Chapter 188: I don't want to regret it
Chapter 188: I don't want to regret it
The winter of the first year of Tianshun was the same as in previous years, with snow falling in October, and by December, it was already a white expanse of ice and snow. Whenever this time, the plum blossom blooms at the foot of the west mountain outside the city of Kyoto, and the fragrance floats for hundreds of miles, attracting many literati to cook wine and enjoy the plum, and inscribe poems and leave paintings. So when four or five black-painted flat-topped carriages of various sizes stopped at the foot of the West Mountain, they did not attract everyone's attention.
The sun is short in winter, and the sky is getting dark before the beginning of the day.
Shi Jingshu in the carriage was a little breathless: "The gate of Youchu City was closed, and we have been waiting for two or three hours, but there is not even a shadow of a personβwon't we wait again today?" β
Shen Muqing was wearing a red carved silk phoenix hanging peony sleeve jacket, which lined her skin and her eyebrows were picturesque.
She smiled apologetically: "Master Chang said that Xiao Sa will be in Kyoto in the next two daysβsince it wasn't yesterday, it should be today." It's just that it's so cold, you and I are waiting for him...... Tired of you! β
"What nonsense?" Shi Jingshu said unhappily, "I am like a sister to you, not to mention that I will accompany you out once, even if I accompany you out ten times, a hundred times, I am also willing." It's just that I see that you are not in good spirits during this time, and I am afraid that you will not be able to withstand the fatigue of the carriage and horses. β
After the crisis was relieved in Kyoto, Shen Muqing was peaceful. Jingshu has always maintained correspondence, and the two often "discuss" how to operate the tea plantations in Fujian, the business situation of Yiwen Tea Shop, and how to get along with the officials and wives in Fujian, Shen Muqing learned a lot of tea scriptures from Shi Jingshu, and Shi Jingshu also learned a lot of ways to deal with people from Shen Muqing, so the relationship between the two became closer.
Shi Jingshu would ask Xiao Sa at the end of every letter. The situation, Shen Muqing mentioned it lightly every time, but despite this, Shi Jingshu still guessed from those words and the movements of the imperial court that Xiao Sa's prospects were not optimistic.
When she was dismissed, although she was also very angry. angry, and wanted to question the other party, but he just thought about it. Like Shen Muqing, he ran back to Kyoto regardless of it...... She didn't dare.
Shi Jingshu couldn't help but worry about Shen Muqing.
She handed over the tea garden to Lin Ruichun and returned to Kyoto with the maids.
Seeing Shen Muqing, who was so thin that she only had a handful of bones left, she couldn't help but lower her voice. Crying, how did Ren Shen Muqing show that he had nothing to do, Jingshu didn't believe it, and insisted on staying in Kyoto and waiting for Xiao Sa to have accurate news.
And Shen Muqing has been crying in front of the eldest lady since that day. Always a little nervous, feel that I am too impulsive, now Shi Jingshu comes back to accompany herself, one is a person to talk to, the other is a person to mention himself on the side, three years are approaching, you can use this excuse to leave Shi Jingshu in Kyoto for the New Year, lest it happen that Jingshu wants to go back to Nanjing and the family does not want to see her embarrassing situation at all, she is naturally full of promises.
Shen Muqing later reminded Shen Zhen to write a seal for Shi Zimo and wanted to stay there. Jingshu's letter for the New Year in Kyoto, Shi Zimo not only agreed, but also full of words of gratitude.
She couldn't help but be secretly glad that she had thought of this!
Thinking of this, Shen Muqing couldn't help but look at Shi Jingshu and smile.
Shi Jingshu thought about it. A few days ago, Shen Muqing said a few words to himself.
