Chapter 9: The Midnight Figure
Zhang Wan threw herself into Mu Jianyu's arms, leaning on Mu Jianyu's chest, and a smile rose at the corner of her mouth. Mu Jianyu lowered his head and smelled the fragrance in Zhang Wan's hair, and involuntarily hugged the woman in his arms tighter.
After a while, Mu Jianyu let go of Zhang Wan, straightened the broken hair on Zhang Wan's forehead, looked at Zhang Wan's delicate face with affection and said, "Rest well, what you want to eat and drink, let the imperial dining room do it, don't wronged yourself." After saying that, he turned his head to look at Gonggong You who was standing aside, "From today on, Xiao Jieyu's usage will be according to Zhaoyi's specifications, and when he is born safely, Zhaoyi's canonization ceremony will be performed." I will go and tell the Queen Mother the good news now, so that her old man will be happy and happy. Mu Jianyu said and walked out, and when he came to the door, Mu Jianyu seemed to think of something again, and stopped, "From tomorrow onwards, you don't have to go to the queen's palace to ask for peace, you must take care of it in your own palace, don't run around." ”
"The concubine knelt down to Xie Longen. Congratulations to the Holy One. Zhang Wan knelt in front of the couch with Qingxing's support.
At the turn of spring and summer, some songworms have come out of the land, hiding at the base of the wall, under the stones, and making bright noises, stirring up the night lively. There had already been three drums on the upper floor, and the right master took the two boys to play lanterns and inspect the yard where the girls lived.
"Who?!" In the shadow of the moon, under the corner of the wall, Quan Ye seemed to see a figure.
The black shadow was startled by the scolding of the right master, and the shadow split into two, one ran out over the wall, and the other slipped back into the house. Seeing this, Quan Ye hurriedly ordered a kid behind him to climb over the wall to chase him, and he took another kid to the room where the girls were resting. Quan Ye looked around, kicked open the door of the house, and the kid behind him hurriedly lit the candle, the candle flame flickered, and the girls in the house were frightened by the sudden situation and sat up with the quilt.
"You guys, who just ran in?" Master Quan walked around in front of the Chase shop with a bamboo whip, his eyes showing a fierce light, and he looked at the girls one by one.
The girls trembled with fright, and all shook their heads in panic.
"You all remember to me, this Linglong Pavilion has the rules of Linglong Pavilion, you are all well-behaved, I will do it, you are also free from the pain of flesh and skin, don't be selfish, you are uncomfortable, and you drag others down." Quan Ye gritted his teeth and threatened, girls, look at me, I look at you, no one speaks.
"Good. Since some people don't want to sleep peacefully, then get up! Get up and go to work in the yard! Seeing that no one admitted it, Quan Ye was furious, and the bamboo whip in his hand was whipped crisply on the side of the bed, which made people's hearts tremble.
Seeing that Quan Ye was furious, the girls naturally didn't dare to slack off, couldn't care about being sleepy, hurriedly jumped out of bed, put on a smock, went to the yard to carry pots, and washed clothes.
Back in the yard, the kid chasing the man had already returned.
"What about people?" Quan Ye asked.
"Little ...... The little incompetent, this guy is like a loach, very slippery, and after passing through a few trails, he can't find it. But looking at the back, it should be a man. ”
"Rubbish!" Obviously, such an answer will not satisfy the right master, "Man...... In the past few days, additional men have been sent to secretly ambush. The two words of man stung the nerves of the right master, the reason why the girl of Linglong Pavilion can sell it for a good price is not only because she knows how to play and sing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also because the girl here is a real yellow flower girl who is a fake girl, and she has a private meeting with a man in the middle of the night.
"Don't hate me, if you want to hold a grudge, hate the slut who secretly went out in the middle of the night to meet a man." Quan Ye made arrangements and reprimanded two more sentences before leaving with the people.
Zhang Wan leaned on the head of the bed, looking at the candle flame dancing outside the tent, her hand stroked her lower abdomen and was stunned, her sister Zhang Rou's words kept echoing in her ears, and she couldn't help but care. It was because her sister entered the palace in advance that she knew how Concubine Yun, who didn't seem to have any sharpness, was favored, and she knew how to capture the heart of the king after entering the palace. Everything is going according to Zhang Rou's plan, so every word of her sister Zhang Rou is extremely important in Zhang Wan's opinion.
Zhang Rou said that in the harem, it is very simple for a mother to rely on her son, it is not easy to conceive a child in the palace, and it is even more difficult to give birth to a child safely and grow up safely, not to mention, this child is burdened with the fate of the family. However, the child could not be kept.
Zhang Wan stroked her slightly bulging belly, and her heart was like a knife. She thought she was fully prepared, but when it happened, the pain in her heart gave birth to the power to tear her apart. Tears silently slipped across the green silk that sank into the sideburns at the corners of his eyes, for himself and for the child in his womb.
"Sister, it was you last night." Qiu Tang lowered his head and traced the pattern on the embroidered cloth, and secretly asked the green bamboo. Due to last night's incident, the girls of Linglong Pavilion are forbidden to go out of the courtyard today.
