Renew

Rong Li also couldn't figure out, is it because she died once that the painting ghost was able to form a bond with her, but if so, what is the reason why she was able to come back from the dead?

Hua Su touched her face, and took a step back when she stopped, "The emperor is cold, ask your maid to give you more clothes."

Rong Li didn't feel the cold at first, and there was an undug ground dragon under this room, it was strangely cold.After being touched by Hua Su like this, her face suddenly became hot, and she didn't even need to look in the bronze mirror, her ears must have been completely red.

After a while, he said in a muffled voice, "It's not cold."

This Shan mansion is not big at all. When she comes here, everyone in the mansion should know that something happened to the Rong family. If there is someone who likes to gossip, this matter will definitely spread outside the mansion. It will be like the Rong family in Qi'an, if something happens, it will be known all over the city. If Zhou Qinglin wants to know, she has to help the flames by herself.

Hua Su took a few steps back and sat on the drum stool, eyes closed, black mist swirled around her, and even her black robe was lifted up.

Rong Li saw that she was cultivating, and asked softly, "How can you recover faster?"

"Then we have to find a place with more yin energy." Hua Su said casually, as if he didn't care much about the speed of his recovery.

Rongli really couldn't think of any place where the yin energy would be heavier, perhaps only places like mass graves.

"It's not necessary to look for some yin energy, the current level of cultivation is enough to save our lives." Hua Su said indifferently, "I will never let you lay your life on me."

Rong Li clutched the mattress under him, "I'm not afraid of being implicated, I just want you to get well soon."

Hua Su sneered, "There's no rush right now, we're in the imperial city, and ghosts don't dare to make trouble."

Rong Li hesitated, "If there is something like raising a baby."

Hua Su snorted, "It must be able to bear the purple energy of living in the imperial city."

After a while, the three girls came back, each carrying a water bottle, or a food box, and some silk handkerchiefs and wooden basins that would be used in daily life.

Xiaofu put the porcelain pot full of water on the table, lifted the tureen on the table and took a look, seeing that it had been washed, she breathed a sigh of relief. The bugs that came out really frightened her.

She poured a glass of water and brought it to her daughter, "Miss, drink water."

Rong Li took it and took a sip, then raised his eyes, "Has the mother led you around?"

Xiaofu nodded, "Shan's mansion is not big, and I can write down the way after walking for a while. This Shan's mansion is much smaller than Rong's mansion, and I don't know if the girl can't get used to it, but it's far away from the downtown area, so it's pretty good." Clean."

Rong Li smiled, and gave the tureen back to her, "The Shan family is showing mercy by taking us in, you still want to pick and choose."

Xiaofu hurriedly said: "Where, am I worried about the girl?"

Kong Qing opened the food box and brought out some snacks, all of which were rice cakes and soft cakes, colorful and pretty, "Girl, these are brought from the kitchen, if you are hungry, eat them for now Some."

It was only then that Rong Li felt that his stomach was empty, and he had been on his way since leaving Qi An, not only met Dan Xuan's soul, but also had to hide from the ghost sent by Luo Xia, he became so anxious that he even forgot to be hungry, Now after this girl mentioned it, I feel that I can't use my strength.

Kong Qing knew that her daughter turned pale when she was tired, and she was so tired that she couldn't even lift her hand, so she hurriedly took it over, "Miss, try it? It looks like it should be delicious, squeezed like a lotus leaf. The cooks here are all good craftsmen.”

Hua Su was still cultivating with her eyes closed, when she heard this, the whirling ghostly aura suddenly sank and went straight into her black robe.She opened her eyes and said softly: "Do you still want someone to feed you to your mouth?"

Rongli paused, then raised his hand to pinch a piece of lotus-shaped cake, fearing that the crumbs would fall on the mattress, he held it on his chin with one hand, took a small bite, swallowed it and said: "It's delicious. , I’ll eat one piece, and you can taste the rest.”

Xiaofu was used to following her, and she really reached out to take it unceremoniously, chewed it a few times and swallowed it whole, her eyes lit up and said: "It's so sweet."

