"The mother concubine suddenly had a miscarriage, and then the bleeding did not stop, so she died and returned to the West. Don't you know? "Lord Duanhui was a little puzzled.

Mu Xuan said in a very flat tone: "Why didn't any of the people who served the concubine back then stay?" ”

It is said that because of the unsatisfactory service, my father became angry and drove them away. Do you remember something, or is there something wrong? ”

Mu Xuan was still young at that time, how many things could he remember. It's just that over the years, he has thought of these things repeatedly, and he always can't sleep at night, feeling that his mother's death is too miserable and pity. He really wanted to meet the people who had served his mother back then, but he was surprised to find that he couldn't inquire no matter how much he asked, which couldn't help but make him wonder.

"I'll ask Sangju to help me find out the whereabouts of the green sandalwoods."

Lord Duanhui's heart jumped suddenly, and he hurriedly asked, "Did you find something?" ”

Mu Xuan shook his head blankly and said, "No, he hasn't heard from Shangzhou yet." In fact, I just want to meet them and know something about my mother from them. You know, the mother left too early, I was still very young and didn't understand anything. ”

Duan Hui calmed down in his heart, and said with a smile: "I also want to meet those old people back then, I have looked for them twice before I went to Fujian, but I gave up after failing to succeed once." Besides, I am afraid that this matter will displease my father. Let the past be gone. ”

Mu Xuan obediently listened to his sister's words, but he didn't dare to say anything. Over the years, those seemingly nonexistent rumors gradually sowed the seeds of doubt in his heart. He is also a more serious person, and he just wants to find out what is going on in everything. What he needs now is to wait, waiting for Cui Shangzhou to help him find those people back then, to solve the doubts in his heart, maybe only in this way can he calmly let go of a qiē, and there will be no more obsessions in his heart that the master said, and he will really be a monk.

"The mother left suddenly. At that time, my father and I were in Beijing to congratulate the queen on her birthday. The mother concubine did not go because of her ill health, and only the concubine was helping to take care of her at home. Later, we received the news of the mother's illness in Beijing, but unfortunately, when we rushed back to Bianliang, it was a step too late after all. I didn't even bother to say the last word to my mother. Duanhui remembered what happened back then, and all of them felt sad and regretful. If she had found an excuse to stay that time, maybe she wouldn't have so many regrets now.

"The people are gone, but let the living look forward. My sister doesn't have to blame herself too much. It is all the more important to live a good life in the future. This is also Mu Xuan's first time comforting Duanhui.

When Duan Hui heard his younger brother say this, he smiled bitterly: "I'm like this, where is there a future to speak of." ”

Mu Xuan couldn't help but feel a dull pain, and said in her heart, didn't my sister think about stepping an heir in the Ji family in the first place? I'm old, and I have something to rely on. He could have escaped into the empty door, but what should my sister do? Mu Xuan once again felt that she had a lot of concern. No wonder Master would say that his six roots were not pure.

"Life has to go on, my sister doesn't have to be too discouraged."

Duan Hui turned to smile a little quieter, and said, "Don't talk about me, what are your plans for the future?" ”

"Me?" Mu Xuan didn't dare to say what she really thought, for fear that her sister would be sad, so she had to say lightly: "Let's take one step at a time." ”

Duan Huiqiang pressed down those thoughts that wanted to persuade his younger brother to marry, and told him to rest for a while, and then let people invite him when the meal was served, and he still went back to Jinxiu Courtyard.

Mu Xuan planned to stay in Qixia Villa for a few days to comfort her sister.

At dusk the next day, Choi Sang-ju came. Mu Xuan received him in Tangli Zhai.

It's not the first time Cui Shangzhou has come to Qixia Villa, but it's still very unfamiliar to him. He looked at the shelves full of books, envious, and said, "I didn't expect there to be such a treasure house here." ”

"You can borrow any book you want."

"Okay, if you say that, I'm welcome." Cui Shangzhou took a few books casually and put them on the marble case, so that Mu Xuan could look at them.

