"When I first came to Luoyang, I heard Tao Jing say that you had gone blind and don't remember anything." Dong Xue held onto the princess's hand.
Seeing that she was nervous about herself, Ying Niang smiled and said, "It's better now, don't worry."
Seeing the princess's gentle appearance as before, Dongxue felt her heart aching. If the young lady and the lord knew about it, it would be even more heartbreaking.
"Why did you end up living in Luoyang?" Dong Xue asked.
Yingniang gently fanned Dongxue and slowly talked about what happened.
Dongxue listened to the princess's plain words and choked up unknowingly: "I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault, why are you still crying?" Ying Niang always had a pretty face with a cold face when she saw Dong Xue, but now she was crying like a tabby cat, feeling distressed and funny at the same time: "It's all over now. .”
"How is Qingxue?" Yingniang didn't realize that her voice was shaking a little when she asked this question.
When she learned from Dongxue that her daughter was determined to run to Xiao's house, which was in a state of disarray due to flooding, late at night, and looked for her everywhere. When she couldn't find her, she ran to the street again while no one was paying attention, and sat on a small boat. When Ying Niang looked at the floating corpse on the water and wandered around the place where she disappeared all night, she felt the heat surge out of her eyes. She turned her head and said in a trembling voice: "Why are you so stupid?"
She remembered that her daughter was very timid when she was a child, and would crawl into her arms when there was a thunder. She didn't grow much when she got older. When she got here, she always had to have nightmares several times when she saw the blood, and she had to drink some soothing medicine before she could sleep. good.
Why, how do you have the guts to look at the floating corpse soaked in the water?
Xiao Luolan felt like her heart was going to be broken.
"The little lady is very brave now." Dongxue said: "Now my lord takes her with him wherever he goes. Because my lord, he kicked Juliusho out of Jianghuai and asked him to go home because he failed to protect you."
"My lord has sent many people to look for you. He has also issued a reward order and a wanted order for the Xun family." Dong Xue was worried: "The Yu family is also a hateful person."
If it weren't for the Yu family, how could the princess end up like this? They deliberately deceived and robbed the princess of her belongings. They used the princess' money to live a good life in Luoyang, but they didn't take care of the princess at all. Instead, they had evil intentions and forced the princess to move in. Ghost temple.
Dongxue could not forgive what the Yu family had done at all, especially when she learned that their family finally got an official position, she felt even more resentful.
Xiao Luolan tried her best to hold back her tears: "I was at the Duke of Wei once and heard that the imperial court abandoned justice and Xuzhou was captured."
Dong Xue showed a smile: "Now not only Xuzhou is ours, but also Jinling." She talked about the Battle of Jinling. Xiao Luolan learned about the time when the young prince was defeated and committed suicide, and later learned that his daughter persuaded the Zhou clan leader to lift the ban. Kill and surrender.
One after another, one after another, Xiao Luolan's heart was lifted, and she felt a little dazed. Her daughter seemed to have grown up a lot when she was not around.
In Dongxue's talk, her baby daughter is extremely loved by the people of Jinling. She is smart, decisive, and courageous. She seems to be two different people from the daughter who acts coquettishly and obsessively beside her.
Xiao Luolan wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"The imperial court issued a recruitment order and sent Minister Qi to Jinling to recruit people. Now Minister Qi is in Luoyang." Dong Xue's voice became softer, almost whispering: "I have seen him several times when I passed by Dutingyi. There is a royal escort.”
Xiao Luolan was locked in Luoyang Palace for a long time. No one told her about the outside world, and there was no channel for obtaining information. When she first heard about Minister Qi, it took a while to remember that he had been on a mission to Youzhou before. Qi Nanhua.
When Dong Xue mentioned him, Xiao Luolan immediately thought of what Dong Xue wanted to do.
She shook her head: "Those who can't get out, even if they catch up with those people, will bring trouble to Minister Qi and increase the danger."
Luoyang is the place of Duke Wei, and it is very dangerous to do anything, so it is better not to involve them.
"Didn't you say that? The prince will come to save us, don't be anxious, just rest in peace and recover, don't think about anything else." Xiao Luolan comforted Dongxue.
Dong Xue focused on the bruises on Madam's neck. It looked like they were caused by someone strangled her neck hard. She gritted her teeth and asked, "Does Mr. Wei often hurt you?"
Xiao Luolan followed Dong Xue's gaze and touched her neck: "Fortunately, actually I didn't suffer much."
After hearing that the princess had cut Wei Guogong with a knife and porcelain fragments, Dongxue couldn't feel at ease at all.
This is also the reason why winter snow is urgent.
Wei Guogong is not an easy person to get along with.
"You have just woken up. You need to rest more. I will be with you." Xiao Luolan said. Dongxue slowly closed her eyes. She was seriously injured this time. Only after the injury heals can she protect the princess. .
After Xiao Luolan looked after Dongxue for a while, she was invited back to Luhua Palace in Xiyuan by her maid. When she left, she left the very useful medicine under Dongxue's pillow.
