270.Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet (4)
I walked out the door and saw that Yuan'er was already asleep in Yan Qi's arms, and I was letting Yun Gu take over. stepped forward to interrogate, Yan Qi replied that Concubine Lu took Yuan'er and ate a little snack and went back to the Buddhist hall, and the rest of the courtiers also returned happy. So why didn't they come back until then? Yan Qi hesitated and glanced into the bed, before whispering that Yuan'er was making a fuss to find Zhu Gaoxu, so he took it over.
Indeed, when I wrote the post before, I deliberately did not hand it to Zhu Gaoxu, because although he made meritorious contributions to the battlefield, I am afraid that he will be despised in the occasion when the Manchu Dynasty occupies the majority of civil officials. With his upright temperament, he may quarrel or conflict with others, it is better to be quiet in that courtyard, I have ordered the people below to send moon cakes and wine.
But seeing that Yan Qi wanted to speak and stopped, I frowned lightly and asked, "If there is anything else, you might as well speak up." ”
He looked hesitant, "Xiaotong was also there when I brought Yuan'er over just now." "I'm stunned, Xiaotong? I went to him before going to the banquet tonight, and he said that he didn't like the lively scene and stayed in the side hall. But why did he go to Zhu Gaoxu? There's nothing in common between them.
"Where is Xiaotong now?"
"Still drinking in the other hospital."
"Drinking?" I couldn't help but raise my voice, he has been weak and sickly since he was a child, when will he be allowed to drink? Listening to Yan Qi again, it seems that both of them are a little drunk, I can let Zhu Gaoxu go, but I can't ignore Xiaotong.
He walked back to the bed and looked at Ah Ping first, he should have fallen asleep, and the quilt was folded for him before he told the palace people to pay attention. I didn't object when Yan Qi offered to go with me, although there were secret guards with him, it was still safe in the middle of the night.
When I walked into the door of the courtyard, I saw Zhu Gaoxu and Xiaotong sitting in front of the stone table under the moon, drinking wine cup after cup, and there were already many empty bottles on the table. These two boys are really worrying, why do you drink so much when you have nothing to do?
As soon as he got closer, he knew that he was drunk and looked at Xiao Tong's face and eyes, but he was still grabbing the empty bottle and pouring wine. Zhu Gaoxu was better than him, and he could recognize me after looking at me for a while: "Xiaolan, why are you here?" Looking for Yuan'er? He's gone back. ”
I scratched his head and whispered, "Why are you asking my brother to drink?" ”
"Who's your brother?" He asked me in a daze, and drank with Xiaotong all night, and he didn't even know who it was.
There was nothing to talk about with a drunk person, so I walked back to Xiaotong to pull people, "Let's go, go back with my sister." But I didn't pull up Xiaotong when he slumped on the table, his sight was not focused, but he said: "I won't go back, I want to drink with Brother Xu." Raised his eyebrows, when did the two of them call each other brothers?
Turning his head to Yan Qi for help: "Help me set him up." ”
When Yan Qi stepped forward, I went to Xiaotong with him alone, but I didn't think that he didn't cooperate at all, and struggled hard and shouted: "I'm not leaving, that cold palace has no human touch at all, and Sister Ah is not there." ”
After a pause, he stopped Yan Qi with his eyes first, and then leaned down to Xiaotong's ear: "Sister is back, let's go back." ”
He looked at me blindly, and he didn't know if he could see it clearly, so he suddenly smiled and said, "Sister didn't come back, she didn't come back when Daddy didn't come back, and she still didn't come back when Auntie went." She's gone and I can't catch up with her. ”
The nose is sour, why is he still obsessed with the past? Is it because I am not considerate enough to him that he is insecure, or is the full moon tonight reminding him of his father and aunt again, but he has been separated from heaven and earth and has been sad?
Hold him in front of him and gently stroke his head to comfort: "Xiaotong, no matter how far Sister goes, she will stand in place and wait for you, so Sister will never let you go." He raised his eyes, his eyes shrunk, and then he suddenly hugged my waist, and then his body trembled and cried, and he said vaguely: "Sister, I can't sleep, as soon as I close my eyes, I see Daddy's decomposed corpse, and Auntie's last appearance of being out of breath." You're going to host the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, and you're going to call me, but can I go? Watching everyone celebrate the reunion happily, where is my reunion? I, a person who has no home and no father, can I still celebrate reunion? ”
It hurts to hear him cry and cry, it's really me ignoring him. Thinking that time is the best medicine to heal wounds, the hurdle in his heart should have passed after so long, and when Ah Ping handed over the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet to me to host, he put all his thoughts on it, and he didn't care too much about Xiaotong, nor did he think about the impact of this festival on him.
