Song Jinyin sent a child running errands outside to deliver a letter to the embroidery workshop.
Then he went back to the house, loosened his bun, lay back on the bed and wrapped himself tightly in the mattress.
She didn't take any medicine this morning. She just felt lazy and unmotivated. She simply used the pain that had subsided for two days to maintain her sobriety again.
You can hear a needle drop in the room.
It wasn't until the rabbit in the kitchen started nibbling on the cage again that her floating heart returned to its normal place, preventing her from completely falling into chaos.
Half asleep and half awake, Song Jinyin gently stroked her belly, thinking for a moment that she seemed to have gained some weight, and then suddenly remembered that it was time to start making clothes for the child in her belly.
But the girl on the bed just turned her head and looked at this small room, and suddenly felt like crying again.
Fatigue mixed with sleep came over her, making her more and more drowsy, and she closed her eyes again in confusion.
It was as if someone was calling her, a familiar yet unfamiliar "Yin Yin", with choked sobs, fell into the bottom of her heart.
It's Liu.
Song Jinyin vaguely remembered that she used such a gentle tone when she called her.
But this Yinyin sentence after sentence, in addition to Liu's, seemed to have Pei Yanzhou's voice, ringing in her ears, disturbing her sleep.
...
Also without much stability is the Duke's Mansion in Kyoto.
Butler Wang guarded the separate Zhuya Courtyard and seemed to have never interfered in anything in other courtyards. However, after receiving the news from the Liu family, he hesitated for a moment.
Aunt Fang's face showed signs of recurrence again.
But it happened that this aunt had been bewitched by some unknown means and was not what her master thought. She panicked because of this incident and turned to seek stability for herself.
But despite being ignored, he still only thought about the second young master, to the point where he was willing to die for him.
But just when Butler Wang was about to abandon the chess piece, there was a lot of movement in the backyard of the main house.
"Housekeeper Wang, the small gathering in the backyard of the main house was indeed arranged by Mrs. Liu Zang. However, as soon as the incident happened last night, Mrs. Liu Zang immediately knelt down in Fuluyuan, wanting to plead for Aunt Fang and leave her alone. A way out."
"I'm afraid this plea is fake, and the fact that I want to make a big fuss is real."
After a long while, Butler Wang spoke, his eyes calm yet sharp.
Last night was just a drink among the concubines and aunts in the main house, celebrating the joy after listening to the play during the day, and the newly delivered lanterns into the mansion.
In order to make the gathering more lively, Mrs. Liu even invited the Duke, who had returned from outside, to have a few drinks with her.
Everything was just right.
For example, when the Duke of Guo stepped into the backyard, the drunk Aunt Fang was just drunk enough to be trapped in love, and she just said something she shouldn't have said.
"How can Madam and aunts get so drunk from the wine they drank? There are also those men's robes and belongings that were found."
Butler Wang remembered the instructions sent back by his master and looked at the people in front of him, "No need to interfere, let's see what Liu's plan is first. See if she only plans to push Aunt Fang out, or if she wants to pull out the second young master as well to make a fuss. Noisy."
The person who reported the report stepped back, and Biyu stopped in front of him holding some scraps found from Liu's courtyard.
"There was indeed something wrong with the wine yesterday. I think Mrs. Liu's intention was Aunt Fang who doesn't like to compete for favors."
"It looks like this. When Madam Liu went to plead for mercy, she naturally wanted to use the old lady's help to find out the adulterer."
Butler Wang took the bag of scraps and looked at it, and then continued: "She must have known who the adulterer was, but this revelation will only make people in the first and second bedrooms...unless, She had no intention of making the house stable."
Biyu raised her eyebrows and was slightly surprised: "So the master must have noticed it and asked the people in the house not to interfere with the Liu family's affairs... Then my subordinates will go check the other members of the Liu family!"
"Clean up the debris for her."
Steward Wang guessed the prince's thoughts and spoke coldly.
The peace in the Duke's palace was broken.
The Duke of Guo, who had been furious all night, and Mrs. Liu, the eldest wife who interceded for her aunt, all became information that people in the mansion wanted to pry in private.
It even completely overshadowed the discussion about Zhuyayuan, as well as the news about the missing crown prince and the maid Song Jinyin.
At this time in Fu Lu Yuan, Mrs. Liu was not invited into the house until the old lady smashed the third tea cup.
Aunt Fu and the others had known that the old lady was suspicious of Aunt Fang. If not, Mrs. Liu would have arranged for them, but Aunt Fang was neither cold nor warm towards the Duke, nor did she care about him.
But they never thought that there was an adulterer here.
Mrs. Liu asked herself to return her right to assist in housekeeping. Firstly, she apologized for her negligence, and secondly, she was kind-hearted and did not want to see her sister who had been with her for many years lose her life like this.
But the more this happened, the more angry the old lady became at her failure, and she personally sent someone to investigate.
No one thought that Liu would contribute to all this.
