Chapter 20: Secrets
Mandarin Yuan raised her head and looked at Duanyue in a daze, it was the first time she saw the cheerful Duanyue with a gloomy expression on her face. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"So everyone knows who my father is, but basically no one knows my mother." Duanyue's eyes flashed, and the gentle face of her mother appeared in her mind. "My father warned my brother and I from a young age that we should not tell outsiders about our mother's parents. My mother was a Uighur captive, and she didn't even speak a word of Chinese. ”
Duanyue finally told the secret hidden in her heart. Her mother died of illness when Duanyue was six years old, and she still remembered that her mother never went out, and even the small courtyard where she lived rarely stepped out. She didn't speak Chinese, and no one in the house could speak Uighur language except her father, so her mother was always lonely to look at the poplar tree that crept in from outside the wall, and this tree was the only thing she knew.
Niangqin is not a standard Uighur appearance, and Duanyue has always suspected that Niangqin also has Han Chinese ancestry, because she is no different from the Han people except for her slightly light hair color and amber pupils. She always held Duanyue in her arms and said "Aya," which means "baby" in Uighur language.
When the mandarin duck heard it, he couldn't believe it. She shook her head involuntarily, as if she couldn't accept it. The mandarin duck looked at Duanyue carefully, with black hair and black pupils, which one looked like a Uighur?
Cuiguo, who was standing on the side, heard all the conversations between the two, and she was surprised and hurriedly pinched her thigh with her hand, trying to keep herself calm, for fear of revealing a different look, which would make Duanyue feel unhappy.
"Mandarin Duck, I don't mind your background," she held Mandarin Duck's hand tightly, and her sincere eyes couldn't help but move Mandarin Mandarin Duck. "It's not just me, Mrs. Yu treats you as her own flesh and blood, how can you be so arrogant?"
"I ...... I was just...... I'm just afraid you'll dislike me as much as they do. She wiped away her tears and spoke eloquently. Those four people were originally very good with me, and they have been playing together since childhood. Later, they didn't know where they knew about me, so they looked at me with blank eyes, as if they would damage their identity if they were with me, and they wouldn't let others be with me. ”
"It's so hateful!" Duanyue was already furious when she heard this, and she rolled up her sleeves and couldn't wait to have a big fight with them.
Cuiguo also frowned when she heard this, and nodded, expressing her agreement with Duanyue's statement. "The slave maid also thinks that all the ladies are kind and lovely, and now that I hear this, there are really all kinds of people."
The mandarin duck bit her lip, she raised her head clearly, and asked softly with a little unconfidence. "Xiaoyue, you really don't dislike me?"
Duanyue immediately stretched out her hand and swore to the sky. "I swear to the sky that I will never dislike the mandarin duck!" After that, he showed a bright smile to the mandarin duck, and swept away the gloom in the room with a smile. "Mandarin duck, don't be sad, look at your good-looking face, it's all ugly."
"Yes, Miss Mandarin Duck, you have to smile more to look good!" Cuiguo took a wet handkerchief and gently helped the mandarin duck wipe his face, and the tears left on his face were wiped away, revealing the original delicate face of the mandarin duck. "Miss Mandarin is so beautiful."
Hearing the two of them boasting about themselves so bluntly, the mandarin mandarin duck's face flew red, and he stretched out his onion-like fingers in shame to push Duanyue. "You two are really," she glanced at Duanyue with disgust. "Cuiguo has learned the oil tone with you, you make fun of me and make me panic!"
Cuiguo smiled sweetly and said coquettishly. "The slave is not telling a lie! Miss Mandarin Duck is already beautiful! ”
While the three of them were laughing and scolding, Mrs. Yu came back. Seeing that the mandarin duck has regained its vitality, it is also a big problem to let go of my heart. The mandarin duck has been sullen since she went home yesterday, thinking that she had a quarrel with Duanyue. Now that she sees that the two are reconciled as before, she is also relieved.
"Laughing so happily, tell me what's wrong?" Mrs. Yu walked in with a smile, and when the mandarin duck saw a familiar look in her eyes, she immediately stopped daring to speak. But Duanyue didn't know her character, she was still hippie and smiling, and she opened her mouth to say something.
