Jin Se gratuitously fifty strings, one string and one pillar Si Hua Nian.

I see!

I distinctly hear the shattering of my youthful dreams. I've had that dream for eight years.

Hua Nian, Mu Zixiao's wife, blessed me superficially: "Sister Jinse! ”

I returned the favor and looked at her carefully. Her skin is extremely white and delicate, with a little fat powder, and her eyes are smart and flowing, and she seems to be forever smiling. She was just wearing a pale yellow homely shirt, and her hair was decorated with a few snow-white pearls, and there were no hairpin rings to decorate it. Perhaps it is because of this that she looks more and more beautiful.

She said softly: "Sister Jinse is really the national color and natural fragrance...... she took my hand and led me into the door. And my mind was churning, and something in my heart was slowly, slowly leaving me.

I only heard Hua Nian say softly beside him: "No wonder King Ning Yuan is obsessed with you, and specially sent someone to inform you of the news, Zi Xiao immediately galloped away, he likes his sister's ......"

It turned out to be Ningyuan Wang Chenghao, I think, it should be Yuan Qing who knew that I also left, so he begged him to send someone.

Hua Nian was still talking and introducing me to the situation in the Mu Mansion. Her voice is soft and comfortable.

I secretly looked at Mu Zixiao, he looked at her, still those good-looking eyes, slightly bent. It's spoiled.

Little by little, my heart sank. That's right, anyone will like a woman like Hua Nian.

I was placed in a wing room on the corner of the veranda in the front yard. Hua Nian looked at me apologetically: "Sister, I'm really sorry, because it's too hasty, Xiyuan hasn't been cleaned up yet, it turned out to be Ziyi's residence, he has been on his own for three years, and he hasn't cleaned it again." You are here for two days first, and when it is cleaned up over there, can you go over again? ”

I was very moved: "Jinse is helpless in Kyoto, relying on my sister to take care of me, and I listen to my sister's arrangement. ”

Hua Nian smiled, and ordered the slave maid to wait for me to bathe and change clothes.

In the mist of water, little by little, I washed away the fatigue and grievances of more than ten days, washed away the worries and thoughts, washed away the sourness, and jealousy......

Yes, I'm jealous of Hua Nian. Despite her beauty and kindness. If she wasn't Mu Zixiao's wife, how good it would be!

Changing into the clothes that Hua Nian had prepared for me, I sat quietly in front of the mirror. The woman in the mirror has black hair like clouds, her skin is whiter than snow, her lips are red without dots, and her eyes are flowing around, even if she doesn't apply fat powder, she is also charming. I pulled my hair into a simple bun and picked out a red agate hairpin and inserted it diagonally at the sideburns to make my skin more delicate.

I opened the door, and a thirteen or fourteen-year-old slave was standing outside the door, and I smiled at her when she was stunned when she saw me come out. She reacted and immediately saluted: "Miss Jinse, Madame asked me to wait here and ordered me to take Miss Jinse to the front hall for dinner." ”

I nodded slightly, I knew that my face must be blooming just right at this time.

From the wing room to the front hall, you have to pass through a pool, and there is a peach tree by the pool, and the flowers are blooming. The wind blows, and the petals flutter and fall into the pool. The fish in the pond gather around the petals, grabbing food.

Walking to the edge of the pool, I sighed casually: "Sister Hua Nian is really a good means to manage this huge mansion in an orderly manner!" ”

The slave maid was very proud: "Yes, our wife is the second lady of the Huatai Doctor's family, when she was a girl, she learned to manage housekeeping in the house, and her wife is also familiar with medical science, and the illnesses of our waiter's house are not difficult for her!" ”

"It turned out to be a young lady from Washington, no wonder her bearing is extraordinary!" I smiled, "It's just that for some reason, Imperial Doctor Hua actually asked my sister to marry Mu Shilang?" ”

The slave and maid's face tightened, as if she knew that she had to say a lot, and she stopped talking from then on.

I smiled and walked slowly into the antechamber.

Mu Zixiao and Hua Nian were already sitting at the table waiting for me, I was wearing a white shirt, and the moment I stepped in, there was just a gust of wind, gently blowing from the side, and my clothes and hair fluttered. I clearly caught the exclamation in Mu Zixiao's eyes. He was slightly distracted.

