First Concubine

Chapter 93 Mother and son join forces (2)

Shui Linglong knelt down to salute, but Guo Yan was so frightened that he was the one who should kowtow to Shui Linglong. How could Shui Linglong salute him? Guo Yan hurriedly held her arm: "You really don't have to be polite to me! I'm a rough person and don't pay attention to these false etiquette!"

Shui Linglong took a step back, avoiding contact with him. Although Guo Yan helped her several times and kindly reminded her once, they each had an engagement, so it was better to avoid it: "General Guo, please ask yourself So, I’ll take my leave now.”

"Hey - I haven't finished what I said yet!" Guo Yan jumped anxiously, walked around Shui Linglong in three or two steps and blocked her way. Looking at her pale face, which was probably because of worry, she said seriously , "Don't worry, I will put down the civil strife in Kashgar. Please express my condolences to King Zhenbei."

But he was cursing in his heart, where did that **** Zhuge Yu go at such a critical time? If he were to catch him, he would definitely beat his skin and rip out his muscles! Something unexpected happened to the old one, and the younger one disappeared. He had just met the princess and found out that the princess was careless. Could it be that Shui Linglong, a virgin daughter-in-law, could bear all the pressure?

 It makes me feel sad just thinking about him!

Shui Linglong had guessed that Guo Yan might also be a reborn person, but Guo's eldest son had nothing to do with her in his previous life. Why was he so kind to her in this life? Shui Linglong looked at him warily: "No one in this world would be kind to another person for no reason. General Guo, I am grateful for your help, but I am really scared in my heart. I don't understand your kindness to me." Why! If you are attracted to me, then I'm sorry, I'm not brave enough to compete with the princess of a country for a man."

Guo Yan is as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. What should he say? Talk about Linglong, am I the son you had with Xun Feng a few years later? But in this life, Linglong has nothing to do with Xun Feng! How could Linglong believe his words?

  He scratched his head, thought hard, and said, "Zhuge Yu and I are good brothers! Besides, my sister and the third princess like you very much, so I... just take more care of you."

Shui Linglong raised her eyebrows, half believing it or not.

Guo Yan put down his arms: "Oh! Anyway, I will definitely not harm you, nor will I harm the Zhenbei Palace! I came here just to tell you, so that you can relax and wait for the good news. I will set off tomorrow."

Shui Linglong’s dark and bright pupils moved, and she stared intently: “General Guo, can I really trust you and Zhuge Yu’s loyalty?”

Guo Yan was stunned for a moment, then nodded solemnly, his eyes were as firm as a rock and as clear as crystal, without a trace of impurities!

Shui Linglong thought for a moment and then said seriously: "Then, please General Guo...protect the third prince at all costs!"

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After sending Guo Yan away, Shui Linglong called Anping again: "Anping, did your eldest son leave any powerful guards, such as secret guards?"

Anping said truthfully: "Yes, the prince has left four owl guards for the eldest lady to send when necessary. How can the eldest lady use them?"

Zhuge Yu, Zhuge Yu, why are you so unpredictable? Shui Linglong dusted her wide sleeves and her eyes flashed: "Let the four owl guards go out together and kill the third prince with all their strength!"

 The moon is dark and the wind is high.

The third prince and Guo Yan took their cavalry to rest in a small forest surrounded by mountains eighty miles outside the capital, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. There was a natural lake on the edge of the forest near the entrance.

 After a day of riding, the third prince was extremely tired. In order to establish a heroic, patriotic, and approachable image, he endured all the hardships! But the sticky thin sweat on his body made him unbearable.

 The third prince took two guards with him and went to the lake near the forest to take a bath.

The moonlight was clear, the shadows of the trees were dancing, and cicadas were chirping and frogs were chirping one after another, covering up the quietly approaching breath in the dark night.

Suddenly, two hidden weapons flashed like fire and shot into the throats of the two guards. They fell to the ground and could not get up again.

The third prince's ears twitched, he jumped out of the lake, picked up his clothes and put them on his body, and then shouted: "There is an assassin!"

When Guo Yan heard the news and arrived, the third prince had already been forced to the bottom of the lake, and was stabbed with multiple swords in a row, and his blood kept flowing. Guo Yan swam over, pulled out the dagger from his waist, and started an underwater fight with the man in black.