"Xiaotong, it's Sister A's mistake, you forgive Sister A. Sister won't ignore you anymore, let's have a good time. ”
The little guy who buried his face in front of me cried like a child, even though he was uncontrollable because he was drunk, but this tear was the pain and pain in his heart. I am also very sad, I don't feel a little warmth on this full moon night, and I only have sadness in my heart.
Zhu Gaoxu squinted at us, "This kid is really happy, with such a good sister as you." His tone was slightly sour, and his face still looked envious, but suddenly he hiccuped again, and then laughed at himself stupidly.
Being interrupted by him like this, my uncomfortable feeling slowly dissipated, returned to the present, and said to him: "It's late, you two can also break up this game, you should sleep." ”
Zhu Gaoxu propped his chin on the table and said very willfully: "I don't sleep." It's rare to have someone to accompany you, and you have to take it with you, it's not fun at all. I was stunned for a moment, forgetting that he was also uprooted from his hometown, separated from his family, and even couldn't accompany Green Lotus.
looked down at Xiaotong, and then at Zhu Gaoxu, and finally understood why these two people could get together.
They are all fallen people at the end of the world, and they each have indescribable pain, so they are drunk together. Maybe after dawn, both of them will forget or hide the decadence at this time, and return to their usual seriousness.
I sighed lightly, propped up Xiao Tong a little and found that he was already asleep, put him on the table and sat down on his stomach, and said to Yan Qi: "Xiao Qi, you can also sit down." It was rare for Yan Qi not to show unhappiness, and he walked over and sat down without hesitation, and poured his own cup of wine.
Zhu Gaoxu smiled when he saw it, sat up straight and patted the table, "Okay, I'm so happy with you, I won't get drunk tonight." ”
One person is isolated, two people are together, and the three of them will make the trip, I will definitely not be able to persuade them. The main reason was that he brought Yan Qiyi over when he came, and he couldn't carry Xiaotong with him, so he could only sit and wait for them to have fun.
Fortunately, Zhu Gaoxu had drunk a little too much before, and the fight with Yan Qi didn't last too long before he got drunk.
Yan Qi was still sane, and he worked with him to move Zhu Gaoxu into the inner room first, and then came out to help Xiaotong, Yan Qi waved his hand at me and whispered, "I'll come." Then he stepped forward and pulled Xiao Tong up and put it on his shoulder.
Seeing that his footsteps were not swaying, he didn't say anything, but just walked to the side.
Walking all the way in silence, Yan Qi suddenly said without a beginning or an end: "Zhu Gaoxu has a sentence that I agree with." ”
I rolled my eyes in surprise, "What? ”
He said, "This kid on my shoulder is really happy, no matter what, he still has your sister." ”
I was silent, feeling powerless. This Mid-Autumn Festival night is really not good, no one is happy, I have a hard time running that banquet, Yuan'er was canonized as the prince and gave me a headache, Ah Ping tried his best to even explain the aftermath and definitely can't feel that this Mid-Autumn Festival is good, look at this side again, from Xiaotong to Zhu Gaoxu, and then to Yan Qi, all of them are bitter, either losing their relatives or leaving their hometown, unable to reunite with their families.
sighed lightly, maybe it's hard for people to live in this world.
I said: "Xiao Qi, I don't know if you have put the past aside, you, Xiaotong, and Zhu Gaoxu, the three of you are all in the tip of the horns, and you admit that you are related by blood as relatives, but how do you judge Ah Ping?" And how do you judge me? Isn't Ah Ping not enough to be your family in your heart? ”
I say this because I know Ah Ping's status in Yan Qi's heart, he can let go of his hatred for this royal family for Ah Ping, and these many sacrifices of his life will not be just to repay his kindness.
He was silent for a moment and actually agreed with me: "You're right. Childe has been working hard lately, his mind is very heavy, I don't really understand what he's worried about, but I think you should care more about him. Including the kid I was carrying, he was usually very silent, maybe it was different from the environment in which I grew up, and his heart was afraid that he had never been able to get by. As for that Zhu Gaoxu, you can ignore it, he just moans without illness and has nothing to do. ”
I couldn't help but want to laugh when I heard it, "You and Zhu Gaoxu haven't reconciled yet?" ”
Yan Qi snorted lightly, "It's not pleasing to look at him." ”
He doesn't like people, but he is thinking about his long-cherished wishes. I don't know...... Whether he still cares about that incident in his heart, now that he is the head of Ouchi, I am afraid that it will be difficult to marry a wife again. Of course, I will definitely not mention the green lotus again at this time, Zhu Gaoxu didn't bring anyone to Beijing, I didn't even ask, just let the grievances dissipate in the past.
Time is always the best healing agent for wounds, and no matter how great the sadness is, it will gradually dissipate in the torrent of time. There may be regrets, but in the end it will still be at the bottom of the heart, and the dust will no longer remember the past.