Rebirth as Hou Menfu

Chapter 20

When Qi Haoming was born, his mother, Lord Qi’s second wife, died of dystocia and hemorrhage. He had lost his mother when he was still unconscious. In the spring of the second year, when Qi Haoming had just learned to cry When he was a mother, Nanyang Houfu welcomed a new hostess. Qi Haoming was brought up by the old concubine and nanny since he was a child. Since he had some knowledge, he knew how to survive in this unreliable Houfu. go down.

Qi Haoming is very smart, and his long pink and jade carvings are very pleasing. The old Hou Ye likes to take him around. When he was walking, he was taken into the palace by the old Hou Ye and saw many people. Prince, for Qi Haoming who is not his younger brother but is very cute, the princes are not stingy with their joy, especially the fourth prince who was the son of the empress at that time, pampering him as his own brother.

When he was four or five years old, Lord Hou also gradually realized this outstanding son who had been neglected by him. Out of guilt and nostalgia for his dead mother, Master Qi doted on Qi Haoming very much, and the mansion gradually had the intention of being a son. It belongs to the rumor of the second son. Neither the old Hou Ye nor the Hou Ye realized that such rumors hurt a child. One winter when he was five years old, the old princess passed away, and Qi Haoming moved back to his son's small yard. inside.

The old Hou Ye was afraid that he would be sad, so he often took him to walk around his various banquets and palaces. Qi Haoming was also well-behaved, except after the old princess cried a lot on the day of the funeral, he was still the one who comforted the old Hou Ye in the rest of the day. There are many, there are many interesting things in the palace, Qi Haoming is a child who was a good baby before, and a child who is a ghost, because he has no mother since he was a child, he especially likes to be lively, he doesn't like to be quiet and he doesn't want to be alone.

From the age of three to six, the number of times he entered the palace was more than some officials combined in their entire lives. The 12-year-old fourth prince Su Kun loved this little brother very much, and he never forgot to take him with him whenever he had fun.

One day when he was bored in the mansion, the Four Emperors approached him in a big way. What words can be used to describe the Fourth Prince? He is a typical playboy, rich, powerful, and not bad looking. Qi Haoming was in a small pond Feed the fish, I wonder why the Fourth Prince, who has classes during the day, came to the house to look for him.

After asking, I found out that something happened to my teacher's family. At that time, Qiao Sihuai, who was still the prince's tutor, heard that her daughter died of dystocia, and the news that both mother and child died couldn't bear it. She got such news before she went out. Just fainted, the sons were not there, and the family had to be without a principal, so Mrs. Qiao asked for leave. The teacher asked for leave, and the fourth prince was very happy to allow the leave. He was also allowed to rest for two more days to take care of his health.

After the two of them weighed it, going back to the palace to play would definitely not be satisfactory, and there would be a group of people following them outside, so it would not be fun to play. Qiao Haoming thought of a high-sounding reason. The emperor can't visit every household, the prince should go to condolences on behalf of his father, to show the royal demeanor!
Whether to go to Qiao's house or Shen's house, Su Kun has decided where to go, what's so interesting about Qiao's house, going to Shen's house is the most important way to give condolences, Mr. Shen can be regarded as an official of the court, so the condolences should be done no matter how big or small.

After the two agreed, they took a few people to Shen's house.

When Shen Heye saw the fourth prince appearing with Qi Haoming, he was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses. He was flattered. It is true that his wife and children were sad when he died, but no prince came to mourn in person. Condolences, Shen Heye was busy receiving them right now, and Su Kun dealt with them very hard, and he had to do his best to save face.

Taking advantage of the vacancy of Shen Heye's reception, the two of them sneaked into the backyard of the Shen residence. Compared with the Hou's residence and the imperial palace, the Shen residence was naturally a small place. At that time, only Mrs. Shen and Miss Shen Yingxiu lived in the backyard. In the past, the two of them wandered to the courtyard of Ms. Shen and Shen Yingxiu, and the people inside became a mess. Yan's mother grabbed a girl and asked, "Miss, where have you been?"

