Lin Rong raised her eyebrows: "Oh, I'm not a fan of vulgarity. How could they say these things when they are with me?" As she spoke, she lifted the quilt and sorted out the letters from home on the Kang table while saying: " Okay, I’ve seen what you asked me to see, so I won’t bother you anymore, I’m going back.”
Lu Shen just grabbed his wrist and refused to let go.
Lu Shen sat there with a sullen face, very dejected, but he was not a fool after all, and he understood in a moment: "The love between husband and wife should be respected, but I can never fulfill what you say."
Chapter 75
Lin Rong, however, no longer had any desire to communicate and stood there without looking back. He only replied lightly: "Oh, I know. It's getting late and I have nothing else to do. I'll go back and rest first."
Lu Shen held Lin Rong's wrist tightly and refused to let go. The two were in a stalemate when suddenly someone from outside answered through the screen: "My lord, guerrilla general Xu Conghua, and Zhonglang general Du Min are waiting to be summoned in the court."
Lu Shen then slowly let go and slid it into the woman's cold palm, took the cloak and put it on her, and escorted her out personally. Seeing that she still had a cold face and hesitated to speak, he finally waved his hand and gave the order. The serving maid said: "Send Madam back."
On this day, I got up before dawn and went to the outskirts of the city to watch the ceremony, then accompanied the old lady to a banquet and a garden tour, and just now I talked to Lu Shen to Niu Tanqin for a long time, which was very exhausting. When Lin Rong returned to Yanshan Courtyard and sat down on the soft couch, he felt sore all over.
Jing Qin came over with tea and dismissed the little maids in the room. Even Feng Xiao ordered them out: "The pattern you asked for yesterday. The sister next to Grandma Si sent it over and put it on the embroidery stand. Go and have a look. It's Not the ones you want?"
After the people dispersed, Jing Qin knelt down next to Lin Rong: "County Lord, not long after you left, Shen Yan led several ladies to search the house. He said that it was your order and a white jade was missing. Guang Su Bian Fang. After closing the door of the courtyard, he searched the whole courtyard carefully. Not only the medicinal materials for the avoidance soup, but also many tonics given by the old lady and the fourth grandma were searched. What cures were in the maid's room? The spring moss medicine has also been collected. In short, everything related to medicinal materials, no matter what they are, has been searched and inspected, and even the medical books that the county chief often reads have been read through. "
Lin Rong supported his chin with his hand, with a tired look on his face, and sighed quietly: "I see!" No wonder he asked himself to go to the study room. He was leading himself out for this matter, not to see Mrs. Yuan, nor to see Mrs. Yuan. It's not something you just want to listen to. She suddenly felt that her whole body was weak, she couldn't even get angry, she just felt helpless.
If Lin Rong is as angry as before, Kingfisher can rest assured. She was so calm now that she couldn't help but burst into tears. She was really frightened in her heart. She was afraid that the monarch would press hard and the county lord would go to a dead end: "County lord, what should we do?"
Lin Rong stroked the pink and green glazed tea cup, feeling calm and quiet, and said quietly for a long time: "It seems that I have to have a child!"
Kingfisher was shocked when he called Lin Rong. He didn't know why she seemed to change her mind in an instant. He looked at her blankly, and a bad premonition came into his heart: "County Lord?"
Lin Rong gave a faint smile and reached out to stroke the top of Kingfisher's hair: "Don't be afraid, I just think that I may not be a competent mother. I may need you to help me in the future?"
Kingfisher nodded hesitantly and forced a smile: "Why is the county master worried about this? If not, there are still nannies. The servants will not go anywhere. They will stay with the county master all their lives and take care of the young prince and young lady in the future. "
Lin Rong hummed, and saw that the medical books on the bookshelf nearby were all messed up. After looking at them for a long time, he secretly made a decision in his heart, and said expressionlessly: "Take out all these books and throw them away. Everyone is frightened today, and all the maids and women in the yard who are on duty will be rewarded with a drop of money, so I can calm them down."
After saying that, she felt that she was no longer energetic. After taking a bath, her hair was only half-dried, and she covered her tent and fell asleep.
