When Hongzan came to the hall to pay her respects, she heard laughter coming from inside before she even entered. Lin Yingying loved to laugh, and Cuiyu had a loud voice. Even Chunxing was praising something in a soft and sweet voice.
Hongzan couldn't help but pause.
Sometimes Hongzan didn’t quite understand why these concubines liked to stay in You Yuji’s flower hall every morning. Even when You Yuji was not there, the three of them would do some needlework in the flower hall.
Since I can't win the favor of the prince, do I have to find ways to curry favor with the mistress
Hongzan paused for a moment and continued walking inside.
There were some pearl jewelry on the table, and several concubines were actually retying their hair. The red hairpin glanced at the concubines with some curiosity.
Aunt Lin was wearing a pink skirt and a delicate red peach blossom hairpin in her hair.
Aunt Cui wore a emerald green long gown with a neat pleated skirt of the same color, revealing the tip of her grass green shoes. Most of her hair was loose on weekdays, and the remaining hair was tied up loosely at the back of her head. At this moment, her maid was re-tying her hair, pulling all the hair up high.
Even Aunt Chun Xing was not wearing the white coarse cloth she wore in the past, but a goose yellow dress. You Yuji turned slightly and put a pearl tassel hairpin on the side of Chun Xing's hanging bun.
"It's too expensive." Chun Xing shook her head repeatedly and reached out to take off the hairpin.
You Yuji said softly, "It looks good when you wear it."
You Yuji always spoke in a gentle tone, not a commanding tone, but Chun Xing looked into You Yuji's eyes, put her hand down, and smiled: "Thank you, sister."
In fact, Chun Xing looks very pretty when she smiles, but she just doesn’t like to laugh very much.
Hongzhan suddenly realized that the clothes and jewelry worn by the three concubines were all given by the lady.
The flower hall was in a mess, filled with the chirping and laughter of the girls. Therefore, Hongzan did not see the quiet Si Que at first. When she looked over, she was stunned.
What day is today? Why has everyone changed their appearance? Even the one who usually wears a snow-white coat has changed into such a rich red outfit
Hongzan glanced at the white dress she was wearing and was stunned.
"Hongzan is coming." You Yuzhi looked over.
Hongzan came back to her senses immediately and bowed politely to You Yuji: "Hongzan greets Madam."
You Yuji nodded and looked away.
Lin Yingying ran to You Yuji with a smile, holding up two boxes of nail polish for You Yuji to choose from: "Sister, sister, please help me choose, which color will look better on my fingertips?"
Lin Yingying liked to play with her nails in the first few years, but Chen Anzhi didn't like it. Chen Anzhi liked girls who were simple and elegant, not only wearing light-colored clothes and wearing very few accessories, but also felt that dyed nails were dirty.
You Yuji took a look and said, "You're already all pink, why not change to this box of light red ones?"
"I'll listen to my sister!" Lin Yingying smiled with her eyes curved.
In the past, Hong Zan would leave after paying her respects to You Yuji. But today, she couldn't help but stay for a while before leaving. On the way back, Hong Zan kept wondering if these concubines were crazy. The prince would definitely be unhappy to see them love to dress up like this.
The three concubines left Tanxiang Yingyue and walked back together.
Lin Yingying looked at Cuiyu, then at Chunxing, and asked, "What are we going to wear tomorrow?"
The three of them were originally talking and laughing, but she suddenly said this and they all fell silent.
After a while, Cuiyu snorted coldly: "I can wear whatever I want in the future! I have seen through it. Although the prince took us back, he still dislikes our poor family backgrounds, otherwise he would not have never visited us. I will burn all those white dresses when I return. Anyway, our indentures are in the hands of the Madam now. The prince can do whatever he wants!"
"That's great!" Lin Yingying took Cuiyu's hand and shook it coquettishly, "I'm not afraid as long as you are with me. Woohoo, I really miss those beautiful dresses at the bottom of the box..."
Both of them turned around and looked at Chun Xing at the same time.
Chun Xing shrank her shoulders and took a step back timidly.
Cuiyu said with a "tsk" sound, sarcastically: "Chun Xing is different from us, she belongs to the prince."
"Don't look at me. Madam must not like our attire, that's why she went to so much trouble to prepare all this today." Chun Xing touched the pearl hairpin in her hair, "If I change back to my old look tomorrow, I will be letting Madam down..."
Her eyebrows knitted together, her hands clenched together, and she thought to herself that at worst she could dress up carefully when she came to the Madam's place during the day, and then change back to her old look when the prince came...
Chen Anzhi had just returned home and saw the three of them dressed strangely from a distance. However, he could not care about them now and hurried to the Anxiang Courtyard.
—Fang Qingyi was pregnant and wanted to see him.
When Chen Anzhi rushed to Anxiangyuan, the doctor had just examined Fang Qingyi's pulse, wrote down a prescription for prenatal care, and told the pregnant woman to keep a good mood.
Lu Shu sent the doctor out. Chen Anzhi sat down next to Fang Qingyi and asked with concern: "Is he disobedient?"
He held Fang Qingyi's hand in his palm, stroking it repeatedly, and looked at her tenderly: "Cousin, you have worked hard."
Fang Qingyi smiled and shook her head, saying, "Don't worry, cousin. It's just a routine prenatal check."
She leaned on Chen Anzhi's shoulder and said softly, "My cousin is so good to me."
There was a smile in her voice, but it didn't reach her eyes.
"Cousin, today is my mother's birthday, and I'm planning to go back. Would you mind going with me?"
Chen Anzhi's face suddenly darkened, and he said, "Last time, although my aunt was doing it for the good of our child, she was too vicious. If Que..."
