Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 68 Like it or not
Su Xi thought hard, and saw Wei Feng's black pupils getting darker and darker.

After a long time, she suddenly realized, could it be that he meant not to meet with Lu Jianghuai in private again?But even if he doesn't say it, she won't do this kind of thing again. Today is a last resort. Does he think that she often meets other men in private?

Does he think everyone else is like him?

Thinking of this, Su Xi became angry that Wei Wei always broke into the boudoir regardless of his own wishes. "Brother Tingzhou is always in charge of me, why don't you take care of yourself first? If you don't leave, if Long Chun finds out, have you ever thought about it for me?"

The little girl was furious, frowning beautifully, it seemed that she was really angry.

Wei Yan had already learned from Li Hong what had happened to the Su family in the past few days, and also learned about Mrs. Su's condition. Only then did he know how much his little girl had suffered in the past few days.No wonder when I saw her today, I felt that she was even thinner. She was wearing a thin summer shirt, and her body was slender.

After Wei Yan came out of the palace, he asked someone to inquire about the residence of the concubine's room.

That night, the news of the concubine's miscarriage reached the ears of the second master Su Yang.

Just now, Su Yang didn't care too much, rushed out of the ancestral hall in a hurry, and rushed to the outer room.When the second wife, Mrs. Guo, knew about it, she couldn't help jumping in anger again.

Wei Yan looked at Su Xi and said, "Don't you like me coming to you?"

Su Xi put on a small face, and said angrily: "You can come and leave whenever you want, what does it have to do with whether I like it or not?"

In the final analysis, I still blame him for leaving without saying goodbye last time.Wei Yan smiled lowly, sat on the edge of the bed, held Su Xi tightly in his arms, and kissed her puffy face, "Youyou, I like to find you, okay?" A bracelet made of suet white jade took her little hand and put it on her wrist before she could react.

Su Xi looked down and said, "What did you wear for me?"

The mutton fat jade bracelet jade is smooth and moist like curdled fat. At first glance, it is the best nephrite jade, even more precious than the mutton fat jade pendant that Su Xi lost last time.

Wei Yan scratched her nose and said, "The bracelet my mother often wears is specially passed on to my future daughter-in-law."

Wei Wei's biological mother, Princess Jin, Xue Shi, died of illness a long time ago, and the current Princess Jin is the original side concubine, Yuan Shi.It was rumored that Wei Yan and the Yuan family were not on good terms, so the "mother" he was referring to naturally did not refer to the Yuan family, but...Su Xi was taken aback, and quickly took off the bracelet on his hand, shaking his head and said: "No, I can't do this. Take it...you take it back quickly."

Wei Yan pressed her hand and said with a smile, "Why can't I accept it? Or, you don't want to marry me?"

Su Xi said: "That's not what it means, it's because this bracelet is too expensive..."

"No matter how precious something is, we can wear it even when we are young." Wei Yan smiled and said, "It's a pity that there is only one left, otherwise the other one should be given to you."

Su Xi forgot to be angry, "Why did you give me this?"

Wei Yan put his arms around her, and put his face against her cheeks, with a slight smile in his voice, "I return to the fief this time, besides the emperor's mission, I also have another purpose to get this bracelet."

Su Xi remained silent. Is Wei Yan explaining to her why he left without saying goodbye?She whispered: "...Oh."

Wei Yan smiled lowly, hugged her waist and turned to face himself, "Still angry with me?"

Su Xi lowered her eyes, staring at the lotus pattern on his clothes, and retorted: "I'm not that stingy."

"Tomorrow, I will go to the palace to have a face-to-face, and I beg the emperor to give you to me." Wei Feng played with her delicate white fingers, and when he lowered his eyes, he saw the newly dyed Koudan on her nails.I saw that the ten fingernails were bright and delicate red, adding a little bit of glamour, and losing a little bit of innocence. Although they are also very beautiful, they are not as comfortable and pleasing to the eye as being clean and unstained.He rubbed it with his thumb, but he couldn't get it off. He frowned slightly and said, "Don't dye these messy things next time."

Su Xi didn't care about his pickiness, and grabbed his sleeve, shocked by what he said just now, "What did you just say?"

Wei Yan deliberately teased her: "Don't paint your nails again."

"It's not this." Su Xi looked anxious and wanted to scratch him a little bit, "You said just now that you asked the emperor..."

With a smile on his lips, Wei Yan said unhurriedly: "I beg the emperor to grant us a marriage."

Su Xi blinked, and finally heard it clearly this time, but the next moment she shook her head like a rattle: "No."

Wei Yan's smile gradually faded, he stared at her and said, "Why not?"

