First Concubine

Chapter 267 The Fall of the Ren Emperor (3)

Dong Jialin looked at Yao Xin through the crack in the door and found that she was asleep before gently closing the door. She seemed to have something to say to Feng Yanying, but Feng Yanying was one step ahead of her, holding her arm and frowning: "There were so many people just now, I kept saying I don’t have a chance to ask you for an explanation. Tell me, what happened between you and Prince Xun? I’m not reminding you not to get along with Mu Hua... Well, now Mu Hua is Prince Xun and the uncle of the Yao family, you... Do you know what you are doing?"

Dong Jialin's pupils moved, and she said expressionlessly: "The matter has come to this, cousin, no matter how angry you are, I can't abort the child and return to the county prince."

Feng Yanying was scolded, and her brows furrowed further, "Your wings are stiff now, and so are your ears, right?"

Dong Jialin made a sign of silence. Feng Yanying just realized that she was overly excited and her voice was a bit high. She swallowed her saliva and whispered: "My mother-in-law is just the one who screams the most all day, but I really want her to do it." She doesn't have the guts to do anything bad, but my father-in-law... he looks kind and gentle, but when he gets violent, he is very scary. He loves Yao Xin the most, even more than Yao Cheng! You really hit the mark this time... Got it!"

“Didn’t I get soaked in the pig cage?” Dong Jialin asked back. Feng Yanying was stunned, and Dong Jialin stared hard and said firmly: "Cousin, you once said that if I betrayed the prince, I would be imprisoned in a pig cage, and my brother's career would be affected, but you see, I have changed from the aunt of the prince to the heir apparent. Concubine, my brother’s career is as usual, and I assure you that my brother and I will have better development in the near future.”

Better development? Feng Yanying didn't know why, "What do you mean?"

Dong Jialin's eyes flashed slightly and she said: "The Xun family's economy was severely hit by the Zhuge family in the early years, and some areas could not recover. The property of the Yao family was left to my cousin-in-law to take care of. If my cousin-in-law is willing to share some military expenses..." He paused. After a pause, she looked solemn and said, "Cousin, not only my brother and I, but also my cousin's husband has a bright future!"

Hearing this, Feng Yanying stood up and looked at her cousin with disbelief, "Military expenses? Why do you need military funds so well? Do you want to raise a private army?"

Dong Jialin was silent. Feng Yanying just made a casual guess. Looking at her cousin’s expression, she clearly guessed it right! The color on Feng Yanying's face faded in an instant, "You...you...could it be that...Prince Xun...wanted to usurp the throne?"

　　哐婷! Dong Jialin and Feng Yanying were both startled by the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground. After looking at each other, Dong Jialin's eyes sharpened. She pushed open the door and heard the bead curtain rustle. She walked around the gauze cabinet and looked at the big bed. Where was Yao Yao? Xin's shadow?

Feng Yanying was dumbfounded, "Okay...she seems to be my aunt..."

What does it look like? Simply! Dong Jialin's eyes flashed and she said sternly: "Hurry up and catch her! We can't let her run back to tell the truth to Old Mrs. Yao and Mrs. Yao. They will definitely beat her cousin-in-law to death!" No, they will definitely take away Yao Qinglin's control. The economic power of the Yao family. She doesn't have enough backstage to begin with. If she loses Yao Qinglin's good card again, she will really have no value in Xun Feng's eyes. She has been humble for so many years, does she want her children to live in humility because of their inferior status? Absolutely not! Yao Xin would never ask the Yao family to betray the emperor and the queen mother for Xun Feng. If she stepped forward and won the economic power of the Yao family for Xun Feng, she would have much more credit than Yao Xin. Actually, Xun Feng needs this money? No, Xun Feng is the best at business. He makes more money than the national treasury. How could he be greedy for the Yao family's windfall? What she really wants Xun Feng to see is her determination and ability!

Feng Yanying hesitated and said: "No, I...I haven't told your cousin-in-law yet. Your cousin-in-law didn't know about it. How could the old lady and the old lady beat him to death?"