The men in black had been lurking under the water for too long and could hardly hold their breath. They fought with Guo Yan for several rounds. After each of them was slightly injured, they swam ashore, planning to wait for the next round of assassination!

After Guo Yan rescued the third prince back to the camp, he immediately invited a military doctor to treat his injuries. The third prince's abdomen, shoulders and legs were all penetrated by sharp swords, and he was seriously injured. Military doctors worked all night to stabilize his injuries before dawn.

Guo Yan asked the third prince who woke up with a solemn expression: "Your Highness, who did you offend? I just fought with them underwater and found that their martial arts are much higher than ordinary guards, and they are not like killers. , more like a secret guard from a noble family."

 Aristocratic family? The third prince's first thought was the prince, and only the prince would want to eradicate him. But when he saw Guo Yan, he denied this idea. If the prince really wanted to kill him, Guo Yan would not save him. And the prince should know that even if Guo Yan saves him, he will not give up the fight for the throne, so there is no need for the prince to guard himself.

Guo Yan added: "With all due respect, Third Highness, you are not a person who likes to wield swords and guns. Which staff member did you receive the advice for this expedition?"

The third prince's temples twitched when he heard Guo Yan continue to say: "Your Highness, please be careful not to fall into someone else's trap. It has been no secret since ancient times that princes have taken over the throne, and who can't see that you and the prince are different from each other?" ?”

The third prince's eyes flickered, he stared at Guo Yan, and said tentatively: "It's Xun Feng. He took refuge with me after he broke up with the prince."

"Haha..." Guo Yan suddenly laughed, and the third prince frowned in displeasure, "Why are you laughing?"

Guo Yan looked at him steadily, "Xun Feng did break up with the prince. I can't disclose the specific reasons, but the prince is really disappointed with him! If you die, the happiest person will be the prince. This Is the credit enough for Prince Xun to regain the trust of the prince?"

 The third prince was startled. Could it be that Xun Feng was in Cao Ying and his heart was in Han Dynasty?

Now the battle is not about who can **** better? Guo Yan raised his eyebrows and said: "Did Xun Feng promise you that as soon as you arrive in Kashgar, there will be someone to help you win a great victory? If Your Highness is not afraid of jumping into the enemy's ambush, just go to the battlefield! I tell you You, Xun Feng has never given up on the big tree of the prince! He has been looking for an opportunity to return to the prince, and now you have become this opportunity!"

The third prince finally returned to the capital halfway because of his serious injuries. Everyone speculated which prince the emperor would send next to suppress the riots in Kashgar. When the final decision was announced to the public, everyone was dumbfounded!

It’s actually Zhuge Yu, the crown prince of Zhenbei! That Zhuge Yu who only knows how to fight, gamble and kill!

After the edict was issued, everyone was ready to watch the joke in the Zhenbei Palace. As expected, the Palace was deserted and even sent an Adou who couldn't help him to the battlefield! If he died, wouldn't the Zhenbei Palace have no future?

Zhuge Xi released the news of pregnancy, which was telling everyone that no matter what happened to Zhuge Yu, the royal family's bloodline would continue to be passed on.

On the other side, Yao Cheng, who went to meet the body of King Zhenbei, sent back the news using a flying pigeon. It was not King Zhenbei who died, but a secret guard wearing his armor.

It was already the end of June when Zhuge Xi received the news. She was more than three months pregnant and was so excited that she called Shui Linglong to come over: "My father must still be alive!"

Shui Linglong read the note and said with a smile: "The prince must still be alive. The eldest brother-in-law said that he will continue to look for him. Just relax and wait for the news of the eldest brother-in-law."

Zhuge Xi held the brocade clothes he had sewn by himself and said thoughtfully, "I just don't know how the battle is going with Yu'er."

Originally, Shui Linglong thought that some anti-god rebels could not make much trouble. The successive injuries to Zhuge Liufeng and Zhuge Liuyun should be due to underestimation of the enemy. Zhuge Yu and Guo Yan would definitely be cautious after learning from the past. This battle should be over in just one month. Unexpectedly, the fight has been going on for almost a month, but the rebels still haven't been eliminated. It is said that the weapons used by the rebels are very sophisticated, their god-breaking crossbows are more powerful than those of the imperial court, and their military bases are like well-defended bunkers, invulnerable and extremely difficult to conquer. Even if the Zhou Dynasty uses artillery, they also have artillery, and Taking advantage of the relatively high geographical location, their artillery had a longer range. Dazhou's artillery vehicles were bombarded by their artillery before they entered the effective firing area.

