Chapter 3: Youthful Admiration (1)
The carriage walked through the busy street market quickly, I don't know which son was naughty, and when the carriage and carriage passed by, he reached out and lifted the curtain, threw a ball of paper in, and rolled down to the knee of Qi Changge's skirt leaning against the window.
The young man held the piano and walked through the downtown as usual according to the flow of people, and then he didn't know who patted him on the shoulder, and when he looked up, he saw Qi Changge with the curtains hooked and reading the paper balls in the light.
The side face reflected the light and shadow, and the eyebrows and eyes of the reading words were safe, just like that, the young man's heart was moved.
Huang Ying watched the young man walk inattentively, staring at the young lady of which house, snorted lightly, and whispered in the young man's ear: "Hey, in Sichun, you don't look at the road when you walk, and look at it again, the eldest lady is not yours." ”
In Huang Ying's words, the young man put away his heart, looked down at the road under his feet, his heart was slightly cold, and he only responded lightly: "Hmm." ”
There are only seven words on the paper, and it reads, 'Miss Yuanshan Meidai is beautiful'.
Qi Changge pinched up the paper ball, threw it out of the window, lowered the curtains, closed his eyes lightly, guessing who sent the paper ball, but he didn't dare to guess, after all, he was afraid of getting into trouble with the prodigal son of your mansion.
Inadvertently, the young man who only had one side of the relationship appeared in his mind, recalling the sound of the piano that day, his heart was slightly quiet, and gradually, he fell asleep.
The boy and the yellow warbler want to travel far away from the carriage, only the rest of the people come and go, and the traffic is busy.
In the theater as usual, the old man and son came and went endlessly, the young man sat in front of the piano case, and played a song of thin and cool people, Huang Ying sang tactfully and sadly according to the sound of the piano.
And in front of the Qi Mansion, the carriage stopped, and Qi Changge, who had woken up, walked into the Qi Mansion from the main gate with the support of Xiao Mi, first went to the Laojun Pavilion, and asked the grandmother who was seventy and eighty years old and kind-eyed: "Granddaughter, please grandmother." ”
Grandmother Qi hurriedly asked the old lady next to her to help Qi Changge up, opened her mouth with a lot of teeth, and asked Yan: "Changge sit down, how are you a guest in the princess's mansion today?" ”
Qi Changge wanted to speak and stopped, he didn't want Grandmother Qi to be so old, and he still worried about his heart, but he couldn't say a word against his heart to deceive Grandmother Qi, so he still hesitated and said: "Grandmother, now that the grandson is in the princess's mansion, when she said goodbye to the queen, the queen seemed to pay special attention to her grandson. ”
Grandmother Qi smiled when she heard this, and asked Qi Changge coaxingly: "Changge, what do you think of today's crown prince, Gongzi Qin?" ”
Qi Changge frowned, in his mind, thinking of Gongzi Qin Qiren, he said unhappily: "Gongzi Qin, too greedy, intoxicated with power struggle, and too cold temperament, if you are the crown princess in the future, you will have no joy in the second half of your life." ”
Grandmother Qi shook her head after hearing this, and explained in a serious tone: "Changge, you are only one of them, and the other is the other, the desire for profit is not the same, this is just an illusion, intoxicated with power struggle, and it is only intended to stabilize the dynasty and deter other princes, and he has a cold temperament, but he has not yet met a woman who can make him happy." ”
Qi Changge listened, but did not believe it, but said mockingly: "Grandmother is too much to promote the son Qin, and the granddaughter only believes in one or two points." ”
"That's it." Grandmother Qi said so much, and she sighed a little tiredly: "You young people have the thoughts of young people. ”
"Grandmother has said so much, and grandchildren help you to rest." Qi Changge got up, stepped forward to help Grandmother Qi, and said intimately, he was blaming himself in his heart, he shouldn't deny his grandmother's thoughts, causing his grandmother to work so hard.
Grandmother Qi was helped up by Qi Changge, walked to the bedroom, and sighed again: "Alas! I raised your father so big, and I never saw such a caring daughter like you! ”
Walking behind, ten years of widowhood, middle-aged widowhood, looking at the old mother who grew up with Grandmother Qi's son, Mama Yue retorted: "Old lady, you don't know how blessed you are, children and grandchildren are full, children and grandchildren are promising, grandchildren are filial, and the ladies respect you as a mother-in-law, but why not be satisfied." ”
When Grandmother Qi heard this, she patted Qi Changge's hand, and said with a kind smile: "You are this month, you have been following the old lady for decades through ups and downs, and you don't forget to raise the bar when you speak, so the old lady doesn't care, but the old lady is a life with four blessings, naturally the son is talented, the daughter-in-law is respectful, and the grandson is filial." ”
Mama Yue said: "Unknowingly, the slave maid has been with Miss for so long, and she really fulfilled that oath and stayed with Miss for a lifetime." ”
"Moon mercy." Grandmother Qi evoked Mama Yue's full name, and said sentimentally: "I've been with Miss Ben for almost a lifetime, but I will regret it." ”
Saying that she had arrived in front of the bed, Mama Yue and Qi Changge helped Grandma Qi to the bed, Mama Yue squatted down, took off Grandma Qi's shoes, put them at the foot of the bed, and said: "The slave maid is born as a young lady, and death is the soul of a young lady, and I have never regretted it." ”
Qi Changge was so moved that he shed a few tears and said: "Mama Youyue is so loyal, it is the luck of my grandmother's life. ”
But Grandmother Qi had closed her eyes and fell asleep, Mama Yue covered Grandmother Qi with a quilt, and whispered to Qi Changge: "Miss Sun, the old lady has fallen asleep, don't wake up the old lady." ”
Qi Changge was silent and walked out of the bedroom lightly with Mama Yue, Mama Yue closed the door and said softly to Qi Changge: "It was the old lady who gave the old slave a safe life, even if she was a cow and a horse in the next life, it would not be enough for the old lady to give the old slave kindness in this life." ”
After saying this, Mama Yue aligned with Changge, bowed down and said, "The old slave retires", and then walked along the green bricks, leaning around, walking under the twilight, walking through an alley, entering a tiled alley, and returning to her own grandmother's room.
