Chapter 109: Riding a Horse (1)
Jiang Yang rode to his home, he had always been alone, and the guards behind him also followed him, not daring to approach.
But the guard who followed him today looked at Jiang Yang like this, and found that his horse was not taking a straight road, and Jiang Yang on the horse loosely pulled the reins of the horse and let the horse move forward along the lane.
Jiang Yang's thoughts did fly a little, for no reason, he thought of tomorrow, and the fact that he would meet the new moon again, and then remembered her golden headdress and her snowy pink face, which he had not noticed for many years.
Until he arrived at his house, Jiang Yang frowned, and saw that his sister-in-law was standing at the door, and the reason why she was at the door was to send away a woman who left in a sedan chair.
"Sister-in-law..."Jiang Yang stopped his sister-in-law, Chen turned around, saw his uncle coming back, and said with a smile, "Brother Yang, you are back, are you ready to eat?" β
"It's already used in the crescent moon," Jiang Yang unabashedly.
When Chen heard this, he frowned, and then stopped, "Oh, since that's the case, then you can go and rest." β
"What about Mother? Can you be in the room? "Jiang Yang wants to go and see Old Madam Zhuang.
"Mother just met the guests, so she should be resting." The Chen family was not sure why Jiang Yang wanted to see Mrs. Zhuang when he came back.
"I'll go take a look," Jiang Yang said, without stopping, and went to his mother's room.
Chen couldn't rest assured, so he followed.
At this time, in the room, the old marquis Jiang was also there, and the Zhuang family had just put the tea in her husband's hand when Jiang Yang came in.
"What's so flustered, I don't care about decency at all." Old Marquis Jiang put down the teacup in his hand, looking like a son who came at a trot, he was at this age, and he was still not stable.
"Greetings to my father and mother." Saying that, Jiang Yang restrained his hand to greet the two, and at this time, Chen also followed, "Brother Yang, what's wrong with you?" But what's the matter? β
"Sit down and talk slowly." Mrs. Zhuang was very calm, and personally poured a cup of tea for her son and put it on the chair where she started. How could Jiang Yang not understand her mother's intentions, she was letting herself think carefully about her words first.
But Jiang Yang couldn't wait, and before he could sit down and speak, he asked, "Mother, I went out of the mansion just now, but my aunt still has the concubine of Cousin Yu's family?" β
"Yes, it's your aunt and that girl." Mrs. Zhuang sat back in her place steadily, looked up at her son with a smile, and added, "It's the woman who said to fill the house for you at the beginning." β
"What?" Once when he changed to Jiang, the old marquis was surprised, looked at his wife and said, "You'd better explain this matter clearly." β
"Is there anything wrong with walking around relatives during the Chinese New Year?" Mrs. Zhuang said disapprenowly.
"When will that niece's concubine from your niece's family get to our door?" Old Marquis Jiang slapped the table with some anger.
"Master Hou, the two of us agreed that I will be in charge of Yang'er's marriage." Old Mrs. Zhuang didn't believe her words, so she didn't insist anymore.
"Mother, didn't you say that my aunt is just here for a light meal?" Chen didn't expect that his mother-in-law had other plans: "You have other thoughts, what about the new moon?" After the New Year, Your Majesty will..."
"The eldest daughter-in-law is right, when the sixteenth Kai Dynasty is copied, Yang'er's edict of the marquis, and the queen mother's marriage decree will almost come down together, what is the use of you engaging in these little tricks at this time?" Old Marquis Jiang looked at his wife worriedly. He had always thought she was kind, why was she so dizzy now?
"Yang'er's feudal marquis has been decided? Didn't you say that you would come down only after the country was mourned? Old Madam Zhuang frowned, and there were some fluctuations in her eyes.
