Chapter 145: The Eve of Disillusionment (Part I)
Thinking of Jun, thinking of Jun, not seeing Jun; Lovesickness, negative feelings, not knowing each other...
Yangzhou
It's another season of plum blossoms, and the plum blossoms in the Xiao Mansion Garden are blooming. . .
It was the first time for Xiao Qingyue to see the scene of plum blossoms in full bloom in the courtyard where she lived, and she had nothing to do in the house before, so she transplanted the plum trees that originally grew in the flower garden into the yard where she and Xiao Nanfeng lived. At this time, it is the peak season of plum blossoms, and the small flowers are springing up like mushrooms after a rain, competing to bloom.
Xiao Qingyue looked at the branches swaying slightly in the wind, but she was thinking about something else in her heart. She also knew about Xiao Tong's poisoning, and now it is rumored outside that Xiao Yan may have to re-establish the prince. This matter is even rumored in Yangzhou, so you can imagine what kind of scene it is on the Jiankang side. Two days ago, she had received a letter from Xiao Nanfeng, which said that Su Tongyuan had been treated for Xiao Tong when he went to Beijing, saying that the poison in Xiao Tong's body had been controlled by medicine, but this person was still in a coma. The letter also said that he would return to Yangzhou in the next two days.
Taking a deep breath, the breath in her nose was a little cold, with the fragrance of plum blossoms, but Xiao Qingyue's eyes were stained with a layer of white-edged frost...
The servants up and down in the Xiao Mansion all knew that their master was about to return, so they packed up and cleaned up inside and outside the house to welcome the master of the house back. But after waiting for two or three days, the master has not come back for a long time, but it was Li Xun who came back first.
When Li Xun came back, it was already night, and as soon as he returned to the mansion, he immediately went to send a message to Xiao Qingyue, saying that Xiao Nanfeng's carriage had something wrong on the way back, and it would be a little later to arrive, so let him come back first to report his safety.
At this time, Xiao Qingyue hadn't rested, she had been waiting for Xiao Nanfeng to come back for the past two days, and she slept later than before... Looking at the person who was dressed in dust and dust, lowered his eyes, and had not looked at her head-on, suddenly, she smiled and didn't say anything, just let him go down and have a good rest.
Lu Luo looked at the door that had been closed at this time, and moved her gaze to the person who had been smiling all the time, "Princess, what are you laughing at" She always felt that since she rescued the Furong, Xiao Qingyue always looked preoccupied.
At this time, the smile on his face did not fade, "I didn't laugh anything, I just saw Li Xun come back first, and I was happy for Forsythia."
When Forsythia heard this, he immediately pouted and denied, "Princess! Li Xun and I are really not what you think, don't listen to the green pothos nonsense."
"Hehe, okay, it's so late, you should go back and rest"
"Yes"
It wasn't until I watched the two maids come out of the house one after another, and the smiling faces that had been smiling gradually became colder. When I got up and opened the door, I could see the plum tree at a glance...
The frost in Xiao Qingyue's eyes was a little more frosty than in the daytime... Since hearing the news that the Great Liang army had returned to Jiankang in triumph, she had been looking forward to Xiao Nanfeng's return day and night, and later heard that Xiao Tong had been poisoned, and she knew that person might not return to Yangzhou so soon. While worrying about Xiao Tong's body, he was also thinking about that man, thinking, I have been waiting for the past few months, do you still care about these days. But in the days she was waiting in Yangzhou, the people who used to write back every once in a while would have no news after Jiankang. I thought it was the affairs of Beijing, and the doppelganger lacked skills. . . But Xiao Nanfeng's news didn't wait, but waited for another letter sent from Jiankang, an anonymous letter...
It does not indicate who the writer is, but the content of the letter tells her that Xiao Nanfeng brought back a woman from Dawei, and he has brought it back to Yangzhou at this time...
This letter was received by Xiao Qingyue three days ago, and the day after receiving this letter, Xiao Nanfeng sent someone to send a message back, saying that he had left for Yangzhou.
I thought it was someone's prank.,Or someone with ulterior motives wanted to drive a wedge between them.,Until I saw Li Xun who came back first...
She knows ... Xiao Nanfeng had already returned to Yangzhou, but he did not come back first.
Let me ask, what does a man who has been away from the country for months want to do most when he returns to his country, isn't it going home? And when he left, it was when they were about to get married... At this time, he let his guards come back first to report safety? What this says is that the contents of the anonymous letter are true. And before that, Ran Yu, who had been in charge of protecting her, was also suddenly transferred. said that there was a task for her to carry out... Thinking of everything of this kind, Xiao Qingyue was even more sure of the authenticity of the letter...
Xiao Nanfeng brought back a woman, and didn't go back to the Xiao Mansion directly, maybe where to settle the woman.
