Chapter 48: Affection is Better Than Ruthlessness (1)
As if she had been lightly stabbed by an ice needle, when Chu Yunxi raised her hand to look, a thin ice particle quickly melted on the back of her hand. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoToday was a full moon, and the light was everywhere, and she opened her palm to find that there were fine particles of snow like white sand floating in the air. They fall very slowly, as if they are still suspended around her body, and she loves snow very much, and its ethereal, quiet, pure, and white qualities are her favorite qualities. The cold moonlight reflected the cold snow, and the world was bleak and silent.
Chu Yunxi ran and chased after her, the soju in her stomach was churning, and her internal organs were hot and uncomfortable. After a while, she saw Shi Jiaheng, who was leaning against the wall, leaning on her back, walking extremely hard and slowly. She ran a few steps to catch up, Shi Jiaheng suddenly leaned against the wall and slowly slipped down, leaning against the wall and sitting on the ground reflexively.
His eyes were slightly narrowed, he was a little delirious drunk, and he was talking a few indistinct drunken words as if he were dreaming, and the two blush on his cheeks were like red glow floating on the clouds. His forehead was covered with beads of sweat.
She squatted down and took a clean handkerchief from her bosom to wipe the sweat from his forehead. He was drunk and confused, but he could still distinguish her identity from her gentle movements. His eyes suddenly opened, staring at her and calling out clearly, "Yunxi." ā
Chu Yunxi was stunned for a moment, answered in a low voice, and continued to wipe his sweat. He jerked up his hand to grab hers and gently lowered it. She didn't understand the meaning of his movements, and looked at him stunned. His hands slowly climbed from her wrists to her shoulders, and just when she thought he wanted to hug her into her arms and was about to let go of his, he violently pressed her shoulders, and then pushed hard to her chest, and before she could react, one by one, unexpected things happened!
His lips were actually on hers!
She was dumbfounded, and for a moment her brain lost consciousness as if it had been hit. When she heard a whisper from his gently squirming lips, "Yunxi, I like you, I really like you", fear, anger, and shame all came to her heart. She felt her cheeks explode with the heat coming from her heart.
She pushed him away with all her might, and his back slammed against the wall behind him, making a loud muffled thud, the violent impact causing him to cough incessantly, and the breath pounding in his chest and lungs, occasionally suffocating him. There were tears in his eyes, and he didn't know if it was because the breath choked the tip of his nose or because the injury touched his heart.
Chu Yunxi's raised hand hung beside his cheek like this, and he couldn't wave it anymore.
Under the shame, she couldn't stand the pain of covering her mouth, stood up and ran away.
She was so angry that she wanted to cut off her robe with him on the spot, but after running away, she gritted her teeth and stomped her feet and turned around and ran towards Shifu, she wiped the tears from her face, straightened her hair, put on a hood, covered her mouth when she spoke, pretending to be coughing from the cold, she told Geng Gong Shi Jiaheng's approximate location, said that he was drunk, and asked him to hurry up and pick him up and go home. Before Geng Gong could say thank you, she left quickly.
Bai Biao's light skills are unparalleled, and every time she climbs over the wall to enter the house, she can successfully avoid the eyes and ears of all the guards, and she never misses.
She floated into the courtyard like a white ghost, and by this time the snow had fallen heavily, sticking to her hat and cloak like a thick layer of fluff. Back in her room, she could no longer hide her anger, her feet kicking the floor, and the door was pushed open with a loud noise. Lu Yan, who had never turned off the lights, was taken aback, went out to call her, but she ignored it, and reflexively locked the door again, did not light the light, and cried bitterly in the dark.
Lu Yan was frightened and kept knocking on the door outside, only intermittent cries could be heard inside. Biyin, who had already fallen asleep, was also awakened, put on her clothes, and came out with a lamp to ask what was wrong.
Lu Yan hurriedly circled around the door, she went to knock on the door again, but she was still crying inside, ignoring it. She shook her head helplessly at Lu Yan, and she was also at a loss. Lu Yan urged her to go back to rest, so she moved a chair and sat at the door.
