"After the New Year, your grandfather will order an attack on Meng State. I have decided to send you to the army. Don't think of using your status as a prince to bully others in the army. I don't expect you to earn any military merits. Just start as an ordinary soldier and eat, live and travel with other soldiers."
This is what the King of Jinnan said to Chen Anzhi when he was eating and drinking in a restaurant and was "invited" by the servants to go back to the King's study.
Chen Anzhi walked out of his father's study, still thinking about what his father had said to him. It seemed that his father was determined to send him to the army.
On the one hand, he had a glimmer of hope, thinking that after all, he was a noble prince, so how could he be treated the same as those dirty soldiers
On the other hand, he was worried. His father's words were so serious, what if he told the generals to treat him harshly? Besides, even if others could treat him a little better because of his status, life in the army was still hard no matter how well he was treated, how could it compare to the happiness in the capital
He wanted to ask his mother for mercy. But he killed the thought as soon as it crossed his mind. He was sure that his mother would stand on his father's side.
Chen Anzhi walked forward in a gloomy mood. Wang Jiang followed behind him, observing his expression and said with a smile: "My Lord, there is still a while before the New Year. Maybe there will be a turnaround."
Chen Anzhi didn't say anything and went straight to Chun Xing's room.
Wang Jiang did not follow him in, but stood outside the door for a while before leaving. The maid brought tea into the room to entertain him, and he could not help but look back. Before the curtain lifted by the maid fell, he saw Chen Anzhi holding Chun Xing in his arms.
Wang Jiang withdrew his gaze and walked out.
Suddenly there was a crisp sound, accompanied by Chun Xing's exclamation. Wang Jiang stopped in his tracks, lowered his head, and forced himself not to look back. He knew that the prince had thrown something again.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Anzhi came out of the room.
Wang Jiang then turned around and asked with a smile: "Master, what's going on?"
Chen Anzhi said nothing, but strode out with a dark face.
Wang Jiang couldn't help but look into the room and saw Chun Xing standing there with her head down. He couldn't see her expression clearly and didn't know whether she was crying or not.
"Why are you still standing there like an idiot?"
—Chen Anzhi's impatient urging came from behind. Wang Jiang quickly collected his thoughts and caught up with Chen Anzhi with a smile on his face.
There seemed to be the sound of a window being pushed behind him, and Wang Jiang subconsciously looked up at the moon hanging in the night sky.
Chun Xing knelt on the soft couch under the window, her arms folded on the window sill. She rested her chin lightly on the back of her hands and stared at the waning moon in the night for a long time.
Chen Anzhi was upset, so he went to Anxiangyuan, hoping that his considerate cousin could comfort him, talk to him, and play the piano for him. But Fang Qingyi had severe morning sickness recently, and she would retch after a few words. Chen Anzhi patted her back patiently and coaxed her over and over again.
But whether it was because she was pregnant and became sensitive, or because she was not able to become the legal wife as she wished, Chen Anzhi felt a strong resentment from Fang Qingyi. His cousin even used some clumsy words from time to time to test his relationship with other concubines...
Chen Anzhi coaxed her gently, but he was very upset.
Obviously, my cousin was not like this before. How could the cousin who was elegant, proud and gentle only to him become such a resentful woman
After all, he was in the wrong by only letting her be a concubine. Chen Anzhi could only swallow his dissatisfaction.
"I'm very happy that my cousin can see me and the child. Aren't you leaving tonight?" Fang Qingyi asked with red eyes.
"No, I'll stay with you. I'll rest on the couch in the outer room and have breakfast with you tomorrow morning." Chen Anzhi held Fang Qingyi's hand and gently kissed her fingertips.
Fang Qingyi wore a thin gold bracelet given by Chen Anzhi on her wrist.
That was the bracelet that Chen Anzhi originally wanted to give to You Yuzhi.
