Chapter Forty-Six: The Grace of the Palace
Chapter 46 Introduction
In the study room of Youyuzhuang, Bai Rui sat in front of the desk, wiping the sword in his hand.
The name of this sword is "Qingying Sword", and the owner of the sword is Huan'er, which was given to him by Li Amaranth back then.
Over the years, whenever he was alone and silently thinking about his son, he would repeatedly wipe the sword.
He could smell the breath of the sword on it, and only by holding it would his heart be at peace.
The room was very quiet, and his cold sorrow made people shiver in the candlelight.
Outside the door by a light knock.
Bai Rui groaned, "Come in." ”
Cheng You approached him and said respectfully, "Liu Wu's family has been arranged and is far away from Pingcheng. ”
Bai Rui still looked at the sword, and made a light "um" sound, but did not react.
Cheng You glanced at Bai Rui and said tentatively and softly, "Nangong Ni was a little bold this time and didn't report to Hou Ye for doing things." ”
Bai Rui raised his eyes and glanced at Cheng You, who immediately lowered his eyes.
After Bai Rui put the Qingying Sword on the sword rack on the bookcase, he stared at the candle flame, his face was gloomy, and he spoke up for a long time, "The matter of Rencheng Wangfu is a sign from Ben Hou. ”
Cheng You's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood, "Lord Hou wants to provoke the suspicion between the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the King of Ren Cheng, and alienate the relationship between them, so as to make Tuoba Hong even more lonely." ”
Bai Rui raised his eyes and glanced at Cheng You, his face was expressionless, and he said coldly word by word, "In the future, without Benhou's signal, Gao Zhaorong is not allowed to be involved." ”
Cheng You bowed his head and saluted, "My subordinates understand." ”
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There was heavy snow outside the window, the night was very quiet, the people in the house were all in the house, the whole house was very quiet, and my autumn water house was even quieter.
The end of the year is coming.
Gao Shouwen took a sip of my favorite tea, and said with a bitter face, "How could Rong'er like this thing with such a difficult tea." ”
I just chuckled and didn't answer him.
When he put down his teacup, he saw me looking at him and knew what I was waiting for him.
Gao Shouwen pursed his lower lip before he said slowly, "The third aunt came to the house in the winter when Rong'er was two years old, and when my father took the third aunt back to the house that day, he asked everyone in the house to come out to meet him, and he introduced everyone in the house very ceremoniously. On the third day after the third aunt arrived in the house, her father held a wedding ceremony and held a banquet in the house. On that day, except for some of my father's friends, no one else came to the door, and none of the third aunt's family came. I heard that the third aunt is an orphan, so she has no relatives. ”
I listened quietly to Gao Shouwen's speech.
"After the third aunt came, my father was very fond of her, and he would go to the third aunt's Qiyan Pavilion every day, and he didn't pay much attention to my mother and Rong'er's mother. As the wife of the main house, my mother obviously can't tolerate the third aunt, and she doesn't take the third aunt very seriously, but in the relationship with my father, my mother still has some restraint. The third aunt is actually very good, not arrogant or impetuous, and she is also very modest. On weekdays, she doesn't come out much in her Qiyan Pavilion, never leaves the house, and just walks around the house. ”
"My father was so fond of the third aunt, and I didn't see the third aunt pregnant, at that time, my father actually wanted a child with the third aunt, and he also sought medical treatment for the third aunt everywhere. However, batch after batch of doctors came, and they did not cure the third aunt. However, my father didn't care about the third aunt because she was infertile, and he was still the same as usual for the third aunt. ”
Gao Shouwen smiled, "Rong'er, you don't know, after I saw my mother crying at that time, I actually still had a little grudge against the third aunt in my heart, hating her for taking away my father's love, but then the third aunt left, I regretted it, I shouldn't have been rude to the third aunt at that time." ”
I listened quietly before I said, "The third aunt is an orphan? ”
Gao Shouwen nodded, "Anyway, I haven't seen anyone come to see her since the third aunt arrived in Gaofu, and the third aunt has never been out of the mansion." ”
That's all, and it has nothing to do with Hu'er.
At this time, I have determined that Huan'er must have met the third aunt before she entered the house, so how to find out?
After Gao Shouwen left, I opened the painting again and looked at it quietly for a long time.
This night, I fell asleep again.
The picture in the dream is the valley of the forest, I saw the valley in the dream, the age of the child should be thirteen years old, she is standing on the lawn in the valley, not far from her standing arrow target, she is holding a bow and arrow at the target to shoot an arrow.
The arrow hits the bull's-eye.
A complicated smile appeared on the corner of the woman's mouth beside her, and she was stunned before slowly admiring her.
Ju'er smiled innocently at the woman, "Senior sister, you can try it too." ”
The woman shook her head lightly, "No, Lan'er didn't shoot as well as Yan'er." ”
"It's okay, senior sister try it." Huan'er pulled her sister's wrist affectionately.
The woman took the bow and arrow in the hand of the bird, slowly pulled it up after a warm smile, and pointed it at the arrow target, after the arrow was shot, although the arrow hit the middle, it was much off the center compared to the arrow of the bird.
The woman sarcastically said to herself, "Lan'er said, I didn't shoot well without Huan'er, and I still don't believe it, so it's a comparison." ”
Huan'er pursed her lower lip and was happy, but she could clearly see that her senior sister was letting her.
The scene in the dream jumps again, and the scene in the dream arrives in a luxurious restaurant wing.
In her hand, she was holding a gift made with her heart, a wooden carved figure, and the carved figure was her senior sister. Huan'er was very happy, and pushed open the door of the private room, and there were several people sitting at the round table in the room, as well as her senior sister.
