slave like jade

Chapter 59 On the verge of death
She trembled all over her body, her face suddenly turned pale, and she tremblingly said, "Your Highness..."

"Don't move!" Mu Lingzhi sneered, the tip of the knife lightly drew a circle on her chest, and a pair of phoenix eyes stared at her cruelly like the eyes of a wolf, as if the next second, she was going to use her hands The dagger picks out her living heart—

"Tell me, who is Qi's jade girl?"

Jade girl?Another jade girl!
He wanted to kill her once or twice, all for the jade girl of Qi country, why did he want to know so eagerly?
Yu Ruyan looked at the dagger resting on her chest, the cold air from it made her lips tremble, her whole body trembled uncontrollably, her lips opened and closed like a dying fish, but she couldn't make a sound.

"Your Highness, I don't know, I really don't know!" For the first time, she panicked and frightened to the extreme, her watery eyes were no longer calm, and there was deep fear and fear hidden in them.She can be calm about anyone and everything, but in front of him, she can never figure out his thoughts, nor can she imagine how terrible he is——

"Your Highness, the Jade Maiden is the secret of the Qi State. Even the princess of the royal family doesn't know about it, let alone me, a little maid..." Seeing that the chill on Mu Lingzhi's face was getting worse, she hurriedly explained with.

The wind blew across the courtyard, as if breaking a certain flower branch outside the house, making a soft 'click'.Yu Ruyan's heart sank in bursts, like a drowning person, never reaching the edge...

Mu Lingzhi looked at her momentarily, as if he wanted to see the truth on her face. In the end, he heaved a long sigh, turned his wrist, and put away the dagger.

"go to bed!"

The lights went out, and Mu Lingzhi turned around and fell asleep.In the dark night, Yu Ruyan curled up on the bedside like a frightened kitten, her eyes were sore and swollen, but she couldn't shed a single tear...

The news that Yu Ruyan was in bed was known to the whole family within a few moments.When Xilian told An Lirong the news, her heart trembled.

She was blind-eyed after all, and looked down on that bitch, thinking that she was not worthy to carry shoes for His Highness, but she never thought that His Highness would be the first to recruit her to serve him when he returned home.

Thinking of Yu Ruyan's bold and ruthless character, Xi Lian's hand holding the fan shook, and the round fan in his hand fell to the ground.

An Lirong was concentrating on drawing flowers under the lamp, when she turned her head and saw the uneasy expression on Xi Lian's face, she frowned slightly: "What, did you cause trouble?"

Xilian was afraid that the side concubine would be angry with her if she knew that she was causing trouble outside, and she was also afraid that Yu Ruyan would seek revenge for today's humiliation after she gained power.After thinking about it, she still wanted An Lirong's protection, so she had to tell An Lirong what happened in the warehouse at the risk of being scolded and punished.

After hearing this, An Lirong's face turned cold. She is gentle and magnanimous, and she also asks the people in her yard to keep a low profile, but she never thought that she would tell her every day. angry.

"It's smart to look at you. I didn't expect you to be such a shallow-sighted person. Do you think that she has no bright future because of her low birth? Don't think about it. She is also someone brought back by His Highness, so there is no way you can bully her." Lesson? Thanks to being with me for so many years, why can’t you understand some things?”

Compared with being angry, An Lirong hated iron and steel. The girl in her room must be more sensible and polite than others.

"Your Majesty, this servant is wrong, and this servant is also upset. How could she, a servant who was born as a military prostitute, become the person next to His Highness? Doesn't this even bring down the identities of you and other aunts?" She knows how to curry favor with An Lirong, she is obviously the one who will take revenge on herself, but deliberately pretends that she is arguing for An Lirong.

Sure enough, after hearing what she said, the anger on An Lirong's face could not help but drop a bit, and she sighed and said, "Forget it, I am also at fault for this matter, I did not discipline you well, you go to the yard and kneel down." Two hours later, tomorrow I will personally lead you to Miss Xiaoqing to confess your mistake."

A trace of hatred flashed in Xilian's eyes, but she responded respectfully on her face. She knelt in the middle of the courtyard unwillingly, watching everyone pointing at her, feeling a great shame.

