Chapter 53: Turmoil in the House
The old lady Wei is high above the Ming Hall, and the ups and downs of the Wei Mansion are not touching the old lady at all, but after Wei Feiyu received this slap from the Chen family, she thought about it in her heart, and she couldn't swallow the grievance, so she ran to the old lady in a fit of anger.
Wei Zi saw that Concubine Wei's sideburns were fluffy and the hairpin ring hung obliquely, so she hurriedly covered her face, thinking of the farce in the second room, she was relieved, but she didn't show anything, she still respectfully asked Concubine Wei to tidy up in the side hall, and she went to report to Mrs. Wei.
In between, Wei Feiyu sat alone in the carved mahogany circle chair in the side hall, and the hand that hid her face was put down, and her cheeks hurt hotly, which showed that the Chen family was really ruthless. Wei Feiyu pondered for a moment, raised her hand to cut her sideburns even more messy, and waited for the old lady's arrival.
After Wei Zi entered the house, the old lady was tearing off her hair and preparing to take a nap in the afternoon, when she saw Wei Zi coming in, she asked casually, "What happened?" ”
Wei Zi didn't say much, only said that the second lady came to you, and her face was in a hurry, as if something had happened.
When the old lady heard this, she couldn't hold her forehead and sighed: "Why is it that my sister Yu has been in a bad year recently, and something always happens?" That's it, you can help me go out to see Concubine Yu. ”
Old Madam Wei, supported by Wei Zi, came to the side hall. Wei Feiyu listened to the jingle in the corridor, and knew that it was her grandmother who had arrived. She pretended to lie down on the table, propped up her slender shoulders, and put on a sloppy posture.
"Sister Yu, grandmother is here, if you have been wronged, tell your grandmother, grandmother protects you." Old Madam Wei looked at Wei Feiyu, who was constantly sobbing, and gently stroked her red face with both hands, and blew lovingly.
"Grandmother, that Mama Shen is very critical of me, I just complained a few words, and my mother beat me for that grandma!" The more Wei Feiyu thought about it, the more unwilling she was in her heart, and she couldn't wait to ask her grandmother to expel that grandmother from the house.
Hearing this, in the eyes of Old Madam Wei, the red marks on Concubine Wei's face became more and more dazzling, and she ordered: "Wei Zi, you will keep an eye on the Chen family in the future, just saying that I saw that she was too tired to handle the housework, so I sent you to assist her." ”
Wei Zi still didn't say much, and respectfully complied.
Old Madam Wei reassured Concubine Wei and said, "Sister Yu, for the sake of this Tianci Academy's entrance test, you will tolerate it for a few days for the time being, and grandmother will invite a few more teachers for you." ”
Thinking of the filing that Wei Feiyu endured for the entrance test, a trace of gloom flashed in Mrs. Wei's eyes, if it weren't for Wei Xiyue's cards not according to common sense, how could there be this situation.
A few days later, Mrs. Wei invited several famous teachers for Wei Feiyu again, and even used all kinds of favors to invite a Mama Zhang from the Queen Mother's palace for her. In order to enable Wei Feiyu to successfully enter Tianci Academy, Mrs. Wei beat Chen again and scolded Chen for supervising Wei Feiyu carefully.
Under the guidance of the famous teachers, Wei Feiyu's life can be called dire, but in half a month, she lost weight.
"Mother, I'm not going to study!" In the courtyard of the second room, an arrogant voice came, and Wei Feiyu finally couldn't bear to be disturbed, and she lost her temper in front of the teacher in the palace.
When Chen, who was supervising on the side, heard this, he was stunned, and his jade hand trembled, and the sweet white kiln tea cup in his hand fell straight to the ground, splashing a cloud of broken porcelain. Breaking the dead silence in the room.
"You... You! Seeing that Wei Feiyu was so undignified in front of the teacher, Chen was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Seeing this, Wei Zi first swept away the servant woman and the others, signaled them to leave the scene first, and then stepped forward to help the teacher sit down.
