Chapter 468: Live for Yourself
Yuan Jinnian's cotton robe was worn on Su Muyun's body, it was long and big, but it was warm, she was roasting the fire with her hair scattered, and her complexion was much better against the background of the jumping flames, Yuan Jinnian changed her clothes behind the statue, and hung her wet clothes on the branches next to the fire to roast.
"What the hell happened in Beijing? The second brother only sent a message asking me to come back soon, but he didn't say anything. Yuan Jinnian took two steamed buns out of the baggage and roasted them on the fire.
"Recently, there has been no peace in Jiangling City, and this matter has to start with Mei Ji's hot business...... " Su Muyun carefully said what happened during this time, and she suddenly found that she had paid attention to Mei Ji so much, and all its bits and pieces were in her heart.
"It's been less than a year since I went to the Huwei Army, and so many bizarre things have happened, but let me say it bluntly, why did Miss Su break away from the third brother at this time?" Yuan Jinnian handed the hot steamed bun to Su Muyun and asked suspiciously.
"I ...... I was ...... Father forced it. Su Muyun took a bite of the steamed bun, Xu was too dry and hard, only to feel that the steamed bun was in her throat, which led to her tears.
"I married you back then, if I hadn't done that, your life wouldn't have been so unhappy!" Yuan Jinnian lowered his head and sighed.
"The emperor's order is irreversible, the father's order cannot be violated, the mandate of heaven is so, I can't wait for the ants, I can't complain about you, besides, marrying into the Yan Wangfu, I have never regretted it, and now that I am separated, the Yan King asked me to find a lovely person, and in the second half of my life, I want to live for myself." Su Muyun looked up at Yuan Jinnian, tears condensed into tiny droplets on her eyelashes, and under the light of the firelight, they were crystal clear and glowing with colorful light.
"If ......" Yuan Jinnian opened his mouth and muttered, finally swallowing the sentence in his heart, "If you want, I want to bear it for you".
"The general is a general's talent, and he will be on the rise in the future, and the marquis will be just around the corner." Su Muyun leaned over and wiped the corners of his eyes, trying his best to show a faint smile, like a cluster of begonias after the rain, the petals were broken but still bright and moving.
"Although Jin Nian is the fate of galloping on the battlefield and the horse leather shroud, he yearns for the peace of the sword and the horse in the South Mountain. If there are two acres of paddy fields, a few ridges of vegetables and vegetables, wives and children around you, enjoy the breeze and moon in summer, and taste snow and warm wine in winter, which is also a joy in life! Yuan Jinnian looked at a tall cypress outside the courtyard, the soft and thick snow pressed the branches, and the thin cypress leaves hung low, trembling, as if he took a breath, and the snow on the tip of the leaf was about to fall.
Born noble since childhood, loved by his parents and brothers, and married into the palace with red makeup for ten miles in the jasper years, this is the blessing of many noble girls in Beijing, but these have become unbearable pasts today, and what Su Muyun wants at this time is just an ordinary life in Yuan Jinnian's mouth.
Imagining that scene, Su Muyun's eyes turned red all of a sudden, she glanced at Yuan Jinnian, and thought to herself, this young man was married for brotherhood, and then saved her from falling into the water by chance, I thought it was just brotherly righteousness, but I didn't know that he was also a simple-minded and delicate person.
"Miss Su, what are your plans for the future?" Yuan Jinnian withdrew his gaze from the outside of the courtyard and raised his hand to add a few sticks of firewood to the bonfire.
"I can't go back to Yanwang's Mansion now, but I don't want to go home either." Su Muyun finally ate the steamed bun in his hand little by little, shook his head and said.
"Yes...... But it's not always possible here. Yuan Jinnian twisted her eyebrows, it's so cold at this time, stay until the night, I'm afraid it's even colder, the broken temple is ventilated on all sides, she is such a delicate person, she must not be able to stand it.
"I want to go to Tianchan Temple to serve the Queen Mother, and her old people are all sins because of me." Su Muyun lowered his head and said with some guilt.
"Since you don't want to go home, it's okay, the abbot in the temple is my master, I will send you there, and he will definitely arrange it for you." Yuan Jinnian nodded.
"Really! That's great! Su Muyun showed a bright smile for the first time today.
Such Su Muyun, in Yuan Jinnian's eyes, seemed to be the beginning of the snow, and the world was clear for a while.
"That'...... It's not too early, I'll prepare. Yuan Jinnian stood up in disguise, touched the clothes next to him, almost dried, and hurriedly received the baggage.
Su Muyun's fox fur jacket couldn't dry for a while, in order not to delay the time, she decided to buy two sets of cotton clothes directly, Su Muyun wrapped the cloak, the two got back on the horse, and walked to the market, only to find that this place was already the North Market where ordinary people lived.
They chose a ready-to-wear store, and the owner was a kind young couple, and when they saw a customer coming to their door, they hurriedly came forward to receive them warmly.
The female shopkeeper was busy introducing the clothes hanging on the wall, which is different from South Street, not to mention the fine fabrics of Yunjin Su embroidery, even the ordinary silk and satin are very few, most of them are made of fine cotton and coarse cloth, not even embroidery, Su Muyun was wrapped in a dark cloak that reached the floor, looked up, and chose two pieces of muslin, one purple and one crow, and bought a cotton cloak inlaid with rabbit fur.
Su Muyun went to the inner room to change his clothes, carefully folded Yuan Jinnian's clothes, and wrapped them in a cloak.
