atypical prostitute

Chapter 221

At dusk, when the drizzle stopped, the wives stepped off the boat in a dispirited manner. They didn’t know the stories that happened underwater and on the pavilion. They were lazy and dumped the burnt incense into the lake. They didn't care, they just complimented each other genuinely and falsely, and they sent Lici to the carriage with all the stars holding the moon, and then returned in groups of twos and threes in the sunset , Digesting today's information while walking.

Li Ci doesn't mind their careful calculations at all, they are not ignorant village women, who have ever really liked someone, and gathering at the incense tasting meeting is just to get what they need.Even if there is a little liking, it is based on common interests.

Get on the carriage, burn a wisp of fragrance, take a deep breath, expel all the turbid air stagnated in the lungs, Li Ci finally feels relaxed and happy, and at this time Bai Yinmei also changed her half-wet clothes, got into the carriage, shouted La Di sat beside Li Ci and said, "Si Niangzi, would you like to know what happened underwater today?"

"It's nothing more than someone trying to harm us, but you sent him away. Save these things and report them to Ye Chuan.",

Li Ci said with a lack of interest, since the filth under the water did not hurt her, she was not interested in what actually happened.

"Well, that's true. By the way, on the fifteenth day of this month, are you really going to burn incense at Daming Temple?"

He spoke softly, with a hint of uneasiness in his words.

Li Ci touched her lower abdomen, and said, "The fetus has been moving a lot recently, and I got the news of the emperor's anger. How can I not be worried. When Yun'er was born, the turmoil caused has not stopped. If this child... With the current situation of the court, I really don't want to give birth to a daughter and watch her suffer, but...the queen mother is aggressive...for Ye Chuan, I have to give birth to a woman."

Li Ci said bitterly that she and Ye Chuan had ridiculed Ye Nan in private, thinking that his two heads might make Ye Lihua become that virgin queen.But they knew better that it was Lici and Ye Chuan's daughter who the queen mother really wanted to be named queen, not Ye Lihua.

The harem is not a good place, and women with a little bit of assertiveness would not yearn for it.The woman relied on her powerful minister's father to obtain the status of queen. She seemed to be rock-solid and dignified, but in fact she was walking on thin ice.

Since ancient times, kings have been ruthless, and even a slightly ambitious emperor could not tolerate a head of state who manipulated the government at will!

Therefore, Li Ci didn't want to give birth to a daughter, didn't want her own flesh and blood to suffer the pain of choosing between her husband and her parents, and she didn't want her to be repeatedly hurt by her noble husband in the name of imperial power.

However, the rumors that Yangzhou has a son-in-law forced her to give birth to a daughter!
If this child gave birth to a son, combined with the rumors of the emperor's temperament, what would the Queen Mother think of!
Giving birth to a son means the catastrophe of genocide is imminent; giving birth to a daughter is doomed to a deeper and more painful future.

Perhaps, only the gods and Buddhas in the sky can tell her what to do.

For a while, there was silence in the carriage.

It took a long time before Bai Yinmei said cautiously: "Actually... there is no solution. As long as... as long as we convince the Queen Mother that Tianzi Qi has nothing to do with you, then..."

"But who can slander the Empress Dowager? Don't forget, Ye Guantianxiang told Yangzhou that he is a son of heaven, and he was recommended by Jun Fengxi."

Li Ci pointedly pointed out that Jun Fengxi and Wei Wang went out and slept in the same car and shared the same bed. It can be said that they are very close, and Wei Wang is Ye Chuan's political ally. .A person who is biased towards King Wei and Ye Chuan says that Yangzhou has the spirit of the emperor, so it is true!
Originally, the strange celestial phenomena caused by the birth of the eldest son had caused a lot of discussion in the capital. This time, Yangzhou's son-in-law incident just happened to coincide with Lici's pregnancy again. Combined with Ye Chuan's still dominating the position of the great general and the great Sima, he was faint in Yangzhou. With the current situation of Jiangnan Wang's imposing manner, it is difficult not to combine the matter of Tianziqi with their husband and wife!

What's more...

Most of the Xiao family may still be ignorant, but the Queen Mother must have known Li Ci's true identity from King Liang.

Thinking of this, Li Ci couldn't help but angrily said: "King Liang...it's King Liang again...how long does he want to fight against me!"

It turned out that Pei Ling'er knew that she was weak and weak, and it was difficult to compete with the King of Wei. Since Ye Chuan left Beijing, in addition to rewarding her mother's family and cultivating party members, she also stepped up her efforts to win over Xiao's clan.King Liang, who was squeezed out of the political center by King Wei and Ye Chuan when Emperor Wu was in power, quickly became her best ally.

Liang Wang has always been a person who is unwilling to be lonely. After realizing that the Queen Mother has intentions, he immediately assumed the posture of a saint and pretended to support the orthodoxy. In exchange for the past events of Princess Pei's suicide and the death of the princess, the Empress Dowager Pei trusted him completely. She believed that he was in the same enemy with her, and they all regarded Ye Chuan, Fu Lici and his wife as mortal enemies.

After such and such, Liang Wangmou won the trust of the queen mother, but he was still well-known all over the world, and he was really good at dancing.

"Do you need me to kill him for you?"

Bai Yinmei said nonchalantly, Li Ci gave him a blank look, and said: "He is worth dealing with Jun Fengxi for all these years, and you can kill him if you want!"

