First Concubine

Chapter 220: Outsmarting Cousin (1)

The man looked left and right, shaking his head frequently, and finally noticed the white jade Guanyin in the Duobao Ge. A vigorous vitality rushed to his face, and his eyes lit up: "Found it!"

Liufeng rushed to Qingyouyuan with Dr. Hu, and met Shangguanhong with a black face at the door. Liufeng nodded, but did not realize that Shangguanhong was about to explode with anger.

The three of them entered Qingyouyuan together. As soon as they reached the door of the bedroom, they heard Zhuge Yu's hearty voice: "Father, your concubine is happy!"

 Liu Feng's eyes dimmed and brightened, and there was a smile on the corners of his lips. Shangguan Hong saw her husband's expression in full view and almost rubbed the handkerchief in her hand to pieces! Doctor Hu was amazed at this great medical miracle and was speechless for a long time. The three of them had different expressions and quickly entered the room. Liufeng stopped behind the screen. He was the brother-in-law and he had to avoid suspicion.

 Zhuge Liuyun was completely immersed in Leng Youru's joy at the moment, and didn't notice what the monk said. After the surprise, he couldn't help but wonder, isn't the medicine too amazing? I ate it last night and got pregnant today! Or is it that Youru’s infertility has actually been cured long ago?

The man picked up the lifelike white jade Guanyin and exclaimed: "This is it. This is the source of good luck!"

 The origin of good luck? Zhuge Ermao did not tell anyone except the old lady about the catastrophe in the palace and the people who blocked it. For a moment, no one present except Zhuge Yu who knew the truth from the man's mouth understood "The Origin of Good Luck" "What means.

The man put the white jade Guanyin back and said: "This Guanyin has been blessed, so let's worship it! There must be no losses within three years, otherwise, the palace's fortune will be hit hard again!"

Zhuge Yu approached the man and asked in a low voice: "My mother and concubine bought this white jade Guanyin from outside, but you said it was the source of good luck. Didn't you say that the person who blocked the disaster for the palace was a woman who was married to the palace? This is just A white jade statue of Guanyin.”

The man took a deep look at Zhuge Yu and said, "Hurry up, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop."

Zhuge Yu still wanted to ask, but the man had walked away gracefully, leaving only a room full of people looking at each other. They didn't quite understand what riddle the monk and Zhuge Yu were playing. But they understood the general content, that is, the palace was supposed to be in trouble, but the white jade Guanyin kept the palace in check for three consecutive years, and the palace was safe for the rest of its life.

Shangguan Hong glanced at the White Jade Guanyin meaningfully, and then said with joy, "Congratulations, brother. The palace is very lucky. No wonder the princess, who has been sterilized for many years, is pregnant with a child."

Liufeng congratulated outside the screen: "Congratulations to the big brother and sister-in-law!"

Zhuge Liuyun didn't think too deeply, he just thought that it was the Taoist master who gave it to Leng Youru. Leng Youru believed in Buddhism, so Bao Qi really had such a fate. Furthermore, how can the fortune of the palace be determined by the monk's words? But he didn't know what he thought of. He looked at Doctor Hu beside him, frowned in confusion, but then relaxed his brows after looking at Shangguan Hong. He walked into the inner room with a smile on his face, and hugged Leng Youru, who had woken up, into his arms: "Youru, you have our child!"

Leng Youru’s long eyelashes trembled, and she clenched her fists without making a sound. Zhuge Liuyun looked down at her pale and bloodless face, and said with relief: "Don't worry, many people get pregnant at your age, and you are not the first child, so the risk is not high. From today on, you don't want to do anything." I think, just focus on having children.”

Leng Youru’s long eyelashes trembled again and she responded calmly: “Yes.”

Zhuge Yu walked into the bedroom and stared at the weak Leng Youru. He moved his lips but stopped talking. After a while, he bowed and lowered his eyes and said, "Congratulations, concubine."

Leng Youru’s complex eyes fell on Zhuge Yu’s face, as if she was looking at him, but also as if she was looking at someone else through him. For a moment, Leng Youru twitched the corners of her lips and smiled bitterly: “Thank you very much.”

 Zhuge Yu returned to Wisteria Courtyard full of worries. Shui Linglong was teaching her sister and brother to identify colors. Sister was more interested in green and picked out green eight times out of ten. Brother was unsure and picked up all colors.