She has always been the most face-worthy girl, and she always says what she wants in front of her servants. The servants in the mansion flatter and flatter her. After this incident, I am afraid that her prestige in the mansion will be greatly reduced in the future.

The resentment in her heart was unbearable, and this account was naturally credited to Yu Ruyan.

When An Lan brought Yuan'er into the door, she saw the thin curtain kneeling in the middle of the courtyard. She rolled her eyes and stepped forward briskly, pretending to be surprised: "Ah, isn't this the thin curtain? You are not in the room Waiting on the empress, why are you kneeling here?"

Seeing that it was her, Xi Lian didn't show any courtesy, just lowered her head and said in a muffled voice: "I deserve to be punished for doing something wrong that makes your empress unhappy." After finishing speaking, she never talked to An Lan again.

An Lan knew that she looked down on her from the bottom of her heart, because they were girls next to An Lirong before, and once she flew to the branch and became the master, while Xilian was still a girl, of course she would feel resentful in her heart. When she came to the side concubine's courtyard, Xi Lian pretended to be respectful to her, but in fact she often satirized her in secret, all of which she saw in her eyes and remembered in her heart.

An Lan pretended to be sad and wanted to pull her up, and said, "Stop kneeling, you are the most embarrassing girl around your empress, kneeling like this, how can you stand up in the mansion in the future?"

These words really touched Xilian's heart, she didn't want to kneel in the yard to be laughed at, but the empress told her to kneel for two hours, how dare she disobey?
She felt uncomfortable, and her words were sharp and thorny: "Aunt An, thank you for your kindness. But do you dare to disobey your mother's words? You insist on pulling me up, don't you want me to disobey your mother's order and make your mother annoy me even more? ?" After that, he shook off An Lan's hand, and didn't bother to talk to her anymore.

An Lan's smiling face froze, and Xi Lian's words clearly meant that she was pretending to be kind.Looking at the people on the ground, she wished she could step forward and step on her feet hard, but on the surface, she returned to her usual gentle look, and said softly: "Xin Lian knows the rules, I also feel sorry for you for a while, but I forgot Don't worry about it. Don't worry, I'll go into the house to intercede for you. "

Yuan'er followed her into the room, and whispered: "Master, do you really want to intercede for this ignorant person?"

An Lan smiled slightly, with a hint of coldness on her lips, and said: "Of course, she is a majestic and majestic thin curtain, how can she be punished to change her arrogant temper, then there will be no drama in this mansion from now on." .”

Yuan'er understood what she meant, but said unwillingly, "Wouldn't it be cheaper for her!"

"Oh, silly girl, kneeling for an hour is also a punishment, and kneeling for two hours is also a punishment. This ugly girl is out of her mind, and her prestige in front of everyone has also been swept away. Why do you need to care about this little time?"

Sure enough, An Lan did what she said, and after a while, An Lirong softened her heart under her persuasion, and let her enter the house without the fine curtain's kneeling punishment.

An Lirong sighed heavily, and said to An Lan: "In the final analysis, I was negligent. I don't know what your Highness will think about the incident in the flower hall this morning? Maybe he will think that we can't tolerate people who brought him back. Throw it into the garden..."

An Lan hurriedly persuaded in a soft voice: "Miss, I can blame you for this. Xiaoqing opened her mouth and kept saying that she was a slave, and Liu Ma asked her and she answered in the same way. Besides, His Highness didn't ask her to be his master, why are you So self-determined? After all, she was born like that."

An Lirong was frowning, and it took a long time before she said weakly: "Forget it, I will go to His Highness to admit my mistake tomorrow morning, and let His Highness make her an aunt."

In the early hours of the morning, Yu Ruyan had to come out of Yunsong Courtyard.She was shrouded in endless fear all night, and she didn't fall asleep for a moment. She didn't feel alive again until she stepped out of Mu Lingzhi's room. Along the way, she breathed the refreshing fragrance of plants and flowers in the garden, and fell asleep heavily. , I fell asleep as soon as I entered the house.

She was sleeping soundly, she was woken up by someone, she opened her eyes and couldn't help being stunned.

