Chapter Ninety-Four, Give Him a Concubine
As he spoke, Zhao Rongxian had already stretched out his hand and pulled me to his side, and said to the queen sitting on the throne with a smile, "Since the queen mother is no longer in trouble, the ministers and princesses will go back to the palace first." β
The queen's face was iron-blue, her whole person was completely frozen, and a pair of phoenix eyes looked at Zhao Rongxian deadly.
The anger and unwillingness in those eyes were obvious.
She seemed to want to say something, but when the words came to her lips, she swallowed them alive.
Zhao Rongxian didn't leave immediately, seeing the queen's expression, he asked again in a weird way, "Why does the queen mother look like this?" Could it be that the queen mother is not happy when she recovers? β
The queen's stiff complexion returned to her usual respect and peacefulness in an instant, "The fourth brother said this, how can the palace be unhappy when he is sick?" It's just that I thought that Ah Huan was going to leave in a while, and there was no one to talk to the palace anymore, so I was a little sad for a while. β
"If the queen mother is bored, you can call the fourth sister over, although the fourth sister now has her own palace, she is also very worried about the queen mother." The corners of Zhao Rongxian's mouth still had a shallow smile, but the peach blossom eyes were cold and ruthless.
His eyes slid from the queen's body to the porcelain cup next to him, and the bull's head suddenly asked again, "Queen Mother, this teacup was given by the fourth sister?" β
The queen was stunned when asked, "Fourth, you are getting more and more distracted, the set of this palace sent by your fourth sister has been collected here, and you are reluctant to take it out on weekdays." β
Zhao Rongxian patted his head and suddenly realized, "Yes, look at my memory, the fourth sister sent it is much more exquisite than this set, it was painted by the fourth sister herself, and the craftsman specially created it for the queen mother, how can I remember my head?" β
Zhao Rongxian said with a smile, and said again in a strange way, "If you want to say that among these sisters, the fourth sister is the most ingenious, and the most intelligent and sensible." Erchen thinks that if the fourth sister marries into the Zhou Kingdom, she must do better than the third sister, don't you say the queen mother? β
Didn't he blatantly threaten the queen, saying that he would be sent out and kissed by her baby daughter?
Although it has now been decided, saying that it is going to send the third princess to kiss, it has not yet been announced to the public, if the emperor changes his mind, maybe he will let the fourth princess go.
The queen must not want her daughter to go to a foreign country, her hands are a little trembling with anger, but she is not angry, so she has to stiffen her face and play officially, "Fourth, what are you talking nonsense about, your father has already decided that the candidate for the third princess will be the first princess." β
"Isn't that not yet decreed? As long as there is no decree, anything is possible. Zhao Rongxian's words were even more presumptuous, he smiled, lukewarm, "Besides, even if it is an order, if the father has the heart to change his mind, he can always be flexible." β
"After the mother, if there is nothing else to do today, the sons and princesses will go back to the palace first." Zhao Rongxian said, and was about to pull me out.
When I went out, I seemed to hear the sound of smashing cups.
Zhao Rongxian glanced inside, stretched out his hand and helped me to the carriage next to me.
As soon as he entered, he lit a lantern, and the darkness of the night was lit up.
My palms are extremely viscous at the moment, Zhao Rongxian took out a handkerchief and wiped it in my palm, and a ruffian smile suddenly appeared on his serious face, "What?" Scared? β
Nonsense, can I not be afraid?
I always thought that I would take advantage of everything once I was born again, but now I realize that when I am changing everything, others are also changing.
Although I was trying my best to delay time, I was also very scared in my heart.
I'm afraid that Zhao Rongxian won't be able to catch up, and I'm even afraid that Zhao Rongxian won't come to save me.
For a moment, I even suspected that Zhao Rongxian knew everything, after all, in his previous life, because of his world, he had murderous intentions towards me.
Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, I was extremely frightened.
I hung my head, still a little frightened, "Can you not be afraid?" β
"Don't be afraid now, I'll accompany you." Zhao Rongxian touched my face and kissed me on the face again, "Ah Huan, don't be afraid, those bad things won't happen again." β
Is it?
I'm not sure now, I'm starting to fear that I'll end up going the old way, and I don't think the Emperor and Empress will give up.
