Chapter 148: Tanabata
"I think I've made it clear enough. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ info "In the courtyard of Xiangyang Palace, Xia Shuanghan, who was really impatient to continue to deal with Zhou Yaoguang, decided not to show her mercy verbally.
"Miss Zhou, you have to know, whether you are dead or alive, happy or unhappy, all this has nothing to do with me. You can't have both, you have to choose one of the two, you have to choose between the two things. If you don't want to give anything and try to get it, you might as well just take a dustpan and go to the yard and wait for the pie to fall from the sky. β
"You...... How can you be so cruel? The reason why Zhou Yaoguang dared to come to Xia Shuanghan for his marriage today, and hoped that he could get help from her, was based on the following two points.
First, she had heard about Xia Shuanghan's breaking into the fire during the Lantern Festival last year in order to save people. Therefore, Zhou Yaoguang speculated that Xia Shuanghan should be a simple person who likes to see righteousness and act bravely.
Second, she is already aware of the custom of Rong women to choose their own partners who will accompany them for life. Therefore, Zhou Yaoguang, who is also a woman with Xia Shuanghan, thinks that Xia Shuanghan will compare her heart to her heart, and she can't bear to see her marry and stay alive.
It's just that it's obvious that her wishful thinking has completely failed. Zhou Yaoguang's visit today can not get anything except "self-inflicted humiliation".
"Thank you for the compliment, I've always been like that." Hooked his lips and smiled, accepted the "cruelty" mentioned by Zhou Yaoguang, Xia Shuanghan, who had such a brief evaluation, while mercilessly ordering the bell to send off the guests, and before waving his hand into the inner room, he turned his head and instructed the subordinates of Tingtao Courtyard: "In the future, Miss Zhou is not welcome in this courtyard, if any of you dare to let her in, just wait for the roll to cover and leave the next day!" β
Zhou Yaoguang, who came and left empty-handed, finally realized that there was no one in the Xiangyang Palace who could help her get rid of the marriage she didn't like, and finally decisively chose to support herself. So a few days later, Xia Shuanghan quickly heard the news that Zhou Yaoguang was seriously ill.
"Do you really make yourself have a high fever that doesn't go away, you can't get out of bed, you can't get on the sedan chair, and even if you are forcibly carried on the sedan chair by others, can you sit still because of weakness and weakness, and fall down? Also, as long as she insists on being seriously ill and drags her sick fiancΓ© to death, then she can really be satisfied. β
Time is like flowing water, the white horse passes through the gaps, and the days are little by little in the drizzle and silent, and three months have passed.
In the past three months, Zhou Yaoguang did pass her serious illness, so that her future mother-in-law, who was eager to rejoice for her son, had no choice but to dissolve the marriage contract with the Zhou family, and then hired another poor woman to take over the door within three days.
At the same time, on the day when Zhou Yaoguang's sick fiancΓ©, who had been sick for many years, finally couldn't stay up and returned to the west, Pei Huanting, who Xia Shuanghan no longer wanted to have anything to do with him, got married with red makeup.
After covering her head and being carried on the sedan chair by her brother, Pei Huanting, who understood that she could never become Lu Shaoyun's wife again in this life, twisted the handkerchief in her hand angrily.
Xia Shuanghan, who married into the Xiangyang Palace, has the respect of a slave, the love of her in-laws, the love of her husband, and the free and chic married life as she likes. Su Yixing, who was originally moody and uncertain in her mind, already knew about the changes she had made for the sake of Xia Shuanghan.
After being on duty from the criminal department every day, if he can not stay outside, he will not stay outside, and only take the shortest route to Xiangyang Wangfu by carriage; He rested every ten years, neither visiting relatives nor friends, but only riding a horse to accompany his wife wherever she wanted to go; Knowing that his wife didn't like silk and jewelry, he would always find some delicate and cheap knick-knacks on the street to bring back to make her happy......