I don't know when, the shabby one-story house was full of women in brocade clothes. The luxurious silk and satin on their bodies and the jewels all over their bodies really made the small one-story house full of splendor!
The leader is An Lirong, the hostess of the Wangfu. She has a kind expression, but there is still a slight discomfort in her eyes inadvertently. For such a noble person like her to appear in such a simple and humble place, she just feels that it is difficult to breathe. Almost suffocating.

Seeing Yu Ruyan waking up, An Lirong cleared her throat, and said as softly as possible: "Miss Xiaoqing, quickly change into your clothes and follow us to the front hall."

She was very surprised and didn't understand why the woman from this mansion appeared in her house early in the morning.Liu Guang rolled his eyes, knowing that all of this must have been caused by her "bed attendant" last night, so he didn't say much, turned over and went to the bedside to touch his clothes.

The little maidservant in Tsing Yi at the side brought a gorgeous lavender gauze dress to her and personally helped her put it on.Yu Ruyan knew what they were thinking, so she didn't refuse, and let them dress herself up from head to toe.

Seeing that she was well dressed, An Lirong didn't want to stay here any longer, and immediately led the crowd to the front yard.In fact, as her side concubine, there is no need to condescend to meet Yu Ruyan in person, but she was afraid that what happened in the flower hall yesterday would disturb Mu Lingzhi, so she rushed to the servant's room to pick up Yu in person early in the morning. Ru Yan.

In the huge hall, there was a whole table of exquisite breakfasts. An Lirong brought four concubines to the table, and Yu Ruyan stood around with the maidservants under the thin curtain. An Lirong looked at her, hesitated for a moment and said, : "Miss Xiaoqing, sit down too!"

As soon as this remark came out, the other four people stared at her with wide eyes, Gu Qing'er quickly turned her head away, clearly not wanting to sit with her.

Yu Ruyan smiled slowly and said: "Thank you for your love, my maidservant is just a servant, so I dare not make mistakes."

An Lirong thought about it for a second, she has no status now, and it's really not suitable for her to sit with them, so she stopped forcing her and just asked the maid to guard the door to see if His Highness came over?
Xilian was standing next to Yu Ruyan, she felt uncomfortable, she didn't know what to do?It wasn't until seeing An Lirong's beckoning gaze that she bowed down to Yu Ruyan in embarrassment: "Miss Xiaoqing, I was at fault for what happened in the warehouse yesterday, and please don't take it to heart, my lord."

In fact, yesterday in the warehouse, she didn't win Yu Ruyan's favor, instead she suffered from being dumb.If it were someone else, they would look at the side concubine's face and reply a few polite words to Xi Lian, but Yu Ruyan seemed to accept her apology with a light nod of her head as if it was right.

Her carefree attitude made Xi Lian feel ashamed, her face flushed red, but she dared not speak out in front of everyone.

The crowd waited for more than half an hour before they saw Mu Lingzhi striding in with his hands behind his back. Everyone in the room knelt down and kissed their heads to pay their respects. He asked everyone to stand up in a deep voice, and sat down in the first place under An Lirong's respectful welcome.

Except for An Lirong, the five people at the table saw Mu Lingzhi for the first time after returning home, so they couldn't help being a little excited.Gu Qing'er even had a pair of big charming eyes full of moisture, looking at him with seven parts affectionate and three parts resentment, his lovely appearance made people feel pity in his heart.

Mu Lingzhi was indeed infected by her appearance, and after sitting down, he patted her delicate little hands lightly to show his comfort.Gu Qing'er's whole body trembled, and she looked at him in disbelief. In the next second, her hands were wrapped around Mu Lingzhi's, and she never wanted to let go.Yingying's eyes were no longer filled with resentment but only joy, she actually shed tears, and said in a choked voice: "Your Highness, you... have lost weight."

Seeing this scene, the other people on the table didn't feel their faces darkened. Only Kuang Qinqin looked at the bowls and chopsticks in front of him without squinting, feeling nothing at all.

After Mu Lingzhi came in, Yu Ruyan felt uneasy all over.Thinking of the sharp dagger gleaming on her chest last night, her heart couldn't stop trembling.

Fortunately, he never looked at her since he came in, which calmed down her restless heart a little.

