Lady Changning

Chapter 221 Ten Years, Long Time No See (1)

After a not-so-harmonious dinner, Xuan Jing wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but was caught by Huangfu Zimian and sent away the brothers and sisters of the Xi family, and the two had a chat alone.

Xuan Jing is not the kind of person who can drink tea quietly, he is waiting for Huangfu Zimian to speak first, and the previous anger is suppressed in his heart, so let's listen to what Huangfu Zimian has to say.

Compared to Xuan Jing's impatience, Huangfu Zimian was calmer, "Whose twins are those children?"

Finally asked, Xuan Jing almost wanted to shout, it's yours, it's yours.But for the sake of Xi Changning, he still suppressed his excitement, "My friend's wife. She is also a poor woman. You don't know how dangerous she was at the time, but she was determined to have a child. Like my younger brother Zijing, because he was threatened by his mother, he once thought he was alive." I can't come down."

Xuan Jing talked a lot about the twins when they were young, but he only mentioned a word to their mother.But what Huangfu Zimian is really interested in is the woman whom Xuan Jing said.

"Where are their parents?" Huangfu Zimian watched Xuanjing intently at this moment, trying to find a trace of hope in his eyes.

"Dead." Xuan Jing said these words with great difficulty, he could clearly sense the hopeful look in his friend's eyes, but he still had to tell him what Xi Changning had explained.But after thinking about it, he immediately changed his words, "Their mother is dead, but their father is still alive, just... gone."

When he was leaving, Xuan Jing took a look at Huangfu Zimian, and seeing his eyes suddenly dimmed, he understood that Huangfu Zimian didn't have Xi Changning in his heart, but was used to hiding it in his heart, and he seemed to have returned to Xi Changning. Huangfu Zimian, who was young more than ten years ago, also hid everything in his heart like this.

But seeing Huangfu Zimian's complicated palace, Xuanjing didn't intend to blame him for anything out of good intentions. There was only one thing he couldn't accept, "You really want to marry Yue'er? She is Changning's younger sister."

Although they look alike, they really don't have any other qualities that can be compared. If Huangfu Zimian really married Xi Yue'er because of this, wouldn't he be repeating the mistakes of Princess Jing?
Huangfu Zimian fell into his own thoughts. Xi Yueer didn't know that she was a substitute for him. Originally, this marriage was brought up by Xi Jian. He didn't object because he was temporarily lost or even gave up on himself, but he knew the truth. Everyone stood up to oppose it, which made him even more sure that the lie started when he returned to the palace, but unfortunately no one was willing to tell him what happened after all these years.

"Xuan Jing, you once said that the relationship between me and Changning is like that between you and Mingyu, but are you serious?" Although ten years have passed, these words are the only words he can confirm the relationship between him and Xi Changning.

Huangfu Zimian followed Mingyu's lead to find out, and found that Mingyu was Xi Changning's personal maid and the wife of the immigrant businessman Xuan Jing. They turned out to be husband and wife.When he knew such a thing at the time, his heart rippled one after another, as if such a fact was not surprising at all.

Xuan Jing didn't dare to speak again, he shouldn't have said these words in the first place, but now seeing the environment he was in, he was worried for him and for the children, "Zimian, I can only tell you this, there is one person who would Learn more about what happened after that. The current empress."

At that time, Xi Changning insisted on dragging her body, which was not much longer, to follow Huangfu Shenqian back to the palace, and the only thing she trusted was Mo Lian beside her. Although she had never met the current empress, she sent a letter from Xi Changning to Mo Lian. Starting this matter for him is enough to prove her trust in Mo Lian.

Huangfu Zimian smiled, she is used to that whenever he asks about him and Xi Changning, everyone pushes back and forth, saying that they don't want him to get hurt, in fact?No one ever asked him what he really thought.

"Their surname is Zi? Could it be Zimu's child?" The only person in Huangfu Zimian's mind that could be related to the word Zi was Zimu, the current king of Hudi, Helianmu.

But as far as he knew, He Lianmu was not such an irresponsible man, and the two children had no barbarian blood in them.Although there are not many memories about Helianmu and it is intermittent, but he can still be sure that Helianmu is not such a man.

