Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 37
Meng Jing watched Chu Ci's back getting farther and farther away in the night, he sighed heavily, and tasted helplessness for the first time.

It turns out that it is difficult for an upright official to break up housework. This is the feeling.

One side is his biological mother, and the other side is his wife and children. No matter which side he stands on, it will hurt the people on the other side. He is simply in a dilemma right now.

"My lord, are you staying in the Chu mansion tonight or going back to the palace?" Han Zhe stepped forward at the right time and asked respectfully with his hands clasped.

Hearing this, Meng Jing glanced sideways at him. After a moment of silence, she suddenly said, "Han Zhe, if it were you, how would you choose?"

Hearing his master's question, Han Zhe showed distress on his face, moved his lips, and expressed doubts, "My lord, my parents have both died since I was a child in a humble job. To this day, I have not married."

He doesn't have this problem at all, does he?
"My king didn't ask." Meng Jing stepped up, intending to walk towards Chu's residence.

Han Zhe seemed to be thinking of something, and suddenly suggested, "Mingjun Wang has a lot of people in his family, why don't you go to the county prince for advice?"

Xiao Ke, King of Ming County, is one of the few close friends of Meng Jing's brothers, but the population of the mansion is not as simple as that of the Prince Regent's Mansion, and it is even very complicated - there are seven or eight uncles on the top, more than a dozen brothers, aunts, sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces. Even more dizzying.

Ask him, maybe he can really solve the problem.

Thinking in this way, Meng Jing took Han Zhe, got on his horse and headed towards Ming Wang's mansion.

After half an hour, the two got off their horses.

After being notified, he followed the boy to the Shiziyuan where King Mingjun was.

In the study of the Shiziyuan.

King Mingjun didn't expect Meng Jing to come to him at this time, and after a moment of stunned, he got up to meet him.

Meng Jing has already walked to the door of the study.

"Brother, why are you here?" Xiao Ke asked, looking at Meng Jing with a livid face, and asked suspiciously.

Meng Jing lifted up her robe and walked in, "Go in and talk."

Xiao Ke was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand, signaling to all the waiters in the study to go down, closed the door by himself, turned around and walked towards Meng Jing.

I personally poured him a cup of tea and asked, "What is it that makes the big brother so embarrassed? Tell me, maybe the little brother can help a little bit."

Hearing this, Meng Jing raised her head and glanced at him, paused with the teacup in her hand, and said with difficulty, "If...this king means that if the princess of the county and the princess of Ming or the old princess don't get along, how will you deal with it?"

Xiao Ke was taken aback for a moment, then heard Xian's meaning, and said, "After the elder brother's backyard, is the sister-in-law and the concubine not getting along?"

Meng Jing was silent for a moment, then shook her head in embarrassment, "It's not discord, but... water, fire, no, tolerance."

He spit out the last four words one by one from between his teeth.

After speaking, the expression on his face became even more livid.

Xiao Ke nodded and understood.But immediately, he shook the jade fan in his hand again, showing a helpless expression.

"Brother, I really want to help you solve your problems, but Ah Heng has always been gentle, and has always handled affairs in the back house with ease. My mother, concubine and grandmother are also very filial. From getting married to now, I have never given me more than half a favor." trouble."

After hearing Xiao Ke's words, Meng Jing felt like being stabbed.

He raised his eyebrows slightly, and gave him a cold look, "I didn't say anything when I was the king."

After speaking, he got up and left.

Seeing this, Xiao Ke rubbed his nose, then waved his jade fan to stop Meng Jing, and said, "Brother, I can't help you with the matter of the inner house, but, I think the matter of the backyard should be settled in the backyard. If you intervene rashly, it will only lead to more confusion, or else, tomorrow, I will ask Ah Heng to see my sister-in-law, and give her a good education."

Meng Jing raised her eyes and looked at Xiao Ke for a long time before nodding her head, "Yes".

After solving Meng Jing's problem, Xiao Ke got up and walked to him again, put his hand on Meng Jing's shoulder and said, "A few days ago, people from the Western Regions brought a few jars of wine. It tastes good. Brother, do you want to drink it?" How many cups?"

