a smile: "What nonsense! How can I think you are old? Am I not old too? Time is not forgiving, so don't despise anyone."

Shangguanshi thought of Zhaoyun in the yard, and she started to want to say something, but she was stuck in her throat again.

Zhuge Liuyun stood up, dusted off the train of his skirt and was about to turn around and leave. He had just taken two steps when her voice came from behind again: "Liuyun, will my sister be okay? She... you don't know, when I saw such a small child...I..." At this point, she shed tears silently.

Zhuge Liuyun turned around and showed a reassuring smile: "Don't worry too much. Xiao Xi's babies were also born prematurely, and they are both strong now! Xiao Yu knows medical skills, and Ling Long is careful. Sister... will be fine. ”

Shangguan sniffed and wanted to remind him of some things to pay attention to, but when he heard a gentle sound, he closed the door from the outside. Shangguan sighed quietly and looked at the increasingly clear sky, completely losing his sleepiness. She rubbed her legs that were almost broken after months of running around, and after getting fully dressed, she went around the Bisha cabinet to visit Brother Hao in the small room.

The person who takes care of Brother Hao is Uncle Yu's sister. She is married to the steward of the accounting room in the front yard. The steward's name is Defu, so everyone calls her from the Defu family. The appearance of the Defu family is very ordinary, and they are just like those who pass by. She was not the type to make people look twice, but Shangguan knew that the person Zhuge Liuyun sent to her side must have two brushes.

 “Madam!” The Defu family bowed respectfully, with a big smile on her face, very friendly but not flattering.

Shangguan walked to the bedside and touched Brother Hao's collar to see if he was sweating. The place where his bare hands touched was dry. She smiled lightly at the Defu family: "Thank you for your hard work."

The members of the Defu family did not dare to take credit, and Fu even lowered his stature: "It is the duty of a servant to be loyal to the wife and the young master."

Shangguan took back the hand that fell on Brother Hao's collar, looked at the Defu family and said, "Is this really what the prince ordered you to do? Do you want you to be loyal to me and the young master?"

The Defu family member lowered his head and said, "Yes."

"If the prince and I appoint you at the same time, will you listen to me or the prince?" Shangguan stared at her eyebrows for a moment, and even tilted his head deliberately in order to see the look in her eyes clearly.

 The heart of the Defu family is that this house belongs to the prince, so of course I listen to the prince the most! The prince indeed told the Defu family at the beginning that he should serve his wife and young master wholeheartedly, but she had been living in the house for more than ten or twenty years, so how could she not know the prince's original intention? Uncle Yu is her eldest brother. Whenever she has something to do, she will discuss it with him. Who would say that when the prince sends her here, he doesn't hope that he can serve as an ear to repay God? The prince has no bad intentions, he just hopes to have a better understanding of his wife's emotions. Of course, she couldn't let Madam know about these twists and turns!

The Defu family replied respectfully: "As long as I am in Qingya Courtyard, I am Madam's slave!"

Shangguan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled with satisfaction: "This makes me feel relieved."

The Defu family bravely took a look at her and found that she was a little melancholy, so he asked, "What are your orders, madam?"

Shangguan's mouth was slightly open, as if he was struggling. After a moment, he finally made up his mind and said: "To be honest, I suspect that it is not normal for the Crown Princess to give birth prematurely. You are an old man in the house, and there must be maids familiar with you in each courtyard. Mother-in-law, can you tell someone to be more careful and pay attention to the people around my sister and the Crown Princess who are not right? Of course, this is just my suspicion without any evidence, so don’t tell the prince, lest he think it. I will stir up trouble when I come back.”

 “This…” The Defu family was in a dilemma.

 As a qualified parent, you must never compromise on the safety of your children! Shangguan's smile faded, and a serious look appeared on his beautiful face: "You are from Kashgar Qing. You should understand what status I have in the Zhuge family. If you don't serve me well, I can ask the prince to replace you." , I don’t believe that in such a huge palace, I can’t find anyone who truly does things sincerely!”

The faces of the Defu family turned pale with fright. How could she not know the status of the lady in the prince's heart? After offending Madam, it might not be easy for her to get a better job in the mansion. Besides, she just needs to be careful. Whether she can find out or not is not something she can control. Thinking about this, the Defu family member made up his mind and said with a smile: "Madam, please calm down, this servant was just thinking about how to contact the servants of Mohe Courtyard. After all, Mohe Courtyard is different from other courtyards. The Crown Princess controls the maids. The master's methods are comparable to those of the princess. If you want to find out the news about Mo Heyuan, you must consider the long term. "

Shangguan's expression softened a little, but he sighed again: "The method is really good, how could you do such a thing in a daze? It hurts my sister... That's all, you go ahead and do it! I hope I am overthinking, I don’t want my brother and sister to have unclean people around them!”

　　The Blessed Body of the Defu family: "Yes."

Shangguan kissed Brother Hao who was sleeping soundly and said, "You keep watch, I'll go out for a while. When Brother Hao wakes up, feed him some barley porridge. Don't give him sweet cakes for the first meal."

 “Yes.” The Defu family sighed secretly. Madam took great care of her children.

