Chapter Eighty-Four: Pine, Cypress, Merand
"Yes, I'm just kidding, Brother Chen, you can be so serious, I'm really willing to bow down." Qi Hong looked at this little cousin, who was much younger than him, and with a positive expression, he couldn't help but laugh and said.
"Brother Chen's temperament has been like this since he was a child, you don't know, why are you still teasing him like this." Qi Xuan smiled and said: "But it's good to see that you're okay, you don't know that the old ancestor's body just got a little better a few days ago, all because you started to be bad again." ”
"It's me who is not filial." Xu Chen immediately felt guilty.
"Big brother, you still talk about me, look at how guilty you have made Brother Chen'er feel guilty again." Qi Hong said.
"Okay, are you two taking turns teasing Brother Chen?" Zhai Yu stroked his forehead and said helplessly: "We are here to visit Brother Chen, not to tease him, you two are really." Zhai Yu looked at Qi Xuan and Qi Hong, who were upright, but at this time, they were teasing Xu Chen next to Xu Chen's bedside, afraid that the skinny but clear-eyed young man in front of him would be in a lifeless coma like two days ago.
"Eldest Miss, Second Miss."
At this moment, there was a cry from the little maids outside the house, Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan came. The curtain was lifted, and two slender figures immediately appeared in front of Qi Xuan.
"Cousin Xuan, Cousin Hong, Zhai Dagongzi."
The news that Qi Xuan and Zhai Yu went to Xu Mansion to visit Xu Chen, Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan also knew about it, so when they saw them at this time, Xu Youshan and the others were not surprised to salute them one by one. And the three of Qi Xuan also returned the salute to Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan one by one, and everyone finished saluting each other. They also sat down in turn outside and casually greeted each other.
And Xu Yourong asked Qi Xuan's first sentence: "Cousin Xuan, where is Sister Xuan?" ”
"Today, my grandmother seems to be asking Ming Xi to do something. So she was called by her grandmother early in the morning, and she couldn't come to Dongyang Lane with me to visit Brother Chen. Qi Xuan replied.
"Ah, that's right." Xu Yourong muttered regretfully.
"But Sister Cheng seems to be very busy lately, I haven't seen her for a long time." Xu Youshan recalls it now, and finds that Xu Mingcheng has been really busy recently, although they didn't see each other every day before, but they have to see each other once or twice in ten days. But recently, let alone once in ten days, maybe even once in a month.
"Yes, cousin Xuan. Why has Sister Huan'er been so busy recently? Xu Yourong asked Qi Xuan a little strangely.
"I don't know much about this, but it may have something to do with the fact that my grandmother has asked Ming Yan to take over the affairs of the palace." Qi Xuan replied.
"I see."
But before Qi Xuan finished speaking, Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan immediately nodded in understanding. This has to talk about how heavy things are in the house, Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan have a deep understanding. And it's also an understanding stained with blood and tears. Therefore, after knowing that Xu Mingcheng had recently been entangled in the general affairs in the Beiding Palace, and was too busy to have time, Xu Youshan and the others were very decisive and stopped talking about Xu Mingcheng, but said sharply: "But Cousin Xuan and Cousin Hong, why did you two come with Zhai Dagongzi, could it be that you just came directly from Taixue?" ”
"It's not, Taixue is resting today, and my eldest brother and I didn't go to Taixue. Instead, he came from the palace early in the morning, as for the degree. We were met outside Dongyang Lane. Qi Hong replied.
"That's a coincidence, but Master Zhai, I really have to thank you for coming to visit Brother Chen." Xu Yourong looked at Zhai Yu with a smile.
"Miss Xu is polite, Du Zhi and I are also classmates, and it is right for me to come to visit him." Zhai Yu replied with a polite smile.
"That eldest prince Zhai is also a person of great affection, but Brother Chen'er's body will not be better for a while, and I am afraid that it will take a long time to stay on the sickbed, but during this time, if a classmate like Zhai eldest prince often comes to accompany him, Brother Chen'er's mood will also be better, you say yes, Zhai eldest prince!" Xu Yourong smiled so much that his big eyes almost narrowed into a line and said.
"What Miss Xu said is that as long as I have time in the future, I will definitely come to your mansion often to disturb me." Zhai Yu raised his eyebrows slightly and said.
"Then thank you Lady Zhai." Xu Yourong thanked him gratefully.
In the back and forth between Xu Yourong and Zhai Yu, it seems that they are talking about Xu Chen, but Xu Youshan, who is beside Xu Yourong, knows that Xu Yourong has not given up on matching Zhai Yu and Xu Mingwen, she is creating an opportunity for Zhai Yu and Xu Mingwen to meet.
