Chapter 45: The Concubine
One
When Shen Qingluo and Ah San returned home, it was already the next morning.
The porter watched with some surprise as Ah San helped the tired Shen Qingluo into the door, although his face was full of doubts, he didn't dare to ask more.
"Where have you been this night?" Nanyun asked expressionlessly. His eyes looked Shen Qingluo up and down.
The sleeves of his shirt were torn, and his skirt was stained with grass green, and his whole body was covered with the smell of dust.
He slowly reached out and gently plucked a leaf from her messy sideburns, with a hint of mockery on his lips: "Don't tell me, you go outing." ”
Shen Qingluo looked at his eyes, and panicked for no reason, she knew that he must have misunderstood.
"Not what you think." Her lips were chapped. She hadn't drunk water for a day and a night, and her lips were already foaming.
"So, tell me, what is in my mind?" Nagumo endured his anger.
Shen Qingluo shook her head tiredly: "I'm very thirsty, let me drink saliva and tell you later, okay?" ”
Nanyun sneered: "This night, you haven't thought of an excuse yet? ”
Shen Qingluo looked at him helplessly: "Don't think nonsense, Ah San and I just went to Zhongnan Mountain." ”
Nagumo laughed: "Zhongnanshan? See the gods? ”
Shen Qingluo picked up a glass of water on the table and poured it down, her throat feeling much better.
"I'm dying of thirst!" She licked her lips pleasantly.
This small action finally angered Nagumo, who angrily grabbed her shoulder and yelled, "What did you do behind my back?!" ”
Shen Qingluo's shoulder ached, and she struggled hard, finding that it was in vain.
"We really went to Zhongnan Mountain, why don't you believe me?" She discerned.
"You guys?" Nanyun sneered: "What an affectionate title!" Aren't you feeling unwell? How could you go so far? Isn't it, just break me apart and be with Ah San, and it will be comfortable? There was a hint of ambiguity in his words.
Shen Qingluo looked at him with some despair, he was like a mad beast, his eyes were full of jealousy and hatred.
"The concubine, the concubine has some questions, go to Zhongnanshan to see the head of Nan'an, if you don't believe it, here is his letter as proof." Shen Qingluo said.
"Okay, I'll take a look." Nanyun snorted softly: "Let me also see the Mobao of the Living Immortals." ”
Shen Qingluo hurriedly took out the letter from her arms and handed it to Nanyun: "Here." It is important to know that the concubine is not a lie. ”
Nanyun had a gloomy face and unfolded the letter.
A blank sheet of paper, empty of a word.
Shen Qingluo was shocked: "How can there be no words?" "I took the blank paper, turned the back, and it was still a blank piece of paper.
Nanyun sneered: "What about the Immortal Mobao that I said? ”
Shen Qingluo's hands trembled slightly, and she muttered, "How can this be?" "It's really hard to argue.
Nanyun snatched the white paper, tore it to shreds, and threw it to the ground: "It's okay to find a clever excuse!" ”
Shen Qingluo said sadly: "I didn't lie to you, I am really innocent." After being a husband and wife for so long, don't you know me? ”
Nanyun stared at her eyes, slowly let go of his arm, and said in a low voice, "Do you know how I spent this night?" I'm worried about you, I'm anxious, I'm afraid that you've had an accident, and even guessed that you met a robber. However, you came back intact, and you looked like this! So, tell me, where did you go that night? Even if you go to Zhongnan Mountain, you won't not go back overnight. ”
Shen Qingluo held on to the corner of the table, barely supporting her weak body, and her voice was filled with infinite grievances and helplessness: "When I came back last night, the city gate was already closed, so I had no choice but to make do with it in the car all night." It's so cold, and the concubine is so uncomfortable. ”
Nanyun's heart tightened, and a man's instinct made him jealous and suspicious: "A lonely man and a widow, spending the night in the car? ”
Shen Qingluo shuddered: "Ah San leaned under the city gate all night and didn't get in the car. If you don't believe him, you can ask him. ”
Nanyun sneered: "Let me ask him, have you slept with my wife?" You're not ashamed, I still want face! ”
Shen Qingluo was furious: "What nonsense are you talking about! I, Shen Qingluo, am also a lady from a famous family, and I am knowledgeable, how could I do such a shameless thing! ”
Nanyun said coldly: "Your fourth sister is also a beautiful girl, didn't she do anything that damaged the boudoir?" The origin of family education is also unknown. ”
Shen Qingluo's blood surged, and there was a pain in her chest: "I look down on her, why do you still marry her as a concubine?" ”
Nanyun said lightly: "You also said it, it's just a concubine." To marry a wife and ask for a lady, you only need to be beautiful to take a concubine. I am Nanyun, poor and poor, but I am a clean white family, and you will never be allowed to defile my family. ”
Shen Qingluo was stunned.
