Chapter 23: Seeking Glory (2)
Seeking Glory (2)
Another evening, Chen sent someone to summon Mu Qing to speak. As soon as Mu Qing entered the house, Chen said that he wanted to say something considerate to her, so he withdrew all the people in the room, beckoned Mu Qing to sit on the edge of the bed with her, and said some words with his hand, which was nothing more than the ethics that a wife should have. At the end, he looked at Mu Qing with a smile, and then said thoughtlessly, "Such a good look is really worthy of it." Mu Qing only felt strange when she heard it, and everyone had been treating her more and more politely recently, especially Gu Li, with even a hint of stammering, which made her feel inexplicably flustered in her heart.
Two days later, late at night, with the gentle knocking sound on the door of the wing room where Mu Qing lived, all her doubts and worries for days were answered.
After that, the small courtyard was unusually quiet, Xu Shitian was too hot and stuffy, and even the cicadas were unable to hiss, only a few night insects occasionally chirped. It was easy for Gu Li to get to Wan's room this night, she tried her best to support it, and when everything was quiet, she cautiously turned to the door of the east wing, looked around again and again, and made sure that there was no one, so she lightly clicked on the door.
After half the salary, Ah Liu held the night light and asked softly who it was through the door, Wan Shi looked left and right again, and said in a low voice: "It's me, I have something important to tell you, please Miss Ah Liu open the door quickly." ”
Ah Liu opened the door halfway, and Wan Shi dodged into the house. Mu Qing had already gotten up and sat down, and when he saw her come in, he ordered Ah Liu to turn off the lights, and the person sat in the deep darkness. Wan Shi was not polite, adjusted his breath and said directly: "Your father, I have decided to send you to Du Yan, it is said that Du Yan will treat you well, and will give you the title of Teng concubine, and pass the door with a bright face." ”
After that, everyone was silent, and they couldn't see the looks of others in the dark, so they were silent. Aliu still couldn't believe his ears, waiting for the two of them to confirm it. Mu Qing forgot his anger for a while, and thought blankly, and fulfilled his worries a few days ago. Wan waited for Mu Qing's reaction.
After a long time, Mu Qingqi came to his senses, and his breathing became short, "Are you sure of this?" ”
"Your father said it himself." Wan confirmed: "Your mother was also present at the time, and she had already planned this matter in detail. It seems to be Du Yan's idea, and he will bring the dowry in a few days, and he will send you out before the Erlang of the Du family comes to discuss his relatives. ”
After all the arrangements were made, Mu Qing snorted coldly, "In this way, Du Yan knows about me and his nephew." ”
"I know. Your father hesitated because of this. But Du Yan said that Du Jiaerlang deviated from the scriptures, a few years ago, because of the abandonment of the official, and the matter of reconciling with the Gao family, he was sent out of the clan early, even if he had a surname Du, it had nothing to do with the Du family, and Qi Niang's employment with him was tantamount to hiring an ordinary person with the surname Du, which was not very beneficial. Not to mention this level of interest, just saying that one is an uncle and the other is a nephew, he will be overwhelmed in terms of generation. ”
Mu Qing silently gritted his back molars, his anger was rolling against his chest, but his heart was cold for a while, so he heard Ah Liu ask in a trembling voice: "Qi Niang, how is this good?" Mu Qing only exhaled a long breath from his chest, and he was speechless for a while.
Wan Shi sighed and leaned in the direction of Mu Qing, "I know everything about this matter, how to plan to be in Qi Niang, that is, the things of the past few days, what are the plans to hurry up." I'll go back first. Saying that, he stood up and was about to leave, walked to the door, and turned back and added, "I shouldn't have come here, let alone leak secrets, but now I am helping Qi Niang like this, so what is the matter, Qi Niang should also understand." ”
Mu Qing let out a sigh from the deep darkness, and said quietly: "Qi Niang is grateful, and the concubine's entrustment does not dare to be negative." Everyone stopped talking, the door creaked, thinking that Wan Shi had gone out, and after a while, Ah Liu came over in the dark, and didn't dare to say anything, just sat quietly beside her, and sighed softly from time to time.