In the past ten years, Pei Huanting, who knows Su Yixing's attitude towards women, can't believe that these things have really happened.
"Why? Why is it that not only Lu Gongzi loves you, but even Su Yixing, a freak with a weird yin and yang, is willing to make so many changes for you? Xia Shuanghan, why can you get such two sincere feelings without much effort? Why do I have no less effort and dedication than you, but I can't get the love of my heart? β
If Pei Huanting knew the fact that Xia Shuanghan and Lu Shaoyun were obviously in love, but they had to suffer from lovesickness because of Su Yixing's sideways, then she might find some psychological balance a little because her rival was not happy. It's just a pity that Pei Huanting doesn't know anything about Lu and Xia's love affair.
I think that at the beginning, before Xia Shuanghan left Naming Village, she had never made up her mind whether to marry Lu Shaoyun or not, so she had never shown the slightest attitude towards Lu Shaoyun in front of Pei Huanting.
After Xia Shuanghan returned to the capital from outside the Guan, there was first the matter of her personally going to the Dingguo Mansion to withdraw from the marriage, and there were rumors that Su Yixing had painstakingly created and the two of them were in trouble. Therefore, even if Xia Jingzhi and Xia Chaoyang don't know Xia Shuanghan's true intentions, it is even more impossible for Pei Huanting to know that Xia Shuanghan is actually suffering from lovesickness.
"Xia Shuanghan, since you have never had Lu Gongzi in your heart, what have you been doing in the past four years since you were beaten? If you want to get out of the marriage, can't you go a few years in advance? If there was no marriage contract between the Lu Xia family in the first place, why would I have fallen to the point where I can't ask for it now? β
Pei Huanting, who is determined to believe that it is precisely because of Xia Shuanghan that she will miss out on her lifelong happiness, has carved her hatred into her blood, "Ruining my happiness but still being able to live carefree, how can there be such a cheap thing in this world?" Xia Shuang Han, don't ruin your current happy and wanton married life, I, Pei Huanting, swear not to be a person! β
Pei Huanting, who was sitting in a sedan chair and went to her husband's house under the support of the blowing and playing band, did not know what kind of thoughts she had about her, and Xia Shuanghan, who was forced to do needlework for Su Yixing helplessly and reluctantly. She cut the cotton thread sewing clothes and put down the scissors in her hand, and now she is worrying about how to face Su Yixing.
Since marrying into the Xiangyang Palace on the ninth day of the fourth month, the next more than 100 days and nights with Su Yixing, in addition to not being able to be with Lu Shaoyun, Xia Shuanghan thinks that her life has really reached the point of perfection.
In the past few months after marriage, Su Yixing tried everything he thought he could try on the road of "trying to win the heart of a beautiful woman" as planned in advance. Needless to say, the respect for Xia Shuanghan is the basic of the basics, and it is the top priority for her to let go of her bad perception of him and further sprout some small hearts for him.
Beauty schemes, bitter meat schemes, and heroes save beauty schemes, but all the strategies that can be used on Xia Shuanghan, Su Yixing used them all in turn without hesitation.
Su Yixing's appearance is evil, fierce, and flamboyant, and the best way to show his appearance and charm is red.
In order to use the "beauty trick", Su Yixing, who only wore light-colored clothes in addition to his official robe in the past, began to make black and red the main color of his regular clothes. And in the face of Su Yixing, who was more and more handsome and charming by the reasonable combination of black and red, Xia Shuanghan also had to say honestly in his heart while simply appreciating it: "Su Yixing's appearance really makes me unable to find shortcomings." β
And the hero saves the beauty, the most effective way for women to have a good impression of men, was transformed into another unrecognizable form by Su Yixing after considering that Lu Shaoyun had already taken a step ahead of himself and completed the scene of heroes saving beauty in Dongshi during the Lantern Festival last year, and Xia Shuanghan was very suspicious and would not easily step into the preset trap.
