First Concubine

Chapter 39 The Trap in the Deep Palace (3)

Qin Che and the Yan family were discussing the marriage between their second son and Shui Lingyu. Qin Zhixiao stood aside, not daring to express his anger. Qin Che had four sons in total, and the rest were all extremely handsome, good at literature and martial arts, but he was the only one. A serious illness in his early years left him in a half-dead state now. Fortunately, there is no direct descendant in the house, and no one is more noble than the other. In addition, the Qian family is very good at mediating, so they get along well with each other.

Qin Che glared at his son with hatred. If it wasn't for his weak body, he would have really wanted to beat him up! The Cao family is a second wife. Although he is a direct descendant, his father prefers the eldest brother from his first wife. This has always been a thorn in his heart! After the eldest brother got married, he lived alone in the branch office. My father was sad about this for a long time. He went to fulfill his filial piety several times, but he was either scolded for not being motivated enough or for being greedy for pleasure. The eldest brother was the deputy commander of the heroic cavalry, and he was the minister of household affairs. As a fourth-rank official, why does his father always feel that he is inferior to his eldest brother? Now that his son had such a scandal again, his father became even more angry, thinking that he had failed to teach his son well and had lost the face of the Prime Minister's Palace. Haha, he thought it was funny! Who was the old man who forced Shui Hangge to abandon his pregnant wife and marry Qin Fangyi instead? The shame is actually **** genetic!

Mrs. Yan looked at her furious husband, then at her silent son, and sighed slowly: "You two, father and son, don't be so glaring, and hurry up and settle this marriage. Whether you marry or marry, you have to give." An explanation from Shangshufu."

Qin Zhixiao's lips trembled a few times, and he bravely said: "My son won't marry her! My son was framed!"

Qin Che's face darkened: "Framed? Why do you think you are running to the Prime Minister's Mansion all day long? If you didn't run over, how could someone break into the Prime Minister's Mansion and frame you? It's your own fault!"

Ms. Qian reached out her bare hand, caressed Qin Che's back, and comforted her softly: "My lord, if you have anything to say, please speak it carefully and don't scare the child."

"Humph!" Qin Che snorted coldly and turned his face away from Qin Zhixiao. That day Shui Linglong sent Qin Zhixiao back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. He felt that Qin Zhixiao's sleep was strange, so he asked a doctor to diagnose Qin Zhixiao's pulse. He was surprised to find that Qin Zhixiao had a small amount of sweat medicine in his body. He asked the doctor if this was It means that Qin Zhixiao will not get hard. If this is the case, it becomes a lie that Shui Lingyu and Qin Zhixiao had sex. Unexpectedly, the doctor said that the weight was light and the consciousness was blurred for half an hour, but in other aspects is normal.

Qin Zhixiao said solemnly: "Father! I remember that the maid named Liu Lu squatted down for a long time while getting the wine. She must have given me the medicine! She also deliberately looked panicked before leaving. My curiosity aroused, I chased her around and around, and seemed to have entered a courtyard. I... had no idea what happened behind her!"

“Liu Lu?” Yanshi muttered.

“She is Shui Linglong’s maid! Shui Linglong conspired with Shui Lingyu to frame me, father!”

"You don't know, right? The day after your accident, Liu Lu became Shui Minyu's maid! Who was Liu Lu's instigation for? It's hard to say!"

 Qin Zhixiao’s heart was shocked! Could it be that his cousin wanted to harm him? That day... it was indeed his cousin who asked Liu Lu to get some foreign wine and winked at Liu Lu - no wonder he kept urging his cousin to beware of Liu Lu, but his cousin was always indifferent. It turned out that Liu Lu was actually his cousin's man!

"Zhixiao, have you offended Minyu?" Qian looked at Qin Zhixiao, who was deep in thought, and said doubtfully, "Minyu is a child who is very careful and will retaliate. No one who offends him will get any good results."

  Offend your cousin? Could it be that his cousin saw his feelings for him and found him annoying, so he tied him to Shui Lingyu to prevent him from always hindering his good deeds with Changfeng and Changan? Once this kind of speculation passed through his mind, it was difficult to eliminate it. A layer of aversion ran through Qin Zhixiao's heart. Chang Feng and Chang An were dead. Finding out the truth about that day was even harder than climbing to heaven. Even her aunt would not reveal it. Half a word came out, but in his heart, he was already leaning toward Shui Minyu as the mastermind behind the scenes.

