Chapter 139 Brother Lamb (Two chapters in one)
Zhu Yu held Sun Lingzhi's hand and said softly, "How could I forget my Zhizhi? Look, I didn't call anyone else but you. Isn't it because I missed you?"
In the past, if Zhu Yu spoke to her in such a gentle tone, Sun Lingzhi would have fainted with joy.
But now, she actually felt that the voice was effeminate...
And Zhu Yu's hand, even though he was pampered, was still a man's hand, very strong. But now, the hand holding Sun Lingzhi was softer than a woman's...
Sun Lingzhi didn't know if this was a psychological effect, but she still struggled subconsciously. Although she was an actress, Zhu Yu still caught a hint of disgust in her eyes.
In the past, Zhu Yu would not pay attention to these things. Women were just toys for him to vent his emotions, and he would not care about the joys and sorrows of a thing.
But people do change, and Zhu Yu's change began with the loss of those two ounces of flesh.
Ever since his youthful bird was gone, Zhu Yu became more and more sensitive.
Well, this bitch actually dares to despise him. This is not the time to call him "master" in a coquettish voice.
Zhu Yu wanted to break Sun Lingzhi's neck immediately, but he held back.
Sun Lingzhi cannot die yet, at least not before Aunt Lan.
"What happened to your father after he was kicked out of Jinbao Casino last time?" he asked with concern.
Sun Lingzhi's eyes flashed, and she said quickly, "It's his blessing that Grandpa remembers him. Dad doesn't know that he has been hiding from people these days and doesn't even dare to go home."
Sun Lingzhi did not lie. Her father was indeed hiding from people, and her mother often came to her to ask for money. She was almost annoyed to death.
"Let me talk to the people at Jinbao Casino and have them settle his account," Zhu Yu said.
Sun Lingzhi's heart was pounding. If Zhu Yu had wanted to settle the account with Sun Hongbin, he would have done so long ago. There was no need to wait until today. Why did he suddenly bring this up now?
She subconsciously pressed her hands against her belly, which was her confidence.
"Master, if you have anything for me to do, just tell me. In my heart, you are the Lord."
Zhu Yu sneered in his heart, I just said I would settle the account with your father, and now it becomes your world?
Don’t you dislike this prince?
Damn bitch!
"My father now has those two sisters and a pregnant concubine named Lan. I'm afraid he has forgotten you a long time ago. But you don't have to be sad. You still have me. From now on, you will serve me."
Sun Lingzhi was overjoyed. Could she stay with Zhu Yu from now on?
But the next moment, a feeling of nausea surged up. She tried hard to suppress it, but failed. She vomited with a "wow" sound. Fortunately, she turned her head to the side in time and did not vomit on Zhu Yu.
In fact, this situation has been going on for some time, and this is normal morning sickness.
However, Zhu Yu didn't think so.
Zhu Yu now has a sensitive and fragile heart.
This prince asked her to stay by his side, but she vomited out of disgust!
Zhu Yu stopped pretending. He glared at Sun Lingzhi fiercely. The murderous intent in his eyes made Sun Lingzhi shudder. Her body softened and she knelt down: "I'm pregnant. It's yours!"
Zhu Yu was stunned.
Is Sun Lingzhi pregnant?
It doesn’t matter whether it’s his or not, because the child in Sun Lingzhi’s belly, even if it’s not his, is his father’s.
But......
Zhu Yu suddenly laughed. It was interesting, so interesting!
"Okay, I have a son, hahaha! But, what a pity, Aunt Lan is pregnant. If she gave birth to a son, I'm afraid my position as the crown prince would be lost, and I would have to stand aside, not to mention the baby in your belly. It's pitiful, it comes at the wrong time."
He waved his hand and said to Sun Lingzhi, "Master, tell my father to write a letter to release me as a concubine. You can leave the house and find another one while you are still young."
Sun Lingzhi was shocked. Let her leave the house? What about the baby in her belly? Should she find an honest man to take over?
She was a concubine in the Marquis's mansion. Which good family would dare to marry her? Not to mention she was pregnant.
No, her son is the son of a noble family. Even if he is born out of wedlock, he is still the son of a marquis.
She gritted her teeth, endured the nausea, and threw herself into Zhu Yu's arms: "Master, don't let me go, please, please keep me, I am still pregnant with your son."
Zhu Yu wanted to push her away in disgust. The bitch had just vomited and smelled sour and smelly.
But he hadn't recovered yet and didn't have the strength to push her away. He could only let that stinky mouth push all over him. He was about to vomit...