Su Xi explained: "It's not that it can't be done, it can't be done now...Dr. Wen just said today during the day that my grandfather's condition can't be stimulated, and his mood can't fluctuate too much. If you tell the emperor, in case grandfather... "She was worried that her grandfather's condition would worsen. Facing Shang Weifeng's calm black eyes, she stretched out her fingers to hold his hand actively, and said, "Cousin Tingzhou, let's talk about it after a while? Wait until grandfather's condition improves a little." Now, you can tell the emperor again..."

Wei Yan said, "How long?"

Su Xi hesitated.She doesn't know either.

There was another situation that she didn't dare to think about, and that was that her grandfather might never get better again... She lowered her head and tightly held Wei Yan's hands without saying a word.

After a while, Wei Yan sighed almost inaudibly, leaned over, and pressed his forehead against hers, "Youyou, I only give you another three months. After three months, I will ask you The emperor bestows a marriage."

Su Xi thought for a moment, whether three months was long or short, the grandfather's condition should not be as serious as it is now, so she nodded and agreed.

Wei Yan stared at her steadfastly, before slowly saying: "You were born to torture me."

Su Xi is not convinced, what does it have to do with her? "Obviously you are too..." She stopped suddenly in the middle of speaking.

Wei Yan asked, "Too much?"

Su Xi shook her head, but refused to say, "It's nothing."

She originally wanted to say that she was too "anxious", but didn't this remind Wei Yan of something?It's rare for him to be honest tonight, she doesn't want to wake up some of his memories.

Fortunately, Wei Yan didn't press the question, but talked about another matter: "I will ask Li Hong to pick you up on the ninth day of next month, and you follow me to a place."

Su Xi asked, "Where? What are you going to do?"

Wei Yan said calmly, "Lingqiu Mountain, go see someone."

Su Xi asked him who he was seeing, but he refused to say any more.Seeing that it was getting late, Wei Yan picked her up and put her on the bed, spread out the thin quilt to cover her, leaned over and kissed the corner of her mouth and said, "Stay at home for these three months, don't be irrelevant to those things. people come and go."

Those irrelevant people naturally refer to Lu Jianghuai, Fu Shaoyun and the like.

Su Xi turned over, thinking that he was long-winded, "If you don't go, I won't go when the time comes."

Wei Yan stared at the back of her head and smiled: "Youyou, do you believe that I have plenty of ways to let you go?"

Su Xi didn't say a word, of course she believed it, Wei Yan, a hypocrite with hypocrisy, what can't he do?But she didn't want to just be so submissive, and after holding back for a long time, she felt that there was always a scorching gaze looking at her behind her, and finally she was persuaded, and muttered: "What you saw this time was an accident, when did I often talk to them?" Contact?"

After a long time, Su Xi closed her eyes and almost fell asleep.She thought that Wei Feng had left long ago, only then did she feel that someone had tucked the quilt up for her, and a voice like an ancient well sounded in her ears: "I will be jealous too."

Wei Yan's voice was low and deep, warm breath was blowing in her ears, and she said such embarrassing words again, Su Xi's ears turned red, and she quickly retracted her head into the quilt.She waited for a while, and finally there was no movement behind her. Then she got out of the quilt and took a look. There was no one beside the bed, and Wei Yan had already left.

Several days passed.

Doctor Wen really lived up to his reputation as a genius doctor, and he treated Su Qingbo with acupuncture and moxibustion for three to five days. Although Su Qingbo couldn't walk around, his hands could move, and his complexion was much better than before.When the old lady was talking to him today, his sanity was seven or eight points clear, and he leaned on the big pillow and asked, "Where is Brother Zhi?"

The old lady Su hurriedly said: "Brother Zhi went to the border. After a while, you can come back when you recover."

Su Qingbo nodded, didn't ask any more questions, just finished a bowl of porridge by the maid's hand.

After finishing the porridge, the old lady asked him to lie down and rest for a while, and went out to find Dr. Wen, wanting to ask Dr. Wen some questions.

The old lady and Dr. Wen were standing on the porch talking, when they heard the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground suddenly from the room.

The old lady hastily entered the room with a cane, and saw Su Qingbo sitting on the footrest, knocking over the medicine bowl on the square table beside the bed, and the porcelain fragments shattered on the floor.

"What are you doing? Just take whatever you want as a maid, why bother with your own body?" the old lady said worriedly.

The maid helped the old man to sit back on the bed, cleaned up the floor, and then retreated.

Su Qingbo looked straight at Doctor Wen, and said with difficulty: "Genius doctor, how long will it take for this old man to walk on the ground..."

