Chapter 124: Side Concubine
When Ning Yingluo was about to leave, Jiang Xuemian once again stretched out her hand and grabbed her.
"Sister Yingluo is really not angry?"
"If I'm angry, it's not like this."
"I really didn't rob Sister Yingluo's husband?"
"Are you not satisfied with the marriage I brokered for you?" Ning Yingluo asked rhetorically: "If I do something wrong, I won't ask my cousin for a red envelope." β
Jiang Xuemian couldn't say what was wrong, she just felt that Ning Yingluo was very strange today. Seeing that she didn't have a smile on her face, Jiang Xuemian's heart was flustered.
She no longer has Zhou Jingyan as a friend, if she doesn't even have Ning Yingluo......
Jiang Xuemian hurriedly shook her head and said eagerly: "Since it is the marriage introduced to me by Sister Yingluo, I will live well." Don't let Sister Yingluo's good intentions be ruined. β
Ning Yingluo nodded slightly, and said softly, "It's best if you can figure it out." β
Jiang Xuemian still didn't see Ning Yingluo's smile.
After all kinds of cumbersome etiquette was completed, the Zhao Wangfu held a banquet to entertain the bride's parents and relatives. The Ning Hongzhen family, who had a good personal relationship with Chu Yongheng and the Jiang family, was also among the hospitality.
There were so many people congratulating that Ning Yingluo was hard to count. In the face of those unfamiliar faces, Ning Yingluo explained the identity of "the daughter of the Ning family" with a perfect attitude.
Seeing that his daughter was so obedient, Ning Hongzhen, who had been worried, was relieved.
"Father, is it okay for my daughter to want to walk around?"
Seeing that she was behaving well today, Ning Hongzhen granted her request, and finally did not forget to advise: "Just walk around the courtyard, don't go anywhere else." β
Ning Yingluo curtsied and said yes. Then he led the maid and walked to a place where there were few people. As there were fewer and fewer people around, the maid who followed behind was a little panicked.
"Miss, we're here, it's not good."
Ning Yingluo replied indifferently: "It's just to walk around, and there are no outsiders here, what are you anxious about?" β
Before they knew it, the two of them had come to a quiet place, surrounded only by some large trees and flowers, and there was no trace of other guests.
"I had a lot of socializing, and when I was tired, I wanted to find a place with fewer people to catch my breath."
After listening to Ning Yingluo's words, the maid was still not at ease, "Miss is resting here for a while?" And go back? β
"I still want to keep walking, if you can't walk, stay."
"But!"
Suddenly, a burst of laughter came from above, and the maid was startled.
"Since your young lady wants to go, let her go." Suddenly, a figure jumped down from the tree, "Your young lady has me to take care of it, and she can't lose it." β
As soon as the maid saw the appearance of the figure, she immediately bent down and saluted, and said respectfully: "The servant sees His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince!" β
Chu Yongheng waved his hand impatiently, and said, "You can step back." β
The maid looked at Ning Yingluo as if asking for help, but Ning Yingluo didn't mean to reply at all. The maid had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "The master has instructed the maid to be sure to follow the young lady's side." β
"What? Don't even listen to what I'm saying? β
The maid trembled, and hurriedly said that she didn't dare.
"Then you won't step down?"
The maid said yes and left in a hurry, ready to report the matter to the master.
Ning Yingluo, who had a complicated expression, looked at Chu Yongheng, "Why?" β
"Because it's funny?" Chu Yongheng smiled: "Didn't you come to find me?" β
Ning Yingluo clenched her fists, bit her lower lip, and after brewing for a long time, she said, "Please also ask Your Highness to save me." β
Chu Yongheng became interested, "Save? β
"Ying Luo is over twenty years old, but my father has not discussed marriage for a long time."
"Oh?" Chu Yongheng picked up Ning Yingluo's chin, "One of the best colors in Beijing, but there is no marriage?" How do you want me to save it? β
"Please marry me, Your Highness."