"This is what the Queen Mother asked Her Majesty to do, do you understand the Queen Mother's intentions?" Old Marquis Jiang looked at his son, Jiang Yang nodded, "My son understands"
"What do you understand? Your merits can indeed be crowned, you can use her as a woman..."Old Madam Zhuang saw that her husband and son had a bad face, and her voice weakened.
Look at his son again, he was wearing the clothes when he went out, but the hem of the clothes was dirty, and there were traces of the reins on the new boots, thinking that he was going to run a horse, as for who he was with, Mrs. Zhuang asked, "It's just past lunch time, are you ready to eat?" β
"I came from Crescent Moon and ate from her." Jiang Yang's voice was full of emotion, and he was specially said to Mrs. Zhuang.
"What else are you dissatisfied with this daughter-in-law? I know how to cook and sew clothes, and I look at it very well. Marquis Jiang expressed his opinion.
Chen also helped, "Yes, mother, this girl of Xinyue is really good, I also inquired, her performance in Yuwangfu is also remarkable, Yuwang personally spoke for her, otherwise the wives of the two uncles in Yuwangfu said that she was not good." β
"I know King Yu best, and only if I have someone he likes, I will get his personal orders." When Marquis Jiang heard this, he was even more satisfied with Xinyue's daughter-in-law.
"On Chinese New Year's Eve, you also saw at the banquet, the two sisters-in-law of the Yu Royal Mansion, and the Yu Xiao Wang Ye all spoke out to defend her, and the bride of the Gaochang Marquis Mansion also called her a sister-in-law. The little prince Yu even said that she is still his wife, this kind of unclean and unclear relationship, let's not mix. Old Madam Zhuang expressed her concerns, as soon as she said this, Jiang Yang's heart was also shocked, remembering that day because she was drunk by the ministers on the left and right during the palace banquet, she didn't speak for Xinyue at the first time, and she was really a little guilty.
Marquis Jiang glanced at his son, and said with a light smile in his eyes, "That little prince Yu didn't say anything wrong, the county lord of the new moon didn't hire anyone else, he is still a person from the Yu Palace." β
It was this place that troubled Mrs. Zhuang, "There is no major contradiction between the two of them, but I heard that there is a concubine in their inner house, and she disobeys the discipline and contradicts her." The two of them have nothing to do with each other, and they maintain each other, and they have a tacit understanding. After all, they have been a husband and wife for six years, don't wait until Yang Er marries her into the door, and she is unclear with that little prince Yu. β
When the old marquis Jiang heard this, he shook his head and said, "You woman really has long hair and short knowledge, who is Xinyue, that is the granddaughter of the Queen Mother, the only daughter of the eldest princess, and she was raised by the prince of Yu and his wife." You can also be regarded as someone who watched the eldest princess grow up, and who are the princes and his wife, don't you have a little count in your heart? Don't look at this Crescent Moon County Lord as a second-married person, we are a big family, and we will have to bring it with us in the future, she must be able to help the eldest daughter-in-law better than your niece's concubine, and manage our big family. I've never liked to meddle in this backyard because I believe in you, and I'll come back because it's what we promised you at the beginning of our marriage. But this time, you must not think about it, you should not regret missing this woman. With that, the old marquis brushed his sleeves away.
Mrs. Zhuang looked at the back of her husband leaving, and asked her son, who came to Xingshi, but didn't have time to say anything, frowned and said, "Is she really, as good as you say?" β
Chen couldn't laugh a little, "Who has been holding his daughter-in-law's hand a few days ago, saying that Xinyue is a good person, and if she marries Brother Yang in the future, she will take care of the family in an orderly manner." Now that Brother Yang has been crowned a marquis at such a young age, the affairs of the Houfu will only become more and more complicated, if you don't marry a daughter-in-law who can take charge of herself, do you want you to take care of him personally? Or is the daughter-in-law going? You know your daughter-in-law, our mess is enough for me to have a headache. β
"I naturally know how good she is, and I paid attention to her when she was in the boudoir. I'm just afraid of her, I can't live with Yang'er wholeheartedly, after all, we Yang'er..."Old Madam Zhuang naturally wouldn't say that her son was worse than Yu Xiaowangye, but the two of them were both older and more senior than Rong Xu.
