Chapter 43: Threats
Thinking about who to come, Zhu Ran didn't expect that he was thinking about this Mrs. Du in his heart one moment, and the next moment he saw her in person.
The door was suddenly opened, and a luxurious and stern woman came in, followed by four maids wearing the same skirt as Zhuran, standing behind Yan Lingyu in two rows.
"Xuan'er, you're really here." Yan Lingyu walked into Du Yuxuan and said.
Du Yuxuan pretended to be surprised, shook Yan Lingyu's hand and said, "When did my mother come?" ”
"Don't put garlic here," he said, before looking at Zhu Ran.
Zhu Ran pretended to be a maid in the house, her head was pressed very low, trying not to let Yan Lingyu see her face. But he didn't think about Yan Lingyu and said, "Xuan'er, is this your new girl?" ”
"It's not... She's just a maid in the house. Du Yuxuan explained.
Yan Lingyu didn't seem to hear Du Yuxuan's words, and said to Zhu Ran without hearing the tone: "Raise your head, I'll take a look." ”
Zhu Ran raised his head, but he didn't expect Yan Lingyu's face to change suddenly, and asked in a cold tone, "Which girl?" ”
Of course, Zhu Ran couldn't identify himself, and his eyes were just turned to Du Yuxuan. Du Yuxuan flattered Yan Lingyu with a smile on his face, "Mother, what are you doing, I will visit Cao Zuocheng tomorrow, and I will visit Sister Shuyao by the way!" ”
When Yan Lingyu heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he said to Du Yuxuan: "Remember what you said." He got up and was about to leave, but when he left, he glanced at Zhu Ran again, and said to Du Yuxuan: "It's okay to play outside, don't take it back to the house." ”
After Yan Lingyu left, Du Yuxuan saw that Zhu Ran's face was not good, and hurriedly said, "Let's go, I'll take you out for a walk." ”
Zhu Ran saw that the rain outside had stopped, and said to Du Yuxuan: "You send me back to the palace." ”
Du Yuxuan turned Zhu Ran's body and said, "You are angry, my mother has a knife mouth and a tofu heart." ”
Zhu then took two steps back, keeping a distance from him, and then said, "Of course, Mrs. Du is looking forward to her son's wellness, and I am not angry." "What does Zhu Ran want her to be angry with, she is Zhu Heyu's side concubine, not his Du Yuxuan's woman, if it is Du Yuxuan's woman, she will be heartbroken when she hears her future mother-in-law say this.
"You say that you are angry!"
Zhu Ran didn't want to argue with Du Yuxuan, so he changed the topic and said, "It's the end of Shen Shi, I really want to go back." ”
It turned out that Yan Jiyi had been disarmed and returned to the field for many years, and his son Yan Lingqing inherited his title. Yan Jiyi is a literati who is pure and does not like to be busy, so he has another house in the remote Xishi neighborhood.
From the Nishishi neighborhood back to the main street of Kyoto Castle, Ruishin Palace, just walking for an hour. Du Yuxuan lifted her up and sent her back to the foot of the west wall of the palace. Without waiting for Zhuran to speak, he left. Zhu Ran walked to Fuhuan Courtyard, it was already dark, and he thought that he was wearing the skirt of the maid in Yan's house, and he was very worried. When I walked to the gate of the courtyard, I found that the maid guarding the door was kneeling on the ground, and I secretly felt bad, so I asked the maid, "Why are you kneeling on the ground?" ”
When the maid saw Zhuran coming back, she cried with joy, and she didn't care about Zhuran's words, so she only shouted into the courtyard: "Madame is back!" Madame is back! ”
When he entered the house, he found Ruoyi and Shui Xin also kneeling on the ground. When I saw her come back, I was also happy to cry, "Madam, where have you been?" You can't find it everywhere. ”
"I ...... Why are you all on your knees? Zhu Ran felt guilty, when she and Du Yuxuan left, Ruoyi and Shui Xin didn't know where they went, and regretted not telling them.
Shui Xin said: "The prince came just now, and found that Mrs. was gone, and fined us three months of moon silver, and punished us to kneel until Mrs. came back." ”
Taking a deep breath, Zhu Heyu hadn't come to her for a month, and as soon as she left, he came instead.
"Madam, has the prince sent people everywhere to look for you? Madame, let's go to the prince and explain it now! Ruoyi said suddenly.
Zhu Ran looked at the two people who were still kneeling on the ground and said, "You all get up, tell the people in the courtyard to get up too." ”
Ruoyi changed clothes for Zhuran, Zhuran remembered what Du Yuxuan said before, saying that today is the sacrifice ceremony of the Yuanzhen Kingdom, and Zhu Heyu will not be able to come back until the evening, and can't help but ask Ruoyi, "When will the prince come to the courtyard?" ”
"An hour ago." Ruoyi changed into the skirt that Zhu Ran wore on weekdays, looked at the pink skirt that took off from Zhu Ran, and was very worried, but still asked vaguely: "Where did Madame go?" ”
"I'm gone with Du Yuxuan."