Seeing the openly clasped hands on the table, An Lirong felt a little bit of confusion in her heart. Gu Qing'er could act like a spoiled child under the highness, but she couldn't. thing······

Slightly lowering her brows and eyes, she concealed the discomfort in her heart, and said softly: "Your Highness, do you want to add another table and chopsticks, last night..."

She gently reminded Mu Lingzhi whether she should give Yu Ruyan a position.

As soon as these words came out, several pairs of eyes looked at the man among them earnestly, Gu Qing'er couldn't help swallowing.

Mu Lingzhi's deep phoenix eyes lightly swept across the faces of everyone on the table one by one, and finally stopped on An Lirong's face, and said with a smile: "Side concubine, are there any guests coming?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Mu Lingzhi's answer obviously did not want to give Yu Ruyan a name.

Not only Gu Qing'er and the others were happy, but Yu Ruyan's heart that was raised in her throat also returned to her heart safely. She never thought it would be good to be a murderer's woman. After what happened last night, his cold-blooded fear It made her feel even more chilling. Now, she just wanted to stay as far away from him as possible.

An Lirong breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and scooped up a bowl of pearl soup for Mu Lingzhi, put it on his lips to cool it down, and then handed it to him, and said softly, "Your Highness, please have a meal."

Gu Qing'er was reluctant to let go of Mu Lingzhi's two hands that had been occupying him all this time. Seeing this, she actually scooped up the soup and fed it into his mouth mouthful. The man in the past wished that all the women in the world would die, so he would leave her alone by his side.

Mu Lingzhi usually has a calm and self-reliant appearance, but today he rarely cooperated with her, obediently opened his mouth to let her feed, and looked at her with doting eyes.He blatantly favored Gu Qing'er like this, making the other people's complexions even more gloomy.

After a breakfast meal, some families are happy and some are sad.Seeing that she had nothing to do, Yu Ruyan turned around silently and walked towards the garden, where there was still a lot of work waiting for her to do.

Xi Lian chased up from behind, looking at her viciously, feeling resentful in her heart, if I knew His Highness didn't care about her, why did I have to kneel down in the courtyard last night, and apologized to her in front of everyone this morning, It's really a loss of face and prestige!

She pointed her pointed index finger at the gauze skirt on Yu Ruyan's body, and said coldly, "Take it off!"

Yu Ruyan looked at the capricious person in front of her indifferently with a pair of cold eyes, she couldn't help feeling ridiculous.She couldn't help but agree to insist on putting this dress on her, and now that she knew that Mu Lingzhi didn't think much of her, they ran up in front of her one after another, thinking she was made of mud.

She folded her hands on her chest, leaned leisurely on the rockery, and said leisurely: "Why? You asked me to take it off in such a hurry, do you want to wear my old clothes?"

Xi Lian never expected that she would be so rampant after being blatantly disliked by His Royal Highness, and she wanted to tear her mouth open with hatred in her heart.She smiled angrily: "People don't know they are ugly. I have seen shameless people before, but I have never seen such shameless people like you. Do you know what kind of people are wearing the clothes on your body?"

"I know, a girl like you can't wear it." Yu Ruyan picked up the tassels on her waist and played with them, and replied casually.

"You..." Xi Lian was about to go mad with anger, but there was nothing she could do about her. She gritted her teeth to calm herself down, and sneered, "I don't want to talk to you, so I tell you that it was the side concubine who asked you to take it away." How dare you not listen to the return of the clothes?"

"How dare!" Yu Ruyan smiled coldly, putting her hands on her belt: "Does the side concubine want me to take off my clothes here and return them to her?" She said the word 'here' very emphatically, and said , and began to untie the belt on his body——

Although their location is in the garden, it is not hidden. There are servants passing by from time to time. If she is allowed to take off her clothes here, the reputation of the palace will be ruined. I am afraid that the empress will blame her for being reckless again.

Most importantly, all of this was her own initiative, and An Lirong didn't ask her to ask Yu Ruyan for the clothes back.

"Stop!" Xilian's face was flushed, and her hand was shaking with anger when she pointed at her. She relied on her sharp tongue, but in the battle with Yu Ruyan, she had never stood on the top of the peak, and was forced by her every time. Compromise, how can she, who has always been so strong and happy to win, endure it?
"You are shameless, and the whole palace is still shameless! You go to the room and take it off, and then send it to me."

