Chapter 103: Where Is She
There is a deep love that comes from the soul, even if he is unconscious, with her eyes closed and her ears closed, you can feel that she is looking at him, and you can hear what she is saying to him in her heart......
From the moment Shui Qingqing appeared in the room, she looked at Mei Zijin's earnest eyes, which had already caused a little ripple in his sleepy heart.
Then, her hand couldn't help but hold his hand, and the hot tears fell on his skin, which made him feel that the person he was most reluctant to see and the most anxious about coming to his side, so that after a month of coma, he finally broke free from the darkness and struggled to open his eyes and wake up.
The moment she opened her eyes, Mei Zijin looked at Shui Qingqing with a wrinkled face in front of her, and her expression was confused.
Shui Qingqing stayed on the spot, looking at Mei Zijin who suddenly woke up in disbelief, her eyes changed from shock to surprise, she looked at him in a daze, she was reluctant to take her eyes away, and she forgot to break free from the hand he was holding.
It wasn't until Granny Yu quietly pulled the corner of her clothes, gave her a look, and asked her to hurry out with her that Shui Qingqing suddenly came to her senses, and said in a thick voice to Princess Leyi and Tang Qianqian, who surrounded her: "Master Hou...... Master Hou seems to have woken up......"
After that, he finally gritted his teeth and broke free from Mei Zijin's hand, and retreated with Granny Yu carrying the medicine barrel.
Hearing that Mei Zijin woke up, Princess Leyi and the Tang family were overjoyed, and they all gathered around her, Lu Lin also put down the tea bowl he had just picked up, and hurriedly came to the bedside to help Mei Zijin inspect.
Seeing that Mei Zijin really opened his eyes and woke up, everyone was overjoyed, one by one they rushed around him to ask for warmth, and some hurriedly wrote back to the capital to report the good news, and suddenly, the whole upper room became lively again......
In the joy and excitement of everyone, only Mei Zijin was lying quietly on the bed, he had just woken up and his mind was still confused, but he turned his head sideways and looked at the middle-aged old woman who was carrying the barrel down in a daze, and his deep eyes were filled with mist and suspicion-
Obviously, he just gave him the feeling that she had come to his side, and he felt her hot tears falling on the back of his hand, why didn't he open his eyes but it wasn't her, but an old woman who did rough work?!
Could it be that those palpitations just now were all his delusions?
However, the back of his hand was obviously cold, and it was a slight cold feeling left behind by the cold of hot tears......
Raising his hand with difficulty, Mei Zijin wanted to take a look at the tear stains left on the back of his hand, but he couldn't move his whole body at all, and he didn't even have the strength to lift his arm.
Lu Lin's hand that took his pulse trembled slightly with joy-
He will never forget that when he returned to Tongguguan, he saw Mei Zijin's terrible appearance with blurred flesh and blood.
At that time, his heart had almost stopped.
At that time, he once thought that he would not survive, he was too seriously injured, and if he was an ordinary person, he would have died in the pile pit.
However, he didn't expect him to breathe a sigh of relief, and he woke up after a month in a coma, and he was impressed by his strength and perseverance.
But Lu Lin knew what supported Mei Zijin to come back to life with only his last breath.
That is Shui Qingqing.
During this period of time, others may not know, but Lu Lin, who has been by his side day and night, has heard Mei Zijin muttering unconsciously several times, calling Shui Qingqing's name in his mouth......
Since then, when no one is around, Lu Lin will tell Mei Zijin about Shui Qingqing during the time he was not in the capital.
He told him that Shui Qingqing was for him, and in order not to marry Li You, he willingly took the dementia medicine given to her by Queen Chen, and even Ah Furong, who was discolored......
And her disappearance now must be afraid that Li You will catch Yun'er and convict him of bullying
"Zijin, you must wake up and get her back...... She almost betrayed Xu Ren for you, and now her whereabouts are unknown, you must get her back with your own hands......"
With Lu Lin's words, Mei Zijin survived the most dangerous period of illness, and miraculously woke up ahead of schedule......
After taking the pulse, he found that his pulse was normal, and Lu Lin's heart that had been hanging high for so many days was finally put back into the heart chamber safely.
Lu Lin saw Mei Zijin listening to Princess Leyi's caring voice, his brows were getting closer and closer, and he understood that he was unhappy, so he hurriedly turned around and said to Princess Leyi and Tang Lan, who were full of excitement and joy, and the two aunts: "Hou Ye has just woken up, I want to help Hou Ye carefully check his body again." The princess and the two aunts have also worked hard these days, so when the princess wakes up, the princess and the aunt can rest assured. ”
Hearing this, although Princess Leyi and the Tang family were reluctant, they still went on as they said.