Doctor Wen hesitated for a moment, and said: "General Su, don't worry, I'm treating you right now, after a while, maybe you can go to the ground."

Su Qingbo looked dazed, and only sighed: "I haven't touched my knife for a long time..."

Just now he just wanted to go to the wall to get his knife, but he didn't expect that he couldn't walk such a short distance, and his lower body was completely numb.

The old lady Su coaxed: "When your body recovers, you can do whatever you want with your knife, so why rush for a moment?"

Su Qingbo didn't speak anymore, he seemed to be tired and closed his eyes to rest.

After a while, there was a snoring sound.

The old lady and Dr. Wen left the house.The old lady asked: "Doctor, what you just said is the truth? Is it possible for my old man to recover?"

Dr. Wen stroked his long beard, pondered for a long time, and then said in a calm voice: "To tell you the truth, the old general is seriously ill, and I don't have much confidence. I can only guarantee that the old general's life will not be in danger. As for whether he can go to the ground or not?" ...It depends on God's will. It's just that among the patients with the old general's illness, none of them can fully recover and go to the ground like ordinary people. Most of them can only spend the rest of their lives in bed .”

The old lady Su was hit hard, and staggered a bit, "This, how can this be..."

Everyone knows that old man Su is addicted to martial arts, if one day he can no longer practice martial arts, how can he survive?
At this end, Su Xi was planning to visit his grandfather when he happened to hear what his grandmother and Dr. Wen had said.She was startled, and immediately saluted the old lady and Dr. Wen with her usual expression, and then walked into the room. Seeing her grandfather lying on the bed, he seemed to have woken up a long time ago, and was looking at him with a pair of cloudy eyes. A long knife hangs on the opposite wall.

Su Xi's heart trembled, wondering if he heard the conversation between his grandmother and Dr. Wen, she called, "Grandfather."

Seeing her, the old man finally showed a kind smile on his face, "Youyou is here, why didn't you go to school today?"

Su Xi sat on the embroidered pier beside the bed, and said with a smile, "Grandfather forgot? Today is the seventh day, and the school is closed."

The old man suddenly realized and nodded, "Oh... Another seven days have passed so quickly. Grandpa is old and doesn't remember much."

Su Xi saw that when this topic was mentioned, the old man became depressed, so he hurriedly picked up the tangerines on the plate with painted twigs and peony patterns, and said, "The oranges brought this year are big and sweet, let me peel one for my grandfather."

The old man said yes.

Su Xi was talking to the old man while peeling the oranges.Half an hour passed without knowing it, and then the old man fell asleep while talking, she gently covered the old man with a quilt, then got up and left.

A month has passed in the blink of an eye, and tomorrow will be the ninth day of August as Wei Yan said.

Su Xi had secretly guessed who Wei Feng was going to take her to see, and actually had an answer in her heart, but she was not sure... Heard that Princess Xue, Princess of Jin, was buried in Lingqiu Mountain, did he plan to take her to see the deceased? Princess Jin?But if not, why go to Lingqiu Mountain?And the last time we met, he even gave him such a precious bracelet.

Su Xi put away the mutton fat jade bracelet, put it in a rosewood box, and hid it deep in the cabinet.Wei Feng said that his mother was going to pass it on to his daughter-in-law, so Su Xi didn't dare to take it out casually, what if someone recognized it?
Su Xi wore another pair of jade bracelets, changed her clothes and went to the upper room.

Today Lu Jianghuai came to visit the old man on behalf of his father Lu Chi.

The old man looks good, more energetic than the previous two days.Doctor Wen told him the truth yesterday. After he knew that he would not be able to move and would be paralyzed in bed, he was unexpectedly calm. He was only stunned for a while. In the evening, he finished his dinner like a normal person and went to rest early.

When everyone was surprised, they breathed a sigh of relief.

When Su Xi came over, Lu Jianghuai had already left, and the old man said that he had gone to Molin Courtyard of his elder brother.

Su Xi didn't think much about it, she sat down and talked to her grandfather for a while, because she still had something to do, she just sat down for a while and then left.After Lu Jianghuai helped her last time, she never had the chance to go to the Lu Mansion to thank her, so she wanted to take this opportunity to thank Lu Jianghuai.

When we arrived at Molin Courtyard, there was no one in the courtyard, the eldest brother and Lu Jianghuai should be in the house.

Eldest brother and Su Baiyu are both clean people, so there are not many maids in Molin Courtyard, and there is no maid at the gate.When Su Xi walked to the door, she was about to knock on the door and enter, but when she heard a familiar name mixed in with the conversation inside, she paused when she raised her hand in the air.

