Mu Qingling fell ill the next day after marrying, and his judgment on Linjiang Wang Lin Shiheng was based on the various information he heard before marriage and his own speculation that night.
She originally thought that it would be difficult for a prince like King Linjiang, who had never suffered any grievances since he was a child, to listen to him and persuade him. Unexpectedly, the other party listened to her as soon as she started.
Mu Qingling carefully observed Lin Shiheng's expression, and saw that he didn't seem to be perfunctory, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
A husband who can communicate is better than a husband who cannot listen.
"That's right, princess."
Lin Shiheng suddenly said at the stall where Mu Qingling had just breathed a sigh of relief, with a slight dissatisfaction in his tone: "Your third sister, isn't it too unruly?"
Mu Qingling didn't react for a while, and opened his eyes slightly, "What does the lord mean?"
"Just now, this king was walking on the road. She insisted on stopping this king and said that she would talk to this king alone. How could a daughter of a good family do this? It's too unruly."
Mu Qingling glanced hesitantly at King Linjiang, who was full of disgust.
If she remembered correctly, in the bridal chamber flower candle night, this one even boasted Mu Qingrong at length in front of her new wife.
Even if she was wandering around the temple alone, he could be praised by him as being very brave, not as boring as the average boudoir girl.
To be honest, on the night of the bridal chamber, it was already a humiliation to brag about another woman to his wife. Mu Qingling blushed with anger at the time, but he was her husband, and he had nothing to do except swallow the anger. It happened, she couldn't have any other way of dealing with it.
At the same time, I felt a chill in my heart and at the same time I was fortunate that although the person he liked was Mu Qingrong and looked down on her, but fortunately he was willing to give her the dignity of a princess, and he didn't walk away after seeing her face.
So here comes the question, how long has it been since then, why did you suddenly feel so disgusted with Mu Qingrong
Mu Qingling's heart was full of doubts, but it was difficult to ask them out. He lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes slightly, and said softly: "The third sister grew up in the palm of her hand since she was a child, and she is still young, so her temperament is inevitable. It's naive, I didn't collide on purpose, please forgive me."
"She is your younger sister, also called this king's brother-in-law. Naturally, this king wants to spare her in the face of the princess."
Lin Shiheng smiled slyly, looking like he was very unrestrained: "Princess, please take care of your illness. When you are healed, this king will send you back to see your mother-in-law."
"Thank you, my lord."
Mu Qingling was still weak and could not see the ceremony, so he could only answer with a white face.
As soon as he answered, he saw a man in a fancy dress stand up, "Then the king left first, and I have a drink with someone today. If the princess wants anything, I will bring it back to you by the way."
Mu Qingling is still ill now, where is there anything he wants, just opened his mouth to refuse, suddenly remembered that he is now his wife.
She was in a coma the next day after she got married, and now she doesn't know the attitude of King Linjiang towards her, the princess, now is the best time to test it.
Mu Qingling thought about it, and hid the rejection in his throat again, and said softly: "If the prince is free, can you go to Ziyunzhai and buy some fat powder for your concubine?"
"Okay, this king will bring you some back."
Lin Shiheng flicked his sleeves, "Your daughter's family is troublesome, and this king never uses fat powder."
Mu Qingling smiled and didn't answer. She just watched Lin Shiheng walk out of the room. Not long after he left, she could hear a frivolous laughter from outside the room.
"You're a pretty girl, but the person beside the princess? What's your name?"
Then, her dowry maid, Grape, timidly and with a hint of joy, replied in a crisp voice: "Meet the lord, the slave's name is Grape, the second-class girl who serves by the princess' side."
"Grape."
Her husband repeated the name playfully, with a heavier smile in his tone: "Sure enough, the person is like his name, and it hurts to see the water and spirit, you go and tell the princess, let her prepare for you, wait for it. When the princess returns, I will let you serve the king."
Grape's pretty face immediately showed joy, and he knelt down and kowtowed to the handsome King Linjiang who was smiling at her.
She was the dowry specially chosen by the second lady, and naturally she was not of the same mind with Mu Qingling. With such an opportunity, of course, she had to seize it firmly.
"Yes, maid, thank the lord."
"Don't kneel, don't kneel, this king sees a beauty like you kneeling on this cold ground, and my heart hurts, get up quickly, in the future, how will this king give you the status of a concubine?"
Grape was helped by Lin Shiheng to stand up, and she also got the title of concubine in vain. The surprise in her eyes was about to overflow. She was just a girl. Although she married with Mu Qingling, the deed of betrayal still remained in the hands of the second lady. I didn't expect such an opportunity.
When you become a side concubine, you will be a master in the future.
