concubines

Li Chen strode towards the place where Yan'er lived, Qi Yunruo also hurriedly followed, the maid Fei Cui who was kneeling on the ground crying before led the way, Qi Niqun watched them go out blankly, and then angrily said: "What's going on? ?”

Liufang's expression was a little panicked, she looked outside and said, "It seems that something happened to the eldest lady."

"What a little slut," Qi Niqun said with vicious eyes, "Aside from causing trouble for me, what use is she for!"

Liufang trembled suddenly, lowered her head and dared not meet her eyes.

Yan'er still lived in the three rooms that Qi Yunruo lived in before. As soon as Li Chen entered, he could smell a vague stench in the room, mixed with the smell of spices, it was disgusting. Li Chen The anger in his heart was even stronger, he walked into the eldest daughter's bedroom with a few steps, saw Yan'er lying on the bed with a sallow face, and there was dirt beside the pillow, Qi Yunruo frowned and said: "Move the eldest lady out!"

Fei Cui cried and said, "I don't know where to move the eldest lady."

Li Chen bent down and hugged Yan'er in his arms, his face was gloomy as if he could drip water, a three-year-old girl is so light!Li Chen hugged Yan'er all the way out of Dongmei Courtyard. Qi Yunruo took off his coat and covered Yan'er. Li Chen looked ahead and didn't seem to see the Qi Ni skirt who came out in a hurry. Qi Yunruo said to the people serving him: "Go quickly." Please come the doctor."

Yan'er has been vomiting and diarrhea since last night, her clothes are not enough, and there is still dirt on her trousers, Li Chen put her on his bed, Lu Xuan quickly soaked a veil in hot water and wiped it for her, Li Chen Going out, she gave Fei Cui a slap in the face, and Fei Cui fell to the ground, her face quickly turned red and swollen.

"Say, what's going on!"

Qi Yunruo pressed Li Chen on the chair: "My lord, don't worry, don't get angry, ask someone to speak slowly..." He bowed to Li Chen's side, and kept stroking Li Chen's chest. He knew that the lord was approaching. For some days, I have been pressing things in my heart, and when I encountered the matter of the young lady again, it suddenly exploded.

Jade trembled and said: "The lychees that were brought into the palace were given to Dongmeiyuan in a basket. The princess ate a few, gave a plate to the second lady, and rewarded a few side concubines and the elder sisters who served by her side... The eldest lady is so greedy. However, the servant girl had no choice. In the afternoon, the servant girl went to the second lady's place. Seeing that the second lady didn't eat much, she secretly took some back to the eldest lady... Who would have thought that the eldest lady would have a stomachache at night. The water was about to be spit out, and the servants went to beg a few elder sisters, begging them to tell the princess, but..."

Li Chen was silent for a long time, Qi Yunruo felt his anger rising, Qi Yunruo became flustered, knelt down in front of him, and begged: "My lord, don't be angry, I beg you, don't be angry, the imperial doctor will come soon, miss It'll be fine."

Li Chen looked ahead and said "En".

The imperial doctor rushed to the inner room to see Yan'er, and asked about the situation of Fei Cui yesterday, and came out and said: "Missy has a disharmony of spleen and stomach, lychees are perishable, the weather is getting warmer these days, lychees should be chilled, baby The spleen and stomach are weak, so I can't take it anymore. I'm going to prescribe a warming and tonic prescription. Now the young lady should not eat, and don't drink too much water. It will be fine if the young lady feels hungry. Alright, you can have a bowl of rice porridge."

Li Chen nodded lightly, Qi Yunruo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Prepare the pen and ink for the imperial physician."

"Yes." Su Ge said sideways.

Seeing that the prince was in a daze, Qi Yunruo stepped aside and said to Su Ge: "Prepare some extra transportation expenses for this imperial physician."

"The servant knows."

Yan'er had already discharged all the contents in her stomach, and she didn't continue to vomit and diarrhea, but when she woke up, she was still crying in pain, her little hand was tightly pressing on her uncomfortable stomach, and Qi Yunruo felt uncomfortable watching it , Yan'er started to have a fever after a while, the imperial doctor said, it doesn't matter, when her stomach recovers, the fever will subside.

Li Chen stood in the bedroom, looking at his eldest daughter in a daze, Qi Yunruo frowned, and pulled the prince out, Li Chen remained silent, letting Qi Yunruo take him to the lake, with the breeze blowing, Li Chen's heart slowed down. Slowly settled down, he stretched out his hand to touch Qi Yunruo's face, relaxing his frowning brows.

Qi Yunruo said: "My lord, the imperial doctor said that the eldest lady will not feel uncomfortable after this period, and maybe she can have dinner in the evening."

"Ah."