Ruoyi opened her eyes wide and asked, "And him?!" ”
Zhu Ran got up and wanted to walk out, and said as he walked: "This matter is a long story, and I will talk about it slowly in the future." ”
Walking on the way to Qingfeng Ju, Zhu Ran thought about how to justify Zhu Heyu, thinking about it, he was distracted, Qingfeng Ju, Qingfeng, but it was taken from the meaning of the breeze on both sleeves?
When I came back to my senses, I had already walked to the door of Qingfeng Residence. My heart tightened, I took a deep breath and entered the house.
Zhu Heyu sat on a pear blossom wood chair in the center, next to which was a gilded antique incense burner, but no incense was burned. On the sandalwood table to his left is a white vase of Dingyao porcelain, in which the lilac lilacs that are in full bloom are inserted.
Zhu Ran remembered that Zhu Heyu had told her a month ago that there was no need to salute when there were only two of them in the future, although there happened to be only her and him in the room at this time, but Zhu Ran didn't dare not salute him.
Zhu Heyu looked at Zhu Ran bowing slightly, did not speak to Zhu Ran, but said to the chasing wind outside: "Go and pass on the news to Lord Zhu, that is, the princess is back, so that he doesn't need to send someone to find it, and he doesn't have to come to explain to the king in person, let's talk about it tomorrow morning." ”
Zhu Ran thought to herself that Zhu Heyu wanted to punish herself, and she had always used this kind of method that was difficult for her to bear on the surface, and he told Zhu Changjun about it was really more uncomfortable for her than to choke her neck himself.
"Yes, Your Highness." Listening to the footsteps chasing the wind getting smaller and smaller, until the sound was completely gone, Zhu Heyu said pretendedly: "Why don't you stand up." ”
Zhu Ran straightened up when he heard this, and his legs were already numb. Just about to move slightly, I heard Zhu Heyu ask: "Where did Ran Ran go, don't tell this king that you are wandering around in the mansion, this king has sent someone to find it, even a cat can be seen hiding in the mansion, let alone such a big person as Ran Ran." ”
What Zhu Ran wanted to say was blocked by Zhu Heyu, and he simply stopped speaking.
"Why, aren't you going to explain to this king?" Zhu Ran listened to his words, obviously heavier than the previous few sentences, and said softly: "The concubine is out." ”
"Oh?" Zhu Heyu got up from the chair, walked to Zhu Ran's side, looked at her carefully and said, "Ran Ran went out, how did you get out?" Who did you go out with? ”
Zhu Ran felt that he was slowly breaking through his inner defenses, just like he was about to break through one city after another on the battlefield. He said in his heart: "The prince can do whatever he wants to the concubines, don't implicate Lord Zhu and the maids in the concubines' courtyard." ”
Zhu Heyu didn't laugh angrily, and said to Zhu Ran: "Ranran, you are wrong, do you know what is the most taboo thing to lead a battle?" ”
"What?"
"Weakness, Ran Ran's weakness turned out to be Lord Zhu and the maid in the courtyard. Guess what's going to happen next? ”
She didn't know how, but for their sake, she softly defended: "The concubine is not the prince's enemy, the concubine is the prince's concubine." ”
Zhu Heyu raised Zhuran's chin, looked into her eyes, and said in a ruthless tone: "You'd better remember whose woman you are!" ”
Zhu Ran staggered back, thinking that Zhu Heyu knew that she and Du Yuxuan had gone out.
Zhu Heyu stood in place, thinking that he was furious when he heard the guard's report that Zhu Ran and Du Yuxuan had gone out. Looking at the embarrassed Zhu Ran, he hooked his finger at her, and said, "Ranran, don't you just want to go out, as long as you can satisfy the king tonight, the king will grant you the freedom to enter and leave the palace." Seeing that Zhu Ran didn't move for a long time, Zhu Heyu seemed to remember something and said: "It seems that Ran Ran is not interested in leaving the house, so how can this king be interested in Lord Zhu this time?" ”
Zhu Heyu, you are shameless! Zhu Ran scolded in his heart, but he walked to Zhu Heyu's side, hugged his neck, raised his toes, first kissed and then bit his lips, he was unexpected, grabbed her head, kissed her back, and no longer let her bite his lips.
Just when Zhu Ran felt that he was about to lose his breath, he suddenly heard the voice of the jade flute. "Your Highness, Kyoto Prefecture Yin..." A trace of sourness flashed in Yudi's unfazed eyes, and he immediately stopped his voice and exited the room.
Zhu Heyu let go of Zhu Ran, then took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood on his lips before saying to the jade flute outside the door: "Come in and talk." ”