Chapter 8 The Former Zhang Mansion
Time flies, and the heavy snow that has fallen for several days in winter has trapped people in their houses and cannot come out, only an imperial city like Yong'an has the jurisdiction of the Praetorian Guard, and the timely clearing of snow has made the eaves of the streets show their faces early. In the prince's mansion, the entire back garden is like a vast snowy area, the annual flowers and plants in the garden are all withered and turned into soil, where are the lonely few thin rockeries built of stone, and the snow clothes on the mountain have not been removed, looking a little desolate and lonely when Su Wu shepherded sheep.
In the East Warm Pavilion of the Prince's Mansion, Li Wansi wrapped the silver-edged silk cotton fox fur on her body to the moon-white satin jacket, and the ginseng soup for a month was warm, and her complexion was much better than when she first took the medicine, but her body was more cold and cold than before, she took a thin pen and wrote a few irrelevant words on the paper, and Juanxiu's face looked unhappy or sad. The little red mole between the eyebrows is always eye-catching as if it can't be dissolved.
The door opened, and a small yellow body slid in, "Master, the medicine is ready!" Every day, the medicine she takes is sent by Huamei, a case, two bowls, a bowl of ginseng soup and a bowl of cold medicine.
"Not every master has a share of this ginseng soup!" Since the last time the prince sent high-grade ginseng, the little girl's words were said with pride every time, and she would never have thought that the master of other families took ginseng soup to nourish the body and extend the offspring, while Li Wansi drank ginseng soup to calm the cold medicine she was taking.
"Master, don't you know, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked you to move into this Dongnuan Pavilion, those tongue-chewing people have secretly hated it." Hua Mei put the case on the table and went to close the door. "Is this East Warm Pavilion inhabited by ordinary people? Even if she is not the future crown princess, at least she is the crown prince's side concubine. After closing the door tightly, Hua Mei went to the stove to open a few charcoal blocks of suitable size and prepared to renew the charcoal fire in Li Wansi's hand stove.
"Master, I know that you are tolerant, if those tongue-chewing people come to slap you in the future, you must not give them a good face, you don't know how they slandered you before..."
"I can't let outsiders know the recipe for this decoction!" Li Wansi interrupted,
"I don't know, I don't know, I follow your instructions, not to mention the prescriptions and medicinal materials, and even the utensils for cooking and containing the medicine are locked in our own cabinets." The prescription of his own master, how can Mei let outsiders go? Li Wansi's expression softened slightly, and this girl still does her best.
"Master, you have to be happy every day, and add a little son to the prince as soon as possible, if you can inherit it in the future..." Doing menial work on his own. Li Wansi also pretended not to hear, her face did not show joy and anger, she stopped writing and stretched out her left hand, "Bring the medicine." Huamei handed over the bowl of cold medicine, turned around and brought the hand stove that had been refilled with charcoal. Li Wansi drank the medicine while it was hot. This cold medicine has been drunk for more than 20 days, and if there are three more pairs of medicines, she will have no chance with her heirs in this life.
For the sake of the Li family's thoughtfulness and her own thoughtfulness, she has to give up her happiness as a mother, and even give up her rights as a person in the future to become a marionette of the lord, what are these sacrifices? When she was born, she was born with a deficiency, and the doctors who came to see her said that her life would be hung by decoction for the rest of her life, until the Lord came to visit, otherwise even her parents would have to give up healing, and then she had an extra fifteen years.
Three years ago, she was admitted to Zhang's Mansion by him for conditioning, and Zhang Jibai took care of her every day and cared for her, but her purpose was the Kunshan jade of Zhang's Mansion.
"Master, you are so anxious every time you drink medicine, you must know that the medicine is more effective when you drink it slowly" Hua Mei said distressedly,
"Hot medicine tastes better than cooling, it's not so bitter." She remembered that when she was in Zhang's mansion, he would always say this when he coaxed her to drink medicine, and under his persuasion, she did feel that the medicine was not so bitter as before. Now, this cold medicine is not bitter, why is it so difficult to swallow? As the last puddle of medicine residue in the bowl entered his throat, the bitter and dumb feeling fell into the depths of his heart with tears.
"Master, why are you crying, but are you homesick?" Hua Mei asked puzzled,
"Yes, I'm homesick" Putting down the medicine bowl, Li Wansi wiped away the tears with a handkerchief, and looked at the few words she wrote down casually, which were all related to that person. "White, plum, snow, warm..."Looking at these words, her memories took her back to the back garden of Zhangfu after the snow in the winter before last...