And just as Xu Youshan thought, Xu Yourong was creating an opportunity for Zhai Yu and Xu Ming'er to meet, no, when she went to Sheng'an Xuan the next day, the first thing Xu Yourong said was that "Sister Chen, you are too unkind, how can you not come to visit Brother Chen for so many days, do you know that Brother Chen'er is asking you all day long, he is asking, why didn't Sister Chen come to see me." You say you're going too far. ”
Xu Yourong's ability to open her eyes and talk nonsense is really getting higher and higher, directly making Xu Youshan behind her cover her eyes when she listens to it, how can Xu Chen say anything Why didn't my sister-in-law come to see me, Xu Chen wished that Xu Ming's sister-in-law didn't come, and had a good rest in Qilinfang, some time ago, because of his incident, Pei's heart collapsed, which caused Xu Youshan and the three of them to struggle to maintain the matter of feeding in the courtyard of the big house, which was enough for Xu Chen to blame himself, how could he say such a thing again.
But after listening to this, you can hear that it is obviously nonsense, and after listening to it, Xu Mingwen actually hesitated to ask Xu Yourong: "Brother Chen, really said that?" ”
Xu Yourong replied solemnly: "Of course it is." ”
"In this way, then school is out today, so I'll go back with you to visit Brother Chen." Xu Mingwen said as a matter of course.
Oh my God, how easy is that? Xu Youshan hurriedly turned her back, not daring to look at Xu Mingwen, otherwise she was really afraid that the pity in her eyes would be so strong that she would bury Xu Mingwen.
And what happened after that, of course, was that Xu Yourong immediately pulled the confused Xu Mingwen to sit down with a dark face, waiting for Wen Ruyi to come to class.
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Outside the gates of the Xu Mansion today. It was still the same traffic, and many carriages full of gifts stopped outside the gate of Xufu. The coachmen also handed over the greetings one by one, saying that they were some condolences from their own masters to the second master of the Xu family's big house. But although the convoy of gifts came one after another, not many people could really enter the gate of the Xu family, and most of them were politely rejected by the porter with a polite smile.
Therefore, at the moment, a slender and thin young man rode a horse to the door of the Xu Mansion and entered the gate directly without hindrance. It is absolutely impossible to say that it is not noticeable at all.
"You know who the guy just went in is?"
"I don't know. Looking at the face sheng, why don't we go and ask the people of the Xu family! ”
"Don't, the province didn't ask, but it was remembered. When the time comes, the master won't smoke us to death. Forget it, let's go. ”
Although the young man in front of the gate was extremely curious about the young man who had not been blocked just now, he didn't dare to step forward to ask the servants of the Xu family, all of them were just guessing in private, and who would be the person who could enter and leave the Xu Mansion unimpeded in the Divine Capital? - Zhai Yu.
Yesterday, Xu Yourong got a sentence from Zhai Yu, saying that as soon as he had time, he would often come to visit Xu Chen. When Qi Xuan said goodbye to them, Xu Yourong immediately beat the snake and asked Zhai Yu to come to visit Xu Chen the next day, that is, today. The reason, of course, is that Taixue is also resting today. And although Zhai Yu felt a little strange, anyway, with his friendship with Xu Chen, it was nothing, so he agreed to it.
Therefore, there is now that Zhai Yu went to Xu Mansion in Dongyang Lane alone to visit Xu Chen.
Xufu, Yingqiang Courtyard.
"Brother Zhai, my eldest sister is also afraid that I will be bored, so I bother you like this, please don't be surprised by Brother Zhai, my eldest sister has no malicious intentions." Xu Chen looked at Zhai Yu, who came as promised today, and said embarrassedly.
"It's okay, your eldest sister's love for you is also enviable, and I said it myself, Miss Xu's request is also deserved." There is no pretense at all, Zhai Yu said sincerely, and sisters and brothers like Xu Yourong, Xu Chen and Xu Youshan have such a good relationship, which is indeed enviable.
Especially like the Huanchuan Zhai family, the sons and daughters of the family have been fighting with the enemy on the battlefield for many years, and brothers of similar age often face life and death; And those who are estranged in age, because the eldest brother went to the battlefield too early, they don't have time to cultivate much affection for each other. As for the daughters of the Zhai family, they all follow etiquette in this era, and they are generally married after the marriage. Therefore, although Zhai Yu also has many brothers and sisters in the Zhai family, and the relationship is not bad, but if you want to say that there are brothers and sisters like Xu Youshan, there is really no ...... Even if there were, it was only once.
