Chapter 65: Marriage Proposal
Zhao Xuanyi knew about Jiang Fan's search for Chu Xi, and rested directly in the study that night.
"The eighth master refuses to come?" Jiang Fan asked the maid beside him.
The maid bowed: "Niangniang, the master may have known about the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the young lady made a fuss to see the eighth master at night, but the eighth master refused to see her, so she let her cry outside the study." ”
"Yes." Jiang Fan stood up and wanted to go to the study, but stopped halfway through, his eyes were slightly wet: "Go and bring the young lady back." ”
"Where is the eighth master?"
"I'll plead guilty." Jiang Fan's heart was full of jealousy, a little woman who had only met a few times, the Eighth Prince actually tortured himself for her like this, could he really not be as good as her? The tears in Jiang Fan's eyes fell, and Mama stepped forward to support her: "Niangniang, do you want to arrange for someone to take Miss Chu Family?"
"Not necessarily." Jiang Fan finally sighed: "That's it, since the eighth master likes it, then let him be, after all, the eighth master is still the only one who is my side concubine, isn't it?" Jiang Fan said a little desolately, she and Zhao Xuanyi can be regarded as childhood sweethearts, and it is precisely because of this that he agreed to marry the concubine Niangniang to marry him, and he has only given birth to a daughter for so many years, and now he can conceive this child, all because of Chu Xi
Jiang Fan didn't dare to think about it anymore: "You and I don't want to fight Chu Xi's idea again, go and bring the young lady back, and I will go and ask for the guilt myself." ”
Mama didn't dare to persuade more, so Jiang Fan personally went over and knelt in front of Zhao Xuanyi's study.
After a night, Chu Zhenzhen finally went up the mountain, but Chu Zhen saw that her makeup was neat and she didn't sweat a drop, so she knew that she must have taken a soft sedan chair and went up.
Chu Zhenzhen wanted to live in the same courtyard with Chu Zhen, but Chu Zhen arrived first, and directly lived in the large and spacious east wing, leaving the remote and narrow west wing room for Chu Zhenzhen. Chu Zhenzhen was angry, and she came to the mountain to find trouble.
Chu Xi was drinking tea in the flower hall, listening to Lu Ya running over with a smile, Chu Xi swept the joy on her face that she couldn't hide, and shook her head helplessly, and after a while, she heard Chu Zhenzhen's loud voice.
"Big sister is so stylish, you and I are both concubines, why did you occupy the spacious east wing room as soon as you came in!"
Chu Xi looked at her strangely: "Doesn't my sister know how to grow up and be orderly?" ”
Seeing that Chu Zhen did not hide her edge at all, Chu Zhenzhen frowned and sneered: "Big sister no longer pretends to be knowledgeable now, gentle and virtuous?" ”
The corners of Chu Xi's mouth were coldly hooked, thinking of Chu Zhenzhen, who was domineering and standing beside him in his previous life: "You are just a dull chess piece, and you still have to pretend in front of you, isn't it a waste of my energy?" ”
"You!" Chu Zhenzhen's eyes widened angrily: "Chu Zhen, you think you are a good thing, your mother will end miserably, and you will not be much better!" A litter of lowly"
Before Chu Zhenzhen finished speaking, Lu Tan had already slapped Chu Zhenzhen in the face, and Chu Zhenzhen looked at her in shock: "You, you dare"
"Smack----!
Lu Tan slapped again: "Slandering Sister Sister and the late Mother-in-law, the second lady is really a good character." ”
"You lowly girl, see if I don't kill you" Chu Zhenzhen was so angry that tears came out, and she raised her hand to hit Green Sandalwood, but where could she compare to Green Sandalwood. Before he raised his hand, he was grabbed by Lu Tan's wrist, and he almost swung it down with a slap, and Chu Zhenzhen seemed to be able to feel the palm wind in his ears.
Lu Tan was stunned when she saw her, and glanced at Lu Ya, and saw that Lu Ya directly smashed the vases on the left and right.
"Chu Xi, what do you mean!" Chu Zhenzhen said angrily.
Chu Xi chuckled, raised her hand to let Lu Tan let go of Chu Zhenzhen, and looked at her with a cold face: "It's not interesting, it's just playing with my sister." ”
"You ----" Chu Zhenzhen was so angry that she couldn't speak. But now she came over and brought Ying'er, and the others were all stopped outside the courtyard by Chu Xi, so they had to leave angrily, and before leaving, they didn't forget to look at Chu Xi resentfully: "You wait for me!" ”
Chu Xi looked at her back as she left, and her smile disappeared completely. It would be nice to be reborn before my mother died
"Miss, what's next?" Green Shoots busy.
Chu Xi glanced at the debris all over the house, and said lightly: "Ask the mother-in-law to come in and clean up, don't say anything." After that, he got up and went back to the room, and explained to Lu Tan: "Follow Chu Zhenzhen, if you have any moves, report immediately." "The Bai family mother and daughter have been on the mountain for the past two days, and now that Chu Zhenzhen is stimulated, she will definitely act impulsively, as for the final result, it depends on when the old lady's killer comes out and the Bai family's methods.
Green sandalwood bowed his head and turned his head away.
Chu Zhenzhen covered her face and went back to the west wing, looking at the dark and cramped room. Another annoyance, Ying'er hid far away, for fear of being affected, but Chu Zhenzhen still found her: "What are you hiding, you don't know how to stop me when I was beaten just now?" ”
"The slave maid, the slave maid is also frightened," Ying'er hurriedly explained.
