Volume 1: The Husband Chapter 48
At the cloister, the lily hung down, and the cardamom girl in purple clothes staggered, and flew into Qingruxu's house like a butterfly.
"Big sister."
Qing Ruxu didn't answer immediately, but clenched her fists slightly, felt the pain in her fingertips before she raised her head and smiled at her: "Why did the second sister come over?" Didn't you go to lunch with Mr. Nguyen? "Since Mr. Ruan entered the mansion, Qing Ruchu often went to Lingling Garden to accompany Mr. Ruan to dine. But today the situation is a little different, and there are some things that you have to strike while the iron is hot, isn't it......
Qing Ruchu gently raised her hand and pinned the sideburns hanging from her forehead behind her ears, and the entangled flower branches at the cuffs opened arbitrarily, reflecting each other with the brilliant light between her temples, which was indescribably charming. "Mr. Ruan doesn't want me to accompany him every day, besides, my eldest sister was wronged today, how can I not come, in the final analysis, it's all because I ......"
Grievance......
Is she just being wronged today? On the first day, when the rumors were spread, no one cared about them, and the next day when things got worse, they didn't pay any attention. Finally made a big fuss today, did she finally realize that she had been wronged?
Qing Ruxu's heart was like being pierced by an ice arrow, it was cold and painful!
Even though she had already felt it, she still held on to it. But when Qing Ru stepped into the Wuju as expected, when she opened her mouth to express false concern, her eyes were full of calculations, and her illusions were finally shattered.
Why, exactly?
Sisters who have depended on each other since childhood, countless days and nights of companionship, and irreplaceable affection, are they all imagined by her alone?
"Big sister, why don't you speak?" Qingru saw that she was silent for the first time, so she stepped forward and took her hand.
Qing Ruxu's fingers trembled, and she shrank back as if she was burning, then reacted, quickly pulled her to sit down, and handed her a cup of tea with her own hands: "What grievances are not wronged, the subordinates are not sensible, but I don't have to be as knowledgeable as them." ”
Qing Ruchu didn't notice anything abnormal, took the teacup and took a sip, showing a guilty look: "Not only me, but my mother is also very uncomfortable, I just took a lesson from my grandmother, and I was even more sad when I went back...... Sister, the house is busy with chores, and my mother was negligent for a while, and she couldn't take care of those rotten girls, so she made this nonsense make a fuss, you must not blame your mother. ”
"Of course I know this, where to use the second sister to run in person." Qing Ruxu said it, but her heart turned a thousand times, and it became more and more uncomfortable.
The former Shiqing Ruchu also said this to her, and she was convinced. But now that I think about it, the Song family, as the head of the house, has never been that kind of confused, she has always handled everything up and down in an orderly manner, and she is very proper inside and out, and what is going on at home can't easily avoid her eyes, how did she be so careless and negligent in this matter? No matter how many trivial things are in the house, no matter how complicated the details are, can the reputation of the eldest daughter be more important? Can there be the peace of the house is more important?
She didn't know what the purpose of the whole thing was? Therefore, she has to accompany them to perform the play to know the answer.
Qing Ruchu listened to her words and saw that her expression was no different from ordinary, so she relieved her heart and said with a smile: "Although my sister is not to blame, my sister still feels sorry in her heart." She took a delicate box from Purple Sleeves' hand and said, "This hairpin is a gift that I specially customized for my sister's birthday before, so let's give my sister a gift first, sister quickly see if you like it?" ”
There is no need to open it, Qing Ruxu also knows that it is a jasper hairpin with good color, and the hairpin tail is also engraved with the word "Ruxu" in small block letters. She stretched out her hand to take it, "What my sister gave me is naturally the most attentive." ”
When Qing Ruchu heard this, a smile overflowed in her eyes, and she said, "Why don't I help my sister put it on?" With that, she reached out to open the box for Qing Ruxu, took out the jasper hairpin and put it in front of her eyes.
Qing Ruxu nodded cooperatively, and her voice was unhurried; "Sure enough, it's a rare good jade."
When Qing heard her say this, she pulled her down and sat down in front of the bronze mirror.
Outside the window, the sky was clear and bright, and Qing Ruxu sat in front of the bronze mirror, her face sunk in the warm orange sunlight, and her slightly pale skin was dyed with a soft glow, diluting the cold color in her eyes. And Qing Ruchu, who was standing behind her, didn't notice her abnormality, holding the jasper hairpin with good color in her hand, her eyes were looking forward to it, and she smiled innocently and gently.
The picture of this group of sisters and music made Qing Ruxu's mutant body cold, and even the cold hair on the back of her neck stood up uncontrollably.
Qing Ruchu was wearing a lilac brocade dress decorated with flowing cloud patterns, the silk silk around her waist was loosely tied, her eyes were slightly drooping to hold the light in her eyes, she took the hairpin left and right, as if she felt that it was more appropriate to insert it on the left, so she took off the original Dongzhu Mingyue hairpin, and slowly inserted the jasper hairpin into Qing Ruxu's hair. Then, she stretched out her slender jade hand to open the drawer containing the jewelry, and put the Dongzhu Mingyue hairpin into it.
