First Concubine

Chapter 56: Competing for calculations (2)

 I endure, I endure, I endure, I endure! When I become the Crown Princess and one or two of you come to fawn over me again, see if I still ignore you!

Mrs. Yao and Mrs. Yao chatted for a while, and the maid outside the door reported that the prince was here.

 Every person in the room adjusted their expressions. The prince is the crown prince and the future emperor. No one should be careless or casual about his appearance.

Yunli was wearing a sapphire blue brocade suit. He was noble and gorgeous, as gentle as jade, and his deep pupils seemed to have gathered all the brilliance in the world. He was looking forward to the sky and the waves were shining. No matter when and where he behaved, he was elegant. The smiles on his face were all warm, but when he opened the curtain and came in and saw a room full of warblers and swallows, the smile on his face froze. Then, he found the silent Shui Linglong, and his eyes flashed for a moment. Clear, like the light reflected by ice in winter, clean and bright! Soon he looked at Mrs. Yao and the old lady again, and greeted politely: "Grandma, old lady."

 Everyone, including Mrs. Yao, stood up and saluted him: "Greetings to His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"There is no need to be polite." After saying this, everyone stood up straight, and Yun Li said again, "I didn't know there were so many women in the house, so I was rude. There is already a singing hall outside, I will go and take a look first."

 Has no intention of staying at all!

Li Caier lowered her head and held the handkerchief tightly!

Yao Xin drank the tea in her hand, her face turning slightly red.

Yun Li was keenly aware of the strange behavior of the women. He, who had always been good-tempered, suddenly frowned and stopped looking at Shui Linglong: "Goodbye!"

"Prince!" Mrs. Yao wanted to persuade her to stay, but Yunli had already left.

The old lady's lips curled up, and there was a smile in her eyes.

Shui Lingxi suddenly remembered Shui Linglong's words, "I thought they were here for a blind date," and cast an inquiring gaze on Li Caier and Yao Xin.

Shui Linglong approached Shui Lingxi and whispered: "Second sister, does His Highness the Crown Prince plan to marry a concubine into the palace on the wedding day?"

“Nonsense!” Shui Lingxi stood up excitedly, and everyone looked at her with a “swish”! She took a breath, and then realized that she had lost her composure. She hurriedly straightened her hair beside her ears, and forced out a noble and elegant smile, "Oh, I remembered something I wanted to say to His Royal Highness, excuse me. one time."

Shui Lingxi suppressed her emotions that were on the verge of losing control and chased out. She stopped Yunli at the Chuihua Gate: "Your Highness! Your Highness, please wait!"

Yun Li stopped walking and turned around slowly. A ray of spring sunshine outlined his handsome and jade-like face, and even if he didn't smile, he would be confused: "What's wrong?"

Shui Lingxi panted slightly and said, "Your Highness! You... do you want to accept a concubine?"

Yunli looked at her, his eyes a little complicated: "It's all arranged by my mother."

 Haven’t admitted it…nor denied it!

Shui Lingxi's heart was shocked: "Your Highness! Lingxi is deeply in love with you, how can you prepare to have a concubine before you marry Lingxi? Your Highness, tell Lingxi that this is not true!"

Yunli's smile became a little colder: "The wedding date remains unchanged."

"Your Highness! Do you want to marry another woman on the same day as me? Your Highness, how can you put me in such a difficult position?" Concubine? No! Absolutely not! Who is the wife and concubine together? Doesn’t this make people laugh out loud? Her status is not as good as that of the daughters of those aristocratic families. If they marry on the same day and they give birth to an heir before her, who will be the queen in the future?

"Actually, the Queen Mother only mentioned it, this matter has not been confirmed yet..." Before Yun Li finished speaking, Shui Lingxi's body suddenly tilted up and fell to the ground!

Immediately afterwards, her limbs began to stiffen, her whole body twitched, her face turned purple, her pupils were blurred, and white foam flowed out of the corner of her mouth...

A strange smell filled the yard filled with the fragrance of flowers. Yunli took a closer look and saw that the skirt of Shui Lingxi was... wet!

Yun Li was confused. What on earth is going on?

Shui Lingxi opened her mouth, as if she wanted to bite something!

Yunli was afraid that she would bite her tongue and kill herself, so he stretched out his arm and stuffed it into her mouth.

Shui Lingxi bit it unconsciously, and blood came out. Yunli felt pain and frowned!

