Chapter 14: Back to Jinling (4)
"You are in this Yuwang Mansion, who treats you as the same thing, how can you be different when you arrive in Jinling? You're just a wretched creature whose husband doesn't like it, and who doesn't have much to rely on for your mother's family. And away? I think you're really dreaming. Xiao Shi naturally didn't listen to the threat of the new moon in her ears, because she didn't believe that a weak and slender Xu Xinyue, who always backed down and hid behind people, could do such an outrageous thing, so she didn't believe it since the first day Rong Xu told her.
If you want to ask her who Xu Xinyue is, Jinling and Dongdu are afraid that few people know, if it is, the Crescent Moon girl who is raised under the knee of the princess of King Yu, it is a lady praised by many people.
Because of her reputation for virtue and virtue, as well as her aunt's reputation as the princess of King Yu for decades, how could she lose it.
Xinyue looked coldly at the look that was still kneeling on the ground, but still unconvinced, Xinyue raised her foot and stepped on Xiao's hand, but she didn't use any force, and said to her sharply, "I tell you, don't give me a small abacus, let Yao'er make the bones for your family." You'd better dispel this thought for me, or I'll be able to do what the two ladies can do right away." Your well-behaved child, you light bones, I have broken them for you. As he spoke, Xinyue's feet were about to exert force, but he saw a child wearing a moon-white robe standing at the foot of the steps not far away, it was Xiao's son, Yu'er, he was frightened, barefoot with his hair scattered, he had just run out of his room, and looked at Xinyue and his mother who was being stepped on by Xinyue's fingers in horror.
He cried, ran over, and knelt in front of Crescent Moon's knee like his mother, crying and hugging one of Crescent Moon's legs, "Mother, mother, in the future, Wan'er will call your mother, that day on the bridge, she was also naughty herself, and she would break her mouth when she fell, and her mother was injured, Mother, you let my mother go, you let my mother go." ”
Xinyue was touched by his crying, and Ju'er's strength was still very small, but he used all his strength to protect his mother, Xiao Shi saw the child like this, and immediately reached out to want Ju'er to pick it up, but his hand was still at Xinyue's feet.
The action of her hand stimulation of Xinyue, Xinyue seemed to be awake, removed her feet, bent down and pulled the crying child, "Guan'er, this is my business with your mother, it has nothing to do with you." ”
"Mother, don't hit my mother, hit me, hit Ju'er" said, Ju'er took Xinyue's hand and hit him, "Don't hit my mother." ”
Although Xinyue wanted to explain, in the eyes of the child, she was indeed the bad woman who pressed her mother to the ground and wanted to beat her, and the young child had no strength but to exchange her pain for the relief of the person she cherished.
"Are they all dead? Don't hug it down yet. Xiao Shi was embarrassed and indignant at this time, even if Xinyue stepped on her hand just now and made her kneel on the ground, she didn't feel anything, because she knew Xinyue, even if she stepped on her hand, it was just a flower frame with no strength, but at this time, in front of her son who was crying loudly, she was both ashamed and resentful.
Why should she be the wife, but now she is being trampled under her feet like this, she was originally going to become a concubine, and she will become the son of King Yu in the future, she will kneel at the feet of another woman, crying and begging, how can she not hate.
Two grandmothers stepped forward, one of them was the nurse of Guan'er, and wanted to take away a Wei'er who was holding the crescent moon's legs, but there was no way to carry him away, Xinyue squatted down, "Guan'er, I still have a few words to say to your mother, don't worry, I promise you, as long as she doesn't do anything that has to be beaten, she won't beat your mother." ”
Hearing this, his hand was loosened, and Mama took the opportunity to take him away.
