Queen's Development

Chapter 90 The Concubine
The next day Lin Jia took Yuzhi to Zhizhou Yamen.

Lin Jia went to deal with official business, while Yuzhi took the bag of candied fruit to Qinglong Guanzhaizi.

Dr. Liu was leading Mrs. Xu and Jin'er to plant medicinal herbs in the open space in the yard. When they saw Yuzhi coming, the three of them were very happy, washed their hands and came to accompany Yuzhi together.

Yuzhi always felt that the interaction between Dr. Liu and Mrs. Xu was a little strange, but she couldn't tell what was so strange, so she kept it in her heart.

Dr. Liu seemed to be in a very good mood, and asked with a smile, "What's the matter, Miss Yuzhi?"

Yuzhi took out the candied fruit wrapped in oil paper from her bosom, and handed it to Doctor Liu: "Doctor Liu, do you see if there is anything wrong with these candied fruit?"

Dr. Liu picked up a candied fruit, broke it open, looked at it, put it to his nose and smelled it, and said, "There is a daughter drunk in it!"

Yuzhi looked at him curiously, but because she thought the name was strange, she didn't ask it.

Jin'er listened with her hands on her chin, and asked curiously, "What is a daughter's drunkenness?"

Doctor Liu said with a straight face: "These things are not something children should know, you go out and play!"

Jin'er knew that Dr. Liu was tough and soft-hearted, so she was not afraid of him at all, so she made a face and didn't go out.

Yuzhi already understood that her daughter's drunkenness was an aphrodisiac, so she tentatively asked, "Is the medicine strong?"

Doctor Liu nodded solemnly, and said: "Generally, this kind of medicine can be dissolved with cold water, but this daughter is drunk, and there is nothing to dissolve it."

After solving this question, Yuzhi left.

During the daytime, Lin Jia and Yuzhi were not at Cuiweiju, Xiliu and Shuiying had nothing to do, so they sat on the porch basking in the sun and doing needlework.

Some time ago it was cloudy and rainy, but now it is quite comfortable to bask in the sun.

After sitting for a while, Xiliu couldn't sit down anymore, she always felt that her body was weird, there seemed to be an unbearable itching surging in her bones, and she had nowhere to put her hands and feet.

She was restless, moving back and forth on the stool, and the stool made a "squeak, squeak" sound, which made Shui An upset for a while, and raised her eyebrows: "If you can't sit still, don't sit here, you can't." It's annoying!"

Xiliu didn't want to quarrel with Shui An, so she put down her needlework and went out.

After leaving Cuiwei Residence, Xiliu involuntarily walked to Lingfeng Courtyard where the eldest son Lin Yu lived.

When she arrived at the gate of Lingfengyuan, Xiliu was embarrassed to go in directly, so she pretended to pick roses and stood in the rose garden opposite, but looked at Lingfengyuan from time to time, hoping to have a chance encounter with the eldest son.

Unexpectedly, the eldest son didn't meet him, but he lured Zhu Lingling out—Xiaoyu who answered the door saw Xiliu wandering outside the gate, secretly told Zhu Lingling, and exchanged a silver ring from Zhu Lingling.

Zhu Lingling was afraid that Lin Yu would beat her if she found out, so she stood at the gate, pinched her waist and looked at Xiliu, and said with a "hum", "Young master is not in the yard, some people don't get angry!"

When Xiliu heard this, she was ashamed and angry, and walked away with her head down.

Unexpectedly, while she was walking, she bumped into a person's arms and was hugged by that person.

Xiliu looked up and saw that it was Lin Yu. She was surprised and happy at the same time, but when she thought of Zhu Lingling's insult to her, tears welled up again: "Young master..."

Lin Yu looked around and saw no one around, so he gave the boy a wink, and led Xiliu to the nearby Shanzi Cave.

Walking into Shanzi Cave, Lin Yu stopped and hugged Xiliu in his arms.

Xiliu struggled weakly, her body was already a little weak.