"Oh? Oh?" ​​After Shui Linglong hid the green cloth, she looked around and kept saying "oh" with her bright eyes wide open. The brother was very kind and handed the strip of cloth in his mouth to the sister. The sister looked at it with disgust, put her hands on the ground, crawled around Shui Linglong, and found the green strip of cloth on Shui Linglong's leg. She sat up and was surprised: "Huh?" She seemed to be saying, I just looked at it, why didn't I see it?

Shui Linglong scented her little face: "I can't hide anything from you, little ghost!" Occasionally, when she raised her eyes, she found Zhuge Yu standing at the door at some point, looking at them with a smile, but there was no trace of that smile. Bitter and sad.

 “Xiao Xia.”

Xiao Xia put down the embroidery work in her hands: "The Crown Princess."

“You take your brother and sister to play with Xiao Qiuyan.”

"Yes!" After packing her things and standing up, Xiaoxia saw Zhuge Yu coming. After being startled, she saluted, "Your Majesty!"

"Yeah." Zhuge Yu gestured, and Xiao Xia slowly walked out of the room while holding one of his hands. Soon, Xiao Qiu Yan's joyful laughter sounded outside.

Shui Linglong was about to get up from the ground, but Zhuge Yu picked her up one step ahead of her, and the two of them sat on the imperial concubine's couch. Shui Linglong looked at his frowning face and couldn't help but ask softly: "What happened? Is there something wrong with the Military Aircraft Department?" She stayed in the room and didn't know the situation in Qingyouyuan.

 Zhuge Yu shook his head, held her soft little hand in his palm and stroked it: "Linglong, I doubt...my mother is not dead."

Shui Linglong raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Mother...is still alive? Didn't Mu Hua say that mother unfortunately passed away after Linger's death?" Most of Xun Feng's memories about Mu Hua were true, except for calling the doctor and the mudslide. The part that breaks your brain.

 Zhuge Yu clenched his fists and his joints creaked: "Do you remember the monk I told you about last time?"

 “The one who stopped you from killing the special forces?”

 “Well, I met him again today.”

Shui Linglong was silent, waiting for Zhuge Yu to say more, but her silence could invisibly encourage people to open up their hearts. Zhuge Yu looked away and looked at the lavender curtain opposite: "I came back from the military plane. He stood at the door of the palace, looking at the sky above the palace. It took me a long time to remember who he was. I asked him what he was looking at, and he recognized me without even turning around. "

 “It seems... very powerful.” Shui Linglong agreed.

This sentence greatly stimulated Zhuge Yu's narrative interest. Zhuge Yu stared at it and said: "He told me that the palace originally had a lot of bad luck, but someone sacrificed Yangshou to block the disaster for the palace, and the person who blocked the disaster was married to the palace. woman."

Shui Linglong followed his words in time and asked: "Well... the woman who is married to the palace, the princess, I am Qiao Hui." After a pause, she looked into Zhuge Yu's eyes and asked tentatively, "Our mother?"

Zhuge Yu squeezed her hand, and the strength increased little by little. Shui Linglong clearly felt that his emotions were becoming more and more agitated. Shui Linglong put her other hand on the back of his hand, trying to calm him down. The emotions in my heart. Zhuge Yu's restless heart was calmed down by his wife's tenderness: "You and Qiao Hui didn't know the fortune of the palace before, so you can rule it out. Only the mother and my mother are left. The monk pointed to the mother and concubine and bought them from outside. The White Jade Guanyin said that it is the source of good luck, so I suspect that the person who sold the White Jade Guanyin to the mother-in-law is..."

Shangguan Qian? Shui Linglong's eyes widened!

Zhuge Yu suddenly hugged Shui Linglong sideways and put his chin on her shoulder, which made her feel painful and hugged her painfully: "He said, 'Hurry up, the trees want to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop.' The next sentence should be ' The son wants to be raised but cannot be kissed, which means my mother is still alive and I have to find her quickly!"

Shui Linglong thought of the monk Guo Yan mentioned about reviving the corpse for him. Could it be the same monk Zhuge Yu met? If so, then his words are indeed credible. Shui Linglong hugged Zhuge Yu back and said with a gentle smile: "Then we will look for her and go out with all our strength to find her. People say that fallen leaves return to their roots. Her roots are found where you are. She must be not far away."