On the way to the outskirts of Beijing with Xia Shuanghan, she deliberately arranged fake robbers who robbed money and robbed her, and then escorted her to defeat the other party in three or two strokes.
And in the face of such a clumsy method, Xia Shuanghan did laugh as expected, his stomach throbbed, and the corners of his eyes burst into tears, and at the same time, he asked: "You obviously have the scheming and the means, but why don't you make this plan more realistic?" β
"Because I know that even if my layout is clever and meticulous, so that you can believe for a while that it is not my trick to save the beauty of the hero, but the paper can't contain the fire after all, and there will always be a day when things will be goofed. So instead of making you resentful of me for being deceived at that time, I might as well make it a little clumsier and make you laugh. β
Faced with Su Yixing's explanation, Xia Shuanghan couldn't laugh.
In order to please Xia Shuanghan, Su Yixing after marriage, in a completely unconscious situation, almost did everything that Lu Shaoyun did not take her in her previous life.
With a hand stove and hot tea, he sat on the roof and watched the stars with Xia Shuanghan; On the first night of the next day, I took Xia Shuanghan to the suburbs of Beijing to watch fireflies; invited craftsmen to make fireworks for Xia Shuanghan that can only be seen during the New Year's holidays; Even on the night of the Qiqiao Festival, on the highest restaurant in the city, I booked a private room and invited her to see the lights.
Under the blue-purple sky, the lights of thousands of homes are shining brightly; Because of the river lanterns put by the people, the Huitong River and the Jiuqu River, which were transformed into two golden dragons; Carrying thousands of wishes, the Kong Ming lantern soared; There are also glazed tiles that shine brightly because of the glow of the lights......
All of this made the summer frost and cold who saw this magnificent picture on the night of the Qiqiao Festival on the Star Picking Pavilion unforgettable for a long time.
"How? Lu Shaoyun hasn't done all these things I took you to do, right? From Xia Shuanghan's natural true expression, it was clear that she had never received such treatment from Lu Shaoyun, and she couldn't help but feel surprised and happy about all this he provided her, Su Yixing, asked her with a smile: "Now you know that I am better than Lu Shaoyun to you, right?" β
"It's true that Ting Xuan has never taken me to do these things, but to judge this, you are better than him to me, but you can't."
After marrying Lu Shaoyun in his previous life, he was only married for a month, and Xia Shuanghan was separated from him for nearly a year because of her husband's departure from Beijing. After Lu Shaoyun came back from the border pass, what awaited them was a simple and ordinary married life.
Although Lu Shaoyun has indeed taken Xia Shuanghan to many places to play every time he rests, but when the Xu family is always eyeing the sidelines, always ready to find all kinds of things to make Xia Shuanghan difficult, it is completely impossible to go to the roof to watch the stars, go to the suburbs to see fireflies, or spend a lot of money to set off fireworks, and book a private room in the Star Picking Pavilion.
"Xia Shuanghan, why are you a woman so conscienceless? Have I done less for you in the past few months, why don't you like me a little? β
I don't know when Su Yixing, who has mastered Xia Shuanghan's character of eating soft and not hard, began to play tricks of showing weakness, pretending to be aggrieved, and pretending to be pitiful in front of her. And like everyone else, Xia Shuanghan, who is also not a plant and tree, and has not formed any deep hatred with Su Yixing, is very tough when facing Su Yixing's weakness.
"Su Zhenchen, I am very grateful for all this you have done for me, if you are willing to be my lifelong friend like Zirun, then I can indeed like you."
In the past few months, the reason why Xia Shuanghan didn't stop Su Yixing from doing these things for her on his own initiative was because she had this idea: if Su Yixing was not allowed to try everything he wanted to try, he would definitely continue to think that the reason why I couldn't get along with him was because I didn't give him enough opportunities, which led to his refusal to give up in self-comfort.
