Chapter 48: Sweet and Sour
"Xu Buling!"
The voice is mature, the tone is very serious, and it seems to have some other meanings. Although I don't understand what it means, it definitely has the oppressive power of the superior in the ears of people.
It was the first time Xu Buling had heard this kind of tone, and instinctively sat up straight and sat upright, just like a student who deserted in class and was named by the teacher.
Thinking about it, it didn't feel right, Xu Buling looked back, but saw Mrs. Lu wearing a shoulder, her hands folded on her waist, there was no expression on her cheeks, and she didn't know when she was standing behind her.
Song Yufu shuddered when she heard the voice, and hurriedly got up from the edge of the terrace, sat for too long and almost fell into the lake with her legs numb, and let out an exclamation of "ahhhh
Xu Buling hurriedly raised his hand to support Song Yufu's arm and helped her up: "Why are you so careless?" ”
Song Yufu was a little embarrassed, and smiled at this.
This situation fell into the eyes of Mrs. Lu, and it was completely a scene of a talented and beautiful woman falling in love with a concubine.
The embroidered shoes under Mrs. Lu's skirt stomped subconsciously. His lips seemed to want to speak, but he didn't speak, just stood there and stared at Xu Buling.
Song Yufu stood up straight, tightened her fiery red cloak, and gave a blessing:
"Mrs. Lu, I'...... I happened to be passing by, Xu Shizi didn't go to Guozijian for a few days, came to see ......"
Mrs. Lu looked Song Yufu up and down a few times, and finally didn't say anything inappropriate, and nodded slightly:
"Trouble Miss Song, it's freezing, be careful of catching a cold, go sit in the house."
Song Yufu was already very embarrassed when she came to be found secretly, where did she dare to talk to Mrs. Lu about family life, if she was misunderstood, she wanted to be a princess, but it would be troublesome. Hurriedly bowed at the moment:
"Mrs. Lu doesn't need to be so polite, I just came over to say hello and say goodbye first."
As she spoke, Song Yufu hurriedly walked through the corridor of the water pavilion, and Mrs. Lu did not stop her, but just smiled and returned the salute.
Xu Buling stuck the fishing rod on the edge of the water pavilion and stood up, and looked at Mrs. Lu a few times strangely:
"Aunt Lu, why are you not in a good mood?"
“……”
Mrs. Lu bit her lower lip, and when Song Yufu's figure disappeared, she slowly walked up to Xu Buling and said softly:
"No, what is the relationship between Miss Song and you?"
"Classmates."
Xu Buling has a clear conscience, and there is really nothing to hide, so he chuckled: "Song Yufu loves to meddle in things, and I was forced to copy a few books, which can be regarded as acquaintances, and there are no other children and daughters, Aunt Lu should not think crookedly." ”
When Mrs. Lu heard this, her eyes showed a little annoyance, and she pondered for a moment: "What are you talking about?" The marriage between men and women is the right thing, and I didn't stop you, what makes me want to be crooked? ”
Xu Buling blinked, spread his hand and smiled:
"Hmm...... Anyway, it's okay, I'm afraid that Aunt Lu will misunderstand. ”
"What did I misunderstand? I can't control you......"
Mrs. Lu turned around with her shawl, facing Qujiangchi, seemingly tepid, but the slightest resentment was really unbearable.
Xu Buling secretly rubbed his forehead, so he had to put on a very friendly smile, walked up to Mrs. Lu's arm, and said in a gentle and easy-going voice:
"I know that Aunt Lu is afraid that I will be deceived by a woman with bad intentions, and I have always remembered it."
Mrs. Lu looked left and right, and there were no idle people around, so she safely let Xu Buling support her, and walked side by side along the corridor of the water pavilion.
"No, you will soon reach the age of the crown, the princess has not yet been chosen, the young lady of the Xiao family is much younger than you, my niece has already promised someone, when is the age of several princesses, but they are all born to concubines, and they are too much to be the princess and concubine. Song Baiqing's mentor is quite big, but after all, he was born in a poor family, and Song Yufu is not qualified to be a side concubine......"
