first princess

Chapter 261 A Warm Family (1)
The Empress Dowager looked at Shui Linglong, and said with a pleasant face, "The concubine's contribution to helping the Empress is indisputable. I will follow my palace to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and my palace will give me a lot of rewards."

Shui Linglong followed the queen mother back to the bedroom, and as soon as she entered, the queen mother couldn't hold on anymore and fell to the ground.Shui Linglong turned pale in shock, knelt down and hugged the Queen Mother halfway into her arms, "Your Majesty the Queen Mother!"

The queen mother spat out a mouthful of black blood, and asked weakly: "Linglong, how will I... treat you?" Her voice was inaudible.

Shui Linglong wiped away the blood from the corner of the Empress Dowager's mouth, fixed her eyes and replied: "The Empress Dowager treats Linglong well." Although Eunuch Zhang threatened Shui Hangge and forced her to marry into the prince's mansion, he never really hurt her.

The queen mother coughed, and blood overflowed again, she clenched Shui Linglong's hand tightly with the little strength left, and gasped, "I know... the Supreme Emperor... I'm sorry... what happened to Zhuge's family and Leng's family...you If it's my cousin, I... feel bad...but what makes me feel even more uncomfortable is...he did this...for you...and your mother..."

Shui Linglong's heart skipped a beat, Queen Mother... what do you mean?
"I... just found out not long ago that... Nuo Min... Nuo Min... had a... relationship with the Supreme Emperor... before marrying your father... Nuo Min gave birth to a daughter, but she fell in love with Zhuge somehow... The poison unique to the family... died... the Supreme Emperor... believed that it was the Zhuge family's doing... so I want to take revenge on the Zhuge family... revenge on Kashgar... cough cough..." Blood flowed out of the Queen Mother's mouth like a water column , "But Linglong, you... you might... be that child..."

Shui Linglong shook her head, "Impossible!"

The queen mother lowered her hands weakly, "Perhaps it's just...the truth...has become an unsolvable mystery with Nuo Min's death..."

Shui Linglong's pupils moved, "My father is Shui Hangge!"

The queen mother said weakly: "It's fine anyway, you...you just look at...your mother...and the Supreme Emperor's love...keep...keep...his...blood...send...Xiaoqi , Eleventh and Twelfth... Go to Mobei! Promise me...you, answer, yes, me!"

How similar is this scene to the previous life?But in the previous life, Shui Linglong did not agree, but in this life... Shui Linglong nodded with tears in her eyes.The queen mother smiled contentedly in Shui Linglong's arms, and closed her eyes, "Also, I also went to Mobei together... Tell the third princess for me that I am free... I will come back to see her..."

Breeze rises, dark clouds cover, and a star falls from the sky...

The next day, it was reported that the Empress Dowager took several princes to Mobei overnight, but because she left in a hurry, she never said goodbye to Yun Li and the third princess, and the third princess was angry for a long time.At the same time, Concubine Li's persecution of the emperor and queen mother was made known to the world. Concubine Li was beheaded for public display, all men in Li's family were beheaded, and women and children were exiled to the bitter cold in the east.Shui Lingxi married Li Jing, and logically she could not escape death, but Li Jing divorced Shui Lingxi before the imperial edict was issued. In this way, Shui Lingxi has nothing to do with the Li family, so there is no need to go to the east.

What the queen mother told Shui Linglong, Shui Linglong didn't delve into it, and didn't tell Zhuge Yu, since she couldn't find the answer anyway, why bother herself?Shui Linglong understands what should be kept in mind in the short tens of years of her life.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's December, every household is busy, Shui Linglong ordered people to decorate the palace, hung red lanterns on the porch, planted money oranges on the roadside, and sent them to various courtyards for many years Paintings and New Year's goods.After finishing these, Shui Linglong thought about making winter clothes for the masters in the mansion, and bought some fireworks by the way.

Shui Linglong called Liu Lu and Zhi Fan, took her brothers, sisters and brothers Hao to the palace's carriage, and went to Tiantianyi Street.Although without Xun Feng, the operation of Tianxia No. [-] Street has been greatly affected, Shui Linglong and Guo Yan work together, and most of the business has stabilized.

