Chapter 16: The Sub-City
The queen almost slipped the tire, and after the matter fermented, it was over, but Emperor Yin planted doubts in his heart.
On the one hand, he pretended to calm the turmoil, and on the other hand, he ordered someone to quietly track it down in secret.
Maybe he already knew it......
The news of the secret guard's report is always unpleasant.
The Four Princes' Mansion, in the Ziyang Pavilion.
In the weather of nearly May, the cicadas were singing outside, but the study of Ziyang Pavilion was cold.
On the side of the flower shelf, under the carved screen of red sandalwood, there are incense cases and four treasures of the study, and the antique paintings on the four walls are dazzling, and the fragrance of books is faint.
On the edge of the beauty couch, a man with a long body stood quietly.
Zicheng was dressed in a purple silk cloud goose pattern robe.
The makeup and hair on his head are blue, the three thousand green silk slides down like silk, the wrist is like jade, and the fingertips are slender and boneless, slender and white and flawless.
He has a well-proportioned complexion, warm eyebrows, white snow and qiong's appearance is self-condensed, and his lips are not dotted.
Looking out of the window of the Japanese breeze, the corners of the eyebrows and eyes are delicate, and the smile is gentle.
Between the slender fingers, I took a copy of "Luo Shen Fu" and watched it carefully.
Yin Jing was dressed in the red robe of Zixia Clever Double Crane, wearing a jade crown, and stood quietly behind him.
He retreated from the left and right little guys, walked to the window, locked the lattice, and then came over to take his hand and smile gently.
"You like it so much, I'll copy two more for you later."
"This is only the first volume, and there are more to come, I'll draw them all for you myself, okay?"
"Childe is so talented and skilled that even I can't tell the difference, it's enough to confuse the real with the fake."
The four eyes met gently, hugged the man in front of him into his arms, and said softly:
"Uncle, how are you doing?"
"My dad always looked like this, you know ......"
He spoke apologetically.
"I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I didn't say anything about it, and I made my uncle angry."
"How can I blame you for this?"
Recalling the past, Zicheng's eyebrows were melancholy.
"If you hadn't shown up back then, I'm afraid I'd have already ......, how could a person like me, my background, and family be able to tolerate me......"
As he spoke, Fang Cai's face increased a little sadly.
"Okay, look at you, how can you be sad again, too many tears are not good for your body......"
"You are my person now, and I will not allow you to shed any more tears."
He held him tightly in his arms, slowly stroking the long satin hair, and his heart was filled with infinite satisfaction and tenderness.
Heaven and earth are still, and all things are harmonious.
"Time flies, eight years in a flash."
Zicheng raised his head and wiped his face with a green Luo handkerchief, his face still smiling like a jade, meeting his words.
"Yes, eight years, Childe, we've been together for eight years...... It's ......."
In those warm eyes, tears appeared.
"Don't talk nonsense! We will be together for the rest of our lives. ”
Zicheng looked at the stubbornness in the other party's eyes, half sure and half reassured, and lowered his eyelids.
"That's nature."
"You were born in the rich and noble hometown of Huaiyin, and my maternal ancestor Qin family is a family friend, and my uncle had a big birthday that year, and his birthday posts are all over the Jiangnan celebrities."
Yin Jing glanced at the person in his arms, and then said:
"Although my mother is a married daughter, she has always paid attention to the friendship of her mother's family, and she is a prince and noblewoman, so she naturally received a post, I just ate fifteen years old that year, and I met you this time."
He closed his eyes and remembered the past, a smile on his lips.
"Tell me, isn't this fate?"
Zicheng's face burned like a sunset, and he was so red that he was drunk.
"It is rumored that you are a demon king of the mixed world, in the end, you were born in the palace family, but I didn't expect to meet at first glance, but you are a heroic and suave son, how many rich families want to stammer, but you always sit politely, but you are in a hurry!"
As he spoke, he seemed to have returned to the scene of the year, and a smile bloomed on the corner of his mouth.