Dong Jialin's face darkened, "Cousin! What is your relationship with me? How did I enter the Yao family? Have you forgotten all this? Now that I have said this, do you think you have picked it up? It is no longer the case The question of whether you and your cousin-in-law should do it or not is a question of whether the Yao family believes it or not! Don't doubt the old lady's loyalty to the empress Sang Yue. For her and her descendants, the old lady will definitely kill her!"

Recalling the old story her husband mentioned, saying that Mrs. Yao had always been in love with the empress Sang Yue, Feng Yanying suddenly felt that Dong Jialin's reminder was reasonable. She gritted her teeth, picked up her skirt and hurriedly chased her out.

Dong Jialin followed closely, clutching her belly. In terms of age in months, she was one month pregnant earlier than Yao Xin. As expected, she would give birth to Xun Feng's eldest son or daughter. Except for the legitimate son, the eldest son would be the most respected... I don't know what I thought of it. What? Dong Jialin's pupils shrank and she stepped up her steps, but because she was too eager, she sprained her foot and hit the hard Eight Immortals table.

“Ah—” She felt a cramp in her stomach, and she slowly fell to the ground, “Help...Help...”

 Dong dong dong! Someone knocked on the door.

 “I’m in so much pain, please call the doctor! Woohoo…”

“There are no imperial doctors coming to the banquet today.”

 “Doctor! Then go and ask for the doctor!”

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The third princess was lying on the bedside, her pretty little face wrinkled into a ball. Guo Yan was so disgusting that he actually left her to have a drink alone! Didn't he know she was in pain? Can't he even stay with her? She didn't fake her pregnancy on purpose! She...she wants to be a mother, even if she wants to lie to herself? Thinking about it, tears fell from my eyes.

Seeing that the princess was lovesick again, Bronze sighed slightly: "Okay, I'll go and invite the Prince Consort. I'll tell the Prince Consort, your wounds are red and swollen, your body is cramped, and you can't breathe!"

The third princess snorted. Shortly after Bronze left, there was a knock on the door outside the house. Guo Yan really cares about her, hey, he came so fast! The third princess lifted the quilt and forgot about the pain in her butt, back and wrists. She put on her shoes randomly and walked to the door and opened it. Huh? no one? She stepped out of the threshold and looked to the right, but she didn't see Guo Yan. She looked to the left again, but before she could turn her face, she felt a pain in the back of her neck, then lost consciousness and fell to the ground.

Shui Lingxi threw away the wooden stick in her hand and called to the two powerful mothers beside her: "Bring the box quickly!" The two mothers followed the instructions and moved a large dark red wooden box from the next room to carry the fainted third princess. He carried it into the box, closed it and locked it, and continued to wait for Shui Lingxi's order.

Shui Lingxi wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief, and a sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth. Do you really think she has nothing to do with Guo Rong after eating? She thought of countless complicated ways, but she didn't expect that idiot Guo Rong to take the initiative to provoke her. If she didn't seize such a perfect opportunity, she would definitely be punished by God. Touching the smooth box, she smiled mysteriously, "Take the side door!"

 The two mothers tied the box with ropes, carried it on their shoulders with poles, and followed Shuiling River to the side door. After they disappeared into the night, Si Xishi released his hand covering his mouth and ran towards the Huibing Pavilion. But before he took two steps, there was a loud noise from a certain wing, as if someone kicked down a stool or lifted a door. Turned over the table. Si Xi had just eavesdropped on the wall of Shuiling River and felt so guilty that even a mosquito buzzed her. Therefore, she walked back almost instinctively, entered the third princess's room and gently He closed the door lightly.

Si Xi listened quietly to the movement outside. The sound of small footsteps and heavy breathing passed by the door. She grabbed the skirt of her clothes and did not dare to breathe.

