first princess

Chapter 83
The concubine Feng Yanying thought of Xiaoqing again. Now that she lacks the blessing of her sister-in-law, she has to be more cautious in doing things. Xiaoqing is the housekeeper given to Yao Yu by Mrs. Yao. It is urgent to drive Xiaoqing away, but...it is not so easy.

At this time, Mother Lin came in from the outside, and she bowed to the two of them: "Madam, Second Young Mistress."

Mrs. Yao asked: "Has Yao Cheng eaten?"

Mother Lin shook her head with a look of embarrassment: "I won't eat or drink."

Don't eat yet!This is the fourth day!

Mrs. Yao stood up and went to the study angrily.

In the cubicle of the study, Yao Cheng was lying on the bed with a face ashamed. He wondered, isn't today a vacation?Why did they lock him up?He wanted to see Xiaoxi, and wanted to know if she was doing well, even if he just took a look at her from a distance, he would be relieved to be sure that she was living a peaceful life.

Hai Bo couldn't bear it and said: "Eldest Young Master, why don't you drink some porridge, what should you do if you are starved to death?"

Yao Cheng waved his hand and said weakly: "No, I won't eat until I'm released! Besides, it's okay to be hungry for a day." But it's strange, I'm really hungry.

one day?Hai Bo pressed his brows and eyes, young master, you have been hungry for three days.

Mrs. Yao was standing at the door, and the guard opened the door for her. When she walked in, she heard the conversation between Yao Cheng and Hai Bo, feeling angry and hurt in her heart!Her well-behaved son turned into a half-lunatic... NO.19 What happened that day?

Mrs. Yao wiped away her tears, walked slowly to Yao Cheng's bed, touched his pale and bearded face after sitting down, and said softly: "Come, have some porridge, mother made it yourself when you were young." Love the taste."

Childhood taste?He doesn't remember, he only remembers Xiaoxi's favorite taste.He turned his face away dully, and refused to eat!
Mrs. Yao can't wait to slap her across the face!She held back her anger and said, "How can you be willing to eat?"

Yao Cheng's gloomy eyes reunited, he turned his head to look at Mrs. Yao, and smiled: "Let me out and I'll eat."

Letting him out would be most embarrassing, and locking him in the study might cost his life. After weighing it over and over again, Mrs. Yao nodded helplessly.

Yao Cheng was so excited that he sat up from the bed immediately.Mrs. Yao looked at his bloodless face and his body that was shaking after walking a few steps, and her heart ached beyond measure. What evil happened to her!

In Lingxiang Courtyard, Shui Linglong read the account books sent by Mama Wang, and talked about some deficiencies. Mama Wang wrote them down one by one. At the end, she asked joyfully, "Miss, what about the second and third misses?" The wedding dates are fixed, one at the end of the year and one tomorrow spring, do you think the dowry needs to be prepared for the two young ladies? I will send someone to buy it."

Liu Lu brought warm water to clean Shui Linglong's hands, Shui Linglong wiped her handkerchief and said, "I have to ask my grandmother first, the second young lady is a concubine, and although she is a side concubine, the dowry cannot be less than mine. , As for Miss San, the dowry gift from Governor Jiang is generous, so we can't be sloppy if we follow along, what do you think?"

Mama Wang naturally nodded her head in agreement: "Miss is very considerate!"

Shui Linglong tugged at the corner of her lips: "Have you mailed the letter to Mrs. Shui?"

Mother Wang replied respectfully: "I sent it, saying that the old lady is too worried and her body is not good. Please take care of your health, Mrs. Shui. The old lady will try her best to help her out of the cold palace."

Shui Linglong smiled and said: "Mother Wang is indeed a wonderful person, this letter is really well written."

Ms. Wang broke into a cold sweat. The eldest lady kept reminding her to write a letter, but she didn't tell her what to write. It took her a few nights to figure out these few words. From the tone of the eldest lady, she did the right thing. not bad.She didn't dare to take the credit, thanked him humbly, and bypassed the trouble.

Today, Shui Linglong asked Zhuge Yu to discuss the plan of the South Water Falling Project, therefore, after not sitting for long, she ordered the eviction order, and took her maid to the Zhenbei Palace. Of course, she also invited a distinguished guest on the way.

In the wing room of Baolinxuan, the maid presented the latest jewelry. A woman in blue and a woman in goose-yellow dress sat on the floor. They took off their veils when the maid went out.

