Chapter 50: A dilemma

YiqiΔ“ walked in the direction Xu Qirong expected, Xu Qirong breathed a sigh of relief, but he still didn't dare to take it lightly, and the communication with Jiaren was maintained, and several little sisters got together from time to time. Xu Qirong felt as if he was suffering from some kind of illness, and every time he met Jiaren, he had to think of a side interview to explore the progress of Jiaren's friendship with Yang Mengyun and the progress of his relationship with Zhou Wei.

After all, Xu Qirong has lived for more than 20 years, and has experienced all kinds of changes in his previous life, and his mind is much more mature than that of the county lord of Jiaren. Because Xu Qirong's eyes are similar to the eldest princess, and she is her "friend of wine and meat", the county lord of Jiaren didn't notice Xu Qirong's temptation at all.

This state lasted until the Chinese New Year, Xu Qirong was a little sad, she had not had such a reunion for more than ten years. Xu Qijin and Master Xu Si were very surprised, how could Sister Rong, who had always been relatively calm, suddenly become so lively.

Master Xu Si joked to Xu Qirong: "Children should be so vigorous, scorching, come, the fan that Daddy got the day before yesterday, you said you liked it, and I will give it to you today." ”

That fan is a close friend of Master Xu Si, Kuching is almost as famous as Tang Zhizhou, the difference is that Tang Zhizhou is good at landscape painting, and Kuching is good at painting beauties. Kuching once said, "If you draw too many beauties, you are not considered a beauty." "Therefore, although Kuching is good at painting beauties, the beauties he paints are usually burned by him after they are painted, and there will be no more than ten paintings that will be circulated.

Therefore, although Master Xu Si responded to the requests of the two sisters, Sister Jin and Sister Rong, when Xu Qirong praised the beauty fan the day before yesterday, Master Xu Si hesitated for a long time, and still resolutely rejected Xu Qirong.

Today, Master Xu Si actually offered to give the fan to Xu Qirong, which shows how happy he is!

And Xu Qirong looked like a fan of money, urging Master Xu Si to lead Qiu Nong to get it, and then begged for something for her sister: "The beauty fan was given to me, and the father gave the southern red agate carving Wufu Lingzhi ornament in the study to my sister!" ”

The southern red agate carving Wufu Ganoderma lucidum pattern ornaments are also good things, when Princess Pingtai brought into the Xu family, it has been placed in the study of the old lady Xu Jinyan, and then the old lady went, the old man Xu Tingjin is a military attachΓ© again, and he does not like to read, so this southern red agate carving Wufu Ganoderma lucidum pattern ornament moved to the study of the fourth master of Xu.

Master Xu Si smiled dumbly: "Your eyes are tricky!" Then he glanced at Xu Qijin and said, "Is Daddy an eccentric person?" Give, give! ”

A room full of maids and wives were happy.

When the Lantern Festival was approaching, Xu Qirong began to feel uneasy, and he was always panicked. As soon as the Lantern Festival passed, in early February, the king of Anbei came with the news that the prince of Luotan had the upper hand in the battle for the throne, in order to show his kingly spirit to the people of Luotan, 200,000 Luotan troops quietly crossed the Shile River, and Anbei was difficult to guard!

Emperor Chen Qian was furious, and immediately asked someone to lead the army to clean up the group of Tanhu people. However, General Chen Lingyuan was guarding the Beiting Pass, and if he was transferred, the Luotan people would learn the news and enter the pass from the Duotan Ridge, and Tingzhou, Xizhou, and Yizhou would be slaughtered, and Xijing would be in danger at that time. Therefore, Chen Lingyuan couldn't move. But General Huo Yuan was guarding Jiannan Pass again, and they were far away from each other, and it was too late to transfer.

General Yang Yancheng, who had been guarding Anbei Pass before, had a recurrence of his old illness and died the year before last, thinking at the time that Luotan was in civil strife, Anbei Pass was also safe, and there were indeed no good generals available in the DPRK, so the matter of the defensive commander of Anbei Pass was delayed again and again until today.