Kong Qing and Bai Liu looked at each other, seeing that Xiaofu was about to finish eating, so they braved up to eat.

Xiaofu said again: "The servants' room next door has not been tidied up yet, it looks like we have to tidy it up ourselves, otherwise we won't know how to sleep at night, but the nanny gave us the mattress."

Rong Li nodded slightly, "Then you guys should go and tidy up the house earlier, if something happens, I'll call you again."

The three maids nodded in unison, stepped out of the threshold and went to tidy up the room next door.

Hua Su looked sideways at Rongli, and saw the lackluster look on the girl's face, "Sleep when you're sleepy, it's still early."

Rong Li shook his head, looking depressed, his slender eyebrows were slightly frowned.

Hua Su raised her eyebrows, "What are you thinking?"

Rong Li knew that he couldn't hide anything from this ghost, so he said frankly, "I'm thinking about what you said earlier."

Hua Su thought about it, she said a lot just now, and she didn't know which sentence Rongli was thinking about, "You still want me to guess your thoughts?"

How could Rongli dare, his eyelashes trembled, fluttering like butterfly wings, his eyes seemed to be flooded with water, "I want to find a chance to talk to grandma and grandpa about my mother, half of her soul can be reincarnated, and the rest Where can a half soul be, it's impossible... to be born with only half a soul."

"It's not impossible." Hua Su said calmly.

Rong Li was taken aback when he heard this, he didn't know much about the ghosts, "Is there anyone born with only remnant souls?"

Hua Su looked as usual, and said in a slow voice: "People have three souls. It is possible for the remnant soul to be reincarnated, but ordinary people must not be able to do it. What happens after reincarnation depends on what the remaining soul is. Anger, some people are born stupid, some are as dull as puppets, all because they lost their souls and fell down."

Rong Li thought about it carefully, thinking that the Dan Xuan he saw in the inn didn't look like a soulless person at all.

Hua Su knocked on the table, looking at a certain place with deep eyes, the cinnabar between his eyebrows was extremely thick, but his eyes were very cold, "If you are like a fairy or ghost, after cultivation, your soul will enter the primordial spirit, and the three souls will become one, even if only half of the soul is left. , and you won’t be dumbfounded.”

Rong Li was still holding the lotus cake in his hand, his fingers were numb, "That Danxuan..."

"Go and ask your grandparents first, I'm not sure right now." Hua Su said.

Rong Li nodded, looked at the lotus pancake in his hand, lifted it up and took a small bite, chewing and tasting it slowly.

There was a rumbling noise in the next room, like demolishing a house, and I didn't know what the three girls were doing. After a while, there was a splash of water in the yard, and the wooden barrel fell into the well with a bang, and the footsteps echoed back and forth, but no one spoke.

Previously in Rong's mansion, although life was not very good, but at least it was a familiar place, now there is a feeling of cramped under the fence, not only Rongli, but even these three girls may not be used to living there.

It was near evening when Xiaofu knocked on the door, and said cautiously: "Girl, the room next door has been tidied up. The nun asked the girl to go to the main hall for dinner, saying that the masters in the mansion have all rushed back, and the girl just happened to be able to see her." See you, recognize people."

Rong Li got up and went out, followed by a black-robed ghost invisible to ordinary people, "Then go and see."

Kong Qing and Bai Liu didn't follow, only Xiao Fu was in front, leading her to the main hall.

There were no maids serving outside the main hall, the door was closed, and there were small voices coming from inside, and several people had a happy conversation.

Xiaofu was a little nervous, she glanced at the window edge, and then looked back at her own girl, "The rules of the Shan family are different from those of the Rong family, the servants don't have to follow the servants inside, I, I go back to the yard and wait for the girl?"

Rong Li listened to the very clear chatter and laughter inside, but he couldn't recognize any of the voices. He didn't know who was speaking, so he nodded and said, "You go back first."

Xiaofu turned her head every three steps, for fear that her daughter would be eaten.

