Chapter 40: The Old Past
"Okay, what a love her and protect her, then now your wife threatens your father with a letter of resignation, how do you choose!" King Lanling was so angry that his face was gray, and his voice trembled a little. At this moment, the King of Lanling seemed to be worried about something, and there was fear in his eyes. Looking at his son, King Lanling's lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but he endured it again.
Looking at Baili Lan sideways, Nangong Jingchen's face was calm and resolute, he smiled slightly, and said, "I believe that Lan'er will not mention this matter for no reason." Lan'er must have had a misunderstanding with our palace, so she would say such angry words. Lan'er, if you have any grievances, just say it, and your husband will make decisions for you! ”
Bai Lilan was a little funny, feeling that the two fathers and sons seemed to be singing a double reed, you come and go, it's not lively. Now I need to participate in it myself, so I can't miss this good time. Lowering her eyelashes, Baili Lan said, "Lan'er didn't have any misunderstanding, she just wanted to know the truth." Who the hell is it who wants to put Lan'er to death! ”
Hearing Bai Lilan say this, King Lanling clenched his fists and seemed to be a little nervous. But Nangong Jingchen smiled lightly, without the slightest difference. Looking at Baili Lan, Nangong Jingchen smiled softly and said, "Okay, since you want to know, then I'll tell you!" ”
"Jing Chen!" King Lanling suddenly stopped him, and there seemed to be a hint of pleading in his voice, "Have you forgotten your mother's entrustment before she died!" Do you want to cut off the lives of your relatives for the sake of an outsider? ”
"Father, Lan'er is not an outsider, she is the daughter-in-law of our Nangong family. If the mother concubine knew about these things that were born now, she would definitely not insist on the original decision. Even if it wasn't Lan'er who was hurt this time, he couldn't stop there, couldn't it be that other people's lives weren't their lives! Father, our Lanling Mansion must not accept such a shameless villain! ”
Being stared straight at by Nangong Jingchen's resolute gaze, King Lanling frowned, and finally sighed deeply and said, "I knew that I couldn't stop you." That's it, what you want to do, just do it, I just hope that you can let her live in the face of your relatives, I don't want to be complained by your mother after a hundred years. After saying this, King Lanling turned around, waved his hand back, and said, "You all go down." ”
Nangong Jingchen pursed his lips and pulled Baili Lan up, and the two bowed to King Lanling, and then retreated step by step and left the study.
After the two left, Nangong Jingchen did not speak, and Baili Lan was also silent, allowing Nangong Jingchen to drag his hand and walk in a familiar direction.
Rosewood, who was watering the flower garden, saw Nangong Jingchen's figure, and left with a smile, but when she wanted to get closer, she appeared again Baili Lan standing behind Nangong Jingchen. The two stand hand in hand, heroic and sassy, like people in a painting, perfect to breathtaking. The smile gradually receded, and Rosewood felt a bitter chill that made her keep backing away.
"Cousin, is my aunt there?"
Rosewood nodded first, then shook her head violently, and said, "No...... No, don't come to her! ”
"Isn't it there? When I came here just now, I met Hong'er, and she said that her aunt was making tea herself. I haven't drunk my aunt's tea for a long time, and I came here today to ask for a bowl, is my aunt so stingy that she refuses to give a bowl of tea? ”
"This ......" looked at Baili Lan with wary eyes, and Rosewood said hesitantly, "It's not impossible, it's just that my mother has been in poor health recently and is not suitable for seeing guests, so I'll ...... another day."
"What did my sister say, how could I be guests with the son?" Baili Lan smiled softly, and said without refusal, "And my aunt is not feeling well, as juniors, we have to go in and visit." My sister doesn't have to excuse herself, it's all her own family, and she doesn't need to see outside. ”
Baili Lan is always like this, a mouth can make people have no power to fight back, and willingly follow her behind. Rosewood lowered her hands and said with some aptitude, "Okay, you can go in with me." But let me tell you first, my mother is a little scared, don't make a big noise for a while, it will make my mother unhappy. ”
"Sister, don't worry, we have measure."
Sighing again, Rosewood led the two into the courtyard, and when she saw her mother, she called softly: "Mother, cousin and sister have come to see you." ”
Aunt Fang didn't know that Baili Lan had woken up, so when she turned around and saw Bai Lilan standing in front of her, her face turned pale with fright, and her hand shook, and the best teapot fell to the ground and shattered in half.