"Could it be Zimu that is related to purple? Think again why Zimu is Zimu, and why there is Zifu in Hucheng?"

After saying these angry words, Xuan Jing regretted it, he didn't dare to stay any longer, and before Huangfu Zimian could speak, he left the room with only two people and escaped from such a depressing atmosphere.

Is it purple?Xuan Jing was so impulsive, but he forgot that his memory was like fragments scattered all over the place, and none of them was a whole piece.Hu Cheng?Zifu?In his memory, the one that can connect these two places is Zimu and Helianmu.

But Xuan Jing rushed out only to realize that he still had some things he hadn't asked Huangfu Zimian, such as Nian'er and Princess Jing.But can't go back again.

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The appearance of Xuan Baoer brought a little life to this yard. Every day, she called her, mother, and godmother. Compared with those three naughty children, Xuan Baoer was really like Xi Changning and Mingyu's caring little girl. Cotton jacket, no wonder everyone in the Xuan Mansion dotes on her so much.

Recently, Xi Changning has also suddenly improved, her narcolepsy has become lighter and lighter, and her waking time is getting longer and longer. She is afraid of the sun because she is waking up longer and longer, and she is slowly adapting.

Just like now Xi Changning is sitting in the shade of the yard, avoiding direct sunlight, Xuan Baoer is playing happily in the yard, she shuttles around the corner of the yard like an elf, because she missed the child When they were young, Xi Changning always felt very guilty.

What made her even more interesting was that she thought it would be great if she gave birth to a daughter. Watching Mingyu beside her make clothes for Xuan Baoer and make all kinds of beautiful designs, this is the feeling of being a mother.

"Bao'er, come here and try the size." Mingyu waved at Xuan Baoer, Xuan Baoer ran to Mingyu with a smile on her face, Mingyu gestured to her with the unfinished clothes, satisfied nodded.

Xuan Bao'er tempered Xuan Jing and Mingyu's cheerful and caring temperament, "Mother, I don't want this color of thread, that color looks good. Damn, right?"

Seeing Mingyu embroidering the color, Xuan Baoer insisted on choosing the color by herself, and did not forget to ask Xi Changning.

"Bao'er, how can this flower have this color?" Mingyu smiled and gestured at the two colors in her hand, but her lips were still grinning from ear to ear.

Seeing their mother and daughter making fun of each other, Xi Changning couldn't be idle anymore, "Mingyu, you and Xuan Jing have another daughter for me."

Mingyu blushed when she heard that Xuan Baoer was the one she insisted on giving birth to. It was hard work to give birth to a child. In order to raise three children, Mingyu and Xuan Jing never had another child. Later Xi Changning woke up. Xuan Baoer was born.

"What did Miss say? Bao'er is our daughter."

Mingyu thought that Xi Changning would stop talking after saying this, but who knew that Xi Changning raised his hand and gestured, "I want the kind of soft baby just born."

Mingyu blushed even more, she put down the female celebrity in her hand and picked up Xuan Baoer and placed it in Xi Changning's gesticulating hand, "Miss, don't be picky, just make do with the hug."

Xi Changning rubbed the child in her arms, and suddenly she missed twins very much. A thought that shouldn't have appeared in her head, which directly made her start to be in a daze.

"What's wrong with you, godmother?" Xuan Baoer touched Xi Changning's face.

This brought Xi Changning back to his senses, and he was really scared by his own thoughts, "No, Godmother thinks about when the brothers will come back, and ask your father and mother to give birth to a little sister for Bao'er."

"Miss, what are you talking about again?" Mingyu didn't expect Xuan Baoer to ask when Xuan Jing came back, when she would have a younger sister, usually, Xuan Baoer could do it.

"Mingyu and the others why haven't they come back yet? Are they too happy to leave? Why don't we go find them?"

Just now, Mingyu was still teasing the child, but now Mingyu has lost all interest, especially when she heard the last sentence, she took the child down and let her play, while she looked at Xi Changning, unchanged, her clear eyes and almost transparent skin , and that silver hair, but what is the smile on the corner of the mouth?
"Miss, don't joke with me."

Seeing that Mingyu was so scared, and finally concluded that what she said was a joke, Xi Changning, who hadn't had a childlike innocence for a long time, became playful.

