Beauty and Beauty: Adopted Daughter Becomes Concubine

Chapter 89
In the deep palace of Nanming, the incense in the Buddhist hall is lingering day after day without interruption.

Empress Dowager Xiao was only halfway through reading Buddhist scriptures, Xiao Tingfang came in and whispered a few words to her, Empress Dowager Xiao paused for a moment with the hand that moved the Buddhist beads, and then opened her half-closed eyelids.

Stretching out her hand to support Xiao Tingfang, she stood up slowly, her beautiful face could not stand the weather of the years, and she finally looked like an old man, her red lips moved slightly, "Tell her to come in, Tingfang, you step back first."

A moment later, a person wearing a cloak stepped into the Buddhist hall, and Xiao Tingfang, who led the way, exited the Buddhist hall and closed the wooden door of the Buddhist hall according to the order of the Empress Dowager Xiao.

The Buddhist hall was a bit dark, with a few rays of warm sun pouring in through the carved windows, it was clearly visible that the fine floating dust was constantly jumping, and a ray of light shone on the shoulders of the visitors. The red lips of the person pursed lightly.

"My concubine has met the empress dowager, the empress Jin'an."

"You don't need to be polite, Madam Qi, get up." Empress Dowager Xiao smiled lightly, the person in front of her looked somewhat similar to Lian Yingtong, but Lian Yingtong was far behind the endless tricks in her heart.

"I'm bothering the Queen Mother to read Buddhist scriptures."

"It's rare that you come to Aijia, tell me why?"

Mrs. Qi even reflected the beautiful eyes of the moon and said softly, "The Empress Dowager, the people from the Feng family from the Western Regions have arrived in Nanming."

"The Ai family knows, do you care about the Feng family's visit?"

"The concubine's younger sister passed away three years ago, and the emperor has only one little princess at his knees. The Feng family in the Western Regions once mentioned the matter of getting married. What the concubine thinks can't escape your eyes, the queen mother."

Empress Dowager Xiao sneered, "Aijia is getting old, and I can't figure out what the emperor is thinking. Now I just want to spend the rest of my life with the ancient Buddha of Qingdeng. Besides, you secretly deployed a series of schemes against the emperor three years ago, and Aijia was almost implicated by you. Now Even Qi Beiyao doesn't care about you anymore. Who dares to join forces with you again?"

"It's not a concubine who came to beg the Empress Dowager today." Lian Yingyue paused, seeing Empress Dowager Xiao frowned and looked at herself.

She doesn't allow herself to fail again and again, she longs for power, and even her biological father who blocks her way can be cruelly removed!She miscalculated that time in Mobei, she never expected Tongtong to be cruel for Murong Yuchi.

In the past few years, she has lived a worthless life. Murong Yuchi trapped her in Nanming, and she would not kill or let go to serve her. She lived in fear every day, like a mouse being manipulated by a cat. At first, Qi Beiyao sent people several times to try to pick her up. After going back, there was no news for no reason.She seemed to be forgotten by everyone in the deep palace, and the arrival of Feng's family was a life-saving straw that she clung to tightly.

Lian Yingyue's clear and beautiful eyes are full of enchanting viciousness, like a snake spitting out a letter, "This person, Queen Mother, you must protect him!"

Putting hope on others will ultimately fail to achieve her own goals. Ever since Lian's family fell into slavery and she was sold into prostitution outside the customs, Lian Yingyue has understood this truth.

Facing Queen Mother Xiao's questioning, she took out a thing from her sleeve and handed it over.

"How do you know!" Empress Dowager Xiao's expression changed, and she quickly put the things into her sleeves and clenched them tightly.

"The concubine risked her life to enter the palace to see the queen mother, and hope the queen mother can see that the concubine is sincere."

Empress Dowager Xiao had a chill in her eyes, and said after a long time, "The Ai family will trust you again."

In the middle of the night, the door of the Buddhist hall was closed, and the candles the size of small peas occasionally flickered slightly, making the originally dim light even darker.

Until a hidden door in the room slowly opened, she silently waited for Empress Dowager Xiao to be stunned, and with the sound of a familiar deep voice, her heart suddenly beat violently.

"aunt!"

