Chapter 87 We Are All Family
By Qixia Lake.
"Master, the concubine is deliberately preventing you from making friends with those people." Zhu Xin spoke up for her master.
"Those ladies who flattered the powerful and bullied the weak, the Duke's wife who was so eager to bring gifts here last year, haven't you noticed that today, most of them are trying to curry favor with the Crown Princess?"
Shen Lingshu shook the fan in her hand nonchalantly. It was useless to make friends with those ladies. As a girl in the harem, the most important thing for her was the favor of the prince.
Her face was frozen from smiling today, so she was thinking about how to continue to capture the prince's heart after she was released from confinement.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
A scolding female voice sounded, Shen Lingshu turned around and saw the back of a maid running away. Zhu Xin looked at the snake that fell on the ground, pulled Shen Lingshu and ran: "Snake, there is a snake!"
"It's just a snake, what's there to be afraid of?"
Princess Lingzhao ran over, grabbed the snake, twisted its head off, and then said, "Madam Shen, that maid was sneaky just now, she must be trying to harm you."
"Thank you, Princess."
Shen Lingshu looked at the snake broken into two pieces on the ground, her face turned pale with fright.
"It's a small matter." Princess Lingzhao waved her hand and said nonchalantly, "Madam Shen, please tell me more about what Song Yuqing likes."
"I'm not familiar with my cousin, so I'm afraid I can't help Your Highness." Shen Lingshu lowered her eyes and refused.
"It's okay, your aunt must know. Just trouble Aunt Shen to find out." Princess Lingzhao said with a smile.
Shen Lingshu agreed.
Soon, Concubine Fang was aware of the commotion here and angrily said, "What a bold maid! Check."
"I recognize that maid's face." Princess Lingzhao volunteered.
Concubine Fang said, "We are lucky to have Her Royal Highness the Princess today, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous."
"It's okay." Princess Lingzhao went to identify the maid who released the snake with great interest.
When Aunt Hua came back with the child, she learned that Shen Lingshu had encountered a snake, and her face turned pale with fear. Fortunately, the child was sent to the front yard. Otherwise, if it had been hit, the adult would be fine, but the child...
"Change all your clothes."
Shen Lingshu touched the child's back, and there were thin beads of sweat. It was just right to change the inside and outside, so as not to fall into other people's traps.
"The children are fine." Nanny Hua said soothingly, changing the two children's clothes inside and out, and congratulated with a smile: "Congratulations, Concubine Shen."
"Congratulations, Concubine."
"Congratulations, Concubine."
Zhuxin, Liusi and Xia Yu spoke in unison, and Liu Ma and the two wet nurses also congratulated them.
"Thank you all for your hard work these days, and everyone will be rewarded."
Shen Lingshu said generously, and Zhu Xin distributed the reward money that had been prepared long ago to everyone.
When Madam Liu and the two wet nurses saw the reward money, they were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling. They kept saying auspicious words, "Madam Shen, no, Concubine Shen is not only kind to the servants, but also generous."
"Zhu Xin, register all the gifts." Shen Lingshu ordered, looking at the two children who had changed their clothes, and said with a smile: "An An, Bei Bei, you have a name now."
"The elder sister's name is Chu Mingchu, and the younger sister's name is Chu Mingxi. They were chosen by your royal grandfather himself. They sound really nice."
Shen Lingshu held the two sisters' little hands, and looked at their black grape-like eyes looking around. Her eyes gradually became firm: she must protect the two sisters.
After leaving Youlan Courtyard, Nanny Hua immediately told Chu Cong about Shen Lingshu encountering a snake in the backyard. After seeing off the guests, Chu Cong immediately went into the backyard. Princess Lingzhao was identifying the maids, but who knew that the maid she had just seen was not there.
"Second brother, you came at the right time. I met all the maids in the mansion, but I didn't see the maid who released the snake."
Princess Lingzhao frowned and said, "Fortunately, Aunt Shen didn't bring my two little nieces with her."
When Concubine Fang heard this, her eyes darkened and she immediately said, "Your Highness, there are many guests today. Perhaps, it is not the maid in the mansion."
"Qingwu, check." Chu Cong's voice was filled with anger. He looked at Ling Zhao and said, "Ling Zhao, today is all thanks to you."
"It doesn't matter. We're all family anyway." Princess Ling Zhao said with a smile, "I'll go see my niece."
Even though Shen Lingshu didn't know about her cousin's situation, Princess Lingzhao still had to inquire about it. She couldn't go directly to the Song family to inquire, but she could find Shen Lingshu.
"Lingshu is now a concubine, not a concubine." Chu Cong corrected.
"A concubine is good. She gave birth to two daughters for my second brother, so she should be promoted to a concubine." Princess Ling Zhao said immediately, "If my sister said that, she gave birth to my second brother's first child, she could also be a concubine."
Princess Lingzhao's voice gradually faded away.
Concubine Fang's face darkened completely. This Princess Lingzhao was always trying to ruin her plans.
"Concubine, the person has been taken care of. He is in the well outside the mansion. I guarantee no one will find him."
Nanny Gui whispered, and Concubine Fang finally felt relieved and said, "Such a good opportunity was missed!"
There are many people in the mansion today. If someone really wants to harm Shen Lingshu, no one can suspect her.
"Princess Lingzhao, she didn't have this attitude towards Shen last time." Concubine Fang gritted her teeth, thinking that Princess Lingzhao said she was black when they met her for the first time, and ruined today's good thing.
Last time, Princess Lingzhao still disliked Shen Lingshu.
"Concubine, Princess Lingzhao's husband is Shen Lingshu's cousin." Nanny Gui immediately told the news she had found out.
"Cousin?"
Concubine Fang understood, and she asked thoughtfully: "I heard that Shen's life in the Shen family is not easy, and she and this poor cousin..."
"I will ask someone to check it out right away." Nanny Gui responded.
Youlan Courtyard.
Shen Lingshu had just coaxed her two daughters to sleep when she heard Princess Lingzhao coming. She quickly asked Zhuxin to go to the kitchen to prepare some snacks.
Last time, Princess Lingzhao liked to eat it.
"Your Highness." Shen Lingshu bowed and said gratefully, "To thank Your Highness, I would like to give you a gift."
"No, it's just a matter of convenience."
Princess Lingzhao said nonchalantly, glanced at her two sleeping nieces, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that you didn't give birth to a son, otherwise, this princess would ask father to let me become a concubine."
"No, I'm fine now."
Shen Lingshu's eyelids jumped. Princess Lingzhao was really bold. She quickly changed the subject: "My uncle's family has just opened a new dessert shop. I have a VIP card for the opening, which I'll give to Your Highness. With this card, you can skip the queue and the price is only half."
Shen Lingshu also spent a lot of thought on this VIP card. Each card is a word of the national anthem. It is clear which word is sent to which family, to whom, and in whose hands.
"The Song family's shop?"
Princess Lingzhao immediately accepted the card. With this card, she could go to the shop to eat sweet snacks. That wasn't too much, right?
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