Chapter Twenty-Eight: Making a Coffin as a Congratulatory Gift
Noah sighed wearily, and finally her body slowly slid off the wall, unable to breathe, unable to think, and unable to move half a step.
Chu Qingchen outside the window sighed faintly, pushed the door in and gently picked her up, put her on the bed, and carefully covered the quilt.
Noah closed her eyes tightly, and nothing responded.
"Tomorrow, are you really not going?"
Noya didn't speak for a long time, Chu Qingchen stood up, put down the curtain, and carefully covered the door of the room.
"Rest early and don't get cranky. Tomorrow will be fine. ”
The tears in Noah's eyes slipped down.
Tomorrow is the third day, can't you wait? Maybe, I may not need the antidote.
Noah opened her eyes, a pillow of tears, the room was full of desolation, and she survived the long night, and finally saw a ray of dawn appear in the dark night, and then tore through the darkness, like the ink slowly injected into the innocent water, gradually diluting the ink to the point of disappearing. But her heart sank little by little, rendered by the night, and she couldn't see a trace of morning light.
It was already the third and last day after arriving in Zhuyuan, and it was the day of the wedding of Baili Jiu.
Not only will she lose the people she loves the most and the wishes she once made to the Buddha today, but she may even lose the chance to live, or she will never be able to recover.
If you can't kill Chu Qingchen today, it means that the Killer Pavilion will send top killers to Chu Qingchen's side tomorrow to lurk, waiting for an opportunity to move, and there will be no peace. It also means that she will forever miss the antidote to the boning incense, silently waiting for death, and the heavens do not know what kind of suffering she will have to bear innocently on her behalf.
There is never a right answer, and it is wrong to choose. If she wasn't Lin Nuoya, she was just a ruthless killer, then all the troubles would have disappeared.
Noya got up early and was busy in the kitchen for a long time before he came out with a few dim sum dishes and rice porridge.
The rice porridge is longan lotus seed eight-treasure porridge, because it is not soaked in advance, so it is very resistant to cooking, Nuoya repeatedly lifted the lid of the pot, was stunned for a long time, and covered it heavily. The flames licked the bottom of the pot, and the steam filled the entire kitchen, giving off a sweet smell.
She smiled charmingly at Chu Qingchen: "It's time to eat." ”
Chu Qingchen took the food in her hand: "Actually, the food cooked by Mo'er is also delicious, you don't have to work so hard, you should rest more." ”
"How so? It's just a meal. Noya lowered her head to serve the porridge, and the rice in the bowl was crystal clear and shining with an alluring light.
Chu Qingchen smiled slightly: "Today's porridge looks good, it makes people very appetizing." ”
Noya handed him the porridge, and she didn't notice the heat of the porridge bowl: "Then eat more." ”
"Well," Chu Qingchen replied lightly: "Your complexion doesn't look very good, why don't I take you out for a walk today, so as not to be cranky all the time, it will be stuffy if you continue like this." ”
"No, there's nothing unusual about going out." Noah refused and forced a smile: "I'm fine, it's already a sure thing, even if I will be sad, I will be numb for a long time." ”
"When Xiao Jiu got up early, he sent someone to send an invitation and asked if you were going, but I refused without permission."
Noya was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "It's really done, do you have to stab someone again?" ”
"I've prepared a congratulatory gift, and I've told Feng Chi to send it over in a while."
"Change the soup without changing the medicine, and you have to receive two congratulatory gifts, it's really shameful." Noya scolded indignantly, as if he didn't care: "If it were me, I would use ready-made bamboo to carve a small coffin and send someone over." ”
Chu Qingchen also cooperated with the pretend to look relaxed: "What are you doing to send the coffin?" Get promoted and get rich? ”
"No, I'm going to make a coffin, and the coffin is filled with two little people, one is Baili Jiu, and the other is Qin Darling, I wish them different lives and deaths in the same cave, and they can be together when they die." Then he tilted his head and winked at Chu Qingchen mischievously: "Do you say I'm kind?" ”
Chu Qingchen stirred the porridge in the bowl with a spoon, and said casually: "Then I will do what you say, what you say is what, nothing is as important as your mood." ”
Noya's hand that was placing the side dishes stiffened: "Qingchen! ”
Chu Qingchen's spoon had just been brought to his mouth, and when he heard her call him like this, he raised his head, and his eyes were as tender as water: "What's wrong?" ”
Noya snatched the bowl from his hand: "Today's lotus seeds forgot to remove the core, the porridge is bitter." Don't drink it anymore. ”
Chu Qingchen smiled and said "Okay", and obediently put down the spoon in his hand.
Noya took the rice porridge, splashed it into the bamboo forest, and turned around and went to the kitchen: "You eat some snacks first, and I'll make a soup again." ”
Chu Qingchen let out a shallow "um" again.
Then the two sat facing each other to eat.
Noya took a bite of steamed dumplings, drank a mouthful of soup, drank another mouthful of soup, and drank again, but she couldn't swallow it anymore and choked.
Chu Qingchen took a sip of soup, raised his eyes to look at Nuoya, lowered his head and took a sip, looked at it again, looked at it again, and couldn't swallow it.
No one spoke anymore.
Noya looked at the sky, and calculated that the wedding ceremony between Baili Jiu and Qin Darling should be about to start. Why doesn't it thunder when the weather is so good today?