The next day, after spending several days in the courtyard, Aunt Lan wanted to go to the garden to get some fresh air. Several maids carefully accompanied her. As they passed a rockery, Aunt Lan encountered Sun Lingzhi, who was hiding there and secretly shedding tears...
"My father owes a lot of gambling debts, and my mother came to me to ask for money, but I don't have any money to give her..."
Aunt Lan felt sad. Her father was also a gambler, and she was sold by her mother herself. She changed hands twice before she ended up in the hands of Marquis Zhu.
Fortunately, her parents' home was thousands of miles away, and the money had been transferred twice in the middle, so her father and mother didn't know her whereabouts, otherwise they would definitely come to ask for money.
"Alas, we share the same fate, we are all pitiful people..."
At the same time, Yan Xia returned to the Ministry of Justice.
Although the wound on his head had not healed yet, Yan Xia could not wait any longer. His cousin's case had not been concluded yet, and the Ministry of Justice had six more bodies.
......
In recent days, there has been a lot of turmoil in the capital, and even the Hanlin Academy is filled with a strange atmosphere.
Those hypocritical Hanlin scholars have all turned into gossips. Anyway, they are usually free. Even scholars will chat when they have nothing to do.
The most talked about topic now is Zhu Yu, the son of Marquis Baoqing.
Today was another day to go to the palace. As usual, Yang Shengqiu read a few pages of ancient books to Emperor Yongjia.
Emperor Yongjia was also a book lover when he was young. There were many rare books in the palace library, and he had many that he had not read. Yang Shengqiu's job was to read these rare books to Emperor Yongjia one by one, and sometimes he would even discuss them with Emperor Yongjia.
He enjoyed this job very much. Not only did he get to read rare and precious books, but he also got to impress the emperor through his academic exploration.
Today was a little different from the past. After he read a few pages of the ancient book, Emperor Yongjia did not comment, but asked, "Qing Yang, have you heard the recent rumors in the capital?"
Yang Shengqiu answered truthfully, "I am ignorant and don't know what kind of rumors Your Majesty is referring to. I have only heard some things about the son of the Marquis of Baoqing."
Emperor Yongjia smiled and said, "Then please tell me about the rumors about the Prince of Baoqing. All I heard in the palace were fragments. Please tell me what you heard."
Yang Shengqiu took a deep breath. He had heard long ago that Madam Wei of the Baoqing Marquis' Mansion and Concubine Li were sisters from the same clan, and the emperor had always been very protective of the Baoqing Marquis' Mansion and Zhu Yu.
He thought about it and decided to tell the truth.
So he told the rumors he had heard about the divine rat coming down to earth to punish people.
Emperor Yongjia chuckled and asked, "What do you think, Yang Aiqing?"
Yang Shengqiu: "I... don't dare to look."
Emperor Yongjia was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. He looked at Yang Shengqiu and said, "As expected, you are my chosen number one scholar. Interesting, very interesting!"
Yang Shengqiu didn't know what the emperor meant by "interesting", but he breathed a sigh of relief. The affairs of the Baoqing Marquis' Mansion were not something he could comment on.
Emperor Yongjia said, "Okay, let's stop here today. Someone, take the snacks sent by the imperial kitchen back to Yang Zhuangyuan."
Yang Shengqiu quickly knelt down to express his gratitude. This was the first time he had received a reward despite having been to the palace many times.
Coming out of the palace holding a box of snacks, Yang Shengqiu got on a sedan chair and went home. Just as he left the imperial city, a carriage stopped in front of the sedan chair.
A servant got out of the carriage and walked to the sedan chair. "I'm from Princess Jianing's residence. I'm here on the orders of the Princess and the eldest son to deliver an invitation to the flower viewing party to Yang Zhuangyuan. Yang Zhuangyuan's residence is very tightly guarded, and I was just disappointed. I didn't expect to meet you on the road."
Yang Shengqiu nodded slightly and took the invitation. "Thank you, Princess Chang and Young Master, for your kindness. I will definitely be there."
After the servant left, the sedan continued to move forward. Yang Shengqiu opened the invitation and found out that the flower viewing party would be held in five days.
Princess Jianing is the younger sister of Princess Jiayi and the older sister of Princess Jiaan. Although she is not a legitimate princess, her biological mother is Concubine Meng, who is the concubine of the retired emperor.
The first empress of the retired emperor died early, the successor empress was deposed, and after the death of the imperial concubine, Concubine Meng became the head of the concubines, and even the emperor's biological mother, Concubine Li, had to rank behind her.
Even now, Concubine Li still cannot shake Concubine Meng's position.
