Chapter Seventy-Five: Finally a Good Day Returns to the West
"Childe, may I come in?" Mu Qingluo stood outside the door and waited for a while, when it was just right, the maid Luan'er came over to urge her that the meal had been prepared a few times, and she was waiting for everyone to take their seats. After waiting for a while, Er Zhuyan still didn't come out, so she hurriedly asked.
Seeing this, Er Zhuyan hurriedly tidied up her clothes and was about to open the door, "Okay, okay, come out immediately" Seeing this, Yuan Baoju grabbed her arm and said: "If you don't want to hurt her, don't tell her, I can see that this girl is sincere to you, since you can't give her anything, it's better to let her be disappointed in you than let her have empty illusions."
Qingluo's thoughts, Er Zhuyan doesn't understand. It's just that now, whether she says it or not, it will hurt her, as long as the damage can be minimized, and then she is helping her find a good family to marry, which is not in vain for them to get acquainted. Er Zhuyan slowly let out a long breath and said, "I know"
"Childe"
After the door of the room was pushed open, Er Zhuyan took the lead and walked out, Mu Qingluo looked at him with eyes full of stars, she cautiously walked to Er Zhuyan and said, "Childe can go downstairs to eat"
"Hmm," Er Zhuyan nodded at her slowly
At the same time, the horn of the new emperor's enthronement sounded, and the whole street instantly became solemn. The officers and soldiers patrolling the city beat gongs and drums from the east end of the alley to the west end of the alley and shouted: "The new emperor ascends the throne, all the people congratulate, the new emperor ascends the throne, all the people congratulate..."
Soon, the sound of gongs and drums and the trumpet of the Son of Heaven resounded throughout the street. As soon as Er Zhuyan and his party walked down the stairs and saw a group of civilians kneeling on the ground, Er Zhuyan looked at the Yuan Bao Torch when she saw this, and the Yuan Bao Torch tried to look at her. Seeing that Er Zhuyan was about to kneel, Mu Qingluo reached out to help her on the side. "Childe be careful, don't pull the wound"
"Hmm," Er Zhu Yan responded to her and quickly knelt down
Obviously, Gao Huan made this grand ceremony very huge, and all the alleys in Luoyang City could hear the congratulations of the people to the Son of Heaven. The ceremonial soldier walked quickly through the streets, waiting for the sound of the gong in the next place before the subjects of the place where they were going could get up.
After the ceremonial soldiers left, the kneeling people got up one after another, and at this time, a man in the crowd was heard immediately complaining: "What an emperor, he will definitely step down if he can't do it for a few days."
Before the man could finish speaking, a man sitting on the seat next to him hurriedly responded: "In just three years, five or six emperors have changed, and I am afraid that this Yuan family will be exhausted."
"Yes! Oh, yes! In the past, the Erzhu clan controlled the world, and as soon as Erzhu died, there was a high joy, and the monarchs of the world were replaced again and again in the hands of these people. ”
After these people talked a few words, Er Zhuyan subconsciously looked at the Yuan Bao Torch. These people are unscrupulously mocking the clan of the current dynasty here, and they don't care if the ingots torch will really get angry, but with his dull temperament, Er Zhuyan really can't tell whether he is unhappy or not.
"He is calm enough, if ordinary people would have lifted the table and put the corner of the wall, he would have been calm" Thinking of this, Er Zhuyan deliberately paid attention to the joy and anger of the ingot torch.
"Childe, what do you think again" Seeing that Er Zhuyan was so silent, Mu Qingluo became worried.
It wasn't until she heard Mu Qingluo teach her that Er Zhuyan came to her senses. Yuan Baoju looked at her and said calmly: "Look at how I am, eat vegetables"
Er Zhuyan took a mouthful of food with a puzzled face, and still couldn't help but look at Yuan Bao Torch, she thought silently in her heart: "Your ancestors have been scolded for this sake, you are really calm."
Yuan Bao Ju knew what she was thinking, but he was helpless when the situation was like this, if anyone was willing to be coerced by a courtier in the prosperous era of Kangping, but most of them were helpless in troubled times. After he took a celery into his mouth and chewed it carefully, he saw him say slowly: "It's just a bunch of ordinary people, aren't they mediocre people disturbing themselves?"
Originally, I thought that he would be very merciful if he didn't lift the table immediately, but he didn't expect that he could treat it like nothing, and this kind of mind that put nothing in place really made Er Zhuyan admire.
