Qi Zhen's voice was cold and he threatened every word.

Listening to Linglong, she felt both ironic and chilled.

There were countless grievances and sorrows in her heart, but she couldn't say anything. In the end, she just lowered her head and closed her eyes in silence.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Since that day when Qi Zhen was brought back to the main courtyard from the street, Linglong has been watched closely by the servants of the main courtyard every day. She can only move around the main courtyard every day, even the courtyard gate.

Can't go anywhere.

Days like this are even less free than in Nanyuan.

Linglong was trapped here every day, and the maid who followed her out that day was sent to someone unknown. Perhaps Qi Zhen had told her, or for some other reason, almost no one in the main courtyard dared to interact with the slaves.

She said something.

Even if Linglong took the initiative to ask something, these minions would give very brief answers, and all of them would avoid Linglong.

For three whole days, Linglong could only look at the porcelain in the room or the gauze flowers on the window most of the day.

Even if she occasionally took a look at the pear tree in front of the study room in the main courtyard, the waiters would advise her to go back to the house as soon as possible and not to stand outside for a long time, lest the cold would harm her body.

Those slaves said they were afraid that Linglong would be harmed by the cold, but in fact they still followed Qi Zhen's orders and did not want to let Linglong stay outside the house for a long time in order to keep an eye on Linglong.

Days like this are boring and depressing, and Linglong, who always loves liveliness, is intolerable.

But the current situation, for Linglong, no matter how unbearable it is, she has to endure it.

In the past three days, Qi Zhen has not been to the main room, and has been resting in the study. The lights in the study sometimes stay on until midnight.

Linglong found it difficult to sleep peacefully whenever there was any light at night. She always had to wait until the lights in Qizhen's study went out in the middle of the night before she could fall asleep properly.

The imperial doctor who came to treat her with Ping'an pulse to recuperate her health noticed that she was in low spirits, so he asked Qi Zhen to prescribe some sleeping pills to Linglong.

Maybe it was because of the effectiveness of the sleeping medicine, or maybe it was Linglong's body's fault, but after taking the medicine, Linglong not only fell into a deep sleep at night, but also felt drowsy during the day.

The days were too boring, and she was taking sleeping pills. Linglong sometimes looked at the porcelain window grilles in the room and fell asleep without realizing it. However, every time she fell asleep, she could not sleep for a long time, and would wake up after a short time.

It was mid-afternoon, and Linglong was sleeping in a daze. Half asleep and half awake, she faintly heard the faint chatter of the slaves waiting in the inner room.

"I just saw that Marquis Ning'an went to His Highness's study?"

"It is that Lord Marquis. Isn't this Miss Shen we are serving the young lady of Ning'an Marquis Mansion?"

"Hey, although it is true that she is a young lady from the Hou Mansion, she is still a concubine. The difference between a concubine and a concubine is really huge. It is difficult to get a concubine from a concubine, so the concubine of the Hou Mansion

But she has been the crown princess appointed by His Highness and the Queen since she was a child."

"It's not all because of the concubines. This concubine is not the crown prince's official concubine. How can she be so important as a concubine? Look at the concubine of Zheng Guogong's palace. She is about to enter the East Palace as a concubine.

After all, His Highness has no intention of letting Miss Shen become his concubine. Seeing that Miss Shen is favored, but she has no heirs and no status, she will be here in the future.

There is definitely no future in the East Palace. Besides, if His Highness really loves you, how can a side concubine not give it to you? Look at the imperial concubine, her family background is even lower than that of Miss Shen, and she has become the empress of the imperial concubine.

I have been my favorite for many years."

"Yes, but tell me, will the Marquis of Ning'an come here today because he is dissatisfied with His Highness for not giving this Miss Shen a status?"

"In my opinion, that's not necessarily the case. Don't forget, the eldest daughter of the Shen family is still unmarried. If His Highness the Crown Prince still prefers the eldest daughter of the Shen family to be the crown princess, is it possible that the Marquis of Ning'an will still be entangled with a concubine? The status of a woman? Furthermore, the king is a monarch and a minister. How does His Highness want to do things? How can the Marquis of Ning'an comment on it? Even if the Marquis of Ning'an has the courage to comment, how can His Highness's opinions be changed by others."

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The maids all thought that Linglong should have fallen into a deep sleep after taking the sleeping pills.

Therefore, although the voice was deliberately lowered during the discussion, the conversation continued for a long time.

Linglong, who was on the bed in the inner room, woke up early in the discussion.

