74 Sleepless
The nurse chased after Sang Twisting Moon and asked about the West, but Sang Twisting Moon didn't want to respond.
Seeing this, the nurse was a little anxious, and she murmured, "Don't be embarrassed, girl, you can tell me something." It was the lord of the Hou Mansion of Wu'an who bullied you, didn't he? Good girl, if you make things clear to me, I have a score in my heart. β
Sang Xuanyue didn't reply, but when the nurse saw that her eyelashes trembled so much, she knew that she really guessed.
The nurse suddenly crossed her waist and scolded the sky, "Okay, let me really guess, is it really the master of the Wu'an Hou Mansion?" Is it the Hou Master, the Second Master, or the Third Master? It is impossible for the Hou master, and the second master is also a square character, that is the third master. It's unreasonable, he's still your brother-in-law......"
Sang Xuanyue stopped her in time, "Nurse, don't talk nonsense, it's not the third master." β
"Not the third master? Could it be the second master? The nurse looked up angrily, "Knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing their hearts, this is still the imperial history, he is really a beast with a human face and a beast heart......"
"It's not the second master." Sang Xuanyue was forced to be helpless, she held her head and told the nurse to stop making trouble, "I have a headache, I want to lie down and rest now." β
Don't want the nurse with a complicated complexion, it's not the third master, it's not the second master, it can't be the Hou master.
But Wu Anhou didn't even want the royal county lord.
The lord of Evergreen County was rejected for peace, and this matter caused a storm in the capital. Even these flat-headed ordinary people listened to the love-hate relationship between the Marquis of Wu Anhou and the Lord of Changrong.
So it can't be the Hou Ye with his eyes above the top.
Which else could it be?
Isn't it the guard of the Hou Mansion?
Or is it a Qingke of the Hou Mansion?
Isn't it the poor relatives living in the Hou Mansion?
The nurse thought of the virtues of those poor relatives in the Hou Mansion who fought the autumn wind, and couldn't help frowning.
But she didn't think it could be them. After all, although these people are unproductive, they all know too well how to protect themselves. They relied on the Wu'an Hou Mansion to eat a big family, so they would never dare to do evil things to offend the Wu Anhou Mansion. That's not just a matter of eating melons, let Hou Ye know, Hou Ye doesn't rub sand in his eyes, I'm afraid that it will be light to send them to the official to punish them severely, and he is so angry that he can even cross out their names directly from the family tree.
As long as they are not stupid, those clansmen will not do such a thing that hurts others and is not beneficial to themselves.
So, it's definitely not them.
It's not this, it's not that, the nurse really can't figure out which one it is, so she can only settle the girl to rest in her room for a while with a stomach full of doubts.
But the nurse turned her head and went to find Su Xin and Su Jin.
Su Jin was decocting the medicine, and Su Xin was guarding the fire with a melancholy expression.
The two maids were hiding from the nurse, but they were still caught by the nurse. Fortunately, they were very strict-mouthed, no matter how the nurse beat and asked, the two of them just didn't speak, and the whole thing was like two mussel shells.
The nurse angrily pointed at their heads, "Even I can't hide it, you guys are really good." Okay, okay, if the girl doesn't want to say it, then you will keep the matter secret. Don't tell me, and don't tell anyone else in the house. β
The two nodded repeatedly.
The nurse looked at the medicine jar on the stove again, and the expression on her face became even more melancholy.
If you want her to say, it would be nice if the girl really had a child.
She saw that the girl was so desperate about her previous marriage that she had no intention of remarrying. Even so, the old man who gave birth to his own children and saved himself was empty and lonely under his knees.
But since the girl didn't want it, it proved that the child's father didn't like it, so she drank the medicine and drank it.
I just hope that the girl will not regret it in the future.
*
There was a commotion in the mulberry house here, and the craftsmen worked overtime, and finally installed two pulling beds before the curfew.
The new bed is made of fine beech wood and has a faint woody fragrance. I don't know if it's too tired, or if the soothing incense in the house is too good, Sang Xuanyue lay on the brand-new stepping bed and quickly fell asleep.