"Hey," asked by Qiu Tang, Lu Zhu panicked in his heart, the thin embroidery needle was pierced on his finger at that time, but fortunately, there was no bleeding, "Don't talk nonsense." ”
"Sister, you slept with me recently, I know you went out, and it was nothing to be punished, anyway, you also suffered a lot of punishment for me, sister, who is that person?" Qiu Tang saw the reaction of the green bamboo, and understood a little at that time.
"Well, you still don't know." Luzhu looked at Qiu Tang, wanted to speak and stopped, but finally sighed and said nothing.
"Sister, is it the person you saw on the street?" Qiu Tang raised his head, looked at the green bamboo and asked.
"Huh." Hearing Qiu Tang's words, the green bamboo was mistaken, and the embroidery needle was so strong that it pierced a bloody hole in his finger.
"Oops, sister." Seeing that the green bamboo pierced his hand, Qiu Tang panicked, and hurriedly took his handkerchief and covered it. After this commotion, Qiu Tang forgot about the man completely, "Is my sister still in pain?" ”
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt. Sketch your tricks. Lu Zhu put down the half-embroidered silk handkerchief in his hand, touched Qiu Tang's hair, and smiled slightly.
The sun is so nice. Lu Zhu looked at the sunlight sprinkled on the window lattice, and his mind slowly drifted into the distance. I don't know what happened to Brother Shun......
Zhang Wan has been sitting on the bed for almost a day, not talking, not laughing, not eating or drinking, no one in the palace knows what is wrong with his master, and no one dares to ask. Until dusk, Zhang Wan's bridal maid Qingxing brought a bowl of warm bird's nest, sat next to Zhang Wan's couch and said, "Master, even if you are unhappy and unhappy, regardless of your body, you have to take care of the dragon in your stomach."
Hearing the word Longzi, Zhang Wan couldn't help but tremble, holding her stomach and slowly speaking: "Longzi ......" She glanced at the bird's nest in Qingxing's hand, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a bleak smile, "Withdraw."
Zhang Wan thought about it, the more this child was taken by the saint, the more he couldn't stay. For the position of her mother's family, she wants to use this child to pave the way for her mother's family, even if she is extremely reluctant, she can't keep this child.
At dinnertime, Xu's mother ordered someone to call the girls to the front hall and kneel, watching her eat with Quan Ye. Four cold, four hot and eight dishes, the aroma is fragrant, and the girls scream in their stomachs.
"Sister, I'm hungry." Qiu Tang quietly slapped Lu Zhu's arm and whispered. Because of the events of the evening, the girls have been punished for a whole day and are not allowed to eat.
"Hungry? If you want to eat, tell me who went out last night. After that, they sat down and ate together. Mother Xu didn't raise her head, and said lightly.
After waiting for a while, Mother Xu saw that no one spoke, so she used a small plate to serve some dishes, and took a chicken leg called Huaji, and walked to the girls: "Look, how fragrant, do you want to eat?" The small plate slid down the girls' noses, and Qiu Tang felt as if her hunger had grown claws, ravaging not only her stomach, but also her heart.
"Still no one wants to say? That's it. Kneel well. Don't go back to the house and sleep tonight.
Mother Xu returned to the table and continued to push the cup and change the cup with Quan Ye, and feasted.
On the second watch of the drums upstairs, Xu's mother ordered someone to remove the table, and Pearl carried a large bucket of water to the girls.
"Drink some water. If you make a mistake, you must be punished, otherwise someone should poke my backbone and say that the girl in my Linglong Pavilion doesn't understand the rules, but after all, you are the children I raised single-handedly, and I can't bear to see you starving, so drink some water and slow down. ”
While Mother Xu was talking, Pearl had already poured a bowl for each girl, dark brown tea, fragrant. Qiu Tang didn't hesitate to pick it up and drank it. Seeing that someone drank it, the girls also drank the tea one after another and thanked Xu's mother.
"Boom! Boom! The two girls knocked their heads down, and they all fainted to the ground.
"Ahh The girls screamed in fright.
"It's just a normal reaction to being hungry for too long and drinking strong tea. Master Quan, tie these two girls to the backyard pillar. Mother Xu glanced lightly and ordered.
"They...... Are they going to die......" Qiu Tang asked in a low voice.
"Then it depends on their lives. How? Do you want to save them? Mother Xu pinched Qiu Tang's chin.
"I ......" Qiu Tang hesitated. Human life is at stake, this is what my father often says.
"All you have to do is tell me what happened last night, and I'll let you eat and spare you." Mother Xu said with a smile.
"Yesterday ......" Qiu Tang swallowed.
"Don't say it! She won't spare us! Lu Zhu suddenly interrupted Qiu Tang loudly.
"Oh? It seems, you know that too. Mother Xu let go of Qiu Tang's chin, and her cold eyes stared at Lu Zhu.
Seeing that Xu's mother turned her attention to her, Luzhu instantly closed her mouth and said nothing.
"I see." Mother Xu's eyes rolled and swept over the girls' faces, "You are afraid that you will say it in public, tear your face, hurt your harmony, and you will not be able to be sisters in the future." Okay, I'll just ask them one by one. As long as you say it, you will have food. Mother Xu sneered.
"Pearl, order the kitchen to prepare food, and when the meal is ready, you will bring the girls to my room one by one."