 These are terrorists who are secretly provided with financial and armament support by plutocrats!

Shui Linglong held Zhuge Xi's hand and gave a reassuring smile: "Believe in Zhuge Yu, believe in Guo Yan, they two will definitely win this battle!"

 Zhuge Xi clapped Shui Linglong's hand and smiled slightly: "I hope it can be done soon. Your wedding is in August, and I'm waiting for you to come."

Out of Qingya Courtyard, Shui Linglong handed a stack of secret letters to Anping: "It's time, let's do it."

A few days later, when everyone was nervous about the war in Kashgar, a piece of earth-shattering news shocked the entire capital!

The third prince, who was recovering from a serious injury, collected the account books of Pingnan Prince's palace accepting bribes and bribing officials. Among them, Prince Pingnan embezzled a total of 580,000 taels of silver! A prince with a different surname actually embezzled more money than the tax revenue of the first week of the year! Not only that, he also bribed other officials. What did he want to do? Plotting a rebellion?

In addition, evidence of Xun Han, the fourth son of King Pingnan, of **** a young girl was also submitted to the court.

The scandal of Xun Che, the fifth son of King Pingnan, beating to death an old woman in her sixties while drunk was also exposed to the public eye.

People commented one after another, but they didn’t expect that the seemingly virtuous and honorable Hairao family could actually do so many dirty things behind their backs!

Actually, every family has these things. Is the Yao family not corrupt? The Zhuge family doesn’t pay bribes? How many innocent lives does the Leng family have on their hands? How can it be?

It’s just that these aristocratic families have extremely strong backgrounds, and no one really dares to provoke them. Even if they intend to poke their spines, they have to be able to dig out so much evidence.

The third prince was offended by Xun Feng this time, and he wanted to fight to the end against Prince Heping Nan. He successfully collected enough evidence of the crime, and then he had the courage to report the Xun family. But it was this that really made the third prince determined to overthrow the family. The Xun family is not about hatred.

The third prince lost face when he failed to win military honors. The emperor was inevitably disappointed with him. Since he had lost his heroic image, he had no choice but to establish a new image, such as being upright and upright. He wanted the emperor to see him as a great person. Zhou Gan's determination is that no one dares to touch the hairpin family. As long as he makes a mistake, his third prince can stand up and eradicate this country's moth!

The emperor put King Pingnan, Xun Han, and Xun Che into prison, and ordered the prince to personally try the cases in Prince Pingnan's house. He must not tolerate adultery.

Xun Feng was so angry that he vomited blood in the room. These old and young immortals would definitely hold him back. He had already warned them not to act rashly behind his back. He would plan everything well. As long as he is with him, the Pingnan Palace will be the same. ! As a result, they all turned a deaf ear to his words!

 But Qi Guiqi, he couldn't really leave them alone. It was impossible to gain a foothold in a different world without a family background. How could so many years of planning be ruined in one day? Just trying to save them would definitely mess up his original plan. The so-called one mistake and the whole game would be lost. This is undoubtedly... too risky!

Who is it?

Who is controlling everything secretly?

It can't be Yunli. He and Yunli have been together for many years, and he still knows how much Yunli weighs.

 For the first time after coming to another world, he found that he had someone he could call an "rival"!

This game is getting more and more interesting!

In July, a once-in-a-century flood occurred in the south. The emperor entrusted Governor Jiang with important tasks and sent two water conservancy experts and 500 top soldiers to the south of the Yangtze River to assist him in flood control and rescue operations. Governor Jiang was on the front line fighting the flood all day long and rarely entered the inner house. Shui Lingyu still didn't get the good news, so Shui Lingyu simply changed her mind and ran to the camp near the flood peak to take care of Governor Jiang's food and drink. While living, he expressed condolences to the disaster-stricken people along the way on behalf of Governor Jiang, and organized several powerful women to cook porridge on the roadside and donate porridge. For a time, Shui Lingyu's reputation spread far and wide in Jiangnan, and Governor Jiang's reputation was also very bright. The relationship between the couple grew day by day. This old couple was despised at first, but now they have become a good story.

