Queen's Development

Chapter 219 The Meeting of Wind and Cloud (8)

Soon it was June.

It's midsummer, and the weather is getting hotter every day.

Yuzhi has always been afraid of the heat, even though the room was filled with icebergs in a gold basin and the Luohan bed was covered with jade mats, she was still so hot that she had nowhere to hide, wishing she could soak in the water every day.

Li Rui came to answer Yuzhi, and seeing Yuzhi sitting on the Arhat bed, holding a handful of crushed ice in his hand, he couldn't help laughing: "Side concubine, the Canal Palace is right by the water, there is a large poplar forest, there It's cool!"

Yuzhi stretched out her hand to touch the tree shade sleeping behind her, and said in a low voice, "In case Han Qing goes too..."

Li Rui stared at Yuzhi: "Side concubine, I will choose some masters of Yuyiwei to protect you!"

Yuzhi shook her head: "Let me think about it again!"

Li Rui looked at Yuzhi's already swollen abdomen, and then at Yuzhi's temples that were wet from sweat, and said, "I'll get someone to bring in some more ice!"

Yuzhi couldn't help laughing: "There's already enough ice in this room, but I'm very strange this year, especially afraid of the heat!"

Li Rui looked around and said, "Put some ice under Luohan's bed!"

Yuzhi picked up the handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said with a smile, "As you arrange!"

Li Ruigang ordered people to bring in some ice, and Li Fanxing brought Bai Yuming in.

Seeing that Bai Yuming's face was full of sweat, her skin became more translucent, and her eyebrows were wet, Yu Zhi smiled and said, "Brother, sit down and rest for a while, I have freshly frozen watermelon here!"

Her elder brother is as afraid of heat as she is. When they were young, the siblings always went swimming in the river to cool off the heat, and they both developed good water skills.

Bai Yuming took the wet towel handed over by Ye Bi and wiped off his sweat, before saying: "Your Majesty issued a decree early this morning, requiring Bachelor Gui Wengui to choose a concubine for the prince!"

After hearing this, Li Rui looked at Yuzhi with a slightly concentrated expression.

Yuzhi was very calm. After all, she was going to be given to Han Qing as a gift. It was expected that Lin Jia would choose a concubine.

She stroked Lin Yin's chubby feet, and said with a smile: "Sooner or later, this will happen. I'm already mentally prepared. We don't need to do anything. Let's talk about it when the prince comes back!"

Seeing that Yuzhi was really calm, Bai Yuming breathed a sigh of relief, and sat for a while. When Lin Yin woke up, he and Li Rui took Lin Yin out to play for a while.

Seeing that Lin Yin was sweating profusely from playing, they released Lin Yin back, and he left with Li Rui.

Yu Zhi was resting there, seeing that a clean and beautiful little fairy boy was sent out, and a dirty and sweaty little mud monkey was taken back, she couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly ordered the golden female doctor and two nannies to bathe Lin Yin.

When Lin Yin was taking a bath in the east wing, Yuzhi was a little worried, so she helped Han Lin to walk slowly to the east wing.

In the north dark room of the East Wing was a large pot of red nasturtium, which was filled with warm water. A Yin was naked and sat in the lotus pot with her limbs stretched out, grabbing the mint leaves floating on the water.

Seeing Yuzhi coming in, he called "Mother" loudly, holding green mint leaves with both hands to give to Yuzhi.

Seeing that his hair and eyebrows were wet, his phoenix eyes were black, everything was cute, and everything was beautiful, Yuzhi felt extremely happy, walked over and bent down with difficulty, touched Lin Yin's soft, chubby face, but in her heart was Thinking: Did Lin Jia look like this when she was a child?

Lin Yin is very attached to Yuzhi, seeing Yuzhi's hand stretched out, she immediately leans over, puts her face on Yuzhi's hand and dawdles like a puppy.

Yuzhi's heart was warmed by the shade of the trees, and she let the shade rub against her palm.

She had already discovered that Lin Yin, like Lin Jia, liked to be next to her and cling to her, and she liked to touch them.

As expected of a father and son!
Han Zhaolin has just returned home after going to Bieye by the canal with her three sisters-in-law these days.

As soon as she and the three sisters-in-law returned to the mansion, they went to the main room of the inner courtyard to greet Mrs. Han.

Seeing that Han Zhaolin was a little tanned, Mrs. Han smiled and said, "Why are you tanned?"

Mrs. Han immediately smiled and said: "Mother doesn't know, these days the girls from Gui Mansion, Ouyang Mansion, Qian Mansion, and Zhu Mansion are also staying in Canal Bieye to escape the summer heat. Sixth Sister and them often get together, or take a walk to enjoy flowers , or writing poems, or being a female celebrity, I got tanned without paying attention!"

Mrs. Han nodded and said: "There is still a month to go, if you take good care of it, you can bring it back!"

