atypical prostitute

Chapter 144

"Thank you, Your Highness, for saving me."

After leaving Yanbo Pavilion, Li Ci couldn't wait to thank the eldest princess.

The eldest princess looked at the Qiongzhi jade leaves outside the corridor indifferently, and said, "It's just a little effort." From the corner of her eyes, she glanced at Eunuch An who was closely behind.

Eunuch An has suffered a great loss today, but he also knows that it is rare for the matter to be resolved like this, so he hurriedly said: "That little bastard deserves this beating for the evil he made himself!"

The eldest princess nodded happily, and said: "In any case, he is your nephew. I demoted him to the imperial mausoleum for his own good. This kind of reckless rampage will sooner or later provoke ruthless characters." .This time, it's just a lesson!"

Eunuch An submissively said: "What Your Highness said is very true."

Seeing him docile, the eldest princess stopped talking, pointed to the unseasonably blooming white lotus in front of her, and said, "Today, Ruixue, why don't you and I come to the warm pavilion to have a chat with the red stove?"

"Respect is worse than obedience."

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The lotus in the Ningbi Pool is invincible all the year round, and the Canglang Pavilion in the Ningbi Pool is like spring all the year round. As soon as you enter the pavilion, there will be warm wind blowing in your face, turning the ice crystals on the fur into clear water drops. .Li Ci was unavoidably surprised, and the eldest princess said indifferently: "If you can make the white lotus invincible all the time, naturally you can also make the pavilion like spring all the year round."

After finishing speaking, she took off the white bear fur and threw it to the female official waiting outside the pavilion. Li Ci also took off the fur coat, revealing a robe with heavy brocade sleeves. She slid down the sleeves and meandered into the pavilion.

There were already people waiting in the pavilion.

It is a dignified female crown, star crown feather shirt, holding a dust whisk and sitting on an ivory mat, beside the small red clay stove, the charcoal fire is burning.

Seeing someone entering, the female crown raised her head, and casually said: "His Royal Highness is well, Mrs. Shaohou is well, Mingji is polite here." It was regarded as a salute.

Li Ci knew that she was from the same clan as Empress Xiao Yizhen, so she was unusual, so naturally she didn't care about the little arrogance in her words.

So he returned the salute with a smile, and sat down opposite the eldest princess.

The eldest princess obviously also saw that there seemed to be a grievance between each other, so she sat down and said straight to the point: "Mingji, I see that you have resentment in your eyebrows, and you are all your own people here, so it's okay to say something."

Shangguan Mingji then raised his head, sneered twice, and said, "Si Niangzi is very capable."

Li Ci saw that she was coming in a bad manner, and he immediately became alert in his heart, but he said innocently on his face: "Is the female crown playing a trick? Why can't I understand?"

Shangguan Mingji knew that she was pretending to be confused, so he saw the blood and said, "In order to marry Ye Chuan, you forced Princess Kanghui to sacrifice herself as a female crown. It is a great prestige for Liang Wang to ask him to cut down the feudal clan."

"Is the female crown worried about being implicated by me?"

Li Ci asked back, Shangguan Mingji said coldly: "I dare not, I just feel that everything should be done according to one's ability, and think about the consequences. After all, a tiger is a tiger, even if you pull out your teeth, you are still a tiger."

Sure enough, this Shangguan Mingji looked down on him in his bones, even though he knew that she was the illegitimate daughter of the eldest princess.

Although in terms of status, Li Ci is no worse than Princess Kanghui, but the origin of her other half's blood must never be known.

Therefore, in the eyes of a family girl like Shangguan Mingji, Fu Lici, a little concubine daughter of the Hou family, actually robbed the marriage of the concubine daughter of the clan, which is simply outrageous.

It's just that Shangguan Mingji is quite polite. After all, she knows the relationship between Lici and the eldest princess, and since the eldest princess is in front of her, she dare not say harsh words.After several rounds of twiddling, she actually said that she was worried about Li Ci, and was afraid that King Liang would hold a grudge, which would be unfavorable to her.