Yu Ruyan gave Xilian a cold look and said: "Please, sister Xilian, come with me. There are too many things in the garden, and I don't have time to run back and forth."

After saying this, she ignored the jaw-dropping thin curtain and walked straight to her small bungalow.Xi Lian roared behind her: "You bastard, you take good things and refuse to put them away. No one wants the things you wear, so you can keep them and wear them slowly." After saying that, she went back angrily.

She originally wanted to humiliate Yu Ruyan with the matter of clothes, but she didn't expect that he would not accept this kind of trick at all, and she would not accept softness and toughness, and she had a thick skin, so she was defeated again.

Mu Lingzhi really likes Gu Qing'er the most. He rested in her yard for three nights before going to other people's yards, but he never mentioned Yu Ruyan again, as if he didn't remember this person, and let her Fend for itself in South Garden.

The attitude of the people in the mansion towards her has been changing. First, they flattered her when they entered the mansion, then they hated her when they knew her identity, and then they praised her after going to bed. and despised her again.Fortunately, she lived in a remote place, so she didn't have to see those people every day. Apart from cleaning the garden on time, she had nothing else to do, and she lived a comfortable life.

Chen Yanfei was attached to her, and followed her every day, no matter how indifferent she was, he would not be annoyed, talking to her innocently and romantically.Yu Ruyan didn't like to talk to her at first, but for Chen Bo and Chen's mother's sake, it was not easy to drive her away, so she had to follow her like a tail.

On a bright and sunny day in autumn, the lotus flowers on the lake in the Wangfu Garden are in full bloom.Early in the morning, An Lan accompanied An Lirong to the lake to enjoy the lotus.

An Lirong's expression was always gloomy, no matter how much An Lan and Xi Lian tried to make her happy, they still couldn't lift their spirits.

Of course, An Lan knew what she was thinking. It had been more than half a month since His Highness returned home, but His Highness stayed in the Furong Courtyard the first night, and never stepped into the Furong Courtyard since then. She is gentle and kind, but as long as she is a woman, she would hope to get more love from her husband, not to mention, she still loves Mu Lingzhi sincerely.

In fact, An Lan felt even more uncomfortable.When His Highness returned home, he spent most of his time in Gu Qing'er's Ziluo Courtyard. He couldn't wait for him to come to his Okra Courtyard, but he just sat and left without having a meal with her. How to make her feel at ease?

Even so, she still hid the disappointment in her heart and accompanied An Lirong to relax, pretended not to care, and kept making An Lirong laugh, but the bitterness in her heart was like the lake in front of her, boundless and endless ······

At this moment, Shi Shiran walked up to a radiant beauty on the lake embankment in front, wearing an autumn-colored smoked gauze scattered flower dress that Mu Lingzhi newly rewarded her, walking gracefully, like willows facing the wind, enchanting colorful.On the head is a beautiful peach heart bun, on which

The milky white pearl wreath hanging obliquely by her ear, twinkling and twinkling as she walked, made her even more bright-eyed and beautiful!

The person who came was none other than Gu Qing'er, who was so well-loved.

As soon as Gu Qing'er entered the garden, she saw An's two people in the pavilion. She looked at An Lirong from a distance and sighed, knowing that His Highness's doting on her during this time made her feel uncomfortable.The more she behaved like this, the happier Gu Qing'er was. Usually in the mansion, other concubines would not dare to provoke her. Only An Lirong used her status to always say that she was unruly here and out of place there. Low she was just a businessman.Although she was dissatisfied in her heart, she dared to be angry and dare not speak out because of her status. Seeing her lost and sad here, how could she let go of the opportunity to trample her down!
Seeing Gu Qing'er walk into the gazebo resplendently, An Lan's complexion changed, she was also a concubine, compared with her outfit, it was too shabby.

Gu Qing'er stepped forward to greet An Lirong with a smile on her face, and before An Lirong could speak, she sat down by herself, and the little girl beside her squatted forward and half-squatted beside her, and took out a handful of delicate jade The hammer gently tapped her waist.

