The medical concubine is too difficult to tease

Chapter 17 Returning to the Palace
Charming Moon Pavilion.

"What do you mean people are missing? What use is it for me to raise you trash! I can't even look after two women and children!"

Lin Qing slammed a teacup and scolded loudly. She was wearing a light pink inner skirt, which made her figure a little bloated, and Danfeng had obvious shadows under her eyes.

"What the hell is going on! Tell me!"

"Madam calm down, there should be someone outside to respond, the servants guarding the door were stunned by the medicine, and the two women guarding the firewood room said that they saw a thin man in black who rescued them." Steward Qian, who was kneeling outside the screen, hurriedly report back.

"Immediately send people to chase after them. Also, take the deeds of the mother and daughter to the government to report the case, saying that they have stolen property from the government and run away, and let the officials also look for it. Quickly, we must chase them back!" Lin Qing He slapped the table hard, and threw another teacup in a fit of anger.

"Madam calm down, don't get angry."

Cui's mother asked the maid to quickly pack up the debris and go out to give Lin Qing some peace of mind. She knew the source of Madam's depression. In recent months, Mr. Xiang got a lean horse from a colleague, and he hadn't spent the night in the Yiyue Pavilion for a long time.

"Mother, what's the matter?" Li Ruyue came in in a light pink fleece and asked in surprise.

"Yue'er is here." Lin Qing took a deep breath to suppress her anger, sent Mother Cui out, and pulled her daughter to sit down.

"Mom, I have said many times that your age is not suitable for this color. Didn't my daughter buy you two brown-purple underwear a few days ago? Also, why is your waist a little thicker?" , It’s better to eat less of those sweet and greasy snacks.”

Li Ruyue frowned, looked up and down at Lin Qing's clothes of the same color as hers, and raised her voice quite a bit.

Lin Qing only felt that there was a mouthful of blood in her heart, and she wanted to squirt but couldn't. After giving birth to Li Rong, her body became bloated and wrinkled. No matter how much energy she spent on conditioning and maintenance, it didn't help. Every time she saw her husband's disgusting eyes, It's like a thorn in my throat, and now my darling daughter speaks such words in person, and every sentence is a knife, piercing my heart.

Looking at her daughter's delicate and young face, Lin Qing gritted her teeth and swallowed a mouthful of old blood, put on her coat and talked about another matter, "Wang Er's mother and younger sister were rescued last night!"

"What?" Li Ruyue couldn't care less about her graceful posture, she jumped up and exclaimed.

"Considering the time, Wang Er should be back soon. The subordinates said that they saw a thin man doing it, but Wang Er is tall, so it should not be him himself, or he cooperated with outsiders to do it?"

"Now the problem is not this, the important thing is that Wang Er is back, but did he kill Li Ru'an!" Li Ruyue walked back and forth pulling her handkerchief, looking flustered.

"Yue'er, keep your voice down! The deeds of the mother and daughter are still in the hands of the mother, and people have already been sent to chase them. There are also officials from the government to look for them. Yue'er, don't worry." Lin Qing pulled her daughter to sit down and said.

Li Ruyue shook her head, grabbed Lin Qing's hand and gritted her teeth, "Mother, how can I not be in a hurry? Li Ru'an can't come back, she will take everything from me when she comes back! The position of the prostitute is mine, and the marriage contract is also mine!"

"Yes, they belong to Yue'er. Don't be afraid. Mother will definitely help you. Mother will ask your uncle to send someone to look for them later. He has a lot of people under his command. He will definitely find them." Lin Qing patted The daughter's back persuaded.

In the small inn, Li Ru'an asked Xuegu to sell the carriages and horses, and had breakfast leisurely, then put on the hat and cloak and went downstairs.

The sun was shining brightly in the morning, there were many street vendors of various colors on the road, the shops were bustling, pedestrians were coming and going, the clothes were bright, and it was very lively. Li Ru'an was full of interest, feeling the prosperity at the foot of this ancient imperial city.

"Sister, let's just walk back like this. Isn't that making the servants look down on you?" Seeing that there were some women wearing caps on the street leading their servants generously to pick out jewelry in front of the booth, she was slightly relieved and gave the gift to the servants. The young lady tightened her cap and asked in a low voice.

Li Ru'an picked up a small rattle and shook it, and handed it to Alan behind him with a smile.

