68. White jade bracelet
Su Xi pondered and meditated, and saw that Wei Feng's black pupils were getting deeper and deeper.
After a long time, it dawned on her, could it be that he meant not to meet Lu Jianghuai in private again? But even if he didn't say it, she wouldn't do such a thing again, and today was a last resort, did he think that she often met with other men in private?
Does he think everyone else is like him?
Thinking of this, Su Xi was angry that Wei Feng always broke into the boudoir regardless of his wishes. "Cousin Tingzhou is in charge of me, why don't you take care of yourself first? If you don't leave, if you are found out by Huichun, have you ever thought about me? ”
The little girl was huffing and wrinkling her pretty brows, and it seemed that she was really angry.
Wei Feng had already learned from Li Hong about what had happened in the Su family in the past few days, and also learned about the condition of the old lady Su, so he knew how much suffering his little girl had suffered in the past few days. No wonder when I saw her today, I felt that she was even thinner, wearing a thin summer shirt, and her body was slender, as if she could be broken at the slightest touch.
After Wei Feng came out of the palace, he asked people to inquire about the residence of the concubine of the household servant.
That night, the news of the concubine's miscarriage reached the ears of the second master, Su Yang.
Just now, Su Yang couldn't care much, and hurriedly rushed out of the ancestral hall and rushed to the outer room. After the second lady Guo Shi knew, she had to jump in anger again.
Wei Feng looked at Su Xi and said, "Don't like me coming to you?" ”
Su Xi grimaced his little face and said angrily: "You can come if you want, and you can leave if you want, what does it matter if I like it or not?" ”
In the end, it's still to blame him for not saying goodbye last time. Wei Feng smiled lowly, sat on the edge of the bed and hugged Su Xi tightly in his arms, and kissed her puffy little face, "Youyou, I like to look for you, okay?" As he spoke, he took out a bracelet polished from his sleeve, took her little hand, and put it on her wrist before she could react.
Su Xi looked down and said, "What did you wear for me?" ”
The mutton fat jade bracelet is smooth and moist like clotted fat, and it is the best in nephrite at a glance, and it is more precious than the jade pendant that Su Xi lost last time.
Wei Feng scratched her nose and said, "The bracelet that my mother often wears is specially passed on to her future daughter-in-law." ”
Wei Feng's biological mother, Princess Xue of Jin, died of illness a long time ago, and the current Princess of Jin is the original side concubine Yuan. It is rumored that Wei Feng has a discordant relationship with the Yuan family, so the "mother" in his mouth naturally refers not to the Yuan family, but to ...... Su Xi was stunned for a moment, hurriedly took off the bracelet on his hand, shook his head and said, "No, I can't accept this...... Take it back. ”
Wei Feng pressed her hand and said with a smile: "Why can't you take it?" Or do you not want to marry me? ”
Su Xi said: "That's not what I mean, it's that this bracelet is too valuable......
"No matter how valuable things are, we can wear them when we are young." Wei Feng smiled lightly and said, "It's a pity that there is only one left, otherwise the other one should be given to you." ”
Su Xi forgot to get angry, "Why did you send me this?" ”
Wei Feng's arms were wrapped around her, his face was against her cheek, and his voice had a slight smile in his voice, "I went back to the fiefdom this time, in addition to the emperor's task, there was also a purpose to take this bracelet." ”
Su Xi was silent, was Wei Feng explaining to her why he didn't say goodbye? She whispered, "...... Oh. ”
Wei Feng smiled lowly, hugged her waist and turned to face herself, "Still angry with me?" ”
Su Xi lowered his eyes, stared at the twig lotus pattern on his placket, and retorted, "I'm not so stingy. ”
"Tomorrow, I will enter the palace to face the saint and ask the emperor to give you to me." Wei Feng played with her white and delicate fingers, and when she lowered her eyes, she saw the newly dyed Kodan on her nails. I saw that the ten nails were bright and delicate, adding a few touches of gorgeousness, and a little less innocence, although they were also very good-looking, but they were not as comfortable and pleasing to the eye as nothing was dyed and clean. He rubbed it with his thumb, but he couldn't rub it off, frowned slightly, and said, "Don't dye these messy things next time." ”
Su Xi didn't care about his pickiness, grabbed his sleeve, and was shocked by what he said just now, "What did you just say?" ”
Wei Feng deliberately teased her: "Don't dye your nails again." ”
"Not this." Su Xi looked anxious, and wanted to scratch him a little, "You just said, you said that you asked the emperor to ......"
