One

As soon as he entered the hall, before he could catch his breath, Qingluan saw at a glance that Xiao Rong was coming in with a cup of tea.

Qingluan rushed forward, without saying a word, raising his hand was a crisp slap.

The teacup slammed and slammed.

Xiao Rong was stunned and held her hot cheeks and cried.

Nagumo shouted, "What are you doing! ”

Qingluan found out that Shen Qingluo was leisurely sipping tea and sitting on top of the high hall, and next to him, Nanyun had already stood up with an angry face.

"Presumptuous! What do you do indiscriminately, just hit Xiaorong? Nagumo shouted.

Shen Qingluo put down the teacup heavily, and her face was grim: "Do you think this is your mother's family?" Let you fly! No matter how wrong Xiaorong is, she is also my girl, and it is not your turn to discipline her. As the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat the dog, why doesn't my sister understand this truth? You came up to the court, you didn't see the courtesy, you didn't say a word, you were angry, you beat my girl, do you still have me in your eyes? ”

Qingluan concluded.

She slowly examined Shen Qingluo, who was a little unfamiliar.

Shen Qingluo is no longer the eldest sister who can be bullied and ignored at will. At this time, she was the lady of Nanfu, who was high in the sky, and she showed the majesty of being the housewife with her righteous words, and seemed to be able to trample herself under her feet at any time.

And she is just a concubine with a humble status. Everything about himself was pinched in the palm of Shen Qingluo's hand.

Qingluan forcibly suppressed his anger and gave a salute: "Sister Wanfu." ”

Shen Qingluo smiled slightly: "My sister is so angry. I don't know how bold Xiao Rong is to dare to offend the second lady? ”

Qingluan sneered: "As the saying goes, be strict with the law and be lenient with others." As a housewife, my sister should first start from herself, how to condone the personal girl's nonsense and tell right and wrong. ”

Shen Qingluo raised her hand and swept the hair on her forehead, with an elegant posture: "Oh, does my sister think that I, the housewife, are negligent in discipline and intend to overstep my bounds?" ”

Qingluan unconsciously lowered her voice: "Sister doesn't dare." ”

Shen Qingluo beckoned and motioned for Xiao Rong to come over.

Xiao Rong looked at Qingluan with palpitations.

"Xiao Rong, when did you offend the second lady? Actually provoked the second lady to be angry? Shen Qingluo reprimanded.

Xiao Rong shook his head blankly: "The slave doesn't know." ”

Qingluan said angrily: "You still don't admit it? What should you be guilty of slandering my mother's innocence? ”

Shen Qingluo smiled faintly: "This, Xiaorong has never wronged your mother." I'm looking for you for this. ”

Qingluan was stunned.

Nanyun waved his hand and motioned for the maid to stand down.

There were only three people left in the hall.

Shen Qingluo's face was solemn: "Sister sit." ”

Qingluan's heart thumped.

Shen Qingluo opened her mouth and said, "There are no outsiders here, I might as well say it directly." My aunt did something ugly, and was locked up by my father, and no one was allowed to visit, and her life was only in the mist. I think that no one can persuade my father except you, so I called you here today to ask you to go back and save your mother. ”

Qingluan stood up suddenly, his face was pale, almost incredulous: "You're not joking, are you?" ”

Shen Qingluo smiled bitterly: "This kind of thing, how can you lie?" We tried hard to persuade each other, but my father insisted on not complying. I think only you can do it, after all, Daddy Yu, you are gracious. If it's any later, I'm afraid it'll be too late. ”

Qingluan's feet were soft, leaning on the vermilion lacquered pillar behind him. Her eyes fell on Nan Yun. How much she hoped that Nanyun could tell her in person that this was not true, it was just a prank by Shen Qingluo.

But Nanyun didn't look at her, lowered his head and played with the wrench in his hand, seemingly deaf to the conversation between the two sisters.

Qingluan's heart sank suddenly.

It seems that what Shen Qingluo said is true.

Qingluan wanted to make a determined appearance, but those tears that slipped down one after another revealed the shame and weakness in her heart.

's own mother, doing such a thing that damages the lintel, how can a daughter raise her head.

Nanyun said slowly: "I have already asked someone to prepare the carriage, just outside the door, you can go quickly." There is no need to rush back. ”

Qingluan was ashamed, didn't care about anything, and turned to leave. In a panic, he almost hit the door.

"Why don't you go with your sister? My sister felt uncomfortable, but she had a comfort. Shen Qingluo said softly.

Nanyun snorted from his nose with a hint of contempt: "I can't afford to lose that face!" ”

Qingluan's heart was sour, tears fell, three steps and two steps, and he seemed to escape.

