Is the emperor cremated today?

Chapter 4

Yangzhou's Fangshi opens early, and it is very lively along the pier, and there are all kinds of breakfast stalls along the way.

Thinking that Xu Miaoyin hadn't had breakfast in the morning, she bought a bowl of wonton and took it home.

When she walked into Lanyin Academy, she didn't see anyone. After asking, she found out that she had gone to Xu Jiaoyue's courtyard, Yuelingxuan.

He ordered Yuchun to take down the wontons and heat them up, and when she came back to eat, he turned around and left Lanyinyuan again.

At this end, when Xu Miaoyin walked into Yue Lingxuan, Xu Jiaoyue hadn't got up yet.

She looked up at the sun, what time is it and why is she still sleeping?
She narrowed her eyes, looked at the closed door, took a step closer, pushed the door hard, and walked in.

Looking at the tidy bed, but there is no trace of sleeping?

She wanted to touch her forehead a little bit, this girl just came out of the ancestral hall, where did she go?
On the side, Yun Xiang raised her eyes to see that the eldest girl's expression was a bit uneasy, and her drooping head drooped even lower, hoping that the eldest girl would not pay attention to herself.

"Yun Xiang, you are the one who waits on her personally, tell me!"

Xu Miaoyin glanced at the nervous Yun Xiang and asked.

Yun Xiang hesitated, and finally replied hesitantly: "Second girl, I took Qin Zhan to the suburbs to ride a horse."

After Yun Xiang finished speaking, she lowered her head and didn't dare to look up.

Although the eldest girl treats people kindly, she manages Xu's mansion with strict rules. Although she usually dotes on her younger sister, her discipline is quite strict.

Now that my master is taking a young man out for a horse race, the eldest girl will probably punish her master severely.

However, Xu Miaoyin just sat there, not looking like she would get angry.

She knew what Xu Jiaoyue was thinking.

Qin Zhan sold himself to Xu's family with his horse at that time. Although he was a refugee, he was not bad in demeanor, very calm, and had some kung fu. Otherwise, she wouldn't have let him become Fang Shuhuai's servant. .

After going through life and death, she also thought about it, even though she was just a servant, as long as Jiaojiao likes it, it doesn't matter.

She stood up and left Yue Lingxuan without saying anything.

After leaving Yuelingxuan, she took Yuqiu around the yard casually.

The roses that my father planted for my mother bloomed just right, and the breeze carried a faint fragrance of flowers lingering around, and further ahead was the lotus pond, because it was not yet the season, only the dark green lotus branches dotted the lotus pond, which looked a bit bleak .

Everything is the same as before, but it feels different.

She sat in the gazebo and looked at the wall of roses not far away, slightly dazed.

I don't know if Shuhuai has caught up with Dad?
When he came to the gazebo, he saw her leaning in the gazebo, looking at the flower wall not far away, her eyes were lowered, her fan-like eyelashes cast a shadow in her eyes, she couldn't see her expression clearly, but she looked a little lonely feeling.

There was a flash in his eyes, and he approached and said, "What are you thinking?"

Hearing this, Xu Miaoyin looked up and saw him walking up the gazebo slowly, with a relaxed posture.

He is still a person like the breeze and the moon, but she feels that he is slightly different from before.

Faintly more imposing.

Thinking of this, he recalled the first conversation he had with her in this courtyard.

At that time, he was still a poor scholar, and he needed a husband who would marry him willingly.

It was midsummer a year ago, he was imprisoned by his cousin and sold in the market like an animal, she rescued him.

At that time, because she offended the daughter of the governor of Yangzhou, she was included in the draft list, so she needed a marriage, and he wanted to repay her for saving her life.

"Do you know what you will lose if you marry into the Xu family, do you understand?" She asked him.

Fang Shuhuai put away the smile on his face, and said solemnly: "When the lady saved me in danger, if it wasn't for the lady, I might not know where I died. For the lady, it may be a matter of little effort, but for Fang To put it bluntly, I wouldn’t be where I am today without my wife. Now that my wife is in trouble, it’s time for me to repay you. Marriage is also my wish! I know my wife now doubts my sincerity, and I’m also worried that marrying into a marriage will ruin my future. The lady can rest assured, I voluntarily enter into the marriage out of my sincerity, and it is also out of my heart, my heart is pleasing to the lady!"

She has been walking with her father all year round, and that romantic man has come to express love to her, but it has never disturbed her mood.

The man in front of him did it easily.

But she understood that this was not the ripple after being tempted, but that feeling was more of a kind of uneasiness.

So uneasy that she didn't know what to say, she could only lower her eyes.

Fang Shuhuai saw her lowering her eyes, her long and curled eyelashes were like a feather fan, trembling slightly covering all her emotions.