Outside the window, the cold wind whistled and swept away, and the cold dripping water turned into ice, and at midnight it snowed again.
The snowflakes fell, suppressing all the noise and impetuousness, the world became more and more quiet, and Sang Twisting Moon slept more and more maturely.
Sang Xuanyue slept well here, but he didn't know that in the Wu'an Hou Mansion, which was separated by two streets, several people were sleeping restlessly tonight.
The old lady and Mama Cui chattered, "What's wrong with this kid?" Running out without saying a word, this is not like her style. This kid is the most intimate and sensible, but this time he didn't have time to say a word to me in advance and ran away, what the hell is going on? But at Yao'er's ceremony, someone was angry with that girl? β
Mama Cui shook her head, "This shouldn't be." β
The general rules of the ceremony were set by her and the old lady, and she kept an eye on the whole process. The guests who can enter the Hou Mansion are all carefully selected, and there are absolutely no people who pick their noses and eyes, have no one in their eyes, and are mean and provocative. Besides, she never heard the little maids mention afterwards that there was something inappropriate in the banquet, that is, Miss Sang was not wronged at the banquet.
But Miss Sang did go out early in the morning, and in the afternoon, someone sent a message that the old man in the family had come to the capital, and she was going to live outside for some time. I won't come back a year ago, and I'll come back to the old lady after a year to apologize. Although this doesn't look like a complaint, let alone a child's temper, it is very subtle compared to Miss Sang's previous proper style of doing things.
Again, she had people inquire about the four gates before, and they all said that no one had sent a message to Miss Sang today......
This is all the more intriguing.
Mama Cui vaguely felt that she was afraid that something had happened at the ceremony.
This matter must have something to do with Miss Sang, but what it is, or the big guys are hiding it from Heyantang; Either that, or not, all of them were kept in the dark, and only Miss Sang knew about it.
However, these speculations cannot be told to the old lady, otherwise the old lady is afraid that she will not be able to rest well these days.
Mama Cui coaxed and persuaded the old lady to rest earlier. It's very cold, and it looks like it's going to snow again. It's warm to sit in the flower hall, but it's comfortable to lie in the hot futon.
The old lady was coaxed to bed by Mama Cui, but in the end, she put things on hold in her heart, so she couldn't fall asleep.
Cui Mama persuaded two more sentences, and the old lady urged Cui Mama to go back to rest as well, and couldn't help but chatter, "It would be nice if Da Lang was here, he has people all around the house, if Da Lang goes to check, he should be able to find out something." β
Mama Cui smiled, "Lang Jun is busy, he can't take care of many major events in the DPRK and China every day, and you still want to use these small things to make trouble for him." β
"Yes, Da Lang is also busy. It's all this time, and I'm still discussing things in the prince's mansion. I heard that the snow disaster in the northwest was serious, and His Royal Highness was ready to go to the disaster relief in person. β
"It's been a cold winter this year, and it's snowing again and again. Seeing the New Year, don't snow anymore, otherwise how can the people live. β
The master and servant were chattering in their minds, when they heard the exclamations of the little maids outside the window, "It's snowing, it's snowing." β
The old lady couldn't sleep anymore, so she got up and was about to push the window, but she was almost stopped by Mama Cui. Cui Mama glanced out through the crack in the window, and sure enough, it was snowing again, and the goose-feather-sized snow flakes fell from the sky, and the ground turned white after a while.
The old lady sat back on the bed, and was even more melancholy at this time, "This God, don't let people live." β
"Don't worry about this, the matter of disaster relief is handled by the adults of the imperial court."
"I'm just an old woman who is dying, I just want to take care of it, and I can't manage it. Alas, I just feel sorry for Da Lang, on such a cold day, I can't go home, but don't freeze outside. β
"With the care of His Royal Highness the Prince, the Hou Ye will not have an accident."
The master and servant muttered to each other, and it was not until the bangs of the first watch rang that the old lady fell asleep.
Mama Cui stayed with her for a while, and when she saw that the old lady was asleep, she walked out.