After a while, Li Chen said: "Wangfei..." He was silent again, and after a long time, he said, "Wangfei!"

Qi Yunruo lowered his head and sighed.

Li Chen said coldly: "Arrest that maid, she didn't tell the truth."

Qi Yunruo was stunned for a moment.

Li Chen's voice was flat, "If the master is really worried, she should have come out from Dongmei courtyard early in the morning to look for me instead of waiting for me to go over. Every word she said was to irritate me."

Qi Yunruo said: "Is it Concubine Li Shu?" He suddenly remembered the scene where the second young master Li Mu had an accident last time. When the water was clear, there were no fish. The scene made him, a person who has no blood relationship with her, feel distressed, and judging from the dress and interior decoration of the young lady, Yan'er, she is indeed not doing well.

Li Chen blew the wind for a while and went back to see his daughter. Yan'er kept weeping and said she was uncomfortable. Li Chen picked her up and looked at her distressedly.

After a while, Yan'er started to vomit again, and she vomited on Li Chen's body. The maidservants rushed over to hug Yan'er, and changed Li Chen's clothes. , Yan'er spat a few mouthfuls, trembling all over, but fortunately fell asleep after a while.

Qi Niqun only came in the afternoon, she didn't know the scene well, she brought her maids and servants to visit Yan'er when she was dressed neatly, but when she came in, she saw the way Li Chen looked at her, and her heart skipped a beat.

Qi Niqun was a god of good fortune, but Li Chen didn't wake her up, Qi Niqun kept sweating, and her calves began to tremble, Li Chen said: "Princess, what did you say when you took Yan'er to your courtyard?"

Qi Niqun stood up and hurriedly said: "The concubine treats Yan'er according to the rules, but the concubine still has to take care of Ying'er, Ying'er is still young, so she can't leave the concubine. If you don't notice..."

"According to the division!" Li Chen said coldly, "Chu'er and Ying'er, have you followed the division?"

"The two of them are princesses..."

"Princess? They are princesses, but they are still Yan'er's sisters!"

Qi Niqun was completely flustered, and knelt down in front of Li Chen, "I beg your lord to be clear, since my concubine has to take care of her two daughters, she has indeed neglected Yan'er, but I have found a proper nanny to watch her." , My concubine also often asks questions."

Li Chen took a deep breath and said, "Princess, don't treat me as a fool. If you really ask questions frequently and send proper people to serve you, Yan'er won't even have decent clothes? There are only those things in the house." ? Will you not even have to eat a lychee?!"

Qi Niqun trembled, feeling flustered in her heart, but she suddenly remembered something, and said: "My lord, this is Concubine Li Shu who is framing my concubine. She often comes to look for Yan'er these days, I don't know what she said to Yan'er... "

Li Chen couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed Qi Niqun's clothes and dragged her to the inner room, even Qi Yunruo didn't react, Li Chen pulled Qi Niqun in, threw her on the ground, and roared: "Is this concubine Li Shu instigated? Look! Yan'er's three-year-old child only weighs a few pounds? She only has three or four pairs of trousers in total! She started to get sick yesterday, did you ask?"

Qi Yunruo hurriedly followed in, Li Chen's anger that had calmed down was provoked again by Qi Niqun, Qi Yunruo rushed over and hugged Li Chen's leg, "My lord, the young lady is recovering soon, don't be angry..."

Qi Niqun was slammed by Li Chen, and then there was overwhelming anger and resentment, her hairpins were all messed up, she looked at Qi Yunruo coldly, and slapped him suddenly, "You don't need to pretend to be a good person! You bastards made it up!"

A concubine!A lowly concubine!Her biological mother was just a maidservant in the queen's palace, and the prince actually did something to him because of her!Qi Niqun had completely lost her mind, and raised her hand with another slap—she didn't know that she looked as ferocious as a female ghost—but Li Chen stepped on her hand and crushed it hard, Qi Yun ignored her face Being beaten in pain, he found that the prince seemed to have lost his mind. He knelt down and hugged the prince's foot, and moved it away forcefully, "My lord! I'm fine, my lord...don't be like this..."

The room was in chaos, Liufang and Liubai quickly dragged Qi Niqun away, Qi Niqun screamed and roared, "Qi Yunruo! Concubine Li Shu! You bitches! Bitches!"

Li Chen was going to grab her again, Qi Yunruo burst into tears, hugged his leg tightly, and kept begging, "My lord, I beg you, please calm down, don't be angry, don't feel bad...My lord, my lord— "

Li Xiangchen staggered a few steps, Qi Yunruo stood up very quickly, supported him, put his hands on his chest, and found his heart beating fast, such a big movement, Yan'er was awakened long ago, and began to cry softly again, Li Chen closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes again, he had regained his clarity.

