One hundred and eight

Although His Majesty the Emperor also wanted to stay outside for a few more days, he couldn't help himself, and returned to the capital early the next morning, Zhao Cheng was relieved, and sent the emperor and his party out of the tea garden with joy from the bottom of his heart. Xu You didn't show up this time, the excuse he made was that he was sick and his face was indecent, and the emperor didn't ask any more questions after hearing about it, and glanced at Zhao Chengjin, as if he was smiling. Zhao Chengjin looked at his nose and his nose, and he was not weak at all, he even glanced at His Majesty the Emperor and smiled.

However, when he sent the emperor away and came back humming a minor tune very briskly, Ah Chu told him, "Sister Xiaoxue said that we will go back tomorrow." ”

"Go back?" Zhao Chengjin only felt that he almost didn't mention it in one breath, and suddenly became anxious, "What...... Why did you suddenly say that you want to go back? Isn't it good here, but who has neglected you? "Patronized to serve His Majesty the Emperor, his relationship with Xiaoxue has not progressed at all, so he just went back, this time...... Isn't it in vain?

Ah Chu didn't seem to expect Zhao Chengjin's reaction to be so big, and he was stunned for a while before he whispered hesitantly: "I...... We've been out for a long time, that's why we have to go back, Brother Xiaoshun, don't think about it. Besides, it's time for me to go back to the academy to study, and after coming out for so long, all my homework has been pulled down. ”

Zhao Chengjin panicked in his heart, but Ah Chu said it was also reasonable, "Didn't I tell you a long time ago, reading is not an overnight thing, and there are books in the tea garden, if you don't understand something, come and ask me, don't worry about these days." That one...... Haven't you even learned how to ride a horse? ”

He racked his brains to come up with various reasons to keep people, but Ah Chu always looked embarrassed, "...... It's Sister Xiaoxue who is going back. ”

Zhao Chengjin immediately stopped talking, the expression on his face was a little complicated, both disappointed and helpless, seeing that Ah Chuxin was so sad that he didn't even dare to speak. He even felt that it seemed really unkind for Sister Xiaoxue to suddenly return to Beijing and throw Zhao Chengjin alone in the tea garden.

"I'll tell your sister." Zhao Cheng sighed faintly, and said to Ah Chu, but he didn't move, standing in place with his brows twisted, hesitating. He has always felt that he is very calm, but in the past few days, he seems to be getting a little more and more flustered. Obviously, the marriage of the two has been decided, and he should be happy, but when he thinks of Xu You's attitude, Zhao Chengjin can't be happy.

He always thought that as long as he insisted on being good to her, one day, Xu You would be moved and respond to his feelings, but after so many years, she was always like leaving, although she also cared about him and thought about him, but that kind of feeling was different from what Zhao Chengjin wanted. Day after day, year after year, the expectations slowly piled up, until now, he couldn't even tell himself how deep the feelings were, so that he couldn't bear it himself.

Zhao Cheng drifted into the courtyard where Xu Yu lived in a daze, and when he entered the door, he saw Xiaoyu and Xiaohuan packing their luggage, and when they saw him coming, the two hurriedly greeted each other, and then they thought of something, and each found an excuse to hide out of the courtyard. Xu You was embroidering a purse in the house, and when he noticed someone entering the house, he thought it was Xiaoyu and the others who had come in, so he opened his mouth and ordered: "Xiaoyu will make me a pot of tea." ”

There was no movement in the house, Xu You realized that something was wrong, frowned and raised his head, saw Zhao Chengjin at the door, and did not go to his heart, casually said hello, and said, "You are here." "And then, nothing else.

