chapter eight
There was a gust of wind in the night. Most of the winds in spring are gentle, but this night's wind was particularly strange. It was a bit bit colder than the cold wind in winter.
The pear blossoms on the tree fell one after another.
In the middle of the night, the wind continued, heavy rain came, and lightning and thunder broke a 20-year-old pear tree in the backyard of Yong'an Marquis Mansion.
Fortunately, it was late at night, and there were no pedestrians under the pear tree, and the weather-beaten pear tree trunks did not hurt anyone.
Early the next morning, Xie Yu went to the Buddhist hall in the backyard to pay his respects to Mrs. Yong'an Hou. Yang had already gotten up and was kneeling in front of the Buddha statue to pray. When she saw Xie Yu coming, she helped the old mother who was waiting on her to get up.
"Mom, it was stormy and rainy last night, did you sleep well? Were you frightened?" Xie Yu saluted and sat aside.
An unfamiliar maid came from outside and poured him a cup of tea, but she didn't leave immediately. She just stood aside, her eyebrows lowered and she looked very obedient.
Yang held her forehead, propped her elbows on the table, tilted her head to look at Xie Yu, and muttered: "It's hard for you to still think about mother. It was stormy and rainy last night. I'm a light sleeper, so I can sleep peacefully anywhere." In the second half of the night, I was even more upset. When I woke up in the morning, I heard that the pear tree in the yard was broken by lightning last night. This is not auspicious. "
Xie Yu didn't drink tea, he put his hands on his knees and sat upright, objecting to Mr. Yang's weird words: "My son has already ordered someone to look at it. The trunk of the pear tree has already been eaten by insects." The big hole still has a home inside, and even without this disaster, it would be difficult to survive for more than two years, but it happened to be struck by lightning and the moth-eaten part was broken."
Even though he was so reasonable, Yang still shook his head and said solemnly: "That tree was planted by your brother and the eldest son of the Su family when they were young. Now that the anniversary of your brother's death has just passed, it suddenly broke. There must be something wrong with it." The unspeakable reason!”
"I have been dreaming about your brother every night these past few days..."
Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Xie Yu.
"Brother said he was lonely down there, that he was cold, that he was unwilling, and that he was being harmed by others."
As he spoke, Xie Yu stood up and walked to Yang. His voice was cold and his face was even colder.
"Mom, if you have anything to say to me, you might as well say it directly. You don't have to criticize your brother again and again. My son has heard these words dozens of times if not a hundred times."
"You always turn your brother over and talk about it over and over again, which makes him even more restless."
After all, Yang is Xie Yu's biological mother, so she naturally knows his weaknesses. Xie Yu seems to be a cold-hearted person who takes everything into consideration and never cares about it. But in fact, he has the softest heart, and he also misses his deceased brother in his heart.
Therefore, whenever she felt unhappy, she would play tricks and force Xie Yu to submit. However, she did not expect that why did Xie Yu not answer her questions this time and not follow her wishes?
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Yang got angry and slapped the table, "Do you mean your mother is lying?"
Xie Yu raised his eyelids and looked at her, but said nothing.
This is the default.
Yang blushed with anger and said, "Now that you have lost face in front of the Holy Master and your wings have become stiff, you no longer care about me as your mother."
As he spoke, Yang threw himself on the table and began to sob.
While crying, she said: "My pity for your brother, he was killed by the Su family. As his biological brother, not only did you not avenge him, but you also got entangled with the little bitch who killed him. .”
"Your brother is a wise man, so he comes to me crying in my dreams every night."
Xie Yu stood in the middle of the room, his back straight, but his expression was very depressed. He suddenly sneered, and then laughed regardless of his appearance.
"Hahaha."
"Mom, why don't you say it directly if you have something to say?"
"You just say it straight, and I won't obey you. Do you have to do it like this every time?"
"If I don't answer this time, will you make trouble to see your brother again?"
As soon as he said these words, the road behind the Yang family was completely blocked. Even if she wanted to repeat her old tricks and force Xie Yu to put pressure on the Su family, it would be difficult for her to find a way out.
If she follows her past behavior and fulfills Xie Yu's words, she is really acting.
All of a sudden, Yang was halfway through the play and asked her son to read the script. She didn't know whether to advance or retreat next.
"You," Mrs. Yang raised her head from the table and straightened up, pretending to wipe away her non-existent tears with a handkerchief, "Mother is also doing it for your own good. Now you are favored by His Majesty and entrusted with important responsibilities. You are in a high position. , how many pairs of eyes are staring at you? If you are involved in something unclear with that little bitch, won’t you be blamed? "
Seeing that she could no longer act, she put on a loving motherly face again.