Chen Anzhi's eyes lingered on the thin gold bracelet for a while, and Fang Qingyi's hand seemed to have turned into You Yuji's hand. The scene of You Yuji washing her hands in the water with petals floating on it suddenly reappeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but lower his head and kiss Fang Qingyi's fingers again.
At night, Chen Anzhi lay on the couch in the outer room, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. He was already upset, and the couch was cramped and uncomfortable. He regretted agreeing to stay.
Hongzan, who was beside Fang Qingyi, was on duty tonight. Since Fang Qingyi got pregnant, she often had trouble sleeping at night. She quietly went in to check on Fang Qingyi and covered her with a quilt. When Hongzan came out of the inner room and passed by Chen Anzhi, she saw that most of the quilt on him had fallen off. She quietly walked over and pulled the quilt for him.
Chen Anzhi didn't fall asleep.
He smelled a faint fragrance. He opened his eyes and looked closely at Hongzan in the darkness. Hongzan's appearance was not outstanding. She did not have the cool and elegant demeanor that Chen Anzhi liked. She did not have long eyes or thin lips.
Chen Anzhi looked at her pursed lips and suddenly thought of You Yuji's beautiful and rosy lips.
"Can you pass it?"
Chen Anzhi suddenly asked, startling Hongzan. Her hands trembled, and she quickly stood up and explained hastily, "I didn't mean to wake up the prince."
Chen Anzhi asked again impatiently: "I ask you, has anyone ever been here?"
Hongzan was no longer a 13-year-old girl, her fingertips trembled, and she shook her head slowly. Then Chen Anzhi pulled her onto the couch.
Fang Qingyi felt uncomfortable in the early stages of her pregnancy and couldn't sleep well at night. She was awakened by the noise outside. She got up with a frown, stood at the door and looked at the two ridiculous people on the couch.
Her face turned pale, and her hands on the door left marks on it.
She opened her eyes wide, trying not to cry or rush over to make a scene. She even slowly began to smile wildly. She smiled and said to herself:
—Fang Qingyi, this is the man you chose.
—Fang Qingyi, from today on, completely extinguish the little feelings you have for this man, and only pursue your own interests from now on.
Many people are destined to remain awake this night.
Cuiyu cried until her pillow was soaked. She lay limply on the bed, cursing fiercely in the middle of the night.
"Shen Lang, you bastard, you promised to redeem me, but where is he? You son of a bitch! No man is good!"
In the past, many men had confessed their love to her in brothels. But Cuiyu had seen too many women in brothels and was used to them. She never believed the men's lies. Now she was at a loss, crying and scolding the men who had promised to redeem her one by one for hundreds of times.
Although she clearly did not believe the lies of those young men who promised to redeem her, she still kept a special note of those men who had promised her.
Lin Yingying knocked on the door outside: "Cui Yu, are you resting?"
"Dead!" Cui Yu said nothing nice as soon as she opened her mouth.
Lin Yingying pushed the door open and sat down beside the bed. She looked at Cuiyu's swollen eyes and said, "I've been thinking about this for a long time. Why don't we go and ask the Madam for help?"
Cuiyu shook her head: "Why would Madam help me? Have you ever heard of a man giving away a concubine, but the mistress kept one? It's good enough that the mistress didn't applaud!"
"But I don't think the lady would do that."
Cuiyu hesitated.
"No matter what, let's give it a try, okay? Don't cry. If Madam won't help you, I'll go to the Sun family with you. Didn't you say I'm the best at making people happy? I... maybe I can make Sun Guangliang happy and keep him safe?"
Cuiyu suddenly grabbed Lin Yingying, hugged her in her arms and burst into tears, babbling nonsense: "Men are all bastards, only sisters are good. If I become rich, I will protect you for the rest of your life and never let you flatter others to please others! I will find a hundred or eighty good-looking young men to sweet-talk you and make you happy! Wuuuuuuuu In the next life, I will be a man and marry you as my wife, and only be good to you..."
"Okay, okay, don't cry." Lin Yingying coaxed her over and over again.
