Chapter 156: The Caged Bird
Duanyue sat in the Huxin Pavilion of Murong Mansion, holding a handful of small stones in her hand, and threw them into the lake one by one, making a crisp sound and turning into ripples in circles. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Her eyes glanced at a passing servant, so she leaned on the railing and looked up to ask him. "What about General Murong?"
The little guy walked hurriedly with his head down, not noticing Duanyue lying on the railing looking at him. Listening to this sudden sound, he was frightened, and hurriedly shook his head to look back and forth, left and right, and finally met Duanyue's eyes, and hurriedly bent down to bow and bow to the question mark.
"If you go back to the county lord, the general will go out to Ninghou Mansion."
"Oh!" Duanyue nodded thoughtfully, then waved his hand and let the little guy go, shocking the man in a cold sweat. He could not dare to linger any longer, so he immediately opened his legs, and rushed out like a sharp arrow, and in a short time turned into a small black dot.
Duanyue looked at his appearance and snorted coldly.
After a long while, Murong Chui came back from outside with his hands behind his back. When Duanyue saw his face, she immediately stood up from her seat excitedly, and put her hands on the railing with anticipation. Especially when Duanyue saw Rong'er following behind Murong Chui, she immediately knew that she could go home, and hurriedly walked down from the pavilion.
"Uncle! You're back. Duanyue raised a smile and asked quietly in a low voice. What's going on with my brother, but he's still angry? ”
Murong Chui smiled helplessly, his eyes glancing at Rong'er behind him. "If Xiaofeng is angry, how can he let Rong'er come over? You better pack your things and go back early. Qingyi was troubled like this, and her body became uncomfortable again, you should accompany her more. ”
"Sister-in-law is not feeling well?!" Duanyue blinked her eyes and thought about it carefully, it seemed that Lu Qingyi had suffered a huge blow that day because she learned the facts, she just thought about holding a grudge against Cuiguo these days, and she forgot about this stubble.
Thinking about it now, a shadow of guilt lingered in Duanyue's heart, and she hurriedly bypassed Murong Chui and grabbed Rong'er's shoulder, and she became worried in hindsight. "My sister-in-law is okay, right? How about now? ”
Rong'er's eyes were surrounded by stars in front of her eyes, and she said softly while dizzy. "Madame is fine, the imperial doctor has also come to see it, it's no big deal. But she has been thinking about you, the county lord, and hopes that you will go back sooner. ”
"I want to go back too, but my brother and I really can't talk to each other." She pursed her lips and said as she tugged at her handkerchief.
"Don't worry, I said it to Xiaofeng, and I scolded him, and he actually figured it out himself." Murong sighed and looked at Duanyue helplessly. In the end, it was Xiao Feng's own fault that he didn't want to admit that he was so angry. Although you have concealed the fact of infertility from the two of them, now that it has become a fact, it will be fine after the anger has passed. ”
Duanyue listened to it, but she didn't accept it very much. She clenched her fists indignantly, still looking indignant. "But if Cuiguo is in Ninghou Mansion for a day, I won't be at peace!"
Rong'er pursed her lips and nodded solemnly. "The slave also thinks that Sister Cuiguo is too much, the lady and the county lord are so good to her, and she dares to do such a reluctant, it really makes us feel disgusted."
She snorted heavily from her nostrils. "Sister Cuiguo used to be so domineering in the house, many people can't get used to her, and now she can be regarded as ruining all her reputation!"
"Even if she says so on the face, the child in her belly is indeed the only seedling of the Shen family, and I can understand Xiaofeng and Lu Qingyi's thoughts." Murong Chui let out another long sigh and patted Duanyue's shoulder. "Don't say it, go back quickly, don't make them wait."
Duanyue wanted to rub on for a while, but under the urging of Murong Chui and Rong'er, Duanyue really had no choice, so she had to obediently get into the carriage of Murong Mansion and go back to Ninghou Mansion. Before leaving, Murong Chui also pulled Duanyue aside and said to her meaningfully.
"Uncle understands your feelings and agrees with you. But now it's messy enough, even if you want to avenge Lu Qingyi's grievances, you have to live for a while. If you can't solve the problem, come to me, and my uncle will help you solve it. With that, he nodded slightly at Duanyue.
Duanyue let out a "hmm" in understanding. It was Murong Chui's words that made Duanyue feel the most comfortable, making her feel like a warm current flowed in her heart.
She sat in the carriage and turned her head to ask Rong'er, who was sitting next to her. "What's the situation in Ninghou Mansion now?"