After the whining of the Son of Heaven ascending the throne was criticized by the people after tea and dinner, fortunately, there was a person who understood. I saw him shake his head and probe his head and say a few words:
"Okay, okay, don't complain, this Yuan clan is not worried about being ridden on the head, what's the use of our gang complaining here, anyway, the throne will not pass to our family, what are you worried about"
"Yes! Oh, yes! Drink, drink," said a man next to him who hurriedly raised his wine glass to interrupt the man's words.
Seeing that the ingots torch had been silent, Er Zhuyan couldn't be happy for a while. I don't know when it started, Er Zhuyan actually began to subconsciously care about the reaction of the ingots torch.
Obviously, Er Zhuyan's series of actions are all in the eyes of Yuan Bao Torch. He looked at Er Zhuyan with some curiosity, and quickly made it easier for her to look at each other, and Er Zhuyan hurriedly changed the topic in a panic when she saw this.
"You're spying on me?" After Yuan Baoju glanced at her coldly, he continued to drink tea from the teacup in a serious manner.
Er Zhuyan looked at him, and then cautiously tested him and said: "I am really curious about something" Seeing that the Yuan Bao Torch did not react at all, Er Zhuyan said again: "Just now those people pointed at your ancestors of the Yuan clan and scolded angrily, why are you so calm and angry?"
Hearing Er Zhuyan say this, the ingot torch that was originally going to pick up the teacup and drink tea instantly stopped his hand in the air, and the whole person didn't know what he was thinking, so he was stunned for a long time. "Ingot Torch, Ingot Torch" Er Zhuyan called him in a daze and deliberately adjusted the volume.
"Childe, presumably this son's body is slightly unwell, Qingluo is here to give a cup to the son to congratulate the reunion." Saying this, Mu Qingluo hurriedly picked up the wine glass and said to Er Zhuyan that he wanted to toast her.
Er Zhuyan saw that Mu Qingluo had already raised the wine glass, so she hurriedly raised her glass and replied: "Qingluo, please"
"Childe please"
After that, Mu Qingluo and Er Zhuyan drank this cup together. Seeing that the guests here were noisy and the voices were boiling, Mu Qingluo suddenly had a thought, only to see her pick up her wine glass and slowly walk to the center of the building, and then she slowly turned around and stayed on Er Zhuyan.
Er Zhuyan glanced at her and then set her eyes on the ingot torch, seeing that he was still so worried, Er Zhuyan couldn't help but push him. "Yuan Bao Torch, what do you want?"
Being pushed by Er Zhuyan like this, Yuan Bao Ju immediately came back to his senses, he looked at Er Zhuyan and looked at her in confusion and said: "It's okay, Miss Mei Dai has come to the stage, it is rumored that Miss Mei Dai danced in the city, it seems that you can feast your eyes today."
"Qingluo's dance steps are unparalleled in the world, naturally it is excellent" Er Zhuyan looked at Mu Qingluo on the stage, and couldn't help but think of the time when she and Mu Qingluo ate and slept together, she played the flute and played the song Mu Qingluo to dance to help the fun. Probably no one would have imagined that a young girl at that time would become the current generation of Oiran in the honorary capital.
Mu Qingluo sang slowly on stage: "Qingqing Zijin, take care of my heart." Even if I don't go, Zining won't make a sound?
Qingqingzi Pei, I think about it. Even if I don't go, Zining won't come?
Picky and embarrassed, in the city. Not seen for a day, like March. ”
Mu Qingluo was singing and dancing on the stage, and the dancing girl was also very cooperative with her performance, but as soon as the song sounded, all the people instantly shifted their eyes to Mu Qingluo's body. The diners who were originally noisy in the audience also quieted down in an instant, and at this moment, a man in the crowd suddenly said:
"I've heard of Miss Meidai's dancing steps for a long time, but I didn't expect this song to be so loud!"
"Yes! Oh, yes! How many kings and grandsons in this capital have to queue up for a long time just to see him, but I didn't expect to earn it today."
Seeing Mu Qingluo on the stage, the audience was instantly full of voices, and the emerald girl who was originally dancing on the stage was instantly compared. Just listening to the shouts of "Miss Mei Dai, Miss Mei Dai" in the audience, you can see the unhappiness on the face of this green girl.
During the banquet, Yuan Song didn't forget to look at Er Zhuyan jokingly and said, "Master Zhuge Gongzi, didn't you find that this audience is full of murderous energy?" ”
"Murderous?" Er Zhuyan looked around puzzled, and saw that many men in the audience were staring straight at her, in addition to anger and unwillingness.