In the previous life, the palace was indeed in serious decline. Zhuge Liuyun died violently, Leng Youru committed suicide, and Zhuge Yu never married. It is not an exaggeration to say that he had no descendants. Shangguan Qian did not appear in the previous life. Shui Linglong guessed that it was because Shangguan Qian didn't know the situation of Dazhou at all. In this life, because she exposed the princess's conspiracy, the princess failed to continue to harm Zhenbei Palace, so the emperor activated Shangguan Yan's plan. A chess piece, Shangguan Yan stole Brother Hao, Shangguan Qian went all the way to find her relatives, and accidentally learned about the fate of the palace, and then she made up her mind to prevent this disaster for the palace at the cost of her life. If it were her, she would do the same thing. A mother in the world would not hesitate to break her body to pieces for the sake of her child. She didn't know whether Shangguan Qian still had Zhuge Liuyun in her heart, but she must have fallen in love with Zhuge Yu and Brother Hao.

The news that Leng Youru was pregnant quickly spread throughout the palace. The old lady Jun was extremely happy. For the first time since entering the capital, she went to the junior's yard in person, held the princess's hand and cried for a long time, and said "My child, you finally got your long-cherished wish", and "God is wise, allowing the palace to flourish"... In short, Leng Youru didn't leave with a smile until she fell asleep again.

When Mrs. Zhen heard the news, she spit out a mouthful of tea: "What? The princess is pregnant? Is there any mistake? Wasn't she sterilized?"

Liu Zhu said: "It seems that the Guanyin who gave birth to the child was at work, and the princess was really pregnant."

It is true that the gods of one place bless the other people. Mrs. Zhen frowned and said unwillingly: "Oh! Qiao Hui and Dong Jialin were a step too slow. Otherwise, they should be the ones to give birth to Guanyin! Ouch, why is she pregnant at such an old age? Don't worry. He ended up with the same fate as Zhuge Ling!"

"Come on, this kind of nonsense will just deceive them!" In the main room of Xianglan Courtyard, Shangguan Hong was sitting on a chair, playing with the flowers sent by Shui Linglong. As we all know, she likes flowers. When the prince is Shangguan Qian When she planted hundreds of passion flowers, she went there and picked hundreds of them. She was thoughtful, and the corners of her lips raised a sarcastic arc, "Someone changed the fate of the palace, and also changed it for her." ! If you change your fortune, you will lose your life. I don’t know anyone who is so generous!

That night, Shui Linglong, Shangguan Hong, Zhen and Qiao Hui all sent congratulatory gifts and congratulated Leng Youru in person. Everyone dispersed. Leng Youru leaned on the bedside and touched her belly with bare hands to eliminate countless complicated emotions. Afterwards, I cried with joy.

Leng Youru is thirty-seven and is an advanced pregnant woman. The risks in all aspects are much greater than when Shui Linglong was pregnant. It is not necessary to work hard. The old lady discussed with Zhuge Liuyun and decided to let Linglong share more of Leng Youru's share. When Linglong is familiar with all the general affairs, the house will be taken care of by Linglong. Leng Youru had no objection to this. Shui Linglong looked at her brother and sister, who had been able to walk and play independently for a long time, and nodded.

Xun Feng picked up Brother Hao from school. At the gate of Qingyouyuan, Xun Feng repeated what he said on the way: "...Do you understand what father told you?"

Brother Hao lowered his eyes to cover up the rising loneliness and remained silent. Xun Feng sighed and took his son's little hand into the yard.

"What? Are you going to take Brother Hao away?" Leng Youru's expression changed slightly, and she frowned in disbelief.

Xun Feng smiled politely: "It's very inconvenient for my concubine to be pregnant. I'm afraid that he will cause trouble to you. From now on, let him live with me! Concubine, you don't have to worry that I don't have time to take care of him. I've thought of it all." During the day, I would go out after he went to school. After picking him up from school in the afternoon, I would accompany him if he stayed at home, and take him with me when I went out. "

Leng Youru's eyes dimmed, and she subconsciously wanted to refuse, but she didn't know what she thought of, so she changed the topic: "You are Brother Hao's father, so you can naturally make decisions about his affairs, but the child is still young and he suddenly left. The environment he has been living in is difficult for him to accept. How about we listen to his opinion? If he wants to leave, I will not stop him; but if he wants to stay, you have to respect his opinion. "

Xun Feng smiled and asked Xiang Hao, "The princess is asking you something, please express your attitude."

 Brother Hao’s mind was full of the words “If he wants to leave, I will never stop him”, his nose became sore, and he ran out! Leng Youru turned her face away and shed tears.

