box of hearts

Chapter 180
Qingtian didn't cry a few times, but was already laughed wildly by Qi She.He is also smiling, looking back at the phoenix curtain and chaotic sorrow, and looking at the charming in front of him, it seems like a lifetime away.He even fiddled repeatedly, rubbing his hands on Qingtian Mao Zhaza's head as soon as he asked.Qingtian's anger was also uneven, he cursed and pushed him, and begged to hug him, the soft and slender waist at the end, Wan stretched on Lang's knee, there is nothing pitiful[8].

The night is quiet, the bell is sinking, the river is clear and the shadows of the bridge are uneven.A vermilion window cuts out the crispy sweets mixed with honey glue squarely, like an illustration in a legendary storybook, and a gust of wind blows it away.

The morning wind passed by the end of the trees, disrupting the rays of the sun, and the green moss condensed into a little mist.

In a sparse eucalyptus forest, a procession came, dozens of horses followed by a small sedan chair.The horses stopped and the sedan chair dropped.Zhou Dun waved his hands to the crowd on horseback, "You all follow me."

Lin Jianbaidi was left to Liren, Qi She dismounted and Qingtian stepped out of the car.She was still wearing a straight men's suit, with an ink belt around her waist and a bonnet. She raised her eyes wide open for a moment, then reached Qi She's waist and stuffed herself in it.

Qi She stroked Qingtian's back without saying a word.At the end of the day, Shan smiled and opened the car curtain for her, "It's delivered here, let's go back."

Qingtian sat in obediently, and the dark light of ripe crab color in the sedan chair reflected her eyes with tears and smiles at the same time.Qi She also smiled at her, and put down the curtain of the sedan chair.He took a few steps back and clapped his palms twice.

The entourage stepped forward, and the four bearers lifted the sedan chair and walked away briskly.After Qi She watched him off for a while, he jumped on his horse and turned the reins towards the opposite side in the crowd.

Feng'er hit her upper body, her heart felt slightly cold, it was a small trace of a woman's tears, paying homage to Li Shang.

7.
In the afternoon of that day, Qingtian was sent to Slender West Lake.

There are thirty-six West Lakes in the world, and the Slender West Lake is thinner and unique.There are continuous buildings on both sides of the strait, but unlike the Little Qinhuai in Yangzhou City, these are not the river buildings of famous prostitutes, but the other businesses of high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen.Among them is a place called "Anlu", which is the villa of Huang Siquan, the censor of Caojiang.The third-rank title of Caojiang Yushi, who is in charge of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, is one of the most eye-catching yamen gates.This Anlu is naturally beautiful, with beautiful mountains and rivers, beautiful flowers and willows, and the scenery is like a long dream.

Huang Siquan's wife led a few family members to welcome Qingtian into the garden in the sedan chair hall, knelt down repeatedly, and said extremely respectfully: "Your Majesty, just take it easy, the staff in this Anlu are all carefully selected by the concubine, and they are cautious and mature. , I will never talk nonsense outside. This is Cheng Mama, the daughter-in-law in charge. If you have something to do, you can tell her, or tell the concubine, and the concubine will come every day to pay her respects."

Qingtian returned a salute, and smiled modestly, "Thank you Madam, it's really a lot of work for Master Huang and Madam."

Mrs. Huang's clothes are gorgeous and her speech is sophisticated. At first glance, she looks like a noble lady who is good at socializing. "Your Majesty doesn't know. Our master was 25 years old when he took the tribute palace examination. As a result, the papers on policy theory were written out of standard, and he was directly ranked at the end of the top three. Seeing that there is no hope for the Imperial Academy. It was the first year of the regent prince supervising the country. At that time, the Wangmen cabinet tried hard to promote the humble husband to No. 1 in the second class, from the background of the Jinshi to the Chuanlu, and promoted him steadily in the past few years, so his special kindness to the prince has always been I am so grateful, this time I can have the opportunity to do my best in front of the empress, I really wish for it. Originally, he should come to kowtow to the empress himself, but he is young and impetuous, and he is afraid that he will offend the empress if he is not polite. Besides, the prince regent also confessed to him, I want the concubine to serve the empress in person. Although the concubine is clumsy, it is better to be respectful than to obey. If there is anything wrong, I just ask the empress not to blame it. I heard that the empress has lived in a house in the western suburbs for half a year In the nunnery, the life in the nunnery is quite difficult, so I invited the best old doctor in Yangzhou City on my own initiative, and after a while, I went into the garden to ask for the pulse and prescribe some breath-regulating tonic for the empress. The empress rests and recuperates In a few days, when I get better, I will accompany my wife to go shopping in the city. Yangzhou is a bustling place, and there are many interesting places to go. It is getting dark now, and after a day of tossing around, my wife must be tired, so I will also Don't bother me too much, let the two elder sisters wait for the maid to go inside to rest for a while, and then have dinner."

Standing behind Mrs. Huang, Mu Yun and Ying Zhi had already burst into tears, but at this moment they both knelt down and cried loudly.Mrs. Huang shook her head, and left together with the servants holding their breath.Qing Tian stepped forward to help the two of them up, hugging each other into his arms, crying and laughing.