I'm also afraid that Zhao Rongxian will marry Princess Nayunxiu for the sake of the Northern Dynasty.
When I was in the palace before, the emperor and the empress forced me to die, but they didn't do anything to me easily. This shows that Zhao Rongxian has posed a threat to them now, and they are afraid that he will rebel, so they did not directly kill me.
But Zhao Rongxian will not rebel easily, first, his reputation is not very good; Second, he did not want the war to cause turmoil, and he did not want to give the enemy the opportunity to invade because of the civil war at this time.
Therefore, he can't do such a thing as rebellion unless he has to.
He used to be an emperor, and what he thought in his heart was never just a simple succession.
Thinking of this, my heart was even more uncomfortable for a while, I raised my head and asked him in a low voice, "Lord, will you marry Princess Yunxiu?" β
Zhao Rongxian probably didn't expect that I had just escaped and suddenly asked him this question.
He was stunned for a moment, and said to him a little left and right, "Ah Huan, you believe me, I only have you in my heart." β
Meaning, will marry?
He was unwilling to give Zhou a chance to start a war, and for at least two years, he could not fight with Zhou again.
So he was going to marry Yunxiu, I originally thought that those words were just him coaxing me, but it turned out that I was thinking too much, and I was never that important.
I closed my eyes and didn't speak again.
"Ah Huan, you don't know the current situation, Princess Yunxiu has a map of the border of the Zhou Kingdom, but as long as that thing is in hand, we can win a big victory." Seeing that I didn't speak, he took my hand again and whispered, "Ah Huan, let's think about the people on the border." β
So, if I blame him, is it my fault?
Yes, it's all my fault, it's that I'm ignorant, it's that I don't understand the general situation. I also know that in this situation, once Princess Yunxiu has an accident, Zhou Guo will inevitably find a reason to overwhelm the territory.
If this Princess Yunxiu fell into the hands of other princes, they might not know how to get the map from her at all, or whether they believed Zhao Rongxian or not was the same thing.
If you try your best to get the prince to marry Princess Yunxiu, let alone a map, with the prince's brain, it would be good to be able to keep people.
I understand, I understand.
But I just felt uncomfortable in my heart.
I bit my lip tightly, and my eyes turned red.
After a while, he opened his mouth in a dumb voice, "Lord Wang, you always think about the world, you always think about your world!" You're always thinking of your people! Have you ever thought about me? β
"Have you ever thought about it for half a minute?" I looked at him, tears welling up in my eyes.
At this moment, I felt as if my body had been hollowed out, and I didn't have any strength.
Even if Fang Cai's life hangs by a thread in the Lizheng Palace, I have never been so sad.
Zhao Rongxian seemed to want to reason with me, and wanted to say something to me, he paused, and finally only said in a low voice, "I won't touch her, but once I get the map, I will send her away immediately." β
Is this a promise?
I don't know if he will keep his promise, but ...... I suddenly felt so tired, so tired.
Inside the dimly lit carriage, I heard the clattering of horses' hooves outside.
I wiped my tears and looked at him with a wry smile, "Zhao Rongxian, I have never made any promises to you. From the beginning, it was you who said that you would only marry me alone, and from the beginning, it was you who said that you would only love me alone. I never asked you to ......"
"But if you can't do it, why promise?"
"Ah Huan, I've already said it, I won't touch her, we just want to get the map from Yunxiu's hand......" Zhao Rongxian was a little anxious.
I know he's right, at least to the people of the Northern Dynasties, and he's right to do it.
But what is he to my wife?
But now, I don't even feel in the mood to lose my temper with him.
I closed my eyes again and said lightly, "Whatever you want." β
"Ah Huan ......"
"Zhao Rongxian, I feel so tired...... "Yes, I love him, it makes me feel so tired."
If I had never loved him from beginning to end, if I had only been interested in glory and wealth from beginning to end, I don't think I would have been so tired.
Zhao Rongxian stretched out his hand and forcibly took me into his arms, and said softly, "If you're tired, go to sleep." β
Zhao Rongxian didn't understand the meaning of my words, he pretended to be confused.
And I, I can't even save my life, can I go and pick with him again?
I, my brother, and our Bai family have already been involved now, and it is impossible to get out.
