Chapter 15: A Love Debt
The gong opened the way, the firecrackers rang out, and the Zhuang Mansion received a happy decree today. Because Shu Qiyun got the letter in advance, Zhuang Yan Yuan had already prepared all the items for receiving the order, such as incense, candles, and incense, bathed and changed clothes, and waited in the front hall with the whole family. After the eunuch who pronounced the decree finished reading the decree, he smiled and watched solemnly kowtow to receive the decree, and respectfully enshrined the decree on the incense table, burning incense and worshipping the sky.
The Zhuang Mansion was filled with joy, but the main owner Zhuang Meiyan reacted indifferently, excused himself for a headache, and sat quietly in the gazebo in the backyard alone. Now that she has a good family, and her power is in full swing, she said that she wants to sit quietly, and no one in the Zhuang Mansion dares to disturb her.
Compared with the "nine curves and eighteen bends" of Ruixiang Palace, the twists and turns of the corridor of Zhuangfu are dwarfed, but there is a bit of aura in the small, and there is indeed a little bit of the charm of small jasper. The lake in the garden has been covered with lotus leaves at this time, the lotus fragrance is fragrant, and there is a small paddle horizontally under the pavilion, faintly a little bit of "wild crossing unmanned boat self-traverse" taste.
There was no wind in the afternoon, the sun was quiet, Zhuang Meiyan was sitting quietly in the pavilion, and suddenly she heard, or rather felt, a slight sound, someone was coming.
There is no need to look back, Zhuang Meiyan only looked at the two reflections in the water, she was wearing a plain thin shirt that day, the reflection in the water was like a blooming water lily, fresh and pleasant, the black-clothed figure beside her, handsome and extraordinary, suddenly there was a ripple in the lake, the circle was scattered, the shadows of the two were blurred for a moment, but the black-clothed figure was like a puddle of ink dripping next to the rice paper, so thick that it couldn't be dissolved.
"It turns out that the person the lady chose in the end was not me!"
There was no imaginary anger, and the voice was calm, as if gossiping.
"You saved me that day in the snow, and you saved me when the bandits humiliated me that day. Zhuang Meiyan felt that her voice had become very strange, very empty, as if when the sound passed through her brain, her mind was empty, empty, nothing, so, she didn't even know what she said, she heard the other party smile and repeat the second half of her words.
"There is no way to repay it, so I can only pay off this debt with my innocent body. ”
Xiao Xuanchen was still smiling, his smile revealed a bit of coldness, his expression suddenly became extremely lonely, and he said in a low voice: "It turns out that the lady wants to repay me, but it is just a debt, when I saved the lady, I didn't expect this, I knew that the lady was like this, and I could help the lady three years ago but I wished." ”
His voice buzzed in her ears, as if a large beehive had been put in her head, and those words became countless black bees, flying to and fro, completely unstoppable.
"What the lady never forgets in her heart is the man who is now high in the clouds. ”
"Lady, you finally lied to me once. I have deceived the lady before, and all of them are added together, but they can only be barely offset, so that they do not owe each other. ”
The noisy beehive finally burst completely, as if someone had put a dynamite in it, and after a "bang", everything was reduced to nothingness...... Nothing!
That day in the snow cave, in that warm embrace, the man whispered.
That day on the cliff, in that warm embrace, the man whispered softly.
"You and I are both upright people, no need to be afraid!"
The memories in the depths of the chaos were torn apart, the blurred faces in the snow caves, and in the confusion of the night, she touched the other party's face, the cold and hard silver mask. Without hesitation, she reached for the mask that covered his face.
"Don't move!" he suddenly grabbed her fingers in the darkness.
But she stubbornly broke free from his injured feeble fingers, and opened the fire fold casually, and in the light of the jumping fire, she stubbornly uncovered the mask. Even if the eyelids are closed, the eyelashes are lightly drooping, and the clear and traceless eyes are not seen, even if three years have passed, the handsome and familiar face still coincides with the countless images in her heart.
"Xiaobai. ”
"Lady, do you know that I have the innocence of my lady three years ago, why should I abandon it?" Xiao Xuanchen chuckled lightly, pulling her back to reality.
He also asked this question yesterday, and she remembered that she was angry at the time: "Because you are a stupid little white." ”
He didn't give up, the two made a mess, and the topic was put down, and now that he brought it up again, there must be deep meaning.
Xiao Xuanchen exhaled softly, turned his back, and said softly: "Because I know that the lady's heart is different from other women." ”
Zhuang Meiyan couldn't help but turn sideways, the two eyes collided, and she saw Xiao Xuanchen slowly raise his hands in the shape of a heart on his chest, and then pointed to the top of his head.
That spring, under the peach blossom tree, the handsome man who was as cunning as a child immediately jumped into her mind from the depths of her memory, dressed in white, with a pure smile, and his hands stubbornly traced the shape of the heart on his chest.
"How do you know what my heart is like? ”
That's what I said that day, and today it's still this answer, Zhuang Meiyan couldn't help but add.
"Who are you, and how do you say you know my heart, and now my heart doesn't even know my own. ”
The peach blossoms in February are full of flowers, and everything is abnormal for the demon, and the demon will not last.
All the memories finally turned into green smoke, ethereal and far away, when Zhuang Meiyan came back to her senses, she found that she was the only one left in the pavilion, and even Xiao Xuanchen didn't know when to leave and disappeared. She sat quietly in the pavilion, and after I don't know how long, she heard someone stepping into the pavilion with light steps. Zhuang Meiyan knew that it was Chunju who came over.