"Nurse, even if I carry the big sedan back eight times, they are still members of the Lin family." Mama Yang told Xuegu all the big and small things in the mansion in the past few years. , Sales, sales, there are basically not many old people left in the house.

Xuegu thought about it again, yes, in fact, coming back this time means that she has already torn her face with Lin, anyway, after the young lady's marriage is settled, she will be protected by the queen mother, let's see what else Lin can do.

Alan pouted and looked at the rattle in his hand, "Miss, Alan is eight years old..."

"Then what about this one?" Li Ru'an handed over another red candied haws, and asked with a smile when she saw the little girl's eyes widened.

"Wow, Alan likes this one!"

"Okay, one more greedy person!" Xue Gu was in charge of paying, shaking her head and sighing.

After shopping around a few small streets next to the main street, and finding a noodle shop for lunch, a few people walked onto the main street with big bags and small bags.

The blue brick avenue is spacious and flat, with a lot of traffic. The towering buildings on both sides with green tiles and red walls, pavilions and cornices are magnificent.

Passing Yunhai Tower, Li Ruan raised his eyes and saw that there are continuous pavilions and pavilions, carved eaves reflecting the sun, painted buildings flying clouds, and a majestic atmosphere. It really deserves the title of the first building in Kyoto.

The girl is wearing a plain brocade dress, a white orchid jacket, a velvet cloak, and a snow-white hat with soft ink hair. The delicate embroidered shoes embellished with elegant patterns stepped up the steps. In front of the closed red lacquer gate.

"Excuse me, who is this lady looking for?" The two house servants at the door stepped forward, bowed and saluted, looking at the three people with large and small bags behind the girl, they asked doubtfully, with a respectful tone.

"Miss returns to the mansion, why don't you open the door?" Xue Gu straightened her back and said loudly.

miss?Guanshi Liu, who came out from the side door, stopped and looked up at Xuegu behind the slim girl. He was very surprised, turned his head and gave the servant a wink, walked over quickly, and knelt down to salute.

"Slave Liu Zhi greets the eldest lady!"

"Get out of the way." Li Ru'an looked down at Liu Zhi, who was deliberately kneeling in front of her to block the way, and said lightly, recalling the person who stood behind Lin Qing on the day he was sent out of the mansion, with a contemptuous expression on his face.

"Miss, forgive me, this gate is the closest, and the wheels are rusty, so it took some effort to push it open. I'll have to wait a while, but you look like you're so tired, please enter the mansion through the side gate first. Bar."

Liu Zhi stood up and patted his knees, but he didn't move away. His cloudy triangular eyes gleamed, and he said with a smile, "I also have bad knees, so I can't kneel for a long time. Missy, take care of me, haha."

"You are presumptuous!" Xue Gu snarled, her face full of anger. This Liu Zhi used to be a small steward in the village, and he had to bow his knees when he saw him. After a few years, he got Lin Qing's eyes before he mentioned the mansion. , insidious, cunning and flattering, he had most of the credit for sending the young lady away.

"Mother Xue, I haven't seen you for a few years, but your aura is even better than before. Missy hasn't said anything yet, why are you so angry?" Liu Zhi raised a smile and looked at Li Ru'an, confident that she would still calm down as before.

She raised her hand to stop Xuegu who was about to step forward, but Li Ruan curled her lips under the hat, and said in a cold and thin voice, "Once you succeed, you forget your duty, since your knees are useless, then let them be useless. "

What?Before Liu Guanshi understood the meaning of this sentence, he saw the girl's sleeves fluttering lightly, her knees suddenly softened, and she knelt heavily on the hard slate with a plop, and the clear sound of joints cracking came to everyone's ears.

"what!"

Lin Qing and Li Ruyue, who had rushed to the second gate, only heard a scream outside. As the heavy gate slowly opened, the girl's clothes were juicy and her skirt was light, and she walked across the threshold of the main gate at a leisurely pace. In front of people, lightly raised his wrist and took off his hat.

Her hair is half-rolled into a bun, her lotus face is as creamy as cream, her peach blossom eyes under her willow eyebrows are sparkling, quiet and indifferent, her nose is exquisite, her lips are moist, her whole body is full of pearls and emeralds, only a white jade hairpin is pinned in her hair The flowers, without makeup, are peerless, graceful and elegant. At the end is a lot of hibiscus, powder-faced jade like frost, and the jade is of natural beauty.