"Yuan Xi, it's really you?!" Empress Dowager Xiao stood up and lowered her voice as much as possible and stepped forward, her voice was displeased, "My aunt told you to forget it, and told you not to come back easily. You are still alive. Even Tingfang didn't tell you! It's good that you came back suddenly and met that bitch Lian Yingyue, if she leaked your whereabouts, it would be in vain for Auntie to save you!"

Although the Xiao family has declined, and Murong Yuchi wiped out the remnants of the Xiao family in the Qing Dynasty, the centipede is dead but not stiff. After decades of cultivating power, there are always entangled roots that he can't touch.

Back then, Murong Yuchi used the same method to save Lian Liyang's life and kept it from everyone's eyes and ears, but now she just uses the same method to retain a bloodline of the Xiao family.

She didn't like Xiao Yuanxi at first, but he is a member of the Xiao family after all, compared to Qin Qiansheng's son sitting firmly on the dragon chair, how could Empress Dowager Xiao be reconciled.

"I must have something important to tell my aunt when I come back. Lian Yingyue is a smart person. Now she has no one to rely on, so she naturally needs my help. It will not be good for her to tell her. She and Murong Lanxin were in Mobei back then. Forcing Lian Yingtong, he was the one who offended him, and Murong Yuchi put her under house arrest, not to kill her, but it was not against Qi Beiyao." Xiao Yuanxi's eyes were evil, he knew Murong Yuchi's vengeful personality, what could be better than mentally torturing a person more fun.

"Tell me, what is the important thing that you have to come back in person?"

Xiao Yuanxi looked smug, "The first emperor's secret edict."

These four words made Empress Dowager Xiao tremble. Murong Yicheng's sudden death was too sudden, and he didn't leave a word of explanation before he died. The man on the dragon couch hadn't breathed for a long time before she rushed to him, and he seemed to have fallen asleep quietly. .

The young couple has been in love for decades, and they have loved each other. When she loves him, she can't wait to give him her heart, and when she hates him, she will use harsh words and speak mercilessly.

She thought that if the two miscarried children survived, even if only one of them grew up, the relationship between her and him would not be so cold.The sharp pain spread from her nails pinching into her palm unconsciously, and she gritted her teeth to calm down.

"Do you know the content of the secret edict?"

"Of course." Xiao Yuanxi leaned over and whispered something to her.

Empress Dowager Xiao's expression changed suddenly, her eyes kept flickering, those few words touched her bottom line, "Where is the secret edict? Are you sure it is true?!"

"Murong Xiudi, does Auntie still remember who it is?" Xiao Yuanxi asked again.

"Prince abolished? He didn't die that time in Mobei, and he came out after hibernating for so long." Empress Dowager Xiao smiled lightly. Murong Yicheng, the former prince of the Murong family, suddenly abolished him, and ordered the throne to be passed on to Murong Yuchi. The two brothers fought for women and the throne.Speaking of which, among the many princes, he is the son most similar to the late emperor.

"The secret edict is in the snow mountain, and Murong Yuchi got it a few years ago."

"Since you got it, how could you let Murong Xiudi know about it, and not kill him to silence it? Even if he escaped at the beginning, the emperor would not let go of someone who knows such an important secret, unlike Murong Yuchi's style." From the beginning The shock gradually subsided, and the Empress Dowager Xiao still had reservations when she saw Xiao Yuanxi's determination.

"Auntie, do you still want to wait? The Xiao family was mostly wiped out by Murong Yuchi a few years ago, and the remaining ones were suppressed by Murong Huaixiu and Zong Ting. The longer the delay, the harder it is to have a chance. !"

"In the past few years, the emperor has seldom claimed to be sick. Few people know what happened to him? He has deceived so many people by lying about his illness before. He is more patient and resourceful than the late emperor, and he sailed carefully for ten thousand years." Empress Dowager Xiao looked at Xiao Yuan. Xi's eyes couldn't help but slightly deepened.

Xiao Yuanxi was startled, he is a smart person and understands the relationship, "Auntie, someone can prove what Mi Zhao said about Murong Yuchi's true identity."

"Who?"

"Yuanxi must find a way to find it!"

Empress Dowager Xiao gritted her teeth and sneered, "If that's the case, Auntie will definitely help you!"

