It was rare for Lin Rong to be so happy, and he agreed immediately. He hurriedly ordered people to clean up the house and bring hot water for the two of them to take a bath.
Feng Xiao was short-minded and could only be happy at this moment. She sighed in the moonlight on the corridor: "Now, the rain has finally passed and the sky has cleared up. From now on we can finally be by the side of the county master again. I just looked at these houses. It's a bit plain, but the curtains, curtains, and furnishings and antiques inside are all very good. I think the king will treat the county master well."
Kingfisher shook his head: "Didn't you see it when we were eating? The county master had thin calluses on his hands, and there were scars. I wonder how much he suffered outside? Now he has been brought back by the prince. Let me see the county master's His expression may not be that happy. You should be careful with what you say in the future, so as not to make the county lord sad." The county lord wanted to leave at that time, because he had thought carefully about it, and it was not because of the sudden whim of the prince.
Kingfisher was so worried, but Fengxiao said: "You are just worried. Last time the county lord returned to Jiangzhou from Luoyang, his horse fell off a cliff in fright. He went to Xiangguo Temple to offer incense. The old monk said that the county lord was a blessed person. In the future, there will be loving husbands and wives, and there will be many children.”
The two of them had different temperaments. One was thinking about something and the other was thinking about something else. They each took a quick shower and worked until midnight before falling asleep.
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Today is the Double Ninth Festival. During the day, Lu Shen and his soldiers climbed high and looked far into the distance, planting dogwood trees everywhere. At night, they feasted with civil and military officials and entertained people with songs and dances. It was already midnight when I left the banquet. He walked slowly back to the dormitory and saw Shen Yan already waiting there. He paused briefly but did not ask.
Shen Yan replied: "To tell you what my master is saying, Miss Wang asked to see Madam this afternoon, and Madam talked to her for a while."
Lu Shen still didn't speak and walked inside. Shen Yan continued: "I heard from the maid that she was in a good mood and gave Wang Meiren a box of southern pearls. The two girls, Kingfisher and Fengxiao, arrived just before the lights were turned on. The lady was very happy when she saw it, and even used a few more crabs. But the lady's stomach couldn't bear it, so she got up in the middle of the night and asked the maid to take a pill, and then she fell asleep. "
After Shen Yan finished speaking, he lowered his head and listened to the instructions. That day, when he received the news that his wife was at the medicine shop, he turned around and ordered people to clean the courtyard half a day in advance. As expected, Junhou brought her back.
As soon as he entered Yangwu Zhai, Shen Yan instinctively felt danger, so he invited the doctors. He was just waiting outside when he heard the monarch inside ask: "With this pulse, do you really mean you are not pregnant?"
The doctors discussed it for a while, and then they recommended a highly respected person: "Madam's pulse does not indicate that she is pregnant."
The woman behind the bed tent withdrew her wrist and sneered: "Lu Shen, you are so ridiculous."
The doctors in the room didn't know who this woman was, but she actually called the monarch by his first name and spoke sarcastically like this. They all lowered their heads and didn't know how to react.
Lu Shen waved his hand solemnly, and the doctors filed out carrying medicine boxes as if they had been granted amnesty.
Then the voice of the words became softer, and she didn't know what was said specifically. Shen Yan suddenly heard the Lord shout angrily: "Cui Shiyi, I only want to hear such crazy things like you just this once!"
Shen Yan knew that the words that followed were not what he should hear, so he immediately waved his hand to signal the doctors and servants outside to leave. Unexpectedly, he heard the loud sneer of the woman inside: "Lu Shen, you are a despicable and shameless person. I only know how to embarrass women. I would rather commit myself to a reckless man than be by your side..."
After hearing this, Shen Yan hurriedly retreated. After a while, there was a crisp sound of porcelain inside, and the sound lasted for a long time.
Finally, Lu Shen came out, stood for a long time, and told Shen Yan: "Order the doctor to prescribe some calming medicine, and ask the maid to boil it and give it to her." After a pause, he said: "Let's go elsewhere. Check, she's not pregnant, so what's she doing buying some medicine for miscarriage? What outsiders have she come into contact with?" This outsider naturally refers to the outsider.