After Lu Shen finished the discussion, it was almost dawn. He opened the door, stood in the corridor, and asked, "How is it?"
Shen Yan replied: "Madam didn't say anything last night, nor did she lose her temper. After returning, she went to bed early and rewarded the servants on duty with a shilling of money, saying it was to calm their shock."
After hearing this, Lu Shen hummed and walked along the lake. Unknowingly, he arrived at the gate of Yanshan Courtyard. He pushed the door open and went in. The yard was quiet except for a few maids who had gotten up early and were gently sweeping the yard. , and occasionally heard a cat meowing.
Lu Shen stopped the maids' greetings, pushed the door open and walked in. He saw the woman sleeping peacefully, with dark hair, a red silk quilt, a white face, as if she had just cried, and fan-like eyelashes with A little moisture showed that she had already woken up.
He stood quietly with his hands behind his hands for a while, but when he saw that she refused to open his eyes, he had to sit on the edge of the bed, put one hand into the brocade quilt to press Lin Rong's calf, and whispered: "Listen to what the maid said, you Yesterday I went to the garden with the old lady. After walking for a long time, my legs were very sore."
It seemed like an instruction but also like chatting: "You should take care of yourself step by step. Just walk ninety steps along the lake every day. Walking too much will be harmful and useless. It is good for you to be filial to the old lady, and you have to take care of it. If you feel a little uncomfortable, just come back and rest, there is no need to force yourself."
He acted as if nothing had happened. He thought he was talking about common things with warmth, but it made Lin Rong feel sad. She just pretended not to hear, turned her head and turned her back to Lu Shen, staring blankly at the curtains. Green-headed cricket.
After a while, there was no sound beside the bed curtain. Lin Rong thought he had left, but suddenly he heard a long sigh from his life.
Lu Shen murmured, almost as if he was confessing: "Eleven, you are right. In front of you, I, Lu Shen, am a complete villain, dishonest and capricious. If it were me in the past, I would have met you For such a person, it is inevitable to say that 'heroes are short-tempered, but children are long-lasting', and indulge in the gentleness of women, and then make another comment that the person is not very useful."
As he spoke, he reached out to caress the little woman's face, and even his tone became much gentler: "It's just...but, who told me to meet you? No matter you call me shameless or a villain, you are my wife, we If we live in the same quilt and die in the same hole, you will never be able to leave me in this life. I can help others, but I cannot help you."
After hearing this, Lin Rong was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Wife? Is she the kind of wife who can warm your bed and relieve your lust anytime, anywhere? Is she a wife who regards her husband as her first priority, obeys everything, and cannot disobey for a moment? Is she the kind of wife who, once she offends her husband, will live in seclusion at least, or die in the worst case?"
She sat up with a calm expression: "You can respect the old lady, the old aunt, and you can respect Mrs. Yuan who you haven't met a few times, but you can't respect me. They are either elders, talented, or have acts of loyalty and filial piety. , so you respect me. But in your heart, I am just a pretty woman who serves the bedclothes. I have no merit and serve others with sex, and I am not worthy of your respect. So, although you say it in your mouth, You are married to your original partner, but you have never regarded me as your wife in your heart. In fact, you don’t think highly of a woman with nothing like me.”
After saying that, Lin Rong smiled: "The wife you expected should be as talented as Mrs. Yuan, with a gap in her chest like an old aunt, but you are obsessed with people like me. You see You don’t have a crush on me, but you are addicted to it. You sometimes feel self-deprecating, right?”
Lu Shen was silent. He couldn't figure out the secrets himself, but he asked her to tell her one by one. He couldn't argue. He had never seen Cui Shiyi like this. He could see into people's hearts like this. He could see every detail. He looked up. , as if he had never recognized this woman before: "You?"
Lin Rong smiled and laughed at himself: "My father once said that my greatest advantage is my sobriety, and my greatest disadvantage is also my sobriety. But I think it's okay. Others say it's rare to be confused. What can I say? The most rare thing is Don’t pretend to be confused and become really confused.”