Hua Su stood behind her and snorted lightly, "She seems to be afraid that you will be picked up by a dog."

"Where is the dog?" Rong Li whispered.She stepped forward and knocked on the door, and the room was silent for a moment.

Shan Dong said in the room, "Li'er?"

Rong Li stuck to the doorway outside the house: "Grandpa, it's me."

"Come in quickly." Shan Dong said hastily.

Rongli opened the door and went in, only to see that the table was full of people, except for Shan Dong, all of them were new faces, Shan Liushuang hadn't seen him when he first came here today, presumably he was still studying poetry with his husband.

Shandong stood up and pulled the chair beside him, "Sit here with grandpa."

Beside him, an old woman with gorgeous hair was staring at her intently, as if she lost her mind and didn't even turn her eyes.

Rong Li lowered his body, walked over without saying a word, sat down cautiously, and looked around at the people sitting at the table without any trace.

"Like, really like." The old woman said suddenly, her eyes were already red, the same as when Shan Dongcai saw her, presumably this is Lin Que, Danxuan's biological mother.

Since he wanted to recognize people, Shan Dong got up and introduced them one by one. The person sitting next to him was indeed Lin Que, and the man next to Lin Que was Shan Jinheng, and Rongli had to call him uncle.

This uncle is also very upright, he is Danxuan's eldest brother, and his son and daughter are sitting beside him.The girl was about the same age as Rong Li, she looked reserved and dignified, but Shan Jinheng's son was a bit flamboyant, probably because he was wearing gold and silver, it was too flamboyant.

The eldest girl's name is Shan Wanjin, and the young man's name is Yun, the two of them got up one after another when they heard the words, and made a toast to Rongli.

Rong Li picked up the thumb-sized wine glass, she didn't drink it, she didn't drink it, she was weak, a drop of wine could make her feel uncomfortable, she held it up and looked at it for a while, but she was still hesitating.

Shan Dong blocked her hand, "Substitute tea for wine. In the past, when Dan Xuan was still alive, she couldn't drink alcohol. Just one sip would make her cough and sleep for half a day."

Rong Li obediently put down his wine glass, turned to pick up the tea, and obediently took a sip with his eyes closed.

Lin Que sighed, "I thought she was still blaming us for so many years, that's why she refused to go back to her mother's house, but..."

"Don't talk about that at the table today." Shan Dong said.

Lin Que had no choice but to keep quiet, and secretly looked at her granddaughter while eating.

Uncle Shan Jinheng said: "Eat more. Now that you are here, you can stay here with peace of mind. If there is anything you don't like, just tell uncle."

Rong Li responded, lowered his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes, weak and obedient.

Hua Su lowered her head to look at her, and could only see the top of her hair. The girl's expression was cautious, but her body was sitting upright.She said softly: "After talking for so long, I haven't mentioned a single useful word."

Rong Li paused his chopsticks when he heard the sound, and said in a soft voice: "I shouldn't have come to bother grandparents this time, but I just heard from the servants that mother... I also want to go back to Shan's house to see before I leave, but unfortunately I am not healthy. I can't even go a long way, Li'er thought, it's good to come to the imperial city and take a look at grandpa and grandma for my mother. When my mother was in Shan's house, she didn't know what it was like. Unfortunately... no one has ever told me over these."

She spoke softly, speaking weakly, with her eyes raised up tremblingly, the eyeballs were dripping like a magpie.

Shan Dong suddenly pursed his lips, and stubbornly straightened his back, but his hands were already trembling slightly.

Lin Que almost shed tears, "Speaking of which, you have never seen Dan Xuan, I will tell you about her later."

Rong Li nodded, and smiled slowly, his eyes were a little red.

Hua Su leaned over her shoulder, stared at her for a while, raised his hand and bent a finger, touched her eyes, and snorted softly, "I thought you were really crying."

Rong Li remained calm, picked up the vegetables piled up in the bowl, put them in his mouth, and chewed them carefully.

"When I was in the inn before, I didn't see how reluctant you were." Hua Su's eyes were almost close to Rongli's face, so close, and when he spoke, his red lips almost rubbed against her side cheek .

