Chapter 18

Rong Jin didn't know when he fell asleep, and he didn't know how long he had been asleep, and when he woke up in a daze, it was already dusk. The afterglow of the setting sun reflects the shadows of the window lattices on the ground, and a fresh breeze blows through the summer heat.

She rubbed her eyes, and after realizing where she was, she subconsciously looked up at Shen Yu.

It's just that because she has been sleeping there for a long time, her neck is stiff, and she gasps in pain, and her delicate eyebrows and eyes wrinkle.

Shen Yu lay there sideways, no different from what she had seen before she went to bed, with a calm expression, as if he didn't care about her negligence.

She was supposed to guard Shen Yu, just in case there was any accident, but she slept so ignorantly for a long time, Rong Jin couldn't even say it.

Seeing that Shen Yu's lips were dry, she tentatively proposed, "Do you want to drink some water?" ”

Seeing him bow slightly, Rong Jin got up on the edge of the bed, half of his body was numb, and he almost limped to pour water.

Shen Yu's condition seemed to be soothed compared to before, at least she didn't need to feed the water carefully, her thin hand took the tea cup, the bone joints were prominent, and the bruised veins on the back of her hand were still very conspicuous.

It's like a fine white porcelain with ice cracked glaze.

He took a sip of warm water, licked the corners of his chapped lips again, and suddenly said, "You are listening to Zhuxuan, what do you want?" ”

Although there were not many people waiting in the courtyard, there was no shortage of manpower to the point where she needed to devote her energy.

Rong Jin's previous explanation of why he was not afraid of him, Shen Yu reluctantly believed it, but the difference between "not afraid" and "attentive", even if he was so ill that he was delirious, he would not be able to distinguish it.

"I ......" Rong Jin didn't dare to look at him, lowered his eyelashes, and said half-truthfully, "I heard you tell Shang Lu to go out of the city to invite 'Miss Yan' last night, so I thought about it to see if it was the one I knew." ”

Shen Yumo cupped his cup and thought thoughtfully: "When did you recognize Yan Qingyi?" ”

"A long time ago, when my mother was still alive," if it weren't for the intention, Rong Jin himself wouldn't be able to remember how many years had passed, "I helped Miss Yan once by chance, and I knew each other because of this." ”

But it's not a deep friendship, after Yan Qingyi moved out of the capital, there was even less contact with each other.

Shen Yu understood.

As early as three years ago, when he used Yan Qingyi, he had asked people to check her background experience in detail, and if Rong Jinzhen and Yan Qingyi were particularly familiar, he would have known it at that time.

He put the remaining half of the tea back in Rong Jin's hand, and said casually: "Go back." ”

Rong Jin left Tingzhuxuan, and did not immediately go back to his own fine willow courtyard, but took a detour to the Buddhist hall of the other courtyard.

In the past, when chatting, Granny Su once mentioned that this courtyard was not the garden of the Shen family, but the dowry of Shen Yu's deceased mother.

Mrs. Shen's surname is Ruan, and she is from a merchant's background, and it can be said that General Shen, who was born in the Earl's Court, is not in the right household.

At the beginning, General Shen had not been married for a long time, and it was delayed until the year of his establishment, when he met Miss Ruan who wanted to recruit a husband, he fell in love with his wife who was still in the boudoir at first sight, and almost wanted to enter the Ruan family.

Old Uncle Shen was so angry with this rebellious eldest son that he was bedridden, and there was a lot of uproar in Beijing about it, until the first emperor Chrysostom finally ended this "farce".

Miss Ruan married into the Earl's Court and became Mrs. Shen, but she was impatient with the rules of the Earl's Palace, as long as General Shen was not in Beijing, she would come to live in another courtyard.

And this Buddha hall was set up for her to have a safe pregnancy after she finally became pregnant with Shen Yu.

Later, General Shen was involved in the dispute over the succession, and was victimized by the poisonous plan of the deposed prince's faction, and was buried in Brahma with 30,000 Anping troops. At that time, no one knew that Shen Yu was still alive, and after Mrs. Shen heard the news of the death of her husband and only son, she was exhausted and could not afford to fall ill.

