Mo Lihuo stood up and asked as he walked out with the little maid, "What's the matter?" ”

"After Mrs. Xiao left, Mrs. Xiao's face was very bad, and she kept coughing when she went back to the house, and Sister Danyu asked the slave maid to come to Miss quickly."

"What did Mrs. Xiao say?"

"The slave and maid have been waiting outside, and they don't hear anything."

Mo Li took a few steps into Yu's house, only to see Yu lying crooked on the kang, coughing with a handkerchief to cover her mouth, Danyu holding the medicine in one hand and patting her back with the other hand to help her calm down.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?" Mo Li stepped forward and knelt on the kang couch.

Yu Shi drank the medicine with Danyu's hand, and then stopped coughing slightly: "It's an old problem, I can't take a breath, and this cough can't be stopped." ”

"Mother......" Mo Li looked at Yu's sallow and haggard face, and couldn't help but have a sour nose and shed tears.

Yu Shi waved his hand: "You all go down, I'll talk to Xi'er for a while." ”

"Madam......" Danyu looked at Yu worriedly, "The slave maid is waiting in the courtyard, and if there is something, let the eldest sister call me loudly." ”

"I see," Mo Li nodded, "Ruoping, you should go out first." ”

After retreating, Yu wiped the tears on Mo Li's face and said, "Xi'er, don't cry, sit down next to my mother, I have something to tell you." ”

"Mother, say whatever you want, Xi'er listen."

"Is your jade plaque still there?"

Mo Li wondered in his heart, could it be that the Yu family was going to say something about Murong Chu? She hurriedly took off the jade plaque hanging on the red rope from her collar: "Mother, Xi'er has always carried the jade plaque close to her." ”

Yu took the jade plaque into his hand, rubbed the pattern on it, and his eyebrows were covered with a layer of mist for a moment: "Things are people, when Chunxue, that is, when Chu'er and his mother gave you this jade plaque, you were still a little milk doll, but now you have grown into a big girl." ”

"Mother......" Mo Li blinked her big eyes, not knowing what to say.

Yu touched her cheek lovingly and said: "My mother was good friends with Chu'er's mother before she left the pavilion, Chunxue's father was a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and he had no children under his knees, and he only got such a daughter at the age of forty, and he was carefully taught since he was a child. ”

"Chunxue was a famous talented woman in the capital at that time, not only beautiful, but also excellent in poetry and songs. At the age of seventeen, he was given by the emperor to marry the prince of Bac Ninh, who is now Murong Jingzhong, the king of Bac Ninh. Although the two are also harmonious and beautiful after marriage, Chunxue's stomach has not moved. ”

Two years later, the old prince passed away, Murong Jing was loyal to the throne, and the old princess accepted Lu Shi, the third daughter of the servant of the ministry at that time, as a side concubine. The Lu family gave birth to a son in the second year after entering the door, and then Chunxue also had a body, and she was pregnant and gave birth to Chu'er in October. ”

"The general has a big brother?" Mo Li always thought that Murong Chu was the eldest son, and if he had an older brother, then he would not have to inherit the throne, which was more in line with her wishes.

Yu nodded: "It's a big brother, but although they are all boys, the old princess still loves her grandson, so her attitude towards Chunxue is much better than before, and her life is comfortable." ”

"Our Mo family doesn't have much contact with the Bac Ninh Palace, but because of my relationship with Chunxue, the two of us often walk around in private. When I gave birth to you, Chunxue came to visit you, and I took a fancy to you at a glance, and I was reluctant to let go in my arms. When you were three years old, Chunxue asked me if I had any intention of giving you to Chu'er. ”

"Chu'er's child can be regarded as something I grew up watching, he has been talented since he was a child, both civil and military, I am naturally happy in my heart, and I agreed without consulting your father. Chunxue was very happy and immediately hung this jade plaque around your neck. He also said that when you were ready, he would come to the door to ask for marriage. ”

Mo Li had heard Murong Chu talk about this past, but when it came out of her mother's mouth at this time, she still felt that the thinking of the ancients was really enough, it turned out that she had been Murong Chu's person since she was three years old, and her soul from the modern era expressed her inability to accept the baby.

"Mother, I'm only three years old, and you let me out, how much you look forward to sending your daughter out as soon as possible!" Mo Li pouted and said angrily.

"Mother is willing to send you out of the door. At that time, Chu'er had already decided to join the army, and Chunxue wanted to make this matter clear before he left. But I'm afraid that the battlefield will be ruthless, in case Chu'er has three longs and two shorts and then delays you, so I just use the jade card as a token and set it verbally. ”

Yu patted the back of Mo Li's hand and said, "At that time, Chunxue also said that if something happened to Chu'er, she would never use this to blackmail you into marrying into the Murong family." People say so reasonably, where is there any reason why my mother should not be. ”

"Who else knows about this?" Mo Li asked.

"Chunxue said that in order for you to grow up safely, she doesn't want the people in the palace to know about this matter for the time being. I just whispered to your father, and even your brother didn't tell me. However......" Yu paused, "Chu'er should know." My mother just wants to ask you, did he tell you anything? ”

"He just showed me the other half of the jade plaque, saying that this thing was given to him by his mother, and he didn't say anything else." Mo Li didn't know the purpose of Yu's mention of this matter, so he vaguely said a word.

"Creation makes people!" Yu Shi muttered, "If Chunxue is still there, this family is naturally excellent, but now the palace is ......."

"What's going on with the palace now?" Mo Li asked curiously.

Yu frowned slightly, and said very embarrassedly: "After Chunxue left, the Lu family was helped to be a concubine, and now she is the head of the palace." Chu'er has been away from the capital for many years, and I'm afraid some things are not as good as before. ”

"Mother, didn't you say that the concubine room can't be straightened? Isn't the side concubine a concubine, how did she become a concubine? ”

"There are exceptions to everything, concubines are not allowed to be corrected, but that is the rule of ordinary people. Lu's second sister married the eldest son of Prime Minister Gao at the time, who was the father of Concubine Qing, that is, the grandfather of King Jin. Lu's father later became a secretary of the ministry, and Lu's identity naturally rose, and she also gave birth to a son for the king of Bac Ninh. Her father did many activities, and finally helped her to the position of concubine. ”

Mo Li couldn't help but have a black line, what an intricate relationship this is!

"If she wants to be a concubine, she will be fine, anyway, it has nothing to do with us." Mo Li was really not interested in this kind of nepotism, and shrugged her shoulders indifferently.

Yu Shi coughed again, and Mo Li hurriedly brought tea and fed her a few sips.

After drinking tea and temporarily suppressing the cough, Yu's face was even more ugly.

"The second sister of the Lu family, Mrs. Gao, gave birth to two sons and two daughters, and Gao Zhilan, whom we met in Puning Temple today, is the youngest daughter of Mrs. Gao. Now that the Gao family wants to give Gao Zhilan to Chu'er, the two families have already discussed, and this time Chu'er will return to Beijing to handle the family affairs of the two. ”