Su Li was silent for a moment, and said: "You suspect that the young horse in the other courtyard was shocked last time, and it has something to do with Wei Shizi?"

Lu Jianghuai said: "It's hard to say whether it has anything to do with Wei Shizi. But Brother Su, do you still remember the young horse last time? After the horse fell off the cliff, I had someone guard it nearby. At night, I will see Wei Shizi. The men carried the horse away."

Lu Jianghuai said again: "I remember that Wei Shizi was not there at the time, if he had nothing to do with it, how would he know about the horse, and would have people destroy the body afterwards?"

Su Li was stunned, "But Youyou has no grievances or enmity with Wei Shizi, and my Su family has no enmity with Prince Jin's Mansion, why did Wei Shizi do this? Besides, based on this clue alone, it doesn't seem to make sense..."

"Just this one clue is a bit flimsy, but what if the bloodfly incident is also related to Prince Wei?" Lu Jianghuai said again, perhaps he didn't expect that there was someone standing at the door, so he didn't deliberately lower his voice, "I'll tell you later. After thinking about it, that kind of creature clearly only appears in swamps, so why did it appear by the water in the western suburbs? I didn't figure it out until a few days ago."

At this point, he paused, "Blood flies not only kill people, but they can also be used as medicine to save people's lives. That day when I went to look for Dr. Wen outside the city with Wei Shizi, I saw Dr. Wen outside his house. This medicine was drying in the medicine shed. I asked Dr. Wen’s medicine boy, and the medicine boy said that Mr. Wei had found it, and would send some over every summer. Mr. Wei and Dr. Wen have a close relationship, so it must be that The medicine boy frowned. Later, I asked someone to check, and the people of Wei Shizi did hang around the water in the western suburbs for a long time that day."

After Lu Jianghuai said these words, he thought about it: "Brother Su, think again, have you ever offended Prince Jin's Mansion?"

Su Li shook his head and said: "I can't think of it...Moreover, even if the Jin Palace had an enmity with the Su family, they shouldn't have attacked Youyou. Youyou is just a girl, and if she was injured, what good would it do to the Jin Palace? "

Lu Jianghuai was silent, and said with a complex expression: "That day I saw Wei Feng behaved politely and frankly. I thought he was a man of integrity, but I didn't expect..."

Outside the door, Su Xi froze for a long time, looking numb, and finally forgot what she was here for.

It wasn't until Su Li finished talking with Lu Jianghuai and was about to come out that she ran out of the courtyard in a panic.

After returning to Hualu Tianxiang, Su Xi has been in a trance.

Ting He asked her if she would drink steamed Sydney with brown sugar, but she didn't respond at all.

Listening to the crane called again: "Girl?"

Su Xi suddenly stood up, pushed Tinghe away, and said with restraint: "Don't drink, don't drink...you go out."

It was the first time that Ting Yan saw Su Xi's gaffe-like appearance, as if he had suffered a huge blow, and was at a loss. "What's wrong with the girl, is it the old lady..."

Su Xi didn't answer, she kept pushing her out, and then closed the Linghua door with a "bang".

After a long time, she slowly rubbed her eyes with her fingers, looked down and saw a drop of water on her fingertips, suddenly remembered something, walked quickly to the cabinet, and took out the deepest red sandalwood box.Raising his hands to the top of his head, he wanted to smash it down hard, but he remembered that this was the only relic of Jin Wangfei Xue, so he couldn't do it for a long time.Finally, he turned around and threw it on the bed in annoyance, then found out the needlework basket that Wei Yan embroidered the purse last time, and threw it all on the ground.

Su Xi still remembered how scared she was when she startled the horse last time, her heartbeat almost flew out of her throat.She felt that she was going to die at any moment, and she couldn't think of anything, only "fear".She still feels terrified when she thinks about it, how could Wei Feng - how could he treat her like this?
Su Xi was so angry that tears rolled down her face. She squatted beside the bed, turned her head and wiped her tears with her shoulders, and scolded Wei Yan in her heart.

No wonder he appeared so timely last time. At that time, he was too scared to think about other things. Looking back now, Wei Yan was unbelievably calm.Su Xi sniffled. She always thought that Wei Feng was just domineering and powerful, but she didn't expect him to be so cruel. Didn't he ever think about what would happen if he couldn't support him?

Su Xi was so tired from crying that she didn't even know when she fell asleep. She was lying on the pedals with tears on her face and drops of water on her thick eyelashes.