Qin Che sighed: "Forget it, what's the point of arguing about this? Shui Lingyu is going to pass anyway."

“In my opinion, should I marry her in or take her as a concubine?”

Shui Hangge has been going against him again and again in the court recently. He must have found out about Changfeng, Changan and Shui Minyu, and has a grudge against him. His sister is not having a good time in Shangshu Mansion now. If they only give Shui Lingyu a Doesn't the status of concubine make the delicate relationship between the two families even worse? Furthermore, the Shui family is about to give birth to a crown princess, a heir apparent, and their sister will be a concubine for a concubine. Everyone will look bad when they tell it!

Thinking of this, Qin Zhixiao slapped his palm on the table: "I will hire Shui family and marry Shui Lingyu as my wife."

 …

"Hey! Zhuge Yu! Are you out of your mind? Why are you pulling at me in broad daylight?" After Shui Linglong was dragged into the carriage of Zhenbei Palace, she picked up a pillow and threw it at Zhuge Yu, " asshole!"

Zhuge Yu caught the pillow and said angrily: "Look at you, when you ask me for something, you pretend to be clever, but after taking advantage of it, you immediately turn your back and deny the person! If I had known better, I wouldn't have helped you scare Shui Lingyue!"

Shui Linglong's eyes flashed with an unnatural look, and she pretended to be calm and said: "How can I have it?"

Zhuge Yu shouted sharply: "Anping!"

Anping opened the curtain, smiled flatteringly, and imitated Shui Linglong's tone and demeanor, "Zhuge Yu, Crown Prince, Crown Prince, you are so powerful, and I admire you so much! Xiaoyou, sir, you are so powerful, can you help me with this?" What's the matter?"

 After the performance, Zhuge Yu gave Anping an approving look, and Anping happily lowered the curtain and continued driving.

Zhuge Yu crossed his arms on his chest and looked at Shui Linglong with a half-smile.

Shui Linglong glanced at him and adopted a cold treatment strategy!

Zhuge Yu shook his head, how could he think of a little girl with such a bad temper? I couldn't sleep all night thinking about it! As soon as he closed his eyes, he saw her watery eyes and red lips. He was really confused.

Shui Linglong moved to the side, trying to keep a distance from Zhuge Yu. To be honest, she was still not used to getting too close to others.

Zhuge Yu frowned: "Is I a poisonous snake and beast? Is it necessary to hide from me?"

Shui Linglong’s pupils moved, and she suddenly smiled: “Of course you are not a poisonous snake or beast.”

 Zhuge Yu was in a good mood.

Shui Linglong said again: "You are a beast!"

 A basin of cold water was poured down, and Zhuge Yu was so angry that he took a breath: "You..." Forget it! She was only cute in this way, she was straightforward and did not support or fawn over him as a prince. He opened the drawer, took out a thick stack of land deeds and house deeds, and handed them to Shui Linglong: "Here!"

Shui Linglong lowered her head and looked: "What?"

 Zhuge Yu cleared his throat, looked at the broken jade bead curtain, and said casually: "The property is in my name."

Shui Linglong squinted at him: "What are you showing me?"

Zhuge Yu's obsidian-like eyes flashed with joy: "I'm not showing it to you, I'm giving it to you!"

 “Why do you want to give it to me?”

 “Put it into your dowry.”

"Why?"

"No reason." Don't think he doesn't know. Women love to compete with each other. Zhuge Xi married Yao Cheng at the same time that the eldest princess was marrying the Marquis of Qingping. The Marquis of Qingping gave him a dowry gift of 260 loads, so Zhuge Xi let him go. Yao Cheng sent 320 dans, and the eldest princess returned 240 dans as dowry, plus 20 dans from shops and 20 dans from Zhuangzi. Zhuge Xi returned 300 dans in one go, as well as 40 shops and 20 dans from the Kashgar Qing clan. A county fiefdom has always been unable to compare with the eldest princess. Even now, the eldest princess still blows her beard and glares when she sees Zhuge Xi.

 He looked at Shui Linglong proudly, how about it? Impressed? Are you happy? Are you going to love me to death?

Unexpectedly, Shui Linglong stuffed the land deed and house deed back into the drawer: "I don't want them."

 “Huh?” Zhuge Yu was stunned!

