Chapter 20 Do you want to be my concubine?
Song Zijin raised his head and looked at Xiao Linyuan seriously, "Does Your Highness really think I'm amazing?"
Xiao Linyuan nodded. "Liao Yan's ancestors have been practicing medicine for generations, and they are not as good as you in treating poisons and poisons, which proves your ability. Moreover, my health is getting better and better, all thanks to you."
"I will definitely be able to help the prince get rid of the poison!"
"You are so immodest."
"I will never be modest within my ability." The pink little face is stubborn and proud, so cute.
Xiao Linyuan curled the corners of his lips, with a hint of smile in the corners of his eyes, looking particularly gentle under the moonlight.
Song Zijin's eyebrows curved, "Your Highness, you look so beautiful when you smile!"
Hearing this, Xiao Linyuan's lips straightened immediately. He never liked others praising his good looks.
Men should shed blood and sweat, but not tears. Women's pursuit of good looks is the distorted aesthetic of incompetent scholars.
"If you have nothing to do, go climb a tree and help Chunsheng catch cicadas."
Song Zijin's attention was successfully diverted, and he looked at the sycamore tree in the courtyard. "Your Highness, do you dislike the chirping of cicadas?"
"I don't like it. It's noisy."
Chunsheng was not convinced. He clearly said yesterday that the prince had said that the yard was too quiet and it was nice to have a cicada, so he had allowed this daring cicada to chirp for several days.
I don't know what happened today, but I suddenly felt annoyed by this cicada.
Men's hearts are hard to understand.
The cicada seemed to understand the conversation between the few people. It flew away and the yard became quiet in an instant.
Chunsheng went to the warehouse to deliver the ladder, leaving the two people staring at each other.
"Your Highness, it's very late. You should get enough rest." Song Zijin couldn't help but nag.
Xiao Linyuan didn't respond. After a moment's silence, he said earnestly, "Xiao Jin is a 100% venomous snake. Stay away from him. As the saying goes, 'If you keep company with bad people, they will become bad.' Those who are close to him are not good people."
Song Zijin suddenly had a bold guess in his mind: "Does the prince have a grudge against Xiao Jin?"
"Because of this blood relationship, he has been causing trouble for me for several years. This coma is basically his work."
What?
It was Xiao Jin who caused Xiao Linyuan to be poisoned!
It turns out that Xiao Jin wasn't simply jealous of Xiao Linyuan's status as the legitimate son, and was doing some small things to disgust the palace...
Taking someone's life, isn't this a surefire way to kill someone?
If Xiao Linyuan knew that she was Xiao Jin's wife who had been married for a year, he would probably kill her immediately...
sky!
Song Zijin's face instantly lost all color. "Prince, will you take revenge?"
Xiao Linyuan looked at her and raised his thin lips slightly, "Why, are you going to tell Xiao Jin about this?"
"Of course not! The enemy of my enemy is my friend. The prince and I are actually half friends!" Song Zijin quickly expressed his loyalty.
"Yeah." Xiao Linyuan said seriously, "You have a point."
Song Zijin breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes rolling around, "Then what does the prince think about the punishment of nine generations of the family?"
Her test was so clumsy and unskillful that Xiao Linyuan suddenly wanted to tease her.
He half-closed his eyes and said coldly, "It is naturally an excellent deterrent to crime and perfectly prevents the future trouble of revenge by relatives."
It’s over!
She is the legal wife who was married to him through formal marriage, so wouldn't she be left in the cold?
The bloody scene of beheading at Caishikou that day resurfaced in Song Zijin's mind, and he felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave.
No, she doesn't want to die yet!
After racking his brains, he came up with one answer: "But Your Majesty, you and Xiao Jin are related by blood..."
Xiao Linyuan rarely laughed out loud, "Little girl, you should know that blood tests are not accurate, so no one can prove Xiao Jin's identity."
“…”
Seeing her lips begin to tremble, Xiao Linyuan paused. Did he joke too much?