The movement outside disturbed the female family members in the house. They immediately walked out and saw Shui Lingxi twitching all over, biting the prince and bleeding. Everyone was so scared that they stayed in place!

 The old lady rolled her eyes and fainted!

Mrs. Yao screamed loudly: "My Li'er! Quick! Pull her away quickly! How can she bite my Li'er?"

Shui Linglong was obviously shocked! In her impression, Shui Lingxi had never committed a similar problem. Could it be...that this was the sequelae left after Shui Lingxi's head injury? So embarrassed, this is really... so exciting!

Several rough servants were going to pull Shui Lingxi away, but Shui Linglong ran to them and said, "Don't touch her! Her Majesty will be hurt!"

 A few people were actually shocked by Shui Linglong’s order!

Shui Linglong held Yunli's arm and gently patted some parts of Shui Lingxi's body with her other hand. Yun Li looked at her intently, the two of them were so close, he could smell the faint fragrance of lily of the valley on her body, and the wind lifted her silky hair, floating gently on his lips. He suddenly couldn't feel the pain anymore. What if her hand kept holding his and it was broken?

The third princess was stunned. Linglong...does she know medical skills?

 A few minutes later, Shui Lingxi's mouth and body relaxed, and she fell into coma.

 “Bring the wine!”

Shui Linglong gave an order, and the third princess ran to the inner room and took out a bottle of wine. Shui Linglong picked up Yunli's sleeve and poured the wine on his wound: "If you don't disinfect it in time, it will easily become infected. I'm sorry!"

 The wine dripped into the flesh, causing burning pain, but Yunli smiled gracefully and calmly: "How...how do you understand this?"

“Oh, I often treat the wounds of cats and dogs in Zhuangzi, and they will heal over time.” Shui Linglong made a random excuse and covered Yunli’s wounds with a handkerchief. Yunli was dumbfounded by her words, cats and dogs...

　　At this time, the doctor came in a hurry.

The doctor wanted to give Yun Li a new look at the wound first. Yun Li's pupils shrank and he avoided the doctor's hand that was about to pull the square handkerchief: "Let Miss Shui take a look first."

The doctor checked Shui Lingxi's pulse and breathed a sigh of relief: "The rescue was very timely. There is no need to worry about life for the time being. Please carry Second Miss Shui into the room to rest! Remember, don't let Second Miss Shui be irritated, otherwise she will be easily Disease."

Old Mrs. Yao ordered the servants to carry the unconscious old lady and Shui Lingxi into the side room to rest. Shui Lingqing also followed. Old Mrs. Yao held Old Yunli in her arms and burst into tears: "Scare me to death for this lonely old lady. "

Yunli patted Mrs. Yao on the back and comforted her softly: "Thanks to Miss Shui, I was not seriously injured."

Mrs. Yao wiped away her tears and looked at Shui Linglong gratefully: "Linglong, if you don't mind me calling you by your given name, I would really like to thank you today!"

Shui Linglong said sincerely: "It's an honor for me that the old lady is willing to call me by my name. Why should I dislike it? I also want to apologize to the old lady and His Highness the Crown Prince for my second sister. My second sister didn't have this before. What's wrong, she just lost consciousness. It was not her intention to hurt His Highness. Please, the old lady and Your Highness, don't blame my second sister."

　　When mentioning Shui Lingxi, Mrs. Yao's eyes flashed with a strong displeasure. She was reluctant to beat her grandson, but today, she was bitten to pieces by Shui Lingxi! She felt so distressed! Forgive her? She wanted to slap her to death!

Yun Li leaned forward, pressed his forehead against Mrs. Yao's, and said softly: "Grandma, I'm fine, really."

Shui Linglong raised her eyebrows, Yunli, are you acting coquettishly?

Mrs. Yao was made to burst into tears by this intimate gesture: "Okay, okay! For your sake and Linglong's sake, I forgive her!"

At this time, a maid wearing a green gown came in and whispered a few words in Zhuge Xi's ear. Zhuge Xi suddenly changed his color and looked at Shui Linglong beside him. Shui Linglong turned her head and bumped into Zhuge Xi. Shui Linglong's eyebrows twitched in her horrified eyes. Could it be that something related to her happened? Or... something related to Shangshu Mansion?