She wants to keep her face reserved, and Li Ci doesn't mind playing Tai Chi with her. While playing with the golden sachet in his sleeve, he said: "Shangguan's female crown's love, Li Ci will always remember it in his heart. It's just that the female crown is in the Taoist temple. I have been cultivating for a long time, I don’t know the affairs of the world, and I have underestimated the mind of King Liang.”

Shangguan Nuguan's facial muscles suddenly convulsed, as if someone had stepped on a sore spot, she hid her right hand that was trembling with anger, and asked in a slightly hoarse voice: "Could it be that the fourth lady knows His Highness King Liang very well?"

Li Ci glanced at Princess Chang, who looked at the tiger from a distance, took a deep breath, and said, "I did rob Princess Kanghui's husband-in-law, and His Royal Highness Prince Liang did ask himself to cut down the vassal, but Many of them are involved, but it is beyond Shangguan's female crown to intervene. As far as I know, His Royal Highness Liang Wang is a benevolent man with great ambitions. He cares about the world and does not care about personal gains and losses. Let go of the grudges. Therefore, Li Ci can only accept the care and love of Shangguan Nuguan."

Some words can be said to be high-sounding and righteous, but in fact, Li Ci can't figure out the position of Shangguan women's crown, so he can only pick good things to say.Fortunately, Liang Wang is hypocritical everywhere, almost a saint. Her high hat will only make people think that Fu Lici's discerning vision is nothing more than that.

In the fight with Princess Kanghui, although she won beautifully, she was too high-profile. The high-profile made her a target of public criticism. Right now, she has to keep a low-key and sneaky step by step, and return to the high-profile style after her foundation is completely stabilized.

After all, for some things, it is one thing to be unspoken, but another thing to be brought to light.

Thinking of this, Li Ci glanced at the eldest princess.

The Eldest Princess smiled sweetly, answered the question, and said: "Besides, with Niang Hui's temperament, if she really married the Young Marquis, I'm afraid it will embarrass Your Majesty."

No matter how the eldest princess and Li Ci get along in private, they are always mother and daughter, and it is only natural for her to protect her.

"Your Highness means that Kang Hui's character is arrogant and unreasonable, and she is not the love of the Shaohou. If she really married the Shaohou, it would be bad?"

Shangguan Mingji asked back, not thinking that these words just aroused the eldest princess's unhappiness, she only heard her coughing a few times, and said: "Marriage is about the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers, but if there is no trace of love between men and women The friendship between the two parties, or the fact that both parties belong to each other, forcing them to be together will only create resentment. I didn’t understand this truth back then, and I married Anguo Huashi according to Emperor Wen’s wishes, so..."

Having said that, she stopped, tears flickering in her beautiful eyes.

Shangguan Mingji is a clever person, since His Royal Highness the eldest princess doesn't want to hear it, she will not insist on saying it without knowing how to advance or retreat, then she glanced at the red clay stove beside her, and said in surprise: "The heat is over."

Sure enough, the wine, which should have been as fine as ants, was already covered with a layer of whiteness. This pot of wine was considered useless.

But there is nothing to regret. Green ants are cheap things. Only because of the poem "Green ants' new fermented wine, a small red clay stove. It will snow in the evening, can you drink a cup?" The taste of wine.

The three female relatives of wealthy and wealthy families sat around the Canglang Pavilion drinking wine and chatting, seeking for elegance.

So he double-clicked his palm, and the servants entered and removed the overheated green ants together with the red clay stove.

The female officer presented the fine wine tribute from the Western Regions.

The bright red liquid looks like coagulated blood, because the sugar content is extremely high, the finger flicks, and the liquid surges, leaving long strands of angel tears on the glass-colored glass wall.

Li Ci took a sip carefully. Although it was not as rich as the French red wine of later generations, it was still a rare wine.

What is particularly rare is that the winemaking technology at this time is still very immature. It is not so much a wine, but more like a mixture of fruit juice and alcohol.

So he praised: "The wine tribute from the Western Regions tastes really good."

Seeing that she liked it, the eldest princess said, "I'll have someone send a cart there tomorrow."

"Your Highness loves me so much, I'm so terrified."