Wei Feng smiled on his lips and said unhurriedly: "Ask the emperor to give us a marriage." ”
Su Xi blinked, this time he finally heard clearly, but the next moment he shook his head like a rattle: "No." ”
Wei Feng's smile gradually faded, and he stared at her and said, "Why not?" ”
Su Xi explained: "It's not that it can't work, it's not now...... Today, Dr. Wen said that his grandfather's illness cannot be stimulated, and his feelings cannot fluctuate too much. If you tell the emperor, in case grandfather ......" She was worried that her grandfather's condition would worsen, and at Shang Weifeng's silent black eyes, she stretched out her fingers and took the initiative to hold his hand, and said, "Cousin Tingzhou will talk about it after a while, okay?" When my grandfather's condition improves a little, you can tell the emperor again......"
Wei Feng said: "How long to wait?" ”
Su Xi was stagnant. She didn't know either.
There was another situation that she did not dare to think of, and that was that her grandfather might never get better...... She hung her head, held Wei Feng's hands tightly, and didn't say a word.
Shaoqing, only to hear Wei Feng sigh almost inaudibly, leaned over, and pressed his forehead against hers, "Youyou, I will only give you another three months." Three months later, I will ask the emperor to marry me no matter what. ”
Su Xi thought for a moment, three months is not long or short, at that time his grandfather's condition should not be as strict as it is now, so he nodded and agreed.
Wei Feng stared at her fixedly, and said slowly for a long time: "You were born to torture me." ”
Su Xi is not convinced, what does it have to do with her? "It's obvious that you're too ......," stopped abruptly in the middle of speaking.
Wei Feng asked, "What's too much?" ”
Su Xi shook his head and refused to say, "It's nothing." ”
She originally wanted to say that she was too "anxious", but didn't this remind Wei Feng of something? It's rare that he's honest tonight, and she doesn't want to wake him up to some memories.
Fortunately, Wei Feng didn't ask, but said another thing: "On the ninth day of the first month of next month, I will ask Li Hong to pick you up, and you will go to a place with me." ”
Su Xi asked, "What place?" What to do? ”
Wei Fengfeng said lightly: "Lingqiu Mountain, go see someone." ”
Su Xi asked him who he was seeing, but he refused to say anything more. Seeing that it was not early, Wei Feng picked her up and put her on the bed, unfolded the thin quilt on her, leaned over and kissed the corner of her mouth and said, "Stay at home for these three months, and don't associate with those who have nothing to do with them." ”
Those who have nothing to do with it naturally refer to Lu Jianghuai, Fu Shaoyun and the like.
Su Xi turned over, thinking that he was verbose, "If you don't leave, I won't go then." ”
Wei Feng stared at the back of her head and smiled: "Youyou, do you believe that I have a way to let you go?" ”
Su Xi was silent, of course she believed it, Wei Feng, a hypocrite who was inconsistent on the outside, couldn't do anything? But she didn't want to just give in, she held back for a long time, and felt that there was always a burning gaze behind her looking at her, and finally she was coaxed, and muttered: "What you saw this time was an accident, when did I often interact with them?" ”
After a long time, Su Xi was about to fall asleep with her eyes closed. She thought that Wei Feng had already left, but she felt that someone had tucked the quilt for her, and a voice like an ancient well sounded in her ears: "I will also be jealous." ”
Wei Feng's voice was low and deep, and the warm breath blew on her ears, and she said such embarrassing words, Su Xi's ears turned red, and she quickly retracted her head into the quilt. She waited for a while, and finally there was no movement behind her, so she got out of the quilt and took a look, the bed was empty, and Wei Feng had already left.