The second lady asked her to give the eldest lady medicine again. The eldest lady will not survive for seven days. When she dies, even if she has been a slave and a maid and cannot be a concubine, she has the position of a side concubine. Before the princess entered the door, she also had Grasp the ability to enclose the prince who likes her in his own room.
have another child...
Grape finished enjoying the future quickly, with excitement and joy in his beautiful eyes, and his eyes looking at Lin Shiheng were full of yearning and shyness: "Slave, slave thanked the lord."
Lin Shiheng looked at her with tenderness and love in his eyes, and even his voice softened: "Thank you now, I will have a lot of time to thank you in the future."
After saying this, he turned and left the yard. Seeing his back should be in a very good mood. Grape stood there and looked at his back, his face full of shyness and excitement.
The nurse who was standing on the side looked at her, and she almost gnawed her teeth in hatred.
Although it is an unspoken rule that a dowry girl will be included in the house by the uncle, but anyone who loves her daughter will only look for those who are beautiful but honest, and the deed of prostitution will definitely be firmly held in the hands of the mistress.
With the sales contract in hand, no matter how favored the girl is, it is the thing that the mistress can sell if she can.
Although it is cruel to stand in the position of a dowry girl, this is the biggest protective barrier that can protect the married girl.
Their wives worked so hard to find four pretty girls who were honest and would never betray their master, just to prevent these girls from threatening the girl's status in the palace.
As a result, the day before the wedding, one of the girls "happily" became seriously ill and couldn't get out of bed, and the second lady "coincidentally" had a good-looking girl of the right age by her hand, so she could not refuse to send the girl to the big room. .
Naturally, this girl is a grape.
On the first day this girl came here, the nanny saw that she was not an honest person. She originally thought that after the girl stabilized, she would find an excuse to send the person back, but this little hoof, the girl just woke up, she actually seduced her. Lord.
At the same time, she hated and worried that Grape would stumble upon her girl if she really became a concubine in the future, and her face turned blue with anger.
The nanny's face is so conspicuous, of course the grapes will not miss it, but she doesn't care about this anymore, does the side concubine still need to care about a minion
What's more, she has already confirmed in her heart that Mu Qingling will not survive for seven days. When Mu Qingling, the princess, is dead, they will be like the nanny and the others, no matter how much they are protected by the princess, they are not like rootless duckweed. In general, let anyone bully.
Grape had confidence in his heart, gave the nurse a sideways glance like a master fan, opened the curtain and walked in.
The nanny was stunned by her arrogant appearance, and hurriedly followed her and walked in.
"The princess hasn't communicated yet, what are you trying to do!"
Grape was the girl that the second lady found from outside the mansion. She didn't go through strict rules and training, plus she believed that Mu Qingling would not survive for seven days, and the confidence in her heart was very different.
With a smile on her face, she looked at the nanny sarcastically: "Mother Liu also heard that, the lord said that he will take me into the room tomorrow, although my grapes are just a girl, she is also the girl beside the princess, who will accompany the princess from Married from the Hou residence, not to mention that the wang ye said that he wanted me to be the concubine, after all, Grape is also the person beside the wangfei, so I can’t just be so unprepared, right?”
The nanny looked at the smug look on her face, and wanted to tear her face off with her hands, and her mouth was filled with cruelty: "Even if the lord just said that he wants to take you into the room, that's a matter of tomorrow. , today you grapes are still the second-class girl beside the princess!"
"Master didn't say anything, you just broke in like this, are there any rules!"
The master is about to die, so what's the use of this rule.
Grape's face was even more mocking, "Mother Liu, Grape is still a girl now, but not tomorrow, I advise you, it's better to be more careful when you speak, today you are reprimanding a little girl, wait for tomorrow. , If you talk to me like this again, even if I let you go, the prince will probably not be able to see it, right?"
"you!"
The nanny was in a hurry and was about to retaliate, but she heard a faint voice from Mu Qingling inside the curtain: "Nanny, let the grapes in."
Even if she was angry, she could only forcibly suppress the anger. She glanced coldly at the grapes, who had a more complacent expression after hearing Mu Qingling's voice, and said coldly, "Come in with me."
Grape smiled proudly, swayed and opened the curtain and walked in.
"The slave has seen the princess."
The demeanor when she knelt down was very different from before, and she already had some delicate posture of "I am a favorite concubine".
Mu Qingling's lips were still white, but her expression was not as angry as Grape and Nanny thought, but as if she had never heard that her husband was going to accept the girl beside her as a concubine.
"Grape, I remember, it's been less than ten days since you came by my side."
"Yes."
Grape raised his face, smiling like a flower, "The slave servant was originally serving the second lady, and the princess came to serve the princess before she got married."
"You didn't grow up by my side, maybe you don't know my temperament."