Shuangli supported her, and Cui Mama slowly moved out.
She is not young, a few years older than the old lady.
Cui Mama has no children and no daughters all her life, so she concentrates on taking care of the old lady, the old lady wanted to send her to Zhuangzi to be raised, it was Cui Mama who said that she was used to being around the old lady, and she was very flustered when she didn't see her for a day, so the old lady left her by her side.
But in the end, there is the Spring and Autumn Period, and now the arms and legs are not very obedient. Staying up all night is even more haggard, and there is a layer of blue and black under the eyes, and I am afraid that I will not be able to slow down after resting for two days.
The two went to Grandma Cui's room together, and Grandma Cui chattered on the road, "The snow hasn't melted a few days ago, and it starts to fall again today, and the housekeepers who came to the capital to deliver the account books are delayed halfway." Even if you can rush to the capital before the year, I'm afraid you won't be able to go home in time for the New Year. This year, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner has more tables. β
Shuangli said, "You are still thoughtful, if you don't say this, I will forget about it." β
"You girl, I don't know you yet? You're the inner show. I don't say it, but I actually think about everything in my heart. The old lady asked you to stay with me more during this time, do you understand? β
Shuangcarp shook her head, and Mama Cui patted her hand and said, "I'm old, and the old lady is also not energetic, although most of these things in the back house are handed over to the second lady and the third lady, but you always have to keep a pair of eyes to stare at." You girl, study hard, in the future, Master Hou will become a parent, the old lady should send you to Mrs. Hou to accompany you, your future is behind. β
Shuang Li's words nodded, but his thoughts couldn't help but drift to yesterday.
Her eyelashes fluttered violently, and many emotions flashed in her eyes, but in the end, they all fell silent.
The things arranged by Hou Ye were designated by her to be done well.
The people around Mrs. Hou? This is also a good errand, but I don't know who the future Mrs. Hou is.
But no matter who it is, Hou Ye and the girl of the Sang family should be unfated......
*
Let's go back to the third room.
Since Zhou Baolu learned that Sang Xuanyue had moved out in the morning, her mood had become cloudy.
She is already smart, and she has put a lot of thought into Sang Twisting Yue, and through some of Sang Twisting Yue's behaviors, she can guess what Sang Twisting Moon did.
Because of this, she thought that Sang Xuanyue was going out of the house this time, and eighty percent of them avoided going out.
But who is she hiding?
If she had expected it to be true, yesterday's event would have been done. It's just that it's definitely not Prince Su who benefits, so who picked the peaches in the end?
Yesterday, the second brother and Shen Tinglan were by the old lady's side, and if they were not made, only the eldest brother Shen Tingjun would be left.
But after the eldest brother sent the prince out of the house yesterday, he never came back. It wasn't until before dinner today that Cheng Lin was sent over to spread the word that he would discuss important matters in the prince's mansion and would not be able to return home for the past two days.
Big Brother has evidence of alibi, it won't be Big Brother. But since Sang Xuanyue left the Wu'an Hou Mansion, the person she wanted to avoid was designated as someone from this mansion.
Zhou Baolu couldn't help but think of the Qing guests, guards, distant relatives of the Hou Mansion, and even more of them, servants.
She was happy in her heart, and felt that she had humiliated Sang Xuanyue; But the plan failed, Prince Su did not benefit, the benefits promised to her would not be fulfilled, and the matter of Daddy's entry into Beijing would have to wait a little longer.
In other words, her busy days have been in vain.
And after this incident, Sang Xuanyue should be more vigilant than before. Next time I want to calculate her, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.
If only I could find Sang Xuanyue's female godmother, I could also threaten her with this matter. Otherwise, there is no evidence and no physical evidence, and she told the matter in vain, not only would no one believe her, but she would slander her and ruin her cousin's reputation.
Zhou Baolu was frustrated and annoyed, and secretly annoyed the person who did her good deeds.
"Don't let me know who it is, or ......"
"What are you babbling about?"
Zhou Baolu was taken aback, and when she came back to her senses, she saw Shen Tinglan standing behind her for some time. And what she was muttering just now, he didn't know how much he heard in his ears.
