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Chapter 87

Dong Yuan and Sheng Xiuyi returned from Jinlu Pavilion, on the way Sheng Xiuyi asked her in a low voice: "Grandfather asked us to eat, you seem surprised?"

Dong Yuan raised his eyes to look at him, thinking that this man is very careful.She calmed down her emotions, and then said tactfully: "My father has always been cold."

Sheng Xiuyi looked at her, with an inexplicable gleam in his deep eyes: "Ah Yuan, my father is usually a strict person, but he is cold on the outside and hot on the inside. He still loves his children in his heart, but he is not good at showing his words."

He can also see Xue Ziming's indifference towards Dong Yuan, right?That's why I spoke to comfort her.

Everyone feels differently about their father.

Xue Ziming never gave Dong Yuan the feeling of his father, so she couldn't imagine that he had love for her in his heart.She grew up under the care of maids and mother-in-law since she was a child. When she greeted Xue Ziming every day, he was indifferent and even deliberately alienated. He was not a father who was cold on the outside and hot on the inside, but just a familiar stranger.

Dong Yuan would not say these words to Sheng Xiuyi, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, why bother others with your own troubles?

If Sheng Xiuyi's father, Sheng Wenhui, was really a loving father who cared for him, he wouldn't let him be 28 years old and still achieve nothing.

But wouldn't Sheng Xiuyi still speak well for his father in front of Dong Yuan?
If he can do this, so can Dong Yuan.Compared with Sheng Wenhui's treatment of Sheng Xiuyi, Xue Ziming's only indifference towards Dong Yuan, nothing hindering her, she should be more tolerant.

"Is there any parent who doesn't love their children? There are no such parents in the world..." Dong Yuan laughed.

But this sentence moved the hearts of both of them.There are no wrong parents in the world, but their father... Maybe there are too many children, and the relationship will be much weaker when they are separated.With the conflict of time and future, how much is left?
All the way in silence, they arrived at Dongyuan's Shicui Pavilion.

The breeze is gentle, and the green bamboos are swaying all over the ground, full of green shades, dancing gracefully.

The eye-catching emerald green adds beauty and coolness to the heart, and feels much more comfortable.

Dong Yuan pointed to Sheng Xiuyi: "This is the Shicui Pavilion where I used to live..."

She just got married, Shicui Pavilion has not been moved, the locked courtyard is quiet and serene, the high courtyard walls cannot see the scenery inside, only the green bamboos meandering out, covering the courtyard walls facing the ground bricks.In the breeze, the green bamboos are cuddly and affectionate.

Through the top of the wall, you can also see the carved railings of the two-story building.

Sheng Xiuyi smiled and said, "It's really similar to our Zhenyuan."

Going forward, I saw the courtyard door of the Taoyuan Pavilion was open, and there were people walking and talking inside, which was quite lively.The peach branches are covered by emerald leaves, but the Qiu branches are not seen, and juicy peaches hang down from the branches.

Dong Yuan couldn't help slowing down his pace.

Why is there someone living in the Taoya Pavilion?After something like that happened, she thought that the Taoju Pavilion would be demolished and the courtyard rebuilt.

Just then a maid in a pink blouse came out.Seeing Dong Yuan, she was slightly stunned, and then smiled and saluted Dong Yuan: "Ninth uncle, Jiugu grandma, Wanfu."

It is Qiancao next to Xue Dongshu, the eleventh girl.

Dong Yuan smiled and asked her: "Miss Eleven has moved back?"

Qian Cao hurriedly said: "I just asked someone to clean it again yesterday. Miss Eleven moved back today and wants to enter the palace from here. Grandma Jiugu, would you like to go in and have a seat?"

With Sheng Xiuyi by his side, Dong Yuan shook his head and said: "Grandfather left us for dinner, it's almost past time. I'll come to see Miss Eleven after I have dinner, you first greet Miss Eleven for me."

Qian Cao said yes, and greeted them again.