Er Zhuyan's scalp was numb when she was seen by these people, and she only felt uncomfortable changing her body for a while, "But, I didn't offend them!" ”
Seeing Er Zhuyan like this, Yuan Baoju couldn't help laughing, Er Zhuyan looked at him angrily and tapped his arm with a fan and said, "Is it so funny?" ”
At this moment, Er Zhuyan found that not only Yuan Bao Ju but even Yuan Song was secretly laughing at him. Seeing this, Yuan Bao Torch said slowly: "The husband is not guilty of his crimes, why do you think they hate you so much, it is nothing more than the one on the stage"
Before Yuan Baoju finished speaking, Yuan Song immediately took over the conversation and said: "Zhuge Gongzi, didn't you find that this Meidai girl's eyes are full of you, just by virtue of this, don't say that these men hate you and want to kill you." This Mei Dai girl is the dream of many men in Kyoto, not to mention ordinary people, even if it is a prince and grandson, she can't get into the slightest eye, presumably Mei Dai girl's heart belongs to the son, this is a beautiful thing! ”
"Ahem" Hearing Yuan Song say something beautiful, the tea that Er Zhuyan had just drunk was instantly spit out. "It's a beautiful thing, where is this beautiful" After saying that, Er Zhuyan didn't forget to glance at the ingot torch, and judging from the reaction on his face, he didn't seem to find anything wrong.
Seeing that Mu Qingluo's dance music was about to end, everyone in the audience shouted in unison: "One more song, one more song"
Seeing this, Mu Qingluo didn't dance more because the audience echoed it, I saw her slowly walking a few steps to the front of the stage, the dancers hurriedly left the stage when they saw this, and after seeing that everyone on the stage had left, Mu Qingluo looked straight towards Er Zhuyan with affectionate eyes, and the cuihong girl standing under the stage saw this, not to mention how much she hated her, originally she thought of a way to surpass Mu Qingluo, who knew that at this moment Mu Qingluo actually said:
"Thank you for your support, today is the last time Mei Dai danced in Wenbaoxuan, thank you for your love over the years. Mei Dai once said, I will wait here for a young man to return, and after three years, the white cloud and the dog will finally live up to it. Now that the good fate has arrived, from today on, I, Mu Qingluo, have officially redeemed myself, and my Mu Qingluo has been a good family since then, and I am willing to marry Zhuge Mu Qing."
Following the direction of Mu Qingluo's finger, everyone slowly looked at Er Zhuyan, who was drinking freely in the audience. was said by Mu Qingluo, and Er Zhuyan looked confused. Even when he heard that Mu Qingluo wanted to marry her, he unconsciously drank water and looked at Er Zhuyan's surprised and dazed expression, not to mention all kinds of envy and jealousy voices in the audience.
"What did she say, marry-give-me" Thinking of this, Er Zhuyan couldn't help but tremble, she didn't know that she just saved Mu Qingluo's life, and it made her have such a misunderstanding. Not to mention that it is impossible for her to have a male and female affection for Mu Qingluo, even if she does, it is only her sister's feelings for her younger sister.
When Er Zhuyan was at a loss, the ingots torch broke the troubles in Er Zhuyan's heart at the moment. "If you don't have the heart, it's good to let her break her mind early"
"Then what am I going to do" Before Er Zhuyan finished speaking, Yuan Bao Ju left with a dull face.
"Hey! Don't go! I don't know what to do when you're gone."
Er Zhuyan looked at the back of the ingots torch gradually moving away, and did not find the unhappiness in his eyes, but his whole mind was confused by Mu Qingluo's sudden admiration. Thinking about it at this moment, the saddest thing is not Wen Baoxuan's mother, but a group of admirers who are dying in the beauty of Miss Meidai, hearing that she is going to return home, this yard must have been cold for a long time.
In less than a moment, Mu Qingluo asked the maid Luan'er to hand over the savings she had saved for so many years to Liu's mother in this yard, and by the way, Luan'er followed her out of this desperate place.
After coming out of Wen Baoxuan, Mu Qingluo took her and Luan'er's deed of sale and tore them up together, thinking that there was nothing happier for the two of them at this moment. Er Zhuyan knew their happy mood at the moment, and she also knew the confusion they were about to face when they came out. This society is like this, men can do business, women can only curl up in the corner and wait for the men to come back and give them some honors.
"Miss, thank you for bringing Luan'er out too"
Seeing this, Mu Qingluo said to Luan'er with a smile: "Luan'er, you are free now, no one will take care of you, if you want to go home, go home!" ”
Saying that, Mu Qingluo gave the little bit of his remaining entanglement to this little girl named Luan'er, Er Zhuyan looked at this girl named Luan'er who was only ten years old, and she must have been sad to come here.