When only Mei Zijin and Lu Lin Sanshi were left in the room, Mei Zijin was fed half a bowl of water by Sanshi, which soothed his dry throat that had not spoken for a long time, and he stared at Lu Lin with bright eyes, and said eagerly in a hoarse voice: "Is she here?"
Lu Lin was slightly stunned, and when he understood that he was asking Shui Qingqing, his heart was sour, and he shook his head silently, "No...... There has been no news of her, and the people sent out by Sanshi have searched all the way to the Western Desert, but they have not found any trace of her......"
Hearing this, Mei Zijin became emotional, and he didn't care about the dryness and pain in his throat, and affirmed: "No, maybe she didn't go to the West Desert, she came here...... I just felt like she was right next to me, and she talked to me and told me to wake up quickly......"
Looking at his eager appearance, Lu Lin and Sanshi glanced at each other silently, and their hearts hurt him.
Sanshi smiled bitterly: "It must be that the master wants to be the county lord...... Fang Cai and Dr. Lu have been staying here and have not ...... Didn't see the county lord. And the humble post has been according to the previous orders of the Hou Ye, and sent someone to guard the portrait of the county lord at the gate of the city day and night, as long as the county lord appears, he will definitely bring her to see the lord as soon as possible......"
The fiery hope that was full of hope turned into a cold bubble again.
Mei Zijin's mind couldn't help but resurface, and when he mistakenly grabbed the hand of the rough old woman in a coma, he had a strange feeling in his heart.
It felt too real, and it made him palpitate, but when he opened his eyes, he didn't see her, why did this happen?
Mei Zijin, who was depressed and confused, wanted to tell Lu Lin what he felt in his heart, but after thinking about it, if he knew that he actually had feelings for a middle-aged old woman, he was afraid that he would be endlessly ridiculed by Lu Lin for the rest of his life......
And even he couldn't believe that he would imagine a middle-aged old woman as her......
Therefore, everything about Fang Cai must be as Sanshi said, an illusion that he misses her too much.
Thinking of this, Mei Zijin's eyes dimmed, and she looked at the nothingness in front of her in a daze, forcing herself not to think about her.
However, the more he didn't think about it, the more worried he became, he didn't know where Shui Qingqing went? Why not come to him? Is the poison of cold paralysis on the body cured? Yun'er is good......
The more I thought about it, the more painful my heart became, and Mei Zijin asked Sanshi in a hoarse voice, "How is the war?"
Sanshi said: "Since General Chen took command of the three armies, he has only defended and not attacked, and the Chu army has been provoking and shouting outside the pass every day, and the army's heart is ...... sluggish, everyone is looking forward to the Lord getting better as soon as possible, so that he can take everyone back to fight back and defeat the Chu army......"
Immediately afterwards, Sanshi told Mei Zijin in detail about the battle situation at the border during the period when Mei Zijin was in a coma, as well as the changes in the situation in the capital.
After listening to Sanshi's announcement, Mei Zijin closed his eyelids weakly and said in a deep voice: "Chen Zijin has never led troops to the battlefield in person...... It's normal to be cowardly, and there is no need to fight hard with the Chu army for a while, and it's not bad to be able to hold Tonggu Pass for so long. But—"
Sanshi said strangely: "But what?"
Mei Zijin's heart was cold, and he said coldly: "I'm worried that he won't send troops to meet the enemy, not because he is afraid of Da Chu, but because he deliberately keeps the border pass in crisis, so as to force the emperor to make Li You the crown prince as soon as possible!"
Hearing this, Sanshi and Lu Lin were both in a trance.
Yes, when the country is in danger, the establishment of the prince has become the foundation of the country, even if the emperor hesitates, all the ministers will persuade the emperor to set up the next prince, in case of accidents for the country.
Lu Lin, who had dealt with Li You, changed his face slightly, and sneered coldly: "From the time we left Beijing, we have heard that the Queen Mother and the ministers have given advice to the emperor, but the emperor has not let go of his mouth and appointed the third prince as the prince, which is enough to see that the emperor does not trust this prince very much."
"So he has to rely on this border battle to create opportunities for himself."
Mei Zijin closed her eyes, and her voice was cold.
"Master, what are we going to do then?"
Sanshi knew that Mei Zijin had always disliked him because he had already seen through the true face of the third prince Li You.
Later, because he regarded Shui Qingqing as a pawn in his upper position, and vilely forced him to agree to marry the fifth princess Leyi, Mei Zijin and Li You were already incompatible.
Therefore, Sanshi doesn't need to think about it to know that his own master definitely doesn't want to see the conspiracy of the Three Highnesses succeed and become the prince.