An Lirong couldn't help asking with concern: "What's wrong with my sister? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Gu Qing'er gave a "puchi" smile, raised her sleeves to cover her mouth and said with a coquettish smile: "Your Majesty really doesn't know, or is she trying to ridicule me?" After finishing speaking, two red clouds flew up on her face, she lowered her head and said shyly, "Your Highness has been marching for a long time. , This time I came back, I am really worse than a tiger and wolf... I have pity on my waist, it is almost broken!"

While Gu Qing'er was talking coquettishly, she secretly glanced at the face of the concubine on the opposite side, and she could see the pride in her charming eyes.

Sure enough, when she said this, An Lirong's face changed drastically. Not only her, but An Lan and all the serving maids looked shy and flushed.

An Lirong knew that she had always spoken boldly and without restraint, but she never expected that she would tell the whole story about His Highness and her boudoir in public, how could it not make people dumbfounded?
Feeling a flame burning in her heart, An Lirong couldn't tell if it was anger or jealousy, she just wanted to beat up this shameless whore before she could vent her anger.However, what made her even more flustered was that, listening to Gu Qing'er's words, the urgency that Mu Lingzhi showed to herself that night suddenly appeared in her mind, and she couldn't help but think of him on Gu Qing'er's bed, her mind was buzzing It's going to explode...

An Lan, who was at the side, saw An Lirong's expression was strange, and she didn't take any blame for Gu Qing'er's presumptuous remarks, so she quickly picked up the fragrant tea on the table and handed it to her.An Lirong drank tea in a hurry to hide her anger, and scolded: "Aunt Gu, I hope you will respect yourself. When you speak and do things, you should not only consider yourself, but also His Highness's face. Don't disappoint His Highness's love for you." yes!"

This time, it was rare for Gu Qing'er not to refute, but just smiled leisurely, and said in a cool tone: "Your Majesty taught you the right thing, but Your Highness said that he just likes my virtue, saying that those virtuous and virtuous women look at me Like a stake, no fun at all!"

An Lirong's body trembled, and she was so angry that she was about to fall to the ground. An Lan hurriedly supported her, and seeing a petite figure on the opposite lake bank, she suddenly smiled and said, "Sister Gu is His Highness's favorite Yes, before I changed it, I agreed with it 100%, but now...hehe!"

How could Gu Qing'er fail to understand the meaning of her words, her pretty face froze immediately, and she said coldly: "Do you think there is someone more His Highness likes? Could it be you?" The sarcasm in the words was not concealed.

An Lan was not annoyed, and said in a calm and unhurried manner: "How could it be me? My sister made fun of me. It's just that the second day after His Highness returned home, he didn't invite his sister to sleep with him, but he did..." After all, She swallowed the following words, only looked at the figure on the other side with a pair of eyes, smiled and said nothing.

Everyone involuntarily followed her gaze to the opposite bank, and saw a petite figure there busy cleaning the garden, with black hair twisted into an ordinary double snail bun, and an ordinary green dress, but none of this could conceal Surrounded by her natural beauty, she turned her head slightly, and her beautiful face made the whole lotus in the pond pale.

The fact that Yu Ruyan was one step ahead of her to serve the bed has always been stuck in Gu Qing'er's heart like a needle. Although His Highness has not recruited Yu Ruyan to serve the bed these days, and often stays in her yard, this matter has always left a deep impression on Gu Qing'er. She was brooding, just like the lantern hanging high at the gate of Yunsong Courtyard that night, piercing her heart.Hearing the sarcasm in An Lan's words at this time, his smug face suddenly darkened, and his slender fingers were dug into the flesh under the sleeves.

An Lirong also came back to her senses, her face no longer had the panic and loss just now, she put on her usual gentle smile, and opened her mouth and said slowly: "Actually, I have always had a question in my heart, and I feel that Your Highness's feelings for Miss Xiaoqing are very The same. Think about it, how noble is His Royal Highness, how could he bring back a woman who was born as a military prostitute? I'm afraid it's intentional, but it's not easy to praise her because of her status. Tell me, Aunt Gu, do you want me to help Your Highness? Get rid of this worry?"

