The Lady of the Farm in the Red Mansion

In the early morning of the second day, Princess Pingting came to see her. She was still wearing a Zhaojun suit, a red jacket and red fragrant sheepskin boots.

But this time she was wearing a gown with a fever inside and out. After walking in, she took off the gown, and while brushing off the snowflakes on her head and trousers, she said, "Sister, you're fine!"

Xiuyan heard the princess call her sister, she didn't know how to answer, she struggled, and saw the princess stepped forward to hold her down and said: "The imperial doctor said, you have to stay in bed! I brought you from the palace. There are a lot of tonics! Bring them in quickly!"

As soon as she clapped her hands, she saw the servants rushing in one after another, placing a whole table full of tonics.

When Li Mu heard that the princess was coming, he also rushed over in a hurry.

As soon as Pingting saw Li Mu, she rushed over and pulled him by the arm to claim credit: "Brother Mu, look, I brought a lot of tonics for sister Xing, all of which are the most valuable herbs in our palace!"

The cry of brother Mu made Xiuyan's heart twitch.

"You're bothering!" Li Mu's thin lips parted lightly, exhaling like blue.

Xiuyan has never seen Brother Mu being so gentle to anyone, even to her, his voice is always gentle, but there is always an unpredictable alienation in his words.

Xiuyan's heart was hit hard again, she clenched her teeth and tried her best not to cry.

"It's windy and snowy, I'll take you back!" Li Mu said warmly.

When Pingting heard that Li Mu was going to see her off in person, she was overjoyed, she couldn't care less about Xiuyan, she took him by the arm and walked out.

Walking to the door, Li Mu tugged on the cloak to prop up a warm space. Pingting bent her neck and slipped in, with a happy smile on her face!

Brother Mu is a towering tree that can shelter people from the wind and rain, but the person under his arm at the moment is not her.

Xiuyan finally couldn't bear the pain in her heart, sobbed and cried, and that little hope was shattered.

At this time, Madam Zheng came in and saw Xiuyan crying, she stroked her back and comforted her: "Young lady, don't be sad, I'm old and I'll just watch from the sidelines, I can see that our adults like girls too, if the girl also likes adults, Don't feel wronged, just wait patiently, after three to five years, the adults can accept you as a concubine!"

Xiuyan thought, Mother Zhou used the word "also", it seems that she also saw that Brother Mu also had affection for Princess Pingting, and asked her to wait for three to five years, probably to make herself wait Let's watch Brother Mu's affection for the princess gradually fade away!

Thinking of this, Xiuyan felt it was ridiculous. It turned out that her life was only worthy of being spent waiting. She was not a beggar, and she didn't want to wait for others to give her affection, but she couldn't go home, so she could only live here temporarily. Thinking, when she gets better, she will still be a maid and support herself with her own hands.

After Xiuyan's health recovered, it was already spring, and Xiuyan packed up her things and planned to move back to Yuntai.

After a winter's baptism of wind and snow, the acacia tree ushered in a new life, the tree had already sprouted bright yellow buds, Xiuyan thought, even the acacia tree had started a new round of life, why did she want to Depressed, she took a breath to cheer herself up and said, "Xing Xiuyan, you can do it!"

When I came to the bottom of the cloud platform, I heard the sound of the piano coming from above.

The sound of the qin was intermittent, it didn't look like Brother Mu was playing the Guqin, Brother Mu's guqin was always played in an ancient and smooth way, like that long time and space, making people feel the insignificance of the world.

Could it be that there are other people on the cloud platform? Xiuyan touched the key in her arms and came to the gate under the cloud platform.

I saw that the door was open, and there were only two keys to the gimbal, one was in my hand, and the other was in Brother Mu's hand. Since the door was opened from the outside, Brother Mu must be on it .

Surprised and delighted, Xiuyan picked up her pace and ran towards the cloud platform. When she came to the cloud platform, she was stunned when she saw the scene in front of her. Run, while waving tears.

Brother Mu is actually teaching the princess to play the piano. Although his face is expressionless, his movements are so gentle and gentle. The princess is like a delicate flower in his arms. They are really talented and beautiful, a match made in heaven To Bi people!

What a beautiful picture, she shouldn't have appeared!

Li Mu appeased the Princess and chased after her. Standing at the door of the Shangshu Mansion, he looked up and saw a corner of her clothes at the corner of the West Street Bridge. He chased after her and stopped at the corner of the city wall. she.

Xiuyan stared at him blankly, and he also looked at Xiuyan without moving. After a long time, he finally parted his thin lips and said calmly: "It's not what you imagined!"

I have seen it with my own eyes, and you are still quibbling, Xiuyan thinks that Brother Mu is a bit ridiculous at this time, she doesn't want to talk to him, she pushes his arm, like an ant shaking a tree, pitiful and ridiculous, she bends down to want to get from him under the armpit.

But he grabbed her hand and said, "Come with me!" He seemed to have made up his mind to take her somewhere.

Xiuyan also wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in Brother Mu's gourd, so she was obediently dragged away by him.

They didn't take the right path, they just burrowed around in the alley, Xiuyan felt that her head was about to turn dizzy, if the person leading her wasn't Brother Mu, she really suspected that he was going to turn her dizzy on purpose , and then conspired against the law.

After wandering around for a long time, they finally stopped by the wall of Yise Shuimo Group. The white stone steps under the wall are hewn into the shape of passionflower flowers. There is a gate in the middle and three small doors on each side. They are all finely carved with new styles, without vermilion powder coating. Looking left and right, the tiger skin stone under the snow-white wall has a texture, which is magnificent.

"What is this place?"

"This is my private house in Xicheng!" Li Mu's voice was clear.

"Private house?" In this era, it is illegal for officials to own private houses. Although most of the officials have private houses, they generally don't buy them in Beijing, and even if they do, they keep it secret. Brother Mu told her without even thinking about it. It can be seen that Brother Mu still trusts her, but even if he trusts her again, he still has something to hide from her, Xiuyan feels that she can't understand him more and more.

Seeing Xiuyan's frowning, Li Mu said, "Don't worry, there are a lot of fish and dragons in the west city, half of them are business families, and they won't be discovered!" This is the longest sentence that Brother Mu has ever said to her, with a soft and clear tone Be gentle.

Xiuyan thought that such a big house would cost tens of thousands of taels of silver at least, and brother Mu had only been an official for four years, how could he get so much money? Could it be that brother Mu was a corrupt official? deep.

Li Mu could easily see through Xiuyan's every frown, smile, and frown. Of course he knew what Xiuyan was thinking at the moment, but he didn't say anything. He didn't tell her about some things in order to better protect her.