"Luan'er don't want it, please don't want Luan'er, Luan'er doesn't want to go back, my mother died, my father married my stepmother, if Luan'er goes back, it must not be long before it will be sold by my father, this time it's Qinglou, next time I don't know where it is"
This little girl named Luan'er refused to accept the broken silver taels given to her by Mu Qingluo, originally thinking that after the redemption, she would follow Er Zhuyan to wander around, so naturally she didn't think about bringing another entourage. But seeing that Luan'er was so pitiful, Mu Qingluo looked at Er Zhuyan with a little softheartedness. "Childe"
"Keep it!" Er Zhuyan said slowly, then looked at Mu Qingluo, and saw that she had run out of silver, and at this moment Er Zhuyan had nothing of value on her, only a piece of jade pendant on her waist was left to her by her father before his death. Seeing this, Er Zhuyan touched the jade pendant in her hand and then pulled it off, she slowly grabbed Mu Qingluo's hand and said, "I don't have any valuable silver on me, only this jade pendant was left to me by my father." Seeing that you have redeemed yourself and used up all the silver taels, take this and exchange it for a few pieces of silver in the future."
"Childe, this" Seeing that Er Zhuyan had already sent the jade pendant to her, Mu Qingluo originally planned to refuse, but at this time, Luan'er whispered in her ear: "Miss, you just take it!" Don't you understand what Childe means? After speaking, she gave Mu Qingluo a look, and Er Zhuyan hurriedly let go of her hand when she saw this.
Suddenly being said by Luan'er like this, Er Zhuyan's face was extremely hot. Instantly, he had the idea of getting into this crack in the ground, and he accused himself of knocking on the head. "Er Zhuyan, are you stupid, why did this jade pendant give it like this?"
After speaking, Er Zhuyan was embarrassed to walk in the front, but fortunately, Mu Qingluo didn't think much about it at the moment, he whispered in his heart: "When the time comes, she must solve the misunderstanding."
It was already evening when he returned to the Yuan Bao Torch Mansion, and Yuan Man's father-in-law arranged a place to live for Mu Qingluo and others, and it was about the end of the day. After a simple meal with Mu Qingluo, Er Zhuyan asked Luan'er to take Qingluo to rest. As for Er Zhuyan, he is now as big as one person and two people.
"Zhuge Gongzi is really generous, it seems that this is to eat and live here for a long time in Yuan" said, Yuan Bao Ju walked to the pavilion at some point.
"She doesn't know about me dressing up as a man, rashly telling her will only hurt her heart, you know this is not the result I want to see" Speaking of this, Er Zhuyan was full of sorrow, now Pu Juan's whereabouts are unknown, and Yeyana is in Gao Huan's hands again, if she doesn't move at the moment, she can only be slaughtered.
In the small attic, after Luan'er finished serving Mu Qingluo and finished grooming, she saw that she had been sitting by the window holding the jade pendant given by Er Zhuyan in a daze, Luan'er did not forget to joke and said: "Why is the girl in a daze, oh! It turned out that I wanted to think about Zhuge Gongzi."
When Luan'er said this, Mu Qingluo's whole cheeks were flushed. She hurriedly covered Luan'er's mouth and asked her not to talk nonsense, and Luan'er didn't forget to make fun of her when she saw her so nervous.
Seeing this, Luan'er learned Er Zhuyan's tone and said to Qingluo: "I don't have any valuable silver on me, only this jade pendant is left to me by my father, and you take this" After speaking, she didn't forget to look at Er Zhuyan jokingly and said: "Miss, I guess this Zhuge Gongzi definitely has a good impression of Miss, otherwise he wouldn't give you the ancestral jade pendant."
Pavilion Water Pavilion, Yuan Bao Ju was unhappy in his heart and joked Er Zhu Yan, "I can hear that Zhuge Gongzi gave the heirloom jade pendant to the Mei Dai girl, I want to come to this Mei Dai girl is gentle like water and understands what the virtuous brother thinks, such a match made in heaven!" ”
Hearing Yuan Baoju say this, Er Zhuyan looked at him with a puzzled face and said, "How do you know, Yuan Song told you?" Why is this Yuan Song so loud and saying everything?"
Now that the wood is already in the boat, Er Zhuyan can't say anything. Now he can only stay in the Yuanbao Torch Mansion first, although the matter of breaking into Gao Huan's mansion last night has been revealed, but fortunately, Murong Shaozong has rescued Mei Niang. After the Lou clan returns to the General Pillar Mansion, they will definitely be able to form a containment with Erzhu Ying'e at that time, and then their next goal will be just around the corner.
"It's come to this, it's useless to talk more, drink, drink," said Er Zhuyan and continued to pour wine for the ingot torch.