Chu Zhenzhen remembered Fang Cai's humiliation, grabbed the small porcelain bottle on the side and smashed it at Ying'er's head, Ying'er was startled, turned around and wanted to hide, but directly hit the door frame, and a piece of wood protruding from the door frame directly cut a deep blood cut on her face, and suddenly the blood flowed, closing her wide eyes, hideous and terrifying.
Chu Zhenzhen was also taken aback, the porcelain bottle in her hand fell to the ground and made a crisp sound, and the mother-in-law outside hurriedly ran in: "Second Miss, what's wrong?" When the mother-in-law saw Ying'er, whose face was covered with blood, and the broken porcelain bottle beside Chu Zhenzhen, they were so frightened that they couldn't speak.
"Miss, the slaves and maids should take Ying'er down to see the doctor first." A mother-in-law proposed.
Chu Zhenzhen still resented that Ying'er didn't make a move to block those slaps for her, and gritted her teeth fiercely: "What kind of doctor do you please, it's all her own fault and take her down." It's not an eyesore here! ”
Ying'er's eyes moved, but she didn't dare to say a word, and was helped down by her mother-in-law. Those mothers-in-law looked at Chu Zhenzhen and sighed, didn't they all say that these two young ladies were the most simple and kind, and even ants were reluctant to hurt them, why are they so ruthless now, and there are all the fragments in the house of the eldest lady Fang Cai, it is estimated that she did it.
Chu Zhenzhen's head was in a mess now, she was so angry that she lost her temper again, and the plain fasting was not appetizing, which made her take the opportunity to have a seizure, and asked people to write to the old lady to say that she wanted to go back, and she didn't sleep until midnight.
Lu Tan told Chu Xi everything about today, Chu Xi's expression was light, and there was no surprise that Green Sprouts showed them, she already knew what kind of person Chu Zhen was.
"What's the Bai Clan's move on?" Chu Ji intentionally or unintentionally fiddled with the chess pieces on the chessboard and asked.
Green sandalwood bowed: "Many of those guards on the bright side have already moved to the shadows, if someone really comes to assassinate, it should be a matter of the next day or two." ”
"Well, go down and rest, and keep an eye on it tomorrow." Chu Ji said.
Lu Tan looked at the mess of chess pieces that had been dialed, glanced at Lu Ya, and turned to retreat.
The wind and snow have stopped tonight, and the snow on the mountain makes this Hanshan Temple seem to be wrapped in silver, with the smell of fireworks that do not eat the world, and the old tree leaning on the window also stretched out its branches to this room, as if it wanted to be greedy for the slightest smoke in the room. Chu Xi walked to the window, pushed open the window, looked at the empty yard, thought about it, and walked out.
The people in the courtyard were all rested, and the lights were extinguished, but the snow reflected the night exceptionally brightly, and the whole night was shrouded in a layer of cold white.
Chu Xi bent down, looked at the snow to her ankles, and suddenly remembered that when she was young, her mother wrapped her in a red brocade for her, took her to build a snowman and have a snowball fight, and told her about the great military exploits of the Yang family back then, and how General Yang escaped death back then. When my mother spoke, she always had expectations in her eyes, but her eyes would be red at the end. At that time, Chu Xi didn't understand why her mother always refused to go back to her grandfather's house. Now I understand that my mother doesn't want to go back, but she knows the filth of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and I'm afraid that it will bring trouble to the Yang family after I go back. But the mother didn't know that her daughter, who was not angry in her previous life, brought the Yang family a disaster.
Chu Ji choked in her throat, and hot tears rolled down, but she couldn't wash away all the hatred and killing intent in her heart.
In the Xiaoyao Palace, the man in black stood at the bottom of the hall, looked at the Xiaoyao King who was sitting in the study and carefully reading the chapters in the palace, and arched his hand: "Master, there seems to be one or two volumes missing from this batch of folds, and the one in the palace is afraid that he has discovered us." ”
Zhao Xunyan's expression did not change, and he still calmly flipped through the folds: "I found out, this is also arranged by the eldest prince, what does it have to do with this king." ”
The man in black was stunned, and he should have given it up.
Speaking of general, Zhao Xunyan suddenly stopped: "How is it for you to check the matter of the Chu family's Nizi?" ”
The man in black wrinkled slightly: "She seems to have changed since she was in the nunnery, first our stronghold in the nunnery was destroyed, and then she returned to the house, and the Chu Mansion kept doing things, but I couldn't see any traces of her manipulation, because the manipulators were all the prime minister's wife and his children, but the final result was that they suffered." ”
Zhao Xunyan's eyes were a little interested: "Interesting." ”
"However, there seems to be a high-ranking person guarding her, and her subordinates are not allowed to approach." The man in black continued.
"Whose people?"
"The subordinates don't know, the other party's martial arts are mysterious and unpredictable, and the subordinates suspected that they were people from the Eight Emperors' Mansion before, but later they looked more like people from Wuji Pavilion in the rivers and lakes."
"People in the rivers and lakes?" Zhao Xunyan put down the fold in his hand: "I heard that this Wuji Pavilion specializes in killing people and selling goods, and buying and selling information, and the price is extremely high, but he never participates in the affairs of the imperial court. ”
The man in black bowed his head: "The subordinates also think so, but the person guarding is not aggressive, maybe he is just listening to the news." ”
Zhao Xunyan leaned back with a deep groan, and his fingers lightly clasped on the table: "Who is the pavilion master of Wuji Pavilion who can be found out?" ”
The man in black shook his head, Zhao Xunyan thought for a while: "Don't worry about the Chu family, you send someone to Wuji Pavilion again, if Wuji Pavilion is willing to cooperate with us, it is best, if not, I am afraid that it will be eradicated." ”
"Yes."