*
A few days passed.
Dr. Wen really lived up to the name of the miracle doctor, and gave Su Qingbo acupuncture treatment for three or five days in a row, although Su Qingbo could not walk on the ground, but his hands were already able to move, and his complexion was much better than a while ago. When the old lady talked to him today, his mind was already seven or eight points clear, and he leaned on the big pillow and asked, "Where is Brother Zhi'er?" ”
Mrs. Su hurriedly said: "Brother Zhi'er has gone to the border pass, and after a while, you will be able to come back when you have recovered your body." ”
Su Qingbo nodded, didn't ask any more, and drank a bowl of porridge with the maid's hand.
After drinking the porridge, the old lady asked him to lie down and rest for a while, and then went out to find Dr. Wen and asked Dr. Wen a few questions.
The old lady and Dr. Wen were standing under the porch talking, when they heard the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground suddenly in the room.
The old lady hurriedly entered the house on crutches, and saw Su Qingbo stumbling on the pedal, knocking over the medicine bowl on the square table at the head of the bed, and the porcelain pieces were shattered to the ground.
"What do you do? If you want to take what is called a maid, why can't you get along with your body? The old lady was worried.
The maid helped the old lady to sit back on the bed, cleaned up the floor again, and then retreated.
Su Qingbo looked at Doctor Wen directly, and said with difficulty: "Divine doctor, how long does it take for the old man to walk on the ground......
Doctor Wen hesitated for a moment and said, "General Su, don't worry, I'm treating you in Xia, and after a while, I may be able to go to the ground." ”
Su Qingbo looked stunned, and only sighed and said, "I haven't touched my knife for a few days......"
Just now he just wanted to go to the wall to get his knife, but he didn't expect that he couldn't walk such a short distance, and his lower body was not feeling at all.
Mrs. Su persuaded and coaxed: "When your body is better, you can fiddle with your knife as much as you want, why rush for a moment?" ”
Su Qingbo didn't speak again, as if he was tired, closed his eyes and rested.
After a while, there was snoring.
The old lady and Dr. Wen went out of the house. The old lady asked, "Doctor, what you just said is true?" Is it really possible for my old man to get back on his feet? ”
Doctor Wen stroked his long beard and muttered for a long time before he said: "Don't hide it from the old lady, the old general's illness is strict, and he is not too sure in the future, so he can only guarantee that the old general will not worry about his life." As for whether you can go to the ground...... It depends on the will of God. It's just that with the condition of the old general, among the patients who have been diagnosed and treated, none of them have fully recovered and gone to the ground like ordinary people, and most of them can only spend the rest of their lives in bed. ”
Old Mrs. Su was not lightly hit, and stumbled for a moment, "This, how can this be ......?"
Everyone knows that Old Lady Su is fond of martial arts, if one day he can't boxing and practice martial arts, how can he live?
At this time, Su Xi was about to come to visit his grandfather, and happened to hear the words of his grandmother and Dr. Wen. She was stunned, and then saluted the old lady and Dr. Wen as usual, and then walked into the house, and saw her grandfather lying on the bed, as if he had already been awake, and was now looking at the long knife hanging on the opposite wall with a pair of cloudy eyes.
Su Xi's heart palpitated, and she didn't know if he had heard the conversation between her grandmother and Dr. Wen, and she shouted, "Grandfather." ”
When the old lady saw her, a kind smile finally appeared on her face, "Youyou is here, why didn't you go to the school today?" ”
Su Xi sat on the embroidered pier next to the bed and said with a smile: "Grandfather forgot? Today is the seventh day, which is the day of the school to rest. ”
The old lady nodded in realization, "Oh...... Seven more days passed so quickly. Grandfather is old and doesn't remember anymore. ”
As soon as Su Xi saw that he was talking about this topic, the old lady was depressed, and hurriedly picked up the tangerines in the painted peony pattern plate, and said, "The oranges sent this year are big and sweet, I'll peel one for my grandfather." ”
The old lady said yes.
