Yijuan cloud

Chapter 206 Linghua’s feelings

The dark night covered the sky and the earth like an airtight silk satin. The bright moon in the sky made it brighter and brighter, round and big, and the stars twinkled as if they could be picked off with a hand.

But it’s a good time and beautiful scenery, but who’s home is it to enjoy the pleasure?

After standing for a while, I stepped up the steps.

"Are you really ignoring me?" Xing'er followed me a few steps and asked urgently in a low voice.

Seeing that I didn't say a word, I had already made up my mind to ignore General Fan. He sighed helplessly and said, "Then I'll go!" He said, "Deng Deng Deng" and turned back.

When a boy at the gate saw me entering the courtyard alone, he followed me and carried a lantern to guide the way.

Because there was a Lantern Festival in the city, there was no banquet or performance in the house, and the servants had few errands. There was no one walking around outside the front yard, so it was even more deserted than usual.

The courtyard was silent, and amid the blanket of snow, all the pavilions and pavilions looked like jade sculptures, glowing with silvery light under the moonlight, creating a unique scene.

So he ignored the cold and slowed down.

After a while, footsteps came from behind.

I knew it was Xing'er, so I didn't look back. After he took the lamp from the boy's hand and ordered the boy to go back, Fang said calmly: "It took you so long to say hello?"

Xing'er said: "Isn't the eldest lady reluctant to leave? You are still walking in the yard on such a cold day. Do you want to know what he said?"

I turned my head suddenly and glared at him coldly: "I've indulged you too much recently. If you continue to talk nonsense, I'll carefully cut your tongue and don't speak again in the future."

Xing'er was originally smiling, but his face froze for a moment, and he said: "Why are you so angry? I didn't say anything. General Fan just cared about us and asked how we were doing? Why do I feel that you are doing well?" Do you have a prejudice against General Fan? How did he offend you?"

He followed me as he walked.

I walked a few steps quickly, then stopped, grabbed the lamp from his hand, and gritted my teeth and said, "No! Why do I have a prejudice against him? It's me. I can't hurt others, do you understand?"

Xing'er seemed frightened by me and nodded blankly.

Suddenly, I realized that I was losing my composure and whispered: "It's getting late, you should rest early."

When I walked to the residence, I saw light coming from Linghua's room, and then I thought of leaving Linghua alone at home to just attend to work.

Her parents had recently died, and being alone here must have made her feel even more lonely and desolate.

When he opened the curtain and went in, he saw her sitting by the charcoal basin, doing something with her head slightly raised.

When I got closer, I saw that a fan cover embroidered with dark blue and gold silk had begun to take shape. I was surprised and grabbed it with my hands with a smile.

Linghua sat with her back to the door. She was startled and stood up to grab it.

A blush appeared on his pink and white face, and he looked unusually shy. He said anxiously: "Give me - bad hooves, how come you don't even make a sound when you walk?"

I raised my hand and returned the fan cover to her.

In order not to embarrass her, I took off my fur coat, sat down on the soft couch, picked up the bronze mirror, and looked at the shadow to tear off the beard on my lips.

Linghua quickly put away the fan cover and brought hot water and a towel. While wiping my face, she said, "Why are you back so early? I still thought that you had finished your work and had to go out for a walk." From the lantern festival——"

I looked at her in the mirror and said with a smile: "It's good for you to embroider things for others here, right? Tell me, who are you embroidering for?" Before I finished speaking, countless guesses were already welling up in my mind. Come.

Linghua is a boudoir woman who knows very few men. I never noticed that she had a crush on her before. Could it be that she has someone recently?

Xing'er doesn't like to use fans, so it couldn't be him, and most servants don't use these elegant things, so who could it be?

I suddenly thought of Fan Li, ah, it must be him. He takes great care of Linghua, he is brave and majestic, and he is a majestic general. Who doesn't love him?
"I was embroidering for fun..." Linghua lowered her head and said softly, or she felt that even she didn't believe what she said, so she walked away with the basin in hand and said, "Don't ask, I won't tell you anyway. .”

"Male colleges should be married, female colleges should be married..."

"I will never get married in this life." Linghua interrupted me, with a calm face and said seriously:
"Cirrus, if you want me to serve you, that's my good fortune. But if you want to betroth me to someone or marry me off, then I will never agree to it."

I was extremely surprised and thought to myself, could it really be Fan Li?

She thought she was born a sin slave and had no hope, so she gave up thinking about it?
I looked at her and said, "What if it's that person? He wants to marry you?"

Linghua was stunned and shook her head again and again: "It's impossible... No, I never thought about it. Oh, I won't tell you anymore, Juan Yun. If you keep talking about this, I won't pay attention to you anymore."

She sat down in her chair thoughtfully.

I calmed down, walked to sit next to her, spread out the pastries sent by Fan Li, and said, "Okay, don't mention it, let's have some snacks."

She turned her head and looked at it, with joy on her face. She had forgotten her worries and said softly: "This is a pastry from the capital. Are they available here too?"

I shook my head: "It was given as a gift."

Linghua is a sincere person, she never asks too much about anything.

Just like when I told Xing'er that I was going out to do errands on Lantern Festival night, she didn't ask, and she didn't ask who sent the pastries. If she asked, I could just say it was Fan Li and see her reaction.

But she just smiled, picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, handed it to me, and said, "You loved cakes the most. In the past..."

As he spoke, he suddenly fell silent and said hesitantly: "In the past, you loved to eat."

I took advantage of the situation and opened my mouth, and suddenly the sweetness and fragrance overflowed in my mouth, but my heart sank a little bit, and I felt more and more bitter.

Even if Linghua doesn’t say anything, I know what she wants to say.

She wanted to say that Liang Xianyi and I were first engaged. During the days when we lived in Linzhai in Beijing, Liang Xianyi always came over in the evening and brought some cakes every time he came back. He knew that I loved sweets and was afraid that I would eat too much, so every time he came back Just buy a few bucks.

The candle made a loud "pop" sound, and I came back to my senses. I also stuffed a piece of Linghua's mouth, pulled her up and stood up, and said:
"Come on, let's set off the Kongming Lanterns."

When the two Kongming lanterns that Linghua and I set were flying high, I turned to Linghua and said, "When I was a child, my mother took me to set off the Kongming lanterns every Lantern Festival. I made many wishes every time. This time I I just wish for peace and stability for the rest of my life. Linghua, maybe you can make that wish."

Linghua closed her eyes and clasped her hands, not knowing what she had silently made a wish for.

"Look, there's a Kongming Lantern!" the little maids said excitedly.

I looked up, and sure enough, in the sky like a sea of ​​ink, I didn't know whose house was setting up a Kongming lantern.

(End of this chapter)