Concubine's true colors

Chapter 684 Wives and Concubines
A crackling cough came from inside a black-painted carriage with thick wooden boards and three layers of cotton curtains.

And outside, Xiao Yunyan, who condescended to drive the carriage himself, immediately couldn't help asking with concern:

"Jinxuan, you persevere. After two and a half months of traveling, we will soon arrive at Jiuxiao City, the capital of Beirong Emperor. I have ordered Tang Qi, my trusted subordinate, to go back to the palace to report the news of my return to the emperor, and tell him to lead the royal family first. The doctor went to my third prince's mansion. When you recover from the wind-cold disease and you are ready to face the saint, I will take you to see the emperor father. In this way, no matter if it is Daliang or Zhou people who check again, you will not be afraid of making mistakes."

As soon as Xiao Yunyan finished speaking, she heard Xiao Jinxuan cough again in the carriage, and said in a weak voice:

"I'm sorry, Brother Wang. It's just that the winter in Beirong is too cold this November. My little sister, I have lived in Dazhou since I was a child. Although it snows in winter, it will not be as white as Beirong. Wrapped, poured water to freeze. I accidentally caught wind and cold for a while, but before I can find out my life experience, it is really not suitable to appear as Xiao Jinxuan. And the most important thing now is to Princess Changde, this fabricated identity to deceive Xianyu has become a real existence, otherwise if it is found out that there is no princess like me in Beirong, it will be bad."

Perhaps because she talked too much in one breath, Xiao Jinxuan couldn't stop coughing again in the carriage.

And Ziying, who was also sitting in the carriage and was in charge of taking care of Xiao Jinxuan, couldn't help but said anxiously:

"Master, please don't say a few words, don't bother to recover from your illness. I think your cold is the second, but your emotional injury is more serious. The whole person is sluggish every day. You have to cheer up. That day Prince Yu After taking the elixir, you walked away, and when the other party disappeared completely, you passed out on the ground. In order not to make Zhou Xianyu suspicious, senior Qingxu and old Ding can't walk with us, but stay with each other Beside you. Master, Beirong, you still have a lot of difficult things to do, and you have to take your biological mother back, so you must not be sick anymore."

Hearing that Zhou Xianyu was mentioned, it was Xiao Jinxuan who was in the carriage, holding a hand warmer in her hand, wearing a thick white fox cloak, and even a sika buckskin hat.

Because she didn't adapt to the severe cold weather in Beirong, which is known as the snowy country, she did wrap herself up as tightly as possible, but even so, she still felt extremely cold.

"Ziying, thanks to you taking care of me during this period, and I know you have never done anything to serve others before. This time, for the sake of me and Xianyu, senior Qingxu will be locked up when he returns to Zhongnan Mountain. Master, he will help Xianyu. After Yu completely eradicates the evil spirit of blood, he will send both of them to Zhongnan Mountain. Therefore, in the next one or two years, I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to see Master and his old man. Speaking of it, I am useless. As soon as the master left, I fell ill, and as a ghost doctor's apprentice, I really feel a little ashamed."

After Xiao Jinxuan said this, she laughed helplessly at herself.

In fact, don't look at her talking and laughing now, in fact, after she and Zhou Xianyu got the whip, she passed out on the bed and didn't wake up for five days.

Later, it was still Ding Yizhen who sneaked over and gave her medicine and needles, only then did he wake up the heartbroken Xiao Jinxuan.

As for the current Xiao Jinxuan, she didn't recover from the pain of breaking up, she just buried the bitterness deeply in her heart.

After all, Xiao Jinxuan deeply understood that even if she frowned and sighed every day, it would not help the matter at all, it would not change anything, it would only make herself more negative.

But now, apart from Zhou Xianyu in her heart, she came to Beirong and was about to investigate the mystery of her life experience back then. Xiao Jinxuan was also very concerned about this.

After all, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Beirong, this biological mother, Xiao Jinxuan had fantasized about her voice and appearance countless times when she was in Dazhou.

And I also thought silently, if she hadn't had a baby-changing accident back then, and she hadn't been taken into Xiao's mansion, would she not have had so many hardships, and she could have grown up carefree and caring? aldult.

Therefore, Xiao Jinxuan used the matter of finding her identity to forcefully suppress the emotion of missing Zhou Xianyu, at least on the surface she still had that calm and calm appearance.

And as Xiao Jinxuan continued to cough lightly along the way, she still did not forget the time when she and Xiao Yunyan were separated by the cotton curtain, planning how to arrange the next step.

Between you and me, time passed quickly. About an hour later, Xiao Jinxuan felt that the carriage stopped, and then Xiao Yunyan lifted the curtain of the carriage and handed him in.

"Jinxuan, we are here, let me help you get off the horse. It's just that your current identity cannot be revealed. The girl Mingzhu had a lot of grudges with you in Dazhou, so the name Xiao Jinxuan can't be used anymore. I will enter the palace to arrest you in a while." The identity of Princess Changde has been established. To the outside world, you are the goddaughter that my father recognizes, and Changde will be your name in Beirong from now on. As for the father, I will persuade him. We must speak the same way. You will face a completely different environment and countless strangers in this carriage Jinxuan, but the Brotherhood will help you, so don't be afraid."

