[Red House] The Twins of Purple Pearls

In the afternoon, I took a nap on the Arhat bed, covered my body with a cool quilt, and the silk curtain was blown by the breeze, and I still felt the heat outside the bamboo curtain.

Yanyu rested on the porcelain pillow for a while, then woke up from light sleep.Seeing the maids and women serving outside the house, Daiyu, Yu Ming, and Li Wen were all resting on the couch; Yanyu tossed and turned for a long time before she carefully lifted the quilt and opened the silk curtain to go out.

"Girl." Yue Bai, who was waiting outside the house, said when he saw Yanyu coming out.

"Sister Yubai, I'm a little bored, let's go for a walk." Yanyu looked at the shady tree outside the house and knew that she was crying endlessly, and felt more and more irritable.

Yubai opened an umbrella and followed Yanyu out, all colors were eclipsed under the scorching sun.

Yue Bai followed Yan Yu step by step and asked, "Girl, where are you going?"

Yanyu touched the sachet on her body and said, "I left a sachet in the dressing room last night."

"It's such a hot day, the girl just let us go and get it back, why bother to go there by myself." Yu Bai said.

Yanyu shook her head, but remained silent again.

The so-called sachet was just a cover, she finally felt uneasy, so she decided to go and have a look.Yue Bai didn't doubt that he was there, so he just followed Yanyu.

Yanyu asked Yuebai to wait outside, and she went into the dressing room alone.

There are still bloodstains under the pear cloth, and it seems that they have not noticed that someone has hidden here.

Suddenly, Yanyu found a yellow-brown letter under the case. Originally, it was a matter of the Xu family and she was not supposed to ask about it when she was a guest, but she couldn't help but tried to take the letter out from the gap under the case.

"Brother Shi's Dingshu... Yours sincerely, Brother Chongqing..."

Yanyu vaguely remembered that Zhongjinghou Shi Ding was the third cousin of the Jinling historian, her maternal grandmother Shi Taijun was the daughter of the historian, and Chongqing was the name of their sister's husband Zhao Yue.

What's the deal?The letter was stained with blood, which should be left by the seriously injured person.

In Zhao Yue's letter to Shi Ding, he mentioned that the bandits in Yangzhou were making trouble, and asked if the capital was safe.It seems to be just an insignificant letter from home, but the tone is heavy, as if it has been put on shackles.

Yanyu didn't know what kind of situation it was outside, she only heard about it from hearing her father and mother talking.

Uncle Xu and Mr. Zhao were relegated because of a dispute over the throne, and Uncle Shi’s late wife was Princess Qingdu, the adopted daughter of the former Empress Mu, and the Zhongjinghou’s Mansion was deeply involved with the deposed Fifth Prince’s clique. ; If it also involves the battle of the court and the establishment of the reserve, I am afraid that this matter is no small matter.

Although not like Daiyu who likes to read all kinds of ancient books, Yanyu has also read a few history books of previous dynasties, and she already has a rivalry in her heart.

After hesitating for a while, Yanyu refolded the letter as it was and put it back in the crevice under the desk, then brushed off the dust on the sachet and walked out of the house.

"Miss, can you find the missing sachet?" Yu Bai ran over with an umbrella.

"Of course." Yanyu nodded with a light smile.

Yu Bai took out a silk handkerchief and wiped Yan Yu's sweat before returning to Yu Ming's courtyard together.

Only Yu Mingchu woke up and sat in Baosha playing with the nine-twist chain lock. When he looked up and saw Yanyu coming back, he asked his mother-in-law to pour her a bowl of iced sour plum juice; Juice, cold and sour, sweet and sour, feels refreshing and refreshing.

"Just woke up and saw that Yan'er was not there, it's really hot!" Yu Ming also drank sour plum juice to relieve the heat, but he felt it was not enough, so he asked his mother-in-law to add smoothies to the bowl.

"I left my sachet outside, I just went to get it back." Yanyu said casually.

"Be careful with these things, if someone picks them up, it will be wrong." Yu Ming instructed.