Zhao Chengjin's chest became more and more stuffy, he sat down beside her with his head down, and asked in a deep voice: "Ah Chu said that you are going back to Beijing tomorrow?" ”

There was something wrong with his voice, Xu You immediately noticed it, put down the needle and thread in his hand and looked at him, and asked with concern, "What's wrong with you?" Seeing that Zhao Cheng kept his face stiff and didn't speak, Xu You faintly guessed some reasons, so he explained in a low voice: "I've been out for a long time, so it's not good to stay here all the time." Besides, Ah Chu is also going back to study. ”

When she spoke, she looked at Zhao Chengjin with two eyes without blinking, her black eyes were full of worry, Zhao Chengjin was a little uncomfortable, lowered his head slightly, and caught a glimpse of her red fingers, and his heart suddenly softened again. Thinking about it, I feel like a bastard again, if Xiaoxue can't like him all the time, it must be because he hasn't done a good enough job, it's really gaffe to run to her in such a hurry.

"Tomorrow to go...... Okay, let's go back together. He paused, a little uncomfortable, "You're right, we've been out for a long time, it's time to go back." He grinned at her, his gaze moved to her hand again, and his voice became extremely gentle for a moment, "This purse is not in a hurry, you take your time, don't hurt your hand." ”

Xu You was a little surprised when he saw that his face suddenly became normal again, but he didn't say anything, and chatted with him as usual.

At noon, Ah Chu bent over, crept back, entered the house, looked around uneasily, and asked, "Sister, Brother Xiaoshun didn't say anything to you, right?" ”

"Say what?"

"But his face was so ugly in the morning!" Ah Chu stroked his chest, looking afraid, "Brother Xiaoshun is terrible when he is angry. ”

Xu You squeezed out a smile and glanced at him, but did not speak.

The way back to the city was quite peaceful, there was no heavy rain, and there was no big monk in the broken temple, when passing by the temple, Zhao Chengjin also deliberately asked the coachman to stop the carriage and go down to see, but the temple was empty, and the big monk had long since not known where Yunyou went. But Xu You remembered what the great monk had said, and his eyes swept over the old purse on Zhao Chengjin's waist, thoughtful.

The days after returning to Beijing were very monotonous and boring, Ah Chu went to Xiangshan Academy, the teapot and Xiaolu went back to the palace, Zhao Chengjin was not as diligent as before, Xu You except for occasionally doing needlework, he followed a grandmother specially invited by Xue Dad to learn the rules, and life was quite boring.

At this time, Xu You couldn't help but miss the days in the tea garden, so free and unrestrained, but-well, Xu You also felt that he was hypocritical, and he couldn't help but scold a few words when he slept at night, because he was afraid of being heard by Mrs. Meng, so he only dared to scold in English, so scared that Xiaoyu quietly discussed with Xiaohuan whether she had fallen into any evil.

Why is she in a hurry to return to Beijing? Sometimes even Xu Yu herself is a little confused, is it really because she is worried about Ah Chu's study, or is her concern for Zhao Chengjin becoming more and more powerless? Afraid that you will really indulge in it? However, they are obviously engaged, isn't it too much for her to escape like this?

For so many years, Zhao Chengjin has occupied various important positions in her heart, playing an irreplaceable important role, a cute and caring little master, a sensible and well-behaved child, and even a calm and calm young man, but now, this new role makes Xu You a little uncomfortable. Thinking that they would get married in the future, and even have children, Xu You felt a little weird. Of course, even if the object of marriage changes to a different person, she is still uncomfortable, and even disgusted.

Getting married is a terrible thing!

However, whether she wanted it or not, whether she wanted it or not, the marriage went in the direction that most people expected. In July, because of the meritorious work of the Meng family in offering tea, His Majesty the Emperor gave Xue Dad the title of Earl of Changning, which can be hereditary and cannot be replaced, the title is neither high nor low, and it is not very eye-catching in the capital. But for the Meng family, it was a major event to change the court.

His Majesty the Emperor obviously benefited a lot from this year's spring tea, and he was very generous, and he gave him a knighthood, and he also rewarded the Meng family with a big mansion, with a total of five entrances, and the courtyard set of yards is not nearly ten, and Mrs. Meng also joked that this family is big, and I am afraid that I will get lost if I get close to the courtyard.

In August, the marriage between the Rui Wangfu and the Meng family came out, and His Majesty the Emperor and Rui Wangye said in front of the Queen Mother, although the Queen Mother disliked the Meng family's family was a little low, but she also agreed to it, but quietly looked for Zhao Cheng to enter the palace in private, saying that she would pick a few innocent side rooms for him.

