love concubine

"Young Master Ji." There was a gentle and deep voice outside the door, which made me tremble slightly while sitting in front of the mirror, "I'm coming in."

"Wait!..." I picked up the unaccustomed woman's robe and stood up staggeringly. In the end, I needed the help of my maidservant, Sister Lan, to stabilize myself.

After some twists and turns, when I looked up, he was already standing in front of me.

The man was wearing a night blue and dark floral gown, and a light gray long-sleeved gown on the outside.The crane and deer jasper that was rewarded by the current emperor was hung on the girdle, a stone-encrusted gold crown was tied on the top of the head, and the long hair was loose on the back.

This handsome and proud man is called Cui Zhen.He is the adopted son of General Fengxuan of the former dynasty and the husband-in-law of Princess Ziyin, and the Xuanzhong King conferred by the emperor.

He is also the man that I, Ji Kexue, secretly admire.

But I dare not climb high.I am neither noble nor famous.

I am the male concubine of Princess Ziyin.

"Ready?" Prince Xuanzhong looked me up and down, then turned his face and asked Lan beside me.

"Go back to your lord, it's almost time."

He hummed, and then looked at me quietly for a moment. "Young Master Ji's lip makeup doesn't match the color. Is there anything else?"

Suddenly hearing him talk about my lips, my heart felt like a deer was beating wildly.

"But my lord...Princess Ziyin is usually painted with these...nothing else..." Lan lowered her head with a look of panic.

"My lord, should Ke Xue take off the lip makeup...?" I asked timidly.

"No. Forget it, anyway, you will wear a veil later. Remember, you are pretending to be a princess now, so don't make any mistakes."

"Yes, my lord..." I bowed my head, expressing that I have not forgotten my identity and my mission.

The truth is, Princess Ziyin left a few days ago.

At that time, Prince Cui Zhen was 19 years old and was bestowed a marriage by the emperor to marry Princess Ziyin.But maybe the princess was unwilling to marry a commoner by herself, and it was a man two years younger than her, so after the marriage, I heard that they were only superficially affectionate.But every night for the past three years, they never spent the night together in the same room.

Finally the emperor was anxious.After repeated questioning, the princess and the prince stayed together for several nights until dawn, and soon, the princess was happy.But she doesn't let anyone get close to her, except for her male and female bodyguards: An Jin and An Sang, and me, the male concubine.During the ten months of the princess's pregnancy, only the three of us were allowed by the princess to accompany me.Finally, the princess gave birth to a lovely baby boy.The emperor was very happy, and immediately canonized the princess' son Cui Yuxuan as Prince Xiang.

With a child, the house is full of excitement.While everyone was busy preparing for the little prince's hundred-day banquet, the princess and her two guards suddenly disappeared.I found the letter the princess left for me in my room.The few numbers in the letter probably show that she has fulfilled her responsibility as the princess of my court, and now she wants to travel and travel, but it is unknown when she will return.The little prince entrusted me to take care of him, and hoped that Prince Cui Zhen could find true love as soon as possible and marry that woman as his wife.

After learning about the princess' departure, the prince originally planned to report to the emperor.But his father, General Cui, said that recently someone secretly wanted to harm all the grandchildren of the emperor.Just a while ago, the emperor's eighth emperor's brother suddenly had a strange poison outside the Great Wall, and everyone in the court thought it was done by foreigners, which caused tension on the border.In addition, the second princess, who has been married for many years and is usually virtuous and gracious, is now suddenly exposed to have an affair with another man, as if she has been framed by someone.

So Old General Cui said, we should temporarily hide the fact that the princess has gone away, lest the princess be murdered outside.After all, now that the enemy is in the dark and we are clear, we still don't know what the other party's purpose is, so it is the best policy to find the princess as soon as possible.Moreover, Old General Cui has a wide network of contacts, and he also has many acquaintances in the court and in the arena.It might be more efficient for Mr. Cui to find someone than the men sent by the emperor.

But the [-]-day banquet is approaching, if the princess does not attend, it will inevitably arouse suspicion.Except for those two guards, I am the person who stays with the princess most often.I know what the princess likes, and I can dress up the words and deeds of the princess.So, the old general and the others asked me to pretend to be Princess Ziyin on the day of the Hundred Days Banquet.

At that time, after I knew the decision of the lord and the others, I felt an undue joy in my heart.Knowing that the whereabouts of the princess are unknown now, General Cui and the prince are very distressed, but I am secretly happy that I can be the wife of the prince for a day...

"Lan, Manager Wang said that the hall is not manned right now, so go and help first."

Lan cleverly bowed and nodded immediately, and walked out of the room quickly.

"Wait!..." I hurriedly called out, but everyone had already left.

"What's wrong?" Wang Ye frowned and looked at me.

"That... the bun is only half done... Kexue can't do it..." I replied timidly.what to do?Will Lan come back?I can't attend the Hundred Days Banquet with my hair disheveled, it will embarrass the princess!

The prince hesitated for a while, then suddenly sighed, "Sit down."

"……Ok?"

"I'll do it for you." As he said, he pushed me to sit in front of the mirror, picked up the white jade comb on the wooden table, and looked like he really wanted to comb my hair for me.

I looked at him in the mirror combing my hair silently, and there was only the noisy heartbeat in my ears.And my cheek... what to do, it seems to have a fever? !This situation really bothers me!  …

I put my hands on my heart and took a deep breath.