Su Xi was peeling oranges while talking to the old lady. Half an hour passed unconsciously, and then the old lady fell asleep while talking, and she gently covered the old lady with a quilt, and then got up and left.
*
A month has passed in the blink of an eye, and tomorrow is the ninth day of August as Wei Feng said.
Su Xi secretly guessed who Wei Feng planned to take her to, and she actually had an answer in her heart, but she didn't dare to be sure...... I heard that Princess Xue of Jin was buried in Lingqiu Mountain, shouldn't he be planning to take her to see the deceased Princess of Jin? But if not, why go to Lingqiu Mountain? And the last time we met, he also gave himself such a valuable bracelet.
The mutton fat jade bracelet was put away by Su Xi and placed in a rosewood box, hidden in the depths of the cabinet. Wei Feng said that it was his mother who was going to pass it on to his daughter-in-law, so Su Xi didn't dare to take it out casually, what if someone recognized it?
Su Xi put on another pair of jade bracelets, changed her clothes and went to the upper room.
Today, Lu Jianghuai came to visit the old lady for his father Lu Chi.
The old lady looked good, and she was more energetic than the previous two days. Yesterday, Dr. Wen told him the truth, he knew that he would not be able to move in the future, and he would be paralyzed behind the bed, but he was surprisingly calm, only stunned for a while, and finished his dinner in the evening like no one else, and rested early.
Everyone was surprised and relieved.
When Su Xi came over, Lu Jianghuai had already left, and I heard the old lady say that he went to the eldest brother's Molin Academy.
Su Xi didn't think much about it, sat and talked to her grandfather for a while, and because there was something else to do, she only sat for a while and left. After Lu Jianghuai helped her last time, she never had the opportunity to go to Lu Mansion to thank her, so she wanted to take this opportunity to thank Lu Jianghuai well.
When they arrived at Molin Courtyard, there was no one in the courtyard, and the eldest brother and Lu Jianghuai should be in the house.
The eldest brother and Su Baiyu are both happy and pure people, so there are not many maids in Molin Academy, and there are no maids at the door. When Su Xi walked to the door, she was about to knock on the door and enter, but she heard a familiar name mixed in the conversation inside, and she paused when she raised her hand in the air.
Su Li was silent for a moment and said, "Do you suspect that the young horse in the other courtyard last time was shocked and had something to do with Wei Shizi?" ”
Lu Jianghuai said: "It's hard to say if it has anything to do with Wei Shizi." But does Big Brother Su remember the young horse last time? After the horse fell off the cliff, I had people keep watch nearby, and at night I saw Wei Shizi's men carry the horse away. ”
Lu Jianghuai said again: "I remember that Wei Shizi was not present at the time, if it had nothing to do with him, how could he know that the horse, and let people destroy the corpse afterwards?" ”
Su Li was stunned, "But Youyou has no grievances with Wei Shizi, and my Su family has no grudges with the Jin Palace, why did Wei Shizi do this?" Besides, this clue alone doesn't seem to make much sense......"