Mu Qingling didn't seem to see her intentionally laughing coquettish appearance, and only continued softly: "When I was in the mansion, I liked the rules the most, and the least thing was that there were unruly people around me."
"This palace is a lot bigger than the Hou's, and it needs more rules. If the rules are violated, the entire palace will be in chaos."
Grape said crisply: "The slave has never studied, so I don't understand what the princess said."
"You haven't studied, but you should know that if you really become a concubine, then you are a member of the royal family, and there is no reason to sell your body in the hands of others."
Mu Qingling stretched out her hand, and the nanny stepped forward with a tacit understanding and handed a cup of tea.
Her hands are very beautiful, with long fingers and white as jade. At this moment, these hands are holding the teacup while gently flipping the lid of the teacup.
"When you really seal the side concubine, I will send someone to the Hou's mansion to find the second aunt to get your deed of betrayal back. At that time, you will be a freelancer."
"It's just that you are free, but you can only be a side concubine. I am the main concubine, and I control the feed in the house. The lord himself said to me that I will be the master of all the affairs of the house. You know what this means. ?"
There was puzzlement in Grape's eyes, and there was a hint of arrogance that Mu Qingling couldn't understand.
She was a little funny, no matter how good-tempered she was, how could she not be angry when a girl looked at her with such eyes.
It's just that Mu Qingling didn't understand. She was the master and the grapes were slaves. What gave the grapes the confidence to look down on Mu Qingling
Even the second lady did not dare to show anything on the surface. Is she a little girl too stupid or has a hole card in her hand
Grape did have a trump card, but her trump card came from the fact that she thought that Mu Qingling would die of illness soon, and she was favored by the prince.
So she was not afraid of Mu Qingling, who would be afraid of a dying person.
"I don't know, the servants, please make it clear."
Mu Qingling lowered his eyes and blew the tea in the teacup, "Now the whole mansion can let me, the princess, make arrangements. You say, if a girl died from the cold in the princess's main courtyard tonight, would it be possible? Does anyone care?"
Grape's body froze, and then he quickly relaxed: "But if this girl is loved by the prince and asks the princess, does the princess care?"
"It's just a girl, and she's not a concubine after all. Even if she does become a concubine, I am the leader and the concubine is the deputy. The princess wants to deal with a small concubine, especially a concubine who has no family background. ,easy."
"I am the marriage gifted by His Majesty himself, even if the lord is displeased by a dead girl, he can really divorce me for this girl. At that time, I will still be the princess, but that girl will only be able to send it out to the palace. Buried."
Grape became nervous by what Mu Qingling said, and suddenly looked up at the person leaning on the bed.
I saw Mu Qingling sitting on the bed with a light expression, as if he was talking about a very ordinary thing, not about killing a person.
When I was by the second lady's side, I had seen the image of her beating her to death because of a girl who seduced the second master flashed in Grape's mind.
Mu Qingling was also a member of the Hou Mansion. She only served by her side for a few days. Maybe Mu Qingling was not as quiet as she appeared on the surface.
She didn't scare her, she really wanted to attack her!
The moment the thought came up, Grape shuddered and his body trembled.
She is not afraid of Mu Qingling's reckoning after the fall, because she firmly believes that the other party will not live by that time, but she is afraid, afraid that Mu Qingling really decides to send her on the road because of her disrespectful attitude.
At that time, although Mu Qingling will be able to come down to accompany her soon, but everyone is dead, so what's the use of it.
Grape was so frightened by his own thoughts that his whole body was shaking, and the smugness on his face disappeared in an instant, and he hurriedly said: "This servant knows it's wrong, this servant will not dare to do it next time, and ask the princess to spare the servant. Also ask the princess to be kind!"
Although she was kowtowing, she didn't kowtow as hard as the girl who was forcibly robbed before, but she was very careful not to bleed, so as not to ruin this beautiful face that the lord took a fancy to.
Mu Qingling took a sip of tea and didn't wake up. After the grapes were almost dizzy, he said softly, "Get up."
"You are my dowry. If you can be a side concubine, my face will be bright. I will live in the side yard tonight. I will have someone take care of it for you, so as not to lose my face."
As she said that, she didn't lift her eyes, she just said, "Nanny, prepare ginseng soup for Miss Grape, and let her make up her body before serving the lord."
"Yes."
Ginseng soup…
Grape nerves suddenly became tense. Although she didn't stay in the second lady's yard for a long time, she also learned a lot of tricks.
For example, the second lady would give medicine to the second master's concubine. After drinking the medicine, the woman would be sterile for life. Every time her menstrual period came, she would still be in great pain. She just wanted to die. Once pregnant, the fetus will have a miscarriage within three months, which is naturally the work of the second lady.
She opened her mouth to shout, but when she saw that Mu Qingling on the bed seemed to have expected it, she raised her voice and said to the outside: "Gardenia, bring someone in."