"Mingyu, I've decided. We'll go to the capital to pick up the child, and then we'll go to the Western Regions to see Helianbao."

Watching Xi Changning announce with a relaxed smile, Mingyu couldn't laugh from the inside out, she was even about to cry, how could she be allowed to stay at home and guard Xi Changning?While Xi Changning was still planning, she hurriedly wrote a letter to Xuan Jing who was far away in the capital.

Xi Changning has never been a procrastinator in doing things. He felt that since he had spoken about this matter, he had to put it into action. He had already started to prepare things for the capital.

Mingyu didn't see a reply for a long time, so he could only follow Xi Changning to prepare, assuming that Xuanjing agreed.In fact, Xuan Jing, who was far away in the capital, was so busy that he didn't see Mingyu's letter, otherwise he would have told Mingyu in a very affirmative tone that Xi Changning was not allowed to step into the capital.

When Xuanjing saw Mingyu's letter, he calculated that if he walked fast, it would be almost here, and even if he walked slowly, he would have to go out for several days.He didn't care about those messy things, and hurriedly asked the people he brought to Mufeng Tea House to inform that rich people were coming to live, and told them to clean up quickly.

At this time, Xi Changning and Mingyu who were on the road were more leisurely and carefree, and Xuan Baoer was too young to stay by their side, so they waited for Master Xuan to settle Xuan Baoer after he returned to the mansion before setting off.Along the way, Xi Changning was not in a hurry to go to the capital, but stopped and played on the road. Anyway, she didn't feel bad at all because she was using Xuanjing's money.

And Mingyu also felt relieved, Xi Changning really came to pick up the child, she didn't want to hide herself back to Hengshan in a mess like before.During this journey, Xi Changning was still sleeping for the most part, but when she was awake, there was a trace of anticipation in her eyes. The things she encountered on the road were both funny and strange. real feeling.

"Miss, we can enter the city in the afternoon. Is there any place you want to go? I will also send someone and my husband to tell us that we have arrived." Mingyu and Xi Changning sat side by side in the carriage, looking out the window. A familiar scene.

Xi Changning put down the book in his hand, pinched his eyes, "Feng Qiuhuang, I really miss the food there."

Mingyu opened the curtain and said to the groom, remembering that Feng Qiuhuang hadn't eaten anything for more than ten years. In the past, a certain person made the sweet-scented osmanthus stuffing himself, but now that people don't have sweet-scented osmanthus stuffing, naturally it's gone. But Xuan Jing is very good at managing the business, so judging from the income he gave Xi Changning, it is not bad.

The carriage wobbled for another half a day and finally entered the capital, and the coachman followed the instructions and arrived at Feng Qiuhuang's gate, "Ma'am, Feng Qiuhuang has arrived."

Mingyu pulled up the cloak and covered the veil for Xi Changning, because her appearance could easily attract other people's attention, while Xi Changning seemed to be more low-key.After tidying up the last hat, Mingyu got out of the carriage with confidence.At the same time, Xi Changning was helped to get off the carriage, and the streets in the capital city were very lively, needless to say.

The sudden noise made Xi Changning feel unreal, but the noise couldn't help but make her laugh, it's good to be alive.

The two sat in Feng Qiuhuang's private seat, time passed and no one could recognize Mingyu or her, the two ordered snacks and tea like ordinary guests, and they could see the scene on the street from the nearby window.

"Do you need anything else, the two ladies? Recently, a new fruit wine has been released in the store, and it is delicious to drink this season." The waiter strongly recommended the items in the store, with extremely rich and exaggerated expressions, very interesting.

Mingyu covered her mouth and smiled, "Is this how your young master manages this shop?"

The waiter in the shop touched his head in confusion, seeing that although the lady was not ostentatious in her clothes, he had seen so many high-ranking officials, and he thought the jewelry and clothes on her were of the highest quality.As for the other one, he never dared to look carefully, because he was wearing a cloak and a veil, and those black and white eyes seemed to be able to see through people's thoughts, which made him dare not look more.

"Go and prepare some fruit bars." Xi Changning didn't make things difficult for the waiter in the store, so he followed his recommendation and asked him to get the wine.Immediately, he couldn't help but ask one more question, "What's going on in the capital for ten years?"