"Wow!" My sister opened the curtains with her white and tender hands, and she couldn't help exclaiming when she saw the busy traffic and shops outside.When she called out like that, brother couldn't sit still anymore, stood on Liulu's lap, and opened the curtains, only then did he realize that the scenery outside was very different from the one in the palace, everything was moving!
"Giggle..." He laughed out loud, very excited.My sister noticed that his voice was louder than her own, so she hummed dissatisfied, and shouted again at the top of her throat, and then, my brother also yelled loudly...

Shui Linglong and her group laughed from ear to ear. While laughing, Shui Linglong sensed that Brother Hao was a bit out of place.Brother Hao should be happy that he finally went out, but he hung his head and kept playing with the jade pendant and tassels that fell from his waist, full of worries.Shui Linglong handed a piece of red bean cake with coconut milk to Brother Hao, "What is Brother Hao thinking? Can you tell Jin Jin?"

Brother Hao took a look at the pastry that he loved so much in the past but now he didn't even bother to take a bite, and was silent.Shui Linglong put the pastry back on the plate, wiped her hands with a handkerchief, held his hand again, and asked softly, "Do you miss your father?"

Mu Hua is Xun Feng, everyone in the capital probably knows everyone, but Leng Youru is afraid that Brother Hao will not think about it, and has been trying to hide it, but the six-year-old child said whether he was old or young, and his father was on a business trip. He hasn't returned so far, and his mother has never returned to her mother's house, so he can more or less feel something strange.Seeing that he didn't answer, Shui Linglong didn't force him anymore.

Soon, the carriage arrived at the entrance of Tianxia No. [-] Street, everyone got out of the carriage, Zhi Fan hugged her sister, Liu Lu hugged her brother, Shui Linglong led Hao brother, and the group walked into the first shop .This is a mother and baby store that specializes in selling daily necessities, clothing and children's toys for mothers and babies.The area is not large, but the layout is neat, from the outside to the inside through two doors, a total of three rooms.Shui Linglong is a regular customer, and the shopkeeper received her personally, "Oh, why is Shi Zifei coming to my shop today?"

Shui Linglong smiled slightly and said, "Come out and do some shopping for the New Year, and then make some winter clothes for the house."

The shopkeeper looked at the child beside Shui Linglong, and said with a smile on his face, "This must be the cousin!" There was a hint of inquiry in the smile.

Brother Hao was sensitive by nature, even Shui Linglong couldn't tell the difference, but he frowned in disgust.The shopkeeper met his vigilant and repelling eyes, and his smile froze.

Shui Linglong patted Brother Hao's head and replied, "Yes." She didn't say much.

The shopkeeper looked at his sister and brother again, "Young master and young lady, right? Just like the cousin, they are both handsome!" Then he turned around and took a handful of candies from the accounting room and stuffed them into the hands of the three children.

Brother smiled happily.The sister pouts her lips, doesn't like it very much, but still smiles very face-saving.Only Brother Hao let go of his hand, and the candy fell all over the floor.The shopkeeper was a little embarrassed, Shui Linglong took a deep look at Brother Hao, Brother Hao's scalp was numb from the look, he knelt down and picked up the candy in his hand, and said embarrassingly: "It's so cold, my hands are frozen. "

The shopkeeper smiled, "Concubine Shizi, you can look at it as you like!"

Shui Linglong nodded with a smile, "Shopkeeper Wen, let's get busy, I'll hang out with the children."

After the shopkeeper left, Shui Linglong led a group of people into the third room, opened the curtain to enter, and saw Yao Xin and Kumquat standing by the shelves choosing cotton baby suits.

Kumquat touched the pink suit embroidered with a crescent moon, and couldn't hide her joy: "Oh, this is beautiful! Children's things are so cute! How about we buy a pink suit too?"

Yao Xin touched the pink one, then the blue one, hesitating.

Shui Linglong raised her eyebrows, and a strong surprise flashed in her eyes. She looked at Yao Xin's belly. The winter clothes were too thick to show her bosom, but Yao Xin did what almost every pregnant woman would do: touch her belly from time to time.So... Yao Xin is pregnant?If so, this child must belong to Xun Feng!
While Shui Linglong was thinking about it, Brother Hao who was beside her ran towards Yao Xin, "Mother!" It was crisp, but with a hint of excitement.

Yao Xin and Jinju turned sideways in surprise at the same time. Brother Hao had already come to her, raised his face, and said, "Mother." Knowing: This is his father's wife and his aunt.

