Chapter 11: Old Dreams
Yinping and Yindian were in a hurry outside the door. Yintian lowered her voice and asked Yinping: "Sister Yinping, it's dark this day, why doesn't Miss pass the meal, isn't it planning to rest on a hungry stomach like this?" The young lady ate a few pieces of snacks at noon. ”
Yinping also looked embarrassed: "The small kitchen has already prepared meals, just waiting for the young lady to pass the meal." It's just that something like that happened today, and the young lady must be uncomfortable in her heart, and I'm afraid that she doesn't have the heart to eat. Besides, the young lady has always disliked that someone disturbs her when she is practicing calligraphy and painting......"
Yintian gritted her teeth and said as if she had made up her mind: "I'll go and persuade Miss!" You can't let the young lady toss her body like this. ”
Yintian raised her foot and was about to go to the inner room, but Yinping hurriedly stopped her when she saw this, "You wait! Miss is uncomfortable now, wouldn't you touch Miss's frieze if you went in so recklessly! You stay here, I'll go. ”
Yin Tian just wanted to say something more, the curtain in the inner room moved, and Luo Xinfang walked out.
Seeing this, Yinping Yintian hurriedly saluted, and said in unison: "Miss, but you want to pass the meal?" The two of them glanced at each other.
Luo Xinfang couldn't help but smile when she saw the appearance of her two maids.
"Okay, okay, let's pass the meal. If my two big maids quarrel because the master doesn't pass on food, I don't have to be a person in Luofu if it is passed out. Luo Xinfang laughed.
Yinping saw that his master was not carefree, and he was overjoyed, "The slave and maid will go to pass the meal." He hurried to the kitchen.
Yintian stepped forward to help Luo Xinfang and said, "Miss, let's go into the house and wait, it's dark and it's cold outside, don't freeze." ”
Saying that, the curtain was opened for Luo Xinfang again, and the two entered the house one after the other.
After entering the room, Yintian's eyes flashed slightly, and her slender fingers were twisted together.
Luo Xinfang looked at Yintian's speechless appearance, and asked a little strangely, "What's wrong with you?" ”
Yintian flattened her mouth and replied: "The slave knows that the young lady is not happy, but no matter what, the young lady can't toss herself like this." If there is a case, how can the slave and maid explain to the lady. ”
Luo Xinfang glanced at her and corrected, "It's Mrs. Xian." ”
Yintian bit her lip and bowed her head and replied, "The slave knows her mistake." ”
As soon as the words fell, the silver screen over there had already led people in to set up the meal. After setting up the bowls and chopsticks, the silver screen stood aside in an orderly manner and waited to be served.
Luo Xinfang looked at the silver screen standing with his head down, and then glanced at Yin Tian, who bowed his head and was silent, and sighed secretly in his heart.
Luo Xinfang pushed the bowl and said, "Yinping, you go down, just let Yintian serve here." ”
Hearing this, Yinping immediately bowed his head and retreated.
Luo Xinfang looked at Yintian, who was staring down at the tip of his shoe, and asked with a cold face, "Yintian, do you know why I was punished by my father today?" ”
Yintian saw that Luo Xinfang's face was pale, and a little timidity appeared in his heart. She shook her head and replied, "The slave is too stupid to guess. ”
"I was punished this time because I acted recklessly and thoughtlessly, and now the entire Luo Mansion is implicated by me and hated by others." Although Luo Xinfang's tone was light, it invisibly revealed a sense of oppression.
Yintian looked up, his eyes stunned.
"As Miss Luofu, my words and deeds and every move affect Luofu. And Yintian, you are my eldest girl, what you say and do often represent me. At this time, Luo Xinfang's face was like frost, like Luo Hong who reprimanded her in the study.
The words have been said to this point, where can Yintian still not hear that her young lady is teaching her to be unscrupulous, so she quickly knelt down and kept admitting her mistakes, "Miss, the slave knows that she is wrong, and the slave will never be in the future." ”
Luo Xinfang didn't call her up, turned his head to look at the bowl in front of him, and said to himself: "You and Yinping are both maids left to me by your mother, and I naturally know your loyalty." ”
Yintian's tears fell when she heard this, and her voice was full of tears, "Miss......"
Luo Xinfang did not relent, and continued: "But I will enter the palace in the future." In the high-walled and deep palace, there are not only heavenly nobles, but also man-eating beasts. If you haven't grown, then I might as well find a solid family to marry you, lest you lose your life in the future, and the whole Luo Mansion will be affected by you. ”
Yintian's tears fell even more, and she begged for mercy again and again: "Miss, the slave and maid really know that they are wrong, the slave and maid don't want to marry, and the slave and maid just want to follow the young lady and take care of the young lady." ”
Luo Xinfang sighed lightly, "You go down and think about it yourself." I don't want to let down my mother's heart. ”
Yintian looked at Luo Xinfang blankly, the corners of her mouth moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something.
Luo Xinfang stopped looking at her and waved his hand at her, "Go down." ”
The six gods of Yintian retreated without a master.
After Yintian went out, Luo Xinfang looked at the table full of dishes, and he had no appetite at all. She hastily took two mouthfuls, told people to withdraw, and lay down on the couch after grooming.
Luo Xinfang's whole body was curled up in the quilt, and the feeling of powerlessness at a loss was like a tide, surging from his limbs to his heart.
The girl's apricot eyes were clouded with mist.
My mind drifted back to the winter when I was seven years old.
