hotmtlnovel Chapter 144 The New Concubine is Not Simple
Chapter 144 The New Concubine is Not Simple
When Su Yunling returned to Prince Su's Mansion, everyone around her looked at her with an expression of pity.
I guess it’s because Xiao Ji Chen is going to marry a concubine!
After all, the two had only been married for a few months, which was indeed a cause for regret.
"Miss..." Linglan had a worried look on her face and was hesitant to speak. When she looked up again, she saw Xiao Jichen striding towards her.
"Greetings, His Majesty..." Linglan bowed hurriedly.
Xiao Ji Chen is tall and always gives people an invisible sense of oppression, so she has always been afraid of this son-in-law.
"I've always heard you call me Young Master's Consort. Are you dissatisfied with me?" Xiao Ji Chen suddenly became serious.
Linglan was so frightened that her legs went limp and she immediately knelt down, "I dare not, but I am used to being called that, and forgot to change it for a moment. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
"It's just a name, Miss. Why are you angry with my people?" Su Yunling glanced at Xiao Jichen and pulled Linglan up.
Xiao Nanchuan smiled, "I just want to remind her that next time when you call her Miss Crown Princess, you should call me your uncle."
Linglan was a little confused. Is this son-in-law okay?
"Okay, go down and prepare some water for me to take a bath." Xuan Mo sent Linglan and the servants aside and took Su Yunling back to the room.
After the two of them sat down at the small table across the couch, Xiao Jichen said seriously:
"Prince Rui is in prison. I'm sure there will be chaos in the capital soon. It would be a good idea for you to come back to the vassal state with us first. Believe me, we will be back in less than two years."
Su Yunling held her chin in her hand and listened with half-closed eyes, "Besides this, do you have anything else to tell me?"
Xiao Ji Chen was a smart man and naturally knew what she meant.
"As for the concubine, let her enter the house first! As long as she doesn't get in the way of our business, it's okay to have one more woman. By then, I'll have to trouble the Crown Prince's wife to share more of the burden for me."
Su Yunling looked at his frank eyes and felt complicated for a moment.
"How can I help you? I can't go to the bridal chamber for you, can I?"
Xiao Jichen's face suddenly darkened, and he said in a decisive tone:
"There is no bridal chamber."
"What?" Su Yunling was stunned.
"My first time can only be with the Crown Prince's wife." He still felt it was not enough, so he added: "Every time."
Su Yunling: “…”
After a moment's silence, Xiao Ji Chen decided that it was necessary to confess to Su Yunling his plans for other women.
In the past few years, Emperor Jing Zhao gave him five women in total. He had to play with them every day and was already fed up with it.
"I don't want to hang around a bunch of insignificant women. When they reach a certain age, I will give them enough money to live on for the rest of their lives and let them leave the house to find other good partners. If they insist on staying, I can also support them for the rest of their lives, but there will be nothing else except fame and wealth."
Su Yunling supported her chin with both hands and stared at him with her big eyes.
So what he said before, that he only wanted one woman, was he serious?
Su Yunling didn't know for a moment whether the women who were given to Xiao Jichen were lucky or unfortunate.
Three days later, Li Rongrong, the second daughter of the Marquis of Zhongyi, was carried into the Prince Su's Palace and became Xiao Jichen's concubine.
There is no need for three matchmakers and six ceremonies to marry a concubine, nor is there a need for a wedding ceremony, but setting up a banquet and serving tea to the wife are inevitable.
It was Su Yunling's first time attending her husband's wedding banquet. She had no experience and her mind was focused on the menu.
That’s right, she was in charge of organizing this banquet, so the dishes were all her favorites.
Linglan followed her closely, and seeing her eating and drinking as if nothing had happened, she became even more worried.
"Little... No, Princess, if you are sad, just cry. Everything will be fine after crying."
Thinking about the fact that my young lady has only been living in harmony with the prince for two months and then another woman comes in, who wouldn't be sad?
"Why am I crying? Today is a good day for the prince, so stop saying unlucky things. Let's go and see how beautiful that concubine is." Su Yunling touched the corner of her lips with a handkerchief and went to the front hall with Linglan.
