[Qing Chuan] Qing Chuan Wu Shi

The Yonghe Palace is the second entrance courtyard, with the main entrance facing south, the yellow glazed tiles shining brightly, the animals on the eaves and corners raising their heads to the sky, and the eaves are decorated with colorful paintings of Xuanzi, which inherits the charm of the former Ming Dynasty, and there is no place that is not elegant and exquisite.

The fourth elder brother finished his official business and walked through the outer hall. The first thing that caught his eye was a huge copper incense burner with three sets of covers in the middle of the hall, with hollow carved balls, and the white smoke was continuously swollen outward.A little maid stood aside, her eyes were fixed on the copper censer, and when she saw the fourth elder brother coming, she hurriedly greeted him.

Behind the incense burner is a circle of red sandalwood seats, the simple style also inherits the style of the previous Ming Dynasty, without any extra decoration.A matching long red sandalwood table is placed beside the seat, and the half-copied Buddhist scriptures, pens and inkstones are piled up on the table.

The fourth elder brother stamped his feet slightly, staring at the volume of Buddhist scriptures for a while, and was about to go in, but heard the fourteenth elder brother bluffing and saying: "My mother! I was wrong! I really know I was wrong!", and then fourteen The elder brother jumped out of the curtain like a loach, and almost bumped into the fourth elder brother. He waited until he saw that it was Yinzhen, the smile on his face restrained a little, and he stood still and said, "fourth brother." .

Obviously she is already in her twenties, but she is like a naughty boy in front of Er Niang at this moment. Concubine De was originally half sitting and half lying on the low couch, so she also got up now, and waved for the two The little maid who pinched her legs went down, came to the Fourteenth Elder Brother, poked his forehead fiercely and said: "You know what's wrong? Let Er Niang go back and think about it!", the Fourteenth Elder Brother smiled and blinked and said: " My son knows!" Then he turned his face and bowed to the fourth elder brother and left, and when he walked to the door, his eyes were no longer as tired as before, and a trace of sternness flashed past.

As soon as Brother Fourteen left, the hall suddenly became deserted.

Empress Defei asked the court lady to serve tea and move seats, and asked the fourth elder brother to sit in front of her. The fourth elder brother leaned forward slightly, and said earnestly: "My son heard that Er Niang has not been feeling well these days, and I am worried about it, and I am worried. If you can enter the palace today, hurry up and take a look."

The concubine de concubine put down the teacup, and asked the two little maids who pinched their legs to come up and continue to serve, and said in a nonchalant manner: "It's just an old problem for many years. When it's cloudy and snowy, it will...", Si Ah The elder brother hurriedly said: "My son specially brought medicinal materials from Yunnan, which were only used this winter. You might as well try it."

Concubine De concubine nodded with a smile, "I know you are filial to Er Niang, but the emperor just rewarded some medicine the day before yesterday, so you don't have to worry too much." Then she asked the nurse next to her to fetch some things that were rewarded by the palace, saying yes Give it to the fourth elder brother.

He is filial to her medicinal materials, and she will return him gifts, Si elder brother thought with a wry smile.

Thank you, he looked down at the thin white teacup with green tea leaves in it, ups and downs.The fourth elder brother has rough calluses ground by swords and soldiers in his palm, which makes the porcelain of the tea cup more and more delicate. The plum pattern in the inner part is faintly visible in the water, like a spider web, covering the entire wall of the tea cup lingeringly, enveloping people. I can't get out of my sight, I can't turn away.

The wind outside the window was cold and harsh.

The mother and son repeated what they could say four or five times, until there was nothing left to say, the fourth elder brother saw that the concubine De's eyes were only calm and indifferent, so he got up and said: "My mother, please be careful!" Take care, my son will leave now."

The concubine de concubine didn't look at him at all, she just looked at the little maid who was kneeling on the ground, her voice was full of tiredness: "Go." The fourth elder brother greeted silently and took a deep breath. With a sigh, he turned and walked out.

In the haze, Wu Ning seemed to be walking in the darkness, her feet were soft like cotton, and she couldn't see any light in front of her eyes, she quickened her pace in panic, and said loudly: "Come on! Come on! What is this place?".

No one responded.

Wu Ning became more flustered and ran faster, but suddenly tripped and fell, his chin hit something sharp, and suddenly there was a sharp pain.

Just as she was about to reach out to touch the wound, a pair of familiar and warm hands stretched out beside her, and a female voice said clearly and crisply: "Master, Zhuqi is going now, master must take good care of himself from now on! ", Wu Ning raised his head in great surprise, but saw Zhuqi's face was above him, looking at him with a slight smile, but his figure was getting further and further away.

In a hurry, Wu Ning stretched out his hand to catch the lapel of Zhuqi, but he caught nothing.She turned over abruptly and opened her eyes, facing Qingming's eyes.The indoor candlelight streams and shadows, warm and harmonious, it turns out that it is just a big dream.

Qingming's eyes were slightly red, Wu Ning got up in a hurry, did not notice their expressions, and only said: "How is it, any news?".

Qingming said in a low voice: "Xiao Qinzi just came back from the concierge and said that someone from the master's natal family has sent a message.".

Wu Ning was overjoyed, she put on her embroidered shoes, and brushed her hair in front of the mirror. She was sleeping with her clothes on just now, but now she tore the folds of her clothes, and hurried out, saying: "Where are others?" ?”.

Xiao Qinzi stood in the yard stomping his feet and shrinking his hands, waiting with a little anxiety, when the door creaked and was pushed open from inside, He Tian leaned forward and said, "Master sent you to ask questions.".