Even though I have lived a new life, I still don't know much about the affairs of the court, even if I understand a little bit now, but I also understand that my current stability and our Bai family's current stability are all because I am the fourth princess, and I am the wife of the powerful fourth prince.
It's the person on the tip of his heart......
That's it, but there's nothing wrong with being the person on the top of his heart, at least his life can be saved, isn't it?
I was hugged tightly by Zhao Rongxian, and tears slowly fell.
I don't know how long it took, the carriage stopped, but I still didn't open my eyes, because I didn't want to talk to Zhao Rongxian anymore at the moment. Whenever you open your eyes, you have to say a few more words.
Zhao Rongxian carried me back to Qinghui Courtyard from the carriage, his strength has always been great, I am not fat, he can always pick me up easily.
This night, I had a nightmare again, dreaming of the day Zhao Rongxian ascended the throne.
He took me by the hand and told me that from today onwards, I will be the queen of the Northern Dynasty. He said that from now on, I will be the lord of the six palaces, and no one will dare to bully me anymore.
I have a lot of resentment towards him, but I'm still excited.
Because becoming the queen means that I am about to hold power, and I can pass my relatives back from Yinzhou.
But I was naΓ―ve, Zhao Rongxian said no, and I was not even allowed to mention my family.
And I cried, and wept, and cried, and I woke up again.
Looking at everything familiar in front of me, I finally woke up from my dream again.
Mama Chen stood by the bed, and when she saw that I was awake, she immediately came up to freshen up for me.
She still looked so kind, and said as she brushed my hair.
"Princess, the prince went out of the city today, saying that he would come back in a few days. Our palace has sent heavy troops to guard it, and there are many secret guards. The prince said that you can't go out for a few days, and it is said that you are seriously ill because you are serving the queen, and you can't see the wind, let alone people. β
Does this mean that I have an infectious disease and I can't see anyone at all?
In this way, the emperor and empress have no way to summon me.
Zhao Rongxian was thoughtful enough.
Although I am a little angry with Zhao Rongxian, and even a little dead, I still want my life, and I still want this honor that can protect the lives of my Bai family.
I nodded, pretending to be rather composed, "I see." β
"What is the prince going out for so many days?"
I asked lightly, but Mama Chen stopped talking with a look on her face, "Today...... Today, Princess Yunxiu of Zhou State has arrived in Qinzhou, and the prince is going to Qinzhou to pick up people, and it will take about seven or eight days to go back and forth. β
Heh, he started quickly, I remember in my previous life, Princess Yunxiu went all the way to Chang'an City, and he didn't take a look, but quarreled with me in the house.
Now I set off so early, thinking that it was to prevent something going wrong in the middle, so I asked the emperor for an order to pick up people early. Princess Nayunxiu of the province disappeared as soon as she arrived in Chang'an City, as in the past, and she may have to disappear before she arrives.
When I think of Princess Yunxiu, I feel uncomfortable, but now that I can't even save my own life, what can I do.
I nodded, as calm as ever, "Okay, from today onwards, I won't go out, if Wei Guifei's people come, you will let her come in person." β
"Yes," Mama Chen nodded, so she brought in breakfast for me.
In order to avoid the emperor being summoned again, I didn't even go out of the door, so I found some books to relieve my boredom.
There are not many books in my house, some of them are Zhao Rongxian's, they are official documents, and I don't go to turn them over on weekdays, and I may not be able to understand them if I do.
So, I asked Mama Chen to go to the study to help me get Sun Tzu's Art of War, and then brought a bunch of books that looked quite profound.
Mama Chen was very depressed, she stood next to her for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask me, "Princess, what's wrong with you today?" In the past, you didn't like to read these books. β
yes, I didn't like to look at these things in the past.
In the past, I used to read some books about love and love, but now it's different, and now I have to read it.
Although my brain is not very useful, but I have lived a new life, and these things, if I look at them more, I can use them.
I smiled lightly, and my face was still pretending to be very calm, "Mama Chen, don't think about it too much, where did I come from?" I just feel that I'm tired of reading some scripts on weekdays, and I always like to watch these when I look at the prince on weekdays, and I want to do what he likes, so I'll take a look at it too. β
"Princess, don't be sad. Now the prince is forced to marry Princess Yunxiu, but the only person in his heart is you, as long as you have another little son, no matter what princess or county lord you are, you will still be the master mother in the future. Mama Chen said, walked up to me and squeezed my shoulder.
