Chapter 4 Clear your mind
Xia Yunshang drank the medicine and fell asleep, in the dream she returned to the cold Ningguo Houfu, back to the day she lost her child, when she woke up from the pool of blood, she saw a dilapidated wooden bed, no long things, trembling hands gently on the empty stomach, despair, panic, hatred...... Yunshang seemed to fall into a deep black hole, where the cold and bitter hatred was surging, and the anger in the sky ignited Yunsheng's eyes.
In her sleep, Yunshang opened her eyes violently, and her eyes were red with hatred. Yunshang turned her head to look outside the curtain, the light in the room was already lit, thinking that she had slept for another day, Yunshang exhaled deeply, trying to calm her emotions.
"Zijuan." Yunshang shouted a little weakly
Zijuan walked to the side of the bed gently, pulled up the pale pink bed curtain and fixed it, "Miss is awake, the slave maid serves Miss to wash up and eat, Miss is sleeping for another day, it seems that it is not good to recuperate." ”
"Hmm" Yunshang was gently helped up by Zijuan and nodded in response. Seeing Yunshang nodding, Zijuan turned around and instructed Lu Qiao to bring toiletries, and Lan Rui saw that Miss was awake and went to the small kitchen to prepare food. Bihe and Ruby were waiting for them to prepare their clothes.
Xia Yunshang finished grooming, because it was early summer, the weather was slightly cooler and the clouds fell into the water and the cold had not healed, so she wore a sky blue soft satin plain long skirt, covered with a cotton silk peony embroidered shawl, and the ink-colored hair was only pulled into a simple bun, fixed with hibiscus jade plum hairpins, without powder, and sat in front of the table with the yellow rosewood eight immortals in a lazy manner.
The maids placed the dishes in an orderly manner, because they had just woken up, and they didn't dare to make too greasy in the small kitchen, only to see the table on the table with cordyceps yellow stewed quail, stir-fried shrimp, cherry meat, white-cut chicken, lotus tofu, lotus lotus, and shredded chicken spring rolls. A total of five dishes, a soup, and a snack.
"Miss, the white fungus lotus seed soup that Mrs. brought at dinner, saying that she was worried that Miss had just woken up and had a bad appetite, and the slave maid put it in the kitchen to simmer, and it is now available?" Lan Rui asked as she made a dish.
"Don't use it for the time being, this just woke up with an average appetite, if you're hungry later, let's talk about it, I've slept for a day, but what's the matter?" Xia Yunshang asked
"Miss Hui, the queen mother and the emperor are very worried about Miss's situation, so the old lady was invited to the palace in the morning, and came back with a box of precious medicinal materials given by the palace, and a jade pillow, which has been placed in the treasury, ready to be counted tomorrow. The old lady was going to have dinner with the young lady, but the general and his wife replied that the old lady said that the young lady had not woken up yet, so they gave steamed pork ribs with tempeh and vinegared fish from West Lake, and said that the young lady should eat more. Ruby returned
"It's really Grandpa Lao's trouble." Xia Yunshang thought about her grandfather, who had always been kind to her.
Because of his premature birth and some shortcomings, and a girl, grandpa treats himself and his brother very differently, he has always loved and has always loved and has been good, and the only time he was angry in his memory was when he had to marry Li Chengyin, and his grandfather, who had never been angry in front of him, broke the dragon head crutch that had accompanied him for many years. Thinking of this, I felt sad again.
"In the afternoon, someone from the Ningguo Marquis Mansion asked about the young lady's situation, and the lady prepared a thank you gift, saying that she would invite the Ning Guohou Mansion to come to the Ningguo Marquis Mansion for the young lady's birthday in half a month." Bihe said
"Who is from the Marquis of Ningguo's Mansion?" Xia Yunshang heard Ning Guohou's name, and the chopsticks in his hand paused slightly.
"Miss Hui, it's Mrs. Ning Guohou Wang and Concubine Zhen here." Bihe returned, "Listening to the words in the front hall, they only seem to say that the Hou Mansion went out to swim in the lake and met the young lady falling into the water, so they ordered the mother-in-law of the Hou Mansion to go into the water to help rescue her." Bihe thought for a while and said, "It's not that the second son of the Hou Mansion is not mentioned." ”
Xia Yunshang smiled, "They won't mention it." "Not to mention that the situation is critical, but if men and women have such contact, it will damage the reputation of the woman, and it is necessary to marry the person who is saved, if it is saved by the prince, it would be better, after all, he is familiar with Sister Zhen, and it is easy to explain, but this will naturally offend the Zhenguo Mansion.
