Chapter 40: Being a Concubine?

In the evening, Zhuo Zhao returned to the Yongcheng Marquis Mansion with joy and sorrow.

Aunt Mao led someone to pick her up at the big 'gate', and while accompanying her to the courtyard, she talked about the day's affairs. Zhuo Zhaojie listened to the time when he returned to his parents' house, everything was as usual, and he was relieved.

But Aunt Mao said: "Shi Niang arrived in the afternoon today, at first said that she wanted to talk to the lady, and the maid told her that the lady went back to Jingshanfang, and Shi Niang was very disappointed. However, after thinking for a while, he had to wait for the lady to come back in the mansion - now he is still in the 'flower' hall. ”

Zhuo Zhaojie said unexpectedly: "What did she say?" ”

"The maid asked a few times, and the ten mothers diverted the conversation, and the maid thought that she was probably only willing to tell the lady, right?" Mao Gu guessed.

"It's strange, what does she have to keep so secret?" Zhuo Zhaojie raised his eyebrows and said, "Besides, shouldn't she be in charge of the house over there now?" How do you have the time to come and wait for an afternoon? By the way, the two old grandmothers that her grandmother gave her are also here? ”

Mao Gu shook her head and said, "But I didn't see it, Shi Niang brought a 'girl'." ”

When I arrived at the 'flower' hall, I saw Ning Xianrong wearing a half-old bean green grape pattern narrow sleeve upper shirt, tied a water-colored fairy skirt, wearing a single snail, obliquely 'inserting' a hairpin, sitting at the table with a smile, looking out, obviously I had seen Zhuo Zhaojie, but I was stunned for a moment, and my pupils condensed. She hurriedly stood up and saluted, "Hello Ninth Sister-in-law!" ”

"Sit down." Zhuo Zhaojie beckoned, "As soon as I entered the mansion, I heard Aunt Mao say that you have been waiting for an afternoon?" But I'm really sorry, I don't know about this, early this morning, I got the news, and it was my eighth sister-in-law who was pregnant. I went back to congratulate her, and by the way I said something to my mother, I don't want to delay, but I am tired of you waiting for a long time! ”

Ning Xianrong hurriedly said: "Where did the ninth sister-in-law say?" Originally, I came uninvited, and Aunt Mao allowed me to bother here for a long time, which is already very good, not to mention that the ninth sister-in-law came over as soon as she came back? But it was I who told the ninth sister-in-law to stop breathing! ”

"Jingshanfang is back, and there is a carriage again, where is it going to rest?" Zhuo Zhaojie smiled and said, "Let's not say kind words...... You've been waiting for this for a long time, so what's the matter? ”

Ning Xianrong heard this, but she didn't know why, and suddenly blushed.

Zhuo Zhaojie was suspicious, and was about to continue asking, Ning Xianrong seemed to be ruthless, and begged: "Can I talk to the ninth sister-in-law alone?" ”

She seemed afraid that she would offend Aunt Mao and the others because of this, and explained with a hint of shyness, "This matter...... It's hard for me to say that there are too many people. ”

A person like Aunt Mao came over, and she roughly understood it at a glance, and couldn't help but smile slightly, and looked at Zhuo Zhaojie.

Zhuo Zhaojie was laughed at by Aunt Mao, and he also realized, so he smiled quietly: "You go down first." ”

When there were only two sisters-in-law left in the 'flower' hall, Ning Xianrong stood up, she 'handed' her hands, obviously very nervous, walked a few steps, and came to Zhuo Zhaojie, but suddenly knelt down!

"Shi Niang, what are you doing here?!" Zhuo Zhaojie couldn't help but be stunned!

Ning Xianrong took two steps on her knees, and Zhuo Zhaojie, who was about to stand up and support herself, stopped her, and said in a lamented voice: "I have a big matter to ask for the ninth sister-in-law!" ”

It's okay if she doesn't say big things, but when she talks about big things, Zhuo Zhaojie doesn't dare to agree to her, so she just says: "Something to say!" You're 'doing' this, so where am I in the mood to say anything? ”

"If the ninth sister-in-law doesn't promise me, I won't get up!" Ning Xianrong had obviously made up her mind to cheat, she said with tears in her eyes, "I know that the ninth sister-in-law is afraid that I will hurt you, so I don't dare to agree to me easily, but please listen to me and tell me what I asked!" ”

Zhuo Zhaojie had a headache for You Can's eldest sister-in-law Bai Zihua at her mother's house, but she never thought that she had just returned to the house, and she was also entangled by her sister-in-law, and she really didn't know what to say.

