An endless stream of Sanskrit sounds lingered in the sky above the General's Mansion for seven days and seven days.

Listening to Dr. Wen, the old lady committed suicide by swallowing gold.

When Su Xi and the others arrived, it was already late, the old lady was gone, lying on the bed with his eyes closed, and he didn't react even though the old lady cried so much.

When Lu Jianghuai came to visit him the day before, he was still in a good mood, and no one could have imagined that he would not be able to think about it.

Su Xi was dressed in a vegetarian body, kneeling in the mourning hall, and in the past few days, her tears had dried up, and her eyes were red and swollen from crying. Tingyan was worried that she would cry badly, so she persuaded her to go back to the house to rest several times, but she didn't listen, and she hardly ate anything, and the whole person quickly lost a lot of weight.

The eldest master Su Zhen and the second master Su Zhi got the news and hurried back from the border pass. When he arrived at the mourning hall, Su Zhen was dusty and exhausted, and after seeing the old lady's coffin, he knelt straight down, walked to the coffin, and shouted "Dad" in a hoarse and painful voice.

When Su Zhen and Su Zhi were at the border gate, they did not receive the news that the old lady was seriously ill. It was the old lady who stopped Yin from saying it.

The old lady was worried that the two of them would be distracted at the border and that they would be out of proportion on the battlefield, so she asked the Yin family to hide it for the time being.

So when Su Zhen came back and saw that the old lady only had a coffin left, he couldn't accept it like this. On the way back, he had already heard about the old lady's illness, so he drew the saber on his waist on the spot and strode towards the second room in a military uniform.

If someone hadn't stopped them, the second master Su Yang and Guo would have died long ago.

Mrs. Su was angry with the second room, and refused to let the second master and the second lady show up even on the day of condolences, saying that the old lady would only be more angry when she saw them, and she didn't want the old lady to be at peace after her death.

Although the weather is in autumn, it is still very hot. The coffin could not stay long, and it would be sent back to his hometown of Wu County in seven days.

The old lady is a native of Wu County, Wu County, and once said when he was alive that his homeland is difficult to leave, and the fallen leaves return to his roots, and he must be buried back to his hometown when he dies in the future. The old lady remembered his words and wanted his last wish.

Su Xi is the old lady's favorite little granddaughter, and on the day of departure, she will also follow Fuling back to Wu County.

Wu County was too far away from the capital, and they took the waterway.

The old lady sent them all the way to the dock, but because she was too old to travel between the two places, she had to stay in the capital. After Su Xi followed Yin to the boat, she glanced back at the dock, and suddenly seemed to catch a glimpse of a familiar figure, she was stunned, and when she looked carefully, she saw that there was no one under the green shade on the opposite side of the dock, and the hasty glance just now seemed to be her illusion.

Entering his room, Su Xi sat on the couch by the window, looking out of the window and suddenly distracted.

In the past few days, she has been busy with her grandfather's white affairs, and because of her sadness, she hasn't thought of Wei Feng for a long time. Now that I think about it, I shouldn't have been angry and didn't go to see him at that time, I should have asked him face to face, whether he did that thing?

Because she always runs away, so he forces himself to accept him in this way? After all, according to Wei Feng's tough temperament, it's not that he can't do this kind of thing.

And Su Xiqing clearly remembered that he had changed his opinion of Wei Feng after the incident with the startling horse.

Su Xi pretended to have something in her heart, and she was seasick, and she barely went out of the door every day, lying on the couch in her room. After staying up for more than half a month, I finally arrived at the dock in Wu County. After burying the old lady in Wu County, Su Xi and the Yin family were both unaccustomed and soon fell ill, and Su Zhen and Su Zhi had to extend their return to Beijing in order to take care of the two of them.

The disease dragged on until the end of October.

Later, Su Xi and Yin's illness recovered, and the eldest lord Su Yang received a letter saying that King Yu and King Jin had been fighting fiercely recently, and the capital was not very peaceful. Su Yang thought about it for a night, the Su family had the power of the army, and it was impossible to avoid this battle, so he decided to take Su Zhi back to the capital, for the sake of the safety of Su Xi and the Yin family, he temporarily left his wife and daughter in Wu County, claiming to be guarding the old lady's spirit.

The Su family has a four-entry courtyard in Wu County, and there are still a number of subordinates in the mansion who clean up the yard, and Su Xi and the Yin family can live as soon as they enter.

*

The scenery of Wu County is beautiful, the four seasons are like spring, and Su Xi and Yin lived for more than two years.

In the past two years, Su Xi has spent most of her time in the house, and rarely participates in the banquet outside, after all, she is now a filial piety, and in the name of guarding the old lady's spirit, it is not suitable for her to appear outside often. Anyway, she doesn't like to participate in these gatherings very much, and her life is no different from when she was in the General's Mansion, but she is more comfortable.