Meng Jing frowned, knocked off his hand on her shoulder, stood up and said, "No need, your sister-in-law is afraid of the dark, and I have to rush back to accompany her."

After speaking, he walked outside.

Walking to the door, he stopped again, without turning his head, and said, "Choose a few jars of wine and send them to Chu's house in Yongningfang."

It is said that this thing can beautify the skin and help sleep.

Ah Ci might like it.

Thinking in this way, the corners of his cold lips curled up in a doting arc, and then he walked away again.

Xiao Ke watched Meng Jing leave, and was stunned for a long time. As if he had realized it, he ordered someone to go to the wine cellar to drink wine.

Chu house.

When Meng Jing came back, Chu Ci hadn't rested yet, she was concocting a new pill in the pharmacy.

Hearing the sound of footsteps outside, she didn't think much about it, she just regarded it as a dumb girl, so she didn't turn her head and said, "It would be nice to have me here, you have to get up early tomorrow, go and rest!"

"You haven't slept yet, how can I sleep?" Meng Jing hugged her waist from behind and whispered in her ear.

Chu Ci was suddenly hugged by him, his body shook, his voice suddenly became dull, "Why is it you!" As he said that, he wanted to break free from his embrace.

Meng Jing didn't let go.

Chu Ci snorted, "Don't make trouble, I'm busy."

"Then I'll hug you when you're done." Meng Jing was willing to let her go, stepped back a few steps, and leaned against the medicine shelf, watching her knead the medicine paste into snow-white balls and put them in a dry box. He asked, "What kind of medicine is this?"

Chu Ci didn't turn his head, and said casually, "It's a finished medicine for children. It mainly treats cold, cough, fever... Keep it at home to save the child from sudden illness. If you can't find a doctor at night and delay your illness. Outside the ball It is sugar-coated with honey, rock sugar, and licorice, which is more convenient when coaxing children to take medicine, and saves the time of decoction.”

When Meng Jing heard her mentioning the child, under the light, her eyebrows and eyes softened immediately, and her voice became extremely soft, "A Ci, you will definitely be a good mother in the future."

When Chu Ci heard this, the action of making the pills paused.But in the end there was no call.

She continued with what she was doing.

Meng Jing was silent for a while, and then said, "Tomorrow a female family member will come to the mansion, after noon, you can go to Huichun Pavilion!"

"Who is it?" Chu Ci asked.

Meng Jing said, "The concubine of the king of Ming County, the second daughter of the right minister's family, her surname is Wei, and her small character is Shuheng."

Chu Ci nodded, she knew that King Mingjun was one of Meng Jing's few friends.

Then, after another half an hour of work, all the pills were finished.

When the two returned to their bedroom, they both tacitly did not mention Concubine Yun again.

"I'm going to take a shower first."

After Zhejin helped Chu Ci put down her hair, she said to Meng Jing.

Meng Jing glanced at Chu Ci, whose hair was like a waterfall cascading down her shoulders, and suddenly remembered the night when she first met in the Huichun Pavilion.

His Adam's apple moved slightly, then he raised his hand and waved at Zhejin and Zhexia, "You all step back first."

Zhejin and Zhexia said goodbye, bowed and walked outside.

Chu Ci frowned at Meng Jing who was walking towards her, and before he could speak, Meng Jing hugged her horizontally.

"Ah..." Chu Ci let out a slight cry as his body suddenly flew into the air.

Seeing her terrified appearance, Meng Jing smiled suddenly, looked down at her eyes that were even more moist because of the fright, and said, "My king will accompany you!"

After finishing speaking, without giving Chu Ci a chance to refuse, he carried her to the clean room in the west.

In the clean room, Chu Ci was pressed against the screen shelf, desperately clutching the clothes on his chest, glaring at Meng Jing and saying, "My lord, my lord... I suddenly don't want to wash it anymore, why don't you wash it first!"

"But my lord, I just want to wash with you now!" As he spoke, he suddenly smiled, and the next moment, he touched Chu Ci's acupoints.

Chu Ci was fixed there, his cheeks were already burnt bright red.

In the blink of an eye, she was charming to the bone.

There was amazement in Meng Jing's eyes, and she couldn't help raising her hand, following her eyebrows, her cheeks slid down, and finally stopped at her neckline.

