Chapter 212: Look at each other
In the haze, Shen Qingli felt that she was trapped in a dark room, the room was dull and suffocating, and someone around her called her name lightly, calling her Wanwan, she happily thought it was Mu Yunting, but after a closer look, it was Situ who sat beside her expressionlessly, saying You go with me, I will take you to the Western Regions and make you a concubine.
She shouted Mu Yunting's name, but saw Mu Yunting standing in front of her with a cold face, saying that she was a water-based poplar woman, and that she had broken off her relationship and would never see each other again in this life.
She repeatedly explained that this was not the case, she had never loved Situ Kong, but Situ Kong took out hundreds of poems to Mu Yunting, saying that these were all proof that the two of them loved each other.
was so angry that Mu Yunting threw all those poems on her and resolutely left.
She cried behind him......
She was not afraid of death, but she was afraid of being disgusted and misunderstood by the man she loved with such a reputation, and tears couldn't help but flow down, Mu Yunting had never seen her cry so sadly, and shook her again: "Wanwan, what's wrong with you?" β
Shen Qingli woke up suddenly, looked at Mu Yunting's eyes full of concern, and realized that she had a dream just now, she couldn't help but bury her head in his arms, and sobbed: "Shizi, don't leave me." β
"What are you talking about! How can I be willing to leave you? Mu Yunting smiled, took the handkerchief and handed it to her, and quipped: "Madam, don't make me with tears and snot, I have to change my clothes again!" Are you having a nightmare? β
Shen Qingli took the handkerchief a little embarrassed, wiped away his tears, thought about it, and said truthfully: "Yesterday, Situ Kong came to ...... yesterday."
"What? Are you saying that Situ Kong came here to look for you? Mu Yunting's face immediately changed, he sat up straight, and said with a straight face, "What did he say?" "Damn, he's been tricked to divert the tiger from the mountain.
"He said he was going to take me to the Western Regions......" Shen Qingli gritted his teeth and said, "Later, I insisted on refusing, so he left." β
Of course, such a thing is good to put it on the bright side.
"Wanwan, you tell me the truth, what the hell is going on with you and him?" Mu Yunting calmed down instantly, if he talked about the friendship between master and apprentice, he definitely didn't believe it.
She is married, and he still has illusions about her, if it is just that he is in love, and she does not respond at all, it is impossible.
"Shizi, you know that when I was in the boudoir, Mr. Situ had been my Xixi for three years, so it was inevitable that there would be more interactions, I was in the cardamom years, ignorant, and he was more than twenty years older than me, enough to be my father, so, many things are nothing in my eyes, but in his heart, it is another thought." Shen Qingli racked his brains to think about how to say it accurately, paused, and said, "So in Situ Kong's eyes, we used to be happy with each other, but in fact, it was just his wishful thinking, and I didn't have the slightest affection for him." β
She is her, the original owner is the original owner, she can't take the wishes of the original owner on herself, the original owner is still depressed for Situ Kong!
If it weren't for the original owner's depression, she wouldn't have been able to come here to live again, thinking of this, Shen Qingli really didn't know what to say about the love-hate entanglement between the original owner and Situ Kong!
Enjoying the benefits brought by other people's status, naturally you have to bear the distress brought by this identity!
Seeing that Mu Yunting's handsome face was almost cold and frosty, Shen Qingli thought that he was suspicious, and hurriedly said: "Shizi, no matter what, you and I have experienced life and death experience, you have to believe me." β
"I believe in you." Mu Yunting reached out and took her into his arms, hugged her tightly, seemed to be holding a treasure that was almost lost, and said in a deep voice, "Wanwan, when I think of your danger at that time, I feel afraid, if he really takes you away, then I won't lose you forever!" It's me who is not good, I didn't protect you well, don't worry, I will never put you in an isolated situation again in the future. β
"Shizi ......" Shen Qingli said, tears in his eyes again.
