Chapter 4 Avoiding embarrassment and living alone in Lanxuan
Liu Yingchun, the princess of Pingliao, and her two sons, daughter-in-law and two daughters, son-in-law, and nephew Liu Mengming. Because her niece Liu Ruyan is the widow of the old marshal Xue Rengui, the king of Pingliao, after the military horses of the Tang Dynasty entered Baihu Pass, she naturally temporarily used the original Marshal Baihuguan Mansion as a temporary residence.
As the generalissimo of the three armies, Fan Lihua has a lot of official affairs to deal with in the White Tiger Festival Hall. And because he had a non-embarrassing relationship with the prince Xue Dingshan, he naturally couldn't leave the Shuai Mansion to choose another place to live, so he lived in the Shuai Mansion. It's just that although people live in the Shuai Mansion, they don't place their living places in the inner house. Instead, he chose a small Xuan called Yilanxuan in the back garden of the Shuaifu as a resting place, and only asked a few maids to take care of the daily life and diet.
Yi Lanxuan was built in a secluded place in the back garden of the Shuai Mansion, which was built by the original Marshal of Baihuguan Yang Fan in order to commemorate the one-night husband and wife relationship with him ten years ago, and Fan Lihua's sister Su Binglan specially modeled Fan Lihua's Ning Su Building. This small pavilion is a small two-story building, although it is not too big, but it is built with carved beams and painted buildings, and the eaves and hanging ridges are very exquisite. Xiaoxuan's downstairs built a quadrangle courtyard, there are several wings on the left and right, and the verandahs are connected. On the opposite side is the courtyard wall and gate made of flower curtains. There are several strange stones cleverly arranged in the courtyard, like a beautiful woman looking at the moon; It's like a bachelor's reading a book; It's like a naughty boy playing, lifelike and very vivid. Flowers and trees of the four seasons are planted all over the strange stones, such as spring peonies, summer peonies, begonias, and winter plums. There is a pool of clear water in the courtyard, and there are pink lotus flowers planted in the water, and there are several pairs of mandarin ducks lying under the lotus flowers. In the courtyard, there are pleasing scenery all year round, which is very quiet and elegant. There is a road that leads directly to the back door.
Fan Lihua lives here, not only can she avoid the embarrassment of kowtowing to Xue Dingshan in the morning and evening, but she also doesn't have to knock on the door to alarm everyone when the military affairs are busy. At the same time, the furnishings in the Xuan also maintained the appearance of her bedroom, which was what she liked. Living here, it is like returning to your original home, and you will feel a little down-to-earth and cordial in your heart.
Last year, Fan Lihua took the letter of resignation written by Xue Dingshan and left Suoyang Pass. Outside Suoyang Pass, he tore up his letter of resignation and returned to Hanjiang Pass with tears.
After Fan Lihua returned to Hanjiang Pass, she inadvertently learned from the mouth of Zhang Miaohe of Nianzi'an that her biological mother Jia Yuying was killed by He Suyan twenty years ago. Fan Lihua couldn't bear this sudden change for a while, and she vomited blood at that time and couldn't afford to get sick. Lying in bed for more than two months, Shen Chunlian, Fan Long's side room, almost sought all the famous doctors around the radius of Hanjiang Pass, searched for elixirs in many ways, and slowly recovered after nearly half a year of careful treatment of Fan Lihua's illness. Although the symptoms were slowly improving, the illness was too serious and the time was too long, which led to a great loss of vitality.
Before she could fully recover, Xue Dingshan trekked three times to Hanjiang Pass to invite her. Fan Lihua thought that the military affairs were urgent, and the state affairs were the most important, and despite the fact that the sick body that had just recovered was still very weak, she immediately followed Xue Dingshan back to the front of the two armies. Because the emperor's order was difficult to disobey Jintai, he succeeded the old marshal Xue Rengui to take charge of the marshal's twisted lion and tiger seal, and succeeded Xue Rengui as the head of the three armed forces. As the commander-in-chief, he is naturally ten times busier than the usual soldiers. This time, he also set about reorganizing the three armies, which added a hundredfold of hard work.
In the end, due to overwork and the rain that was particularly frequent this year, it caused the old troubles to accumulate over the years. There is a faint pain in the body from time to time, and the five are like pounding, and the tea and rice are lazy. At first, in order not to delay work, I could barely support it. During the day, he was busy with official business in the large battalion, instructing the battalion supervisors to reorganize the three armies. After returning to the bedroom at night, he lay on the bed without even having tea and dinner, and the whole person seemed to be scattered, and he almost didn't have the strength to turn over. In this way, I persevered for nearly a month, and in the end, I was really weak and cowardly, and I couldn't support it anymore. I had to write a stamp, and ordered the clerk to send it to the palace to replay it to Li Shimin, and ask for a long leave to recuperate at home for the time being.
When I was busy inside and outside the barracks, although I was a little tired physically, I didn't have time to worry too much about other things. Now, the body is idle, but the inextricable thoughts are uncontrollably flooding into the heart, causing the mood to be depressed and the thoughts to turn. Although every day, the imperial doctor sent by Li Shimin carefully diagnosed her pulse and carefully considered the good prescription. Although every day, several sisters who came to visit her from Bishan were carefully relieved and patiently decomposed. Although every day, there are intimate maids Yunlan, Yulan and others who carefully decoction and medicine to regulate their diet. Anyway, half of Fan Lihua's illness is in her body and half in her heart. No matter how you take care of it, it is not a cure for the heart. After more than a month, Fan Lihua's illness has not improved in the slightest, but has become more and more serious.
At this moment, Fan Lihua had just taken the medicine under Yunlan's persuasion and service. Ming Yunlan helped out of the inner room and came to an embroidered couch under the window. Yun Lan hurriedly took a colorful embroidered flower and bird brocade backrest and leaned behind Fan Lihua. Fan Lihua leaned on the back and closed her eyes on the couch. Yun Lan saw that Fan Lihua was crooked, so she quietly retreated. Fan Lihua paused for a moment, opened her eyes again, looked around, and picked up a book from a small carved lacquer table at the end of the embroidered couch. When I took it in front of me, it turned out to be a book I had read before. Fan Lihua couldn't relieve the boredom in her heart, so she opened it casually and watched it fixedly.
Yunlan came in with a cup of warm tea, and when she saw Fan Lihua reading again, she said, "Miss is not in good spirits, so she should take a good rest." Why do you read these tired articles again? Fan Lihua smiled slightly and said, "I've been stuffy in the house for these days, and my heart is very upset. Today I feel a little better in spirit, and I will read a few pages to relieve my boredom. Don't worry, it's okay. ”
"Alas!" Yun Lan sighed secretly in her heart, she also knew what the young lady was worried about. However, as a maid, there are some inconvenient things to say too bluntly. At the same time, I am also afraid that if I accidentally say something that is not the place, it will make the young lady more worried.
Suddenly, as soon as the bamboo curtain of Xiangfei sounded, Xue Lan walked in lightly. Lai said softly next to the embroidered couch: "Miss, the eldest lady is here." ”