Shen Qingluo looked at Qingluan's back and sighed, "The family is unfortunate. My aunt is really angry. Let the daughter, how can she raise her head. The fourth sister is just that, she is a concubine, and the husbands of the second sister and the third sister are all families with status, so I don't know how embarrassing it will be. ”

Nanyun picked up a cup of tea and was silent.

Shen Qingluo looked melancholy: "My father was hit by this, and I don't know how to get through." ”

Nanyun said gently: "You are pregnant, so you should worry less about these troubles." ”

Shen Qingluo lowered her head and gently stroked her abdomen with her hand.

He was right when he said that nothing is more important than your body. This fragile little life needs to be protected wholeheartedly to ensure that it is safe.

I am pregnant, not only must I always be on guard against plots, but I also have to work hard to fight wits and courage, how hard it is.

At this moment, she finally understood how painful and helpless her own mother, Mrs. Shen, was in the face of Aunt Lian, who was as beautiful as a flower by her father's side.

A woman who loves her husband, but can't love her or her, even if she is her sister.

Instinctively, I just want to do everything I can to exclude, alienate, or even, frame.

His efforts were not in vain, Xiao Rong's slap was not in vain, how disproportionate a woman's beauty and morality are, it seems that he should understand.

There is such a disgraced mother-in-law, with this shame and stain, no matter how Nanyun dotes on her, thinking about it, in this life, she will not be able to shake and threaten the status of her main room.

Shen Qingluo let out a long sigh.

Two

After returning from the Shen Mansion, Qingluan closed the door and hid in the Quanzhen Garden all day long, never stepping out of the garden gate. Even to say goodbye to the old lady, she excused herself from illness on the pretext of being sick.

Nanyun went to see her several times, but she was all closed.

At first, Nagumo was unimpressed.

Her mother's business, she needs time to digest and calm down, let her be quiet.

However, one morning, Nanyun came out of Yuan'er's room and suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Qingluan for ten days.

Thinking of her beautiful face and graceful posture, a heart can no longer be calmed. I originally planned to go to the hall to meet guests, but I temporarily changed my mind the moment I passed by Quanzhenyuan.

"Chen Fu, if Mr. Tian comes, wait for him to drink tea and wait for me, I'll be there later." Nagumo commanded.

"However, at this time, Mr. Tian is only afraid that he has come." Chen Fu hesitated.

"But what, don't go quickly!" Nagumo reprimanded.

"Yes." Chen Fu had no choice but to agree.

Through the closed door, Qingluan's voice was calm and indifferent: "The concubine wants to be quiet, please don't disturb." ”

"It's been quiet for days, what else? Are you planning to go out for the rest of your life? Don't overthink it. You open the door. Nagumo persuaded.

There was no answer in the house.

"Luan'er," Nanyun said softly, "You open the door and let me in." ”

Qingluan said coldly: "The concubine didn't dare to open the door, for fear of losing the face of the princess." ”

Nanyun smiled awkwardly: "It turned out that he was angry with me." I just said it casually that day, but who knew you would take it to heart! Fool, you are you, your mother is your mother, how to mix them up? In the past few days, I have come to see you several times, but you don't want to see me. I thought, maybe you really want to be quiet, how do you know you will be so careful. Don't be cranky, open the door! ”

There was not a single movement in the room.

Nanyun was patient and said softly: "Isn't it okay for me to compensate you?" That day, in front of my wife, I had to make a show, didn't I? ”

The door slowly opened, and Qingluan, with a plain face, stood at the door. Her sideburns were messy, her eyes were red and swollen, and she looked like she had just cried.

She wore a Luo dress casually, the skirt was swaying on the ground, lazy and lonely, and a little touching in the mess.

"My son, I haven't seen you for a few days, you have lost a lot of weight." Nagumo hugged her with some distress.

Qingluan leaned on his shoulder a little numbly, and said softly: "Do you know, my mother is gone." ”

"Gone?" Nanyun was taken aback: "She looked for a short time? ”

"If she were dead, I wouldn't be bothered." She said word by word: "But she didn't die, she left, I don't know where she went." ”

Nanyun was stunned and said, "How could such a thing happen? She is a woman, she is locked in the room, how can she escape? ”

Qingluan's voice was full of tears: "That day, I cried and begged my father, begging him to forgive my mother. My father couldn't stand my pleading, but finally relented and promised me to go see my mother. I took the food, took the key, and opened the door to my mother's room. However, my mother was not in the house. I searched all the rooms, but I couldn't find any trace of her. ”

Nanyun unconsciously asked, "Where has she gone?" ”

Qingluan was dripping: "I also think it's strange. The doors and windows were closed, how could she not be in the house. It wasn't until I looked up and found a hole in the roof that I realized that my mother, she had escaped. ”

Nanyun frowned and muttered, "She has no other choice but to escape. It's just, who rescued her? Entering the house, flying eaves and walking walls, in the courtyard of the Shen house, entering and exiting the realm of no one, not a first-class master, how can you do it? ”

Qingluan's voice was low: "At first, I never believed that my mother would do anything unacceptable, but when I saw that hole, I had to believe it." The hole, in the roof, removed a few tiles, and my mother couldn't do it anyway. She does have helpers on the outside. When that man saw my mother being imprisoned, he did not hesitate to risk his life and sacrifice himself to save him, and he can be regarded as a loving and righteous person. ”

She lowered her eyebrows and sighed, and there was a bit of envy in her expression.

