Chapter 20: Returning Home to Beijing
Ding said: "Isn't it, this year's early draft, when your father receives the holy decree, it will be too late to find you an in-law." So I said something in front of Qin Cha, saying that you had already promised to marry someone, but you were debunked by the Chen family in person. Your father was severely reprimanded by Lord Qincha, and ordered to die, if he did not see you in the capital as a candidate within a month, he would be dismissed from his post and questioned. ”
"Huh...... Dismissal and accountability. ...... entering the palace. Zhong Lichun smiled coldly, his face was like frost, and a trace of hatred flashed in his bright eyes. said to Ding: "Mother rest assured, since my daughter has returned home, then I will go to Beijing to be elected." ”
Ding Shi saw a strong hatred burst out of her eyes, and couldn't help but shudder. Looking at his daughter, who was both strange and familiar, he was uneasy and hesitant. Hands grip her tightly. His lips moved, but he couldn't make a sound.
Liang Jiu sighed softly, let go of Zhong Lichun's hand and said, "Yan'er, you just arrived home today, go to the shower and change clothes first, rest for one night, and talk about it tomorrow!"
Zhong Lichun looked at Ding's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, he wanted to ask for an understanding, but after thinking about it, forget it! If she wants to say it, she will naturally say it, if she doesn't want to say it, don't force her, anyway, the real Zhao Ruoyan is dead, and her life experience is nothing for herself. Maybe it's still a hassle to know!
Zhong Lichun looked at Ding's for a moment, and said softly: "Mother rest in peace, don't worry too much, daughter, come to visit your mother tomorrow." After saying that, Fu Shen exited the room and returned to Qing Ya Yuan.
Mei Xiang and Xiao Li Xiaotao saw her come back, and they were stunned, feeling that the whole spirit of the young lady seemed to have changed, her spirit was flying, her brilliance was thousands, and she had a noble spirit, and she had grown taller, her figure had also grown, her eyebrows were slightly raised, her eyes were bright and her teeth were bright, her lips were like cherries, and her skin was like white jade.
Zhong Lichun saw that the three maids were stunned and did not move, his face sank, and he said, "Why don't you go and fetch water and prepare food, why are you stunned there." ”
The three maidens shuddered, and when they came back to their senses, the young lady's momentum became more and more terrifying. The three girls ran away. After a while, the three of them called hot water to serve Zhong Lichun to freshen up, change clothes, and eat.
Zhong Lichun lay on the bed, looking at the top of the bed, thinking about what to do after entering Beijing this time. Qiushui's eyes were tumbling with boundless hatred, and he had no sleep all night. Wake up early to practice swordsmanship.
Zhao Zhongquan got up early in the morning and hurried to Qingyayuan, where he saw a figure fluttering, flashing and moving, with a strong sword aura and a chilling momentum.
Zhao Zhongquan was startled, and before he could speak, he suddenly saw a flash of white light. Zhong Lichun's Water Moon Sword was already pressed against his chest. smiled and said: "Daddy is here, see how his daughter's swordsmanship is, can you rest assured that your daughter will enter the palace?" After speaking, he put the sword into the sheath and gave Zhao Zhongquan a salute.
Zhao Zhongquan was calm, looked like a reborn daughter, and laughed: "Yan'er, good swordsmanship, good skills, good skills, as a father is not as good as you, now the son is relieved to be a father." But.......
Zhao Zhongquan's voice changed, and he said with a solemn face: "In the harem, I am deceitful, scheming, and I can't prevent it. The former queen, commanding the storm, riding the horse field, wise and brave, did not die in front of the two armies, not died in the harem battle, conspiracy and trickery. Yan'er, although you are good, but you have a sinister heart, you have not yet seen through it, so this time you go, you must be cautious, for your father does not ask you to be prominent in the six palaces, but only for your life to be safe and smooth, and your wish is enough. ”
"Daddy......." Zhong Lichun's eyes were full of tears, the world sent her daughter into the palace, who didn't want her daughter to be able to spoil the six palaces alone and be in the back position, in order to make her own dignity and family glory. But I didn't want Zhao Zhongquan to say this.
