Chapter 384: Agarwood (2)
The sun shone on the ground.
Yun Xi listened to the words of the two maids, and only felt a dense layer of cold sweat coming out of her back, as if there were countless eyes staring at her behind her cold.
She took a deep breath to see if the two maids were really from her mother-in-law's room, as she had guessed before. If it was them, she must ask clearly, why did they conclude that it was the mother-in-law who did not want her to give birth to the child? As a maid, what is the purpose of chewing these tongue roots in Luofu?
However, when Yun Xi walked around the rockery and snow, and walked to the place where the two were whispering, he didn't even see a single figure.
The ring cui on his head jingled, and for no reason, Yun Xi actually felt a deeper chill, and his body couldn't help but tremble.
How exactly he returned to his own yard, Yun Xi couldn't remember. Closing the door, she sat on the bed, her mind in turmoil.
The mother-in-law didn't like herself, which she knew before she married into Luofu.
Yun Xi's maiden family was also prominent. Her aunt was the concubine of Li Xian, the second son of Empress Wu, and her father, uncle, and cousin were all granted an official position. The glory of the family is unattainable in this remote place for a while.
In the second year of Yongchun, the crown prince Li Xian was assigned to Bazhou, and his aunt, as a side concubine, was naturally assigned together. Fortunately, his family was not affected, but his father and uncle were jealous, and they did not dare to submit their resignations, for fear of being suspicious of the Empress Wu, nor did they dare to be too public, lest they attract attention and implicate themselves in the disaster.
In the third year of Yongchun, Li Xian was forced to hang himself, and his aunt was martyred. According to Empress Wu's usual style of acting, their Yun family was bound to be implicated, and in panic, his uncle committed suicide, his father became frightened and sick, and even his cousin became timid.
I don't know if Li Xian's death is really as rumored to say, whether there is another hidden secret, or her family is too small to attract the attention of others, after a year of panic, the court did not make any moves, but the father, uncle and cousin all resigned one after another and lived in seclusion, and even moved out of the old residence and changed their names and surnames to hide.
It is also because of this relationship that the in-laws have always been jealous, and they are always afraid that because of her aunt's affairs, Luo Fu will also be implicated.
If you are human, you will inevitably have a selfish side. Yun Xi can also understand her mother-in-law's thoughts. Empress Wu's methods are vicious, since she controls the middle palace, this matter of destroying the nine clans has happened from time to time, if it involves the Luo family and her husband because of her mother's family, she is also unwilling. So over the years, she has been cautious, and even sent people to her mother's house from time to time to have a look, so that once there was a stir, she took the initiative to ask her husband to leave her so as to protect the Luo family.
Her husband also mentioned this to her in-laws, but her mother-in-law refused to believe it. Coupled with the fact that she has been in the business for many years and has nothing to do, her mother-in-law has a little more disgust with her.
Yun Xi wrung her hands vigorously, her heart became more and more flustered, she knew very well that there might be something wrong with her body, let alone three months, even if there were three more years, she might not be able to have a child. can let another woman enter the house and share her husband's favor with her, and she really can't get around this hurdle in her heart. Let her husband divorce her and marry again, she is neither reluctant nor reconciled.
The more I thought about it, the more anxious I became, the more angry I became, and I stood up coldly. I hit my head and hurt the top of the bed, and many small stars flew in front of me in an instant.
Xiaoxuan, the personal maid, heard the voice, hurriedly ran in, and when she saw Yun Xi's appearance, she knew that she must have been angry with the old lady again, and she was depressed in the room.
"Madame is alright?"
Xiao Xuan hurriedly stepped forward, but saw something that fell on the ground, bent down to pick it up, and handed it to Yun Xi.
"Isn't this the bag that the young lady gave to the lady before leaving?"
"Shi'er's tips?" Yun Xi rubbed her head and looked at the small lotus-green bag in the maid's hand: "Don't you say that I forgot, this bag was stuffed into my hand by Shi'er when she went out without telling her mother-in-law." I remember that she also said some words, but the sound was noisy at the time, and there were some firecrackers, and I didn't hear it clearly, but I just thought it was a gadget she gave me, and I put it away. ”
"The slave maid said something that should not be said, in our house, except for the old lady who is a little more fierce, the lord and the young lady are quite good, especially the young master, and you are very fond of the lady. If this bag is just an ordinary gadget, Miss she will not hide it from the old lady to you, and there is nothing to carry. Since you don't want the old lady to know, it means that there must be some secret hidden in this bag, and this secret is specially written by the young lady to the lady. Otherwise, Madame, you will take it apart and take a look at it now, so as not to disappoint the young lady's thoughts. ”
"Don't say that again. Although Luofu is not as good as ours, it is also full of people, each with their own thoughts. Mother-in-law, she already dislikes me, if someone spreads these words of yours again. I know this, saying that you are holding grievances for me, I don't know, and I thought I was teaching you these things behind my back. ”
"Madame's command, the slave and maid have remembered!" Xiao Xuan raised her hand to cover her mouth: "The slave promises that I won't say those words a second time just now." Madame...... Open the bag left by the young lady and take a look, there may be some secret recipe hidden in it, so that the lady and the young master can give birth to Lin'er as soon as possible, and the family of three will be harmonious and beautiful. ”
"The secret recipe for having children! There is no reliable secret recipe for having children in this world. Over the years, how many medicines have your wife taken, how many secret recipes have you used, and how many Bodhisattvas have you worshipped, do you think it works? ”
As soon as this topic is mentioned, Yun Xi's mood will be lowered, especially when she has just returned from her mother-in-law and learned that her mother-in-law wants to take a concubine for her husband, which is even more unpleasant. Three months for a long time, she has already said it. Looking at this bag now, she really hopes that as Xiaoxuan said, what is hidden here is the secret recipe for giving birth to a child that Shi'er gave her, and it is still the most effective one for so many years.