How could she be intimidated by the unfamiliar environment and life in Beirong with an unknown future, Xiao Jinxuan, who had never seen Xiao Jinxuan after many times of life and death.

So I saw Xiao Jinxuan, although she was extremely weak due to the wind and cold.

But in order not to expose the lies that lied to Zhou Xianyu back then, she did change her simple and elegant makeup, and her attire was extremely luxurious like that day, so her complexion didn't look so bad under the heavy makeup.

But her complexion can be concealed with heavy makeup and red lips, but Xiao Jinxuan almost didn't fall because she couldn't bear the severe cold and the powerlessness of illness as soon as her feet were on the inside.

Thanks to Xiao Yunyan, who parked the carriage in front of the mansion, with sharp eyesight and quick hands, he pulled Xiao Jinxuan back to his side, and then asked nervously:
"Jin... Changde, are you hurt? After taking so many heavenly medicines, why is it still not getting better? It's cold and slippery outside, and you'll be warm when you enter the mansion. Can you still keep walking, no matter how uncomfortable it is? Let me support you."

While Xiao Yunyan was speaking, Xiao Jinxuan, who had always been rigorous and had turned vigilance into a habit, had already started to look around the mansion.

Seeing that this would be because of Xiao Yunyan's return, not only the guards and servants came out to greet them, but also more than a dozen pretty and attractive young women looked towards them expectantly.

Seeing these women wearing luxurious clothes, Xiao Jinxuan couldn't help smiling, turned to look at Xiao Yunyan and said:
"Brother Wang, don't help me anymore. The dozen or so women who came out to welcome you must be the wives and concubines of your mansion. My brother is really lucky, and there are many wives and concubines. You should stay away from me." , I don't want to become the imaginary enemy of these women for no reason, and the object of stumbling in the dark."

Xiao Jinxuan has seen and experienced more in her past and present lives, so she doesn't want to come to Beirong and be tied down with these backyard women.

But after hearing Xiao Jinxuan's words, Xiao Yunyan felt guilty and embarrassed, and explained anxiously:

"Although you, Changde, are of my Beirong blood, since you grew up in the Zhou Kingdom, it is inevitable that you do not understand the customs and traditions of your mother country. My Beirong people have a bold personality, and you don't need your parents to marry a man and a woman. The girl's family values The man you like can take the initiative to show love, and if the man often refuses, it will be regarded as a kind of incompetent and irresponsible behavior. Moreover, the more wives and concubines a man in Beirong means, the more noble his status is. It may be difficult for you to accept the status of a prince, and having more than ten or twenty women as wives and concubines at the same time, but it is indeed a common thing in Beirong. I hope you don't care about it, let alone alienate us brothers and sisters affection."

Hearing this, Xiao Jinxuan couldn't help laughing again. She grew up in Dazhou, and she has seen many wives and concubines.

However, in order to show the virtues of the Great Zhou royal family, even though there are many singing and dancing girls, six or seven famous concubines are not a lot.

But in Xiao Yunyan's place, there are more than a dozen famous wives and concubines, and those nameless singers and dancers, just thinking about Xiao Jinxuan can't help but chuckle.

And this distraction, Xiao Jinxuan's already weak body, walked in the snow that could reach her ankles, and fell to her knees towards the ground when she became unsteady.

Xiao Yunyan, who was supporting her, was really anxious now, he immediately embraced her, and hugged her in his arms.

"Changde, I really need to mend your bones. Seeing you fall so tiredly, my heart is almost frightened. Let me hold you and hurry into the house. You are already sick. , how amazing it is to catch a cold."

In fact, Xiao Yunyan knew very well in his heart that hugging Xiao Jinxuan like this, even if she was his cousin by blood, was too close.

But I just saw Xiao Jinxuan amused by Beirong's custom because of his wives and concubines.

Xiao Yunyan felt inexplicably annoyed and irritable, and felt that the other party's smile was particularly glaring.

Even with such a momentary impulse, he wanted to drive away all the wives and concubines who were waiting in front of the mansion from Xiao Jinxuan's eyes, so as not to appear in front of each other.

Fortunately, Xiao Yunyan is not a reckless person, so this kind of thought only popped up in his mind, and then he suppressed the urge to drive people away.

But this change in mentality still shocked Xiao Yunyan himself.

He didn't even know when he started to care so much about Xiao Jinxuan's opinion of him.

And because of the other party's every frown and smile, he was affected by the ups and downs of his mood.

Although this discovery made him a little flustered, when Xiao Yunyan's thoughts were pulled back by Xiao Jinxuan who was struggling because of embarrassment in her arms.

His only thought now is that it's good to hold each other like this, and he even has a thought that he doesn't want to let go for the rest of his life.

Therefore, it can be seen that Xiao Yunyan, who has the domineering strength of the Beirong people, doesn't care about the different eyes of a dozen wives and concubines, as well as Xiao Jinxuan's protests and struggles in a low voice.

He still hugged the cousin in his arms with great strides, and walked quickly towards his mansion, the degree of caring and cherishing immediately attracted many people's eyes.

(End of this chapter)