Shui Linglong took one look at Zhuge Yu's expression and guessed what he was thinking. If it were her previous life, she would probably really compete with Shui Lingxi and the other sisters. She would be happy even if it meant making her look fat, but she would have learned a lesson in blood. Tell her that all those glitz and glamor are just fleeting things, and it’s all in vain no matter how good the face is.

"Why don't you want it? I give it to you sincerely!" He opened his clear and flawless eyes, as stubborn as a child, but in the depths of the obsidian-like shining waves, there was an unknown... undercurrent. When he uses the best thing to please someone and is rejected, he feels... very sad!

Shui Linglong looked at his aggrieved look and raised her eyebrows involuntarily, saying: "It will be the same if you give it to me after we get married."

 So... I'll still want it, just a little later? Zhuge Yu was in a good mood again, and suddenly realized that today there were white clouds and a clear blue sky, which was more enchanting than before.

I have only seen people hiding things that they are unwilling to give. How can anyone feel aggrieved when someone else doesn’t want them? Shui Linglong only thought that Zhuge Yu was born a different person and did not think about the deeper aspects. The carriage swayed and the two of them sat silently. Shui Linglong was bored and played with the purse on her waist. When she opened it, she saw what the painting meant for her. Jade pendant, she recalled the Mobei concubine she had met in the Guo Mansion. She asked tentatively: "By the way, Zhuge Yu, do you have any friends in Mobei in the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion?"

Zhuge Yu thought for a while and said, "I don't know, maybe there is."

Shui Linglong poured a glass of water: "What do you mean maybe?"

Zhuge Yu touched the bridge of his tall nose: "Mobei and Kashgar are also bordered by part of their territory. I went to Mobei with my father when I was very young. That year, the Great Zhou Dynasty had a truce with Mobei and was preparing for peace talks. Well, King Pingnan happens to be stationed there."

"Ahem..." Shui Linglong choked and said in disbelief, "You...you don't know Xun Feng, do you?"

“Hmm.” Zhuge Yu raised his thick eyebrows and said, “How do you know Xun Feng?”

Shui Linglong lowered her eyes: "Last time he and the prince came to Shangshu Mansion, and he gave me a fair word, so I remembered it. Zhuge Yu, please tell me about him."

Shui Linglong came from Zhuangzi, and she had met Xun Feng once during the termite incident. Therefore, Zhuge Yu didn't think Shui Linglong would have anything to do with Xun Feng. He didn't want to say it, but he looked at Shui Linglong's kitten The innocent look in his eyes made his heart soften again, that’s all, it was nothing more than some indifferent old stories: “We had a fight when we were young, we also wore a pair of trousers, and they even stole Princess Mobei’s Night Pearl together, that guy I was in poor health and couldn't run as fast as me. I was caught by Princess Mobei and gave me a severe lesson. I went back to find him and burned down Princess Mobei's camp. Princess Mobei sent pursuers to arrest us. The two of us hid by the river for three days and three nights. At that time, he was not the eldest son of Prince Pingnan, and his mother was just a maid who washed war horses. Prince Pingnan got drunk and stole his mother one night. , King Pingnan did not remember the incident at all afterwards, so his mother was still washing her war horse in the ice and snow while still pregnant. It was not until her mother gave birth to him in the stable one day that King Pingnan knew that he had had such an accident. '. But King Pingnan didn't like this accident, and even suspected that Xun Feng was not his biological son, even though the attendants repeatedly assured that he had blessed her that night. Xun Feng's mother fell ill and died when she was two years old, and no one cared about her anymore. He, he grew up living in a stable and drinking mare's milk. When he was very hungry, he would steal food from the kitchen. He was found beaten several times and almost died, so he instead begged, kowtowed, acted like a clown, and gave me food. The last servant washes and rubs feet... he has done everything. In short, there is nothing he can't do except what you can't think of. "

Shui Linglong’s hands were clenched into fists, how could... be like this? The version she heard and the version circulating on the market are all-Xun Feng was written by the personal maid of Princess Pingnan. He was raised under the princess's knees since he was a child. The princess treated him as her own child, and he was the eldest son and second son successively. After his death, he immediately helped him sit on the throne of the Crown Prince.

 Zhuge Yu is lying? No, Zhuge Yu is the worst person she has ever seen who knows how to lie.