"Okay, it's okay, you sleep a little longer, I'll go to the study, presumably Gong Si and they have already been waiting." Mu Yunting covered the quilt for her, got dressed, and strode to the study.
Seeing Mu Yunting coming in, Gong Si hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Shizi, yesterday Miss Bitao did not enter Beijing, but was arranged in an inn outside the capital, when our people were found, Situ Kong's people had already left with Bi Tao, we chased all the way, only to find their traces at the border of Youzhou, this saved Bi Tao, Bi Tao girl was injured in the fight, it is not suitable to ride a horse in a hurry, so the subordinates arranged a carriage, let her slowly rush back, the subordinates estimated that she would be able to come back today." β
Mu Yunting nodded, and asked again, "Have you met Feng Liu?" What is the situation in Jingyou and Youzhou? β
Due to Emperor Zhaowu's illness, the Empress Dowager ordered the transfer of officials above the third rank who were transferred back to the capital so that they could discuss state affairs at any time, and Mu Yunting had to promote Feng Liu to a deputy general to supervise and appease the affairs of the three states for him.
"Shizi rest assured, all of them are under the control of Shizi, since Shizi promoted the local snake head to an official, no one dares to touch the mountains and rocks of Jingyou and Jingyou anymore, so I heard that several tribes in the Western Regions have repeatedly made a big fuss in order to compete for the only remaining mountains and rocks in the territory!" Gong Si looked at Mu Yunting with admiration, and seemed to remember something, and said busily, "Also, there has been a ridiculous thing in the Western Regions royal family recently, the daughter-in-law of His Royal Highness Ubu, the son of Mengge, was favored by his father Ba Zhu Khan, and the father and son fought for this woman, His Royal Highness Ubu took a sword and slashed the Great Khan into serious injuries and fled, and his whereabouts are still unknown, and the Great Khan Ba Bu is also dying, I heard that he can't survive this month." β
"If the spur dies, I'm afraid the Western Regions will be chaotic again." Mu Yunting pinched his eyebrows, pondered for a moment, and said coldly, "What did Situ Kong do when he went to the Western Regions?" Is he really the widow of the previous dynasty? β
He had actually heard of Situ Kong's identity for a long time, but he felt that it was unlikely that Situ Kong was the widow of the previous dynasty, and most of them made up such a character in order to call on those families of the previous dynasty.
In this regard, the imperial court is also skeptical.
As we all know, the concubines of the palace of the previous dynasty have been infertile for decades, and there is no successor to the Great Zhou Dynasty, how could a posthumous child suddenly appear?
"The prince, the old princess of Mengge recognized Situ Kong's identity, plus Situ Kong was both civil and military, he was very tactful, and he was very popular with all the ministries of the Western Regions, and now he was in the limelight in the Mengge royal family, and was named King Pingyi by Ba Thorn, and served as the west seat of His Royal Highness Ubu, and also let him participate in government affairs, in short, this person is not ambitious, and he can't be guarded against." Gong Si reported truthfully.
Mu Yunting secretly clenched his fists, pondered for a while, and said quietly: "Gong Si, you sent a letter to Feng Liu, asking him to go back to the mansion in the last two days, saying that I have something important to discuss with him, and also, go to find two women with innocent backgrounds and superb martial arts to come to the mansion. β
The self-combing pavilion is the eyes and ears of the queen, and of course he can't lure the wolf into the house again.
"Yes." Although Gong Si was puzzled, he didn't ask much, just took the order silently.
This side of Muyingtang is particularly lively.
The father and son of the Chen family were arranged to rest in the inn last night, and early in the morning Mu Changyuan sent someone to take them back to the Yongding Marquis Mansion to say goodbye to the Huangfu family, and the people in each room received the news and rushed to Muyingtang to see the new son-in-law.
