First Concubine

Chapter 254: Conspiracy to usurp the throne (4)

 No, at this critical moment, how can we fall short? She may not be very arrogant, but she is never blindly confident. Since she dared to come today, she must have made thorough arrangements. It's just that... Shui Linglong's eyes, as dark as a deep pool, narrowed slightly and said in a loud voice: "How about we negotiate terms?"

 “What conditions?” Xun Feng asked with great interest.

Shui Linglong raised her senses to their best state in order to better perceive the movement around them, "It's not impossible to replace three people with one person, but I will stay and let Yao Xin go."

"Hehehe..." Xun Feng smiled as softly as catkins, and slowly scratched his heart, but suddenly it hurt like a sharp claw, "Shui Linglong, when did you become so compassionate and helpful to the world? Unlike you, I really don't. picture."

Shui Linglong said coldly: "Will you change it or not?"

“No change!” The one who answered was not Xun Feng. Shui Linglong felt happy and looked at the stalwart figure slowly walking out of the woods to the side, “Zhuge Yu!”

Zhuge Yu quickened his pace and walked to her side, held her other hand, and said fondly: "I saw the mark you left. I could have arrived earlier, but something delayed me." He said the last sentence. At this time, there was a flash of narrowing in his eyes.

Xun Feng’s smile froze at the corner of his mouth. Every time a great achievement was about to be completed, Zhuge Yu would come out and intervene. It was really... a lingering ghost!

Zhuge Yu looked at Xun Feng coldly, snapped his fingers, and Anping escorted a slender woman out.

Xun Feng took a closer look and said with a horrified expression, "Jin Chen!"

Jin Shanggong lowered his head to prevent others from seeing him beaten like a panda.

"This time, it's my turn to negotiate terms. Can three people be replaced by one?" Zhuge Yu asked Xun Feng in a leisurely manner.

Exchanging Jin Shang Palace for three maids is a good deal no matter how you think about it, but Yao Xin... Xun Feng rubbed his forehead.

Seeing Xun Feng's hesitation, Zhuge Yu added a few words, "They have a bit of a master-servant relationship with my wife, but they are nothing in my eyes. Do you want to change them? Anping."

 “The slave is here!”

"kill!"

"Yes!" Anping responded quickly, quickly pulled out the dagger from his boot, pointed it at Jin Shanggong's chest and stabbed it hard!

Xun Feng immediately hit a strong wind and deflected Anping's dagger. He said unwillingly: "I'll change it!"

In the Yao Mansion, Mrs. Yao cried loudly while holding her lost daughter, "Xin'er, let mom see if you are injured! Did the beast abuse you? Tell mom and dad! Mom and dad will definitely avenge you!"

 Zhuge Yu and Shui Linglong sent Yao Xin back to the Yao Mansion and briefly explained the process of Yao Xin leaving the house and rescuing Yao Xin. However, the Yao family still believed that Yao Xin had been greatly wronged.

Yao Xin wiped her tears and replied, "He didn't abuse me." In fact, Xun Feng treated her considerately, but she couldn't accept this kind of care that included endless use, "The matter between me and him ends here. , no one is allowed to mention it from now on!”

"Okay, okay! Don't mention it, don't mention it!" Mrs. Yao was extremely distressed. Yao Qingfeng looked at his wife who was crying bitterly, and then at his daughter who was too thin to be human-shaped, and his heart was clenched, "That **** Xun Feng! I'm going to kill him!"

Mrs. Yao held her granddaughter's skinny hand and burst into tears, but she did not completely lose her mind. "Kill? How do you plan to kill? You just offered to rehabilitate him and then turned around and killed him. Are you fooling the royal family?" ?”

Yao Qingfeng said angrily: "Mom, don't worry, I know what's right! It is inevitable to vindicate him. It is an indisputable fact that Xin'er married him. Even for Xin'er, I will make sure that he is redressed! But if he died in an accident , then you can’t blame me!”

"Well, if he is dead, Xin'er can remarry in the future." Mrs. Yao looked at her granddaughter who fell asleep soon, her eyes moved, and asked: "Xin'er, what happened to you last month? Are you here yet?”

Xun Feng took Jin Shang Gong back to the other courtyard. As soon as he entered the room, he strangled Dong Jialin's neck. Dong Jialin was so frightened that her legs shook, "Shi... Shizi, what's wrong with you?"