ββ¦β¦ Lord Wang rescued Xiao Sa and Emperor Taishang without a single soldier, and Chang Hui didn't have any accidents, and the heart I had been hanging on finally fell. β
"Wang Baochuan has been guarding the cold kiln for eighteen years......" Shi Jingshu teased, "Although you don't have to guard for eighteen years, you can compare with her!" When Xiao Sa comes back, it's not grateful! Looks like the magpie is going to bark in Pine Alley! β
Shen Muqing smiled and pushed Shi Jingshu: "Look at what you said...... I don't want to be that Wang Baochuan. After speaking, his eyes were dark, "He has always been ambitious, I don't dare to think of anything else." I only hope that he won't blame my Shen family's father and daughter for jumping up and down to get him back like this, ruining his plan to be a loyal minister and a famous general! β
Shi Jingshu was speechless.
Today, he is afraid of the emperor's return, which is already a well-known thing in Sima Zhao's heart...... People die like lights out, but not to mention living like Xiao Sa, he loyally followed the emperor to Bahe...... Perhaps, it is safer for Xiao Sa to stay in Hachikawa than in Kyoto!
"There is also the matter of Tu Xiaoque, I don't know what his reaction will be when he comes back......" Shen Mu's clear eyes flashed like a meteor. She looked down at the red lacquered gold box that came out of the corner under the pillow and smiled brightly: "But when I think of that dock, I want to give it a try!" β
Shi Jingshu's gaze also followed Shen Muqing's gaze and fell on the red lacquered gold box containing the contract book.
"It's strange to say," the corners of Shen Muqing's mouth curled slightly, "I have only seen Xiao Sa a limited number of times, but every time we meet, we seem to quarrel over a little goosebump...... It stands to reason that quarrels are emotionally hurtful, right? But every time I quarrel with Xiao Sa, there is a faint sweetness in my heart. Sometimes, just for this faint sweetness, I want to see him again, and I want to quarrel with him again......" As she spoke, she took out the red lacquer and gold painting box from under the pillow and wiped it gently, "In this world, there is no one like Xiao Sa who makes me happy and sad, and there is no one who still remembers my ...... at the moment of his life and death" Shen Muqing smiled at the corner of his mouth, but there were crystal tears in his eyes turning, "If I don't even have the courage to give it a try, one day, I will definitely regret it!" β
Shen Muqing's tears rolling in his eyes floated in Jingshu's heart.
She couldn't help but hold Shen Muqing's hand: "You have to relax." It's snowing heavily these days, so maybe it's stuck on the road. β
Shen Muqing nodded, but he couldn't help but feel a little stunned.
For a while, the atmosphere in the carriage was a little dignified,
Shi Jingshu looked at Shen Muqing's expression with the hope implied in her expression, and she was a little sad. She lifted the curtain and looked out, and saw Ying Fan, who was sitting in a carriage behind them, wearing a gray squirrel skin jacket and holding a handstove with blue cloisonnΓ© enamel in his hand, standing on the wheels of the carriage and tiptoeing into the distance, causing passing carriages to look at each other with curtains.
"Yingfen, this girl, is too bold!" Shi Jingshu said with a smile, "I don't know who I will marry to harm people in the future!" β
Shen Muqing was also worried about Yingfen's temperament, and hurriedly said, "What's the matter?" β
Shi Jingshu moved to the side and said, "Come and see!" β
Shen Muqing leaned over to look, but saw a few officials who had been sitting in the gazebo not far away and chatting in a low voice, who were in charge of the seven products of the Ministry of Rites and were in charge of the welcoming officer, hulala, running out.
"Is it back?" She excitedly tugged at Shi Jingshu's sleeve.
Their carriage was parked next to the gazebo, and they could see the scene in the pavilion but they couldn't see the scene on the post road.
As he spoke, Shen Muqing couldn't help but press Shi Jingshu's shoulder and wanted to stick out his head to look.
Shi Jingshu saw that it was not good, so she pulled her down: "You sit down for me." There are also the eldest lord of the Xiao family and the eldest lady of the Xiao family in the carriage in front, where is your turn to come forward, you don't lose Uncle Shen's face to me. β
Shen Muqing was dragged by Shi Jingshu and sat on the pestle.