If the fourth sister hears this, I don't know what she will think?
originally thought that he insisted on refusing to marry his fourth sister as a flat wife because he cherished his feelings, but it turned out that this was not the case. He just cares about his family style.
His so-called love is nothing more than that.
Shen Qingluo said coldly: "How are you staying?" ”
Nanyun stared at her: "You passed through the gate in rags, and all the subordinates saw it. Even if I believe in your innocence, how can you prove yourself? ”
Shen Qingluo bit her lip and said disdainfully: "Those who are clear are self-turbid, and those who are turbid are self-turbid, I have a clear conscience, and I don't need to prove it to anyone." If you don't believe it, our husband and wife relationship will end here. ”
Nanyun was silent for a while, and finally sighed: "This matter, just forget it." I hope there won't be a next time. You can rest well. With that, he turned and left, and softly, closed the door.
Shen Qingluo couldn't support her hot body anymore, her body went limp, and she fell on the bed.
Xiao Rong, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, hurriedly came in and shouted, "Su Yue, come with a handkerchief!" Qingxiu, call the kitchen to cook porridge! ”
Two
When Shen Qingluo woke up sweating profusely, the first thing she saw was her mother-in-law's concerned eyes.
"Daughter-in-law, what do you think?" The old lady was kind and kind, and she looked like Shen Qingluo's mother, which made her want to cry for no reason.
"Look at your sweat." The old lady lovingly wiped her forehead.
Shen Qingluo closed her eyes and tried hard to recall the dream that had just dispersed.
A river of spring water, a lonely boat, and more and more blurred pictures remain in my mind.
It was still the familiar voice, with a deep sadness: "Little Yu'er, I have something on my mind, do you know? ”
Shen Qingluo opened her eyes in pain, and she remembered Nanyun's angry expression.
He suspected that she and Ah San had done something unscrupulous.
She didn't want the misunderstanding to get deeper, and she had to explain it to him.
"Where is he?" She spoke suddenly.
"I'm here." Nagumo smiled.
Shen Qingluo glanced sideways slightly, and her husband was sitting on a low stool beside her. His smile was gentle and bright, as if the quarrel and misunderstanding had never existed.
"You slept for two days. You know? I'm worried about you. He said.
"Two days? So long? Shen Qingluo was suddenly startled. So, what day is today?
"They have already passed the door, and they have not yet saluted, waiting to greet you." Nagumo said slowly.
Hello, please? They? Shen Qingluo came to her senses. She sat up suddenly, and then realized that in front of the couch, there were two brightly dressed women.
Qingluan and Yuan'er.
Shen Qingluo felt a pain in her heart.
What should come can't be avoided after all.
Qingluan was wearing a pink cigarette shirt with the same color ice veil, revealing a graceful neck and collarbone, and the herring stone hung on the neckline, which was very eye-catching and eye-catching.
Shen Qingluo tried her best to let herself ignore the existence of the herring stone.
"Qingluan greets my sister." Qingluan bowed down, respectful and dignified, and her wide skirt swayed to the ground, like moonlight scattered all over the ground.
Shen Qingluo's gaze was fixed on her clothes.
Sure enough, it's pink. Nanyun did not accommodate Qingluan at this point, except for that one, and took off the plaque of "Qingyun Garden".