Yanyu responded with a smile: "Sister, don't worry, I've made a note." After a pause, she continued, "Sister Ming, I heard that Sister Mu has been ill recently? Why is Sister Mu so weak? Sister, do you know what's going on? The reason?"

Some time ago, Master Zhuang's family had already taken office in Beijing, leaving only Mrs. Zhuang and Zhuang Mu, the elder and the younger, in Jiangnan.

Yu Ming's eyes flickered strangely, and he was silent for a while before he said: "I heard that in the year when he left Beijing, there was an accident, and Mu'er fell into a glacier and hurt his vitality. Over the years, he has sought countless doctors and taken countless medicines, but he couldn't get better. He Xiaxia can't bear it. Mu'er is also pitiful, she used to be a good girl when she was in the capital."

Hearing about this reason, Yan Yu sighed endlessly: "That's really unpredictable."

Yu Ming just sipped the sour plum juice and drank it slowly. Talking about these past events might make her not in a good mood, she lowered her eyebrows and played with the nine-twist chain lock apparently absent-mindedly.

After staying in Xu's house for two days, Mrs. Jiang said goodbye to Li Wen and returned home.

It was only at this time that Yan Yu carefully looked at Jiang Shi.Jiang's face is similar to Li Wen's, his brows are as gentle as water, and he has a solemn and dignified manner; after all, Jiang was once a female teacher in the palace, and wives from ordinary families are not so respectful.

After the mother and daughter of the Li family left, someone from the Lin family also came to pick up sister Yanyu and Daiyu.

Yan'er is learning to recognize people now, and she hasn't seen her two sisters for a few days, she looks a little unfamiliar, and looks at her sister curiously for a long time before giggling.

Daiyu teased Yan'er by taking off the purple radish sachet that Li Wen gave her, and the faint scent of the medicine led Yan'er to crawl towards her; Yanyu sat behind Yan'er and saw them playing, she couldn't help but chuckled, He also took off the purple radish sachet and called his younger brother: "Yan'er, Yan'er—"

When Yan'er heard the call, she turned around and pulled Yanyu's sleeve, babbling, reaching out to get the sachet.

"Tomorrow, make another sachet, soak the silk thread in mint and wormwood, and put it on for Yan'er." Seeing that Yan'er should like the light and elegant taste, Yanyu thought about it.

"Sister Wen said that her embroidery is exquisite and unique, especially unique." Daiyu smiled slyly.

Yanyu couldn't hear her own sister, so she smiled helplessly: "You are the one who is tricky!"

Daiyu played with the purple radish sachet, and said with a smile: "Sister, don't piss me off, I'm telling the truth."

Seeing the two older sisters just talking, Yan'er babbled again, trying to get her sister's attention.

It was the wet nurse who came in and picked up Yan'er and coaxed him before saying to Yanyu Daiyu: "Brother Yan is probably hungry, I'll take him down to nurse first."

Yan'er lay in the nurse's arms and waved her arms towards her sister, pursing her mouth as if about to cry.

"Sister, I think you've been a little unhappy lately." Daiyu asked her sister only after Yan'er was taken away by the nanny.

"Maybe it's too hot." Yanyu sniffed the faint mint scent and said in a low voice.

Daiyu got up and went to Nuange to pick up a thin scroll and handed it to Yanyu. Yanyu accepted the book in bewilderment, and saw that it was Sima Taishigong's "Reporting to Ren'an".

Seeing her sister's puzzled expression, Daiyu said: "I just listened to my father and my husband talking about the past and present, so I got some insights. I saw this "Report to Ren'an Book" at sister Ming's place the other day. I heard that It was left by sister Xu San; I happened to find this thin volume in my father's study, so I flipped through it."

Suddenly hearing her sister talking about this, Yanyu lowered her head and casually flipped through the scroll: "Sister Xu?"

There are five cousins ​​in the Xu family, but the sisters of the Lin family have only met Yu Ming, the youngest fifth cousin.