Dong Yuan walked forward, but still couldn't help turning his head and glanced at Tao Lan Guan.

Sheng Xiuyi asked her: "What's wrong?"

Dong Yuan came back to his senses, smiled and said: "It's okay. Let's go, grandfather is still waiting for us..."

Looking back, Dong Yuan thought of Xue Dongwan's lovely and innocent face through the green trees and green branches of Taolang Pavilion.After a small disturbance, she was annihilated, and since then she has been separated from Sister Dongyuan.

Gatherings and partings in the world, maybe they are all fixed numbers, right?

In Rongde Pavilion, Old Hou Ye was waiting for them to come back.As soon as he saw Sheng Xiuyi, Master Xue's face was full of smiles, and he kindly called him Tianhe.

Just seeing the injury on Dong Yuan's hand, Old Hou Xue's expression turned sharp for an instant.The old lady probably told the old Hou Ye about Emperor Yuanchang bullying Dong Yuan again.

But with Sheng Xiuyi present, Old Hou Ye couldn't say anything.

Sheng Xiuyi also noticed the change in the old Hou Ye's expression when he looked at Dong Yuan's hands. He explained Dong Yuan's words to him and the Sheng family, and said it again to the old Hou Ye: "...in the Princess's mansion, the rope is used to play on the swing. I didn't polish it clean and scratched my hand."

But I still feel a little strange in my heart.

Dong Yuan refused to tell him the truth.

Old Hou Ye said solemnly to Dong Yuan, "Don't be so careless next time."

Dong Yuan said yes.

After dinner, Old Hou asked Sheng Xiuyi to go with him to the small study in Rongde Pavilion, and the two played chess.

Dong Yuan said to the old lady: "I'm going to see Eleventh Sister. Grandmother, has she moved back to the Taolang Pavilion?"

"That's right, she said she wanted to stay in the Taoju Pavilion for the last night, just to accompany Sister Wan." The old lady said in a very sad tone, "When your fifth sister gets married in July, I want to do a seven-day water and land dojo for Sister Wan , it is not in vain for her to devote herself to our family."

Dong Yuan thought of that tenth younger sister who was a little silly and had no plans, but was always close to her.

"Grandmother, Aunt He is my mother's housemaid. The tenth sister has been close to me since childhood. But I always think that she and I are involuntary, so it's better to distance ourselves and get closer to each other when we get married. How could I think of it?" ..." Dong Yuan said, the circles of his eyes turned red.

It was probably the first time she said in front of the old lady that she couldn't help herself.

If one says her regret in this life, the biggest one is Xue Dongwan, that tenth younger sister who is still close to her despite her indifference.

If it wasn't for Mrs. Yang...

There was some cruelty in the old lady's eyes.

"Go, you will also live in the Taoyuan Mansion tonight, and you should only accompany Sister Wan and Sister Shu. In our family, Sister Wan is the most honest child." The old lady said to Dong Yuan holding back her tears .

Dong Yuan complied and went to Tao Lan Guan.

But at the door, I met Fifth Sister Xue Dongrong.She is wearing a crimson begonia with folded branches inlaid with wishful cloud head patterns, and a moon-white soft silver light raffle skirt.Compared with the previous few days, she has lost a lot of weight.

Dong Yuan called Fifth Sister, bowed his knees to salute her, but thought of her weirdness when he returned home.

Xue Dongrong also greeted Dong Yuan, and the two sisters entered the Taolang Pavilion.

Xue Dongshu is in Xue Dongwan's room on the second floor.She was sitting on the big kang by the window, and in front of her were all kinds of jewels and jewelry, and she was cleaning them one by one, and putting back the dowry.

Seeing Dong Yuan and Xue Dongrong coming in, she stood up and saluted them before sitting down.

"Ninth Sister, I thought you would come tomorrow." Xue Dongshu smiled.

"I have to go back to see off my sister-in-law tomorrow, so I came back to accompany you today. What are you doing?" Dong Yuan curiously picked up a gold hairpin inlaid with emeralds on the kang table and asked.