Because she learned about her daughter and Sect Leader Zhou, Xiao Luolan thought about them almost all day long and wanted to see them urgently. But the current situation was like being trapped in a cage. She couldn't even get out of Luoyang Palace. Mother looked out the window and sighed softly.
The sunset is lonely, and the afterglow is golden.
Xiao Luolan went to the cubicle to take a bath as usual, and as expected she saw the maid beside her. Because she hurt Wei Guogong last time, the maid in Luhua Palace monitored her even more strictly, and even took a bath. Check her for any sharp objects.
Being supervised for a long time can easily depress one's psychology. Ying Niang tried her best to calm down. After entering the water, she found that the maid had not left yet.
One of the maids took a precious glass toilet bottle and poured a few drops into the bath, then waited quietly aside.
Xiao Luolan felt that they were very unusual today. Usually they would leave after completing the inspection. She asked cautiously: "What did you drop in the water?"
The maid put the bottle away and said, "To my lord, it's peony dew."
Xiao Luolan looked at the rippling warm water waves and smelled the rich aroma of peonies in the air. She found that the maids were scattering flower petals on the edge of the bath. She couldn't help but stood up: "No, I've already washed it." ”
The maids stood on the spot.
"You go down, just do the same as before." Xiao Luolan said to them.
"The Duke asked us to serve you well, please don't embarrass us." The leading maid knelt down, put her head on her hands, and made a big salute.
Xiao Luolan looked at the maids scattering flower petals, and her first thought was that Wei Guogong had thought of another way to torture people. Every time something seemed good, there must be malice behind it.
After a simple wash, Xiao Luolan looked at the only colorful clothes in the room.
Very different from what she used to wear.
When she returned to Luhua Hall, Xiao Luolan frowned more and more as she looked at the piles of jewelry.
What on earth does Wei Yanshan want to do? I still wanted to attend a banquet like Fuxian Terrace, but there were no extra hairpins like last time.
She looked coldly at the person appearing in the bronze mirror.
Wei Yanshan walked to Princess Youzhou and smelled the fragrance of peonies. The layout of Luhua Palace was different from other palaces. In order to enjoy the view of peonies in the courtyard outside, both the window sill and the door were opened and closed, and the same was true for the inner rooms. , the dressing table imitates the style of the previous dynasty, the bronze mirror is huge, the dossier is low, there is no embroidery stool, and it is directly covered with green mats.
Now Princess Youzhou is sitting on the green mat, looking at him with disgust, her purple skirt is lightly embroidered with gauze, and her jade plaque is glowing softly under the candlelight.
Wei Yanshan stared at Princess Youzhou quietly.
Xiao Luolan felt uncomfortable when he looked at her. She felt that Wei Guogong's eyes seemed to be studying something, as if he wanted to dissect everything.
Just when Xiao Luolan was about to lose her patience, Wei Yanshan took a pearl curtain hat from the dressing table: "Don't you like it? I gave you these things."
Wei Yanshan's slender hand gently touched the pearls. This was a very beautifully made pearl curtain hat, only reaching the neck, and the pearls shone brightly.
Lifting the sleeves of his robe that were stained with the fragrance of books and ink, Wei Yanshan looked at Princess Youzhou and wanted to put it on her.
Xiao Luoyang looked at the sick Duke of Wei and said coldly: "Thank you for your kindness, Duke, I don't need it." She took off her pearl curtain hat and put it on the dressing table.
"Why not? Could it be that Zhou Xu's gift is better than mine?" Wei Yanshan said calmly: "I am richest in the world, and I can naturally give it to you if Zhou Xu can give it to you."
Xiao Luolan calmed herself down. She was no longer a fledgling girl. She had a vague understanding of Wei Guogong's thoughts from the time when Wei Guogong touched her repeatedly.
At the same time, I felt familiar with Wei Guogong's approach.
Sect Master Zhou once did exactly the same thing.
But she wouldn't believe Duke Wei's kindness towards her, including this sudden love. It was more likely that Duke Wei was up to something else.
"Zhou Lang and I are husband and wife. He gave me a gift of pearls and hairpins. Of course I accepted it." Xiao Luolan didn't even look at the gorgeous jewelry on the dressing table and said in a serious tone: "The Duke's move is over the top." .”
Wei Yanshan looked at the simple Princess Youzhou who didn't even have a ribbon to tie her hair.
He found that she had a lot of injuries, her neck was injured once by him, her wrists were also injured, there were old injuries on her shoulders and calves, and the wound on the back of her head had not healed for a long time. He listened to Youzhou indifferently If the princess refused, it was a bit strange why he hadn't realized that this person was actually scarred before.
"Mrs. Xiao can marry once and twice." Wei Yanshan said, "Why not three times?"
Xiao Luolan thought that Duke Wei was joking at first, but when she noticed that Duke Wei's expression was serious, as if he didn't realize how outrageous his words were, she suddenly stood up and said, "The Duke is joking." She was about to leave with a sullen face. Found it was caught.
Xiao Luolan turned around.