In front of everyone's eyes, Chen Gongzi is not embarrassed, he must answer questions, he is generous, and he is completely a style of everyone, although he was born with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and a white-faced scholar, but in fact he is a military foreign official, and he was the deputy envoy of the Jingzhou Recruitment Department, who was responsible for resisting foreign enemies and killing thieves and other affairs.
Mu Yao was accompanied by Mu Qing and Mu Shuang sisters, sitting behind the screen, and when she heard the gentle voice coming from the main hall, she felt that her heart was beating so hard that she didn't dare to raise her head.
It was Mu Qing, who got up from time to time and looked over the screen, turned around and whispered to Mu Yao: "Second sister, the second brother-in-law is really handsome and chic, and his temperament is not inferior to our second brother, come here, he is wearing a light cyan robe, the more he looks less like a military attachΓ©, but like a showman!" β
Mu Shuang lowered her head and pursed her lips and snickered.
Mu Yao blushed more and more.
At this time, the voice of the Huangfu clan came from outside: "Okay, you all go back!" I want to discuss with my in-laws about the day of marriage, peony, and ask Yao Niang to come out and serve tea to my in-laws. β
"Second sister, grandmother asked you to go out to serve tea!" Mu Qing smiled and pushed Mu Yao, "Go!" β
"Fourth sister, the peony hasn't come in yet!" Mu Shuang reminded in a low voice.
"I want you to talk more!" Mu Qing glanced at her, "If you don't speak, you'll die!" β
Mu Shuang hurriedly lowered her head and wrung her clothes without saying a word, yes! Why did she speak!
However, Mu Yao was a little reluctant, patted Mu Shuang's little hand, got up and said, "Fifth sister, let's go and sit in the back room." β
As soon as the two of them got up, they saw Peony walking in with a tea tray and said with a smile: "Second Miss, go!" β
Mu Yao's face flushed, took the tea tray, and Ying Ying walked out.
Yu Guang caught a glimpse of the pale cyan figure on the side, Mu Yao's heart suddenly jumped up, and she was embarrassed to look up, she just lowered her head and walked forward, Xu was too nervous, her feet staggered, and the whole person leaned back, and suddenly there was a burst of exclamations in the room, and suddenly a figure quickly flashed in front of her, holding her steadily, and then a warm voice came in her ears: "Miss Mu, are you okay?" β
Mu Yao saw that the tea tray in his hand had been instantly picked up by him, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to take the tea tray, and curtsied: "Thank you Gongzi Chen." β
The eyes are facing each other.
A flash of brightness flashed in each other's eyes, and they hurriedly looked away.
The smile at the bottom of Huangfu's eyes was even stronger: "Chen Gongzi is really good, Yao Niang, hurry up and serve tea!" β
Chen Youtang took the tea, glanced at the delicate and lovely person in front of him, smiled slightly, and said with a pleasant face: "There is Miss Lao Mu." β
I have long heard that the daughters of the Mu family are outstanding, but when I saw them today, it was unexpected.
Speaking of which, I picked up a big bargain, I heard that this woman turned out to be the queen mother's fancy and was ready to give marriage to the eighth prince, who knew that there was a lot of trouble, so she withdrew from the marriage.
Because the Mu family was unwilling to marry her in the capital, they found their own.
Mu Changyuan smiled, pointed at Mu Yao and said: "Now that our two families have decided to marry, she is the daughter-in-law of the Chen family. As he spoke, Mu Changyuan's heart was a little sour, he was going to marry his daughter again......
"Where, where." Chen Youtang hurriedly gave way, "Miss Mu is knowledgeable, gentle and virtuous, and she should be more tolerant of our Chen family." β
Shen Qingli sat on the side of the Huangfu clan without saying a word, looked at Mu Yao, and then at Chen Gongzi, seeing that the two wanted to look at each other but were embarrassed to look at each other directly, he couldn't help but make up for the scene when Mu Yunting went to the Shen family to be hired, would a person with a temper like Mu Yunting be embarrassed to look at her?