Lian Yingtong thought about Yulin's illness and stayed in Li Xuan's courtyard. The House of Internal Affairs had Li Xuan to take care of her, so she said that she could not pass on her sickness to Princess Yongle and leave the palace for a few days.

Yulin was very happy to see her, such a small person drank the bitter medicine in one gulp, then clung to her like a little gecko, calling mother, mother.

Her son's crisp voice made her heart soften when she heard it. She hugged him and kissed him again and again. Unexpectedly, his small mouth curled up, and his eyes turned red.

"Yu Lin misses mother, mother don't leave."

"Mother misses you too." She touched her son's cheek with great reluctance. "You obediently listen to Uncle Zeng and Grandma Xuan. Mother promises you that she will come back to see you in a few days, okay?"

Yulin pursed her mouth and drooped her head, no matter how reluctant she was, she stretched out her little hand, "La Gougou, you are a puppy."

"Okay, the liar is a puppy." The two hooked their fingers together, and Yu Lin smiled again and threw herself into her arms, mother and son cuddling together.

At night, Yulin was lying in her arms and sleeping soundly. Even Yingtong always thought of Wei'er who lived in the side hall. The reason why the child didn't speak began to weigh heavily on her heart, and she couldn't help but recall Murong Yuchi's scarred leg again. And his leg hurts so painfully...

Lian Yingtong patted her cheek to wake herself up, don't think about him anymore.

Helping Yulin tuck up the quilt, she was full of worries and couldn't sleep, so she walked around the courtyard alone.

Unexpectedly, there was someone drinking alone at the stone table in the courtyard, Lian Yingtong was startled, but she went over and took the wine glass from the person drinking alone.

"The doctor said you have to quit drinking." She said in a rather stern tone.

A pair of green pupils were stained with wine, and his face was dusty, and he smiled at her, "I'm bothering you."

"I can't sleep and go out for a walk, Xuanzhi, why didn't you say anything when you came back?"

Murong Bixiao said calmly, "I just came back, it's too late and I don't want to disturb others, drinking some wine can refresh my muscles and bones, I didn't expect to be seen by you."

Lian Yingtong pressed the palm of his hand that was about to pick up the wine glass again, and he suddenly turned his hand to hold her slightly cool and soft catkin tightly.Sensing her slight resistance, Murong Bixiao still held it firmly.

"Sit down, I have something to tell you."

Sitting down according to the words, before he could speak, Lian Yingtong apologized, "I have to enter the palace again."

"Yu Lin's illness doesn't have to depend on Murong Yuchi." He looked down, holding her in his hands but didn't dare to use any more force. He has the ability to hold her for a lifetime, but he was always afraid of hurting her.

Lian Yingtong smiled and shook her head helplessly, "I watched Yulin drink medicine today, and I couldn't stand the taste. Murong Yuchi agreed to save him, so he wouldn't have to suffer anymore. I know you and Big Brother Yi are both busy with his illness , Xuanzhi, I owe you too much, this time Yulin's illness, as a mother, I must do my best to make him recover."

"Go back to him again?" Murong Yuchi's eyes darkened, from the moment she decided to return to Nanming, he was full of too many worries, there was her daughter and mother in the palace, Tongtong was reluctant to part with it.

"I haven't thought about it." She thought of her mother who was seriously ill, and Wei'er, and felt uncomfortable for a while.At first she wanted to see her mother and left, but accidentally met her daughter, and when she learned that she couldn't speak, even Yingtong couldn't let go.

"Have you seen Miss Huang and her daughter?"

"Yeah." Holding back her tears, she slowly withdrew her hand from Murong Bixiao's palm, and picked up his wine, "For your health, don't drink this, I'll get you something to eat."

Watching her leave, Murong Bixiao laughed at himself, then lay on his back on the ground.He is obsessed with the short-lived beauty, and he is willing to be hurt.

Lian Yingtong stopped at the corner, looked back at the person lying on the ground, she didn't know what to say to comfort him, she couldn't help touching her heart, there was a hole there, her heart had been dug out long ago and disappeared , she can no longer love.

When she delivered the delicious food, Murong Bixiao was no longer there.