The concubine's wedding dress was simple in shape and the color was a light red that strictly followed regulations.
Although she was only a concubine, Li Rongrong's eyes were full of joy and fascination when she glanced at Xiao Jichen from time to time.
Xiao Ji Chen is a handsome man with unique appearance, and he is also a gentleman who knows when to advance and when to retreat. Which woman in the world doesn't love a handsome man?
Just as he was immersed in his own luck, Su Yunling came in.
Before meeting Su Yunling, Li Rongrong was dismissive of this rumored most beautiful woman in Dayin. But after seeing her face clearly, she could no longer ignore her.
Although she was very reluctant to admit it, Su Yunling was indeed much more beautiful than her.
Not only her, but in the capital city, I'm afraid no one can overwhelm her with beauty, right?
But so what? Since she dared to enter Prince Su's Mansion, she would naturally have a way to compete with her.
After all, Su Yunling's shortcomings are as obvious as her strengths!
Su Yunling appeared with Princess Su.
She looked at Xiao Ji Chen, who was dressed in wedding gown, tall and slender, and extremely eye-catching.
Li Rongrong, who was beside him, raised her face slightly, her eyes full of him.
As someone who had experienced this, Princess Su naturally understood Su Yunling's mood at the moment, and she also knew that anything she said would be in vain.
She reached out and held Su Yunling's hand, silently comforting her with her warm palm.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were invited to sit at the top seats and receive tea from Li Rongrong.
Su Yunling finally saw the concubine's face clearly.
Although she is not stunningly beautiful, she has red lips and white teeth, and is very pretty, especially her amorous eyes, which show affection to everyone she looks at.
She couldn't help but wonder, can Xiao Ji Chen really resist such temptation?
As soon as she raised her eyes, she met Xiao Jichen's interested gaze.
Why was he looking at her, the 'old one', instead of his new one?
"Mother, please have some tea."
"Sister, please have some tea..."
Li Rongrong knelt on the ground and began to serve tea respectfully.
Su Yunling has always been very accurate in judging people, and Li Rongrong may not be as innocent as she appears to be.
Are you going to cause trouble while serving tea?
She took the tea handed to her while speculating in her mind.
But the tea was of the right temperature and was not poisoned. Li Rongrong was gentle and polite throughout and did not behave abnormally at all.
Just when Su Yunling was wondering if she was paranoid, she suddenly heard Li Rongrong scream in panic:
"Prince, be careful—"
When she raised her eyes, she saw Xiao Ji Chen being suddenly pushed away by Li Rongrong, and the next moment a dagger stabbed into her shoulder.
"There's an assassin—" someone reacted and shouted.
The man disguised as a guest realized that he was exposed. He threw out a handful of white powder, and while everyone was unable to open their eyes due to the smoke, he jumped onto the roof.
Something unexpected happened at a wedding banquet and Li Rongrong soon fainted.
When Su Yunling stepped forward to press on the wound to stop the bleeding, she discovered that the dagger was poisonous.
"How is it?" Xiao Ji Chen squatted down and frowned as he looked at Li Rongrong whose lips were purple.
"You can't be the bridegroom tonight." Su Yunling teased while methodically detoxifying Li Rongrong.
Although the poison is complex in toxicity, she can cure it.
Li Rongrong woke up soon.
The first thing he did after waking up was to care about Xiao Jichen, "Prince, are you... injured?"
Su Yunling and Xiao Jichen looked at each other, each with complicated expressions.
"Thanks to the concubine who risked her life to save you just now, you are injured, so I will send someone to take you back to your room to rest. You will not come today. After all, it was the concubine who saved you, and I should repay her on your behalf."
Li Rongrong's weak mask almost broke. How could this be different from what she expected?
She risked her life to save him, so shouldn't he pick him up and carry him back to his room to take good care of him, and then ignore the Crown Prince's Consort, making her jealous and crazy?
Xiao Ji Chen didn't care what the woman felt and directly sent someone to carry Li Rongrong away on a stretcher.
The incident was suspicious, and Prince Su ordered his men to capture the assassin with all their strength, but an hour later, they found a body that had died of poisoning.