Wei Yanshan pressed his five fingers on the curved corners of Princess Youzhou's purple skirt and remained motionless.
Xiao Luolan tugged at the corner of her skirt but didn't move it.
She took a deep breath, bent down and touched the gold hairpin on the dressing table and scratched it off. With a tear, a piece of the skirt was torn. When she was about to regain her freedom, Wei Yanshan held Princess Youzhou's hand holding the gold hairpin. Her wrist was still gentle, but she slowly took the golden hairpin from Princess Youzhou's hand.
"It's not that I'm stingy, but I found that when the princess has a sharp knife in her hand, she will gradually become murderous." Wei Yanshan held Princess Youzhou's wrist and used a little force to make her sit down again.
Xiao Luolan groaned as cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
The wrist that Wei Guogong held her happened to be the right hand that was injured recently. He clamped her down like a piece of iron. He couldn't help but look at the dressing table out of the corner of his eye.
"Princess." Wei Yanshan smiled with a hint of displeasure: "Please be more obedient and don't do meaningless things, otherwise I can't guarantee what will happen to that little assassin."
Xiao Luolan sat on the green mat, and after the pain passed, her face was cold: "Husband and wife need emotional ties, and the Duke doesn't love me, so why bother telling jokes about asking me to remarry."
Wei Yanshan still held Princess Youzhou's wrist. This woman really couldn't allow him to relax. After listening to Princess Youzhou's words, he leaned closer to her and asked, "What is love? Is Princess so sure that Zhou Youzhou loves you?" ?”
Xiao Luolan thought about everything since she met Sect Master Zhou, and after a while, she said softly: "Of course."
As if he heard a big joke, Wei Yanshan raised the corners of his mouth. Different from his previous elegant and gentle smile, his lips and teeth twisted into a weird arc. He approached Princess Youzhou and laughed at her innocence: "Love is going to fall. In reality, Princess, not just in words, if he really loves you, you will be Mrs. Chu, not Mrs. Huarong."
Wei Yanshan touched Princess Youzhou's cheek with his other hand and slowly raised her chin: "You don't even have children. Zhou Youzhou's power will all belong to Young Master Youzhou after he grows old, and you What? Without inheriting a penny, the princess's family can only live in decline, and you and your daughter live under the shelter of others. Is this love? "
"Then it's better not to have this kind of love."
Xiao Luolan didn't want to explain the reason why she didn't have a child, and people like Wei Guogong wouldn't believe that in this world, all she needed was her daughter's blood relative.
"The princess said I don't love you." Wei Yanshan really didn't understand the word love: "But after the princess marries me, the princess will be the Lady of Jin." He paused and said: "After the great cause is successful, our children will be The common ruler of the world."
Xiao Luolan said sarcastically: "But it seems that the war is not going well for the Duke. Half of the mountains and rivers have been lost."
After Wei Yanshan heard this, he laughed instead. He returned to his appearance of a clear breeze and bright moon, and said with an open-minded smile: "What the princess said is wrong, the mountains and rivers are still there."
Xiao Luolan listened to Wei Guogong's sophistry.
Wei Yanshan unexpectedly used the end of the gold hairpin to pick up the jade plaque in front of Princess Youzhou's Yuexiong, and said with a low smile: "This piece of jade with dragon seal is worth half the price. The princess is by my side, plus Guanzhong, why not All mountains and rivers are there."
Xiao Luolan was stunned and looked at the jade plaque.
"You're not as good as others. If you lose, just fight back." Wei Yanshan looked at Princess Youzhou with a smile.
Chapter 306 (Qingxue Chapter)
It was an April day in Jinling, the heat was steaming, and there were few people walking on the street. Lian Bowen, the head of the Lian family, rushed to the Prince of Chu's Mansion in Jinling with his servants and Gong Yangyan and others who had landed at Guangling Pier a few days ago.
It is actually not accurate to say that it is the Prince of Chu's Mansion. It was originally the residence of the young prince of Jinling. After he was defeated and committed suicide, his residence was temporarily taken over by Jiedushi as a residence. He simply tidied it up and changed it to Zhou Dynasty. Zhou Youzhou moved in with Mrs. Xiao.
Lian Bowen was wearing an official robe, his back and forehead were wet with sweat. He was riding on a horse. Behind him was Gong Yangyan, who had lived in Guangyi, Lingnan for more than ten years. Speaking of which, his younger brother was demoted to In a remote and poor area like Zhuya, he was asked to search for the descendants of the Gongyang family. He had met Gongyangyan once, and when they met again, the head of the Lian family no longer recognized the Gongyangyan from before.
I think Gong Yangyan was also a talented person back then. How could he become like this after more than ten years in Lingnan?
To say sloppy is not sloppy, after all, he is still a descendant of a famous family. Although he is in decline and is extremely underappreciated, his ancestors have been prosperous, but they have been on the decline until Gong Yangyan's generation came from a poor family and accepted assistance from his village neighbors. One day, his brother took him to Lingnan and stayed there for more than ten years.