"Back to the county lord, although the Hou Ye ordered that this matter should not be said, the news still spread outside the mansion. Mrs. Yu came once in a hurry, and the scolded Mrs. couldn't persuade her. Princess Sheng An may be too far away, and there is no news yet. Sister Cuiguo was not placed in a very remote and uninhabited place in Xiyuan, but Master Hou didn't go to see her once, and stayed by Mrs. Hou's side. ”
Duanyue pursed her lips when she heard this, and she really didn't know what to do. She leaned back in the carriage and looked up at the ceiling, her mind feeling like a mess. When the carriage stopped at the gate of Ninghou Mansion, Duanyue suddenly changed her mind, she didn't plan to go back to the room, and she didn't want to go to Yanfeng and Lu Qingyi, but planned to go to Cuiguo on a whim.
Frightened, Rong'er hurriedly rushed to Duanyue and stretched out her hands to block the way. "Don't go, the county lord! What to do if you are angry with yourself! Her eyes widened and she shook her head desperately.
"You have to let me get things straight, otherwise how can I feel at ease!" Saying that, Duanyue skimmed Rong'er, and then bypassed her and walked towards Xiyuan, Rong'er knew that she couldn't persuade Duanyue, so she had to follow behind her, if the two fought, she could still pull it.
The more Duanyue walked towards Xiyuan, the more sparsely populated it became. One road to the end, and finally it comes to an abrupt end in front of a white wall. Duanyue gently pushed the door but found that she couldn't push it, if it weren't for Rong'er's whispered reminder, she hadn't seen the deadbolt on the door being tightly chained. It can only be opened from the outside, and it can't be opened no matter how much you push it inside.
Finally walked into the courtyard, Duanyue found that there was only a small courtyard less than three feet, and then there was only a single room, plus the fallen leaves and dead branches pushed in the small courtyard, it seemed very crowded.
"County Lord." Cuiguo walked out of the house when she heard the sound, she raised her eyes and saw that it was Duanyue, and bowed to her without joy or sadness.
After a few days, Cuiguo lost some weight, but her belly appeared bigger, and she could see that she was pregnant.
Duanyue forced herself, forcibly taking her gaze away from her stomach and staring at Cuiguo's eyes instead. "Don't you want to explain it to me and let me know the cause and effect?"
When Cuiguo heard Duanyue say this, she smiled dumbly, and Duanyue realized that her appearance was still very different.
"I can't remember what night it was, I saw Rong'er carrying a food box to Hou Ye's room, and I knew that the opportunity had come. So he coaxed her to take the food box, and while no one was paying attention, he put the medicine in it. Cuiguo lowered her head and raised her lips and smiled lightly. I bought the powder a long time ago, and I always thought that there would always be a chance to use it. ”
Duanyue secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and suddenly felt a chill behind her. "From that sachet, I thought there would be a problem one day, but I didn't expect you to plan for so long."
Cuiguo looked surprised and looked at Duanyue. "It turns out that the county lord knows that I made the sachet, but I always thought that no one knew."
"Don't talk about this, how did you know about my conversation with Imperial Doctor Ye?" Duanyue frowned, and asked the question in her heart very calmly.
"I'm just standing outside the door eavesdropping on your conversation. When I heard that Lu Qingyi couldn't conceive a child, do you know how happy I was? Her face was sad, and her eyes rippled slightly.
"I fell in love with Hou Ye when I first saw him, and for so many years, I fell asleep thinking about Hou Ye's appearance. Naturally, I don't hope that one day I can fly on the branches and become a phoenix and become a lady, but I am just a bed-warming concubine and content. But Master Hou didn't even look at me. ”
The more Cuiguo spoke, the more her voice trembled, and large tears fell to the ground. "I really can't bear it, why Lu Qingyi has only appeared for so long, but Hou Ye can fall in love with her at first sight. I've been around for four years, and he'll occasionally call me by the wrong name. Do you know the county lord, how happy I am when there was a sudden farce on the day of the wedding? With that, a smile suddenly appeared on her sad face.
Seeing her laughing and crying, Duanyue took a few steps back in fear. "Do you think that the two of you fall in love with each other on a first-come, first-served basis?"
"Even if it's not first-come, first-served, I should leave a little trace in his heart." She lowered her head and gently stroked her lower abdomen. "That's heavy enough."
"You're doing it yourself." Duanyue finally glanced at her coldly, only to feel that any more talk was nothing more than a bull's head against a horse's mouth.
Cuiguo watched the moon in the crack in the door gradually disappear, and those eyes no longer swept past her life, the fireworks were pitiful, but who knew what was in her heart.
She raised her head to look at the only square sky that belonged to her, silently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and looked at the bird flying wantonly with its big wings, Cuiguo thought to herself. In the future, I will be like those birds, I can do whatever I want, and no one can stop me.
She wants her children to be in pairs, she wants her father's love and mother's love, and she wants to grow old all her life.