Chapter 36: Return to Jinling (26)
Feng'er bent down and picked up the cloak that had slipped off the shoulders of the crescent moon, "Madam, it's cool by the river, and the night is late, let's go and rest." ”
Xinyue shook her head, "It's almost time to Jinling, and the wind at night is also warm." ”
"Yes, the wind on this river is much warmer than that in the eastern capital." Feng'er also sat down next to Crescent Moon and straightened her windswept skirt.
"This skirt was originally torn, but my aunt made it up for me here." As she spoke, Xinyue opened the skirt, and Feng'er really saw a trace of sewing, "The sewing is so fine, the slave didn't see it, this skirt is Madame's favorite skirt." ”
"Yes" Xinyue touched this shallow trace, "I first wore this skirt, I liked it very much, when I just got it, I wanted to wear it every day, that day I went with my aunt to worship the Buddha, when I got off the carriage, I broke here, and then I cried so much that I refused to get out of the carriage, and my aunt coaxed me while sewing and mending for me, and said that I was a married lady, why did I cry like a child." ”
"Yes, the slave maid still remembers when she was a child, when she saw the old lady for the first time, the old lady told her to take good care of the lady, and when she saw that the slave and maid were young and left her mother, she specially called Mama Wang to take good care of the slave and maid, madam, she is really a gentle person." Feng'er arranged her skirt for the crescent moon, and the long skirt was draped over the crescent moon's shoes.
In the middle of the night, the boat sailed on the river, and there was only the sound of the water flowing around, and the crescent moon wanted to see the scenery here, but now it could not see anything.
"Madam, let's rest" Feng'er stretched out her hand to pull Xinyue, but Xinyue pulled her down with a strong hand, "Good girl, there will be a good show to watch in a while." ”
"Even if it's a good show, in this..."
"Bang..."Feng'er's words were not finished, only to see the sky brighten, after a loud noise, the heat blew, Xinyue felt a pain in the neck, and the last wood chip stained with Xinyue's blood fell into Xinyue's palm, Xinyue said to Feng'er, who was scared and squatted on the ground, "This is all over the excitement, let's go." ”
"What's going on here? Husband, madam, this is a boom, an explosion. Feng'er was so frightened that she couldn't speak, but she watched the new moon calm as usual, wrapped her cloak tightly and went to the cabin.
"Madame, Madame," she followed closely as she followed Crescent Moon, "Madame, it's all right." ”
Crescent Moon shook her head "Sleep"
With that, Crescent Moon took off her clothes one by one and sat on the bed.
"Madame, is Madame asleep?" Xinyue was about to kick off her shoes when Li Yan's wife, Sun, knocked on the door.
"Mrs. Li come in." With that, Feng'er opened the door, "Come in, Mrs. Li"
Sun was led by Feng'er and walked to the front of the crescent moon together.
"Madam, something big has happened." Sun stood in front of the new moon.
"The ship is so far away from us, why did you get the news so early?" Crescent Moon looked at the wood chips that had already exploded to her, and she could think of how big an explosion had just occurred.
"It was the people on the shore who received the signal flare, and the news just now came that our boat from the eastern capital was blown up at the wharf three miles away."
Crescent nodded, "I see, but there are any injuries?" ”
"The day before yesterday, at the behest of my wife, everyone on board left, leaving only an empty ship on the dock, and only the ship was bombed." After Sun said this, Xinyue also had a number in his heart, "It's just a boat, it's good that there are no other injuries." Mrs. Li, it's late at night, go and rest. ”
"Ma'am, is this the end? Shouldn't we find out what's going on? Xinyue looked at Sun, and the Sun family was a little hairy, only to hear Xinyue say suspiciously, "Do you still need to investigate?" ”
"Concubine, concubine body doesn't understand what Madame means." Sun was more puzzled than Crescent.
"Stand down, Mrs. Lee." With that, Xinyue lay down on her bed by herself, and Feng'er naturally walked out of Xinyue's room with Sun.