"As long as Yang'er treats her well. I heard the wife of King Yu's second son, Bai Shi, say that the little prince of Yu didn't care about it, but when he saw his eldest son crying, he pushed the crescent moon off the bridge, and the scar on the crescent moon's head came from this. As long as Brother Yang has a bowl of water in the future, and respects his wife, Xingyue will definitely follow Brother Yang to live a down-to-earth life. β
"I always thought that the scar on her head was caused by a stumble, but I didn't expect such an incident. It must be because of this that the relationship between the two teenagers has been weakened. Old Madam Zhuang seemed to suddenly open up, and then frowned a little guiltily, "Oh no, at the end of the banquet that day, Xinyue wanted to greet me, but I ignored her, she wouldn't have anything in her heart, right?" Tomorrow, tomorrow is the day you go to run the horses? Wait until the horse is finished. You ask her to come back to see me, she likes to eat our mutton pot, I will prepare it for her. β
Jiang Yang frowned, how could his mother have a gust of wind and rain, but if the Queen Mother made the will to marry so quickly, would the plan planned by the two of them change somewhat?
"What do you think, so distracted? Why do you really want to marry that ugly girl from your cousin's family? Chen saw that Mrs. Zhuang was relieved, and wanted Jiang Yang to wait for a few words, but when he looked up, he saw that he was in a daze, and couldn't help but ask him.
"Thinking of the crescent moon" Jiang Yang was in a daze, so he blurted out.
Old Mrs. Zhuang thought that she had misheard for a while, but when she looked at her eldest daughter-in-law's stunned face, she knew that she had not heard it wrong, "You, what did you just say?" Who do you think? β
"It's nothing, and the son goes down." With that, Jiang Yang left Old Madam Zhuang's room as if fleeing.
"This kid was originally a young man, but later, when his beloved died, he was older, and he thought he could be stable. But when it comes to love, he is still reckless, like a child. "Old Madam Zhuang seemed to have seen Jiang Yang when he was young just now, although he is now a personable young man.
"Mother, after Brother Yang marries, you don't have to worry about his affairs anymore. Over the years, he has also had his own ideas, maybe the more urgent you are, the more it makes him feel tight, and it will backfire. Chen persuaded Mrs. Zhuang, and Mrs. Zhuang also nodded, "That's the truth." β
On Xinyue's side, after sending Jiang Yang away, Rong Ying immediately walked over.
In fact, the reason why Jiang Yang said goodbye was that he really couldn't stand Rong Ying's ghost, and he was staring behind his back.
The new moon lowered her head, and Rong Ying was already standing two steps away from her.
"You have a lot of leisure, how quickly you forgot about last night's events, and now you will come out to run a horse."
After hearing this, Xinyue sighed, "I won't tell Jiang Yang about Liang Wei and you, so don't worry." β
"What do you think?" Rong Ying always plays dumb riddles and says such ambiguous things.
"Or do I swear to my dead father and mother?" As she spoke, the new moon raised her hand and was about to swear.
Rong Ying stretched out her hand and wanted to grab Xinyue's arm, but she dodged her, "Don't touch me." β
"Xinyue, are you really going to be so angry with me?" Rong Ying's tone softened, and he lowered his head to look at the crescent moon that didn't look at him.
Xinyue sighed, "Rong Ying, I asked you a few questions, and you answered me truthfully." β
"Ask" Rong Ying is also dry.
"Will you answer me? Truthfully. Crescent asked.
"I..." This is a question that Rong Ying has not thought about, because Xinyue finally talked to him, and for a while he just wanted to talk to her more.