She stroked her hair briefly and continued: "Actually, do you really like me so much? It's not necessarily true! If there wasn't that bowl of deer blood wine, you wouldn't ask me to come up and serve you. What if? If I hadn't disobeyed you in Qiandangya, you wouldn't have caught me back. If Liang Qi's matter hadn't been revealed, I would have arrived in Jiangzhou by now. Three points, three points competition, three points freshness . It’s just like being pushed away. If there weren’t so many things to do, you would just let go. If I had obeyed you earlier, maybe you would have been fed up with it.”
Lu Shen hummed and asked, "What else?"
Lin Rong lowered his head and was silent for a moment: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether it's sex or competition. If you think about it carefully, you can't do anything wrong in the past. After all, there is no law in the world that stipulates that as soon as the husband gets married, the husband You must cherish your wife and love her. Compared with my father and brothers in Jiangzhou, your treatment of me is indeed considered generous. If I am so troubled and refuse to have children, if others know about it, they may still criticize me. Hypocritical, too many things, moaning for no reason, and unreasonable."
At this point, Lin Rong's vision became blurry. He paused and smiled contemptuously: "But, who told me that I am such a person? I can't help it myself."
The education I received and the books I read made me who I am now. Perhaps, she could completely integrate into this place and become a dignified noble lady with a vague face, numb but having no worries about food and clothing. However, she couldn't make the decision in her own heart, so she was sober and painful.
Thousands of words finally turned into one sentence: "I don't want to kneel!"
Lu Shen didn't seem to understand, but looked at the woman's face with a look of sadness and sadness, and her heart felt weak.
He hugged the little girl in his arms, lowered his head to kiss her tearful eyes: "You don't have to kneel to anyone, you don't have to look at anyone's face. You are my wife, Lu Shen, and I want you to sit above tens of thousands of people." .”
This was actually two different things from what Lin Rong was talking about. She couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart, and heard Lu Shen murmur in her ear: "Let's have a baby, whether it's a boy or a girl, like you or like me." Okay. In early spring, take him for an outing under the peach blossom trees. In summer, take him to go boating in the lotus pond. At the beginning of autumn, you can enjoy chrysanthemums and eat fat crabs. In winter, if you are afraid of the cold, we will go to the hot spring village to spend the winter. He must be well-born and pink. A little person, holding your neck and calling me mother, turning around and waving to call me daddy."
As he said this, Lin Rong seemed to have such a beautiful little doll appearing in front of his eyes. He smiled and reached out to hug her, and said happily: "Let me hug you, don't be sad."
Lin Rong tilted his head and leaned on Lu Shen's shoulder, his eyes dim with tears. After a long time, he whispered: "You are not a good husband, and you will not be a good father."
Lu Shen lowered his head, held his earlobe in his mouth, and kissed it inch by inch: "When he grows up, you can tell him in person how hateful his father is, how much he loves to bully others, and how his words don't count."
Then the curtains were called down, and they covered the spring light in the room again. Naturally: the water and bones are tender, the jade mountains are bulging, and people can feel sad in the clouds and rain in dreams. (from ancient poetry)
Chapter 76
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Rong was so tired that his fingers had no strength, and he leaned to the side lazily. Lu Shen stood up, put on his clothes and stroked the moist hair on her forehead: "You just need to sleep for a while and wait until lunch time before getting up again. There are many generals outside waiting for a reply. I will come to see you in the evening." "
Lin Rong immediately pushed his hand away and said coldly: "I know."
Seeing this, Lu Shen took back his hand and really didn't dare to force her to say: "Go to sleep." He softly opened the door and went out.
Lin Rong slept for a while again, and just after lunch, she saw Aunt Yu coming over to greet her happily: "Madam, you are in good spirits, so why are you having lunch?"
Lin Rong put down his chopsticks, took a sip of tea, and asked, "What happy event makes grandma so happy?"
Aunt Yu then said: "The iron-stemmed crabapple in the old lady's yard has bloomed. This flower was transplanted from Chongxiao Temple ten years ago. Maybe it is because of the acclimatization and the soil has never bloomed in the past ten years. This year Somehow, half of the tree's flowers fell over overnight. The old lady was so happy that she invited her and some girls to go to her yard to enjoy the flowers."
