Hou Mansion has a daughter to marry

Chapter 91 Carving Again
Rong Anhou Mansion.

"Grandmother, An'er is here to see you." Xie Chang'an has been coming to visit Mrs. Xie for a few days.

The old lady Xie snorted softly, turned her face away on purpose to not look at Xie Chang'an, her tone was sour, "I'm afraid the sun is not coming out from the west today, why is An'er free to visit my old bone?"

Xie Chang'an secretly laughed, the older he was, the more he looked like a child.Xie Changan familiarly walked up to the old lady Xie and sat down next to him, and coaxed: "Grandma, what you said, it's not that An'er doesn't come to see you, it's just that it's getting colder every day. I really can't stand it, and dare not go outside the house."

The old lady Xie was stubborn, she was unreasonable, she still did not open her eyes to look at Xie Changan, and teased: "Then An'er, are you not afraid of the cold today?"

Xie Chang'an smiled lightly, "I'm afraid, why not be afraid, but if I don't come again, grandma might chase her into An'er's house with a cane. Look, grandma, my hands are numb from the cold..." Xie Chang'an's words were not clear Feeling a little aggrieved, his ten fingers swayed in front of Mrs. Xie's eyes.

The old lady Xie glanced at Xie Chang'an for a few times, and seemed to hold Xie Chang'an's hand unwillingly, it was really cold to the bone, the old lady Xie's complexion sank, her eyes seemed to fall on Qingshuang, she was not angry and pretentious Said: "How do you serve Miss, why don't you add clothes to Miss when it's cold?"

Hearing this, Qingshuang was terrified, and when she was about to apologize, Xie Changan smiled and said, "Grandmother, can you see if An'er can still wear clothes? Needless to say, An'er's clothes are probably worse than grandmother's." Add a few more."

The old lady Xie glanced at the bloated Xie Changan, her expression relaxed a little, and she couldn't help saying with disgust: "An'er, at least your grandmother let you practice martial arts since childhood, why are you so afraid of the cold?" means.

Xie Chang'an also wondered secretly, she was always in good health, but she was always afraid of the cold, "Grandmother, An'er is also annoyed, I just hope that the days will get warmer soon."

Gossiping for a while, Old Madam Xie's expression inadvertently became serious, she looked at Xie Chang'an for a while, and said, "An'er, your father told me yesterday that the imperial decree from the Empress Dowager to marry you to Prince Zhong's son is coming soon. It's about to come down." Mrs. Xie stared at Xie Chang'an with shrewd eyes.

Xie Changan's expression was as usual, his tone was gentle, and he said concisely: "An'er knows."

The old lady Xie looked gloomy, and continued: "Your father also said that the Queen Mother intends to let you marry your sister on the same day, so the date set by your sister before is invalidated, and the Qin Tianjian will re-select the auspicious day of the zodiac." Looking at Xie Chang'an deeply, the turbid eyes sparkled.

Xie Chang'an remained silent, bowed his head and thought for a while, and said calmly, "Grandmother, I don't know if the idea of ​​marrying me and my sister on the same day is the queen mother's idea, or your father's idea?" Although it was a question, thank you Chang An's eyes were determined.

"An'er, you've grown up." Mrs. Xie seemed to be comforted, she gently flicked the beads in her hand, her eyes were deep, "No matter whose decision it is, it doesn't hinder it. You just need to know that grandma will Let you marry the person you should marry." The tone in her voice was strong and undeniable.

Xie Changan's heart skipped a beat, and he said for a while, "Grandmother, An'er is very satisfied with the current marriage, please don't worry about it, grandma."

The old lady Xie suddenly became angry, reached out and picked up the crutches and smashed it to the ground vigorously, and said in a stern voice: "An'er, your grandmother raised you since you were a child, and made you suffer so much, not for you to marry a fool! You don't have to say any more, it's settled like this!"

Old Madam Xie seldom gets angry with Xie Changan, and now she is afraid that she has made up her mind, Xie Changan sighed inwardly, and said in an unclear way: "Grandmother, there is a natural destiny in the dark, it is destined that An'er will do what she wants, and An'er will do what she wants. Xie Changan picked up the teacup on the table to test the temperature, it was still warm, "Grandmother, drink a cup of tea, don't get angry."

