Chapter 11: The Storm on the Eve of the Birthday Feast
Lou Xuanyi can see that Fu Yuewei is mean to Xiao'er, even if Fu Yuewei treats him well, she can't allow her to bully her own sister.
"Xuanyi is in charge." Fu Yuewei only felt chest tightness and shortness of breath, she had to keep smiling, she spent all her heart thinking about making him have the same heart as herself, all these years it was delicious and good to send him to Taixue, but in the end he was still thinking about this dead girl who had not been seen for several years.
As for Cui's, after all, she is her mother's companion and the only person close to her mother, so it is better to let her meditate on herself for half a year as a punishment, and then take care of her deafness and blindness by the way. What does Mother think? Lou Xuanyi is not good at slapping Fu Yuewei's face in public, and taking a step back can be regarded as giving her enough face.
"Xuanyi is thoughtful, but he can govern the family better than me, the housewife. Mother was tired, so she rested first. Fu Yuewei's tone was slightly sour, and she got up slowly, her body was so soft that she almost didn't stand up.
After leaving Beichenhou and Lou Xuanyi, why did someone always have to protect this little slut, she really underestimated Lou Xuanyi's love for Lou Yunxiao, I thought it was just because of her face, but I didn't expect him to really embarrass her in public for that girl.
If Lou Qihuai hadn't protected Lou Xuanyi like an eyeball back then, so that she couldn't find a chance to start, this Lou Xuanyi would have become lame with his sister, how could it be his turn to say more here.
Lou Yunxiao saw that the eye-washer was gone, so she leaned on the floor and got up, but her legs were already numb on her knees, and she didn't kneel for a while, nor did she kneel. Lou Xuanyi on the side walked up to her and slowly helped her up.
"Xiao'er, I've made you suffer." Lou Xuanyi frowned and said softly. He owed her too much in his heart, and he didn't dare to imagine how much Xiao'er had suffered in his absence.
"Thank you, brother, if it weren't for Brother A's timely appearance today, I don't know how things would have go."
Lou Yunxiao looked at his brother, the handsome and handsome young man in front of him was only eighteen years old, he was relaxed and relaxed, and his speech was moderate, so that people couldn't find the slightest mistake, no wonder he was an outstanding graduate of Guozijian Taixue, and the educated ones were different.
"What is Xiao'er doing looking at Brother like this?" Lou Xuanyi wondered.
Lou Yunxiao blinked her innocent eyes, she wanted to know how much Fu Yuewei had hidden from her brother, so she said tentatively: "Xiao'er is very happy, since my legs were crippled, I have been like an ant, and now I have not only stood up again, but also my brother protects me, and the future must be bright." ”
"What? Crippled legs? Lou Xuanyi exclaimed.
Coming out of the back hall, the brother and sister returned to the courtyard together, and Lou Yunxiao told his brother all the things over the years. Lou Xuanyi was so angry that he couldn't speak, he didn't know that Fu Yuewei was so vicious to Xiao'er on the surface.
Lou Xuanyi ordered Zhengde to move Lou Yunxiao's things to the big courtyard, and he lived in Lou Yunxiao's courtyard.
The night was long, but he was not sleepy, he knew that Xiao'er would be abused, and his legs were crippled, he should not have listened to Fu's words and came to the capital to study.
The past is irreversible, but he must not let Xiao'er suffer from now on.
Lou Qihuai heard about it when he returned to the mansion, and he didn't bother to pay attention to these backhouse farces, so he simply moved to the study to sleep in order to hide from Qingjing.
In short, it was just a fight between women, and there was nothing to be done.
The next day, Fu Yuewei ordered someone to reset the courtyard for Lou Xuanyi, although she was angry, she couldn't treat him lightly. Each courtyard of the back house is on the plaque according to the name of the courtyard in Ningzhou in the past, but the courtyard of Lou Xuanyi was named Fuguangxuan by Lou Qihuai himself.
In order to avoid the embarrassment of meeting in the past few days, Fu Yuewei simply said that she was sick and did not want to see anyone, and Lou Qihuai came to see her twice, which made her even more annoyed.
On this day, the sky was slightly bright, and an invitation card engraved in gold was sent to the mansion, and Fu Yuewei suddenly had spirits.
It turned out to be the birthday of the old lady of the Taishi Mansion, and she invited all the ladies and gentlemen of the capital to the birthday banquet.
