Chapter 53: The Mystery in the Painting
Her deep eyes seemed to be able to see everything, and she could feel the cold sweat in her palms.
Tong Yuqing knew that Yu Chong was not simple, and she also understood that he was not casual when he asked these words, her heart sank, and she simply broke the jar. "Now that you know who I am, what are you asking?"
"I just want to see how long you're going to hide from me." Yu Chong's palm tightened again, "I still remember some things about the Yu family and the Chen family back then, if you want to take revenge and help the Chen family get back their innocence, I can help you all." Qing'er, you listen to me, leave it all to me, you don't need to do anything. ”
Tong Yuqing pursed her lips tightly, as if she was thinking and tangled.
"You're saying I'm getting you in too much trouble?"
Yu Chongzhuo looked at her, "That's not, I'm just worried about you, worried that if you continue to make trouble like this, the people over there will be unable to sit still sooner or later." I'm injured now and I'm going to have to recuperate for a while, so I can't protect you during this time......"
Her eyes were complicated, she opened her mouth but didn't know what to say, and then simply got up from his side, "I'll go get you something to eat." ”
Yu Chong's eyes darkened slightly, "Okay." ”
Tong Yuqing personally made him a bowl of porridge and brought it over, and gently helped him up, seeing that he was really weak, he didn't even have the strength to support himself to sit up, so she could only let him lean on herself, and blow the porridge cold spoonful by spoon and feed it to him.
After feeding the porridge, I saw that he looked tired, and was about to let him lie down, and saw him raise his chin again. "Show me the picture."
Moving his gaze to the painting on the table, Tong Yuqing was stunned for a moment before using a pillow behind him and letting him sit down. She walked to the table herself, only to find that the painting had been torn and dilapidated by her.
Because she pinned the painting to the back of the waist, the painting had a lot of folds, and some of the edges had been cracked, completely losing its original appearance.
Spread the portrait on Yu Chong's lap, looking at his father's hard work, Tong Yuqing was distressed.
"Chen Yong's works are indeed smart, in the past, only the paintings of famous artists of the past dynasties could be sold for a good price, and in the contemporary era, only Chen Yong can ask for a thousand dollars." Yu Chong praised this painting, but unfortunately now the painting has been destroyed, so he can only think about it.
"I remember that my grandfather almost kicked my father out of the house for these paintings." Tong Yuqing lowered her head and smiled, "I remember that once my grandfather lost his temper and punished my father for kneeling for a day. Although I was young at the time, I felt sorry for my father and knelt with him. Grandfather couldn't bear it, so he went around his father. From then on, as long as my grandfather wanted to punish my father, I would be punished with my father, and my grandfather had no way, so he would not punish my father. ”
It was the first time that Yu Chong heard her tell her about what happened when she was a child, and with her words, she also thought of such a sensible and kind child in her mind.
Seeing her laugh, he laughed too.
"Who is the woman in the painting? The body is graceful, the expression is enchanting and intoxicated, it is not a fairy in the sky, it is also a fairy in the mountains. Your father painted her vividly, as if she had come to life. ”
Tong Yuqing's expression froze, and she said in a cold voice: "It's probably my mother." ”
Yu Chong's eyebrows jumped, and the hand holding the scroll suddenly trembled, and he looked away and looked straight at her.
She pursed her lips tightly, as if it wasn't a big deal. In such a long time together, Yu Chong knew that if she didn't want to say something, she would keep silent even if others pried her mouth.
Besides, Yu Chong didn't want to force her.
"My mother is a Qinglou woman. My father only painted my mother as a woman in his life, laughing, crying, walking, standing, no matter what, as long as he painted people, he would only paint my mother. ”
Yu Chong was stunned, Chen Yong's wife was from a famous family, how did she become a Qinglou girl?
As if seeing his doubts, Tong Yuqing smiled sarcastically. "Daddy's original partner is everyone's girlfriend, but the mother who gave birth to me is just a red dust girl. Although my mother was very good to me, my father liked only my mother. ”
It's all in the big mansion and the big yard, and Yu Chong immediately understood in his heart.
"Then ...... you?"
Tong Yuqing knew what he wanted to ask, she shook her head, "My mother had a difficult birth, and she died when she gave birth to me." ”
Yu Chong's heart was suffocated, as far as she said just now, she could hear that the grandfather of the Chen family cherished her very much, and Mrs. Chen Yong also treated her closely, and it could be seen that she was living well in the Chen family at that time. But when something happened to the Chen family, she should have been only five years old......
He still has a tile to cover the rain, but Tong Yuqing is running for his life. At the age of five, she has suffered so much until now.
"Qing'er."
Tong Yuqing raised her eyes, "Huh? ”
He smiled softly, "Come here." ”
She looked at the distance between the two of them, which was only two feet away, and somehow moved closer to him. "What's wrong?"
Yu Chong moved, wanting to reach out and take her into his arms, but he didn't want to pull the wound, and his face suddenly turned pale.
Tong Yuqing was startled, "Don't move, lean on, I'll call Qing'an to come in and change your dressing." ”
Yu Chong grabbed her, his eyes burning. "When I'm ready, I'll take you to the happy rivers and lakes."
With a suffocation in her heart, she pursed her lips and smiled.
