Chapter 21: Letters

After recalling it for a long time, Yirong suddenly came back to her senses.

The hairpin in her hand was not sure that it was the one she had lost, so Yirong still put it back in its place.

In the evening, the nurse came with two little maids. Ying'er and Yan'er each carried a bucket of water.

The nurse walked into the bedroom, took Yirong's hand and said: "Madam, the slave maid heard that the master and the general were summoned to the palace early this morning, and they haven't come back yet. Madam, you are newly married, your husband is not around, it is difficult for you, these days, the slave will accompany you, Madame don't have to worry. ”

Yirong had a bitter face, and there were bitter words in her heart, so she only glanced at her head a little.

"Yirong understands."

The nurse saw that there was a clear sadness on her face, but she held on, as she was as well-behaved as usual, she couldn't help but feel a little distressed, gave her a relieved smile, and said: "The world belongs to the emperor, the emperor is going to winter hunting, let's accompany him, the emperor wants you to marry, let's marry, Yirong, there are some things you have to endure, you have to learn to obey, no one can disobey the emperor's orders." ”

Yirong lowered her eyes, but she was in tears, and she felt a chill in her heart for no reason.

The world belongs to the emperor, so everyone in the world belongs to the emperor? The lives of all the people in the world are also the emperor's?

Are the lives of my father and husband also the emperor's......

"Yirong, why are you crying, don't cry, don't cry, you have to be strong, married, why are you still so childish, crying is the right of children, Yirong has grown up, don't cry, don't cry......"

Looking at the tears rolling down Yirong's face, the nurse wiped her away distressedly, held her in her arms, and comforted her.

"When the nurse was the same age as you, she went to the hillside every day to herd cattle and cut grass, and when she returned home, she did chores, and we only ate two meals a day, one in the morning and one in the evening, and at noon, my father and mother wore straw hats, and often worked under the sun, and the skin was tanned and tanned, and if I was too tired, I would go to the nearby woods to rest, drink a few sips of water, and then continue to dry, and in winter, it was cold and frozen, and I couldn't afford to wear a new cotton jacket, so I could only wear a jacket that had been torn out for a long time, and I had to starve and freeze every day. There is a lot of work, I can't be idle, I weave cloth at home, so that I can sell it in the county, and I can sell it for silver money to buy food for the winter, and I usually can't eat meat, and occasionally catch fish in the river, and I can satisfy my hunger, and I can usually eat a few mouthfuls of meat during the New Year...... When I was sick, I endured it, and when I couldn't do it anymore, I invited Lang Zhong to come and see him, and he was almost bankrupt after seeing a doctor...... What can ......?"

The nurse muttered a lot, and as she spoke, she also shed tears, which ran down her face and fell on Yirong's wrist.

Yirong raised her face, her eyes were red, and when she saw that the nurse was also sad, she couldn't help but feel ashamed in her heart, and she was busy wiping her tears.

"Nurse, those are in the past, and it will be better in the future."

There was a hint of a smile on the nurse's tearful face, and she responded: "Yes, after so many years, I shouldn't mention these past events anymore, alas." Then he said, "Girl, now that you are older, the nurse thought, when the master returns, the slave and maid will redeem themselves, go back to their hometown, and see their father." ”

"Is the nurse leaving the Taishi's Mansion?"

"Alas, Yirong has grown up, and it's time for the nurse to leave."

"But ......" Yirong hesitated, although she was born rebellious, but she had listened to the words of the nurse since she was a child, and she was reluctant in her heart, the nurse suddenly wanted to leave the Taishi Mansion, which was also something that Yirong did not expect.

"Yirong, don't say those reluctant words, the nurse will never be with you all the time, the nurse also wants her own life, in my life, there are still a lot of things I haven't done, I can't regret it for a lifetime, my father and mother may think that their daughter has died outside, there is only one child in the family, I can't let my father and mother have no one to support...... My husband unfortunately died young, and I have been thinking about him and wanted to go to his grave to worship, but after more than ten years, I don't know how high the grass is on his grave......"

Yirong hesitated for a while, but still said, "Nurse, do you really want to go back to your hometown alone?" ”

The nurse's eyes were full of smiles: "One person is alone, and when I return to my hometown, I will not be alone." ”

Yirong can hear that the nurse has always missed her hometown, and that kind of longing is engraved in her bones, and no one can erase it. Hometown is her longing for many years.

Yirong didn't even want to ask if the nurse would come back, the facts had already told her that the nurse would not come back, so what could she do? What if you know the exact answer? The nurse will still leave......

Night has fallen, and tonight's night sky is starless and moonless, and the cold air hits.

Yirong slept alone on the marriage bed, tossing and turning all night.

In the front hall, the housekeeper Bai Sheng received a letter from the palace early this morning, and the person who delivered the letter said that he would hand it over to the prince of the Taishi Mansion, so Bai Sheng went directly to the front hall and handed it to Bai Yiyun, who was having breakfast.

After Bai Yiyun finished eating, he took the letter, glanced at it casually, and put it aside.

Bai Sheng couldn't help but remind: "Childe, this is sent from the palace." ”

"Regardless of it, I'm going to the tea house today, you look at the house, send someone to the tea house to inform me of something."

"Young Master, what should I do with this letter?"

Wuyu held a basin of water and washed his hands for his young master, Bai Yiyun wiped his hands with a handkerchief, wiped his mouth again, and turned around when he heard the words: "Burn it." ”

The housekeeper replied: "Well, okay, listen to the son." ”

When Wu Qi heard this, he hurriedly put down the basin in his hand, snatched the letter, and said, "Butler, you don't have to worry about this little thing, let me come." After saying that, he ran away, and in a blink of an eye, he saw that he had followed his young master.

Bai Sheng smiled.

Wu Qi hurriedly followed his young master, opened the letter with a smile, looked at it himself, and suddenly his face changed, and said, "Young master, you see, the eldest princess said in the letter that she wants to come to our Taishi Mansion as a guest!" ”

"What?" Bai Yiyun was shocked, stopped his body, and turned around.

Wu Yu handed the letter to his young master and muttered, "Young master, it's what the letter says." ”

Bai Yiyun took the letter, scanned it, and saw the words "If you don't dislike it, Hongying will visit the Taishi's Mansion on the same day", the whole person was shocked, and thought that it was very likely that the old emperor went to Xishan Palace, and his father also went to Xishan, and the eldest princess took this opportunity to get close to him...... Bai Yiyun suddenly had a headache.

This eldest princess is really annoying, and she has been pestering him for five years, from the time he entered the palace when he was seventeen years old, until now. In fact, if you think about it from another angle, the eldest princess is really infatuated, as a princess, she has a soft spot for him, which is also a bit shocking.

But how should he cope?