Lin Rong agreed, asked the maid to serve, changed into another set of clothes, and went to the old lady's Rongjing Hall. Just as I turned around the stone wall, I saw people crowding around the old lady in front of a big tree of red crabapple flowers.
The begonia tree has divergent branches, fresh flowers, and a large cluster of lush green flowers. The old lady is telling the girl at home about ancient times: "Xishan Wuxiang Temple used to have a few begonias, stick-stemmed, Xifu, and Chuixi." , there are countless famous products. There is also a poem that tells people in the Southern Dynasties to worship the heartbroken flower before they know it..."
He turned his head and saw Lin Rong, called her closer, held hands and looked at her: "I guess you were tired yesterday, and your face doesn't look good today?"
Lin Rong smiled: "I woke up early in the morning and didn't sleep well."
The old lady did not ask further questions, but pointed to the begonia tree: "It has become warmer overnight, and the flowers and leaves are blooming. This is a happy event for our family." She cut a branch of begonia and stuck it on her hair: "You south Ah, there is a custom of having flowers on your temples, so today I ask you to have your temples decorated too, the flowers here are all a blessing."
After standing for a while, it was still a bit cold outside, so we walked into the house together. There were some various snacks on the table, and the old lady asked the maid to share the food with everyone: "The girls in the house are getting older now, and they are learning the cooking skills from the master. There are also waffles that were delivered this morning. There are also five-color plum blossom cakes and jade dew frost. You elders should all try it, as it is also their filial piety."
Lin Rong sat there and took a piece of tiger eye candy, which was so sweet that it turned bitter. The old lady asked her: "Listen to the steward, there is a thief in your yard? Have you caught it? These maids can take care of you." Okay or not, that comes second. The first thing is loyalty. Those who steal things behind the master's back must not be kept."
The wife also put the tea in, with a smile on her face: "I heard that Shen Yan led people to search. What does he look like walking in the outer courtyard? He just lost something important. You don't have any rules. Go back to the fourth family. Yes, just ask her to do it. If he goes into the house and rummags around, will it be heard if the news spreads?"
Lin Rong ignored her and only talked to the old lady: "I lost a hairpin and later found it elsewhere. The maids are all very nice. It was me who made the fuss."
The old lady nodded and ended the topic: "That's fine, it's just a misunderstanding."
Suddenly someone came in to reply, saying that this year's tribute satin had arrived. The old lady was very excited and asked people to unfold them one by one and showed everyone. She also called the people in the embroidery room to discuss how to make the clothes. After finishing these tasks, another relative came in to talk with a message. He was an old man with a long history. He had a very good conversation with the old lady, had dinner, and didn't ask someone to send him out of the house until nightfall.
The old lady was old and didn't sleep much at night. She also asked the maids and girls to play cards with her. Seeing Lin Rong's tired face, she said: "You are sleepy, go back to sleep. You are young, so you should sleep more." some."
Lin Rong didn't want to go back to see Lu Shen at all, and said with a smile: "Is the old lady afraid that I will steal my lesson? I will learn it tomorrow and win your money?"
The old lady smiled and stretched out her hand to hit him: "What a well-behaved person. You have been following Brother Six for a long time and you have learned his hozen language?"
After that, he didn't ask Lin Rong to go back. After a while, he saw that she was really sleepy and said, "Ask the maid to help you go back to the Bisha kitchen and eat some rice dumplings with fermented glutinous rice. You feel dizzy now." Woolen cloth."
Lin Rong nodded, and Jing Qin and Feng Xiao hurriedly helped her in and placed the brocade tent mattress. Feng Xiao brought hot water in and helped Lin Rong wash up: "County Master, aren't we going back to Yanshan Courtyard tonight?"
Lin Rong grunted: "I'm not going back. You can tell the old lady later that I fell into a deep sleep." While taking off his clothes, he leaned into the bed tent.
After hearing the girls' replies, the old lady didn't say anything. She sighed, "It's so pitiful. Let her sleep."
Lu Shen returned to Yanshan Court very early that day, but it was just nightfall. Pushing the door open and entering, the room was quiet except for two little girls looking after the tea stove, sitting with their backs to each other, eating snacks and talking at the same time: "The hairpin that Madam lost, do you know who took it?"