"Okay."
Yu Chong rolled up the painting and said, "This should be your thing, you put it yourself." I'm afraid that after the big birthday, I'm going to start looking for trouble, so be careful yourself. ”
Tong Yuqing saw that he could only do these things with one hand at this time, and he was afraid that he was pulling the injury on his shoulder, so he took over and said: "I will take care of things over there, don't worry, I will keep to myself during this time, stay by your side obediently, and don't cause trouble." ”
Yu Chong let her do it, and reluctantly moved his gaze to the painting, and when his eyes touched a certain place, he suddenly grabbed Tong Yuqing's wrist.
"What's wrong?"
Yu Chong reopened the painting and took a closer look at the position of the woman's dress in the painting. Tong Yuqing's face is a little ugly, the person in the painting is her own mother, and she is Yu Chong's mother-in-law!
The gauze on this painting is shallow and lifelike, and the paint of the green gauze has been cut off by her in half, as if half of the garment has been removed. What did he mean by staring at him like this?
With a fire in her heart, she pulled the painting to her side and rolled it up quickly. "Look at what, stare at my mother again, be careful that I gouge out your eyes!"
Yu Chong was stunned for a moment, "Qing'er, you misunderstood, give me the painting quickly." ”
Tong Yuqing's eyes widened, "What are you doing, staring at my mother again?" ”
Yu Chong sighed and breathed a sigh of relief before saying, "Didn't you find a mystery in the painting?" ”
Tong Yuqing's scroll slammed into action, and he looked suspiciously at the half-rolled scroll. A long, pale hand reached out and unfolded the painting in her hand, pointing to one of its locations.
"Here."
Following where his finger pointed, Tong Yuqing clearly saw a shallow mark on the root of the woman's thigh in the painting.
Isn't this the seal she made when she was naughty?
Yu Chong raised his eyes to look at her, "You go get a pair of scissors." ”
Tong Yuqing's eyebrows twisted into a pimple, "Second Master Yu, what do you mean?" ”
Yu Chong's good-looking fingers kept pressing on it, and said patiently: "There are other marks under the mark here." ”
After speaking, he rubbed the woman's body with his fingers again, and Tong Yuqing was pale. As his fingers ran over a certain place, his movements suddenly stopped. Slender fingers tapped the place lightly, "Here." ”
She raised her hand to touch it, and quickly retracted it. She stared at it in disbelief, and her mood couldn't calm down for a long time. Suddenly remembering something, she snatched the scroll and put it on the table to examine it carefully.
Her ears exploded when Yu Chong asked her to find scissors, so she rushed to the side of the makeup, took out a pair of light scissors, and gently picked up the drawing paper that should have only one layer along the edge. Seeing the things inside, Tong Yuqing suddenly froze in place.
"Qing'er?" Yu Chong asked twice in a row, but Tong Yuqing ignored it.
Yu Chong stubbornly wanted to turn over and get out of bed, but his body was weak at this time, and he didn't have so much strength at all. He struggled a few times, but the person didn't move much, but dropped the pillow behind him to the ground. At this time, Tong Yuqing was staring blankly at the things in the painting, and heard a muffled sound behind him, so he remembered Yu Chonglai.
"Don't move, I'll show you."
She handed the letter in the painting to Yu Chong, who took it and glanced at it, his expression tightened.
The paper is specially made and looks light and thin, but in fact it has two layers. Among them, there are letters sandwiched obediently, all of which are records of the ladies in the palace begging the Chen family to buy flowers and plants. Among them, a stroke is outlined with cinnabar, which is actually about the mother of the Seventh Prince, Concubine Li.
The queen died violently back then, but the cause could not be found, and this record of buying flowers pointed to the fact that Concubine Li poisoned the former queen!
The former queen is the sister of the prime minister, and after her death, the prime minister stuffed another sister into the palace and became the second queen, not only raising the prince from the former queen, but also giving birth to the most favored princess of the emperor. Now the crown prince who is standing is in opposition to the Seventh Prince, if they spread this matter, I'm afraid the world will be in chaos.
The two glanced at each other, and both tacitly turned over the page of letters, and kept silent about Concubine Li.
Looking further down, the content of the letter has become the intersection between the Chen family and the Yu family. The two were originally world friends, and they both started as running merchants. The letter briefly explained some things about the two families doing business together, but after writing, the handwriting on the letter suddenly became messy, and the tone of the letter could also be seen to be anxious.
The letter said that Mrs. Yu lost her son unexpectedly, and the content after that was suddenly cut off.
Yu Chong silently folded the letter and handed it all back to Tong Yuqing. He was a few years older than Tong Yuqing, and he was from the Yu family, so he remembered the events of that year very clearly. After the old lady lost her son, the whole person became more ruthless than before, targeting the Chen family everywhere. She also ignored the old lady's opposition to getting acquainted with the powerful, and sold salt under the nose of the imperial court and monopolized a lot of silver earned at the dock.
And just half a year later, the old lady paid a lot of money, and then there was no Chen Yong's family in the capital.
As for the ones that Chen Yong didn't finish, they must be the things that Mrs. Yu did. If Chen Yong still has the remaining letters, as long as he gets those things, the Yu family will be finished!