The second brother Su Zhi sent a letter from home, saying that the ancestor had kicked the Erfang family out of the general's mansion and completely separated from the Erfang.

After Emperor Zhaoyuan learned that the old lady was angry with the second master Su Yang, he deprived Su Yang of his official position in the household department in the name of "disloyalty and filial piety", and heard that Su Yang forcibly occupied the concubine of the household servant, and fined him half of his family wealth in the name of ignoring the king's law and ignoring the shame, and beat him fifty boards, and sent him to a small place that was not famous to serve as the magistrate.

Su Xi can't have any sympathy for the second room now, she feels that the second uncle has today's fate, and she is completely to blame.

In the winter of the third year, it will not be long before the day of Su Xi and Lu. Yin specially wrote to Su Zhen to ask if he could return to the capital now. Su Zhen replied that he could reply, and sent more than a dozen attendants and a Dafu ship to take their mother and daughter all the way from Wu County to the capital safely.

The old lady knew that they were coming back, so she led the third lady Yu and several granddaughters-in-law to sit in the main hall and wait.

It has been two and a half years since the old lady passed away, and the new granddaughters-in-law are well-behaved and sensible, which soothes her mood, and the old lady has recovered from her grief. At this time, with a smile on his face and a ruddy complexion, he was just waiting for Yin and Su Xi to go home.

At noon, Su Zhen and Su Zhi picked up the two of them.

Su Xi followed the second brother Su Zhi into the house, and when he saw the old lady, the chastity and tranquility on the road were all gone, and he bent his apricot eyes and quickly threw himself into the old lady's arms, and shouted "Old Ancestor" with a smile and sweet glutinousness, and said, "I miss you in Wu County." ”

The old lady hurriedly hugged her, with a smile on her face, but said strangely: "You little conscienceless, since you miss your grandmother, why are you willing not to go back to Beijing to see your grandmother for so long?" ”

Su Xi said at this time: "Daddy won't let me go back." ”

Instead, he pushed himself completely and blamed the big man for all the faults.

The old lady smiled and shook her head, she couldn't do anything about her, knowing that she was guarding the spirit for the old lady, and she must have suffered in the past two years, and she was reluctant to blame her. "Now that you're back, let your grandmother take a good look, and she'll grow into a big girl in the blink of an eye."

Su Xi sat obediently beside the old lady, and as soon as her eyes turned, she met Yu Baotong's gaze below. She was pleasantly surprised: "Sister Yu." ”

Although I knew about Yu Baotong and Su Zhen's relationship in my previous life, and I also received a letter from Yu Baotong when I was in Wu County, but because I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I never had a sense of reality, and when I saw Yu Baotong sitting here today, I remembered that she had been married to Su Zhen for a year.

The third lady Yu quipped: "Sister Xi, it's time to change your words." ”

Su Xi smiled and shouted with kindness: "Sixth sister-in-law." ”

Yu Baotong is not a bride who just got married, and when she heard this, she only glanced at her, but she didn't blush.

Su Xiwu's sleek apricot eyes rolled, and she called the people present one by one. I heard her sweet and delicate voice sound and fall, just a few simple titles, and when they came out of her mouth, there was a kind of indescribable tactfulness.

The sixth master, Su Zhen, praised sincerely: "The ninth sister is becoming more and more symbolic. ”

This is still a tactful, what Su Xi really wants to say is "more and more people can't take their eyes off", that is, as Su Xi's brother, Su Xi was stunned for a while when he entered the door just now.

I saw Su Xi sitting on the embroidery pier under the rattan-faced Luohan bed, snuggling the old lady affectionately, maybe she was tired on the road, and there was a hint of laziness in her smile at this time, but it didn't make people feel that there were no rules, but it added a little coquettishness, which made people not blame, but felt that if she could be coquettish to you, your heart could melt. Because she was still in the filial piety period, Su Xi only wore a plain color dress, and there was no extra jewelry on her head, only a silver-inlaid coral hairpin, which looked beautiful and refined, but her face was too good-looking, delicate and delicate, and she was so plain and dressed that she couldn't hide the beauty of her smile.

When a family is reunited, it is indispensable to say a lot of things.

In the past two years, the Yin family has been absent, and the old lady is old, and the third lady Yu is helping to run the family. Now that the Yin family has returned, the Yu family has returned the middle feed in the house to the Yin family.

It wasn't until twilight that Su Xi had the opportunity to go back to his small courtyard.

Su Xi only brought four big maids to Wu County, and the other maids stayed in the capital. During the two years of her absence, the house was kept clean and tidy, and the bed was kept neat and tidy, as if she had never left.