It's just that looking at Su Yixing, who has done so much for her now, Xia Shuanghan, who couldn't wait for his dead heart to give up as he wished, was one step ahead of him and softened his heart and no longer hated him.
"You should know, I didn't intend to be your friend in the first place."
"I know, but I'm sorry, my heart is small, just big enough for one person. And that resident was already in it before I met you. β
"Is it because I'm too late? If I had met you earlier, wouldn't it have been the way it is now? β
"I guess it's still like this, last May on the outskirts of Beijing on Linze Lake, when I took a paperweight and swung it at your skull, I really wanted to kill you."
"Really? But even though you almost broke my head, I still thought you were very moving. β
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All this that Su Yixing did for Xia Shuanghan, since it can reach Pei Huanting's ears through the market rumors of "how the prince and his wife of Xiangyang are in love", then Lu Shaoyun, who has to go out every day, is even more unlikely to be ignorant of these things.
What Su Yixing did for Xia Shuanghan was assessed as "how romantic and touching it is" by Baliya, who stayed in Beijing to marry, Lu Shaoyun has heard of it all. On the night of the Qixi Festival, Su Yixing took Xia Shuanghan to the Star Pavilion to watch the night view, and he was also in the Star Picking Pavilion, and he was taken into view.
On the night of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, Lu Shaoyun, who was invited by Zhuo Zhuo to visit the Star Picking Pavilion, got together with his three hairdressers for the first time in a long time. And when he had just sat down in the private room for a while, the shopkeeper who walked in with wine and food pushed open the door of the private room, but let all the four people in the room pass through the open door and see Xia Shuang Han, who was being led by Su Yixing by the hand to another private room.
At that time, Xia Shuanghan, who was facing the open door on the side, missed this opportunity to meet his sweetheart due to the obscuration of Su Yixing, who was walking on his side. At the same time, when Xia Shuanghan's figure disappeared behind the door of the opposite room, Lu Shaoyun, who was slightly stimulated by Su Yixing's doting scene of Xia Shuanghan, clenched the wine glass in his hand with slightly red eyes.
The cause and effect of his brother being robbed of his love by others, Zhuo Feifei and Zeng Keying had already heard about it from Lin Xiran, who completely understood the truth of the matter. Therefore, in the face of this embarrassing situation, the two of them hesitated, completely unaware of what they should say.
Standing on Lu Shaoyun's side, do you sternly condemn Su Yixing's villain behavior of taking advantage of the fire to rob? But if it weren't for the things that Xie did at the beginning, even if people wanted to take advantage of people's danger, they wouldn't have a chance!
So, if you speak from this point of view, is there some meaning to blame the mother of the good brother, Xu? Blame the elders...... Well, this is not appropriate for Zhuo and Zeng after all. Therefore, the words condemning Su Yixing still don't say it.
So, do you want to advise a good brother to say, "Where is there no grass at the end of the world, why bother to love a flower"? Considering that even if Lu Shaoyun puts down his self-esteem and face as a man, and doesn't care about the "hatred of taking his wife", which can be compared with the "hatred of killing his father", judging from the feelings between Lu and Xia who live and die together and share weal and woe, the two of them can't say such irresponsible words that don't consider the inner feelings of their brothers. Therefore, if Lu Shaoyun was advised to forget Xia Shuanghan's words as soon as possible, Zhuo and Zeng couldn't say anything.
So, how about a different kind of talk and some other light topic to improve the atmosphere? This seems to be feasible, but Zeng Keying and Zhuo Feifei, who are busy with their duties and business respectively, have really not encountered any happy events worth bringing to the wine table to talk about recently. And Lin Xiran, the only one who has a happy event, his happy event is the marriage between him and Baliya that is in preparation.
In front of a person who has just lost a loved one, announcing with a smile "I'm going to get married" doesn't this mean pouring salt on someone's wound and waiting to be smoked? So from this point of view, this topic cannot be said now.