Li Chen squeezed Qi Yunruo's hand, moved to the bedside, and softly comforted his daughter, "Good Yan'er, father is here, don't cry... Father is here, good Yan'er, good daughter."

Qi Yunruo fell to the ground and wept bitterly.

In the afternoon, Yan'er felt better and was able to talk. Li Chen had been sitting on her bedside. Yan'er opened her eyes and saw him, and said with a soft smile, "Father."

"Well, father is here." Li Chen rubbed her head.

Yan'er looked at him with bright eyes, Li Chen asked softly: "Are you still uncomfortable?"

Yan'er nodded.

"Sleep for a while, it won't be uncomfortable when you wake up."

Yan'er nodded first, then frowned and said, "But is father still there?"

Li Chen smiled and said, "This is father's room, and father will always be here."

Yan'er was relieved now, she held Li Chen's hand with her little hand, and fell asleep again.

At this moment, Qi Yunruo was staying in the west wing room, his face was swollen from the beating, so it was difficult to go out, and now he was holding a cold handkerchief to his face, he was lying on the bed, in a complicated mood, Qi Niqun... was almost crazy It's the same, indiscriminate indiscriminate... But she is still the wife of the prince after all, and she can't just watch the prince beat his wife. If this matter gets out, I don't know how many people will attack the prince because of it. I'm afraid even the emperor will feel bad. happiness.

Qi Yunruo lay down for a while, when someone opened the door and came in, Qi Yunruo heard light footsteps, and smiled wryly, "Jing'er, you're here."

Jing'er was lying beside Qi Yunruo's bed, Qi Yunruo's swollen face could not be seen from this direction, Jing'er said: "What's wrong today? I heard a loud noise over there, but Mammy won't allow me to come over."

Qi Yunruo was silent for a while, then said: "Your elder sister is sick, your father is a little worried, there is nothing wrong, you don't have to worry."

"Sister is sick?" Jing'er actually didn't know Yan'er, but she was anxious for her, "I'm sick, do you want to drink bitter medicine?"

Qi Yunruo nodded and said, "Yes."

Jing'er sighed vaguely, "Hey, that's really bad."

Qi Yunruo smiled, Jing'er said, "Where's father?"

Qi Yunruo said: "Your father is still in a hurry, don't go to see your sister yet, I will take you there when my sister is well, you go back to your room first."

"That's fine," Jing'er said childishly, "I'll play with my sister when she gets well."

But before Jing'er went out, Li Chen came in, Jing'er saluted and said, "Father."

Li Chen nodded and said, "You go out first."

"Oh."

Li Chen walked to Qi Yunruo's bed, Qi Yunruo sat up, Li Chen looked at his face, stretched out his hand with some distress, and touched it lightly.

Qi Yunruo said with a smile: "My lord, I'm fine, it doesn't hurt at all."

Li Chen said, "I'm sorry, Xiao Qi."

Qi Yunruo was stunned for a moment, and then said: "My lord, this has nothing to do with you, the princess is too, and the princess is also in a hurry."

Li Chen heard him excuse Qi Niqun, and understood what he meant. After all, Xiao Qi still didn't want to have quarrels with his wife, he was afraid that it would affect his reputation outside.Li Chen sighed: "I'm angry with myself. It's true that Qi Niqun didn't take good care of Yan'er. What about me? I never cared about Yan'er. I thought she was with the princess. The princess's yard is the best in the backyard. Come on." There are also the most people, so that she can get the best care, I never care about her, even if I have a little care, those servants would not dare to obey and disobey, like this to the master."

Qi Yunruo said: "I don't blame you, my lord, you have too many things to care about, it's impossible to keep staring at the backyard." Qi Yunruo thought about it, and he was also at fault. Always neglecting the backyard, unwilling to contact the people in Qi Niqun's courtyard, what a beautiful girl Yan'er is, she is so pitiful...but he didn't say it out loud, it was too empty for him to say it to the prince.

Li Chen looked at his face, "Did you apply the medicine?"

"It's covered with ointment."

Li Chen nodded, hugged Qi Yunruo, being careful not to touch his face, Qi Yunruo put his hands on Li Chen's back, and said with a smile: "Look, everything is fine now, Missy won't be so uncomfortable at noon, I There is nothing wrong."

In the morning, Qi Yunruo asked Liu Fang to wash Qi Niqun's face and comb her hair before helping her back to the backyard, but there was no guarantee that this matter would not be known, Qi Yunruo was thinking about it, and he had to give his servants some instructions, Do not repeat even one sentence of what happened today.He remembered that when he sent Qi Niqun out, Qi Niqun looked at him, full of resentment and hatred, as if he wanted to crush him, but if Qi Yun was not afraid, he was just wondering, Qi Niqun was once so noble and beautiful How could this woman become like this?

