spring boudoir secret

Chapter 1 She's About to Die

In Lin'an City in March, it rained continuously for several days.

Pedestrians on the road hurried.

The mansion of Marquis Anyuan was extremely busy. The servants came in and out, the mansion was covered with white silk, and the coffin was brought in last night. I heard... just waited for the old lady in charge to swallow her last breath, and then immediately set to work .

Zhao Mingruo, the old lady of the Hou Mansion, saw all this with her own eyes, her old face showed no expression, so she just stood aside and remained silent for a long time.

"Old lady, don't worry too much. The servants just need to make more preparations. You will be fine. The doctor said that you can recover as long as you get through the beginning of spring."

Madam Fu secretly wiped away tears.

"It's ok."

Now, Zhao Mingruo, who is full of gorgeous hair, has seen what happened behind him with his own eyes, and he is a little more relaxed, "Ah Fu, the apricot blossoms on the mountain are blooming. I want to go to Xinghua Village to have a look. You have a car and a horse to pick you up." me."

After living for decades, I have experienced danger, enjoyment, and beauty. At this age, I have no regrets.

She knew that her time was approaching, and she didn't want to cry bitterly when she died, she just wanted to walk the whole journey quietly by herself.

"Do you want to inform the old Hou Ye?"

"no need."

The Xinghua Forest in the western suburbs is about ten miles long, so it is called Shili Xinghua Village. Every spring, the apricot trees are full of apricot blossoms, which is very beautiful.

This is where she and her husband first met.

After the Hou Mansion proposed marriage, Zhao Mingruo came over to ask someone to buy this land, and carefully built a house here, only looking forward to when the husband and wife can come and live together for a short time.

It's a pity, there are too many facts about the Hou's mansion, she is too busy to get away, she and her husband met strangers, and decades passed, she only had time to take a look at it when she arrived.

"Don't cry, everyone will have such a day."

Zhao Mingruo looked at Ah Fu who was secretly sad, but instead came to comfort her.

The carriage was driving smoothly, and the surrounding scenery was getting better on the road. The mountains and forests were foggy, and the green of the weeping willows was covered with a layer of water vapor. The branches were covered with small and exquisite pink and white apricot flowers, which was very beautiful.

A few seven or eight-year-old children from nowhere gathered around the tree, folding flowers and picking apricots, having fun.

Madam Fu was in a hurry, "Where did so many wild children come from, they trampled on the apricot tree that you ordered to be carefully raised, old lady, this servant will go and drive them away for you!"

"Let them go."

Zhao Mingruo looked at them playing with longing eyes. If she hadn't suffered a tire injury, she would have sons and daughters. When they get married when they reach the age, their grandchildren should be so old.

Husband and wife have white heads and a house full of children and grandchildren. Which woman does not expect to spend a lifetime together in such a stable way.

It's a pity that she can't achieve her wish in this life.

The bluestone steps on the mountain were covered with pink petals, and the car would not go there immediately, so he could only walk on his feet. Zhao Mingruo was old after all, and he was out of breath after walking a few steps.

"Old madam, it's still raining outside after traveling all the way this time, otherwise let's go back." Madam Fu comforted her distressedly.

Zhao Mingruo frowned, "Look again."

Cooking smoke rose from her house, and there was a bamboo pavilion in the yard, with steaming meals on the stone table inside.

"Husband, the meal is ready, I'll call the children back for dinner." The woman was very gentle.

"Sister Wan, you have worked hard for half a day, let me go."

The man in a luxurious brocade suit gently lifted the black hair from the woman's temples, and carefully wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"Sister Wan, our childhood sweetheart, you have done a lot of hard work in raising children for me. Unfortunately, the Hou Mansion is a good businessman and family manager. The prosperity of the Hou Mansion cannot be separated from her, otherwise we would not be as happy as we are now..."

He said regretfully, "When Mother was leaving, she regretted that she couldn't allow you to be married into my Marquis Mansion, so she could only place you in a private house. I really wronged you."

The woman smiled softly, "I'm not wronged, as long as I can be with my husband, even if I don't have a title, I'm willing."

"She is about to die, and then you and I will be able to be dignified. I will definitely hold a wedding banquet and marry you in a beautiful way. Fortunately, she was not allowed to give birth to that wild species, otherwise the Hou Mansion may be really serious. I'm going to be tricked by her..."

The two embraced tightly.

Zhao Mingruo suddenly laughed, with tears in his eyes.

Back then, she was full of expectations to marry the second young master of the Marquis of Anyuan, but on the day of the marriage, her husband was arrested and imprisoned, the man in the mansion was implicated and imprisoned, the Hou's mansion was in chaos, and her mother-in-law was beaten and sick in bed.

She begged everywhere, redressed her husband's grievances, treated the aunt in the house well, raised her nephews carefully, married them and started a family, and cultivated them into talents.

In the past 40 years, she has worked hard for the Hou Mansion all her life, and she is old and ugly.

The silver threads on the temples couldn't be hidden, and the smooth and delicate face was covered with wrinkles, but the woman raised by his husband looked so young and gentle.

She thought that it was because she had a miscarriage, hurt her body, and couldn't conceive... That's why the husband and wife were separated...

In the end, their children and grandchildren are full of family happiness, but they themselves live in pain and guilt for a lifetime.

Gu Changheng, it's hard for you to lie to me.

Zhao Mingruo staggered and turned around, coughing up a big mouthful of blood, which dripped on the petals of the apricot blossom, staining the original pink and white scarlet.

Nanny Fu hurried to support the old lady's body, "Old lady..."

Unfortunately, no more responses.

-

In early February, the spring was mildly cold, and the drizzle turned the crushed snow into hoarfrost, covering the lush green, and the scenery outside the window was misty and hard to see clearly.

Zhao Mingruo sat at the pear wood table and meticulously copied Buddhist scriptures.

Ah Fu opened the door and came in, his face was flushed from the cold, and he said happily, "Ma'am, Qingshan is back."

The door suddenly opened, and a cool air blew in, which made Zhao Mingruo's mind much clearer. When she opened her eyes, she was reborn in the second year of marriage in her previous life, and she was still a little uncomfortable.

"Let him come in and talk."

"Yes."

A muscular man in his early twenties came later. He was wearing a blue gown and had a handsome face, "Mrs. Madam, I went to check on the whereabouts of that girl Yun, and found that she was not in her hometown in Hengyang, but in Lin'an City. return……"

Shen Qingshan hesitated.

"Say."

"Still living in the Xinglin house in the western suburbs that you bought..."

Zhao Mingruo's hand holding the pen paused, the pen edge stretched on the paper, and the ink dots on the rice paper smudged, her heart also became cold and filled with hatred.

A year ago, on the day she married Gu Changheng, the second young master of the Anyuan Hou Mansion, the Hou Mansion was implicated in the treason case of King Wei.

The old lady couldn't bear the blow and was seriously ill in bed, and the Hou Mansion was in chaos.

Zhao Mingruo was strong by nature, he took good care of his mother-in-law's bedside, and sold his dowry and private property to plead everywhere, finally redressed the grievances of the Hou Mansion and her husband, and forcibly propped up the Hou Mansion.

The result is that the husband hangs out with other women as soon as he comes out of prison, and is kept outside in her dowry house.

　long time no see
　　
　
(End of this chapter)