Chapter 22: Five Stones
Sitting next to Xie Daoyun, who was originally admiring the princess's room, Wanzhang grabbed this sentence, and his eyes couldn't help but retract from the overly simple room decoration, and lit up, just now I felt that this princess was very knowledgeable, diligent and thrifty, and went back to her mother-in-law's house to walk in person instead of taking a carriage, she was a good daughter-in-law, and she had a better opinion of her. I didn't expect it to be a person who had words in his words and hidden needles in his mouth, didn't he blame Xie Daoyun for not being a daughter-in-law but often going back to his parents' house without being a daughter-in-law?
was waiting to see how Xie Daoyun would react next, but she didn't expect this bold princess to quickly seem to realize something, and immediately explained: "Sister-in-law, I didn't mean that, you know that I have always been open-mouthed and have no malicious intent. β
"I understand, you don't have to take it personally."
Hey, Sister Yun just let her go?
Wan Zhang glanced at Xie Daoyun with a surging heart, and found that under her ordinary gentleness, there was no heroic spirit of a gentleman who was not too late to take revenge for ten years, or a little bit of anger, although she knew that she was generous, but she was not a weak woman who was bullied, so she was really not angry? Do you really believe that this princess is just open-mouthed?
He glanced at the princess secretly, and there was a crimson complexion on her graceful and beautiful appearance that rose from unexpected words, and a sense of fear of annoying people, but it was really a darkness that had no hidden scheming at all. If she is so heart-aware that she can't even see through the cleverness of herself and Xie Daoyun, it will be too terrifying, but if you look at her carefully, it is more likely that she is just an ordinary open-mouthed. Wanzhang was finally able to let go, this is probably really just a princess who grew up in careful care, and was still naΓ―ve and stupid when she grew up and married.
Seeing that the princess was still too concerned about what she said without going through her brain just now, Xie Daoyun could only kindly guide:
"Has the princess seen her aunt since she came back?"
The princess was silent, Fang bowed her head and replied: "I have seen it after the meal, and I guessed that my sister-in-law would come over about time, but I didn't dare to stay longer." β
"Okay." Xie Daoyun said, and after a while, he said calmly, "Auntie is old, if the words are a little harsh, don't think about it." β
"Dao Fu doesn't dare, not to mention Auntie's words, even if they are harsh, they are still teaching me."
"It's best if you think like this, it's getting late, and I won't stay longer." Xie Daoyun pulled up Yunzhang, who was in a fugue again, "Zhang'er, let's go back, don't disturb the princess." β
ββ¦β¦ Good. β
Wanzhang immediately stood up obediently, this princess was not to her liking, she did not want to have much contact with her, it was best to leave earlier.
After saying goodbye to the two sides, the two of them walked out of the room, and a group of maids said goodbye respectfully, and at this moment the lanterns in the courtyard were all lit up, which was very lively.
However, Wanzhang is a layman, and after the first reaction was lively, he soon had a deeper reaction.
Wasteful, wasteful.
Shaking his head, he caught a glimpse of the study in front of the main house, the oil lamp was also brightly lit, and through a window that was slightly blown open by the wind, it could be seen that someone was inside.
The husband and wife are obviously in the same place, but one reads at night and the other keeps the empty boudoir alone, is it afraid that others will not see that the relationship between their husband and wife seems to respect each other, but in fact, they are inseparable?
shook her head again, this princess is not bad in nature, but she is too straightforward, she speaks straightforwardly, and she loves someone directly, so she can only bear all kinds of consequences. However, no matter what, it's their own business, and others can't control or help, so they can only look at their own lives.
Wanzhang Xie Daoyun and the two walked on the road when they came, the sky was much darker than when they came, but fortunately, there was always no shortage of candles at the gate, although it was not as bright as the courtyard of Princess Fangcai, but it was always unhindered to walk, plus a full moon in the sky, but it had more charm.
Saying that today's moon is indeed extraordinarily bright, Wan Zhang calculated in his heart and suddenly realized, yes, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival soon, no wonder.
As soon as the Mid-Autumn Festival arrives, you can drink osmanthus wine. Speaking of which, it seems that he still hasn't drunk for a long time, and it is inevitable that he will feel a little nostalgic, and he can't help but lick his lips at the moon.
And her appearance of wanting to drink wine fell in Xie Daoyun's eyes, but she was hooked with sentimentality, thinking that she was thinking about the princess and Wang Xianzhi, and it may even be because she missed her younger brother Xie Yan.
"Zhang'er, what are you thinking?" Xie Daoyun, who was walking beside her, asked her.
Wanzhang paused, thinking that it would be too embarrassing to tell the truth that he was a little drunk, so he replied with a casual smile: "I'm thinking about this princess." β
Xie Daoyun took the opportunity to ask, "How is the princess?" β
"The princess is fine, but it's a little strange." I thought about it sideways, how to say it so as not to appear to be gossiping, but this topic itself is a gossip topic, and too much obscurity can only appear to be covered, so she simply has no scruples, "She doesn't look like a princess." β
"Not like a princess?" Xie Daoyun repeated it gently, and then smiled in the moonlight, "Have you seen other princesses?" β
Wanzhang sneered, and said slowly while thinking, "No." However, I always feel that a princess should not be like this. β
"So what should it be?"