Zhao Xunyan waited for the people to leave before he got up, looked at the lamp that was already burning like a bean, raised his hand, the light went out, and the room fell into darkness. There was no sound outside the room, the wind and snow had stopped, and it was quiet outside, as if there was only a lonely sound.
Zhao Xunyan leaned on the back of the chair tiredly, slowly closed his eyes, as if he remembered something, his palms clenched fiercely, and then slowly let go, looking at the night with deep eyes, the corners of his mouth hooked a trace of murderous aura, that Nizi seemed to have come back to take revenge, revenge for the killing of her biological mother, the same as herself.
Before dawn the next day, Chu Zhen went to pray and chant in the Buddhist hall with the masters who got up early, Chu Zhenzhen slept until the sun was three poles before getting up, and her eyes were blank when she got up, and it was obvious that she didn't rest well last night.
Ying'er didn't dare to rest, so she came over early to serve, but the scar on her face was extremely ugly, from the corner of her eyes to her chin, as if her entire face had been torn apart.
When Chu Zhenzhen saw her, she was startled, and when she came back to her senses, she said angrily: "Stay away from me, ugly monster!" ”
Ying'er's eyes were swollen like peaches: "Miss, can you please ask a doctor, the slave maid is afraid that there will be scars on her face without medicine." ”
Chu Zhenzhen looked at her pleading, and looked at her with more and more disdain: "If you leave a scar, you will leave a scar, what does it matter to me?" ”
Ying'er hurriedly kowtowed: "Miss, for the sake of the slave and maid who have been serving you since childhood, allow the slave and maid to invite a doctor, and ask the doctor's money slave and maid to come out by themselves."
"Shut up." Chu Zhenzhen glanced at her impatiently: "If you didn't stop that slap for me yesterday, you should have known that there would be such consequences today." Besides, you are a lowly girl, what do you want such a beautiful face? Do you compete with your master for favor? ”
The mothers-in-law outside heard a chill, and hurriedly lowered their heads, Chu Zhenzhen saw it, bit her lip slightly, glared at her even more dissatisfied, and turned her head to the suitcase and turned over a small bottle: "For the sake of you and me for so many years, you can take this medicine." After speaking, he didn't forget to add: "This is a reward from the palace, you can use it carefully." ”
Ying'er hurriedly thanked her, and reached out to take it, but she didn't know whether Chu Zhenzhen was intentional or unintentional, and her hand shook. The bottle fell directly to the ground, and the white paste inside also spilled all over the ground.
"Oops, why are you so careless, I haven't used this medicine a few times." Chu Zhenzhen said busily.
Ying'er had a pair of red eyes, and kowtowed again to admit her mistake.
Chu Zhenzhen's anger also came out, so she didn't dwell on it anymore: "This medicine is a good medicine, if you get the rest of it from the ground, the effect should not get worse." After that, he stepped out, and it was stipulated here that he had to go to chant the Buddha in the morning.
Ying'er looked at the debris on the ground, her eyes were red, she bit her lip and used her handkerchief to pick up the medicine on the ground little by little.
When Chu Zhenzhen arrived, the masters' morning class was almost over, so she hurriedly stepped forward quietly, took the futon and knelt at the back, but when she caught a glimpse of Chu Xi kneeling in the front, the anger in her heart suddenly rushed up again, but who was the person next to Chu Xi?
The woman next to Chu Zhen seemed to have a feeling, and when she turned around, she saw Chu Zhenzhen staring at her with an angry face. glanced at her coldly, and was even more sure that it was Qin Xue who wanted to kill herself.
At the end of the morning class, Chu Zhenzhen stepped forward to stop Chu Zhen: "The eldest sister actually came with my grandmother, what a coincidence." ”
Chu Xi curled her lips lightly: "It's just that it happened to happen, if the second sister is okay, I will go back first." After speaking, he paused and said: "If the second sister is fine, go back quickly, after all, there are foreign men in and out of this Hanshan Temple from time to time." With that, he walked away.
Seeing her like this, Chu Zhenzhen snorted coldly, turned her head to look at the Bai family, and stepped forward with a smile: "Grandmother, did you come to this mountain alone, what about Sister Fei'er, are you better?" ”
Bai Shi looked at the innocent Chu Zhenzhen in front of him, and said sarcastically: "We are not outsiders, why are you still pretending to be well-behaved like this, aren't you tired, my good granddaughter?" ”
The Bai clan was only a little older than Qin Xue, and now that she said this, Chu Zhenzhen only felt that she was covered with thorns.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Bai Shi led someone and left directly.
Chu Zhenzhen took a deep breath. looked at the boring Hanshan Temple, gritted his teeth, and walked forward.
"Miss, where are we going? The yard is not in this direction. The girl in the back hurriedly followed.
"I know, I'll just walk everywhere." Chu Zhenzhen walked forward vigorously, and Lu Tan quietly followed behind, laughing: "Miss has reminded you that you are still running around, no wonder our young lady." ”
Chu Zhenzhen walked forward vigorously, and did not stop until she reached a gazebo. This is not like the Prime Minister's Mansion, there are no comfortable mats in the pavilion, and no one is waiting to serve tea, Chu Zhenzhen saw this, turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly heard a male voice.
"Why did Brother Jiao suddenly think of coming to this Hanshan Temple?" Yun Kang asked as he walked.