Xun Feng looked at her with a stern look, so sharp that he wanted to pierce her heart, "Did you deliberately show your weakness to lure Linglong here?"

Dong Jialin's neck was pinched so tightly that she could hardly breathe, "Prince...I...I didn't...I really...didn't...you believe me..."

believe? Women are a species more cunning than foxes and more ruthless than ferocious beasts. How credible are their words? When getting along with them, he never relies on trust. Xun Feng's eyes shot out with a cold light, and the air seemed to freeze, "Dong Jialin, I hate disobedient women the most, especially the ones who are smart enough to go against me."

Dong Jialin's face turned the color of pig liver, and her eyes almost burst out of their sockets. She didn't expect that Xun Feng, whom she admired, would have such a cruel side. His eyes were not like human eyes at all, like a ghost from hell.

“I...I just feel weak for a moment...I can’t withstand...Shui Linglong’s plea...”

“You’re still lying!” Xun Feng shouted, the veins on his forehead popping out.

Dong Jialin was scared to death. She had been afraid of Shui Linglong before, but obviously, Xun Feng was a hundred or a thousand times more scary than Shui Linglong. "I don't dare to do it anymore...you...for the sake of your child...spare me once..."

Xun Feng's hand suddenly increased its strength. Dong Jialin vaguely heard the sound of broken bones. The suffocation made her whole body numb and she couldn't even feel the pain. Just when she thought she was dead, Xun Feng slowly let go. Hands, cold as ice said: "Remember, this is the last time!"

Dong Jialin nodded with tears in her eyes.

 Leaving this place, Xun Feng went to the study. One wave came after another. As soon as he opened the door, he smelled a strong smell of smoke. He took a closer look and was dumbfounded. Jin Shanggong, who was following him, was also dumbfounded. How could this happen? The desks and bookshelves were burned, and the official books... were gone! Originally, they had hoped to control those officials who refused to submit to them through those books. Now that the books are gone, what can they use to control them? This is simply...a bolt from the blue!

"Zhuge Yu, it must be Zhuge Yu!" Did you train him to be like this? I really want to **** him off to death!

Jin Shanggong's throat slipped and he asked cautiously: "What should I do, Crown Prince? It took five or six years to collect this information..." If I want to do it again, it will take several more years! But several years later, the Supreme Emperor helped Nazha capture Mobei, and it became even more difficult for them to shake the Yun family dynasty of Great Zhou!

Xun Feng sat down on the chair, "Do you think there is nothing I can do about it? You underestimate me! Since you have to force me to go to a dead end, I will never show it to you! Jin Chen!"

"My subordinate is here." Jin Shanggong looked worried when he saw the angry prince, "Your Majesty, your body is not suitable for anger."

Jin Shanggong's words are true. If he is too angry, he will easily vomit blood and faint. Therefore, under normal circumstances, he does not get angry casually. However, Zhuge Yu and Shui Linglong challenged his bottom line again and again. He could not bear it anymore, so it would be strange not to get angry.

 “Start Plan B.”

Shui Linglong and Zhuge Yu finished bathing and did some "healthy" exercises. Shui Linglong lay on Zhuge Yu and gasped, "You said you destroyed the account books that Xun Feng used to control civil and military officials?"

Zhuge Yu stroked her smooth back and said softly: "It's burned, but I guess he has other tricks up his sleeve, so we have to be careful."

Shui Linglong hugged his neck tightly, enjoying the comfort he brought, "By the way, when will you take me to see my mother?"

It's not that he doesn't want to take Linglong, but Shangguan Qian is not very happy to meet people. After all, she... Zhuge Yu's eyes flashed with sadness, but he pretended to be relaxed and said: "I will take a rest in the middle of next month and take you there. Oh, Qingyouyuan You have to hurry up and decorate, it's cold this year, it will snow early." After saying softly, Shui Linglong whispered, looking at him faintly, Zhuge Yu laughed, and turned around again. She was pressed down.

Shui Linglong blushed slightly and said angrily: "Don't look!"

“I want to watch it!” Zhuge Yu said domineeringly, lowering his head and looking at her with a half-smile, “Do you want it?”

Shui Linglong resisted the aroused emotions and turned her face away stubbornly, "No."