Therefore, now Zhai Yu looked at Xu Chen, who was smiling because Xu Yourong was too loving and worried about him, and felt a little emotional, a little embarrassed, and a little sad in his heart.
"Eldest Miss, Second Miss, Second Miss." But just when Zhai Yu was a little sentimental, the greetings of the little maids outside the door made Zhai Yu's handsome eyes stunned, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a while.
"Get up, I heard that the eldest prince Zhai is here, is he inside?" After Xu Yourong finished speaking, he gently glanced at Xu Mingwen, who was pausing beside him.
"Back to your words, Zhai Dagongzi has already come, and he is inside now."
"yes, I see." Xu Yourong turned his head casually, and whispered to Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen: "Oops, I forgot, yesterday I invited Zhai Dagongzi to come to visit Brother Chen again today...... Sister-in-law, you don't mind. Xu Yourong just showed a little embarrassed expression and looked at Xu Mingwen.
And Xu Mingwen grinned, don't mind? Of course she minded, originally Xu Mingwen couldn't avoid Zhai Yu, but Xu Yourong was good, and directly invited Zhai Yu today, and said that she just forgot! So what should I do now, it's all here, and it is estimated that the voice of please An Yi has also spread to it just now, what do you want her to say at this time, saying that she has something to do temporarily, so she won't go in? Right outside the door? Xu Youshan looked at Xu Yourong at this time, and she really wanted to punch her once in disobedience.
"Sister Wu, let's go, let's go in!"
But in the face of Xu Ming's little eyes that were sharper than a knife at this time, Xu Yourong smiled at her very calmly, and there was no pressure from Xu Ming's daughter-in-law, which made Xu Youshan admire: How strong is this psychological quality!
"Oh." And the road has come here, Xu Mingwen didn't dare to really beat Xu Yourong, so she had to pick up her tail and follow Xu Yourong into the house dejectedly, with an expression of looking at death as if she were at home, which really made Xu Youshan, who was walking next to her, unable to stand it and said: "Sister Wu, don't be like this, Zhai Dagongzi is not a cow ghost and demon god, you don't have to be so afraid of him." ”
"Sister Shan, you don't understand." But Xu Mingwen just said weakly.
"Why don't I understand, don't you just don't want to see Zhai Gongzi, but it's nothing, besides, in the future, Zhai Dagongzi will have to stay in the imperial capital for a long time, even if you don't talk about his friendship with Cousin Xuan and Cousin Hong, just talk about Zhai Gongzi's friendship with the eldest brother and the second brother, you and him will not be able to see each other, then you might as well adapt to it in advance." Xu Youshan racked her brains and comforted Xu Mingwen.
But the effect is not very ideal, Xu Mingwen only raised her head slightly and glanced at Xu Youshan, and then said again: "No, Sister Shan, you really don't understand, it's not a matter of whether you can see it or not." ”
So what's the problem?
"......" Xu Youshan was speechless for a while, "Then since Sister Wu said that I don't understand, then you can just say it, Sister Wang, what do you think." ”
What do you think? Xu Mingwen clenched her hands, but she didn't speak for a while, but in fact, these words of Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen were just a few moments, but Xu Youshan couldn't be allowed to ask again, but they had already entered the house.
"Master Zhai." And what he saw in front of him was, of course, Zhai Yu, and Xu Youshan and the three of them saluted him.
"Miss Xu, Miss Xu, Miss Xu, Miss Xu." Zhai Yu returned the salute.
"Zhai Dagongzi is really a trustworthy person, I still want to say that Zhai Dagongzi will not come today, but I never thought that Zhai Dagongzi is still here, this really makes me happy for Brother Chen, with a classmate like you, presumably in the future, Brother Chen will be inspired by you, and there will definitely be a lot of growth." Xu Yourong said with a smile.
"Miss Xu is overrated." Zhai Yu lowered his eyes, and said with a smile that the corners of his mouth were slightly curved.
"It's Zhai Dagongzi, you are humble." Xu Yourong said.
Although everyone is here to visit Xu Chen's illness now, it is really not appropriate for everyone to go to Xu Chen's hospital bed and sit in the inner room, so Xu Youshan and Xu Youshan slept with Xu Chen, who was already a little tired, and they all went to the sandalwood table with open-carved lotus pattern in the pine and cypress Meilan outside to sit down. (To be continued......)