Bingbing chuckled: "I'm suffocating!" In the Prince's Mansion, she is a dignified and decent princess, walking, walking, standing, and sitting must conform to the rules of the palace. The empress sent a special teacher to supervise her. Don't even dare to play on a swing.

Shui Linglong guessed that life in the Prince's Mansion would not be easy. Bingbing is the future mother of the country, and her words and deeds are a model for women in the world. Naturally, she has to work harder than ordinary people. Shui Linglong comforted: "The empress is willing to ask someone to teach you You, it means that she is really cultivating you as the queen of a country, if she lets you go, maybe she already has another candidate in her heart."

Bingbing thought that this was indeed the case, and a smile appeared on her face again: "It's actually okay, I can see His Highness the Crown Prince every day, and it's okay to be petty."

Shui Linglong sensed that Bingbing wanted to share the secret, so she followed her words: "Does His Royal Highness love you?"

Bingbing's face flushed slightly, and she held up her teacup to cover the smile on her lips: "It's... okay, anyway, he treats everyone kindly, we treat each other as guests."

Yun Li is such a tolerant personality, but it is definitely not love that respects you as a guest, Bing Bing would say that... Shui Linglong blinked and smiled slightly: "Love grows after a long time, you two have just begun."

A far-fetched smile flickered in Bingbing's eyes, and she confessed her relationship with the prince in front of Shui Linglong. There was more or less a hint of showing off in her heart, and she wanted to tell Shui Linglong that the prince was her man. , and said that the relationship is not very good, I hope Shui Linglong can show mercy... She herself can't figure out why she has such complicated and strange thoughts in her heart!

Is she jealous of a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart?Shui Linglong will never compete with her for the crown prince!If Shui Linglong is willing, the prince's people and the prince's heart are hers!
Shui Linglong tucked her temple hair behind her ears, remembered the business, and slowly closed her smile: "Maybe Xun Feng was kept in the dark for a while, but when he realizes, he will most likely suspect me and you. I don't care. He was already in a position to tolerate fire and water, but you..."

Shui Linglong didn't say any more about the latter words.

Bingbing held Shui Linglong's hand, with a determined look on her immature face: "I will never allow anyone to hurt the prince, even if I am smashed to pieces!"

The sky was gloomy, with dark clouds rolling in from the east, and soon enveloped the sky above the capital. The air was sultry and hot like midsummer, and sticky thin sweat stuck to the front of his clothes, which was damp and uncomfortable.

Yao Cheng was kicked out by the Tibetan mastiff again, he hummed, this way doesn't work, there is another way!

He walked around to the place where there was a tuft of grass to the east of the palace, struggled a bit, and was sure that the dignity of an official was not as important as Xiaoxi, so he gritted his teeth and planned to sneak through the dog hole.

However, as soon as he pulled out the grass, he found that the dog hole was gone!

how so?Last month, he accompanied Xiaoxi back to Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, the dog hole is still there, who filled it in?
Doubt in his heart, more disappointment, he didn't even have a dog hole, how would he see Xiaoxi?
Yao Cheng came to the main entrance dejectedly. Mrs. Leng and Mrs. Yao had a big quarrel today, and when he returned home, he gave Leng Yixuan a death order, and he was not allowed to visit Zhuge Xi again. Leng Yixuan had no choice but to stay in the room obediently Therefore, Yao Cheng did not meet Leng Yixuan today.

Yao Chengcheng looked at the expressionless guard, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and finally he decided to ask the guard again!
He walked up to the guard, smiled flatteringly and said, "Brother, don't get me wrong, I'm not going in, I want you to send me a message to your lady, just say that I have something to discuss with her, and ask her to come out to see me." one trip."

The guard looked at Yao Cheng with the eyes of a monster, his eyes flickered and he said: "Wait, I'll report."

Yao Cheng was ecstatic in his heart, anyway, it is better to have hope than to have no hope.

The guard gestured to another guard, who understood and secretly smiled, but said nothing.

Yao Chengcheng stood at the door and waited for half an hour, one hour, one and a half hours, two hours...

From the sunrise to the sunset, from the dark clouds to the heavy rain.

The rain at the beginning of May brought a chill to the heart. Yao Cheng hugged his arms and huddled in the rain. The downpour mercilessly washed away his weak body, which had been weakened by the three-day hunger strike. He wiped the rainwater from his face. , and soon there was another round of rain, so he wiped it again, and it rained again... Repeatedly, he was afraid that he would miss the moment when Xiaoxi went out.

