married daughter

Chapter 159
As soon as the third wife finished speaking, Xu Ningxia who was behind her laughed softly, and said mockingly: "Perhaps all the servants in the trial court are dressed like this. It's more convenient to do coolies like this."

Xu Ningfang lowered her head and coughed when she heard the words, as if she couldn't help but hold back a smile.

Ruan Yunting raised her head. Under the dim candlelight, the third wife and Xu Ningxia acted exactly the same, they both hugged their shoulders and raised one eyebrow, looking at herself with disdainful eyes.Looking at their faces, she could hardly remember why she felt so deeply about the word family in her previous life, and why she wanted to help them at the beginning of her new life in this life.Looking at it now, these two are not worth it at all.

"The eighth girl is very knowledgeable." Ruan Yunting replied indifferently, and Ruan Yunting saluted and passed them by.

Xu Ningxia was irritated by her contemptuous attitude, and pulled the third wife's sleeve: "Mother, look at her."

"Don't pay attention to her, she is just relying on the old lady to pity her." When the old lady thinks about it and understands that she is a disaster after all, let's see how she can be proud.

The third wife did not lower her voice when she spoke.The servants in the courtyard all heard it clearly.

Ruan Yunting entered the house, took off her cotton boots at the door, and put on the single-beam embroidered shoes that Huamei held up with both hands. She smiled gratefully and said in a low voice, "Sister Huamei, how is your ancestor doing today?"

Huamei smiled back and said respectfully in a low voice: "Returning to the girl, the old lady is in a good mood today, and her body is also good."

"That's good." While speaking, she had already taken off her thick pink cotton bikini, only wearing the cross-collar cotton jacket inside, and lifted the felt curtain to the back room.

The old lady was wearing a long jacket with turquoise blue plain brocade makeup, her long gray hair was tied up in a big bun, and her head was not on her face. She was sitting cross-legged on the warm kang, with her back leaning on a big pillow, holding a book of stories in her hand, reading with gusto .

Seeing Ruan Yunting coming in, she put down the book casually and said with a smile, "Are you back? I'm a little late today."

"Yes." Ruan Yunting saluted thoughtfully first, then smiled and said: "Old Ancestor, I rushed to your place when I got back to the mansion, and I haven't eaten yet."

"So they are waiting for me here." The old lady raised her voice and said with a smile: "Thrush, go to the small kitchen to heat up the black-bone chicken soup and bring it to Miss Ruan, as well as those side dishes. I will eat the good ones." Crispy jujube cake is also prepared for Miss Ruan..."

"Yes." Huamei smiled and glanced at Ruan Yunting, thinking that Miss Ruan has always been so outstanding in her work. She has been serving the old lady for so long, and she has only seen Miss Ruan dare to ask the old lady for food and drink. Other girls When they came, they were sincerely and cautiously trying to curry favor, but they didn't know that the more natural it was, the more the old lady liked it.

When there were no outsiders in the room, Ruan Yunting looked solemn and said: "Old Ancestor, Tinger encountered something in the palace today."

"What's the matter?" Seeing her like this, the old lady looked very serious.

Ruan Yunting went to the old lady's side and whispered, how she was called into the palace by Concubine Lu today, what Concubine Lu said inexplicably, how she was mistaken by the eunuch as a maid to carry flowers on the way back, and heard the conversation between the emperor and the queen mother Except for the matter of Jun Lanzhou, Ruan Yunting told the old lady exactly what she had heard.

There were footsteps outside, and it happened that Ruan Yunting had finished speaking. Seeing the old lady frowning in thought, she got on the kang by herself and sat cross-legged beside the kang.

Huamei led a few little maids to arrange the food properly and retreated.The old lady frowned, as if she was in deep thought, Ruan Yunting was not very hungry, she only ate a few mouthfuls of round-grained rice with side dishes, but the black-bone chicken soup tasted good.She drank two small bowls.

"Ting'er, are you sure you remember correctly?"

Seeing her put down the silver chopsticks, the old lady asked with a serious expression.

Ruan Yunting nodded, and said: "I didn't remember wrongly, and the emperor and queen mother couldn't possibly know that I was there at that time, old ancestor, is there something wrong?"

"It's nothing." The old lady was vaguely relieved, followed by worry: "It seems that your second uncle is going to die again. I have been wondering why the emperor suddenly broke the balance between our Xu family and Lu family this time. It seems that the war in southern border is the main reason, and the prince..."

The old lady's voice stopped abruptly, as if she just remembered that these words should not be said to Ruan Yunting.Then she smiled and said, "Grandma Cao often said that your fortune is different from ordinary people. It seems that this is true. You have heard such news."

Ruan Yunting smiled wryly, bowed her head and said, "I really want to have such a 'luck'."

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When the news of the war in southern Xinjiang spread to Xu's mansion, the Xu family was preparing for the new year. The mansion was decorated with lanterns and colored lanterns everywhere, creating a joyous atmosphere.

The news of the war was like throwing a boulder on a calm lake, and everyone gathered in Pine Age Hall got the news, and felt a little uneasy in their hearts.

Those like the old lady who had already got the news from Ruan Yunting were calm on the contrary.

"Grandma, grandson can't celebrate the New Year at home." Xu Chengfeng stood up with a solemn expression: "The remnants of Southern Chu are here to commit crimes. I must rush back to the border immediately and fight side by side with my father!"

"Brother Feng, don't be reckless." The third wife panicked when she thought of the word "war".