Sitting straight until the sky was slightly shining, there was a sound in the courtyard, Yinghua had already gotten up and practiced his fists and feet, faintly seemed to hear Ada's voice, Mu Qing lifted the curtain in front of the window, pushed open the window, and sure enough, it was Ada who was pointing at Yinghua with one hand and one foot in the courtyard. After watching the window for a while, she suddenly stood up, summoned Ah Liu, and told her to go and talk to Ada, and after breakfast today, let him personally set up the car and send them to the Pufa Temple. Ah Liu muttered, "Is it still useful to pray to God and worship Buddha at this time?" Mu Qing just didn't hear it, urging her to go quickly.
When Ah Liu passed the word and returned to the house, Mu Qing had already changed into a dress, sat in front of the makeup mirror, and smiled at Ah Liu, "Quickly put on some plain powder for me to cover up the tiredness on my face." When Ah Liu applied fat powder closely, she could still hear a few sighs, and Mu Qing pressed her hand: "Don't sigh anymore, I will see others for a while, but I don't know anything." If the clues are revealed and something bad happens, I can't do it anymore, I can only be at the mercy of others. ”
At breakfast time, Ah Liu really restrained, and served as usual, talking and answering people smoothly and quietly. Mu Qing said that he was going to Pufa Temple to pray for blessings, but he only ate a vegetarian steamed cake and took Ah Liu out, and Ada had already set up the car and waited at the door. As soon as the two got into the car, their faces immediately collapsed, they were deflated, and they leaned against the wall of the car with relief, unable to speak for a long time.
The car slowed down after a while, and Mu Qing of the Pufa Temple had been there a few times, and he probably knew the line of action, but it didn't seem right to go now. Mu Qing lifted the curtain and asked Ada if he was on the right track.
"Mother Mo showed up, Ada knew that he was going to the Pufa Temple, but there seemed to be someone following him in the back of the car, and he didn't know what he wanted." Ada answered in a deep voice.
Mu Qing frowned, put down the curtain, retreated into the compartment, took a silent breath, and whispered, "Let's meet it head-on, you are not a local, just take it as a disapproval, and see which one it is." ”
"Mother, sit tight." As soon as the words fell, a whip sounded accompanied by the neighing of the horse, and the body jerked a few times, and Ada had already turned around sharply in the middle, and drove straight towards a Sujian carriage that was following behind. The horses and coachmen on the opposite side were frightened, and the body was crooked, and they almost overturned, and the people in the carriage were unsuspecting and rushed out from behind the curtain. Mu Qing slightly opened the corner of the curtain, and it turned out that the person in the car was Gu Liulang.
"How could you be so careless?" Mu Qing lifted the curtain and blamed Ada for a few words, and Ada hurriedly hugged his fists to the other party to make amends. Gu Liulang sat down and didn't have time to return to the car, so he had to say, "That's it, that's it." What happened to my sister's car? Why is it in a hurry? ”
Mu Qing raised his eyes in surprise, "Brother? complained that Ada didn't know him, and he turned the wrong way. But how could he crash into my brother's car? She looked at the driver of the car again, "Why don't you use the family car when my brother travels?" What about hiring a car? Why don't you go with Qi Niang. ”
This Gu Liulang was originally mediocre, but when he encountered this sudden change, he couldn't answer a word, he didn't know why, and he heard that Mu Qing invited him to the same car, and in a hurry, it also made him feel anxious, "I went out late today, and I couldn't go with my father, so I had to hire another car." Don't worry, don't worry, sister, let's go. ”
Mu Qingyan smiled, put down the curtain, and Ada drove the carriage past Gu Liulang's car unhurriedly.
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