Zhou Baolu was flustered, her eyes flickered and she didn't dare to look at Shen Tinglan.
She stumbled and asked, "Husband, husband, when did you come over?" yes, yes, what did you just ask me? β
Shen Tinglan looked at Zhou Baolu with a complicated face, and the emotions in his eyes were obscure.
This afternoon, his personal servant finally completed what he had delivered before. I checked all the rumors about Sang Twisting Moon in the house before.
Even the source of these rumors has been found.
And whether it is that Sang Twisting Moon does not abide by the woman's way and water-based Yang Hua, or that Xing Zhou and Sang Twisting Yue's deceased husband looks similar, these rumors are actually spread from the third room.
Is Zhou Baolu stupid?
Or did she take the people in the Hou Mansion of Wu'an for fools?
In the entire Wu'an Hou Mansion, only she and the maid beside her have seen Sang Xuanyue's husband. Whether it is to identify her as a suspect, to look for evidence, or to follow the clues little by little, it will be easy to find that the ultimate source of these rumors is Sanfang.
It's Zhou Baolu.
But why?
How much enmity and resentment do she and Cousin Sang have?
Then again, since this kind of murderous rumor has spread, he must hate the other party to die. But since he was resentful to this extent, why did he bother to bring Cousin Sang to the mansion in the first place?
Shen Tinglan found that he didn't understand his wife more and more.
Or maybe he never understood her.
He even suspected that the Zhou Baolu he was familiar with was simply what she showed and showed him specifically.
Is that so?
Is her mind really so dirty?
Is her calculation really so vicious?
Is she really so hidden?
Shen Tinglan no longer dared to look directly at the person next to him, but this was always his disobedience to his mother and insisted on taking his wife into the door.
Maybe she has a last resort.
Maybe she and Sang Xuanyue really have a constant hatred.
Therefore, she can save her from the sea of suffering out of benevolence and righteousness, but because of those hatreds, she is uneasy, she can't allow Sang to live too happily?
Shen Tinglan decided to give her another chance to plead.
He looked at Zhou Baolu and said, "I see that you have been standing here talking to yourself, but you are worried about Cousin Sang's affairs?" β
"Cousin, what's wrong with my cousin? Didn't she just move out of the house? It's nothing, anyway, my cousin is already unpredictable and moody. I've never guessed what she thinks, she's also stubborn and willful, she has to do whatever she wants, and she can't listen to other people's advice. β
Shen Tinglan didn't mean to question Sang Xuanyue about moving out of the house, she just wanted to give her a chance to plead and let her say what she and Sang Xuanyue didn't deal with. From her voice, Shen Tinglan could hear something meaningful.
He immediately narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked quietly, "Why did Cousin Sang move out, you really don't know?" β
"Husband, what do you mean by that? I feel like I know something, but I really don't. Cousin, she didn't even notify her mother, let alone me. Mother treats her so kindly, but she is good, and she doesn't even say goodbye to her mother in person when she goes out for a few days. My cousin is really spoiled by her family. β
Shen Tinglan looked at Zhou Baolu quietly, although he didn't find anything, he was a little disappointed, but his attention was quickly diverted by Zhou Baolu. He couldn't help but wonder, is it Cousin Sang who is spoiled, or are you spoiled?
It's obviously the same person, but how can there be such a big difference before and after marriage?
Shen Tinglan was a little skeptical at the moment, whether Zhou Baolu in front of him and the person who married him were the same person.
At that time, she was obviously gentle and understanding, and all she could see was the beauty and kindness of her daughter's family.
He still remembered one thing, which happened when they were idle together in Jinju.
When she saw a young man begging on the street, she would say, "You have hands and feet, you have to learn to support yourself." Running errands for people, delivering deliveries to people, as long as it is something that can support yourself, you can do it. To be a man you have to have backbone, and only what you earn with your own hands is your own. If you just want to get something for nothing, and you want to live a lifetime with other people's charity, then your waist will not be straight for the rest of your life. Life is short for decades, do you want to waste your limited life on these shameful slackness? β
At that time, he thought that Zhou Baolu was naΓ―ve and ridiculous, and she actually wanted to persuade a beggar to go up. But he felt that she was innocently glowing.