"Yuan'er greets Madame." Yuan'er lowered her head, not daring to raise her eyes, she wore a pale pink spring brocade dress, which looked elegant and moving.
Shen Qingluo glanced at Nanyun. The latter nodded slightly, with a somewhat flattering expression.
Shen Qingluo said lightly: "Since we have entered the door, we will be a family from now on, husband and child, filial piety to mother-in-law, and it is our responsibility to be a wife and concubine as soon as possible." ”
Shen Qingluo slowly took the teacup handed by Xiao Rong and took a small sip slowly.
Through the curling moisture, Qingluan's hanging eyelashes are particularly beautiful.
"Get up." Shen Qingluo said lightly.
Qingluan thanked him, stood up, and stood aside.
"As for Yuan'er," Shen Qingluo paused for a moment and continued: "Originally, it was my maidservant, and she took her maid as a concubine, which was not in accordance with the rules. Why don't you take the house first, wait for the future to give birth to a boy and half a girl, and then accept it as a concubine, what do you think? Husband? She looked at Nagumo with a smirk.
Nanyun hesitated slightly: "This? He saw that Yuan'er's face suddenly became gloomy.
The so-called through the room, is a girl who can sleep with the master at any time, the identity of a half-maid and half-concubine, if she gives birth to an heir, there is still hope for the upper position, if there is no one, even a girl is not as good.
Yuan'er glanced at Nanyun quickly, the meaning was obvious, she hoped that he could fight for her place.
Nanyun glanced at Shen Qingluo, who looked at her.
The old lady reprimanded: "What this and that! I think my daughter-in-law is right! A girl seduced her master and said it, which was very ugly. is a room, and it doesn't disgrace her. As he spoke, he glanced at Qingluan on the side by the way.
To be honest, she really doesn't have a good impression of this concubine who has just entered the door.
A good woman does not marry a second husband, a woman who has been divorced, restless and self-conscious, thinking behind closed doors, just a few days of hard work, she can't bear the loneliness and marries someone else. If it's someone else, it's okay, it's my brother-in-law!
The twists and turns in this are straightforward, and the old lady has also heard about it, and she has also persuaded her bitterly, but helplessly, her son is determined to marry, and Dunliang's daughter-in-law is willing to agree, so the old lady has to give up.
It's just a concubine, and it can't rise to the point of insulting the lintel.
It's just that if you want the old lady to look at her, I'm afraid it's not easy.
Qingluan seemed to turn a deaf ear to the old lady's contempt, and her eyes slowly fell on a huge floor vase.
In the bottle, a few peach blossoms are blooming beautifully, just like her face at the moment.
Nanyun's face flushed, and he said with a smile: "Even if you think so, it's naturally good, so let's do it." ”
Yuan'er wanted to say something, but finally swallowed the words on her lips indignantly.
"Don't thank you Madame?" Xiao Rong sneered.
"Mrs. Xie." Yuan'er kowtowed.
"Get up. You're used to waiting, and you're really not used to it. From this day forward, you will serve me in grooming. Shen Qingluo looked at her with a smile: "Today is a happy day, just comb me a phoenix bun." ”
Yuan'er stood up slowly and reluctantly took the wooden comb handed over by Xiao Rong.
She remembered Shen Qingluo's words a few days ago: "Whether this concubine can be done or not, it is still unknown, you get carried away, it's too early." ”
It turned out that at that time, Shen Qingluo had already made up her mind and was determined to destroy her good deeds.
Yuan'er looked at Shen Qingluo with a gloomy face.
The war between the two women quietly kicked off.
Shen Qingluo's face had a sneer with an imperceptible hint of pleasure and hatred.
Any woman, with the passage of time, can forgive those who betray her, who fights with her for a husband, but can never forgive those who hurt her children.
It's a pity that Yuan'er just did that.
Shen Qingluo regretted that she brought the homeless Yuan'er home from the street back then.
The one who was wholeheartedly kind turned around and bit himself viciously.
Is there anything more heart-wrenching than that?
It's not too late to make amends, as long as she is not allowed, there will be another chance.