Chapter 16: Evil Spirits

The food in Xilianghou Mansion is not very good for Ruan Yu's appetite, not only the taste, but also the cook's craftsmanship is a little rough, and the vegetables, meat, and cuts are very large, so Ruan Yu doesn't know how to eat it.

After eating, Ruan Yu went back to the room to take a bath. I couldn't sleep immediately after taking a shower, and my hair was still wet, so I took a few pieces of cloth to Lu Ye's room and talked to him while wiping my hair.

Lu Ye stretched out his hand, "Give me the cloth, and I'll wipe it for you." ”

Ruan Yu smiled and shook his head, "You lie down well, don't move." ”

"It's fine, and I didn't break a bone." Lu Ye insisted.

Ruan Yu has too much hair, sometimes she is annoyed by herself, and she wipes her hair casually with a cloth, and most of the time Mingzhu helps her wipe it. She put the wet cloth in her hand on the table, picked up a piece again and handed it to Lu Ye, and said with a smile, "Thank you then." ”

Lu Ye spread the cloth in the palm of his hand, and with his other hand, he ran a lock of hair over and carefully pressed it from top to bottom with the cloth. Ruan Yu watched him wipe it, he had nothing to do, and he was a little panicked for some reason, so he picked up another piece of cloth and rubbed it indiscriminately.

Lu Ye couldn't help laughing, "Can you be careful?" ”

Ruan Yu looked at him embarrassedly, "It's too troublesome...... It's a pity that I can't cut it, otherwise I would have cut my hair short. ”

Lu Ye said: "It's very good-looking. ”

"What?" Ruan Yu was stunned.

Lu Ye twisted the end of her hair, "I said, your hair is very good-looking." ”

He said that her hair was good-looking, not that she was good-looking, and Ruan Yu asked herself what she was nervous about.

She lowered her eyes a little embarrassed, and the movement of wiping her hair slowed down unconsciously.

*

Ruan Yu didn't stay in Lu Ye's house for long. After all, in the middle of the night, lonely men and widows, Ruan Yu didn't think there was anything wrong at first, but this feeling only came out after Lu Ye helped her wipe her hair, making her breathe nervous.

It's inexplicable.

Right.

Ruan Yu told the two maids of the Hou Mansion to stand guard outside Lu Ye's door, because Lu Ye did not allow people to come in, and if there was a situation, they would come to her immediately. Then I went to the next door and slept soundly.

In fact, Ruan Yu knows a bit about the bed and the place, and generally can't sleep well in an unfamiliar environment. I don't know if it's because I'm too tired, she fell asleep not long after she got the pillow on it, and she slept quite soundly.

Then I had a dream.

As always, at night.

It was dark, and there was only one candle lit in the room. With a faint light, Ruan Yu recognized that this was the house from the last rainy night, and it was very dilapidated. She sat on the bed and hummed softly in her mouth.

"The moon bends its head, and the light clouds cover the moon. People walk under the moon, and shadows chase behind. Can't catch up with my girl, look at me when you look back......"

She was holding a man, to be precise, a man on her lap, with a muslin wrapped around her arm, blood oozing from the wound, staining the muslin red.

She was scared, wanted to cry, and her voice was shaking.

Then the man took her hand, brought her finger to his lips, and kissed her.

The dream came to an abrupt end, and she fell into darkness and slept soundly until dawn.

When she woke up the next day, the scene in her dream was still lingering in her mind, and she lost her mind for a long time.

The first two times she dreamed, she didn't care.

But this is the third time.

If she guessed correctly, the man who appeared in the three dreams was actually the same person. But she had never seen the man's face clearly, let alone who he was. As for the old house that appeared in the dream, she had never seen it.

That's right, it must be like this-

What evil is she entangled in!

*

After washing, it was still early, Ruan Yu planned to let Lu Ye sleep a little longer, so he went to the stove house to see breakfast first. It turned out that breakfast consisted of only white porridge and steamed buns.

……

Ruan Yu felt that it was necessary for her to persuade Lu Ye to change cooks.

Ruan Yu took matters into her own hands and made a bowl of porridge in the stove house. The porridge is filled with vegetable leaves and minced meat, boiled with sesame oil, fragrant, much stronger than the bowl of bland white porridge.

Although it is said that the illness should be light, it should not be too light, otherwise how can I have the strength to heal the injury.

Mingzhu and Yingzhu were surprised, "Princess, you ......"

"Practice your hands." Ruan Yu said lightly.

She knows how to cook, just doesn't have the passion to do it. When she was a child, she was suppressed too much by her mother, and her mother thought that the princess should not touch the spring water with her fingers and enjoy the offerings of her subordinates, so she was not allowed to touch these. At that time, she loved to work against her mother, and often tossed secretly, and it was a lesson to be discovered by her mother.

After marrying Xiao Yuanji, she completely lost her desire for appetite. I don't want to eat it, so naturally I don't bother to do it.

Who would have thought that this would be an exception for Lu Ye today?

Alas, mainly because, the chefs of Xilianghou Mansion are too unreliable.

Ruan Yu is not very confident, he has not cooked for several years, and he does not know what his level has degraded. She scooped a spoonful herself and tasted it, and it turned out to be pretty good.

Sent all the way over, and the porridge just cooled down.

Lu Ye had already finished washing, smelled the porridge, and was stunned for a moment and asked, "You made it yourself?" ”

Ruan Yu looked at him strangely: "How do you know?" That's exactly what I did. ”

Lu Ye smiled, "I...... Guess. The chef in the house has never made such porridge. ”

Speaking of cooks, "I think you really have to change to a different cook, and I can't stand the porridge and buns for breakfast." Ruan Yu sat down.