Chen was also a little more angry at this time, she first glared at Wei Feiyu fiercely, ordered her to kneel, and then leaned down and bowed to the teacher to apologize. Then he ordered Wei Zi to help the teacher away, Wei Zi walked to the carved crescent moon doorway, and a pair of eyes with Chen's family, she understood what Chen was thinking, her heart was spinning, in order to protect Wei Feiyu's reputation, carefully considered how to make this teacher no longer spread.
When there was no one in the room, Chen looked at his daughter who was kneeling on the ground and sobbing, he couldn't bear it, sighed, and stepped forward to help Concubine Wei up.
"Sister Yu, don't blame your mother for being ruthless, if it weren't for Wei Xiyue's aggressiveness, why would our mother and sister be here." Chen wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief and snuggled up with Wei Feiyu.
Huo Zeyu is idle all day long, wandering the capital, because of Wei Feiyu's name of "the first beauty in the capital", there are a lot of gossips about Wei Feiyu in the capital, Huo Zeyu accidentally heard some, worried, so he handed a letter to Wei Fu, planning to go outside the city with Wei Feiyu to relax.
Mrs. Wei looked at the worship post on the table, the paper was a good Chengxintang paper, and the gilded iron painting silver hook wrote "Four Princes", which was written by Jinshang herself. She was silent, carefully comparing Jinshang's attitude towards several princes in her heart, and for a moment, she made up her mind and decided to ask Wei Feiyu to try to contact Huo Zeyu, the fourth prince, as much as possible.
Taking into account Wei Feiyu's reputation, Mrs. Wei did not agree to Huo Zeyu's invitation, but made an appointment in the water pavilion in the mansion. This water pavilion is located in the middle of the lake in the garden of Fuzhong, which is open on all sides, and the end is dignified.
On that day, Huo Zeyu sat in the water pavilion and tasted tea, this is the green tea in the Lotus Fog Mountain, just a mist from the tea soup, smelling it and feeling refreshed.
Hearing a jingle of rings, Concubine Wei Yulian moved lightly and walked in.
Huo Zeyu looked at Wei Feiyu in front of him, almost didn't dare to recognize him, although the woman in front of him was familiar and beautiful, but there was a deep exhaustion and sorrow between her eyebrows, and her thin body was wrapped in the simple and elegant ayaluo, and with the breeze, she seemed to be going back by the wind.
"Concubine Yu, you have suffered." After being stunned for a moment, Huo Zeyu spoke.
"The Fourth Prince..."Before the words fell, two lines of tears slipped from the corners of his eyes. The appearance of this weak willow supporting the wind made Huo Zeyu feel more pity in his heart.
Mrs. Wei stood in front of the window of the small flower hall, looking at the love birds whispering in the water pavilion in the distance, and a smile was bound to hang on the corner of her mouth.
Here, the pair of lovebirds are immersed in the joy of meeting, and Wei Xiyue is also having a conversation.
That day, Huo Lingxiao learned that Wei Xiyue voluntarily gave up the interview qualification and gave up this precious opportunity to Sanfang, and his heart was full of suspicions, not only because he was worried about Wei Xiyue, but also because he had some doubts about Wei Xiyue's abnormal behavior.
It happened that Huo Zeshen came to visit, and considering the relationship between Wei Xiyue and the Queen Mother, he asked Huo Zeshen to ask Wei Xiyue for the reason.
Huo Zeshen was originally a child, simple and kind-hearted, and after knowing the news that Wei Xiyue voluntarily gave up his exemption qualification, he couldn't help but worry about whether this move was forced by the people in the Wei Mansion to force him.
Huo Zeshen didn't want to have more contact with the people in the Wei Mansion, so he took advantage of the afternoon nap time to perform light skills and came to Wei Xiyue's room.
