evening.
Ling Yu finished dinner by herself, and Madam Xu brought the boiled bird's nest, and she still sighed in her heart, even though the things used by the Prime Minister's Mansion are already top-quality, but most of them are gifts from the imperial palace, which are the best. The best of the best.
King Xian is only loved by the emperor and the queen mother, and he walks sideways in the capital, disobeying him is tantamount to fighting against the emperor and the queen mother.
"Will the lord go back to the mansion?" Ling Yu asked casually while holding the bowl, her fingers were as white as green onions.
No matter what happens to Ji Yang or how the two of them feel about each other, as a princess, she will always be in charge of the inside and outside of the palace, and do what a princess should do.
"My lord... My lord went out after coming back for a while, and he hasn't come back yet." The more Xia He said, the lower his voice.
In the past few days, Ji Yang never set foot here, and went to the brothel to drink and have fun every day, as if he was a dandy king, completely left Ling Yu aside, and the whole house was watching jokes.
Ling Yu continued to eat the bird's nest, "If you don't come back later, send someone to look for it, and make sure the prince is safe."
Her face was calm, but she also knew that the thing in her mouth was tasteless and tasteless, like wax.
"Yes." Xia He replied.
"Princess." Xu Momo came from not far away, "Chen Momo from the Empress Dowager's Palace is here."
Ling Yu put down the bowl and got up slowly.
"This old slave has seen the concubine." Ling Yu had already stepped up to help Chen Momo before she bowed down, "Chen Momo doesn't need to be polite."
Nanny Chen was the servant girl who followed the queen mother for most of her life, and also the nanny of Ji Yang and the emperor, with an unusual status.
Nanny Chen got up and took a look around. Nanny Xu was also sensible. She and the maids went out and closed the door.
What the two said in it, no one knows.
After a while, everyone outside the house waited anxiously and anxiously, seeing Ling Yu open the door and send Nanny Chen out.
"It's good for the concubine to send it here, and the old slave has to go back and tell the queen mother." Chen Nanny stopped and said to Ling Yu with a smile.
Ling Yu nodded and looked at Madam Xu, who understood and walked to the front to lead the way.
A group of people in the palace walked out, but there were three court ladies standing aside and did not follow. Ling Yu took a look and said sideways, "Qiu Yu, take the three girls to Nanyuan and make proper arrangements."
"Miss." Xia He stared wide-eyed, no matter how stupid she was, she could guess that the Queen Mother is stuffing people into the palace
"Go." Ling Yu looked at Qiu Yu and spoke again. The other party came back to his senses and bowed quickly, "Your servant will go now."
Ling Yu turned around and walked into the main hall step by step.
"Miss, you have just married in. The prince's behavior is already too much. How could the queen mother treat you like this?" Xia He was in a hurry. Before her young lady consummated the marriage with the prince, the queen mother had already stuffed her in. Will she be able to pay back in the future
Mother Xu is also back. She has been with Mrs. Ling for many years, what has she not seen in the backyard? It is clear at this glance.
Helpless, sighed, and worried.
"The prince's backyard is empty, and he really needs someone to take care of him. It's normal for the queen mother to have such concerns." Ling Yu sat down slowly.
Before she entered, Ji Yang had no side concubines or concubines in the backyard, she was clean and self-sufficient, she was still a little happy, and later learned that none of this was reserved for her.
Ji Yang was saving a place for Mo Tian, but it was a pity that she became a princess, and the other became a noble concubine, so she was pregnant with a dragon child, and she might become a queen in the future.
"Xia He Dongxiang, the medicine for the young lady is almost ready, you two have a look." Madam Xu found an excuse to distract the two of them.
"yes."
"yes."
After the two left, Mother Xu quickly closed the door, and her face became serious, "Miss, what is the queen mother's attitude? Right now, the prince doesn't care about you. If the queen mother also falls out of favor, what will you do? "
If it's an ordinary family, it's okay, but this is the royal family, and they have to suffer no matter how many grievances they suffer.
Ling Yu raised her head and looked at Nanny Xu, the emotion on her face changed a little, her eyes suddenly turned red, "Nurse..."