For a while, he stopped his tears, and Qingtian caressed Muyun's cheek with his hand, with a bright smile in his eyes, "The third master told me, thanks to your thoughtfulness, I tried everything possible to find Zhaohua and buy it back, and then I bought it with you." She is not afraid of beating me and pleading my grievance for me, that's why I'm innocent, otherwise, I'm afraid that the third master and I will regret it for the rest of our lives."

The scars on Mu Yun's face have long since faded away, his face is clean and fair, and a new blush has appeared on the eyelids, "The third master is not a fool, but he has a deep affection for the girl and was blinded by the momentary anger. Brain, you will be able to understand it by yourself after a little vacation. We are just playing the drums, if the third master can't trust the girl, even if we say that the sky is broken, it won't work."

"It's just that I heard that you and Xiao Zhao also sold the shop in order to collect money to redeem Zhaohua. Now that you have come here by yourself, I don't know when I will be able to return to Beijing, and you are separated from each other. How can I be happy?"

"Why did the girl have a relationship with me? You just put your heart on it, the third master loves the house and the black, can you still treat us badly? Someone gave us a piece of land in Tianjin's most prosperous commercial port for nothing! Xiao Zhao I was busy taking care of it, and I just said to him: "I'm going to Yangzhou anyway, and I don't worry about the girl being there alone. You can be honest with me during my absence, don't be a big wife After going there for a few days, when I came back, there were more children. 'Yo, girl, look, I didn't mean that..."

Qing Tian laughed, and nodded Mu Yun's nose, "You're saying I'm born, you listen to you, you're just being suspicious of me. By the way, what about Zhaohua? She's single, and she's never been with you. Come?"

Mu Yun's smile froze on her cheeks, "Did the third master not tell the girl?"

"Tell me what?" Qingtian's heart skipped a beat, his eyes filled with apprehension to ask for the answer, but he didn't dare to solve it, "What's wrong with Zhaohua?"

After a while of silence, Mu Yun pursed the corners of her mouth, her attitude was like a floating dream full of sorrow, "Zhaohua was abused by inhumane people in Yaozi Street, and since then she has kept that idea, and met the prince that night. Afterwards, he committed suicide with a hairpin, and we were unable to save him..."

Qing Tian felt his legs go limp, Mu Yun hurriedly helped her to the kang, and persuaded her with tears in her eyes: "Human life has been determined for a long time, girl, don't be too sad, if you damage your body, wouldn't Zhaohua do her best for you in vain?" Have a heart?"

Qingtian sat blankly, teardrops crackling and falling, "Stupid child, silly child, she is only 17 years old, I said I would find a good husband-in-law for her this year, who will be a beautiful bride, why? Why——, it's all me, if I don't keep her by my side, she will still be the little leader of Huaihua Hutong at this time, it's all because of me..."

"Girl, don't think so. I've been talking to Yingzhi for the past few days—where's Yingzhi? Yingzhi!" Mu Yun looked around and yelled, "Girl, something's wrong with Yingzhi, the brat these two days. , I think she looks a bit like Zhaohua in the end, I'm afraid I'm going to be stupid."

Qing Tian was still sad, but he didn't understand what it meant, but he heard a muffled sound of water behind the house.Only then did she jump in shock, and followed Mu Yun out.It turned out that Mrs. Huang had inquired carefully about the layout of the Near Fragrance Hall in the Ru Garden, and specially selected a pavilion near the water in An Lu as Qingtian's bedroom. The courtyard behind the house is facing the Slender West Lake.I saw a slanting ray of light in the courtyard piercing through the dense clusters of camellias and rhododendrons, and shining on the turbulent green water outside the medicine bar.

Qing Tian and Mu Yun were stunned for a moment, then shouted at the same time: "Come on! Come on! Help!"

Not far from the lake was passing a Tang wooden boat with clear mud, and there were several drivers on it. When they heard the sound, two of them stood up straight.They looked at Qing Tian and Mu Yun, who were shaking hands and stamping their feet anxiously, and jumped off the bow one after the other.

Yingzhi was rescued from the lake in time, spit out a large bucket of water, and drank a large bowl of ginger soup, wrapped in a red velvet blanket and wept to Yu.After being questioned again and again, she covered her face in tears, "Your maid is useless. That day, your servant was already twisted out and given to someone else before she understood what was going on. At first, your servant thought there was something wrong. Offended the empress, the empress no longer wants to be a servant, always thinking about asking the empress again, and only after being sold to another house did she vaguely hear what happened. The slave is determined to give up, but, But the young lady of that family is very kind, she is kind to the servants, never beats and scolds the servants, the servants think a lot, want to die but dare not die, I am afraid that if they die in other people's house, they will harm the young lady. I can't sleep well every night, and I can't help you except to pray for the mother. The servant is unfaithful and unrighteous, and the servant deserves to die. Now that I see the mother, the servant will die as well."

Hearing the whole story, Qing Tian's face was ponderous.On the other hand, Mu Yun slapped her hands in a serious manner, "Since you said that your mother has always treated you very well, why are you afraid of her punishment and committing suicide?"

Yingzhi choked and said: "The servant is not afraid of the mother, the servant knows that the mother will not punish, but in the play it is said that 'one servant does not serve two masters', the servant can't get over this hurdle of his own."

(End of this chapter)