Chapter VIII Entrustment

Imperial Physician Zhao was right, General Ye Lao was in a coma for a day and a night, and finally woke up.

Ye Lin personally served the decoction every day, and the heart of a filial son moved the heavens and the earth.

On this day, after Ye Lin went to the court, Ye Lanqiao walked in from outside with a bowl of yam and eight-treasure porridge: "Grandfather, are you feeling better today?" ”

Old General Ye leaned on a Songzhi moire embroidered pillow that his subordinates had placed for him, and he was still coughing violently, but after hearing Ye Lanqiao's voice, he tried to restrain a little, and said angrily: "It's much better." ”

It is said that illness comes like a mountain and sickness goes like a thread, although General Ye is old, he is still majestic on weekdays, but this illness has accelerated the speed of his aging, Ye Lanqiao looked at General Ye's sunken eyes and sickly face, his nose was sore, and he almost shed tears again.

"Grandfather, this is the yam eight-treasure porridge I made, the taste is sweet and can also nourish qi and replenish the spirit, you can eat as much as you want."

Ye Lanqiao pulled the corners of his mouth, sat on the chair at the head of the bed, and handed over the porridge with both hands.

General Ye Lao has killed the enemy on the battlefield for decades, and he has been high-spirited all his life, but now he is dragging a crippled body, which is already sad, and when he sees his granddaughter who is still young, his heart aches, and he can't help coughing again.

"Ahem, ahem...... Okay, Lan'er, you put down the porridge and cool it first, grandfather will drink it later, now I, I have something to say to you. ”

Ye Lanqiao hurriedly put the porridge aside, stretched out his hand to gently help General Ye to calm his breath, and said with a crying voice: "Why do you still cough so badly?" Didn't Imperial Doctor Zhao say that as long as you take care of it, you will be fine? ”

"It's okay, my grandfather is old, so naturally he is not as strong as he was when he was young." Old General Ye leaned on the pillow and slowed down for a long time before gently spitting out this sentence and comforting Ye Lanqiao.

"Lan'er, although my grandfather was old and old before, he had ambitions for thousands of miles, but this illness made my grandfather sober up a little." The corners of General Ye's mouth tugged at a bleak smile: "Although my grandfather didn't have the idea of immortality before, I always felt that it was okay to live to marry you, but now my grandfather is a little scared, I'm afraid I won't be able to reach ......that time."

"Grandfather, don't talk nonsense, Imperial Doctor Zhao said that as long as you recuperate, you will get better." Ye Lanqiao held General Ye's hand tightly, couldn't hold back any longer, and said in a choked voice.

During this time, Ye Lanqiao had never shed tears so many times, she kept telling herself to be pure-hearted and hard-hearted and less troublesome, but now, she still can't bear this kind of sin for her loved ones.

"If your grandfather does go, you have to remember to save yourself and your grandmother." Old General Ye turned his head sideways and looked at Ye Lanqiao, and the firmness in his eyes made Ye Lanqiao nod unconsciously: "Grandfather, I will." ”

General Ye sighed, he looked at Ye Lanqiao, whose eyes were red: "My grandfather has seen it in his eyes all these years, although you are obedient and obedient in face, you are stubborn in your bones. It's good that you don't encounter any injustice in the future, and you don't even have the courage to resist. ”

"Grandfather......" Ye Lanqiao's heart tightened, and the hand that grabbed General Ye became tighter, she didn't expect that her grandfather would see herself so thoroughly.

"The only thing I can't let go of is your marriage with the Qiao family...... Old General Ye frowned, and secretly made up his mind: "Although I have made a marriage, I still haven't passed the bright face after all, and when I can get out of bed and walk, I will enter the palace to meet the saint and ask for a will to give marriage, this matter is ironclad, and no one can break up!"

In the end, Old General Ye couldn't help coughing violently, Ye Lanqiao hurriedly got up to appease, and after Old General Ye calmed down a bit, Ye Lin walked in.

"Father, are you feeling better today?" Ye Lin's official uniform had been changed, he walked to the window, and asked respectfully.

"It's much better, you remember." Old General Ye glanced at Ye Lin and said lightly.

"Where is the father, the son only hates to be busy with affairs, otherwise he can't wait to accompany his father day and night to show his filial piety." Ye Lin's head lowered, and his tone added a little sadness.

"Youlan'er is here to take care of it, you don't have to worry." Old General Ye looked at Ye Lin, and after a while, his tone became a little softer.

Ye Lin looked at Ye Lanqiao, who was low-eyed and pleasing to the side: "Lan'er, you have worked hard recently."

"Yes, thank you father." Ye Lanqiao owed a debt and replied in a low voice.

"Father, there has been a waterlogging disaster in the Yellow River area recently, the emperor sent Lord Qin to go to the disaster relief, I, as an accompanying official, will also go together, during the days when my son is not at home, I also ask my father to take care, and when my son comes back, he will personally serve."

Seeing that Ye Lin and General Ye had something to say, Ye Lanqiao consciously retreated and stood guard at the door.

The osmanthus flowers in Wanshoutang fell all over the ground, and Ye Lanqiao stood under the eaves, just in a daze.

"Girl, don't be too sad, the old general's body will definitely get better." Huixiang looked at Ye Lanqiao, who had lost more than a lap, and she also slowed down her tone when she was babbling on weekdays.