Thinking of this, Xiao Qingyue's heart was sad, the scar was good and forgot the pain, she was talking about people like her. This night, she was afraid that she would be sleepless again, and looked at the night outside where she couldn't see her fingers, thinking about what the man was doing at the moment. How many nights like this, she thought of him, thought of him, worried about him... But what was she waiting for...
Is she no longer able to deceive herself, the seeds of doubt have already been planted in her heart, but she has always chosen to deceive herself.
I took a deep breath, picked up a lantern, and walked out of the room.
The lights were still on in a courtyard in the northwest corner of the garden, and Fleur, who had been rescued before, lived here, and she became so stupid that she couldn't hear or speak.
When Xiao Qingyue came, she saw her sitting in the bed with her hair scattered, and her body hit the wall for a while.
Put the lantern aside in her hand, sit on the edge of the bed, and listen to the people who take care of Fleur say that she has always been very well-behaved on weekdays, occasionally going to the yard to look around, and most of the time she stays in the house.
Xiao Qingyue stared at the one with no eyes and black eye holes, feeling a little guilty in her heart. Fleur is now like this, and she is also indirectly responsible. She didn't expect Xiao Nanfeng to be so ruthless.
"He's back... Maybe it was for the person in the bed, or maybe it was for herself, Xiao Qingyue began to mumble to herself.
"I heard that he brought back a woman, but he didn't come back directly, maybe to settle the person, or maybe ... It's for something else" whichever it is, it has gradually become less important.
"Fleur, we are all his women, you have been with him for many years, and in the end he can still treat you like this... My final ending, is it the same ... ”
The person on the bed still shook his body and hit the wall behind him, as if he really couldn't hear anything.
Xiao Qingyue let out a long sigh, now here, she doesn't even have a confidant to talk to. Looking at the thin and thin man, she reached out and touched the unconscious hand of the man on the bed.
Apologetically, "I'm sorry, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't be like this... "It's her jealousy that hurts someone.
"Fleur... I'm scared... I'm not afraid of how many women he will have around him in the future, I'm afraid... The thing that had been hidden in his heart ... I don't want to know... I don't dare to know."
Everyone thought that she had all the care and warmth of Xiao Nanfeng, just like Xiao Yuyao had always hated her, that is, she thought that she had got what she couldn't get, that man's sincerity. However, she knew for herself that the man's sincerity... It's not been with her ... She felt that Xiao Nanfeng had been looking for someone who could replace him in his heart...
And she is...
Fleur, who was sitting in the bed, suddenly tilted her head to look at the person sitting on the edge of the bed, as if she heard her words, and seemed to understand her words, and her other intact eyes were full of sadness and sympathy.
When Xiao Qingyue saw this, she couldn't help but laugh at herself, she didn't expect that she would tell Furong what she had been hiding in her heart. They're all just in love with the same man, what's wrong with that... It's all poor people.
This night, full of melancholy, this night, full of thoughts, this night... There is something changing in Xiao Qingyue's heart...
Early the next morning, Xiao Qingyue ordered that all the plum trees in the garden should be cut down.
The housekeeper Xu Fu was a little embarrassed when he heard such an order, these plum trees used to be very precious to his master, but now they have been cut down, it is difficult to guarantee that this master will not be angry when he comes back.
Forsythia and pothos are also confused, why do they want to cut down plum trees, and the plum trees in the main courtyard have been transplanted with great difficulty in the past few days.
Xiao Qingyue saw that no one dared to do anything, so she went into the house and took an axe out, and first cut down the plum trees transplanted in her yard.
"Princess, what's wrong with your good manners, don't you like plum blossoms the most?"
"Yes, princess, is it someone who upsets you, you tell me, I and Pothos will teach her a lesson"
The two maids looked at the man with the axe in confusion.
Xiao Qingyue didn't say a word, pursed her lips, and cut the branch of the plum tree that was not too thick. She loves plum blossoms the most, and she loves them so much that even the clothes she wears and the things she uses have plum blossom patterns. When she came back from Fleur's room last night, she sat in the doorway and stared at the plum tree all night. For a moment, she suddenly hated this plum blossom, a hatred she had never had...
At this time, there were many maids and servants in the courtyard, and everyone was persuading me every word, Xiao Qingyue was very approachable to these subordinates on weekdays, and there was no master's shelf, so the subordinates in the house liked her very much. Seeing her like this, they all spoke out to persuade her. At this moment, behind the crowd, a cold voice suddenly sounded.
"What are you doing around! Is there nothing to do in the house? ”
When the crowd heard the voice, they hurriedly looked for the voice, and then the people kneeling on the ground in the courtyard. Everyone said intermittently, "Welcome back to the palace!" ”
But the man's deep eyes were now looking at the people who were struggling to cut down the trees under the plum trees. And Xiao Qingyue heard this long-lost and familiar voice, and the movements in her hands couldn't help but become faster and harder...