A smile bloomed at the corner of her mouth, and the smile was like fluttering in the wind, unpredictable. She said dreamily: "Chunju, I only know today that I have a heart. ”
The man behind him was silent, Zhuang Meiyan frowned slightly, and turned his head to look. At this time, she realized that she had guessed wrong, and the person who came was not Chunju, but the eldest sister Zhuang Meiyu. Zhuang Meiyu's face was gloomy, and her beautiful face was smeared with some exaggerated thick fragrance and bright powder, especially one lip, which was painted with a lot of rouge, so that it looked as if it was dripping with blood.
The last time Zhuang Meiyu was in the Changxin Marquis Mansion, she secretly calculated Zhuang Meiyan and wanted to ruin her innocence, and then let Zeng Shifan take her by her side as an aunt, but unfortunately, Zhuang Meiyan saw through her tricks and let her sister Zhuang Meiyi be her substitute instead. Zeng Shifan is also a hungry wolf, and he eats whatever he sees when he sees beautiful women. Zhuang Meiyu accompanied her mother-in-law and the cronies and maids beside Mrs. Tai, full of confidence and wanted to catch the rapist in bed, but she never thought that what she saw when she opened the door was the unbearable scene of her own sister Zhuang Meiyi and her husband in bed.
"You-"
"You, why are you, you slut!" Zhuang Meiyu pounced on Zhuang Meiyi like a madman, tearing and beating Zhuang Meiyi, eager to swallow her into her stomach, she scolded hatefully: "I have long known that you have ill intentions towards your brother-in-law, when I married into the Zeng family, you insisted on coming to the capital with me when I got married, at that time I knew that you had bad intentions, I didn't expect you to carry me behind my back——"
Zeng Shifan pushed her dissatisfiedly and said contemptuously: "You are crazy!"
Seeing that her husband actually defended Zhuang Meiyi in front of everyone, Zhuang Meiyu's heart was as cold as water, and she turned to look at her mother-in-law with a pitiful look.
Zhuang Meiyi was a little flustered at first, but when she saw that Zeng Shifan was also defending herself, she immediately had confidence, she sneered: "Don't tell me this, brother-in-law is in trouble outside, when did you ask me to go out to maneuver, last time I was drunk and tore my face with the commander of the capital city, and I didn't reconcile them." Which time I was willing to go, this time I said that I had no face, I really don't know who begged me shamelessly. ”
"You-" Zhuang Meiyu didn't expect Zhuang Meiyi to talk about this in front of everyone, her face turned red, and she could only bow her head and weep, hoping to win sympathy with her tears.
Mrs. Zeng's face turned red and white for a while, she glanced at her uncompetitive son viciously, turned her face to the maid Lingwu and smiled: "Lingwu girl, you went back to Mrs. Tai, just say it was a misunderstanding, tell her not to worry." ”
Lingwu understood and turned to leave.
After Lingwu left, Zhuang Meiyu became more and more noisy, hugging Mrs. Zeng and crying. Mrs. Zeng couldn't, while counting her son, she comforted her daughter-in-law, the so-called family ugliness should not be publicized, she naturally wanted to calm things down, and now she can only let Zeng Shifan take Zhuang Meiyi into the room and make plans in the future.
Where is Zhuang Meiyu willing to follow, crying and making trouble, Mrs. Zeng was so troubled by her, but she took pity on her with the child, so she asked Ying'er to help her up. As soon as Ying'er was next to her body, she was hit in the face.
Zhuang Meiyu asked with red eyes: "You say, did your little hoof collude with them to coax me?" This is not what you said before, you are blind in your eyes and blind in your heart. What's the use of keeping something like you?"
Zhuang Meiyu lost her temper, pinched and twisted, and finally felt puzzled that she pulled out her hairpin and stabbed it in Ying'er's face, and said in her mouth: "What's the use of lying with these eyes." ”
Ying'er began to dodge and beg for mercy, but then she became anxious, and jumped to her feet and shouted: "This is not your idea, you have arranged it yourself, but ask me to pass on a message, and it will be all mine to turn around!
Zhuang Meiyu was pushed to the ground by Ying'er, her face stunned. Mrs. Zeng was a little anxious, helped Zhuang Meiyu, and scolded: "It's against you, you dare to bully the housewife." ”
Then she looked at Zhuang Meiyu nervously and said, "Is the child okay?"
Ying'er saw that her face had been torn, and she was dead both horizontally and vertically, so she simply said with her heart: "The young lady doesn't need to pretend, the pillow in today's belly is still installed by the slave maid for you, and it is strong, even if it hits the stone, it can't be broken." ”
Mrs. Zeng was shocked, she looked at Zhuang Meiyu in disbelief, and then looked at her son, Zeng Shifan drooped his head, and it seemed that he was also an insider. Mrs. Zeng only had such a son, and she was so angry that she trembled all over, and her fingers trembled.
Ying'er continued: "Young lady, isn't your child the same a few times ago, who 'accidentally' slipped off when he fell to the ground? ”
Zhuang Meiyu's face is like white paper, and she can't tell the difference.
On the same day, Zhuang Meiyu was sent back to Zhuang's mansion, and the young lady who only knew that the young lady of Changxin's Marquis Mansion had a sudden illness and wanted to go back to her parents' house to recuperate, and no one knew the specific situation.
Now, in the pavilion of Zhuang's mansion, Zhuang Meiyu quietly looked at Zhuang Meiyan and said nothing. Zhuang Meiyan felt that her expression was a little terrifying, especially a pair of eyes staring at her as if she had lost her soul, she couldn't help but be a little afraid in her heart, and took a step back, behind was the railing of the pavilion, and below was the clear lake, where she was actually a dead end.
"Good sister, my sister has been listening to it for a long time. Zhuang Meiyu's smile was cold and vicious, and she said word by word: "It turns out that you are no longer innocent!"