"Then forget it" Saying that, Xinyue turned around and was about to leave, but she didn't notice it for a while, and was pulled by Rong Ying, Xinyue turned around and saw Rong Ying nodding "You ask." β
"You said you liked me?" After saying that, Crescent Moon's face blushed for no reason.
"You're mine," Rong Ying corrected.
"Then tell me when and where you fell in love with me." Crescent Moon overcame the useless shyness and asked, looking up straight into his eyes.
"This, how to make it clear for a while" This is something Rong Ying has never thought about, as if it has always been like this.
Rong Ying recalled that since he was a child, when he first entered the palace, he saw a little girl with pink makeup and jade standing next to Rong Zhao, who was a thousand precious jade, and that little girl had a pair of beautiful eyes, but he never looked at himself, he always wanted to get her gaze, but he was always self-defeating, waiting for her in the imperial garden, but she was so scared that she fell, and wanted to talk to her, but he taught her to scold, wanted to be close to her, but was hurt fiercely.
When she wanted to meet her own palace, she was still so frightened that she fell into the snow, and still scolded herself with the swearing words she taught her, but she bowed down and apologized to herself. No one, those who really hurt themselves, never apologized to him, and at that time, there was always a corner of her in his heart, and he could no longer be buried.
Rong Ying looked at Xinyue's eyes, the place that belonged to her in her heart was itchy and painful, and also, with indescribable joy.
"Okay, have you used me?" After Xinyue asked, she answered for him, "Naturally, except for the matter of the prince's brother." β
"No" Rong Ying replied without thinking.
"Then you're going to hand me over to Liang Wei?"
"Why do you think that?" Rong Ying asked instead of answering.
"If you answer me, will you hand me over to Liang Wei?"
"Naturally, I won't," Rong Ying replied firmly.
"Say it again." The crescent moon strengthened the tone.
"You, how can you be so difficult to please, I said I wouldn't hand you over, but you were angry?" Rong Ying really feels the crescent moon, sometimes, a little strange.
"If you really don't want to use me and want to protect me, then you don't, in front of Liang Wei, pretend to be affectionate to me, you will only make Liang Wei think that he has grabbed your pigtails."
"If he wants to think like this, I can't help it" Xinyue saw Rong Ying's eyes, and it fogged, which proved that he had something he wanted to hide.
"Yes, it was you who pushed me out and pushed me in front of Liang Wei, how could you fall short with your painstaking efforts. I was naΓ―ve. Xinyue shook her head, it was useless to continue this conversation, Xinyue felt that she really wanted to think of something to keep Rong Ying away from her.
"That's what you think of me?" Rong Ying felt a deep pain in her chest.
Xinyue looked at the embroidery on her shoes, and then nodded, "Rong Ying, you said that you like me, maybe a little, but you won't compare me with the world you have always wanted, because you know that the weight of my heart in your heart is so light." You pushed me to Liang Wei, and you also felt that you could perform in front of him that you really cared about, so that Liang Wei would believe it. But have you ever thought that Liang Wei found out that he had been deceived, my situation? I'm really going to die in a dump like this. Do you just want to watch me die? β
"Can't you trust me once?" Rong Ying didn't explain, but was a little humble and asked Xinyue to give him a chance.
Xinyue smiled, "Rong Ying, your eldest brother, just because he didn't want me to be humiliated, he paid with his life." If you want me to believe in you, you will do the same. That Liang Wei has not gone far, if you kill him, I will believe in you, and even obey you. As she spoke, the crescent moon smiled, and the wind blew the beads in her hair, and together with her hair, like a fairy who wanted to fly.
"You... And mention my eldest brother? Rong Ying originally wanted to weigh it, but the anger in his heart no longer allowed him to be reasonable.
"Why can't I mention him."
"Xinyue, Xu Xinyue, I really like you to be as selfish as I am. He Rong Zhao is only for you, but what will happen to him? Why, do I have to pay for my life to prove my heart? But what good is it if I die and prove the results you want to see? You've been testing Rong Zhao, and he hasn't let you down every time, but when he really wants to impress you, won't he die? When it's dead, there's nothing. Do you know? Rong Ying stretched out his hand and stroked the face of the crescent moon, and the crescent moon looked at him like ice.
