Concubine's true colors

Chapter 138 Meeting Princess Rui for the First Time

A tear slipped from the corner of Xiao Jinxuan's eyes, and then she could no longer bear the drunkenness, and fell into a deep sleep with her brows furrowed.

As for the last few words she said, because her voice was too low, and Zhou Xianrui was sitting opposite her, there was still some distance between them, so she could only vaguely hear the words of abandoning love and not knowing what to do. As for the other words Zhou Xianrui didn't hear clearly.

Seeing Xiao Jinxuan fell asleep drunk, Zhou Xianrui shook his head helplessly, stood up and walked to the other side, looking at Xiao Jinxuan's tear-stained face, he stretched out his hand and gently wiped away the tears one by one for her.

Then, Zhou Xianrui thought for a while, then hugged Xiao Jinxuan in his arms, and then walked to the study, where he usually rested on the red sandalwood cloud pattern soft couch.

After carefully placing Xiao Jinxuan on the couch, Zhou Xianrui immediately sat aside, helped the other party smooth out the messy hair on his forehead, and then smiled lightly.

"You girl, why do you have to be so hard on yourself? Do you know how much I feel in my heart when you are sad and crying? If I had known this, I should have made the decision for my seventh brother when I was in Yangzhou, and I would directly report to you. Xiao Heng proposes marriage and welcomes you into the Yuwang Palace, which will save you from thinking so wildly and making it hard to feel at ease."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Xianrui stood up and took the ermine cloak hanging in the study.Then he finished Xiao Jinxuan's drink just now, and took the half pot of wine left in his hand, and then returned to the soft couch.

After covering Xiao Jinxuan's body with the cloak considerately, Zhou Xianrui picked up the wine glass and poured himself a drink with a lonely expression.

"Miss Si, I remember the first time we met, it was at the Plum Blossom Appreciation Banquet of your Xiao family. You actually came to me and borrowed the golden dragon sword from me. Although I didn't say anything at that time, I was still surprised." Extremely, secretly sigh that you girl is too courageous, you don't know how to live or die."

"Later, we officially met. It was in front of Fu Yin's Yamen, when you beat the shocking drum and confronted Song Peng. In fact, the king had already arrived at that time, but he just hid in the dark and didn't show up."

Speaking of this, Zhou Xianrui chuckled lightly, raised his head and drank another glass of wine, looking at Xiao Jinxuan's sleeping face, he continued with tenderness in his eyes:
"You can't think of it, in fact, the performance of you girl that day, I have seen everything in my eyes, maybe since then, you have locked my eyes firmly, and I insisted on sending you back to the mansion later. , I said that I was worried about your safety, but in fact, only I know that this king wants to pay more attention to you, hoping to understand you better."

The woman he admired was sleeping in front of him, Zhou Xianrui buried the pain of lovesickness in his heart, endured it for so long, but now it was caused by his deep love, and he revealed it all.

And he kept calling Xiao Jinxuan a girl instead of the respectful title of Miss Fourth, which is actually not surprising.

After all, there is a full ten years difference in age between the two of them, and it's not too much for Zhou Xianrui to call her that. If he hadn't had some inexplicable feelings for Xiao Jinxuan, she would really be a little girl in his eyes.

A few glasses of wine were drunk without knowing it, Zhou Xianrui closed his eyes, but couldn't help a wry smile.

"Jinxuan, do you know that this king's affection for you is no less than that of the seventh brother, but this king knows that in your heart, I am afraid that there is no place for me, Zhou Xianrui. You and I are allies and confidants, but You can never be a husband and wife."

Zhou Xianrui opened his eyes with slightly wet corners, then held Xiao Jinxuan's plain hand in his palm, and said affectionately:

"So I don't expect anything else, as long as you can get happiness, I will feel at ease, and I have already married a concubine, how can I have the heart to let you commit myself to be a concubine, we may be doomed to be destined for each other in this life, I only hope that in the next life, I can meet you sooner, and it would be a blessing to watch you grow old alone."