The shop clerk bent down to thank her, and then she saw the masked woman clearly, no, she couldn't say she saw clearly, but what happened to the strand of silver protruding from the brim of the hat?It didn't sound like an elderly woman either.

"In the past ten years, there have been a lot of things. For example, the empress fell from the city wall ten years ago, and then Concubine Lian became the empress later. There are more interesting things in this palace than in this capital. However, in this capital, General Yan's mansion died The only son, Yan Xiufeng, is also gone, and I think the Xi Mansion doesn't show much attention now, after all, three daughters died all at once."

Both Xi Changning and Mingyu knew what the waiter said, but hearing these words from other people's mouths, it felt like they were listening to other people's stories.Xi Changning gave the waiter some money as a reward.

When the shop waiter went out, Mingyu, who was holding back her laughter, laughed even louder, she didn't look like a wealthy lady from any family, "Miss, you don't know, before the husband said seriously that Fengqiuhuang didn't have sweet-scented osmanthus brewing. I can't go on anymore, and my husband has hired a lot of people to brew sweet-scented osmanthus wine, but it doesn't taste the same, he is so angry that he is about to lock Feng Qiuhuang up."

Xi Changning could imagine Xuan Jing's crazy performance, but recalling what the shop waiter said just now, she also lost some interest, and Ming Yu no longer made fun of it deliberately.

She took off her veil and lay down on the window sill, more silver threads were exposed at the brim of her hat. The noise outside was in contrast to the quietness of the lounge.She saw a brocade chariot moving among the crowd, and stopped at Feng Qiuhuang's door, which attracted her attention for some reason, but she couldn't see the person coming down because of the eaves.

"Guest officer, what you want happens to be sold out earlier, wait a moment, I'll go to the wine cellar to get it for you."

"It's okay, I'll just wait." The voice was soft and long, very familiar in memory.

Although the words were not long, Mingyu was so frightened by the voice that she even dropped the cup in her hand, even she could remember who it was, let alone Xi Changning in front of her.She was calmer than Mingyu, with a smile on her lips, but she didn't go downstairs to check.

Xi Changning asked Mingyu to call in the waiter and prepare some things.Although the waiter nodded in response, he was surprised by Xi Changning's appearance, how could he have white hair at such a young age?
"Do you remember what I just taught you?" Xi Changning actually showed a painting of Yuge and clear water on the scroll with just a few strokes.

If Mingyu hadn't gotten used to Xi Changning's painting skills, her expression would definitely not be much better than that of the waiter. She handed the scroll to the waiter, and felt that the scene was very familiar, but the characters are wrong, as long as Xi Changning is not messed up Come, Mingyu absolutely obeys.

The waiter in the shop ran down the stairs quickly. Seeing that the customer downstairs hadn't left, he hung the scroll on the wall at the turning point between the first and second floors. How could this lady know that it was once hung here? Looking at the picture scroll, judging from the different shades of the wall, there should be something hanging on it.

"Guest officers, there is a lady upstairs who made a painting. If someone who knows how to paint adds something, this lady will have a gift to give."

As soon as the waiter's words came out, the people downstairs exploded, but most of them were just joking.

"You really can't speak, you kid, who knows how to draw, look how many of us can understand how to draw?"

The people below agreed, which made the waiter very embarrassed. He looked at the private seat upstairs, where the private seat could be seen. The two ladies signaled him to continue, so he could only bite the bullet and continue.

"This guest officer sees that you are dressed in a noble manner, and you can see that you have read the book. I wonder if you can add something to it?" The waiter walked up to the designated guest officer according to the order, and the guest officer in front of him looked at the gentle and handsome , I can't take my eyes off at a glance.

Huangfu Zimian didn't intend to stand out, so he could only shake his head and refuse. At this time, an old man came out from the inner hall, watching him with flickering eyes, and then looked at the paintings on the wall.

"Young master, you can make a contribution. There will always be something you don't expect."

Faced with the old man's request, Huangfu Zimian had no choice but to go up the stairs, and the thud sound seemed to be beating Xi Changning's heart until she saw his back in front of her eyes, she couldn't stop counting and murmured He spoke a few words that only he could hear, long time no see.

(End of this chapter)