Chapter 839: Two Side Concubines
The little eunuch hurriedly responded, followed behind Murong Ning and rushed towards the Lingxi Courtyard.
The maid who was hiding outside the main courtyard and watching the wind sighed when she saw this scene, so she had to walk back to Lanzhi Courtyard to report the news.
King Ji will definitely stay in Lingxi Courtyard tonight, and her girl will be useless even if she waits until dawn.
"Don't be sad, girl, the future will be long."
Hearing that King Ji was staying in Lingxi Courtyard, the grandmother standing next to Tang Molan hurriedly whispered comfort.
Tang Molan lifted the hijab and looked sideways at the window.
The grief and helplessness in her expression flashed, and she was just a girl who had just reached the end of her life.
In the boudoir, I didn't secretly think about what kind of person my future husband would be and how he would treat her.
Even though she knew the words of her parents' matchmaker, she still had a trace of expectation in her heart, but now this hope has been shattered.
"Don't be discouraged, girl, as long as you can give birth to the eldest son, you can be a wife in the future, she is only a concubine no matter how favored she is, she naturally has to be respectful in front of you, and the girl just has to endure the anger for a while."
This grandmother watched Tang Molan grow up, although she was called a master and servant, she had already regarded Tang Molan as her own child, and now seeing her so sad, she felt a little unbearable in her heart, and hurriedly comforted.
"That's right, the girl just thinks about how to create opportunities, and the girl doesn't have to worry about the rest, the slave and maid will help you arrange it."
The maid who reported the news just now was also busy responding.
"Don't listen to Cousin Yanran, she is a wife, and she has so much power, isn't she still unable to control all the concubines in Zhaoyang Palace? We need to rely on ourselves, step by step. ”
Although Tang Molan is not as smooth as her sister on weekdays, she is also a girl with ideas.
And she felt that she was born in a scholarly family, so she really shouldn't do such a bad thing, if it was revealed, it would definitely affect the reputation of the Tang family.
Mama and the maid glanced at each other, and sighed in unison, Mama couldn't help but think in her heart that her girl still couldn't adjust her mood, and she was afraid that she would suffer in the future.
"Turn off the lights and go to sleep."
Tang Molan has been with these two for a long time, and naturally knows their thoughts, she yawned, and urged the two.
After everyone left, Tang Molan lay on the bed alone, closed her eyes and turned her head sideways, tears slipped silently, wetting the pink brocade quilt under her.
She stayed awake all night, got up early in the morning and went to the main courtyard.
She had come early, so the courtyard was empty, except for a few maids busy arranging breakfast.
After a while, I heard a burst of laughter, vaguely as if I heard a young man and a woman talking and laughing.
She hurriedly stood up, and saw King Ji and Shen Jing walk in, King Ji didn't know what to say, which caused Shen Jing to purse her lips and laugh, her expression full of joy.
"The concubine greets the prince."
If she met them on the street, Tang Molan was afraid that she would praise them for being really a pair of beautiful people, but now they appeared on such an occasion, one was her husband, and the other was her rival.
Such a picture was not only beautiful, but it deeply stabbed her eyes.
"Flatten, how about resting yesterday?"
Murong Ning is not a heartless person, although he doesn't like Tang Molan, he doesn't dislike it in the end, he thinks in his heart that he is just raising more people, and it's nothing.
"The concubine rested well yesterday, and Lord Lao is worried."
Putting away the sourness in her heart, Tang Molan reluctantly pulled out a smile and said.
Shen Jing was originally overjoyed in her heart, feeling that she and Murong Ning had been separated for so long, and they could finally come to the bitter end.
However, when she saw Tang Mo Lan Tingting standing in front of her in the morning, the little beauty in her heart was like a broken Jun porcelain.
She put away the little girl's feelings in her heart, and said with a smile: "I am a year older than you, we will all be a family in the future, how about we call each other sisters?" Ask me to bring some gifts from home, I'll send them to you later, I hope you like it. ”
Although Tang Molan didn't know Shen Jing, her sister Tang Moxue was Murong Hui's companion back then, and she lived with them for a while.
According to her sister's description, Shen Jing is a person with a gentle personality and a relatively broad heart, and is said to be very easy to get along with.
Since people have already stepped down the stairs for her, and now she is still in front of King Ji, she naturally wants to follow Shen Jing and say.
"In the past, my eldest sister also gave Princess Linghui a companion, and worked with my sister, and now we are married to the same person, this has to be said to be a kind of fate, and I will ask my sister to take care of me in the future, and I also prepared a gift for my sister."
Tang Molan smiled, and hurriedly handed over tea to Murong Ning.
King Ji was stunned for a moment, then took the tea and took a sip, his mouth was suddenly full of fragrance, and his mood suddenly improved a lot.
"In the future, the affairs in the mansion will be managed by Shen Jing, and the shops outside the mansion will be taken care of by Tang Molan, I will definitely be very busy in the future, and you still need to worry about things at home."
After a breakfast was over, Murong Ning was a little bit of a day like this, and said to the two of them.