"Isn't that right? My heart is on you! ”
"I'm very nervous, it's like sitting on pins and needles, I don't know how to lift my legs, I don't know where to put my hands, it's a cool day, I'm waiting for ice melons and fruits, and I'm sweating profusely."
"I grew up and loved my father and mother in every way at home, where was I afraid of anything? But when I saw you, I was scared......"
He stroked the patterns on his robe, which felt silky and soft as snow.
After listening to him, Zicheng also spoke slowly.
"As the eldest son in the family, I will definitely meet guests on that occasion."
"My father said to me, the nobles of the Four Princes' Mansion are here, the Qin Mansion and my Nangong family are world friends, and Mrs. Qin has a good reputation, and I heard Mrs. ......"
"This is my dog, nicknamed Mingxuan."
The two blurted out in unison.
When I think back to the first time, I remember it vividly.
"You know that night, my heart was like a drum, tossing and turning, and I couldn't sleep, and my mind was full of you, your every look, every movement...... Later, I finally figured it out. ”
Zicheng raised his head and said curiously:
"What do you understand?"
"From childhood to adulthood, the girls in my room are either handsome and lovely, or gentle and charming, or fresh and refined......"
"When I was fourteen years old, my mother saw that I had grown up, so she called me into the room, and said to me, "The girls in the room will be my concubines from now on, and then ......."
His eyes rolled slyly.
Zicheng's eyes widened in curiosity.
"Early the next morning, I drove them all away...... Hahaha......"
"So...... And you confessed to your aunt that day? ”
"Hmm."
"Madame treats you so well."
In those gentle eyes, envy was born.
"I know my body, but how can I ask a doctor for this kind of thing?"
"Then you ......"
Zicheng lowered his head and said in an uneasy tone.
"I only secretly found a traveling Langzhong, who has traveled all year round and is well-informed, and after listening to me, he didn't care!"
"How many people are outside...... And what about later? ”
"This shame of ruining the family style...... I had to endure it in order to prevent the onset of the disease. ”
It's like going back to the days of the past......
As he spoke, his eyebrows and eyes were twisted, and his face was sad.
"You know I'm scared...... I've reached that age, and I always have to get married, and I can't hide it sooner or later. I had nightmares every day, dreaming that I was kicked out of the court by my father, and in full view of everyone, my father's indifferent face, and my mother's look of shame and lamentation......"
"In those days, I was going crazy with torture!"
Feeling the pain in his heart, Yin Jing hugged the person in his arms tightly.
"I can't sleep at night,"
Speaking of this, Zicheng was full of emotion.
"Luckily...... I met you, or else... I'm afraid I'm really going to become a sinner of the Nangong family......"
His hands and feet were cold, and his whole face was twisted in pain.
Helpless, sad and desperate, although he is the eldest son of the Nangong family and a businessman on the rich side.
Caressing his hair in distress, inserting ten fingers into his fingertips, Yin Jing was gentle and powerful.
"There are times in life when you have to have it, and there are times in life when you don't force it, you and I are in life. None of this is your fault, you're not. You can rest assured, I have already been open and honest with my mother, although it seems absurd, but she is quite reasonable and loves me, and will not bear to let me be lonely for the rest of my life. ”
Zicheng pressed his head to his chest and choked in a low voice.
If that were the case, I would have taken refuge in the rest of my life. Just ......"
He stroked his cheek.
"Fool, what are you worried about?"
"It's just that my aunt has already married you, the daughter of Lord Xie's family, I think it's ...... Delayed her. ”
Speaking of Xie Tong, Yin Jing's expression was cold and hard.
"This woman is not a good type, it's okay, I let her into the house, and I will also eliminate the scourge of the world!"
He sighed softly.
"If it weren't for the Holy Providence, how could I bear it? Don't worry, I won't touch her. ”
"The Heir ......"
"No problem."
He slowly stroked his forehead, like comfort, like a promise.
"If I have a miserable life, what is the point of having children? Mother understands me, and will naturally treat you kindly, and on my uncle's side, if there is any need, I will do my best, and I will treat it as ...... My own family in general. ”
The catkins outside the window fluttered, blocking a glimmer of spring sunshine.