Jiao Simiao seemed to think of something, squinted and smiled: "Brother Yun, haven't you heard that there is a beautiful woman on this mountain?" ”
"Beauty?" Yunkang was confused, and Jiao Simiao smiled mysteriously: "I also heard it by chance, I heard that the second lady of the Chu family, who is as beautiful as a fairy, is in this Hanshan Temple, and the old lady and eldest lady of the Chu family are not there." ”
"Really?" Yunkang said with a smile.
"That's nature." Jiao Simiao glanced at Yunkang meaningfully: "You and my brothers have always been blessed and shared, regardless of you and me, this time I naturally want to invite you together." ”
Jiao Simiao's voice was extremely small. Chu Zhenzhen didn't hear it, but standing on the gazebo and looking out through the one-person-high fence, one was dressed in a stone blue robe, a white cloak with a fur-edged white cape, and her hair was all tied on the top of her head, holding it with a high-grade jade crown, while the other was dressed in gray Hangzhou brocade, with an excellent jade belt tied around her waist, and her hair was only half pulled behind her head, looking graceful. Although this appearance is not as good as that of King Xiaoyao, he can be regarded as a handsome son.
Chu Zhenzhen has always liked to be sought after, and she consciously lost face in front of Chu Xi and the Bai family, and now she needs someone to hold her.
Chu Zhenzhen coughed lightly twice, and raised her voice slightly: "Sister Lao went down to make a pot of hot tea for me." ”
"Yes, Second Miss." Yahuan left in response, leaving three or five mothers-in-law waiting.
The people on the other side of the fence heard the sound, glanced at each other, and hurriedly looked for the intersection and walked over, and saw Chu Zhenzhen, who was dressed in pure white clothes and sitting in the gazebo with a faint expression, and their eyes widened in surprise.
Jiao Simiao stepped forward and said: "Dare to ask this young lady, I am tired of walking, I don't know if I can sit here for a while?" ”
When the mother-in-law saw this, she wanted to stop her, but Chu Zhenzhen hurriedly smiled and said, "Mama, don't be rude." ”
The mother-in-law had to retreat to the side, Chu Zhenzhen looked at the gray-clothed boy who came forward, and said shyly: "Zhenzhen is still the daughter who has not yet left the pavilion, and I am afraid that it is not good to be in the same room with the two sons, so I will give this pavilion to the two of you." After that, he got up to leave, Jiao Simiao saw the beauty this time, where would it be so easy for her to leave, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "It turned out to be the second lady of the Chu family, who has been admired for a long time." I am the son of the staff of the Xiaoyao Palace, my name is Jiao Simiao, and this is Yun Kang, the little son of Yunshang Mansion, and Brother Ling are good brothers, but there is something at home, I haven't visited in the past few days, and I hope Miss Chu will not blame. ”
"Jiao Gongzi is too worried." Chu Zhenzhen lowered her eyebrows and smiled softly, then got up and saluted: "I'll leave first." "Then he was leaving, when he reached the side of the steps. But deliberately slipped under her feet, Jiao Simiao stepped forward anxiously, and the beauty pounced.
Jiao Simiao was stunned, and the mother-in-law on the side hurriedly helped Chu Zhenzhen up. Chu Zhenzhen seemed to be shy, and two blushes flew on her face, making her look more and more delicate.
"Thank you Childe for the rescue." Chu Zhenzhen looked at Jiao Simiao's eyes straightened, hurriedly lowered her eyes to hide her joy, and hurriedly left with her mother-in-law.
Jiao Simiao watched the beauty leave, intoxicated and inhaled the aroma that seemed to have not dissipated, and there was a bit of predation in his eyes: "Such a beauty, how can you do it without entering my arms." ”
Yun Kang also narrowed his eyes: "The second young lady of the Chu family is very high-spirited, I'm afraid you have no hope." ”
Jiao Simiao smiled coldly: "Isn't her waste brother also very angry, what is the result, didn't he still break his leg and become a water dog?" ”
"Are you trying to do it any other way?" Yun Kang smiled lewdly: "You and I are brothers, we said to share together"
"Don't worry, I'll do this for her on this mountain, I'm not afraid that she is not a brother and sister." After saying that, they stared at Chu Zhenzhen gloomily, and did not leave with Yun Kang until her back disappeared completely, and they rented another wing room in Hanshan Temple that night.
Chu Xi listened to Lu Tan's words, and the sunspots under his hands fell. I finally got a little bottom in my heart: "Thank you for your hard work." ”
Lu Tan smiled: "It's not hard, if it weren't for the fact that Jiao Simiao was too beautiful, he wouldn't have heard a little wind and grass and ran up the mountain, as for the second miss, it was completely self-inflicted." ”
"Hmm." Chu Zhen bowed her head: "Chu Zhenzhen is not as stupid as you think, she will have other tricks, you and Green Sprouts have been following me closely these days, don't go out alone without my orders." ”
"Yes." Green sandalwood responded, but didn't take it to heart.
The next night, the old lady's people still didn't make a move, and the Bai family simply made a big move, only saying that he would take Qin Fei to stay in the Buddhist hall all day one day, and no one was allowed to come over to disturb him.
