Yijuan cloud

Chapter 140 The Beloved
Before the palace change, the marriage contract between Liang Xianyi and I was annulled.

There were very few people who knew about this matter, not to mention the turmoil at that time. How many of them could have imagined that he had a concubine who was engaged to be married?
Even if Fan Li sued Liang Xianyi in public, one of which was "stealing someone's concubine", others would only pay attention to the word "stealing".

As for me, the "beautiful woman" is just lost in the romantic affairs of men.

No one cares who the "concubine" is.

Moreover, when Fan Li impeached Liang Xianyi, he did not name the maid who was in love with him.

When Liang Xianyi was still a prince, I arranged a marriage with him. Now he is a high-ranking emperor, and there is no objection to this matter.

Therefore, my identity at this time is that of the Emperor’s beloved.

There is another identity that is made public, and that is Fan Li's adopted sister.

After Liang Xianyi ascended the throne, he made a special edict among the heavy state affairs to posthumously confer my mother the title of Madam Gaoming. He would welcome me into the palace as soon as the hot filial piety was over.

Of course it’s hard to stop everyone from talking.

There are still some people who know the truth privately, but it is a foregone conclusion.

Therefore, the world also knows that there is a person like me.

Although I have not yet registered my title, I am already a woman in the harem.

I used to memorize poems and thought the song "Autumn Evening" was very beautiful: "The cold autumn light of silver candles paints the screen, and the light fan blows at the flowing fireflies. The sky is as cold as water at night, and I lie down to watch the Altair and Vega."

Spending the long night swatting fireflies and gazing at the Cowherd and the Vega in the distance is the life of a palace maid.

I never thought that one day I would walk into the Forbidden City, and even a trip home became a luxury.

Liang Xianyi's expression was still caring, and he said "hmm" before saying, "I miss you when I think about you. I also asked your family to come and stay with you these days. Since you want to go back, then go out and have a look. Well, although you are not yet a member of the harem, you are mine after all. It is always difficult to leave the palace, and arrangements must be made properly. I will ask Meng Degui to go to your home tomorrow to inform you, and we will choose an auspicious time before setting off. .”

If we delay, we won't be able to go back until early the next morning.

In fact, it's not even leaving the palace, it's just starting from Xiyuan.

Because I tried my best not to show off, all formalities were waived, but I still followed more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs and traveled slowly in a golden embroidered phoenix sedan chair.

As if in a blink of an eye, I got off the sedan chair and arrived at the Lin family's residence.

Wenluo led me to change my clothes before entering the main hall. When I saw Jin Niang and Aunt Xue kneeling on the ground, I hurriedly stepped forward to help them.

Jin Niang was so nervous that she knelt down in tears and was speechless.

Aunt Xue said softly: "I respectfully welcome the noble Rui."

Jin Niang bowed and said, "My lord, please return and take your seat."

I took Jin Niang's hand and said, "We haven't been canonized yet. Jin Niang should not be so restrained. Where is my father? There are Youting and Baoxiang. Isn't Youting still at home? And Xing'er, Why didn’t I see them?”

Jin Niang said: "The foreign men are all behind and don't dare to trespass."

I said, "I'm just here to meet my family. If you dare, go and invite them." After a while, only Youting and Baoxiang came in, and my father could only talk for a while through the screen. Baby talk, not even a face.

After talking for a while, I went back to the courtyard where I originally lived.

The interior layout was roughly the same as before, except for some precious ornaments and palace lanterns. I caressed the books on the bookshelf, asked Jinniang where Linghua was, and asked her to come and see her too.

Jin Niang said: "That girl has gone back to the Xu family. She should be with her parents."

I was stunned for a moment, sighed secretly, and felt a little depressed.

Linghua is a domestic servant of the Xu family. Both her parents work in the Xu family. She used to be married to the Xu family. Although the Xu family is gone, there is no reason for her to go back.

"Who told her to go back? Or did she want to go back on her own?" I asked in a low voice.

Jin Niang said: "She is serving the nobles. Our family will not let anyone leave. It was she who was crying and begging to go back. She said that her parents were old, so Youting handed over the memorial, and the Holy Spirit said Right."

"Yeah." I responded and said, "I'm tired and want to rest here by myself."

After Jin Niang and Aunt Xue left, Wen Luo helped me get on the bed. I said to her, "You can go down too. I want to be alone for a while."

The door creaked softly, and the room suddenly became silent.

I lifted up the quilt and got out of bed, pacing around the room silently.

I thought to myself: "Perhaps he is too busy. He is already tired of dealing with the affairs in the court. How can he think of this little thing? What's more, after I recovered from the illness, I still spent so little time with him..."

I comforted myself, but still felt deeply regretful.

At this time, a gust of breeze blew in from the back window. I turned around subconsciously and saw Xing'er jumping over at some point and closing the window gently.

There were palace maids and eunuchs guarding the courtyard on all sides. How did he get in?

After being shocked, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed. He hurriedly ran over and pulled him into the inner room. He lowered his voice and asked him excitedly: "There is a palace man by the window. Didn't he see you?"

Xing'er was also very happy. He looked at me and suddenly knelt on the ground: "Please punish me, Miss. The slave used an old hen to lure the eunuch away and secretly came to see Miss."

I quickly pulled him up and said, "I know what you are capable of. Get up quickly. You are a slave and master. Since you came here secretly, please stop giving me these false gifts."

Xing'er smiled "hehe" and said: "I miss you so much, Miss. I was thinking two days ago that I could go to the palace courtyard to see if you were okay. I heard that yesterday You want to go home, but I'm so excited that I haven't closed my eyes all night. I'm more happy than the emperor giving me a job as an official! Just now those eunuchs stopped me from seeing the eldest lady, so I wanted to see you no matter what. As soon as I saw him, I hugged the old kitchen hen and climbed over the wall."

I smiled and said: "After all, he is a fourth-rank official, why are he still so unstable? How are these days at home? Jin Niang and the others can't say anything. Please tell me quickly."

"Of course it can't get any better. We have a soon-to-be empress at home, the late wife has been given a royal title, Youting and I have both been appointed to the imperial court, and all the famous families in the city have come to visit us. Don't you know? , several matchmakers came to propose marriage to Youting. When the emperor was still the prince, I was a little bit embarrassed when he said that this day would come, but I didn’t expect that it would actually happen!"

My heart skipped a beat and I quickly asked, "When did you know about it?"

Xing'er immediately understood what I was referring to, looked outside, and then came back and whispered: "It's a long story, so I'll make it short. When you were kidnapped by the Mongols, the eldest lady was released first. I want to take you with me." You flew away, but you not only refused to follow me, but also drove me away and said you would ignore me again. I was really sad and wandered around on the grassland. I don't know how to make you forgive me."

"Later Zhong Ming found me and asked me to go with a few martial arts masters to go to the Mongols to rescue Prince Yi. He also said that after the matter was completed, he would ask Prince Yi to keep me here, saying that sooner or later, Miss, you and Prince Yi would be together. Since we are here, I will follow Prince Yi, so naturally I will follow you. I have no place to go, so I thought what Zhong Ming said made sense, so I agreed."

(End of this chapter)