Qing Ruxu watched quietly in the mirror, and all this seemed to be slowing down infinitely in front of her eyes.
Then, Qing Ruchu let out a soft "ah" and found the porcelain bottle in the drawer: "This is?" ”
She picked up the snow-white porcelain vase with a lustrous luster, and slowly raised her eyes, her eyes full of disbelief that she had been deceived and hurt. "Big sister, this? I recognize this porcelain vase, isn't this your bottle of ice muscle jade dew? ”
What an opportune timing, she justified and clarified her front foot in every possible way, and her back foot was exposed, which was like a snap in the face! Qing Ruxu stood up from the bronze mirror with a pain in her heart, turned her head to look at her, and did not make a sound.
Qing Ruchu clenched the porcelain bottle, staggered back two steps, her voice trembled, the words were clear, and the words she said flowed into Qing Ruxu's ears word by word: "Big sister, even if you don't give me the ice muscle jade dew, my sister has no complaints, but if you do this, does it mean that your sister is in your heart, and even a bottle of ice muscle jade dew is not as good?" Or does my sister think I'm shallow-eyed and greedy for my sister's medicine? ”
The wind returned to the clouds, the fragrance of tea dispersed, and there was silence for a while.
Qingruxu's mind was empty, and she didn't know what to say.
"Big sister, don't you even have an explanation?" Qing Ruchu's eyes were filled with big tears, and the tassels that were hanging down cast trembling points of light around her as she swayed. She bit her lip, raised her hand in annoyance, and threw the porcelain bottle to the ground with a "snap"!
The torn porcelain bottles, the splashes of black-brown ointment, and a rushing smell of medicine suddenly filled the room.
It's not the clear aroma of ice muscle jade dew, but the slightly bitter smell of the herb balm.
Qing Ruchu was stunned, looking at the black-brown ointment on the broken porcelain piece for a long time and didn't come back to her senses.
Qing Ruxu suddenly smiled, the bitterness of the smile was relieved, it turned out that the suffering of her previous life was not unsolvable......
Even if the initiator was someone she never expected, even if she was not hurt less than becoming deaf, she still lived a clear life, didn't she!
Qing Ru smiled when she first saw that she was not angry, she was a little flustered, she bit her lip, "Big sister...... I, I misunderstood you...... It's all because of the third sister, babbling in my ear all day long, saying bad things about the big sister, and I'm just ...... Overly sensitive......"
"It's nothing, the second sister just read it wrong, didn't she?"
Qing Ruchu looked at her, and finally there was panic in her eyes that she couldn't hide: "Yes...... It's a mistake......"
"Lan Zhou, clean up the debris on the ground, don't hurt the second sister."
"Yes, girl."
Although the two girls didn't know the connection in their previous lives, Qing Ruchu suddenly became angry when she saw the porcelain vase, accusing Qing Ruxu, which still made them feel depressed. Shizhou said: "Second girl, there will be some chaos in the house, why don't you go back first?" ”
Qing Ruchu pursed her lips when she heard this, and stepped forward to hold Qing Ruxu's hand regardless of the fragments on the ground, "Big sister, I really didn't mean to, you are so good to me, how can I doubt you, let alone listen to the third sister talking nonsense......"
Qing Ruxu remained silent and followed her words and asked, "Third sister?" What did she say? ”
She ...... It's just those words spread by people outside, you also know her, and she usually loves to do nothing...... This incident, which had nothing to do with the big sister, was clearly caused by her, and in the end, the big sister became the target of public criticism! It's all my fault, when she said this, I should have plugged my ears so as not to hurt our sisters' affections......"
Did Qing Rulan hurt their feelings? said that Qing Rulan likes to do nothing, and she also understands who she is closer to, but she is still provoked? Qing Ruxu lowered her eyes: "Okay, I know." You go back first, and I'll take care of it from the third sister. ”
When Qingru first saw her say this, she responded in a low voice, and said, "Big sister, don't be unhappy, you are not in good health, don't think too much......"
"Hmm."
As soon as Qing Ruchu left, Shizhou and Lan Zhou came over and surrounded her, and Shizhou said, "Girl, why does the slave think there is something wrong?" ”
"Girl, take a sip and slow down." Lan Zhou hurriedly brought a cup of hot tea over and said, "The slave also feels that there is something wrong, but she can't say it......"
"Do you think the second sister's temper is a bit abrupt?"
The two girls looked at each other and nodded.
"But if she really fell just now, I'm afraid everyone will ignore this strange feeling and just take it for granted." After experiencing it once, everything seemed to be magnified in Qing Ruxu's eyes.
"What do you mean?"
Qing Ruxu gently opened her lips and said, "That bottle of Huoxiang Balm, although it looks very similar to Ice Muscle Jade Dew on the outside, the texture is far from the same. However, the second sister didn't find it in her hand, which means that she had already decided that it was Ice Muscle Jade Dew, and her mind was all focused on what she should say, and she didn't notice the difference in the porcelain vase at all. ”
It wasn't until the end of the play that the smell of the herb balm dissipated in the room, and Qing Ruchu realized that something was wrong.
Shizhou was still a little confused: "But the slave maid doesn't understand, why did the second girl think it was Ice Muscle Jade Dew at a glance?" ”