The Golden Bough and the Dog Verse 68
Yun Yuan fought him again.
After making a fuss for a while, Yun stopped asking the maid to feed her water to moisten her throat, and then asked, "Did Mao Mao tell you where she got this thing?" ”
Yun Yuan had completely gotten rid of his sleepiness, and instead of saying it directly, he frowned lightly and complained: "It's all your fault, the doctor knows that you give Maomao gold, silver and jewelry, you will only bully her, treat her badly, she is not willing to be my sister-in-law!" ”
Yun stopped laughing, "You know something." ”
Whether he treats Tang Xian well or not, only the person concerned can perceive. He didn't think that Tang Xian didn't like him, he really didn't like it, where could he take the initiative to give him his hand?
Besides, her temperament is soft and thorny, and she has never been obedient since she was trapped in the house at the beginning, I really don't like it, it's strange to let him get close.
But Tang Xian was indeed reluctant to agree to marry him.
As a result, Yun Zhu told the two of them about their mutual friendship, which was quite a suspicion of self-inflicted affection.
He couldn't hear those four words anymore.
Yun Zhu pinched the two red agate in his hand and asked casually, "This is what the doctor gave her?" What is Doctor-kun? ”
"It's the doctor!" Yun Yuan hated this person when he mentioned it, knelt on the couch and shouted, "It's an ugly monster!" Still a big bad guy! ”
"I'll tell you to be nice to Maomao, so that you can be her little husband, but if you don't listen, you won't listen! Now it's okay, Maomao's son doesn't want her to marry two husbands! ”
The big doctor, the little husband, the two husbands, plus "Maomao's son", these words were combined to make Yun Zhu's hand holding the agate suddenly stop.
Yun Yuan didn't notice that her brother was gone, and was still muttering, "Maomao's son is so fierce, lock her up and torture her every day." If Mao Mao makes him unhappy, he will beat and scold Mao Mao! ”
Speaking of grief, Yun Yuan felt the same way, and shouted on his back desolately: "Mao Mao is even more pitiful than the second brother!" ”
She said a lot of words, and Yun Zhu finally regained her movement, chuckled, and said, "Who dares to beat and scold her?" ”
There was a hint of contempt and coercion in his tone.
"Her son ......"
Yun Zhu retorted coldly, "She is a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, where did she come from? ”
"Didn't you?" Yun Xuan was half incredulous, hesitated, and grabbed Yun Zhu's arm and asked, "Brother, does Mao Mao really have no son?" How do you know? ”
Yun stopped with a smile in his eyes and said, "She is at most in her two decades this year, even if she has a son, she is only a few years old, where can she beat her and scold her?" ”
"What about the doctor?"
Yun Zhu didn't bother with her about the "little husband" for the time being, and recalled the several physical touches he had with Tang Xian, and Tang Xian's stiff body and unfamiliar reaction at that time.
Again, he reassured: "No, she lied to you." ”
"What are you trying to fool me?" Yun Yuan was sad about this several times, and said angrily, "I didn't lie to Mao Mao, how can Mao Mao treat me like this?" ”
"It's to lie to me." Yun stopped and said, "In order to force me back, I found such a reason." ”
If you have been married, have given birth to children, and your in-laws are not allowed to remarry, what a good reason to refuse.
It sounds very reasonable, but it is precisely because he is married, his mother's family is down, and he is not treated well by his in-laws, that he is locked up in the back house to work, leaving so many small scars on his hands.
It makes sense that he has been missing for so long and no one has reported it to the police to look for him.
Similarly, because he had been married, he was afraid that he would be told that he would stay in a man's nest and not abide by women's morals when he returned, so he refused to tell his life or death.
One reason can explain many problems, and it is a good excuse to say.
"Yes, Mao Mao said that she is the same as Yanxia, she can also deceive people!" Yun Yuan recalled what Tang Xian had said, coupled with his unconditional trust in his brother, and also believed that Tang Xian was lying, and instantly smiled.
Yun Yuan clapped his hands happily, "Without the stinky doctor and the villainous son, Maomao can still be my sister-in-law!" ”
One of the brothers and sisters was full of joy, and the other was calculating in his heart how to teach the liar a lesson later, when suddenly there was an impatient voice outside.