Rong Li was actually a little confused, maybe she had never been with Danxuan since she was a child, and she didn't have a strong friendship with her biological mother, but when she mentioned Danxuan, her heart was a little empty, maybe it was because of the blood connection.

I can't say I don't care, it's just that I'm a little... at a loss.

Shan Wanjin, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "If my sister hadn't come from Qi'an, I would have never seen anyone with three maids by her side, how meticulous the service must be."

Just listening to these words, there was a bit of teasing, but she smiled reservedly, as if she had no other meaning.

Rong Li looked at her, inexplicably caught the teasing in the girl's words, and said in a soft voice: "I came into the Shan's house to cause trouble for the Shan's family, and I brought three maids with me, so it shouldn't be. The expenses of the three girls are also quite a lot, I happened to bring some silver taels when I left Qi'an, it was enough for me and these girls to spend on food and clothing, so I don't need to bother grandpa and grandma."

In ordinary life, Shan Wanjin has never seen a person who would gasp for this sentence three times. After saying this sentence, this cousin from Qi An seemed to die, her face turned pale, as if she had been bullied ruthlessly.She immediately stopped talking and glanced at her father Shan Jinheng.

Shan Jinheng frowned, "When you come to the Shan Mansion, you don't have to worry about your daily expenses. I can't make you suffer. Keep the things you brought from the Rong Mansion for yourself, and you will always need them in the future."

Rong Li could only nod his head, "Thank you uncle."

Afterwards, the members of the Shan family chatted a few words casually, talking and laughing again, but when they were in Rongfu, the crows and birds were silent when eating, and the sound of bowls and chopsticks colliding became very clear.

Hua Su didn't eat anything from the mortal world, but he couldn't do without some comments. He was picky and cold and said: "This fish is not steamed as well as the cook in Rong's mansion. It's old, but you can try the pork neck."

Rong Li usually doesn't eat much, and now she is half full, she glanced at the pork neck, and didn't want to stretch out her chopsticks.

After the meal, the servants went into the house to clean up. Lin Que came over and took Rongli's arm, and said in a hoarse voice, "It's the first time you're back in the capital, do you want to go for a walk? Grandma has nothing to do, so that's fine." Go out and relax."

Rong Li nodded obediently, "Then Li'er will accompany grandma for a walk."

Hua Su raised the hand on her shoulder, seemingly disinterested, but still reluctantly said: "It's been a hundred years since I came back to the imperial city in the mortal world last time, just to see what the imperial city looks like today."

Rong Li blinked, but didn't respond.

After leaving Shanfu, he had to walk a long way to get to the downtown area, during which time Lin Que kept holding onto Rongli's hand.

Rongli knew that Lin Que was thinking about Danxuan, so he let her hold her hand. The wrinkles in that hand were as deep and shallow as ravines. The palm was warm and never let go.The old lady of the Rong family left early, and Rong Changting's father was long gone. It was the first time she was pinched by the old man like this.

Lin Que sighed, maybe she was used to poverty before, but now Shanfu is better than before, she still doesn't bring a maid when she goes out, and she doesn't wear any jewelry on her body, she is no different from ordinary old women.

She looked at Rongli carefully by the light of the lantern, squinted her eyes slightly, and sighed again, "If you hadn't come, I... almost forgot what Danxuan looked like. I used to miss her every day, miss her every day. , I also thought about it in my dream, but unfortunately I am getting older, and I will not remember clearly if I think about it."

Rong Li rolled his eyes, "The servants of the Rong family said that the Shan family never sent anyone there."

Lin Que was stunned, "I have been there, I brought some shrimps and crabs, which were all Danxuan's favorite food when he was in the imperial city, but after accepting everything, how can you say that you have never met anyone from the Shan family?"

Rong Li immediately figured it out, Rong Changting didn't want Dan Xuan to know that Shan's family had been to someone at all.