At the Chu family under the mountain, Mrs. Chu was stunned when she heard the letter from the palace, and sent away the grandmother who came to the palace to ask questions, and then pulled Mother Jiang on the side and asked, "Why did the eldest prince suddenly fall in love with the four girls?" ”
Mother Jiang shook her head: "Do you think this is not a good thing?" ”
Old Madam Chu frowned: "Since we plan to win over the King of Xiaoyao and the Eighth Prince, it is already a risk, if we take another big prince, the two masters may think that the Chu Mansion is just a grass on the wall, not only will it not be reused." If you don't do it, you will be killed. ”
"The old lady is right, so what can I do? The eldest prince and the queen are not broad-minded people, and if they refuse directly, they are afraid that they will offend the eldest prince and the queen. Jiang's mother said worriedly.
Old Mrs. Chu was also worried: "Go and call the old man and the four girls over." ”
Mother Jiang didn't dare to delay, so she immediately sent someone to invite Chu Bingsong, and she also went to invite Chu Dai'er herself.
When Chu Xiuxiu heard this, she immediately became jealous: "The eldest prince named the fourth sister to be a side concubine?" ”
Mother Jiang stood aside, and Chu Xiuxiu gritted her teeth: "Did the eldest prince ever mention something else, such as marrying a few side concubines?" ”
Mother Jiang's face remained unchanged, and she said respectfully: "Back to the third miss, I didn't say anything else." ”
Compared with Chu Xiuxiu's yearning and jealousy, Chu Daier was worried: "Has grandmother ever agreed?" ”
"The old lady hasn't answered yet." Jiang's mother said.
Chu Dai'er breathed a sigh of relief: "I'll go with my mother now." ”
Before Chu Dai'er's words fell, Chu Xiuxiu hurriedly said, "I'll go too." After that, a few people hurried to Ronghua Courtyard, but Mother Jiang felt that Chu Dai'er had always been smart and forbearing, while Chu Xiuxiu was really stupid.
Chu Bingsong naturally knew about it, and when Chu Dai'er arrived, he was already sitting inside waiting.
"I've seen my grandmother, I've seen my father." Although Chu Dai'er's face was anxious, she was not chaotic at all, and Chu Bingsong was satisfied.
"Four girls. What do you think about this? The old lady asked directly.
Chu Xiuxiu hurriedly spoke: "What else can you think about this, the eldest prince has given such an order, and I don't know when the eldest prince fell in love with the fourth sister." ”
The old lady glanced at her lightly, didn't speak, just waited for Chu Dai'er to say.
Chu Dai'er's face was solemn and she took a step forward: "If grandmother and father weigh it and think that Dai'er should enter the Great Prince's Mansion, Dai'er will have no complaints." ”
Hearing Chu Dai'er say this, Chu Bingsong's face improved a lot: "Dai'er is obedient and sensible. ”
"It's all taught by my mother, and the second sister also mentioned a lot." Chu Dai'er pursed her lips and smiled.
Seeing this, the old lady said: "I called you over this time, because neither your father nor I agree with this matter, but if you don't agree, and you are worried about offending the eldest prince, you can tell me, how is this good?" ”
When Chu Xiuxiu heard this, she laughed: "Either let the eldest sister or the second sister marry instead of the fourth sister, it's really not good, Xiuxiu is also willing to suffer this crime for the fourth sister."
"Full of nonsense." Chu Bingsong's face was slightly gloomy.
Chu Xiuxiu was trained, but she felt unwilling in her heart: "Daddy, I don't look worse than my fourth sister." Why can't you go? ”
The old lady glanced at Chu Xiuxiu, who really had no brains, and said, "Now you can postpone it for a while on the grounds that your sisters are not married, but the problem is that we can't deal with this marriage at all, Dai'er, do you understand?" ”
"Dale understands." Chu Dai'er responded: "Thinking about it like this, there is only one way to use." ”
"What's the method?" Chu Bingsong said.
Chu Dai'er gritted her teeth, and her eyes were already full of tears: "Dai'er twisted her hair, only saying that she dreamed of her deceased biological mother the day before yesterday, so she had to go to the nunnery to keep filial piety for her mother for three years." ”
The more sensible and well-behaved Chu Dai'er is, and thinks about Chu Bingsong, the more he feels that this daughter is rare, and where is she willing to become a waste chess piece like this: "This is not good, when you come out of filial piety for three years, you will already be sixteen years old, and it will be too late to discuss your marriage then." ”
"Song'er has a point." Old Madam Chu said, looking at the sensible Chu Dai'er and the jealous Chu Xiuxiu, if it weren't for the Prime Minister's Mansion, she really couldn't marry her daughter and go to the Great Prince's Mansion, she really planned to send her over.
"Well, you're just a girl who hasn't left the cabinet, and you can't think of any way, so you can go back first. I'm having a good discussion with your father. ”
Chu Dai'er didn't say more, nodded and retreated obediently.
Chu Xiuxiu wanted to say something, but was glared at by Chu Bingsong and had to retreat.
"Hmph, I know that you can be favored by the eldest prince, not because you were promoted to be a concubine, but me, only one useless and obstructive aunt." Chu Xiuxiu came out and said behind Chu Dai'er.
Chu Dai'er raised her head and smiled slightly, and turned her head to look at her: "Why did the third sister say this, I still envy you for having your own mother by your side, you see how well Aunt Nie treats you, she thinks about everything for you, but I don't care." ”
Chu Xiuxiu pouted: "Then I would rather have your identity as a concubine, with this identity, you can marry into the royal family, be admired by thousands of people, and enjoy all the glory and wealth." ”
Chu Dai'er bowed her head and was silent, Chu Xiuxiu saw that she did not become arrogant because of the eldest prince's proposal, and the resentment in her heart disappeared a little, she stared at her and said: "You are just an aunt crawling out of her belly, don't think about the eldest prince." Lest the bamboo basket be empty. ”
"That's what the third sister said." Chu Dai'er responded softly.