Zicheng looked at the halo and felt in a trance.
There are no regrets in this life.
……
"Childe! Son! ”
The little guy Changhe was calling the door in a hurry outside, looking like he was in a hurry.
He frowned, raised his head and glanced at the door, and said gently to the man in his arms:
"Changhe has always been cautious and cautious in doing things, so reckless, there is bound to be a big event, I'll go and see."
The man in his arms nodded in agreement.
"Go ahead, I'll wait for you."
Yin Jing strode to the door, opened the door and plugged it in, his handsome face was full of gloom.
Changhe knocked on the door too quickly, and almost rushed straight in, but fortunately, his eyes were quick and he was pulled by the master.
"The one from the Sakura Pavilion...... New lady, the beam is overhanging! ”
"What?"
When he first heard the bad news, he was also shocked.
"When?"
The little guy was panting and couldn't stop exhaling.
"Already...... I've been saved, and as soon as I invited Lang Zhong, I hurried to report to my son. ”
After hearing this, Yin Jing's eyes flickered, and then Xiangfei's bamboo fan "snapped" over.
"Ouch!"
Changhe took a slap on his body.
Thinking that Fang Cai praised him for being "cautious and careful", Yin Jing looked into the room and smiled apologetically.
"You go and watch first, don't make any more baskets!"
He turned back and said in a very reluctant tone.
"I have to go and see, if you can't die, will you go with me?"
Zicheng nodded, stood up, and smiled like a spring breeze in March.
"Let's go, I'm proficient in medical skills, although I hide it from others, but you already knew about it, if there is really something, I may be able to help one or two."
Yin Jing took his hand, the touch was like a soft wattle, and his eyes were full of affection, mixed with a trace of gratitude.
Inside the Sakura Pavilion.
The trees are in the shade, and the spring is melting.
The red sun is light and the sky is long, the green smoke is clear, the willows are blowing in the friendly wind, the garden is full of purple and red flowers, and the swallows are constantly circling the beams.
If there are no annoying events in front of you, it is also a good place to enjoy spring drinking.
It's just that the people who live here are really spoiling the scenery!
When the king's family came in, the minions who had gathered to gamble dispersed, either pretending to prune and prune leaves by the flowerbeds, or watering the new soil.
It's just that the newly cultivated soil under the buds has been very dry and cracked due to the long-term lack of water.
The master wants to commit suicide by hanging the beam, but the servant is elated?
There was a lot of disgust in his expression.
Diao slave!
Yan Cai's expression was a little panicked, and she greeted her in fear, kneeling on the ground to say goodbye.
"The slave has seen the son."
He knew this girl, and he immediately felt compassion.
"Get up, how are the people?"
"Back to Gongzi's words, Mrs. has already saved him, and the imperial doctor came to diagnose it, saying that it was ...... It is said that the liver is stagnant, and I am depressed every day, so I can't think of it......"
She spoke incoherently and nervously.
Both of them were secretly surprised, but they did not show it, and they lifted their legs, and took three steps into the house in two steps.
Behind the three curtains, only a sound of beads and greenery could be heard.
Xie Tong was lying on the yellow rosewood lily painted vermilion lacquer bed, with an innocent face, dark blue spots, green silk scattered into a mess, the upper body of the peach embroidered silk brocade shirt, and the white neck, faint crimson strangulation marks.
At this moment, his eyes were closed, as if he had lost his breath.
Yan Ran waited at the head of the bed, and there were faint tears on her cheeks.
She was holding a jade-white soup bowl, and was slowly feeding the medicine into her mouth with a white porcelain spoon.
Brown juice flows from the corners of the mouth.
"Miss...... Miss ......"
Thinking of Xie Fu's elderly mother, Yanran's tears fell.
"You go down first."
She hurriedly put the medicine bowl aside and stood aside.
"Yes......"
"Sub-city."
Yan Ran quietly turned around.
The voice, Wen Xi was incomparable, even as a woman, she paused suddenly.