Every girl who caught her said that she didn't know. Yan's mother ran to the gate of the yard and saw Su Kun and Qi Haoming standing there, and asked anxiously, "You two young masters, did you see a girl in pink clothes?" Go out, such a small person." Yan's mother made a low gesture, and the three-year-old child disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Shen's mansion said it was not big, but it was still difficult to find someone to hide, and in addition to the chaos in the mansion these past few days, there were so many people coming in and out, Mama Yan was very concerned about this young lady who disappeared under her nose. Anxious.

"We haven't seen it, but we can look for it for you." Qi Haoming looked at her gestures, the little one, and Yan's mother forced a smile, "I won't trouble you two young masters, you can go out from here The front yard is gone, please forgive me for not being able to take the two young masters there." After saying that, Mama Yan hurried across the side road to find someone.

"Fourth brother, this little one, she must not be able to find it, why don't we help her find it." Qi Haoming watched Yan's mother leave, turned back and said to Su Kun, Su Kun nodded, "I'm going from here , you go there, turn around and we will gather at the gate!"

Qi Haoming nodded, and walked towards the exit of the front yard. There were many maids and women passing by along the way, and everyone hurriedly ignored the person who suddenly appeared in the backyard. Qi Haoming walked to the front yard. At the door, you can see the white cloth hanging in front of the mourning hall, lying on your stomach, looking towards Xiaoguai's side door, stretching your legs across the high threshold, Qi Haoming walked around the front yard and passed from the back.

There was no one behind the room in the mourning hall, and there was a sinister feeling. Qi Haoming walked over slowly while supporting the wall. Before he could go around the corner, he heard a small cry. The year-old Qi Haoming felt a little scared, his hands holding on to the wall were trembling, thinking whether to go back or go to have a look, looked up at the sun hanging high, and his heart sank.

Qi Haoming squinted his eyes and walked around the wall. It was a back door, which was slightly opened, and the sound of crying could be heard from inside. Qi Haoming took courage, pushed open the door and walked in. It was hung by a white cloth. In the room, the windows were almost covered, and there was a coolness in the room, Qi Haoming gently opened the door.

A slender body huddled beside the corner table legs, tightly against the corner of the table, just where the crying sound came from, Qi Haoming turned sideways, and the sunlight illuminated some of the room, so he could clearly understand I saw the little pink figure.

found it?
The first thought in Qi Haoming's mind was that he had defeated the fourth prince, and he walked in. It turned out to be the room behind the mourning hall, no wonder he could still hear the sound of chanting scriptures in front, Qi Haoming walked into the table, Xiaofen Tuan felt someone, sobbed and raised his head to look at him. The sun shone from behind him, which set him off with brilliance, very dazzling.

"What are you doing here alone?" Qi Haoming squatted down and looked at her, the little fan ball shrank a little timidly into the corner of the table, with crystal tears still hanging from the corners of her eyes, it was another pink carved jade statue A girl as beautiful as a doll, wearing a red and pink jacket, with furry balls on her head, looking at him with a red face and very aggrieved.

Seeing him smiling all the time, Yingxiu stretched out her finger to point to the place of the mourning hall, and called softly, "Mother." After speaking, tears rolled down her eyes immediately, "It's gone."

Qi Haoming saw that his heart trembled suddenly, as if something had been alarmed, or maybe it was because of the deep empathy, he stretched out his hand to hold the dusty little hand, and Yingxiu quickly pulled it away When I went back, I cried even more sadly, "My mother is gone, I don't want my mother anymore, I want my mother."

"Don't cry, don't cry." Qi Haoming saw her face flushed from crying, and quickly comforted her, but Yingxiu didn't follow his tricks at all, and hugged tightly the little wood Qiao Qingran carved for her in her arms Baby, "Mother doesn't keep her promise, she doesn't want to embroider with her younger brother, mother doesn't want to embroider."