"My poor lady..." Madam Xu choked up her voice as soon as she opened her mouth.
This is fatal.
Do you want to stay a widow for a lifetime
In her conception, what kind of misfortune must it be to have this kind of misery
"The queen mother is afraid that the prince will be fascinated by the women outside, so she sent a few caring maids." Ling Yu hugged Madam Xu, "She also said that she would not let the prince go on like this, and I will always be the princess of the palace. .”
"The empress dowager's concerns are also right. A maid who can be held in her hands is always better than those scumbags. The lady just needs to be patient. When she gives birth to a son, her back will be harder. Who can take it lightly? Live well." Madam Xu stroked her head and comforted her.
Ling Yu knew what Madam Xu said was the best policy.
Her mother had been bullied by Aunt Zhang for more than ten years because she could not give birth to a legitimate son. After giving birth to her younger brother, her status rose significantly.
But, between her and Ji Yang, is there really only calculation and compromise
"The lord is back, and he's coming this way." Qiu Yu's voice came from outside, Ling Yu quickly put away her emotions, got up and walked out.
"Reckless." Madam Xu frowned and reprimanded her severely.
"I've met Miss." Qiu Yu saluted and quickly changed the subject, "Miss, the prince is drunk, and, and..."
"Finish." Ling Yu answered.
"The lord brought back another singer, and said... He also said that after giving birth to a child, he would be promoted to concubine immediately, and her child could be the eldest son." Qiu Yu bit her bullet and finished.
Ling Yu took a deep breath and didn't express much afterwards.
For the main wife, this is a great shame, she wondered if she had some deep hatred with Ji Yang himself, which made the other party hate her so much and wanted to take revenge.
"It's just a singer." Madam Xu was so angry that she cursed fiercely, "The prince is too disrespectful, he doesn't take our Ling family seriously at all."
"The Ling family?"
Ji Yang suddenly appeared at the door. He was wearing a light gray brocade robe with intricate and delicate patterns on his skirt, a purple gold crown on his head, his face was flushed, and he smelled of alcohol. So what? If the king doesn't like it, even the princess is not as good as a concubine."
"My lord forgive me, it's because of my audacity, it's none of the concubine's business." Madam Xu was terrified, she knelt down and begged for mercy.
Ji Yang stumbled in, without looking at the servants on the ground, walked up to Ling Yu, stretched out his hand, and lifted her chin, "Why? You don't like me, either?"
After saying that, he leaned over to kiss Ling Yu, but she couldn't bear the smell of alcohol, so she glanced slightly.
It was a great glimpse.
Ji Yang let out a soft snort, grabbed her chin and broke it over, calmly, "Don't let me kiss you? Do you still have a temper?"
Ling Yu couldn't move, no matter how good her temper was, she felt humiliated and struggled desperately.
The result was that Ji Yang raised her chin in front of the servants, wanting to kiss her forcefully, but Ling Yu stepped on her foot hard and pushed her aside.
Ji Yang was already drunk, so he lost his footing and fell to the ground.
"My lord!"
"My lord!"
Everyone exclaimed, Qiu Yu, who was the closest, wanted to go to help her, but Ji Yang threw her away and frowned, "Don't touch me."
Ling Yu was also taken aback. She was afraid that something would happen to Ji Yang and the relationship between the two would deteriorate. Seeing that he was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief, "It's better for the prince to respect himself in public."
The family education she received when she was young did not allow her to be so frivolous, but after marrying her husband, she was afraid that Ji Yang would think she was unworthy and barbaric.
"Self-respect?" Ji Yang sat up again, put his hands on his knees, and said casually, "Is my princess still unable to move?"
Ling Yu choked for a moment.
He looked around and waved his hands, "You all, go down, the king and the princess are going to rest."
After speaking, he pointed to Ling Yu, "Today, the king wants the concubine to serve him."
"My lord."
"Go down." Madam Xu said worriedly, but Ji Yang interrupted with a raised voice, with a tone of disbelief.
"The servant girl will leave, and the old slave will leave."