Besides, this Wang family doesn't like the lord of concubines, and naturally he doesn't like the second son of this concubine, so how can he send him a helper. And Sister Zhen, thinking of this, Xia Yunsheng's eyes were slightly dark, she had lost her in her previous life. After relieving himself, Xia Yunshang replied and asked, "What about the Qingguo Mansion?" ”
"Miss Hui, on the day that Miss fell into the water, the old lady Chu and the old lady Zhen of the Qingguo Mansion came to make amends in person, and said that they would severely punish the Chu sisters. The old lady thought that he was a relative and an old acquaintance, so he was angry, but he didn't hurt his anger much. Miss woke up today, and Mrs. sent someone to send a letter to Mrs. Zhen, where she sent two thousand-year-old ginseng and two baskets of cherries, saying that it was for Miss to replenish her body. Bihe returned
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"Okay, I see." Xia Yunshang listened to the reply, finished her meal carefully, rinsed her mouth and got up to leave the table.
"Miss, are you resting?" Zijuan stepped forward and handed a handkerchief and asked.
"No, I've slept for a day, I'll go to the study to read a book." Yunshang said and walked to the study.
"Miss's illness hasn't recovered yet, and you have to go through the yard to go to the study, which is really inconvenient, so Miss should watch it in the house, right?" Ruby looked out the window and said.
"Okay, let's turn the lights on." As he spoke, he walked to the beauty couch and picked up the book on the couch to look at. Zijuan and the others knew that the young lady didn't like to be disturbed by others when she was reading and learning to read and write and thinking about things, so they waited outside the screen. Yunshang took the book and read it for a while, feeling irritable in her heart, so she put the book down and carefully cleaned up her thoughts.
In the capital, there are many relatives of the emperor and all have contacts, such as the Zhenguo Mansion, the Ningguo Hou Mansion, the Qingguo Mansion, and the Xinguo Mansion are the most important links.
Xia Yunsheng's mother, Shangguan Ruian, is the eldest princess of Ruian, and her mother is the former emperor's Chu Guifei, and the current Empress Dowager are from the Qingguo Mansion, and are the Empress Dowager's sibling sisters.
There are two pieces of this tiger talisman, one was given to the prince at that time, the current saint Shangguan Yu, and the other piece was given to Princess Ruian, the first emperor passed away, Shangguan Yu succeeded to the throne, and the edict Princess Ruian entered the grade as the eldest princess of the holy first grade.
Now the old lady of the Qingguo Mansion is the younger brother of the Empress Dowager.
The niece of Mrs. Zhen of the Qingguo Mansion is the Xinguo Mansion, the niece of the old lady Zhen married in Shangguan Yu and is the current queen, and the niece and granddaughter is married into the Ningguo Houfu and is the princess Zhen Linyi of the Ningguo Houfu.
The four families are in-laws of each other, and they often correspond on weekdays.
And Xia Yunsheng, as the niece and granddaughter of the Empress Dowager, is also the identity of the county lord, and is even more highly hoped, without him, because the two sons of the old lady Chu of the Qingguo Mansion, Chu Xuan and Chu Lian only have sons-in-law, that is, the two young masters of the Qingguo Mansion, Chu Xiujie and Chu Xiuwen, and have no daughters-in-law. And the queen mother naturally expects that the crown princess and the future queen will come from the Chu family.
And because she was weak at birth, Princess Ryan was very worried, so she asked the first emperor to transfer the tiger talisman to Xia Yunsheng, wanting to protect Yunshang with the spirit of the emperor. It also increased Xia Yunsheng's weight. Thinking that if it weren't for the mistakes of her previous life, Xia Yunshang would probably become the crown princess and would be in charge of the East Palace.
And Xia Yuqi, said that it was a little reluctant to say that she was the lady of the Zhenguo Mansion, Xia Yuqi's father Xia Shaowen was born to her grandfather's side concubine, and she had no blood relationship with her father, and there was only one daughter in the second room, which was thin.
Yun Sheng thought silently, what did Sister Chu and Li Chengyin think? Arrange a scene where heroes save beauty? But if it's just like this, Yunshang is not moved, or not resolute, then this drama can't go on, after all, his identity and status are special, and he can't even set his parents.