Another said: "It has been spread outside. I heard that it was not Madam who lost something, but Madam who took Junhou's things privately. Otherwise, why would Manager Shen bring people to search? It's not us who are searching, but Madam." Woolen cloth!"
The girl exclaimed: "How could that happen? How could Madam steal something?"
Suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps and hurriedly turned around. Seeing it was Lu Shen, he knelt down in panic: "Your Majesty!"
Lu Shen asked: "Where is Madam?"
The two little girls replied: "At noon, Madam went to the old lady's Rongjing Hall to enjoy the flowers, but she hasn't come back yet."
Lu Shen frowned and ordered: "Go to the torture hall to get the ten boards by yourself." After sitting in the inner room for a while, he saw some scattered books piled in the corner, with some stains on the title pages. The soil and water stains seemed to have been thrown away and then picked up again.
He was bored, so he turned over a page and saw that it was a memorial about farming written by Pei Linggong in the past. In the blank space next to it was a line of slightly scrawled regular script - I always regret that this body is not mine, and no one can share this loneliness with me.
Lu Shen looked at the eyebrow tattoo, and gradually fell into a trance. He didn't know how long it took, but he heard the violent sound of candles, and then he came back to his senses. He turned around and looked at the water leak. Seeing that it was already Haishi, he asked: "Mrs. Haven’t you come back yet?”
The maid waiting outside the door replied: "Go back to the lord, my wife has not come back yet."
Lu Shen opened the curtain and walked out. When he waited for the old lady in the yard, the old lady was already sitting on the bed and getting ready to sleep. Seeing him coming, she joked: "It's so late, why do you still come to say hello? Our sixth brother It’s good to be filial.”
Lu Shen just stood silently and didn't speak. The old lady laughed, pointed inside and said, "You should have rested early. I see that her face is not very good today, she is too lazy to talk, and she looks listless."
While taking the milk from Nanny Yu's hand and taking a sip, she said: "You shouldn't ask people to search her house and make her lose face like this. In such a matter, you are not as good as your grandfather, let alone your father. It's a pity. , they all left early. You have to know that once a person's heart is cold, it's not easy to warm it up again. Go in and have a look, I just asked someone to serve tea, I think I haven't fallen asleep yet. "
Lu Shen didn't explain, turned around and went inside, and saw shadows of people on the Qianhong window screen, and the person had not yet fallen asleep.
Quietly walking to the door, I saw her holding half a cup of rock sugar bird's nest. Two maids beside the bed asked: "My lord, are you still dizzy? Do you want the doctor to come in and take a look?"
Lin Rong shook his head: "No, as far as hypoglycemia is concerned, I have no appetite today and haven't eaten much for a day. It's already much better."
Lu Shen opened the curtain and went in. The two girls immediately stepped aside, gave way to their seats in front of the bed, and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Lin Rong ignored her and didn't want to say a word to him. He just turned his head and handed the empty bowl to Kingfisher: "Take it out and go back to sleep. There's no need to stay up all night. Just come back in the morning."
Kingfisher said yes and hurriedly took Fengxiao and went out.
Lin Rong put down the curtain and blocked Lu Shen outside. Suddenly he saw him reaching out and rolling up the green gauze curtain that day, holding his wrist for a long time, and whispered: "I'm leaving tomorrow. He King Jian is at the end of his battle, causing complaints from all over the court. This time I will inspect the place and reorganize the armament. When the time comes, I will go south. It can take as short as one year or as long as two years, and I will definitely go straight to Luoyang."
Lin Rong's hand on the tent paused and he gave a shallow hum.
Lu Shen asked, "You don't have anything to say and you want to talk to me?"
Lin Rong was silent for a moment and said: "I guessed it. The war is coming. You need an heir to stabilize Yongzhou's civil and military affairs, stabilize the rear, and appease the elders at home. Otherwise, with your temperament, you didn't care whether you had an heir in the past, and you don't care now. There’s no need to rush.”
Although it was the truth, her unhurried tone made people choke when she said it. Lu Shen gritted his teeth and said, "It's not all because of this."
