Eldest daughter

Chapter 453 Restless
At the end of May, the rain that had been raining continuously for several months finally stopped, but the sky was always overcast, with dark clouds rolling in the sky. It gets sweltering.

Wang Yuan'er looked at the dark cloud like a mushroom in the sky, her eyebrows were furrowed tightly, her forehead was already wrinkled into a "Chuan", and the impatience in her heart was expanding uncontrollably.

"Second Grandma, this is the freshly made almond tea, would you like to try it?" Xia He brought in a tray and said to Wang Yuan'er cautiously.

"Let's put it aside." Wang Yuan'er waved his hand: "Go and call your sister Qiutang."

Xia He quickly agreed.

After a while, Qiutang came in and bowed her knees to salute Wang Yuaner. "Don't be too polite." Wang Yuan'er rubbed the tip of her eyebrows and asked, "When was the last time Second Master wrote? It seems like a long time since I haven't received a letter from him."

Qiutang pinched her fingers to calculate, her brows furrowed, and said in a low voice, "I haven't seen a letter since 21."

"Really? Why did I feel it for so long!" Wang Yuan'er became more and more uneasy.

Qiutang glanced at her, saw her haggard face, with bruises under her eyes, and said: "Second Mistress has been worrying too much these days, and my servant doesn't look very good looking at you, why don't I give Grandma a pulse? "

Wang Yuan'er shook her head and said, "I'm fine, it's just that my heart is extremely restless and irritable. Tell me, why didn't the second master write a letter? Could something happen?"

After saying this, her heart also tightened, as if an invisible hand was tightly pinching it, which made her feel that it hurt even to breathe.

Qiutang's heart was slightly cold, and she hurriedly said: "Grandma is thinking too much, the second master must be fine. I heard that the flood control will not be cured in a short while, and it is not that it will not rain today. Is it? I'm afraid the master will be back in a few days."

"No, that's not the case. Look at the dark clouds in the sky. It's so gloomy. I'm afraid there will be a heavy rain soon. Qiutang, I'm very flustered." Wang Yuan'er shook her head, very anxious.

Qiutang frowned, and said: "Grandma, let me make you some soothing soup, eat it and sleep well?"

Wang Yuan'er muttered to herself, but she didn't know what she was talking about, Qiutang became more and more worried.

"Go and call Yuan Dazhi's family." Wang Yuan'er suddenly ordered her again.

Qiutang groaned, went down to call for someone, and went to make soothing soup herself.

When the soup was ready and Yuan Dazhi's family came out, Qiutang paused and asked her what was the matter in a low voice.

Yuan Dazhi's family said: "Grandma is worried, so she asked me to ask my boy to go to the palace gate to inquire about the second master!"

Qiutang frowned again, and said, "Then do your job carefully."

Yuan Dazhi nodded and left quickly.

"Second Mistress, the soothing soup is here." Qiutang walked in.

Wang Yuan'er drank the soup and fell into a deep sleep. However, the dream was grotesque, but she couldn't sleep at all, and there was a lot of sweat on her forehead, and her brows were furrowed.

……

In June, there was still no letter from Cui Yuan, and he sent people out, but they couldn't find any news. Wang Yuan'er became more and more anxious and upset, and finally couldn't help but handed a sign to the palace, which was called to Empress Rongyi. hello.

When Wang Qing'er saw her eldest sister, she was taken aback. How long has it taken? Why has she become so thin, even her chin is pointed.

"Sister, why are you so thin? How do the people below serve you?" Wang Qing'er was very displeased.

Wang Yuan'er touched his face, smiled wryly and said, "I've been bored for the past few days, and I don't have much appetite, and I don't eat much. Your brother-in-law hasn't written for a long time, and I'm really worried about it, and I don't know what he is doing outside. Regarding the situation, I didn't send back a single word, I..."

As she spoke, the circles of her eyes turned red, and tears quickly filled her eyes.

Wang Qing'er was startled, and her pretty Liu eyebrows frowned.

"How long has it been?" she asked, frowning.

Wang Yuan'er took out a silk handkerchief from her sleeve, wiped the corners of her eyes, and said, "Counting it all together, it's been eleven days since the second year of junior high school."
Wang Qing'er pursed her lips, and said bitterly: "The emperor...hasn't come to me for a while, and I don't know what news has come from the previous court. Sister, don't panic, I will find another reason to invite the emperor later. Come and take a look?"

Wang Yuan'er was a little startled, and hurriedly asked: "How long has it been since the emperor came to your place?"

Wang Qing'er frowned, pretending not to care and said: "I don't pay much attention, it's been a few days."

She spoke briskly, but how could Wang Yuan'er not hear the loneliness in her words?
Thinking of the incident she told her back then, she asked, "But because of what you said before, the emperor annoyed you? That's why you didn't come?"

Wang Qing'er said: "Maybe it's because the court is busy. Although I didn't go out in the palace, I also heard that there are floods in many other places. It's reasonable for him not to come. As for the mountain in our town, will it be damaged?" Fa Jiao...the left and right have made a decree to relocate, it doesn't matter whether it is sent or not, I have done everything that needs to be done."

Wang Yuan'er held her hand, with a guilty expression on his face: "It's the eldest sister who has hurt you."