Tang Molan couldn't help but be stunned, she thought that Murong Ning had a preference for Shen Jing, but she was afraid that she would have to be careful to hold her tail for a while in the future.
She never thought that Murong Ning would let her take care of the Huangzhuang and the shop, which couldn't help but surprise her. Ninety-four Good Book Network
"The concubine will do her best and not let the prince worry about it."
She was surprised in her heart, and her face naturally showed a little bit on her face.
Shen Jing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw this, at least this Tang girl was different from her sister, she was not such a scheming person.
After breakfast, Murong Ning changed into court clothes and went to the court, according to the law of Rongguo, the prince who was crowned king and stayed in the capital, even if he did not have an official position, he had to go to the court to listen to the government.
After seeing Murong Ning leave, the two exchanged gifts and went to their respective businesses.
Shen Jing knew yesterday that Murong Ning wanted her to take care of the affairs of the entire Ji Palace, so she asked people to take all the account books of the Ji Palace.
Fortunately, the palace was not built for a long time, so there were not many account books, and Murong Hui had also told her a lot about the situation in this mansion before, so she was very easy to take care of.
Tang Molan just took over, but she was a little rusty, and it took half a month to finally get used to it, and these are naturally later words.
It's just that Tang Molan has some mustard in her heart, from marrying into the Ji Wangfu to the present, Murong Ning has never had sex with her, which clearly shows that she doesn't want her to give birth to her eldest son.
The family also began to urge her, but what could she do?
Do you want her to be the daughter of a scholar's family to seduce people?
Even if she knew that the man was her husband, she couldn't do it.
It's just that she couldn't disobey her family's intentions after all, so she had to dress up and go to Murong Ning's only way to intercept him.
Seeing this, Murong Ning sighed and said to Tang Molan, "Let's go talk to you." ”
Hearing his tone, Tang Molan couldn't help but smile bitterly a few times in her heart, knowing that her thoughts at home were just wishful thinking.
"Lan'er, you should know my relationship with Jing'er, I want her to be my wife. Jing'er is a woman with a peaceful personality, as long as you keep to yourself, the future will never be bad. ”
After entering the door and sitting at the table, Murong Ning said straight to the point.
"The concubine saw it early in the morning, but the prince is so good that you can give your concubine a hope and reliance, if the royal concubine has no heirs, you know how miserable it will be in the future."
Tang Molan took a deep breath and said tremblingly.
She knew that Murong Ning was indifferent to her, but she didn't know that she would be so indifferent that she didn't even rely on her side.
"Not yet, I have to straighten Jing'er, this is what I promised her before."
Murong Ning shook his head and said with a resolute expression.
"The concubine is really jealous of her, it would be nice if the concubine knew you before her."
Putting away the anger and unwillingness in her heart, Tang Molan gritted her teeth and sighed.
"It's not a matter of knowing sooner or later, before I met Jing'er, I also knew many nobles in the court, but I only liked her."
Hearing her say this, Murong Ning's impression of Tang Molan has changed a lot, at least she is not as pretentious as many noble ladies in the court, but she still has a bit of true temperament.
"How about the prince after he has eaten and then leaves?"
Although she regretted it in her heart, Tang Molan still stabilized her mood in the end, maybe she knew it early on, so she said to Murong Ning with a pleading face.
Seeing her look like this, Murong Ning couldn't bear to refuse, so he nodded and asked someone to bring him dinner.
After that, as if he remembered something, he said to the eunuch on the side: "Go and inform Concubine Shen, I will sleep in the study tonight." ”
After hearing this, the eunuch hurriedly answered, and hurried out to report the news.
Lingxi Courtyard and Lanzhi Courtyard are on the east and west sides of the entire Ji Palace, with the entire garden in between, and it takes half an hour to walk through it.
When the eunuch walked to the Lingxi Courtyard, he saw Shen Jing and Murong Hui sitting at the table chatting, the table was full of food and steaming, obviously Shen Jing was waiting for Murong Ning.
"The little one met Princess Linghui and the side concubine, and the prince asked the little one to pass the word that he was sleeping in the study today."
The eunuch lowered his head, his expression revealed a bit of helplessness, and said in his heart, where is there so much affection in the royal family?
Like the emperor and queen, it is just a special case, and in the future, this side concubine will also have to adapt to the days of working with other concubines.
Shen Jing was a little disappointed, as if she wanted to ask something, but she didn't ask, but asked the eunuch to give him a reward and let him leave.
"Go to the study and send a soft quilt, if it's cold today, don't let the prince catch a cold."
When the person left, Shen Jing commanded the maid.
"Ning'er is the only one in her heart, you don't have to take this matter to heart."
Murong Ning went back to the house, but she didn't come to her, but you can imagine where she went, Murong Hui was afraid that she would be sad, so she hurriedly whispered comfort.
"Your Highness, don't worry, I naturally won't think about it, when I was in the house, I was used to seeing my father pampering those concubines, compared to the fact that the prince was born in the royal family and could still care about my feelings, which is already good."
Shen Jing smiled, although she was a little reluctant, seeing that there was not much pain in her eyes, it made Murong Hui breathe a sigh of relief.