There are five concubines in the harem, the highest-ranking ones are Concubine Li and Concubine Shu. One is the emperor's biological mother, and the other is highly respected. In addition, she has no children. Therefore, the emperor trusts her, and the current emperor also respects her very much.
Concubine Li had been fighting with her for half her life, and even after her son became emperor, he still couldn't surpass her in status.
Moreover, Concubine Meng never made things difficult for the empress, nor did she fight for the power to manage the harem. Compared with Concubine Li who tried to set rules for the empress and concubines all day long, Concubine Meng got along well with all the concubines. Moreover, she just enjoyed herself and never fought for power and profit. All these made the emperor very satisfied.
Princess Jianing, born to Concubine Meng, was also highly regarded by the emperor, and even this flower viewing party was held in her mansion.
In fact, in terms of status, Princess Jianing is not as good as Princess Jiayi, the daughter of Empress Yuan. In the past, the flower viewing party would also be given to Princess Jiayi, but this year is different. Although parents do not have to mourn for their son, Xiao Zhen has just been "dead" for a year, and Princess Jiayi gave birth to a daughter not long ago. It is not reasonable for her to worry about this, so the flower viewing party was held at Princess Jianing's mansion.
Yes, Yang Shengqiu had heard about this flower viewing event from somewhere else.
He also heard that this flower viewing party was just a cover, and was actually a blind date party. The top young men and ladies in the capital would choose their ideal partners at this flower viewing party.
And he, the unmarried new number one scholar, is one of the candidates.
Yang Shengqiu did not feel humiliated. People are different. What he got in return for his hard study and toil throughout his life might not be as good as what others got in the womb.
So, what's wrong with using his title of top scholar in exchange for an invitation to a flower viewing party?
Besides, can he say no?
He can't.
Does he dare not go?
He doesn't dare.
Moreover, how many of the scholars in the world could receive such an invitation? How many could become the designated son-in-law of the most noble lady in the capital?
As long as the noble lady who likes him is not a princess, Yang Shengqiu can accept it.
Yes, he didn't want to marry the princess, he didn't want to be the second Prince Consort Xiao.
Prince Consort Xiao was only the third place in the imperial examination, while he was the first place. Prince Consort Xiao had the powerful Xiao family behind him, but he had nothing, so he didn't want to spend his whole life just drawing eyebrows in front of the princess's mirror.
Yang Shengqiu let out a long breath and looked at the snack box on his knees and the invitation on the box.
He finally walked out of that small county town. He was still an orphan without parents, but he was also the top scholar and had access to the imperial palace.
"Stop in front of the bookstore ahead," he said to the sedan chair bearer.
When he was a child, his grandfather was a royal physician and often brought him to this bookstore. Now, whenever he is in a bad mood, he will come to this bookstore.
This place always makes him calm down, just like when he was a child with his grandfather.
He handed the snack box and invitation to his long-time attendant Xiao Mo: "You take the sedan chair and go back first. I will walk back by myself."
Xiao Mo didn't ask any more questions. The young master was always like this. Besides, it wasn't far from here to home.
Yang Shengqiu walked into the bookstore alone. The shop assistant already knew him and said with a smile, "Mr. Yang, you're here. Two new books just arrived today. They're printed by Hanmotang. They're hard to come by. Even the smaller shop only managed to get ten copies of each."
Yang Shengqiu smiled: "What a coincidence I came."
The bookstore is a two-story building. The books that Yang Shengqiu is interested in are all on the second floor. There is no counter on the second floor, so students can take books from the shelves and read them by themselves.
The owner of the bookstore is a kind man. There are tables and chairs on the second floor. Some poor scholars who cannot afford to buy books can even copy books here.
Yang Shengqiu went upstairs and quickly found two new books printed by Hanmotang. One of them was written by Zhou Hanlin, who just retired last month. Yang Shengqiu was very interested and took one and prepared to sit down and read it.
There was already someone sitting at the table where he usually sat. Yang Shengqiu was stunned. It was actually a little girl.
The people in the capital are not isolated, and women can occasionally be seen in bookstores, but most of them buy books and leave without staying long. It was the first time that Yang Shengqiu met a woman sitting in a bookstore reading.
Fortunately, there are two tables here, otherwise it would be inconvenient for Yang Shengqiu to sit down.
He walked to another table and was about to sit down when he heard a pleasant voice behind him: "Brother Lamb."
Yang Shengqiu was stunned. He thought he had heard it wrong. Without turning around, he sat down stiffly.
But then the voice rang out again: "Brother Xiaoyang, do you still remember Zhuxitang in Wudi? And the braised pork that Old Doctor Yang loved to eat?"
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