Seeing this, Chu Xiuxiu left with someone.
Mu Xiang was a little angry: "It's clear that the third lady forgot her identity and wanted to climb on the bed of the third prince, not to mention that the identity of the young lady is above her now, even if she is usually holding it, now when she sees that the young lady is better than her, she will step on the young lady like this, which is really brainless and annoying." ”
Chu Dai'er smiled: "What do we do with her." "She doesn't want to marry into the Great Prince's Mansion, but this time it seems to be an opportunity
Inside the house, the old lady looked at Chu Bingsong: "Now with Dai'er's temperament, I think it is best to enter the Xiaoyao Palace." ”
"The Pleasure Palace?" Chu Bingsong was a little surprised, after all, it was recognized that the best candidate was Chu Zhenzhen.
Old Madam Chu nodded: "Now it seems that whether it is heart or ability, Dai'er is stronger than Zhenzhen." The old lady hesitated for a while and said, "I originally planned to send the big girl to the Xiaoyao Palace, but the big girl is too sharp and not easy to manage." ”
Thinking of Chu Xi, Chu Bingsong's face was not good-looking: "She? ”
The old lady glanced at her son and sighed: "I only don't like Yang Pei, but the big girl is also your own flesh and blood." ”
Chu Bingsong snorted and didn't speak, and the old lady shook her head: "That's it, you can think of a way to deal with Dai'er's matter." She must not be sent to the Grand Prince's Mansion. ”
Chu Bingsong got up: "My son knows." With that, he turned and left.
When Chu Bingsong left, a cold wind came in outside the door curtain, and the old lady coughed violently, Mother Jiang hurriedly stepped forward to calm her down, and Bai Xue also hurriedly brought hot tea.
"Old lady, no matter how anxious you are, you must also pay attention to your body." Jiang's mother persuaded.
The old lady coughed too hard, her face turned slightly blue, and she let out a long sigh: "Our branch has only been in existence for a few decades, if something happens under my nose, how can I explain to the ancestors and ancestors underground." ”
"Old Lady"
"That's it." The old lady waved her hand: "The people on the mountain have come with news?" ”
Mother Jiang bowed her head: "The eldest lady is okay, she eats fasting and recites scriptures on time, and she usually stays in her own room, but the second lady"
"What's wrong with her?" The old lady was a little impatient.
Jiang's mother told all the things that happened on the mountain, and the old lady became more and more disoptimistic about this granddaughter: "That's it, the left and right are not in the climate, just like her mother, they all look smart." You go and talk to Yanxue, and let her often lead Brother Hong to walk around with me and accompany me to relieve my boredom. ”
"Are you planning to train Brother Hong?" Jiang's mother asked.
The old lady pondered for a moment and rubbed her temples: "Another thing, I heard that the Bai family's mother and daughter are in Hanshan Temple?" ”
"Hmm." Mother Jiang nodded, and all the servants in the house retreated, and then said: "I went up the mountain two days before the heads of the two young ladies, and I heard the news, the guards around her have been looser in the past few days, but do you want to do it?" ”
The old lady always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't think of it, so she thought for a moment before nodding.
Mother Jiang saw her dull expression and said, "Old lady, do you want to ask Aunt Yanxue to bring Brother Hong over to relieve your boredom?" ”
The old lady nodded tiredly: "Go ahead." ”
Jiang's mother responded, and when Yanxue heard the news, when Brother Hong got out of school, she took him to Ronghua Courtyard.
Although Qin Xue said that she could come and go freely because she had to take care of Chu Qitai, she was not allowed to go to the next place, and when she heard the news from her mother-in-law, she was so angry that she slammed her palm on the edge of the bed.
glanced at Chu Qitai, who was lying on the bed with a sick face, and his eyes were red with hatred, and now Chu Qitai's leg could not be saved, which means that even if he learned martial arts, he would learn it in vain, just look at how the spring is this year. If Chunyu is not admitted, I am afraid that my sister-in-law will have one more brother in law in the future.
Qin Xue thought of this, and probably felt that her temples bulged out suddenly, this Chu Hong must not stay!
On the mountain, it was getting late, and the snow in the sky began to fall again, Chu Xi looked at the snow, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Lu Ya took the cloak and put it on her from behind, looked at Chu Xi who was standing on the porch with cold eyes, and said distressedly: "Miss, it's cold outside, let's rest in the house." ”
Chu Xi shook her head slightly, only staring at the snowflakes falling from the sky and the snowman who appeared in the yard inexplicably yesterday, with a complicated expression: "How long has it been since Lu Tan went out?" ”
"It's only time for a cup of tea." Lu Ya replied: "Miss don't worry, Lu Tan knows kung fu, and he is just going to get fast, he won't pass through the front yard, and he will be fine." ”
Chu Ji bowed her head, but she was not worried about what had happened to Lu Tan. With Lu Tan's kung fu, even if the martial arts are strong, it is enough for one person to escape, and she is worried about the Bai family's side. The Bai clan has gone to extremes now, and they have to force the people in the shadows out, and I don't know if those people will do it tonight, and whether the people of the Qin Mansion can protect their mother and son.
Chu Xi sighed slightly and didn't think about it anymore.
"Miss, look at how cute that snowman is." Green Bud pointed to the cute snowman not far away: "I don't know if it was made by Green Sandalwood, and I also covered the snowman with a purple square scarf."
Chu Xi looked at the purple and frowned.