The snowflakes of Yanshan are as big as a seat, and the pieces are blown down Xuanyuan Terrace.
The goose feathers and heavy snow fluttered all over the sky, and the emperor was worried that the heavy snow would become a disaster, and the Tartars were ready to move at the border, so during this time, the important ministers of the court were like growing up in the imperial study, and they were very busy.
It was in this heavy snow that her mother left her.
The mother's Liufang Hall has a bitter smell of medicine all year round. That day, she sat on the edge of her mother's bed, watching her mother take her hand and call her small words over and over again.
The voice in her ears was so sad, like a rusty sword, slowly beating her heart.
"Chun'er, my hard-working daughter." Yang Huaiwei looked sad, holding her daughter's little hand tightly and refusing to let go.
If you let it go, you can't hold it anymore.
"My mother regretted it, my mother really regretted it. My mother shouldn't have married your father in the first place, and my Chun'er shouldn't have suffered these hardships. A line of tears flowed down with the words.
"With her mother by Chun'er's side, Chun'er doesn't feel bitter at all." Luo Xinfang raised her little hand, which was still a little fleshy, and wiped away her tears for her mother.
Yang Huaiwei looked at her sensible daughter, and her heart was like a knife.
"Chun'er, my mother doesn't ask for anything, she just asks you to be safe." Yang Huaiwei's eyes had begun to become cloudy, and she couldn't see her daughter's appearance clearly.
"Mother's ......" Luo Xinfang saw that her mother's face was wrong, and said worriedly.
"Chun'er, listen to my mother." Yang Huaiwei could feel that her strength was being drained away little by little, and she opened her mouth to explain, "My mother knows that you are smart and strong, but in the future, you must remember not to do what you want, everything must be carefully considered." ”
Luo Xinfang doesn't understand much, why did her mother say this to her?
Yang Huaiwei's gaze was out of focus at this time, but she still grabbed Luo Xinfang's hand tightly, "But if someone bullies you and insults you, Chun'er doesn't have to be afraid, Xinyang Yang will protect you for the rest of your life." ”
Luo Xinfang listened to her mother's words, and tears flowed down her face for some reason.
Yang Huaiwei closed her eyes, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, patted Luo Xinfang's fleshy little hand and said, "Mother still has some things to explain to Mother Liu, Chun'er went to see if Mother's medicine was decoctioned." ”
Luo Xinfang wiped the tears on her face and obediently followed Yinping to the kitchen.
Mother Liu was already in tears on the side.
"Mother Liu, you watched me grow up, and you are the person I trust the most." Yang Huaiwei's voice had gradually weakened. "After I leave, Chun'er will ask you."
Mother Liu knelt down with a firm expression, "Madam, don't worry, the old slave will fight this old bone, and he will also protect Miss." Not only the old slave, but the son of the old slave also guards the property for the young lady, and he will not let the young lady suffer the slightest grievance. ”
Listening to Mother Liu's voice, Yang Huaiwei completely settled down.
When Luo Xinfang went to the kitchen to get the medicine and came back, there was a cry in Liufangtang.
Yinping's eyes turned red when he heard this, and he held back tears and blocked the direction of Liufangtang, "Miss, you can't go in now, the slave will send you back to Tinglan Courtyard." ”
Luo Xinfang returned to his courtyard in despair.
She couldn't even remember how she got back. At this time, she was sitting in front of the bookcase, looking out the window with a blank look.
Fluffy snowflakes fell, as if they had fallen on her heart, and it was cold.
When did it start? The mother always looked at her with such sad eyes.
She still remembers that when she first learned to write her name, she was tired of being in her mother's arms every day, and showed her mother the crooked words she wrote like a treasure. The smell of medicine in Liufangtang is also the same, and the mother's eyes at that time are full of tenderness, and the warmth seems to flow out of the corners of the eyes.
It seems that when she was five years old, she went to the study to find her father with the kite that Yinping had just made for her, but she heard an inextricable quarrel in the study.
She was so frightened that she cried.
In her memory, her mother and father had never quarreled, let alone quarreled so fiercely. The maids in the courtyard came to coax her when they saw her crying, and the outer courtyard of the study was in chaos. When her mother heard her cry, she came out of the study and took her back to Liufangtang.
It seems that since that day, the occasional smile on my father's face has disappeared, and my mother no longer let her learn arithmetic, which she is best at, but let her learn poetry, songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She thought that as long as her mother could be happy, she could learn anything, and she would work hard to learn well.
But no matter how well she learned, the smile on her mother's face was always bitter.
Suddenly, there was a soft "click", and the dead branches outside the window were overwhelmed and crushed by the snow.
Luo Xinfang, who had returned to her soul, had already burst into tears.
Luo Hong stayed in the imperial study that day until dusk before returning. The death of the housemother caused a mess in Luo's mansion, and when Luo Hong came to Tinglan Courtyard after dealing with the affairs of the mansion, he found that his daughter had fallen asleep on the table.
Luo Hong looked at the small lump lying on the table, and his heart was mixed.
He hesitated forward, touched his daughter's soft hair, and muttered to himself, "Chun'er, it's Daddy who can't stand you." ”
Luo Xinfang woke up suddenly.
It's been a long time since I've dreamed of what happened when I was a child.
The sound of a gurgling stomach sounded, and Luo Xinfang couldn't cry or laugh. Because she didn't eat a few bites of dinner, she woke up hungry in the middle of the night. It seems that the meal is really a top priority, and it is not sloppy at all.
Luo Xinfang put on a dress and got off the bed.