The woman was stunned at first when she saw Huan'er, and then she hurriedly got up and said in a daze, "Huan'er, why are you here?" ”
Ju'er smiled, "Senior sister, why didn't you even tell Ju'er about your birthday, if it weren't for Ju'er sneaking you out of the secluded forest valley, I wouldn't know that today is Senior Sister's birthday, Senior Sister is really too small." ”
The woman was a little uneasy, and a complicated look flashed on her face before she pulled Ju'er to the table and introduced the others to her.
Only then did Ju'er realize that her senior sister was not an orphan, but had a father and a mother.
Ju'er smiled and saluted the middle-aged man, the senior sister's father.
The middle-aged man glanced at Huan'er before smiling leisurely, "The old man has long heard Lan'er say that her junior sister, Miss Huan'er, right?" ”
Ju'er smiled clearly, "Yes, little girl Yi'er, I'm very happy to meet my uncle." ”
The smile on the middle-aged man's face did not fade, and he said leisurely, "I heard Lan'er say that Miss Huan'er is the master who went to worship Lan'er on the same day. ”
Ju'er nodded hurriedly, "Yes, when my master took Ju'er to my master, that day, the master was leading an older sister, and she was Senior Sister Lan'er." ”
After glancing at Senior Sister, Huan'er continued, "That day, the master told Huan'er that Senior Sister Lan'er was that he saw Lan'er alone on the road and was bullied, so he brought Lan'er back. Because Lan'er is older than Huan'er, she became a senior sister. ”
Hu'er said and looked at Lan'er's father, puzzled, "But at that time, the senior sister said that she was an orphan. ”
The middle-aged man was stunned, his face sank, and then he laughed again, "That's because the old man didn't know that he had Lan'er's daughter at that time." ”
Huan'er smiled and looked at her senior sister, "No wonder my senior sister always sighed about her life experience at that time, but my senior sister didn't tell her when she recognized her family, and she was also happy for her sister." ”
Lan'er smiled a little ashamedly and said to Huan'er, "It's Senior Sister's fault." ”
Huan'er smiled happily, "Then senior sister, you can solemnly introduce your father." ”
After a cold light flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes, he smiled indifferently again, and introduced himself, "The old man Huaihuang Town will reach Xi Xiaoyue." ”
Huan'er was surprised and exclaimed, "Senior sister is a famous family!" As he spoke, he bowed to Lan'er's father again, "Hu'er has seen General Daxi. ”
Da Xi Xiaoyue hurriedly waved her hand and said with a smile, "Miss Huan'er is polite." ”
Lan'er looked at Huan'er quietly on the side, full of worries.
I had a long dream this night, and it was all the laughter of Huan'er and her senior sister.
When I woke up the next day, in the garden outside the house, there was a thick layer of snow, and the slaves and maids in the house were cleaning the road.
There is no carbon fire in my Qiushui Curie, so Yinglin went to Steward Cao to go to the Fuzhong warehouse to receive the information. When she returned, she just got a little bit of carbon shavings.
Ying Lin's face was very bad, and she said that Steward Cao said that it was all distributed to all rooms, and there was not much left.
"If not, forget it." I muttered softly.
Ying Lin was angry and complained, "Second Miss, this must have been made by the eldest lady, and she took it away, leaving only some scum for the young lady." ”
Zilan whispered, "Second Miss, how can you spend this year, you can't stand the cold." ”
I just laughed and didn't complain any more.
At this time, there were a lot of footsteps in the courtyard outside the house, and many people came to listen to the sound.
At the same time, a voice sounded, "Miss Sophomore is here." ”
Zilan and Yinglin were both startled and looked at me blankly.
I slowly got off the kang, and Yinglin hurriedly put on my cloak.
I led Yinglin and Zilan to the eaves of the door, and saw two teams of palace supervisors standing in the courtyard, holding gift boxes in their hands.
At this time, Gao Xian walked over and said beside me, "Second sister, you are blessed." ”
Before I could understand it, the leading inner supervisor had already begun to report it.
"The emperor gave the second miss ten strings of pearls, ten golden hairpins, ten pairs of jade rings, and two pairs of glass cups............ Silver filament carbon four basket ......"
I watched as the prisoners brought things into my room, and I was speechless in shock.
Ying Lin and Zilan both opened their mouths in shock, and Gao Xian squinted and smiled on the side.
They were all excited, but I was so depressed that I didn't understand what Tuobahiro meant.
I swallowed a mouthful of saliva so nervously that I remembered what Tuoba Hong had said that day in Lan Ruoyuan.
He said he liked me.
Now it's obvious that this is done for everyone to see.
There are already a lot of slaves and maids in the house at the gate of my courtyard, and they are all surprised.
With such a big move, how could the house not be clear.
After all the eunuchs had brought their things into the room, I said indifferently to the leading eunuch, "What is the emperor doing?" ”
The inner supervisor smiled and said, "The slave family is just doing things according to the order, and the second high school lady just accepts the order." ”
I was about to open my mouth to say goodbye, but the inner supervisor hurriedly said, "The slave family has finished its work, so I will retire." ”
He saluted me, and the prison guards withdrew neatly.
I froze under the eaves and laughed.
Gao Xian spoke beside him, "Second sister, I don't understand this, the emperor has a heart for you, maybe you will become the emperor's concubine." ”
The corners of my mouth twitched and sneered, when did I say I wanted to be his concubine?
When I went back to the house and looked at the room full of things, I felt a headache.
I don't want to accept it, but I don't dare to retreat.
Tuoba Hong really wants me to be his concubine, what should I do?