first princess

Chapter 116 The Mystery of Life Experience (1)
As the end of September approaches, the weather gradually cools down.

Shui Linglong made Zhuge Yu a set of winter clothes, a brocade suit with agarwood satin, and two pairs of shoes, and made a navy blue brocade suit with cloud patterns and a pair of shoes with white bottom and black sides for Guo Yan.When he ordered Ye Mao to send him to Guo Mansion, he happened to hear the news that Leng Youru had returned from the temple.

Leng Youru would stay in the temple for a period of time every September, superficially to worship the Buddha, but actually to chant sutras for Zhuge Yan.From the old matriarch to the Zhuge Shu in the mansion, they all ate vegetarian food for several days.Zhuge Shu... no complaints!Does this mean that Zhuge Shu also knew the date of Zhuge Yan's death, and even the cause of Zhuge Yan's death?

Shui Linglong put down the notebook in her hand, rubbed her slightly sore eyes, and said, "I remember that Fourth Miss likes to eat corn candy, so I sent the corn candy that the old lady rewarded to Fourth Miss."

Zhi Fan stopped the needle and thread in his hand: "Okay!" Glancing at Shui Linglong, he comforted him, "Take care of yourself, reading for too long hurts your eyes, and you should worry about it later."

Shui Linglong turned a page of the book: "He's been very busy recently, how can he have the time to take care of me?" Tired of being together, these days... but the dragon sees the end!I don't know what are you busy with?
Zhi Fan just laughed: "How sour do these words sound?"

Shui Linglong glanced at her, and said angrily: "Who is so sour? You girl is getting more and more wanton!"

Zhi Fan pretended to be afraid: "This slave is talking too much, don't blame Miss!"

Shui Linglong couldn't help smiling.

Zhifan put down his clothes, packed a box of candy corn, and asked casually, "Miss, it seems that your little day of the month hasn't come yet?"

Shui Linglong was stunned for a moment, logically she should come on the 25th, but now it's the 28th...

Zhi Fan covered her face with a veil: "Miss, do you have a young son?"

"How can it be so fast?" Even so, there is some expectation in my heart.Shui Linglong felt sleepy after sitting for a long time, so she got up and walked around. As soon as she walked, the floor became hot, Shui Linglong sighed slightly, "The little prince is in trouble again."

Zhi Feng hurriedly comforted: "You are still young, just work hard with the son!"

September NO.30, Guo Yan and the three princesses got married.

Zhenbei Prince's Mansion sent people to attend the wedding banquet, Zhuge Liuyun was inconvenient to move, Leng Youru was ignorant of worldly affairs, and the old matriarch was old, so only Mrs. Zhen brought Zhuge Yu, Zhuge Xi, Shui Linglong and King An to accompany them. As for Zhuge Shu, the Zhen family kept her in the mansion with Shui Lingqing on the grounds that she was young and ignorant and that she might offend the nobleman.

This is the second time that Shui Linglong has set foot in Guo's house in her life. The difference from the last time is that she didn't go directly to the inner house, but sat with Zhuge Yu at the banquet in the outer courtyard for a while, socialized with dignitaries, and then Went to the inner house.

"Be careful! This is a congratulatory gift chosen by Empress Defei herself!" Xiao Anzi raised his whisk and directed the five or six eunuchs behind him to send piles of beautifully packaged gifts into the inner courtyard.

Concubine De is attached to the queen, and is closer to the three princesses than other concubines, so there is nothing wrong with sending more congratulatory gifts, but Shui Linglong noticed that one of the eunuchs with delicate skin and tender flesh always hangs his head and dare not talk to others The way it looks, feels... a bit weird!
Shui Linglong greeted with a smile: "Eunuch An, what a coincidence!"

Xiao Anzi turned around, and after seeing the person coming, he hurriedly called a thousand children: "Slave please greet the concubine! The concubine is blessed and safe!"

Shui Linglong noticed that the nervous little eunuch paused, but soon walked into the third princess' room.

Xiao Anzi moved to block Shui Linglong's line of sight, and smiled obsequiously: "It's been a long time since I haven't seen Shizi Concubine, Shizi Concubine has become more and more beautiful! Even the new ladies in the palace, there is no one who can compare to your Shui Ling! According to the slave, even if you are married, you will be like that little girl who has not left the cabinet!"

