Concubine Biography

Chapter 37

Not wanting to attract attention, Li Jiarong sent Fu'er into the sedan chair from the back door, suddenly remembered something, Li Jiarong looked back, Xiao Qinzi immediately came over, "What are you looking for?"

"Where are Xiao Shanzi and Mao Mao?" Li Jiarong asked with a frown. He has been very busy since he returned to Beijing, and he didn't take care of these small things. He felt that someone was missing yesterday, but he couldn't remember it.

Xiao Qinzi hesitated for a while and said, "When Mrs. Chen just returned to the mansion, the princess begged Mao Mao and said that she would give it to the old lady Marquis of Lin'an. Xiaoshanzi had no errands and was sent to the stables to do handyman."

Li Jiarong looked at him coldly, "Why didn't you come and tell me?"

Cold sweat dripped down on Xiao Qinzi's forehead, "Mrs. Chen won't let me say it, she said she doesn't want these trivial matters to bother you." In fact, Fu'er's original words were that one thing more is worse than one thing less, but at this moment Xiao Qinzi looked at Li Jiarong's expression , I said a good thing on my own initiative.

Li Jiarong's complexion really eased a lot, "Give it away as soon as you send it off, and send Xiao Shanzi back to serve Mrs. Chen. Your business today is to clean up the house and send all outsiders out. By the way, Tell the concubine that the weather has been bad recently, so let her not go out of the yard if she has nothing to do."

Is this grounding the princess?
Xiao Qinzi understood, "What about the side concubine?"

"Peiyuan has become weaker recently. Let her take good care of her. Don't focus on the little one and forget the big one. Let her remember that although Peiyuan is not her own, she is also her raised son!" Li Jia Rong said coldly.

Xiao Qinzi nodded again and again and wrote down one by one.

Li Jiarong gave Xiao Fangzi a few more instructions, followed Fu'er into the sedan chair, and quietly returned to Chen's house.

The sudden return of the group of them really shocked Zhu Shi. When he saw Fu'er's appearance again, he was so frightened that he was so frightened that his tears flowed down, and he couldn't care less about saluting Li Jiarong.

Li Jiarong felt guilty for not taking good care of Fu'er, felt ashamed, and didn't have the heart to care about it, and couldn't hold back her face, so she put on a cold face and said to Chen Zheng, "Let them talk, let's talk in the study."

Chen Zheng straightened his face, and hurriedly stepped forward and said in a low voice, "This minister has something important to report, please come here, my lord."

As soon as the men left, Mrs. Zhu tremblingly touched Fu'er, stretched out and then retracted. Thousands of words were merged into one sentence, "My poor daughter..."

Fu'er felt sour, and the mother and daughter immediately cried with each other in their arms. In the end, Mrs. Zhu withdrew the tears first, took Fu'er into her room, and then sent a message, "Go and tell the aunts, I am not feeling well today. , nobody sees, let the people at the door shut their mouths to me, no one in our family has been here today, if anyone dares to say a word, he can break his leg and sell it to the Western Regions, let him die I can't come back!"

Nanny Guan nodded cautiously, and got busy delivering the message.

Fu'er looked at her mother puzzled, and Zhu explained, "The news of Prince Rong's second son's death has spread all over the world. If people know that he is accompanying you back to your mother's house at this moment, they will be impeached immediately." ?Your father told our family to keep a close watch over the past few days. I scared my mother to death just now when I saw you coming. Tell me, what is going on? What happened to your face? How did his son die? "

Fu'er talked about the matter, and when it came to Chunlan's heart became sore again, and she couldn't help crying again.

Zhu's eyes were red when he heard this, and he kept wiping the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, "Mother knew that he was a good boy, if it wasn't for her, you are now... pity this child, he went away before he left the cabinet, and even after he died You can't enjoy this incense. No way! Our Chen family can't be so ungrateful, mother will find your sister-in-law when she turns around, and ask your brother to take Chunlan's memorial tablet to be a little girl, and she will have our Chen family's incense to worship in the future."

Fu'er couldn't help holding Zhu's hand tightly when she heard this, and called mother gratefully, "My daughter is worrying about Chunlan's funeral... Mother, but I'm afraid that my elder brother and sister-in-law will disagree. That's very unlucky."

