Chapter Seventy-Five: Return the Fan
A few days later, the county lord of Pingyang held a delicately made rosewood fan box and cautiously walked to the door of his father's study. In the fan box, after Lu Binrou wrote it, he found a craftsman to carefully frame the fan as it was, and also imitated the same fan pendant, and even the small scars on the fan bone were restored as much as possible.
In the eyes of the county lord of Pingyang, this is exactly the same fan.
Rao is like this, she doesn't dare to take it lightly, in case her father finds out, scolding her is a trivial matter, in case she gets angry again...... She didn't want to think about it anymore, sighed silently in her heart, picked up the precious fan, and walked into her father's big study with walls and books all over the room.
Father was not there, she breathed a sigh of relief, there was only a small servant in the house who was gently and carefully sweeping, he saw the county lord of Pingyang come in, and hurriedly saluted: "County lord, the lord is not here......
The county lord of Pingyang waved his hand to interrupt him and said, "It's okay, I'm not here to find my father." This is my father's fan I borrowed a few days ago, and I came to return it today, since my father is not here, I will put it here first, and then put it in the warehouse when my father comes back to see it. ”
The little servant was about to say something, when a cough came from outside the house, followed by his deep voice: "No need, I just came back early, just give it to me." ”
Pingyang County Lord Yirin, my father came back early? Looks like her information isn't accurate......
With a few more coughs, Zhi Ninghou strode into the study. He is tall and thin, and his face is very similar to that of the master of Pingyang County, but he has a strong bookish atmosphere. He went out to enter the palace today, so he was wearing court clothes, and his solemn clothes made his face a little more sickly pale.
Rao is a little sick and weak, and he is no longer young, and this man is still handsome and handsome. It is not difficult to see that when he was young, he must have been a beautiful boy who could arouse the admiration of girls all over the city.
Zhi Ninghou saw his daughter standing in his study, the shadow cast on the girl's delicate face with baby fat, the knife-like sideburns, and the eyebrows and eyes outlined by thick ink, which were a copy of himself. The breeze is blowing, the light and shadow are flowing, her face is like the bright moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the color is like the famous flower of spring dawn, and the golden hairpin on her head is shining, and it is clearly the appearance of Princess Caoqu's empty eyes......
Zhi Ninghou was in a trance, he had the impression that Pingyang had always been a little girl who had never opened up, when did his daughter become so tall? It seems like it's been a long time since he's taken a good look at his daughter.
His father's complicated feelings only lasted for a moment, he walked to the desk, sat down, knocked on the table, and said, "The fan was brought?" Show me. ”
The county lord of Pingyang handed over the fan box, pouted and said, "Father, don't you still have to check it?" I don't believe my daughter ...... so much."
Zhi Ninghou raised his eyebrows and said, "Should I believe you?" Tell me about you, which thing has made me worry since I was a child. ”
The county lord of Pingyang argued in a low voice: "I haven't done anything either......"
Zhi Ninghou said while opening the fan box: "Yesterday I also heard that you had a conflict with a person in Taichang Siqing's house last time, and that girl knocked a precious object you carried into the water. Tell me, what are you causing here, what can't you solve properly, do you have to make it so ugly? Your temper is really following your mother'......"
When the county lord of Pingyang heard this, she suddenly became angry, but she still had self-control, suppressed her anger vigorously, and hung her head silently.
Zhi Ninghou took out the fan, unfolded it carefully, watched it back and forth, and said slowly: "I was startled when I heard the news, I vaguely remember you saying that you borrowed my fan to show off at someone's poetry meeting." Isn't this the only precious thing you have on your body, I thought you dropped it in the water? ”
When the county lord of Pingyang heard this, his hand suddenly clenched, fortunately she did not have long nails, otherwise the strength of that moment would definitely make the nails pierce into the palms of her hands. She roared in her heart, in the eyes of her father, she must blame her when she went out to have a dispute with someone, and when something happened, her father didn't care if she was wronged, but wanted to break the fan for the first time.
