Chapter 383: Choosing a Concubine for Him
Emperor Showa swallowed the chicken in his mouth. "Hmm."
"This is the ...... It's really a bit ridiculous, and the emperor doesn't know how ugly it is outside...... It was also the emperor's magnanimity to let Lin Mumu, the daughter of a traitor, go, but because of this matter, the king was also implicated. ”
Hearing this, the smile stretched out in the corner of Emperor Showa's eyes gradually fell, he knew that the queen was talking about Zhao Xuanling, an uncle, who almost married his own niece, and it was precisely because he didn't want the royal family to be laughed at too much, so he didn't respond to this matter, who knew that this matter was still not suppressed.
After Zhao Xuanling handed over the tiger talisman, Emperor Showa took off his guard a lot, and he also cared more about him at this time.
"If something like this happens, it will have a great impact on him, he is a hero of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, I can't watch him go on like this."
"What the emperor said is that the concubine is thinking about whether to hold a concubine selection banquet and choose a suitable princess for the king, I believe that it will not be long before his affair with Lin Mumu is forgotten."
Emperor Showa nodded. "The king is not young anymore, since he has the intention of marrying a concubine, then find a suitable one for him, and leave this matter to you, as long as the king likes it, I will give him a marriage immediately."
"The emperor can rest assured, the concubines will carefully select a princess with good conduct and virtuous character for the king, so as not to disappoint the emperor."
"Hmm."
Emperor Showa did not stop at the queen's place after dinner, but went to the newly entered beauty hall.
Looking at the back of Emperor Showa leaving, the queen showed a look of loss in her eyes, but the color of loss was fleeting, and soon she returned to her former noble and dignified appearance.
Mama Gong handed the hot tea in her hand to the queen. "Why did the queen think of holding a concubine banquet for the king?"
The queen took the hot tea and took a sip. "Although the king has handed over the military power in his hands, the 20,000 black cavalry guards guarding outside the Xijing City are still under the royal king's banner."
Although 20,000 black cavalry guards sound much less than 300,000 soldiers and horses, they ...... When it really came to use, the Black Cavalry guards guarding outside the city were much more useful than the soldiers and horses on the border.
Although Zhao Rufei is liked by the emperor, he has no ability to compete with the third prince and others before his mind is opened, and she, the queen mother, has to plan more for him.
"You immediately send a message to the Xie Mansion and ask them to let Xinru return to Beijing within three days."
Mama Gong knew the queen's plan as soon as she heard it. "Yes, the old slave will do it."
Night falls.
Ning Yuan set up the carriage and returned to the mansion.
"Miss, my brother and sister are back." Ning Xiang came to the outside of the clean room.
Lin Mumu, who was bathing, stood up from the water when she heard this.
"Found Qiaoqiao?"
"Hmm."
Lin Mumu quickly wiped her body clean, put on her dress and walked out of the clean room.
"Where are the people now?"
"Sister Diedie took it back to Sister Qiaoqiao's house."
"Let's go, let's see."
Lin Mumu walked all the way to Qiaoqiao's house, and was about to enter the house, when he saw Diedie coming out of it with a basin of water.
"Miss." Stacking, who has never had any expression, is angry at this time.
"Stacked, how's Qiaoqiao doing?"
Stacked Panel's face showed a hint of hatred. "Miss Hui, Qiaoqiao's body is covered with external injuries, she was in a very bad condition when the slave maid and Ning Yuan found her, and the slave maid had no choice but to knock people out and bring them back."
Lin Mumu frowned and walked into the house, lying on the bed quietly, her face covered with bruises.
Lin Mumu diagnosed her pulse, and from the pulse, she was deficient in qi and blood, and her heart, pulse, and lung qi were still very weak, and her situation was very bad.
She lifted the quilt and opened Qiaoqiao's clothes, her face sank.
Compared with before, Qiaoqiao has lost more than a circle, the ribs under the two collarbones are clearly visible, bruises and dark gray bruises can be seen everywhere, and there are almost no places without scars on the whole person!
"Ning Xiang, go to the pharmacy and get the medicinal wine that invigorates blood and disperses stasis." Lin Mumu said in a hoarse voice.
Ning Xiang held back the tears in her eyes in response. "Slave and maid, go now."
"Tell me about the situation."
"Yes, when the slave maid and Ning Yuan went to the water purification kiln, a poisonous woman was doing rough ...... Qiaoqiao"
After stacking up to the water purification kiln, they went door to door to find people, and finally found Qiaoqiao in a small and dark room at the end of the street.
Lin Mumu clenched her fists when she heard this, she should have dismantled Qi Zhixuan in prison today!
From the stacks of simple words, she could imagine what kind of pain Qiaoqiao had experienced these days.
"Miss, the medicine is here." Ning Xiang hurriedly walked into the house with the medicine.
Lin Mumu lifted the quilt, and when she reached out to untie Qiaoqiao's clothes, Qiaoqiao suddenly woke up, stared at Lin Mumu with a frightened face, screamed, and shrank to the foot of the bed while holding the quilt.
"Ahh You, don't come here, don't touch me! The scream was filled with the desperation of a torn and split throat. Today's Literature Network
Qiaoqiao stared at them with extreme fear, and her whole body trembled unconsciously.
Lin Mumu looked at Qiaoqiao with pain in her eyes. "Qiaoqiao, don't be afraid, I'm the eldest lady, we have rescued you, and no one will hurt you again."
"Big ...... The eldest lady ......" Qiaoqiao's hollow pupils gradually focused, and she looked at Lin Mumu blankly.