"Brother Shun, look at the seven girls of the Liu family, how good they look, these eyebrows and eyes are ......" The Queen Mother pointed to the little girl with a flower and moon appearance on the portrait and recommended it to Zhao Cheng, "I asked, this girl was born in a scholarly family, knows how to read, and is especially good at calligraphy......"

Zhao Chengjin suddenly turned his head in disgust, "How ugly is that brain, I don't like it." ”

I can't look down on this, there are others, the queen mother let the palace people hold a lot of portraits, but Zhao Chengjin can always find faults, the eyes are too small, too fat and too thin are all common excuses, and what is even more strange is that the face is crooked, the teeth are ugly, etc., all the portraits sent to the palace, they are all selected by thousands of people, how can there be so many crooked melons and cracked dates, if it is really a crooked face, it would have been beaten back a long time ago.

When the Queen Mother arrived here, she didn't understand what Zhao Chengjin meant, she laughed angrily, stretched out her hand and rubbed him on the face, and said angrily: "Who am I doing this for?" You little devil still don't appreciate it. Don't think that your grandmother doesn't know anything in the palace, that Meng family, what Changning Bo is, is actually newly sealed by your imperial uncle, and he was a petty official with sesame mung beans before. You don't pick so many good girls in the capital, why did you choose such a family. That little girl is so good? ”

Zhao Chengjin's face flushed slightly, "My grandson knows that the imperial grandmother is all for my grandson's good, but I am the only one in my heart." She has a low family background, and she is afraid that she will be laughed at after entering the door, if her grandson is accepting other people in the palace, there will be no clean days in the palace in the future. ”

When he spoke, there was a sad and helpless look on his face, and the Queen Mother immediately remembered the matter of Concubine Zhang of the Rui Wangfu, and immediately understood his concerns, and it was no longer easy to say anything about the concubine. When Zhao Cheng left the palace, the Queen Mother thought about it, and finally rewarded some things to the Meng family.

Even the Queen Mother expressed her position, and the marriage was basically settled.

The Meng family's new house is far away from the Rui Wangfu, and it used to be within walking distance, but now it takes two quarters of an hour just to take a carriage, and the emperor recently summoned Zhao Cheng to Jin Wuwei on a whim, although he is only a small Yulin general, but among the nephews and nephews of the royal family, who started to run errands at the age of sixteen or seventeen like him, and it is also a hot post like Jin Wuwei.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Cheng went to the Meng family even less, not to mention Xu You, even Ah Chu was a little unaccustomed to it, and couldn't help but whisper to Xu You: "Why haven't you seen Brother Xiaoshun recently?" How long has it been since he's been here? I haven't seen him in two months! ”

"Ten days," Xu You didn't raise his head, as if he didn't take it seriously at all, "He's busy, he's already on an errand, how can he still come as before." As she spoke, her hand shook, and the embroidery needle pierced her index finger, and immediately a drop of blood oozed out.

Xu You was obviously stunned for a moment, quickly wiped off the blood with a handkerchief, got up and walked around the house twice with some uneasiness, as if casually asking, "Have you heard from him recently?" In fact, she hadn't seen Zhao Chengjin for nearly a month, and the last time he came in a hurry, he only exchanged a few words with Mrs. Meng, and sat in the house for less than ten minutes, and he had already left before Xu You could rush to the front yard.

Sentimental! Xu You quietly scolded himself again.

"Sister Xiaoxue, let's go to Lingshan Temple tomorrow, right?" Ah Chu rarely had a vacation, and he really didn't want to be bored in the house, "Haven't you been there before, I heard Brother Xiaoshun say that the first time you met was there." ”

Lin San Temple, it seems that I haven't been to it for many years.

Xu You suddenly remembered when she was a cat, and she didn't seem to have so many worries at that time, although she was occasionally a little fine, but she was not as hypocritical as she is now. Sometimes she feels that she hates it to death, and even wonders if she hadn't saved Zhao Chengjin, he would really like her?