Xue Dongshu's eyes showed a bit of sadness, and said: "They are all tenth sister's things, and they are usually rewarded by grandmothers, mothers and aunts. She usually doesn't like them, but she always wipes them clean every now and then..."

After that, his voice choked up slightly.

Fifth sister Xue Dongrong said: "Eleventh sister, let me help you..."

Dong Yuan also hurriedly said that he wanted to help.

As soon as Xue Dongshu was interrupted by them, she held back her tears and asked the maid to bring a silk handkerchief, and gave it to Dong Yuan and Xue Dongrong to help wipe it off.

When Dong Yuan raised her hand, both Xue Dongshu and Xue Dongrong saw the gauze on her hand, and asked her, "Why did you hurt your hand?"

Dong Yuan repeated that set of rhetoric again, hearing Xue Dongshu and Xue Dongrong sigh, saying to be more careful next time, Dong Yuan nodded in agreement.

Talking about Xue Dongwan would be sad, and the three sisters avoided talking about her.

Xue Dongshu then asked Dong Yuan: "Ninth brother-in-law was shocked when he returned home, and his grandfather praised him for several days. Ninth sister, what kind of person is he? How is he treating you?"

This question made Dong Yuan a little embarrassed.

She said vaguely: "He is very gentle."

Xue Dongshu couldn't help laughing

Fifth Sister Xue Dongrong's expression was gloomy, and the smile on her lips was forced and blunt.

"Fifth sister, you are thinner than when I came back last time." Dong Yuan asked her intentionally.

Xue Dongrong regained consciousness, and said with a faint smile: "I haven't slept well recently, and I'm always thinking about many things..."

Both Dong Yuan and Xue Dongshu asked her what she was thinking, and said: "If the insomnia is serious, ask the imperial doctor to prescribe some medicine. If it drags on, the body will collapse."

"It's okay, I've figured it out in the past few days..." Xue Dongrong's eyes fell on Dong Yuan, with a light smile, "I'm thinking about the way my brother-in-law Jiu played the game when he returned home: Man's victory over nature is the result of a small situation, and only following God's will It is the trend of the times. I have seen such sentences before, but I have always sneered at them. Now that I think about it, peeping at the sky will be punished."

She spoke incoherently, Xue Dongshu was confused, but Dong Yuan seemed to understand something.

If Xue Dongrong was born again, she would naturally know the funeral and the fate of others.If she uses this as a means to benefit, she is peeping at the secret.

What retribution did she suffer?

Dong Yuan raised his eyes to look at Xue Dongrong, but saw that she was looking at him.Dong Yuan was about to speak when Xue Dongrong stepped forward and said, "Ninth Sister, you are a lucky person, God will bless you."

Dong Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

Does Xue Dongrong know about her future?
Now that she is being forced by Emperor Yuanchang to have a hard time ahead, what will happen to her in the future?Can she ask Xue Dongrong?

Thinking about it again, Xue Dongrong said just now that he would be punished for peeping at the sky, and Dong Yuan immediately dismissed the idea.

"Thank you Fifth Sister. Our sisters have never done anything wrong, and we will all have a good future in the future." Dong Yuan encouraged them, his smile was full of optimism.

But Xue Dongrong and Xue Dongshu's expressions turned ugly for a moment.

Dong Yuan is not an idiot, the expressions of Xue Dongrong and Xue Dongshu let her understand that each of them has secretly done something wrong.And when they said their own words, they thought they had peeped into their past and told them on purpose.

Dong Yuan's optimistic smile became a bit forced, he didn't say anything, and lowered his head to seriously wipe the jewelry.

The bell on the wall rang, and at the exact moment, Xue Dongrong got up and said, "Eleventh Sister, Ninth Sister will accompany you, and Fifth Sister will return first. I haven't slept well recently, and I'm afraid I'll disturb you..."

Xue Dongshu said it was all right, and personally sent Xue Dongrong out of the peach care house.

(End of this chapter)