The old lady was naturally reluctant to let her grandson take risks. After all, Xu Chengfeng was the only one left in the second room. Without Xu Chenghuan, she had had enough, "Brother Feng, your father asked you to come back to school because he wanted You concentrate on studying, don't you live up to his expectations when you go back now?"

Xu Chengfeng shook his head and said proudly: "Grandma, my grandson is not a stunned young man who has never been on the battlefield. The remnants of the Chu Kingdom in the south of the border often harass the people. This time he dared to attack our Daliang Kingdom on a large scale. Father is now leading an army to guard the southern part of the Daliang Kingdom. Damen, can grandson watch him fight alone? "Fighting brothers, fighting father and son", I go back, at least I will treat my father sincerely, so I can take care of him."

"But you're only 16 years old..."

Xu Chengfeng shook his head and said with a smile: "On the battlefield, we only look at bravery, not age. 16 years old is not too young. Grandma, I will pack my bags immediately and rush back to the frontier." After saying that, he saluted and left Songling Hall quickly. .

Looking at Xu Chengfeng's graceful figure when he arrived in the yard and left with lightness kung fu.The old lady let out a long sigh, filled with relief and worry, and said quietly:

"Our Xu family's honor is all based on fighting on the battlefield. Sister Meng's battlefield has no gunpowder, but if she loses, she will die. Bangge'er's battlefield is real swords and guns. Only by going through life and death can we keep the country and us. The Xu family. They are not only for themselves, whether it is the harem or the front, who is not tied to the prosperity and disgrace of the whole family? Now that we are safe and sound in the inner house, we must think of their sacrifices. Always be grateful.”

"Yes." Everyone in the room stood up and saluted.

Seeing that the atmosphere was dull, Ruan Yunting excused herself and left, and went straight to the stable with Ruan Yunlan.

The Xu family's house is large, and Xu Chengfeng's lightness kung fu is good. If she goes to look for him, she will not be able to catch up to him no matter what. Fortunately, she can judge that if he wants to leave, he will definitely go to the stable in the front yard of the east gate to lead the horse.

Sure enough, not long after arriving at the stable door, I saw Xu Chengfeng wearing a white cotton-brown suit, a black feather satin cotton cloak, stepping on buckskin boots, and walking towards him majestically with a long sword on his back.

Seeing Ruan Yunting and his brother, Xu Chengfeng was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'm leaving."

In one word, it aroused Ruan Yunting's parting melancholy.For a while, the words were stuck in his throat, and he didn't know what to say.

Ruan Yunlan stepped forward and said solemnly: "Brother Feng, you have to be careful and make a safe and triumphant return."

Xu Chengfeng patted Ruan Yunlan on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will be fine, and father will be fine. You stay in the mansion, and you should be more careful. This place is no different than a battlefield, it's all openly robbed. "

"I will take care of my sister." Ruan Yunlan said seriously.

Xu Chengfeng's eyes fell on Ruan Yunting who had been silent all this time.

She is beautiful and slightly frowned, her red lips are lightly pursed, and against the background of the white rabbit fur collar, her skin is even more smooth and rosy, and her crystal clear eyes seem to contain a thousand words.

Xu Chengfeng's heart moved slightly, and then he said with a playful smile: "What are you reluctant to do, it's not like I'm going and never coming back."

"Yes, Cousin Six is ​​excellent at lightness. You can still run if you really can't beat him." Ruan Yunting teased him with a forced smile, not wanting the atmosphere of parting to be too sad.

Xu Chengfeng was not as furious as she expected, claiming that he would not be a "deserter" or something like that.Instead, he raised his hand and pulled the braids of her hair hanging on her shoulders, looked at her deeply, and said, "Yes, if I can't beat me, I will run away. Others can't catch up with my lightness skills, so you don't have to worry."

One sentence opened the floodgates of tears, Ruan Yunting had tears in her eyes, she tried not to let them fall, smiled and nodded to Xu Chengfeng, and said: "That's the case, very good. Sixth cousin, be careful all the way."

"En." Xu Chengfeng nodded heavily.

At this time, the servants had brought two horses, one bay red and one black.

Xu Chengfeng got on the black horse, led another bay red horse, and left the east gate of Xu's house without looking back.

Seeing his handsome back getting farther and farther away, Ruan Yunting sighed to herself, hoping that everyone can be safe and quiet.

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On the day of offering sacrifices to the kitchen stove, the snow began to fall early in the morning, and it continued to fall for more than ten days. When the sky cleared up, it was already the third day of the first lunar month.

The Jingsi Garden is covered with white snow everywhere. Looking from the window, the eyes are clean.

Ruan Yunting and Luo Shimin sat cross-legged on the kang, with the same blanket covering their legs.

"Ting'er, the atmosphere in Xu Mansion seems to be a bit depressed this year." Luo Shimin said in a low voice, "You work in the Trial Court, no one will make things difficult for you anymore, right?"

Of course she was referring to the third wife.Ruan Yunting smiled and shook her head, "Don't worry, now that the second uncle is fighting the enemy bravely at the border, the old ancestor is worried. Even if the third wife wants to make trouble again, she still has to look at the old lady's eyes, right?"

As soon as the words were finished, Hongdou quickly walked into the house, knelt down to salute, and hurriedly said: "Miss, the third master said that he wants to divorce his wife. Now the old lady has gone to Xinlanju."

(End of this chapter)