The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 295 Take care of yourself

Nanny Tang hurriedly stopped the palace maids and eunuchs and asked them to move away.

Shi Mingzhu was horrified and panicked: "Grandmother, why do you say that? Yes, yes, is it because of the marriage?"

Just for a moment, she thought she had hit the jackpot and the Shi family was really marrying the Xie family.

I was secretly delighted.

It turned out not to be.

It must have been Qin Shun, the old eunuch beside the emperor, who explained the whole story when he went to invite my grandparents.

She explained helplessly, "Grandmother, I definitely didn't mean to trick my second sister. I'm already married to the Fourth Prince, and if my second sister marries the Fifth Prince, the two daughters of the Shi family marrying two princes will be too much of a sensation, and the Emperor definitely doesn't want to see such a result.

Eunuch Qin Shun told you, didn't he? You see, the emperor did it on purpose, deliberately letting Qin Shun tell you, and then forcing you to marry your second sister to the Xie family!"

The lady could no longer bear it and slapped her in the face: "How dare you say that! You have met Jiang Miao and Tang Zhan. Which of them is better than Xie Jibai in marrying your second sister?

It's not the Emperor who forces us, it's you who are using your own crime of deceiving the Emperor and your life to force us to choose the Xie family!

Zhuzhu, how did you become like this? You became a concubine, so you can't bear to see your second sister do any good? Has she ever harmed you? You harmed her time and again, and she didn't fall into your trap, but you wanted to marry her to a merchant. How can you be so vicious and cruel? "

Shi Mingzhu covered her face and stepped back in shock: "Grandmother, you, you say I am vicious? It was Shi Yao who harmed me, you know nothing! She stole my husband and my position as queen..."

The lady slapped her on the other side of the face again: "Shut up! You'd better keep the prophetic dream to yourself and never mention it again. It was a harmful dream. Everything that happened in the dream did not happen. What I saw was that you have been framing Shi Yao and harming the Shi family!"

Shi Mingzhu was stunned for a long time before she cried indignantly, "How could I harm the Shi family? It was Shi Yao and the sisters-in-law. You, my brothers, let them down in your previous life. They want revenge and want to destroy the Shi family! I have been trying my best to protect you, even to the point of destroying myself! How could grandma say such heartbreaking words!"

That’s right, Shi Mingzhu has always firmly believed in her heart that everything she did was to protect the Shi family.

Therefore, tears welled up in her eyes, and beneath the tears were the grievance and anger of being betrayed.

She added: “My sisters-in-law chopped off their heads and insisted that it was because of me. They were just jealous that my brothers doted on me a little more. But it was my grandfather who said that the whole family should dote on me. I didn’t beg you to dote on me!

Now you find out that I have become a concubine who is not worthy of being on the stage. Not only can I not bring help to the family, but I have brought shame to the family. Shi Yao is your new chess piece for marriage. This chess piece is useless, and I just happened to be in trouble. You put all the sins on my head!"

The lady was so angry that she was shaking all over, with a splitting headache. She stared at her with disappointment in her eyes, and suddenly laughed, "I've spoiled you too much. Have you ever seen a chess piece in a family that lives a more noble and decent life than the chess player?

"Forget it, forget it. You have already reached a dead end. No matter how much I say, you won't listen. You refuse to admit that you harmed Shi Yao out of jealousy. You are living a life of drunkenness and dreaming of death while holding on to the dream you had! In short, I still say the same thing. From now on, there will be no one in the Shi family like you! You'd better take care of yourself!"

After she finished speaking, the lady was exhausted and swayed. She held onto Nanny Tang's hand and staggered towards the banquet hall.

Shi Mingzhu stood in the wind, tears falling one by one, muttering to herself: "That was not a dream, that was my previous life. I died so miserably in my previous life, shouldn't I take revenge?

You don't know anything. Shi Yao has a system. The Shi family has fallen to the present situation because of Shi Yao! It must be her fault. If the sisters-in-law hadn't... remembered their past lives, the Shi family would definitely be better than before!

It's Shi Yao's fault, it's all her fault, she deserves to marry a merchant and be a lowly merchant's wife for the rest of her life!"

There are two words that Shi Mingzhu can't tolerate being described in her life. One is jealousy. She is the noble daughter of a duke's mansion and has everything. No one lives a life as perfect as hers. The second is viciousness, which is a word exclusive to Shi Yao and Zhou Shao.

She cried heartbrokenly and secretly hated the lady.

After a while, the palace maids who had been dismissed came forward one after another.

Shi Mi worriedly comforted him, "Girl, don't cry. If there is anything, tell His Royal Highness Prince Cheng and he will help you solve it. You should go to the banquet hall now, otherwise the Imperial Concubine will find fault with you and punish you again."

Shi Mingzhu's legs trembled.

Both knees ache.

The injury from kneeling as punishment last time has not yet healed. Today I had to kneel to the Emperor again and was punished by Concubine Ning again. I’m afraid I can’t keep this pair of knees anymore.

She immediately wiped her tears, found a remote palace, asked someone to fetch water for washing her face, applied a thick layer of powder to cover the slap marks, and finally hurried to the Chaoyang Palace where the banquet was to be held.

*

In Chaoyang Palace, there was singing and dancing, and delicious food was available.

Shi Yao came here today to broaden her horizons. She had no intention of joining in the fun, nor did she plan to inquire about any palace secrets.

Lin Zhiwu invited her to go for a walk, but she refused - as everyone knows, in novels and TV dramas, whenever one leaves a banquet, one will always run into people and things that one should not run into, or accidentally overhear secrets that are enough to silence one.

From the moment she sat down, she had no intention of moving.

As long as she doesn't move, those troublesome plots in novels and TV dramas will never find her.

Not only did she reject Lin Zhiwu's invitation, she also did not follow the lady and the second wife, Shen, when they went out.

After half an hour, Shen met the lady at the palace gate and helped her back.

Shi Yao smiled and leaned forward to ask, "Grandma, what's fun out there? Why did you take so long? I miss you so much. The music the musician played just now was so beautiful. I've never heard it before. It's a pity that you didn't catch it. I'm so sorry. I'll ask my third cousin what the music was. I'll learn it and play it for you."

The lady couldn't help feeling sore in her eyes, and she forced a smile and said, "There's nothing fun outside. It's dark and I almost fell down when I walked. But there will be fireworks later, we can go out and watch them together."

Shi Yao asked nervously, "Grandma, why do you look so unhappy? Did you fall? Don't try to hide it for the sake of face and hurt yourself."

She touched the lady's hand and said, "Grandma's hands are so cold. Is it cold outside?"

As she spoke, she realized something was wrong.

The old lady's behavior looked very frightened.

No way?

The old lady was so lucky that she heard an amazing secret just by going out?

The lady took back her hand, held up the hot tea, and smiled more reluctantly: "Nothing, nothing, don't be nervous, I'll just have some hot tea."

Shi Yao looked at Shen inquiringly.

Shen shook her head: "It's really nothing, the little girl is really caring. Come and watch the song and dance."

Since they said it was okay, Shi Yao really took it as it was and continued to enjoy the singing and dancing with great interest.

After a while, Shi Mingzhu came in.