Nagumo was stunned for a moment. I can't see that Aunt Lian can still do such a shocking thing. He was very curious, who dared to seduce Shen Wanjin's concubine, and successfully escaped under Shen Wanjin's nose. For the first time, he quickly searched in his mind and swept the Shen Mansion up and down. Come to think of it, there is no one who can be equal.

"So, your mother eloped." Nagumo said slowly.

Qingluan lowered his head silently. At that moment, she remembered her unsuccessful elopement.

In a sense, the mother is happy.

eloping with the man you love, even if you are wandering the world, you should be very happy.

It's a pity that Ah Duan doesn't have such superhuman skills, otherwise, he wouldn't have been chased back by his father and his fingers cut off.

Now, the yellow sand is buried in the bones, and I don't know where the soul falls.

Poor and uncertain riverside bones, like a person in a deep dream.

Qingluan's tears slid down her cheeks, and she didn't know whether she was sad for herself or for her mother's departure.

"Isn't it embarrassing?" She didn't dare to look into Nagumo's eyes. It is indeed embarrassing to have such a mother-in-law and be a son-in-law.

Nanyun smiled slightly: "It is indeed a surprise. ”

Qingluan slowly left his arms, looking at his eyes with some uneasiness: "What do you say to do?" I don't have any idea at all. ”

Nanyun smiled: "This sentence should be asked to your father, it's not my turn to make an idea." What does the father-in-law think? ”

Qingluan sighed: "My father's health is not good, and this anger makes it even more difficult to get out of bed." After all, in Chang'an, my family also has some influence, and such ugly things, publicizing them, can only make people laugh, so I can only send someone to secretly investigate. ”

"But what's the clue?" Nagumo asked.

"What's the clue! My father sent someone out to search, but there was no trace inside and outside the city. She sighed: "This matter, I don't think it happened overnight, my mother didn't leak a drop of water, and even I, as a daughter, didn't notice it." I don't know who is so bold that he does this ugly thing of seducing a woman from a good family. ”

Nanyun frowned: "What servants are missing in the family?" It is said that your mother does not go out of the door, and the second door does not step, and there is no opportunity to contact outsiders. ”

"My dad thought about it a long time ago. After a check, no suspicious person was found. Besides, my mother is also a proud person, a servant in the family, how can my mother look at it! I don't know what kind of character it is, it is worth her to give up my father, give up the days of raising Youzun, and run away without hesitation! She didn't even save a little face for her three daughters! Qingluan said indignantly: "If you catch him, see how Dad cleans him up!" ”

Nanyun smiled and said, "So, do you want your mother to be caught?" Does your face matter, or does your mother's life matter? ”

Qingluan was taken aback.

If the mother is recovered, she will inevitably follow her old path, but I am afraid that it will be even worse.

If that's the case, I'd rather never come back.

It's just, is that person worthy of his mother's life? How long can you last in exile and hiding? When the mother is Lao Zhuhuang, will that person treat her as always?

Nanyun lifted her chin and stared at her slightly haggard face, and had to admit that there was indeed a little contempt in her heart: "I have a few friends in the rivers and lakes, who are well-informed, and may be able to help." ”

Qingluan panicked and quickly: "Don't! She whispered, "I don't want anyone to know about it." ”

Nanyun said lightly: "This is difficult. ”

Qingluan sat on the couch dejectedly: "In the past few days, the eldest sister has not returned to Ning?" Sooner or later, she would know about it. ”

Nanyun's fingers went into her long hair and comforted her in a low voice: "Your sister is a virtuous woman, she will only feel more sorry for you, and she will never dislike you because of this." ”

Qingluan looked at him: "What about you?" I only care what you think. ”

Nagumo didn't speak, his lips on hers, soft and passionate.

Qingluan couldn't help but close her eyes and meet his light kiss.

Subconsciously, under the thick shade of flowers, a young man in white dressed in snow looked at her gently.

"Ah Duan." She muttered in a fit of intoxication.

Nagumo was stunned.

Ah Duan?

In a slight hesitation, Qingluan opened his eyes: "Nanlang? ”

Nagumo smiled.

Maybe I misheard.