Wang Qing'er suddenly panicked, and said: "Sister, what kind of stupid words are you talking about? We are direct sisters, so how can we get involved? Besides, Changle Town is also the place where I was born and raised, and those folks in the village can be regarded as Watching me grow up, how can I just watch them suffer?"

"But what if..." Wang Yuan'er pursed her lips.

"Sister, there is no contingency. If the mountain flood does not grow, then it will be good. There will be no disasters or difficulties, and the town will not need to be rebuilt. If it is really God's will, then the disaster has been avoided. It is a blessing. After all, people It’s still there, isn’t there hope for people?” Wang Qing’er said calmly, “I’ve done everything I should do, and I have a clear conscience.”

When Wang Yuan'er heard this, she felt both ashamed and sad, and said, "Eldest sister is not as good as you."

It is now June, but Wang Qing'er swore in the past that Changle Mountain would be flooded in June.But now, the rain has just stopped. Although the sky is still cloudy, in the eyes of many people, it will be a matter of time before the dark clouds dissipate. I am afraid that there are already many people in the palace waiting to see Wang Qinger's jokes, waiting to see How down and out she is!

People in the world can't see the good of others, especially in the case of this opponent, the more miserable they are, the better it is!
Finding a future in the palace is already more difficult than elsewhere, but Wang Qing'er can still face it calmly with a smile, Wang Yuan'er feels ashamed.

"I'm not as good as Eldest Sister, there are many good things about Eldest Sister!" Wang Qing'er comforted her with a smile.

Wang Yuan'er wiped the corners of her eyes with a silk handkerchief, and said in a low voice: "Qing'er, I also have no idea, and I couldn't find any useful information outside, so I came to you to see if your brother-in-law has a letter? I didn't expect you to be so difficult. It's the eldest sister's fault. Qing'er, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. Don't go to the emperor to find out. There is a saying that no news is good news. I should believe it. I think your brother-in-law will also It will be safe."

In fact, both of them knew that what she said was nothing more than self-consolation.
"Eldest sister, don't worry, I know it well." Wang Qing'er nodded.

"As for whether Changle Mountain will be flooded or not, don't worry. The weather is so sultry and the clouds are so thick. I'm afraid we won't be able to escape. In my opinion, we should have a conclusion in these few days." Wang Yuaner's voice couldn't be lowered.

"Sister!" Wang Qing'er widened her eyes in surprise, her expression frightened.

Wang Yuan'er showed a wry smile, and said: "Eldest sister is not scaremongering, but... well, just relax, take care of the baby carefully, and leave the others alone."

Under such pressure, my younger sister is still so calm. As a big sister, does she still have to worry about her like a younger sister?
The two sisters talked for a while, and Wang Yuaner left the palace.

Wang Qing'er supported the Zhumen of the main hall until Wang Yuan'er was out of sight, then turned around and told Xingchun: "Go to the emperor and send a letter, saying that I feel a little uncomfortable, and I want the emperor to come and have a look."

Xingchun nodded in agreement, helped her back to the bedroom and put her down, and then went to pass the message, but after going out for a while, she came back with a sullen face.

"What?" Wang Qing'er half stood up, her heart sank straight down.

Xingchun replied: "Eunuch Hu said that there are so many memorials coming up from various places these days, and the emperor reads the memorials at seven or eight hours a day. He has no time to come and tell the empress to rest." After a pause, he said: " Eunuch Hu said that the emperor has been resting in the Hall of Mental Cultivation for a while, and he did not go to the place of other concubines in the palace."

Wang Qing'er pursed her lips slightly, and said after a while: "Got it."

Wang Yuan'er went to the palace for a while, and when she came back, she became even more taciturn. Even if Chu Ge teased her, she couldn't show a half smile.

And when she entered the palace this time, the eyes of the people in the mansion were a little strange. After all, when Wang Qing'er made a fuss back then, it was full of uproar, but now, it is calm!

Among the servants, it is common to see that this beautiful lady is going to be in big trouble, and the servants will say some gossip.

The people in Qinghui Courtyard were aggrieved, but Wang Yuan'er just smiled lightly about it. She just walked out of the corridor to look at the dark clouds rolling in the sky from time to time. Anxious and uneasy, the time standing outside is getting longer and longer.

The sweltering weather lasted until the fifth night of June. The sky was thick and dark, like a huge black curtain, pressing down heavily, trying to crush and destroy everything in the world.

Thunderbolt, boom!

A flash of white lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a loud thunderclap.

Qiutang woke up from her sleep, dazed for a long time, then ran barefoot to the window, took a wooden stick to prop up the window lattice and looked out.

Tick ​​tock.

Bean-sized rain fell from the sky, one, two, three and four, but in the blink of an eye, it poured down and hit the banana tree in front of the window with a crackling sound.

It's raining heavily!
Qiutang hastily put down the window lattice, walked back to the bed, and whispered, "Grandma, it's raining heavily."

Seeing that Wang Yuan'er was a little restless these days, she couldn't rest assured, so she went on duty at night herself.

Wang Yuan'er didn't respond, Qiutang was taken aback, and quickly turned on the lamp to take a look.

But Wang Yuan'er's face was pale, his brows were tightly wrinkled, and his face was full of tears, crying helplessly.

(End of this chapter)