On that ordinary day, Li Wansi looked out the window, the plum tree was pressed down by the falling snow, the snow on the ground was deep, and the sun shone dazzlingly on the snow. In Zhang's house, it's completely different.
was looking out the window, just as her cousin also came, Zhang Jibai only stood outside her west wing and did not move, she wanted to force him to accompany her to have a snowball fight, but Zhang Jibai knew that she was afraid of cold, where would she let her come? So she changed her mind and said that she went to the backyard to sing poems and step on the snow, but she couldn't push and puff, and ordered her subordinates to put on a layer of cotton jacket for her one by one, and a layer of fox fur coat, but she was still not at ease, and added her own cloak to cover her outside the fox fur. wrapped her into a big cotton ball so hard, so that Li Wansi was relieved to go out.
Li Wansi couldn't walk anymore, from her west chamber to the backyard of Zhangfu, it was only three feet away, plus the snow, she walked for a long time, and finally walked in front of the plum tree in the backyard, and her forehead was slightly sweaty. Zhang Jibai saw that her little face was pink and pink because she had not seen the wind and cold in the room for a long time, and he reached out to cover it in distress, the weather with the warm sun after the snow was not cold, but he was reluctant to let her skin be exposed to the slightest.
Li Wansi looked up at Zhang Jibai's face, the smile was as bright as the warm sun, she was glad that he was not handsome, otherwise her cousin would have fascinated how many ladies in Changning City? In that case, her cousin may not be her cousin alone. Thinking of this, Li Wansi had a shy smile on her face, she looked at him, he also looked at her, the two looked at each other, Li Wansi lowered her head uncomfortably, leaving him only a pink forehead.
Zhang Jibai was a head taller than her, brushing away the fragrant sweat on Wan Si's forehead with his own personal handkerchief, and suddenly saw the red beauty mole on Wan Si's eyebrows, the forehead was pink and white, and the red spots between the eyebrows were eye-catching and lovely, he thought it was painted by her own rouge, but at this moment she understood that it was her cousin's natural beauty, and her heart was very fond, so she couldn't care about it, her right hand lightly lifted Wan Si's chin, and her thin lips were lightly printed between her eyebrows. Li Wansi was coldly imprinted between her eyebrows by this warm lip, and her heart was warm and ashamed, and she was suddenly startled, thinking of the big trouble between men and women, she hurriedly pushed Zhang Jibai and said: "Cousin, you... You... You, you presumptuous! You are unreasonable! The strange appearance made Zhang Jibai laugh.
The Zhang and Li families were friends three generations ago, and their elders had already married each other. Zhang Jibai has long treated Li Wansi as his future wife in his heart. thought to himself: I still have to let my father and mother go to the Li Mansion as soon as possible to propose marriage, so that it is good to justifiably tease his future little lady.
"Unreasonable? My cousin's unreasonableness is only for you, do you say yes? After that, the corners of his mouth rose, and his smile was sly, as if he had eaten her.
"This, this, this—" She had never seen her cousin so... How to say, so teasing her. She unconsciously took a step back, the snow under her feet had already stepped on the slippery side, and her body was about to fall backwards, Zhang Jibai stretched out his hands to support her, and the soles of his feet were unstable, and her heavy and clumsy body was also taken out. Where is Zhang Jibai willing to let her fall? Vigorously carried her to her body, and Li Wansi really had a meat pad.
The snow was very thick, and it couldn't be broken, and the two looked at each other and laughed after they landed, forgetting the embarrassment and ambiguity just now. Li Wan thought of having a snowball fight, and he was already lying on him in an excellent position, and the opportunity was rare, so he quickly grabbed a handful of snow next to him and threw it on Zhang Jibai's head. Zhang Jibai was willing to sprinkle his heart, just to play with her, and he also went to hold the snow in a fake way, and actually flew the snow in front of him.
For a while, Zhang Jibai was surrounded by snow, and these few moments were really salty in the air. The backyard of Zhang's Mansion is full of laughter and frolic of the two of them...
Li Wansi now recalls that the situation of that day is still as clear as it is in front of her, she still remembers that the snow that day tasted very sweet, Zhang Jibai's palms were so warm, she smiled so frankly and comfortably, if everything could be repeated, she would rather die happily in Zhang Jibai's arms with a smile after experiencing that day.
And now she has become the prince's person, I heard that Zhang Jibai also has a fiancée, and there is also one of the double walls of the Hook Moon Building. Ever since she knew that there was a fiancée and a lover, she was a little miserable every time she thought of Zhang Jibai, didn't he say that it was only for her? Du Dao said that the man was unkind, and what reason did he have to complain about him? After all, it was he who failed him first and deceived him. "Zhang Jibai, at this moment, you should be facing Mao Yue and your fiancée in your own mansion, right? Will you take care of them as you did for them that day? If you know that I gave Kunshan Jade to the Venerable Lord, and after doing such a terrible thing, can I still be the only cousin in your heart...?