 Zhuge Yu kissed her. Shui Linglong was angry that he always teased her maliciously, why couldn't she be a man for once? Turning over, Shui Linglong looked at him with blurred eyes.

Zhuge Yu stretched out his delicate jade-like hands and traced her eyebrows carefully, "Linglong."

“Huh?” Shui Linglong asked, blinking her misty eyes.

Zhuge Yu laughed and said, "Nothing, I just like to call your name over and over again. I am happy to hear you answer it over and over again. I am very happy!"

Shui Linglong was amused by him, smiling so hard that her eyebrows arched, "It's so annoying to scream every day!"

Zhuge Yu lovingly took her little hand, put it to his lips and kissed it, "Bu Niwai, I wish I could skip going to court and go sightseeing with you."

Shui Linglong burst into laughter and was turned into a red wave. The spring scenery is boundless, all night until dawn.

In the past few days, Shui Linglong has stepped up the renovation of Qingyouyuan. Leng Youru has obsessive-compulsive disorder and must follow every hair on the carpet. The children's clothes must not have a single thread. Shui Linglong placed an order at No. 1 Embroidery Building early and asked them to rush it out by the end of the year. At the same time, she made a winter coat for Shangguan Qian.

Zhuge Liuyun rushes between the General's Mansion and the Leng Mansion every day. He visits Shangguan Qian in the morning and waits for Leng Youru at the Leng Mansion in the afternoon. Yes, wait, the Leng family won't let him in at all. He spends the entire afternoon standing there. , did not board the carriage until sunset and left, rain or shine.

 This year's heavy snow came earlier than in previous years, with heavy snow falling in mid-November. Zhuge Liuyun had dinner with Shangguan Qian at the General's Mansion as usual, and then came to the entrance of Leng Mansion. He couldn't do something like Yao Cheng, who climbed over the wall and drilled into a dog hole. After all, he was past the age of brilliance, but he would not be like some young people who would fish for three days and dry the net for two days. He knew that even Leng Youru Although I don't see him, Leng Youru's mood is different whether he comes or not.

Snowflakes fell one after another, and in a moment, his hair and shoulders were covered with a layer of white snow. The coachman came to urge us for the third time: "Your Majesty, it's snowing too hard. There may be a snowstorm at night. You should go back home early."

Zhuge Liuyun said with deep eyes, "Just wait a while."

In the Leng Mansion, Brother Hao was drawing red in the study when he suddenly heard the little maid screaming that it was snowing. He was so excited that he immediately put down his pen and ran out of the room without even putting on his coat. He was young and had a short memory. He had no memory of how heavy the snow was last year, so he couldn't help shouting: "Wow! This is the biggest snow I have ever seen!"

The snow was really heavy, and a thick layer fell on the ground and branches in just one cup of tea. Brother Hao danced for joy, squatted down and rolled up snow balls. He made ten of them, lined up in a row, and then aimed at the branches and the wall, and smashed them one by one. The little maids chased after him and turned pale with fright when they saw that he was sweating profusely while wearing thin clothes.

 “Cousin, stop playing around! Be careful of catching a cold!”

 “Come back quickly and put on some clothes!”

 Brother Hao is too hot and wants to take off his clothes, but where can he put them on? Furthermore, Youru usually looked at him too closely, and he couldn't hold it in anymore. Youru finally took a nap, so how could he be willing to play without having fun? He couldn't hear, couldn't hear, couldn't hear their calls...

"Ouch!" A cry of pain suddenly sounded in the quiet world. Brother Hao stopped what he was doing and looked towards the source of the sound together with the maids. He saw Mrs. Leng rubbing her forehead with a look of pain on her face. Standing at the door of the hall, the maids all knelt down, "Madam!"

Mrs. Leng glared at the dumbfounded Brother Hao displeased, walked up to a maid in three steps, and slapped her hard, "Wow! See how you work as an errand? I treat you well." Not good enough? After providing you with food and drink for so many years, you are repaying me like this? "

The maid was so aggrieved that she burst into tears, but she didn't dare to express her anger. What so many years? The house she entered at the beginning of this year...