As soon as Zhou Xianrui finished speaking, Zhou Xianrui opened the lid of the jug, raised his head, and drank all the remaining spirits in the jug. The overflowing juice flowed from the corner of his mouth, slipped over his neck, and flowed onto the lapel of his clothes, but he threw it away. Losing the calmness of the past, he didn't care about it, just blindly mixed the lovesickness with bitterness, and swallowed it all together with the wine.

Then he took another deep look at Xiao Jinxuan, then stood up, and left the study without looking back.

In the early morning of the second day, a ray of sunlight penetrated into the study, and outside the study, the chirping sounds of various birds also screamed together, even Xiao Jinxuan, who was drunk last night, could not help but Woke up frowning.

As soon as she woke up, Xiao Jinxuan felt a splitting headache, and she couldn't help but gasped a few times because of the discomfort.

After a while, Xiao Jinxuan opened her eyes, and then looked around in confusion. When she found that the surrounding environment was very strange, and it was not her Forsythia Courtyard, Xiao Jinxuan regained consciousness instantly, and then She also slowly remembered what happened last night.

Thinking of how she lost her composure yesterday, Xiao Jinxuan couldn't help sighing annoyedly, and secretly warned herself that this wine could cause trouble, and she must never get drunk again in the future.

While thinking like this, Xiao Jinxuan got off the soft couch, and the cloak she was wearing slipped to the ground, she subconsciously bent down to pick it up, not wanting her head to sink so badly, she staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, her hands and feet were always nimble, so she immediately supported the edge of the soft couch and stood still, but after all this fuss, she still made a lot of noise in the study, and even the hairpin on her head fell to the ground.

Almost as soon as she stood firm, the door of the study was opened, and then a woman with a dignified appearance and an elegant temperament walked in from the outside.

This woman is wearing a blue cloud skirt, with flying fairy hair in a bun, and a canary on her head. She is elegant and luxurious, but she doesn't look kitsch at all. She looks very stable and peaceful.

Because the woman was holding a mahogany tray with a cup of tea on it, she came in with her head down, so she didn't notice Xiao Jinxuan standing in the room immediately.

So when he saw this woman, he opened his mouth and said: "My lord, you are awake. My concubine heard that you drank alcohol last night, so I specially prepared sobering tea. You can drink some."

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman raised her head with a smile. When she saw clearly that there was no Zhou Xianrui in the room, only Xiao Jinxuan standing beside the soft couch with an awkward expression, her expression froze, but then returned to a dignified expression .

"I was the one to be abrupt, because the prince often sleeps in the study after finishing his work. I just heard the noise, and I just thought it was the prince who got up. I didn't want to disturb my sister. Please don't laugh at my rudeness."

Hearing this, Xiao Jinxuan immediately waved her hand, saluted the woman, and quickly explained: "Princess Rui, you have misunderstood, the relationship between me and the lord is not the kind of relationship you think, and it was an accident that I stayed in your residence yesterday. You mustn't worry too much."

Xiao Jinxuan was a princess in her previous life, so when she saw the cost of the woman's clothes, she immediately recognized her identity.

Regarding this Princess Rui, Xiao Jinxuan had actually heard of her name in her previous life.

The concubine's surname is Shen, and her name is Shen Yunqing. It is a coincidence that the other party is the niece of Xiao Jinxuan's second aunt, Shen Shi. She has been a famous talented woman since she was a child. , is also quite famous in the capital.

In the previous life, after Prince Tai ascended the throne, he ruled out dissidents, suppressed Zhou Xianrui, and finally took his life.

As soon as the news of Zhou Xianrui's death came back to Prince Rui's residence, this Princess Rui ended her life with a cup of poisoned wine, and left with her husband.