Biyin went back to the house and lost her sleep, so she sat in the house in a daze. Halfway through the night, there was a sound of drums outside the courtyard, she went out to check with the lamp, and saw Lu Yan sitting under the eaves of the porch against the door, with a thin quilt on her body, huddled and asleep, the resentment in her heart was diluted by this clear snowy night, and for a moment, she felt that she was no longer complaining and resentful.
Lu Yan, who sat opposite her, is not a hateful, love-snatching villain, she has been guarding and protecting all the relatives around her, including herself, when she was sick and wailing in pain, she and her master also stayed at her bedside all night, and her eyebrows and hearts were indelible worries and anxieties. She silently recalled the previous life of several of them supporting each other and sharing weal and woe, and a warm feeling rose in her heart.
She went back to her room and hugged a thick quilt and gently covered Lu Yan. When she turned around, Lu Yan woke up, rubbed her eyes, saw her back and the quilt on her body, and couldn't help but call her name lightly, she paused, didn't look back, still silent, entered the room and closed the door. Lu Yan smiled and wrapped the quilt around her body tighter.
Lu Yan, who was guarding outside the house, could tell from the subtle sounds in the house that Chu Yunxi was afraid that he had cried for more than an hour last night, and he was afraid that he hadn't slept all night. Early in the morning, Biyin personally went to the kitchen to work, and the two of them took the fragrant and tempting breakfast outside the door, and persuaded them softly for half an hour, and the people inside seemed to be deaf, and they did not open the door when they were silent.
The two sighed at the door. Lu Yan was puzzled, since the news that Lin Gongzi and Miss Chen were going to tie the knot, Chu Yunxi was almost overjoyed. After Bai Qiao's death, she has not been so happy. I went to drink and practice happily last night, why did I turn the world upside down as soon as I came back?
The more she thought about it, the more wrong it became, and a careless negligence confirmed her doubts, and she suddenly asked out loud: "By the way, Yan Qingshuang, why didn't Miss Yan come back with her master?" ā
When she asked, Biyin was surprised to react and couldn't help but sigh.
Lu Yan patted her thigh anxiously and muttered to herself, "No, I have to go to the Lin Mansion to ask." What is going on with this Miss Yan, how could she leave her master and disappear? ā
Biyin hurriedly put away the dishes and chopsticks and said, "I'll go too." ā
The two of them made up their minds, nodded and ran towards the door, and when they left the courtyard, they saw Yan Qingshuang jumping from the courtyard wall, she staggered to the ground, and almost twisted her foot. The two of them were overjoyed, and quietly ran forward to take her, supporting her left and right. Her steps were still a little vain, and her head was dizzy, although the drunkenness had not subsided after a night's sleep. The two helped her to the house, and before she could drink saliva, they hurriedly asked, "Miss Yan, what happened last night?" ā
Yan Qingshuang was a little confused by their serious and anxious questions, and she frowned and asked them if she didn't understand.
Biyin was also in a hurry, and hurriedly told Chu Yunxi's abnormal performance last night, and in a hurry, she said it upside down, which made Yan Qingshuang, who was already confused, even more dizzy when she heard it, and asked again and again. Lu Yan hurriedly followed up with a supplementary explanation, making the original simple matter more and more complicated.
Yan Qingshuang rubbed her chaotic head, and desperately activated the messy memory of the wine: "I remember that nothing happened last night, just everyone sat together drinking and chatting. Everyone drank too much, Lin Yueyuan Xiaonizi pulled me to make a fist, and poured me several bowls, and then I was drunk, so I didn't know anything. ā
Lu Yan and Bi Yin glanced at each other, obviously not satisfied with her answer, and continued to force her to recall. She beat her head and said with a bitter face: "I really can't remember, no, I can't sit still, I'm going to lie down for a while, and I'll think about you when I wake up." So saying, she went to bed, and soon fell asleep.