Seeing that Xie Changan no longer tried to evade the excuses, the old lady Xie's expression softened a little, but she was still displeased. She took the teacup silently, took a sip, "An'er, grandma is tired, you can go back."

"Grandmother, rest, An'er will come to see you sometime later." After saying that, Xie Changan took Qingshuang and left.

The old lady Xie looked at Xie Changan as he went away with an inexplicable expression.

Prince Zhong's Mansion.

The Empress Dowager intends to spread the news of the marriage decree within the next few days to the ears of Princess Zhongqin. Princess Zhongqin couldn't sit still immediately, she got up and walked into Xiao Yu's room, she couldn't help saying to herself, "If Yu'er Knowing the news, I'm afraid I'm going to go to the house to reveal the tiles." Not to mention Xiao Yu, even the loyal princess herself was very happy.

As soon as Princess Zhongqin entered the room, she saw Xiao Yuan was there, and the two brothers were all happy, especially Xiao Yu, who smiled from ear to ear, as if he had gone back stupidly, "Yuan'er, Yu'er, you brothers What is the happy event for the two of you?"

Xiao Yuwu smiled to himself, his eyes were unparalleled, his eyebrows were flying, and he couldn't hide his joy no matter what.Seeing that Xiao Yu had no time to reply, Xiao Yuan smiled and said: "Mother, I heard that the imperial grandmother is going to marry Yu'er and Miss Xie Er, so I came here to tell Yu'er about this, so that Yu'er can be happy." Xiao Yuanchong Looking at his stupid younger brother who was so happy that he couldn't find Bei, he shook his head helplessly.

"Ah, I didn't expect Yuan'er to be the first for you." Princess Zhongqin sat down next to Xiao Yu, and continued: "Yuan'er, do you know that your imperial grandmother intends to let Sister Xie and Sister Xie get married on the same day?"

Xiao Yuan shook his head and frowned lightly, "The date of the marriage between Miss Xie and Prince Yan has already been set, why is the grandmother like this?"

Concubine Zhongqin suppressed her joy for a moment, and guessed: "I'm afraid it wasn't your imperial grandmother who did it on purpose, but Marquis Zhongqin did it on purpose. If they get married on the same day, it will be easy for the Marquis of Rong'an to do something."

Xiao Yu suddenly sneered, with joy that had not yet faded from the ends of his eyes and eyebrows, his handsome eyebrows were slightly raised, and his thin lips parted lightly, "Not only is it easy, it's even easy to steal the day! Not only that, but it's also easy to shirk responsibility."

For a moment, Princess Zhongqin, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yuan all lost face and were speechless for a while.

"Yu'er, why don't you tell your grandmother that you don't want sister Xie to get married on the same day..."

Without waiting for Xiao Yu's reply, Xiao Yuan stopped him and said, "Mother, no, if we rashly persuade the imperial grandmother, the imperial grandmother may have doubts in her heart, and the situation will become more complicated then."

Concubine Zhongqin understood, nodded lightly, and turned to look at Xiao Yu who was still silent.

Xiao Yu's expression was gloomy, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Mother, brother, it's okay, let's just see what kind of tricks Marquis Rong An is going to play, he has his schemes and tricks, and we also have our own schemes, Riding a donkey to read the libretto, just wait and see."

Princess Zhongqin and Xiao Yuan looked at each other, finally, Princess Zhongqin nodded and said: "Yu'er, since you have a plan in mind, it's fine, if you need mother to do something, it's okay to say."

Xiao Yu nodded, suddenly his expression changed, the gloom disappeared, and he was rather melancholy, "Mother, brother, Chang'an hasn't thought of me yet." Xiao Yu couldn't help feeling lonely and worried.

"Yu'er, don't worry, Second Miss Xie will definitely think of you." Xiao Yuan patted Xiao Yu's shoulder with a sense of comfort, "Yu'er, you haven't made something for Miss Xie for a long time, why not?" Do something?"

Xiao Yu's eyes lit up when he heard the words, he swept away his melancholy, stood up abruptly, and went out in a hurry, shouting impatiently: "Come on, hurry up and find me wood, the more the better, go!" With Xiao Yu's call, the maids and guards waiting outside rushed into action.

