Chapter 82: Eyes Swollen from Crying
Under the moonlight, Qi Qing, dressed up carefully, looked as beautiful and charming as a blooming flower.
If he were to meet Prince Heng, he would probably bring the beauty into the house directly and not waste this night of love.
Unfortunately, Chu Cong frowned as he watched this scene: "Qi, didn't the nanny teach you the rules?"
The desire to win favor was clear and obvious in Qi Qing's eyes.
If Hai Jiaren did not compete for favor and was not jealous of the position of concubine, how could she harm others and herself?
"Your Majesty, I, I was wrong."
Qi Qing quickly knelt down, her eyes filled with fear.
"Once you enter Prince Lin's Mansion, do not have the intention of competing for favor and harming others, otherwise..."
Chu Cong's cold voice rang out, and Qi Qing said repeatedly, "Your Majesty, I will remember this in my heart."
"Let's go back to the house." Chu Cong spoke. Qi Qing only felt the ink-black sleeves flash before his eyes. The next moment, he heard Cheng Lanshu's voice coming from the west courtyard.
Qi Qing stumbled, and her maid Zhehua quickly helped her up. When they returned to the room, Qi Qing's legs went limp: "Zhehua, tell me, what did the prince mean just now?"
"After Mammy came, she didn't tell me any rules?"
"I just want to serve the prince first, is that wrong?"
Qi Qing's eyes turned red, and her hands tightly grasped the handkerchief. If she didn't fight for favor, what status would she have in the Prince Lin's Mansion in the future?
"Master, the prince may not like to compete for favor and harm others. Master is just misunderstood." Zhehua said comfortingly.
Qi Qing was in tears. He stared at the lights in the west courtyard room, turned off the lights, threw himself on the bed, and cried all night.
The next day, Qi Qing went to Qiutang Courtyard to pay her respects with a pair of red and swollen eyes. When she saw Cheng Lanshu, who was beaming with joy, she snorted coldly, "Serving the prince first doesn't mean anything."
After saying that, Qi Qing walked quickly towards Qiutang Courtyard. She had to keep a close eye on the concubine.
"master."
Dielan was about to say something unwillingly, but Cheng Lanshu pulled her back and said, "Dielan, I'll serve the prince first. I've already gotten the advantage, so don't worry about it."
Youlan Courtyard.
Shen Lingshu climbed up from the bed. She had been lying there for several days. Today she felt much better. She walked around the room and felt much more comfortable. An An and Bei Bei were sleeping soundly on the rocking bed.
"You guys are truly mommy's angel babies."
Shen Lingshu sat next to the rocking bed. During the days of confinement, a wet nurse fed the baby at night, and she would feed the baby during the day. She didn't have to worry about the child the whole time. Nanny Hua and Nanny Liu arranged the two wet nurses very well.
During the confinement period, she took some supplements every day, and with Aunt Liu massaging her belly every day, she felt that her body had recovered well.
Outside the courtyard, the voices of Zhuxin and Liusi could be heard faintly: "Yesterday, the prince went to Concubine Cheng's place, and Concubine Qi's eyes were swollen from crying."
Liu Si's low voice sounded.
Zhu Xin asked curiously, "It's not that exaggerated, right? Two concubines are entering the mansion together, so someone must come first."
"I saw it with my own eyes when I went to get something just now."
Liu Si spoke seriously, "Zhu Xin, you said the master hasn't seen the prince for a month, there's a new person in the mansion, and the master has given birth to two daughters. What if..."
Liu Si’s words were all directed towards Shen Lingshu’s relationship.
"Liu Si, you have to trust the master!"
Zhu Xin said firmly that she would always remember the scene when her master was kicked off the bed, the prince left angrily, and her master chased him out and brought the prince back!
In Zhuxin's heart, his master is the most powerful.
In the room, Shen Lingshu listened to this and a smile appeared on her lips. Zhu Xin was right about one thing. Now the most important thing for her was to take good care of her body.
As for the two new concubines in the mansion, Shen Lingshu didn't pay much attention to them. It was useless for her to get anxious and angry now. Concubine Fang specially asked Nanny Gui to tell her the news. Wasn't it just to make her anxious and uncomfortable and unable to sit well for the confinement period?
She just wouldn't let Concubine Fang get what she wanted.
She has to take good care of herself so as not to suffer from postpartum diseases!
While Shen Lingshu was taking good care of herself after giving birth, there was an invisible war going on in the backyard.
The prince stayed in Aunt Cheng's room for two consecutive days. Qi Qing cried for two days in a row and looked forward to the prince coming every night. Until the fifth day, when Qi Qing saw the ink-like figure, he was so happy that he lost his mind.
However, the prince was not happy for more than two days. The next day, he went on a long journey on business.
Qi Qing, who had only served the prince for one day, suddenly became like a frost-bitten eggplant. Looking at Cheng Lanshu, he seemed to want to eat her alive.
In Qiutang Courtyard, after sending away the aggrieved Qi Qing, Concubine Fang said unhappily, "Do you really think of me as your elder?"
Whenever I feel wronged, I come to her to cry and ask her to make the decision.
"Concubine, it seems that Aunt Qi is smarter than Lady Hai." Nanny Gui said. As soon as Qi Qing arrived, he tried to please the concubine in various ways.
"If I hadn't seen that she had some sense, I would have chased her away long ago."
Concubine Fang suddenly asked, "How is Youlan Courtyard?"
"I heard the child is growing up well, and Aunt Chen has been staying in the room all the time." Aunt Gui couldn't find out any information.
"It's good that the prince is away on business, so he doesn't have to worry about his two daughters every day." Concubine Fang thought that the prince didn't like his daughters, but who knew that he would go to see his daughters every day.
"Mrs. Lin is sick, but what about Mrs. Li? There have been new people entering the mansion these days, but she hasn't been seen coming out?" Concubine Fang asked in confusion.
"Auntie Li is sick. I guess she's angry because Auntie Shen gave birth to a child."
Nanny Gui said, "I sent someone to check the medicine residue, and it is true that he caught a cold."
"Mrs. Li is good in every way except that she's timid." Concubine Fang finished her words and laughed sarcastically, "If she wasn't timid, she wouldn't be alive today."
"I hope the prince will come back after the third day of June. It would be a good thing if he missed the full moon banquet." Concubine Fang murmured.
"Concubine, the imperial decree to promote Concubine Shen to a concubine has not yet arrived. Is it because Concubine Shen gave birth to two daughters that she cannot be promoted to a concubine?" asked Nanny Gui.
Concubine Fang frowned slightly and said, "The Emperor's words are golden and he won't go back on his word. But...who can say for sure about her two daughters?"
"Madam Gui, please draw up a menu for the full moon banquet in half a month. Regardless of whether the prince wants to hold it or not, we can't let him choose." No matter how reluctant Concubine Fang was, she had to make the banquet beautiful for the sake of face.
In the Youlan Courtyard, Shen Lingshu sent Zhuxin out from time to time. When she learned that the dessert shop had been opened, she was in a particularly good mood.
Cheng Lanshu and Qi Qing did come to see her, but Shen Lingshu refused to see them all on the grounds that she was in confinement. With the company of her two little babies, Shen Lingshu felt that the days of confinement passed very quickly. She was even happier that the prince didn't come!
She hasn't washed her hair or taken a bath for a month. When she appears in front of the prince like this, doesn't she lose all her beauty?
"Master, the prince hasn't come back yet. The two little masters' full-moon ceremony won't be..." Zhu Xin saw that it was already the first day of June, and the prince hadn't returned from his business yet!
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