Volume III-9 Ripples in the Heart (Part II)
Ripples in the heart (middle)
A trace of something flashed in Xinjie's heart, he didn't catch it, and frowned slightly: "You will enter the palace early tomorrow morning?"
"Yes, someone came to the palace yesterday to spread the word, the Queen Mother asked me to go early tomorrow, The day after tomorrow is the Queen Mother's Qianqiu, her old man said that I have been accompanying my grandmother in Kansai for the past few years, and it is time to honor and honor her old man, Go over early tomorrow to help with it, and talk to her old man, there are many people who are coming, but I am afraid that I will not be idle." Her birthday was only one day away from the Queen Mother, so the Queen Mother and Yiyi both remembered it very clearly. In the past, Wan Ning in the palace went to kowtow to the Queen Mother early in the morning on her birthday, treating her as an elder in her own family, and then the Queen Mother ordered someone to cook Shou noodles for her, so that she could play freely in the palace for a day, and Yiyi would also come to see her at this time. She originally wanted to go to see the Queen Mother with Xinjie early this year, and the two of them would enjoy a peaceful day, but obviously this wish was going to be disappointed.
Xinjie was a little disappointed: "I originally planned to take their brother and sister to the nursery of Baihuatang together. They also grow medicine in Yau Tong Village, and see what the difference is. ”
Lian'er politely apologized to the brother and sister opposite: "Oh, I'm really sorry, I don't know, when the messenger from the palace came yesterday, I already answered." Why don't you take them there tomorrow, and after the Queen Mother's birthday, we'll accompany them to somewhere else to play." Lian'er's tone was very sincere, and neither the Erda siblings nor Xinjie could hear any questions.
When Xinjie went home, it was the dead of night, Lian'er had already done her best, practiced the sword dance, and packed up and lay on the bed. Although it was not yet early in the morning, Lian'er had already decided that she would not tell him at this time. The two were verbally engaged for them by their grandmother in Kansai, and then they got married directly in the capital. For the Tang brothers, those who recognize the right person have to marry home, and those eight characters are all made up by boring people in the market. So before marriage, the brothers didn't remember these details. If he had changed Gengti, he wouldn't have known her birthday.
When she heard him return, she closed her eyes first. The storm is coming, but her husband's heart is in turmoil, and she can only sigh in her heart. When she handed over herself, she didn't ask to be his only one, but she just wanted the two to hug each other for a while, so she left, but she didn't expect to go so far with him, and finally got married. In this world, a man can have three wives and four concubines, and there are groups of wives and concubines, not to mention that he has more capital than other men. Some time ago, he spoiled her so much that she forgot about reality, and now it's time to wake up from her dreams. She still used that sentence to convince herself, she had nothing, don't expect too much, and deal with it calmly. Although I have just settled down in Aokien, I shouldn't have indulged myself for a while now, I should have indulged in love, and I wanted to stay here forever.
That's fine, she said silently in her heart, sooner or later she will have to separate, why remember so much. Take a deep breath and mix it out so that he doesn't realize he's sleeping.
Ever since they were together, they had always gone to sleep together, and today was the first time they had their own hearts in mind. A Yilan's appearance disturbed Xinjie's state of mind, he believed in his love for his wife, but for A Yilan, he couldn't bear to refuse for thousands of miles, that girl was so simple. But in front of his wife, he was always eagerly watched by Ah Yilan's clear eyes, and he felt very embarrassed, and he didn't know how to face her for a while, so his wife rested early, giving him a short escape.
No matter what happens, you can't show your feelings, which is something that you have learned since childhood. What's more, this is her birthday, even if her husband doesn't know, she has to celebrate it herself. After getting up early in the morning and practicing Jinggong, Lian'er guessed that he didn't have the heart to practice more with her today, and she didn't want to ask, so she began to put her mind into dressing up. In the past, she barely pretended to have a little red lips, but today she took out the rose jasmine foundation powder she had concocted, gently brushed a layer, hooked a little corner of her eyes, and a thin layer of pink rouge, which not only covered up a little haggard due to lack of sleep, but also looked more radiant than before. The pink gauze skirt with white cloud brocade as the base, and the dark purple waist outlines the perfect figure, and the whole person looks noble and elegant. A white hosta pulls up half of her hair, and there is a half-open moon made of red gold between the buns, but the dust is not too pure.
When she dressed up and went out, he had just finished practicing, although he was a little surprised, but he didn't think much about it, after all, she was entering the palace to see the queen mother. If it was in normal times, seeing her so beautiful, he would have gone over to be nostalgic, and would not let her go out so quickly. But today he has not sorted out the chaotic emotions of yesterday except for his amazement, and he has no other expression than two compliments. She didn't seem to notice any of his praise at all and walked away with a faint smile, if he would have been sensitive to it in normal times, but not today.