 At night, people from Xianglan Hospital came again to invite Zhuge Yu to treat Wen Yuan. This time, Zhuge Yu did not refuse. Only then did Shui Linglong learn that Wen Yuan was the daughter of Shangguan Qian's brother. A few months ago, she accidentally fell off a hillside while riding a horse in the grassland and was bitten by a red fire snake unique to Kashgar Qing. The poison of the red fire snake is not fatal immediately, but every time it attacks, it is like burning the body with fire, becoming more and more powerful each time, eventually leading to the internal organs to fester and death. The old witch doctor of the clan gave Wen Yuan some pills to suppress the fire poison, and he barely managed to make it to the capital. Unexpectedly, Wen Yuan suffered from a fire attack on the first night after entering the house, and Shui Linglong and Qiao Hui saw the scene where Yu's mother ordered someone to carry a sedan chair to Hanchi in the back mountain.

 Soaking in a cold pool can provide temporary relief. If you want to completely remove it, you must use ice-cold exercises and absolutely precise acupuncture treatment. Except for Zhuge Yu, no one else could be found to agree with these two conditions. Therefore, Wen Yuan followed Liu Feng and Shangguan Hong to the palace. However, Shui Linglong still couldn't understand why Zhuge Yu was not willing to save his cousin at first.

The next day, Zhuge Yu entered the palace early to report to Yunli the situation of Hu's war. The elder sister and the elder brother sat on the carpet and piled blocks. The elder brother peeed in child urine. Xiao Xia and Zhi busily replaced the carpet and replaced it with a new pair of building blocks. They took the dirty ones and washed them to dry.

Shui Linglong took a break from her busy schedule and read a romance novel. Just as we were watching the climax, the heroine and the hero fell out due to a misunderstanding. The male and female partners took advantage of the opportunity and launched a fierce love offensive against the two. Suddenly, Ye Mao's voice came from outside the door: "Big brother." Miss, my cousin wants to see you."

 “Please come in, cousin.” Putting the books away, Shui Linglong ordered in her usual tone.

After a moment, the curtain was opened, and a beautiful girl wearing a purple pipa-breasted top and a goose-yellow satin floral skirt walked in slowly. Due to the sun, a thin layer of sweat oozed from her forehead, and her cheeks were rosy and delicate, as if covered with powder mist, giving her the tenderness and luster of a baby. However, there were crows under her eyes that could not be covered by makeup. It was because she was weak.

“Cousin Wenyuan, please sit down quickly.” Shui Linglong withdrew her gaze and led her to sit on the chair. “Cousin Wenyuan, can I have some ice cream?”

"Cousin-in-law, just call me Wen Yuan, I can drink ice." Wen Yuan finished speaking with a chuckle and began to look at Shui Linglong. She probably didn't expect a visitor to come, so she was dressed more casually. She wore an icy blue transparent gauze dress with scattered silver lilies of the valley, shining like stars in the night sky; a plain white waisted skirt with a loose train. It opened like a lotus pod, with a beautiful shape, combing through the clouds and skimming the moon; her appearance was more outstanding than she imagined, with an oval face, skin like jade, thick eyebrows and big eyes, white teeth and red lips, and the charm of a young woman and the grace of a girl were faintly reflected in the corners of the eyebrows and eyes. ...In short, she is a very touching woman.

Shui Linglong didn’t mind Wen Yuan’s scrutiny, and ordered Zhi Fan, “Bring me the iced fruit tea.”

Wen Yuan tilted her head and raised an innocent and charming smile: "Cousin, does the bagel tea really contain a hundred kinds of fruits?"

Shui Linglong raised her eyebrows slightly and said calmly: "Oh, no, it's just a name."

Wen Yuan looked confused and asked: "How many kinds of fruits are actually included?"

Shui Linglong lowered her eyes, her pupils moved, then raised her eyes to look at her again, and said with a smile: "Five kinds, lychee, grape, honeydew, watermelon and grapefruit."

Wen Yuan smiled and said, "I want to drink it after listening to it." While the two were talking, Zhi Fan handed a cup of fruit tea to Wen Yuan. Wen Yuan took it in his hand with a smile and took a few sips, " It’s very cold and comfortable. Ever since I was poisoned by the Red Fire Snake, I have always preferred iced things.”

Shui Linglong showed a look of pity: "It's really hard for you to suffer so much at such a young age."

Wen Yuan held the glazed teacup and smiled sheepishly: "I blame myself for being playful and not listening to my parents' warnings. I had to chase my brothers hunting alone. Unexpectedly, my horse frightened me halfway, and I fell down the hillside and was killed naked." Fire snake bite."

Shui Linglong looked at her with shining eyes: "You are quite strong."

Wen Yuan touched her face and said with a smile, "Cousin, your nose is so beautiful."

 (End of this chapter)