Everyone felt that although the concubine was attracted by the Duke and flew to a branch, this branch was not so easy to settle down.
For example, if something like this happens, she cannot escape the blame.
Just through this investigation, some secrets inevitably came to light.
Even the characters "jin" hidden under the branches wrapped with gold threads on the robes were recognized.
There is also the maid beside Aunt Fang.
Bai Rou had been paying attention to Aunt Fang from the beginning. Now that Aunt Fang's affairs were exposed, she naturally wanted to save her own life. In order to survive, another maid, Yuan'er, was recruited before the cane punishment was finished in order to survive. Got it all.
That day, the second young master Pei Jinzhi, who was still in the suburbs of Beijing, was invited back to the Duke's Mansion.
There were faint signs that the scandal could not be suppressed, and the Duke of Guo's originally strong body collapsed due to this anger.
Only the door of Zhuya Courtyard is still closed.
No one was allowed in, and no one went out to wander around. Only a secret letter was taken out of the house quickly.
...
In her dream, Song Jinyin dreamed of the Duke's Mansion, and Mrs. Liu who was watching her coldly.
In the dream, she was close to giving birth, but she was extremely uncomfortable the whole day.
When she saw Ms. Liu, she felt aggrieved and sour in her heart. Finally she couldn't hold it back and cautiously called her "Mother."
But the Duke's Mansion turned into a cliff in an instant. Before she finished speaking, she saw her mother's coldness dissipated.
But he just looked at her belly and did not speak to her. His eyes looked complicated, like a dry well covered with cold snow.
Then he turned around and jumped.
"mother!"
Song Jinyin suddenly woke up.
The corners of his eyes were moist, and his heart was beating very fast.
She looked at the bedding on her body in confusion, unable to tell the difference between reality and reality. She could only determine the situation at this moment by the pain in her mouth.
It's a dream, but fortunately it's a dream.
Even though she and Mrs. Liu will no longer be involved, she still wants Mrs. Liu to live well.
Song Jinyin's wet eyes finally woke up from the confusion and reunited with Qingming bit by bit.
Beside the wooden table, a familiar figure was facing away from her. He was wearing a dark robe, his back was straight, and he was holding a cup of freshly poured hot water in his hand.
He seemed to be frozen in place, not turning around to look at her for a long time.
"So it's you who came here in the middle of the night, and it's you who lives next door, right?"
Song Jinyin suddenly changed her mind.
Her dry voice broke the silence in the room, with a hint of exhaustion that she had no intention of hiding.
Maybe she had been crying in her dream for too long. Her nose was a little blocked and her tone was quite dull.
Pei Yanzhou knew that there was no point in avoiding him, so he turned around slowly and responded softly.
The girl in front of her has already sat up, her long black hair is gently hanging behind her, her little face is not very pale, her eyes are getting darker, and her whole person looks weaker.
She raised her eyes to look at him. She did not confront him tit for tat, nor did she threaten him with death. She looked extremely well-behaved.
He was so well-behaved that Pei Yanzhou didn't dare to take a step forward or speak to her, for fear of startling her, and even more fear of her leaving him again in a way he didn't dare to think of.
After a long while, Song Jinyin stretched out her hand from the quilt and said to the man in front of her: "Can you give me a drink of the water you poured?"
Pei Yanzhou handed the cup to her scarred hand, and his vision began to blur.
He was terribly afraid.
He was so afraid of a life without Song Jinyin that he couldn't even think about it.
"I'm tired."
Song Jinyin drank the water in the cup in small sips, looked back at the person in front of her, and suddenly smiled.
It's just that the girl's eyebrows are not curved into cute crescents as before. It seems that there is only the tugging of the lips, which is bitter and reluctant.
"I probably can't escape from the clutches of the Crown Prince anymore. If that's the case, I should just go back with the Crown Prince."
Pei Yanzhou didn't expect to hear such a sentence.
But his sinking heart kept telling her that this was not what Song Jinyin would say.
All she wanted was to leave. How could she be willing to bow her head to the same person she hated so much now?
Pei Yanzhou's hand on one side curled up unconsciously, his fingertips trembling.
The person he loved was right in front of him, but wherever he looked, there was an insurmountable distance, and he couldn't take a step forward.
"I just ask the prince to give my child an ordinary person's identity after I go back. Just trap me in the future. Don't trap him, okay?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Song Jinyin spit out a mouthful of blood.
Unlike before, everything happened without warning.
The bright red color splashed out, shockingly, staining Song Jinyin's pale face and lips, and also fell on Pei Yanzhou's body.
It was like a raging fire, burning his whole body.
The tea cup fell to the ground and broke into pieces. Fear surged into the man's heart, and the tight strings were completely severed. He could no longer hold back any longer and stepped forward to hug the man and shout loudly for the doctor.
Until the courtyard door is opened.
Pei Yanzhou's always stern face was filled with pain, the deepness between his brows disappeared, and his eye circles were red. He looked down at his girl and kept patiently coaxing her.