With his eyes down, he smiled suddenly, and his expression was a stunning scenery that Chu Ci had never seen before.

"Aifei's pectoral muscles are well trained." His thin red lips fluttered, and he uttered a teasing sentence very lightly and very slowly.

Chu Ci's cheeks turned even redder, like ripe cherries.

She gritted her teeth and stared at him bitterly, "Meng Jing, if you have the ability, you can unlock my acupuncture points!"

She promised that she would definitely, definitely not stab him with a silver needle until he was paralyzed!

Meng Jing held her chin, stared at her intently, and chuckled, "Do you think this king will unlock your acupoints?"

Chu Ci gritted his teeth.

Meng Jing slid her hand down, opened her neckline, and uncovered her clothes layer by layer.

It wasn't until he made sure that there wasn't a single silver needle on her body, put her into the bathtub, and walked in himself, that he unlocked her acupuncture points.

As soon as Chu Ci was free, he got up and crawled to the edge of the pool.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, Meng Jing grabbed her ankle.

With a light pull from him, her tender white fingers slid off the edge of the bluestone pool, and her whole body fell into the water.

Fortunately, she is not bad at water, and can hold her breath, so she didn't pour a bellyful of water into it...

Afterwards, under Meng Jing's dominance and coercion, she had to take a bath with her once.

It was eaten clean from the inside out again.

After taking a bath, she was blushed all over and was so weak that she couldn't even stand up, but he was satisfied and refreshed.

After drying her body, she lay on the couch and covered her head with the silk quilt, not daring to look at his proud face at all.

Meng Jing took the quilt into her arms with her, hugged her, and the two fell into a deep sleep together.

The next day, when Chu Ci woke up, Meng Jing was gone.

She dragged her tired body out of bed, and when she changed clothes, she couldn't cover the bruises on her neck and behind her ears.

Zhexia has been in the Qinglongwei training camp since he was a child, and has not been through personnel affairs. Seeing this, he couldn't help frowning, and rarely asked, "Did the princess offend the prince last night?"

When Chu Ci heard the word "last night", his cheeks blushed first, then he gritted his teeth and snorted viciously, "I dare not provoke him, he is the one who provoked me!"

Zhe Xia frowned even tighter, "Since the princess didn't provoke the prince, why did the prince beat the princess?" He beat her so hard that it went behind the ears.

Zhe Jin and Chu Ci followed Zhe Xia's eyes, and it took a while to realize what she meant by "beating" in her mouth, and then both master and servant blushed.

"What, did I say something wrong?" Seeing the changes in Zhe Jin and Chu Ci, Zhe Xia pursed her lips and asked suspiciously.

Zhejin coughed lightly, looked at Chuci meaningfully, then looked at Zhexia, and reprimanded in a low voice, "I don't understand in the future, don't talk nonsense, the prince loves the princess so much, how could he do something to the princess... Those traces are proof that the prince loves the concubine!"

Chu Ci: "..." Where is the crack on the ground, I think I can get in!

Zhexia: "..." Still don't understand.But next time you beat someone, can you tell the other party that I am not beating you, but loving you?

"Okay, you go out first, I'll help the concubine change her clothes." Zhejin couldn't explain too clearly, so he had no choice but to push people away.

Zhexia didn't object, blessed his lower body, and retreated outwards.

In the inner room, Zhe Xia glanced at the ambiguous marks on Chu Ci's neck, lowered his head, turned around and walked towards the suitcase behind the screen.

Not long after, he took out a white high-necked and wide-sleeved outer shirt, walked towards Chu Ci, and said, "It's cold today, the princess should add another outer shirt!"

Chu Ci knew what Zhejin meant and did not refuse.

The two of them had just packed up and had their breakfast when Zhe Xia's announcement came from outside, "Princess, Princess Mingjun has arrived!"

"Understood, please invite her to the Nuan Pavilion!" Chu Ci raised his voice and ordered.

A quarter of an hour later, Dong Nuan Pavilion.

Chuci and Princess Mingjun greeted each other.