Back then, this incident caused a sensation in the capital for a long time. At that time, Xiao Jinxuan still marveled at Shen Wenqing's loyalty and staunchness. Now that she was reborn, she never expected that under such circumstances, she would see this soft-tempered man who was soft-tempered on the outside and strong on the inside Princess Rui.

And Xiao Jinxuan's explanation is indeed true, but Shen Yunqing listened to it, but shook her head and said with a smile:
"Sister, don't be nervous. Since you have committed yourself to the prince, we will be sisters in the future. Although I am a princess, I will never bully you with my status. Only when the palace is peaceful can the prince be at ease, so you just need to remember to abide by your duty. If you don't do anything beyond the mark, this concubine will definitely love you just like the prince."

After hearing the other party's words, Xiao Jinxuan only felt that her head hurt even more. Just when she didn't know how to explain, fortunately Zhou Xianrui finally came.

After Zhou Xianrui left the study yesterday, he drank a lot of wine alone, so he got up late this morning, but he didn't expect that his princess would arrive at the study before him. After being slightly surprised, he said in a low voice asked:
"Wenqing, why are you here? Do you have anything to do with me?"

Shen Wenqing heard the words, smiled and said to Zhou Xianrui Fuli: "The concubine has nothing important to do, but I heard that the prince drank alcohol last night, so I brought sober tea, but I didn't want to disturb this sister. Sister, I don't know where the prince will be placed, so Wenqing should hurry to arrange it."

Hearing this, Zhou Xianrui knew that the other party had misunderstood. He glanced at the hangover tea that Shen Yunqing put on the table, and he stepped forward to take it and held it in his hand.

"Wenxin, you have misunderstood. This is the daughter of the commander-in-chief. She is also the Miss Xiao Si I mentioned to you before. She is my distinguished guest. She had something to talk to me last night, so she just stayed overnight. It's not like you thought. like that."

While talking, Zhou Xianrui had already walked to Xiao Jinxuan's side, and handed over the cup of hangover tea.

"Miss Si, drink this tea quickly. You were quite drunk last night. After one night, you must be very unwell now. You will feel better after drinking this tea."

Hearing this, Xiao Jinxuan hurriedly pushed the tea to Zhou Xianrui, and gave Shen Wenqing an apologetic look.

"Your Highness, the princess prepared this tea for you. How could Jinxuan drink it? I didn't come home last night, and I don't know if the commander-in-chief noticed it. So I will go back first, and I will bid farewell to your highness and princess."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Jinxuan walked directly to the door, but she didn't want to be stopped by Shen Wenqing who was standing by the door.

Seeing that Xiao Jinxuan first denied it, and then Zhou Xianrui also stated that there was no other relationship between the two, Shen Wenqing also realized that she had made a mistake.

Although she was very surprised why a daughter of a family like Xiao Jinxuan would come to Prince Rui's mansion at night, but Shen Wenqing would not ask for a few words about things that Zhou Xianrui would not tell her.

Because she knew that Zhou Xianrui would definitely tell her what she should know, and she shouldn't ask about what she didn't say.

Seeing that her husband, who was always indifferent to women, actually held tea for Xiao Jinxuan himself, Shen Wenqing was astonished, but also knew that Zhou Xianrui would not be at ease if she just asked her to leave like this.

So after stopping Xiao Jinxuan, Shen Wenqing said kindly:

"I have long heard that Ms. Jinxuan has made meritorious deeds in the snow disaster. A while ago, Xiangping came to play in the mansion, and she praised you to me. It is my honor to meet the young lady. I am saying that this sobering tea is not a rare item. You Let's drink this cup first, and I will prepare for the prince's share."

Hearing this, Zhou Xianrui gave Shen Wenqing a look of approval, and then handed the teacup to Xiao Jinxuan again.

Under the unfathomable hospitality, Xiao Jinxuan could only smile, and after thanking Shen Yunqing for the first time, she drank the tea in the cup in one gulp.

Then she was dragged by Shen Yunqing, and she was sent out from the back door of the palace in person.

(End of this chapter)