Zhong Lichun was grateful, his voice choked, "Thank you daddy for telling me, my daughter entered the palace this time, not to ask for holy favor, but to get her wish fulfilled. ”
Zhao Zhongquan saw that her eyes were full of hatred, and tears fell, and he couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Yan'er, why are you doing this." ”
Zhong Lichun hid the hatred in his bright eyes, and said quietly: "It's nothing, it's just remembering the old things." I don't know when my father plans to send his daughter to Beijing. ”
Zhao Zhongquan pondered for a while and said: "There are still a few days to spare before the January period, you just went home, rest at home for a few days and then leave, you will accompany your mother more in the past few days, once you leave, you don't know when you meet, she is reluctant to let you go." ”
Zhong Lichun lowered his eyes, "My daughter knows, my daughter changed her clothes, so she went to the inner courtyard." ”
Zhao Zhongquan waved his hand and turned to go out. Zhong Lichun changed his clothes and walked to the inner courtyard, just in time to meet Chen.
Zhong Lichun's heart moved, this person's stay is a bane, and the Ding family will be in trouble sooner or later, so he stepped forward to salute, "Yan'er, I've seen the second lady." ”
Chen snorted, turned around and left. Zhong Lichun raised his foot and stepped on the hem of her skirt, and Chen was caught off guard, stumbling and falling to the ground.
Zhong Lichun reached out to help her and poked at the Guan Yuan acupoint on her waist. Chen pushed her away, got up and left, suddenly felt that her limbs were sore, and she fell down again. The limbs twitched, and I just couldn't get up. Zhong Lichun pretended to step forward to help her, and quickly brushed her life acupoint and brain acupoint. smiled: "What's wrong with the second lady, why did she fall to the ground three times and twice today, it's because she is unwell." After saying that, he helped her up.
Chen glared at her fiercely, stumbled back into the room, gasped, and scolded hatefully: "Little slut, this time in the palace, I see how long you can live." After saying that, he fell on the bed, his limbs trembled, his mouth and eyes were crooked, and he could not get back up.
Zhong Lichun looked at Chen's departing figure and snorted coldly, I see how long you can be rampant. After speaking, he slowly turned around and walked to Ding's room, and saw Ding's back to the door, looking at a piece of jade pendant in a daze. For Zhong Lichun's arrival, he didn't know anything. ”
Zhong Lichun called softly, but saw that Ding Shi did not react, so he couldn't help but accentuate his tone, and called again: "Mother." ”
Ding's Huo Ran woke up and hurriedly put the jade pendant on the dresser cabinet. turned around and smiled: "Yan'er is here." ”
Zhong Lichun nodded, glanced at the dresser and said with a smile: "Mother, what good things are you looking at, so engrossed that you can't even hear your daughter's call." ”
Ding reluctantly smiled and said: "It's nothing, an old object from the past, when I see it, I remember some things from the past." By the way, did your father say anything about leaving for Beijing? ”
Zhong Lichun smiled lightly, "Daddy said that his daughter just came home, and asked her daughter to rest for a few days and spend more time with her mother, saying that this time we separated, I don't know when we will be able to meet." ”
Ding sat on the bed like a lightning strike, and muttered, "What should I do!" ”
Zhong Lichun helped her and said, "Mother, what should I do?" ”
Ding glanced at her, stood up for a long time, went outside to take a look, closed the door and pulled Zhong Lichun and said: "Yan'er, you are not my biological daughter, I have not been pregnant for many years, Chen bullied, I had to pretend to be pregnant, while secretly ordering people to find a suitable baby boy, in more than eight months, once in the name of worshiping the Buddha, when I went out to find a suitable baby, it happened to rain and I saw a man in the roadside pavilion when I was sheltering, covered in blood, holding a newborn baby girl to come in to hide from the rain.