By the middle of February, Gyeongri was dressed in a bright show, and the sixteen-year-old only son of the late General Yang Yancheng, who would be in armor, would lead the army to Anbuk Pass in Gyeongju to assist the king of Anbuk in stopping and killing the thieves!

When Yang Jingcheng was thirteen years old, he followed his father Yang Yancheng into battle to kill the enemy, and he was familiar with the situation in Anbei Pass. In addition, many of the guards in Anbei are Yang Yancheng's old subordinates, and when there are really no generals in the DPRK, Yang Jingcheng, who is only 16 years old, seems to be the best candidate.

The day of the soldiers' expedition is February 22, and it is advisable to travel. On February 18, Emperor Chen Qian suddenly gave General Yang Xiao a marriage, which was given to the county lord of Jiaren of the Eldest Princess's Mansion. The eldest princess's mansion and Yang's mansion, Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, many matters must be completed within three days, February 21 is taboo to visit the sick, it is advisable to make a bed, it is appropriate to marry, it is a good day.

Xu Qijin was happy for Jiaren on the one hand, and worried about Jiaren on the other. This little lady in Xijing has never heard of anyone's ceremony being held at her mother-in-law's house. Moreover, on the second day after getting married, the groom will go to the border, and his life and death are unknown. Hurriedly pulled Xu Qirong and went to find the county lord of Shuang Lian to visit Jiaren in the eldest princess's mansion.

Xu Qirong sighed faintly in his heart, in the end, things still went according to the trajectory of his previous life, and he hoped that in this life, Jiaren could have a good result with General Yang Xiao. She wasn't worried about Yang Jingcheng's safety, in her previous life, didn't Yang Jingcheng also return safely!

When he arrived at the eldest princess's mansion, Jia Ren was watering the flowers with a sad face! The good gladiolus was so embarrassed by her that the maid standing on the side was as distressed as gladiolus.

Frost Pian quipped, "Jiaren, what are you worried about here?" Doesn't it mean that Miss Yang is your like-minded friend, if you marry into the Yang Mansion, you can talk to Miss Yang every day. ”

Jiaren frowned: "What do you know, I really don't understand what Uncle Huang is thinking!" ”

Xu Qirong's heart jumped, and he hurriedly said: "I heard that although General Yang is a military general, he has a white-faced appearance, and he doesn't know how to make the enemy daunting on the battlefield." ”

Jiaren's eyes lit up: "Really? ”

Xu Qirong nodded hurriedly: "Everyone in Beijing said so!" He added, "Besides, then General Yang Xiao will go on the 22nd to go on the expedition, you marry into the Yang family, but you have changed places to eat and sleep, just like the county lord said, you can talk to Miss Yang every day, isn't it good!" ”

Xu Qijin also said: "When the time comes, we will still play the same." It's that the county lord wants to go back to the eldest princess's mansion, can the Yang family stop it? ”

Listening to the "wine and meat friends" say this, Jiaren felt very reasonable, and couldn't help laughing: "I had already made up my mind not to marry, but when you said this, I felt that I had drilled the horns of the bull myself." Okay, let's not mention this matter, Uncle Huang rewarded the eight-treasure duck and the exquisite vegetarian shrimp, you come at this time, it is considered a blessing. ”

Xu Qirong was taken aback by Jiaren's previous words, and later saw Jiaren's attitude reversed, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Because Xu Qijin and Xu Qirong are still in the filial piety period, the plate of exquisite vegetarian shrimp is basically prepared for the two sisters. The things made by the imperial chef are different, not only because they look good, but also because they taste so good. Xu Qirong ate three bowls of rice in a row.

