first princess

Chapter 80 The Art of Separation (4)
Yao Cheng waved his hand: "Change for steamed buns!"

Hai Bo was dumbfounded!
After breakfast, Yao Cheng walked outside the mansion. He is on vacation today, and he has a whole day to wait for Xiaoxi!

Leng Wei didn't drink the anti-fetal medicine last night, and she bled again in the middle of the night. Mrs. Yao was so worried that her gray hair came out. She hurried to Leng Wei's yard early in the morning, and saw Yao Cheng wearing ordinary clothes on the way. He took a weak breath, didn't his son go to court early today?Or...he doesn't want to go to court early?

"Yao Cheng." Mrs. Yao smiled and stopped him.

Yao Cheng turned his head and bowed with a complicated expression: "My son pays his respects to his mother."

Mrs. Yao thought of Leng Wei's mental state, and felt that Yao Cheng really needed to comfort Leng Wei. She bit the bullet and said, "Son, what did you think about what Mother told you yesterday?"

Yao Chengcheng asked, "What's the matter?"

"I asked you to move into Leng Wei's yard for a few days." Mrs. Yao was puzzled. When I mentioned this to him yesterday, he was so angry that he didn't seem to remember it today.

Yao Cheng's eyes widened: "My son said that Zhuge Xi will only be his wife in this life, even if we divorce, I won't recognize other women!"

Why is it still the same sentence?Mrs. Yao stomped her feet in anger!

Yao Cheng left the Yao Mansion without looking back, and took a carriage to the gate of the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion. Thinking of the guard's sentence "Yao's family and dogs are not allowed inside", he was so angry that his hairs stood on end!Then, Leng Yixuan's carriage stopped at the entrance of the palace, he opened the curtain and jumped off the ground, and saw Yao Cheng wandering not far away, scratching his head, Leng Yixuan raised his thick eyebrows, Yao Cheng clearly saw him and Zhuge Xi alone yesterday afternoon You still don't give up?And today Yao Cheng doesn't have to go to court early?

At this time, Yao Cheng found Leng Yixuan, his eyes lit up, he ran over, and said with a smile: "Yixuan, are you looking for Xiao Yu? I also have something to look for, let's go together!"

Leng Yixuan was completely stunned...

On the fourth day after the prince's wedding, the Zhenbei Palace announced the wedding date of Zhuge Yu and Shui Linglong: the tenth day of the eighth month.

After Shui Chenxiang lost the position of Concubine Yu and Shui Lingxi lost the position of Crown Princess, the news of the marriage undoubtedly hung like a rainbow over the gloomy Shangshu Mansion.

There was a smile in Shui Hangge's eyes. Originally, he asked the old lady to withdraw the marriage, but the old lady decided to change the marriage, and let Shui Lingqing replace Shui Linglong. He thought that the marriage between Zhuge Yu and Shui Linglong was certain I didn't expect the two of them to be married!The marriages of the daughters were full of twists and turns, but Shui Linglong and Zhuge Yu persisted until the end.

The old lady was also very happy, but unfortunately she was so angry about Bing Bing that she couldn't even get out of bed.

Mama Wang broke the medicine and went into the house, Shui Linglong also opened the curtain to enter, Shui Linglong smiled and said: "I'll come, Mama Wang."

Mother Wang hastily bowed and gave the medicine bowl to Shui Linglong, moved the embroidered stool, and spread out soft cushions before asking Shui Linglong to sit down.

After drinking the medicine, Shui Linglong gave the old lady a candied fruit, and said with a smile, "Grandmother's complexion is better than yesterday."

The old lady leaned on the soft pillow and said solemnly: "Half dead, that's all."

Shui Linglong blinked, and said: "Grandmother, you are just depressed, and you will recover after a few days of care. You must rest assured."

The old lady patted Shui Linglong's hand: "If you know you are filial, then you are filial."

Shui Linglong smiled and said nothing, the old lady paused, and then said: "Governor Jiang asked to marry your second sister, is it true or not?"

Shui Linglong didn't show much worry: "It seems...it's true."

The old lady frowned with gray eyebrows: "This is strange, your father told me that when he wrote to him to talk about this marriage, he didn't say who he would marry him, so why is it that your second sister will not marry him?" ?”