Zicheng immediately stepped forward, stared at Xie Tong's face carefully, and stretched out a white jade-like finger to catch Xie Tong's wrist.
That body suddenly shook a wit!
Taking advantage of the unpreparedness, she glanced at it, but found that the warm and warm eyes were looking at her intently, and her face suddenly turned crimson, but she still didn't move.
The man frowned suspiciously.
Stretch out your fingertips and wipe the red spot on your neck, and the red stain will appear!
The woman shuddered and stiffened.
Childe "hoofed" the fan, opened the beaded curtain, and walked away, refusing to look back again.
Xie Tong sat up suddenly!
Before she could shout, she heard a voice outside:
"From today on, in the Ziying Pavilion, all the slaves will be sold, and the two of them will be resettled with Mother Fang, and the other two courts will be sent to remove the people who are sprinkling and washing, don't waste the scenery in this garden."
"As for serving tea and delivering water......"
He paused, his voice disdainful.
"Just let her do it herself! Idle in a panic! ”
The group stepped forward and took people without saying a word.
In the blink of an eye, before the pedestrian could react, he was tied up like a rice dumpling.
"Childe ......"
"This master wants to commit suicide, and he can't blame us for being slaves!"
A girl is very aggrieved.
But the superior turned a deaf ear.
"I betrayed you, even if you still have a bite to eat, but if you don't know what to do, go out and talk nonsense, this son wants your life, it will not be difficult to do."
When he spoke, his tone was so light that he couldn't see his expression clearly.
These minions are used to being arrogant and indulgent on weekdays, and they haven't been trained in front of their masters for a long time. Suddenly, one by one, their eyes widened angrily, and they wanted to resist.
"Even if you are the master, you don't have to be so bad to abuse the slave!"
"Yes!"
"What is this!"
……
There was a strong mother-in-law, who broke free from the little girl's hand, raised his head, and crashed towards Yin Jian's body, but before he could reach him, he was kicked away by Changhe.
Seeing that his master was humiliated, Changhe was also furious.
"Dare to go wild in the palace? Come on! Drag it out! ”
The woman was still struggling, her mouth was not dry, and the wooden stick hit the muddy flesh, accompanied by a muffled, terrible howl, which shook everyone's nerves.
The people who were still fighting were all quiet at the moment.
The woman howled...... Then it gradually fell silent.
The law enforcement guy gave a dead hand, and after a few hits, he died.
Changhe's tone was calm, and his similar figure to his master made him look like a slave at all.
"Drag it to the mass grave and bury it, don't stain the eyes of the son."
That voice, the young and laughing kid on weekdays, is just like two people.
No one moved again.
Everyone, like wood, was pushed out by the family.
"Xie Yin's family is unfortunately infected with smallpox, and the slaves around him are all serving the master, in order not to endanger the palace, from today onwards, Ziying Pavilion will be closed to the house, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave except for food."
Xie Tong sat at the door in a daze, still frightened.
She sat down and fell on the threshold, only to feel cold sweat all over her body, and the bright red cinnabar on her neck gradually fainted due to the sweat wetness.
The Sakura Pavilion returned to its usual tranquility.
She suddenly realized something, her throat squirmed, she swallowed a few times with difficulty, and finally let out an unwilling scream:
"Childe! Son! I was wrong Childe! ”
"The concubine doesn't dare anymore, ...... childe"
The woman's mournful cry came from behind her.
Zicheng was moved by compassion, turned his head to look back, his lips pursed for a long time, and he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it after all.
Yin Jing slowly held his hand.
Changhe was used to it, so he silently dismissed his subordinates and quietly followed not far away.
Success or failure turns empty.
The door of the Sakura Pavilion squeaked, and it was firmly shut. No one could hear the movement inside.
Outside the garden, there are still warblers crying green, apricot blossoms paving on the green brick ground, and the clear sky is still calm, and suddenly it rains lightly.
A blood-colored rose bloomed quietly outside the window.
On the couch of the gold lacquer lily beauty next to the bookcase of Ziyang Pavilion, a full moon is still staged.