Mrs. Yu's eyes flickered, and her voice instantly rose a few points. "I've rested too, so let's keep practicing!"
Cuiguo sighed in her heart. This is Mrs. Yu's gentle and kind face on weekdays, but now it is so terrifying! couldn't help muttering, Mrs. Yu called out Cuiguo's name, and she immediately picked up the teacups on the table one by one and let them go where they should go.
Duanyue felt the weight on her shoulders, and with a sad face, she had to continue to succumb to Madame's intimidation. Mrs. Yu really did what she said, and the lunch really didn't come to anyone. When facing the moment of crisis, Duanyue cheered up and concentrated on walking.
It wasn't until dusk that the red afterglow outside passed through the porch and sprinkled on people's faces, that Mrs. Yu shouted to stop, and Duanyue's eyes were already dull at this time. However, in just one day, Duanyue has advanced by leaps and bounds, and she feels like a young lady in Beijing when she walks. Only then did Mrs. Yu change her previous modest expression and praise her.
"Walking this item, the county lord is considered to have passed. However, the county lord, you have to remember that you are the emperor's own lord of Shi'an, and you are more than a princess, so you must reveal the momentum of the county lord. ”
Duanyue nodded, her words were like a hall, her left ear went in and her right ear came out, she was already two years old.
The mandarin duck playfully waved goodbye to Duanyue, and when she saw the two leaving, Cuiguo breathed a sigh of relief and immediately helped Duanyue to sit on the stool.
"The county lord must be hungry." She asked worriedly, just as Duanyue's stomach rang at the right time.
She raised her head and looked at Cuiguo aggrievedly. "My good emerald fruit, I've been hungry for a long time."
"The slave knows that the county lord hasn't eaten properly all day, but it's really heartbreaking for the slave and maid!" She pretended to look around quietly, how could there be anyone else in this small courtyard except for the two of them? "The lord of the county is waiting, and the slave maid will make some food in the kitchen."
"I want to eat small rice balls, I want to add osmanthus sugar!" When I heard that Duanyue was eating, I danced excitedly, as if I had been beaten with chicken blood, and I didn't see the tiredness just now. Cuiguo narrowed her eyes with a smile, she nodded, replied "got it" and went out.
Now Duanyue was the only one left in the room, and the excessive fatigue made her lean against the table, and after a while, she was groggy. Her eyes were closed, and her face was full of comfort, which showed that she was really tired.
A large yellow-brown desert appeared before her, and the sand holly leaned against the roasted hot rocks, blooming small yellow flowers like stars. Duanyue saw a clump of white thorns with small reddish-purple fruits not far away, and she hurriedly ran over happily. The fruit of the white thorn is sweet and sour, and when it is still at the border, Duanyue is the favorite to eat.
Duanyue suddenly felt strange, she looked at the surroundings more and more familiar, it turned out to be her home. It's been months since she left home, and even if she dreams about it, she can't help herself. Duanyue spread her feet and ran towards the gate of the General's Mansion, the door that was blown off by the strong wind of the wilderness was so familiar, so nostalgic.
She pushed open the door with a heavy feeling, but the hand she didn't expect was like cotton, and it opened on its own before it even touched it.
The furnishings inside the door are exactly the same as those in Duanyue's memory. In the familiar spacious courtyard, my father, my mother, and my brother stood in the middle of the courtyard, beckoning to Duanyue and signaling her to come over.
Duanyue saw that the family was there, her eyes were lit up instantly, she couldn't wait to run, but found that her mother and father disappeared little by little, and only her brother looked at her with a sad smile. Duanyue stopped her steps and froze in place, she wanted to open her mouth to stop everyone, but no matter how hard she tried, her throat seemed to be empty, and she couldn't say a word.
The wind walked towards Duanyue step by step, and he had an invisible sense of danger. His pressure made Duanyue unable to move, and the person walking in front of him didn't look like his brother at all, but like a monster.
The wind took out the accessories from his waist, and he continued to walk without stopping.
A sword pierced Duanyue's heart without hesitation, and she could feel the coldness in her body, so real.