"This clue alone is a bit thin, but what if the blood fly is also related to Wei Shizi?" Lu Jianghuai said again, Xu didn't expect that there were people standing at the door, so he didn't deliberately lower his voice, "I thought about it afterwards, that kind of creature clearly only appears in the swampy land, why did it appear at the water's edge in the western suburbs?" It wasn't until a few days ago that I figured it out. ”
Speaking of this, he paused, "Blood flies can not only kill people, but also use medicine to save people's lives." That day, when I followed Wei Shizi to look for Dr. Wen outside the city, I saw this medicine in the medicine shed outside Dr. Wen's house. I asked Dr. Wen's medicine boy, and the medicine boy said that Wei Shizi had found it and sent some over every summer. Wei Shizi has a close relationship with Dr. Wen, so the medicine boy must have lied. Later, I asked people to check, and Wei Shizi's people did linger by the water in the western suburbs for a long time that day. ”
After Lu Jianghuai said these words, he pondered: "Brother Su, think about it again, has he ever offended the Jin Palace?" ”
Su Li shook his head and said, "I can't think of it...... What's more, even if the Jin Wangfu has a feud with the Su family, it shouldn't start from the young. Youyou is just a girl, and if she is injured, what good will it do to the Jin Palace? ”
Lu Jianghuai was silent, and said with a complicated expression: "That day, I saw Wei Feng's polite behavior and frank behavior, I thought he was a high-spirited person, but I didn't expect it to ......."
Outside the door, Su Xi froze for a long time, looking wooden, and even forgot what he was here to do when he heard it.
It wasn't until Su Li finished talking with Lu Jianghuai and was about to come out that she ran out of the hospital in a panic.
After returning to the flower open-air incense, Su Xi has been in a trance.
Hearing the crane ask her if she drank brown sugar steamed pears, she didn't react at all.
Hearing the crane cry again: "Girl? ”
Su Xi Huoran stood up, pushed Tinghe out, and said in a suppressed voice: "Don't drink, don't drink...... You go out. ”
Hearing Yan seeing Su Xi's gaffe for the first time, he seemed to have suffered a huge blow, and he was very overwhelmed. "What's wrong with the girl, isn't it the old lady'......?"
Su Xi didn't answer, and drove her out vigorously, and then slammed the Linghua door shut.
After a long time, she slowly rubbed her eyes with her fingers, looked down and saw a drop of water on her fingertips, suddenly remembered something, walked quickly to the cabinet, and took out the deepest red sandalwood box. Raising his hands above his head, he wanted to smash it hard, but he remembered that this was the only relic of the Xue family of Princess Jin, so he couldn't do it for a long time. Finally, he turned around and threw it on the bed angrily, and then found the sewing basket that he had embroidered for Wei Feng last time, and threw it on the ground.
Su Xi still remembered how scared she was when she was startling the horse last time, and her heartbeat was almost out of her throat. She felt that she would die at any moment, and she couldn't think of anything in her head, only "fear". She still feels palpitations when she thinks about it, how can Wei Feng - how can he do this to her?
Su Xi was so angry that tears rolled down, she squatted on the side of the bed, turned her head and rubbed her tears with her shoulder, and scolded Wei Feng fiercely in her heart.
No wonder he appeared so timely last time, he was too scared at that time to think about anything else, but now that he recalls, Wei Feng is so calm that he can't talk. Su Xi snorted, she had always thought that Wei Feng was just domineering and strong, but she didn't expect to be so ruthless, didn't he think about what the consequences would be if he couldn't hold him over?
Su Xi was so tired from crying that she didn't even know when she fell asleep, lying on her feet, tears on her face, and water droplets on her long eyelashes.
After hearing the crane push the door and enter, he was frightened, and hurriedly helped Su Xi to the bed and wiped her face with a wet towel. I wondered in my heart that the girl hadn't just come back from the room, what kind of grievance could she be so sad to be like this?
*
The next morning, Su Xi had breakfast and was walking in the yard when Qinglu whispered to her when no one was around: "Girl, the carriage has stopped at the back door." ”
Su Xi paused, remembering that today was the ninth day of the eighth month, and Wei Feng was going to take her out.
She nodded, and only said, "Got it", but when she returned to the house after a while, there was no response.
Qinglu saw that she was not in a hurry, she was a little anxious, and the carriage would be suspicious of the people in the house if it stopped outside for too long. So he boldly walked into the house and cautiously reminded him again: "Girl, it's almost noon, and if you don't leave, you should delay the hour." ”
Su Xi raised her eyes to look at her, didn't say anything, only called Tingyan in from outside, and said with a twisted eyebrow: "Didn't the house teach you the rules?" How can anyone come into my house and listen to what Sister Yan thinks? ”
Hearing Yan choke for a moment, since she knew that Qinglu was Wei Shizi's person, she had a lot more relaxation towards Qinglu...... There was nothing wrong before, why did the girl lose her temper this time?
