Chapter Ninety-Four: The Promise

When Mu Xiangqing arrived at Mufu, it was late, and it was past dinner time when she came out of Longcui Courtyard, so she went back to Chenxi Pavilion for dinner, and then went to Qixia Garden.

"My aunt is here." Huaxi put on her clothes and got out of bed to welcome Mu Xiangqing into the house to sit.

"You're not feeling well, go back to bed and lie down." Mu Xiangqing watched Huaxi go to bed and lie down, tucked the corner of the quilt, and asked, "As soon as I entered the door, I heard from my second sister-in-law that you ...... a few days ago I'm sick, how are you getting better these two days? ”

Huaxi nodded and said, "It's much better." How many days will my aunt stay in the house this time? ”

"After the death day of the old marquis, I will leave. Brother Xuan and Brother Lin also came. Brother Lin was clamoring to come to see you just now, and that leather monkey was much more difficult to bring than Brother Xuan when he was a child. I see that it is late, and I am afraid of arguing with you, so I will ask the nurse to come and see you tomorrow. ”

Hearing Mu Xiangqing complain about his son, Huaxi smiled, and then said helplessly: "I still miss him if I haven't seen him for a few days." However, I am sick now, so I should not see him well, lest I get too sick. ”

"Brother Lin, I will see you and Xiuyuan to be quiet for a while." Mu Xiangqing deliberately mentioned Xiuyuan's name, his eyes were aimed at Huaxi, and seeing that she didn't have any special reaction, he sighed in his heart, afraid that it was Xiuyuan's wishful thinking.

"Huaxi, Xiuyuan is drunk in the morning...... Last time I was in my house, I saw Xiuyuan send you over......"

Mu Xiangqing didn't finish speaking, and Huaxi understood.

"Auntie, since my second uncle took me back to the Mu family, I have always regarded my third brother as my own brother."

Mu Xiangqing saw that Huaxi did not hesitate at all, and sighed: "Hey, I understand." I've also heard those rumors in the house, and it's rare that you can think about it, and this kind of unfazed bearing is not comparable to ordinary people, so it's no wonder that Brother Yuan is tempted. Although Brother Yuan is gentler than Brother Xuan, he also has a stubbornness in his bones. I'm afraid he won't be able to think about it......"

"Auntie, there are many people in the house, and there are many rights and wrongs. Some time ago, it fell into the water and made the house restless. Huaxi felt guilty, and now she wants to go out of the house and find a place to recuperate and live for a while...... After all, my mother has gone a long time ago, and this is not my home......"

I wanted to go out of the house but I didn't expect to run into Mu Xiuyuan's matter, at this time Mu Xiangqing came to test it, I am afraid that she also has this thought, if it is really as she expected, then Mu Xiangqing will definitely agree to help her.

Mu Xiangqing was surprised, Liu's words revealed the meaning of letting Huaxi leave the house for a while, and she agreed, but she didn't expect Huaxi to think like this, so she said: "You kid is understanding." Those bad things...... It caused you to lose a lot of weight. Don't worry, your aunt is here. If you really want to stay out of the house for a while, why don't you go to my house? There are not many people in my house, there is no one at home to disturb me, and there is still an empty wing room in the backyard, you can still help me take care of Brother Lin when you go over. ”

Huaxi really wants to leave the Mu family, not for the time being, it is best to let the Mu family stop thinking of her as a talent. If you live in Cheng's house, you can live for a while at the beginning, but it is not a long-term solution. However, it is better to go out than to be unable to advance or retreat now, and it is better to be afraid, coupled with Mu Xiuyuan's confession, she is even more determined to go out of the house first.

Huaxi thought for a while, "I know that my aunt really cares for me, and my aunt wants to take Huaxi over, and Huaxi is really grateful." To be honest with my aunt, I don't want to stay in this house. Just made a fuss about the jade talisman, and it was rumored that I was a fate...... Regardless of whether this is true or not, just looking at the faces of the people in these days, Huaxi's heart is also half cold. This kind of thing is common to step on the high and low, but the old lady and the eldest lady ......"

Huaxi wanted to speak and stopped, Mu Xiangqing also understood the meaning of her words, and just heard the mother-in-law talking in private outside the door, saying that Huaxi was harmed by the lack of months, and even went out to be looked down upon. As soon as she heard it, she knew its joints, those minions were doing ghosts in private, how could the sister-in-law not know, and it was also because of the taboo in her heart that they would turn a blind eye.

As soon as Mu Xiangqing was distracted, he heard Huaxi sigh faintly: "Huaxi's life is not good...... I don't want to cause trouble for my aunt. ”

Huaxi leaned on the bed, the soft light of the horn of the bed horn palace lamp slanted over, illuminating her side face through the light gauze curtain, although her face was half-hidden in the darkness, but the crystal in the corner of her eyes and the loneliness between her eyebrows Mu Xiangqing could see clearly.

Mu Xiangqing took Pati Huaxi and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, "Silly boy, don't think about it." As soon as the old marquis's filial piety period is over, my aunt will take you to Cheng's house to live for a while. ”

"Well, Huaxi listens to you."

Looking at Huaxi's pitiful appearance, Mu Xiangqing became more and more distressed, "Don't cry anymore." Ming'er is your birthday, but the day after tomorrow is the death day of the old marquis, I'm afraid my aunt won't be able to congratulate you. A few days ago, I got a Nanyang ivory carving, and Ming'er asked someone to send it to you, which is a little bit of my aunt's heart. ”

"It's hard for my aunt to remember, Huaxi thanked her aunt first."

