Chapter 176: Love Acting
In the afternoon of the next day, Xue Zhen came to pick up Li Yuejiao in person as agreed.
He was dressed in a lake-blue robe, without a cloak or crown, but with a hosta to press his hair, and his whole person showed a different kind of idleness.
Therefore, when Li Yuejiao went out to see him, she couldn't help but look at him several times.
When she really faced her heart and saw Xue Zhen again, she was really relaxed, and even admiring his eyebrows and eyes would not make Li Yuejiao feel faintly uneasy.
It turns out that this is the way to let go.
Li Yuejiao smiled lightly.
When Xue Zhen waited for Li Yuejiao to come out, she was standing sideways, and her feet in leather boots were playing with a small pebble on the ground, horizontal and vertical, as if she was writing, so she didn't see her looking at him.
And when he looked at Li Yuejiao, Li Yuejiao just looked away and said to Tong's mother:
"Mom, I want to eat your fried spring rolls tonight."
Mother Tong smiled and said, "Yes, don't worry, Madame, when Madame comes back, keep the hot food."
Her salutation made Xue Zhen's eyes more happy.
Speaking of the people around Li Yuejiao, only Yuntuan insisted on calling her "Miss".
Li Yuejiao's side looked at Xue Zhen again, her eyes were calm and quiet, and she said with a smile: "Shizi, my side is already fine, let's go."
Xue Zhen hesitated for a moment, looked at Li Yuejiao for a while, and then nodded, "Well, okay. I don't have a horse riding today, can I ride with the girl?"
He thought that Li Yuejiao would agree, but unexpectedly her footsteps stopped, shook her head and said:
"It's too small in the car, it's inconvenient."
Xue Zhen was stunned, and there was a trace of bitterness in his heart, but he still retreated and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll drive, Hu Rong doesn't have to go with me today."
Li Yuejiao didn't expect him to choose like this, paused again, and hesitated, "Shizi, this seems more inconvenient, right?"
This time, Xue Zhen insisted: "It's just driving, what's not convenient, I also worked as a horse when I first arrived in the army, and I'm also good at driving."
Li Yuejiao was helpless, so she could only walk and say, "Then there is Lao Shizi."
When Xue Zhen followed Li Yuejiao out of the door, his mood finally improved.
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The place where Du Yan is recuperating from his injuries now is also arranged by Xue Zhen, a small courtyard at the junction of the east and north of the city, only two streets away from the general's mansion in Xue Town, which looks older than the place where Li Yuejiao lives now, but it is more spacious.
Du Tian was recuperating from his injuries in bed, but suddenly heard the maid come to say, "The general and his wife have come to see Master Du", he immediately struggled to get up, and said weakly:
"Please come in!"
As soon as his words fell, Xue Zhen and Li Yuejiao had already entered the door one after the other, and Xue Zhen said:
"Uncle Cousin doesn't have to get up, just lie down, it's better today?"
The maid on the side hurriedly came over to help Du Day, but Du Sun refused to lie down, but signaled the maid to help him do it, covered the injury, and asked with a reluctant smile:
"Why are you husband and wife here today? The spring breeze is strong here, and the weather is not warm."
Before Li Yuejiao could speak, Xue Zhen raised his hand and pointed at her, and said without joy or sorrow:
"It was she who knew that her cousin was injured and kept saying that she wanted to come and see her cousin. I thought that my cousin was seriously injured and was not allowed to come, but now that my cousin has improved a lot, she will come again, so let's come and see it."
Li Yuejiao raised her eyebrows slightly, glanced at him without a trace, her face turned cold, and she just smiled at Du Day:
"It's long overdue to come and see my cousin, my cousin is getting better now? I don't look good."
This is the truth, Du Tian is now very thin, his face is pale, he looks really weak, and he is really a person who has walked between life and death.
It's hard enough to do it to yourself, she thought.
Du Yan said with a smile: "It's okay, thanks to Zhong Jing, I can be safe."
Li Yue smiled softly, and just as she was about to speak, Xue Zhen stopped her for the second time:
"Uncle Cousin, I'll go and tell someone a few words."
Li Yuejiao closed her mouth again, squinting at Xue Zhen, her face seemed to be smiling, and even her dimples were a little angry.
Du Yan sighed and wanted to persuade him, but Xue Zhen had already turned his head without looking back and went out.
He swallowed the words of persuasion on his lips, and could only turn to appease Li Yuejiao and said:
"Don't blame him, niece and daughter-in-law, that's his character...... Alas, I think there are so many things that happened before, and he has let go."
Li Yuejiao smiled indifferently, went to the chair next to the bed, took the hot tea handed by the maid, and said to Du Day:
"Uncle cousin doesn't need to persuade his daughter-in-law, the son saved my father in the previous life, just to avoid being involved, and the daughter-in-law understands. The son's heart is sick, the cousin knows, and the daughter-in-law knows, how can he let it go?"
Du Yan looked at her, and suddenly coughed twice, looking as if the wound was very painful.
Li Yuejiao hurriedly stood up, put down the cup in her hand, and nervously looked at the girl with a raw face supporting Du Day, giving him a breath, and said:
"Is my cousin okay? Hey, it turned out that the daughter-in-law was not good, obviously she came to see her cousin, but she made her cousin worry."
Du Yan coughed for a long time, waved his hand and said, "How can you blame your daughter-in-law? Zhong Jing's temperament...... That's it, let's not talk about that, I have received my daughter-in-law's wishes, so sit down."
Li Yuejiao sat down according to her words, and asked the girl again, "What's your name?" It's a shame."