When he opened the bag, Yun Xi's fingers couldn't help but tremble slightly. Xu is too nervous in her heart, just the colored rope tied with the brocade, she has been untying it for a long time.
Finally, the bag was opened, and all that was stuffed inside was a very short and small note, on which were written five words in delicate pen and ink: Ruyi Rouge Shop.
"Ruyi Rouge Shop, what kind of place is this?" Yun Xi took the note to his personal maid Xiaoxuan and said, "It looks like the name of a shop." Xiaoxuan, do you know this place? ”
"Ruyi rouge shop...... The slave seems to have heard it somewhere. Xiao Xuan frowned and thought about it, suddenly her eyes lit up, and she held Yun Xi's hand: "The slave has remembered!" The slave remembered! This Ruyi Rouge Shop is a new shop in the town that sells rouge gouache. The shopkeeper is a woman, who is said to be very beautiful, and she is still from Luoyang, the capital of the gods. As for this rouge gouache, it seems to be different from what other stores sell, and the price is much more expensive, but it is said to be very easy to use. Before the slave maid, I heard other maids say that I always wanted to see it, but I never found a chance. ”
"The shop that sells rouge gouache, what is she doing with this for me?"
"Miss, she ......" Xiaoxuan looked at Yun Xi's face: "Miss, she may think that Mrs. has been worried too much recently, and her face is a little unpleasant, so she introduced this shop to Mrs., and wanted Mrs. to buy some rouge gouache and make up for yourself." In this way, when the young master comes back, he will be able to give the young master a big surprise. ”
Yun Xi nodded first, and then shook her head: "Although what you said has some truth, this is not in line with Shi'er's consistent style of acting, nor is it in line with her character. Although she has been controlled by her mother-in-law for many years, she looks decent, but in her bones, she is the same as her brother, she is very free and easy, and she does things, rarely beating around the bush. If she simply thinks that I just have a bad complexion and wants me to make up some makeup to please her brother, according to her temperament, she will directly buy rouge gouache and put it in front of me, and then tell me to hide it and use it, to surprise her brother. Even if the time is in a hurry, she will prepare it in advance, instead of being mysterious, so she will send me such a tip. ”
"Miss, she has now followed her uncle to take office, I'm afraid that there will be no one who will not come back to visit relatives for a year and a half, as for Miss's intentions, we can only roughly guess. According to the slave's idea, since we are not sure what the young lady means, we will simply go to this wishful rouge shop to have a look, take a look, and ask. Perhaps, when we get to the shop, we can see the deep meaning of the lady to give Mrs. at a glance. ”
"That's right, instead of speculating here, it's better to go to this Ruyi rouge shop and have a look." Yun Xi said, held the note in front of his eyes, and looked at the five words "Ruyi Rouge Shop" in a daze: "It's still early, you go and prepare, wait for me to change clothes, let's go to this Ruyi Rouge Shop to have a look." By the way, bring enough silver, if you have something you like, you can also buy it as a New Year's gift from your wife. ”
"Thank you, Madame, Xiaoxuan!"
Xiao Xuan responded happily, turned around and ran out to prepare the things she needed to go out.
In the Ruyi rouge shop, Xing Ruyi is directing everyone to do some inventory after the New Year. After the first month, she will take the medicine and start preparing for her wedding to the fox. After the fox, he handed over the shop here to Ah Niu to take care of, and then with the fox, he took Yin Yuan, Chang Tai and Lu Da Niang and others to continue their journey to Qingqiu.
Thinking of Qingqiu, Xing Ruyi couldn't help but glance up at the fox. Since the fox came back from Qingqiu, he always looked preoccupied. It wasn't until last night that she chatted with Aunt Lu that she had a very important and crucial issue.
In the modern world, when she met the fox, the fox's parents had already flown away. said that it was a catastrophe and ascension, but in fact, it was no longer there, and it was dead. But back in the Tang Dynasty, time suddenly advanced more than a thousand years...... For more than a thousand years, it means that the fox's father and mother are still alive.
If the fox's father and mother are really alive, then she will have to face not only the dilemma of falling in love with a ladyboy, but also the problem of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with 10,000 possibilities in the future, and this just explains why the fox no longer insists on taking her back to Qingqiu to get married. Because, the fox is also worried that her own father and mother will not like her, the future mortal daughter-in-law!
What to do? Xing Ruyi felt that marrying a fox for the first time was also quite annoying.
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