When I saw that you looked lovely, and that he was seriously wounded and dying, I started a conversation with him, and when he heard that I was looking for a baby, he entrusted you to me and asked me to take care of it. Then he braved the wind and rain to leave. After speaking, he handed her the jade pendant and said, "This is the jade pendant hanging around your neck, it must be an object left to you by your parents, so you can keep it!" ”
Zhong Lichun took the jade pendant and looked at it carefully, it was exquisite, crystal clear, it was a piece of high-grade jade, it was worth a lot, it seemed that this Zhao Ruoyan's mother was not rich and expensive. So he took it and hung it around his neck. said to Ding: "The biological mother is not as good as the adoptive mother, if the daughter can retreat from the palace, she will definitely serve her parents and treat her as if she were her own." I'm afraid that my daughter will go now, and when I am afraid that I won't see each other, I ask my mother to cherish it more and not think of her daughter. ”
Ding wiped his tears, "Yan'er, although you are not my own flesh and blood, but I raised you personally, you must be cautious, save your life, and come back safely." ”
Zhong Lichun's heart was sour, this farewell, I don't know when I will see you again, I'm afraid it's a matter of fact. can only spend more time with her in these limited days.
Ding also knew in his heart that the time he spent with her was getting less and less, so he seized this last time and personally cooked all kinds of delicious meals for her.
In order to accompany him more, Zhong Lichun also helped on the side, and neither of them mentioned the matter of entering Beijing to be elected.
Happy times always pass in a flash, and in three days, when Shun arrives, Zhao Zhongquan is ready to salute the carriage.
Zhong Lichun stood at the door and bowed three times to the teary-eyed Ding, one was to thank the original Zhao Ruoyan for Ding's nurturing grace, and the other was for his care and kindness during his time in the county guard, and the third was to wish Ding to take care of his body and build a healthy and happy life.
Ding took Zhong Lichun's hand for a long time and refused to let go, moved his lips, looked at his daughter who had been raised for fifteen years, and didn't know how to say a thousand words.
Zhong Lichun broke Ding's hands, "Mother, Yan'er is gone, mother take care." After saying that, he resolutely turned around and stepped into the carriage.
"Miss, take care!" Mei Xiang and Xiao Li Xiao Tao, the three of them, also reluctantly watched Zhong Lichun, who stepped into the carriage alone, serve Zhao Ruoyan for many years, and Zhao Ruoyan is gentle and kind by nature, never loses her temper and scolds her subordinates. The relationship between the three maids and Zhao Ruoyan is also very good.
Originally, Zhao Zhongquan and Ding meant to take them into Beijing together, but Zhong Lichun resolutely disagreed, and the two couples never changed their minds.
Zhao Zhongquan hesitated for a moment, but still said to Zhong Lichun: Yan'er, did you really decide not to bring one? ”
Zhong Lichun said firmly: "This time I entered the palace, life and death are unpredictable, I don't know if I can get out of the palace, so why bother with people." ”
Zhao Zhongquan sighed helplessly, turned over on his horse, and ordered the carriage to set off.
Ding's gaze gradually became sluggish as the carriage went away, and his heart was empty, as if he had been dug into the pain.
Xiaoxing slept in the open, Zhao Zhongquan's father and daughter traveled for a few days, the carriage came to the capital, Zhong Lichun lifted the curtain, looked at the traffic on the street, and the head moved. I can't help but think of the last time I went back to Beijing, at that time, hundreds of officials came out to greet me, the people cheered, and the scenery was infinite. Who would have thought that in just one month, he would be killed with a cane and thrown into the wilderness with such a humiliating charge. Now, after less than a year, quietly, I entered Beijing again to see how long the dog couple could be stable.
Zhong Lichun's eyes welled up with boundless hatred. The groom who was driving shivered excitedly, it was March, how could it be so cold all of a sudden!