Xiao Yu went straight to the carpentry workshop.Previously, Xiao Yuan saw that Xiao Yu was carving wood in his own house, not to mention ruining the house. The light was really bad and hurt his eyes. Xiao Yuan simply built a carpentry workshop for Xiao Yu. I never set out to carve objects again, until today it came in handy.

Concubine Zhongqin and Xiao Yuan wanted to die with a smile, Xiao Yuan said: "Mother, I'll go and see Yu'er, I wonder what object Yu'er will carve for Miss Xie this time."

"Go, tell Dian Yu'er not to hurt your hand again." Xiao Yuan responded with a smile, got up and went to the carpentry workshop to find Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu picked and picked among the logs brought by the maids and servants, muttering something.From time to time, she picked up the wood and gestured, and it took a long time to choose the favorite wood, "Yu'er wants this, and the others, you all go out, go out."

Everyone retreated, only Xiao Yu and Xiao Yuan were in the room, Xiao Yuan looked at the wood in Xiao Yu's hand, and asked curiously: "Yu'er, what do you want to carve this time?"

Xiao Yu thought for a while, "Brother, I also want to carve a rabbit for Chang'an. They are in pairs and not alone! Well... I will carve a "Chang'an rabbit" this time. The woodcarving rabbit last time was really not beautiful, so I just Treat it as me, this is Chang'an!" After saying that, Xiao Yu immediately devoted himself to the great cause of carving, and stopped talking to Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Yuan stood aside and watched for a while, conscious that there was no use for him here, and before leaving, he said: "Yu'er, Mother told you to be careful, don't hurt your hands again."

Xiao Yu didn't raise his head, "Brother, don't worry, mother, I'm not a child anymore, why should I be so careless." Xiao Yu sculpted seriously, even though it was cold winter, fine sweat had already begun to drip from his forehead, he didn't care to wipe it off, He stared at the knife in his hand and the wood under the knife with burning eyes, and secretly decided that he must carve the "Chang'an Rabbit" perfectly.

Time passed unconsciously, and the woodcarving rabbit under Xiao Yu's knife began to take shape of a rabbit.Xiao Yu stopped the saber, pinched his right hand with his left hand, moved his fingers and wrists, and prepared to continue fighting.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Tian Qing's voice came, "Young master, the princess invites you to have lunch."

"Oh? It's so late?" Xiao Yu finished talking to himself, put down the rabbit-shaped wood, got up and walked out of the house, Chao Tianqing spread his hands, and said foolishly: "Yu'er's hands are dirty, Yu'er wants to Wash your hands and eat, Yu'er is hungry..."

"Ah Fu, just go in and have a look." After giving the order, Yan Qinglan stood calmly in the house, tall and tall, suddenly a bleak east wind hit, Yan Qinglan's eyes flickered, it was cold Some, but the mood is happy.

Li Caifu tremblingly walked into the house, first heard the sound of begging for mercy, followed the sound, and saw a few people standing on Yan Qinglan's couch, presumably they were the loyal prince and concubine, swallowed for a while, and braved up Investigate the situation before.

"Li Caifu, where's the eldest son?" As soon as Li Caifu appeared, the loyal princess took the lead.

As soon as he heard the voice of Zhongqin Wangfei Xingshi asking the crime, Li Caifu couldn't stop trembling immediately, and tremblingly said: "Back to Wangfei, the eldest son is outside the door, because he saw the guards outside the house, he didn't know what happened, so he asked the servant to come and see .”

Upon learning of Yan Qinglan's whereabouts, Princess Yan's expression softened slightly, "Look, who is that person?"

Li Caifu turned his head to look at Li Si, carefully identified it by candlelight for a while, and then said after a while: "Princess Hui, this person should be Li Si, the guard in the mansion...Why is Li Si in the son's house?"

The princess of Yanjun snorted coldly, and reprimanded mercilessly, "You are the person who is personally served by the son of the world. I haven't asked you yet, but you still have the face to ask me? Tell me, what's going on?"

Princess Yanjun was so angry that Li Caifu hurriedly knelt down, fell on the ground and trembled, and said incoherently: "Princess, I really don't know what's going on, the little one has been serving the son in the study, and I just followed the son. Grandpa turned back to the house."