Shui Linglong's attention seems to have been successfully diverted, and she followed Xiao Anzi's words: "How can my posture of a willow be compared with the young lords? Mrs. An praised you!" Without waiting for Xiao Anzi to answer, she asked again, "Jin Concubine How are your empress and the twelve princes?"

Xiao Anzi lowered his head and said: "It's all good. The Twelfth Prince caught a slight cold a few days ago. The concubine Zhen took good care of him, and he's all right now."

Shui Linglong smiled, and walked towards the third princess's new house. During the conversation, the weird little eunuch had already retreated, and was standing at the gate waiting for Xiao Anzi's order.

Xiao Anzi winked at the other party and strode away.

"Zhuge Xi, did you hear what I said to you?" In a fragrant orange garden to the north of Guo's inner house, the eldest princess tugged at Zhuge Xi's sleeve and asked with a frown.

Zhuge Xi brushed her hand away, and his beautiful face was as cold as frost: "Yun Xin, are you disgusting? When something happened to the palace, you hid for thousands of miles, lest you get caught in the bad luck of our Zhuge family! Now I My father returned safely, and my younger brother made great contributions again, so you started to get up! How can there be such a shameless woman like you in the world?"

The eldest princess's face turned pale, and her eyes flickered slightly: "Didn't I say that it was inconvenient for me to go out when I was sick? We have been friends for so many years, how could I be the kind of villain who worships high and tramples low? You also Don't get too excited, you're pregnant!" Looking at her swollen belly, she wondered if her belly of more than six months was too big?
Zhuge Xi snorted coldly, and said disapprovingly, "You're so shy to mention my friendship for so many years! Just because I've known you for so many years, I can see clearly the little girl in your heart! If you talk about snobbery, you come in second , who dares to rank first? I'm leaving my words here, Qiao Hui wants to marry King An, but there is no way!"

The eldest princess pursed her lips, do you think I care about this marriage?If Qiao Xu hadn't kept coaxing and begging her, and promised that he would never accept Auntie again as long as this marriage was facilitated, how could she have slapped herself in the face?When Zhenbei Prince's Mansion was in trouble, she really... feared that Yuchi would be affected and hid far away!

The eldest princess suppressed her anger, and smiled softly: "Oh, Xiaoxi, let the past be the past, for the sake of my teaching you the secret recipe of pregnancy, let's write off those unpleasant things, how about ?”

She still thinks that Zhuge Xi's sudden pregnancy is because the method she taught has worked.

Zhuge Xi turned his face coldly, there is no need to tell her the inside story!
When the two were at a stalemate, a deliberately low voice came from the small road not far away: "He's here?"

"Here we are, in the old place! We have to hurry up, there are so many people in the Guo Mansion today, I'm afraid that someone will break into the yard by mistake like last time!"

"understood!"

Zhuge Xi and the Eldest Princess looked along the prestige, and saw Xiao Anzi leading a young eunuch with delicate skin and flesh hurriedly walking towards the deep and secluded winding path.They are sneaky, what are they going to do?
Out of curiosity, the two exchanged a look and then followed from afar!
In the wedding room, Shui Linglong and the three princesses chatted one after another: "... Mrs. Guo and Mrs. Guo are both very good. You must have a very happy life after marriage... Guo Yan is young and has a sense of responsibility. But very strong... In the future you will have children..."

They were all polite words on the scene, but the third princess listened with gusto, thinking that she and Guo Yan had finally become a husband and wife, she was floating all over, she interrupted Shui Linglong: "You will come to see me more in the future if you have nothing to do. , I'm bored in the mansion, Guo Yan's sisters are all married, Guo Rong is coming soon, and Guo Su, who has only the second wife, looks like a fool to me, so we probably won't be able to chat for a while." The tone seemed to be commanding. !
Shui Linglong smiled: "If I'm free, I will definitely visit the princess more often!" It's a pity that my sister is not free!

The third princess didn't understand the mystery in Shui Linglong's words, and chatted with her all over the place for a while, Shui Linglong kept Xiao Anzi's whereabouts in mind, so she found an excuse to go to the toilet and bid farewell to the third princess.

In the unguarded courtyard, Xiao Anzi took the little eunuch by the hand and sneaked into an inconspicuous wing room on the east side.

Zhuge Xi and the eldest princess followed closely behind, went around to the window on the other side and squatted down, using the cover of the bushes to hide their figures.