After waking up in his previous life, he was provoked by Xia Yuqi and had a headache, and he didn't care about the situation in Qingguo Mansion for a while, and the next day he saw Xia Yuqi running angrily and saying that he had failed to explain things clearly, and the Chu sisters who were harmed were punished, and he was shocked, and he couldn't care about his body, so he hurried to Qingguo Mansion to save him, and then he knew that it was Li Chengyin who saved him.
When I saw him by chance on his birthday, I saw him in white clothes elegant and delicate, and he was even more depressed, and his heart was secretly moved. After many coincidences, I didn't want to secretly agree, and under the intentional matchmaking of the Chu sisters, I rejected the marriage arranged by the Queen Mother, and so on...... It's no accident that the birthday meeting is not accidental, it was originally the male and female guests sitting at separate tables, hum, I think they will soon have to take action......
Xia Yunsheng's eyes were cold, but there was no hurry, there was more than one birthday show this time.
On the other side, the Qingguo Mansion is also very lively.
"Go and bring those two girls to me!" Old Madam Zhen sat on the main seat of the main hall, and said with a majestic face, beside her was Mrs. Chu, Chu Xuan and his wife sat on the lower right, and Chu Lian and his wife sat on the lower left. All the girls in the house did not dare to speak, knowing that the master was angry, so they had to take their breath carefully, for fear of annoying the master. Half a moment later, I saw Chu Mengxi and Chu Mengyao sisters coming to the main hall under the leadership of the girl's mother-in-law.
"The two rebel girls don't kneel down quickly!" Chu Xuan roared angrily
The two of them have been punished for kneeling in the ancestral hall since Xia Yunshang fell into the water, and they are already weak and do not kneel properly.
"It's not good to kneel yet! You two sisters are good, you actually hurt your clothes into the water, so bold! "Old lady Chu is also dissatisfied, this Yunshang is her niece and granddaughter, and she is also the future princess to whom the queen mother belongs, and it is also the hope of the Chu family, if something happens to her, where will the Chu family have a daughter who is in the right age.
"Back to my grandfather, it was an accident that day, and my granddaughter must be cautious in the future." Chu Mengxi returned respectfully
"What about you being careful? This time Meng Yao is not in trouble! Fortunately, this time Xiang'er is fine, denying that even if you have ten lives, it is not enough to compensate! Mrs. Zhen said angrily, and her niece said in a private message that the Queen Mother was very annoyed about the fact that Shang'er fell into the water, and when she saw the Queen Mother, she had to explain a thing or two, and she was angry when she thought about it.
"That day, Xia Yunshang accidentally fell into the water." Chu Mengyao complained
"You still have the face to make excuses!" Old Mrs. Zhen said angrily, she was also Chu Xuan's roommate, and she gave birth to a daughter and raised her as a concubine, Chu Mengxi was a smart and sensible person, and Aunt Li was also a well-behaved person, because of that incident, her temperament had changed, and she was even more unpleasant after having Chu Mengyao, and she was already dissatisfied with this Chu mother and daughter, and she was even more angry when such a thing happened.
"It's all about improper discipline of concubines." Su Shi got up and apologized
"Don't do your business, my grandson is not very good, or the aunt who doesn't teach! This time we must punish severely!" Old Madam Zhen said.
Chu Xuan, who was on the side, caressed Su Shi and sat down, comforted Su Shi in a low voice, and then stepped forward and said: "It is the son who supervises improperly, and Lao's father and mother are bothered, although the Zhenguo Mansion has not punished this time, but the two of them cannot escape the responsibility, each of them will be beaten twenty rulers, and they will go to the ancestral hall to ask for half a month." ”
"Father!" The Chu sisters all exclaimed.
"What? Too light? Old Madam Zhen snorted coldly. This Aunt Li was not properly disciplined, fined three months of monthly money, and copied the female precept three times. Alright, let's disperse. ”
The Chu sisters knew that they couldn't, so they could only receive punishment.
"Eldest sister, didn't you say that you won't be punished?" Chu Mengyao said dissatisfiedly
Chu Mengxi looked at his red and swollen hands with hatred in his eyes, Xia Yunsheng! is obviously the descendant of the Zhenguo Mansion, but he also has a high status in the Qingguo Mansion, so hateful! Chu Mengxi said coldly: "Xia Yuqi's movements are also too slow, I thought that when she came to give Yunsheng's thank you gift, she would naturally not be punished, who ......knows?"
Chu Mengyao glanced at her when she heard the words and said, "She? Maybe what to think about, waiting for her to come to the rescue, it is better to count on Xia Yunsheng's grasp. ”
"In principle, I'll fix the book now." Chu Mengxi nodded.