Princess Yanjun glanced at Nanny Wu who was restraining Su Ningwei, "Nurse, did you see that Li Caifu is out of the house even though the son is out? Why is the son not in the house, but you are guarding outside the house."

Su NaiNiang glanced at Li Caifu indistinctly, and said slowly: "Back to the princess, when the maidservant was here, I didn't see Shizi and Li Caifu, but just stayed outside Shizi's house as ordered."

The princess of Yanjun teased, "This is interesting, you haven't seen Shi Ziye and Li Caifu, whose words are you following?"

Wu NaiNiang looked as usual, "Going back to the princess, it was Lingxiang who told the maid." Lingxiang is Yan Qinglan's first-class maid.

Princess Yanjun's expression was inexplicable, she looked at the trembling Li Caifu, her red lips parted slightly, "Li Caifu, take Li Si down, lock him in the firewood room, and don't let him out without my order." Struggling to beg for mercy, Li Caifu took out a handkerchief from his arms and stuffed it into Li Si's mouth. Li Si could only whimper, and then Li Caifu dragged Li Si out.

"Nurse, help the cousin get dressed and take her back to the room so she can take care of her." After saying that, Princess Yan got up and walked out, and met Yan Qinglan's cold eyes when she stepped out of the house, "Lan'er, follow me." The mother and son walked towards the main hall one after the other.

Yan Qinglan looked at Princess Yan without saying a word, she was always as gentle as jade, but there was a faint coldness that made people shudder.

Princess Yanjun didn't speak for a long time, Yan Qinglan smiled lightly, "Mother, what are you talking about looking for a child?"

Princess Yanjun also smiled lightly, but the smile didn't reach her eyes, "Why do you bother to ask Lan'er knowingly, what's going on today, mother is confused and can't understand, so Lan'er just explain it plainly."

Yan Qinglan pretended not to know, "Mother, today's matter, what happened today? Could it be that what happened in the child's house just now? So mother may be asking the wrong person. Mother should ask the person who caused the crime in the house."

Princess Yanjun smiled instead of anger, "Lan'er, mother knows that you hate Su Ningwei, but why did you do this? You are clearly not such a narrow-minded person. What good does it do you to destroy Su Ningwei?"

Yan Qinglan suddenly restrained her usual gentleness, her face was tense and her expression was gloomy, "Mother, even if you don't know what happened, you will accuse your child of such a crime, mother, how can you bear it? Here, the child is What did you do to Su Ningwei? It was Su Ningwei who came to my room to do something wrong, and it was Su Ningwei who was at fault, shouldn't you lose accountability for Su Ningwei? "

Princess Yanjun was at a loss for words for a moment, Yan Qinglan continued: "If it was me in the house today, mother, are you going to force the child to marry that Su Ningwei now? It's just because Su Ningwei used means to make the child take on unclear responsibilities My son wants to ask you, how can you bear it? My son has always been the most disdainful of using tricks in secret, who forced me to this point, I think you know best, my son, I just want to ask, why is this!"

Shocked by Yan Qinglan's series of questions, the originally domineering Princess Yanjun had mixed thoughts and a bit of guilt. She looked into Yan Qinglan's clear eyes and was speechless for a while.

Yan Qinglan eased her expression, smiled suddenly, and said yearningly: "I think my mother said that day, as long as the child lives well, you will naturally be satisfied, and you will not interfere with the child's affairs. I don't want you to do it... Today The child doesn't want to see all kinds of things, how to deal with it depends on the mother's words, and the child recognizes it."

Yan Qinglan's smile made Yanjun Princess feel very sad, "Lan'er, it's not like this... Mother, mother is also for your own good." the wicked.

Yan Qinglan was neither happy nor sad, "Mother, for my own good, why don't you support the child to pursue the child's yearning? Mother, don't impose your wishes on the child. What the child wants, the child knows in his heart. I will do my best to fight for it." Yan Qinglan said with certainty, if she can't even protect the one she loves, how can she be considered a man?
Princess Yanjun's face was slumped, she didn't say a word, just kept silent.Yan Qinglan also stopped talking, and the mother and son were relatively silent.

"It's bad, it's bad, Wangfei, Miss Biao cut her wrist!" A servant girl came to report, panting, breaking the silence of the room, and the faces of the relatively silent two suddenly changed.