Lin Yu stretched out his left arm to wrap around Xiliu's slender waist, and gently pushed her towards the wall, then supported the wall with his left hand, held Xiliu's chin with his right hand, and kissed her delicate and soft lips.

The masculine breath rushed towards his face, Xiliu's body was a little soft, and he responded passively...

After a while, Lin Yu let go of Xiliu, and stared at Xiliu with a smile in his peach blossom eyes. Seeing that Xiliu's eyes were watery, and his lips were already red and slightly swollen from kisses, he suddenly became a little excited, and his breathing gradually became heavy.

He picked up Xiliu and put her back to him...

After two degrees of spring breeze, Xiliu couldn't support herself, and she collapsed limply on the ground. Fortunately, the Shanzi Cave was covered with thick carpet, so it was not too uncomfortable.

Lin Yu straightened his robe slowly, took out a sapphire ring from his sleeve pocket, knelt down on one knee and put it on for Xiliu, kissed Xiliu's lips, and said with a smile: "My dear, I'm going first , you wait a while before going out, don't be seen!"

Xiliu's breath was undecided, she agreed softly, and watched Lin Yushi walk out.

I didn't expect that the things under the skirts between men and women are so interesting, no wonder there are so many romantic affairs in the palace...

In the future, she might be inseparable from the eldest son...

Yuzhi returned to the judgment hall and found that Lin Jia was not there. After asking Ah Qing, she found out that Master Zhizhou had invited Lin Jia to the study in the inner house to discuss matters.

She went into the Warm Pavilion where the tea was boiled, took a book and read it.

At this time, Lin Jia was sitting in the study of Xia Zhiqing, the magistrate, talking with Xia Zhiqing about the prevention of locust plagues this year.

Although Xia Zhiqing was greedy for money and flattering, he was a capable official and willing to work, so Lin Jia appreciated him.

While talking, Lin Jia suddenly heard a "cheech" laughter from behind the screen, which seemed to be a woman's voice.

He was a little surprised, and raised his eyes to look over, who knew that he happened to meet a girl with an oval face and slender eyes, who was quite charming.

That girl was Xia Zhiqing's legitimate daughter Xia Manling.

Seeing that Lin Jia saw her, she took a deep look at Lin Jia, retracted her head, and whispered to her concubine Xia Manyun, "Sister, Mr. Lin is very handsome! Very handsome!"

Xia Manyun's heart was beating a little fast, so she quickly poked her head around to take a look. At this time, Lin Jia was getting up to say goodbye to Xia Zhiqing, and Xia Manyun could see clearly.

She whispered: "Master Lin is tall and tall, much taller than Daddy, but a little too thin!"

Xia Manling covered her mouth and said with a smile, "Why is he a nobleman? He is a direct descendant of the Lin family, a real nobleman!"

Xia Manyun saw the sparkling eyes of his sister-in-law, and knew that Xia Manling had fallen in love with this young Mr. Lin. She felt sad for a while, but her face was full of smiles, and she still responded to Xia Manling, saying every sentence.

Knowing that Lin Jia found out that her daughter was spying on her, Xia Zhiqing couldn't help being a little embarrassed, so she had to send Lin Jia out.

After seeing Lin Jia off, Xia Manling rushed over and grabbed Xia Zhiqing's hand as soon as Xia Zhiqing came back, "Daddy, I want to marry Mrs. Lin, so hurry up and send someone to find a matchmaker!"

Xia Zhiqing loves Xia Manling the most, and said with a wry smile: "My good girl, even if our family is interested, we can't directly invite the official media to come to our door. We must first invite an intermediary to find out. If the Xingping County Prince's Mansion is also interested, they will send officials. The media came to ask!"

Xia Manling's eyes widened: "Daddy, Princess Li told my mother first!"

Xia Zhiqing was taken aback.

Xia Manling recounted the situation that day.

Xia Zhiqing was overjoyed and said, "I'll go see the prince later!"

Xia Manling held Xia Zhiqing's arm, tilted her head and asked, "Father, shouldn't the princess be the one to decide on Mrs. Lin's marriage? Why are you going to see the prince?"