Ling Yu felt that Ji Yang was humiliating and punishing her. The more he was not allowed to do things, the more he would do them, but there was no other way. He was the prince and her husband. If he married into the palace, he would be a royal by birth. , death is also the ghost of the royal family.
She stabilized her emotions, just as if what happened just now didn't happen, she went up to help Ji Yang up, "I will take the prince to rest."
Ji Yang was so drunk that he couldn't even stand upright. She helped him up a few times, and then fell down again. The whole body was still leaning against her. Ling Yu finally managed to help him back to the room and put him on the bed.
He was sleeping on the bed with his eyes closed, muttering in his mouth, and reaching out to press his temples from time to time.
Ling Yu reached out to untie his belt, but before he could untie it, someone grabbed his hand. His eyes opened, the fundus of which was scarlet and filled with darkness, "What are you doing? How dare you touch this king's clothes?" ?”
"court death?"
Ling Yu was taken aback, Ji Yang looked at her fiercely, and she stuttered, "My lord, my lord, I'm going to give you a body wash."
Ji Yang sneered, shook her hand away, closed his eyes, and sneered, "A concubine? There are no women in my king's backyard. I don't like you vulgar fans. It's a waste of energy to sleep."
Ling Yu was furious again, with a straight face, "Yes, the lord is a noble person, you must clean yourself up, don't let women take advantage of you for nothing, if you wait for true love, I am willing to give up the position of princess, congratulations to the lord for embracing a beautiful woman return."
"That's right, I haven't touched other women." Ji Yang turned around and said in a loud voice with the smell of alcohol, "Only they like this king. I don't like them!"
"My king has enough people to like, and I don't lack any! As long as I want, I have enough!"
Ling Yu was taken aback, but she didn't know if what he said was true or not.
These days, when he visits brothels and praises divas, how can he not have skin-to-skin relationship with other women? He is so clean and self-conscious
Thinking of his backyard, it's not impossible.
As for what he said later, Ling Yu could also understand, it was said that he liked Concubine Mo Guifei for two full years, but in the end he married a woman he didn't love.
He feels defeated.
Thinking of this, the bottom of her clear eyes also dimmed, so why isn't she
She has liked him for two full years.
"Miss." Nanny Xu came in with a basin, looked at Ji Yang on the bed, then at Ling Yu, put the towel in the basin, and went to take care of the prince.
"Nurse, I'll be fine." Ling Yu walked over, raised her sleeves, picked up the towel and wrung it dry.
"Miss." Madam Xu looked at Ji Yang who was unconscious, and lowered her voice to her ear, "My lord is very drunk now, so Miss will take advantage of tonight... to shut up the servant's mouth. If fate is good, If you can have a small son, the old slave will die in peace."
It's not that she made such a bad plan. Ji Yang said that he would never touch Ling Yu and let her be a widow for the rest of his life. According to the other party's attitude, this opportunity may not come up in the future.
If she can't give birth to a child, Ling Yu's future will only become more and more difficult.
"Nurse, don't say these words, go back and rest." Ling Yu walked to the bed with a towel.
"Miss!" Mother Xu was anxious.
Ling Yu didn't listen, she was in a hurry, Ji Yang moved twice, she didn't dare to say any more, so she could only go out.
Walking to the bed, Ling Yu looked at Ji Yang who had her eyes closed, hesitated for a while and didn't dare to go forward, for fear that the other party would be the same as before, and it would be terrible if she broke her little hand.
She moved closer, spoke out, and called softly, "My lord?"
Ji Yang didn't respond.
"Prince?" She called out again, but she really didn't dare to stretch out her hand. When she was hesitating, Ji Yang turned around and squeaked and hummed twice.
"I will wipe your face." She said quickly, and carefully put the towel on his face.
Holding his breath, he slowly approached Ji Yang's face.
near.
closer.
As soon as he touched her, his hand was grabbed again, and someone pulled her onto the bed. Ling Yu's heart skipped a beat, and her soul was about to come out of fright.
Just about to scream, when someone covered her mouth, she suddenly stared round, Ji Yang looked at her lying down, "Princess, is this king so scary?"
