Seventy-seven. Old
On the bookcase, in the gap of the red sandalwood incense burner, the blue and purple cigarettes curled up, and Qin Nanxi was wrapped in the silence of the incense of agarwood, thinking deeply and galloping thousands of miles away.
"You're a match made in heaven!" Mama Cheng's smiling whisper interrupted Qin Nanxi.
Putting down the book in his hand, Qin Nanxi raised his head and said lightly: "What is Mama talking about?" ”
Mama Cheng's expression froze for a moment, and then she explained: "The slave maid saw that the young lady looked focused on the book, and she was really the same as Yi'er, so she said it, Miss is not strange!" ”
Qin Nanxi secretly sighed that the subordinates around Situ Yi's brother and sister were unruly, which surprised her, a person who has never paid attention to rules. Unconsciously shook his head, and then took the tea handed to him by Mama Cheng. was lowering his head to sip tea, and suddenly asked knowingly: "The general also likes to read?" ”
"Like! The child read like a fascination, reading without eating or sleeping! Urging him to rest, he is still annoyed with me! What a terrifying look! If it's a thing with words, he'll have to take it before he stops! Between Mama Cheng's dim thin lips opening and closing, a mouthful of white teeth was shining, and the corners of her eyebrows and eyes were full of proud smiles. She regarded Situ Yi as her pride from the bottom of her heart.
Qin Nanxi raised her lips in response, only staring at her earnestly, waiting for her to talk without inspiration at all.
Yi'er was only six years old at the time, and his wife did not allow him and Miss Linlang to go out of the gate of the garden. Miss Linlang cried sullenly. Yi'er was angry, so she went to her wife's room to fight for it, but was punished by her wife's family law. The little man was beaten and bruised in his back, and he didn't shed a single tear. Since then, he has been like a demon, reading desperately, and staying up every day until his eyes are red! Mama Cheng talked about what happened 20 years ago, and there were still tears in her eyes.
"Where is Junyuan? Aren't their brother and sister in the Guogong Mansion? And why did Madame beat him? Qin Nanxi put down the tea cup in his hand, and his palms couldn't help clenching.
"Yunyuan is in the Guogong Mansion, a small courtyard in the northwest corner of the garden, and no one has lived in it for many years. After Yi'er and Miss Linlang returned home, Mrs. packed up the Yunyuan for them, and even me, I sent three people to serve them. The garden is very narrow, and the two children are used to being unrestrained on the grassland before returning home, where can they stay? Mama Cheng's eyes were filled with a faint light of water. After a pause, he changed back to a calm tone before he continued:
"As for being beaten, it was as common for Yi'er to eat at that time. In fact, where is there really anything worth making a fuss about? It's not just a shelf belly and a heart! Yi'er was not born to Mrs., and Mrs. didn't know that there were Yi'er and Miss Linlang in this world. The old man suddenly brought back a pair of children and said that they were his own children, and the lady was naturally uncomfortable. Besides, Yi'er was born more handsome and smarter than Young Master Kun, and is one year older than Young Master Kun, and is the eldest son, but Miss Linlang is one year younger than Young Master Kun......" Mama Cheng sighed, complaining to the Duchess of Guo in her expression, even if she deliberately hid it, she still couldn't hide from Qin Nanxi's eyes.
"The general is only a year older than Young Master Kun?" Qin Nanxi was surprised, she didn't expect Situ Linlang to be born after Lao Guogong married the daughter of the Xiao family.
"Yi'er's mother-in-law is the original wife of the old man! Yi'er is naturally the eldest son! Mama Cheng was very angry, her voice landed, and she knew that she was speechless, and raised her head and looked at Qin Nanxi timidly.
Qin Nanxi only pretended not to see it, and pretended to ask: "The general's mother?" ”
"This, these words are not what we should say as subordinates, but ......" Mama Cheng clumsily tentatively probed.