Yao Xin glanced at him first, then quickly turned his eyes to the back, his long eyelashes trembled, and said, "Shi Zifei, you... are you here to go shopping too?"

Shui Linglong nodded with a smile, and glanced at her belly openly, "It's been more than two months?"

"Yeah." Yao Xin didn't deny it, but she wasn't willing to talk about it.She lowered her eyes, touched Brother Hao's shoulder, and said softly: "It seems to have grown taller."

Brother Hao asked, "Mother, when will you go back home?"

Yao Xin was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Shui Linglong, who shook her head at her, she understood that brother Hao still didn't know about Xun Feng, "Hurry up."

Shui Linglong walked to Yao Xin's side, put the pink clothes in her hands back on the shelf, and picked up a set of blue baby clothes, "It's more suitable to buy."

"Mom, why are you out shopping in such a cold weather? Your hands are red from the cold, look!"

"Okay, okay, just buy some toys and clothes for your sixth sister, you've been talking all the way, don't you feel tired?"

A clear voice of conversation came from the second room. Immediately afterwards, the bead curtain swayed, and Shui Linglong raised her eyebrows.

Shui Lingxi took Qin Fangyi's arm and walked into the mother and baby store. The Li family's affairs caused a lot of trouble in the city, and she was said to be "miraculous" for being lucky enough to escape a punishment. She married twice, each time With her husband having an accident and her divorce from the marriage ended badly, to put it mildly, it was because of her bad luck, and to put it harshly, it was because of Kefu's fate.Going out with such a complicated "situation" put her under a lot of pressure.

Beside the shelf, several women saw Shui Lingxi coming in, sneered a few times, and started discussing gossipingly. A woman in green clothes pointed at Shui Lingxi and said, "Hey, did you see that? That's the Shui family. The second young lady, the former imperial concubine, the side concubine of the Xunfu's eldest son, and the first wife of the son of the Li family, looks pretty pretty."

The woman in blue beside her said disapprovingly: "What's the use of being beautiful? If you don't prosper, you can be a husband, whoever marries is unlucky. Fortunately, our crown prince didn't marry her, otherwise, wouldn't Da Zhou be ruined?"

The green-clothed woman hid her face and laughed so hard that her body was trembling, "According to me, she is really thick-skinned. She shouldn't talk about marriage after being divorced by the prince earlier, and she should always be with him after reconciling with Xun Shizi." Qingdeng, she is fine, she married Mr. Li again! No wonder God doesn’t like such a flirtatious woman. I really feel sorry for Xun Shizi, if he didn’t have anything to do with her, Xun Shizi wouldn’t have stolen any treasures case."

The woman in blue nodded, "Yes, yes, yes, I heard that the former Concubine Virtue put things in her car, but was arrested by the Queen Mother. She is a disaster, and whoever gets it will be unlucky! That’s not the case with Miss Yao’s family. The emperor ordered a retrial of the case, and there is hope for Shizi Xun’s grievance! This is Wangfu!”

The green-clothed woman raised the handkerchief in her hand, "I think it's better to be the concubine Shui Shizi. The prince Zhuge used to be such a jerk. Since he met the concubine Shizi, he has completely changed. Now that the capital is talking about the prince Zhuge, everyone is in high spirits." .”

The woman in blue nodded her head again, "Yes, yes, yes, moreover, the imperial concubine can give birth to two babies, and Shui Lingxi married twice, without even a bubble in her stomach."

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Shui Lingxi's face turned green with anger, and she really wanted to rush over to reprimand them, Qin Fangyi grabbed her wrist and said in a low voice, "What are you in a hurry for? Now the streets are full of such discussions, you teach them one by one. , Can you teach me a lesson? Rumors stop at the wise, I tell you, the more they gossip, the more you despise them! Make them realize what a 'jumping clown' is!"

The truth is, since her daughter was sick and unable to marry the prince, she heard such rumors from time to time. At first she was very angry and had quarreled with people, but instead of blocking their mouths, she told them to spread the word The worse she got, over time, she became a habit of being helpless, and it really went in one ear and out the other.

Shui Lingxi glared at those people angrily, and opened the curtain together with Qin Fangyi to enter the room. As soon as she entered, she saw Shui Linglong and Yao Xin chatting happily. Liu Lu was sweating profusely at the side...

