Chapter 24

Duan Rin didn't say the last sentence, because the girl looked worried, and he didn't want to put pressure on her, so he smiled and revealed it.

……

Wei Jingji didn't enter the door, he looked outside the weeping flower door for a long time before turning around, went to the small kitchen, and handed the fresh pomegranate to the cook.

The cook had just listened to Su Yao's maid's instructions, but she could read the identity of the person in front of her, and she wanted to say something.

He glanced at her and said lightly, "Say." ”

The cook hurriedly answered twice and said, "Just now, the maid next to the county lord came over and said that she wanted more fresh pomegranates, so that the county lord's second cousin could take them away and eat them." ”

Wei Jingji's hand had not left his pocket yet, and when he heard the words, he lifted it again with force on his wrist.

His eyelids drooped and he left without saying a word.

Seeing this, the cook wanted to stop him, but was interrupted by the assistant chef and pulled aside, "You can't be crazy!" That's His Royal Highness the Prince, the future Son of Heaven! How dare you let Your Highness go down and pick pomegranates? Even if the county lord wants to eat it, she can't order His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to help her pick it, let alone give it to others! ”

"How's that good? The county lord ordered someone to come and speak, and it had to be the fruit of the old pomegranate tree, but it was dangerous, who would be asked to pick it! I can't move an old bone! ”

The assistant chef said: "No one can call His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness is golden and noble, and he went to pick pomegranates just to make the county lord happy, what other sons, how can there be such a blessing?" I went and called the White Commander and begged him to bring a few men to pick them up. ”

……

After Wei Jingji walked out of the kitchen, he did not leave the villa directly.

He carried the pomegranate into the room, threw it on the case at will, the burden was scattered, a few pomegranates slid away, and touched the jade pot spring bottle with magnolia flowers.

Wei Jingji leaned down on the kang table, recalling the scene just now, his heart was sour and astringent, and he actually felt a little powerless when he turned his head.

He had seen Su Jiao treat him wholeheartedly, but he never thought that one day her kindness would be given to other men.

She really has a heart for Duan Rin.

Wei Jingji's chest ached, he leaned his head against the window, the bright sunlight shone into the room through the window, and his tall body sat against the light, dragging a long shadow in front of the desk.

He didn't know how long he wanted to leave to go back to the East Palace, but his body didn't move for a long time, and half of his body was numb when he moved.

At this time, the voice of the maid came from the door: "Childe, it's time to drink medicine." ”

In order to hide his eyes, the people in the villa called him Gongzi, and only a few people who had seen him knew his true identity.

Wei Jingji didn't have any emotion in his eyes, and he didn't respond, his back was slightly bent, and the broken hair on his sideburns brushed his face, looking uninhibited and depressed.

The door was pushed open and the medicine delivery man came in.

He frowned slightly, and his pupils shrank when he heard footsteps.

The person who came was Su Yao.

She was still dressed just now, with a bright green skirt and a flying fairy bun, and when she came in, she seemed to bring a bright sunshine in, so beautiful that the corners of her clothes and hair were hazy, and her good-looking eyes looked straight at him.

Wei Jingji sat up straight, looked away, and his throat was slightly astringent, "What are you doing?" ”

The tone is a little stiff.

Su Jiao walked over and picked up a pomegranate, a trace of surprise crossed his eyes, "Commander Bai said that the cook was ordered by me to ask him to find an old pomegranate tree on the mountain, and he couldn't find the location, so he came to look for me, and wanted to ask who the original pomegranate picker was, so as to point him out a location." ”

She sent the cook to come and asked, only to find out that the person who went to pick pomegranates these days has always been the "son" who lives in the bluestone courtyard.

Duan Rin didn't know who it was, but she knew it in her heart.

It was also at that time that Bai Shiyi frowned and said to the cook: "That son has been sick for a few days, and he hasn't seen him for a long time, why are you still so lazy, even let him pick the pomegranate himself, if there is a problem, I think you are tired!" ”

Only then did Su Jiao know that Wei Jingji's quiet days were because he was sick, and she didn't let Bai Shiyi continue to take people to pick pomegranates, and ordered people to stuff a lot of old ginseng elixir into Duan Rin's carriage, send him away, and go to Wei Jingji to take a look.

