On the west side of the palace, there is a very delicate small courtyard, with pink walls and vermilion eaves hidden among the verdant plane trees. There were a few little maids in the yard who were busy sprinkling and sweeping. In the luxurious and magnificent room, a gilded unicorn incense burner leisurely spits out light smoke. A yellow pear chair is set on a crimson honeysuckle mattress, and a bunch of newly folded wood hibiscus is offered on the high table on the side, the fragrance is clear and long, lingering faintly in the room.

Baoqin leaned on the wide stepping bed, she was wearing a pear blossom blue double-embroidered twill shirt, covered with a heavenly water green smoke yarn sprinkled skirt, the skirt was pressed with a few pieces of crystal clear jade, and the snow-white lotus feet like bamboo shoots loomed between the skirts. Her hair hangs low and is obliquely inserted into the jasper hairpin and phoenix hairpin, which looks slender and enchanting, and is stunning and charming.

She was closing her eyes and meditating, when a little maid knelt on the bed, pinching her feet and beating her legs. Suddenly, Baoqin opened his eyes and said angrily: "Light, stupid thing, your feet and neck are going to be pinched for you." ”

The little girl was startled and hurriedly withdrew her hand. Baoqin kicked her a little impatiently, and said angrily: "Clumsy, don't pinch it, go see why Cailian hasn't come back yet." ”

"Yes." The little maid crawled off the bed and ran out.

Huqin pulled the coat that slipped off his shoulders, sat up softly, stretched out his feet and put on the collapsed soft satin embroidered shoes, and slowly paced up in the room lazily and procrastinatingly.

She asked Cai Lian to rush in front of Cai Yin to invite the young lady of the Zhong family, not because she wanted to treat Liu Yuqing, but because she wanted to see what the prince's sweetheart looked like.

When she was found by Mrs. Liu and brought into the house, she vaguely heard that she seemed to look a little like someone. However, at that time, the deed of sale of the Baoqin family was pinched in the hands of Mrs. Liu. She has been serving by Liu Yuqing's side dutifully, and she doesn't dare to be delusional.

But on the day of the visit, Liu Yuqing sent her and Mingyue to look for Caixia, who had not returned for a long time. Who knew that what they found was the drunken prince. There is also Caixia, who was beaten and lay on the ground moaning in pain.

Baoqin was frightened, she vaguely guessed that there seemed to be something wrong with her young lady's marriage with the prince. didn't expect that this was the wedding night, and the prince didn't save face at all.

Her humble eyes on the surface avoided the side, but she was secretly complaining in her heart. The wedding night was so out of control, it can be seen that he was wrong with a nest master with the name of the princess, and I am afraid that the future will be even more difficult.

Who knew that when Baoqin was secretly complaining, the prince staggered to her. He reached out and hooked her chin. Drunken black eyes stared at her tightly, and the heavy smell of wine sprayed on her pale powder. Her knees weakened with fright, and her whole body began to tremble. I thought I would suffer his tyrannical wrath too.

After a long time, he let out a long sigh of surprise, and he whispered softly: "So you are hiding here!" Immediately after, a wet, hot kiss landed on her eyelids. Everything that followed. For Baoqin, it was chaos. Red pin tent warm. She passively bears the heavy body of the man, the rough low panting and the affectionate call. The sharp sting, the remnants of the red, were the only memories she had left.

But she also inexplicably became an aunt in the palace, all the maids and maids had to be careful when they saw her, she was hugging everywhere she went, and there were groups of slaves. Every day, there are countless silk and satin, rare treasures. She can choose from the delicacies. Even the incomparably noble prince took great care of her and was extremely gentle. These changes were so fast that she couldn't even imagine herself. So much so that for a long time, she was in a dream.

Everyone in the house is very blessed to envy Aunt Qin, even the princess who is marrying Ming Media can't compare, and you have to honestly avoid her edge. But only Baoqin knew that every time there was a phoenix in the red bill, she was covered by a silk scarf on her cheeks, revealing a pair of moist, cat-like amber eyes. When the prince was at his most ecstatic, he muttered another woman's name.

After a long time, this name has been firmly entrenched in her heart like a poisonous snake spitting red letters. Remind her that today's wealth is like a palace built on the desert, which will collapse completely with just a gentle blow.

So when she was enjoying all the graces that the prince gave her, she was always terrified. I am afraid that one day, the owner of that name will appear, and all the wealth and glory in front of me will disappear.

Baoqin originally felt guilty about robbing Liu Yuqing's favor, but when she knew that the owner of that name was Liu Yuqing's best sister, the unwillingness and resentment in her heart were all sprinkled on Liu Yuqing.