And just as their front feet stabilized, Shui Linglong also entered the courtyard with their back feet. The difference was that Shui Linglong chose to stay in the next room.

"How is your body?" The voice of the question seemed to be a woman's!

Zhuge Xi and the Eldest Princess looked at each other, Xiao Anzi and the others recognized the fake male eunuch, could it be that the other eunuch was a palace maid in disguise?
"I'm almost fine."

As soon as the man finished speaking, Zhuge Xi became restless. Why does this voice sound so familiar?

"That's good, how do you think about Guo Yan's matter?"

"Guo Yan...should have been ordered by the emperor to slaughter Dong's whole family. It seems a little inappropriate to put all the crimes on his head."

"No! The emperor did not issue this order! At that time, all the members of the Dong clan surrendered. It was he who insisted on massacring the Dong clan and insisted on resisting! He was afraid that if the Dong clan surrendered without a fight, he would lose his military exploits!"

At this point in the topic, Shui Linglong has already guessed the identities of these two people. There is no other person who has such a deep hatred for Guo Yan except Concubine De, and who else is colluding with Concubine De except Zhuge Liuyun?Shui Linglong was very surprised, Zhuge Liuyun was obviously recuperating in the mansion, but now he slipped into Guo's mansion, presumably his leg injury has healed up long ago, but he just kept hiding it from everyone.

Zhuge Liuyun wore the clothes of a servant in the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, and entered the inner house on the pretext of carrying a congratulatory gift.He didn't have enough time, he looked at Concubine De fixedly, and said earnestly: "Listen, things are far from as simple as you think. I have been secretly observing Guo Yan during this period of time. People who like to be big, besides, keeping Guo Yan is more beneficial than killing Guo Yan."

This is simply too unconvincing!The Dong family has completely destroyed Guo Yan, and the newly appointed Tai family does not know how close they are to Guo Yan!Prince Taijiu called Guo Yan brothers all day long, and also presented a lot of treasures from Mobei, Guo Yan...how could he be willing to help her restore the country?Concubine De gritted her teeth, her almond eyes widened and said: "I don't care! I just want Guo Yan's life! If you want me to help you steal "Avalokitesvara Buddha Lotus", you can exchange Guo Yan's head!"

After saying that, he threw the cup of warm tea in his hand out of the window!

The eldest princess was poured all over her face and almost cried out!

Zhuge Xi covered her mouth and gave her a warning look.

The eldest princess is wronged to death, what corner is she eavesdropping on?It made her a drowned chicken!
Zhuge Liuyun sighed slowly: "Guo Yan...you can't kill him..." If you kill Guo Yan, your son will turn against him.

Concubine De turned her back angrily, and soon burst into tears: "You...you only think about the glory of Zhenbei Palace, and you don't care about my life or death in the palace...all..."

Before the words "Ge Liuyun" could be uttered, Zhuge Xi swayed as if he had lost his footing, and his toes touched a piece of broken tile, making a moderate but abrupt sound!
Shui Linglong was instantly alert, and...others?
Zhuge Liuyun and Concubine De were both startled, the last time someone listened to the corner, this time the nightmare happened again?Zhuge Liuyun's deep eyes were full of endless undercurrents and murderous aura. He walked to the window in three steps and two at a time. He poked his head out and saw a purple hem disappearing around the corner. He recognized the hem as Xiaoxi. of…

"Who?" Concubine De asked warily.

Zhuge Liuyun's eyes flashed, and when he turned around, there was only a calm expression on his face: "Oh, it's just a little wild cat, there's no need to make a fuss."

De Fei breathed a sigh of relief.

Shui Linglong in the next room was puzzled, she clearly heard the footsteps gradually moving away, Zhuge Liuyun should have heard it too, but he said it was a little wild cat, clearly trying to cover up for the other party, so that Zhuge Liuyun could hear it. The person who maintains the cloud like this is...who?

Holding her big belly, Zhuge Xi and the eldest princess briskly left the courtyard and entered the orangery not far away. Zhuge Xi swore that this was the most thrilling thing she had ever experienced in her life!With his father's level of caution, if the eldest princess is found, he will definitely kill the eldest princess to silence her.

The two supported the orange tree, panting non-stop, not because they were tired, but because they were scared!

