Chapter 18: Kyoto Marries a Girl, the World Sings (Part II)
Turning to the flying Lu Di and passing flowers, the end of the world is home, and the cage has been imprisoned for a long time and cannot fly, and the world is tacitly understood.
On the carriage, Er Zhu Ying'e looked at Er Zhu Yan very puzzled, and after a long time, she finally couldn't help but ask Er Zhu Ying'e the reason.
"Miss, Ying'e has something to understand"
I saw Deer Zhu Yan looking at her with a smile, "Sister has it, please tell me anything"
Erzhu Ying'e asked, "Why did Miss ask me to accompany you to Luoyang?"
Er Zhuyan replied to her innocently, "Because, I think, there is a special feeling between us."
"Wonderful feeling" Er Zhu Ying'e couldn't help but tighten her heart when she heard this
"What is it?" asked her tentatively
"The last time I fell into the lotus pond, you jumped down and rescued me without thinking about it, at that time, did you hesitate" Er Zhuyan asked a little surprised.
"It turns out that Miss is because of last time" Er Zhu Ying'e was taken aback
"Daddy told me, Ying'e, actually, you are my half-sister, right?" Although Er Zhurong once said it to Er Zhuyan in person, Er Zhuyan still wanted to hear what Er Zhu Ying'e had to say.
"You" Erzhu Ying'e looked at her in surprise, she obviously knew that if Yeye Na knew this result, her life would definitely be difficult, but looking at the girl in front of her who didn't have any scheming, Erzhu Ying'e was suddenly a little at a loss. She choked up a few times, then turned her back to the incident.
Compared with ordinary children, Erzhu Ying'e's experience is even more distressing. Children of ordinary families, in the year of weak crowns, loved by their parents and protected by their brothers. But she could only learn how to flatter and please early, she knew that her father was Er Zhurong, the head of the family, and her mother was just a fisherman's daughter who had a relationship with Er Zhurong and met in the water.
"My mother, she is just an ordinary fisherwoman, but fortunately, my mother is gentle and virtuous, and she has learned good medical skills. That year, his father passed through Hebei and fell into the treacherous trick of Yecheng Taishou Ge Min, Ge Min's son Ge Rong chased and killed his father all the way, and his father was seriously injured and defeated, so he lay down in the river in the upper reaches of Hexi. Fortunately, my father met my mother who came home from the clinic in the upper reaches of the Ye River, and my mother Xu Yuaner also happened to meet at that time, that is, at that time to save my father's life, which was hanging by a thread" Er Zhu Ying'e finished to Er Zhuyan word by word, this story is not a blessing for her, maybe she should be grateful to Er Zhurong, after all, he brought her into this world.
Er Zhu Ying'e talked about her mother Xu Yuan'er's sad and resentful attitude, and wanted to compare with her wet nurse Xu Rong, who took care of her together, but she was even more hateful. Er Zhuyan subconsciously glanced at Xu Rong, although she felt that this Xu Rong was suspicious, she couldn't say anything. It's just that for some reason, she noticed that when Er Zhu Ying'e said that Xu Yuan'er rescued Er Zhurong, who was seriously ill, Xu Rong's expression was obviously wrong. If she was just a slave of an ordinary family, how could she show hatred for her master, from Xu Rong's expression just now, she was more of a broken resentment.
"Sister, don't worry, it's all over" Er Zhuyan slowly stretched out her hands to Er Zhu Ying'e's side and slowly took her hand. "Trust me, sister, what you want, I will definitely fulfill you"
"What I want" Er Zhu Ying'e looked at Er Zhu Yan, and she asked her very puzzled
Er Zhuyan clapped her hand, "I saw the letter on my sister's desk," and she slowly recited the poem written by Er Zhu Ying'e, "Shuo Bi Shuo Bi, no need for me." Nansi has quality and is as bright as jade. There are gentlemen, and they are hired. My heart is to the mountain, what is the heart of the king, what is the heart of the king, in the weak southeast, there is Laneige, precious as jade, I like the gentleman, one person to grab it. I like a gentleman, and I can do it alone."