She is gentle and kind, her back is straight, she is so arrogant and self-reliant in her bones, this is really the most beautiful girl in the world.
But this girl is changeable, can disguise, is scheming, and is fickle.
It's all her, but it's not her.
Neither of them had a good night's sleep that night.
Shen Tinglan never understood when Zhou Baolu began to change, or if this was her nature.
How did she do it, lying so freely in front of him?
And it was when he had already seen that her words were untrue.
Zhou Baolu thought to herself, will it be the man who will pick the peaches in the end?
She also felt that Shen Tinglan's attitude today was weird, and her eyes were obscure. The emotions inside were so complicated, and the eyes were so deep that she wanted to escape.
Zhou Baolu didn't want to be spied on her inner emotions, and she didn't want Shen Tinglan to be disappointed in her, she could only run away again and again, but she would eventually have no escape.
Also unable to sleep was Shen Tingjun in the East Palace.
Just before the palace gate was locked, Cheng Yi and Cheng Lin found out exactly what he delivered yesterday.
The mouth that should have been pried open was opened, and the news that should have been obtained was obtained.
Some of this news was far beyond Shen Tingjun's expectations, and he had to be silent.
Cheng Lin's investigation even came with an easter egg-
Su Jin bought a copy of Shunzi soup at Anmin Pharmacy at the beginning.
Shen Tingjun looked at the line of small words on the paper, he didn't say anything for a long time, his black eyes stared at the line of words, as if he didn't know it, and as if he didn't understand the meaning.
After a long time, he finally crumpled the paper in his palm into a ball.
Shen Tingjun was upset, thinking that he had been thinking about the person in bed all day. But after she sobered up, she sent her personal maid to buy a shunzi soup.
She didn't want his heirs, which made his brow furrow.
"Master, are you resting?"
Cheng Lin's voice sounded outside the door.
Shen Tingjun slowed down for a long time, and only after Cheng Lin thought that the master had fallen asleep did he suddenly say something, "No." His voice was hoarse and deep, as if he was immersed in too many emotions and couldn't help himself.
Cheng Lin couldn't help but shrink his neck, and his heart trembled. He wanted to run away, but tonight he was on duty, and the key was in the palace, and he couldn't go anywhere unless he wanted to die.
Cheng Lin whispered, "Master, it's snowing outside again, the prince is worried that the snow will be too heavy and the snow disaster will intensify, so he invited the Hou Ye and all the guests to the front hall and assigned the disaster relief matters overnight." β
Shen Tingjun said "um" after a long time.
He gathered his emotions and glanced at the paper ball in his hand again. After all, he mercilessly threw the ball of paper into the brazier next to him, watching the paper ball suddenly emerge with clusters of red sparks, watching it turn into ashes in an instant, Shen Tingjun looked at it twice, and then pushed open the door without hesitation and strode out.
It was freezing outside, and Cheng Lin was so cold that the tip of his nose was red, and his snot was about to freeze out, but he didn't even dare to suck at this time.
The things that Hou Ye looked at just now were handed in by him, and he knew exactly what was written on it. There is no good news on the top, and therefore, don't look at Hou Ye's calm face now, in fact, his mood is definitely not much better.
Cheng Lin's desire to survive is very strong, and at this time, he thought that he should make less noise and not annoy Hou Ye. Otherwise, this time I am afraid that it will not be a simple punishment to finish the matter, and he doesn't want to bear the black pot for the two women on the paper.
He despised what the third lady did, and he didn't want to become the Hou Ye's punching bag because of her. As for that Sang girl, no, I don't dare to mention it, I don't dare to think about it......
I'll tell you the bad news, I didn't pass the 72 chapters I amended, and it will take 48 hours before I can continue to apply. In other words, if things go well, everyone will have to wait two days to see my 72 chapters. I have a long memory, and I don't dare to commit crimes against the wind in the future, I really can't afford it.