The eldest girl, Gardenia, immediately pushed open the door and walked in, blessedly saluting: "Master."
"Take Miss Grape out, don't let her out of the side yard until the prince summons her tomorrow."br
"Yes." Gardenia responded and turned to look at the horrified Grape, "Girl, please."
"I won't go, what are you going to do, I won't go, the princess and the servant are wrong, master..."
Grape was forcibly pulled out by a few girls, the nurse closed the door and looked back at Mu Qingling with relief: "Girl should have done this long ago, if you can do this in the mansion, why should you be demoted to the ground like the third girl. "
Mu Qingling waited for the person to leave, and the indifferent expression on his face gradually turned into a wry smile: "Mother and younger brother are living under the hands of the second aunt, even if I have the heart, I can only bear it."
The nurse nodded distressedly, "Then this ginseng soup?"
"Go to my private library and get it. Just pick the ones that are almost the same. If she doesn't drink, she doesn't need to force her. Just let her know that my princess is not easy to mess with."
"If you want the old slave to say, girl, you are too kind, then the grape has not really become a concubine, and even you will look down on you. If you do become a concubine in the future, you will not be against you every day, so why don't you deal with it sooner? , so as not to leave troubles.”
Mu Qingling shook his head with a wry smile: "As long as she is well behaved, I don't want to do anything to her. If I do this, it will be easy. Maybe in the end, I don't even know myself."
The nanny sighed, "Girls are always like this, don't fight, don't rob, and don't get annoyed when others provoke them, although everyone should have this temperament, but you give in so ignorantly, you won't fight back if people are bullied, and you'll get bigger in the future. Painful."
"What the nanny said is, I will change it."
Mu Qingling only smiled bitterly.
Where did she give in, but she didn't have the confidence. When she was in the mansion, the second lady had a quarrel with her mother, and kept suppressing the big house. She had no other way to go except to be a wooden man quietly.
And marrying into the palace, although the lord treats her well, she doesn't want to anger him so easily. Grape is a girl with a bad temper. Once she is successful, she will definitely be more disgusting than before. , In the future, women in the backyard will definitely be indispensable. With a temperament like grapes, she will be the first to die.
And as a princess, even if she is a princess who has no marital relationship with the prince, she must abide by her duty, keep the palace for him, set rules, set rules, and then suppress the women in the backyard.
As for not fighting back...
Mu Qingling looked down at the teacup in his hand, his eyes full of bitterness.
Where is the confidence to fight back
When she was at home, as a daughter, her everything was tied to her father, so when her father died, her originally favored eldest daughter also instantly became a foil for her younger sister.
When she arrived at the palace, her confidence lay in her husband, King Linjiang.
If the other party doesn't give her the confidence, what can she do
Mu Qingling thought with some self-deprecation, maybe it's really like what the nurse said, and when she suffers a lot in the future, she will think about fighting back when she has no confidence.
Anyway, now, Grape is frightened, and he must be able to be honest for a while. When he recovers his body, the rules of the house will be rectified again, and a side concubine will not be able to make any waves.
Mu Qingling planned very well and slept soundly this night.
On the other hand, on Grape's side, after she would rather die than drink the ginseng soup, the girls didn't do anything to her, but left with the ginseng soup very obediently.
Grape was not relieved, but even more worried.
Maybe she didn't drink ginseng soup, annoyed the princess and wanted her to die? !
She was so frightened by her fantasy that she didn't fall asleep all night, with her eyes open, she huddled under the bed and looked at the door and window nervously, for fear that someone would suddenly break in and kill herself.
As a result, nothing happened until dawn.
She was changed into new clothes, wearing beautiful jewelry, and sent to the princess.
Lin Shiheng was visiting his concubine, and he really brought a powder, and even a hairpin, and pinned it on for Mu Qingling himself.
"How, this hairpin that this king picked looks good, isn't it?"
Mu Qingling's face improved a little, and she smiled lightly while wearing a hairpin, "The one chosen by the lord is naturally good."
"This king thinks so too."
Just as he was talking, the grapes came in.
She was frightened all night, and seeing Lin Shiheng at this moment was like seeing a savior, and she knelt on the ground with a thud.
"My lord!! This servant can be regarded as seeing you, lord, servant..."
Grape also wanted to talk about how he was wronged. Lin Shiheng, who was sitting upright by the bed, suddenly stood up and stared at her in shock.
"Where did such an ugly maid come from, hurry up and get out!!"
Grape was stunned: "My lord, your servants are grapes. Yesterday, you said you wanted to make servants and servants the concubine..."
"Bah!! You are so ugly, but you are so embarrassed!! I don't even accompany this king to carry shoes!"
"Someone!! Throw it out, throw it out!!"