This can't be said, that can't be said, so, in the face of Lu Shaoyun, who is barely suppressing strong negative emotions, what else can they say?
"In the days when Frost and I were together, most of the time, I was suffering in silence. Putting aside all personal emotional factors, the life that Su Yixing provided for Shuanghan was indeed much better than what I gave her at the beginning. I didn't notice that Zhuo Feifei and Zeng Keying looked at each other, and Lu Shaoyun, who drank the wine in the cup, had a deep depression and loss on his face.
"How can I blame you for this?" Lin Xiran, who didn't know that Lu Shaoyun was actually talking about the things of his previous life, put down the wine glass in his hand with a "click", and was quite unaccustomed to listening to the good brother's rhetoric of "growing the morale of others and destroying his own prestige".
"When you and Shuang Han fell in love with each other, it was when the three of us stayed in Naming Village, and there were either deserts, grasslands or the Gobi Desert outside the gates, so even if you were active and rich, you couldn't play any tricks that made the girl's heart flutter. Do you think you're not as good as Su Yixing now? I don't know that in fact, he still envies you and Frost Han used to live and die together! β
"Yes, you said so." put down the wine glass in his hand, because of Lin Xiran's explanation, and suddenly remembered the sentence that he and Xia Shuanghan thought deeply that "the best and the most loved have always been two different things", Lu Shaoyun quickly regained his self-confidence, and took the initiative to change the topic when he was more and more sure that he must make up for his sweetheart in this life.
Thousands of Kong Ming lanterns have risen inside and outside the capital, looking at the past like falling golden snow and falling meteors. And Lu Shaoyun, who was chatting with the three of them and enjoying this scene, finally met his sweetheart when Xia Shuanghan and Su Yixing walked out of the private room and wanted to return.
Xia Shuanghan's face softened the moment she saw him and her bright eyes silently conveyed her feelings for him. And Lu Shaoyun, who saw that her lips were squirming silently, and she said a sentence in the tiny opening and closing, "Once the sea is difficult to water, except for Wushan, it is not a cloud", also warmed her heart because of her short promise.
In such sporadic and sparse encounters, at the same time that the light entered August, Xia Shuanghan also ushered in the first one after her marriage, and she needed to participate in the communication with the title of the princess of Xiangyang.
Dealing with the ladies of the court and the ladies of the boudoir, Xia Shuanghan is unwilling to do this.
First of all, according to her personal preferences, as the so-called "different ways do not conspire with each other", Xia Shuanghan, who has nothing to say to those women, really does not want to experience a "more than half a sentence of speculation".
Secondly, she is destined to divorce and remarry in the future, which is certainly despised by these ladies and girls. Therefore, instead of trying her best to blend into these circles that she is not rare and have no good feelings for now, and then be squeezed out and kicked out by them in the future, it is better for her not to participate, not to interact, and not to waste her energy and time in the first place.
Again, whether it is Su Yixing or Lu Shaoyun's wife, they don't need her to go out to socialize for them.
After all, when Su Yixing inherits the throne in the future, as his princess who is powerful, wise, and statused, Xia Shuanghan doesn't need to condescend to anyone at all, just sit and wait for others to come to the door.
And after the crown prince ascends the throne, as the wife of Lu Shaoyun, who will definitely be promoted to the commander of Jin Wuwei, considering that her husband is the leader of Jin Wuwei who holds the royal secrets and is only responsible to the emperor alone. Xia Shuanghan maintained a state of not associating with the women of the imperial court, so as to help Lu Shaoyun maintain the external image of a loyal minister and a sole minister, which was obviously more desirable and beneficial.
Therefore, in the case of combining the considerations that the Xie family held and did not want to let her circle disturb her, and Xia Shuanghan's own noble status as a loyal and righteous countryman, Xia Shuanghan, who had been married to the king of Xiangyang for more than four months, really did not go out to participate in a communication between the powerful of the family. (To be continued.) )