Then he said softly, "You, don't be sad all day long." β
At this moment, I didn't know what to say, I thought I was well disguised, but others could see it at a glance.
I buried my head and smiled bitterly, "Mama Chen, I'm fine." You go out first. β
After Mama Chen went out, I suddenly felt more uncomfortable, and I didn't want to move while lying on the desk.
I don't know how long later, when it was slightly dark, Mama Chen came in again.
Seeing her, I hurriedly waved my hand, a little weakly said, "Mama Chen, didn't I say that I want to stay alone for a while?" Why did you come in again, and I already said that I don't want to eat. β
"Princess, the people from Concubine Wei's palace are here."
"You ask him to ask Wei Guifei to come in person, otherwise the things I promised will not be counted." I'm not an untrustworthy person, even though I have a grudge against Wei Shuxian, but I made a deal with her, and I have to do what I promised her.
But now that I'm pretending to be sick here, if I don't let her come in person, take some of her things, grab her pigtails or something, if she keeps her daughter, she will turn her face and deny anyone, poke me out of the matter of pretending to be sick, and then drag her subordinate who has been to the palace out to be a witness, then wouldn't I lose more than I gained?
Now that Zhao Rongxian has seven or eight days to come back, I am alone in the house, and I always have to be on guard.
Wei Guifei is also an understanding person, it seems that she has expected me to be like this, Mama Chen has just finished speaking, and her palace people have been entangled again, seeing that I really don't want to, she took the risk in person the next day and came at night.
"I heard that the fourth princess is sick, it seems that you are very good at the moment." Wei Guifei's sharp face looked a little pale at the moment, it seemed that she had been worried about the affairs of the third princess in the past few days.
I sat on the chair, without any signs of illness, and said with a smile, "Why do you want to say these cool words, what kind of situation I am in now, don't you know?" β
When Wei Guifei heard this, a hint of mockery appeared on her sharp face, "The fourth princess is really scheming, she can escape death in such a situation, and now she still wants to pretend to be sick, with such a city, no wonder she can climb from a merchant girl to this royal branch." β
"It's a pity, now there is an extra prime minister's concubine with a son in the palace of the four princes, and there will be another princess of Zhou in a few days, I don't know if the four princesses will be so favored by then."
I know that Wei Guifei hates me, because of my calculations, her sister can only marry a merchant now, and she, because of my calculations, has repeatedly fallen into trouble.
She wished I was dead, and if I hadn't told me that there was a way to keep her daughter from kissing, she wouldn't have helped me.
I didn't bother to talk nonsense with her, and I didn't care about her ridicule at all.
I leaned back in my chair and glanced at her leisurely, "The noble concubine is here to ask for a plan today, and she is not here to quarrel with me, why talk so much nonsense." β
"Since you know, then bother the four princesses to fulfill their promises."
"Here, it's a kind of poison, and if you eat it, you will have symptoms of smallpox, and even the imperial doctor can't detect it. I took out a pill from my sleeve and handed it to her, and said with a smile, "If the third princess is allowed to take this medicine, she will naturally not be able to kiss at that time." β
Hearing this, Wei Guifei was stunned for a moment, and the next moment she was even more angry, "Fourth princess, don't you want to harm my son?" β
"The concubine said with a smile, the third princess has no grievances with me, why should I harm her? Besides, there is no suspicion in employing people, and suspicions are not used. You can't do anything else now, do you? I looked at me calmly and said unhurriedly, "Concubine Niangniang, if you don't believe me, you don't need it." β
"Although this medicine can only cause the symptoms of smallpox, the medicine is poisonous, and if the antidote is not taken within ten days, the person taking the medicine will be permanently disfigured."
"You...... What more could you want? "Wei Guifei is really a smart person, and she immediately guessed what I wanted.