"Tuk, tuk, tuk" three rhythmic knocks on the door, Wei Xiyue suddenly heard this, quite familiar, thought for a moment in his heart, and guessed that the person who came should be Huo Lingshen.
She got up and stepped forward and opened the door for Huo Lingshen. Wei Xiyue was originally a sparse and atmospheric character, and in her previous life, she had been at the border for several years, so she didn't care much about the so-called men and women.
"What?" Wei Xiyue and Huo Lingshen became more and more familiar, and gradually got used to his lawless nature, and was not surprised by Huo Lingshen's move to climb over the wall, but he was afraid that he would add to the chaos again, so he asked coldly.
"Xiyue! Why don't you go to school with me at the Heavenly Academy! I'm going to ask my father to give you another exemption from the exam," Huo Lingshen argued arrogantly.
"Sorry, no comment, no need to skip the test." Wei Xiyue was reluctant to expose her plan, and rejected Huo Lingshen with a tough attitude.
Huo Lingshen was swept away, but he was not angry, seeing that he did not get the desired result, he left after frolicking with Wei Xiyue for a while.
"Third brother, Xiyue, she didn't tell me why, do you think she hates me?" Huo Lingshen squatted on the ground, grabbed a grass stalk, and poked the ground boredly, the delicate jacquard "Hui" character pattern hem stained with clumps of mud stains.
Huo Lingxiao was thoughtful when he heard this, looked down at Huo Lingshen, and said comfortingly: "Wei Xiyue may have other arrangements, so you don't have to be so worried." ”
Seeing that Huo Lingshen was still sullen, he spoke again: "I ordered the chef in the house to make your favorite squirrel Guiyu, why don't you eat first." ”
On the dinner table, there was silence, Huo Lingshen poked the osmanthus fish on the plate cowardly, and he couldn't even arouse his interest in the dish he loved the most in the past.
After sending Huo Lingshen away, Huo Lingxiao sat quietly in the study, thinking about what Wei Xiyue's intention was?
The next day, Huo Lingshen changed his gloom from yesterday and ran into Huo Lingxiao's mansion excitedly, still holding something in his hand.
Huo Lingxiao looked at it, it seemed to be an invitation, but the ornament was a little unfamiliar, and he didn't know which one's post it was.
"Third brother, Xiyue invited me to meet her tomorrow in the Wuli Pavilion outside the city and go hunting in the Mulan enclosure together!" Huo Lingshen's joy was beyond words, and he jumped into Huo Lingxiao's study.
"Wei Xiyue still has the heart to hunt, it seems that there is no big problem." Huo Lingxiao's hanging heart finally fell, but another emotion surged up. "Why did you only invite Huo Lingshen, and lonely men and widows invited each other to the wild, this is absolutely impossible." Huo Lingshen shook his head again and again like an antique, not thinking deeply about whether this was the maintenance of etiquette or the jealousy of Huo Lingshen.
In Wuli Pavilion outside the city, Wei Xiyue was wearing a sassy riding suit, with long black hair tied into a neat high ponytail with red hair, and she was very beautiful in a fiery red, attracting frequent sideways glances from pedestrians.
"Xiyue!" Huo Lingshen's voice came from far and near, accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves coming from the city gate.
Wei Xiyue raised a smile and waved her hand high, "Here!" ”
"Huh?" The smile on the corner of Wei Xiyue's lips froze, there was still a person behind Huo Lingshen, the third prince Huo Lingxiao appeared behind Huo Lingshen on a horse.
"Recently, there have been a lot of tourists outside the city, and I was worried about the safety of the two of you hunting, so I deliberately followed to take a look." Huo Lingxiao saw that Wei Xiyue was a little resistant, and explained.
Wei Xiyue was about to open her mouth to say something, but when she saw that the tourists around her were gradually gathering, she recognized the two princes, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Wei Xiyue had to nod her head, and reluctantly agreed to Huo Lingxiao's request.