Until those sounds gradually faded away, Si Xi carefully opened the door a crack, took a look, and found nothing unusual. Then he straightened up and stepped out of the threshold. A ray of breeze blew across her face, blowing a ray of white light. She took a closer look and saw that it was a woman's silk handkerchief. She bowed and picked up the silk handkerchief of fine quality in her hand, and suddenly she heard a woman whimpering that seemed far away, yet still near, as if she was still there, "Help...Help..." It was as spooky and creepy as a female ghost. Si Xi shivered and ignored the call for help, because no one's life was as important as the third princess.

She ran non-stop towards Huibin Pavilion. Huibin Pavilion was as dark as ink, with only the light of swords and shadows remaining. She finally got close to Shui Lingyue, and her heart almost jumped out of her throat. She simply reported the process of Shui Lingxi knocking out the third princess and kidnapping her, but did not mention any other abnormalities. Shui Lingyue nodded, moved extremely carefully, pushing away the body that fell on her from time to time, and walked towards Shui Linglong.

Shui Linglong had just persuaded Guo Yan to protect other officials when she saw Shui Lingyue suddenly groping towards her. Shui Linglong was startled, "It's so dangerous now and you're running around so fiercely. Aren't you afraid of being chopped into pieces?"

"Come with me, it's urgent!" Shui Lingyue pulled Shui Linglong and slipped out of the chaotic hall. An assassin noticed their movements with keen eyes and could not leave. This was the basic condition for saving his life. The assassin weighed his hands. With the sword in his hand, he used enough internal force to shoot at the two of them, but suddenly his body stiffened, he vomited blood and fell down.

Xun Feng withdrew his hand calmly and continued to negotiate terms with the kidnapped Yun Li, "I just said so much, what do you think about it? Should you watch me kill all the civil and military officials of the dynasty one by one, or should you take the initiative to meditate on me? …”

Shui Linglong vaguely felt something, and turned around to take a look, but Shui Lingyue pulled her away quickly. As she walked, Shui Lingyue said worriedly: "The third princess was knocked unconscious by Shui Lingxi and put into a box. Look at the direction. We went to the side door, let’s rescue the third princess before they leave the house!”

Walking a little faster, Shui Linglong felt sick to her stomach. She stopped and vomited violently. After vomiting, she wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and gasped, "Why should I believe you? Maybe you are partnering with Shui Lingxi." A situation has been set up, waiting for me to jump in! Are there too many irreconcilable things between you and me? "

Shui Lingyue patted her forehead, "Okay, if you force me to say it, I'll just say it. To be honest, the palace is too lonely and cold. In the past, the Twelve Princes were here, and the days were easy to pass. Since the Supreme Emperor I took the twelfth prince to the Queen Mother's palace and spent every day like a year. Others scolded Shui Lingxi for being so shameless, but I envied her. At least she was free! This time I asked the emperor for grace and said I would come to visit you. The Emperor is right. I know that the Emperor cares about you very much. If you speak up for me, the Emperor will definitely let me out of the palace, even if...even if I am expelled from the imperial city like my aunt, I will not hesitate!"

Shui Linglong stared at her and asked for a moment: "Which door did you just say they went to?"

"The side door is here!" The mothers carrying the boxes stopped, and one of them said, "Second Miss, you also need to get the right cards for the side door. If you don't have the right cards, it's hard to take things out."

Of course she got the right cards, Shui Lingqing was the easiest to fool. Shui Lingxi took out the pair of cards from her purse and stepped forward to hand them to the concierge. At this time, Yao Xin came up behind her with a hurried expression.

"Miss Shui!" Yao Xin held back her endless fear and called her with a smile as usual.

Shui Lingxi's hand shook and she almost dropped the pair of cards to the ground. She turned around slowly and forced herself to smile warmly, "Oh, it's Mrs. Xun. Why are you here if you're not going to attend the banquet?" The voice was almost squeezed out from between her teeth. At such a critical time, if she was exposed, she would not be able to live with it.

Actually, Yao Xin had no time to expose her. He just happened to meet her and pretended to be calm and said hello.