He really, really missed Xiaoxi so much, he knew it was wrong, he shouldn't have been drunk, he shouldn't have let other women conceive his child, but he really didn't understand why Xiaoxi, who was so good, turned into a girl out of thin air. Leng Wei!He swears he didn't mean to!The appearance he saw, the vague but three-dimensional facial features belonged to Xiaoxi!
The rain seemed to be getting smaller and smaller, and the sound was getting weaker and weaker. The surroundings were suddenly silent, and only the sound of breathing and heartbeat could be heard. Again and again, it strongly shook his eardrums, and the raindrops froze slowly like slow motion. His eyes quietly stared at the open vermilion door, until the moment he fell to the ground, he still kept staring at the door.

The guard glanced at him coldly, without being moved in the slightest.

As he lay in the icy puddle, another hour passed.

When the exquisite carriage drove into the gate of Zhenbei Prince's Mansion in the rain, Liu Lu suddenly opened the curtain and looked out, and then turned pale with shock: "Miss! There is a person lying there!"

It's none of her business to lie down, Shui Linglong doesn't plan to pay attention to it.

Zhi Fan also opened the curtain, and called out in a low voice, "It seems to be Lord Yao!"

As soon as Shui Linglong heard that it was Lord Yao, she immediately stopped the carriage. The only Lord Yao who could appear at the gate of the palace was Yao Cheng. Although she had never met Yao Cheng before, Zhuge Yu learned that Yao Cheng would come almost every day. The Zhenbei Palace tried every means to meet Zhuge Xi, and she couldn't help but sigh with such affection.I still remember the first time I met Yao Cheng, he had just finished arguing with Zhuge Xi and was upset, but he still politely gave her a jade pendant as a gift, and said he was not ready to make it up next time, but he gave her a small jade pendant that night. The exquisite Jade Guanyin was given to her, but Yao Cheng took care of everyone who had a relationship with Zhuge Xi.

Shui Linglong lowered the curtain, Zhi Fan asked: "Miss, do we want to save Master Yao?"

Shui Linglong pondered for a moment, then said softly, "Go into the mansion."

This is... Don't care about Mr. Yao?Zhi Fan's eyes dimmed, and the eldest lady was indeed cold-hearted.

In the Qingya courtyard, Zhuge Xi was making tiger-toed shoes for her children. She didn't like embroidery when she was a child, and always felt that the work of needle and thread was very annoying and troublesome.But since she was pregnant, she began to learn embroidery from Hua Rong, thinking that the first set of clothes and shoes worn by the child were made by her own mother.

Shui Linglong opened the curtain to enter, and saw Zhuge Xi's face was ruddy, her brows were smiling, and she thought she was in a good mood, so she called out softly, "Elder Sister."

Zhuge Xi smiled lightly, waved to Shui Linglong, and then showed his embroidered tiger-head shoes as if offering a treasure: "Do they look good?"

The stitches are rough, the color is uneven, the pattern is out of shape... Shui Linglong blinked: "I think it looks good." Others may not!
Zhuge Xi snorted, and threw it into the embroidery basket casually: "I'm not this kind of material! I imitate others, but in the end I can only make people laugh."

Huarong served hot tea and cakes to Shui Linglong, and Shui Linglong held the teacup and said, "It's the thought that counts. If a child knows that the clothes and shoes he wore when he was young were made by his mother, he will feel that his mother loves him very much."

A light flashed in Zhuge Xi's eyes, but his expression remained calm: "I'll talk about it when I have time!"

It looks like it's busy, but it's not.

When she was in Yao's mansion, she helped Mrs. Yao cook the food during the day, and spent time with Yao Cheng at night. Every day was busy and fulfilling. Now that she was back at the mansion, she was free in an instant, and when she was free, she would miss Yao Cheng and think about it from the bottom of her heart. pain.

Shui Linglong took a sip of tea, and said intentionally or unintentionally: "Eldest sister, Master Yao fainted at the gate of the palace, I thought it was necessary to tell you, after all, if someone from Yao's mansion died at the gate of the palace, it would probably be a big deal if it spread out." Murder."

Zhuge Xi's face suddenly turned pale, and Shui Linglong said again: "I have an appointment with Zhuge Yu, so I won't be with Eldest Sister for now."