Yes, Rong Ying didn't say anything wrong, he didn't say anything wrong. himself and Rong Zhao are indeed like his talismans. It's not that she can't see this clearly, but she doesn't want to admit it, "But for you, I don't even want to test it." I've told you from the beginning that I just want to live freely, so let me go. β
"Bad woman" Rong Ying scolded her, but her tone was as gentle as a love word.
Crescent Moon nodded, "Well, I am." β
"I don't want to let you go" Rong Ying said what she thought without thinking.
"Then we have nothing to talk about," said Crescent, staggering to dodge Rong Ying's hand and flipping onto her horse.
Rong Ying didn't chase her, but looked at her own hand, raised her eyebrows, and sighed.
The crescent moon rode on her horse, thinking about how to get rid of everything in front of her.
For a while, she had no clue, and even the horse was a little unstable, which reminded Xinyue of what her father had said to her: "If there is a distraction in your heart, then you will definitely be unorthodox and suffer from it." β
"Girl, what are we going to do?" Feng'er also looked at Xinyue with some uneasiness, "We just got out of the Yuwang Mansion in that deep house, are we going to enter the most complicated women's nest in the world?" β
"Harem?" Xinyue laughed at herself a little, "How can I be." β
"Girl, in the eyes of Feng'er, you are the best girl" Feng'er remembered what Rong Ying said just now, so she immediately said what she thought in her heart.
Crescent Moon nodded "I know, I know"
Back home, Xinyue was a little tired, and sat on the couch in a daze before taking off her robe, and Mama Wang saw that there was mud on the corner of Xinyue's clothes just worn, and sat beside her to wipe the ashes off the hem of her clothes.
Xinyue was a little stunned and asked, "Mama, you said that there is no medicine in this world, and after drinking it, others will treat you as dead, and then you will go to the days when no one knows." β
"Yes" Mama Wang's subordinates did not stop and answered Xinyue's question.
"Huh? Is there really one? Crescent's eyes widened.
"Yes," Mama Wang smiled, "It's called Golden Cicada Husking Medicine, it is written in the book, but we have nowhere to buy it." β
Xinyue lowered her eyebrows, and when she saw Mama Wang's smile, she knew that she was teasing herself.
"Girl, is she in trouble?" Mama Wang asked.
"yes, it's hard." Crescent Moon hung her shoulders and said listlessly.
"Yes, girls in the past would never ask such questions. It's just that if you really can't solve this difficult matter, how about trying to put down all the resistance in your body and let yourself get involved? The slave believed that according to the girl's ingenuity, she would not be swallowed up completely. Mama Wang still couldn't wipe the stains on the skirt of the crescent moon, so she helped her up and widened her robe.
"How tired" Xinyue thought about what Mama Wang said, she was involved in these things, and she was too tired.
"But girl, do you have any other choice?" Mama Wang asked.
Crescent Moon nodded, "I can buy a bottle of medicine for the golden cicada to shed its shell." β
"Silly girl, if there is such a good medicine, wouldn't everyone have a bottle in their hands." Mama Wang took off the crown on her head for Xinyue again, although it was only the size of a palm, but Xinyue felt extremely relaxed, "It's so dignified, how could I want to wear this thing." β
"This is your own choice, girl, since you have chosen, you have to be responsible for your own choice."
Crescent Moon nodded "My choice, my choice"
Repeating it twice, Crescent Moon smiled bitterly, "If it is all in this world, it is up to me to choose." But..."
Mama Wang found that Xinyue's eyes were firm, and she continued, "However, I do have to take responsibility for my choice, even if..."
"That's right, that's right, my good girl" Mama Wang finally cheered up when she saw the new moon.