Chapter 22: Nightmares
Yuqiao also had a wet cotton skirt on her buttocks, and sat on the bamboo chair in the garden for a while, but she had a bit of a cold look, Caifu brought a small bowl of hot red dates and ginger soup to feed her, and waited early to remove the residual makeup, and went to the bed to rest.
She didn't feel sleepy, the ginger soup was a little spicy, and her throat was burning, so she couldn't help coughing twice. Tsefu listened to the tent and asked in a low voice, "Is it hot on the young lady's head?" Do I need to call a doctor? ”
"It's irrelevant, just lie down." Yu Qiao only felt that there was some nasal congestion. Tsefu didn't say much, helped to re-tuck the corners of the quilt, and gently lifted the curtain to go away.
This delicate body can't bear the slightest bit of wind and snow, she thought in a daze. In a trance, I suddenly saw Caifu hurriedly lifting the curtain and rushing in, but her eyes were full of panic.
"You girl, your hair is frizzy, are your eyebrows burning?" Yu Qiao was already in poor health, and when she saw her like this, she was even more upset, and couldn't help shouting.
Cai Fu shed tears and said in a trembling voice: "Miss, Xingbu Zhou Shangshu led the guards with knives in the palace and a cadre of servants, etc., with a holy decree, because the eldest grandmother Princess Xinyang intended to usurp the throne, and now she is imprisoned in the palace after the incident in the east window, and now she has confiscated the family property in the palace, and the doors have been strictly sealed. The entrance of each courtyard was guarded by a soldier, and all the family members in the backyard were asked to gather in the front hall, and all the violators were beheaded. ”
Yuqiao was stunned there like thunder and lightning, what was going on? What went wrong? How can you live again, or will you end up with the same fate as the previous life? Thinking like this, this feeling came with great fright, and his heart suddenly became angry and depressed, and his throat was sweet in an instant, and he coughed up blood.
In a trance, she haphazardly put on her clothes by Caifu, and went out with her, and hurried to the front hall.
Along the way, there were many battles, rolling up their sleeves and arms, passing by like a wolf and a tiger. Two or three guards with knives came again, one of them saw her, his eyes were lewd, he raised his hand and twisted her cheek, and said with a smile: "This second girl of Chu is famous for her beauty in the capital, and it is true, look at this slippery and delicate one, and when the master finishes copying this mansion, he will come to have a fight with you." ”
Yuqiao knew that at this time, it was the same as in her previous life, and she had no way out, so she gave up all her thoughts, and just wanted to see her father again, so she committed suicide.
The front hall was full of crows and crows, and it was crowded. There is also a little maid who was pushed and shoved by the servants. Everyone knows the practice, and they are too frightened to say anything, and occasionally the child cries, which is covered by his hands.
Yuqiao watched his father fall to the ground, already trembling like chaff. Behind him, the stepmother held her younger brother in her arms, her face sad, and she knelt blankly.
She was about to go in the direction of her father, but suddenly saw Xing Bu Shangshu's face clearly, it was Zhou Zhenwei, and she was stunned, how could it be him?
couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope in her heart, so in a trance, she was close to Zhou Zhenwei.
"General Zhou" thought about it inappropriately, so she changed her words again: "Lord Shangshu!" ”
"What's the matter with Miss Yuqiao?" Although he smiled, he didn't care much about people with his face up.
Yuqiao pursed her lips and sobbed with sadness: "Princess Xinyang's rebellion, I don't know what to do in my family, and I also bother Lord Shangshu to raise his noble hand and spare everyone in this hall!" ”
Zhou Zhenwei sneered: "Miss Yuqiao has also learned to talk nonsense, this princess's letter of seeking to usurp the throne is turned out in the study of Mrs. Chu, how can she not know it?" ”
He didn't know when he had an extra stack of letterheads in his hand, and he slammed them straight towards Yuqiao's face.
Yuqiao only felt the pain on his forehead that was poked by the sharp corner of the letterhead, and immediately became disheartened, thinking that when Zhou Zhenwei liked him, his eyes were like fire, and he hated to swallow his life alive.
Now he is ruthless and ruthless, and there is no trace of pity and sympathy.
It just so happened that the waiter went back and forth: "I found the dragon robe and dragon crown and other royal things at home, the evidence of the princess's crime has been chiseled, and the Chu Mansion is inseparable." ”
Zhou Zhenwei glanced at her coldly, and shouted majestically: "Continue to search, dig three feet into the ground, and you will also clean it all." ”
"Yes!" The squire got the order, and went away with a group of servants rubbing their hands and grinning.
Yu Qiao only felt like digging out his heart and lungs, and said with tears in his eyes: "Why are you so fierce, you saw Yu Qiao embarrassed in the previous life, and you still helped you." Now it's for the sake of my brother's sincerity to you, and I will also accept this ruthlessness. ”
"Then Miss Yuqiao has some affection for me?" Zhou Zhenwei suddenly leaned in front of her and asked in a deep voice.
Yu Qiao choked and cried: "What's the point of talking about this now?" Even if you have affection, I'm afraid you can't! ”
The guard with a knife who had touched her face before approached her side at some point, and said with a smile: "Second Miss Chu is confused, we are Lord Shangshu." Is it that you are the daughter of a sinner? What's more, he loves that Qin Xiyue wholeheartedly, when did something happen to you? It's really self-inflicted. ”
Zhou Zhenwei also smiled, looked at the guard, and said with a smile: "I'll reward you with this Yuqiao girl!" You have to treat her well. ”
When the guard got the order, he triumphantly reached over and grabbed her by the arm, dragging her desperately.
Yuqiao cried so much that she sat up suddenly, but it turned out to be a nightmare.
There was a whimpering sound in his lips, his forehead was dripping with sweat, mixed with tears and crawling all over his face, his clothes were only thin and wet, sticking to his body, and the night wind came in from nowhere, and his shoulders were cold and greasy for a while, and he couldn't help shivering.
Recalling the scene in her dream, she was very disheartened, and thought: "How could you dream of the scene when you raided the house in the previous life?" It's been more than ten years, how can it be like it's in front of you? Could it be that in this life, no matter how much you plan to dodge, you still can't change the final ending? ”
Then he thought again: "It seems that I have been thinking about it day and dreaming at night, and I actually connected General Zhou and the guard with the knife into a dream." In his dream, General Zhou was a ruthless person, ruthless and unintentional. ”
Thinking that he actually gave himself away as a favor, he was so angry that he couldn't help gritting his teeth, and thinking that he had admitted his secret thoughts about him in his dream, he couldn't help blushing again. Just turned over and over like this, tossing and turning, but I heard the sound of a maid muttering in a low voice outside the soft curtain.
"Tsef, who's talking outside?" Couldn't help it, Yuqiao raised her voice and asked.
Then there was the sound of footsteps, the sound of lifting the curtain came faintly, and Cai Fu came in front of him and said: "It was the third lady who came to see the young lady alone, and the slave maid saw that it was late at night, and the young lady was not in good shape and fell asleep again, so she persuaded her to come again tomorrow." She refuses to leave, she must see the young lady! ”
"Then let her in!" Yu Qiao instructed in a low voice, presumably this sister Yu Huan is facing a hurdle that she can't get over!