When she walked out of the outer courtyard and was about to get into the car, she ran into the Ah Yilan brothers and sisters, and just said hello politely. Erda was completely amazed by the woman in front of her, and she couldn't come back to her senses for a while. Ah Yilan also stared, except for some hair accessories, the woman had no other jewelry. Unlike her, she hung a lot of earrings and various accessories on her body, and wore a finely carved plain silver belt, with delicate bells hanging on the belt, and walked as if there was a clear spring. Originally, I thought that when I went out like this, it looked heavy, and these jewelry lined her small face, which made her look even more weak, and the waist ornament looked petite and exquisite. She got up early in the morning to clean up and dress up, just to compete with this woman, to attract Xinjie's brother's attention to herself. She still wore a sweetly scented sachet on her body, covered her face with thick powder to cover her tanned skin in the cottage, and lit the rouge of Jiao Mei Xuan that she bought when she visited the night market last night. Brother Xinjie said that it was the largest and most expensive fat powder shop in Beijing. Brother Xinjie asked her to pick the most expensive. He did not hesitate to pay the money. She was so excited that she dressed up with the fat powder early this day, and waited to see him.
I didn't expect to meet this woman on the road, seeing that she didn't have too many embellishments, and just walked out so simply, it made her feel stupid like a shelf full of silver jewelry, and the fat powder on her face was too thick, which made her feel a little embarrassed in front of this woman. But thankfully, this one went out alone. Today, Brother Xinjie's eyes belong to her.
Although she didn't have breakfast at home, the hostess had already arranged a much richer and more gorgeous breakfast than usual, for Xinjie to accompany the guests to enjoy. The elegance of Aokien amazed the two brothers and sisters who came from the cottage, from last night's dinner to today's breakfast, from hearty to exquisite, they had never seen before. For breakfast, the three of them slowly tasted and commented, and the brother and sister slowly looked at each other one by one, slowly tossing for most of the hour. It was almost noon before Xinjie ordered the car to take them to the nursery of Baihuatang.
Before I went out, I unexpectedly saw Xinye holding a pot of blue and white official kilns, and in the pot were very unique moon flowers. Xinye has always come in without being informed, and it was quite surprising to see Xinjie accompanying this brother and sister, but not seeing Lian'er's shadow.
"Where's my sister-in-law?"
"She entered the palace early this morning."
"Haven't come back yet? When did she say she would come back? I'm still waiting for her to invite me to dinner. ”
"Then you can't wait today, she said that she may come back late today, and she will celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday tomorrow, and she needs to help with the cooking."
"That's what she said?" This was too much of a surprise to Shinno. Today is Lian'er's birthday, he has been with her in previous years, and now although she is married to the third brother, as a younger brother, he still thinks he should come to congratulate her. And today is the third brother's first birthday since he married her, no matter what, the third brother should celebrate her. But looking at it like this, it doesn't seem to mean that at all. Didn't the third brother know that she had her birthday today? She didn't even tell her husband about this? Looking at the girl who was standing close to the third brother and was covered with ornaments, and the * on her face was enough for three or two, Xinye seemed to know something.
"Third brother, why don't you introduce me, who are these two?"
"Oh, this is Erda, this is Ah Yilan, they are all from Shonan Youtong Village, it was the last time they saved me, this is my youngest brother Xinye."
Shinno had heard about it for a long time, and he thought he already knew what was going on, and he didn't want to deal with these people. When he saw Cai'er standing aside, he handed her the flowers in his hand: "Help me give them to your master, this is what she likes, tell her that this flower is about to bloom, and she must bask in the sun often, and she is not allowed to face the flowers with a bitter face, otherwise the flowers will be ugly by her, and I will not help her get flowers again." He laughed as he said Cai'er, and Ah Yilan also thought that this Young Master Tang was very interesting. With that, he was going to leave.
When he got on the horse and left, there was an indelible chagrin in his heart, and Xinye began to regret his inaction in the past few years, and actually handed over Lian'er to others to take care of.
The Queen Mother in Chunhui Palace looked at the flowery Wanning with a smile and kowtowed to her, and then ordered to prepare longevity noodles for her, as if she had returned to before she left. She accompanied the Queen Mother to finish eating noodles, and the Queen Mother took her hand and looked at the flowers in the yard, slowly turning.
"Hurry back? You turned out that the sisters in the palace said that you came and asked you to wait here, why did they all have to toast you? ”
"Don't worry, I haven't been with them for many years, and today I asked the Queen Mother to allow me to spend a day with them in the palace, and I want to go back to my original house to see."
"Isn't Xinjie waiting for you? Why don't you let him in, and you go around together? ”
"No need, thank you Queen Mother, I'm just here myself. Ah Yilan and Erda from Youtong Village came, and he accompanied them to see the nursery in Baihuatang in the suburbs. ”
"The nursery can be seen another day, how can he not accompany you on your birthday?"
"He didn't know." Wanning said softly.
The Queen Mother realized that something was wrong between them. "Why?"