"Slaves and maids know that they are wrong, and they blame the slaves and maids for making their own decisions." Listen to the goose kneeling down.
Su Xi looked away, and did not punish them, but only told them all to go out.
After noon, Su Xi changed almost all the subordinates who were fragrant on the grounds of lax discipline. Because when Wei Feng left Beijing last time, Li Hong once told her which people were in the General's Mansion who were Wei Feng, and it was originally convenient for her to contact Wei Feng, but she didn't expect her to remember it, and this time she drove away with a ruthless heart.
In addition to the open-air incense of flowers, there are also a few in Qiutangju, which were also sent out by her with an excuse.
As for the one in the second room...... Her hand couldn't stretch that long, and she rarely went to the second room anyway, so she let it go.
Su Xi asked Tingyan to quietly go to the back door to take a look, the carriage outside the door had not yet left, and he had waited from early morning to now, although the person driving the horse was dressed in disguise, Tingyan could still see that it was Li Hong.
Hearing Yan worried: "Girl, you ...... with Wei Shizi"
Su Xi hurriedly interrupted: "Don't mention his name." "She hates Dead Wei Feng now and doesn't want to see him at all.
Tingyan had no choice but to stop.
In the evening, Tingyan went to the back door to take a look again, and found that the carriage was still there. "Girl, are you really not seeing Wei Shizi? I've been waiting for that carriage all day......"
Su Xi raised his hand to cover his ears and shouted, "Who told you to go and see it again?" Didn't I say that you are not allowed to go, listen to Sister Yan ask again, be careful that I will drive you out of the house. ”
Hearing Yan open her mouth, seeing her resolute attitude, it was not good to say anything more. It's just that I was a little puzzled in my heart, how could I say that the two people who were still fine in front of me turned their faces? What did Wei Shizi do to make her girl angry like this?
Tingyan was about to go out, and when he saw Tingli Jiji Huangdi breaking in from outside, his face was frightened, and he couldn't speak clearly, "Auntie, girl......"
Listening to Yan said: "What's wrong?" Why did you panic like this? ”
Listening to Li's white face, he looked at Su Xi who came out from behind the bead curtain and said, "Girl, the old lady is breathing......"
*
At this end, Li Hong sat on the wheel, looked up at the stars in the sky, brewed for a while, and said to the people in the carriage: "Lord Shizi...... If you wait any longer, you won't be able to catch up with the princess's sacrifice day. ”
After a long time, Wei Feng's ruthless voice came out: "Wait for another half an hour." ”
Li Hong leaned against the wall of the car, so he had no choice but to say yes.
I don't know what happened to the nine girls inside today, and she kicked out all the people of the prince and let her wait for her for so long. Although the girl's family is expensive, she should take the shelf, but this shelf is too big, right?
Li Hong had never seen his family so willing to wait for someone for so long.
Half an hour passed, and still no one came out.
Li Hong heard the sound of a wrench pinching from the carriage, and after a while, Wei Feng said in a low voice: "Let's go." ”
Li Hong answered yes, picked up the whip and was about to set off, when he caught a glimpse of a maid in a green skirt walking out of the back door.
It was the big girl beside Su Xi who listened to the geese.
After listening to the geese probe for a while, they saw their carriage and walked quickly towards this direction.
Li Hong held his breath for his own prince in his heart, and said, "The ninth girl finally remembered to come out?" ”
Listening to Yan ignoring him, he only looked at the curtain with dark embroidered twigs and said, "The girl asked the slave maid to say a word to Wei Shizi." ”
There was no echo in the carriage.
Hearing Yan paused, she continued: "The girl said, please go back, she will not come out to see you." ”