The cold wind seemed to be stronger, mixed with snowflakes and drilled straight into the neck, Chu Xi glanced at Yunkang and the others who were lingering at the gate of the courtyard, and turned his head back to the room.
"Where's your young lady?"
The guard at the door guarded the door tightly: "Which young lady are you looking for?" ”
"Who else could it be, of course it's the second miss." Yun Kang said dissatisfied.
Jiao Simiao was more patient, and stepped forward and stuffed a piece of broken silver in the man's hand: "Go and talk to the second lady of your family, and say that I want to thank Yun Gongzi for giving us the pavilion yesterday." ”
The attendant weighed the broken silver in his hand and said with a smile: "Wait a minute, two sons." ”
When Chu Zhenzhen heard that they were looking for her, she smiled lightly, and sure enough, none of these men could walk when they saw her, not to mention these two stunned young people.
"Miss, do you want the slave to refuse them now?" Ying'er asked on the side.
Chu Zhenzhen raised her hand to stop: "No need, let them wait, I want to see how sincere they are to see me." ”
Ying'er whispered yes, and then stepped back to the side and didn't say more.
Chu Zhenzhen also glanced at Ying'er, who didn't talk much, strangely, pouted, and didn't bother to talk about her.
It was getting darker and darker outside, and the wind and snow were getting bigger and bigger, and Yun Kang was so cold that his face turned pale: "Brother Jiao, I think this girl is playing tricks on us." ”
The corners of Jiao Simiao's mouth were hooked: "She, the young lady who is held all day long, is a little arrogant, don't worry, let's wait." Jiao Simiao became more and more interested in Chu Zhenzhen, ordinary ladies are either reserved and dignified or pretentious, this Chu Zhenzhen's arrogance now is according to his heart.
The two waited outside for an hour before Chu Zhenzhen slowly walked out with delicate makeup.
Yunkang was a little angry: "It's not easy to thank the second lady. ”
Chu Zhenzhen stood on the steps and looked at the two of them condescendingly: "It's Zhen Zhen's fault, but the two sons are afraid that they are frozen, so let's go back and rest early, if it is cold when we turn around, Zhen Zhen will feel guilty." ”
Jiao Simiao stared at her tender eyes and said with a smile: "It's okay, please accept this for the second lady." ”
"What is this?" Chu Zhenzhen didn't mean to take it.
Jiao Simiao smiled: "This is the best tonic for the Western Regions attack, and for women, it is a holy product for beauty and beauty." ”
"Yes." Chu Zhenzhen showed her joy, and immediately suppressed her joy: "How can you have such a thing, this is only available to the royal family." ”
Yun Kang was a little disdainful: "You don't know this, Brother Jiao's father is Mr. Jiao, the most trusted staff member of the King of Care, and there are a lot of rewards like this." ”
Chu Zhenzhen felt a little disdainful in her heart, but the son of a mere staff, where could she come out to see her in person, but this thing is a good thing, and his father is still the most trusted person of King Xiaoyao
"Then Zhenzhen will thank Jiao Gongzi, but it's not early today, so let's go back early." Chu Zhenzhen said with a smile, holding the hand holding the small stove, but the handkerchief in the palm of her hand flew out: "Oops, my handkerchief." Chu Zhenzhen snorted softly.
Yunkang pouted, but Jiao Simiao didn't mind: "Miss, don't worry, I'll return it to Miss when I find it myself." ”
Chu Zhenzhen covered her lips and chuckled: "No need, it's just a handkerchief." With that, he turned around and went in.
Yun Kang looked at her back and snorted: "I really think I am the number one talented woman in the capital." ”
Jiao Simiao twisted his neck left and right, looking at the back of Chu Zhenzhen leaving, his eyes were deeper: "If the boudoir is talented, then it is the best." ”
Yun Kang was stunned and laughed.
Jiao Simiao turned his head to find the handkerchief hanging from the trunk of a tree beside him. He sniffed it obsessively in his hand, sneered, and tucked the handkerchief in his sleeve.
At night, the wind whistled louder and louder, and Bai Shi held his daughter Qin Fei in his arms, staring nervously around.
"Someone!" Bai Shi became more and more scared, and Xindao should not bring his daughter out: "Come on, come on!" ”
Bai Shi shouted, but no one answered the guards outside, Bai Shi panicked, and the two mothers who followed him were even more panicked.
"Let's go check it out." Bai instructed.
The two mothers glanced at each other, then slowly walked to the door, and carefully opened the door, but as soon as the door opened, they saw a cold flash, and the two fell to the ground without a sound before they could shout.
Chu Xi always felt a little uneasy, and when Lu Tan came back, he pulled her out.
"Where are the people?" Chu Ji asked as she walked.
Lu Tan was puzzled: "Miss, don't you want to save the Bai family's mother and daughter, that Bai family is not a good stubble as far as I know, if you go over like this, maybe she will be misunderstood, so that she thinks that you are in a group with Chu Qitai and those people." ”
Chu Xi's heart had already begun to think quickly about countermeasures, but by the time she arrived, she had only heard the crying in the temple.
Chu Xi's footsteps paused, and even a little heartache, could it be that the old lady succeeded?
"No, the Bai clan won't be so stupid, really don't bring the guards over." Chu Xi comforted herself, and Lu Tan grabbed her: "Miss, I'll go in and have a look." ”
"No need." Chu Xi grabbed the green sandalwood, the tip of his nose lingered with a thick bloody aura, the people coming and going at the door were people from the Qin family, and the Bai family's cry could be heard inside, which showed that the Bai family was fine, but Qin Fei had become a ghost under the knife, and his grandmother was really ruthless!