"Do not be nervous."

"……Ok?"

"You used to accompany the princess day and night, so you must understand her words and deeds. Besides, many of the guests who came tonight are people who have never seen the princess before, so you will definitely not be discovered."

"...But if it is discovered, it will be a crime of deceiving the king..."

"Even if it is, it is our Cui family's business. You are the concubine of the princess, even if you say you were forced."

I am the concubine of the princess... that's right... I belong to the princess, not to the prince...

Speaking of which, it was almost a year ago that I became the concubine of the princess.

At that time, in order to find my brother, I came to the capital alone when I was 14 years old, taking advantage of the crowds during the Chinese New Year.On the way, he spent the night in an unoccupied dilapidated house, and happened to find a qin outside the Great Wall.I remember listening to my mother-in-law play the piano when I was a child, and I liked it very much.Because he couldn't put it down, he finally came to the capital with the piano in his arms.

But the capital is vast, and it is really not easy to find my brother in the vast crowd.With my qin in my arms, I wander about without a fixed place.I was originally weak, and soon I couldn't support it.When I was about to use CDs to see a doctor and buy medicine, I ran into Sister Fu from Yerong Jingge.She took pity on me being lonely in the capital, and she said she was willing to give me food and shelter, but I had to play the qin in my hand every day in Yerongjing Pavilion.I agreed right away, but I didn't know until I got to that place that Yerong Jingge was the place where Yashi lived during the day, but it was a place for men and women to have fun at night.

I was very scared and wanted to decline Sister Fu's invitation, but she said: "Is there any place where you can get more information than the brothel? My younger brother is a man, and the brothel is the place where men must go. So I want to find my brother and stay. It’s the best place to be in Ye Rong Jing Pavilion.”I heard what Sister Fu said seemed to make sense, so I decided to stay.Luckily she didn't force me to be a boy.I followed her to re-learn the piano at night, and went to the hall to play during the day.Although the piano skills are rough, anyway, the people who come here just chat and read poems, who will pay attention to me?Only him... Xuanzhong King Cui Zhen, every time he comes, he always looks at me intently.But when I smiled at him, he would pretend not to see it with a straight face.It's so frustrating and sad.

I stayed in the capital like this for two years, but there was no news of my younger brother.One day when I was out shopping, suddenly a few big men behind me arrested me, saying that some uncle wanted to take me back and make me a male favorite.I panicked and yelled for help, but no one offered a helping hand.At this moment, a young man with a handsome face stood up and ordered the male and female guards behind him to stop him.Although I was safe in the end, the big man repeatedly threatened that their uncle would not let me go.I was worried about whether I should leave the capital, but the next night, Sister Fu from Rongjing Pavilion came to me and told me that Princess Ziyin wanted me to be her male concubine.

I was stunned and at a loss.People in the capital are really crazy enough, there are women who marry male concubines? !

So, I was "married" back by the princess in a daze.After I arrived at Prince Xuanzhong's mansion, I realized that the son who saved me that day was Princess Ziyin disguised as a man!I never imagined that a dignified princess would usually like to dress up as a man and play around.What is even more unexpected is that the person I have always cared about in Ye Rong Jing Pavilion is the princess' husband.

Although I have fallen in love with the prince since the first time I saw him in Ye Rong Jing Pavilion.But during the past year living in Prince Xuanzhong's mansion, I have always abided by my duty as a male concubine, and I dare not have any unreasonable thoughts about the prince.

"done."

I startled.When I came back from my memory, I found that the prince had combed my hair for me.

"Thank you, my lord..." It was unexpected that he, a lord, would know how to do a woman's hair.

I looked at him in the mirror, and I saw him hesitating to speak, which made me feel a burst of anticipation that shouldn't be there.

He suddenly took out a seemingly very expensive red butterfly gold Bu Yao from under his skirt, and hesitantly put it in his hand to play with, "This Bu Yao... I originally planned to give it to Zi Yin. Since you are her today, You can wear it."

In the copper-yellow mirror, the shadow of him inserting hairpins for me is reflected.Looking at his hand stroking my hair, and his eyes looking at that Bu Yao, my eyes became bitter.

That's right... I'm just a substitute for the princess, not the prince's wife.

"Okay." He said flatly.

I looked at the mirror and smiled wryly, "This step is very beautiful, the princess will definitely like it..."

He paused for a moment without speaking, and kept looking in the mirror, I don't know what he was thinking.

He sighed, "Get up. I'll put on your veil for you."

"The veil?!..." I immediately became nervous, "Kexue can just wear the veil by herself..." When I think of him touching my face, I don't know if my heart can bear it!

But the prince sighed, raised his eyebrows and smiled lightly, "Do you know how to wear this daughter's veil?"

"I!...I've seen the princess wear it!..."

"Yeah..." His face suddenly darkened, "That's right. The three of you often stay by her side, so the four of you must have a very good relationship."

"Ugh! Kexue dare not think about it! Although Kexue is the concubine of Her Royal Highness, the princess treats me like a younger brother, and there is absolutely no transgression between us!..."

"En." The prince said lightly, and did not speak again.

He looked at the lipstick on the wooden table, and finally said, "You can wear the veil yourself. Don't go anywhere, wait for Lan to come back." Before the prince stepped out of the room, he looked back at me With one glance, he suddenly frowned slightly, and then stepped away.