From Qingya Courtyard to Zhuge Yu's study, you have to go through a back garden and a long corridor with a suspended ceiling, which is different from the open corridors of other mansions. One side of it is sealed with marble, and many lifelike murals are carved. While admiring, a beautiful woman in a green double-breasted dress and a plain white floor skirt walked towards her. It was Leng Youru, Princess of Zhenbei.

Shui Linglong hurriedly bowed her knees and saluted: "My daughter, Shui Linglong, pays her respects to the princess, and the princess is blessed and safe."

Leng Youru stopped her steps, her indifferent eyes fell on Shui Linglong's contemptuous face, she said lightly, "It's Yu'er's fiancée, so don't be too polite."

Can't hear any emotion!
Shui Linglong blinked, and said softly: "Thank you, Princess." The last time she had a blind date in the temple, the Princess asked a few innocuous questions. I feel that Zhuge Yu's market situation has deteriorated to a certain extent, and now I meet the princess again, suddenly I feel that the princess does not eat the fireworks of the world, and does not care about ordinary things.

Leng Youru glanced at the direction Shui Linglong came from, the corners of her lips slightly raised, and said with a faint smile: "Xiaoxi is used to being busy in Yao's mansion, so she must be unhappy when she is suddenly idle, you can spend more time with her when you have time, It would be best if you could live in the mansion.”

Wouldn't that be unmarried cohabitation?Shui Linglong smiled softly and said: "My daughter likes Miss Zhuge very much, thanks to Miss Zhuge who doesn't dislike often asking my daughter to visit the house, and my daughter will definitely come to accompany Miss Zhuge when she is free." But she didn't say anything about staying overnight!

Leng Youru looked at Shui Linglong, took a suet jade bracelet from her hand, took Shui Linglong's hand and put it on her: "What a cute child..."

Before she finished speaking, the voice stopped abruptly, Shui Linglong raised her eyes to look at Leng Youru, but Leng Youru withdrew her eyes in time, and said with a smile: "I usually pay respects to the Buddha in the Buddhist hall after finishing my general affairs. You, don't take it to heart."

Shui Linglong said modestly: "My daughter dare not."

Leng Youru patted Shui Linglong's hand, stopped talking, and brushed past Shui Linglong.

Shui Linglong raised her wrist and looked at the two bracelets above, one was just given by the princess, and the other was given by Zhuge Yu. If she guessed right, the surprise of the princess before was due to seeing it.

Zhuge Yu changed into a set of gold-rimmed black brocade clothes in the room. He never cared about his appearance, he looked in the mirror several times today, and stepped out of the room happily after confirming that he was handsome and unparalleled.

As soon as they went out, they saw Leng Youru and Shui Linglong passing by, before leaving, Leng Youru patted Shui Linglong's hand, the two seemed to have had a conversation!
A complicated look flashed across Zhuge Yu's eyes, he walked quickly to Shui Linglong, looked at Leng Youru's back, and said, "What did my concubine mother tell you?"

Shui Linglong raised her eyebrows: "Oh, it's nothing special, I just hope that I can spend more time with your sister, and gave me a bracelet, and told me not to blame her for not having time to entertain me other than being busy with housekeeping and worshiping Buddha."

Zhuge Yu frowned: "Since my second brother passed away, she has been like this, you really don't need to take it to heart." It was referring to Leng Youru's alienated and indifferent attitude!

Shui Linglong opened her eyes wide: "Second brother? Zhuge Yu, you had a younger brother?" Why hasn't she heard of it?

"Yes, but he died early during Kashgar's celebration." Zhuge Yu seemed afraid of Shui Linglong's further questioning, took her hand and said, "Didn't you want to tell me about the improvement plan for the water falling from the south to the west? It just so happens that my father is out, so I'll take you to his study."

After Zhuge Xi heard the news that Yao Cheng had fainted at the gate of the palace, Shui Linglong almost walked out of the mansion with Huarong on her back. When she saw the bearded and pale Yao Cheng lying on a bed When I was in the puddles of water, my heart suddenly became a ball.

Only then did she know that she was so promising!

I can't see him getting along with other women, and I can't see him having a bad life.

Some time ago, Yao Cheng came to the mansion to look for her every day, but suddenly stopped coming three days ago. Her heart...is actually a little lost.

Hua Rong asked worriedly: "Miss, what should we do? According to the guard, he has been lying down for... more than an hour."

More than an hour?

(End of this chapter)