She settled down and said, "I think you got up and said it well, and you also know that there is a gap between our two rooms." If you don't kneel, I will agree, and if you can't agree, if you can't kneel, I won't agree. Why do you think you're doing this? ”

Ning Xianrong cried in despair when she heard her say this, and said, "I don't know if the ninth sister-in-law will agree to this matter?" But I really don't want to marry Tang Cheng - let alone be a concubine! ”

Zhuo Zhaojie was taken aback and said, "Tang Cheng? Being a concubine? ”

Ning Xianrong covered her face with a handkerchief and whimpered, "Isn't it? I don't hide it from the ninth sister-in-law, my mother-in-law doesn't like to have a son, so I won't talk about the two brothers. My seventh sister married a person with a low 'door' and a small number of dowries, but it was still a main house - when the seventh sister was not out of the cabinet, her 'temperament' was extremely soft, and it was still so. And what about me? I have tried to please my grandmother several times - these times my grandmother has asked me to take care of the family affairs of the big house, and what do you say my grandmother wants to hate me like these times? ”

"So she wants to marry you to Tang Cheng as a concubine?" Zhuo Zhaojie frowned, two years have passed, and the young son of the prince and Lu Ji has become more and more discredited than two years ago. If it weren't for the sake of the King of Yanchang County and Lu Ji, the prince tried his best to restrain him from making too much trouble, and with the things he did, he would have suppressed the name of the three tyrants in Beijing a long time ago.

Most of the various means are aimed at people who are also the sons of high-ranking 'men'; Shi Caifeng is good and amorous, but he does not like many things, and he does not stand in the way of his wide collection of beauties, and he can be regarded as having no quarrel with the world; Chun Yu Sangye's 'temperament' is short-tempered, but his temper comes and goes quickly--the three tyrants in Beijing can always avoid going and be safe.

But Tang Cheng is a good man and a good woman...... It was not the first time that people had been quietly lifted out of the East Palace. It's nothing more than relying on the prince to suppress the matter, and because the dead are just some subordinates, the saint and the queen don't like it when they know it, so they just give the prince face and pretend not to know.

- Such a person, unless he is a little lady who wants to be rich and crazy, who would be happy to marry him?

Ning Xian Rongzi is no exception.

Looking at her hesitant appearance, a touch of pity rose in Zhuo Zhaojie's heart, but the previous path of Yongcheng Marquis sympathizing with Ning Ruiwan was still there. Zhuo Zhaojie didn't want to be calculated because he sympathized with Ning Xianrong, so he immediately suppressed his pity and said: "This is really too much, go, I'll accompany you to see your grandmother!" Ask Grandma to be your master! ”

Ning Xianrong choked up and said: "Sister-in-law Jiu doesn't know, my mother asked me to embroider a few pieces of mandarin duck embroidery before, and she said at that time that she wanted to congratulate Sister-in-law Jiu and Brother Jiu on their new marriage." I believe it...... I didn't want to be the housekeeper for a few days, so someone quietly told me that those things had been sent to the East Palace by my mother-in-law! Mother-in-law...... My mother-in-law is planning to slander me for having a 'private' relationship with Tang Cheng, and force me to be a concubine for Tang Cheng in the name of being willing to be cheap! ”

Zhuo Zhaojie's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "How can you know so clearly?" What did that tell you? ”

"......" Ning Xianrong hesitated for a moment, understanding that if he didn't say it, Zhuo Zhaojie would definitely be suspicious, so he gritted his teeth and said, "I...... In the past two days, I have been helped by my grandmother's side to comb through the entire backyard of the Qiguo Mansion. There are a few old mothers in it, and I want to kick them out of the house because I feel sorry for my birth mother. As a result, an old woman didn't want to leave, so she took the news and 'exchanged' it with me. ”

Zhuo Zhaojie is also a family now, so he naturally knows the catty in these words, where will those old grandmothers be afraid of being kicked out? The little lady is not a concubine, and she will marry sooner or later, and Ou is the serious 'female' master of the Qiguo Mansion. Even if they were driven away in the hands of Ning Xianrong, but when they turned around, Ou Shi was "well", and they could come back with a greeting - if they just wanted to drive them out of the house, what was they afraid of?

