Chapter 286 From Jealousy
He Shaoqing and Lingdang were discussing to take out some insect-bitten cloth in the warehouse and dispose of it. When they were talking about several countermeasures, they saw Hongfang coming in angrily from the outside and patting the door with one hand, and there was a loud noise, which shocked everyone.
Lingdang looked back at Hongfang's extremely ugly face, and he was also timid. Hearing He Qianqing calmly order, "Lingdang, go and see what has been done in the needle room recently and pull two people out. Everyone else, please go down. I have something to say to the prince. Hearing He Qianqing's order, everyone was relieved and bowed to salute one after another and quickly fled the scene of the impending disaster.
The maids retreated one by one, and Hongfang's expression remained motionless. He Shaoqing walked over as if nothing had happened and smiled gently at Hongfang: "The prince came back early today and asked people to stew corn, lily and red dates soup. Originally, I thought you would have to come back at night, or I would let someone, ah!" Before He Qianqing finished speaking, she was suddenly grabbed by Hongfang's wrist. She was so strong that she couldn't help exclaiming in pain.
"What are you doing to provoke her?" Hongfang looked at her wrinkled little face because of pain and did not mean to let go.
He Shaoqing sweated with pain. Hongfang's strength was so strong that she couldn't break away. She was afraid that if he didn't let go, he would break her hand. She quickly broke Hongfang's palm with the other hand. "My lord, my hand is going to be broken."
Hearing what she said, Hongfang let go of his hand. He Shaoqing's white wrist showed a crimson strangulation mark against her skin, which was very shocking.
She rubbed her wrist and knew where Hongfang's anger came from, but she was also angry. However, he invited a guest to the house, but his husband was so nervous that he could eat people, and they knew each other what the guest was.
When Hongfang saw the red marks on her hand, he felt a little embarrassed. He turned around, walked to the chair beside him, and sat silently.
In the past, it was a monthly practice for Hongfang to come to her house. The time was as accurate as a devout believer to go to the temple to the temple. Except for those days, it was difficult to see him at other times. Although such a day was early for He Shaoqing, it was a lie to see him speak coldly to her like a routine and take good care of his concubine. It's a lie to say that he is not jealous. However, Hongfang is too good at covering up. In front of outsiders, he and she are like a couple with piano and singing.
When He Shaoqing saw him tear his face, he didn't bother to put on a smiling face to greet him. He went to the seat next to him and sat down and said softly, "The prince is too worried. I'm just looking forward to the name of Mrs. Yonghou for a long time, and I just want to get to get to know him." Hongfang stared over, and He Qianqing still said calmly, "What's more, the royal palace had sent so many things to her before, and she had to come to thank her."
Hongfang said unhappily, "Who told you that it was sent by the royal palace?"
He Qianqing smiled gently and looked at his inexplicable anger, "Didn't the prince send it there in my name? Am I not from the royal palace? I don't object to giving gifts to others, but I always have to know who this person is and what he looks like, otherwise others will ask me how to answer. Hongfang was stopped by what she said and knew that he was impulsive for a moment. He was afraid that He Qianqing would be in trouble with Shaohua, so he came over so angrily, hoping to take the lead, but he didn't expect to be suppressed.
He Shaoqing naturally knew that Hongfang was wrong, but he was also glad that Hongfang was not an unreasonable person, but the more she knew about Hongfang, the more complicated her mood would be.
"You'd better not have any intentions against her." After a long time, Hong just spit out a sentence.
He Qianqing laughed angrily, "The prince thinks I have any intention for her. As Mrs. Xingyonghou and the righteous daughter of Dingxihou, even her son can be named by the emperor. It's too late for me to flatter such a nobleman. On the contrary, the prince has become more and more regular. It is often said that he does not pay attention to anything and gives gifts and medicine to other people's wives and children for no reason. Outsiders know what to think, what will Xing Yonghou think. By the way, He Shaoqing suddenly spit out the resentment in his heart, "Others don't want to accept gifts, but the prince gave it to him in a different name, so that people can return the gift intact. I, the party, is still in the dark. I would like to know what the prince's intention is. He was rejected so much that he was still in a hurry to give gifts. If the prince was so interested in Mrs. Xingyong, why didn't he marry her as the prince's concubine at the beginning?
Maybe he was used to seeing He Shaoqing's quiet and gentleness. Hongfang didn't expect that the angry cat also had some tiger power. This sneer was like hot oil, pouring his anger, especially the last sentence, which hit Hongfang's pain, and he immediately jumped up from the chair.
"He Shaoqing, shut up!" Hongfang was so angry that he scolded her by name, "What I do is my business. You don't have to worry about it."
Taking advantage of the anger, He Shaoqing didn't care about being reserved and said sarcastically one after another: "Of course, I don't care what the prince wants to do, but please be self-disciplined. Not to mention Li Wuniang's family status, she is already someone else's wife, and the prince should stop."
He Shaoqing said fiercely, but he didn't expect to receive a slap in the sky, which made her look a little golden.
"Master!" The bell, which had been hiding outside to eavesdrop, heard the applause and rushed in. He happened to see He Qianqing's red and swollen face and was stunned.
"Get out of here!" Hongfang stared at the bell angrily, which scared her to soften her legs and fell to the ground. He turned his head to look at He Qianqing, "Just remember your identity. I won't be polite next time!"
After saying that, he turned around and walked out without looking at He Shaoqing.
It was not until he walked far away that the bell got up from the ground tremblingly and staggered towards He Qianqing. Looking at her sitting in a daze on the chair, the bell was so distressed that tears fell down, "Master, does it hurt? The prince is like this. I'll call a doctor."
He Qianqing grabbed her and shook his head at her: "It's okay. Don't ask a doctor. Just find some medicine."