Involuntarily, four words came to Shui Lingxi's mind—Joyful and Harmonious.Her heart twitched inexplicably, especially when she saw Yao Xin ordering Kumquat to take a blue baby suit, a strong feeling of jealousy came overwhelmingly.

Yao Xin is pregnant!Forget about Shui Linglong, after all, she has been married to Zhuge Yu for so long, but Yao Xin and Xun Feng have only been together for 20 days, so why should they have children?Counting Xun Feng and Li Jing, she has been married for two years without any movement!How could God be so unfair?No, Shui Linglong's happiness is also very hateful!She is a concubine's daughter, and she is a concubine's daughter, so why should a concubine's life be happier than her?These two women are so annoying!
"Mother, second sister, what a coincidence?" Shui Linglong greeted lightly.

Qin Fangyi walked over with a smile on her face, "Yes, what a coincidence, your sixth younger sister can recite some "Three Character Classics" when she is two years old, I will buy something to reward her. I didn't expect you and Miss Yao... oh, Xun The ladies are here."

Whether Yao Xincheng admits it or not, she is Xun Feng's wife in name, and she is pregnant with Xun Feng's child. She wants to reconcile with Xun Feng, but Xun Feng doesn't show up. Who should write the letter about his wife?Yao Xin responded politely: "Mrs. Shui, Miss Shui."

Shui Lingxi raised an alluring smile, and the color of the room was instantly taken away, "Mrs. Xun."

Shui Linglong called the three children over to say hello to Qin Fangyi and Shui Lingxi. The three children stood in a row politely and saluted one by one.Brother Hao and Brother didn't have a big reaction, just like seeing other people, but sister picked up the candied haws in Zhifan's hand and licked it all over, then handed it to Shui Lingxi, "It's delicious, here it is."

Shui Lingxi looked at the candied haws that were full of her sister's saliva, she didn't pick it up, and she didn't pick it up.

Sister stood on tiptoe with a smile, opened the purse on Shui Lingxi's waist, and stuffed candied haws into it, "You're welcome."

Shui Lingxi looked at the exquisite object that she had spent ten days embroidering. In the blink of an eye, she was stained by the candied haws and the saliva of this little girl. A one-and-a-half-year-old child, what can I argue with her?She squeezed out a smile and replied: "Thank you, thank you, little, grandma, nephew, daughter, son!"

The sister giggled, pure and lovely, full of innocence.

Qin Fangyi smiled and distributed red envelopes to the children, and everyone thanked them happily. The sister held the red envelopes in her hand, but her eyes were fixed on Qin Fangyi's purple gold and ruby ​​necklace. A bead flower on the head, "It's pretty."

Shui Linglong was slightly taken aback, did this child interact with people too much today?

Yao Xin took the pearl flower and put it on her sister's bun, "It's an honor to be praised by my sister! I'm giving it to my sister."

"Thank you!" The sister finished with a smile, and then pointed to the purple gold and ruby ​​necklace on Qin Fangyi's neck, "It's beautiful."

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Qin Fangyi walked out of the shop in disgrace, vowing to detour if she saw Shui Linglong's daughter in the future!Is this kid here to collect debts?She specially dressed up today to look extravagant, but she didn't want to be looked down upon by others!Unexpectedly... Unexpectedly...Qin Fangyi looked down at the empty wrist, thought about the missing earrings, and was so heartbroken that she wished she hadn't gone out today.After getting into the carriage, she realized that Shui Lingxi hadn't followed her, so she asked the maid beside her, "Where's Second Miss?"

The servant girl replied, "Going to the toilet."

It's better to wait at the same place, but when she thinks of her sister with that innocent smiling face, constantly oppressing her in disguise, Qin Fangyi gets a little creepy, as if... seeing a debt collector!Squeezing the handkerchief in her hand, Qin Fangyi gasped and said, "Park the carriage in the alley next to it and wait for Second Miss."

On the other side, Shui Linglong and Yao Xin finished their shopping respectively, checked out and left the mother and baby store, Zhi Fan and Liu Lu carried their elder brothers, the elder sister went up first, followed by Hao elder brother.After Shui Linglong paid the bill, she discussed the operation status of the street with the shopkeeper, and shared some common sense about pregnancy with Yao Xin.

(End of this chapter)