"So you made one yourself?"

Ruan Yu smiled, "Yes, moved or not?" ”

Lu Ye smiled and nodded.

"Then finish this bowl of porridge." Ruan Yu handed it to him and motioned for him to continue.

"I'll eat it myself?" Lu Ye raised his eyebrows.

Ruan Yu blinked, "Otherwise? ”

Feed me.

Lu Ye put one hand on his right shoulder and looked at her without saying a word.

"Isn't there no broken bones? You can still wipe my hair last night. Ruan Yu was a little surprised, put down the porridge, leaned over and took his hand away, pointed to the place where his shoulders and arms met, and asked, "Is this it?" ”

The distance between the two was a little too close.

Ruan Yu's soft breathing was like a feather, scratching the side of Lu Ye's neck one by one, itchy and numb.

The tip of Lu Ye's throat slid up and down, "Hmm." ”

"Really?" Ruan Yu didn't look at him in disbelief, "Don't lie to me, if the imperial doctor comes over later, if he says no......"

Lu Ye smiled, "It's not a fracture, it's just that when I fell off the horse, I knocked it, and it shook it, and it hurt a lot." ”

Ruan Yu let out an "ah", frowned and hooked Lu Ye's collar a little with his fingers, and saw a terrifying bruise on his shoulder.

Ruan Yu was taken aback, hurriedly retracted her hand, and whispered, "It's so serious." ”

Lu Ye looked at her, "Then you ......"

Feed me?

Ruan Yu sat back and said, "You wait, I'll call you a maid." ”

Lu Ye: "??? ”

Ruan Yu did what he said, and immediately pulled a maid in and asked the maid to feed Lu Ye to eat.

Lu Ye's face is black, and he can be pulled to be charcoaled.

Ruan Yu sat next to him and said, "I'm going to go out for a while and go to Xiangguo Temple." ”

Lu Ye swallowed the porridge in his mouth, "What to do?" ”

"I feel like I've been entangled by evil spirits lately." Ruan Yu lowered her head, "Go and ask for peace, and by the way, help you get well as soon as possible." ”

"Evil?" Lu Ye was surprised: "What evil?" ”

"I can't tell." Ruan Yu thought of the picture in the dream again, "I've been dreaming a lot lately, and there are some strange things in my dreams. ”

Riding on a horse with someone, throwing himself into someone's arms, or even letting someone lie on his lap......

What a shame.

Why is this ghost so shameless!

Ruan Yu blushed a little, and blocked it slightly with her hand, "Actually, it's nothing, I just want peace of mind." ”

Lu Ye stared at her for a while, lowered his eyes and smiled: "It's okay." I'm just afraid that Xiao Yuanji will come to you for trouble. ”

"No, it won't." Ruan Yu said: "He is going to kneel today, and he has no time to take care of himself." ”

Lu Ye was stunned, "Punishment for him for disrupting the game?" ”

"Hmm." Ruan Yu didn't tell Lu Ye yesterday because she was embarrassed to say, "He is the Xiao family, and with my mother's support, my father won't do anything to him." So, this thing...... That's all there is to it. ”

Lu Ye sighed.

*

Ruan Yu stared at Lu Ye and drank the porridge, took the medicine again, and then she went out. Lu Ye arranged some guards for her, and Ruan Yu didn't shirk it, so she had to take more than 20 guards with her.

Xiangguo Temple is full of people, and the incense is prosperous.

"Abbot, do you look at me, do you look like I have been entangled by evil spirits?" Ruan Yu pointed to herself.

The abbot looked at her with a smile and shook his head.

"Nope." Ruan Yu wondered, "I've been having strange dreams lately, and my dreams are full of scenes that I've never seen before. ”

The abbot said: "The princess was born in the royal family, and her life is precious, how dare the evil invade her?" Besides, the princess has clear eyebrows and clear eyes, and she is not entangled by evil. What kind of dream did the princess have, can you tell the poor monk? ”

Ruan Yu looked at the other side in embarrassment.

She couldn't say.

The abbot asked again, "Is it a nightmare?" ”

"It's not."

"Good dreams?"

"Not really."

"Did the princess sleep well? Do you feel tired and lazy after waking up? ”

Ruan Yu shook his head: "No." ”

The abbot smiled, "This dream may be the princess's chance, and the princess doesn't have to worry too much." ”

Ruan Yu wondered if she was making too much of a fuss, and there was nothing unlucky about it, and she scared herself like this after a few dreams. She thanked the abbot embarrassedly, and then went to the Guanyin Temple.

"I hope Guanyin Bodhisattva will bless and bless Lu Ye's injuries to get better soon." Ruan Yu silently made a wish, bowed three times, got up and put the incense into the Ding furnace, and knelt down to bow three times.

"What did the princess wish?" After coming out, Yingzhu asked with a smile.

Mingzhu said as a matter of course: "Of course, I want the evil to stay away from myself." ”

Ruan Yu was so smoked by the smoke and fire that she clutched her chest and coughed twice, and Mingzhu was busy supporting her.

The three of them went out of Xiangguo Temple and got into a carriage to go back. Halfway through, the carriage was suddenly stopped by a group of people, and the guards drew their swords one after another and confronted the visitors.

The groom shouted into the carriage, "Princess, someone from somewhere is blocking our way!" You sit tight! ”

The groom urged the horse to turn a corner, and with a whip on the horse's buttocks, the horse galloped wildly.

Ruan Yu lifted the curtain and glanced back.