Mrs. Zhu shook her head, "I am the master of this family, don't be afraid! Son, mother just wants to show Prince Rong! Our Chen family is a loving and righteous family. You must be a girl from the Chen family. If someone harms you, he has to think about it."

Fu'er threw herself into Zhu's arms, choked up with a soft cry of "Mother", and could no longer speak.

Thinking of Chunmei, Zhu's molars creaked, "What are you going to do with that lowly maid?"

Fu'er also turned cold, "I was just about to ask her, is Mommy there?"

Sister Guan has been guarding outside the screen, when she heard Fu'er yelling to come in, "This old slave is here, what orders does Auntie have?"

"Mama Guan, please bring Chunmei in, as well as her old lady and Chunlan's old lady." Fu'er looked at Mrs. Zhu again, "Chunmei has to explain to Chunlan's parents."

Zhu Shi nodded and added, "Yue'e, you'll be listening for a while, let Yue'e come in too, to prevent them from making a fuss."

Yu'e is the boudoir name of Nanny Guan, and Yue'e is also a capable woman next to Zhu's family. Her husband's family name is Shen.

After a while, Nanny Guan and Nanny Shen brought everyone up.

Both Chunmei and Chunlan's parents are honest people, Chunmei's parents work in the laundry room, Chunlan's parents take care of the flowers and plants in the house, and the other is a needleworker. At this moment, Chunmei's parents were ashamed, while Chunlan's parents couldn't stop crying. When they entered the room and saw Chunmei, they wanted to beat and scold them, but Nanny Shen stopped them.

Mrs. Zhu took a glance, and then they calmed down. Four old people were sitting on the small stool. Mother Chunlan was biting a handkerchief in her mouth, she closed her eyes and cried silently, and fell into Father Chunlan's arms.

"Chunmei, did you put that hairpin in Chunlan's room?" How could Fu'er not feel sad when she saw such a scene, she just ordered someone to notify her of the marriage not long ago, but now...

Chunmei panicked and kowtowed, "Ma'am, ma'am! This servant didn't do it on purpose. She said that putting it in the house would only frame Chunlan for stealing. This servant didn't know that there was poison in the hairpin! Ma'am! This servant really didn't do it on purpose! Really! I didn't know there was poison..."

The speculation in Fu'er's heart was confirmed, she was angry and hated, and asked sharply, "Who gave you the hairpin?"

Chunmei lowered her head and cried, "It's a little girl in the house who doesn't keep her head. I haven't seen her before."

"Have you ever gone to see the side concubine? Is she from the side concubine?" Fu'er held back her anger and continued to ask.

Chunmei shook her head, "I went to find my side concubine, but she only told me that there is nothing I can't do if I want to. I don't know about that little girl..."

Fu'er's heart sank to the bottom of the valley, thinking about what Yang said that day, it should be Yang's use of Chunmei's heart to tease Chunmei's restlessness, and then another person arranged for the little girl to give Chunmei the hairpin, and then He poisoned Li Peizhe to death, and wanted to pour dirty water on her, but in the end he forced Chunlan to death. The ultimate goal was to get rid of her.

If it's really like what Yang said, she only moves her mouth, then there must be someone who can do it, and this person... who is it?Is it the Su family?Or Yuan?
The one who benefited the most from this matter... It seems that the Su family can get rid of a concubine besides a concubine.But Mrs. Wang belongs to Mrs. Su. With Li Peizhe and Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Su has two children.

So, the one who benefited the most from this matter... should be Yang's!Or maybe Yang and Su joined forces... After all, with Su's heart, she would get rid of a concubine who was not pregnant, let alone Wang who gave birth to a son.

The two of them have always been at odds, how could they join forces?In the middle... who else is there?

Fu'er suddenly felt very tired, she couldn't fight these women, and she didn't want to fight, she just wanted to live her own life, why is it so difficult?

