Chapter 38: Becoming a Concubine

After Situ Jing was silent for a moment, he said, "Queen Mother, let me think about it for a while." The Queen Mother's proposal is to protect everything, but for Shui Ling'er, it is nothing more than a kind of harm.

He once made a vow that the only wife in this life is Shui Ling'er.

The Queen Mother sighed and said, "You should think about it carefully, although the emperor gave the marriage, it is only a decree, and it has not yet been summoned to the world, and it can still be changed."

"Erchen understands."

When Situ Jing returned to King Jing's mansion, it was already night, Fang Yulai walked to the main hall and said, "King Jing, Shui Ling'er has fallen asleep."

Situ Jing sat on the chair, his brows furrowed, and said, "Did she ever want to leave?"

Fang Yu said lightly, "She wants me to teach her to write letters."

Situ Jing muttered to himself, "Write a letter." He took off the plate finger on his thumb and handed it to Fang Yu, saying, "Point this plate to her, if she really wants to write a letter, drip wax oil on the seal and cover it with the pattern of this plate finger."

Fang Yu looked at the board and pointed at it, but he didn't dare to accept it, and said, "King Jing, this is a symbol of your identity, or will you personally hand it over to Shui Ling'er."

"If I give it to her personally, she will not use this finger when she leaves because of me in the future, but if you give it to her, just tell her that she can send it to King Jing's Mansion, and she will use this finger, and she will definitely be able to find out where she is then." If she really wanted to leave him, even if he sent someone to find her, she would definitely run away, and this was the only way to find her.

Fang Yu took the finger and said, "It's still King Jing's thoughtfulness." He saw that Situ Jing's face was still gloomy, and said, "Did the Queen Mother say something?" He knew that he shouldn't ask, but he couldn't help but ask, whether the Queen Mother would object to incest.

Situ Jing said slowly: "The queen mother asked me to marry Rong Ye as a concubine and Shui Ling'er as a concubine."

Fang Yu said flatly: "Congratulations to King Jing, the Queen Mother is not against you and Shui Ling'er."

Situ Jing sneered and said, "But I just want to marry Shui Ling'er as my wife."

"King Jing, although Shui Ling'er's mother is the lord of Mingsheng, this is a royal scandal after all, and it can't be seen, so Shui Ling'er doesn't have her mother's support, and the pressure that will come from the mountains and seas at that time, according to Shui Ling'er's temperament, she can't bear it, so it's better to let Princess Rongye be the shield to protect Shui Ling'er."

"I have no grievances with Rong Ye, I want her to marry me, and I am used as a shield, I really wronged her."

Fang Yu chuckled and said, "King Jing, Princess Rong Ye wants to marry you, she is willing, where is the grievance, the Queen Mother's heart is still towards Shui Ling'er, so King Jing, in my opinion, this is the best choice, let all the things and worldly eyes be borne by Princess Rong Ye."

Fang Yu saw that Situ Jing was silent, and said, "King Jing once said that he only wants to marry Shui Ling'er as his wife, even if you marry Princess Rongye, she is just a princess for decoration, but the wife in your heart is still Shui Ling'er."

Situ Jing also thought about this, but he couldn't cross the threshold in his heart, he said, "Let me think about it for a while." He stood up and walked in the direction of the room.

In the room, Situ Jing walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, looking at Shui Ling'er's sleeping face, all his worries seemed to disappear, he sighed and said, "Even if the sky falls, I will support it."

Shui Ling'er opened her eyes suddenly, she sat up, and said with a smile on her face, "And me."

Situ Jing was stunned by her for a moment, and then hooked the corners of his mouth and said, "It turns out that you pretended to be asleep and deceived Fang Yu."

"Can't sleep, wait for you to come back."

"It's rare that Shui Ling'er can't sleep."

Shui Ling'er wrapped her arms around Situ Jing, leaned on his arms, and said, "Brother Jing, I know that our relationship is incest, but I don't care about the name, I just want to be with you."

"Fang Yu and you said it?"

"No, it's what I want to say."

Situ Jing was silent for a moment and said, "Shui Ling'er, I want to protect you from harm."

"I know, so I don't mind if you marry Rong Ye as a princess, I can be your lover, and I will come over the wall every day to have a tryst with you." She had seen a lover go on a date over the wall in a small border town, and she would make some secret sounds, and she had long wanted to try it, she said, "We can make some secret signals with animal voices."