Within a year, it was gone.

This courtyard has no owner, and it is dusty, only Granny Su and a few old servants of the Ruan family are still guarding it.

It wasn't until Shen Yu returned to Beijing three years ago that he added a little more vitality.

Shen Yu also worshipped the Buddha with his mother when he was young, but after returning from Mobei, he never set foot in the Buddhist hall again, so Granny Su would come to clean it personally every once in a while, and add incense.

The summer rain is abundant, the corners of the stone steps have grown moss, and the corners of the wall have been beaten by the wind and rain over the years, and the traces are mottled, revealing some vicissitudes.

Rong Jin stepped into the Buddhist hall and saw Granny Su kneeling on the apricot-yellow cushion, her eyes closed, her lips opening and closing silently, she should be reverently reciting Buddhist scriptures.

She didn't make a sound to disturb, and after lightly putting on the pillar incense, she also knelt down beside her.

When Granny Su heard the movement of her clothes, she knew that she was coming, and after reciting the last Buddhist scripture, she opened her eyes and hesitated: "How is Childe's condition?" ”

"It's been stabilized for the time being," Rong Jin didn't dare to relay Yan Qingyi's words truthfully, and the wording was much more tactful, "Mother-in-law rest assured." ”

Granny Su stroked her heart and recited the Buddha.

Seeing that she seemed to be out of strength, Rong Jin stepped forward to help the person up, and whispered: "Gongzi Jiren has his own natural appearance, you can relax and pay attention to your body." ”

"My wife has lived to this age and has enjoyed enough blessings, but the son has suffered so much......"

Granny Su has been by Mrs. Shen's side for decades, and she has watched Shen Yu go from a cute child who babbles to a high-spirited teenager, and then to the current situation, how can she not feel distressed?

Moreover, General Shen and his wife only have such a son as Shen Yu, if he has three longs and two shorts, the bloodline of the two will really be severed.

Granny Su half-leaned on Rong Jin, and she helped her down the steps, and sighed: "Good boy, you are a proper person, don't always be bored in the fine willow courtyard on weekdays, it's good to go to Gongzi to help serve one or two." ”

Granny Su used to call Rong Jin to serve the night, so she had the idea of "matchmaking".

Although her little son brought back Rong Jin from Li Wangfu, but in order to refuse the marriage, she also understands the temperament of the little son, not to mention the side, he sees Rong Jin at least not disgusted, and even pleasing to the eye.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have left people in the other courtyard at all.

At that time, Granny Su was thinking that no matter what Rong Jin's background was, if she could really lead Shen Yu to taste the things of men and women, eat the marrow and know the taste, and no longer always look like a worldly appearance, it would not be a good thing.

Now that she has gotten along, she really feels that Rong Jin is a very good girl and is liked.

Rong Jin vaguely guessed Granny Su's thoughts, and answered vaguely.

Her plans were different from Granny Su's, but this sentence could be regarded as a natural reason for her to go to Zhuxuan.

Back to the Hosoliuyuan in the evening, Rong Jin ate some snacks, freshened up and rested.

She thought that she would fall asleep soon, but perhaps because she had slept with Shen Yu in the afternoon, she didn't feel much sleep, and she tossed and turned and remembered Shen Yu's illness.

If he really had an accident, he wouldn't have survived tonight......

Then she has no restraints, and she doesn't have to tremble, worrying that Shen Yu will poison her one day.

This thought unconsciously came to mind, Rong Jin pressed his chest, and felt his heart beating like a drum.

But the next moment, for no reason, I remembered that under the dusk sunset in the evening, the gilded and reddish Buddha statue in the Buddha hall looked at her kindly and solemnly.

Rong Jin was pulled left and right by these two emotions, and he didn't sleep well all night, and he got up at dawn the next day.

She didn't dress up like she did that day in the temple market, she changed into the waist-length skirt she usually wears at home, her black hair was curled into an ordinary hairstyle, and only two flat hairpins were inserted.