The two sat speechless, and after a long time, Bi Yin suddenly put forward a self-righteous idea: "You say, will the master be sad because Lin Gongzi and Miss Chen are leaving, after all, they have known each other since childhood, and it will be difficult to see each other in the future." ā
Lu Yan put her chin on her arm and said in a muffled voice, "I don't see it." She didn't know how many times she had experienced this separation, and she wouldn't cry so much that she didn't eat or drink, but she was about to die. ā
Biyin couldn't, so she pulled her up and said, "Let's go." Let's go get something, otherwise how can we have the strength to take care of our master? Lu Yan sighed and worriedly followed her out of the house.
Yan Qingshuang's sleep was a day and a night. It was a very long day and night for Lu Yan and Bi Yin, during which they knocked on the door every once in a while, and the food was also hot and cold. At night, the two of them were really exhausted and physically exhausted, so they fell into bed and slept until three poles in the morning.
Chu Yunxi's near-hunger strike made them deeply frightened by not eating or drinking, just as they were determined to use some brutal means to break down the door. An uninvited guest suddenly appeared on the cloister.
Seeing this, Lu Yan glanced at Biyin. Biyin reflexively went back to the house, and Lu Yan greeted her with a smile on her face: "Sister Wanting, rare guest, sit in the house." ā
Wanting was plumper than before, her face was round like a silver plate, and a delicate palace flower was inserted in her sideburns. She loves beauty very much, and always wears bright dresses, even if it is cold and windy, she still wears thin clothes in order to show her delicate and tortuous figure. Her mouth is the most powerful, and she has to be unforgiving, and there is nothing she doesn't know about the strengths and weaknesses of everyone in the Chu Mansion. She is a person in the eldest lady's house, and she has served the crown princess and the eldest lady, and no one in the house is not afraid of her. Among the few ladies in the house, she only admires Shangguan Xueyu.
When Lu Yan saw her, she had to deal with it with her spirit. Wanting only smiled at her, didn't say a word of politeness, and said, "I'm here to find Miss Four." ā
Lu Yan was startled, and hurriedly stopped and said with a smile: "Sister Wanting, what's the matter, tell me, our young lady is sick again, and she hasn't gotten up yet." ā
Wanting pursed her lips with a smile: "Yo, the people in the strange Dao Mansion privately call the fourth lady sick Xi Shi and a sick beauty." Sick again. Lying sick all day long in the house is not good for the body. Besides, I will come in person, there must be something important to tell Miss Fourth in person, please make way for you. ā
Saying that, she straightened her waist and walked straight to the door of Chu Yunxi's room. Biyin came out with hot tea to save the scene, and laughed: "Sister Wanting, come, it's not too late to come into the house and have a cup of tea, it's easy for you to come and taste our tea." ā
Wanting sneered and pushed the cup she handed back, her eyes wide. Biyin's hand shook, and her smile faded.
She knocked on the door three times politely and unhurriedly, and said in a tone without any emotion, as if she was reading: "Fourth Miss, the crown princess went back to her hometown today to save her relatives, saying that she hadn't seen you for a long time, and she was worried about it, and asked you to go over and get close." ā
After a long time, there was no sound from inside, and Lu Yan and Bi Yin pinched their hands in a cold sweat at the door. Wanting waited anxiously, and knocked three more times before the door opened.
Wan Ting's eyes suddenly fell on Chu Yunxi's waist, she was afraid of the cold by nature, and as soon as it turned cold in late autumn, she put on her winter clothes. At this moment, she is wearing a thick white cotton satin, wrapped tightly up and down, but it is still difficult to hide her thin waist, she is taller than ordinary women, and she looks willow waist and long legs, shaved shoulders and thin cheeks, coupled with her indifferent look, sick posture, it is expected that Chang'e in the Guanghan Palace is nothing more than this.
