Li Guan is sick, this time it's a real illness. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Hewang and Xunfang both knew what was going on, and only said that she had a cold, but they didn't say much about how she caught a cold, but the others didn't think much about it, and Miss was in poor health and was prone to illness.

The maids were instructed, and they were even more light and cautious in and out of the way.

When Mrs. Li heard the news, she was drinking tea at Mrs. Chen's. She immediately hurried to the Remnant Lotus Pavilion, and Mrs. Chen was also worried when she knew that Li Wan was sick, so she followed her.

It was the first time for Mrs. Chen to go to the Remnant Lotus Pavilion.

She was two steps behind Mrs. Li, and when she passed through the small garden, she saw a courtyard gate, on which was hung a lotus leaf-shaped plaque, engraved with the words "Residual Lotus Pavilion", and the font was the book of the dragon flying and phoenix dance, if it was not known in advance, it would not be easy to recognize.

When a little maid saw them, she ran in quickly to report the news.

Entering the gate is a small courtyard, with a few plane trees planted on both sides, and the lush branches and leaves cast huge shadows, making people feel a sense of tranquility as soon as they step in. Passing through the hall, the eyes are bright, and there is a pool of blue lotus in front of you, which occupies almost the entire courtyard, and it is very beautiful in the sunset. Bypassing the lotus pond, up the stairs is the hall of the main house, with ginger curtains, a crochet carpet in the middle, a few black lacquer Taishi chairs, all the window lattices are propped up, and the room is very spacious and bright.

Two maids of seventeen or eighteen years of age came up to greet them, and she followed Mrs. Li into the room to the east.

The inner and outer rooms are separated by rosewood glazed carved maul fans, and the outer room looks like a study, through the half-hidden gauze tent, you can see a large bookcase in front of the window, and several rows of high shelves next to it look like bookshelves. The two maids stood by the fan, and when they saw them come in, they came in and said, "Madame and Mrs. Gu are here." Then he gently pushed the door open.

A tall woman in a dark green skirt came out head-on, eighteen or nineteen years old, with white skin and a calm temperament.

It didn't look like a maid, and Mrs. Chen was surprised that she had already saluted respectfully.

Mrs. Li stretched out her hand to carry her up and said, "Hewang, how is Guan'er?" ”

"Miss is asleep......"

A hoarse female voice suddenly sounded in the room: "Is my mother here?" ”

Mrs. Li immediately raised her feet and went in, followed by Mrs. Chen.

The tents were all put down, and Hewang and the two maids hurriedly lifted the tents so that they could enter.

To Mrs. Chen's surprise, Li Wan did not sleep on the bed, but lay on the soft couch by the window, covered with a satin thin quilt.

She sat up with her arms on her shoulders, her long hair was supple over her shoulders, her cheeks were slightly red, and she shouted in a dumb voice: "Mother, aunt." ”

"Oh, lie down!" Mrs. Li looked surprised, half sat on the couch, stretched out her hand to press her down and lay down.

A maid brought a chair for her to sit on, and Mrs. Chan realized that there was no place to sit in the house. After she sat down, two more maids moved a small coffee table and put it next to her, and the one named Hewang served the tea with his own hands, and a pair of jade bracelets on his wrist, which made her eyes flash.

Li Guan said: "My daughter bothered her mother again, and I bothered you and my aunt to come and see me......"

Mrs. Li said angrily when she heard this: "I am your mother, I am happy to worry about you!" He reached out and tucked the corners of the quilt for her.

"No, your mother came to see you as soon as she heard that you were sick." Mrs. Chen said softly, "If you take care of your body well, your mother will not be able to worry less." ”

Li Wan nodded: "What my aunt said is that I ......" was very interfering in her throat, and she couldn't help coughing twice.

Mrs. Li hurriedly said: "Don't talk, your voice is hoarse, drink some water to moisten your throat." As he spoke, he half-lifted her up, and took the teacup on the low table and fed her water.

A gust of wind blew, and Mrs. Chen turned her head to see that the window lattice was open and the gauze curtain shook gently. She couldn't help frowning, how did the maids serve, the master was sick and didn't know how to close the window, what if the wind worsened.

She was about to tell the maid to close the window, when she suddenly saw Mrs. Li raise her eyes and glance at the window, and then helped Li Guan to lie down as if nothing happened. She couldn't help but swallow the words back from her mouth.

"Since you are sick, take a good rest, don't stay up late at night to read, and read as long as you are sick. I don't have to say hello these days, I'll come back to see you tomorrow. ”

Mrs. Li was about to get up, when Li Guan suddenly grabbed her sleeve.

"Mother, I want to go to the Great Empty Temple."

"Great Sky Temple?" Mrs. Li was obviously stunned, and she sat down again, "Why did you suddenly remember to go there?" ”

"It's been a long time, and I want to meet Master Shikong."

Mrs. Li looked at her thoughtfully, and saw that although she was sick, there was no obvious illness on her face, and her eyes were clearer and calmer than usual.

"If you want to go, go there." Mrs. Li knew that she had already decided, and it was useless if she didn't agree, "When you get better, I'll let someone send you there." ”

"No, I want to go today."

Today? Mrs. Chen on the side turned her head to look out the window, the sun was about to set, and she couldn't help frowning.

Mrs. Chen originally thought that this niece was obedient and sensible, but now she felt that this child was too willful. Her mother had said that she would send her when she was cured, but she preferred to go now. Although I have only been in the capital for a few days, I have also heard of the Great Empty Temple, and it will take most of the day to take a carriage from the capital there. If it was normal times, she was not in good health now, what if something happened on the road.