"Alright, you should rest early. I'll go back to Dawn Pavilion first. ”

Mu Xiangqing left, Huaxi asked Cui Ming to send it, and took advantage of this moment to call Mu Xi in and ask, "What you said last day, can you inquire about it later?" ”

Mu Xi nodded and whispered, "Well, I have inquired clearly." The lady who knew Sanfang in the upper capital was still a little famous, and she was from Baiyun Nunnery in the west of the city, and her road name was Jingzhai. The old lady doesn't like nuns very much, and the third lady generally doesn't go to the house, but goes to the temple every month to sit. Today, the third lady invited someone to come to the house, but she didn't see the old lady, so she sat in the third room for a while and left. Girl, what do you ask this man to do? ”

Huaxi closed her eyes and pondered for a while, "Catch Ming'er, you go to the third room to find a familiar maid to inquire, how much sesame oil do you need to add to this Baiyun Nunnery's yellow table lantern?" ”

Mu Xi blinked and asked, "Didn't the girl light the ever-bright lantern in Puji Temple?" How to ......"

Huaxi pursed her lips, "The people of Xu Sanfang hunt ghosts and exorcise evil spirits, so don't you allow me to ask for a talisman to save my life?" I don't ask how to explain that I have a weak heart...... I've been following me for so long and I can't see my thoughts, girl, how can I take you out of the house in the future? ”

Mu Xi was stunned, "Girl, do you really want to leave the house?" ”

Huaxi raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why don't you want to go out with me?" ”

Mu Xi shook his head violently, "Willing, how can you be unwilling?" The slave and maid remember what the girl said, and the slave and maid will follow the girl all the way...... But can they, old lady, let you out? ”

Huaxi laughed at herself, "What if you don't allow it?" I didn't want to be given as a gift, and even though my aunt agreed to take me out, I was still a little worried. Some things are better to be steadfast, and if it doesn't work out, I'll have to think of some other way to get them to agree......"

On the second day, April 15, Huaxi was fourteenth birthday.

When Huaxi went to greet the old lady, she got a pair of jade hairpins. Yun Lin and Yun Ning also sent people to send birthday gifts. The nurse came to Qixia Garden with Brother Lin in her arms, and by the way brought the gift that Mu Xiangqing said last night, which was the ivory carving ornament of the butterfly play flower, the vine vine, the butterfly game between the flowers, the carving was exquisite, and Huaxi liked it.

Brother Lin saw that Huaxi was intently looking at the tooth carving and ignoring herself, she snorted twice in her mouth, and insisted on climbing onto the table and pulling Huaxi's sleeve. Huaxi was so disturbed by the little ancestor that she couldn't take a closer look, so she let Cui Ming put it away first, and then took Brother Lin to play in the bamboo forest in the back garden. After playing for half an hour, Brother Lin fell asleep in Huaxi's arms. Huaxi asked the nurse to carry Lin Ge'er into her house to rest.

As soon as she returned to the house to change her clothes, Cui Ming came in with a box and said, "The waiter from the Lanbo Pavilion came here and said that he would give a birthday gift to the girl." The slave said that you took Brother Lin to play in the backyard, and she put down her things and left. ”

Huaxi took the box, opened it and looked at it twice, it was two volumes of essays and miscellaneous notes by the poet Du Zhong of the previous dynasty, and from the yellowed and slightly wrinkled cover, it was known that this book was some years old. Holding the two thin old books, Huaxi only felt that it was extremely heavy to start. After flipping through the two pages, Huaxi put them back in the box, closed the lid, sighed, and said casually to himself, he really went to get it.

Huaxi casually pushed it to Cui Ming, "Put it away." ”

After a while, Mu Xiangqing came.

"Auntie, didn't you say that you helped the eldest lady prepare today, why did you have to come over?"

As soon as Mu Xiangqing sat down, he said: "Today, I told the old lady that you are better, and I want you to accompany me back to Cheng's house to live for a while, but the old lady did not agree, saying that you are just not suitable to change places to live, and also said that Brother Lin is young and afraid of getting sick...... "I just made a package ticket yesterday, and I want to take Huaxi out, and the second sister-in-law also knows." The old lady's obstruction will make things difficult to do.

Huaxi secretly said, it's really not that easy. The old lady wanted to hold me in her hand because of Princess Rossi, but if it was not done in the future, my situation in the mansion would only be more difficult. It's going to take some drastic medicine.

Huaxi's face showed sadness, "Auntie, you should take Brother Lin back later." In the morning, the eldest lady sent a message that I was inconvenient and that I did not have to go to tomorrow's ceremony. Hua Xiyuan still wanted to kowtow to his grandfather three times, but now he ......"

"Hey, my father will thank you for this kindness. My aunt went back and thought about it. ”

Huaxi bit her lip and asked softly, "I wonder if my aunt has heard of Master Jing Zhai in Baiyun Nunnery in the west of the city?" ”

Mu Xiangqing nodded and said, "I've met twice, and I don't have any deep friendships." I didn't believe that. ”

"I still want my aunt to know and be able to introduce Huaxi. I heard that Master Jing Zhai is too high, and the third lady often asks her to take advantage of the practice of burning yellow watches or something, saying that it is very effective. I, I thought about whether I should also go to the master and ask for a charm for me. Why don't you take the fortune chart and see if it's really what the rumors say? If it is, I wonder if there is a solution? ”

Huaxi said to herself, Mu Xiangqing heard about the fateful chart, but suddenly had an idea in his heart, although it is not a good strategy, but it is in other people's minds, and it is not harmful to Huaxi, and it can also complete the things that the second sister-in-law explained, the best of both worlds.

Mu Xiangqing gave Huaxi a few words. Huaxi's eyes flashed when she heard this, and then she nodded in agreement, "Then it can be done according to what my aunt says." ”

"If you don't mention it, I really can't remember this method. Wait in the house for a few days, and I'll pick you up later. ”

Send a draft, go to the hospital tomorrow and come back to fix it~~()