Mu Xuan glanced at it and said, "Your dabbling is still so wide. ”

Cui Shangzhou said with a smile: "Just flip through it and pass the time." ”

Mu Xuan thought that Cui Shangzhou came uninvited, and there must be a situation to bring him, so he said, "What about the person you are looking for?" ”

"Nothing has progressed. I didn't find the family surnamed Lei in Xingyang you mentioned. ”

Mu Xuan's heart became more and more puzzled, why there was no news of the relevant people back then, and it was too strange to disappear.

Cui Shangzhou saw Mu Xuan frowning and silent, and immediately smiled and promised: "Junhua, don't worry, I will definitely go all out for the things you handed over to me." As long as they are alive in this world, they will be brought to you. It's just that there are some difficulties at the moment, so please be patient and wait a while. ”

Mu Xuan sighed and said: "I naturally rest assured of you, of course I can afford to wait, it doesn't matter if it's a year and a half, or even two or three years." ”

Cui Shangzhou smiled: "I am much more relieved to have you say this." ”

When he saw that it was very good, he smiled and asked, "Are you going to live here?" ”

Mu Xuan shook his head and said, "No! I just came here by chance to visit. ”

Cui Shangzhou smiled, feeling slightly disappointed.

"By the way, since you're here, come with me to visit my sister."

Cui Shangzhou's heart jumped suddenly, and he hurriedly agreed to say yes.

Although Qixia Villa has the word "Villa" in its name, Bianliang is flat and does not depend on the mountain. At first, it wasn't so big, but it was just a house for the Chai family to accompany the Chai family, with more than a dozen rooms.

Chai's nature likes to be quiet and does not like to be noisy, and he especially likes to come here to escape the heat in the summer. In order to please the Chai family, the prince bought all the land in the vicinity, and then expanded, and brought in living water, pavilions, pavilions, flower docks, and water pavilions, just like the scenery of a garden in the south of the Yangtze River. I heard that I really invited a garden master in Jiangnan to help design the draft.

The splendid courtyard is the house where the Chai family lived at the beginning, and the windows are inlaid with large pieces of glass, which is magnificent and extraordinary, and really responds to the word "splendid".

Cui Shangzhou followed behind Mu Xuan, looking at the neat flowers and plants in the yard, and his steps were not as calm as when he went to Tangli Zhai to find Mu Xuan.

The lord of Duanhui was doing needlework in the house on the east side, and heard that Cui Sangju had come to greet her. She hurriedly instructed the maids beside her, "Invite them to sit in the middle hall, and I will come at once." ”

Cui Shangzhou sat in Nanmu's official hat chair, holding a cup of tea in his hand, his eyes stayed on the blue and white entwined lotus on the tea lid, but his eyes were looking at his nose and his nose was looking at his heart.

When he heard the sound of his clothes rustling, he stood up blankly.

waited until he heard a gentle female voice and said, "Cui Xiaoqi is here, but I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Cui Shangzhou hurriedly gave Duan Hui a big salute respectfully.

Duan Hui looked up with a smile and said, "Get up and talk." ”

Cui Shangzhou did not squint more and more, with a solemn look on his face.

"Your father, your uncle, mother, is your aunt okay?"

Cui Shangzhou replied respectfully: "Back to Niangniang, it's all right." Thank you very much for remembering. ”

The county lord of Duanhui smiled and said to Mu Xuan: "I haven't seen the Cui family's Xiaoqi for many years, but I didn't expect it to be so big." Bring your daughter-in-law to me another day. There is no one to talk to here, and it is a little boring. ”

Cui Shangzhou's face suddenly turned red, and his tone paused slightly, before he replied respectfully: "Let the mother laugh, the small one has not yet been awarded." ”

Duan Hui was a little surprised, and hurriedly said: "Ah, I didn't inquire clearly, and it was inappropriate." ”

Mu Xuan hurriedly said: "He came to see me, and by the way, he came to say goodbye to my sister." ”

Cui Shangzhou is familiar with this sister and brother, and often follows behind Mu Xuan, and he is naturally familiar with the county lord of Duanhui. It's just that it's bigger, and there are differences between men and women, and it's a lot more rusty.