Chapter 77: Chang Gongzi is a prodigal son
The autumn night was cool, Xue Yuting received the news, he had already sent someone to open the city gate, waited for everyone outside the mansion, and the four of them rode lightly, and finally arrived at Huailiang at Hai time. Xue Yuting and his wife hurriedly welcomed everyone into the mansion.
The servants quickly prepared the wine and food, and everyone talked about the wine. Qinghuan sat next to Xue Qiumei all night, talking to her about the shortcomings of the family. Qing Huan led the topic to Hui Beiqing.
"Sister Huang, I want to wait until everything is over, let's go back to Beiqing together, I think my father and mother must want to see you!" Qing Huan took Xue Qiumei's hand, with a smile on her face, and she could see that she was very happy.
Xue Qiumei's right hand trembled slightly, the meat held by the chopsticks almost fell, and then it was sandwiched into Qing Huan's bowl, and her left hand was pulled out of Qing Huan's hand, pushed it to Qing Huan, her eyes were light, and she said, "Let's talk about it." Eat it, the dish should be cold in a while. ”
The candlelight flickered, reflecting Qiu Mei's face a little dim, Qing Huan pursed her lips, wanting to say something, but she didn't speak again. She knew that some things were in a hurry. So she had to pick up the dishes and eat silently.
She didn't see Su Ying next to her, because of her words, she lost her soul all night.
After a few days of driving, everyone was so tired that they fell asleep. The moon and stars are scarce, and Qinghuan can't fall asleep on the couch over and over. For more than half a month, Su Ying hugged her to sleep almost every night, but he didn't come today. She couldn't sleep, instead.
She thought about it tonight, Su Ying sat on her left, she talked to him during the banquet, he didn't pay much attention to her, she thought back to what happened tonight, and she didn't offend him, what's wrong?
On the way back to the room, Su Ying didn't say a word to her, and her expression was grim, and it seemed that she was still slightly angry. Alas, it's a pity that Xin'er followed Liangquan back to the royal city in advance, otherwise she would still have a fart talker.
Now she tossed and turned, and her mind was so messed up that she couldn't sleep. Also not sleeping was Su Ying, who was also reclining on the couch, holding a scroll in his hand, but there was no focus in his eyes.
Qing Huan's sentence still flashed in his mind, "When the matter is over, let's go back to Beiqing together". What does it mean to "it's all over"? It turns out that she still wants to go back to Beiqing!
Is it because of the long song...... How long has it been since he remembered that name? Because he forgot, he forgot about Qinghuan's return to Beiqing.
"Heh......" The candlelight went out and flickered, and his expression could not be illuminated, and his eyes as bright as stars were a little cold, a little lonely, and a trace of imperceptible sadness.
He put the book down and rubbed the bridge of his nose, his eyes slightly narrowed, covering his eyes with many emotions. He rolled over and blew out the candlelight, and the room was dim, except for the cold moonlight from the window.
On the second day, Qing Huan got up early in the morning, and the people greeted her with a smile, and Qing Huan responded one by one. She stretched and looked up at the east, the morning sun was clear, and half of the sky was red with the morning glow.
She reached out and grabbed a girl who passed by her and asked, "Is Mrs. Xue awake?" ”
The girl held the water and said with a smile: "Madame has already woken up, and she is making breakfast in the kitchen at this time!" ”
"So early?" Qing Huan was a little puzzled, could it be because they came, so Qiu Mei cooked herself?
"But it's not," the little girl looked at her strangely, wondering why this little boy was so attentive to our wife, but after thinking about it, she said, "Since our lady's leg is healed, she gets up early every day to cook!" Of course, our wife used to get up very early! ”
Qing Huan saw the little girl's slightly guarded eyes, touched her head, as if she remembered something, and asked, "Mrs. Xue is so virtuous and gentle, does she usually do everything herself?" ”
"Yes, our adults' annual income is neither too much nor too little, but our wife never wears gold and silver, and she is very frugal. Madame has a good heart and does good deeds every year to help the poor. It is also very good to our subordinates, and we have a lot of monthly silver, and my wife will let us go back to our hometown every year. Madame is a great person! ”
When the little girl talked about Xue Qiumei, she looked adoring, as if the lady in her mouth was Guanyin Bodhisattva. Qing Huan also laughed on the side, as if she saw Qiu Mei busy.
The little girl tilted her head and looked at Qing Huan and asked, "Why are you so concerned about our lady's affairs!" As she spoke, her eyes flashed with disdain, she was new, she just heard someone say a few days ago, there is a little boy who is disrespectful to his wife, she opened her mouth slightly, and he is the one who won't say it!
"Uh......" Qing Huan didn't know what to say, so he had to look away awkwardly and didn't speak. The little girl saw that he didn't speak, it must be him, so she snorted coldly and left.
Qing Huan was silent and touched her nose in embarrassment. She is really dumb and eats coptis, and she can't tell if she suffers. After a while, I remembered what the little girl said and sniffed. is obviously also from the royal family, but Qiumei's life is full of twists and turns.