However, without waiting for Mei Zijin to speak, Lu Lin on the side couldn't help but knock on Sanshi's brain, pulled down his face and said: "Which son the emperor will let inherit his throne is the emperor's family's business, what does it matter to your grandfather?" Don't you think he's annoying enough, he just woke up, his body is weak, come and ask him about everything, are you itchy and looking for a fight......"
"It's really none of my business before, but--just what he and Empress Chen did to Guan Qing, I won't let him get his wish."
Coldly interrupting Lu Lin's words, Mei Zijin opened her eyes again, and there was a cold glow in her eyes......
On the other side, after leaving Mei Zijin's bedroom, Lan Qin invited Tang Qianqian to her room for tea.
Since Mei Zijin woke up, Tang Qianqian was in a good mood, and said with a smile while drinking fragrant tea: "This time our sisters came all the way to Hou Ye, although they suffered a lot, but fortunately, the hard work was not in vain, Hou Ye finally woke up as he wished, presumably when I go back in the future, my sister and I will be recorded as a great merit in front of Hou Ye and the old lady."
Compared with Tang Qianqian's intelligence, Lan Qin is low-key and calm, but his mind is three times more detailed than Tang Qianqian.
She smiled quietly and bitterly: "I'm afraid that after the final credit, most of the credit will go to the future Mrs. Hou, and there will be very few that can be shared between me and my sister......"
Hearing Lan's words, the joy on Tang Qianqian's face also faded most, and she said in a muffled voice: "Yes, this is not officially married into the Hou Mansion, and our sisters have been called to the next - it is the two of us sisters who work hard day and night, she only needs to move her mouth, not only to take care of the Hou Ye, but also to serve her, but also to see her face." Now, Hou Ye has woken up, but I'm afraid that we won't have our share anymore......"
But Lan Qin invited Tang Qianqian to come over for tea, but he was not talking about the rude and willful Princess Leyi.
Thinking of the scene when Mei Zijin woke up, Lan Qin felt a blockage in his heart.
It turned out that Lan Qin, who had always been meticulous as dust, was the first to find Mei Zijin wake up, and at the same time, she also saw Mei Zijin and the middle-aged old woman holding hands tightly and not letting go......
Even if it was only for a short moment, it was enough to make Lan Qin unhappy in his heart.
What kind of identity is Mei Zijin, his body is more expensive, usually don't say that he has physical contact with such a lowly and lowly low-class servant, it is them, as his wife and concubine, it is impossible to get close to him at will, and pull his hand.
Moreover, what made Lan Qin feel incredible the most was that it was clear that the old woman wanted to let go, but Mei Zijin didn't let go for a long time, which ......
Thinking of this, Lan Qin stroked his forehead and said, "My sister was standing behind the princess, maybe she didn't see it, but before the Hou Ye woke up, she held the hand of the rough servant woman who carried the water...... Still refusing to let go, it's really ......"
“…… Really? You read that right?! ”
Listening to Lan Qin's words, Tang Qianqian almost choked on the tea, and looked up at Lan Qin with a depressed face in disbelief.
"You can't be mistaken. It was the servant woman who found that Hou Ye had woken up...... Alas, Sister Tang, you said, why is Hou Ye like this, is it because he has been in a coma for too long and confused? ”
Looking at Lan Qin's puzzled appearance, Tang Qianqian smiled without mind, and despised Lan Qin in her heart, but said with disgust on her face: "My sister has always been generous, and she didn't disdain to eat more vinegar from Hou Ye when she was in the Hou Mansion, why did she compete with a rough servant woman today?!" It is estimated that Hou Ye suddenly woke up at that time, confused, and he might think of her as Doctor Lu or someone else......"
After listening to Tang Qianqian's words, Lan Qin also felt that he was too sensitive and made a big fuss.
However, Lan Qin, who is as careful as dust, always feels that something is wrong.
Seeing her frowning, Tang Qianqian was very bored, and couldn't help but take Lan Qin's hand and walk out, jokingly: "Since my sister is not at ease, then let's go to the kitchen and have a look-look at the servant woman that my sister is worried about, but she looks better than her sister?!"
After that, he really pulled Lan Qin to the kitchen in the backyard.
At that time, it was time to prepare dinner, and the kitchen yard was busy.
Shui Qingqing had just killed a few chickens, and when the Tang family went, she was boiling hot water and plucking chicken feathers.
Looking at the chicken feathers and sewage around Shui Qingqing, Tang Qianqian stood at the gate of the courtyard holding Lan Qin's hand, not daring to step too close, for fear of staining her shoes and getting a stench.