He didn't understand Qi Niqun's pain of not having a son, and why she looked down on concubine sons and concubine daughters so much. He didn't know that the greater the achievements of Prince Chun, the more nervous Qi Niqun was. Prince, I have been bullied by those women who are not as good as myself.

Qi Yunruo will never have children in this life, but he likes Jing'er and Yan'er very much. He also thinks Mu'er, whom he only saw once last time, is cute. If he took care of them by himself, he would not dare to ask them to leave for a while. You have to keep your eyes on them closely, and don't let them get hurt.

In the evening, Li Chen mentioned to Qi Yunruo that he wanted Yan'er to stay in Molianyuan.

"I've thought about it. The rest of the people are not suitable, neither Concubine Ji nor Concubine Wei. Concubine Li Shu..." Li Chen's voice was a little cold, "The rest are either too low-status or too active-minded. Now Yan'er I can’t live without people, so I think we’ll let her live here.”

"Yes." Qi Yunruo said.

Molian Courtyard is located in the middle of the palace. It is a courtyard with two entrances. The inner courtyard is for living, and the outer courtyard has a study room for discussion. The north of the inner courtyard is where Li Chen lives. , there are only two huts on the east side, the rest is a large flower bed, and the southeast corner is the door from the inner courtyard to the outer courtyard. Li Chen said: "Although there are only two rooms, they are not small, and the furnishings are complete. If you pack it up, you can live there.”

Qi Yunruo nodded and said: "When Yan'er grows up, you can choose a small yard for her in the backyard and let her live by herself."

Li Chen nodded and said: "I think so too." If there is no accident, there will be no newcomers in the palace.

After the two finished talking, Li Chen went back to see Yan'er. Yan'er finally regained her energy, but she still didn't want to eat. The imperial doctor came again in the evening and said that the young lady would be fine tomorrow.

Qi Yunruo ordered people to tidy up the East Wing, and at the same time asked Mammy to call someone from the sewing room the next day to measure Yan'er and make more clothes.

After Yan'er fell asleep, Li Chen went to an empty room outside. The maid Fei Cui was tied up and thrown on the ground, her face still had the wounds from Li Chen's beating. The strength of beating Qi Yunruo was completely different, and now Fei Cui's face was still bruised and purple, and one eye was swollen.

When she saw the lord, she knelt down with difficulty, "My lord, what this servant said is true, my lord, this servant wants to take good care of the eldest lady."

Li Chen said coldly: "Miss can't detect that the lychees are broken, don't you know?"

Fei Cui said: "Lychees are so precious that slaves dare not taste them."

Li Chen nodded and said, "How dare you ask Miss to eat something you don't even taste?"

Fei Cui tremblingly said: "I saw that my sisters and the second young lady are all fine after eating..."

"Missy has been ill for some time. You can't find the concubine at night, can't you find it during the day? But you just waited for this king to go... What if this king doesn't go?"

Fei Cui couldn't say a word, she just said: "Your Majesty, please spare this servant, I beg you to spare this servant."

Li Chen said coldly: "You were the eldest lady who followed Concubine Li when she first moved to Dongmei Courtyard?"

Jade's eyes drifted wildly, not daring to look at Li Chen.

Li Chen knelt down and pinched her chin, "What did Concubine Li Shu tell you, explain every word clearly! Otherwise, this king will cut you alive!"

"Your servant said! Your servant said!" Fei Cui cried, "Yesterday Concubine Li Shu said that she deliberately gave the eldest lady bad food in recent days. The lychee was delivered yesterday, and the princess fell into the well. The servant and concubine Li discussed the purpose Give the eldest miss bad lychees to eat... But the prince and the princess did not treat the eldest miss well, and the lychees were indeed stolen by the servants from the second miss. The eldest miss lives in Dongmeiyuan, and her life is not as good as that of a decent girl. You also met today, the maidservant and Concubine Li did it for the purpose of getting the eldest lady to leave Dongmei courtyard..."

Li Chen stood up and said calmly: "How old is she, how dare you do this? What if Yan'er can't make it through? Have you thought about the consequences? Yan'er is my prince's daughter, and you haven't thought about telling Ben directly. How is she doing, Wang?"

Jade trembled, not daring to say a word.

Li Chen said coldly: "I won't kill you, I'm trying to accumulate blessings for Yan'er." Li Chen beckoned a few guards, "Twenty boards, pour dumb medicine, and sell it."

"My lord, my lord... please spare your slaves, my lord—"

Outside the door, Qi Yunruo waited quietly for him to come out.

Li Chen walked over and hugged him tightly.

"Little Qi..."

Qi Yunruo smiled, "My lord, nothing like this will happen again in the future, and your children will grow up safely and live a healthy life."