Listening to Yan while placing the things brought back from Wu County, he sighed with emotion: "It's still warm in Wu County, and as soon as the slave and maid come back to the capital, they will shiver with cold." ”

There was a heavy snowfall in the capital just now, and now the snow has not melted, and the eaves and yards are white everywhere.

Su Xi also felt strangely cold, and hurriedly asked people to raise the stove.

After sitting on the boat for more than half a month, and Su Xi was seasick again, after freshening up at night, he only drank a bowl of mushroom and chicken porridge and rested early.

*

On the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Su Xi performed the fifteenth birthday ceremony.

After the meeting, the Yin family began to be busy showing Su Xixiang family affairs. There are many large and small family banquets in the past few days of the Chinese New Year, and the Yin family wanted to take Su Xi with them, but Su Xi refused on the grounds of "not wanting to go out".

Yin Shi said strangely: "I remember when you were a child, you loved to visit the door the most, why didn't you like to go out when you grew up?" Youyou, don't you have something to hide from your mother, right? ”

Su Xi's face did not change, and she said with a smile: "What does my mother think I can do?" It's just that it's been too cold lately for me to want to go out. ”

Yin didn't believe her nonsense, but he couldn't ask anything else from her mouth, so he had to let her go for the time being.

Soon it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Yu Baotong came over to look for Su Xi and said, "Young, let's go out to see the lanterns together on the Shangyuan Festival tomorrow." ”

Su Xi's hand holding the pen paused, then raised his head and smiled: "Isn't the sixth sister-in-law going out with the sixth brother?" I still won't bother the two of you, I'll stay at home with my mother. ”

Yu Baotong smacked her, walked to the back of the head case and looked at it, and saw that she was painting the scenery of Wu County, and deliberately said: "Did you go to Wu County and forget me and my late sister?" A while ago, Sister Late invited you to Tang Mansion, but you didn't go, so you weren't afraid that Sister Late would be angry with you? ”

Su Xi said: "At that time, I was not well seasick, I wrote to my sister Wan. ”

Yu Baotong looked at her and smiled, "Then is your seasickness cured at this time?" ”

Su Xi pursed her lower lip and said nothing.

Yu Baotong took the pen in her hand, and said for a while: "Youyou, I've found out since you came back, aren't you hiding from someone?" This is not going, that is not going, you were not like this before. Let me think about it, is it because I don't want to see Fu Yi? ”

Su Xi's eyes flickered when she heard the first half of the sentence, and when she heard the second half of the sentence, she returned to normal, "Sixth sister-in-law, don't talk nonsense, I didn't hide from anyone." ”

"Then do you go to the Yuan Festival to see the lanterns?" Yu Baotong never forgot to say.

Su Xi saw that Yu Baotong insisted, if she insisted on not going, it would only arouse her suspicion even more, so she had to nod and say, "I'll go." ”

*

Shangyuan Festival.

The weather was a little colder, Su Xi put on a cloak of ivory white trimmed fox fur, and after sitting in the carriage going out, he found that in addition to Yu Baotong, there was also Su Baiyu who was sitting upright and wearing a royal blue gold treasure chest pattern brocade robe.

Yu Baotong said: "Brother Bai is also coming, so I'll take him with me." ”

Su Baiyu is now eight years old, his face has faded from baby fat, and he looks more and more handsome and handsome. His temperament has not changed at all, it seems to be a little colder than before, and when he saw Su Xi coming in, he only glanced at it, and then turned his head away coldly.

In the past few days, he has always had this attitude towards Su Xi. Perhaps he blamed her for being gone for so long, and he ignored whatever she told him.

Su Xi had asked him yesterday if he wanted to go out together, and he refused with silence.

So Su Xi thought he wouldn't come, but listening to Yu Baotong's words just now, it was he who offered to come with him?

Su Xi sat next to Su Baiyu and asked, "Brother Bai'er, aren't you going?" How did you change your mind? ”

Su Baiyu stared at the floor in front of him, and said calmly: "I didn't say I wouldn't go yesterday. ”

Su Xi: "......"

The carriage soon arrived at the shore of Xiangshui Lake, and the streets were still the same as in previous years, with people coming and going, and lanterns were hung everywhere, illuminating the entire Shangjing City as bright as day, and it was extremely lively.

Su Xi led Su Baiyu out of the carriage. Yu Baotong said: "The second uncle and your sixth brother are both in the painting boat, let's go and sit in the painting boat first." ”

Su Xi bowed his head and said yes. There were many people on the road, and she planned to hold Su Baiyu's hand, but when she thought that he was angry with herself, her hand stopped in mid-air, and she said to Tingyan and Tinghe: "Look at Brother Bai'er well." ”

Listen to geese and listen to cranes should be.