Qin Nanxi picked up the teacup, looked down at the cup, and said in a close tone: "Mama is an old man who grew up watching the general, and there is nothing that should be said that should not be said." It's just that Nan Xi hasn't paid attention to it before, and it's not a secret. ”
Mama Cheng nodded and continued: "What Miss said is right, this matter is indeed not a secret. Yi'er's mother is not Han, I heard that she is still a princess of a northern tribe. According to legend, when the old prince was conquering Beidi, he met the princess, and the two also worshipped the church and got married. After having Yi'er, the old prince returned to the court, but the princess was reluctant to leave her homeland! In this way, Yi'er and her mother stayed in northern Xinjiang. The old prince returned to the court, and before he could report it, he received the holy decree of the first emperor to give marriage, and the prince did not dare to resist the decree, and the princess would not return to Chang'an at all. Miss, you said, Yi'er's mother is the wife of the country's justice, and she is the first, is it the original wife? ”
Qin Nanxi hooked the corners of her lips, noncommittal, she wanted to know, why did Situ Yi and Situ Kun's brothers born to the same father have to meet each other?
"Then later, why did the general and Sister Linlang come back to Chang'an again?"
"Hey~ If you want to say that Yi'er has a hard life. In front of the good little prince, the northern frontier fought again. I heard that the whole princess went to war, regardless of men, women, and children. Before the battle, the princess sent her cronies to send the Yi'er brothers and sisters to the old prince who was rushing to the rescue at that time! It's a pity that when the army of the old prince arrived three days later, the princess and her whole clan were killed in battle! Mama Cheng said, holding up a handkerchief and imprinting the corners of her eyes.
"What about a motherless child? Mrs. loved their brothers and sisters very much in front of the princess, but once the old prince was not in the house, ......" Mama Cheng took a sentence and paused, swallowing her throat and trying to restrain her unresolved distress and sadness.
"So the general was also very estranged from the other two young masters when he was a child?" Qin Nanxi forcibly suppressed the sourness and distress in her heart, and led the words to where she wanted to hear them.
Mama Cheng nodded and said, "Young Master Chong is okay, he often secretly takes some of his own delicious and fun things to Miss Linlang, and Young Master Kun ...... Young Master Xu is Kun, like his wife, taboo Yi'er is older than him, and he is loved by the old man. At that time, Young Master Kun always used some insidious little means to frame Yi'er in front of the Guogong, and Yi'er was very stubborn, and he didn't sue for injustice when he was killed. Slowly, the old man also listened to Young Master Kun's words, and he didn't like Yi'er very much......"
Qin Nanxi listened quietly, and couldn't find a trace of the reason why Situ Kun was determined to put Situ Yi to death, since there was no young Chen cause, then there was only the dispute in adulthood. She raised her hand and rubbed the corners of her forehead, closed her eyes and stopped Mama Cheng from continuing.
Situ Yi's childhood gradually became clear in her heart, she couldn't have imagined that he, the eldest son of the prince who seemed to be extremely rich, had so much bitterness behind his smile as bright as the morning light! She finally understood that at the bottom of his deep eyes, the faint sadness that she had never understood turned out to be the desolation of the years.
The heart was distressed, and a line of tears oozed from the corners of Qin Nanxi's eyes.
"Miss" Mama Cheng stepped forward and carefully called Qin Nanxi. Seeing the tears in the corners of her eyes, she was stunned for a moment, and then she was relieved: "Miss Linlang said earlier that Yi'er was bent on marrying Miss, so naturally he has his reasons." At first, we didn't understand, but now the slave and maid understand, or Yi'er can look at people. Miss is such a person, such a heart, if he and Miss become close, and from now on Miss loves him and respects him, he will never be lonely again! ”
Qin Nanxi opened her eyes, blushed, and said in a low voice: "Mama is really Sister Linlang's face, and she speaks straightforwardly." I can still be as comfortable here as I am in front of the general and my sister, but in front of the rest of the people in the house, Mama can't be so open-mouthed! ”
When Mama Cheng saw her complaining, she was still happy, and her mouth couldn't close to ensure that she would pay attention to her words and deeds, but her eyes looked at Qin Nanxi with a lot more love and relief than before.
The Cheng Mama sent by Situ Linlang doesn't seem complicated. She really loves her brother and sister with all her heart. sent her to himself, just to learn more about Situ Yi's past, but to make her the link between himself and Situ Linlang, but to find out how he was to Situ Yi. After thinking through Situ Linlang's thoughts, Qin Nanxi's heart suddenly opened up.
"Mama went to see Nan Xi for Nanxi, but it was Xiaofei who sent water chestnuts from Zhuangshang? If so, bring her here. Qin Nanxi raised the corners of her lips deeply, and looked at Mama Cheng.
Mama Cheng took the order to go out, Qin Nanxi looked at her back, and took the remaining doubts into her heart, at such a time, she needs her own people by her side.