Shen Yan said, "Okay," and then asked the maid to boil the medicine. After a while, the girl came back and reported: "Madam has taken the tranquilizing medicine and has gone to sleep. It's just that the Ru kiln beauty goblet with flowers on the high table, a set of Xuan kiln Ou porcelain, and several large plates with Buddha's hands are all brittle. Everything was clean, even the tent was torn out with a big hole."
Shen Yan waved his hand impatiently: "If you are missing something, go to the warehouse to get it. Just remember one thing, serve your wife well." After he finished his errands and went back to report, Lu Shen was still in the study, glanced at it, and had a seizure He said: "Look at your appearance. You are wretched and have no spirit. How do you behave?"
Shen Yan lamented, knowing that he was angered again. He suffered the disaster of the fish pond last time, but this time he learned wisely and kept his mouth shut after finishing what he had to say.
Lu Shen stood there and waited for a long time. Seeing that he was dumbfounded like a river clam, he kicked him and asked, "Why do you feel uncomfortable and you have taken medicine?"
Shen Yan said: "The crabs you ate are too cold. You don't need to worry." Finally, he looked at Lu Shen's face and changed his words: "Madam is weak. I think she was too lazy to alert the doctor, so she didn't say anything even if it hurt. Yesterday I have a sprained foot and it is so swollen that I don’t want to call a doctor. Would you like to go and have a look, sir?"
Lu Shen remained silent, glanced sideways at Shen Yan, walked back inside, and scolded: "Talk too much!"
Lu Shen sat in the study for a long time, sighed almost inaudibly, and finally stood up and opened the door and said: "Take the lamp and go to Yangwu Zhai."
At midnight, the utensils in Yangwu Zhai had already rested, and only two women guarding the house were standing in front of the door. Before Lu Shen arrived, the old lady saw her from a distance and quickly called people, and the lights suddenly turned on.
The woman's voice was quite loud: "Your Majesty!"
Lu Shen frowned: "Silence."
In the inner room, the maid replied from outside the curtain: "Madam, the prince has arrived! Madam, the prince has arrived!" After calling three or four times, there was no response from inside. She said anxiously: "Madam, the prince has finally arrived, shall we get up? Do you want to dress up?"
Lin Rong turned around and said nothing.
When Lu Shen came in, the girls and servants were kneeling in the corridor, but Lin Rong was not seen. Kingfisher covered his head and said: "Your Majesty, my wife got three crabs in the evening and she felt a little uncomfortable, so I didn't wake her up to greet you."
Lu Shen did not comment, turned around and entered the inner room. He saw that only a small lamp was lit. The dim yellow candle was reflected on the golden curtain with Cordyceps pattern. As he moved, there was a little wind, and the shadow of the candle appeared one after another on the curtain. Crazy growth.
Lu Shen sat on the edge of the bed, gently opened the bed curtain, and saw the woman sleeping quietly. A pair of shallow pear dimples appeared on her cheeks as she breathed. Her beautiful face was as peaceful and leisurely as he had ever seen. I don’t know what I dreamed of. A pair of distant mountain eyebrows seemed to be frowning, as if they were filled with the lingering mist and rain in the south of the Yangtze River.
There is a Ru kiln flower goblet on the small table beside the bed, with a few autumn hibiscus stuck in it. Next to it is a small cup with clear blue glaze, which contains half a cup of leftover tea. Lu Shen reached out to take it and saw that the tea was still hot and that the person had not slept, or that he had not slept for long. When you raise your head and enter the mouth, you will know that it is Yixing Yangxian tea.
Lu Shen sat on the edge of the bed for a long time. Seeing that the woman's eyelashes were slightly green but showed no intention of waking up, he stretched out his hand and gently touched her, and the begonias in the vase fell one after another and scattered among the blue hair on the pillow.
Lu Shen stretched out his index finger, gently hooked a strand of black hair around his hand, and after an unknown amount of time, he sighed slightly, then stood up and walked out.