After not taking a few steps, Su Xi felt a small cool hand holding him from behind. She turned around in surprise and saw Su Baiyu pursing her pink lips and a solemn face, and said, "I'm afraid that my aunt will be lost." ”

Su Xi chuckled, "Then Brother Bai has to hold me well." ”

Su Baiyu nodded.

After passing through the bustling crowd and stopping in front of the Su family's painting boat by the lake, Su Xi was leading Su Baiyu to the boat, and suddenly heard a crisp and surprised voice behind him: "Brother Baiyu, Aunt Xi——"

Su Xi turned around and saw that the little princess Wei Deyin was being held in her arms, combing her buds, with a smile on her face, waving towards them from afar.

Su Xi stopped, and when they approached and were about to say hello, the smile on his face suddenly froze when his eyes fell on the person behind him.

Wei Deyin climbed down from Wei Jichang, happily walked up to Su Xi, and asked, "Brother Bai Yu, Aunt Xi, are you also here to see the lanterns?" ”

Su Baiyu has also entered the palace several times in the past two years, and his relationship with Wei Deyin has become closer. He nodded.

Wei Deyin said: "What a coincidence, my brother and Wei Feng's brother and I also came to see the lanterns, let's watch it together, shall we?" ”

Su Xi froze down, looked at the cute and enthusiastic little princess in front of her, and was hesitating how to refuse. The head Yu Baotong curtsied and saluted, and said with a smile: "Thank you princess for the invitation, but we are about to go back to the painting boat, and now I am afraid that we can't watch the lanterns with you." ”

Wei Deyin was not discouraged, and said, "It's okay, I can wait for you." Aunt Xi, when are you going to see the lanterns? ”

Su Xi was silent for a moment, and said with little confidence: "We don't look at the lanterns today......"

Wei Deyin wanted to ask again, but Wei Jichang raised his hand to stop her, and nodded at Su Xi and Yu Baotong with a gentle smile.

Wei Deyin had no choice but to give up and retreat, "Then can I invite Brother Bai Yu to our painting boat?" Our painting boat is nearby, and I want to play with Brother Bai Yu. She blinked and looked at Su Baiyu, "Brother Baiyu, okay?" ”

Su Baiyu looked up at Su Xi, meaning to ask for Su Xi's opinion.

Su Xi's eyes were brighter than the other when he looked at these two little guys, and he couldn't bear to say the words of refusal again, nodded and agreed.

Wei Deyin happily took Su Baiyu's hand and said, "Isn't Aunt Xi going?" ”

Su Xi smiled and shook his head, "No, I have other things." ”

Su Xi arranged for Tinghe to follow Su Baiyu. After Wei Deyin and Su Baiyu left, Wei Jichang walked in front of her, she bent her knees, staring at her feet with her long eyelashes. It wasn't until Wei Feng's blue lotus-colored robe also passed in front of her that her breathing relaxed, turned around and quickened her pace to keep up with Yu Baotong, and walked into the cabin.

*

Not long after Yu Baotong and Su Xi sat in the cabin, Su Zhen came in from outside.

Su Zhen wanted to take Yu Baotong to the street to see the lanterns and invite Su Xi to go with him. Su Xi is not the kind of person who has no eyesight, they went to see the lanterns, what did she go to make a fuss? So he said: "Sixth brother and sixth sister-in-law, let's go, I'll wait here for Brother Bai'er, so that I won't see anyone when Brother Bai comes back for a while." ”

Yu Baotong persuaded him several times, but Su Xi insisted on staying.

Yu Baotong saw that she really didn't want to go out, so she was no longer reluctant.

After Yu Baotong and Su Zhen left, Su Xi sat in the cabin alone, and it was a little boring after a long time. She stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the lanterns on the shore of the lake for a while, and suddenly remembered the four seasons lantern that she had seen on the Shangyuan Festival three years ago...... It's a pity that it was burned down in the end.

The night was cold, and she only stood for a moment before she felt the chill, tightened her cloak, and slipped into the cabin.

Su Xi waited alone for half an hour, looking at the oil lamp on the small table with vermilion lacquer on his cheeks, and almost fell asleep.

Just as she was dozing off in a daze, a hand lifted the curtain at the door of the cabin. She thought it was Su Baiyu or the sixth brother and sister-in-law who were back, so she hurriedly raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, dragging a soft voice with sleepiness: "I'm almost asleep......"

Before the words fell, when he opened his eyes and saw the people who came in, he suddenly stopped.

Wei Feng stood at the door in a green lotus-colored persimmon pattern robe, with a long body and a jade body, like a green tree. His eyes drooped slightly, and fell on Su Xi quietly, his eyebrows and eyes were no different from three years ago, but they were a little more calm and steady, and the black pupils, which were already calm and calm, have now become even more unfathomable.