Chapter 20, Brotherhood
The shogunate lord Makuken wanted to use his birthday banquet to pave the way for his son's imperial examination. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The second old man of the front yard and Mrs. Liang are also happy.
Their son Mu Yu should also be crowned next year, and he will have to take the exam at that time, and he can take advantage of the birthday banquet of the old man to explore the path for his son, and the two of them are full of joy, and this gift is more willing.
But the Fang clan, who lived in the shogunate, was rummaging through the cage with both hands at a loss. Her son Cao Yangming should also end next year, but she was kicked out by her husband's family, and she didn't even have anything decent in her hand, let alone use it as a congratulatory gift. But it's not okay if this gift is not given, for the sake of her son, even if she sells her net worth as jewelry, she has to make up this gift.
"Mrs. Fang, what are you looking for? Why don't you find it for you? "Jinxia was originally the maid next to the eldest lady, since the Fang clan came to the shogunate, because there was no maid around, this pointed out Jinxia. Originally, she thought that this Fang clan would not live long before leaving, so she didn't feel anything when she was pointed out, but seeing that the Fang clan had lived for almost a year and refused to leave, her heart was not a good feeling.
This is a subordinate, who doesn't want to follow the housewife, and those who celebrate the New Year can get some rewards. Who is willing to run away to serve a distant relative who has been expelled from the house, and is also a master who has no money and loves to teach others.
"Master Maku's birthday, I really can't think of what to give at this moment? You go to the front yard and inquire about it, and see what kind of gifts the second lady has prepared there? Fang didn't want the maid to see her embarrassment, so he made an excuse at random and sent Jinxia out.
Jinxia was worried that she had no excuse to go out, Fang's words were in her mind, so she naturally nodded and turned around and walked out of the east wing. To say that this east chamber was originally the house of the aunt Cheng's family, since the Fang family came, the eldest lady found an excuse to send her to the backyard.
In fact, the inner courtyard of the shogunate was too small to accommodate so many people. Even the second master's family lives in the outer courtyard. Fortunately, there are not many women in this family, and there are only two ladies and two maids who serve them closely, and the Liang family is placed there, and they are mostly active in the inner courtyard on weekdays, so naturally no one will say anything.
The inner and outer courtyards are busy preparing gifts, but the backyard where Mu Chenxue lives is peaceful on the surface, anyway, she has nothing, and it is normal not to give gifts. But she was secretly planning something, and she was afraid that she would surprise the head of the shogunate.
The shogunate is busy here, but in a quiet courtyard on the outskirts of the city, Nangong Shumo has a leisurely face.
"This is out of the palace, the second brother has such a leisurely mood, and looking at the body for the brother is much better than in the palace, it can be seen that it is better!" The eldest son of King Qing's mansion, Nangong Xun, the prince of the county, carried a food box through the peach forest in the courtyard and walked into the pavilion in a few steps.
Although the concubine and concubine of King Qing are not high, they are outstanding, and Prince Qing and his children have inherited their advantages. That Nangong Xun is the empty valley orchid, although it is not like his brother who has experienced wind and rain, but he is independent among the flowers and does not enter the world.
"Brother is here!" Nangong Shumo supported the wooden couch under him with both hands and wanted to prop up his upper body, wanting to salute Nangong Xun.
"You and I are brothers, I just don't worry about your body, why do you have to hold on to these customs, don't say anything, but it seems that it is out of place for a brother!" Nangong Xun walked a few steps forward quickly, pressed Nangong Shumo back on the wooden couch, and then turned around and put the food box he brought on the stone table. It's just that he didn't notice that the moment he turned around, a trace of painful guilt flashed on Nangong Shumoben's somewhat sickly face.
They are brothers with the same blood, and they should be the closest people besides their parents, but in the end, they can't treat each other with sincerity, and even maintain their brotherly feelings with hypocrisy, what is Nangong Xun thinking in his heart, Nangong Shumo doesn't know, just like his heart has never been shown to his brother with his true face.
Nangong Shumo was not really sick, but in order to avoid the assassination of Princess Qing and to act in his own way, he called himself sick and moved to another hospital. It's just that how much Nangong Xun knows about these things, or he never knows about them, and he has never studied these Nangong Shumo. One is that he cherishes this brotherhood very much, and the other is that he is afraid that it will be unbearable to know the truth.
"My brother has been weak and sick since he was a child, and he can't share his father's worries, and he has to work hard for his brother to remember in his busy schedule, which is really uneasy!" Nangong Shumo will tell these words almost every time he sees Nangong Xun, this lie is told too much, sometimes even he himself is a little confused, which is true.
"Why do you bother to say this again, my father and I are only concerned about your body, as for the affairs of the palace, there are stewards, government officials, and guards, so why do you really worry about your brother!" Nangong Xun really loves this half-brother from the bottom of his heart, but he was born as a son-in-law, the future Prince Qing, and the dignity and humility of the concubine are like an insurmountable gap between their brothers, making the two who should be close get along like strangers.
Nangong Shumo didn't say anything more, when his mother died, if it wasn't for his brother's report, he was afraid that he would have been poisoned when he was young, but it was precisely because of this kindness that it had now become the deepest pain in his heart and the biggest obstacle on the road to revenge.
Nangong Xun looked at his younger brother who turned his head sideways and quietly admired the flowers, there was only loneliness in his back, and his chest seemed to have some kind of resonance. didn't say more, sat at the stone table and took out a few of Nangong Shumo's favorite dim sum from the food box, and cooked a pot of tea with his own hands, and the two were relatively speechless.
Feng Wu looked from afar among the peach trees, as if he was looking at a painting. The pain in the master's heart is only he really understands, and it is precisely because he understands that he does not want to disturb them at this time, and no one knows how the future will be, so let the beauty of this moment stay for a while longer, and maybe there will be fewer regrets in the future.
In the eyes of outsiders, the son of King Qing, even if he is a concubine, is better than the son-in-law of ordinary people, but only those who live in it can understand what is in dire straits and what is conspiracy. If Nangong Shumo is allowed to choose his background, I am afraid that he would rather be the son of a white man than enter the palace and wait for the door.
Time flies like a stream, whether it is a courtyard on the outskirts of the city or a shogunate house. No matter how people's hearts fluctuate and how everything changes, time will not stop for a moment. In the face of watery time, everything is just a fragment.