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When Lu Shen came out, it was already drizzling outside the eaves. After standing in front of the steps for a while, the rain suddenly became heavier and became a heavy downpour. The strong wind blew down the flowers and trees.
Shen Yan only held a crank-handled yellow umbrella in his hand and stood a little outside the eaves. Half of his body was wet by the strong wind. He leaned forward and said: "Sir, the rain is really too heavy. Let's wait for a while before leaving. "
The girls and servants were still kneeling on the porch and they were all soaked in the rain. Lu Shen nodded, turned around and went into the outside room, asking, "How did the good lady get her sprain?"
The person below replied: "There is a sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the yard that is in bloom this year and has not withered even at this time of year. My wife was admiring the flowers at the door that day. She accidentally stepped on the tree and fell down, causing her sprain. "
Lu Shen snorted coldly: "Hu Yi! You were so careless in serving me that you said the master didn't pay attention?" He waved his hand and asked, "Who was serving me at that time?"
This was clearly about to make someone angry. The kneeling girls were trembling with fear. You look at me, I look at you, but they didn't dare to stand up.
Seeing this, Lu Shen put down the teacup heavily: "I dare to prevaricate here, and I must be even more perverse in normal times. If anyone comes, drag him out and beat him, no matter whether you say it or not, he will give you ten sticks first."
The girls were all in the inner courtyard, and even if they were beaten or scolded, they would only be slapped on their palms and mouths with bamboo boards, or at worst, they would be slapped a few times with a board about two feet wide. But the ten sticks Lu Shen mentioned were military sticks. How could these people stand it? At that moment, he cried and begged for mercy: "I know I was wrong. I beg you to forgive me. I beg you to forgive me."
Lin Rong, who was in the room, was pretending to be asleep. Hearing Lu Shen's interrogation outside, he couldn't sleep because of the noise. He simply sat up, gathered the scattered hibiscus petals to one side, turned around and lit a glass lamp, and took out the book. Leaning against the head of the bed, he flipped through the pages one after another.
I thought that Lu Shen was going to have a fit, and it was just a few words of reprimand. After a while, he would naturally be relieved.
Unexpectedly, the girls outside were crying and begging for mercy, and they were about to use their military sticks to beat them. Lin Rong knew that this person was doing it on purpose, so he threw the book in his hand hard, rolled his eyes, and cursed: "Extremely low quality!"
People like Lu Shen grew up in a world of wealth and self-respect. As long as he is a little bit unhappy in his heart, others will be unhappy too. Fortunately, Lin Rong thought that Lu Shen knew what he was doing and left quietly when he saw that he was pretending to be asleep. Humph, how could he be so kind and not think too well of him? Always abominable, always disgusting, always hateful.
How could Lin Rong bear to have these maids suffer these unreasonable disasters because of her? She put on her clothes and got out of bed. Because she sprained her ankle and couldn't walk fast, she had to slowly move towards the door.
Lin Rong stood at the threshold of the inner room, and through the hazy green screen window, he saw a dozen powerful women standing in the corridor with military sticks in front of Shen Yan, as if they were about to execute him.
Those girls were so frightened that they prostrated themselves on the ground and kept kowtowing: "I beg you, Lord, to have mercy. I beg Lord, Lord to have mercy. In the future, slaves and maidservants must be extremely careful when serving Madam, so as not to make any mistakes."
Lu Shenduan sat there, tapping the table with one hand. From the corner of his eye, he saw a light turn on inside, but no one spoke or came out. He acted as if nothing happened outside. He stood there for a moment, but Shen Yan stepped forward and asked, "Sir, someone has been sent for the execution."
Lu Shen grunted and said, "Drag them out and beat them." Jing Qin and Feng Xiao were kneeling at the front, so naturally they were the first ones to be pulled out. Jing Qin didn't panic, but Feng Xiao was so anxious that she cried. He kept calling Lin Rong's name: "County Lord, save me... County Lord, save me!"