Shui Linglong said without blushing, "Second sister is beautiful and beautiful, and is well-known to everyone. Governor Jiang is the empress's cousin, and he must know the dynamics of the capital well. He is obsessed with the beauty of the second sister, and thinks that the second sister can no longer be found in the capital." He found a better husband-in-law, so he mustered up the courage to propose marriage to his father, and the dowry he promised to his father was no less than the dowry that the crown prince gave back then."

So...Governor Jiang thinks highly of Shui Lingxi.The old lady showed a look of hesitation, and after a while, she seemed to be self-conscious and murmured: "Your second sister got sick and was divorced by the prince. It's really not easy to marry a good family..."

The attitude is the same as that of Shui Hangge, agreeing to let Shui Lingxi become a stepping stone for them to achieve their goals!

But will things really go as the old lady wishes?

The smile on the corner of Shui Linglong's lips seemed to be gone: "Grandma, I have something to discuss with you."

The old lady looked at her: "What's the matter?"

Shui Linglong lowered her eyes, and said seriously: "You are not feeling well, you shouldn't work hard, and I am too young and vigorous, I want... to give the gift to my mother."

"What?" The old lady's eyeballs almost didn't fall off, "There are still more than three months before you get married, and I will be well in a while. Your mother's virtue may make the Shangshufu look like this. Don't mention it again!"

Shui Linglong responded obediently: "Yes, grandma."

After leaving the Fushouyuan, Shui Linglong said to Mama Wang meaningfully: "The old lady is not feeling well. As a daughter, it is a sin not to be filial to her. It is good to write a letter to comfort the old lady. Mama Wang, what do you say?"

Ms. Wang was slightly stunned. Is the eldest lady reminding her to write a letter to Shui Guiren?Shui Guiren can't protect himself, so what can he do for the old lady?
Dark clouds rolled in, the sky was overcast, and the air was very stuffy.

Shui Linglong raised her eyes and looked, it has been raining continuously this year, and the flood disaster in the south is inevitable.Shui Linglong went to Shui Lingqing's yard while twisting the candied date cake brought back from Zhenbei Prince's Mansion.

Inside the room, Shui Lingqing looked at her three-year-old self in the mirror, and smiled with satisfaction.

Qiao'er helped Fushui Lingqing's hairpin, and said gently: "A person depends on clothes, and the young lady's dressing up is no worse than that of the concubine Zhen!"

Shui Lingqing smiled shyly, she also liked herself better now.After Qiaoer left, she opened the drawer and took out a bracelet woven with flowers and plants. The grass had withered and the flowers had withered, but she was reluctant to throw it away.

She suspected that she was sick, why did the elder sister miss her elder brother-in-law, but she missed him so much?Thinking about it while eating, thinking about it when sleeping, thinking about it when going to the toilet, and even dreaming about him countless times in dreams, could she have lost her mind?
"Fifth Miss, the Eldest Miss is here to see you." Qiaoer poked her head into the report with a smile.

Shui Lingqing hurriedly stuffed her things into her wide sleeves, and stood up, just in time, Shui Linglong twisted the food box into it, seeing her embarrassed look, she couldn't help but joked: "What's wrong? In a hurry? Did it?" What bad things are you afraid of being discovered by me?"

Shui Lingqing was so excited that she waved her hands and retorted: "No, no! I didn't do anything bad! I...I just feel a little urgent to urinate, big sister, wait a minute, I'm going to use the toilet."

With that said, he lowered his head and walked recklessly towards the door.

Shui Linglong grabbed her arm, and said harshly in her voice: "The Jingfang is not over there, you are going in the wrong direction."

"Oh? Oh!" Shui Lingqing hurriedly turned around again, Shui Linglong raised her eyebrows, quickly grabbed Shui Lingqing's arm, tugged and tugged, a dead grass bracelet fell to the ground.

Shui Lingqing turned pale in shock, and hurriedly bent to pick it up, but Shui Linglong picked it up in her hand before her, and then her voice became cold: "I don't remember you know how to weave bracelets, who gave it to you?"

Shui Lingqing's head could not wait to hang down into her crotch: "No... no one... it was... third sister... a gift..."