In the past, like those people, she believed that Xun Feng was promoted to the throne by Princess Pingnan. Now, she even began to suspect that the deaths of Xun Ji and Xun Shen were not accidents at all. Such a humble origin and such a humiliating childhood created an iron-blooded emperor who was decisive, cruel and ruthless, and would do anything to achieve his goals.

"After talking so much, I'm thirsty!" Zhuge Yu looked at the absent-minded Shui Linglong and reminded him. Shui Linglong handed him the water he drank by accident. Zhuge Yu was stunned and drank from someone else's cup... uh... him She's not used to it, but if this person is her, it seems... she can accept it! He picked up the tea cup, drank it all in one gulp, and licked the corners of his lips with enjoyment. Shui Linglong looked sideways and realized that he had drank from her cup, and his face gradually became warm. She hurriedly pulled her hair hidden.

Zhuge Yu took in her little demeanor and couldn't help but want to tease her. He came closer to her and said in a bad way: "We just... did it count as a kiss?"

"You..." Shui Linglong was embarrassed.

Zhuge Yu raised the corners of his lips and said, "Oh, you've already hinted at me like this. It seems too unreasonable for me not to do something." After saying that, he pretended to kiss her.

Shui Linglong picked up a pillow and placed it between their cheeks: "If you continue to be so shameless, I will get off!"

Zhuge Yu liked to see her jumping up and down in anger, and couldn't help laughing. After laughing enough, he continued the topic, "The first time I saw him in King Pingnan's camp, I thought he was a kid who sneaked in somewhere. The beggar was clearly six years old, but he looked like he was only three or four years old. He grabbed my feet and said he was hungry. Can I give him a bite of food? Xun Ji walked out from the side and laughed at me for hanging out with the meanest people in Pingnan Palace. I was also a bitch, so I beat Xun Ji and brought Xun Feng back to my camp to teach him martial arts. I also taught him how to practice calligraphy. Although he came from a humble background, he was actually smart and hard-working. Even I had never heard of some of the stories he told. He stayed at my place for a whole month before King Pingnan finally came to visit him. It was that time that King Pingnan recognized Xun Feng's identity. After that, we often communicated, and soon the incident of stealing Princess Mobei's Ye Mingzhu happened." He said as simply as possible that he actually gave it to Xun Feng. How much more does this help? If King Yang Zhenbei hadn't made a big deal out of this matter, maybe King Pingnan would never recognize Xun Feng in his life.

Xun Ji would not appear by chance. Xun Feng should have calculated the time and the temperaments of Xun Ji and Zhuge Yu correctly, and put on a show to gain the opportunity to get close to Zhuge Yu. Shui Linglong recalled that although Xun Feng secretly killed King Zhenbei in his previous life, he never made any determination to eradicate Zhuge Yu. At that time, he only said that keeping Zhuge Yu would be useful in the future, but now Shui Linglong felt that it was not the reason.

After a moment, Zhuge Yu's eyes darkened a little, "It was only for that year. After that, King Pingnan and my father had a quarrel, and we became strangers when we saw each other."

 The carriage drove through bustling streets and quiet alleys, and gradually approached the palace.

Seeing the carriage of Zhenbei Palace go further and further until it disappeared, Xun Feng closed the window in the fragrant wing of the building: "How is it?"

"Shui Linglong and Shui Lingyue both have good looks. Shui Linglong is a person of nine virtues, a noble of the land, and she is smart, capable, and courageous. After a month of constant testing and observation, I have determined that she is a rare talent in the world. . As for Shui Lingyue, she is quick-witted and decisive, but she is a bit young and energetic. "The person who answered was actually Jin Shanggong who had just bid farewell to Shangshu Mansion.

Xun Feng picked up the tea cup and shook it gently. A refreshing fragrance of tea filled the room: "Shui Linglong has a strong temper. You can't have both. Bear's paws are naturally much more precious than fish. What do you think?"

Jin Shanggong's face raised a rare and flattering smile: "The prince is wise."

Xun Feng put down the tea cup, tapped the table with his slender jade-like fingers, and said with a faint smile: "Okay, your merits are complete. I will not break my promise to you. I will perform the last operation on you tomorrow. From now on, you That’s a real woman.”

Jin Shanggong knelt down, tears of gratitude filled his eyes: "My slave, I thank you for your grace!"

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 (End of this chapter)