She asked for the kitchen and hurried to go. At this time, the morning light was faintly bright, and the sky and earth instantly brightened, shining into the kitchen, shrouding the autumn plum in a hazy halo.
The busy figure emaciated, switching back and forth between the two stoves. The rising mist made her look even more unreal. There is a thin callus on her hand to chop vegetables, she must have suffered a lot, Qing Huan thought.
Qiumei was busy, and when she heard footsteps, she thought it was a girl, so she said, "Give me the lotus seeds on the stove!" ”
"Oh!" Qing Huan came back to his senses and looked at the stove, a pot of lotus seeds, round and clear, just washed out, there were still a few water droplets, refracting the sun, emitting a beautiful light.
Qing Huan hurriedly brought the lotus seeds to Qiu Mei, Qiu Mei turned her head to take them, but said in surprise: "Why are you here?" After speaking, he took the lotus seeds and poured them into the pot.
Qing Huan squinted his eyes, with a smile on his face, and said, "The next person said that you were in the kitchen, so I came over to take a look!" What did my sister do to be delicious? As he spoke, he sniffed, and the aroma was fragrant.
"It's red bean lotus seed soup!" Qiu Mei turned her head and smiled, and concentrated on making porridge again. She filled the firewood, and the pot was bubbling, one by one, thick and sweet. She took a bowl and handed it to Qing Huan, the corners of her eyes were crooked, and she said, "Taste it!" ”
Qing Huan took it, smiled, blew on the bowl, tasted it, and said with a crooked eye: "It's delicious!" She found that blood is thicker than water, and she and her sister look very similar!
"Gentleman is far away from cooking, you are dressed as a little boy, leave quickly after eating!" Qiu Mei took out the porridge and turned to Qing Huan and said.
Qing Huan put down the bowl and said, "Sister, the thing I told you last night......" She licked her tongue, the sweetness of the red bean lotus seed soup still lingered on the tip of her tongue, but she was a little nervous, afraid that Qiu Mei would refuse her again.
Who knew that Qiu Mei put down the things in her hand, turned her head, looked at her seriously and said, "Like you said, you always need to be busy with everything, don't you?" Even if you don't say it, I must go back to Beiqing, I want to find out why you abandoned me back then, is it ...... Is it a bad omen to open in autumn? ”
Qing Huan listened to her words, and her first reaction was that Qiu Mei wanted to go back to Beiqing with her! So he happily said, "Great! Sister, don't worry, I can guarantee that my father and mother will be very happy to see you. Moreover, there must have been some misunderstanding about what happened back then, the father and the queen mother are not that kind of people! ”
Qiumei nodded, I hope so. She glanced at Qinghuan and said, "Get out quickly!" Wait for people to see how bad it is! You were already notorious! After saying that, he laughed out loud.
She remembered that there had been an affair between her and Qinghuan in the house in the past few days, and she couldn't stop laughing.
Qing Huan pouted aggrievedly and said, "Got it! Then he went out involuntarily. Really, she herself is also one of the protagonists of public opinion, why is she gloating so much.
Qing Huan remembered the little girl today, pursed her lips, dragged a dead branch next to her, and shook it around. Hmph, because Qiumei fainted in her room that night, everyone said everything, saying that he was ungrateful, a prodigal son, and she was not a human being inside and out!
"Humph!" Qing Huan took the branch and beat the small tree next to him.
"The grass and trees are not guilty, why are you angry with them?" Xue Yuting appeared out of nowhere, startled Qing Huan, and hurriedly threw away the branches, blushing, like a troublemaker who had been caught.
"You are a little similar to Qiumei in this regard!" After speaking, he raised his hand and coughed lightly, not looking at her, just afraid that she would explode on the spot with a red face. Sure enough, Qing Huan's face turned even redder.
Xue Yuting looked embarrassed, coughed lightly and said, "I'll go see if Qiu Mei is cooking." After saying that, he left in a hurry.
Qing Huan raised his hand and pinched his face, it was too embarrassing. turned around and saw Su Ying standing at the intersection not far away, looking in her direction. Looking at each other from afar, Qing Huan saw Su Ying's slightly indifferent eyes, was stunned for a moment, raised his hand to say hello, but Su Ying had already withdrawn his gaze and left.
"Hey......" Qing Huan's hand hung in the air, and before he could wave it, Su Ying had already disappeared from sight. She put down her hand in a daze, what the hell is wrong with this person! Be all abroad!
Qing Huan pursed his lips and hurriedly chased after Su Ying. She thinks she hasn't done anything to be sorry for him, how did she offend this great immortal!
The moment Su Ying saw Qing Huan, she wanted to walk over as usual. But when I remembered what happened last night, I stopped again. Her words hurt him like a thorn, and he still remembered the affectionate words she had with Fan Changge in the cold palace that day, and they agreed to go back to Beiqing, didn't they.
So what about him, what did Qing Huan think of him? Was it a joke that he was sandwiched between the two from beginning to end? Could it be that Qing Huan is not as ...... as he imagined Concerned about him?