Shui Linglong said coldly: "Your third sister's hands are so useless that she can't even hold a pen securely, can she still weave a bracelet? Alright, I'll ask her to see if she made it. I can't break your hand!"

"Ah—" Shui Lingqing trembled in fright, "No...don't..."

Shui Linglong slapped the table hard, causing the cup to jingle: "You didn't learn well at such a young age, and you started lying to my elder sister! Qiaoer, bring the ruler!"

Although Qiao'er is Shui Lingqing's maid, she has automatically formed a fear of Shui Linglong after getting along with her for so long, she took the ruler from the inner room without any hesitation: "Miss, here it is. "

Shui Linglong rolled her eyes coldly: "Roll up your pants!"

Shui Lingqing was so frightened that she burst into tears, but she didn't dare to disobey Shui Linglong's intentions, so she obediently bowed and rolled up her trousers above her knees, and lifted her skirt, Shui Linglong slapped her white calf , While typing, he said: "Aren't you bold? Will you fool me? Lie? I will give you a long memory today!"

Once again and again...

Shui Lingqing wailed in pain: "I don't dare anymore, big sister, I don't dare anymore... Woooo... It hurts..."

Qiaoer couldn't bear to turn her face away, even Aunt Feng had never laid such a heavy hand on Miss Fifth, except for the former Jin Shanggong, only the eldest lady dared to do this.

Shui Linglong slammed down the ruler again, bright red marks spread all over Shui Lingqing's calf, she felt uncomfortable, but if Shui Lingqing is not educated, she will have a hard life in the future!Shui Linglong spoke harshly: "Will you still dare to lie in front of me in the future?"

Shui Lingqing shook her head desperately, her breasts wet with tears: "I will never lie to you again..."

Shui Linglong threw the ruler on the table, panting: "Then tell me the truth! Who gave this thing? And what have you been hiding from me all this time?"

Shui Lingqing sniffed, and whimpered, "Yes... it was given by Ajue. On the third princess's birthday, I was playing in the gazebo, no... I accidentally bumped into him, and I cried because of the pain, he... he Apologize to me, weave a bracelet for me, and then we chatted for a while."

A trick?Feng Yanying's cousin?Shui Linglong took a breath, and her memory traced back to the first time she met Ah Jue. That time, she carried her wise brother, who was worried about gains and losses, to Feng Yanying's yard. Later, when she was leaving, she ran into Ah Jue who gave her candied jujube cakes. She was still wondering at the time, why did he show affection to her after she made his cousin cry? !
Shui Linglong looked at Shui Lingqing: "That's all? What about candied date cake?"

Shui Lingqing replied truthfully: "I...he...he asked me what I usually like to eat, and I...I told him that I like sweet food."

"Then?"

Shui Lingqing bit her lips: "Then he asked me if you... like it or not. I said you don't like it, you only like spicy food, and give me all the sweet ones."

Shui Linglong frowned: "Then he stuffed a note in the candied date cake for you, didn't he?"

"Ah? Eldest sister, how do you know?" Shui Ling was stunned.

"You!" Shui Linglong was furious, she was actually taken advantage of by a brat!She went to Yao's house several times, and every time A Jue gave him a sweet cake, she didn't take it seriously at the time, firstly, she thought that A Jue was just trying to please her with Jiangnan-style pastries, secondly, Shui Lingqing likes to eat... How long has she been a free correspondent for Ah Jue?ten days?a month?

With such a deep scheming, who knows if that chance encounter was really a chance encounter?
Can't help but Shui Linglong has multiple minds, even if Shui Lingqing is just a concubine, she is still the daughter of Shang Shufu!Outsiders all know her precious Shui Lingqing, that is to say, Shui Lingqing has lost the name of a concubine in the Shangshu Mansion, and also has a hidden backer of the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion. Treating him well in Feng Yanying's face is considered good. In the future, he will give him a lot of attention when he gets married and has children.
Shui Lingqing is more than enough to match Ah Jue.

Shui Linglong pulled Shui Lingqing to sit beside her, and said earnestly: "He is not honest, if he really likes you, he should tell me, or tell the elders in our family, instead of taking this kind of approach once something happens. You want to ruin your reputation."

Shui Lingqing shook her head: "No, big sister! He is not this kind of person! He just has too low self-esteem and feels that he is not good enough for me, so he has never dared to come to propose marriage. He said that he will definitely come to ask for marriage when he gets the honor. mine."