But that's all in the past. Now that she has this piece of meat in her stomach, she no longer has to worry that the wealth in front of her will be easily taken away. Baoqin paced around the room while caressing her still flat lower abdomen, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Noisy footsteps finally sounded outside the house, and Huqin smiled contemptuously, and secretly thought to himself: No matter how fragrant you are, you have to grovel in front of my stomach, and be careful.

Baoqin immediately went to bed, kicked the soft satin embroidered shoes on his feet, reclined on the high soft pillow, and moaned delicately.

"Auntie, where are you uncomfortable?" Cai Lian's frightened voice came to her ears.

Baoqin frowned lightly, her snow-white face was flushed, she lowered her eyes and gasped, and said weakly: "My stomach hurts so much, doctor, is the doctor here?" ”

"Come, come," Cailian's voice stuttered slightly.

Baoqin raised her head weakly and said, "Then there is Lao" Her beautiful, tanuki-like amber eyes widened suddenly. I saw an old man with white hair and a wrinkled face, standing in his room with a medicine box on his back.

Seeing her face sank, Cai Lian immediately grabbed her arm and explained, "Auntie, Sister Cai Yin heard that you have an uncomfortable stomach, so she specially asked people to quickly invite this imperial doctor. Doctor Wang is a famous gynecological saint, many masters and mothers in the palace, as well as the wives of those noble and high-ranking officials are pregnant, and they are proud to be able to invite the royal doctor to personally recuperate. ”

I heard that it was the imperial doctor in the palace. It was still Cai Yin who called someone to invite her, and Baoqin had to hold back her anger and barely show a decent smile. Said: "There is a doctor of King Lao." ”

Doctor Wang has been walking in the inner courtyard of the deep palace for a long time, and he is very experienced in dealing with women. As soon as he probed the pulse, he knew that the Aunt Qin in front of him was making waves with her pregnancy. However, he didn't break it, and opened a recipe for raising a fetus at random, and said meaningfully: "If my aunt still has a stomachache, I will order my subordinates to catch it and drink it for a few days." If you don't feel any pain in your stomach, you can leave it aside. ”

Hug Qin is already empty-hearted. Hearing the meaning of his words, the noodles were red and white for a while. After Imperial Physician Wang left, he was inevitably angry at Cailian. Cai Lian accompanied twelve points of caution. The meeting with Zhong Ziyuan was explained in detail. "What, a widow?" Baoqin's eyes lit up, and he sat up suddenly.

"Oops! Auntie, you must be careful of your stomach. Cailian hurriedly stepped forward to help her.

Huqin snorted coldly and said, "Picking lotus." Come and help me get dressed. Since she won't come to me. I'll meet her. I'd like to see what kind of pretty widow she is, so fascinated by our lord. ”

"Sister Liu, you, what's wrong with you?"

Zhong Ziyuan couldn't believe her eyes, she was lying in the brocade quilt with her eyes closed, thin and weak, and the woman who only had one breath more than the skeleton was the gentle and polite one before. Is Liu Yuqing, who is beautiful and lovely?

"Miss Zhong, you have to save our young lady!" When Caixia saw her, it was like seeing a life-saving straw. Before he could speak, tears of grievance fell like raindrops.

Zhong Ziyuan previously thought that Zhu Yi was using Liu Yuqing as a guise to force himself to comply. She never expected that Liu Yuqing was really terminally ill. She was busy pulling Caixia and said eagerly: "Say quickly, why did Sister Liu become like this?" ”

Under Caixia's chattering narration, Zhong Ziyuan learned about Liu Yuqing's experience for most of the year, in fact, it was only a cold reception by Zhu Yi when he broke the sky, and he was practiced by the former dowry maid, so Liu Yuqing became depressed and unhappy, did not think about eating, and became thinner and thinner.

A few days ago, Zhu Yi inexplicably took Mingyue away, and she wanted to stop it, but he drew his sword and faced her. Maybe it was that moment that made her completely desperate and lost the courage to live. She had been lying upright in bed for three days and three nights without a drop of water, and she wanted to starve herself to death.

Zhong Ziyuan was furious when she heard this, she was angry at Zhu Yi's affection for Liu Yuqing, and even more angry at Liu Yuqing's negative attitude of not knowing how to cherish himself, being weak and incompetent, and begging for death at every turn for a ruthless man.