Wanting's face was a little unhappy. Chu Yunxi was still faint, without much expression, and only asked softly: "Why hasn't the crown princess heard any movement at all for such a big thing as returning to the palace to save her relatives?" ā
Wanting smiled very perfunctorily, and didn't look at her, casually fiddling with Juan Pa in her hand and said: "The fourth lady knows, the eldest lady has always liked to be quiet, thrifty, and doesn't like to be extravagant. Our house is reluctant to leave the East Palace, and she is unwilling to publicize it. After the permission of the palace, she came back so quietly, and she didn't want to disturb the people and stir up the unrest in the house. ā
"Got it." Chu Yunxi replied stiffly: "You lead the way, I'll go with you." ā
Chu Yunlian wore a homely plain dress today, fresh and elegant, only a clean bun, without any decoration, like a plain chrysanthemum, standing in the house to feed the birds. Seeing that Wanting brought Chu Yunxi in, with a wave of her hand, the maids retreated with the birds.
Chu Yunxi was about to kowtow to her when she came in, she ordered Wanting to help her up, and she sat casually in the seat in front of her. Wanting added some tea to their cups, then got up and exited, closing the door.
Because he was in his own house, Chu Yunlian might as well be restrained in the palace, put his hands on the armrests, looked slightly lazy and tired, looked at her and asked, "I heard that you have been lingering on the sickbed these days. I see that you seem to be thinner than before, your face is not good, your eyes are swollen, and it seems that you are not lightly ill. Why don't you call the imperial doctor to take a look at you? ā
Chu Yunxi stood in an orderly manner, hung his head, and said in a cautious whisper: "The princess is worried, how dare you work as the imperial doctor in the palace." My second sister and I have generally been weak since we were children, and the medicine has not been broken, all of which are old diseases, so we can go back and turn out the previous prescriptions, and grab some medicines to eat according to the prescription. ā
Chu Yunlian nodded, stared at her and said with a smile: "Okay, it's all a family, so you don't need to be restrained at home, sit down." Don't call it the crown princess, just call it my sister. Not only me, but even the prince is very worried about you, he knows that you are not in good health, and when he left, he also told me to visit you. Have you eaten it? ā
Chu Yunxi replied in a low voice: "Yes, I have already eaten it." ā
Chu Yunlian said "um", "That's good, there are a lot of things in the palace, and we don't know what you like, so we don't have a share, what you like will be picked up later." ā
Chu Yunxi nodded in response.
Between the two, Chu Yunlian always asked, and Chu Yunxi replied, looking rusty and dull. Chu Yunlian also felt that this sister was neither flattering nor afraid of her, but just kept a polite distance. She laughed dryly, her tone changed, and she said with some sadness: "Since my father died, the Chu family has withered, I am slightly stronger than you, I have a mother and a husband, you and the second sister are all miserable, and my mother has also gone one after another." Eldest sister is like a mother, I naturally have to take care of you, although Mrs. is a little harsh with you on weekdays, but I still love you in my heart, I am not by her side, and I need you to do more filial piety for me. ā
Chu Yunxi's heart was hot, and he finally mustered up the courage to say: "The eldest sister has seen the outside, and filial piety to the eldest mother is also within the responsibility of our younger sisters. But since my sister said that, I really have something to ask my sister for. ā
Chu Yunlian smiled with concern and asked casually, "What's the matter, let's hear about it." ā
Chu Yunxi frowned and said softly: "In the spring of next year, I want to move my uncle's bones back to my hometown in Shu for burial." ā
"Oh, how long will it take, I'll get ready." Chu Yunlian asked after thinking for a moment.
Chu Yunxi said eagerly: "No need, sister, I'll just take a few girls around me, and Qingshuang to protect me." As for when I can come back, my sister and I don't know how many years I can last in this body, and I can't stand the fatigue of traveling back and forth, so it's better to ......"
Chu Yunlian's face changed, and he interrupted her with a little anger: "Ah, you are planning to go back to your hometown, and you will never go back." The Chu family is dying, my mother and I are struggling to support it, and I also hope that you and my sisters can unite as one, who knows that you take care of yourself and don't take our family to heart at all. Sister, do you just want to protect yourself and get out of your body? ā
Chu Yunxi's face was slightly red, and he hurriedly explained: "Sister, I didn't mean that. ā
Chu Yunlian's words were a little imperious: "Don't mention this matter again in the future." I know you've been sick for days, probably a little confused. ā