"Mom stayed in the yard and didn't leave the house, so she knew a lot." Xie Yu raised his eyes and glanced at Yang, his tone indifferent.
His words directly made Yang anxious.
"I care about my own son, why can't I care about it? Do I still need to submit a memorial to His Majesty? Don't think that I don't know, but you are obsessed with that little bitch. One day, you met her by chance at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, and the next time, you borrowed her carriage. A few days ago, I eagerly ran to the polo field again, do you want to piss me off to death?"
The more he talked, the more excited he became. Yang also stood up, holding on to the handle of the seat, shouting at the top of his lungs.
"Don't imagine that now that you have gained face in front of His Majesty, you can renew your relationship with her! As long as I live for one day, she will never be able to enter my Xie family!"
Xie Yu stood with his hands behind his back and did not move or answer. The hands behind his back shook almost imperceptibly.
After a while, Yang still wanted to say something, but Xie Yu spoke in front of her.
"Three things. First, the Tingwei Mansion has closed the case regarding the death of my brother, and the eldest son of the Su family has also died. The Su family cannot be blamed for this. Is it possible that my mother is more capable than Tingwei of the Tingwei Mansion? ?”
"Secondly, Miss Su Er is a dignified and polite lady from a well-known family. She was raised by her grandmother since she was a child. She is a famous lady in Jinling. Please mother, please don't call her a bitch. It neither respects her nor you. Own."
"In this case, my son doesn't want to hear it a second time."
"Third," after saying this, Xie Yu paused, and couldn't help but clenched his fists behind his back. His expression was still the same as before, but his voice was slightly trembling, "I am destined to be with her for the rest of my life. Here, we part ways, and we will get married and have nothing to do with each other in the future. This is what you asked me to write in the annulment letter back then, but you forgot."
"How could I possibly turn back?"
A gust of cold wind blew from outside the house, making Xie Yu's voice even more broken.
"What's more, she will never look back." His voice was cold, and his face was even colder. After saying this, his lips tightened, but the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, as if he was trying to restrain himself, but he didn't. Hold back.
He knew Su Yining very well. She had the same temperament since she was a child. She always demanded perfection in everything, always competed with herself and made things difficult for herself, and she never gave in or bowed her head.
Just like when she was in school when she was a child, she was not a very intelligent and alert person who was very academically inclined. Whenever her teacher assigned a task, she would light up the lamp and stay up late to complete it, but it was always unsatisfactory.
I can't write poetry, I can't paint, and I can't even write poems. Even the small regular script with flowers on the hairpin turned into small regular script with flowers on it, like chicken claws crawling over it.
But she never defended herself. If she couldn't poop, she couldn't do it. If she couldn't poop, she couldn't do it well. She never made excuses for herself. The teacher punishes him, and other students in the school who fail to complete their homework will beg for mercy from the teacher. But Su Yining never pretends to be aggrieved and suffers misfortune. She always stands upright when she is punished. The traces of the spanking she finished yesterday are still there, and new ones were added the next day.
A girl's hands were swollen like steamed buns every day, and her handwriting became more like crawling chicken feet. She lit a lamp and boiled oil every day to practice calligraphy and write poetry, and her eyes were black and blue.
Later, Xie Yu couldn't stand it, so he deliberately procrastinated and didn't finish his homework, and refused to memorize it properly, claiming that the teacher's teachings were too profound and he couldn't understand.
Su Yining couldn't understand alone, and her husband would only think that she had poor qualifications or was naughty and refused to listen. However, even the most knowledgeable Xie Yu couldn't understand, so her husband began to wonder if the way he taught was really wrong.
Then the speed will be slowed down and the profound points will be explained a few more times.
He is such a person who is so harsh on himself.
How much ecstasy soup did he have to eat before he dared to have such a sweet dream, a dream in which she would look back again?
Thinking of this, Xie Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Okay," after hearing what he said, Ms. Yang felt relieved, sat back down, pointed at the maid who had just come in to serve tea, and said slowly, "This is the great-granddaughter of the late Doctor of the Five Classics. Her family is poor. The whole family was in trouble, and all the female relatives were deprived of slavery. I saw how pitiful she was, so I bought her back. You need someone who knows both coldness and warmth in your room. Take it back and use it first. After we discuss the marriage, we will see if you want to give her one. My aunt’s title.”
At this time, the maid who had just handed Xie Yu tea knelt down and looked at Xie Yu with tears in her eyes: "I beg you, Your Majesty, to have mercy on me."