As soon as Wan'er left, Xinyue's anger just now also dissipated a little, but thinking of Yao'er, Xinyue knew that she had no way to take a step back, so Xinyue bent down again and said to Xiao, "I'm here to give you a warning." Now there are not many days, if you are willing to pass in peace, I will let you get more than you did what you did. We will go to Jinling in two days, so you can stay in this courtyard in peace and stability on the grounds of recuperation, otherwise, I will not be with you, and I will give up. After saying that, Xinyue was still angry, but she saw her big bright eyes again, so that she couldn't do anything and lowered her hand, "Xiao Nanyin, you are glad that you gave birth to a good son, I won't give you general insight today." ”
At this point, the new moon was about to walk out of the courtyard, but at the gate of the courtyard, she saw King Yu who didn't know when he was standing there.
Xinyue only felt that his breath was stagnant, the feeling that he was being targeted by hunters as a prey, King Yu saw that Xinyue had found himself, and he didn't have much emotion, but just smiled faintly at Xinyue, the kind of contempt that was like dust, so that Xinyue couldn't understand, and from the bottom of his heart, a strong fear welled up.
"Grandfather, grandfather, why are you here?" Rong Xu, who heard the cry of Guan'er and came to check, just walked to the gate of the courtyard, and saw a person standing at the gate of the Yueyu Courtyard where the Xiao family lived.
"There are many dreams at night, and when I am old, I feel less naturally. Not to mention, the excitement is not less. "King Yu is still that high-minded appearance, Xinyue saw him at this time, he is really a noble prince, a general who supports the army and holds the power of life and death, but his appearance makes the king of the upper ones fearful, and the subordinate ones are afraid.
"It's the grandson's family affairs that are not handled well, and Grandfather Lao is worried." Xinyue looked sideways, and Rong Xu sent to kneel down for King Yu in front of him.
When in Jinling, Xinyue always saw His Majesty take the crown prince Rongzhao with him, deal with government affairs, meet the minister, once after the banquet after the palace examination of the new department, Xinyue was resting in the queen's palace, and heard that the emperor and the prince were coming, and after arriving at the front room, the father and son were standing under the corridor.
The crown prince suddenly stopped and said to the emperor, "The sons are really scared today, and for such a big banquet today, the ministers are still young, and they have not yet been able to experience such a big occasion." ”
His Majesty, who was originally serious and had a straight waist, uncharacteristically leaned on the red pillar on the side, looked at the prince who was sweating like rain, and then smiled lovingly, reached out and patted the prince's shoulder, "Prince, you know that my father has never been a prince." ”
"But Father, you have been successful in your training, and you will eventually succeed..."
"Zhao'er, it's just our father and son here, and the little mouse who was lying on the side eavesdropping" His Majesty's voice paused, Rong Zhao turned around, and saw the new moon that was hiding at the door, not knowing how to be good, suddenly smiled, and naturally his mood was relaxed. ”
"That is the case, my father and you tell the truth, when I was a child, I saw the eldest brother, I was taken by my father's side, and I was pampered in every way, even the second prince born to my mother's queen could not reach it, but my grandmother told you that because the eldest brother is the prince, and then the prince's is also like food on an iron plate, which looks fresh and oily on the surface, but in fact, it is also cooked by fire and scorched, she doesn't want her son to become such an existence, so she didn't force him to become the prince. And after the death of the first emperor, I only ascended to this position, many times suddenly feel that if my father and emperor follow the eldest brother, take me with me, and train for a few years, I will definitely do better than now, until you are born, my father has made up his mind, to take you well, since I am sincere, naturally I will not be suspicious, I will not blame you, I am your father, is your teacher, but will not let you be a minister, because once a person bows his head once, this head, how can it not be straightened. As he spoke, His Majesty stretched out his hand and hugged the prince's head like a loving father.
As an eyeball-like true love, it's just that, and as a person's elder, naturally he will not let the younger generation, but will only blindly obey and be a minister, Xinyue looked at the king and grandson of Yu at this time, one is a general, a subordinate, but so, it can be seen that this king of Yu is really not a qualified elder.