Lin Que was half-doubtful, suppressed his doubts, and sighed softly: "At that time, the Shan family was in a downturn, and many things had to be taken care of by me and your grandpa. We couldn't leave the imperial city for half a step, otherwise... I would definitely go there in person. I went there once, and then my legs and feet were not good, so I couldn’t go there even if I had free time.”

"I really look like her that much?" Rong Li asked softly.

Lin Que shook his head, "It does look a bit like her. She is in poor health and has often taken medicine since she was a child, but she can't manage well. Your grandfather hired a mage, and the mage said some unpleasant things about her. Fate is poor and blessings are shallow, she is no different from a dead person, this body is not going to get better, at first we didn't believe it, but later we spent a lot of money to buy some expensive medicinal materials, it really can't support her body."

Rong Li's eyelashes trembled, "What else did the Taoist say?"

Lin Que looked confused, "It's been too long, I've already forgotten."

Hua Su said from the side: "That Taoist priest has some skills."

Lin Que said again: "Your mother was more picky than you when she was young. Like the dishes on the dinner table just now, she must not eat three things. Your uncle always loves her. If she sees that she hasn't eaten a few mouthfuls of food on weekdays, she will eat it." Quietly went out of the house to buy some snacks and brought her back, one time my stomach was spoiled, your grandfather and I scolded him, your mother cried and pleaded for your uncle."

Rong Li slightly parted his lips, feeling sore in his heart, "How did that mother meet my father?"

Lin Que frowned, as if he didn't like Rong Changting very much, his voice suddenly became a little colder, "The Rong family is a dart runner, you should know that, your father happened to come to the imperial city at that time, and the Shan family had several shipments. He was escorted by them, he accidentally met Danxuan, and from then on he often came to the house as a guest, talking sweetly."

She paused, closed her eyes and said: "Later, something happened to the Shan family, and Rong Changting said that he could help a little bit, so your grandfather and I... agreed to this marriage. I didn't expect Danxuan to leave like this."

Lin Que choked up and was speechless.

Rong Li frowned, "I heard people say that my mother and my father were childhood sweethearts."

Lin Que shook his head: "Where did the childhood sweetheart come from? Qi An is so far away from the imperial city, it's not easy to meet him."

Rong Xin felt cold, never thought that this was also a lie, except for Rong Changting, no one else could have fabricated it.She beat around the bush and said, "Since my mother is willing to marry, she must be pleased with my father."

Lin Que shook his head, "Danxuan was sensible since she was a child, and when I think about it now, I don't know if she really wanted to go with Rong Changting."

Rong Li thought for a while, then said in a soft voice, "Could it be that when Cheng Niang was still in the imperial city, there were other young masters she liked?"

Lin Que squeezed her hand and walked towards the crowded place, causing Hua Su to bow his head frequently.

"There is someone who hasn't forgotten Danxuan after all these years." Lin Que said suddenly.

A name floated up from the bottom of Rong's heart, but he still asked, "Who is it?"

Lin Que smiled faintly, "A man surnamed Zhou still often sends gifts to Shanfu."

Hua Su spoke softly, and said coldly, "She won't be able to walk if she doesn't hold you."

Rong Li said, ghosts are ghosts, how can they understand the worldly ways.She secretly looked back at Hua Su, her eyes blinked suddenly, and she stared round.

Hua Su snorted, originally intending to make a harsh sarcasm, but the words got to the bottom of his tongue, but he said: "You should ask her if Danxuan was born to her."

Rong Li thought for a moment, "The one surnamed Zhou probably had a very close relationship with Mother, and maybe he didn't know about Mother...'s death. Mother is not in good health, and so am I. I think I have a poor life."

Lin Que frowned, "You can't talk nonsense about this in the future."

Rong Li responded, lowered his eyes and said: "My illness was brought from my mother's womb, I don't know if my mother is the same as me."

Lin Que's furrowed brows could not be relieved for a long time, hesitatingly said: "When your mother was still in her infancy, your grandfather and I brought her back from the mountains. She has been sick since she was a child, and I think...it should be a child. The next time, the root of the disease will fall."

Hua Su lightly scoffed, "It's true."

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