After Er Zhu Yan finished reading, the face of Er Zhu Ying'e was instantly flushed, like an egg that had just been peeled off, and it was extremely smooth and crimson. Er Zhuyan thought to herself, this is the most real look of liking a person. "I like a gentleman, I take it alone, it turns out that the person my sister likes is Changle Wang Yuanziyou"
"No, my sister doesn't dare to talk nonsense" Er Zhu Ying'e immediately reached out to cover Er Zhu Yan's mouth and nose, she had long heard that the eldest lady of the Erzhu family did not respect the etiquette of the six arts. Now that she saw it, she didn't forget to jokingly touch her hand towards Erzhu Ying'e's face. "My sister's face is so hot, I'm afraid that the eggs can be cooked on the cheeks" After saying that, Er Zhu Ying'e's face became even more ruddy.
After so many years of life in the deep palace, it can be described as walking on thin ice. She was arranged by Er Zhurong to enter the palace at the age of twelve, and she was cautious. Over the years, I have witnessed the deception in the harem. can be described as a person of all shapes, as long as she sweeps from her eyes, she knows at a glance what this person's temperament is. But she didn't expect that she, who knows people and is wise, would not be able to see what Er Zhuyan was thinking.
Seeing that Er Zhu Ying'e was a little frightened, Er Zhu Yan took a step towards where she was sitting, "Okay, okay, sister, I won't make fun of you" and held her hand tightly.
Er Zhu Ying'e looked at her and looked at her slowly, "Miss, you know everything, don't you mind?" She is very soberly aware that her existence is more or less a threat to Er Zhuyan, although she is a concubine, but as long as she occupies a place in Er Zhurong's heart, then for Er Zhuyan, it is a threat.
"What do you mind if I call you sister, will you mind me?" Don't look at Er Zhuyan's usual whispering, in fact, many times, she also wants to live freely like a child.
"Even if it's not you, there will be someone else. There are many aunts in the family, and my father's woman seems to be noble, but it is not beautiful. You see that the aunt in the courtyard waits in the small courtyard every day for her father to think of her, nothing more than a red face. ”
"I thought you would mind if I took away my father's love," Er Zhu Ying'e looked at Er Zhu Yan very cautiously.
"You know what? As the eldest daughter in the family, my mother's strict requirements, at all times, I have to pretend to be a gentle and elegant big sister without my own joy and happiness. You know such a hypocritical mask, and from time to time disguise, although there are many sisters in the family, there are very few who can really speak to their hearts. In this family, there are not many people who really like me, but there are no more people who want to kill me than those who like me, I can see that you really want to save me" Er Zhu Yan looked at Er Zhu Ying'e, and Er Zhu Ying'e didn't look at her directly because she knew that she was wrong.
Erzhu Ying'e knew that the only thing she could do to get out of the status quo was to stay away from Erzhu Mansion. Although Erzhurong regards her as a treasure, she is not the only lady in Erzhu Mansion, in addition to the wife of Erzhurong who is marrying Yeyana Yuan, there are also three or four aunts, these aunts seem to be ordinary, but they are actually the daughters of the mayors of the various tribes of Qihu, and each of them can stabilize the family. It is rumored that the Yeyana Yuan clan is jealous, and if she can keep the three aunts of her clan all the time, she must not underestimate the forces behind it.
Besides, the mother is expensive by her son, there is a lot of time in ancient times, she has no aunt to protect her, even if there is Er Zhurong who has mercy for her for a while, there are many sisters in the family, not to mention that Er Zhurong has been fighting outside all the year round, and the eldest mother Ye Ye Na is managing all the big and small affairs in the family, staying in that family, regardless of life, sooner or later he will be left out in the cold.
It just so happened that she heard that Yuan Ziyou wanted to let the Erzhu family marry a daughter, which gave Erzhu Ying'e the idea of wanting to leave here. Therefore, Xu Rong pointed out a plan to her, as long as she can gain Er Zhuyan's trust, then Er Zhuyan will take her into the palace at that time. In this way, the prophecy of Qin Tianjian was fulfilled, "The phoenix flies in the sky, and it is not a sycamore".
"Do we really want to do this?" Erzhu Ying'e asked
"There is no other way, have you forgotten the prophecy that Qin Tianjian said that you have a destiny?"
"However, once this matter is discovered by others, when the time comes, even my father will not be able to protect you and me" When Er Zhu Ying'e heard Xu Rong say that he wanted to push Er Zhu Yan into the lotus pond and let him drown, and then with Er Zhu Rong's love for Er Zhu Ying'e and the guilt of his mother, the only woman of the right age in the Erzhu family is Er Zhu Ying'e, and when the time comes, Er Zhurong has no other choice.