"Mrs. Lin, long time no see." Her vermilion lips parted slightly, her teeth were as white as jade.

Li Ruyue gritted her teeth and clenched her fist tightly, staring fiercely at that beautiful face, Danko's nails, which were carefully cared for, dug into her palm, she didn't feel the pain, because jealousy had already occupied all her senses, and the devil in her body was inside. Roaring desperately.

Why can she come back after being kicked out for three years?Why can she still appear in front of people so stunningly?Why was she born as a prostitute?Why didn't she die in that poor and humble country?Why didn't Wang Er kill her!Why!
"You, what are you..." Li Ruyue wasn't the only one who was shocked. Lin Qing moved her lips when she met those frosty peach eyes. Her mother fiddled with those weeds, and her very appearance was broken in half, but now the person in front of her has grown up, completely rid of childishness and promise, as beautiful as a peach and plum with grace, and her whole body is cold and cold, except for the vaguely similar There is no trace of the past in appearance.

"Why, didn't Mrs. Lin personally send someone to pick me up, why are you surprised?" Li Ru'an handed the hat to Xuegu, and chuckled lightly, with a clear and pleasant voice.

"Uh, yes, those servants didn't understand the rules and were negligent, so why did the eldest lady come back alone." Lin Qing suppressed the panic in his heart, and forced a stiff smile on his heavily made-up face.

"Without negligence, how could the servants Mrs. Lin personally selected have no rules? But unfortunately, Mama Hu fell into the water and died, and Mama Zhang and others also got separated inexplicably on the way. It's really weird." Li Ru'an glanced at the two of them after speaking. Among the servants behind, Zhang Hu and Liu Da had relatives and family members in the mansion. At this time, they heard that people were dying and scattered, and some of them stared anxiously.

"It's such a misfortune. I'll take care of these things myself. Missy has just returned to the mansion, so why don't you go back to the courtyard to rest!" The matter of Lin Qing asking Wang Er to silence him is naturally a secret, but I'm afraid Li Ru'an will miss it. What, hurriedly skipped it out loud, and then remembered something, and said with a smirk, "Look at my memory, Yue'er's yard was repaired before, so I moved it to your Linglong Pavilion first, and now it will be a while." I can't make it free, otherwise the young lady will stay in the courtyard temporarily, and then I will make the courtyard available to you after the repairs are completed?"

"No, I don't like to use the ones that others have touched. Since she likes it so much, she insists on using what I have left, so I will send her, nanny, back to the Anran Pavilion." Li Ru'an glanced at Li Ruyue lightly, and sneered. With a sound, he lifted his foot and walked past the two of them.

There seemed to be countless sneering eyes around her, Li Ruyue felt extremely humiliated, her face was hot, she let go of her stinging hands tremblingly, she opened her thin lips that had been bitten, and gasped deeply, The slightly narrowed Danfeng eyes were full of hostility.

Under the plaque of the unadorned Ping An Pavilion, Li Ru quietly looked at the yard. The herbs and branches in his memory were all shoveled, leaving only the old mud. Brick roads, doors and windows closed, desolate and deserted.

Pushing open the door, a stale and moldy smell comes over the face, dust and smoke flying, pear wood scented chairs, round table, exquisite and empty four-corner incense burner, bamboo rhyme and elegant wooden frame book table, fairy flying mahogany screen, exquisitely carved frame bed , the faded white sand tent, and the small wooden horse in the corner, bit by bit, are the intact pictures in the memory, except for the slender and elegant figure.

"lady!"

Xuegu walked quickly to the inner room, knelt down facing a desk covered with dust, and let out a mournful cry.

There is a simple wooden tablet on the table, engraved with the six characters of Gao Shi's Aqing tablet, and there are still faded incense feet in the two small incense burners. Li Ru'an strokes the dust on the tablet with his fingertips, suppressing the sadness that naturally emerges from the body's senses.

"Please greet the young miss." A mother came outside the yard, bringing along some maidservants, "Madam sent the servants to clean the yard."

Li Ru'an walked out, glanced at the few people who were honest and friendly, it seemed that the whereabouts of Wang Er and the others were unknown, and in addition to being in the mansion, Lin did not dare to take any action for the time being.

(End of this chapter)