"Proud, confident, ......happy," she thought for a moment, but still said, "even high-flying, arrogant and high-minded, even so." β
"Dao Fu used to be what you said." The two turned a corner of the verandah, and the moonlight poured down unscrupulously from the corner of the house, and it was like a handful of broken jade falling on the ground. "It's just gradually, after going through some things, that she has become what she is now." Xie Daoyun's face was shrouded in the beautiful and sad moonlight, his expression was calm, and his tone was gentle, "Maybe it's our Wang family's fault that she has fallen from the altar from a princess who can be high forever, to a wife who needs to treat her mother-in-law and husband carefully, and she can't even get what ordinary people can get." She frowned slightly, "But there seems to be nothing wrong with Aunt and Xianzhi, the princess marrying is not their idea, but Auntie's niece died of depression after being deposed, and Xianzhi fell into a leg disease for the rest of his life, but these are all real things." After all, it's probably my uncle's fault. β
Compared with Wang Xianzhi's love, Xie Daoyun and Wang Ningzhi are really lucky, although the two are not love at first sight, they often quarrel, but they also have strong feelings, and the usual quarrels are just a kind of fun, if they are really unhappy, Xie Anding would have remarried for his favorite niece, Xie An, as Xie's family, does not interfere much on the surface, but it is actually based on knowing everything about the children, and the only wrong thing he did in his life was probably to self-righteously let the emperor order, made Wang Xianzhi, the youngest son of his old friend Wang Xizhi, divorce his wife and remarry, thinking that this would help him have a worry-free future in his life, but he didn't expect that it would just ruin his life, and let him watch the good boy who grew up since he was a child become a frustrated cripple now. For a proud person like Xie An, this matter must be his lifelong self-blame and remorse, even the rest of the Xie family will always have a debt to the Wang family.
"Sister Yun, don't think about it." Wan Zhang was relieved, "Although a person's fate cannot be completely controlled by himself, it is always related to the choices he has made, and no one can get out of it." β
"That's what you said."
Xie Daoyun smiled at her lightly, and continued to walk forward, the light in the courtyard could be vaguely seen in front of her, but Wanzhang suddenly stopped, Xie Daoyun took a few steps and turned back suspiciously, just wanted to ask what was wrong, then saw her look serious, standing under the moon and looking at herself and said:
"Sister Yun told me everything, and Zhang'er felt very moved."
Xie Daoyun paused, smiled again, shook her hand, and was patient: "Although there are many brothers in my family, there is no sister, and when I met you, I felt closer than my sister." At this moment, she probably didn't mean anything else, just thinking of a way to be worthy of the name of sister with Wanzhang, "It would be nice if you could be my brother and sister." β
Although he knew that Xie Daoyun must not have made a joke about himself, he would always feel uncomfortable when he was forced to score mandarin ducks like this, and Wanzhang's rare true feelings were like this, so he could only start to play sloppy, laughed, pretended to just hear a joke, and pulled Xie Daoyun to the courtyard without care.
It is said that in the afternoon of a later day, Liu Wu took Yunzhi out to hang out and eat, and when Wanzhang and Xie Daoyun were sitting and chatting in the room, they suddenly heard a knock on the door outdoors, and when they opened the door, they saw a little girl with a solemn expression and a panicked expression.
Wanzhang felt familiar, and after thinking about it, Fang remembered that this was the maid who had seen the lamp in the princess's courtyard that day.
The little maid gasped for breath twice, and stumbled and said quickly: "The princess invites Miss Wanzhang over, the seventh son's manic illness has been committed again!" β
Wanzhang stood at the door puzzled: "If you have a disease, you went to ask for a doctor, why did you come to me?" β
The princess said...... The princess said that it was useless to ask an ordinary doctor for this illness, and that I would definitely come and bother Miss Wanzhang to come over. β
She still didn't understand it, and she was made big by the little girl's anxious appearance, and she couldn't think about it. But after a while, he recalled the few times he had met Wang Xianzhi, and he had some clues.
When I saw Wang Xianzhi's pale face and weak figure, it was only due to physical disability and depression, and I didn't think about it carefully, which may be related to a popular atmosphere among the famous people of the Eastern Jin Dynasty - Wushi San.
It was originally born to treat diseases, but it was regarded as a kind of dependence because of its bright and energetic spirit after taking it, and the recipe was constantly improved, and eventually became a stimulant concocted by celebrities and gentlemen. However, the disadvantages of this thing are far greater than the benefits of an instant, if it does not dissipate in time after taking it, it will inevitably lead to heat sensitivity and madness.
However, this symptom seems to be ferocious and earth-shattering, but in fact, it will pass after you have survived, but the pain is abnormal, such as the bite of a hundred ants, and even some people can't stand the pain and bite their tongues to commit suicide.
Wang Xianzhi...... seems weak, but he should not be a fragile person, she believes that he will survive nine times out of ten.
Wanzhang didn't want to do much, so he wanted to shirk it, but at this time, Xie Daoyun came over, and Youyou said to her: "Zhang'er, since you are good at metaphysical magic, you will be good at the medical skills of the five arts, so help him." β
"This ......" As soon as Xie Daoyun said, Wan Zhang had to hesitate, Sister Yun's face could not be ignored, and if she saved Wang Xianzhi, the Wang family would owe her a favor in the future, and she only needed to go on such a trip to do some small things, think twice, it was really beneficial and harmless, and nodded, "Okay." β