"You...... When did you wake up? ”
Bai Lilan ignored Aunt Fang's shocked appearance and said with a light smile: "Just now." Oh, Lan'er has a big life, even if she encounters a catastrophe, she can turn the danger into a disaster. ”
"Impossible, then it's ...... Mingming" As if suddenly realizing that she had said the wrong thing, Aunt Fang hurriedly smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay." ”
Nangong Jingchen glanced at Baili Lan, then looked at Aunt Fang, and said loudly: "Aunt Fang, in fact, I came to ask you something this time, and I hope you can tell Jing Chen the truth." Is Lan'er's poisoning related to you this time? ”
Aunt Fang was stunned for a moment, then shook her head in a panic, and said in a loud voice: "How is it possible, I am your aunt, how can I harm Lan'er, which slave are you listening to chewing on the root of your tongue, don't listen to slander!" ”
"Jing Chen didn't listen to slander, but investigated it himself! Dendrobium is half a day red, and my aunt is no stranger to this name! ”
"Heh, what is half a day red and one day red, my aunt has never heard of it. Jing Chen, don't tease your aunt here, your aunt is tired, she has to rest first, you can go back. ”
Aunt Fang had already issued an eviction order, but Nangong Jingchen had no intention of leaving at all, but took out a porcelain bottle from her arms, uncorked it, poured out a pill, put it in front of her eyes, and said, "I don't know if my aunt is familiar with this thing?" Dendrobium half-day red, is the poison developed by the Qiu family in the south of the Yangtze River, because of the strong medicinal properties, it will inevitably harm the martial arts, the Qiu family patriarch burned this recipe twenty years ago, hoping that the dendrobium half-day red can be extinct with the rivers and lakes. My grandfather was good friends with the Qiu family, and he was also a medicine idiot, because he couldn't bear to see Dendrobium Banrihong disappear from here, so he secretly memorized the formula before the Qiu family burned it, and at the same time wrote it into the medical journal and passed it on. Jing Chen remembers that when he was a child, when his mother mentioned his aunt, he often said that you have a memory group, and you can memorize things after reading them once, and my grandfather's medical will is inherited by my aunt who also loves medicine, and it is naturally not difficult to get the formula of Dendrobium half day red. ”
"You...... How can you remember this, you were so young that you couldn't remember this! Aunt Fang's face had changed, and her shock was mixed with disbelief.
"Indeed, Jing Chen was too young to remember this. But my mother has the habit of keeping a diary and recording these old anecdotes, and my father loves his mother deeply, and treasures all his mother's things and looks at them from time to time. ”
Aunt Fang's face turned pale again, leaning against the wall a little distractedly, and muttered, "So, your father also knows?" ”
Nangong Jingchen didn't know what Aunt Fang's "knowing" meant, he just kept silent, but this was even more worrying.
Looking at Nangong Jingchen impatiently, Aunt Fang's eyes seemed to have reproach and resentment, and she said in a sharp voice, "Why don't you tear up all of your sister's diary?" She's always had some weird habits, like a weirdo! It's just that this weirdo has such a good life, and he has changed from a yellow-haired girl to a princess! As for me, everything is better than her, but I am just married to an ordinary person! Why, why! ”
"Just because this king loves her and willingly gives her the whole world!"
A calm and hoarse voice sounded, and everyone looked behind them, and saw King Lanling standing at the gate of the courtyard with a different gaze. Slowly approaching Aunt Fang, King Lanling's voice was full of the vicissitudes of the world, and said, "Until now, even the children know right and wrong, good and evil, and this king can't protect you!" ”
Taking two steps back in distraction, Aunt Fang muttered in disbelief: "No, you don't really like your sister, you only marry her just to get the textile technology in her hands." There is no affection between you, there is no affection! ”
"If my father doesn't love my mother, then why hasn't I married my mother since she died?" Looking at his aunt, Nangong Jingchen didn't know until today that his aunt still had such thoughts about his father.
"What do you know, your father is not married, it is all for the sake of showing the Emperor of Bac Ninh, so that the emperor can relax his guard in order to make a big deal!" Aunt Fang took a few steps forward unwillingly, grabbed the arm of King Lanling, there was poignancy in her eyes, and there was also a pleading, "Lord Wang, I met you before my sister, do you remember the girl who danced in the sea of flowers that year, that is not my sister, it is me!" It was I who made you moved, but she was impersonated by her sister, in fact, she can't dance at all, she has been lying to you for so many years! I can't bear to expose her lies because of sisterhood, even after she dies, I will take care of you and Jingchen conscientiously, can't you feel my love for you, why do you want to reject me again and again! Is it only my sister who deserves your love, do you know what kind of person she is! ”
"Of course, this king knows." Pulling his sleeve out of Aunt Fang's hand, King Lanling said solemnly, "The misunderstanding back then, she told me long before I married Lihua. But what makes my heart move is not that encounter, but the bits and pieces of getting along in the future, Lihua is kind and intelligent, which is incomparable to all women in the world. This king just likes her innocence and naturalness, and is not pretentious, so he is willing to spend his life with her. Lihua knows you very well, knows that you have a high spirit, and it is difficult for ordinary men to enter your eyes, so it took a lot of effort to help you choose a good marriage. ”
"A good marriage? Hmph, will a good marriage make me marry for only five years, and then end up being swept away? My sister is afraid that I will live better than her, she just wants to see my down-and-out appearance, so that she can set off her superiority! ”
"Shut up!" King Lanling angrily interrupted Aunt Fang's words, and said with red eyes: "Lihua thinks about everything for you, but you will only complain, this is the biggest difference between you!" The reason why you were swept away is because Rosewood is not your husband's biological daughter, you have disgraced your husband's family, who will take you in! It was Lihua who used the power of the palace to save you from the pain of flesh and skin, take back to the palace safely, and live a free life. Before Lihua died, she told me to take good care of you and Jing Chen, saying that you are her closest relatives and must protect your safety. Lihua was thinking about you before she died, but what about you, you only know how to ask for things that shouldn't belong to you, and now you don't know how to repent of doing things that hurt nature and reason, I knew that this was the case, and this king didn't listen to Lihua back then, so you left to fend for yourself outside! ”