When she handed the five hundred taels of silver ticket to the female shopkeeper to pay the bill, the female shopkeeper was dumbfounded, and the clothes in her entire store were not worth five hundred taels. Seeing this, Su Muyun was a little annoyed, she knew that if this was the case, she should have changed it to one hundred taels.
"I'll give it." Yuan Jinnian took out some broken silver from his purse.
"Look, it's still your man who is considerate, takes care of all the money for you, and uses private money to buy you clothes." The female shopkeeper took the money and grinned.
"We are not ......" Yuan Jinnian blushed suddenly.
"Oh, brother, what's so shameful about this, it's natural for a man to love his wife." The male shopkeeper patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile.
Su Muyun knew that they had misunderstood, and his face was red with shame, and the two had no way to defend themselves, so they had to leave in a hurry.
"It's snowing right now, I'll hire you two carriages, although it will be slower, but it will keep you warm." Yuan Jinnian saw that there was a carriage and horse shop next to him, so he said to Su Muyun.
"I don't understand this, you call the shots." Su Muyun handed the five hundred taels of silver tickets to Yuan Jinnian.
What Su Muyun said and did was naturally incomparable, at this time, they were like a family, women were housekeepers, and men were doing things.
Tianchan Temple is not far from the North Street, out of the north gate to arrive, but because of the wind and snow, the owner of the carriage shop asked for a hundred taels of silver foot money, Yuan Jinnian knew that the snow outside was deep and the road was slippery, and did not bargain with him, only temporarily borrowed a hand warmer and a cotton mattress with him, and the boss readily agreed.
Picking the two strongest horses in the stable, and hurrying in the wind and snow, Yuan Jinnian rode a yellow horse in front of the snow to make a way for the carriage.
Su Muyun was holding a hand warmer in his hand, wrapped in a cotton mattress, and looked at the majestic and upright man in front of him through the gap in the door curtain, his head and shoulders were covered with snow, and the green cloak was covered with snow, almost white.
The snow is deep and the road is difficult to walk, the yellow horse's nose is sprayed with hot air, Yuan Jinnian's eyelashes are full of snowflakes, and he occasionally sighs and rubs his cold hands.
Su Muyun suddenly remembered that day, and saw the hand on the other end of the red silk through Xipa, with long fingers and distinct bones. She clearly didn't deliberately remember it, but when she remembered it at this time, it seemed like yesterday.
Bumpy all the way, fortunately, there is no danger, about half an hour later, the temple gate of Tianchan Temple is already close in front of you.
Yuan Jinnian tied the yellow horse under the big pine tree, helped Su Muyun down the steps, climbed up step by step, because the temple came to the queen mother and the queen two noble daughters, so the mountain gate was closed, not to receive ordinary pilgrims and believers.
The Praetorian Guards brought by Chu Heng only guarded the courtyard where the Empress Dowager lived, so Yuan Jinnian took Su Muyun to see his own master, the abbot Master Zhikong.
The master and apprentice have been separated for several years, although Zhikong is a monk, he is inevitably a little excited to see the most proud apprentice, and he is busy making tea and snacks.
Yuan Jinnian picked up his own affairs and talked about them, and then begged Zhikong to take Su Muyun in the temple.
"It's better to do this, the old man took the female benefactor to see the queen mother, if she is willing to stay with you to serve, you can stay." Zhikong said with kind eyebrows.
"Thank you, Master Abbot!" Su Muyun bowed.
Zhikong took Su Muyun around several courtyards, and arrived at an extremely secluded place, where there were Praetorian Guard handles, and the guards saw that they were accompanied by the abbot, so they were not embarrassed, so they let them in.
"Why are you here?" Wan Ruojin Song held her hair and sat in front of the desk in a brown cotton robe embroidered with pine branches, and when she saw Su Muyun wearing the clothes of a servant, she asked in surprise.
"It's all Mu Yun's fault, I'm here to ask for sin today, and the slave is willing to stay with the Queen Mother to serve." Su Muyun kowtowed to the ground.
"It's none of your business, the Yanwang Mansion is an eventful time at this time, you are also a master, you don't preside over affairs in the mansion, what are you doing here!" Wan Ruojin put down the brush in his hand and got up a little displeased.
"Slave and maid again...... is no longer from Yanwangfu, and now, I just want to atone for my sins in front of the Queen Mother! When Su Muyun said this, she was sad and cried.
"Forget it, you get up, according to your father's temperament, the mourning family should have thought of this ending a long time ago." Wan Ruojin sighed, walked to the window and stood, looking at the snowflakes flying outside.
"The Queen Mother, it's always not good if you don't have someone to serve you in front of you, the Queen Mother is in a hurry, and she is sick at this time, so it's better to leave her behind, and it's better to grind and add tea." Zhikong said a word of help.
"Follow your father at home, marry your husband, you left the Yanwang Mansion at this time, but came to the mourning family, if you stay behind, I'm afraid your father will be angry." Wan Ruojin turned around and said lightly.
"I broke away from King Yan today, and I have already saved the Su family, and for the rest of my life, I want to live according to my own ideas, and I will no longer be at the mercy of others." Su Muyun raised his face and said firmly.
"Do you know that the mourning family at this time is no longer what it used to be, and maybe there will be a big disaster coming, aren't you afraid?" Wan Ruojin took a few steps towards her and looked at her steadily.
"The slave has died twice in the hairpin diving today, but unfortunately the heavens do not fulfill people's wishes, if you can accompany the queen mother, why die again! Queen Mother, just leave me. Su Muyun took a few steps on his knees and crouched at Wan Ruojin's feet.