Chen Anzhi paused and changed his tone: "I know you are kind-hearted and filial. In the future, you should have less contact with your mother to avoid being instigated by her. Since it is her birthday, I can't stop you from going back to the Fang family. I won't go."
"Yes." Fang Qingyi said softly, "I'll listen to my cousin."
Fang Qingyi went back to the Fang family by herself.
After the divorce, my mother moved back to the Fang family. The Fang family was a wealthy and aristocratic family in the State of Chen, otherwise she would not have been able to marry the King of Southern Jin.
Fang Qingyi clearly felt that the steward's attitude towards her had slightly changed.
Because she is now a lowly concubine
Fang Qingyi clenched her hands and for the first time complained about the spaciousness of the Fang family's old house. It made her endure the gazes of the servants and took a long time to reach her mother's residence.
"Why are you back?" Mother frowned. "Didn't I tell you? Since I took all the blame on myself, you should pretend to distance yourself from me in front of the prince and the princess!"
"Mother, I came back this time to ask you for a favor." Fang Qingyi said.
"What's the matter?"
"Help me find some poor women who are two to four months pregnant. The more the better." Fang Qingyi smiled slowly, "At least one of them has to give birth to a boy."
She lowered her eyes and looked at her belly with a cold smile in her eyes.
—This baby must be a boy.
must.
When it was dark, You Yuji finished her business in the shop and returned to her bedroom from the hall. As soon as she entered the room, she smelled alcohol.
Si Que lazily leaned on the beauty couch where she usually reclined, drinking red plum wine alone. There were already several empty wine jugs on the square table.
"Sister." He looked over, raised his glass and smiled at You Yuji.
You Yuji walked towards him, stood beside the beauty couch, leaned over, and wiped the wine stains on his clothes with a light purple silk handkerchief. The red clothes were wetted by the wine and turned dark red.
As she wiped it, she asked softly, "Why did you drink so much?"
Si Que grabbed You Yuji's wrist and pulled her into his arms. He hugged her, put his chin on her shoulder, and called softly: "Sister, sister, sister..."
He didn't say anything else, just called her like this.
"Why are you drunk?" You Yuji didn't push him away. Instead, she put her hand on his back and patted him gently. "I'll ask Zhenxu to make you some sobering tea. Can we take a rest?"
Si Que didn't say anything. After a while, he slowly shook his head. His chin rested on You Yuji's shoulder, and as he shook his head, his face rubbed against You Yuji's cheek.
"Well, let's sit here for a while, and we'll go wash up when you remember." You Yuji's voice was gentle. She gently combed Si Que's long hair.
He stopped talking and held her quietly. She also stopped talking and followed him. But You Yuji couldn't help wondering why he was unhappy. Was it because he was asked to wear this red dress today? On the one hand, she felt that Si Que would not be angry about such a small matter, but on the other hand, she was unsure of his strange temper.
After a while, Si Que said in a muffled voice: "Sister, I want a kiss."
You Yuji was stunned for a moment, and whispered slowly: "He is really drunk..."
"elder sister… "
You Yuji frowned and whispered, "Which night have you not kissed?"
You Yuji's words were unnatural and she didn't want to say more. She pushed Si Que and finally pushed him away. She stood up from his arms and said, "I'll go out and ask someone to bring water. You should be obedient and take a bath later."
Si Que nodded slowly. He watched You Yuji walk out, and suddenly smiled with one corner of his lips raised, not even a hint of drunkenness.
As he got closer, he sighed again.
Yes, they kissed each other every night, but it wasn’t the place he wanted to kiss.
Si Que turned his head, looking listless as he held an empty wine cup in his hand and spun it on the table like a top, over and over again.
He paused in turning the wine cup, and a bright light flashed in his eyes.
Also, who would be willing to kiss a drunk man on the lips
So... Si Que not only rinsed his mouth repeatedly tonight, but also ate a whole box of candy. But he still didn't get what he wanted.
You Yuji leaned over to let down the bed curtain, then turned to look at him: "Have a good rest tonight."
You are not allowed to kiss anywhere.
Si Que wanted to say something but stopped himself.
Okay, who cares, let’s go to sleep.
You Yuji pulled the quilt and covered him. She snuggled up to Si Que, and after falling asleep, Si Que felt his hand in the quilt and felt her hand gently held in his palm.
I didn't dare hold it too hard for fear of waking her up.
I couldn't help but caress it over and over again.
Si Que has seen many treasures in this world, but no priceless jade can compare to the smoothness and tenderness of her hands, which are so lovely that one cannot let go.
You Yuji frowned and turned over in her sleep.
Si Que was startled and let go instantly.
After a while, knowing that she was still sleeping soundly, he gently took her hand again. He did not dare to hold it tightly, but just gently hooked her slightly curled little fingers.
In the blink of an eye, it was the day when You Yuzhi planned to go to the Poison Tower.
Early in the morning, You Yuji opened her eyes and saw Si Que was still asleep. She looked at him quietly for a while, and told herself in her heart that she must get the fake death drug back.
She got out of bed quietly and went outside to wash up, trying not to wake Si Que.
Madam Jing tried to persuade her again, but it was obviously in vain.
After breakfast, You Yuzhi planned to set off.
Si Que sat under the window in the house, looking out at You Yuji who was talking to the maid: "Sister, are you going out?"
"I need to go out for a while." You Yuzhi turned around and looked at him, carefully observing Si Que's complexion.
"Will you come back tonight?" Si Que asked.
You Yuji curled her lips and said, "Of course I will come back."
Si Que smiled at her.
The next moment after You Yuzhi turned around, Si Que stopped smiling and tossed a coin with an expressionless face.
After a series of clashes, the copper coin calmed down and lay quietly on the table.
—The reverse side.
Si Que raised the corner of his lips and gave a strange smile.
It seems that I won’t be able to come back tonight.
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