When Leng Youru took the clothes and walked outside to ask Brother Hao to put them on, she happened to encounter the scene of Madam Leng scolding the maid. Those insinuations got into her ears word for word. Her eyelashes trembled slightly and she couldn't see it. Without looking at Mrs. Leng, she walked towards Brother Hao. Taking the embarrassed Brother Hao back to the room, she told Cen'er: "Pack your things and go to the other courtyard in the west of the city."

"Ah?" Cen'er was shocked, "The other courtyard in the west of the city doesn't have floor heating, it's very cold! And it's snowing so heavily today, so it's very inconvenient to travel." But having said that, Leng Mansion is really not a place to stay for a long time, a woman's heart, Needle on the seabed, who can guarantee that Mrs. Leng will not become demonic one day and raise a butcher's knife to take revenge on the princess? The Leng Mansion is not as safe as the Prince's Mansion. At least the old lady is harmless, the Prince favors the Princess, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess are aboveboard, and the second wife cannot afford to make trouble. But...the princess would rather live in another hospital than return to her home.

Cen'er was not happy, and neither was Brother Hao. Brother Hao pouted and said slowly: "Can we go back to the palace? I...I miss my father a little bit..."

Leng Youru touched his hot face and said patiently: "Your father... is on a business trip and is not in the house."

Brother Hao sighed in frustration, and soon laughed again, "Then when will father come back? Can he celebrate the New Year? Will he be there when I have the New Year's Eve dinner? He promised me to set off firecrackers with me! "

Leng Youru and Cen'er looked at each other and gave a reassuring smile tacitly. Leng Youru said, "Your father may be on a business trip, wouldn't it be the same if I accompany you?"

 It’s different...Brother Hao paused and smiled: “Well, it’s the same!”

 They will all be aware of their words and expressions. Leng Youru sighed secretly, took Brother Hao's hand and went to the ancestral hall to kowtow to the souls of Old Master Leng and Yao Xinyu, and then walked out of the Leng Mansion. The wind blew up at some point, and it was as sharp as a knife on his face. Leng Youru spread out her cloak and held Brother Hao's thin body in her arms. Cen'er held an umbrella, but it was of no use at all. The flying snow was hitting her mercilessly, and every piece of snow chilled her heart.

Cen'er looked at the princess who was as indifferent as snow, and for some reason, her heart throbbed. After the old lady died, there was no one in the world who could protect the princess wholeheartedly. She felt that the princess was very lonely, like a child who was driven around and had no home. At this moment, she seemed to be able to understand the princess and Brother Hao. They both have been deeply hurt, and they are both full of despair and rejection of this prosperous world. No wonder... they cherish each other so much.

"Your Majesty, we really have to leave. The wind is getting stronger and stronger. If we don't leave, we will encounter a snowstorm!" The coachman urged Zhuge Liuyun for the ninth time. Zhuge Liuyun shook his sable cloak, looked at the empty door, and said expressionlessly: "Well, let's go back home."

 “Princess, be careful, the road is slippery!”

Zhuge Liuyun's ears twitched and he turned around in surprise. He saw Cen'er holding an umbrella with one hand and holding Leng Youru's arm with the other as he stepped out of the Leng Mansion gate. In Leng Youru's arms was Brother Hao, who was wrapped in a cloak. , and behind them were a group of maids and women carrying bags in salutes.

Zhuge Liuyun instantly felt that he was taller, and he had been waiting for many days to bear fruit! Leng Youru's frozen heart was moved by him! He touched his forehead coolly, walked majestically towards the woman who he thought was completely moved by him, and said with a smile: "Youru!"

Leng Youru was so embarrassed by his smile that her hair stood on end, but she ignored him. Instead, Cen'er saluted, "Your Majesty."

Hearing this, brother Hao immediately opened his cloak and looked at Zhuge Liuyun in surprise, "Grandpa!"

Zhuge Liuyun smiled kindly and said, "Brother Hao, come here, let grandpa hug you and see if you are heavy again!"

Brother Hao opened his cloak and threw himself into Zhuge Liuyun's arms. Although he loved Youru the most, he still missed his grandpa after not seeing him these days.

 Zhuge Liuyun picked up Brother Hao, "Ouch! It's sinking! Like a pig!"

Brother Hao tilted his head and said with a sweet smile: "I'm a chicken!"

Zhuge Liuyun put down Brother Hao, held Leng Youru's hand, and said happily: "It's windy, don't stand in the wind, get in the car."

 (End of this chapter)