She shook her head quickly.
Ji Yang was still awake, and he was able to recognize her, which made people breathe a sigh of relief.
"Then what's your name?" He let go of his hand, and the smell of alcohol was heavy when he spoke.
Ling Yu restrained her emotions, "I was just scared by the prince, it was my fault, I hope the prince will not blame me."
Ji Yang stared at her, and then moved closer. Ling Yu resisted not turning her head away, but there was already resistance in her eyes.
"You don't like this king either?" Ji Yang narrowed his eyes and continued to stare at her, "Why? Don't you like this king? Don't you like this princess?"
"Do you want to be a concubine too?"
"I don't have a concubine, it's a concubine's honor to be able to marry the prince, I have no dissatisfaction, and I don't regret it, I just want to serve the prince well." Ling Yu opened her mouth to speak against her will.
"You're lying." Ji Yang covered her face with his hands as he spoke, raised his eyebrows slightly, and stroked her soft and smooth cheeks, "I dare not even look into my king's eyes when I speak, it's so fake."
"The acting skills are very poor, not as good as the sweet-talking singers outside."
Before the end was finished, Ling Yu shook off his hand with a "snap", her black and white eyes were filled with uncontrollable anger and grievance, "It's because I'm stupid and don't know how to please the prince."
She is the concubine's daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. She has learned the Four Books and Five Classics since she was a child, and she is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Outside singers and brothel girls are all learning how to confuse men. She is a decent woman, how can she learn such things
Ji Yang said that she is not as good as the singer outside, how can people bear it
Moreover, it is the person I love.
Ling Yu's tears rolled in her eyes but she had to swallow them back.
"Then you start now and learn how to please me." Ji Yang covered her face with his hands, his tone was not heavy, but it made people hear a bit heavy tone, "This king is your husband, you just If you can like this king, you can only have this king in your eyes."
Ling Yu felt that he had suffered a lot from Mo Tian, and was angry and pitiful. Seeing his stubborn appearance after drunk, she finally softened her heart, "I don't know how to please the lord, so I ask the lord to mention it." point."
She is also good at prescribing the right medicine.
The relationship between husband and wife is always so stiff, and she is also very tired. If things go on like this, not only will she not even be able to secure the position of princess, she may even implicate the prime minister's family.
"Heh." The corners of Ji Yang's mouth curled up, implying sarcasm, and he looked at the bed curtain. After a while, a light voice came, "I just want to like you sincerely, so why don't you like me? Where is it not as good as the emperor?"
"Why do you think this king is not as good as your brother? Everyone thinks that this king is not as good as me. Even if you approach me, it's either because you are reluctant or because of your status."
He murmured, venting the dissatisfaction and anger in his heart, Ling Yu's whole heart was suspended, and she quickly covered his mouth.
The emperor is the son of heaven, an insurmountable existence, and the emperor is suspicious, even if the compatriots want to get rid of Ji Yang, it is not impossible.
Her actions made Ji Yang's face gloomy, Ling Yu let go in a second, fell asleep on his chest, and said softly, "In my concubine's eyes, the lord is better than anyone else."
Hearing this, Ji Yang stopped his movements and said with hesitation, "Fooling this king? Be careful that you will suffer in the future."
Ling Yu shook her head, raised her head to meet his eyes, and said every word clearly, "Everything I said is true, if there is even half a sentence that is false, I will not be well..."
Before she finished speaking, she was pulled into her arms and hugged tightly, Ji Yang's tone softened, still childish, "I believe you."
He smelled of alcohol and a faint scent of sandalwood, without any rouge and gouache, she thought it smelled good, just like it did two years ago.
Full of security.
Ji Yang buried his head in her neck and muttered in her arms, like a wronged child.
He was the most beloved prince of the former emperor and the empress dowager, the child who could please them the most. However, when it comes to discussing achievements in martial arts, everyone will only see the emperor. It can even be said that they must only see the emperor.
This background means that he can't fight for anything, can't stand out, and will always be mediocre.
Be an idle prince.