"Yes, I'm the eldest lady, it's me who is not good, I didn't protect you well, and you and Shuangshuang suffered." Lin Mumu blamed herself very much, if it weren't for her, Qiaoqiao and Shuangshuang would not have been hurt like this.
"Miss...... Miss! Qiaoqiao pounced on Lin Mumu and hugged her and cried.
Lin Mumu hugged her with her backhand and comforted her softly. "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, there will be no more danger."
"Woo woo woo...... Miss, the slave thought she would never see her again......"
"No, you're back now, and the eldest lady will always be with you."
"The slaves and maids are really afraid, so afraid, they keep beating the slaves and maids, just to make the slaves and maids submit, and let the slaves and maids serve those dirty men......" Qiaoqiao lay in Lin Mumu's arms, her hoarse voice was full of fear.
When I went to the pharmacy to pick up medicine, I was knocked unconscious on the road and taken to the dilapidated house.
When she woke up, a stout woman said that she was coming to train her, and took off her dress and smeared honey on her for the cats and dogs to lick, she was very afraid, but every time she resisted, she would be beaten badly.
A few days later the woman wanted her to pick her up, but she refused to do so, and another beating awaited her.
Because of the beating so badly, she had too many wounds on her body, and when she was brought to the guest again, the guest was not satisfied, and she could not make any money, and the woman was even more annoyed and starved her for several days.
When Stacking and Ning Yuan arrived, the woman wanted her to pick up the guests again, and she had already had the heart of death, but fortunately, before she could hit the wall, Stacking and they arrived.
Qiaoqiao didn't dare to remember what she had experienced in those days, it would be a nightmare that she would never want to think about again in her life.
Qiaoqiao's tears wet Lin Mumu's clothes, I don't know how long she cried, Lin Mumu felt that the person in her arms was not moving, and when she lowered her eyes, Qiaoqiao didn't know when she had fallen asleep.
But even when she was asleep, Qiaoqiao clutched Lin Mumu's sleeve tightly, as if she was afraid that when she opened her eyes, it was just a dream.
When Qiaoqiao gradually fell asleep, Lin Mumu carefully pulled the sleeve out of her hand.
Ning Xiang twisted the handkerchief and gently wiped the tears on Qiaoqiao's face.
Lin Mumu carefully medicated Qiaoqiao with a special medicinal wine, because there were too many injuries on her body, and it was already an hour later when she finished taking the medicine.
"Miss, Sister Shuangshuang is awake!" Ning Xiang entered the house and said excitedly.
"Awake?"
"Well, I just woke up."
Lin Mumu covered Qiaoqiao with a quilt and went to the next room with Ning Xiang.
"You're not a big lady!" Who knows, as soon as Lin Mumu entered, he looked at Shuangshuang's angry eyes.
"Sister Shuangshuang, don't talk nonsense, this is our eldest lady." Ning Xiang said busily.
Shuangshuang still stared at Lin Mumu. "She's not the eldest lady, and the eldest lady will never push me down the well for no reason!"
Ning Xiang listened and hurriedly explained: "Sister Shuangshuang, the one who pushed you down the well before was not the real eldest lady, it was Qi Zhixuan's fake, and now this is the real eldest lady." ”
Both of them frowned when they heard this. "The eldest lady who pushed me was Qi Zhixuan's fake?"
Ning Xiang nodded. "yes, we've all been fooled by her."
Hearing Ning Xiang say this, Shuangshuang suddenly laughed. "I'll just say how the eldest lady pushed me into the well, eldest miss, don't be angry with the slave, the slave just woke up and didn't know anything."
Lin Mumu looked at her with a smile on her face, and felt very uncomfortable.
"It's also your girl who eats, sleeps, and sleeps on weekdays, and her body is tough, otherwise she will be planted this time."
When Shuangshuang heard Lin Mumu say this, the smile on his face became even worse. "What the eldest lady said is that the eldest lady has to talk to Qiaoqiao about this, and see that she also said that I eat too much and snooze."
The smile on Lin Mumu's face paused, but quickly returned to his normal color. "Well, but you just woke up and stayed in the house honestly for the past few days, you can't go anywhere without my permission, I'll let them bring you food."
When Shuangshuang heard her say this, he wanted to lift the quilt and get out of bed. "Miss, the slave is fine, don't believe it, Miss, look ......at it" Who knows, as soon as she stood up, she felt a blackness in front of her, and as soon as her feet were soft and her buttocks fell back on the bed.
Lin Mumu hurriedly stretched out his hand to support her and glared at her. "I see that you are reckless, stay in the house honestly, or I won't give you meat to eat!"
After sitting down, it took a while to come back to her senses, and when she heard that there was no meat to eat, she was busy pulling the quilt over her body. "The slave must be obedient."
"Just be obedient."
Shuangshuang can wake up to prove that there is nothing about the body, and the dizziness just now is also because she has not been able to eat these days, caused by some low blood sugar, and she is not allowed to go out of the house because she is afraid that she will know Qiaoqiao's situation, she has a straight temperament, and she is afraid that she will impulsively do something stupid.
After appeasing Shuangshuang, Lin Mumu returned to his house.
"Miss, it's not too early, let's rest early."
"Hmm." Lin Mumu took off her coat and went to the bed to lie down.
Ning Xiang put down the tent for her, and after seeing Lin Mumu close her eyes, she blew out the light and exited the house and closed the door.
Ning Xiang didn't know that the moment she closed the door, Lin Mumu opened her eyes.