After receiving Shui Lingyu's letter, Shui Linglong couldn't help but smile knowingly. Everyone has their own destiny. In her previous life, Shui Lingqing lived a miserable life when she was married, but in this life, Shui Lingyu used wisdom and kindness. A sincere heart protects one's own happiness.

She looked at Zhi Fan and said with a smile: "Send the snow ginseng and top-quality blood swallow given by Miss Zhuge to my third brother-in-law. I hope he lives a long life."

"Okay!" Zhi Fan nodded in agreement and smiled happily when she saw Shui Linglong. She asked curiously, "How is the third lady doing?"

Shui Linglong folded the letter and kept the smile on her lips: "I guess I will have a nephew next year at the latest."

Zhi Fan blushed. Lu'er told her all the embarrassing things that Governor Jiang and Shui Lingyu did while they were in Shangshu Mansion. The two of them had **** as soon as they met, no matter the time or place, on the bed, on the couch, on the chair. There were traces of fun on the bed, on the table... and even in the clean room. Lu'er blushed every time she cleaned the room.

Liu Lu saw Zhi Fan's red face and said in a nonchalant manner: "Zhi Fan, are you pregnant with your girl? Do you have a sweetheart?"

Zhi Fan's face turned redder and redder. She hurriedly walked to the cabinet and squatted down, starting to pack away the snow ginseng and top-quality blood swallow: "You... don't talk nonsense! Who has a sweetheart? Are they all the same as you?"

Liu Lu’s mouth twitched. How could she not understand it since she had been there? Zhi Fan is obviously pretending to be someone else!

Shui Linglong glanced at Liu Lu. This maid seemed to have been fed by gunpowder recently. She was so angry all day long. She could exchange words with anyone and would not give up until the other person was frightened. She scolded Ah Si in the morning. Cried, even though Ah Si did something wrong.

Shui Linglong picked up her pen and replied to Shui Lingyu, saying calmly: "Don't wait in the house when you get angry. I'm an eyesore."

Liu Lu's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly lowered her body and said, "Miss, please forgive me!"

“Miss, the third princess is here.” Ye Mao reported loudly outside the door.

Shui Linglong raised her eyebrows, put down her pen, and saw the third princess at the gate of the courtyard.

 “I would like to send my regards to the third princess.” Shui Linglong bowed calmly. It's strange that the third princess has been detained in Weiyang Palace by the queen, why did she suddenly escape?

The third princess frowned and walked straight into Shui Linglong's courtyard, leaving her master Shui Linglong far behind.

The third princess sat down on the chair, and the female official came up to give her a fan.

Shui Linglong sat down opposite the third princess and told Liu Lu, "Bring me a bowl of iced sour plum soup."

 The third princess waved her hand again: "No need, I can't get any ice when I come to Kuishui."

Shui Linglong said: "Then drink some hot red date tea."

The third princess did not refuse, leaning on the back of the chair with a look of sadness: "Why don't you think Guo Yan is back yet? It's been almost two months since he left!"

Princess, if you ask me, I don’t know. Shui Linglong pressed her eyebrows and said in a gentle tone: "General Guo will naturally come back after he has eliminated the rebellious party."

The third princess frowned and asked: "Why don't you seem to be worried about Zhuge Yu at all? Don't you miss him? Aren't you afraid that he will get hurt?"

There has been no news of success coming from the army, how could she not be worried? Even a little more worried than expected, Shui Linglong clenched her bare hands into fists, but said with a smile: "I believe he can come back safely."

Liu Lu served the third princess warm red date tea, took a sip and said, "Third sister-in-law has given birth to a son."

 The third prince’s concubine finally gave birth to the emperor’s eldest grandson.

The third princess sighed and put the tea cup on the table nearby: "I thought you would have news about Guo Yan here, but I didn't expect there was nothing!"

At first glance, it seems quite disappointing, but after thinking about it again, it seems a little bit proud.

Not to mention Guo Yan, even Zhuge Yu didn't write to her. The war in Kashgar was not optimistic, and they didn't know how to lie, so they simply stopped communicating.

 (End of this chapter)