She didn't open her eyes, she just exhaled slowly, then turned sideways and continued to bury her completely in the quilt.

But this time, I couldn't fall asleep.

After Linglong lay quietly for a while, the maid outside still thought she was sleeping deeply and was talking to herself.

Linglong sighed helplessly and finally got up.

As soon as she got up, the maid who had been watching the movement of Linglong outside was busy and stopped talking.

Linglong was still cold from the wind, and when she stood up, her quilt slipped from her body, and she felt cold for a moment.

The cold made her throat itch slightly, and she pursed her lips and coughed.

The maid seemed to have some eyes, so she quickly brought hot tea and sent it over.

Linglong glanced down at the maids waiting in the room, raised her hand to take the tea, and took a sip.

Immediately, he said as if casually: "Is it my father who came here today?"

She looked normal when she said this, as if she was just asking casually.

When the maid below heard this, she was so frightened that her heart dropped.

All their maids knew that Linglong had been resting in the inner room today and had not yet stepped out of the room. Since she had not even left the room, it was naturally impossible for Linglong to know that Marquis Ning'an was here. If Linglong didn't know it herself, she would only know it from the discussions of several of their slaves.

No matter how much these maids felt that Linglong's future in the East Palace was not good, they still knew that Linglong was the only female mistress in the East Palace at the moment.

It is a grave sin to discuss one's master in private.

If Linglong really wanted to deal with them, it would be easy.

After figuring this out, he hurriedly knelt down and knelt down to apologize: "My dear, forgive me, it's the servants who are gossiping. My lady has a lot of people, so don't argue with the servants."

This royal servant is the most shrewd.

I had inquired about Linglong's temperament early on and found out that this Miss Shen had the softest temperament and had never beaten, scolded or punished her servants. Most of the masters like this could not suppress their servants.

The slaves are the most bully and afraid of the strong, so naturally they are not too afraid of Linglong. Although they feel that talking about their master is a serious sin and are afraid in their hearts, they are lucky enough to think that this soft-tempered master may not care about people like them.

Linglong is indeed soft-hearted and has no intention of arguing with these slaves.

However, just because she has a soft heart and has never done any serious harm to her slaves does not mean that she can tolerate these people talking endlessly in her ears.

Linglong frowned slightly, and said with a cold voice: "You don't have to kneel to me, and don't let me hear these gossips in the future. If you do this again, you can go find Qi Zhen and go somewhere else. I don't need it. A gossiping slave."

As soon as she finished speaking, the next servant hurriedly responded.

Linglong was already tired and did not want these maids to be an eyesore anymore, so she pinched her brows and ordered them to retreat.

The maids bowed their heads and retreated. After stepping out of the inner room door, a gust of cold wind blew in from outside, causing the door to sway slightly and creak.

Linglong heard the movement and raised her eyes.

I saw a few pear petals wrapped in the wind and blown into the inner room.

She looked dazed, looking at the pear petals swaying in the wind, subconsciously stepped closer, and raised her hand to catch the petals fluttering in the wind.

The petals fell on Linglong's palm, and the wind swept them away again and blew them out the door.

Linglong stepped out and followed her, watching as the pear blossoms were blown back bit by bit, until finally the cold wind stopped and they fell on the soil under the pear blossom tree.

She looked at the few petals on the ground, her expression hidden with loneliness.

It's probably because these days have been too depressing, and I didn't even realize that I felt sad for spring and sad for autumn. Just now I looked at the petals, being wrapped in the wind, and being tossed around involuntarily, Linglong felt a little sad.

She stood under the tree, shook her head and chuckled, looking away from the petals, ready to go back to the inner room.

As soon as he took a step forward, he suddenly heard his father's voice in the inner room.

The words were so loud that they seemed to be shouting from the opposite side of Qi Zhen. Linglong was suddenly startled.

"Your Highness! If you really act like this, have you ever thought about how the two daughters of Richen will deal with themselves? Have you ever thought about how the world's words and comments will slander them?"

Hearing these words, Linglong's fingers trembled slightly, she subconsciously looked back and walked towards the study.

The door to the study room was closed, and Linglong stood on the steps, stepping up with very light steps.

The next moment, Qi Zhen's words also fell on Linglong's ears.

"The thing that the Marquis is worried about about people talking about 'two women working together with one husband' will not happen. After Gu ascends the throne, the eldest lady of the Shen family will enter the palace and become a queen, just like the engagement arrangement many years ago. As for Linglong, there will be no such thing in the world.
Chapter completed!