Xu Rong glanced at Er Zhu Ying'e, knowing that she didn't want to sink Er Zhu Yan in her heart, "You will be distressed"
Er Zhu Ying'e kept shaking her head, although she had always been very envious of Er Zhu Yan's respect and favor from her father, but she never thought of hurting her "She is my sister after all, I can't"
"Ying'e, there have been trade-offs since ancient times, didn't you do this kind of thing very well before? In the storage room, you have long been used to such things, isn't it, whether you go or stay, you decide for yourself" After that, Xu Rong left a small white porcelain vase and left.
The next day, Er Zhuyan was alone in the lotus pond to see the lotus, Xu Rong hid behind the rockery, and once looked for an opportunity to push Er Zhuyan into the pool. came to Erzhu Bodhi to borrow debts again, and finally waited for Erzhu Yan to take Erzhu Bodhi, and Xu Rong finally had the opportunity to do it. She took advantage of Er Zhuyan to watch the lotus flowers and pushed Er Zhuyan into the lotus pond, but she never thought that Er Zhuyan didn't know the nature of water, and as soon as she fell in, she disappeared after a few short tosses. At this moment, Er Zhu Ying'e hesitated, seeing this scene, it was like the change in Heyin where Er Zhu Rong sank and killed the Confucian royal family.
Although Er Zhuyan and her have not had much intersection, after all, she is Er Zhurong's daughter, she knows that what her aunt Xu Rong has always wanted is to find Er Zhurong for revenge, if Er Zhuyan dies, then the blow to Er Zhurong will definitely be fatal. She didn't want to see her father decadent, and she knew how much the Erzhu family could get in exchange for everything today, and how much Erzhurong had paid for it.
"Whew"
"Whew"
In an instant, Er Zhuyan was unconscious, Er Zhu Ying'e salvaged it, and Xu Rong, who was standing aside, even wanted a poisonous needle for a moment to end the lives of the two of them in an instant. Fortunately, at this time, Erzhu Zhao rushed in from nowhere.
"You go away" Er Zhu Zhao pushed Er Zhu Ying'e away, only to see him looking at Er Zhu Yan with sorrow and "Yan'er" said, Er Zhu Zhao picked up Er Zhu Yan and glanced at Er Zhu Ying'e coldly, "Today's matter, if there is a next time, I will not forgive"
"General, I" Erzhu Ying'e wanted to say a few words, but Erzhu Zhao didn't listen to him at all, and he hugged Erzhu Yan angrily and went straight to his boudoir
"Miss, what's the matter" Pu Juan looked at Er Zhuyan with a worried face, only to see that Er Zhuzhao had already picked up Er Zhuyan and walked to the bed tent at this time, and as he spoke, he slowly put down Er Zhuyan and covered the quilt for him.
"Hello take care of Yan'er, change his clothes, I'll go to the doctor" After that, Er Zhuzhao had already rushed to the door, seeing that Pu Juan had been crying, Er Zhuzhao stopped, took out a handkerchief from his chest, and then said slowly: "Wipe your tears, Yan'er will be fine"
"Mm-hmm" Pu Juan took the handkerchief and wiped her tears, Er Zhuzhao glanced at her with great relief, and then quickly ran towards the door.
Knowing that Er Zhuyan fell into the pond, in an instant, the boudoir was crowded with people, some of them were really related to her, and some were just polite and rude. This is very anxious for Yeyana, who has always been content with worshipping the Buddha, saying that she doesn't want to take care of Er Zhuyan under the pretense of others.
Probably afterwards, Er Zhurong should have asked Er Zhu Ying'e about the whole thing, but I can't remember what he asked.
Along the way, Er Zhu Ying'e reviewed the whole thing, in the end, everything she did was just to replace Er Zhuyan to join the palace, and now I look at it, but it was yesterday and not today.
"My sister can have such a feeling, but it seems that I have a little villain's heart"
Erzhu Ying'e originally had a lot of mustard in her heart, and she had thought many times about what would happen if she had been living in General Erzhu's mansion. Erzhurong would take her into the house with the affection of her deceased mother, and then praise her as a princess respected by everyone. But I didn't know that at this time, she suddenly felt a little cold, obviously it was a June sun, but it was the human heart. He once envied Er Zhuyan, envied that Er Zhuyan could become a treasure on the tip of Er Zhurong's heart, and she also resented Er Zhurong's lack of kindness. But now it seems that Er Zhuyan can become the treasure on the tip of Er Zhurong's heart, in addition to her own reasons, more importantly, she has a mother who can fight for her in everything.