She didn't know how hot she was just now. She thought she could bear it. Even if she couldn't sing with her husband and wife, she could at least respect each other as if she was old, she would do her duty. The differential treatment of the concubines' pregnancy and her own Wuzi soup afterwards made her a little chill, and Shaohua's appearance made her feel sad. But He Shaoqing still knew in his heart that all this was just a sad sustenance for a man's unavailable sweetheart.
Looking at the concubines in the backyard, He Shaoqing told himself not to expect to be favored by Hongfang and not to be moved by him. This man is just her support for the rest of her life. As long as she does a good job in a main room, a concubine should have the generity and glory, and don't expect anything else.
But when he heard that Hongfang was angry with her because he was worried that she would be unfavorable to Shaohua, his heart was like to overturn the five-flavor bottle, resentment, anger, and unwillingness and sourness. When she** nakedly broke through Hongfang's cover and pointed to his feelings for Shaohua, Hongfang's reaction was like adding fuel to the fire, pulling her jealousy out from the bottom of her heart. For a while, she really hated Shaohua. Obviously, she was already a husband and a son. Why could she occupy another man's heart and even let her see her everywhere?
He Shaoqing didn't understand how deep Hongfang's feelings for Shaohua was, and she didn't know what the past was between them. She was just unwilling. Even a woman with the same figure as Shaohua could be favored by Hongfang. As his wife, she had to pretend to be generous.
When she exhaled her resentment, Hongfang was already angry and woke up two people with a slap. Only then did He Shaoqing find that she could not ignore Hongfang at all and could not be as tolerant and generous as she thought. Almost every time Hongfang came, she dressed up carefully, only looking forward to a compliment from him. The care of her concubine just hoped that she had multiple opportunities to see Hongfang.
Before today, Hongfang gave her everything he could give except love. His talent, his appearance and his temperament have long been deeply imprinted into her heart at the same time as the red cover was lifted. He Qianqing didn't dare to tell herself that in fact, she liked him, but she was afraid of disappointment, so she tried to pretend not to care.
Ling wiped away her tears with her backhand, hurriedly found the ointment and gently applied it to He Shaoqing's face. The hot feeling made her frown. Lingdang asked nervously, "Master, did I hurt you?"
He Shaoqing saw her cry again and shook his head and said, "Don't cry. I said it was okay. This matter must be suppressed by me. Don't let anyone spread it out, or you will be expelled from the palace.
Although the bell didn't want to, he only nod his head and said sadly, "Master, why do you still protect him when you treat you like this?"
She doesn't know whether she is worried about being known by her embarrassment or that people will slander Hongfang's reputation. After all, it is extremely disgraceful to like a married woman.
He Shaoqing suddenly became serious and said to Lingdang seriously, "Lingdang, remember that the future master of the royal palace is the son of the world. If he is told something outside, we won't get well." When she realized that she liked Hongfang, He Shaoqing immediately seemed to have changed. Go and tell all the aunts that from tomorrow, all of them will start to set rules.
If she said before, she just wanted to calm down, be a generous main room, and spend the rest of her life peacefully. But when she knows her feelings, she is no longer willing to just give in and get her husband's heart. At least she has to pinch his people. There are so many rivals that she can't defeat the master, at least she can make Shaohua's shadow disappear in front of her eyes.
Far away from Xingyonghou Mansion, Shaohua sneezed for no reason. Bidie hurried to find the cloak and poured a cup of hot tea. "Madam, what's the matter? Don't you feel cold? Isn't it a cold?" Looking back at the door, there was no wind at all.
Shaohua also felt puzzled. He held the teacup and smiled and said, "How can it be so easy to catch a cold? I'm very strong." If it hadn't been for taking the powder ball, she would have wanted to sneak out and run. After staying at home for a long time, she would be lazy. By the way, you just came to Xu Erlang and then what about it?
Chu He quickly recovered his tone and continued the interrupted topic: "He said he wanted to take the water spirit back, so I told him that his wife had already released the water spirit out of the house, and I don't know where she went." Chu He swallowed his breath and had a strange expression on his face, "I saw that his face was gray and his clothes were torn. He looked like he had been beaten. He wanted to ask him what was going on, but he refused to answer. He also muttered why he wanted to let go of the water spirit. I think it's strange that he is not happy when we kindly let the water spirit out. Isn't he interested in the water spirit? Why does he still want her to be a slave in the house?
Shaohua didn't know what was going on. He probably guessed that Shuiling was either captured or abandoned Xu Zixiang and left. After Xu Xinru's death, she asked someone to sort out her things and found that there was a lot of jewelry missing, thinking that she might have been taken away by Shuiling.
"Madam, did you say that the imperial concubine came to you because of the matter of Pingzhou?" Chu He woke up Shaohua softly, "I heard that the brothers of the concubine are also involved."
"It's none of my business, and I can't help." Shaohua frowned. In theory, the power of the royal palace is bigger than that of a marquis mansion, and Yan Kaizhi did not participate in this matter.
"Who doesn't know that our marquis is a celebrity in front of Long Live Lord." Chu He curled his lips and said.
Shaohua glanced at her white, "He's still a red man. As soon as King Doro died, he wanted to ask for his life to pick up Lanzhi and was scolded." Yan Kaizhi once told her that Hongyi patted her chest and promised to pick up Lanzhi back. Doro has a terrible custom that once the king dies, the harem is either martyred or married to the next king. As a princess, Lanzhi should not be as good as accompanying him, but it may not be a good thing to marry the future King Doro, so Yan Kaizhi is anxious to pick up Lanzhi back.
However, there have been too many headaches for Hongyi recently, and it is expected that Yan Kaizhi will be scolded.