"Yes, the slave's name is Lan Nu, and he was arranged by the prince to serve Master Du." Lan Nu replied with a smile, his work was always non-stop.
Li Yuejiao nodded: "Look at a capable and refreshing child, what medicine does my cousin take now?" What kind of medicine should I wear? Is there a recipe? Bring it to me and see it."
When Lan Nu heard this, he didn't move immediately, but looked at Du Sun's face.
Du Yan smiled and said, "Go ahead, my daughter-in-law is from a medical family."
Lan Nu hurriedly took out two prescriptions from the box at the head of the bed and handed them to Li Yuejiao.
Li Yuejiao looked at it carefully, it was indeed a good medicine for treating injuries, and the medicine was gentle, which was very suitable for a literati like Du Day.
However, she was attracted by these two pieces of paper to write prescriptions.
The paper is not only whiter than ordinary paper, but also has a pearlescent luster shining on the paper, and there is a cluster of plum blossom marks in the corner, the imprints are convex, the colors are distinct, and they are very good-looking.
At first glance, it was privately made paper, which was very expensive, even though she knew many skills because of her mother since she was a child, but this was the first time she had seen such paper.
It is really a luxury to write prescriptions on this kind of paper, she thought to herself, it is worthy of being a scholarly family, and it must be accumulated for many years to be able to make such a good paper method.
"Sure enough, it's a very good medicine for my cousin," Li Yuejiao silently wrote down the prescription, handed it back, looked at Lan Nu carefully, and said with a smile: "It's worthy of being arranged by the prince, so you can take care of your cousin, and the prince won't treat you badly."
"Yes, slave to Madame's order." Lan Nu said with a smile, took the prescription, and put it back away.
She is delicate, and she often has a smile on the corner of her mouth, which makes people feel festive when she looks at it.
Li Yuejiao's gaze couldn't help it, and she glanced at the paper more.
Du Yan kept looking at Li Yuejiao's expression with a smile, and said when he saw this: "I only know that my nephew and daughter-in-law are skilled in carpentry, but I don't know that my nephew and daughter-in-law are also involved in papermaking?"
Li Yuejiao was seen through by him, embarrassed, and said with a smile: "The daughter-in-law is with her mother, which makes my cousin laugh. I saw that the paper was extraordinary, so I looked at it more."
Du Yan raised his hand and asked Lan Nu to take the prescription to her, rubbed the plum blossom himself, and said softly:
"This paper was made by Clumsy Jing when he was alive, and now there are only these two left, but they are used on me, but they are also appropriate."
Li Yuejiao looked at Du Day's face, and her heart suddenly hurt.
The look on his face now was all too familiar to her.
Because after her father Li Fu passed away, every time he saw the relics left by his mother, he was always like this, with a look of reminiscence, sadness, and remorse.
It's funny to say, she didn't understand her father's behavior before
What would be remorseful, so he was also asked.
That time, my father was silent for a long time before he sighed and said to her, "I am a doctor, and I know that childbirth is a ghost gate, but I still ...... I knew it would kill your mother, I wish that child had never come."
It's just that I don't know the remorse on Du Tian's face at the moment, and what he remembered to be like this.
A moment of empathy made her soft-hearted, but after soft-heartedness, it was immediately resentful.
He has no wife, and he will miss it like this; But he killed her mother, Xue Zhen's father and brother, and killed many innocent people, who were also other people's husbands, fathers, and brothers.
With whom should they cry and mourn?
Her face flashed with pain and resentment, but fortunately, she immediately restrained herself and didn't let Du Day, who was falling into memories, find out.
She was only quiet for a moment before she asked Du Day, "Uncle Cousin's body is like this now...... The volume of "Xuangong Collection" in the Feng family's hand, hasn't my cousin gotten it yet?"
Du Yan came back to his senses from his memories, and after hearing this, his face became depressed again, and he said helplessly:
"I had already made an appointment with the Feng family's skillful shopkeeper to meet, but I didn't expect this incident to happen suddenly, but I missed it, and I don't know what will happen in the future."
When Li Yuejiao heard this, after thinking about it, she volunteered: "Uncle cousin, my daughter-in-law said that she wanted to help, but my cousin always refused to trouble her daughter-in-law. But now that it's time like this, Uncle Cousin shouldn't push it back, I've dealt with Shopkeeper Feng after all."
Now that Du Tian was in this situation, he finally no longer retreated, but said happily, "Is the nephew and daughter-in-law serious? I'm not worried that I won't be able to get things, but I'm afraid that those people will take the big ones and wronged my niece and daughter-in-law."
Li Yuejiao nodded and smiled, "It's okay, my cousin just cares about ......."
This time, it was still her words that were not finished, and Xue Zhen pushed the door in and interrupted her again.
"You don't know anything either," he said with a cold face, "Uncle Cousin is not in good health now, you can just take a look, why do you still talk about it?"
It looks like it's been gunpowdered.
Li Yuejiao's smile froze on her face.
"Zhong Jing." After Du Yan said something dissatisfied, he began to cough again.
Xue Zhen immediately glared at her with a reproachful gaze, walked to the bedside, personally smoothed Du Sun's back, and ordered Lan Nu to bring tea.
Seeing this, Li Yuejiao snorted coldly, got up and said to Du Dayli: "Uncle Cousin, don't worry, the matter of "Xuangong Collection" is all on the daughter-in-law, Uncle Cousin will rest first, and the daughter-in-law will leave."
After that, she got up and left, without looking at Xue Zhen.
Phew, it's better to be a play, you can really act.