Zhuge Xi's eyelashes blinked rapidly. After a moment, he took a deep breath and smiled at Mrs. Yao: "Grandma, Linglong was ill a few days ago and is not in good health. She should be tired after working for a long time. Now, I’ll take her to my room to rest.”

Mrs. Yao smiled kindly: "It's a good time to entertain Linglong. If you have had enough rest, you can go and see the hall. Whatever show you want to listen to, just be yourself. Don't be restrained. Treat this place as your home. You will come here often in the future." "The next few sentences were said to Shui Linglong.

Shui Linglong knelt down and said calmly and politely: "Thank you, old lady. Linglong is naughty and I hope I don't cause any trouble to you and the eldest mistress!"

Old Taijun Yao smiled even more. The daughters of the Shui family, Shui Lingxi was beautiful, Shui Ling's language was gentle and quiet, Shui Ling was innocent and cute, but they all lacked a demeanor worthy of a mistress. On the contrary, this The concubine who grew up in Zhuangzi seems to be ordinary, but she has her own nobility. Even the three princesses who are the direct descendants are a little less heavy than her. This kind of weight should be accumulated over time. But where can a sixteen-year-old girl get the accumulation of time? It's a pity, it's a pity, this girl already has a wife, if not, it would be best to **** her over and become her granddaughter-in-law! Mrs. Yao said kindly: "Your eldest sister should entertain you!"

In the east wing of Zhuge Xi's courtyard, Shui Lingyu was lying on the bed with a pale face, and Lu'er was beside her. The maid of the Yao Mansion immediately asked the doctor from the mansion to diagnose her pulse. After the diagnosis, the problem came out!

 Three months pregnant!

Zhuge Xi screened away the servants and looked at Shui Linglong, with a trace of inquiry in his eyes. Don't blame her for being careless. This is the case in every household. If one has a bad reputation, the style of several others will also be questioned. She Touching his eyebrows, Yun Danfeng said softly: "I will keep secret about your sister, but you yourself..."

Shui Linglong understood what Zhuge Xi meant: "I know how to behave and will not do anything to disgrace Zhuge Yu."

"That's good." Zhuge Xi smiled faintly, with unknown bitterness flashing in his eyes, but she didn't say anything, and it was hard for Shui Linglong to ask questions. The two sat quietly like this for a quarter of an hour, and Zhuge Xi said again, "I You have to go greet the guests. You can take a rest here. If necessary, just ask the maid at the door. "

Shui Linglong stood up and saw her off: "Thank you... Madam!"

Shouldn’t the little girl change her words? Don’t know how to praise! snort!

After Zhuge Xi left angrily, Shui Linglong sat quietly in the room. The old lady and Shui Lingxi rested in the side room for guests to rest. They were far away from Zhuge Xi's yard. I wonder how Qing'er is doing now. Is there any serious illness? Fear?

After hesitating for a moment, Shui Linglong said to Lu'er: "I'll go see grandma first. If the third lady wakes up, please send someone to call me."

Lu'er knelt down and said, "Yes!"

In the side room, Mrs. Yao and Mrs. Li were making tea. The maid came into the room to report the movement outside. The two of them shook their hands and looked at each other in disbelief. Originally, they heard news from the palace that Shui Lingxi might have suffered sequelae from a severe head injury, and the Queen had considered marrying the Crown Prince as a concubine. They didn't dare to believe it completely, but now it was completely confirmed. Judge Zhang’s speculation.

Mrs. Yao doesn’t feel much about it. Anyway, Mrs. Yao likes to toss, so let her do it! My daughter can marry anyone, as long as she is happy.

Mrs. Li was excited. She had just brought Li Cai'er here with the attitude of giving it a try. She never thought that Shui Lingxi was indeed sick! Mrs. Li turned her eyes and said with a smile: "Minmin, how many days will the third princess stay in the mansion?"

Mrs. Yao continued to make tea: "I don't know. She wants to stay for a few more days. I don't know how the old lady and the queen will arrange it."

Mrs. Li said with a smile on her face, "Caier and I will also stay with you for a few days!"

Mrs. Yao frowned slightly: "Sister-in-law, aren't you making things difficult for me?"

Mrs. Li disapproved and said: "Why are you in trouble? I am your sister-in-law, and Cai'er is your niece. How many days can't I live with you? Your second daughter-in-law, a pair of cousins ​​in distress, has lived in the house for how many days? In the past year, I haven’t heard that your Yao family doesn’t welcome them. Cai’er and I are members of the Duke’s family, so why don’t we have more dignity than them?”