As soon as An Lirong's words came out, Gu Qing'er immediately stood up like a fried chicken. She was a sensible person, and the meaning of the side concubine's words was very clear, that is, to praise Yu Ruyan to compete with her.And most importantly, An Yurong's words were not groundless, Gu Qing'er also realized that His Highness had an unusual feeling for this military prostitute brought into the mansion.

Her pretty face was flushed red, and she looked at the An family with sharp eyes and sharp eyes, suppressing the uneasiness in her heart and sneering: "Your Majesty really will find trouble for nothing. You guessed His Highness's intentions like this, thinking that His Highness really Will you like it? Don't forget, she is from such a background, she just climbed out of His Highness's bed and didn't get His Highness's praise, not to mention being left alone for so long, it is estimated that Her Highness has long forgotten this lowly person. You have to clean up early in the morning."

The more she spoke, the more confident she became, and she knew in her heart that the two of An's were just jealous of her for being spoiled and felt uncomfortable running her, so she couldn't help but sneered and said: "I advise you to take care of your own affairs, and don't go to sweep the snow in front of other people's doors."

Seeing her panicked look, An Lan smiled coldly in her heart, and did not expose her, but said slowly: "Yes, this relationship is all based on cultivation. Now that Miss Xiaoqing is far away in the South Garden, it is rare for His Highness to see her. If Take her to the yard as an errand, and meet His Highness a few more times, it is estimated that His Highness will warm up to her again. After all, her appearance is unmatched by anyone in this mansion. That man does not like novelty or beauty Are you right, sister."

Her elder sister called out to An Lirong, who seemed to have really listened to her words, frowned seriously, and said for a moment: "It's better for you to watch carefully. In fact, His Royal Highness's heirs are not happy. The imperial concubine and concubine who entered the palace have all mentioned this matter to me, intending to let His Highness take in a few more concubines so as to spread the branches and leaves for the palace. I am also confused, and have always been concerned about the identity of Miss Xiaoqing. In fact, as long as His Highness likes it, the status does not matter. It was all given by His Highness."

As soon as this remark came out, Gu Qing'er panicked, she couldn't even pretend that she didn't care, she sat there with a gloomy expression, her face completely changed.

Although she has grace, but has not been able to conceive a child is the biggest pain in her heart.She couldn't understand that she was young and healthy, but there was no movement at all in terms of children.In private, she sought medical treatment and asked about medicine, but it didn't help.Although she is arrogant, her mind is not confused at all. She knows the importance of children to a woman. There is no flower in a hundred days. Very bleak.

Seeing Gu Qing'er's airy face turn gray, An Lirong finally let out a bad breath in her heart.Seeing the rising sun, she stopped talking to the person opposite, got up and took An Lan's hand and said with a smile: "It's getting late, let's go back."

Stepping out of the gazebo, Gu Qing'er's cool laughter came from behind: "My lady, please stay, I have something to say!"

Gu Qing'er had never properly claimed to be a concubine in front of An Lirong, but seeing her so solemn now, An Lirong couldn't help being suspicious, stopped and turned around slowly.

Three steps away, Gu Qing'er stood gracefully, with a smug smile on his face, and said word by word: "Yesterday, His Highness won the new Taiping Monkey Chief who just paid tribute, and gave all the rewards to Ziluo Yuan. I want to have a tea party today." Please, please empress and other sisters to taste this precious tea, but this year's Monkey King is too rare and precious, even His Highness only got two small pots. The empress knows that His Highness is used to drinking this tea, so I can't take out the things His Highness likes as favors, please forgive me."

She spoke eloquently, and An Lirong's expression suddenly became embarrassed. It stands to reason that she is the mistress of the house, but if His Highness has any good things, he will be the first to take them to the Violet Courtyard. It made her feel sad.

Gu Qing'er was extremely respectful on the surface, as if she couldn't owe her anything, but she was actually trying to trample her down in different ways, and when she thought of her singing and singing with An Lan just now to run on her, she couldn't help but be careful. Pay back.Yan Yan smiled on his face, but in his heart he wanted to stab An Lirong and An Lan with knives.

How could An Lirong not understand the meaning of her words, and said indifferently: "My sister is polite, since His Highness likes to drink this tea, my sister should keep it well."

