Chapter 085: Heavy Shackles
Er Qing slept until sunset and woke up.
When I opened my sleepy eyes, I found myself lying on my couch in Beiyuan.
Touching his drowsy head, which was still faintly painful, Er Qing sat up.
"Young Master Erqing, are you awake?" The nurse had already come over and waited for Er Qing to wake up.
"Nurse, why are you here?"
"Yesterday you were drunk, Baguha sent you back, Mrs. guarded you until late to go back, I didn't come back last night, I waited for you to wake up, mother-in-law, I have a few words to say to you, about your life experience!"
Er Qingxi opened her dry lips a few times, but she didn't speak after all, her own life experience?
"Young master, I hope you don't blame Madame, Madame has been treating you as her own son for so many years, you may not know how difficult it was for Madame at the beginning, she gave birth to three young ladies in succession, the general didn't say it, but his heart was not good, the general's family has been passed down for three generations, his heart for wanting a man has never been broken, since the birth of the third lady, the general's mansion has ushered in the second lady, the third lady, the general's mind Mrs. understands that the general wants a boy!" The nurse told Er Qing about the suffering of his wife back then.
Er Qing listened quietly, his heart aching.
"At that time, the lady was pregnant with a child again, and at the same time, the second lady was also pregnant, you know? Mother is more expensive than son, if Mrs. has another girl, her status in the General's Mansion is really precarious, the second lady and the third lady are still young, but Mrs. is no longer young, she can't afford to lose anymore! The nurse breathed a sigh of relief.
"So I persuaded Mrs. to take risks and be fully prepared, this time it can only be a boy, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, when Mrs. is about to give birth, I will tell the child born to a distant relative in my country, and sure enough, Mrs. gave birth to the fourth lady, that is, Xiyue, and then things are like this, you became the eldest son born to Mrs., and became the first boy of the general, how happy the general was at that time!"
"Nurse mother-in-law, do you think it's fair for Xiyue to do this? Is it fair to the generals? You don't know what Xiyue has suffered since she was a child, she should have enjoyed the life of a master in this general's mansion, but she struggled to survive at the bottom of society, her adoptive mother died when she was very young, she followed her father to sing in various restaurants, she was blinded and bullied since she was a child, and suffered from the heat and coldness of the world, and I was a child born in the countryside, but I occupied the position that should have been Xiyue for seventeen years! Nurse mother-in-law, I have to return all this to Xiyue, I want to tell Xiyue! ”
Er Qing said, and was about to get out of bed and go to Xiyuan to see Xiyue.
The nurse grabbed Er Qing and knelt down.
"Er Qing, count me as my wife begging you, okay? That's the end of it, okay? Do you think that if you tell Shizuki about this, will Shizuki accept it? What about the generals? If he knew, how would you let your wife live? Let's go further, don't forget that you are the emperor's hand-picked concubine, once the fact that you are not the general's biological son reaches the emperor's ears, the general and his wife, together with you, are guilty of the capital crime of bullying the king, and you want to connect the nine clans, Er Qing, you have to think twice, do you really want to harm this general's family? ”
Er Qing heard what the nurse said, and knew the seriousness of the situation, although he was not born to Mrs. and the general, but over the years, they have loved themselves so much, even if Mrs. was at fault back then, but she just wanted to tell Xiyue the truth of the matter, and return the days that should have belonged to her to her, and she had no intention of harming everyone in the General's Mansion!
"Er Qing, listen to me, now Xiyue will soon have a good home, do you know King Yan? King Yan is about to come to the General's Mansion to propose marriage, and Xiyue will become King Yan's side concubine, which is not a good destination for Xiyue! ”
"What? Nurse mother-in-law, what do you say? King Yan? Er Qing turned around and picked up the nurse who was still kneeling on the ground and pulling the corners of her clothes, what happened in the past few days when she was away? How could Xiyue be involved with King Yan again? Hasn't she always loved the crown prince deeply?
The nurse saw that Erqing couldn't hide it, so she told Erqing in detail about the horror in the Horse Mansion yesterday.
Er Qing's face turned blue with anger: "What? Nurse mother-in-law, do you mean that yesterday Pian Pian and the housekeeper's mother-in-law said in front of the emperor that Xiyue seduced me, and the emperor almost put Xiyue to death? Is this really what Pian Pian did? Hasn't she always been like a sister to Shizuki? She's so ruthless! ”
"No, no, Pian Pian is not a big deal, she must have been bewitched by the housekeeper's mother-in-law, the housekeeper's mother-in-law has always looked at Xiyue unpleasantly, Young Master Erqing, don't be rash, don't blame Her Royal Highness the princess, it was your snub to her that caused her hatred for Xiyue! Hate is born of love! Young Master Erqing, you have to take a good look at it, think about the next road, and don't be reckless! The nurse was afraid that Er Qing would blame the princess for Xiyue's almost death again, which would make the relationship between the husband and wife worsen, so she persuaded Er Qing bitterly.
Er Qing is really in trouble, this is not, that is not either! What should I do with Shioduke? Is it really to marry the Yan King who helped her out of the siege and she didn't love at all?