How did this scene make Shui Linglong remember Shui Hangge and her mother?

Shui Linglong felt unreliable: "You are still young, there are many people of all kinds in this world, don't trust others casually!"

Shui Lingqing blinked her watery eyes: "No, in fact, I know who is sincere and who is not. In the mansion, Aunt Feng and Eldest Sister are the ones who treat me sincerely, and Third Sister also helps me, but she is afraid I drag her down, other people... well, elders... they all look at me like a cat or a dog. I can't explain why, anyway, that's how I feel."

It was the first time for Shui Linglong to hear Shui Lingqing say such a golden word, and what she said...was very correct!However, Shui Linglong was still worried about Ah Jue, "Does the leg still hurt?" She simply bypassed the topic.

Shui Lingqing's nose was sour: "It hurts, but I will make mistakes again in the future, can you not be angry with me?"

Shui Linglong glanced at her red and swollen calf, feeling distressed: "Go to bed and lie down, I'll rub the medicine on you."

"Then you are not angry?"

"Ah."

Shui Ling laughed through tears: "Hee hee."

After rubbing the medicine on Shui Lingqing, and practicing the piano with her for a while, Shui Lingqing was probably really frightened, and was afraid that Shui Linglong would never talk to her again, so she was endorsing, embroidering, and playing the piano , exerted [-]% of her usual hard work, until finally she was too tired and fell into a deep sleep, still holding Shui Linglong's hand.

Qiao'er reported at the door that Madam Du asked to see her, and Shui Linglong withdrew her hand, tucked in the quilt for Shui Lingqing, got up and left.

There was no sun in the afternoon, and the sky was still overcast.

When Mother Du saw Shui Linglong, she bowed respectfully and said, "Miss, Xun Shizi has come to propose marriage, saying that he wants to marry Miss [-] as a side concubine!"

This east wind... finally came!
From the beginning, she didn't expect Shui Lingxi to marry Governor Jiang, she was just betting that the old prime minister would still protect Qin Fangyi's mother and daughter, and that Xun Feng couldn't bear to let the power of the prime minister's mansion fall into the hands of Yunli's lineage!

As for Governor Jiang's interest in Shui Lingxi, this is perfectly normal. Governor Jiang already has children and does not need to rely on Shui Lingxi to carry on the family line, and he is already old, so he doesn't care so much about how long Shui Lingxi can live. Come to have a flair, if he hadn't had this temperament, he would never have asked to marry the young Shui Lingqing in his previous life.

Shui Linglong's hands trembled a little, and her breathing was a little short. This was the excitement of meeting a strong enemy. If it was said that the plum feast was just to get Xun Feng's attention, now this fight is completely against Xun Feng. opposite.

From now on... there is no way out!
Half an hour ago, in the carriage.

Yun Li patted Xun Feng's shoulder, and said slowly, "You don't have to be like this."

Xun Feng said kindly: "Miss Shui has the appearance of a closed moon and shameful flowers, and the posture of sinking fish and wild goose. If I can marry her, it will be my blessing. It's just that I have negotiated with my father several times, and my father does not agree to marry her." Giving her the position of concubine would be wronged to her."

"It's not easy for people who have been divorced by the royal family to marry, and it's not easy to be the eldest son and side concubine of Pingnan Palace." Yun Li didn't feel much guilt towards Shui Lingxi, after all, she was the one who snatched Shui Linglong's marriage first, otherwise, Now his wife should be Shui Linglong, but such a woman is the cousin of the Crown Princess. When the Crown Princess cried and said that Shui Lingxi was so pitiful, he was in a dilemma. But when Xun Feng was present, Xun Feng offered to propose Relief for the princess...

Yun Li said seriously: "I understand your sincerity. To me, although you are not a brother, you are better than a brother."

It is a supreme honor to be called a brother and brother to the prince of a country, and a smile of joy appeared on Xun Feng's handsome face: "I will try my best to persuade Shui Shangshu to let him betroth his daughter to me." After a pause , and said, "I'm afraid that Governor Jiang..."

Yun Li said, "I'll go and tell him that he is my mother's cousin, so he has to sell me some face."

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(End of this chapter)