Early in the morning, she fed Yulin breakfast, and Chi Xingyun told her that Xuanzhi had returned last night, and left without stopping to continue looking for medicine to cure Yulin.

He came back just to see her well.

She nodded with a sore nose, took the token and went back to Nanming Palace again.

After entering the palace, she learned that she was assigned to the handyman's room, and Li Xuan couldn't help her with Murong Yuchi's sudden order, so she had to take care of it first so that she wouldn't have to do hard work.

But that meant she couldn't see Val anymore.

Lian Yingtong was very anxious, and spent the whole day thinking of a solution, but in the evening, Qiuyan quietly found the handyman's room, and when she saw her, Qiuyan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Auntie is really here."

"What happened to the princess?!" Lian Yingtong hurriedly asked.

Qiuyan told each other one by one, saying that she was not here for a few days, the princess was very well-behaved but missed her a little bit, and later people from the Feng family from the Western Regions came to see the emperor in the side hall, and the princess made a big fuss this time, causing the emperor to be angry and was grounded One day, I was so angry and tearful that I really refused to eat.

"I can't do anything, my servant. Sister Jin Huan went to invite Concubine Xin, but it didn't work. This servant found out that Auntie is here, so I beg Auntie to help me!" As she spoke, her eyes were flushed.

Lian Yingtong was impatient when she heard this, and she responded immediately. The aunt in charge turned a blind eye to let her leave for Li Xuan's sake.

Hurrying to the side hall, she rushed into the dormitory, and saw Wei'er's teary little face.

He was really angry, turned his head to ignore people, and spilled food all over the place.

Lian Yingtong told Qiuyan to clean up the ground and not to send any more things over for now, she stayed to take care of the little princess.

She leaned over and knelt down to call Wei'er softly, knowing that she would not be ignored, she simply sat down.

"I brought you some gadgets when I left the palace." As she spoke, she took out something and handed it over.

Wei'er choked and glanced at it, reached out to pick it up but threw it on the ground forcefully, this time she was crying even more fiercely, she couldn't make a sound and cried so heartbreakingly, Lian Yingtong felt a sharp pain in her heart and looked uncomfortable.

She sat beside Wei'er, slowly leaned over and hugged her, "You don't like people from the Feng family in the Western Regions, and you don't even want your father to marry her."

Wei'er sobbed and looked at Lian Yingtong, why is such an older child making such a fuss, her eyes couldn't be more clear.

Wei'er twitched the corners of her mouth, she was no longer angry, but she turned around so awkwardly that she didn't look at Lian Yingtong.

"Your father is angry and punishes you for a day. You think he doesn't love you anymore, so you refuse to eat. In fact, you want your father to come to see you again and tell you that the person he loves the most is Weier, right?" She He continued speaking softly.

The daughter is young but very sensitive, she relies on Murong Yuchi, and any woman Wei'er who gets close to him is hostile. It can be seen from the banquet that she scratched someone from the Feng family in front of Murong Yuchi.

This time, she made more trouble, Murong Yuchi's punishment made her sad, even Yingtong understands the heart of a child, like Yulin, she can't do without fear of being ignored.

"You want the emperor to come to see you, eat something obediently before you have the strength to wait for him to come, otherwise you will fall asleep from hunger, how would you know if the emperor is coming. Jin Huan and Qiuyan dare not wake you up, do they? "Lian Yingtong leaned over and peeked at Wei'er frowning when she heard what she said, feeling a little skeptical.

She smiled secretly, but the little guy was still awkward and refused to turn around.

"Want to eat chestnut porridge?" She remembered that Murong Yuchi brought chestnuts to Wei'er last time, and Wei'er liked it very much.Before entering the palace, she specially bought a bag, although it was cold, it could be used to cook porridge.

Wei'er's stomach gurgled in response to the occasion, Lian Yingtong got up and went out to cook chestnut porridge and brought it to her. She slowly lowered her head and turned around to come closer to her, eating the porridge obediently and obediently.

Lian Yingtong hugged Wei'er in his arms, rubbing his chubby belly, Wei'er giggled because of tickle, stretched out her little hand to scratch her as well, the mother and daughter lay on the bed and played.

Outside the door, a blue-colored figure stared at them for a while with surprise, then frowned slightly, then turned and left calmly.

(End of this chapter)