Thinking of this, Erzhu Ying'e couldn't help but feel sad, thinking that she had lost her mother as soon as she was born, although she was loved by her aunt, but her life was full of twists and turns. Since ancient times, the saying that mothers are more expensive than children is enough no matter what dynasty it is placed in.
Er Zhu Yan let out a long sigh, "Don't look at the surface scenery of the Erzhu family, in fact, there is a mother there to take care of it, and there are countless things in each room that do not see the light of day." It's not so much that the fighting on the battlefield is cruel, but in the end, it is one of those things that happened in that small courtyard that never saw the light of day."
Er Zhuyan's tone was very stable, but her mentality and opinions made Er Zhu Ying'e, who was deeply thoughtful, very admirable. Er Zhu Ying'e understands all of this, but she never thought that the person who said such things to her one day was actually an Er Zhu Yan she was not familiar with.
"I didn't expect that the young lady was so subtle in her observations" After speaking, Er Zhu Ying'e subconsciously looked at the nurse who accompanied them. This nurse has been with her since she was born, not so much Ying'e's nurse as Ying'e's aunt. The carriage drove all the way out of Taiyuan City, and Er Zhu Yan faintly felt that Er Zhu Ying'e's nurse had some indescribable feelings.
It was night, in the dead of night, the accompanying army had already set up camp, and Er Zhuyan gradually fell into a dream. I saw Erzhu Ying'e's nurse slowly open her eyes and gradually approach Erzhu Ying'e, who was asleep. I saw that she was holding three slender silver needles tightly in her hands, and with just a slight insertion, Er Zhuyan's little life was in danger.
"Auntie, what are you going to do" I saw Er Zhu Ying'e, who was lying on the side, wake up quickly, and the moment she saw that the silver needle was about to be inserted into Er Zhu Yan's neck, Er Zhu Ying'e quickly stopped drinking.
"Stand aside, as long as you kill her, no one will threaten your position." Mother Xu still pushed Er Zhu Ying'e away reluctantly.
"No, my father said, no matter what, let me protect her, I can't let my father down" Er Zhu Ying'e protected Er Zhu Yan to the death, not allowing the nurse to hurt her in the slightest.
"Father, father, your left father, right father, what a kind call. Have you forgotten how your mother died? It was her mother who killed her", Xu's mother viciously pointed at Er Zhuyan who was ** by her, and saw Er Zhuyan sleeping sweetly like a sleeping baby.
"Auntie, even if her mother killed my mother, what does it matter to her, she was just a child at that time, as for Yeyana, I will definitely make her pay for her mother's death" After saying that, Er Zhu Ying'e grabbed Xu's mother's hand and forcibly pinched Xu's mother's hand out of a red mark. Seeing that she had made such a big movement, Er Zhuyan still didn't react, and she was unconscious when she was asleep.
"What did you do to her" Er Zhu Ying'e subconsciously tested Er Zhu Yan's snort, and seeing that she still reacted, the heart that was originally hanging gradually calmed down.
"I was afraid that she would get in the way, so I gave her no incense powder" After that, Xu's mother pushed hard and threw Er Zhu Ying'e to one place, concentrating on preparing to deal with Er Zhu Yan.
Seeing this, Er Zhu Ying'e knew that she was no match for Xu Rong, so she had to shout outside the carriage, "Someone!" There are assassins" Xu's mother saw this, so she had to stop.
"Waste, sure enough, it's the same as your short-lived mother, the kindness of a woman" After saying that, Xu Rong saw that Er Zhu Ying'e was unwilling to cooperate with her to kill Er Zhu Yan, and saw that she called the guards, so she had to leave in a hurry.
In the blink of an eye, there is still a day away from Luoyang, where Er Zhurong is placed. In the scorching heat of midsummer, in the carriage, the sweat of the bucket was constantly dripping. This is the case in the car, not to mention the scorching sun outside the car at this time, the soldiers accompanying the escort, about thirty or forty people, along the way, Er Zhuyan and Er Zhu Ying'e and others did not rush in a hurry, and along the way, they were just stop-and-go.