Situ Jing raised his eyebrows and said, "Where do you want to go, we don't have to have a tryst." He'll marry her.

Shui Ling'er said confidently, "Don't worry, I'm very good at climbing over the wall."

"I didn't say I wouldn't marry you, I just wanted to protect you, so let Rong Ye be the princess and you be the concubine, okay?" After thinking about it, he still asked, even if she wanted to beat him or scold him, he was willing to keep her by his side.

Shui Ling'er said with a sad face: "I don't like Rong Ye, if you marry her as a princess, won't you want to see her every day?"

"You don't have to see her every day, after I marry you, we will go back to the frontier and let her stay here, and she and I will be a husband and wife in name only." Even if she doesn't accept it, it's to be expected.

Shui Ling'er said without hesitation, "Okay." She and Situ Jing are incestuous in the first place, as long as they can be together, it doesn't matter what their status is.

Situ Jing knew that he had wronged her, and in the future, he would spend the rest of his life making up for her and living up to her.

In the next few days, Rong Ye's dowry and luggage from Beiyan were successively moved into Yuxuan Pavilion in King Jing's Mansion.

Xiao Rou went to King Jing's mansion first, and when she saw Shui Ling'er, she said with a high spirit: "The next person is the next person, and I want to fly on the branch to be the princess, and the princess who can be the king of Jing is only worthy of Princess Rongye."

Ziyi walked towards Xiao Rou with a flat expression, and slapped Xiao Rou in the face, saying, "Anyway, you are just a subordinate, and your status is not as good as Miss Shui Ling'er."

Xiao Rou angrily returned her hand, but was grabbed by Ziyi, who pushed her away hard.

Not to be outdone, Xiao Rou shouted, "You all remember for me, after Princess Rong Ye enters the door, Princess Rong Ye's Mansion will have the final say."

Shui Ling'er didn't want to quarrel with her, so she pulled the purple clothes and left.

After walking for a while, Ziyi said solemnly: "Miss, Princess Rong Ye has not passed the door yet, and her personal maid is so arrogant, I am afraid that after passing the door, she will be lawless."

Shui Ling'er lowered her head and said lightly, "I know." It was she who asked Situ Jing to marry Rong Ye as a concubine, even if she regrets it now, it will be useless.

"Miss, after Princess Rongye passes through the door, stay away from her, so that you won't run into her."

Shui Ling'er nodded understandingly.

At night, in the room, Shui Ling'er said to Situ Jing, "Brother Jing, on the day you and Rong Ye got married, I was going to sleep in Steward Chen's courtyard."

Situ Jing didn't think much about it and said, "You just sleep in my room, I won't go to Yuxuan Pavilion on the day I get married." The day he and Rong Ye got married, it was also the day Shui Ling'er passed through the door to be a concubine, and he just wanted to be with her.

Shui Ling'er said willfully, "I don't want to, I'm going to sleep with Steward Chen." It is the farthest away from Yuxuan Pavilion, so you won't see Rong Ye, let alone see Situ Jing walking into Yuxuan Pavilion on the day of marriage.

Situ Jing thought that Shui Ling'er was jealous, sighed, and said, "Okay, just according to your wishes." After all, he owes her.

The next day, in addition to the people coming and going in Yuxuan Pavilion, Steward Chen's courtyard was also busy.

Steward Chen said to Shui Ling'er, who was carrying her luggage, with a sad face: "Miss Shui Ling'er, I have no objection to you wanting to sleep, but it's always bad to be in this person's room on the wedding night, especially King Jing, who can't come here to sleep."

Shui Ling'er said flatly, "Brother Jing won't come." After all, on the wedding night, the groom will go to the bride's room, not her concubine's room.

Thinking of this Shui Ling'er, she couldn't help but feel sad, it was her decision, and it was useless to regret it.

Steward Chen said firmly, "King Jing will come." Everyone understands that King Jing only has Shui Ling'er in his heart, and marrying Rong Ye as a concubine is used to protect Shui Ling'er.

He thought for a moment, and then said, "Miss Shui Ling'er, there is the courtyard of Caiwei Pavilion behind the garden, and the scenery there is beautiful, so why don't you move there."

After Shui Ling'er heard that it was the garden, it was farther away than the courtyard here of Steward Chen, and she said, "Then I'll move there." As long as you hide far away, you won't see Rong Ye and Situ Jing on the day you get married.