Chapter 17: The Day of the Grounding
When Jiuyu went out and returned that night, King Changping was sitting in the main hall of the east room, and Jiuyu bumped into him, kneeling on the ground with red sleeves, bowing his head and not saying a word. Jiuyu knew that today's identity would not be able to be hidden. Su Zisheng slowly stood up, "Where have you been?" ”
"I ...... It's a little boring in this room, so let Bixiang accompany me to relax. ”
"Scattered, do you want to wear like this? You are dressed in red, but you look like a person. ”
Jiu Yu sighed and lowered her head, "The prince retreated, and then waited here alone for me to come back, but is this just to ask this?" ”
"Yu'er, I don't care who you are, but please tell me the truth."
"Today, I told you to go, except for Red Sleeves and Bixiang, no one knows." Jiuyu sighed, "You two should step back first." ”
"Yes." Red Sleeves and Bixiang retreated, and at this moment, only Jiuyu and King Changping were left in the hall, Su Zisheng slowly walked in front of Jiuyu, "Can you say it now?" ”
"I'm the female killer wanted by the government - September in Red."
"Actually, I guessed, but I just can't believe it, maybe I just want to get the answer from your mouth."
"Is the prince satisfied this time? The prince's concubine is a killer, not a boudoir lady, does the prince want to kill his relatives this time? ”
"What if I say that Murong Jiuyu is just attracting me, and the red-clothed September really wins my heart?"
Jiuyu heard this, and suddenly raised her head, "What did you say?" ”
"On the wedding night, the Jianghu qi on your body attracted my attention, you are different from ordinary women, this is the reason why I am willing to understand you in the future, do you think that I, Su Zisheng, will casually be tempted by a boudoir lady everywhere?" Su Zisheng's words made Jiuyu unable to say how she was feeling at the moment, she didn't know if she was excited or something else at the moment, Su Zisheng gently stroked the broken hair in front of Jiuyu's forehead, "But now that you are pregnant with our flesh and blood, can you not take risks again?" ”
Jiuyu nodded, "I know, it's just this person today, I have to kill him, I didn't succeed today, but I will not let him go in the future." ”
"Who is this person?"
"When the court slaughters Luo Ao."
"You're going to kill him? Do you know what's going on? ”
"How could I not know? I killed his son when I first came out of the rivers and lakes, presumably he is the person who wants to arrest me the most in this city of Hezhou, but the woman who was beheaded that day carried the black cauldron for me, but how can I hide the old fox Luo Ao? He's been secretly investigating, and one day he'll find out about me. Before he finds me, I need him to go to Hades. ”
Looking at Jiuyu in front of him, Su Zisheng seemed to see another person, he never thought that the princess, who was gentle and gentle all day long, would be a killer in the rivers and lakes, and now Jiuyu's eyes are full of murderous energy, this doesn't seem to be the princess he gets along with on weekdays.
"That being the case, leave this matter to me, and I will make him disappear from the court justifiably, but...... Give me some time. ”
"What do you mean by that?"
"Since you have told me your biggest secret, then I will exchange with you, in fact, I have been secretly investigating the rebellion of the court officials, and now the officials of the court and China are colluding in a vain attempt to support the third prince to ascend to the throne. If it continues like this, I'm afraid the emperor will be in danger, and the appearance of this black miasma in the city of Hezhou is really unbearable. So...... Please rest assured, Luo Ao will be handed over to me. All right? ”
Jiuyu looked at Su Zisheng's sincere eyes, then nodded, and before the words fell, Zhan Hongyan's voice sounded outside the door, "Sister, can you sleep?" ”
At this time, Jiuyu was still dressed in red, I didn't know what to do, seeing that Zhan Hongya was about to enter the door, Su Zisheng pushed her into the cabinet, and then returned to the main hall, Zhan Hongyan pushed the door in, and saw Su Zisheng sitting in the hall "Lord Wang......"
"It's so late, why are you here?"
"I heard that my sister has been unwell recently, so I came to visit, can Sister Jiuyu sleep?"
"Yu'er is not feeling well today, and she has fallen asleep."
"Since the body is not happy, the concubine should also visit, so that I can feel at ease. The prince should not stop the concubine. ”
Su Zisheng was just about to speak, but Jiuyu looked tired, and walked out of the cabinet in a white dress, "Since my sister wants to see it, the prince doesn't have to stop it." After that, he stood in front of Zhan Hongya, "If my sister wants to see it, let's see it." ”
Zhan Hongyan looked at Jiu Yu in front of her, then turned her head to look at Su Zisheng, sighed silently, and said, "Since my sister is fine, I am relieved." Then he saluted and left, Jiuyu saw Zhan Hongyan leaving, and exhaled a long breath, "It's good that the prince is here today, otherwise I will show my stuffing." ”
"Are you still talking nonsense? From this day onwards, you shall not leave the palace even after nightfall. ”
"Su Zisheng, you are restricting me. Did You Know? ”
"You are my wife, you should listen to me, not to mention that you are still pregnant with our child, even if I restrict your whereabouts, what then?" Su Zisheng looked at Murong Jiuyu in front of him with a ruffian face, Jiuyu couldn't say a word when Su Zisheng choked on him, so he simply didn't speak, and whatever Su Zisheng said, Jiuyu was the same, ignoring what he said.
When Su Zisheng saw Jiuyu like this, he laughed, "Are you gambling with me?" ”
Jiuyu still didn't speak, sitting on the side with a straight face, Su Zisheng quietly stretched out his right hand behind Jiuyu, quietly put his hand on her shoulder, and hugged him tightly into his arms.
"What are you doing?"
"You're finally willing to speak?"