Speaking of thanking him on the scene, Li Ci put down the glass cup, looked at the Shangguan female crown, and said, "I have thought about the female crown's worries, but since I am already Ye Chuan's wife and Princess Kanghui has sacrificed herself to the Taoist temple, After that, no matter what happens, you have to bear it all.”

Shangguan Nuguan listened to her soft and strong words, and immediately felt a little admiration, and said: "Sure enough, she is the queen of the general family, and she is extraordinary."

Li Ci said: "It's just that I have seen some things too much, and I know how to deal with them too much."

After that, he looked at the eldest princess again.

The eldest princess did not move at all, and said with a smile: "Fifth brother believes in Buddhism, and he vowed to collect one hundred thousand merits. It is too late to do good deeds, so how could it be unfavorable to the fourth lady? What really worries me is Agan. Ye Wurong is the queen's third daughter." It's more than a year, but I haven't conceived yet, this—"

"Sister has already told me about this matter. She intends to invite women from aristocratic families into the palace to choose concubines for His Majesty."

Li Ci deliberately accentuated the word "daughter of aristocratic family".

Only the Shangguan family knows how much the heroic Hou Shangguan has benefited from being the head of the country for more than 20 years.What's more, today's master has deep affection for Queen Ye, even the peerless beauty may not be able to move his heart.To get him to empathize, only someone who looks exactly like someone he knows well can do the job.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Shangguan family also has this greed.

Li Ci observed carefully, and sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, a trace of complexity flashed across the eyes of Shangguan Nuguan.

Then he clicked to stop, and turned to the eldest princess and said: "This time Yinzhou worshiped the ancestors, I encountered a difficult situation, and I don't know how to deal with it."

"Oh? Tell me?"

Li Ci then talked about the important things about A Yu, but concealed the conflict between the seventh uncle and the ninth uncle, and also concealed his inferences about A Yu's motives.At the end, Li Ci said: "Now that Ayu insists on going back to Beijing with me, I don't want to make it difficult for Shaohou, so I—"

The eye sockets were moist, and the teardrops rolled.

Why didn't the eldest princess know about Li Ci's schemes, but she acted like a good wife, and the eldest princess could only cooperate with tears and sadness, and said: "You are leading a wolf into the house! Then there is a seventh uncle in Ayu's arms." She is the only seedling, but she doesn't want to stay in the back house to enjoy the blessings, it's clearly plotting bigger!"

"But--"

Li Ci continued to make grievances, she knew that she was too shrewd in many things on weekdays, so it would be better if she appeared dull in this house.

"After all, she is Shaohou's wet nurse and sister."

"When she gets pregnant with Shaohou's eldest son before you, you will know what a nurse and sister are!"

The eldest princess said bitterly.

Shangguan Nuguan also comforted her: "Fourth lady, you must hurry up and have a baby, so that you can tie the young prince's heart."

It's just that for some reason, there was a sense of gloating in Shangguan Nuguan's words.

The eldest princess also noticed something unusual, and retorted with a smile: "Mingji, you have never been a daughter-in-law, so you don't know the way of the back house. Pregnancy can certainly make a man worry about it, but it is also the easiest for people to take advantage of. If you don't make arrangements for the next step, pregnancy is tantamount to drinking poison to quench your thirst."

"so--"

"The most urgent task is to get rid of that Ayu! If this person stays for a day, he will be a day's disaster!"

The eldest princess spoke viciously, then took Li Ci's hand, and said, "It's inevitable for a man to be unable to control himself for a while, you can train a few smart and obedient servant girls, and let them wrap up for you when you get pregnant. I live in Shaohou. Anyway, there are quite a lot of medicines that make women infertile."

Is this an opportunity for mother-daughter face-to-face teaching?

Li Ci smiled wryly, and she nodded while saying "sin and sin" to the eldest princess' kindness.

Seeing that Li Ci liked it, the eldest princess became more and more elated, and sat beside her, telling her the beauty of the boudoir.Li Ci knew that it was impossible for the eldest princess to live alone all these years, but she couldn't help but blushed when she really heard her talking about those methods.

(End of this chapter)