Yao Xin smiled and said, "Oh, I felt a little uncomfortable, so I went back home first. The front door was too far and I couldn't walk that far, so I asked Jin Jue to park the carriage at the side door." As he said that, he touched his stomach. , told Shui Lingxi that she was pregnant. Strange thoughts suddenly flashed through her mind. Why did Shui Lingxi come to the side door? Look at Shui Lingxi and the servant girl, they seem to be moving something out of the house!

Shui Lingxi's beautiful eyes flashed with great panic, but she used Yao Xin's words to smooth her situation, "Oh, I told Fifth Sister last time that Jiangnan silk and satin are better than those in the capital. Fifth Brother's husband is from Jiangnan, and the government There are a lot of Jiangnan silks in there, and Fifth Sister gave me some. The front door is indeed too far away, so why don’t I think of it with you and go to the side door?” He raised the card in his hand and signaled. I had the permission of my mistress.

Originally, the side door was closer to the side room, which was true, but when two people who had both lied carefully savored each other's words, they felt as if they were looking in a mirror and felt that the other party was also lying. The two couldn't help but look at each other at the same time, and couldn't help but look away at the same time.

Yao Xin said with a smile: "In that case, let's all go!" No matter what Shui Lingxi wants to carry from the Minister's Mansion, even gold, silver and jewelry have nothing to do with her, right?

From Shui Lingxi's point of view, no matter what evil deeds Yao Xin did, even if she killed someone and set a fire, she, Shui Lingxi, had no reason to interfere. She didn't even bother to look at the bad things in the Minister's Mansion! The two of them just walked in tandem, each with their own thoughts but pretending to be calm, and walked out of the side door.

“Are you sure it’s the side door?” Shui Linglong asked suspiciously.

Shui Lingyue nodded, "Sure! There is only one way to the side, and Si Xi said that's where they went."

Shui Linglong breathed a sigh of relief, "I have arranged for someone to go to the side door. If Shui Lingxi leaves the house early, someone will follow her. Nothing will happen to the third princess, don't worry."

Shui Lingxi's kidnapping of the third princess must have been under the instruction of Xun Feng. Although this woman hated Xun Feng to the core, she was even more afraid of Xun Feng to her core. How could she not respond when Xun Feng forced her to do something? Xun Feng had no other motive in arresting the third princess except to coerce the Queen Mother and the Guo family. Therefore, the third princess's life was not in danger, but once Shui Lingxi got on the carriage, she would be immediately controlled by Cen'er.

Now, she is even more worried about the battle situation in Huibinge. The scenes that the monk showed her will probably be played out one by one. If she really couldn't stop Xun Feng from proclaiming the emperor, she would have no choice but to leave with her relatives. She was an orphan of the Mobei royal family, with the blood of the Dong family flowing in her body. The Zhou Dynasty could not tolerate her, so she, Zhuge Yu and Guo Yan conquered Mobei together. the world. With the constraints of Mobei and Kashgar Qing, Xun Feng would have to work hard for at least several years to accept her as his concubine, and before that, she might be able to find a way to change her destiny and break the cycle of reincarnation.

Shui Linglong pulled Shui Lingyue and walked quickly towards Huibing Pavilion. Feng Yanying hid behind the rockery and didn't even have the strength to stand up. Fortunately, she ran fast and hid in the rockery cave in advance. If she was pressed by Shui Linglong, she would be really worried that she would reveal her mistakes accidentally. With the current delay, Yao Xin is afraid that he has gone too far. Feng Yanying thought for a while and quickly ran back to the wing. As soon as she entered the wing, she smelled a strong smell of blood, and then she saw Dong Jialin lying on the ground, dying.

She strode to Dong Jialin and hugged her, "Lin'er, what's wrong with you? Why are you bleeding... a lot of blood? I... I'll call the doctor! You hold on, you must hold on!" "With that said, she was about to put Dong Jialin down and go ask the doctor. Unexpectedly, as soon as she stood up, Dong Jialin grabbed her skirt and said, "Cousin...sister..."

 (End of this chapter)