I happened to meet the maid to deliver the medicine, she didn't hear a reply from inside, and the maid didn't dare to enter with the medicine, seeing that the medicine in the bowl was about to be cold.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Yao still came in, she put down the pomegranate, picked up the medicine bowl again, put it in front of Wei Jingji, and said softly: "The medicine has to be drunk hot to have a good effect, and the cold hurts the stomach." ”

Wei Jingji didn't move for a long time, his back was straight, and his eyes kept falling on the half-human-high vase three zhang away, but he didn't look at her.

Su Yao didn't understand what was wrong with him being so good, thinking about it these days, she hadn't seen him once, she wanted to make him angry, and she had to have a cause and effect.

She was a little impatient, and called him seriously: "Wei Jingji." ”

Wei Jingji's thick eyelashes like a crow's feather closed slightly, and finally turned his head to look at her.

"I don't know what you're angry about, but it should have something to do with me, right?" She said, "If you don't want to see me, then I'll go." ”

After speaking, Su Yao turned around and made a gesture to leave.

At the moment when she turned around, she heard a slight sound, and when she turned her head, Wei Jingji had already picked up the medicine bowl, glanced at the medicinal juice, and raised her head to drink it in a big gulp, and after a while, the thick medicine was at the bottom.

Su Miao breathed a sigh of relief imperceptibly, and walked back with a smile, "Isn't that good, you're still a few years older than me, why don't you want to take medicine." ”

Wei Jingji wiped the corners of his mouth, his eyes were dark, his sword eyebrows were slightly condensed, and he spit out a word.

"Bitter."

“……”

Su Yao remembered that she had asked Bai Lu to find candied fruit and bring it out for Duan Rin, and now she still had some left, ready to be a snack, hesitating for a moment, she took out the candied fruit wrapped in silk cloth from her sleeve and handed it over, "Do you eat this?" ”

Wei Jingji reached out and took it and threw it into his mouth.

Su Yao was surprised, could it be that he didn't drink medicine just now because he was afraid of hardship? Now that he ate the candied fruit she gave, Wei Jingji's face was much better, and the stagnant air seemed to flow slowly.

Slightly tired, he stood up, retrieved the pomegranates scattered on the table, and put them back in his pocket.

Bundled up, Wei Jing looked at her with extreme eyes, and his voice was cold and hard.

"Don't give it to him."

Su Yao stretched out her hand to pick it up, her arms sank, and she reacted to who the "he" in his words was, so she nodded, and said with doubt: "How do you know that I want to give Duan Rin this to eat?" ”

"What's the matter with you that I don't know?" Wei Jingji frowned when he heard Duan Rin's name, and looked down at her pomegranate-hugging arm, but his eyes were attracted by the arm on his arm, and his voice was slightly low, "Is it heavy?" ”

Su Yao shook her head, "I'll let the maid take it, you can rest early, you will be sleepy after drinking the medicine, don't be tired." ”

Wei Jing hummed very lightly, and wanted to say something, but he heard Su Yao walking out, his eyelids drooped slightly, his heart sank to the bottomless place, and he still didn't say anything if he wanted to leave.

He couldn't help but think that even if he returned to the East Palace, she wouldn't find that there was no one missing here.

He seemed to have become a dispensable person next to her.

……

Su Yao soaked in the soup at night, basked in the sun during the day, looked for bamboo when she had nothing to do, listened to her anecdotes about Jiangnan, and then lived for three or four days, her body was already very good, and she was more energetic than before.

After writing a letter to thank the eldest princess and say goodbye, on the night before leaving, she received a letter in the peach blossom paper that was fashionable in the noble girl.

The words in it are flying and dancing, wild and scribbled, which shows the depression in the hearts of the letter writers.

- "Auntie, I'm going to get married." ”

The payment is Mu Ruan.

Su Yao's pupils trembled, and she looked at it again in disbelief, she and Ru An hadn't seen each other for a few days, who was she going to marry? Who is the other party?

The next day, the carriage carrying Su Yao turned a corner when passing through Xuanwu Street, and several carriages carrying salutes behind it branched out, heading straight for the Hussar General's Mansion.

Su Yao and Mu Ru'an have been friends since childhood, and the maid took her directly to the backyard, she found that there seemed to be many more guards patrolling along the way than usual, and the entire majestic general's mansion was enclosed in the red wall.