Tang Qianqian covered her nose, pointed at Shui Qingqing, who was wrinkled, old and ugly, and smiled at Lan Qin: "Sister, look carefully, such a person, don't say that Hou Ye will like it, but I'm afraid that it is not worthy of carrying shoes for Hou Ye." Sister, don't worry. ”
Lan Qin looked at Shui Qingqing carefully from a distance, and watched her pluck chicken feathers skillfully, obviously she was an ordinary inferior servant in the kitchen, and the worries and suspicions in her heart were finally put down, and she sneered: "Sister, don't laugh at me anymore, let's go back......"
Out of the corner of her eye, after seeing the Tang clan at the gate of the courtyard and them leaving, Shui Qingqing's tense body suddenly relaxed, and she sat on the stone pier panting.
She thought that it must be the anomaly between her and Mei Zijin that caused them to be suspicious.
originally planned to see him, so she left here and took Yun'er and Xiaoxi to Jiangnan again.
But after seeing him, looking at his scarred body, Shui Qingqing said to himself again, wait a few more days, and wait for the injuries on his body to heal before leaving......
Perhaps, just like now, she will accompany him here silently until he leaves the border and returns to the capital......
Because of Mei Zijin's awakening, Princess Leyi rewarded the subordinates who served in the upper house yesterday, and Shui Qingqing also got a share, but she gave her share to Granny Yu.
Seeing that Granny Yu was outside the eyes of Qian, she couldn't help but like Shui Qingqing more and more, and invited Shui Qingqing to help her carry water to the room the next day.
This time, because Mei Zijin had woken up, Shui Qingqing didn't dare to look at him blatantly like she did yesterday, and kept gritting her teeth and bowing her head to look at him, but she pricked up her ears and didn't let go of everything he and Lu Lin said.
From the moment she entered the house, Mei Zijin's eyes kept sweeping towards her, making her heart tremble.
And this time, Mei Zijin finally saw her 'appearance' clearly.
When he saw the wrinkles on his face and his yellow face, Mei Zijin's good-looking brows couldn't help but tighten, and he was secretly glad in his heart, fortunately he didn't tell Lu Lin what he felt yesterday, otherwise he would know that at a certain moment yesterday, he was actually moved by the palpitations of such an old woman, but he was afraid that Lu Lin would laugh to the point of internal injury and laugh to break his intestines......
Moreover, he will definitely laugh at him for the rest of his life because of this!
Silently stroking her forehead, Mei Zijin calmed down and stopped caring about an old woman, but her eyes slipped towards her without obeying the call, making him eager to gouge out his eyeballs and throw them on the ground......
As usual, seeing that Lu Lin wanted to help him change the dressing and wipe his body, Princess Leyi led everyone to retreat.
It was only at this time, through the window lattice, that Shui Qingqing dared to sneak a peek at Mei Zijin in the house with confidence and confidence.
And this time, Shui Qingqing was extremely careful and deliberately hid behind Granny Yu to prevent the Tang family from seeing her.
Mei Zijin, who was changing the dressing in the room, felt that there were eyes outside the window looking at him secretly, but he didn't know who it was, so he couldn't help but be unable to suppress the fire in his heart because of the old woman, his eyes looked at the unobstructed window lattice, and gritted his teeth at Lu Lin and Sanshi: "You usually change my dressing like this?"
Lu Lin didn't know why, while helping him remove the gauze on his body, he said disapprerovingly: "Yes, it's all like this, what's wrong?"
Mei Zijin said coldly to Sanshi: "Go and close the curtains!"
Sanshi was stunned, and the next moment he hurriedly stepped forward and closed the curtain in front of the window.
Lu Lin smiled: "It's all your women outside, is it possible that you are still shy?"
Mei Zijin flew towards him with a knife in his eyes, and said coldly: "In your opinion, how long will it take for the wound on my body to heal?"
Lu Lin said: "Now that you have woken up, these external injuries are not enough to deal with, at least a month, at most two or three months, and you should be fine......"
"You can find a way to make me heal in half a month!"
Interrupting Lu Lin's words undoubtedly, Mei Zijin gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain when the gauze was torn off, and said coldly: "I don't have so much time to slowly recuperate, and the border war should not be delayed any longer, and it must be ended as soon as possible." And she ......"
Speaking of this, Mei Zijin's heart suffocated again, her eyes were red, her fists tightened, and she said in a muffled voice: "No matter where she is, I will personally go and find her back!"
Lu Lin had a headache, but looking at his resolute appearance, he knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he had to sigh and say: "I try my best, but you can't force it, otherwise you will fall into the ......root of the disease for a lifetime."