In this way, Xinyue slowly walked out of Xiao's courtyard, walked to the two of them, and curtsied, "The matter on the concubine's side has been dealt with, the two of you chatted slowly, and the concubine retired." Saying that, Xinyue was about to leave, but was stopped by King Yu, "Tomorrow, come to the courtyard of this king again." ”
Xinyue raised her head, glanced at King Yu, nodded, and continued to walk forward.
After returning to the room, Xinyue looked at Feng'er and Fei'er, who were a little tired and following her, as well as Mama Zhang, who came in from the outer courtyard, and said to a few people, "Let's go back and rest." ”
Saying that, Xinyue took off her robe and lay on her bed as if she was out of strength, and when her head was just lying on the pillow, Xinyue suddenly opened her eyes, "Tell Yao'er, come to me early tomorrow morning." ”
"Yes" Fei'er replied, and Xinyue closed her eyes, and then her head hurt again, and the whole person curled up.
In the middle of the night, Xinyue opened her eyes and sat up, but before Xinyue got up from the bed, Fei'er heard the movement, and came in from the couch outside with a lamp, "Madame, but you want to get up at night?" ”
Xinyue shook her head, "I have a headache, I remember that the doctor prescribed a tranquilizing pill to me again, you find it for me, I'll tomorrow..."
Xinyue was speechless, because she suddenly felt that the difficult battle should be tomorrow's, saying that Xinyue did not allow herself to face it with malaise after taking tranquilizers, and she had always been unenergetic, so she was so despised.
Xinyue raised her head and looked at her bed tent, which was still the embroidered curtain that her aunt had selected for her a few years ago, when she married Rong Xu, and her aunt had selected a hundred sons around her knees, Xinyue pointed to the curtain above her head, and said to Fei'er, "Tomorrow, remove them all, after a long time, these fabrics are old, or they will be rewarded, and if no one wants them, they will be lost." ”
"No, when the princess was alive, for you..."Feng'er also got up, but when she saw Xinyue's gloomy face, she immediately stopped saying "yes"
"Let's all go back to sleep, I don't have any orders here." As she spoke, Crescent Moon lifted the corner of the quilt and lay down on the bed.
Early the next morning, the new moon was woken up by a sound of opening the door, and Fei'er, who looked at the new moon moving, gasped in fear, and then asked carefully, "Madam, are you awake?" ”
Crescent Moon smiled, "Well, wake up." ”
"It seems that the lady slept well, and she was not woken up by the slave maid." Fei'er asked again.
"Yes, it wasn't you who woke up the girl, Yao'er?"
"The slave maid has already gone to tell Mama Li just now, let Miss Yao come over for breakfast." Fei'er took her robe and stood in front of the bed, waiting for the crescent moon to rise.
Crescent Moon got up from her bed and said to Fei'er, "Where's Fei'er?" I don't need her to go to Mama Da day by day to plan the plate, but I still can't see her lazy girl. ”
"Yes, the slave maid is a lazy girl, and the lazy girl shouldn't get up an hour earlier to go and make breakfast for Mrs. You and Yao'er's greedy young lady." As he was speaking ill of Feng'er, the door of the outer room was pushed open from the outside, and Feng'er came in with a basin of steaming water.
"Fei'er, can you hear me, wait for Yao'er's gluttonous eldest lady to come, you have to tell her the original words, look at that gluttonous and difficult eldest lady, how to clean up Feng'er." With that, Crescent Moon got up from the bed, Fei'er waited for her to put on her jacket and robe, Fei'er also twisted the veil and handed it to Xinyue, who wiped her face and sat down in front of the dressing table.
"The slave doesn't say" Fei'er has always been an honest girl, but it was her unspeakable lips and tongue that hurt her, and every time Xinyue looked at her serious appearance, she couldn't laugh.
Fei'er looked at the smiling face of the new moon on one side, I don't know if it was the day when she was about to leave for Jinling recently, or if the days of serving by the new moon were still shallow, but it seemed that for several days, she could occasionally see a happy and relaxed smile on the new moon's face.