This suspicion was originally just an occasional thought, but somehow, this idea wanted to snowball bigger and bigger, especially recently, maybe because Zhao Chengjin came less, this thought always kept drilling into her head, tossing her so that she couldn't sleep for several nights.

It's good to go out for a walk, to relax, so that you don't have to hold your head at home for a long time, and your heart is getting smaller and smaller.

So the next morning, Xu You went out with Ah Chu.

Lingshan Temple is the largest temple near the capital, the capital up to the dignitaries, down to the common people like to come here to burn incense and worship the Buddha, so the incense is very prosperous, it is said that the fifteenth day of the first month and the Buddha's birthday, the path leading to the temple is blocked. Fortunately, Xu Yu and they came early, and the journey was still smooth.

After worshipping the Bodhisattvas in the temple, Ah Chu pulled Xu You to climb the mountain, and said: "I heard that standing on the top of Lingshan Mountain can have a panoramic view of the capital. It's hard to get out today, and I'm sure I'll have to climb to the top of the mountain. ”

Xiao Yu persuaded with some worry: "Young Master, this mountain is very high, you are a boy and you may be able to climb it, but the eldest lady may not be able to." When the time comes, stop on the mountainside, you can't go up, you can't go down, but how can you get it? "She and Xiaohuan used to serve in a big family, and they followed their former master to Lingshan, and this is not the first time she has seen this kind of thing.

Ah Chu didn't care at all, "My sister is not one of those daughters who is out of breath after walking a few steps, she has good physical strength." That's right, Sister Xiaoxue. ”

Xu You nodded, and waved his hand, "Let's go up the mountain!" ”

The maids saw that they couldn't convince them, and they had no choice, so they had to follow hard, but they were always worried in their hearts, for fear that Xu You would refuse to move halfway, and as a result, their sisters and brothers went to the top of the mountain in one breath.

As Ah Chu said, standing on the top of Lingshan Mountain, you can have a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery of the capital, especially the imperial city in the north of the city is particularly spectacular, the palace high-rise buildings are stacked on top of each other, and the glazed tiles shine in the sunlight.

"It's so beautiful—" Ah Chu said.

Xu You stretched out his arms to feel the mountain wind of hunting, took a deep breath, and raised his voice towards the empty valley, "Ah-"

Ah Chu was taken aback by her sudden loud voice, and immediately felt that it was quite funny, so he also followed her example and shouted a few times towards the valley.

"Shouting, my heart is relieved." Ah Chu smiled, stretched out his arms and legs again, ran around the top of the mountain a few times, and after a while, he came over to talk to Xu Yu again, "The scenery here is so beautiful, we should have come a long time ago, call Brother Xiaoshun and Brother Ping'er next time." Well, why don't you bring the teapot and Midori with you......"

"Brother Xiaoshun is busy, people may not be free." Xu Yu said coolly.

"How can I not be available!" Ah Chu laughed loudly: "As long as Sister Xiaoxue sends a post, Brother Xiaoshun can find time no matter how busy he is." As soon as he finished speaking, his brows suddenly wrinkled, he looked intently at the mountainside not far away, and asked Xu You in a low voice with some confusion, "Sister Xiaoxue, do you see if that is Brother Xiaoshun?" ”

Xu You's heart trembled suddenly, and she looked in the direction of his finger, and there was indeed a group of people walking up on the plank road on the mountainside without hurrying, because it was not far away, with her eyesight, she could clearly see the appearance of the person who came.

It was a group of young aristocratic men and women, richly dressed and with a group of servants, Zhao Chengjin was at the forefront, talking and laughing with the young women beside him as he walked, as if he was happy.

Xu You's mind suddenly boomed, and she didn't know what she was thinking, she immediately retracted her head, turned around, and said, "We...... Descend the mountain by another road. ”

"Ahh

The author has something to say: I don't know if it's because there are too many things at home, as soon as I come back, I will write all kinds of cards, and I sat there until night to write this, crying 166 Reading Network