"Chunmei, why did you do this? You are already engaged, the Lord confiscated you before, will he accept you after you are engaged?" Fu'er couldn't hide her exhaustion in her words, what good is being Li Jiarong's concubine? ?Why are you rushing to do it?
Chunmei knelt on the ground with her head down, suddenly laughed, giggling, and her voice was sharp and unpleasant, "Why? Is it wrong for me to want to live a good life? Is it wrong for me to want to marry a good man? Why can she laugh at Chunlan? Me? Why! Didn’t she have the intention of climbing into the bed? Why should she say me! Ma’am, don’t you know? Haha!”

Chunmei suddenly laughed wildly, "During the Chinese New Year in Nanxia County, she sneaked out wearing your skirt! It's a pity! That night I took you to watch the fireworks! Hahaha! Everyone is a girl, a slave, I She is a big maid, she should listen to me as a second-class girl! Why would she dare to talk back to me! Who is Lei Gang? What is such a good fate! How could Lei Gang like her for no reason! In terms of appearance and ability, I am not as good as her! But what about me? The shopkeeper, the son, and the guards are all slaves!..."

Fu'er was furious when she heard that, she stood up and slapped Chunmei on the face, turning her face to the side, "You killed Chunlan, and you still want to tarnish her reputation! Do you think that everyone is as willing to chase after you as you are?" Is it too small for someone! Last year’s Chinese New Year, the skirt was too long and I didn’t wear it properly and gave it to Chunlan! That night when Fireworks she sneaked out to play, she met Lei Gang, and the two of them would have been in love! The queen told me about this, I might really be deceived by you today!"

"Stop talking! I'm so stupid. From the moment you framed Chunlan, you have already left behind years of sisterhood! You are still so stubborn! Nursing! Drag it out and beat you! Taking Chunlan's life, how could I spare you lightly!" Fu'er couldn't tell what it felt like, was it the pain of betrayal?Or is it a disappointment in people's hearts?She couldn't tell the difference herself.

Mrs. Zhu pulled Fu'er into her arms, and said to Nanny Guan, "Twenty boards, don't beat her to death, it's too cheap to kill her!"

Sister Guan dragged Chunmei out. Chunmei's old lady knelt down and begged bitterly. Zhu sighed, "Let her bear the sins she has committed. If you are willing to make up for her mistakes, you can do it in front of the Buddha every day." Make atonement for her."

Zhu said to Chunlan's parents, "I will arrange Chunlan's funeral. Don't worry, she loyally protects the Lord and saved your aunt. The Chen family will also support you. Chunlan's sister is 12 years old, and she always follows her." It's not a problem for you to be in the kitchen, let her work at Xi'er's place tomorrow."

Chunlan's parents cried a lot, then kowtowed to thank her, and went out thankfully.

Fu'er only felt that she was physically and mentally exhausted, her eyes darkened, and she fell down limply.

It has been two days since she woke up, Zhu Shi has been guarding her, her eye circles are darkened, seeing her wake up, Zhu Shi wiped away her tears and fed her medicine.

"I decided to deal with Chunmei. She pulled out her tongue, broke her leg, and sent her to work as a coolie in Zhuangzi. Didn't Chunlan be killed by a stick? I'll let people beat her ten sticks every day. After the beating, she will recover from her injuries and recover well." Call again! Don’t think about living a good life for her in this life! I wanted to sell it, but she can read and write, and I’m afraid that she will cause some trouble in the future, so I’d better stay under my nose and worry about it.” Zhu said softly with.

Fu'er nodded, and silently lowered her head.

"Guard Lei has come and met Chunlan's parents," Fu'er suddenly raised her head and looked at Mrs. Zhu, who smiled with tears in her eyes. "Chunlan is still blessed. Guard Lei said he would marry her through the door. Let her enjoy the incense of the Lei family as Lei's wife in the future."

"Really?" Fu'er grabbed Zhu's hand excitedly.

Mrs. Zhu nodded, "The lord has agreed, and the marriage will be held next month. Hey, he is not afraid of even his wife's reputation and insists on doing this. He is really a man of love and righteousness."

Fu'er covered her mouth with her hand and began to cry, this time she was happy for Chunlan.

"By the way," Mrs. Zhu patted her head and said, "Since you're awake, I'll inform the prince to come over at night. He said he wants you to meet two people."

(End of this chapter)