Because he was going to see King Yu today, Xinyue pointed to a pair of wishful branches in the jewelry box, "Wear this." ”
"Yes" said, Feng'er was about to stretch out her hand, looking at Fei'er on the side who wanted to stretch out her hand, thinking that she was also taught by Da Mama, and combing her hair should be no problem, so she handed the wooden comb in her hand to Fei'er, "You come to comb Madame's hair, I'll go and see how the porridge is doing." ”
"Me?" Fei'er whispered, a little incredulous.
Crescent Moon looked up, "Be careful, I don't feel pain." As she spoke, Xinyue subconsciously held the wound on her forehead.
Fei'er took the comb and said solemnly, "Yes"
Fei'er's combing technique is much more superb than that of Feng'er, and the first time Xinyue touches her scalp from the comb in her hand, she feels it, gentle and smooth.
"What kind of bun is Madame going to comb?" Fei'er thought that Xinyue always wore a single bun on weekdays, such a hairstyle was simple and elegant, but it was not suitable for wearing the pair of luxurious steps in the box, Xinyue thought for a while, and said to Fei'er, "Look at it." ”
"Yes, now the Dongdu is newly practicing the hanging bun, and it is suitable to wear these two steps on both sides."
Xinyue hadn't seen anything to practice hanging her bun, but she didn't want to care, and nodded "Okay"
But after a cup of tea, Xinyue looked at herself in the mirror, and then smiled, "It's really the most popular hairstyle in Dongdu now, it's really good, you and Feng'er will comb my hair in the future." As she spoke, the new moon shook her head with satisfaction, and the beads hanging down from her head collided with each other to make a pleasant sound.
At this moment, there was movement outside, "Sister-in-law, Yao'er is here." ”
When she heard that it was Yao'er, Xinyue raised her eyebrows, "Yao'er is here." ”
After walking a few steps to the outside, I saw Yao'er, who was full of energy when she heard the voice, and at this time she was listlessly leaning on the soft collapse, closing her eyes to recuperate.
"What's going on?" Xinyue couldn't help but wonder, "Did you not sleep well yesterday?" ”
"No, sister-in-law, I fell asleep yesterday before it got dark." This is obviously false, when Fei'er came back yesterday, Bao Yao'er had just gone to bed. At that time, it was already dark, and she was about to go on the shift, but Xinyue did not tear her down, but patiently asked, "Since you slept so early, why are you still so sleepy?" ”
"I don't know, I've been wanting to sleep for a while since I got up in the morning, but when I close my eyes, I can't sleep properly, it's uncomfortable." As she spoke, Yao'er stroked her forehead as if she had a headache.
"Mo'er..."The new moon raised her voice, and when she was waiting outside, the timid little girl Mo'er ran in, "Slave, slave is here." ”
"Go and ask Dr. Li to come." Xinyue commanded, but was pulled by Yao'er, "It's so delicate there, it may be that when I was sleeping, I caught a cold, sister-in-law, you don't know me, even if you catch a cold, drink hot ginger tea, and you will be fine in the afternoon." ”
"Why don't I know about you, my aunt also said that you are Jianshuin..." Xinyue stopped when she said this, there was Yao'er's personal maid in the house, and a few other people who were waiting to set the meal, so Yao'er who was going to get married was really not good, and the voice changed, "Originally, I also wanted to see a doctor, Mo'er, let Dr. Li come immediately, before eating, I want to see a doctor first." ”
"Yes, slave, slave and maid will go." Mo'er saluted crookedly, and ran out without a head.
"Sister-in-law, are you not okay? It's not good, why did you lose your temper so much yesterday. Yao'er looked at the wound on Xinyue's forehead with concern, and when she got up in the morning, Mama Li had already told her everything that happened yesterday, I really don't know what happened to Xinyue, who has always been gentle and gasping for breath.
"It's all right, Mama Li," the new moon raised her voice.
Mama Li came in from outside, but her legs and feet were still a little staggering, and Xinyue immediately asked Fei'er to hand her a stool, "Mama, aren't the injuries on your body tight?" We'll be back to Jinling early the next morning. ”