It has been more than two days since the departure from Jinyang, and the tired boat and car along the way, coupled with the scorching hot weather, the area through which it has passed is a mountainous area with mountains and mountains, and a distance of tens of thousands of miles.
"Parking" "Parking" saw a hurried sound coming from inside the car.
The official driving the carriage of the "......" let out a long sigh and pulled his hands, only to see that the horse that was originally galloping gradually slowed down.
"Miss vomited again, hurry" I saw that the accompanying mother-in-law got out of the car very quickly and helped the pale Er Zhuyan out for a walk.
"Miss, are you feeling better?" After drinking the water, Cao's mother gently patted Er Zhuyan's back to help her breathe slowly.
Although she has rested for a while, Er Zhuyan, who has rarely gone out, is still very unwell, and there is no trace of blood on her pale little face, as if she has just climbed out of the ghost gate of hell "Well, it's much better" In order not to delay everyone's trip, Er Zhuyan insisted on saying.
"Or Miss is resting for a while, Luoyang, don't worry about this moment," Cao's mother said worriedly. Before, she had always been the eldest lady of the Erzhu family, Wenwen, but she didn't expect that the eldest lady was also a particularly stubborn person. Seeing Er Zhu Yan like this, she didn't know how to walk to Xu Rong and Er Zhu Ying'e: "How should this be." Miss vomited unbearably all the way, judging from the current itinerary, I'm afraid it won't be in time."
Seeing this, Er Zhuyan deliberately said, "It's okay, I can" I just got up and didn't walk a few steps, I don't know where a few ragged homeless people ran out, and they were still holding steel forks and farm tools in their hands.
Seeing these people approaching gradually, Liu's mother suddenly said with a very panicked face, she grabbed the face towel held in Er Zhuyan's hand tightly, and when she saw that the situation was wrong, she immediately buckled the face towel on Er Zhuyan's head
"Miss, no, we met bandits, it's still a short distance from where the soldiers rest, it's all my fault, we shouldn't go far" said Liu's mother tightly protected Er Zhuyan and covered her with her body to the best of her ability.
"Mom, what should we do" Er Zhuyan, who had never seen this situation, was suddenly at a loss.
"It's okay, miss, you just have to hide behind me" In any case, don't lift the veil. "Heroes, we can give you whatever you want, as long as you are willing to let us live"
I saw one of the thieves saying very fiercely, "Life, when you die, we won't have everything we want."
Hearing this gang of robbers say this, Mother Liu couldn't help but tremble, "Guys, we are from a big family, as long as you are willing to let us live, it will definitely thank you with a heavy courtesy" Looking at Mother Liu, the old woman begged bitterly, between these bandits, there was no way back at all.
"We don't want to rely on practical things, do you think you can fool us in a few words? Send you back, my brothers, is there still a way to live? Presumably, the people at that time were sophisticated, and those so-called promises were just jokes.
"Big brother, look behind this old woman, there is a big girl who is like a flower," a thin thief among the bandits, quickly pointed to Er Zhuyan, who was wearing a headscarf to cover her face, and said very publicly.
His words made Liu's mother even more nervous, "Miss, you stand behind me, for a while, I will find a way to drag this gang of bandits, as long as you have the opportunity, you will run in the direction of the carriage." ”
"En" was just that Liu's mother caught her very tightly at that time, and Er Zhuyan nodded in fear without knowing at all
I don't know where Mother Liu got so much strength, she threw Er Zhuyan out for a long time, and used her insignificant strength to block the five or six very strong bandits with all her might, "Miss, run"
"Run," Liu's mother dragged a few kidnappers to death.
"En" Er Zhuyan was in tears, only to see that Liu's mother was being stabbed in the heart by those people, and those bandits punched and kicked her, but she still didn't forget to say that she wanted Er Zhuyan to run quickly.
"Mother Liu" Er Zhuyan couldn't help but chant silently several times in her heart, tears flowed down, and the red face towel on her head was almost soaked. Despite this, she still didn't forget what Liu's mother told her, and ran forward desperately. As she ran, she shouted for help, hoping that the soldiers accompanying her would hear "Help." Help, help"
"Stop, don't run" Although Liu's mother used his life to delay a few bandits, she still did not stop the rest from chasing her.