Chapter 347: Qiaoguo
If the Wang courtyard is tense and restless, Ruyao's Tang Le courtyard is silent, and everyone has to stand on tiptoe when walking. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The people are whispering, and they don't know what kind of bad luck Miss Ruyao has gone, and the object of these discussions is becoming more and more evil every time!
First of all, the eldest son of the Guangping Hou family, who was set since he was a child, quit his family affairs inexplicably, and then said that he gave it to the second lady's sister's family, Xiao Gongzi, who is also a young talent, but he had an accident inexplicably, which made the two families not look good; Later, the second master ordered Mr. Xue, who lived in the front yard, and the whole house was boiling after the results of the imperial examination came out - I didn't expect this to be the champion of this department!
Miss Ruyao turned out to be the champion lady, this word spread at the time, I don't know how many ladies were envious, but everyone never dreamed that this surnamed Xue was the leader of the anti-thief and traitorous party! The corpse in front of me is being hung on the side of the Zhonghua Gate to show the public!
Ruyao's family affair, there have been so many accidents, and everyone in the house has stayed away from this Tang Le Courtyard, walking around, and the whole courtyard has lost the joy and freshness of the past, and everyone is worried.
"Jing ...... Xue Yu is dead, and there is no reason to punish this family matter, don't listen to their nonsense. ”
In the inner room of the main room, Xiao Guqiang cheered up to persuade Ruyao, but his face was pale and his eyes were as deep as a pool.
"I'm fine, in fact, I've always felt that this family affair is inappropriate, but Mrs. Tai and my uncle insist on going their own way, and now this is happening, but it's my luck - if I wait until I marry to find out that he is a thief, I'm afraid that I will only have two ways to commit suicide and sell official brothels - think about it this way, God still treats me well."
Ruyao actually thought so open-mindedly, Xiao Gu was a lot more relieved, she was about to get up to say goodbye, but was stopped by Ruyao shouting, "Your face is so ugly, is there any injury again?" ”
Xiao Gu raised his head, met her frank and concerned eyes, gently pulled the corners of his lips and smiled: "I'm fine, I'm just a little tired......"
Her voice was a little hoarse, her breath was insufficient, and she coughed a little before she finished speaking, Ru Yao's eyes were sharp, and she caught a glimpse of blood on her handkerchief, and she was so anxious that she grabbed it, "What is this?" ”
"Don't make such a fuss, I was just angry before, and I vomited a few mouthfuls of blood for a while, but now it's fine."
Xiao Gu didn't deceive Ruyao, but it was too understatement - her mind was seriously impacted before, and her internal organs seemed to have been burned under the vomiting of blood, and her vitality was still not recovered.
"You hurry back to your room and rest--Hou Ye is too, you are injured like this, he doesn't even know how to care about visiting-"
Ruyao just said this, but saw that Bi He's face on the side was a little strange, and under the urging of her eyes, she said with some embarrassment, "Although Master Hou is busy with official business, he has come to visit Xiao Gu six or seven times a night, but Sister Xiao Gu refuses to see him every time." ”
"What's the matter, you're having a mess?"
Ruyao didn't know the essentials, thinking that the two were quarreling, and laughed and teased: "You two quarreled, I'm afraid that you are more sharp-tongued, he is messing around, right?" ”
Seeing that Xiao Gu just raised a faint smile, which didn't reach the bottom of her eyes at all, Ru Yao restrained her smile with some worry, but heard Xiao Gu sigh in a low voice: "I'm afraid that in the future, there may not be a chance to quarrel." ”
After speaking, regardless of Ruyao's surprise and surprise, he floated away like a ghost.
Winding along the corridor outside the Tang Le Yuan, around a small bamboo forest in the lush greenery, you can vaguely see the lotus pond and rockery at the end of the Moon Gate. Xiao Gu sat in the pavilion by the lotus pond, and at a glance, he saw that the familiar self on the wooden plaque next to the pavilion pillar was Jingyu's handwriting!
"The sleeves of the wine sticky shirt are heavy, and the brim of the hat is ......"
This is Ouyang Xiu's game couplet, look at the ink marks are new, and the handwriting next to it is also a little familiar, probably a joke he wrote when he and the eldest prince Guangren were preparing for the exam together.
He once told her the allusion of this couplet in the exchange of letters, which made her laugh, but at this time, it seemed that he only felt sarcastic and sad!
What was his mood when he wrote this couplet? Is it a chic and uninhibited bamboo in his chest, or is he proud of putting life and death out of the way?
Xiao Gu can't guess all this, people die like lights go out, it is estimated that the words and letters he left behind will soon be copied, and even this small couplet will be wiped clean in these few days.
She exhaled softly, only to feel a layer of sweat all over her body, and took out a handkerchief from her arms to wipe it, but stopped.
The handkerchief is clean and tidy, and only when you look closely can you see a faint layer of multicolored water marks - this is what she used when she wiped off the peony flower picture on Qin Yao's back that night, and then Qin Yao was busy and took a leisurely time, and actually washed it and gave it back to her, only the paint could not be washed, and it appeared through the snow-colored silk cloth.
She held the handkerchief tightly, slowly closed her eyes, a crystal tear slipped from the corner of her eye, her throat was hot, but she couldn't cry.
"Why are you sitting here?"
There was a sudden sound behind him, and when he turned his head to look, it was Chu Lan, who he hadn't seen for a long time.
I saw her with a little maid, carrying a food box in her hand, half-open to let the heat disperse slightly, and a sweet and hot fragrance came out.
"It's a coincidence!"
Xiao Gu smelled it at once.
"Yes, the hot baked fruit was made by Mother Qin and me, and I want to send it to Hou Ye and Miss Ruyao to taste."
In the Jiangnan area, on the begging festival on July 7, a special snack will be made in response to the season, called "Qiaoguo". People often use "seven curves and eight bends" to describe the shape of "seven clever fruits".
Xiao Gu smelled this familiar fragrance, and couldn't help but think of the scene in previous years, when she and Chu Lan were sweating together and kneading the dough into the Qiaoguo mold, and couldn't help but smile-
"Xiao Gu, use a little force, what you make is not a coincidence, it is a round dough cake......"
"Sister Chulan, in addition to giving this coincidental fruit to relatives, it is given to her husband to taste on formal occasions!"
"Okay, don't run ...... you little girl!"
The past has been going on, Xiao Gu has a smile in his eyes, but the smile is not exhausted but he is restrained, and the whole person is plunged into a greater sadness and emptiness.
"Xiao Gu, what's wrong with you, do you want to do it with us?"
Chu Lan was straightforward and hearty, and invited directly, but suddenly remembered Qin's mother's advice, and stuck out her tongue: "I forgot that you are recuperating from your injury......"
"No, I want to try it too."
After Xiao Gu finished speaking, he walked towards the big kitchen, Chu Lan couldn't rest assured, handed the bamboo basket to the little maid, and hurriedly followed. (To be continued.) )