The morning breeze is cool, a pool of green lotus in summer blooms lightly in the wind, green waves float, and lotus leaves ripple. The wind and lotus on the water surface are full of fragrance, elegant and tranquil, lingering on the tip of the nose, as if drinking a sip of pear blossom wine, into the heart.

I stood in front of this pool of hibiscus, watching the wind move and the flowers bloom, and I caught a glimpse of Zheng Shuyao and her maid Shuyu Yingying coming in the afterglow, I didn't want to face her, so I turned my head and walked away.

"Stop!" Shuyu said dissatisfied, "When you see the princess, you turn around and leave, what do you mean!" ”

I turned around and stopped, and said to Zheng Shuyao: "Princess, my body has not been very well, and people who have been sick for a long time are afraid of infecting the princess with illness, so I have this move, and I ask the princess to forgive me." ”

Zheng Shuyao's face was relaxed, and he said, "My sister is not in good health, so let's go back and rest." ”

"Princess, don't listen to her nonsense, what is not in good health, I think she is in good health, she did it on purpose."

Shuyu has been dissatisfied with me for a long time, and now it all broke out, "For more than half a year, you have relied on the favor of the prince and not put the princess in your eyes. Morning and dusk, never ask the princess for peace, there are no rules, there is simply no one in sight! You are scheming, pretending to be sick all day long, deceiving the prince to pity, and shamelessly pestering the prince. The princess is generous, I don't care about you, do you really think you can be domineering in this mansion! ”

Listening to Soyu's accusations against me, I couldn't help but laugh. My marriage with Gao Changgong was originally acting, and I really didn't have the energy to play a drama with Zheng Shuyao about serving a husband and sisterhood, so I kept pretending to be sick and avoiding it. Who knew that in their eyes, they became unruly and shameless!

My maid Hongqu couldn't help but say: "You are too much, Madame has always been kind, how can you be like what you say, you are simply slandering!" ”

Shuyu said confidently: "I'm telling the truth, no one in this mansion knows, your master is arrogant and arrogant, and Tian is shameless!" ”

"Shut up!" Gao Changgong walked up angrily.

When Shuyu saw that it was the prince, she immediately bowed her head in fright and didn't dare to speak again.

Gao Changgong was furious, "You are a subordinate, and you dare to shout at the master, there are no rules!" What did you just say, what are you, yours, you want to be called Madame! ”

"Scream!"

Under Gao Changgong's majesty, Shuyu raised his head tremblingly and called me, "Madam." ”

Gao Changgong was angry, "The princess didn't speak, you are a subordinate who is shouting here, and you dare to speak ill of your husband, arrogant and rude, without rules!" Didn't you talk about the rules, then Lone will teach you today, what are the rules! ”

"Come, the maidservant Shuyu, words and deeds are invisible, bold and reckless, disrespectful to the lady, extremely bad, punish her to kneel in front of the house, kneel until the lonely is satisfied!" Gao Changgong motioned for the servants in the palace to come up and carry out the order.

After all, it was his own maid, Zheng Shuyao couldn't bear it, and said, "The prince ......"

Gao Changgong didn't give her a chance to speak, and said: "If she confesses her mistake and apologizes to her wife, if she forgives her and agrees to let her get up, let her get up." If Madame doesn't agree, let her kneel forever! ”

"Princess, Ah Qing is not in good health, please ask for peace in the morning and dusk, and these red tape will be waived." Gao Changgong turned to Zheng Shuyao and warned loudly, "As for these slaves and maids around you, they don't even understand the rules, it's time for you to discipline them well, I don't want there to be a next time!" ”

Seeing Gao Changgong so angry, Zheng Shuyao didn't dare to plead anymore, so she could only watch Shuyu being dragged to the door of the mansion and kneeling.

As a result, Soyu confessed her mistake to me within an hour. I am not an abusive kind-hearted person, and I did not spare her so easily, and it took her two hours to get her up on her knees.

——

"Marrying me has wronged you enough, and it is all my fault that I want you to be misunderstood by everyone in the house, and I will make amends to you."

Gao Changgong felt that he had suffered so much because of him, so he specially invited me to eat at the most expensive restaurant in Yecheng and apologized to me.

"You come to my room every day, and you don't go to the princess. I'm too lazy to deal with the red tape in the house, so it's no wonder they do. I said lightly.

Gao Changgong poured wine for me and said, "All in all, it's all my fault, and I apologize to you." I hope you will forget all the unhappy things after drinking this cup. ”

"I know, in fact, you are afraid that I will blame the princess, and you don't want me to hate her, so you specially set up this table to make amends to me. Don't worry, it's not her fault for this, I'm not so careful, I won't blame her. "I indifferently broke Gao Changgong's mind.

Gao Changgong's eyes flashed a trace of unnaturalness, and he didn't say anything more to apologize, just drank silently.

There was a woman in the restaurant who was playing a flute on the stage, and her flute voice was gentle, Gao Changgong listened for a moment and commented: "She is not as good as you." ”

After a song, Gao Changgong and I also settled the wine money and were about to leave. Who knew that the unfortunate incident of robbing a people's girl was caused by Luo Tina.

It was the girl who was robbed of the restaurant, and as soon as she got off the stage, Luo Ti was about to take someone away to be a concubine, but the girl didn't follow, so he ordered two entourages to forcibly detain the family, and the girl was so shocked that she even screamed for help.