Xu Buling's brain hurt, and he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "When I marry a daughter-in-law, I naturally marry what I like, and I don't care about these." ”
"Nonsense."
Mrs. Lu suddenly became serious, raised her head and glanced at Xu Buling: "I didn't say that I wouldn't let you marry the one you like, you are a feudal king who has divided the territory and sealed the territory, as long as you like to marry more, no one dares to say a word." But there is only one concubine, just like the queen, too many forces are involved, do you think it is a small person in the market, marrying a daughter-in-law and just cooking and giving birth to babies and children? ”
Speaking of 'milk child', Mrs. Lu felt that the wording was a little wrong, lowered her head and glanced at her chest, and quietly covered her ripe figure with a shawl.
Xu Buling listened carefully, but he didn't refute: "I know, isn't it just a princess, Aunt Lu said that I will marry whoever I marry, just a woman, and I won't suffer." ”
Mrs. Lu felt a little strange when she heard this, although there was nothing wrong, she was still a little unhappy, frowned and thought for a while, and said:
"It's still better to be nice to your wife, and it's not easy for women to ......"
Xu Buling nodded seriously, not wanting to talk nonsense about this brainless matter, so he changed the topic: "Aunt Lu, do you also like the incense powder of Xianzhi Zhai?" As he spoke, he sniffed closer.
Mrs. Lu paused, a little inexplicable flashed in her eyes, and she coughed lightly: "I heard that the moon slave said that it was very good, and the official ladies and ladies in the capital liked to use it, so I asked her to buy some back...... So-so...... What do you think? ”
Xu Buling suddenly smiled and said: "The fragrance is very good, but it is too light, it is more suitable for a little girl like Song Yufu......"
Mrs. Lu's eyes sank slightly: "Do you think I'm old and inappropriate?" ”
“⊙_⊙!!!”
Suddenly faced with a proposition, Xu Buling was caught off guard, and under the rapid turn of his mind, he shook his head and chuckled:
"How can it be, just like the peony and lily in the flower, each has its own advantages, Aunt Lu is the peony, graceful and delicate, more suitable for fragrant powder with a stronger fragrance......"
Mrs. Lu's face regained her gentleness, and she faintly "hum~": "Flimous tongue, how can you look like the prince of a vassal king, and I don't know who to learn from...... I know a lot......"
Xu Buling touched his nose and stopped answering blindly.
The two walked around the corridor before Mrs. Lu remembered what was going on:
"By the way, who did you write that song of resentment?"
"I didn't write it, if Aunt Lu likes it, it will be given to Aunt Lu."
Mrs. Lu nodded, relieved a lot, took out a handkerchief from her arms, and looked at the poems embroidered on it:
"The Empress Dowager thought it was written for her...... Hum...... It's not that she doesn't have a nephew, Xiao Ting has been in the limelight so much recently, she asked Xiao Ting to write for her, and she wanted to call you over to write lyrics...... Think beautiful......"
The tone of the speech is really interesting.
Xu Buling wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, anyway, his heart was very itchy, and he said casually: "Aunt Lu, don't worry, I will never have anything to do with poetry in the future, and no one will write it." ”
Mrs. Lu hummed, put away the handkerchief, looked left and right a few times, and then whispered:
"In a few days, if the Queen Mother summons you to the palace and talk about poetry, you will say that you can't write, but don't ask her to come down with two sentences, you will agree."
Xu Buling thought for a while: "Aunt Lu, did the Queen Mother provoke you?" ”
Mrs. Lu frowned slightly: "She is a generation higher than me, she entered the palace and became the queen mother, if there is nothing to do, it is because Xiao Ting asked me to discipline you, my surname is Lu and not Xiao, why listen to her...... You weren't allowed to listen to her anyway......"
Xu Buling pondered for a long time, and didn't understand what it was, so he had to nod his head at the moment......