Xiao Qinzi thought they had already passed the message to Wu Ning, but after hearing this, he understood, lowered his head and gritted his teeth, cursed inwardly, then flung his sleeves and entered the main room.He didn't dare to look up at his master, as far as he could see, he saw Wu Ning wearing a snow-blue cloak, with silver plum blossoms at the hem, shining brightly.

He didn't approach, but saluted from a long distance, Wu Ning didn't wait for him to finish, he leaned forward and said: "Where is the letter?", almost wishing he could reach out and let him fetch it.

Xiao Qinzi bit the bullet and said: "Master, the Martial House just sent someone a message, saying yes... saying yes..." After speaking, his voice became lower and lower.

Wu Ning put down the fragrant tea cup and urged: "What did you say? You said it!".

There was a dead silence in the hall.

Xiao Qinzi kowtowed on the ground, not daring to raise his face, and said slowly in a prone position: "Master, please take care of yourself, Zhuqi girl... is gone."

Wu Ning stared at Xiao Qinzi in surprise and said, "It's next month? Her family will come to pick her up and go back to her hometown next month..." Before she finished speaking, she understood, only to feel a loud bang in her head.

Qingming was at the side, and she was stunned to see her, her eyes were wide open and her head was lowered, staring at Xiao Qinzi firmly.Xiao Qinzi grinned with a mournful face, and let out a snort, two streams of clear snot hung on his lips: "I heard that it happened yesterday afternoon, he hanged himself, and when he found out, he was already stiff... My condolences, master! My lord's condolences!"

All the servants in the room knelt down.

Wu Ning blinked very slowly, and a big teardrop rolled out of her eye socket, and then two, three... quickly merged into a sea of ​​tears.She raised her hand and wiped her face with the back of her hand, and wiped it again, but the tears burst out uncontrollably.When I looked out, I only felt that there was a piece of water, and I couldn't see clearly.

In the haze, the surface of Zhuqi is like a hibiscus, walking slowly with a smile.

"Gege recovered from this illness, and he can't let the wind blow. If he gets sick again after returning to the mansion, it will be troublesome!".

"A slave does not marry, and a slave follows the master for a lifetime, unless the master no longer wants the slave.".

"The slave will not be able to serve the master in the future. The slave is dull, unlike the people around the master in other courtyards, everyone is heart-warming! The slave is going back, the master must find someone who is smart, take care of the master, and take care of the little one." master!".

Wu Ning grinned, his face contorted.

She wept silently.

Xiao Qinzi almost broke the skin on his forehead, and he just said in panic: "Master's condolences! Master's condolences!", Qingming was also shocked, and patted Wu Ning's back with red eyes: "Master, don't you?" For your own sake, you must also take care of the little master in your belly, so you can't be so sad!".

Wu Ning cried for a long time, and finally stood up: "I want to go back to the Wu Mansion, to send Zhuqi to the last trip!" She said that she had already walked out, her steps were anxious, and her body shook slightly.Qingming was so frightened that she immediately knelt down, dragged Wu Ning to the ground, and said, "Master, you've been mobilizing for a few days now, how can you run around at this time! The slave dared to say that the master is asking for Lord Baylor." There, Lord Belle will definitely not agree! Why don't master tell Xiaoqinzi to go to the porter quickly, and give some more money, so that sister Zhuqi can be buried properly and go to the ground!".

Wu Ning slowly opened her hand, and said dumbly: "It's me who is useless as the master. I didn't protect her. Now I can't even see her off for the last journey. Am I still human?".

A roomful of servants kowtowed like pounding garlic, begging on their knees, and there was a buzzing sound in the hall.

Wu Ning closed his eyes exhausted physically and mentally, and suddenly shouted after a long while: "Everyone back down!" When everyone on the ground saw her expression, no one dared to step forward to stop her.

Wu Fu.

In the flower hall above, there is a room full of girls and women. On the back wall, there is a row of tall rosewood bookcases on the front.Wu Zhuguo hovered in front of the bookcase.

Bai Jiashi looked terrified, and argued feebly: "The saying of 'pull out to match the kid' is just to teach this girl a lesson, and that is the truth! Why is she so stubborn?".

Wu Zhuguo lowered his head and carefully read the letter in his hand, raised his hand and touched the bowl cover loudly on the teacup before handing it to the woman beside him, pointing at Bai Jiashi with a pale face, and said word by word: " Shut your mouth!"

The fourth elder brother came back from the palace, and a group of people marched to the front of the mansion, and saw Chen Denuo spinning on the steps with a face full of anxiety and despair.As soon as he saw the fourth elder brother, he rushed up as if he had a backbone.

The fourth elder brother thought that there was something wrong with Fujin, so he quickly got off the horse, threw the reins to the groom, brushed off the falling snow on his shoulders, and walked towards the mansion while raising his hand to untie his cloak, and said: " explain!".

Chen Denuo was short and short-legged, couldn't keep up with the big strides of the fourth elder brother, so he simply knelt down, and mourned behind the fourth elder brother: "Master! Wugege she...she...".

The fourth elder brother seemed to have a premonition of something, and suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Chen Denuo raised his head and saw that the expression on the face of the fourth elder brother had completely changed, it was gray and white, the veins on his forehead were twitching violently, and his eyes were full of hostility, unlike his usual calm and serious appearance.

The fourth elder brother stared at him firmly and said, "What's wrong with her?"