"I'm fine." Ye Lanqiao sniffed, she would hold this place until her grandfather's body recovered.

After a long time, Ye Lin came out of it, saw Ye Lanqiao standing under the eaves, and said lightly: "Your grandfather has already slept, you can go back and rest for a while."

"Yes, father." After speaking, when he turned around and was about to leave, he was stopped by Ye Lin again.

"Lan'er." Ye Lin thought about it, and finally spoke: "During the time I was away from home, although the things at home were handed over to you to watch, Wang Xiaoniang is your elder, and you should still respect it."

Ye Lanqiao raised his eyes and looked at Ye Lin, and understood a little in his heart: "What the father said is that the daughter wrote it down."

Now that the pillar of the General's Mansion is sick, it seems that her father-in-law has the idea of helping her little mother as the main room again.

"Well, you are sensible, and I can rest assured outside." Ye Lin nodded with satisfaction, didn't look at Ye Lanqiao again, and turned to leave.

This morning, Ye Lanqiao was having breakfast in his yard, and Yueluo walked in with a small servant.

The little maid saw Ye Lanqiao and made a family salute, and said loudly: "If you go back to the fifth girl, everything is normal in the Gongyuan, and in four days, the second son will be able to come out."

"Well, you've worked hard, go down and rest." Ye Lanqiao didn't raise his head, nodded, and spoke.

"When the second son comes back, you can be more relaxed, girl." Huixiang put a xiaolongbao in Ye Lanqiao's bowl, eager to feed her girl fatter.

"Yes, when the second brother comes back, Wang Xiaoniang will take care of it."

Ye Lanqiao stuffed a xiaolongbao into his mouth and said with a headache. Ye Lin left on the front foot, Wang Xiaoniang didn't know if she had lovesickness, she yelled about her angina all day long, and asked the Ma Pozi in her yard to come over to pay the money, saying that she wanted to eat all kinds of tonics, and it cost almost a hundred taels of silver in just three or four days.

Although this one hundred taels is nothing to the General's Mansion, a Zhuangzi under the name of the General's Mansion collects about fifty taels of rent a year, and Wang Xiaoniang has spent a lot of money recently.

"Girl, someone came from Wanshoutang, saying that there was something to report to the girl."

"Let people come in and talk back." Ye Lanqiao asked his subordinates to take down the breakfast and walked to the main hall to meet people.

"Five girls, the old general has to eat bird's nest every day to nourish his body, but when the little one went to get the bird's nest today, the comprador said that the bird's nest was taken by Wang Xiaoniang, this ......" The person who came was Aunt Zhu from the small kitchen of Wanshoutang, and she didn't beat around the bush when she came in, and she said the reason.

Ye Lanqiao frowned: "Didn't I deliberately allocate money for procurement these days, there are many patients in the family, do you want to buy more nourishing products such as bird's nest?" ”

"Yes, the old slave also told the procurement office like this, but the procurement office told the old slave that the people on Wang Xiaoniang's side had a tough attitude, saying that if they didn't give them enough bird's nest, if something happened to Wang Xiaoniang, no one could afford it when the old man came back from other places."

Ye Lanqiao sneered, she didn't say a word, and walked out of the house. It was okay to spend more money before, but now Wang Xiaoniang is obviously pampered and arrogant, and she has begun to eat from her grandfather. Even so, Ye Lanqiao can't sit idly by.

In the Lanwu courtyard, Wang Xiaoniang was half-leaning on the beauty couch and eating grapes leisurely.

"Little lady, will we go too far this time? What if it reached my grandfather's ears? Ye Ruqiao sat beside Wang Xiaoniang and asked worriedly.

"The old general is so groggy all day long that he can't even get out of bed and walk, and I see, his days are coming to an end, so how can he have time to care about us?" Wang Xiaoniang snorted coldly and said casually.

"Mother! You keep quiet, if this word reaches Wanshoutang, we will be finished, even if grandfather is unable to move, then Ye Lanqiao's girl will not give up. ”

"Afraid of her? Didn't that girl just rely on the love of the old general to put on a face all day long? When the old general is gone, this family is your father's house, and when the time comes, with your father's support, what tricks can she Ye Lanqiao come up with? ”

"Little lady is mentioning my name?" As soon as Ye Ruqiao wanted to say something, Ye Lanqiao walked in from the gate of Lanwu Courtyard with a group of people.

Wang Xiaoniang was startled, got down from the soft collapse, and greeted her with a smile: "The fifth girl is here, I don't talk to Ru Yatou, there are many things at home during this time, and it is also hard for you." ”

Ye Lanqiao quietly pulled out his hand: "I should do my best in the affairs of the family." ”

"Fifth girl, come here now, but what's the matter?" Wang Xiaoniang asked with a smile on her face that had not changed for thousands of years.

"I haven't been free, I haven't come to visit you for a few days, but today Imperial Doctor Zhao happened to come over to give my grandfather a follow-up, thinking that Xiaoniang you are also sick, so I brought Imperial Doctor Zhao over and showed Xiaoniang as well."

Ye Lanqiao said, turned sideways slightly, pointed at Imperial Doctor Zhao and said to Wang Xiaoniang.