The two exchanged each other's age, first and last name.It was only then that Chu Ci found out that although Princess Mingjun's family background was young, she was a few years older than her body in terms of age—the surname was Wei, the single name was Fing, and the name was Shu Heng.

The two chatted for a few words, and they hit it off.

After getting acquainted, Princess Mingjun remembered her purpose of coming today, frowned, and tried to persuade Chuci—the male lead outside, the female lead inside, in order for Meng Jing to handle the court affairs with peace of mind, she should be patient with Concubine Yun.Only when the back house is stable can Meng Jing develop his ambitions in the court and be invincible.

Hearing what she said, Chu Ci turned cold, and said, "If the concubine princess came here today to tell me these things, I'm sorry, but I won't send you off if I told you to turn left!"

Princess Mingjun didn't expect that Chu Ci's face would change so quickly, and she suddenly became embarrassed.

After a while, he murmured, "I... I actually don't want to talk about this, it's the king of the county, and the king of the county asked me to persuade you."

Chu Ci sneered coldly, "If he asked you to persuade me, you can persuade me. If he asks you to ask and leave to make way for other women, will you die? Do you agree?"

Princess Mingjun hesitated, clasped her hands tightly on her lower abdomen, and said with flickering eyes, "Junwang, Junwang, he wouldn't treat me like this!"

Chu Ci turned his face away and held his forehead.

Princess Mingjun looked at her side face and pursed her lips tightly. After a while, she felt a little disappointed again, and said with a faint cry, "I am not as lucky as a princess. To be so cherished by the regent, I will be so precious for my whole life." , there is only one person, laughing and cursing, it is all true. If I don't follow the command of the county king and become a qualified princess, I will only be left with pain and depression in my life, and I will bring shame to the family..."

At the end, Princess Mingjun sobbed softly.

When Chu Ci heard her cry, he also felt that his reaction just now was a little too extreme.

She got up slowly, walked to her side, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, frowned and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to target you, I just... just don't want to listen to others asking me to forgive the concubine, Honor the concubine."

"The concubine is the prince's biological mother, not mine. She never gave birth to me, so why should I be punished and scolded by her for no reason! Treat her as my own mother! I can go back without beating and scolding." , it is already the best of benevolence.”

"..." Princess Mingjun looked shocked, "The concubine beat and scolded you, and you want to return it?"

Chu Ci raised his eyebrows, "Can't I? I'm not her maid, so why should I be punished by her? My parents have never beaten me like this, so why should she beat me! Besides, my parents have used it for more than ten years , Raising me with gold and jade, is it just so that I will marry someone one day and be beaten and scolded by my mother-in-law?"

Princess Mingjun heard her say this, and the tears she finally stopped fell again.

She slowly rolled up her sleeves, and on her snow-white and slender arms, scars were suddenly exposed, some were new and some were old, some were deep and some were shallow, quite terrifying.

Chu Ci just glanced at her, and his heart ached. He grabbed her hand and asked, "Who did this?!"

Princess Mingjun cried even harder, but she didn't speak, but shook her head desperately.

Chu Ci also has a little understanding of the situation of the Ming Palace. The King of Ming and his father, the King of Ming, are the eldest sons and grandsons of the Ming Palace, but what the old princess loves most is her own young son and the grandson of the youngest son. ...

"Did the old concubine do it?" Her voice trembled slightly, and she asked with a hint of anger.

Princess Mingjun nodded silently, and sobbed, "Grandmother is displeased with the father and the county king. When facing me, she always has a bad temper and beats and scolds at every turn..."

"Then you haven't told King Ming, and he hasn't asked?" Chu Ci was surprised.

Princess Mingjun shook her head, "I... don't want to cause trouble for the Duke, every time I get injured, I always say I did it accidentally."

After listening to Chu Ci, he really mourned her misfortune and was angry. He stared at her face for a long time, then stretched out his hand to her and said, "Give me your wrist!"

Princess Mingjun handed over her wrist.

Chu Ci pressed on her pulse, and after a while, he let go of her wrist, and asked seriously, "You and King Mingjun have no children?"

Princess Mingjun nodded, and said sadly, "Not yet."

Chu Ci was so angry that he wanted to poke her on the head, "Then when you go to greet and serve the old concubine, will she give you something to eat?"