I'm afraid that Ning Xianrong was also ruthless, and someone had to confess in order to save his life.

However, Heng Zhuo Zhaojie doesn't have a good impression of Ou Shi, and there is nothing wrong with having such a 'girl' as Ning Xianrong to block her.

Ben Quan believed these words, and said: "Then you will search for 'sex' and say that someone stole your embroidery - anyway, you also said that it was embroidered for us." ”

Ning Xianrong burst into tears when she heard this, and said, "Sister-in-law, you don't know, last year, when Tang Cheng went to the Qiguo Mansion, he ran to my courtyard several times. Along the way, the 'guards' didn't see him break into the backyard! I risked my life and took the scissors of the tailor to scare him away - my mother's embroidery was taken away, where would I have a chance to search the house to prove my innocence? Don't hide it from the ninth sister-in-law, the reason why I am here until now is that I don't dare to go back to the Qiguo Mansion! ”

"What about the two grandmothers that Grandmother gave you?" Zhuo Zhaojie asked in surprise.

"Yesterday, two grandmothers ate some wine, and they didn't wake up much this morning." Ning Xianrong's voice trembled slightly and said, "I got the news from the old lady, and I didn't dare to stay for a moment, so I hurriedly found a chance to escape!" ”

Zhuo Zhaojie glanced at her: "The grandmother given by my grandmother really can't wake up after eating wine?" ”

When she saw her, Ning Xianrong subconsciously lowered her head, paused, and told the truth: "I...... I have something I want to ask the old grandmothers, so yesterday I asked people to change the wine that my grandmother gave the grandmothers, and I don't want to ...... But he almost cheated himself. ”

Without the grandmother given by the eldest princess of Jiyang to support her, of course Ning Xianrong had to worry about being tied up or 'confused' by the Duchess of Qiguo, so she asked for 'sex' to give Tang Cheng raw rice to cook mature rice - it was finalized that she took the initiative to seduce Tang Cheng.

It's no wonder that she was obviously appointed by the eldest princess of Jiyang to take charge of the princess of Qiguo, but she went to the Yongcheng Marquis Mansion to nest for such an afternoon.

Thinking about it like this, Ning Xianrong didn't dare to look for the eldest princess of Jiyang, also because the eldest princess gave her grandmother, and she was dizzy by her own 'medicine'. Originally, the eldest princess used this granddaughter to suppress the Ou family, according to Zhuo Zhaojie, she saw the eldest princess of Jiyang treat grandchildren other than Ning Shaobi several times - even if it was a grandchild's granddaughter, such as Ning Ruiwu and Ning Ruiwan, the eldest princess actually didn't take it very seriously.

In the eyes of the eldest princess, I am afraid that there is only one real grandson, that is, Ning Shaobi.

The granddaughter, even if she flatters the eldest princess in every possible way, the eldest princess is like that in the end.

It's no wonder that Ning Xianrong was so panicked, but she only dared to run to the Yongcheng Marquis Mansion to hide, and she didn't dare to go to the Mansion of the Eldest Princess of Jiyang for help, because she was afraid that the 'medicine' would stun the grandmother given by the eldest princess and be questioned by the eldest princess.

The eldest princess punished her, once she was angry, she would be completely hopeless, and she might be arrested by the people sent by the Duchess of Qiguo.

Therefore, for Ning Xianrong at this moment, the Yongcheng Hou Mansion, which has a grudge against Dafang, but did not turn her out of the 'door' and was protected by the eldest princess, so that Dafang did not dare to chase in, is the safest.

As for why Ning Xianrong offended the old grandmother given by her grandmother like she was dizzy, Zhuo Zhaojie could guess that it was mostly related to Ning Xianrong's biological mother. Ning Xianrong's biological mother has passed away, maybe it has something to do with Ou Shi, or the old grandmother who told her about those embroideries.

There are a lot of such things in the backyard, and Zhuo Zhaojie didn't bother to ask again, so he just said: "According to what you said, the two old grandmothers given by grandmother should also wake up, why hasn't there been any movement on grandmother's side until now?" ”

Ning Xianrong's face turned pale, and she bit her 'lip' for a long time before she muttered, "I...... I don't know. ”