He clenched his hands and loosened them. After repeated several times, he seemed to be stunned, and said with self-pity: "It seems that the lady is really repulsed by me, and she doesn't want to believe me. Forget it, my father hated me since I was young, and I killed my father." , I killed my mother when I grew up, it was my fate, I should bear all these, and it is reasonable for the lady not to want to."

After finishing speaking, he raised his hand to look at the newly changed clothes, and said again: "The clothes don't belong to me, it's just wishful thinking. I'll wash it and return it after I get home. I'll take my leave!"

Without waiting for Xu Miaoyin to react, she passed her and wanted to go out, but stopped suddenly at the fork in the road, and said with some embarrassment; "Hey, can you please send me out, I don't know the way!"

Xu Miaoyin looked at the back of his head with embarrassment. It was a sad mood that he said, but she suddenly felt ridiculous. How could this person be complaining about himself the last moment, and now he asked her the way in a daze. How to go.

"Fang Shuhuai, I really don't have a suitable candidate to be my husband-in-law right now. What I'm telling you today is just hoping that since you agreed to marry me, there is no room for repayment."

She walked towards him slowly, and continued: "That is to say, you can only follow my Xu family's family precepts, and those who marry are not allowed to take concubines, and your path to becoming an official after studying hard for many years will also be cut off!"

She stopped in front of him, watched him turn around slowly, smiled at her a little blankly, and said: "My life belongs to my wife, not to mention my marriage. As for my fate, since God has this arrangement, I just follow the trend!"

He looked at her with joy visible to the naked eye, "I will have Mrs. Lao Miaoyin for the rest of my life, please forgive me!"

The words he said when he proposed marriage were still in her ears, and it was precisely because of this man's words that her heart was moved at that time, and at this time, she was really happy with her husband.

Even though he is a scholar, he can still support her, which is enough.

Just like your own parents!
She has never asked for much, only wishing for the health and safety of her loved ones is enough.

But now that she's back, she must protect her family and stop letting those villains hurt them again!
She wants to find them out and get the punishment they deserve!

There were a lot of thoughts in her mind, but it only took a moment. She looked at him with a smile in her eyes, and said, "I'm thinking, the way you were when you proposed marriage to me back then is completely different from what you are now."

Fang Shu was taken aback, looked at himself with those innocent eyes, and then looked at her suspiciously, suddenly his eyes flashed.

"It's Madam's clothes that are well made. They fit me well and make me gentle and comfortable, so I'm a little more romantic."

Xu Miaoyin couldn't help laughing, the sad mood at that time was completely washed away by his boastful words.

"How can you boast of your husband like this."

Seeing her smiling like a flower, not as lonely as before, he sat beside her and gently hugged her in his arms.

Seeing this, Yuqiu on the side lowered his head and said, "It's very windy here, let me get a cloak for the girl!"

After finishing speaking, he left with interest.

Seeing that there were only the two of them in the pavilion, Fang Shuhuai asked, "What was Madam thinking just now?"

It's still the same question, but Xu Miaoyin didn't want to answer it, the darkness hidden in her heart can't be said all the time.

Why bother to say it out loud, to worry those who care about themselves.

What's more, only by changing the cause of darkness can we get the result of light.

That's how you can really feel at ease.

She shook her head and talked about another matter, "Qin Zhan has been with you for a while, have you noticed anything different?"

Fang Shuhuai narrowed his eyes slightly, paused for a breath with the hand touching her shoulder, looked down at the person in his arms, and asked, "Why do you want to ask him?"

Leaning in his arms, she didn't notice any strangeness in him, she seemed to remember something, she smiled softly, "Jiaojiao seems to like him very much, if he also has feelings for Jiaojiao, I won't object."

During the period when her father was in prison, she had almost no time to care about Xu Jiaoyue, and it was Qin Zhan who would accompany Jiaojiao from time to time, and she was somewhat grateful to him.

"However, why haven't you seen Qin Zhan following you these two days?"

Fang Shuhuai didn't answer immediately when he heard the words, but raised his eyes to look at the flower wall, then lowered his eyes, just in time to meet Xu Miaoyin who had been waiting for him for a long time and raised his head to look at him.

There was still some coldness in his eyes, which made Xu Miaoyin stunned for a moment, and then looked carefully, but she couldn't see anything else, and only listened to him.

"I asked him to do some things. I haven't seen him in the past few days, but he should be back soon."

"When did you let him go?"

"Yesterday, after you woke up."

In other words, Qin Zhan hasn't been in the mansion since yesterday, but Yun Xiang said, Jiaojiao and him go out for a horse race?
Who is lying?

She did not see Fang Shuhuai when she woke up yesterday, was it then?
At that time, he was arranging to go north to transport grain. What important matter should he do at this time?
With her hands on his chest, she asked nervously, "What did you ask him to do? How many days will it take?"

Her eyes kept looking at him, as if she wanted to find something different on his calm face.