Xie Yu closed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Mother, my son is used to being kept alone at the border. There is no shortage of people in my room to take care of her, but my father's side is in need of someone gentle and caring. My son will send someone to send her there right now. .”
After saying that, he turned around and left without looking back. He walked to the door, stopped for half a step, and ordered: "Send that maid to my father's yard. She is not allowed to come out for half a month."
Yang sat on the chair dumbfounded, eyes blurred with anger.
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The spring flowers in Jinling City are blooming, and banquets come one after another.
Ever since Su Yiyun had a great time at the polo ground, she would take Su Yining with her every time she went out to attend a banquet.
Without him, it was just Su Yining's sharp mouth and sober mind.
More than half a month had passed since the polo match, and the princess of Prince Qin's Mansion set up a banquet with flowing water. People in Jinling City love to be arty, and the men always write sour poems when they meet at a banquet, while the women talk more about female celebrities and dressing up.
Although Su Yining is not good at writing, she is very good at female beauty and dressing up, and her biological mother has some connections with the Chen family of Zhenguo Palace, so she has been chatting with Chen Shuangyi, the former princess of the current Princess Qin, since she was a child.
"Sister!" Seeing Su Yining and Su Yiyun arriving from a distance, Chen Shuangyi waved to them and called her sister.
Su Yining was three years older than her, but by some mistake, Chen Shuangyi had been married for several months, but Su Yining was still waiting to be married.
When the sisters meet, they always exchange pleasantries, hold hands and talk excitedly.
A few people gathered together and while they were chattering, they heard a slightly higher voice coming from the other side of the flowing water mat.
"Sister Mingshu, I heard that Mrs. Yang from the Yong'an Marquis Mansion always goes to the garden with your mother to listen to plays these days. I'm afraid something good is about to happen for your two families!"
Everyone stopped one after another and turned their attention to Mingshu.
"Don't talk nonsense." Ming Shu, the eldest daughter of the Qing family in Dali Temple, lowered her head and said with a blushing face.
This sounded like a denial, but looking at her shy and timid expression, it sounded like an affirmation.
"Oh, what are you ashamed of? Prince Xie has now returned to the court victoriously, and is favored by His Majesty. He will surely rise to great heights in the future, and maybe he can even earn a royal life for Sister Mingshu!" Mingshu started, and a round-faced fat girl flattered her. explain.
After hearing what they said, everyone started joking.
Chen Shuangyi turned her face sideways and looked at Su Yining.
Seeing that the other party's face was calm and smiling, he picked up the chopsticks, picked up a bean, put it into his mouth and chewed it slowly.
"Eh?" Su Yiyun also withdrew her eyes from watching the fun, looked at her sister, and suddenly said in surprise, "Second sister, don't you get a rash when you eat beans? What are you doing?"
"Ah?" Su Yining held the beans in her mouth, as if she suddenly came back to her senses. When Su Yiyun said this, she was in a hurry, neither swallowing nor spitting out, and suddenly got stuck.
Pig teammate Su Yiyun wanted to give her Shunshun some water, but she mistakenly picked up a glass of sake and handed it over.
Su Yining choked and her eyes turned red.
"Quick, Lumei, take Sister Su down to rest." Chen Shuangyi quickly patted her back vigorously, trying to help her get the beans out, but she patted her too hard and it went in directly.
Su Yining's face turned red from holding back, and she followed Lu Mei to the prepared guest room, wanting to take a rest.
"Miss Su, rest first. If you need anything, you can summon the slave." Lu Mei sent her to the guest room and left.
Su Yining actually didn't want to go back to the table anymore. She sat on a seat in the middle of the room, leaned on the table, covered her face with a handkerchief, and slowly closed her eyes.
After an unknown amount of time, the door was pushed open with a creak. Su Yining opened her eyes and was about to pull off the veil on her face to see what was going on.
A familiar voice sounded.
"I'm sorry, I brought you to the wrong door. I didn't know there was someone in the house, and they disturbed your lady."
Su Yining raised her head in response and slowly lowered her veil.
When their eyes met, their heartbeats slowed down by half a beat.
"Miss Su Er, why are you here?" Xie Yu said calmly, glancing at her up and down.
This is the guest room specially prepared by Prince Qin's Mansion for drinking guests to take a rest. She doesn't know how to drink, so why would she come here? Could it be that he was injured?
The moment he saw Su Yining, Xie Yu subconsciously looked at her body to see if she was injured.
The glass of sake just now was a little too high. Su Yining pursed her lips and her eyes were slightly red. She seemed to have been greatly wronged. She shook her head, stretched out her finger and pointed at Xie Yu.
"You are only allowed to come and see each other, but I am not allowed to attend the banquet?"