"Miss, what should we do now?" Lu Tan looked at Chu Xi, who was a little depressed, and asked.
Chu Xi looked at the vast night, listened to the mournful cry, and looked blank: "You go back first, I'll go around alone." ”
Lu Tan was puzzled: "Miss, what's wrong with you?" ”
Chu Xi stopped talking, and walked straight forward by himself, until the whole person was completely hidden in the night.
Lu Tan looked at it, sighed, and turned his head to look at the person who fell behind him: "Lord Shizi, then Second Miss Qin, you saved it, why don't you allow me to tell Miss?" ”
"Because I want to see what her deep hatred is." Lin Qingyu looked at the people who were gradually moving away, and knew from the first time they met that she was burdened with deep hatred, but after investigating all her information, she had never seen anyone she had a grudge with, except for her biological mother, but it stands to reason that she should not know how her mother died now.
"Deep hatred?" Lu Tan was puzzled, but Lin Qingyu didn't explain more: "I'll tell her about this, you go back first." With that, he walked away.
Bai Shi was hugging Qin Fei and crying bitterly at this time, and the mother-in-law on the side persuaded: "Madam, don't cry, fortunately, Miss is in danger." ”
Bai wiped away his tears, looked at the two mothers who died in front of his head, and said, "If someone hadn't saved my Fei'er from nowhere, she would have confessed her life here today!" ”
"Miss is blessed with a great life." The mother-in-law was busy.
"Have you ever caught it alive?" Bai Shi looked up and asked. The pale face was full of cruelty.
The mother-in-law shook her head: "All of them were killed." ”
"A bunch of idiots, why don't you hurry up and check what physical evidence you have on me!" Bai Shi Dao.
The mother-in-law hurriedly responded and ordered the attendants to investigate.
Chu Xi only thought that Qin Fei had been killed, and kept walking forward, and was only pulled by someone when he walked to the cliff.
Chu Xi raised her hand and was about to shoot out the needle in the bracelet, but her wrist was grabbed and pulled back, and then she fell into a warm embrace.
"Okay, Qin Fei is fine." Lin Qingyu was a little helpless, how could she care so much about other people's daughters, could it be that little girl was hers? It's impossible, she's only fourteen years old, how could she give birth to an eight-year-old daughter.
"You saved her?" Chu Ji couldn't move, so he could only hold him.
The corners of Lin Qingyu's mouth hooked a good-looking arc: "If you let me hold it for a while, I'll tell you." ”
Chu Ji looked ahead indifferently: "Didn't your father set a family affair for you, what do you mean by treating me like this?" ”
Lin Qingyu's eyes bent: "Naturally, I am interested in you." ”
Chu Xi was inexplicably white, and rolled her eyes lightly, left and right like this, Lin Qingyu saw that she had to say it again.
"Lin Shizi, I'm still a woman who hasn't left the pavilion, if you let someone find out like this, I will only have a dead end."
"Who said that, there is obviously a way to marry me. However, our family has a tradition of marrying only one wife, and since you can't be a concubine, you can only be a wife. Lin Qing smiled foolishly, but didn't let Chu Ji turn his head to look at him.
Chu Xi saw that the soft ones were not good, and the hard ones were not good, so she simply let him go, but knowing that Qin Fei was not dead, she was still a lot more relaxed in her heart. Even if the Bai clan underestimated the strength of the person who came, after taking such a lesson this time, he would definitely not be light, Qin Xue had to suffer this time.
"Why do you like the Easy King?" Lin Qingyu asked, no matter what, he couldn't figure it out, and it was clear that he was better.
Chu Xi raised her eyebrows: "When did I say that I was interested in King Xiaoyao?" ”
"Really?"
Chu Xi stopped talking, but the corners of her mouth unconsciously overflowed with a smile, which was a different feeling from her previous life. For King Xiaoyao, she felt that it was a dream, extremely dreamy, but also extremely cruel, as for Lin Qingyu, she couldn't see through it, but she didn't feel repulsed.
Seeing the two of them standing on the edge of the cliff, a cyan figure approached faintly: "Master, it's time to go." ”
Lin Qingyu looked at Chu Xi, who was a little shorter than herself, looked at her calm and slightly alienated side face, and smiled: "I should go." ”
"Hmm."
Seeing her answer, Lin Qingyu smiled even more, let go of Chu Xi, turned around and disappeared into the darkness.
Chu Xi suddenly came back to her senses, how could the conversation just now be a bit like a conversation between a young couple.
Chu Xi frowned, remembering the change in his heart just now, and shook his head slightly, did he also have a little liking for him? No, liking will make people blind and blind, let alone Lin Qingyu, a man who she can't see through half a point.
Chu Xi suddenly came to her senses, her eyes returned to their usual calmness, and her newly melted heart was frozen again. Standing on the side of the mountain, he let the cold wind blow him cold, until he was numb to the point of being unconscious, and then dragged his tired body back to the wing.
When Lu Tan saw her coming back, he was busy going up to help, but was pushed away by Chu Xi: "Don't cooperate with Lin Qingyu again, if you find it again, you can go." ”
Lu Tan withdrew his hand and stood on one side and didn't dare to say more.
"Go and keep an eye on Bai's side, and come to me immediately if you have a move." Now that there are only two hours left before dawn, the Bai family will definitely not let go of Chu Zhenzhen who is close in front of him, and tomorrow is afraid that it will be a good show.
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