Chapter Forty-Three: Passing Clouds
On the fifth day of the first month, as soon as the court meeting opened, Bai Zhiyu returned to his former busyness, and every day when the sky was not dawning, he had to wait outside the noon gate, and he had accumulated a bunch of official documents in the year, and he often had to see late at night.
But no matter how busy he is, the first thing he does when he comes back every day is to come to see Lin Qingqing and tell her about the interesting things that happened outside.
Lin Qingqing laughed when he heard the food, and urged him to read the official document and rest early in the evening. But he didn't comply, he often turned the fire in the stove very strong, and asked people to buy rock sugar gourds and sugar snowballs to make her happy, and she stayed for an hour or two.
Chang Hua smiled evilly on the side, "Girl, Childe spends more time with you now than in his own room, and if he continues like this, this place will not be his second house." ”
Lin Qingqing laughed, "The yard of houses is his, he must have thought that I had lived for a long time, so he changed his way to bombard me away." ”
"I won't live too long for you all your life." Bai Zhiyu poked out half of his face from behind the official document, "It's good to go on like this forever." ”
Later, he became busier and busier, often leaving Lin Qingqing alone on the glass window to play. He was not at home, so Zhao Qi swaggered around and stayed for more than half a day.
"You've been fat again lately, and Zhiyu can feed you well." Zhao Qi sat on the pestle next to the bed and picked up a snowball.
"It's not that he fed me well, it's just that I can't move." Lin Qingqing smiled helplessly.
Zhao Qi was nervous, "Your leg is not good yet?" It's been months. ”
"It's hopeless, it's still possible to walk with a limp." She stretched out one leg and gently stepped on the ground, "It just so happens that you are here, help me go out for a walk, Zhiyu is not allowed to walk like this when I am at home." ”
Zhao Qi looked out of the window in great embarrassment, "Aren't you embarrassing me, if he knows that I took you out, he won't have to pick my skin." ”
She glared at him resentfully, "You also said that the palms and backs of your hands are full of meat, so you only listen to him, not me?" ”
"I have long said that I am not worthy of the name of the Great Demon King of the Mixed World, and I can't help it when I meet you." Zhao Qi helplessly helped her hand.
The maid on the side hurriedly stepped forward nervously, "Zhao Gongzi, our son-in-law won't let the girl get out of bed when he is away, you see......"
Zhao Qi immediately breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and looked at Lin Qingqing with a smile, "Someone has spoken, you can live in peace." ”
"I don't." Lin Qingqing turned his head to look at the maid, "Don't worry, I'll just walk around the courtyard, never take a step, I'll take care of something." ”
After that, she stretched out her hand to hold Zhao Qi's arm and was about to get up, but the maid frowned to stop her, she removed her hand, "You stop me again, I have to tell him when your son-in-law comes back, you don't have to wait." ”
She shook her head slightly and sighed, so frightened that the maid hurriedly took a few steps back, and whispered: "Girl, you can do it, if you say a word, the son will drive me away." ”
"So, don't stop me, God knows about this matter, and the three of us know." Lin Qingqing smiled slightly, holding his knee with one hand and Zhao Qi's arm with the other.
The maid hurriedly held her by the waist, and took a cape of alizarin blue thick satin with silver ratskin from the side and put it over her shoulders.
The first month of the new year has not yet passed, and it is still cold and panicked outside, and it is by no means the temperature of the sunlight shining through the glass windows in the house.
Lin Qingqing tried to walk a few steps, turned around and smiled brightly, "I just said that my leg is good, he didn't believe it, and he didn't allow me to get out of bed alone, I walked briskly." ”
Before she finished speaking, she began to pant heavily, rested on the flower shelf on the side, and smiled intermittently: "It's not to blame him, if you don't come out for a walk, I'm afraid I won't be able to walk these few steps." ”
Zhao Qi hurriedly came over and held her shoulder, "Why are you still like a child, you really want to breathe, I will support you." ”
Lin Qingqing grabbed the clothes on his side again, and said coquettishly: "Take me to the gate of the courtyard to see, I listened to the noise outside, but it suffocated me." ”
Out of this gate is the outer courtyard, and from the far direction there is a bustling noise, and the sound of congratulations can be vaguely heard.
She was puzzled, turned around and asked, "What are you doing in the outer courtyard, it's quite lively." ”
The maid hurriedly lowered her head and replied: "As soon as the court meeting opens, it is like this every day, that is, the mutual New Year's greetings between Gongzi's colleagues, Steward Liu is working outside, and he will hold a banquet when Gongzi comes back." ”
Lin Qingqing smiled unconsciously, and turned his head to look at the place, "I don't know, Lin Qingqing is quiet inside, and it's quite noisy outside, which makes people happy to listen to." ”
"Girl." The maid suddenly knelt on the ground with a "plop", "Childe, he didn't mean to hide it from you, but out of this courtyard, there was a lot of trouble outside, and you still need to calm down and recuperate." ”
"I haven't said anything yet, what are you doing?" Lin Qingqing rubbed his knees and walked towards her, helped her up and smiled: "It's really chaotic outside, and there are few quiet and simple places." ”
Saying that, she staggered around and walked towards the house, since Bai Zhiyu deliberately circled a secluded and peaceful place to recuperate with her, how could she not accept it, if she didn't see it, she wouldn't be there.
Entering the house, Zhao Qi helped her to sit on the edge of the bed, and he continued to sit on the pestle under the bed.
"The maid that Zhiyu pointed out to you is quite clever." Zhao Qi held the soup woman and smiled.
Lin Qingqing glanced at the maid, "I think so too, thanks to her these days, otherwise I still wouldn't be able to get off the ground now." ”
He glanced up at her face very quickly, and the room suddenly fell silent, except for the "cooing" sound of the kettle on the stove.
"What the hell is going on with you and your cousin?" He asked.
Lin Qingqing didn't know how to answer him, and only replied after a while: "The old past, don't mention it." ”
He looked at her with inquiring eyes in his eyes, "Old past? I've never seen him so angry. ”
"He's going to get angry? No, it won't. She smiled faintly.
"How not? Ling Rouwan kept saying that she was going to her aunt to sue you for the following crimes, and we all persuaded her not to stop, but later my cousin got angry, and the maids who served in the hall that day in the palace were all taken back by him. ”
Lin Qingqing was slightly stunned, and suddenly felt that the room was cold, and his hand holding the blanket tightened and tightened, "His anger has nothing to do with me, he is the Seventh Prince of the High, and I am a humble and lowly little cook......
Before she finished speaking, Zhao Qi scolded her angrily, "Who said that you are humble and lowly, Ling Rou and weak, that girl has been loved thousands of times since she was a child, and she has been spoiled, but her nature is still good, don't take what you say to heart." ”
"No, how could I take it to heart." Lin Qingqing smiled bitterly and nodded, "I've always been thinking about it, but it's all fleeting." ”
The eyes that were once as bright as a galaxy will no longer shine for her, those love words that were once gentle and soft will no longer be said for her, and what qualifications does she have to take to heart.