Hua Nian looked at him and quipped: "Look, as soon as Sister Jinse came, Zixiao's eyes were straight!" ”

Mu Zixiao reacted and hurriedly responded: "It is said that it is the eighteenth change of the female university, which is really true." Back then, Jin Se was just a thin and dirty female doll! Hahaha! ”

Hua Nian pursed his lips and smiled, without delving into it, and beckoned: "Sister, sit here." She smiled so warmly, so naturally, that there was no jealousy in her. I don't know if I trust Mu Zixiao too much, or - I don't take me, an orphan girl with no father and mother, in my eyes at all.

Mu Zixiao rarely spoke, and he was a little uneasy. His face hasn't changed, it's still as handsome as it was eight years ago, but it seems to be different. Perhaps, maybe that moment eight years ago was just my delusion.

For the first meal in Mu Mansion, Mu Zixiao and I ate with our own thoughts, but Hua Nian, as if he hadn't noticed anything, kept putting vegetables in my bowl. Tell me about the situation in Muslim Province.

Mu Zixiao's mother died early, and it was his father Mu Yuan and grandmother Quan who pulled him and his younger brother Mu Ziyi to grow up, Mu Zixiao's grandmother Quan is now eighty years old, and the old man suffers from leg disease and often moans in the middle of the night. Mu Yuan was a filial son, so he resigned from his position as a squire in the military department and moved to a small room next to the backyard where the old lady lived, so that he could take care of him at any time. Mu Zixiao inherited his father's position and was promoted from a small director to a squire. Mu Zixiao's younger brother Mu Ziyi became a relative two years ago, so he moved outside the house to set up his own door.

I don't know why, when talking about Mu Ziyi, Hua Nian's expression was a little gloomy, and Mu Zixiao also looked unnatural.

I digressed the subject: "It's dinner time, why don't you see the old lady and uncle coming to eat?" ”

Hua Nian said with a smile: "The old lady has inconvenient legs and feet, and she is troublesome, so she set up another kitchen in the backyard, and Daddy used it there with her." She glanced at me deeply, then at Mu Zixiao, and then said, "When Xiyuan is cleaned up and my sister is settled, I will take you to meet Daddy and the old lady." Such a lovely person, the old lady must like it! ”

Before I could react, Mu Zixiao hurriedly waved his hand: "This matter is not in a hurry, it is not in a hurry!" ”

It dawned on me and I blushed immediately.

In the yard, the peach blossoms bloom even better. The pink clouds seemed to fill the entire sky, and it was incredibly beautiful. I thought that all these good things were given by God, and I thought that I would finally have a home, even if it was not as perfect as I expected at the beginning......

Later, when I was desperate for the world, I still missed the peach blossoms that filled the spring all day......

Hua Nian really trained his subordinates very well, and his movements were extremely fast. Two days later, I moved to Xiyuan.

Hua Nian sent two maids to follow me, one was called Zizhu and the other was called Green Ying. The purple bamboo is slender and quiet, and the green warbler looks lively and agile. They are all intelligent.

Stepping into the moon cave door of the West Garden, a faint fragrance came to the nose. On the low wall of the courtyard, clusters of lush wisteria are planted. This wisteria looks a little old, and the green leaves are so thick that you can hardly see the flower branches. At the beginning of April, the wisteria flowers are not yet in full bloom, but they are already in full bloom, attracting butterflies and bees to turn up and down.

"This is the courtyard where Mu Ziyi lives?" I wondered what kind of man he was to like such a light purple color.

The two girls glanced at each other, their faces were a little nervous, and neither of them spoke.

"You two, I ask you! If you don't want to serve me, I won't force it, I'll go to Sister Hua Nian! "Somehow, I was a little angry.

The green warbler hurriedly grabbed me and whispered, "Miss Jinse, please come with me." ”

She dragged me into the room, which had not many things in the main hall, but it was elegant. There are a few calligraphy and paintings hanging, I think it is Mu Ziyi's.

When I sat down, the green warbler told me the truth.

It turned out that five years ago, Mu Ziyi met Hua Nian at a banquet in the inner mansion, and after only a few words, he became infatuated with Hua Nian. As soon as he got home, his father went to seek marriage from the head of the Tai Hospital, Mu Zixiao was only a small director of the Ministry of War at that time, and his father was just a waiter, so he went to the head of the Tai Hospital to ask for marriage, of course, he had no confidence.