Bai Yinmei thought about it seriously, and there was indeed some truth, so to hide her embarrassment, she changed the subject: "I have met Chu Qing."

"Oh? What kind of person is he? How is he compared to Jun Fengxi?"

"It's far worse than him, and I ran away after a few words of bluff." Bai Yinmei said disdainfully, "Actually, I am not sure that I can beat him in a frontal fight, but he seems to be very afraid of Jun Fengxi, I was forced to retreat with a few words."

"Then we can't relax our vigilance." Li Ci said quietly.

Bai Yinmei said: "Of course I won't let down my vigilance, but I was also surprised when we first met. It was the stupid scholar I met in Xiaozhushan last year. Thinking about it this way, could it be that you, Si Niangzi, knew about his future? May become our enemy, deliberately give him the incense box, plant a love in his heart?"

What he said was inexplicable, but fortunately, Li Ci had a deep memory of Xiaozhushan, thought for a while, and said, "It turned out to be him. It's really a coincidence."

"Fate? I don't think so." Bai Yinmei said awkwardly, "Does Fourth Lady still keep the jade pendant?"

"Yun'er liked it, so she stayed. Go back and let Bi Tao find it."

Li Ci said nonchalantly, the incident in Xiaozhushan was completely accidental, and Liu Xiang was also a prank on the spur of the moment.She saw that the scholar was born with a dignified appearance and a rather dusty temperament, but he was a goose. When the group of them were mountain spirits, she immediately became playful and imitated the amorous female ghost in the story of Liao Zhai, and gave him half a box of incense powder .

As for the jade pendant he gave back, although the precious light is warm and the carving is fine, it is not ordinary at first glance, but Li Ci came from a wealthy family, and Yangzhou is also a place where skilled craftsmen gather in the world. Xiao Kunei didn't want Yun'er to like it, so he held it in his arms, chewed and sniffed, then stayed and gave his son a plaything.

Times have changed, if Bai Yinmei hadn't mentioned this incident, Li Ci would not have remembered the temporary prank.It's just that, but I'm terrified when I think carefully, is it true that there is God's will in the dark, and everyone is manipulated like a marionette?

Li Ci, who found that his mind had accidentally detoured into a dead end, supported his forehead. Just as he was thinking about what to do next, the carriage stopped suddenly. Bai Yinmei was in the same car, and she was pulled steady in the blink of an eye, and finally had a false alarm, but her steps kept swaying.

Without waiting to sit still, Li Ci raised the curtain a little, and said to the nanny accompanying the car: "What happened?"

"There was someone blocking the road ahead to argue, but I didn't want to disturb Madam."

Mammy said obediently, pointing to the place surrounded by the crowd more than [-] steps away from the carriage. As expected, there were endless voices of abuse, and the content was filthy and unbearable.

Li Ci glanced at Bai Yinmei, he understood, took out a token of the Yangzhou General Manager's Mansion from his sleeve, handed it to the mother-in-law, and said: "Go and see what the dispute is about, if someone dies, just take the token Tell the government to bring someone over here."

The mother-in-law took the token with both hands, stepped back in small steps, but walked up to the crowd holding the token arrogantly, waving the token, and shouted: "Token of Yangzhou Governor's Mansion, idlers, etc., get out of the way!"

Immediately, the quarrel that boiled against Yingtian disappeared, leaving only silence.

But after a burst of astonishment, there was another loud cry, and the people surrounded in the center shouted: "Masters of Yangzhou General Manager's Mansion, you have to make decisions for my family!"

And the person who was arguing with her thickened his neck when he saw this and shouted: "Thief woman, how dare you sue the wicked first! I will not kill you!" A whip is a blow to the face.

As a result, the already quiet street became noisy again, which stunned the mother who held the order.One must know that Ye Chuan, the general manager of Yangzhou, is a feudal official who controls the military administration from the Yangtze River to Zhuzhou. Not to mention his outstanding political achievements and being loved, his power alone is enough to make local officials back down.

How can one not be amazed to meet someone who dares to contradict him?
Hearing the noise in front of him, Li Ci frowned, ordered the guards to step forward, and said, "Go and see what's going on? If you don't listen, bring them all here."

"Yes!"

The guard took orders, Li Ci put down the bead curtain, and said to Bai Yinmei: "Could this be a trap?"

Bai Yinmei looked out the window, there were restaurants on both sides, at this evening, when the business was thriving and people were passing by, he said, "It may be a trap, but there will definitely be no boulders falling from the sky."

Seeing him making serious jokes, Li Ci couldn't help but chuckle, and said, "You really—"

"You can't let go of any suspiciousness. You taught me the truth."

Bai Yinmei said with a straight face, at this time the troublemaker was also brought by the guards, they were dragging a skinny man lying on a reed mat to the haggard mother and daughter in ragged clothes, they had some discernment, seeing this carriage Although they are dark and inconspicuous, any nanny who is randomly assigned is holding the badge of the Yangzhou General Manager's Mansion, and seeing that the guards are all in fresh clothes and angry horses, with sharp knives on their waists, they know that they must be important figures in the Yangzhou General Manager's Mansion, and they kneel before they can be reprimanded Down, kowtow like pounding garlic.

Behind them, a handsome young man in a light purple beard followed unhurriedly, standing with a small leather whip in his hand, with a very arrogant attitude.

(End of this chapter)