Mrs. Liu, the third Mrs. Han, was the smartest, and immediately smiled and said, "Mother, is there something very important in a month's time?"

Mrs. Han nodded, looked at Han Zhaolin lovingly, and said in a gentle voice: "Your Majesty has issued a decree today to choose a concubine for the prince. Unmarried girls aged 14 to 17 from the families of officials above the fourth rank must enter the palace to participate in the election. Zhaolin will naturally choose too!"

Mrs. Han San and Han Zhaolin are close in age and have the best relationship. Knowing that Han Zhaolin likes Jing Zhaoyin Shaoyin Bai Yuming, she hurriedly looked at Han Zhaolin, and seeing her pale face, she hurriedly said, "Mother, Jing Zhaoyin Shaoyin Bai is here to invite you!" Yang Xin, is Master Yang coming to match? Why do you—"

Before Mrs. Han could finish speaking, Mrs. Han changed her face and interrupted Mrs. Han sharply: "Shut up!"

Mrs. Han San was taken aback, she hurriedly lowered her head and answered "Yes", and retreated, not daring to speak.

Seeing this, Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han hurriedly said: "Third siblings, I'm afraid Sixth Sister is tired from this journey, you can take Sixth Sister back to rest!"

Han Zhaolin's eyes were already moist.

She mustered up the courage to walk up to Mrs. Han, bowed her knees and saluted, then looked at Mrs. Han, her lips trembling slightly, and her voice trembling: "Mother, you...you didn't answer...promise me...promise me to agree with Bai Yu Do you want to propose marriage?"

Mrs. Han immediately pushed back the maids in the room, and then said: "One side is the prince, and the other side is a farmer who climbed up because of his sister as a concubine. Don't you have a brain and know how to choose?"

Han Zhaolin's face was flushed red, and tears rolled down one by one: "Mother, but I like Bai Yuming! Prince He only has eyes for side concubine Bai. Last time I saw Prince Hezheng was a little unhappy, but Bai Yuming As soon as the side concubine left, the smiles in the eyes of the prince and the prince almost overflowed!"

Hearing Han Zhaolin say, "As soon as the concubine Bai left, the eyes of the prince and the prince were full of smiles." Mrs. Han, Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han all thought it was funny. The concubine smiled.

Mrs. Han said in a deep voice: "You were born in the Han family. The family has raised you for so many years, and it's time for you to repay. Well, this matter is irreversible. Don't talk about it anymore. You can go back!"

Han Zhaolin took a deep look at her mother, knowing that her mother had made up her mind, and it would be futile for her to struggle at this time, so she answered "yes" and slowly backed out.

Mrs. Han looked at Mrs. Han San: "Go and accompany your sixth sister, and persuade her well!"

Mrs. Han San agreed and went out.

After the green pearl door curtain "jingle bell" fell, Mrs. Han sighed, and said to her two daughters-in-law: "Among the ladies who are eligible to participate this time, the one with the highest family background is Zhaolin, Gui from the Gui family. Sisters Li, Guiyan, and the three daughters of the Jiang family, the concubine may be selected from among them. The Jiang family is Prince He's natal family. Marshal Gui is currently fighting with Prince He in Liaozhou. As long as our family distances itself from Prince He, our family has to hurry up!"

Mrs. Han Er thought for a moment, and tentatively said: "Mother, don't think I'm being vulgar. I heard that Prince He dotes on Concubine Bai, so why don't we try to win over Concubine Bai and let her blow pillows to Prince He?" , maybe Sixth Sister will be chosen!"

Mrs. Han frowned and thought, then nodded after a while, and said: "Anyway, it is impossible for Concubine Bai to be a concubine, so it is better to follow her way. , is it not easy to handle her? Just send her away with a glass of poisoned wine!"

When the evening became cooler, Yuzhi took a nap in the shade of the tree and was dressing up. Mrs. Helian and Mrs. Lan came over together.

Yuzhi hadn't seen them for several days, and was missing them a little, so she was very happy to see them, and said with a smile, "Since you're here, you can have dinner with me first!"

Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Helian readily agreed.

Their husbands are now fighting with the prince in Liaozhou, and there is no news at all, so they made an appointment to come together, thinking of asking Concubine Bai for news about the Liaozhou battlefield.

Yuzhi was extremely intelligent, and before they even opened their mouths, they knew the reason for their visit, so she ordered Jin'er to call Li Hanxing in, and said: "Go to the outer study and ask Ah Cheng to see if the lord has any letters!"

After Li Hanxing went out, Yuzhi smiled and said: "I have already ordered someone to set up a green gauze tent in the bamboo forest, the three of us will listen to music and eat wine in the green gauze tent tonight!"

Mrs. Lan smiled and clapped her hands: "The side concubine is really kind, please take us to have a look!"

(End of this chapter)