In the evening, the four of them reluctantly said goodbye. Early in the morning of the second day, news came from the concierge that the county lord of Shuanglian had followed the princess to her grandfather's house, so that Xu Qijin did not have to go to Yuwang's mansion to study as a companion these days. Xu Qirong got the news, and when he asked the people in Fenghe Academy, he knew that Xu Qijin hadn't gotten up yet.

I couldn't help but be surprised, at this time, Xu Qijin had already begun to practice calligraphy!

Hurriedly asked Qiu Nong to go to Xu Qijin's room to have a look, as soon as Qiu Nong entered, he immediately came out to find Xu Qirong in a hurry, with a anxious expression: "Second Miss is sick!" ”

Xu Qirong sighed in his heart, and hurriedly sent a mother-in-law to find a doctor, and ran to Xu Qijin's house by pulling his legs.

Xu Qijin was wrapped in a brocade quilt, her face was flushed, Xu Qirong touched her forehead, it was terrifyingly hot. Xu Qirong's first reaction was to look at the window, to her surprise, it was closed tightly!

However, yesterday was fine, why did you suddenly get so sick today?

Xu Qirong hurriedly asked the maid to fetch water, and soaked Xu Qijin in water with a handkerchief to cool down, while urging anxiously: "Yun'er has fast legs, let her go and see if the doctor is here." After thinking about it, he said, "Don't call Dr. Qi, go to Changping Medical Center to find the leather shopkeeper, and let him bring the doctor from Changping Medical Center with him!" ”

Qiu Nong agreed to go down to find Yun'er without saying a word.

Xu Qijin began to talk nonsense in a daze, and kept chanting: "Mother...... Mother ......"

Xu Qirong gritted his teeth and said, "Go to Pingqiu Courtyard and see if my father is there." If he is not there, he will find Uncle Gao and ask him to tell his father that his sister is sick. ”

Yu Xia hurriedly agreed.

Yu Qiu persuaded on the side: "Don't be too anxious, don't be too anxious, when the doctor comes, prescribe the side medicine and boil it, and the second lady will be fine if she drinks it." ”

As he was talking, he saw Qiu Nong come in with a letter: "Yun'er has already gone, girl, there is a letter from the eldest princess's mansion." ”

We only met yesterday, why did you write so early today? Xu Qirong felt suspicious in his heart, and a sense of foreboding rose. "Bring it."

Xu Qirong quickly scanned the contents of the letter, and then read it again in disbelief, and the whole person was wrong.

Jiaren said in the letter that she could not marry General Yang Xiao, and if Xu Qirong regarded her as a friend, she would go out of the city tomorrow to Miaocui'an to offer incense, and she would wait in the teahouse there on Yanluo Xiejie.

The letter said: "Sister Rong, when you go out, pick a carriage that is a little wider, and take us out of the city when the time comes." ”

Xu Qirong's hand holding the letter paper couldn't help trembling, in his previous life, Jiaren County mainly eloped with the monk, and he also told her so. But it was not a letter, but face to face, in the garden of the Yang Mansion, and said it in person.

Xu Qirong felt that something was wrong and asked Qiu Nong: "Where did you get this letter from?" ”

Qiu Nong said: "It's also strange! In the past, the county lord's letters were sent by the eldest princess's maid, but this one was given to me by the porter, saying that a man sneakily stuffed this letter to the porter early in the morning. Because of the fire paint of the Eldest Princess's Mansion, they didn't dare to dispose of it at will. ”

Since it was an early morning letter, why didn't it come with the letter from Yuwangfu? Apparently someone has already seen it. So, my sister's sudden serious illness, is it related to this letter?

If she goes tomorrow, her reputation, the reputation of the county lord of Jiaren, will be ruined.

If she doesn't go tomorrow, then her friendship with the county lord of Jiaren will be over, the county lord of Jiaren and the county lord of Shuanglian will be friendly, and her sister will also be affected to the point of losing her backer. Even if he is dead, no one will pursue it.

Xu Qirong's face turned pale, this is someone who wants their sister's life!

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