He didn't care about all of this, but he couldn't even control his own marriage. With the emperor around, no one would like him.
"Mo Tian is, and so are other noble girls. I hate being arranged." He gritted his teeth and raised his head when he said this, "Aren't you too? You want to be a noble concubine and give birth to a prince, don't you?"
"I don't have one. I am willing to be with the prince for the rest of my life. I have no such idea." Ling Yu looked at him and denied it again.
Ji Yang's mood slowly stabilized, and he hugged her again, "Okay, I will trust you for now, if I find out that you have lied to me, I will make you a widow for the rest of my life."
"My concubine will not lie to the prince." Ling Yu was hugged quietly by him, and after waiting for a while, he breathed evenly before she stretched out her hand to hug him back.
At this moment, I suddenly felt that my eyes were a little swollen.
After a few days of marriage, the two shared the same bed for the first time. I don't know if Ji Yang, who is sober tomorrow, will remember it.
She contentedly rubbed against his arms twice, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, she closed her eyes, compared to the past insomnia until dawn, this sleep can be said to be fast, closing her eyes and entering a dream.
After sleeping, she didn't know that Ji Yang was not asleep.
He opened his eyes, not at all drunk, and stared at her for a long time.
It was originally a domineering posture, but later he let go and hugged her lying flat, one hand was pressed by her, and the other hand held her slender hand.
Qianqian's ten fingers, the skin is white and tender, soft as if without bones, there is no chilblain from being soaked in cold water in the previous life, and no calluses from rough work.
Ji Yang stared at her face obsessively, his dark and deep eyes were full of tenderness, he put her hand to his mouth and pecked lightly.
Again and again, tender and lingering.
In the previous life, after Ji Yao ascended to the throne of God, he killed Ji Yichen, imprisoned him, and prepared to torture him. At that time, he was seriously ill again, and he had no servants or concubines. Only Ling Yu was always by his side.
Closing his eyes, what appeared in his mind was the scene from his previous life. He doted on his concubine and killed his wife, which really made Ling Yu a widow for several years and became the laughing stock of the whole city.
The concubine's children were born one after another, and even the dowry maid Qiu Yu beside her gave birth to two sons and a daughter.
For her, it was all revenge.
During the days of imprisonment, only Ling Yu treated him wholeheartedly and took care of him who was seriously ill.
Ji Yang clutched his heart, and every time he recalled, his emotions were very out of control, followed by remorse, which was as uncomfortable as piercing his heart.
He hugged her tightly again, buried his head on her neck, kissed her several times, and then reluctantly closed his eyes and fell asleep.
the next day.
The sky is slowly turning white, and the sun is slowly rising from the east.
Ling Yu's eyelashes moved, she opened her eyes, she couldn't move, her whole body was full of man's breath, she was held in Ji Yang's arms, her posture was intimate.
What happened last night echoed in her mind, she was stunned, a little nervous in her heart, and a little bit at a loss, according to Ji Yang's nature, this man won't cut her neck off after waking up, right
Thinking that she didn't dare to take a big breath, she gently got up from Ji Yang's arms, just wanting to escape quickly.
It's a pity that things didn't go as planned, just as he was about to get up, the person next to him had already opened his eyes, his brows were tightly frowned, "Princess?"
Ling Yu froze all over, and turned around in the next second, her face worried, "My lord, are you awake? Is your head still hurting?"
"Why did you appear on my king's bed?" Ji Yang's words were already a little angry, and his eyes turned cold when he looked at her, and he snorted coldly, "Why? The princess is so..."
"My lord forgot? Last night, my lord wanted my concubine to serve me, and then my lord took my concubine and refused to let me go." Ling Yu knew that he couldn't say anything good, so she interrupted directly, pointing at Ji Yang's words. hand.
This is also true.
Ji Yang looked down and saw that his other hand was still wrapped around her waist and his feet were pressing on her. He saw that he had made a mistake, and there was nothing he could do if he wanted to pour dirty water on Ling Yu. His eyes flickered a few times unnaturally. Take it back, pretend to be calm, "Really?"