In the old days when the Xu family was thriving, Yu Chen, the eldest daughter of Xu's family, became the concubine of Xiping Wang, the second daughter Yu Yun married into Li Guogong's mansion, the third daughter Yu Qing died early, and the fourth daughter Yu Yan was promised to the former Jinshi Zhuang Xu; Flowers are in full bloom, so how can it not make the emperor afraid.

"I heard that Sanjie Xu died in the Pingfeng Rebellion." Daiyu whispered while pulling Yanyu.

"Sister Wen told you?" Yanyu didn't expect to hear it from the Xu family, so it should be a secret.

Three years ago when there was chaos in Pingfeng, Daiyu couldn't remember it because she was young, but Yanyu remembered such chaos.

I heard that there was a rebellion in the capital, and the whereabouts of the rebellious officials and thieves who escaped from the capital were unknown. The officials outside went door to door to search for the whereabouts of the rebels. If it is more serious, he will be exiled and beheaded. For a while, everyone is in a panic all day long.Because Xu Yuqing, the third daughter of the Xu family, was discussing marriage with Mu Wei, the prince's son of Dong'an County, the emperor was so angry that he also implicated the Xu family and dismissed him from office; the third girl Xu was frightened and died of illness.

Such and such rhetoric, true and false is also difficult to distinguish.

Daiyu nodded seriously: "Aunt Li used to be a female teacher in the palace, and she knew all the nobles in the palace."

Yanyu is still looking down at "Reporting to Ren Anshu", Tai Shigong's words are sad and indignant, official history and unofficial history overlap, and the ancient and modern events are always similar.

Her sister has always been smart, and she is proficient in poetry and diction with just a few hints, and has a broad knowledge of ancient and modern books and history; it is not like she has never set foot in the Lai Huan fairy cave even though she has been a fairy for a thousand years, and she only focuses on following the flower god to practice fairy spirits.

"Above the court, the husband is the master of the house, and we women can't show our faces to be the officials, but can only work in the boudoir in the backyard. We shouldn't talk about the affairs of the court." Yanyu said after a little thought. .

"I'll just tell my sister." Daiyu said coquettishly, leaning against Yanyu.

Yanyu patted her sister's shoulder dotingly: "Then let's talk quietly."

After all, Daiyu is still a pure and innocent child at heart, even though she has learned many things about the world from reading books, she has not had time to think about it; Yanyu looked at her younger sister's still immature face, and smiled lightly and turned her face away.

Yanyu thought of the letter she saw at Xu's house again, and felt uneasy all the time.

Until I heard that Mr. Zhao was seriously ill and resigned, and recommended someone else to come to Lin's mansion to be the teacher of the two girls.Lin Ruhai sent Guanshi Qian to visit Zhao Yue, and when he came back, he reported that Mr. Zhao had indeed fallen into a coma, so Lin Ruhai sent money and precious medicinal materials to Zhao Yue to let him rest; Yanyu overheard Lin Ruhai and Jia Min saying that It seems that Mr. Zhao's serious illness may be caused by poisoning, and it may be related to the recent thieves and bandits.

Thinking that after all, she had a teacher-student relationship with Mr. Zhao, Yanyu still decided to save Zhao Yue.

The precious medicinal materials sent by Qian Guanshi to Zhao's family were infused with weak spiritual power by Yan Yu, and no matter what poison Zhao Yue was poisoned by, it could be washed away by spiritual power.

Perhaps it was because Yanyu frequently mobilized her spiritual power recently, she was counterattacked against the laws of nature, or she gradually regained her vitality after a long rest.

Yanyu was not as weak as Daiyu since she was a child, and Lin Ruhai and his wife were really worried about her sudden illness now; the doctor saw that her face was sweating profusely and only said that her sister should take a good rest, but he couldn't tell the reason.Daiyu was also sitting on the side of the couch worried, worried that her sister would never wake up again after she fell asleep.

"Yu'er, I'm fine!" Yanyu said with a weak smile, looking at her sister.

"Sister, I'm afraid!" Daiyu said softly, biting her lower lip with tears in her eyes.

Yanyu held her sister's hand tightly: "Don't cry! I will be sad to see you cry. Promise me?"

Daiyu nodded solemnly: "Sister, sister, I agree."