A spoiled child.
"I heard that just now in Biluozhai, you were so brave that you wanted to die together with the villains. Why are you afraid of death now?"
He thought his voice should be soft, but he didn't know that he had no talent for coaxing people, and his words sounded hard and not gentle at all.
Song Zijin wanted to cry but had no tears. Perhaps she had been frightened too much tonight. She was very tired and couldn't cry even if she wanted to.
"I'm not afraid of dying. I'm afraid that if I die, there's no way my family will be saved."
Xiao Linyuan was very relieved that this little crybaby had held back his tears. "Don't worry, you're just a maid. At most you'll be sent to the Jiaofangsi."
“…”
"You are my savior, so it's easy for me to rescue a maid."
Song Zijin was not comforted at all because she was not a maid.
"Once the maid's indenture contract is cancelled, she will be free; but if they are Xiao Jin's wives or concubines, none of them can escape." Xiao Linyuan struck while the iron was hot.
He was afraid that she would be fooled by Xiao Jin because of her simple mind. At the same time, he also wanted her to understand that concubines not only had a low status, but also had great risks, no matter who the concubine was.
"I know..." Song Zijin lowered his head dejectedly and looked at the tip of his shoes.
When she was walking with Jianshuang earlier, she stepped in the mud on the street. This pair of embroidered shoes was her favorite, and they got dirty.
Xiao Linyuan obviously didn't think she really understood, so he simply opened the skylight and said bluntly, "Do you want to be my concubine?"
The words turned so quickly that Song Zijin almost sprained his waist. "Your Highness, you...what do you mean by this?"
Her beautiful almond-shaped eyes were wide open, as if she had heard some fairy tale.
According to seniority, she could be considered his eldest sister-in-law. With such a relationship, how could she be a concubine?
The spit of the world could drown them both.
Xiao Linyuan couldn't explain his mood; it was very complicated.
"Mother said that your innocence was taken away by this prince. If you don't become my concubine, you will have no choice but to live as a nun in the mountains. So... what do you think?"
Song Zijin was dumbfounded. The old princess obviously didn't know her identity, otherwise she would have hated her as well.
"I don't want to be a concubine!"
Especially after tonight, Lianxiang said that many officials in the court had this kind of bad taste, often changing concubines, and even involving the main wife...
She never knew that human nature could be so evil, and she had even less affection for men. She didn't want to be either a wife or a concubine.
"If you become my concubine, I can guarantee the safety of your family and your wealth. As long as I hold power, no woman can surpass you. But this is limited to the palace."
Song Zijin didn't even think about it and replied, "I don't want to be confined to the backyard!"
She would rather live a leisurely life farming two acres of land in the countryside than become a pawn in the hands of the powerful.
Xiao Linyuan felt a little stuffy in his chest, but it passed so quickly that he didn't even notice it.
He nodded encouragingly. "It's great that you have such ambition. Women can have a bright future too. Since you possess top-notch medical skills, I can help you become famous. Are you willing?"
This was a path Song Zijin had never thought of. His mother's medical skills were even better, and she had even traveled extensively, but she was not well-known for her virtue.
"Is it really possible?" she asked in a trembling voice.
"If I dare to ask, I can certainly do it. But you are too beautiful and too young. If you rashly practice medicine, it will bring many inconveniences. I can first build a clinic for you under someone else's name. Once you have accumulated a reputation, you can make a name for yourself. Do you agree?"
Song Zijin nodded excitedly. She had not yet thought of a way to divorce Xiao Jin, so it was indeed not appropriate for her to show her true face to others.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I do!"
"Hmm...but now that you know Xiao Jin's true identity, do you still have to go back to the Xiao Mansion every day?"
In fact, he only found out tonight that Xiao Jin had such a disgusting habit.
He wanted to ask if Xiao Jin had bullied her since he could take her to Biluozhai to exchange with Sun Shoucheng.
But such private matters will reopen her scars, so it is better not to ask.
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