Seeing this scene after hearing He pushed the door in, she was terrified, and hurriedly helped Su Xi onto the bed, and wiped her face with a wet towel.I wondered in my heart, didn't the girl just come back from the room, what kind of grievances did it take to be so sad?
In the early morning of the next day, Su Xi had breakfast and was walking in the yard, Qing Lu whispered to her when there was no one around: "Girl, the carriage has already stopped at the back door."

Su Xi paused, remembering that today was the ninth day of August, the day Wei Yan was going to take her out.

She nodded and said "Understood", but after returning to the room after a while, there was no response.

Seeing that she was not in a hurry, Qinglu was a little anxious, the carriage parked outside for too long would arouse the suspicion of the people in the house.So he boldly walked into the house, and reminded him again cautiously: "Girl, it's almost noon, if you don't leave, it will be a waste of time."

Su Xi looked up at her, didn't say anything, just called Ting Yan in from outside, frowned and said: "Didn't the mansion teach you how to behave? Why can anyone come into my room? What does Sister Yan think of it?"

Hearing that Yan choked, since she knew that Qinglu belonged to Prince Wei, she relaxed a lot towards Qinglu... She was fine before, why did the girl lose her temper this time?
"I know I'm wrong, I blame the slave for making her own decisions." Ting Yan knelt down and said.

Su Xi looked away and didn't punish them, but told them all to go out.

After noon, Su Xi replaced almost all of Hualu Tianxiang's servants on the grounds that the discipline was not strict.Because when Wei Fen left the capital last time, Li Hong once told her who were Wei Fen's people in the general's mansion. It was originally for her to contact Wei Fen, but she remembered it, and this time she became cruel. All were driven away.

In addition to Hualutianxiang, there are also a few in Qiutangju, and she also found an excuse to send them out.

As for the one in the second room...she couldn't stretch her hand that long, and she rarely went to the second room anyway, so she let it go.

Su Xi asked Ting Yan to quietly go to the back door to have a look. The carriage outside the door hadn't left yet. He had been waiting for a long time since early morning. Although the driver of the horse was disguised, Ting Yan could still tell that it was Li Hong.

Ting Yan worried: "Girl, you and Wei Shizi..."

Su Xi hurriedly interrupted: "Don't mention his name." She hated Wei Wei now, and didn't want to see him at all.

Ting Yan had no choice but to shut up.

In the evening, Ting Yan went to the back door to have a look again, and found that the carriage was still there. "Girl, have you really not seen Prince Wei? I have been waiting for that carriage for a whole day..."

Su Xi raised her hand to cover her ears, and shouted: "Who told you to go to see it again? Didn't I tell you not to go? Listen to Sister Yan's question again, be careful I will kick you out of the house too."

Hearing Yan opened his mouth, seeing her resolute attitude, he couldn't say anything more.It's just that I was a little puzzled in my heart. I saw two people who were still doing well before, how could they turn their faces when they turned against each other?What on earth did Crown Prince Wei do to make her girl so angry?
Ting Yan was about to go out, when he saw Ting Li Jiji rushing in from outside, his face was terrified, and he couldn't speak clearly, "Gu, girl..."

Ting Yan said: "What happened? Why are you in such a panic?"

Ting Li looked at Su Xi who came out from behind the bead curtain with a pale face, and said, "Girl, the old man died..."

On this end, Li Hong sat on the shaft of the carriage, looked up at the stars in the sky, pondered for a while, and said to the people in the carriage: "Master... If we wait any longer, we will not be able to catch up with the princess's memorial day."

After a long time, Wei Yan's emotionless voice came out: "Wait another half an hour."

Li Hong leaned against the wall of the car, so he had no choice but to say yes.

I don't know what happened to the nine girls inside today, they kicked out all the Shizi's people and let the Shizi wait for her for so long.Although a girl's family is expensive, she should put on airs, but this airs are too big, right?

Li Hong had never seen his family's grandson wait so long for someone so willingly.

After another half an hour, still no one came out.

Li Hong heard a sound of fingers being crushed in the carriage, and after a while, Wei Feng said in a low voice: "Let's go."

Li Hong answered yes, picked up his whip and was about to set off, when he caught a glimpse of a maid wearing a green skirt coming out of the back door out of the corner of his eye.

It was Ting Yan, the big maid beside Su Xi.

After listening to the geese poking their heads for a while, they saw their carriage and walked towards them quickly.

Li Hong took a deep breath for his elder son and said, "Miss Nine finally thinks about coming out?"

Ting Yan ignored him, only looked at the curtain embroidered with twigs and said: "Miss, ask your servant to say a word to Wei Shizi."

There was no echo in the carriage.

Hearing Yan paused, and continued: "The girl said, you go back, she won't come out to see you."

(End of this chapter)