No, he wants to see Xiyue, he wants to know what Xiyue really thinks at this time.
The two were talking in the room, but they heard the green plum girl report that the princess had come back to the house to find the concubine, and the lady asked the concubine to go to the hall.
In the hall, the princess was sitting on the chair of the Eight Immortals and drinking tea with Bai Luoyun.
"Mother-in-law, when did Er Qing come back? Why don't you go to the Pony Mansion? ”
"He didn't come back early yesterday, he was very tired, he didn't want to go back in the middle of the night, for fear of disturbing the princess's rest, so he went back here for the time being, no, I'm really tired, I haven't gotten up yet, I've already sent a girl to call!"
Bai Luoyun's face didn't seem to be shocked, but he was very worried, he didn't know how the nurse persuaded Er Qing, he thought that he would go to see the situation just now, but he never thought that the princess was coming.
After Er Qing washed up briefly, she followed the nurse out of the front hall, and the nurse told Er Qing to remember her words this morning and think more about the stakes.
Er Qing acquiesced, he didn't know what else to do.
Pian Pian saw Er Qing come out, a burst of joy, I haven't seen him for a few days, I really miss him in my heart, in fact, Pian Pian came to see if Er Qing had returned to the mansion in the morning, there is still a concern, that is, during the absence of the horse, she and the housekeeper's mother-in-law almost sent Xiyue to the Yellow Spring Road, this matter she was afraid that Er Qing would be told by others after returning to the house, so just after breakfast, she hurried to the general's mansion, no, Er Qing really came back.
Bai Luoyun saw Er Qing come out, her face was a little haggard, and she felt distressed for a while, she stood up and looked at the nurse behind Er Qing, the nurse nodded knowingly, Bai Luoyun knew that the nurse had made sense of Er Qing, and she was relieved.
"Erqing!" Bai Luoyun shouted with concern.
"Mother!" Er Qing shouted, this voice made Bai Luoyun very relieved, she thought that after yesterday's events, Er Qing would definitely hate herself, but she didn't think that he called himself a mother today, it was really embarrassing for this child, after such a big change, she had to pretend that nothing had happened.
"Er Qing, you didn't go back to the Horse Mansion when you came back yesterday, so I'm worried about why you've been gone for three days and haven't come back yet?" The princess looked at Er Qing with a blank eye, his face was really bad, it seemed that it was because of the running on the road for days.
"It's not too early to come back yesterday, and today I still bother the princess to come in person, so I will naturally go back!" Er Qing said lightly, not even glancing at Pianpian's face.
"Mother, then I'll go back to the princess first, what about Dad?"
"Your father has already gone to the morning court!"
"Then the mother will come back and tell my father, the child will go back first!"
"Er Qing, can you have some breakfast before leaving?"
Er Qing shook his head, "No need, I'll just go back to the Horse Mansion and eat something!" Then I'll go, and I'll come to visit my mother and father another day! ”
Er Qing said goodbye to Bai Luoyun and prepared to leave with the princess.
Bai Luoyun looked at Er Qing's departing back with mixed feelings.
"Nurse, it's really hard for him, obviously he feels uncomfortable, and he has to pretend to be calm." Bai Luoyun was sad for a while.
"Yes, miss, Er Qing, this child has been thinking about others everywhere since he was a child, when I talked to him this morning, I could see the pain and struggle in his heart, as well as the guilt of Miss Xiyue, Er Qing, this child is kind-hearted, he blames himself for all the suffering that Xiyue has suffered over the years, I really don't know what kind of pain this child will feel after locking such a big and heavy shackle in his heart?"
"It's me who is sorry for these two children!" Bai Luoyun cried again, "It was because I was too selfish at the beginning, and I only thought about keeping my position in the General's Mansion to cause today's situation!" If God wants to punish me, they will all come at me, as long as these two children are okay in the future! Bai Luoyun said extremely sadly, and tears flowed down unconsciously.
"Madam, Miss Shigetsu is here to invite An!" Outside the door, the young girl said.
Bai Luoyun hurriedly wiped away his tears, "Hurry up, please!" ”
Xiyue and Biluo came to greet Bai Luoyun.
"Good morning, Madame, mother-in-law! Yesterday's Xiyue incident made the godmother worry about it, and Xiyue is here to apologize to the godmother and her mother-in-law! ”
"Child, you have such a heart!" Bai Luoyun hurriedly supported Xiyue, who was blessed, and saw that his biological child was in front of him, but he was powerless and couldn't recognize each other, Bai Luoyun's sourness in his heart can be imagined.
"Haha, ma'am, I'm back!" Ge Yuntai looked in good spirits.
"Oh, the tide moon girl is also there, just looking for you! Tomorrow is a good day, after retiring from the dynasty this morning, King Yan came to me again, saying that he would come to our house tomorrow to hire, Xiyue girl, your good days are approaching, godfather is really happy for you! ”
Xiyue smiled far-fetchedly, but she couldn't be happy, what should I do? This Yan Wang is also moving too fast, right?
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