Outside, Shui Qingqing saw that the curtains were suddenly closed, and her heart was empty, and when she went in to carry the bucket again, her eyes couldn't help but look at him.
This look shocked her heart!
Mei Zijin was staring at her for a moment.
At that time, she was bending down and standing by the bed to clean up the old gauze on the floor, and when her eyes met him, his deep eyes seemed to see through her!
The whole body trembled, Shui Qingqing almost subconsciously retreated, blushing and heartbeating.
Fortunately, she wore a human skin mask on her face, which covered the red glow that flew on her face at this time.
However, her red-hot ears were exposed.
Mei Zijin looked at the old woman in front of her coldly, and doubts rose in her heart again-
will be over half a hundred years old next year, but when I look at him, I look at him like a girl in love, timid, dodging, wanting to see but not daring to look......
Moreover, the expression on her face remained unchanged, but her ears were red like a rabbit.
Could it be that she is ...... Shy?!
Mei Zijin's eyes are dark!
An old woman with a wrinkled face, but acts like a girl, will it be too contrived?!
Quickly closed his eyes, Mei Zijin didn't let himself go to see her again, otherwise, he felt like he was going to be stunned.
A shy and anxious 'pretentious' old woman knew Mei Zijin's inner activities, but she was glad that he didn't find out, and hurriedly carried the barrel down with Granny Yu.
As soon as she left, Mei Zijin opened her eyes again, looked at her departing back in confusion, had a headache, and unconsciously reached out to pick up the golden rouge box that Shui Qingqing gave him before the expedition, unscrewed the lid of the box, and rubbed cool mint paste on both sides of her forehead, so that the cool taste calmed the mess in her mind......
However, it was like this for several days, and every time she saw the old woman carrying the water, Mei Zijin would be uneasy.
In this way, on the fifth day, Mei Zijin, who was disturbed and upset, couldn't bear it anymore and ordered a replacement to carry water.
Knowing that Hou Ye personally ordered Shui Qingqing to be replaced, the kitchen manager thought that Shui Qingqing offended Hou Ye when he was doing things, but he didn't even let Shui Qingqing stay in the kitchen, fired her, and drove her out of the Shuai Mansion.
Shui Qingqing, who was dismissed, heard that Mei Zijin personally ordered her to leave, and her heart was full of sorrow, and she secretly thought, okay, since he is fine now, there is no need for her to stay here anymore, let's take Yun'er and Xiaoxi to leave Jiangnan......
After Shui Qingqing was dismissed and left the Shuai Mansion, during lunch, Mei Zijin ate a bite of chicken, but took a bite of chicken feathers. Drink the fish soup, but the fish soup is bitter.
Not only him, but also Princess Leyi, who accompanied him to dinner.
Mei Zijin can bear it, but Princess Leyi, who has golden branches and jade leaves, can't bear it, and immediately asked people to call the kitchen manager and the cook lady to beat them and throw them out.
The kitchen steward knelt in the yard and pleaded, saying that he had fired the previous subordinate who was responsible for killing chickens and sheep in the morning, and that the person he had temporarily found was not as capable as the previous one, so he did not pluck out the chicken feathers, and cut the fish gallbladder, and something went wrong......
Princess Leyi finally had a meal with Mei Zijin, but she made such a mistake and broke her mood, and she couldn't help but be annoyed: "Since the previous one was capable of doing things, why did you fire her and replace her with someone who couldn't do it?"
The steward cautiously glanced at Mei Zijin, who had a cold face, and said in a panic: "Because...... Because the Hou Ye ordered her to be replaced, the little one made the decision to fire her......"
From hearing the steward talk about killing chickens and slaughtering sheep, Mei Zijin suddenly had a bright light in her heart, and she couldn't help but think that Shui Qingqing had told him before that when she followed her adoptive father in Ximo, she was doing this job to make a living, so she could easily kill the snow wolf dog and save Yun'er......
His heart was inexplicably moved, but before he could ask, Princess Leyi had already sneered: "When did Master Hou take care of the affairs of the people in the kitchen?" You don't have to pass the buck here......"
"You mean, the subordinate who killed chickens and sheep before was the servant woman who carried water into Benhou's house every day?!"
Mei Zijin, who reacted, already thought of something in her heart, and couldn't wait to interrupt Princess Leyi's words.
"Yes...... Yes......"
Thinking of the old woman's strange behavior, and the palpitations that brought him, as well as the work that Shui Qingqing had done, Mei Zijin's heart was suddenly shocked, it was already a snow, her heart was pounding with excitement, her eyes were shining eagerly at the trembling steward, and her voice was trembling with excitement.
"What about people...... Where is she now? ”