Mu Ru'an is the daughter of the family, and there are two brothers above, they have entered the Mu family army camp since the time they took the sword, and they have little time with Ru'an, and the rest of the sisters and brothers are all concubines.

Su Yao first went to meet Mu Ru'an's mother, Fang Zhongle.

Fang Zhongle is over half a hundred years old, not angry but mighty, exuding a tenacious and strong temperament, and his temples are like a knife, "The county lord came just in time, this girl Ru'an locked herself in the room and refused to eat, saying that she was going on a hunger strike, if you don't come today, I will ask you to persuade her." ”

Su Yao was puzzled all the way and finally asked: "Madam, which family is Ru An going to marry?" Why so suddenly? ”

Fang Chong Lewen said that the fine lines at the corners of his eyes looked deeper, and he suddenly looked old.

"It's the marriage of the five princes, the saint himself, Qin Tian has calculated the date, and on the fifteenth day of the next month, Ru An will marry him."

The fifth prince Wei Yuan is the son of the concubine, although he was born in the beauty pavilion, but the holy favor is not declining, he has been in charge of the six palaces for a long time, and there is a faint posture of the lord of the six palaces, and there are even rumors in Beijing that if it is not for the concubine's background, Wei Jingji is too eye-catching, maybe the saint will raise it to the queen.

As for the five princes, Su Yao has only met a few times at the palace banquet, and sometimes he and the rest of the princes come to find Wei Jingji, who looks polite and low-key.

Before I could step into the room, there was a banging sound in the room.

A vase smashed open at Su Yao's feet, and Mu Ruan seemed to cover herself in a pillow, and said viciously: "Get out, get out!" Whoever wants to marry that Wei Yuan will marry! Why do you want me to marry someone I don't know! Get out of here!! ”

The maid was frightened, and hurriedly went to check on Su Yao's situation, and saw that she was not hurt, so she carefully went in to report: "Miss, it's the county lord who is here!" ”

The room was quiet for a second, and in the next moment, Mu Ruan threw the pillow on the ground and rushed towards Su Yao.

"Amy, you're finally here!" The brute strength of the girl Shicai seemed to be unloaded in an instant, and she hugged Su Yao with red eyes: "They are too much, why should I marry Wei Yuan by a will, my father and mother really agreed, they actually agreed!" ”

As she spoke, she took a step back and looked up and down with Su Yao's shoulder, "I didn't smash you just now, did I?" How's your illness? ”

Su Yao shook her head and signaled that she was fine.

Mu Ru'an's hair was not combed, her hair was flying in the morning light, her clothes were red like blood, her face was slightly pale, and she looked very bad.

Su Yao took the dishes and chopsticks from the maid and pulled her to sit down at the table of the Eight Immortals, "Eat first, and then talk about what you have to eat." ”

Mu Ru'an saw Su Yao, who was closer than seeing her own sisters, full of grievances and couldn't speak, she was really hungry, sat down and ate two bites, and thought that she had been on a hunger strike for two days, and her father and mother didn't let go, I was afraid that this marriage was ironclad, her eyes suddenly felt a little desperate, and she sobbed while eating.

"Ah Yao, do you think I can only get married?" Mu Ruan gulped down and burst into tears.

Su Yao's own marriage is still a mess, how to persuade others, she is also a little depressed in her eyes, and said in a low voice: "The holy decree has been issued, and it is difficult to collect it." ”

Chapter 25

Mu Ruan was silent, biting the food slowly, and the knuckles of the chopsticks turned white.

Su Yao saw a portrait on the table, and black ink covered half of the face of the person in the painting, "This is the fifth prince?"

"Who else but him? "It's ridiculous," she said, "that I hadn't even spoken a word to him before." ”

Su Yao said softly: "I heard that the fifth prince is low-key and calm, and he is often praised by saints, and he is also very good ...... Langjun in Beijing."

Halfway through the comforting words, she couldn't say it herself.

Su Jiao is the same as Mu Ru'an, both of them are teenage girls, and if she is replaced, she will definitely be unwilling.

Mu Ruan hit the nail on the head and said: "If Wei Yuan is really indifferent, why did he marry me, and why did Concubine Shu ask him to marry me?" ”

The only concubine of the hussar general, what this identity represents is self-evident.