Just now Zhuge Xi stopped it in time, the eldest princess did not hear the little eunuch call out the man's name, but the eldest princess is not a fool, she snorted: "Zhuge Xi, you Zhenbei Prince's Mansion is so courageous! How dare you break your mind?" Go to Mobei and respect the treasure map dedicated to my father! Colluding with the maids of the palace and stealing things for the emperor, this is a capital crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the family!"

There is a difference in one word between something for the imperial use and something for the imperial gift, but the meaning is worlds apart!If you spoil the things that the emperor rewarded you, you will beheaded at most, and if you destroy the things that the emperor himself wants to use, you are disrespecting the emperor at the least, and you are contemptuous of the imperial power and plotting rebellion at the worst!

Of course Zhuge Xi understood the stakes, so he did not hesitate to expose himself and interrupt the woman from calling out her father's name. If the eldest princess really wants to bring this matter to the imperial court, at worst, the palace will push a housekeeper or secretly Wei went out to take the blame.Zhuge Xi said coldly: "I will investigate this matter carefully when I return to the palace, so don't give Zhuge's family a bad name!"

The eldest princess turned her beautiful eyes, pulled Zhuge Xi who was about to turn around and leave, and said with a strange smile: "Actually, it's not impossible for me to keep my mouth shut..."

Zhuge Xi frowned: "What do you want to do?"

...

After Zhuge Xi left, the female official Qiu who was hiding in the woods came up to meet her. She understood the conversation between the two of them just now, and she said worriedly: "Princess, do you really want to hide this crime for the Zhenbei Palace? ?”

The eldest princess rubbed her temples, and sighed: "I owe her my life! When I was running away, Zhuge Xi asked me to go ahead, because I didn't want the other party to discover my existence. If not, the other party would most likely kill me. Comparing my heart to my heart, I can't force Zhuge Xi to a dead end. Besides, "Avalokitesvara and Buddha Lotus" is a good thing, everyone wants it, let alone the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, even the Suchenghou Mansion and Pingnanhou Mansion. They all have such ghostly thoughts, but they didn't let me bump into them!"

Miss Qiu said no more.

The eldest princess picked up a green leaf casually, and thoughtfully said: "Send a message to the queen mother and ask her to tell the emperor to send more people to guard the treasure map, just say... I overheard someone talking about it, as if Looks very interested."

Lady Qiu looked at the eldest princess in confusion.

The eyes of the eldest princess gradually became complicated: "I am not only the daughter-in-law of Marquis Sucheng's mansion and Zhuge Xi's friend, but also the princess of Dazhou, the daughter of the emperor."

Immediately after Zhuge Liuyun left, Shui Linglong also stepped out of the yard, waiting at the only way from the small courtyard to the second gate - a small road full of jasmine.

When Concubine De and Xiao Anzi passed by here with solemn expressions, Shui Linglong suddenly jumped out from behind the tree and slammed into Concubine De!

Concubine De was caught off guard, and was knocked on her back by Shui Linglong!
Shui Linglong seemed very surprised and sorry, looked at Xiao Anzi, then at Concubine De, wrinkled her fair face and said: "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry, I'm going to Toilet! Didn't hit you, did it?"

Stretch out your hand to Laddfei.

Concubine De quickly turned her face away!
Shui Linglong stared at her innocent face, covered her face and exclaimed: "De... Concubine De! Why are you out of the palace? Still wearing eunuch's clothes? What are you going to do?"

Xiao Anzi was frightened out of his wits, covered Shui Linglong's mouth, lowered his voice, and said in a trembling voice: "Hey, little ancestor! I beg you as a slave! You... Please keep your voice down!"

Shui Linglong was secretly happy, now she broke De Concubine's secret, in order to seal her mouth, De Concubine must do something to her, such as some useful information.

Concubine De got up from the ground, she was still in shock and said: "Don't make such a loud noise, just speak up if you have something to say!"

Shui Linglong opened her eyes wide and nodded!

Concubine De made a gesture to Xiao Anzi, Xiao Anzi slowly let go of Shui Linglong with lingering fear, and bowed his head to apologize: "I'm sorry, the slave is reckless!"

Shui Linglong said generously: "Oh, I won't blame you for the normal reaction in a hurry!" Then she looked at Concubine De, "It's Empress De Concubine, why did you pretend to come to Guo's residence?"

(End of this chapter)