Only this fan is the most precious? In the eyes of a father, shouldn't the daughter herself be the most precious?
Zhi Ning Hou looked back and forth a few times, and found nothing wrong, so he put it in the fan box, he said that the fan was precious, but he didn't see how careful he was in his hands, he closed the lid with a bang, and was about to say something, a group of people hurriedly walked in from outside the door, and the mother-in-law headed by the woman said respectfully but with a little arrogance as soon as she entered the door: "Hou Ye Wanfu." When the princess heard that the county lord was back, she ordered the slaves and maids to pick up the county lord and go to the princess's courtyard for dinner.......
Zhi Ninghou has been furrowed since he heard the voice of the group of women, and when he heard this, he waved his hand impatiently, got up and turned around and walked to the backyard of the study.
A young woman's surprised and delicate voice faintly came from the backyard: "Master Hou, slave maid ......"
The face of the grandmother who was the leader of the group of people who came was even more obviously a little disdainful, she hurriedly walked to the county lord of Anyang, and said with a smile: "County lord, Your Highness has been waiting for you for a long time, and I am afraid that the Hou Ye will come back and see the fan to embarrass you, so I specially sent the slaves and maids to take you away." Your Royal Highness has prepared your favorite osmanthus cake for you, as well as sweet and sour fish, pearl balls, ......"
The county lord of Pingyang stood stunned in place, with his father's cold voice in his ears, the delicate tone of the woman faintly coming from the backyard, and although the grandmother in front of her was extremely kind to her, there was still a trace of contempt in the old eyes that was too late to retreat when he first came in to face his father......
She stomped her foot in hatred and said, "I want you to take care of me!" I don't care about you! She turned around and ran away, and her maid behind her seemed to be used to it, and she didn't hesitate to catch up.
The grandmother stood there, sighing helplessly and shaking her head.
The county lord of Pingyang ran into the garden in one breath, stood on the winding corridor, hugged a pillar and cried. Her maid stood far away, not daring to come, after a long time those grandmothers rushed out of breath, the original leader of the grandmother did not come forward this time, but another slightly shorter, kind woman stepped forward, stood beside the little county lord and said softly: "County lord, don't cry, you see the princess is worried about you, the Hou Ye actually hurts you in his heart, the county lord is also older, you have to learn to be sensible, ah~"
When the county lord heard her voice, she didn't lose her temper again, she sobbed a few times, turned around and threw herself into the woman's arms, and said aggrievedly: "Nurse, look at your father...... Where does he love me, it is clear that he dislikes me, I am so big, when will he look at me. And just now, in his heart, I am not as important as a broken fan...... Woowoo woo ......"
The nurse patted her back lightly and said distressedly: "Good boy, don't think so, you don't know, when you were a child, Hou Ye often came over secretly at night to see if you slept well and whether you were crying, but he never let me say it." Even the princess doesn't know about this, the nurse thinks that the county lord is also older, she should know this, the Hou Ye doesn't hurt you. ”
The county lord of Pingyang raised his head in surprise and said, "Really? Father he...... Will you really sneak a peek at me? ”
The nurse nodded affirmatively, and the county lord of Pingyang was stunned for a while, and then cried again: "But it was when I was a child, and he must have thought that I was getting older and less cute, and he didn't like me anymore......"
The nurse patted her lightly and said softly: "The county lord doesn't want to drill the horns, some things are adults' business, and they have nothing to do with you, you are father and daughter, and the county lord is so cute, how can he not like you." Good boy, don't cry! ”
The county lord of Pingyang was appeased by her, and finally calmed down, she stood up straight, wiped away her tears, and instantly regained her into the arrogant little girl she was on weekdays, if it weren't for the redness and swelling of her eyes, I'm afraid no one would have been able to see that she had just cried so broken.
She glanced at the group of women standing a little farther away, especially the first grandmother - that was the most relied on by her mother's side, Mama Zhou, snorted coldly, raised her feet and walked over, and said as she walked: "Let's go, isn't my mother still waiting for me." ”