She really didn't want to see Gu Qing'er's arrogant and ugly face anymore, so she pulled An Lan away after saying this, but Gu Qing'er stopped her again, and the following words were even more aggressive.

"Good tea goes with a good cup! Unfortunately, I can't find a good tea set in my yard to match this fine tea. I heard from His Highness that there is a set of precious white marble hibiscus flower cups in the mansion, which was rewarded by the imperial concubine herself. But I went to the storeroom this morning to ask and found out that this set of tableware was taken out by the empress. Empress, you can’t use such a good flower cup to make tea. Use your heart and soul to make a few pots of good tea for His Highness for a few days, would your empress be willing?"

She spoke lightly, and slapped An Lirong in the face without any concealment between the lines. The concubine Ren's good temper was also irritated, but Gu Qing'er kept saying that she was thinking of His Highness, and An Lirong was full of anger. place sprinkled.

After listening to it, Xi Lian finally couldn't help but speak up: "Aunt Gu, this set of tableware is used by the empress to entertain the prince's side concubine, and the empress has ordered the servants to soak it in spring water, soak it in the flower juice, and wait for the prince to sit on the set. When the imperial concubine comes to the house as a guest, it can be bright in color and fragrant on the mouth of the cup. The empress has put so much thought into it, why did you come and snatch it without saying a word? You..."

"Oh, so I didn't know that in my mother's heart, my husband is not as affectionate as sisters. Well, it's my extravagant hope, so I won't bother my sister. I will plead guilty to His Highness when I go back." Gu Qing'er said coldly The person in front of him had a sharp look in his charming eyes.Mu Lingzhi never liked to deal with people in the prince's house, if Gu Qing'er were to instigate a meal in front of him, I'm afraid that His Highness will be even more embarrassing to the side concubine in the future.

An Lirong's usually peaceful face finally couldn't hold it back anymore, she glared at Gu Qing'er who was arrogant and arrogant in front of her with a gloomy expression, how could she not be annoyed that a little business girl climbed on her head and acted wildly like this?
After a long time, she let out a breath of turbid air from her chest, and said calmly: "Aunt Gu misunderstood, no matter how good sisters are, they can't be worth the love between husband and wife. Oh, isn't it just a set of tableware, why does Auntie make such a fuss to trouble His Highness?" The flower cup is in my yard, Auntie should come and get it when she has time."

Seeing An Lirong's reluctance, Gu Qing'er felt elated. She didn't forget to be good when she got the advantage, and said with a smile: "I did all this for Your Highness, so please don't make me angry. Don't worry , when the crown prince's side concubine is a guest, I will definitely return the flower cup as it is, and I will never let the empress lose the courtesy of hospitality."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for An Lirong and his party to leave first, she rushed to the front and left.

An Lirong shuddered, but fortunately, An Lan was about to support her, she leaned on An Lan's shoulder and gritted her teeth: "You see, a woman's honor and disgrace in this life depends entirely on men. A small concubine can go wild on my head... But, I can't do anything about her, whoever lets me down, whoever makes me feel inferior." She came from a famous family, a scholarly family, and was educated since she was a child. They are all women's three obediences and four virtues, humility, courtesy, generosity and tolerance, but these failed to win her husband's heart. For the first time, she felt extremely frustrated and disappointed in her heart, and she could no longer maintain the strength she pretended in the past. Plain, a delicate little face twisted together in pain...

An Lan glanced at the background of Gu Qing'er's fading away and said bitterly: "The demon will come to him one day, empress, don't care about her, let her go, and see how long she can go crazy!"

In the afternoon, when Aunt Gu was going for a walk in the garden, she slipped and fell in the unswept stagnant water, not to mention hurting her arm, and even snatched off a string of green agate beads that His Highness had just given her and dropped them into the grass , one hundred and eight only found less than sixty...
When Mu Lingzhi heard this, he had just entered the Violet Courtyard, his steps froze, his brows were almost inaudibly frowned, and he said in a deep voice, "Is it her fault again?"

The copper coin twitched the corner of its mouth, and said helplessly: "Isn't it her? Hey, she was punished by Aunt Gu, and she is still kneeling in the garden!"

(End of this chapter)