“Ss—” Mrs. Yao took a breath. The eldest sister was right. This eldest sister-in-law is really a bit selfish! No wonder the eldest sister doesn’t have much contact with her mother’s family after marrying into the Dingyuan Hou Mansion. With such a sister-in-law, it’s impossible for anyone to even get close to her! Mrs. Yao suppressed her anger and said earnestly, "Sister-in-law, Yan Ying's parents are in trouble, and a pair of children almost died because of a bad person. The Yao family cannot ignore death! I might as well open the skylight to you and speak frankly, you like the prince. That's delicious, so why not my mother-in-law? I'm afraid your thoughts can't be hidden from my mother-in-law's vicious eyes. You are here today in the name of celebrating the third princess's birthday, so my mother-in-law will treat you well. , but if I let you live with Cai'er, wouldn't it be clear that I agree with you and Xin'er competing for the position of concubine in the Crown Prince's Palace? "What do you think of me, mother-in-law?"

Mrs. Li could not deny that what Li Min said was true. She was just not willing to waste such a great opportunity: "Your mother-in-law is still interfering in the affairs of the house even at her old age! Don't be too tired to panic! According to me, you are too old." I’m afraid of your mother-in-law!”

Mrs. Yao glared at her fiercely: "Sister-in-law, don't say such things again! It is only natural to honor your parents-in-law. If I don't set an example for the younger generations, what will they do to me when I get old?"

Mrs. Li waved her hand: "Okay, okay, I can't help you, so why don't you just give me a word and let me stay?"

Mrs. Yao blinked: "I have to ask my mother-in-law about this first. Besides, even if the third princess lives here, the prince won't. The prince is busy with official duties and has no time to wander around the house!"

After saying that, Mrs. Yao walked out of the side room with the cooked tea. Yes, she hopes that the younger generations will treat her in the future, so she will treat Mrs. Yao now!

Mrs. Li was so angry that she was half dead. As expected of a sister, she and Li Xianer had the same virtues! Stubborn!

The afternoon sun shone lazily on the bracketed eaves, green grass, and flowers hanging on the branches, giving a hint of laziness. Shui Linglong covered her face with a handkerchief and yawned. In such weather, she really wanted to sleep. ah!

"Is this Miss Shui?" A maid in green blocked Shui Linglong's path, smiling and very friendly.

Shui Linglong put down the veil, slowly opened her lips, like a mountain flower blooming lightly, and said quietly and gracefully, "I am."

The maid smiled solemnly and said: "The Second Young Mistress heard that a noble person came to the house, and wanted to go and visit, but she was not available, so she ordered the servant to greet the eldest lady, and asked the eldest lady to follow the servant to sit in the Second Young Mistress' yard. Come on! My name is Xiaoqing.”

 Second Young Mistress? Shui Linglong didn't have much dealings with the Yao family in her previous life, so she didn't have much impression of the second young lady of the Yao family, and she didn't know if Zhuge Xi got along well with her. Didn't she slap Zhuge Xi in the face when she got close to the Second Young Mistress?

Xiao Qing seemed to have noticed Shui Linglong's doubts, and said with a smile like a flower: "The eldest mistress usually takes good care of the second mistress, and I don't mind that she is a merchant's daughter. Today, the eldest mistress is busy, so it is right for the second mistress to take care of her family on her behalf. "

Speaking of this matter, Shui Linglong had no reason not to go: "It's up to the guest to do as he pleases. If the second young lady doesn't mind my intrusion, I will naturally be very happy to visit the second young lady."

Xiaoqing felt blessed: "Miss Shui, please!"

Along the way, Xiao Qing briefly introduced the background of the second mistress to Shui Linglong. The second mistress’s name was Feng Yanying. She came from the south of the Yangtze River. Her father was a supplier to the Yao family tea house. Yao Pei once visited Jiangnan to select high-quality tea and fell in love with Feng Yanying at first sight. After he returned to Beijing, he told Mrs. Yao and Mrs. Yao about this matter. Yao Fei was the second son and did not need to inherit the position of head of the family. It did not matter who he married, so the Yao family approved the marriage.

Shui Linglong sighed secretly. The Yao family's family tradition was quite unusual. If it were any other famous family, even a concubine would not necessarily marry a businesswoman.

 (End of this chapter)