Princess Mingjun recalled it for a moment, nodded and said, "Sometimes grandma will reward me with a bowl of blood swallow."

Chu Ci closed his eyes weakly, "The blood swallow contains the anti-fertility medicine, you will never be able to have children in this lifetime!"

After listening to Chu Ci's words, Princess Mingjun froze there for a while, her body softened, and she almost slipped off the grand master's chair. Thanks to the help of the maid beside her, she managed to stabilize herself.

The servant girl did not expect that the old concubine of the Ming Palace would have such evil intentions, so she knelt down on the ground crying, and begged Chu Ci, "Princess...you are a miracle doctor, the most famous doctor in the capital, you must have a way to help my lady." Yes, Zi Tong, I beg you, please help our princess, our princess cannot live without children... She is still young, only 19 years old, she really cannot live without children... Please, Zi Tong please!" As she spoke, she kowtowed her head.

Chu Ci waved his hand to stop Zi Tong's crying.

She turned her eyes, looked at Princess Mingjun again, and said coldly, "I can help you recuperate your body, but you have to be prepared, because of the previous reasons, it will be very difficult to conceive an heir, or maybe, you This life is only one child..."

Princess Mingjun raised her head when she heard what Chu Ci said, with tears in her eyes shining brightly, "I really, can I have another heir?"

Chu Ci shook his head, "Whether you have children or not, I don't care."

"Then..." Princess Mingjun wanted to ask, who has the final say?

Chu Ci didn't give her a chance to speak, and said directly, "Let me ask you, if I help you take care of it now, in a few months, you have this only heir, but accidentally lost it, what would you do? ?”

"I... probably going crazy!"

"Then when will you be able to protect yourself and your child, and come to me again!" After speaking, she got up, took a deep look at Princess Mingjun, and left with Zhejin.

Princess Mingjun watched Chu Ci's back disappear.

She was dazed, and sat there for a long time, then held her lips, and slowly smiled wryly...

She understood what Chu Ci meant.

Whether she can have a child in this life does not depend on anyone, but on herself.

If she is strong, then she can protect her child from anyone's harm.

If she is weak, her children will not even have the chance to see the world and her mother.

She knew what to do in the future.

Zi Tong lay down on the ground, clearly seeing the change in his young lady's face.She couldn't help laughing, raised her hand, held Princess Mingjun's hand tightly, and said in a crying voice, "Miss, you are finally enlightened... Let's go back to the mansion, we will take those who were driven to the village, Madam, bring it back to your nuns..."

Princess Mingjun nodded silently, and after wiping away her tears, she got up and walked out slowly...

Thank you in the middle.

Zhejin raised her eyes and looked at Chu Ci who was reviewing medical skills. Thinking about what happened in the Nuan Pavilion just now, she couldn't help asking aloud, "Madam, can Princess Mingjun's body really recover?"

Hearing this, Chu Ci stopped looking at medical skills, looked back at Zhejin, thought for a moment, and said, "I don't know either."

"Then you..." How could you promise so definitely.

"I just can't see a woman living so aggrieved!" She sighed, turned around, and continued to practice medicine.

And Ming Palace.

When the king of Mingjun heard that the concubine was returning to the mansion, he immediately put down the official document in his hand, glanced at Meng Jing triumphantly, waved the jade fan in his hand, and headed towards Hengwuyuan where Wei Fing was.

"Aheng, what's the matter, but you persuaded the sister-in-law?!" Before he entered the door, his voice reached Wei Bin's ears.

Wei Bing straightened his back, turned sideways, and sat on the Arhat bed without responding.

"Aheng?" King Mingjun asked again after entering the inner room, and then walked quickly towards Wei Fing.

After King Ming approached, Wei Bing suddenly turned his head, his eyes were red and swollen, he stood up abruptly, facing King Ming's handsome face, he raised his hand and slapped him.

with a snap.

Five red marks appeared on King Ming's face.

The next moment, the jade fan in his hand fell to the ground, his eyes widened, and he looked at Wei Bin in a daze, "Aheng, you..."

Snapped!
Before he could finish his sentence, Wei Bing slapped his backhand again, symmetrically.

(End of this chapter)