He looked down at Xu Miaoyin's hand against him, slender and white, but tightly clenched into a fist.

He slowly raised his hand, held it tightly, looked up at her, a hurt look flashed across his eyes, then turned dark, and asked softly, "What are you doubting?"

She knew that he was always smart, but she never doubted his sincerity. She was just worried that at this critical moment, there should be no surprises.

Just as she was about to explain to him, Yuqiu, who was going to get the cloak, walked into the gazebo at this moment, her face was anxious, and she hurriedly said,
"Girl, Yun Xiang just sent word that the second girl hurt her leg from running a horse and was just carried back by Qin Zhan."

Xu Miaoyin stood up as soon as she heard it, and thought of the explanation she hadn't said just now, she looked back at him with a lonely expression, and was about to say something, but saw him look away, and said indifferently, "Ma'am, let's go!"

She opened her mouth, but still didn't say anything, wait until she goes to see Jiaojiao before explaining to him.

Then he stepped out of the gazebo and headed towards Yue Lingxuan.

Fang Shuhuai turned his head and looked at her fading figure. He didn't lower his eyes until she turned around the hanging flower door.

As soon as Xu Miaoyin walked to the door of the room, she heard Xu Jiaoyue's cry of pain, and hurried in with the female doctor behind her.

As soon as he walked in, he saw Qin Zhan squatting beside the soft couch, holding Xu Jiaoyue's right foot and slowly turning it.

She froze for a moment, coughed lightly, and reminded the two people in front of her.

Hearing the coughing sound, Xu Jiaoyue raised her head and saw that it was Xu Miaoyin, the expression on her face instantly became aggrieved.

Just about to cry a few times, I saw my sister looking at Qin Zhan with disapproval.

After knowing it, he pulled Qin Zhan up, smiled awkwardly, and called his sister, but he didn't dare to think about complaining anymore.

Xu Miaoyin signaled to the female doctor behind her to take Yun Xiang to help Xu Jiaoyue into the inner room to check her injuries. Seeing that everyone had entered the inner room, she sized up Qin Zhan.

Although he lowered his eyes and stood respectfully, but his back was straight, he didn't look like a servant no matter what.

She glanced in the direction of the inner room, took a step, and asked tentatively, "Why are you with the second girl?"

Qin Zhan bowed his head and replied: "The second girl ordered the villain to accompany her to go horse racing. The villain's horse is wild, and he was afraid that it would hurt the second girl, so the villain went with her."

"Then why did my uncle say that he asked you to go out to do errands, and it would take a few days to return?" She looked at his expression and continued to ask.

Qin Zhan was silent, but raised his eyes and looked straight at Xu Miaoyin, his eyes were full of anger, "If madam suspects that the villain is doing something wrong, you can drive the villain out now, and you don't have to humiliate me like this."

At this time, Xu Jiaoyue's voice sounded from the inner room, "Sister, don't embarrass him, he only listens to me, so he hides it from you!"

While talking, Xu Jiaoyue limped out with Yun Xiang's support.

Xu Miaoyin stood up and took a few steps towards her, supported her on the other side, helped her to sit on the soft couch, and lightly reprimanded, "You can't be more honest!"

She gave her a scolding look, then turned around and asked the female doctor who followed her how her injury was, the female doctor said: "Second girl's injury is not serious, but her right foot is injured, you need to rest well, take it internally and apply it externally, it will be fine. "

After finishing speaking and prescribing the medicine, Xu Miaoyin asked Yuqiu to send him out.

Xu Miaoyin sighed softly, then sat on the soft couch on the other side, drank a sip of tea, calmed down her tone, and said, "Tell me, how did you get hurt?"

Xu Jiaoyue looked at her calm face, then smiled and said: "It's nothing, but my brother-in-law asked Qin Zhan to pick me up from the ancestral hall. I didn't dare to go home for a while, so I asked Qin Zhan to take the little red horse and accompany me to go for a horse race." It's just that I missed the time when I returned to the city, and I couldn't enter the city, so I stayed outside for a night..."

Seeing Xu Miaoyin later turned cold, so she kept talking in a quieter voice.

"So, if you didn't hurt your leg, you wouldn't want to come back?" Looking at Qin Zhan coldly, his voice was already slightly angry.

"Sister, don't be angry, I, I don't dare to do it anymore, and don't be angry with Qin Zhan, he is all for my own good, and he keeps persuading me to go back to the city, but I don't want to go back."

Seeing that her sister was on the verge of getting angry, she obediently admitted her fault.

Does she know that if this matter gets out, her reputation will be lost?
Although she has no objection to the matter between her and Qin Zhan, it is scary!
Xu Miaoyin took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in her heart, and said calmly: "Qin Zhan, I don't blame you for what happened today, and I don't mean to humiliate you. I just hope that you will act more for Jiaojiao in the future. .”

(End of this chapter)