Zhuge Yu left the Wisteria Courtyard and took a box of fine thousand-year-old ginseng to the Qingyou Courtyard. It rained all night, and the ground was full of mud. After a while, the clean shoes and clothes were stained with a lot of mud. Zhuge Yu frowned and continued to move forward. Suddenly, a slender and tall figure came quickly from another road. Zhuge Yu's ears twitched and he glanced at the other person from the corner of his eye, but when he saw the other person's appearance clearly, he quickened his pace.

Shangguan knew that he didn't want to see her. Fortunately, he was one step ahead. When Zhuge Yu passed by the path, Shangguan spread his arms to block Zhuge Yu's way: "Xiao Yu! Listen to my explanation!" Run Tai Because of her happiness, her bun was a little fluffy, and big beads of sweat dripped from her forehead, flowing down her red cheeks and hanging on her pointed chin. She raised her hand to wipe it away, "Xiao Yu, don't go! You really are. "Listen to my explanation! If you still hate me after I explain it, I have nothing to say! I took Brother Hao all the way across the mountains and rivers in South Vietnam. Do you even give me a chance to explain?"

Zhuge Yu's knuckles holding the brocade box turned slightly white, and he wanted to push her away, but gave up when he looked over her shoulder and saw the puddles on the ground. This silence made Shangguan feel happy, but she cried harder: "I took Brother Hao to leave South Vietnam, but was robbed on the way... While I was doing some embroidery selling, Brother Hao and I were approaching Da Zhou... It was snowing heavily. We either almost starved to death or almost froze to death... We finally saw you alive, but you..."

"Say something quickly!" Zhuge Yu shouted coldly. Shangguan's smile froze at the corner of his lips. He looked at Zhuge Yu in disbelief for a long time before lowering his eyes and choking, "Back then, you and Yan'er were poisoned at the same time. You have to After understanding the medicine, Yan'er died miserably. In anger, the princess captured your sister, put a knife on her neck, and forced me to swear a poisonous oath on your sister's life. I will take your sister away from Kashgar Qing and Zhuge's house. Even stay away from Dazhou and never come back for the rest of your life! Otherwise...otherwise she will die! I don't want to swear...I don't want to leave you and your father...but her knife..."

Zhuge Yu's heart was severely shaken, and the veins on his forehead bulged one by one, but he did not make any remarks, nor did he tell Shangguan whether he believed it or not.

Shangguan was anxious, took away his tear-filled hand, grabbed his arm and sobbed: "I really didn't lie! I never told a lie about the evil things the princess did to your sister back then! If you don't believe it, you can Go ask the princess, what did she do to your sister! This time...this time your sister passed away...I just feel how stupid the vow was...Why didn't God let her go even though I had taken her away? ?Why?"

 …

 Lightning and thunder, wind and rain. The winter in Kashgar is extremely cold, especially at night. When you walk outside, you can lose feeling in your ears and nose. Leng Youru knelt in the wind for a long time. The cold floor rubbed the delicate skin under her knees like needles, but the pain in her body was far less than one ten thousandth of the pain in her heart. When the door was finally opened, her eyes lit up and she looked up at the person coming: "Brother!"

Leng Chengkun looked at her condescendingly, frowned and sighed: "Go back, I can't make a decision in private on this matter."

Leng Youru moved her almost frozen knees, knelt forward and took a step forward, grabbed Leng Chengkun's sleeves, and begged: "Brother, I beg you, for the sake of the love we grew up with... Give the antidote to my Yan'er, okay? Don't give it to the Zhuge family! There's only one left, he won't save Yan'er... No way..."

Leng Chengkun raised his head. Leng Youru couldn't see the expression on his face. She could only hear his heavy words like a hammer hammering on her torn heart: "The emperor's order is difficult. I must personally deliver the antidote to Zhuge Liu." Yun’s hands. But I promise you, I will do my best to plead for Yan’er.”

But Leng Chengkun's plea failed to bring good news to Yan'er, and Zhuge Liuyun insisted on saving Shangguan's child, Zhuge Yu. Leng Youru held back the deep sourness and unwillingness in her heart and came to Shangguan Qian's door.

"Sister Shangguan, can you give me the antidote? I promise to take Yan'er to live in the side courtyard from now on, and never come out to disturb you and your husband! Everything in the Zhuge family belongs to you, and the position of my legitimate wife is also yours. All I want is Yan'er...you save my Yan'er, I can give you anything...I can also give you my life...please...save my Yan'er..." Abandoning the pride and dignity of the first daughter of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Self-respecting, she knelt in front of Shangguan Qian.

Shangguan Qian knelt down, brushed away the tears on Leng Youru's cheek, and said with restraint, "I'm sorry, I don't need those, I just want to save my son..."

Leng Youru's tears slipped down: "You have the heart of a husband, Xiaoxi, and Ling'er. You can have many, many children in the future... But I'm gone... I can't give birth. I'll really lose Yan'er again." I have nothing..."

“These are not the reasons for me to sacrifice my son to fulfill your son! Go back! I won’t give this antidote to you no matter what!”