Outside the door, Sun was still worried and asked Feng'er, "Miss Feng'er, what do you mean by Madame?" ”
"Didn't Madame tell Mr. Li a long time ago, is this what Mr. Li still wants to ask Madame to do? Our lady is just an inner woman, can it be that our lady can't arrange the things that the lords and monarchs of the outside world have to deal with? After saying this, he walked away with a cold face.
Xinyue came in trembling when she saw Feng'er and asked, "Is it so cold outside?" ”
"The slave maid was so angry with the Sun family who couldn't carry it clearly, why did he ask his man to go on a boat, is it an ornament? Before the ship was bombed, Mrs. didn't remind him, but now that it has really been bombed, why do you have to ask Mrs. what you should do? Feng'er sat on the edge of Xinyue's bed, and Xinyue handed Hao'er the hot milk she had only drunk in her hand to Feng'er, "Drink it and rest, little Feng'er, don't be like Fei'er, infected with the wind cold." ”
"Yes" Feng'er took the milk that was still hot, drank it in a few sips, and said goodbye Xinyue was already lying on the bed, "Madame has refused to eat a mouthful of chicken soup recently, but she likes to drink milk." ”
"People always have to change, and if they don't change, they can't live." Because she was about to arrive in Jinling, Xinyue's mood was particularly good, and the quilt that couldn't warm her head at all made her feel that her toes were hot, and the quilt on her body was also soft and covered on her body.
"Madam, how are you going to deal with the news from the palace in the morning?" Xinyue Ben closed her eyes and was ready to rest, as soon as Feng'er said, Xinyue opened her eyes again, "What the Queen Mother means, I understand, we have to go back to Beijing and settle down." ”
"The Queen Mother should also know that this is to be discussed after you return to Beijing, so I will ask now, is it too early."
Getting up early, Xinyue received a letter from the queen mother from the palace, and asked Xinyue some ...
"Madame, are you hurt?" Xinyue was thinking about something, but she was startled by Feng'er's loud voice, "What's wrong?" ”
Feng'er ran over in a few steps, holding Crescent's robe in her hand, and the collar of the robe was stained with some blood.
The new moon turned over her hand and touched her neck, and sure enough, she touched a wet wound, and then looked at her finger, and sure enough, it was stained with blood, "It's nothing... Bring the medicine kit here. ”
Feng'er looked at Xinyue's neck, Xinyue's skin was extremely tender, and this inch-long opening caused most of her neck to be red, and the wound was open, just like a child's lips.
Fortunately, in the medicine box, there are good medicines prepared by Dr. Li himself, and Feng'er painted Xinyue one by one, and Xinyue was distracted again, until she felt that there was a feeling of gauze in her neck, and then looked down, Feng'er had already wrapped her neck with three layers inside and three layers outside, "I, even if I was beheaded, I wouldn't need so much gauze." ”
"If you want to see the slave, the lady must also wrap her head, and the deepest hole in this hair is still a scab," he said. She wrapped gauze around the crescent moon's head.
Xinyue took her hand, but she couldn't hold it, so she could only let her go, "What are you doing here?" ”
"Madam, our ship will arrive in Jinling tomorrow, if you appear at the dock like this, within an hour, those dignitaries and nobles in Jinling will know that Madame has suffered a lot of grievances in Jinling, and you have been injured on the head and neck, and the Queen Mother will not blame you anymore if she knows."
"Blame me?" Xinyue frowned, "Queen Mother, you didn't blame me." ”
"That..."Feng'er thought that when Xinyue saw the Queen Mother's letter in the morning, Xinyue's face turned white.
"Okay, go out, the bandage on your forehead, you tied it today, and it will be loosened tomorrow."
"Then the slave will come again tomorrow to tie up Madame, it's late at night, Madame should rest quickly."
Crescent Moon nodded, "yes, you can go quickly, I'm almost sleepy." ”
Because of the order of the new moon, the second day of the new moon got up early in the morning, waiting for the crescent moon to open her eyes, so that she could wrap the gauze on her forehead, the new moon had no choice but to wear bed clothes, let her tie her forehead tightly.
Listening to the sound of "bang", Xinyue, who was drinking porridge, trembled in her hands, and the porridge leaked out of the table, Xinyue put down the spoon and said to the two girls next to her, one left and one right, "It's here." ”