Lin Rong couldn't bear it any longer, opened the door suddenly, walked out, and said with a cold face: "You don't sleep at night, what are you making a noise about?"
Lin Rong was only wearing a moon-white undershirt, with black hair scattered on her shoulders, looking like she was sleeping. When Shen Yan saw this, he immediately lowered his head, bowed his body and exited the door, waiting at the foot of the steps.
When Lin Rong asked, the girls were so frightened that Lu Shen was speechless and naturally did not dare to answer. Shen Yan retreated outside and naturally could not answer either. The only person in the room who could reply to her was Lu Shen, who was sitting upright. Since he succeeded, he naturally refused to anger Lin Rong again, so he held the tea and said nothing.
The whole room suddenly fell silent for a moment. Lin Rong waved his hand and said angrily: "It's all gone. Those who should be doing errands should be errands, and those who should be sleeping should sleep."
The girls secretly looked up at Lu Shen and saw that he was holding a tea cup and blowing the foam on it. After a long time, they said: "Everyone, get off!"
The girls suddenly felt as if they had received an amnesty, and kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you, Lord, for your kindness, and thank you, Madam, for your kindness."
Immediately, all the maids dispersed, leaving only Lin Rong and Lu Shen facing each other in the room. Lin Rong just thought Lu Shen was nothing, turned around, held on to the edge of the wall, and walked back slowly.
Lu Shen stepped forward, picked up the woman by the waist, and placed her on the bed. He spoke caring words, but his tone was harsh, as if he was scolding: "You sprained your ankle, why are you still getting out of bed and walking? You have to watch every day. The road is the road, if the girls are not careful, they will be the ones who get hurt if they get twisted."
Lin Rong still had a cold face and ignored her. He turned around and settled down, pulling the quilt to his chest and putting down the bed curtain. Lu Shen lowered the tent to isolate himself from the outside, his face turning green and white. For a person like him, even if he wants to please, his patience is very limited. He opened the curtain, half threatening and half warning: "Cui Shiyi, women can have a little temper, but too much temper will only hurt others." Hurt yourself.”
Lin Rong was lying on his side. He wanted to laugh when he heard these words. He gave a faint sigh and said: "Thank you Junhou for your teaching. If it weren't for Junhou, I, Cui Shiyi, would never have heard such profound words of wisdom in my life? That is, How much understanding do you have for a confused person like you who followed you?"
Such yin and yang, soft and hard words, stimulated Lu Shen's temples to hurt suddenly, and said: "If you don't think about yourself, you should also think about the Cui family, your parents and brothers."
Lin Rong replied: "Life and death are fateful. I can't even take charge of my own affairs. How can I have the energy to take care of others. Husband and wife are birds in the same forest. When disaster strikes, they fly separately. Even husband and wife are like this, let alone parents and brothers. Maybe, I You only have three to five days to live?"
Lu Shen was so angry that he couldn't say a word.
Suddenly, a maid came in with a tray and knelt outside the bed tent to report: "Your Majesty, my wife said in the evening that today is the Double Ninth Festival and it is time to drink osmanthus wine. Due to the doctor's orders, there is no wine in the hospital. Now the kitchen is warm. A pot has been brought. I wonder if Madam would like to have a drink before going to bed?"
Lin Rong had said this, but later Kingfisher and Fengxiao advised her not to drink while she was sick, so let it go. At this time, why did you send another pot?
Lin Rong sat up, opened the curtain, and looked at Lu Shen suspiciously.
Lu Shen stood aside with a sullen face and his hands behind his back. Seeing Lin Rong looking over, he didn't know what she was thinking. He gritted his teeth angrily and said, "Cui Shiyi, I'm not that mean!"
Lin Rong tilted his head and said: "Junhou is a man in the army, he is vigorous and resolute, how can a slow-moving thing like aphrodisiac wine have any temper? In fact, there is no need to go to such trouble, just ask the girl to come in and hold my hands and feet, Jun I will naturally serve you however you want me to serve you. Oh, if you don’t like having maids serve you, you can just call the sergeant outside the medicine shop that day."