The cloud stops to let people in.
"Childe, the subordinates listened to the conversation between Miss Zhuang and Mrs. Meng, and it seemed that something was wrong......" Shu Li's expression was mixed with indescribable shock.
Yun Zhu's heart was heavy, his face remained unchanged, and he ordered: "Say." ”
"Miss Zhuang said that she has a son......" Shuli said in disbelief, her voice ethereal, like resounding on the cloud-shrouded fairy mountain, "Mrs. Meng also said, "Miss Zhuang, the house is full of children and grandchildren......"
Yun Yuan was immersed in the excitement of being lost and regained, climbed down from the couch, pulled the corner of the carp's clothes and shook it, and corrected: "Maomao is deceiving people, she has no son, and she has never been married, she wants to be my sister-in-law." ”
Shu Li squeezed out a far-fetched smile, and could not bear to tell her that it was the first time that the two girls in the side hall had met in the capital, and that it was without any private contact that they had taken the initiative to tell each other about it.
She looked at the clouds and saw a pair of dark eyes frozen with frost.
Chapter 56: Torture
In the side hall, Tang Xian failed to receive the hint that Bai Xiangxiang was pregnant, and Bai Xiangxiang was distressed and helpless, so he turned to Lou Qianhe.
Outsiders said that he was ill, but in fact he coveted Meng Zhuangyuan's cousin Sun Yaoyan, who had a dispute with the elders of the family and was imprisoned in the house. After getting drunk, he wanted to go out over the wall, and fell half to death. ”
Bai Xiangxiang's original intention was that Lou Qianhe fell unconscious, and there was no need to worry about him exposing Tang Xian's identity without concealment.
While Tang Xian was relieved about this, her eyes shone when she heard her mention her younger brother, and she wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask.
Bai Xiangxiang said again: "Because of this incident, the Lou Mansion is extremely dissatisfied with the Meng Zhuangyuan brothers and sisters, among which the county lord of Qiyang is the most...... Lou Qianhe has pestered you, you have to be careful of his aunt and county lord. ”
Bai Xiangxiang reminded Tang Xian as much as possible to be careful not to get into trouble before returning to the imperial mausoleum.
"Remembered." Tang Xian wrote it down carefully.
The two of them had nothing to talk about, and when the instructions were over, there was nothing to say, and they stared at each other for a long time, and each took a sip of tea.
After a cup of tea, the light in the hall suddenly turned dim, and the sound of the wind and the crackling of branches came to my ears.
Ice basins are also placed in the side hall, and in order to keep it cool, the hall door is half-closed, and the windows are closed.
At this time, the suddenly dim light shifted the attention of Tang Xian, Bai Xiangxiang, and several maids to the outside, and the maids pushed the window to check, and as soon as the window opened, the wind wrapped in the heat wave swept in a few fallen leaves.
Tang Xian's sideburns were blown in front of her eyes by the wind, and she raised her hand to stroke it, covering her forehead, and saw the flowers and trees outside the window swaying in the wind.
Beyond the branches, the sun that hung in the air for half a day in the distance had been obscured, and was replaced by rolling black clouds.
The dark clouds were like silk cloth spread out on the flat ground, surging across half of the sky, almost rushing down from the sky.
The maid closed the window with great difficulty, and came back, "Girl, it is getting cloudy, and it is going to rain again." ”
Bai Xiangxiang had no reason to stay, holding back his unspeakable secrets, and stood up to say goodbye.
Tang Xian sent her to the bottom of the corridor and sincerely thanked her.
Bai Xiangxiang wanted to speak and stopped, and after seeing Meng Lan, he waved his hand weakly and left with his husband.
For Tang Xian, the complex emotions in her heart cannot be explained in a few words.
At first, the two did not deal with each other, but after owing Tang Xian the grace of saving her life, she was determined to save enough 3,000 taels of silver to pay off this kindness as soon as possible.
Before the favor could be repaid, the Tang family suffered.
The two of them can be regarded as growing up together, and after Bai Xiangxiang was surprised, he inevitably felt sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.
More importantly, the idea of taking Tang Xian into the imperial tomb was proposed by her grandfather.