Tossing oneself is tossing others!

"Okay, today is today, it just so happens that you haven't been going well recently, and it's not bad to go to the temple to go to the pillar incense, I'll let people prepare." Mrs. Chen was about to open her mouth to persuade Li Guan, but Mrs. Li had already agreed, and she couldn't help but look at Mrs. Li's face.

Mrs. Li was looking at Li Wan with a loving face, and spoke to her softly: "The conditions there are limited, and you are not feeling well, so you should be extra careful when eating tea." The food in the temple is simple, and I have someone prepare some delicious food for you. Bring a few more thick clothes, it's still cold on the mountain. It's okay not to go out and wander around, in case you meet a wolf or beast or something, it's not fun, if you really want to go out and walk to breathe, you must call the maid guard to accompany you......" Tsai carefully said a lot, and finally said, "You rest, I'll let someone call you when you're ready." ”

Li Wan smiled and thanked his mother.

Mrs. Li said to Mrs. Chen, "Let's go." ”

Mrs. Chen was busy gathering her mind, smiled and said to Li Guan, "Take care of your illness, pay attention to safety on the road", and then left the Remnant Lotus Pavilion with Mrs. Li.

The two parted at Huayuankou, Mrs. Li went back to the main courtyard, and Mrs. Chen returned to the east courtyard.

Back in the house, the more Mrs. Chan thought about it, the more she felt that what had just happened was very strange.

When Li Guan arrived at the Li family, she was already married, so she had only heard about the cause of the incident and was not very clear. She can understand that her sister-in-law loves Li Guan, but she is inevitably too indulgent, and everything depends on her temperament. and Li Guan, in the final analysis, is just the adopted daughter of the Li family, even if she is favored, where did she come from so much confidence to ask her mother.

She thought of the spaciousness and delicacy of the Remnant Lotus Pavilion, which looked like the boudoir of the girl's house, and it was clearly a house.

"Rika!"

Mrs. Chen immediately called her personal maid to her and instructed: "You go to find an old man from Huzhou's hometown and ask about the Remnant Lotus Pavilion, you need to be more detailed!" ”

“…… The house was originally a head of the household department, not long after the second master was promoted, the head was imprisoned because of greed, and his family planned to sell the house to ransom people. Mrs. discussed with the second master, instead of being neighbors with those who didn't know the roots, it was better to buy the house and put it in the garden, only a few thousand taels of silver, so she should spend money to buy a peace of mind, and the second master agreed. At that time, Huzhou's hometown sent a letter saying that the young lady's illness had been cured, and she had come to Beijing with someone who served her closely. Madame thought that she liked lotus flowers, and there happened to be a lotus pond in the yard, and it was empty, so she asked her to clean it up and live in it. ”

"Then how does my sister-in-law usually treat her?"

"Not bad, but not particularly good. Miss Guan has been in the capital for three or four years, in addition to spending the New Year in the house, living in another courtyard all the year round, this time it is also because of the birthday of the old lady of Bofu to pick her up and live for a few days, the first two years of the old lady's birthday she was sick, this time is the first time to go. I heard that when she lived in the house, her wife didn't want her to settle down in the morning and dusk, and she only asked about the Remnant Lotus Pavilion, so she didn't think she was very close. ”

"No, it doesn't make sense." Mrs. Chen's face showed a suspicious look, "I look at her food and clothing, and she doesn't look like she is not favored." As you saw today, my sister-in-law went to see her as soon as she heard that she was sick, and that worry didn't seem to be fake. ”

Lixiang thought for a while and said, "Mother He also said something. Back then, Daoist Qiu said that his wife's life was too expensive, and she was afraid that she would be in repercussions, and if she wanted to enjoy this wealth peacefully, she needed to find a lowly person to help her suppress it. You see, will Madame adopt Miss Guan because of this? If she really treats her as a daughter, how can she be allowed to go to the Great Empty Temple when she is sick? ”

Mrs. Chen thought that in the Remnant Lotus Pavilion before, Mrs. Li obviously saw that the window was open as if she hadn't seen it, and she didn't ask her how she was sick, nor did she say that she would ask a doctor to take a look, so it can be seen that she didn't really care about Li Guan, but just wanted someone to help her suppress her life. And her sister-in-law has a good background, and she has always been a little arrogant, so she shouldn't really treat an orphan girl as her own daughter-in-law.

She couldn't help but nod in agreement with Rika's words.

"Then why is it called the Remnant Lotus Pavilion? Sounds strange and unlucky......"

"It's a coincidence!" Lixiang smiled and said, "When Miss Guan went to Beijing, it happened to be autumn, and the lotus flowers were defeated, so Mrs. wanted people to pull them out, but Miss Guan saw it and said that it was good, and said that the poem said, 'Leave the residual lotus to listen to the sound of the rain', don't make more effort, just follow her vassal back to Fengya, and name the courtyard the Residual Lotus Pavilion." ”

“…… It's a pathetic one, too. I think I usually live a lonely life, otherwise how can I have time to listen to the sound of rain...... It's kind of like me. When Mrs. Chen thought of herself, she couldn't help but feel some sympathy for Li Guan.

"Madam, you can't think so, you have the young master and young lady by your side, and the illustrious maiden family to help you, how can Miss Guan compare with you." Rika hurriedly persuaded her.

Mrs. Chen thought of her steady and motivated son and lively and lovely daughter, and a comforting smile appeared on her face.