Chapter 355 Gathering (Part 1)

Chu Li didn't follow, picked up the book again, sat down at the stone table, and read quietly under the plum tree.

The smell of medicine was lingering in the room, Xiao Shi was leaning on the high pillow, half sitting and half lying down, lazily looking at Song Liuying's mother and daughter who entered the room.

Song Liuying saluted with a bow, and said with a sweet smile, "I've seen Sister Xiao."

Leng Qing bowed her head, remained silent, only looked at her curiously, wondering how beautiful the first beauty of the season was.

Xiao Shi showed a gentle smile: "Sister Song, come and sit."

She had never met Song Liuying, but she spoke casually like an old friend, and sighed: "I was supposed to go and see Sister Song, but I have to trouble Sister Song to come and see me in person."

"Don't dare." Song Liuying said with a smile: "Sister Xiao is a concubine with a high status, she is above us, how can she be so arrogant, if the prince finds out, he will inevitably scold her!"

Xiao Shi smiled and said: "I have heard that the prince is strict in his family, but there is no need to be strict with us sisters, is it?"

Song Liuying smiled and said: "Sister Xiao, you don't know the prince well. He only pays attention to the important affairs of the court and never pays much attention to these trivial matters at home. But if you want to disturb him because of these trivial matters, you will get angry!"

"A man should be like that." Xiao Shiyan smiled and said: "From now on, everything in this mansion will be troublesome to Sister Song. I am in poor health, and I have no choice but to do my best."

"It's too useless for Commander Zheng to lead them." Song Liuying raised her jade face and said bitterly, "So many masters were rushed in in a majestic manner and severely injured sister Xiao. They are indeed negligent of their duties!"

"That man's martial arts are too strong." Xiao Shi shook his head lightly and sighed: "The Duke's Mansion has offended too many people in the martial arts world, so it's expected that he will end up like this, but for the stability of the court, the Duke's Mansion has no other choice. We can only continue to suppress these people in the martial arts world, causing assassinations again and again."

"Alas..." Song Liuying sighed, "Sister Xiao is really suffering. As soon as she enters the mansion, she will lie on the couch and will not be free."

Xiao Shi smiled: "Actually, it's nothing. I've lived like this since I was a child, and I'm used to it. It got better a while ago, and now it's back again. It seems that my fate in this life is destined to be lingering on the sick bed."

"Don't say that." Song Liuying persuaded: "Sister Xiao's good days are yet to come, and the prince will severely punish the murderer."

"I'd rather the prince don't provoke that person again," Xiao Shi shook his head and said, "Otherwise, the one who is in danger is not me, but the prince, and even the two elder sisters, such masters, are rare in this world, if you can avoid provoking them, don't provoke them."

"Such a guy is too dangerous." Song Liuying frowned and said, "The palace is not safe anymore, it's really worrying!"

When she thought of that guy assassinating herself, she couldn't help but feel chills in her heart.

Xiao Shi smiled and said: "But with Chu Li here, I'm not afraid of that guy coming again."

Song Liuying's slender eyebrows raised: "Director Chu has such a great ability, can he overwhelm Commander Zheng?"

Xiao Shi said with a smile: "His lightness kung fu is superb, he can always run past him if he can't beat him!"

"A master of qinggong..." Song Liuying heard what she meant, not because he could beat that guy, but to escape from that guy. This is indeed a method.

"President Chu has a good lightness kung fu, which is my sister's blessing." Song Liuying smiled and said, "It's a pity that Chu left the banquet yesterday, otherwise, sister Xiao would not have suffered such a serious injury!"

"It can't be helped." Xiao Shi sighed: "He didn't want to go to the banquet, and he was worried about the safety of the palace, so I scolded him away. Although he is a first-rank, he can't ignore his colleagues because of this."

"I don't know what position the lord will arrange for Director Chu." Song Liuying said: "First rank, in the palace, it is only under the lord, and ordinary positions cannot accommodate it."

"Then it depends on what the prince wants." Xiao Shi said lightly: "As an inner room, it is not suitable for us to say more."

"That's right." Song Liuying smiled.

She was secretly awe-inspiring, as expected she was from the Duke's Mansion, and she was not an ordinary person.

As he was talking, he heard movement outside.

Chu Li put down the scroll, stood up and clasped his fists.

A young woman with a petite figure and a sweet and lovely appearance curled up, followed by a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, pure and beautiful, with an expressionless face.

The sweet woman was wearing a yellow shirt with a radiant face. When she entered the yard and saw Chu Li, she frowned: "Who are you?"

Chu Li clasped his fists and said, "Chu Li has met Princess Xue."

"You are Chu Li?" Xue Ningyu glanced at him and nodded, "I've heard of it, but you're a big man, what's the point of staying here?"

Chu Li said: "The palace is not stable now, Miss can't stand any more troubles, so I can only stay here."

"You are loyal!" Xue Ningyu snorted, "But you are a man after all, so you have to avoid suspicion if you should avoid it, so as not to offend the prince!"

"Yes, thank you Princess Xue for your guidance!" Chu Li clasped his fists together.

Xue Ningyu snorted, "If it wasn't for your loyalty, I wouldn't talk so much, let's go, Qiu'er!"

She pulled Leng Qiu, who was looking at Chu Li curiously, and curled into the room.

As soon as she entered the room, she waved at Yang Xu and Xueling who were saluting, and came up to her, smiling: "Yo, Sister Song is here too, I've seen Sister Xiao!"

She bowed to Xiao Shi and bowed to Song Liuying, showing her arrogance.

Leng Qiu, who was beside her, also bowed in full suit, and bowed meticulously to Xiao Shi, Song Liuying, and Leng Qing.

Xiao Shi smiled softly: "Thank you, Sister Xue, come here in person."

"Sister Xiao, don't be too polite, we will be a family from now on, really hurt?" Xue Ningyu squeezed in front of Song Liuying, approached the bed and said with concern: "This damn guy, you are so cruel, even a beauty like you can do it , is really not a man!"

Xiao Shi smiled and said, "Almost died."

"Auspicious people have their own appearance." Xue Ningyu said with a smile: "Sister Xiao, how many hardships have you gone through to get to this point, how can you say that you will die if you die? There will be blessings after a catastrophe, and your blessings will come soon. !"

Xiao Shi smiled and said, "My body is completely ruined, what good luck do I have?"

"My lord will be more sympathetic." Xue Ningyu pursed her lips and said with a smile: "It's not a blessing to be loved!"

Xiao Shi shook her head and smiled: "You all have children by your side, but I will live alone all my life. When I grow old, I will only have one volume of Buddhist scriptures and one blue lamp to live my remaining life!"

She spoke pitifully, and both women felt a little sad, knowing that this was an unavoidable truth.

A man's favor can't last long. Once he gets old and faded, and has no children, he will be like rootless duckweed. He will be swept into a corner and left unattended, miserable and pitiful.

Xue Ningyu said: "Sister Xiao, you still have Chu Li!... He is the first rank, and this is the only one in the palace. The prince is also having a headache now, how can he deal with him? Sister Song, tell me, right?"

Song Liuying said indifferently: "Can we women talk too much about this kind of thing?"

Xue Ningyu smiled and said: "In my opinion, that old man Song Sansi should step aside, and he should be content with how many benefits he has gained from being the head of the inner palace!"

Song Liuying said: "Everything is up to the prince."

"If that old bastard Song Sansi didn't have Sister Song's support, would he dare to make money so unscrupulously?" Xue Ningyu snorted, "I heard that the guards and maids in the mansion have to hand over a layer of silver to him every month. , does Sister Song know about this?"