In the eyes of others, there is nothing wrong with this act, and it is a gift to leave her alive by the deposed queen and the daughter of a criminal minister.
But this made Bai Xiangxiang, who already owed something to Tang Xian, blame herself even more, and this heavy regret weighed on her heart for five whole years, and after Tang Xian asked her for help, it was finally alleviated.
It's time to do what you can.
To help Tang Xian intercede for those concubines, and for fear of revealing his feet, Bai Xiangxiang planned in his heart to find an opportunity to talk to Meng Lan and his grandfather about this in a few days.
Meng Lan, who had accompanied her on the journey, didn't know anything, and wondered what she and Shuang'er had said.......
"I'm tired, I want to rest, you go and get busy." Bai Xiangxiang was in turmoil and didn't want to pay attention to him.
After saying that, I remembered that I had to ask Meng Lan to intercede in a few days, and put on a smiling face, took his hand and put it on his stomach, and his voice was surprisingly soft, "I moved around too much today, the child is about tired, and I am tired......
After sending Meng Lan away in a few words, Bai Xiangxiang leaned on the couch and continued to ponder Tang Xian's affairs, and when he closed his eyes to recuperate, he suddenly heard someone laugh and say: "It turns out that the Mrs. Meng that Niangniang is looking for is you......"
Bai Xiangxiang opened her eyes suddenly, and saw the always steady maid tilting her head to look at her with a smile.
Her maids never dared to do that.
It's a human impersonation!
Just as he was about to scream, he said, "Don't panic, we are also old friends, and you handed me a letter when I was at the Imperial Tomb a few months ago!" ”
Bai Xiangxiang was stunned.
A few months ago, in order to test whether Tang Xian was still in the imperial tomb, she asked her confidant to hand out a letter.
After a long time of no response, she thought she had been intercepted by the guards.
Yanxia smiled and said briskly: "Those two little guys said that last time they were on the Tanglin River, you were helping Niangniang to cover up?" It's a good thing you didn't talk nonsense to your husband, otherwise I would have to do the same thing as Lou Qianhe, and make you dizzy......"
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After sending Bai Xiangxiang away, Tang Xian sat alone in the side hall for a long time, and did not dare to return to Lanqinzhai.
From Bai Xiangxiang's mouth, when she heard that her younger brother got rid of Lou Qianhe's entanglement, how happy she was, and how depressed she was now, her heart was like the branches and leaves blown by the wind outside.
She touched the jade bracelet on her hand, thinking that Yun Yuan should have told Yun Zhu, Yun stopped and then regretted letting her wear these.
With a sigh, Tang Xian stood up and slowly took off the jewelry on her body while walking towards Lanqin Zhai.
When the golden hairpin was pulled off, the high-held cloud temples could not withstand the fierce wind, and fell fluffily, and flew up with her wide cuffs, like a colorful butterfly with wings ready to fly.
“…… Looking like it...... "On the attic on a high place, Zhuang Lian saw the thin figure from the window, probably affected by the sudden wind, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the figure was sad and sad.
He turned to the cloud behind the shore of the table and said, "This old girl, if she wants to have a full house of children and grandchildren, she can only make a continuation for the old man who is over fifty years old...... If you are from a noble background, how can you ......?"
Zhuang Lian couldn't figure it out, even ordinary people rarely let young girls be wives and concubines for the old man who was half in the coffin, let alone the noble daughter of a family who was once pampered by thousands of people.
Is it for the sake of profit?
Don't the elders who are in charge of the decisions not want any face at all?
"Hey!" Zhuang Lian sighed in his heart, and when he saw Yun Zhu's expressionless face, he felt extremely remorseful in his heart.
I knew that now, it is better to treat Tang Xian as an ordinary prisoner at the beginning, and simply torture and ask how can there be these things later.
Speaking of which, his "uncle" has a great deal of responsibility.
"Childe ......"
"The ancestral training is cloudy, you must not rob the strong women and the wives of the courtiers, I remember." Yun stopped frowning, his eyes fixed on the letter in his hand, and said calmly, "You don't have to worry, I don't really care about her, but I just see her beauty and move my heart." ”