Feng Chi came in to report: "Someone from the palace has passed the word, something happened in the household department today, and the emperor said, if you have time, go over and deal with it." ”
Chu Qingchen didn't want to go: "If it's not a 100,000 urgent matter, let's talk about it tomorrow, just say that I am sick today." ”
"You dare to disobey the emperor's will? Hurry up. Nuoya urged him: "Today, Mo'er wants to teach me to make a bamboo fan with Xiangfei bamboo." ”
Chu Qingchen shook his head resolutely: "I'll stay with you, and it's the same if I go again tomorrow." ”
Noya snorted angrily and didn't appreciate it: "You're just afraid that I'll cut down all the bamboos of your baby, aren't you?" ”
"Whatever you like."
"I'm going to make a fan out of your paintings."
Chu Qingchen still smiled dotingly: "Yes." ”
"My handiwork and your ink treasure are ingenious, and they will definitely sell for a high price." Noah snapped his fingers and calculated, "If you are here, why am I embarrassed to do it?" Besides, you'll be distressed. ”
"Whatever you want."
"I'll be rewarded for making delicious food at noon, and when you come back, remember to bring a jar of peach blossom brew along the way."
Chu Qingchen likes tea but doesn't like wine, there is no wine in the bamboo garden, and the meal is bland.
He looked at her inquiringly, "Are you sure it's okay?" ”
Noah pushed him out impatiently: "You are so long-winded. ”
He could only smile helplessly: "Then I'll come back early, and I'll go to relax with you after dinner in the afternoon." ”
My heart has been scattered into eight petals, how can it be scattered?
Noah laughed and sent him out, and suddenly felt a little uneasy for some reason, and stopped talking a few times.
"What's wrong?" Chu Qingchen had been paying attention to her face and couldn't help asking.
"You have to be more careful yourself, yesterday Xin'er said that the security in the capital has not been very good recently, if it doesn't work, just bring a few more guards, right?" Noah hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but remind.
Chu Qingchen was a little surprised, and smiled slightly: "Don't worry, in addition to Feng Chi, there are other secret guards around me, and they are all good, you can't usually see them." ”
Only then did Noah put his mind at ease: "You have to be careful yourself, there are always some scheming people, you must be careful." ”
Chu Qingchen stretched out his hand and pulled her wind-blown hair behind her ears, which was very natural: "Why did you suddenly remember to say this?" ”
"Thinking of what Xin'er said yesterday, I was a little frightened, but it is better to prevent it from happening."
"Are you concerned about me?" Chu Qingchen smiled indifferently, with joy.
"If you make fun of me like that, I won't talk about it in the future." Noah feigned annoyance.
Chu Qingchen just stopped: "I'll go and deal with the errand and go back." ”
"Hmm." Noah smiled gracefully: "Remember to bring back the peach blossom drunk." ”
Chu Qingchen just let go of half of his heart and turned to leave.
Noah really took a knife and wanted to cut bamboo, but she didn't want to make a bamboo fan, she wanted to make a coffin. If Baili Jiu really comes at night, he will give him a wedding gift.
To be a human being, it is better to be vicious, so as to relieve anger. As kind as she is, sooner or later she will be put in a coffin.
Where she poured the lotus seed porridge in the morning, the bamboo roots had already begun to turn white, and I believe that in less than two days, the whole bamboo root will die. She thought, it's good that Chu Qingchen found out, it's best to give herself a good time.
Mer hurried in from outside, pulled her out, and gestured, and Noah didn't quite know what she was trying to say. The hunchback went out today, leaving her to guard the bamboo garden, could it be that someone came?
went out inexplicably, only to know that someone from the palace had come, and looking at his clothes, the grade should not be low. Seeing Noya, he bowed down and sang, and said, "The slave is the steward of Mrs. Hui's palace, and Mrs. Hui sent me to bring some rewards to Mrs. Hui." ”
Noya couldn't help but be stunned, the last time she entered the palace, she did see Mrs. Hui, she was cold and cold to herself, she didn't seem too happy, how could she reward herself for no reason?
The eunuch waved his hand, and a small attendant stepped forward with a vermilion lacquer tray in his hand, covered with a layer of red cloth.
The eunuch raised his hand and removed the red cloth from the tray, and Noah fixed his eyes on three kinds of dim sum: rice balls, dumplings and donkey rolling.
"Mrs. Hui said that Mrs. Lin is good at cooking, so naturally she should also understand the meaning of these foods, and she must know what is the most suitable way to eat."
Nuoya naturally knows what Mrs. Hui means, sending off dumplings to catch the wind noodles, eating dumplings to help the feet, this is the most euphemistic and subtle statement, the other two kinds of rolling dumplings and donkey rolling, it is self-evident, roll up and cover the eggs.
Oh no, she came empty-handed, and she didn't even have to roll the cover.
Xin'er said yesterday that Mrs. Hui was a little dissatisfied with herself, she knew that she would not be treated by Concubine Hui for such a disaster, and if she was her own mother, she would definitely be more direct than her, and she would sweep the floor and go out with a broom.
This should still be a little bit of light in Baili Mansion, otherwise what Mrs. Hui gave herself would not be food, but a glass of wine or a cup of white silk.