The two of them didn't sleep all night, and at dawn the next day, they went to Tan Xiang Ying Yue anxiously. It was too early, You Yu Ji hadn't woken up yet, and even the servants of Tan Xiang Ying Yue hadn't woken up yet.
Zhenxu saw that the two concubines looked unhappy, so he asked, "Is there anything urgent you need from Madam?"
Just as Lin Yingying was about to speak, Cuiyu spoke first: "Nothing, nothing, let Madam fall asleep. We can just go to the flower hall and wait."
At this time, You Yuji was turning over in Si Que's arms. The quilts on both of them slid down a little, and the coolness of the early morning made You Yuji slowly open her eyes.
She carefully propped up her upper body and looked at the sleeping Si Que. After a moment, she realized that the collar of her pajamas had unraveled, and the two pieces of collars hung down at her sides, completely revealing the light purple underwear underneath.
You Yuji hurriedly tugged at her clothes twice, and when she heard the noise made by Baisui, she couldn't help but look over. Baisui was a person who couldn't sleep, and early in the morning he was actively grabbing the bed curtains and climbing up.
You Yuji followed Baisui with his eyes, watching how it climbed up.
Somehow, when Baisui was climbing up, he suddenly lost his grip. All three of his little paws were suspended in the air, and only one of his paws was still holding on to the bed curtain tightly. His whole body was shaking around with only this one paw holding on to the bed curtain. The bed curtain was floating because of his shaking, and it seemed that it would fall down at any time.
You Yuji wanted to help it. She glanced at Si Que who was sleeping outside the bed, adjusted her posture lightly, knelt up, put her arm over Si Que, and leaned towards Baisui. Her hand carefully approached Baisui who was about to fall, and finally caught it. You Yuji smiled gently at it, stroked its head twice with her fingers, and then put it down.
Perhaps because Baisui was at a very lively and playful age, before You Yuji put it on the bed, it had already kicked the palm of her hand, jumped off her palm, and ran out through the gap between the two bed curtains.
You Yuji smiled and was about to stand up, but the hand she was holding up suddenly felt a pain in the wound on her palm, and accidentally her hand tilted, causing her upper body to tilt as she passed over Si Que, and she leaned over and pressed on Si Que. As luck would have it, her chest pressed firmly on Si Que's face.
You Yuji froze, and a strange feeling came from her chest. She tried to sit up again in panic, but suddenly a hand pressed down on her lower back.
"I, I woke you up..." As calm as she was, it was hard to hide the panic and awkwardness in her voice.
Perhaps it was because You Yuji's senses were too sharp, or the fabric of the sweater wrapped around her body was too thin, but she clearly felt Si Que slowly open his eyes, and his eyelashes slid across the snow-capped mountains like downy feathers.
You Yuji bit her lip, and tried to get up again by supporting herself on the bed with her hands, but the hand pressing on her lower back restrained her even more tightly.
You Yuzhi froze there, clearly feeling Si Que's breath. Time seemed to stop at this moment and no longer move forward.
It felt like half a lifetime had passed, You Yuji couldn't help but speak again: "Let me go... I have to get up..."
"elder sister."
You Yuji subconsciously said "hmm" in response, before she began to reflect on his tone. His voice was low, and still carried a hint of confusion and weariness that came from not fully awake yet.
You Yuji said softly, "Are you still sleepy? Let me go, can you sleep for a while?"
You Yuji waited for a long time before the hand pressing on her lower back moved. She thought he was finally going to let her go, but she didn't expect that he had untied the belt around her lower back.
Then Si Que let go of You Yuji, and You Yuji just stepped back, but was hugged by Si Que again. He turned over, pulled off her underwear completely, buried his face in You Yuji's arms, and continued to sleep.
"Si Que? Si Que?" You Yuzhi pushed him lightly.
His eyelashes drooped slightly, and he was still asleep.
The author has something to say: Little Princess: I may have sleepwalking, I don’t know anything [innocent face]
The double update failed, it will definitely work tomorrow, 66 red envelopes will be dropped randomly