Thinking about it, it is inevitable that there are some regrets in her heart, but it is a pity that when she came, they were already married, and she herself did not experience the palpitations and indescribable sweet and sour feelings when the two first met.
No, if you have a chance, you have to ask Mu Yunting, when he went to the Shen Mansion to be hired, did he see her, and then thought about it, Shen Qingli at that time was the original owner, not her, even if he had any thoughts in his heart at that time, it was only for the original owner, not for her, but she wanted to know what to do?
Shen Qingli didn't hear a word about what the people in the house said afterwards, and it wasn't until the Chen family's father and son said goodbye that they followed everyone to get up and send them off.
After the Chen family's father and son left, Shen Qingli did not go to Muying Hall, but returned to Qingxin Garden, thinking of the relationship between Ah Qi and the Chen family, he couldn't help but wonder a little in his heart, and it was not easy to ask directly, so he called Ah Hua over, and asked a few words about Ah Qi and Ah Shu at random, saying that according to their age, they should have all been married, why did they still enter the Zi Comb Pavilion?
Seeing that Shen Qingli rarely asked about a few of them, Ah Hua cleared his throat and stepped forward and whispered: "Young lady, the slave maid has seen a pair of tiger-headed shoes in Ah Shu's baggage before, and when she is fine, she often holds those small shoes, crying for a while, laughing for a while, and guessing that it must be her own child's shoes, at that time Ah Qin was still there, and the slave asked her, what was going on with Ah Shu, Ah Qin said she didn't know, in fact, I knew that they thought I was small and refused to sue me, and then once, I accidentally heard the conversation between Ah Qin and Ah Qi, I found out that Ah Qi also gave birth to a child! β
"Both Qi and Shu have had children?" Shen Qingli was a little surprised, and when he saw that Ah Hua was selling Guanzi, he asked again, "What about later?" β
How can a person who has a child still enter the self-combing pavilion and is determined not to marry?
"Young lady, don't tell the prince! If only we women knew. Ah Hua said mysteriously.
"Say it quickly! I don't tell him, how would he be interested in knowing this? Shen Qingli couldn't cry or laugh.
Ah Hua nodded reassuringly: "Ah Qi was given to a large family by her husband to be a pawn wife because of the poverty of the family, and later she gave birth to a boy to that family, and was kicked out by the master mother before the contract expired, when she returned to her home, she found that her husband got her money and married someone else's woman, and then she was disheartened, committed suicide by taking poison, and did not want to be rescued, although she picked up a life, but ruined her face, the red spots on Ah Qi's face are not birthmarks, but the traces left by the last poisoning. β
"I see!" Shen Qingli felt sorry for a while, he had heard of a flat wife, but he had never heard of a pawn wife, so he asked again, "What is a pawn wife?" β
"A pawn wife is a man who rents his daughter-in-law to others, gives birth to others, and then collects the rent himself." Ah Hua said clearly, "When the daughter-in-law finishes giving birth to the child, and when it comes to the day of the contract, you can go home, but unfortunately, when Ah Shu comes home, she finds that his husband has married someone else." β
"She's such a despicable man!" Shen Qingli couldn't help but feel angry in his heart.
No wonder she entered the self-combing pavilion in despair, and no one could stand it if she put it on anyone!
"That is, if one day let me see her man, see that I don't beat him to death." Ah Hua said through gritted teeth.
Thinking of what happened to Ah Qi and Master Chen in the bushes yesterday, Shen Qingli couldn't help but feel moved, could it be that Ah Qi had been a pawn wife for Master Chen?
If that's the case, wouldn't Gongzi Chen be Ah Qi's son?
Shen Qingli was suddenly taken aback by his own guess!
was thinking wildly, but saw that the door curtain was suddenly opened, Bi Tao stumbled in, knelt in front of Shen Qingli with a plop, and cried: "Young lady, the slave is back!" βR1152