After Granny Su saw it, she shook her head disapprovingly: "The girls next to her are all dressed up in different ways at this age, why don't you open up." ”

As she spoke, she pinched a rose that was blooming brightly and put it on for her.

At her age, she looks beautiful, even if she doesn't deliberately dress up, she is more delicate than flowers.

Rong Jin saw that Granny Su's eyebrows and eyes were stretched, and she had the leisure to say this, so she knew that Shen Yu should be fine last night.

She had some indescribable taste in her heart, lowered her eyes, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of the originally lush and purple flowers in the corner of the courtyard that were a little withered, and said in surprise: "I remember that it was fine yesterday......"

Changfeng came out of the room with the medicine bowl, happened to hear this, and explained: "Xiaorui is lazy, and she splashed the water soaked in silver needles here last night. ”

I didn't know that after just one night's work, the flowers that had bloomed well would wilt, and it seemed that eighty percent would not survive.

Rong Jin saw the half-black silver needle with his own eyes yesterday, and knew that it might be poisonous, but he really didn't expect it to be so violent.

Granny Su frowned: "Why are you used to being so slack?" Go and inform Ah Ping and ask her to take the punishment as well. ”

Now the people left in the courtyard are all old servants of the Ruan family, who have been friends for many years, and Granny Su is a good talker on weekdays, and the rules are not strict. It's just that Shen Yu fell ill, and he didn't dare to pay attention, which was regarded as touching her moldy head.

Rong Jin went to the teahouse and made a pot of Longjing according to Changfeng's words.

This is the tribute tea sent from Jiangnan at the beginning of spring, and when Shen Yu became a beautiful errand, and before he left the Li Wangfu, the saint gave him a catty.

Shen Yu didn't love Longjing, so he didn't move all the time, and he didn't know how to remember it today.

The leaves stretch out in the pot, and a faint fragrance spreads.

Rong Jin stepped into the inner room with a pot of vermilion and purple sand, and saw Shen Yu leaning on the head of the bed, his black hair untied, and he casually draped a moon-white coat, with a little careless laziness.

His complexion was still not good, but at least it wasn't as gray as it was yesterday.

When he spoke again, his voice seemed to be clearer: "You seem to be a little disappointed." ”

Rong Jin didn't know why: "What? ”

Shen Yu didn't accept the tea offered by Rong Jin, his eyes were fixed between her eyebrows, and he said unhurriedly: "See that I am still alive." ”

The heat of the tea shines through the walls of the purple sand cup, which is a little hot.

Rong Jin was shocked and almost couldn't hold it steady, but quickly calmed down and said slowly: "The slave didn't." ”

She didn't show timidity, just knelt there with her eyebrows lowered and her eyes pleasing to her eyes, looking docile, and only the rose on her temples added three points of bright color to her body.

Shen Yu propped up his forehead and saw some clues: "Did Granny Su call you here?" ”

Rong Jin's expression was a little cramped, and his head lowered: "Yes." ”

She was still holding the hot tea, her plain white hands, and her fingertips were slightly red.

She wore a goose-yellow collared shirt today, her skin was shiny, the tie outlined her waist, and the long skirt spread out on the ground, like a quiet blooming epiphany.

But because of his questioning, his eyebrows were scowling, and he wilted.

Shen Yu knew what Granny Su was thinking, stared at Rong Jin for a while, and suddenly felt that it was quite boring for her to deal with such a little girl, so why did she have to embarrass her?

He motioned for her to put the hot tea aside: "This matter is Granny Su's assertion, I haven't thought about embarrassing you, and you don't have to wait here all the time, just go back." ”

Shen Yu still remembered that night, Rong Jin was tortured by the medicated wine and almost delirious, but he still tried his best to stay away from him, and he didn't think about clinging.

thought that Rong Jin would leave with a sigh of relief when he heard this.

But she didn't move, but said very softly: "There is no embarrassment." ”

Shen Yu was about to take the teacup for a moment, and his eyebrows raised slightly: "What did you say?" ”

"The slave said," Rong Jin bit his lip and looked up at Shen Yu, "The slave didn't feel embarrassed. ”