I went up to pick up Luo Ti's two entourage, one of whom was thrown to the ground with one hand, and the other was kicked by me and screamed in pain. Luo Tiyuan's eyes widened angrily, "It's you, you think it's great that you are the concubine of the King of Lanling." Let me tell you, my mother is the nurse of His Majesty today, and among the maids appointed by His Majesty, she is a third-grade female official, and she is deeply favored by His Majesty. You dare to hinder my good deeds, you wait, I won't let you go. ”

Luo Ti was about to be rough with me, and I kicked him away. Luo Ti fell on the wine table, the glass and plate shattered to the ground, Luo Ti was about to get up and scold, I pressed his hands behind his back, and pressed him to the ground with one kick and couldn't move.

"Slut!" Luo Ti cursed.

I stepped on him harder, and said, "You disciple, I have endured you for a long time, and I have long wanted to clean you up!" At the feet of the Son of Heaven, the law is clear, you have repeatedly despised the people's daughters, do you really think that no one can cure your sins? Today I will cure you well, so that you know that there is still the word retribution in this world! ”

I trampled Luo Ti to death, but Gao Changgong ran to persuade him: "Enough, Ah Qing, let him go!" ”

I was not reconciled, and stepped on him a few more times, and then let go satisfied.

Luo Ti was helped up by his entourage and scolded bitterly: "Slut! ”

I slapped him in the face, he gasped in pain, I squinted my eyes coldly, "You are scolding!" ”

Luo Ti was a little frightened by the beating, and only dared to threaten: "You wait, I will want you to look good, and I will let Your Majesty punish you when you go back." ”

Gao Changgong pulled me behind him and swept me over with a cold look, "If you don't want to be punished, just tell Your Majesty about today's events." Don't forget, although the government is handled by His Majesty, it is the Emperor Taishang who makes the final decision. You have a criminal record before, which has made the Emperor dissatisfied with you, if you commit it again, do you guess, will the Emperor punish you for your crimes? ”

Luo Ti was so blocked that he couldn't speak, "King Lanling, you-"

Luo Tiwan was unwillingly taken away by his entourage, and the rescued girl thanked me, and the onlookers dispersed. Inevitably, Luo Ti came to look for her trouble in the future, so Gao Changgong asked me to take her back to the palace and take her as a maid to ensure that she was safe.

Two men walked out of the stairs and witnessed the friction, and one of them asked: "This woman is so ruthless, so spicy, listening to what Luo Ti said, she is actually the concubine of the king of Lanling?" ”

"This woman is the side concubine of the King of Lanling, and I don't know where the woman came out, so the Emperor Taishang ordered that an orphan girl of unknown origin be named the side concubine of the King of Lanling." The person who answered was the ancestral court.

"This woman is known to the king."

"Does the prince know her?" Zu Ting was surprised.

The man opposite said in a deep voice: "She has a former grudge with this king, and this king has been looking for her for a long time, but he didn't think about it, and he saw her here." ”

Zu Ting's eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a hint of treachery, "Then the prince wants Zu Ting's help to solve this old grudge?" ”

When the man heard this, his dark eyes lit up slightly.

The three kingdoms of Zhou, Qi and Chen have always been in constant disputes, and occasionally exchange envoys and seek peace temporarily, which is just a delaying tactic. His visit to Qi this time was just to explore the national strength of Qi State.

This ancestral court, greedy and cunning, under heavy bribes, also let him learn a lot of secrets. However, what he didn't expect the most was that he would be here, seeing the person he had been looking for but couldn't find - Xiao Qingqiang.

——

More than half a year ago, because of a heavy snowfall and Gao Changgong's unexpected appearance, my plan was blocked, and now that the dust has settled, I decided to go to the ** temple again and get back Master's things.

I asked someone to prepare the carriage, since the last time Gao Changgong killed the chicken and monkey and punished Shuyu heavily, the people of the entire palace no longer dared to disrespect me, and they did a lot of things, and the carriage was quickly prepared for me.

When he was about to leave the house, Zheng Shuyao walked towards him, with a curling posture, a pair of bright eyes rippling with clear waves, as clear as the sky washed in water, indeed, like a pair of eyes of mine.

"Sister, wait a minute, I have something to ask you."

I stopped and said lukewarmly, "What's the matter with the princess?" ”

Zheng Shuyao put away her usual faint smile and said, "Sister, since you entered the mansion, I have asked myself to be good to you, and I have never embarrassed you, but you are always lukewarm." I even feel like you hate me. Why? ”

I watched her silently, silently acquiescing.

"It seems that my feelings are not wrong, you really hate me." Zheng Shuyao looked disappointed, "Is it because of the prince?" Is it so important to compete for a man's love? I used to think that you were a woman with a big pattern, and you wouldn't be as jealous as ordinary house women. It seems that I was wrong. ”

I laughed sarcastically, "You are indeed wrong, I hate you, not because of the prince." Just because, I don't like you as a person. ”

I looked at Zheng Shuyao's surprised expression and slowly approached her, "No matter what reason you married the prince in the past, no one persecuted you." Since you have married into the palace, you should devote yourself to the prince and accept your heart-"

I slowly leaned into Zheng Shuyao's ear and whispered, "Don't have thoughts about Hu Lu Hengjia anymore. ”

Zheng Shuyao's body trembled, and she couldn't help but step back, looking at me with a frightened look.

I said that, said no more to her, and walked away coldly.

Exegesis:

(1) The title comes from the Tang Dynasty Zhang Ji's "Huiji Autumn Evening Presented to Taishou" "The Mountain Light is Hidden and Dangerous"