But Mu Ziyi actually threatened him with a hunger strike for this, and Mu Yuan really couldn't help it, so he had to prepare a bride price and go to ask for a kiss. In addition to the eldest son, there is only one daughter, so he promised to ask his daughter's opinion before making a decision. Who knows, that Hua Nian is not Mu Zixiao who will not marry.

courted for the second son, but in the end he fulfilled the eldest son, and this matter has become a joke in Kyoto for a long time.

Mu Ziyi fell seriously ill for this, was in a coma for five days, and after waking up, he ignored his family's obstruction and planted a wisteria tree in Xiyuan - it is said that Hua Nian liked to dance under the wisteria when he was not married - half a year later, Mu Ziyi ignored his father's opposition and married a nameless peasant girl as his wife. I don't know where I am.

No wonder, when Mu Zixiao and Hua Nian talked about Mu Ziyi yesterday, they looked weird, it turned out that there were these twists and turns!

It's night, and the moonlight is like water. I couldn't sleep anyway.

Because I have never been sure of Mu Zixiao's intentions.

I got up in my clothes, and I scattered my hair so casually and came to the courtyard. The night air is slightly cool, and the air is filled with a faint fragrance of flowers. I thought about a lot of things, first thinking of the difference with Yun Qing, thinking of my eighteen years of waiting, and thinking of Mu Zixiao. He rode his horse and whipped, and he said, "Let it be called Jinse." I thought of the way he looked at Hua Nian again, he was spoiled. He never gave me that kind of look, could it be that I just looked at the man I had been studying for eight years, and gave all my love and tenderness to another woman? Even though I liked that woman, I liked it.

I could feel the subtle change in my heart, and the simple, good self in Fulan Garden seemed to be slowly moving away.

Before I knew it, I came to the edge of the pond that I passed by during the day. There is no cleaning here now, and the peach blossoms have fallen to the ground, and in the moonlight, like a place outside the world, it seems extraordinarily quiet. I couldn't help but feel relieved, threw off my long sleeves, and danced gently. I sang:

There is a fox Suisui, in Biqiliang. The heart is worried, and the son has no clothes.

There is a fox Suisui, and he is very strong. The heart is worried, and the son has no belt.

There is a fox Suisui, on the side of Piqi. The heart is worried, and the son is not satisfied.

……

This song was sung to me by my mother when I was a child, and I didn't understand it at that time, but I just felt that my mother's tone was sad and distant. Now, I don't know why I sang this song at this time, maybe it was in line with my state of mind at this time - longing, sad and helpless. The night breeze blew, and the peach petals fell on my body and head one by one, and everything was like a dream.

Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of a dark corner of the clothes peeking out of the peach blossom tree in the pool, and I recognized it as the clothes that Mu Zixiao was wearing during the day. The heart moved. I knew that as I danced, my body must be coquettish, and everyone in Fulan Garden said so. It's just that back then, we just learned to dance, we just played around with each other, and we never thought about pleasing anyone......

I sang, danced, and twirled softly.

As I danced, "pop", something fell into the pool intentionally or unintentionally.

I exhaled softly, and without hesitation, I jumped into the water and dived to the bottom of the pool to reach out and fumble. The water was so cold that it stinged my skin. I searched "frantically" in the water as I scanned the dark figure out of the corner of my eye, and at the same time felt my shame. I clearly felt that in Fulan Garden, the self who was in a calm and calm mood all day long was gradually dying.

I've been looking in the water. I'm waiting.

Finally, the dark figure jumped into the water, and he swam to my side and scooped me up. Then fly ashore.

I shivered in his arms and spread out the things in my hand: "It's okay, it's okay...... I found it. "In the palm of his hand, is the black jade. The Moyu you gave me eight years ago, Mu Zixiao, do you still remember?

Mu Zixiao held my hand, still familiar with the temperature: "Jinse, why are you so stupid?" Just let someone look for it tomorrow, why ...... you"

"Mu Zixiao, I'm cold......" I clenched my teeth.

He hugged me tightly, and I leaned against him in the moonlight, drenched in clothes.

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