I smiled and said, "I'm tired of Concubine Wei to leave your waist card or seal, and come over and take it away with the antidote in ten days." β
"You ......" Wei Guifei was so angry that her face turned white, and she gritted her teeth and said, "You don't have to inch in!" β
"If the concubine is unwilling, I will not force it." Zhao Rongxian said that she would come back in seven days, who knows if something will go wrong, so I have to lie to her.
I remember Jiang Tang said that the antidote was taken within 15 days, and I told her that it was 10 days or something.
Now that the harmony is imminent, seeing that the princess of the Zhou Kingdom is about to arrive, the emperor will inevitably issue an order within ten days to designate the princess of the Northern Dynasty who will go to the Zhou Kingdom and the relatives.
Wei Guifei also understood this, and was threatened by me, and her hands were shaking with anger.
But now that her daughter is about to be sent away, she has no choice, even if she is unwilling, she finally left her seal, after all, she still has to rely on the waist card to get out of the palace.
I have to say that Wei Guifei is a very good mother, even if she suspects that I will use her seal to do something unfavorable to her, she has to take risks.
And I have to pray that she will be able to make the emperor change his mind after seven days.
In the next few days, I counted the days every day, afraid that Zhao Rongxian would come back late.
But I thought about it too much, Zhao Rongxian not only came back on time, but I don't know what ecstasy soup I poured into Princess Yunxiu, which provoked Princess Yunxiu to directly say that she wanted to live in the Four Princes' Mansion.
So after entering the palace and seeing the emperor, he directly led his entourage to the Four Princes' Mansion.
"Yunxiu has seen the four princesses." She smiled at me, and it looked atmospheric and not hostile, but I still felt uncomfortable.
I pretended to be generous and said to her, "Princess Yunxiu is polite, the yard has been cleaned up, Princess Yunxiu will see if there is anything missing, and let people tell me if there is anything short." β
"Thank you, Fourth Princess." Princess Yunxiu smiled brightly, and said coquettishly at Zhao Rongxian, "Fourth prince, you can go with me." β
"Good ......"
Zhao Rongxian took a deep look at me, and then left with Princess Yunxiu.
My heart trembled, and I didn't know what it was like for a moment.
Zhao Rongxian said that Princess Yunxiu was cunning, but I looked at her innocently and splendidly, I always knew that Zhao Rongxian just liked such an innocent and splendid woman.
Isn't it that he already likes Princess Yunxiu in his heart?
He told me that Princess Yunxiu had helped him a lot in the years that followed.
His expression was clear......
Thinking of this, my heart is even more uncomfortable.
Since he tolerated Princess Yunxiu, why did he come to provoke me in the first place?
"Princess...... Are you alright? Mama Chen stretched out her hand to hold me and said in a low voice, "Let's go back to the yard first, you have been busy all day today." β
"Uh-huh......" When I turned around, my eyes turned red.
"Mama Chen, tomorrow you go to Jiyue Tower to buy an innocent girl and come back." Back in the house, I stared blankly at the table and said another word to Mama Chen.
Mama Chen was stunned for a moment, very confused, "Princess, what are you going to do here?" β
"Buy a girl, and I'll send it to the prince tomorrow night."
"Princess, you ......"
"The doctor said that I am afraid that I will never be able to get pregnant again. Now that the newcomer is favored, if I want to maintain my status, I have to have an heir. β
Hearing this, Mama Chen wanted to say something, but when she met my cold eyes, she immediately swallowed it back.
At noon on the second day, I bought a girl named Pear Blossom, who looked pitiful, looked very handsome, and had a good voice.
I glanced at her lightly and said, "Dress her up well and send her over tonight." β
At night, Zhao Rongxian came over, I was lying on the bed blankly, there was a loud bang, and he almost kicked the door.
"Bai Huanxi, what do you mean? You get a woman to go to the South Courtyard, what do you want to do? Zhao Rongxian was extremely irritable, he rushed into the door and picked me up from the bed.
He's angry?
What is there for him to be angry about?
I looked at him faintly, with an innocent expression, "What's the matter, lord?" The concubine just thinks that the people in this palace are thin, so she thinks about taking a concubine for the prince, so that you can extend the heirs for the prince. β
"You ......," he was speechless, staring at me angrily for a moment, and then said, "You know that it is just a show, and you still get a woman into my room." Have you become so generous now? Generous enough to take a concubine for his husband? β