Ning Xinwan, the eldest daughter of Ning Boyao, the prince of Zhengyipin, is the queen of the dynasty, and his grandson is Li Qingxuan, the prince of the dynasty. At that time, he tried his best to assist the saint to ascend the throne, and the saint married Ning Xinwan as the queen in gratitude for Ning Boyao's kindness, and respected him as the respect of the three princes, and named his mother as the lady of Chengguo.
Fu Yuewei took the invitation and looked at it over and over, and the smile on her face never stopped. This birthday banquet must have invited all the nobles of the capital city, if she can find a son-in-law for Yunxue by the way, then she will be able to raise her eyebrows for the rest of her life.
But after thinking about it, the other three girls have to follow, if they take the opportunity to take the limelight, she can be so angry that she vomits three liters of blood.
Thinking of this, she hurriedly ordered someone to prepare a carriage to pick up cloth for Lou Yunxue, if she could overwhelm the crowd at the birthday banquet, wouldn't there be more candidates for her son-in-law.
Lou Yunxiao on the other side has often gone to her brother's yard to "wander" since that day, which is called "wandering", which is actually reading.
"Brother, you have to read so many books."
Lou Yunxiao looked at the mountains of books on the bookcase in front of her with a look of chagrin, her mind was already buzzing at the moment, if she was allowed to study and study the medical theory of poisons, it would be a hypnotic spell for her to let her read these crepe things.
"You don't expect you to finish reading these books in a day or two, but women can only read to understand etiquette, and you will have to be in time for another two or three years, if you are always reckless, how can Lang Jun dare to marry you?"
Lou Xuanyi still thinks of the slap marks on Cui Hu's face that are a little unbelievable, such a thin Xiao'er can actually beat Cui Hu's cheeks up and swell, if you let her future husband know, I am afraid that I will have to run away from the marriage.
"Brother, can you have less?"
Lou Yunxiao lay on the hill made of books, tilting her head and looking at him pitifully.
Lou Xuanyi looked at her pitiful appearance, and her heart softened.
"That's it, from today to the next five days, you will be allowed to read only two volumes, in a few days the Taishi Mansion will invite all the mansions to congratulate Mrs. Chengguo on her birthday, Brother has prepared a new dress for you, you first come to see if it fits." Lou Xuanyi said and took out a clothes box with red sandalwood lacquer and gold painting from the Luohan couch.
Lou Yunxiao didn't have a few new clothes to wear in winter, and most of the clothes that Beichenhou bought for her were summer clothes, but now that the north wind is raging, she can only wear the old clothes that were thin and shabby in the past, which are neither beautiful nor warm.
Brother walked to her with the box in his hand and knelt down, she slowly opened the box, and inside was an orange plum blossom pattern breast-length skirt, which made people's hearts warm.
She carefully stretched out her hand and stroked the dress, she had never seen such a flowing and beautiful dress, the fabric was thick but flowing, I thought that my brother had carefully selected it for her for a long time.
Lou Xuanyi was happy when he saw Xiao'er smiling, and he was so excited that Zhengde sent the clothes to Canglan Zhai first.
For a whole afternoon, Lou Yunxiao spent half a sleep with a book in her hand, the book was really tiring to read, she couldn't read it, and she couldn't read it.
finally survived until Brother Ken let her go, but when she returned to Canglan Zhai, she was shocked.
The breast-length skirt had been cut to pieces, and strips of rags were scattered throughout the room. The dress, which had been gorgeous and delicate, was now like a rag used by the old servant to scrub the floor, and it had become like this before she even put it on.
"This, how can this be?" Wuwu stood beside Lou Yunxiao with a surprised face.
Lou Yunxiao stood in place for a long time, and the faint scent of sandalwood in the room could not calm her mood.
She squatted down her petite body, picked up a piece of fabric at her feet, and then knelt on the ground to pick them up piece by piece. Lou Yunxiao didn't say a word from beginning to end, holding the remains of those dresses tightly in her hands until she picked up all the rags, she carefully held those rags and put them back in the clothes box.
The moment the lid was closed, Lou Yunxiao's eyes were slightly red, and she remembered the scene when she was a child in the orphanage when she was surrounded by other children and tore her clothes.
"Don't worry, keep an eye on everyone in this courtyard from this day on, but if anyone is okay and wander around to Qin Sexuan, they will all come back and tell me. Remember, don't startle the snake. ”