"I'm just going to see!" She argued curtly.
"It's good that I followed!" Shi Jingshu teased her a little, "Otherwise, something might happen." As he spoke, he frowned again, "I have to talk about Yingfen ......."
It's just that her words haven't fallen yet, and Ying Fan has already pulled the curtain and entered.
"Grandma, grandma, I can see clearly, it is Lord Zeng's soldiers, and it is the person sent by Lord Zeng to escort Emperor Taishang back to Beijing."
Although she was very excited, her voice was low.
Shen Muqing couldn't help but get excited, where could he still care about reprimanding Yingfan: "You can see it clearly!" β
Ying Fan nodded, and a hosta sounded very stable but faintly joyful voice came from outside: "Grandma, our eldest wife said that she has a broken foot and is unable to move, so let you help her." β
Shen Muqing was overjoyed when he heard this, and he got up and was about to get out of the car, but was stopped by Shi Jingshu.
She glanced at Shen Muqing's clothes, and said to the hosta in a majestic voice: "You go and tell your eldest wife, my aunt and grandmother are wearing bright red clothes, and I will go to the mountain to see Lamei later." β
Shen Muqing was stunned.
Shi Jingshu had already whispered: "Although the eldest lady's idea is good, it is difficult to guarantee that there is no one who knows you...... You'd better be cautious. I think at the beginning, I didn't run to Qiantang with a hot head? β
Shen Muqing also felt that she was too excited when she was pulled by Shi Jingshu, and when she saw her taking her own affairs as an aphorism, she naturally followed Shi Jingshu's meaning, and with the support of Ying Fan and others, she and Shi Jingshu went up the mountain.
When the hosta saw it, she couldn't help but go back to the eldest lady with some disappointment.
Xiao Zhao had already gotten out of the car, standing aside and waiting for the emperor's imperial chauffeur to pass by, he could take a look at his son in the entourage, and after listening to the hosta's reply, he couldn't help but smile coldly: "The woman of the family is such a hypocrisy...... It's no better than a woman in the rivers and lakes, cry when you want to cry, laugh when you want to laugh, true temperament. β
The eldest lady panicked when she heard this, and smiled gently: "What the master said is true." Therefore, it is very boring for those wives from families to be born. β
Xiao Zhao was speechless for a while, and shook his sleeves fiercely.
"But sir, it's hot?" The eldest lady looked at Xiao Zhao with a smile. Xiao Sa is back, she is in a very good mood, and she is even happier than when she gave birth to Xiao Sa. "Hosta, fan the old man. This has been running on the rivers and lakes for a long time, and his temperament has become crying when he wants to cry, and laughing when he wants to laugh. However, it is better to endure such a cold day. The people standing around here are all officials of the imperial court, so as not to appear different and lose the face of the child. β
Whether it was the little maid who served Xiao Zhao or the maid who served him next to the eldest lady, everyone lowered their heads and pretended not to hear.
Xiao Zhao's face changed, and he immediately became a little happy.
The eldest lady was stunned.
Xiao Zhao had already pointed to the front: "Look, is that Sa'er?" β
When the eldest lady heard this, she hurriedly helped the hosta's shoulders and lifted her feet: "Where...... I'll take a look at ......"
In the snow, a man knelt on the ground. Only the person in the Ministry of Rites who held the golden yellow embroidered multicolored cloud pattern holy decree stood against the former emperor and the current emperor. I saw that someone moved a stone from the side of the post road and put it behind the emperor, and then whispered a few words, the emperor hesitated for a while, and then sat on the stone.
The eldest lady looked at the figure and behaved very much like Xiao Sa.
"I look like ......," she muttered.
Xiao Zhao also nodded: "He has always been in trouble, I look like Sa'er." β
(During this time, physiotherapy is done in the hospital every afternoon...... β_βb sweat ...... So I can only keep it one more every day! οΌ
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Chapter 188: I don't want to regret it