Princess Yanjun hurriedly asked: "How is Miss Biao now, take me to see." Princess Yanjun hurriedly got up, and walked forward past the maid who was out of breath.

The servant girl hurriedly followed, and said intermittently: "Your servant does not know, before your servant enters the house, Nanny Wu asked your servant to hold the princess." The little maid hurriedly took a few steps to help Princess Yan push the room.

As soon as Nanny Wu saw Princess Yanjun, she said: "Princess, my servant has already sent someone to invite the doctor. Miss Biao is in a stable condition now, so I think there is no problem." Because Nanny Wu found out in time, Su Ningwei only suffered some physical pain.

The princess of Yan County was at ease, and when she walked to the bed, she saw Su Ningwei's arm wrapped in a white embroidered handkerchief, only a few spots of red were faintly stained, it seemed that it was not a serious problem.Princess Yanjun looked up at Su Ningwei, who had her eyes closed tightly, and said, "Ningwei, when did you become so careless in doing things? Do you want to make the whole palace restless before you are willing?"

Su Ningwei still closed her eyes tightly, but hot tears flowed from the corners of her eyes, as if unwilling.

After all, it was her own niece, and it was Princess Yan who indulged Su Ningwei to do whatever she wanted. Princess Yan was sad for a moment, but she didn't reprimand her anymore, and said softly: "Ningwei, please rest, don't do stupid things again." Princess Yanjun turned her head to look at Nanny Wu, "Nurse, stay here for the next few days to take care of Miss Biao, don't make any more troubles. After the doctor sees the doctor, send someone to inform me of the situation." The words fell , Princess Yanjun got up and walked out.

Not long after Princess Yanjun left, Yan Qinglan walked to the study.

After locking Li Si in the firewood room and handing over to the guards, Li Caifu returned to Yan Qinglan's house, but it was empty. Li Caifu changed his mind and walked straight to the study. , Li Caifu was afraid of disturbing Yan Qinglan, so he quietly waited aside.

"Ah Fu, you have been with me since childhood, have I been different these days?" Yan Qinglan's tone was light, her eyes still blank.

Li Caifu was afraid that he would say the wrong thing and make Yan Qinglan think wildly. After some consideration, he said, "My lord, your days are not the same as before, but I think what you are doing is right. I will remember a word,' The wish of the country is a thief of virtue', the slaves are ignorant, but they can't just be a good old man, right and wrong, not a gentleman."

Yan Qinglan was thoughtful, and continued to ask: "Ah Fu, do you think I went too far with what happened today?"

Li Caifu did not hesitate at all, and resolutely said: "Young master, I think that what you did today is not too much. If you don't cut the grass and root out the roots, the spring breeze will regenerate, and there will be endless troubles. Besides, Miss Biao is to blame for what happened today. If she didn't treat you Why did you fall into this situation today?"

Yan Qinglan sighed, without saying a word, and said to Li Caifu for a long time: "Go and inquire, just now Su Ningwei cut her wrist, how will the situation be?"

Li Caifu left at the sound, and came back not long after. According to the facts, he reported: "My lord, the doctor came just now, but the injury to the flesh is not serious."

Hearing this, Yan Qinglan's expression eased a lot, but the disgust towards Su Ningwei in her heart couldn't help but increase a bit, flesh and blood?Could it be a trick, hoping that he could visit her and feel sorry for her?
Seeing Yan Qinglan's inexplicable expression, Li Caifu boldly said: "My lord, according to my servant, it is better to send Miss Biao out of the mansion as soon as possible. Today you are on guard. If you don't notice for a while, you will be taken advantage of in the future... "Today was also a fluke. When Li Caifu was decocting the medicine, he learned that Su Ningwei had taken the initiative to prepare water and food. He knew that if something went wrong, there must be a demon, so he immediately kept an eye on it.After Yan Qinglan finished taking the medicine, she informed Yan Qinglan of the matter, so the two of them worked together to perform the scene without doing anything.At that time, I thought that it was better for them to think more, but I didn't expect to come to this situation after all.

"I have promised Wangfei that this matter is entirely up to Wangfei. I can do whatever she says, and I can listen to it."

(End of this chapter)