Zhong Ziyuan's face turned blue, and he instructed Caixia: "Go and boil a bowl of thick rice soup, just put some salt, and don't put anything on the side." ”

Caixia hesitated, not moving. Zhong Ziyuan frowned and said, "Why don't you go yet?" ”

Caixia twisted the corners of her clothes and said, "We were grounded by the prince, and people outside won't let us go out." ”

Zhong Ziyuan rolled her eyes, and had to raise her voice and shouted, "Caiyin, Caiyin girl, please come in." ”

Cai Yin did not go far, and immediately hurried over when she heard Zhong Ziyuan's call. Zhong Ziyuan unceremoniously repeated the previous words. Then he frowned and said: "I see that Miss Caiyin has a lot of face in this palace, so it is better to trouble the girl to open a stove, some pots and pans for cooking, and rice oil and fresh melons and vegetables." The princess is so weak, it is not possible to recuperate in a day or two. You need hot soup and hot water to cook from time to time, and you still need to have your own small kitchen. ”

Speaking of this, Zhong Ziyuan himself was stunned at first. In this way, I am afraid that Zhu Yi will not leave if he wants to drive himself away. No wonder he left himself at the gate of the mansion and disappeared, it turned out that he expected that as long as he saw Liu Yuqing's current appearance, he would not be able to bear to leave.

Cai Yin was embarrassed and said, "Miss Xie Zhong lifted, but I am just a little servant." There is naturally no problem with serving a bowl of rice soup, but you need to go back to the prince to prepare a small kitchen? ”

Zhong Ziyuan waved his hand and said impatiently: "Then you should hurry up and ask." The prince took great pains to invite me to see the princess, presumably hoping that the princess would recover as soon as possible. It must be known that if the dignified Princess Rui is starved to death in her own mansion, it will not be good for the reputation of the prince to spread this word. Especially in front of Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Liu, I am afraid that the prince will not be able to explain. ”

"Yes, the maid will relay Miss Zhong's words to the prince." Cai Yin bowed and respectfully stepped back.

Zhong Ziyuan's series of orders made Caixia's eyes widen. After watching Cai Yin leave, she said incredulously: "Zhong, Miss Zhong, will the prince agree to what you just said about the small kitchen?" ”

Zhong Ziyuan rolled her eyes and said angrily: "How do I know if he will agree!" But if he doesn't agree once, I will ask for the second time, and if he doesn't agree the second time, I will ask for the third time, in short, if he doesn't agree, I will keep begging. There was always a time when he was annoyed and his head was hot and he agreed to come down. ”

Caixia was embarrassed and said, "Isn't that a lie!" ”

Zhong Ziyuan sighed slightly and said, "Sister Liu's temperament is too high, and she doesn't know how to change things with you who are like fools." If you say it badly, it's called cheating, and if you say it nicely, it's actually a kind of persistence! She remembered in a trance that at that time, Zhongfu had just suffered, and she wanted to use Guo Chenghe's waist card to enter the prison of the Criminal Department to visit her father, so she took Cardamom to chase and intercept him every day. Now that I think about it, it's all precious and sweet memories.

Xu is voice in the room was too loud, Liu Yuqing's body shook slightly, and slowly opened his eyes. Caixia exclaimed in surprise: "Miss, Miss has woken up." ”

Zhong Ziyuan was overjoyed, hurriedly rushed over, and called softly: "Sister Liu, Sister Liu"

Liu Yuqing's eyes were dull and lifeless. Her expression was extremely dazed, and her eyes were also sloppy, and she didn't seem to recognize the plain white woman in front of her as her favorite sister Zhong.

Zhong Ziyuan frowned, opened the medicine box he brought, and turned out a package of cut ginseng slices. She twisted two pieces from them, and then commanded, "Break her mouth open." ”

Caixia hesitated for a moment, her heart was crossed, and she really trembled and broke Liu Yuqin's mouth open. Zhong Ziyuan neatly put the ginseng slice under the base of her tongue, and Caixia let go.

This ginseng slice was cut from a century-old ginseng given to her by Yue'er, and the effect was excellent. It didn't take a while. Liu Yuqing's sloppy eyes finally began to focus slowly.

"Sister Zhong" she gasped sharply, and whispered in disbelief, "Why are you here?" ”

Zhong Ziyuan hurriedly grabbed her skinny wrist, and said hatefully: "I haven't seen you for months, how can Sister Liu spoil herself like this?" ”

Liu Yuqing's hand shook slightly, and he said with great shame: "It's my sister who is useless, and she can't even protect a personal maid!" ”

Zhong Ziyuan sighed and said, "Sister Liu, you can't even protect yourself, how can you protect the people around you?" (To be continued.) )