 …

Leng Youru held Yan'er, who was dying and turned black, and sang the lullaby she heard when she was a child: "...Yan'er, do you want to eat or do anything now?"

Yan'er reached out her skinny little hand and touched the hem of Leng Youru's clothes. Her air was coming out more but less coming in: "I want to breastfeed. Mother Qiao said... I have never eaten from you..."

Leng Youru untied her clothes, put her son's head in her arms, and said with a smile, "Okay."

Yan'er held it weakly, but closed her eyes forever without even taking a breath.

 …

Leng Youru rushed into Shangguan Qian's room: "Didn't you say that as long as you can save your son, you can give up everything? Okay, then show me what you give up! Give up your husband, give up your son! Take you with me My daughter, get out of Zhuge’s house! Get out of Kashgar!”

 …

"Princess, please wake up, the prince wants to see you." Cen'er originally planned to let Leng Youru sleep a little longer, but found that she was having a nightmare and woke her up on the pretext of Zhuge Yu's visit.

Leng Youru woke up leisurely, and the pillow was wet again. She pressed the corners of her eyes, and several bright red marks quickly appeared on her fair and tender skin: "What is the prince doing here?"

Cen'er wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said with a mysterious smile: "Thank you for sending me a box of thousand-year-old ginseng for you to replenish your health! Princess, I feel that the prince has you in my heart. After all, we have been together for ten years." How can we really break off the relationship between mother and son because of one or two small things? Last time, the prince was angry and said those nonsense. In fact, the prince respects you more than Shangguan Qian! You are hiding from Shangguan Qian knowingly! Shangguan Qian has occupied the prince, why don't you take this opportunity to occupy the prince? My son is good to the prince, but I can’t find anything against the old man!”

As if she didn't hear it, Leng Youru picked up the post sent by the Leng family on the bedside table and said lightly: "Take the ginseng and tell him to come back."

The news that Shui Linglong gave birth to a pair of twins quickly spread throughout the palace. The old lady was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. She immediately ordered Ping'er to send red envelopes and red eggs to everyone in the family, and went to visit the Wisteria Courtyard in person. I met Shui Linglong and a pair of brothers.

The maternity room in Wisteria Courtyard has been turned into an elegant and unique bedroom after the maids quietly tidied it up. Old Taijun and Shui Linglong were sitting on both sides of the crib. Zhen and Qiao Hui were sitting on chairs beside them. Leng Youru did not come to join in the fun, and Shangguan was not allowed to come and join in the fun. As for the men, they all went to court. . In Dazhou, men have marriage leave, but no maternity leave, because in the evil old society, legitimate wives are limited and children are unlimited. If a woman gives birth to a child, a man can get a few days of maternity leave. It is estimated that he will not be able to get all of them in one day. .

Qiao Hui looked at Shui Linglong and smiled in surprise: "Sister-in-law, are you doing magic? You were so fat yesterday, why did you lose so much weight after not seeing her all night?"

 After the edema disappeared, she looked completely different from before. Although she was not as slim as before she was pregnant, she had really lost a lot of weight! Shui Linglong said kindly: "I had edema before. All the water in the body was drained out, and I naturally lost weight. However, not every pregnant woman will have edema. Some people are normal."

When the old lady was present, Mrs. Zhen was more considerate and agreed with a smile: "Yes, I was quite thin when I was pregnant with the Duke!" When I was pregnant with Shu'er, the edema was severe... Shu'er, thinking of Shu'er, Mrs. Zhen looked at There was a trace of resentment in Xiang Shui's exquisite eyes!

 Original Taijun and Shui Linglong each sat on the edge of the bed. In front of them was Leng Youru's special crib. It could be fixed or rocked by folding the four-legged stand. Shui Linglong chose the non-rocking mode. The elder brother and elder sister slept side by side on a plain light yellow mattress. The elder sister was too young and had difficulty maintaining her own body temperature, so Shui Linglong let her elder brother warm her.

The two children slept soundly, and the brother grinned from time to time. Of course, this was not a smile in the real sense, just an irregular trembling of muscles. The old lady didn't understand. She just thought that my brother could smile, and she was so happy: "Look, look, brother is smiling at me! Oh, brother is so smart! You know that great-grandmother is here, right? Hug from great-grandmother. !”

Saying that, the old lady gently opened the thin quilt and hugged the soft little brother into her arms. She accidentally saw her compact little arms and legs and her almost transparent skin, and her heart skipped a beat. Trembling, such a small child...I'm afraid he won't survive for a few days...

Zhen and Qiao Hui also looked inside. The newborn's head was bigger than its body. Therefore, covered with a quilt, they thought the baby was unacceptably small. But now they saw the limbs as big as candles and as big as soybeans. toes, the two of them were stunned!

Zhen’s first reaction was: This child doesn’t cry or fuss, but... does he still have a heartbeat? Qiao Hui directly reached out her hand and put it under her sister's nose. It wasn't until a slight warm breeze blew over her fingertips that her expression brightened. At the same time, she realized that her actions were too inappropriate for cleaning, so she smiled: "Sister My son slept so well...so well..."

 (End of this chapter)