Xia Manyun stood aside, watching her father talking affectionately with her sister-in-law, her heart was pierced - she was obviously more beautiful than Xia Manling, and smarter than Xia Manling, but why did father only have Xia Manling in his eyes?Father is so eccentric, and aunt is so eccentric, sooner or later, she will be better than Xia Manling, and will trample on everyone in the Xia family!
Xia Zhiqing stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "My good daughter, you don't know, Mr. Lin is different from other princes in the palace, he—"

As Lin Tao's confidant, although he knows some inside stories about the palace, he dare not tell his daughter too much.

After thinking about it, Xia Zhiqing said solemnly, "Let's put it this way, if Lin Jia is willing to accept you as a concubine, so is my father!"

Xia Manying and Xia Manyun were both stunned - they are the daughters of Zhizhou, they are ladies of everyone, how could they be concubines for others!

Xia Zhiqing was vague and refused to say more, but under Xia Manling's entanglement, he agreed to go to the palace in the afternoon to ask the prince to see the prince's tone.

In the afternoon, Xia Zhiqing really went to the Prince's Mansion of Xingping County to see Lin Tao.

Lin Tao met Xia Zhiqing in the outer study.

Xia Zhiqing knew that the prince was the most annoying and talked nonsense, so he cut to the chase after a few words of greeting: "My lord, I have two daughters, both 15 years old, who match the age of the second son, I don't know the second son..."

Lin Tao originally laughed at Yan Yan, but immediately raised his eyebrows: "I said Xia Zhiqing, your heart is not small!"

Xia Zhiqing saw that the prince was going to be annoyed, so he immediately gave up the idea of ​​marrying his daughter to Lin Jia, and hurriedly said with a smile: "My lord, what I mean by this official is to let the little girl enter the palace to serve the second son!"

Lin Tao laughed after hearing this, and said, "Ajia is so stubborn that I can't even pester him. He has to be willing to do this kind of thing, and I dare not make decisions for him!"

After hearing Lin Tao's words, Xia Zhiqing felt hesitant, so he chatted with Lin Tao for a while, and then left.

After returning to the house in the government office, Xia Zhiqing discussed with his wife.

According to what the prince said, Lin Jia was a bit of a high-altitude flower, and would not agree easily, but what if they cooked raw rice into mature rice?
When the time comes, I will take my daughter to see the prince. If you don't believe me, Lin Jia will deny it!
During the following period of time, Lin Tao gave Lin Jia one of his capable stewards to clean up the Qinglian Courtyard in the southeast corner of the palace.

The steward is called Cheng Wenhua, about 24 or [-] years old, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, quite handsome.

He used to be the personal servant of the Xingping County King, but because he was smart and capable of doing things properly, he became the steward of the palace, specializing in handling affairs for the Xingping County King.

Cheng Wenhua's work efficiency is very high. In just ten days or so, he cleaned up the Qinglian Courtyard, opened a door on the east wall, and built a duty room. As for the door connected to the Xingping County King, During the day, Mrs. Zhu, who was previously a helper in the small kitchen, was sent to watch, and at night it was locked to prevent anyone from entering.

Because Yang's mother is not feeling well recently, she has been recuperating in Cuiweiju's partial courtyard, so the matter of arranging and cleaning Qinglian courtyard falls on Yuzhi's shoulders.

Yuzhi was never afraid of trouble, and after the construction of Qinglianyuan was completed, she took Water Anise and Xiliu to Qinglianyuan to clean the pavement in the past few days.

That afternoon, Yuzhi went to the West Wing to ask Shui Ning and Xi Liu to go to Qinglian Courtyard together, but only Shui Ning came out.

Yuzhi asked in surprise, "Where is Xiliu?"

Shui Xing blinked her eyes: "I took a nap in the house, and when I woke up, Xiliu was gone!"

Yuzhi didn't say a word, but she felt very strange in her heart - in the summer afternoon, everyone in the palace was taking a nap, where did Xiliu go?
(End of this chapter)