Chu Yongheng withdrew his hand and laughed, "What you said is really bold." Didn't my uncle tell you that I was already betrothed to the daughter of the Song family? Or ......"
Chu Yongheng's upturned tail note is full of demagogy.
"Even if it's a side concubine, you don't mind?"
Ning Yingluo clenched her teeth, and finally squeezed out two words.
"Yes!"
"There is no reason not to want the beauty sent to the door, but I can't be sorry for the girl of the Song family." Chu Yongheng chuckled and said, "When the time comes, you and the daughter of the Song family will enter the mansion together." If not, there is room for reversal. β
"I ...... Sincere! β
"Huh." Chu Yongheng sneered: "I didn't expect it! The prospective crown princess, who had infinite scenery back then, was reduced to being my side concubine. β
Ning Yingluo clenched her teeth and didn't dare to say anything.
"I'll visit my uncle another day. I'll go see what's going on with the third brother, if you want to stay, stay here. β
Ning Yingluo saluted Chu Yongheng respectfully and watched him leave.
As the concubine of Ning Mansion and the fiancΓ©e of the former prince, Ning Yingluo has her own pride. Today, however, we can only throw our pride on the ground and let others trample on it.
She knew that if the five princes couldn't take her in, what was waiting for her was Zhuangzi who went to the outskirts of Beijing. She can only comb up and not marry and be a sister-in-law.
originally thought that the relationship between the three princes and their father, the status of the three princesses was within reach. Who knew that Jiang Xuemian, who she had always looked down on, cut off her beard, and her father also intervened in it. At this critical juncture, the fifth prince became engaged to the daughter of the Song family......
If you can't get the identity of the third imperial concubine, it's good to have a fifth imperial concubine! Ning Yingluo didn't believe that her father couldn't do this, she didn't believe that her father hadn't heard the news that the Song family was going to marry the fifth prince!
Ning Yingluo is over twenty years old, and it is difficult to say goodbye. Most of the people with the same status and position as the Ning family are already married.
Instead of marrying into those families as a concubine, why not marry into the royal family? Even if it's a side concubine?
The more Ning Yingluo thought about it, the more unwilling she felt, but what could she do if it had come to this?
In this grand wedding, Ning Yingluo didn't feel a trace of joy, only felt extremely bitter.
Yu Yongyi also felt bitter, and after returning from Zhao Wangfu, he had been sullen, and repeatedly called Gonggong Zheng to take the wine.
"Bring the wine!"
Gonggong Zheng looked at the empty jars at Yu Yongyi's feet, frowned, and persuaded: "Your Highness, drinking hurts your body, it's better to rest early." β
"What! Even you won't listen to me? β
Yu Yongyi lifted the jar and poured another sip of wine.
"If it weren't for the intervention of the Third Emperor Brother, would it be me who got married today?"
Gonggong Zheng didn't dare to answer.
"I don't want anything, I just want one person. I've avoided the court! Why do you have to press it one step at a time? β
Gonggong Zheng looked at Yu Yongyi in embarrassment, frowning, and didn't know how to persuade him.
"Go get me a drink! What is the pestle doing here? Yu Yongyi shouted: "Don't think I dare not punish you!" β
Gonggong Zheng looked at the two blushes on Yu Yongyi's face, sighed, and said, "If something happens to His Royal Highness, it will be difficult for our family to explain to Miss Li." Your Highness, let's rest early. β
When he heard the girl Li in Gonggong Zheng's mouth, Yu Yongyi's eyes were dull for a moment, and then he smiled bitterly and threw the empty jar in his hand.
"That's it, I won't drink it."
Yu Yongyi got up and staggered towards his carved magpie stepping bed, and before he took off his coat, he fell straight and straight.
Gonggong Zheng shook his head helplessly, sighed with emotion, and ordered a few maids to take out the empty wine jar in the house. Then he stepped forward to change his clothes for Yu Yongyi, covered the quilt, blew out the lights in the house, and then left.