Jiuyu's face suddenly turned red, "I can be pregnant with your child now, you are not allowed to come nonsense." Su Zisheng burst out laughing, "What do you think I will do?" Then he smiled and looked at Jiuyu, who pushed him away and turned to the cabinet. Su Zisheng looked at Jiuyu's back, his face full of spoiling.
Early the next morning, Zhan Hongyan sat in the room in a regular manner.
"Mother." Ginkgo walked in with a tocolytic. Zhan Hongyan sighed slightly, "Drinking these tonic pills all day long, my whole body is like a medicine jar." It's disgusting. ”
"Niangniang, this medicine is excellent for the fetus in the womb. Niangniang must not play tricks. ”
Zhan Hongyan gently stroked her lower abdomen, "If this child can keep me sitting on the throne of the princess, then I will also die a well-deserved death." ”
"Niangniang, Niangniang, don't be impulsive, this child in your womb is not easy to come by."
"If this kid helps me move to Murong Jiuyu, are you afraid that I won't have a son in the future?" Zhan Hongya picked up the medicine bowl on the table, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, and she drank the soup in the bowl.
Ginkgo stood beside Zhan Hongya, today's Zhan Hongya is no longer the second lady of Kaifeng Mansion who once fought on the battlefield, let alone the heroic woman who does not love red clothes and loves arms. Today's Zhan Hongyan is committed to this deep mansion compound because of her childhood relationship, and she is intriguing with others for the position of a concubine.
At this time, Jiuyu is standing in the corridor, looking at the blooming peony flowers, and now this month, it is the beautiful season when the peony flowers bloom, and flower appreciation has become Jiuyu's favorite thing to do every day.
"This peony blooms beautifully." Jiuyu's fingertips gently touched the buds of the big red peony flower. At this time, Zhan Hongyan walked behind her, "The red color of this peony is more moving, even though the peony is graceful and luxurious, but it is not as swaying as this peony flower." Zhan Hongyan said that although this peony is a national color, it is not as graceful and moving as the peony flower, obviously saying that although Murong Jiuyu is a concubine, she also has to live in the shadow of the side concubine.
"Sister, is she free today?"
"It's not, these days are spent in the room to raise a baby, idle and boring." Zhan Hongyan sat on the stone bench next to her and said with a smirk, "Does my sister like this peony flower?" In my sister's opinion, although peony and peony are similar, they are not as beautiful as peony. ”
"I don't know if my sister has ever heard of it, only the peony is true to the country, and the flowers move the capital when they bloom. No matter how beautiful the peony is, it is also a demonic thing after all, and it is not elegant, the flowers are like this, and so are the people. My sister is not feeling well today, so I won't accompany my sister to enjoy the flowers and sing poetry. ”
Jiuyu got up and was about to leave, but at this time, Zhan Hongyan grabbed Jiuyu's hand, "Murong Jiuyu, what do you think you are, to humiliate me?" Seeing Zhan Hongya's state, Jiuyu was very puzzled, why did she, who usually had a false face, suddenly tear her face? Jiuyu shook off her hand, "Zhan Hongyan, I didn't humiliate you, now you are the side concubine, and I am the main concubine, please put yourself in the right position." ”
In the corridor at this moment, there are only Zhan Hongya and Jiuyu, and the maid's entourage are standing at the rockery not far away, Zhan Hongya took two steps back slightly, and fell into the water.
When Zhan Hongya woke up, Jiu Yu and Su Zisheng were by her side, Zhan Hongyan coughed twice and said, "Lord Wang, all concubines are not in good health, and they fell into the water, which frightened you." ”
"How could you be so careless."
"At that time, I was enjoying flowers and reciting poems with my sister, and I didn't think that I accidentally fell into the lake, and the prince didn't blame my sister, it was the concubine who was careless." Zhan Hongyan's appearance at this time made Murong Jiuyu roll her eyes, she didn't expect that a person who practiced martial arts, a woman who had been fighting on the battlefield since the age of fourteen, would use bitter meat to compete for favor like this.
Jiuyu sat aside and gently touched Zhan Hongyan's forehead, and was still a little hot, "Since you are pregnant, you can't use medicine indiscriminately, now you have a fever, you have to be careful with medicine." ”
"I heard that my sister's imperial doctor's medical skills are extremely high, can you let Imperial Doctor Zhang treat my sister?"
Jiu Yu was confused by what she said, so she agreed, although she knew that Zhan Hongyan must not have any good intentions in her heart, but she couldn't refuse in front of the prince.
After returning to the room, Bi Xiang asked Jiu Yu, "Today, the Zhan side concubine didn't frame Miss and frame her for falling into the water?" ”
"To be honest, I am also very puzzled by this matter, it stands to reason that only the two of us were by the pool at that time, if she blames me, I can't argue, and no one can take away the charge of harming the child in her womb. But why did she do this? ”
Bi Xiang thought for a moment, "Not only that, but she also has to go to Imperial Doctor Zhang, this matter is ...... What's wrong? ”
As soon as the words fell, Red Sleeves walked in, "It's stuffy outside, but I really need to drink some mung bean soup to relieve the heat, but if you replace this bean with something else, I'm afraid it will be counterproductive." Red Sleeves put the boiled mung bean soup on the table, Jiu Yu looked at the mung bean soup in front of him, and thought about what Red Sleeves said just now. Suddenly I felt that something was wrong.
"The purpose of Zhan Hongya is not this, she fell into the water this time just to think of a counter-effect, if she framed me, but no one will believe her, and now the first thing she said when she woke up was to justify me, if there is something in the future, I am afraid that no one will believe me." Jiuyu sighed slightly, "Just like this mung bean soup, if you replace the beans with something else, I'm afraid it will be counterproductive." But why did she want to use my imperial doctor for her own use? ”