Qi Haoming looked at the crying little powder ball at the foot of the table, and his heart was touched for a while. The sound of chanting Buddha and praying came from the next door, telling them that the person lying in the coffin had left them forever. In this world, her mother will never come back.

"Although you have lost your mother, you have seen your mother. I don't even know what my mother looks like." Qi Haoming felt tired from squatting on the ground, so he just followed her example and sat on the ground, watching her embrace her. The exquisitely carved wooden doll in his arms murmured.

The crying stopped slowly, Yingxiu raised her head to look at the little brother in front of her, and asked timidly, "Why don't you know what your mother looks like?"

"Because my mother passed away when I was born, and I have never seen her before." Qi Haoming seemed to be describing a thing, maybe it was because he had never seen her before that he would not experience such sadness , the old concubine gave him a lot of love, although she still wanted to be loved by her mother in her heart, and even cried about why he didn't have a mother when he was a child, but it was far less sad than the little sister in front of him.

Yingxiu looked at him with wide eyes, and for a while, stretched out her hand to lean on his cheek. Qi Haoming subconsciously stepped back a little, and then slowly approached her little hand, pressing it warmly and wetly against his own. Cheek, Qi Haoming only heard her childish and soft voice, "Brother, don't be sad, your mother must be beautiful."

A burst of sadness rushed to his head, Qi Haoming's eyes became hot, and tears just fell down. Yingxiu tried hard to touch his face, "Brother is good-looking, your mother must be good-looking too."

Qi Haoming took her hand and pulled her up from the table. The three-year-old Yingxiu just reached his chest, a very small one, sobbing with a red nose. Looking at him, she tried to comfort him, who was even more pitiful than herself and who had never seen her mother.

There has never been anything that Qi Haoming wanted to protect so much. The two children, who were less than ten years old together, just hugged each other and comforted each other. Yingxiu has been hiding in this place for half a day. In Ming's arms, Yingxiu gradually fell asleep crying. He looked down at the person in his arms, and suddenly wanted to keep her by his side, so that he could protect her. Without a mother, there would still be someone who would love her and be with her .

This is a childhood memory, it is about family affection, and it has not had time to produce love, but Qi Haoming just doesn't want to tell Su Kun the story about himself and this little fan group behind the mourning hall, he wants to be alone Exclusively enjoy the memories of this period, and don't want anyone to know about the little fan group.

This is also a childhood promise. Qi Haoming promised in his heart that he wanted to take care of this person and never let her be sad like today. He even secretly vowed that he would come back to her ten years later so that he could always Being together makes her happy and not uncomfortable.

Within a month of returning to the Hou Mansion, Qi Haoming had an accident. He accidentally fell into the water and fell into a coma with a high fever. And Yingxiu waited at home for the little brother who promised to come to see her for half a year, and after crying a lot, she forgot about it when she was young.

Time flies, and when Qi Haoming was 15 years old, his legs still hadn't recovered. The old Hou Ye passed away, and there was one less person in the Hou's mansion who really cared for him. He began to feel anxious.

Such a self, how can I protect that little fan.

Nine years have passed, and Qi Haoming has never forgotten that during this time, he spent most of the time sitting in that wheelchair in his Tingfeng courtyard, thinking that if there was no accident one month after leaving, He should be able to know how the leader Xiaofan is doing now.

Maybe God heard his expectation. Qi Luhua, the second daughter of the Qi family, held a poetry meeting. He saw the little fan group. She was already a slim girl. She got rid of the baby fat back then and stood under the peach blossom tree. Pink velvet with a calm expression.

When we meet again, it will be a year later on the Dinghu cruise. It seems that it is different from a year ago. Qi Haoming has an indescribable feeling until she falls into the water and is rescued, hiding in her cousin's arms helplessly With a trembling look, the memories of Qi Haoming's heart from many years ago instantly overwhelmed all of him, and the two faces from ten years ago overlapped together.

If the little brother came to you ten years late, would you blame me, little fan?

(End of this chapter)