Lu Shen didn't know that a woman could be so eloquent. He rubbed his eyebrows and shouted: "Cui Shiyi, even though you are not pregnant, it is true that you abandoned your home and lived abroad. Look at what you look like. Does she have any appearance or virtue at all? Cui has a family full of poems and books, how can she raise a daughter like you?"
Lin Rong immediately replied: "Yes, a person like me is not worthy of the Lord. Then please divorce me, Lord. There is no need to send me back to Jiangzhou. Just treat me as dead."
The two of them were talking in a hurry, and neither of them gave in to the other. At this point, they could no longer answer the conversation.
Lu Shen hesitated and told the maid: "Madam is unconscious due to illness and is talking nonsense. I will ask a doctor to diagnose her pulse tomorrow morning." After that, he walked away.
The girl serving the wine was already trembling with fear from the quarrel between the two. Lin Rong smiled and waved, called her over, and asked: "Everywhere has opened their keys at this time, where did the osmanthus wine come from?"
The little girl then said: "Sister Jingqin heard the wife and the Lord quarreling inside and asked me to bring it in. She said it was osmanthus wine brewed in Xuanzhou last year, and she brought a small cup for the lady to try."
Lin Rong poured a small glass and took a sip. Sure enough, the wine was fragrant. She pinched the little girl's face and comforted her: "It's okay. Don't be afraid. Go back and tell everyone to rest."
It's just that it's okay. Lu Shen said that she was delirious during the illness, which means she was delirious. Although there was no time to call the doctor late at night, the medicine to calm her nerves was always on hand.
Immediately, a maid went to warm the medicine and knelt in front of Lin Rong's bed: "Ma'am, please take the medicine!"
Lin Rong had already taken that medicine once. It came in a big, dark bowl. I don’t know how many times of coptis was added to the medicine. One sip gave me a headache. She frowned and waved her hands: "Pour it down, it's too bitter, I won't drink it."
I don't know when a strange woman stood next to her, offering a stack of preserved apricots: "Madam, take a sip of the medicine, then eat a piece of preserved apricots and press them, and you won't feel any pain anymore." The Lord ordered to watch over Madam. Take the medicine so that not a drop is left, then it will be effective! When the disease is cured, you will naturally stop talking nonsense."
Lin Rong was slumped. Lu Shen had so many ways of torturing people. She picked up the medicine bowl and scolded Lu Shen a hundred times before closing her eyes and drinking it all in one gulp. The pain made her want to retching.
Kingfisher and Fengxiao hurriedly stroked her back and rinsed her mouth. After a long while, they finally recovered and persuaded: "County Lord, why bother?"
Lin Rong didn't have anything at all. When he heard Kingfisher ask this question, he felt infinite sadness. He collapsed on the bed feebly. A line of clear tears fell down and slowly flowed into his hair. He looked at the ceiling of the tent and said infatuatedly: " How do I know?"
For a moment, everyone was silent and only heard the sound of lights and candles. After a long time, Lin Rong waved his hand: "In two hours, it will be dawn. You all should go down and take a nap."
Jing Qin said: "My servant is accompanying the county master."
Lin Rong closed his eyes and shook his head: "I want to stay alone for a while and think about it..."
Everyone retreated, Kingfisher also wept silently for a while, but Fengxiao didn't understand: "In the past, Hangqing set up a trap to ask the monarch to vent his anger on the county lord. Now that the monarch has calmed down and changed his mind, why is the county lord unwilling to do so? What about the steps? It’s too tense and hurts feelings, which is not good after all.”
Not to mention spreading it to Yongzhou, even if the eldest princess of Jiangzhou knew about it, it would be bad.
Kingfisher sighed and asked, "What does it mean to be good? You can't say this nonsense in the future, especially in front of the county lord, you know?"
As they talked, they exited and saw that there was a lamp in the clean room on the left corridor of the inner hall. A young boy carried well water in from time to time. They looked at each other suspiciously and exclaimed in their hearts: "The king has not yet arrived." Are you leaving?
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