Qi Changge looked at the figure of Mama Yue walking away, thinking of Mama Yue, who was wearing fresh clothes, a first-time wife, and full of spring breeze when she was a child, I don't know when, she was dying.
This also made Qi Changge recognize the horror of time and dare not expect the future.
"Miss?" The sound in his ears made Qi Changge's thoughts pause, he turned his head to see that it was Xiao Mi, and asked coldly in confusion: "What's the matter?" ”
Xiao Mi felt that the young lady at this moment was a little misty, especially the cold two words, which made Xiao Mi lower her eyes, and she was unreasonably afraid in her heart, and replied more respectfully on her face: "It's time to go and say goodbye to Madame." ”
Qi Changge seemed to remember, and finally said hello to his high-flying princess mother, took a step, step by step, walking like a lotus, and said to Xiao Mi behind him expressionlessly: "Let's go." ”
"Yes." Xiao Mi responded to the sound and had a three-step distance from Qi Changge, and hung her head and followed.
Walking through the rockery, through the pavilion lotus, to the front of the courtyard, Dexin Courtyard, opened the bamboo curtain and walked in, Qi Changge to the princess Lianhua who was squatting behind the bookcase, bent his knees, put his hands on the side of his waist and said: "Daughter to my mother to say goodbye." ”
Princess Lianhua put down the book, raised her head, her eyes were calm, her voice was like water, and she said, "Get up." ”
"Yes." Qi Changge also responded lightly, got up and sat on Princess Lianhua's maidservant, placed on the thin ball, lowered his eyes, and was silent not knowing how to talk to Princess Lianhua.
The same is true for Princess Xu is Lianhua, after looking at Qi Changge for three seconds, she asked as a matter of routine, "How is it in Xuanyang Mansion today?" ”
"Very good." Qi Changge also replied as a routine question and answer.
After another silence, Qi Changge squatted and sat with his legs a little numb, so he slowly got up and bent his knees to say goodbye to Princess Lian: "My daughter won't disturb her mother's study, so she will retire first." ”
"Hmm." Princess Lianhua responded indifferently and agreed: "Go ahead." ”
Qi Changge listened, straightened up, turned around, and walked out of here.
"Princess, why are you so troubled, the previous lady was born, after all, you are not estranged, and the general is also interested in you, it is better to have an heir of your own." Princess Lianhua's milk, such as her mother's bitter persuasion of Princess Lianhua.
Princess Lianhua's eyebrows floated a touch of sorrow that did not belong to the age of twenty-five, and her hands were lightly attached to the lower abdomen below the belt, and she said bitterly: "This princess doesn't want to have an heir of her own, but this princess has come out of her mother's womb, and she has a cold, and it is difficult to get pregnant, otherwise why don't you choose a famous son, but choose a general who has lost his wife and is ten years older than Princess Ben." ”
"Princess." For example, when her mother called Princess Lianhua, she felt sorry for Princess Lianhua's situation, but she didn't know how to explain Princess Lianhua.
Fortunately, Princess Lianhua thought about it, hooked her lips, and said to Ru's mother with a smile: "Ruma, this princess doesn't care about the heirs. ”
Qi Changge, who walked out of the courtyard, was displeased, and couldn't accept this noble princess mother, but inevitably remembered his biological mother, the woman who always loved beauty like life, was generous all the time, and always urged herself to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
"Sister Changge." It's better which sister called, pulled Qi Changge back from the past memories, turned his head to look at the little cousin of the third uncle's family who smiled brightly at him, squatted down with a smile, picked up the little cousin and asked, "Yan'er, is there anything wrong with you calling my sister?" ”
Little cousin, Qi Yanran took the letter in her hand to Qi Changge, and said with a smile: "Sister Changge, this is Cousin Jiren, asked Yan'er to bring it to Sister Changge." ”
Qi Changge put Qi Yanran on the ground from his arms, folded the envelope, took out the letter paper and looked at it, and saw that the letter paper read: "There is a beautiful person, I can't sleep when I think about it, I love it when I see it, I can wish to have a couple for a lifetime, if I wish, Xiaosheng will use the matchmaker as an appointment and ask the elders to marry a young lady." ’
After reading it, Qi Changge put the letter back into the envelope and handed it to Qi Yanran and said: "Yan'er, hand this over to your cousin Jiren as it is, and bring another word, the son is kind, and the little girl doesn't dare to accept it." ”
"Okay." Qi Yanran took the envelope, obediently responded, jumped and walked to the left, stepped on the gravel road, and soon disappeared.
Qi Changge walked to the right, slowed down his steps, savored the artistic conception of the peach blossoms falling along the way, and casually asked Xiao Mi, who had been silent behind him, "When did the prince of the Fang family come to visit Fuzhong?" ”
Xiaomi replied briefly, "Yesterday." ”
"Oh." Qi Changge responded calmly, suddenly stopped, and looked at Fang Jiren, who was holding a folding fan in front of him and wearing a green bamboo ink robe.
Fang Jiren held the envelope in his hand, stepped forward, handed it over with his own hands, and said with affection: "Miss, can you accept it?" ”
Qi Changge fixed his eyes with Fang Jiren, and said lightly: "You and I are not a good match." After speaking, he skipped Fang Jiren and walked away from here with a quick pace.