Taohuaxi

Chapter 25 His Relatives
"I wanted to see my sister, so I came." Feng Gao's eyes were as dark as obsidian and as deep as the abyss.Under the green gauze crown, a strand of hair fell down her fair face.Under the setting sun, his face looked even more beautiful than the flowers outside the window.

I looked around.

He must not have come through the main entrance, otherwise, how could the people in the house not know the truth?

He was so elusive.

Last time in Dongchang, he rejected me.Cheng Huaishi came back from Dongchang and suffered from cold for several days.At this moment, I was a little angry and wary of him, so I pulled away and left.

"Feng Changgong goes wherever he thinks. I can't control it. But I can control myself and not be with you."

He hurriedly called out: "Sister, I, I, I brought you cakes! I made them myself!"

He held up a small box and looked at me expectantly.

Only then did I see a few red blisters on his hands, as if they were splashed by oil.

I couldn't help but soften and stop.

He opened the box, held up a cake and handed it to me: "Sister, take a bite!"

The cake was either square or round, bulging in one place and deflated in another, like a ball of mud that had been stepped on.

I took it and took a bite.

Like a child waiting for an answer, he asked urgently: "How is it? Is it delicious?"

Seeing that I didn't answer, he picked up a piece of the box and ate it: "I started making it last night. I made several pots and finally made something decent. Liu Shou, the commander of Jinyiwei, asked me for it, but I was reluctant to give it to him. He...well, his cooking is not as delicious as my sister..."

"It's delicious." I said slowly.

"Really?" he laughed.

The sun hangs nostalgically on the treetops.

Feng Gao and I, one inside the window and the other outside the window, shared his fried pancakes.

I said seriously: "What are you doing here today?"

"Sister's birthday. I..." He lowered his head.

"How do you know?" I asked.

Then he added: "Dongchang's ability to find out information is unparalleled in the world. Unexpectedly, Feng Changgong can even find out such trivial matters."

"I don't need to check my sister's birth date. During the awning season, I send greetings to the Flower God. When the Flower God leaves, my sister comes. My sister is the Flower God." He said naturally.

"Don't say whether you have these or not."

"When Cheng Huai was in Dongchang, I never tortured him. If I had wanted to harm him, it would not be the case today. That day Master Zhang faced the emperor and pointed out that your majesty was fooling around. Your majesty will admit his mistake and let it go. Sister, Let me tell you, it is definitely not a good thing for Mr. Zhang to plead for Cheng Huaishi. Did you know that after Mr. Zhang left, His Majesty broke three tea cups? "

"The day before yesterday, His Majesty also gave Mr. Zhang a plaque with the title of 'Good Minister of the Yuan Dynasty'. The plaque was passed on the street, and the gong was played to clear the way, and everyone in the city knew it." I said.

He sighed: "I know about officialdom matters. No matter how I tell my sister, she won't believe me. Anyway, my sister thinks that I am a bad person, and others also think that I am a bad person. It doesn't matter. I just want my sister to be safe."

As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "I saw my sister crying just now. I said that if anyone makes my sister angry, I will..."

I took a deep breath and pulled his sleeves: "You must not mess around!"

He turned around.

I said anxiously: "No matter what happens to Zhu Xifeng, he is my brother! No matter how bad my family is, he is still my relative!"

He jumped lightly and climbed onto the courtyard wall.

His eyes were like a pool of spring water broken by gravel.

The dusk wind ruffled the strand of hair on his cheek.

"Sister, I am your brother. Your relatives are only me. My relatives are also only you."

In the blink of an eye, the person was gone.

All that was left was a box of cakes on the windowsill.

Feng Gao is always so strange.He has many faces.Repeatedly.It’s hard to fathom.

I thought about it and hurried to find Zhu Xifeng.

Xiaoyin said that the old lady placed them in the Nanyuan guest room.

When I entered Nanyuan, I saw Zhu Xifeng kicking and beating the flowers in the courtyard.

He has always been like this. He is used to responding to requests in the house. If something goes wrong, he will take out people or objects to vent his anger.

Hearing the footsteps, he raised his head, and when he saw it was me, he snorted coldly and cursed: "Bastard!"

Back then, Lin Yue entered the mansion and gave birth to a young master to the Zhu family, who was extremely proud.There are obviously servants in the house, but she prefers to call me here to be a maid.Whenever she made even the slightest mistake, she would scold him: "You bastard!"

Following her example, her son also called me the same name ever since he could speak.

I tried my best to avoid them.She wouldn't even eat at the same table as them, but would rather eat with Xiaoyin in front of the stove with her bowl in hand.

When I was 11 years old, I carried Lin Yue behind my back and taught this unreasonable child a lesson.As a result, my father found out and punished me by kneeling in the courtyard for three days.

The past events are so vivid in my mind that they have turned into cocoons in my heart.

At this time, Lin Yue slapped Zhu Xifeng on the face: "You bastard with no law! She is your biological sister!"

Zhu Xifeng was beaten and said aggrievedly: "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Lin Yue ignored him and looked at me with a smile on her face: "Girl, I know that your heart is for us. How can a daughter who is out of the court not care for her mother's family! At that time, my uncle said, he I will try my best. I don’t know when it will be done. Big girl, please hurry up..."

I interrupted her: "Don't go out these days."

After speaking, he turned his head and left.

I'm still worried that Feng Gao will do something dirty to them, so I'm here to remind them.

Although they made mistakes, their sins did not lead to death.How can it be important to reorganize people in Dongchang?
However, Zhu Xifeng still didn't listen to me.

At noon the next day, there was a noise in Nanyuan. "Xifeng, where did Xifeng go?"

After a while, my father and Lin Yue came to the old lady's courtyard and said anxiously that their son was missing.

"I haven't seen anyone for a long time. I thought he was naughty and went to play on the street. Who would have expected that he hasn't come back yet! He must be lost!" Lin Yue cried.Her son was her lifeblood, and now that she was missing, her expression felt like the sky was falling.

The in-laws came to the house as guests, but the son was missing. The old lady was a little upset.

She hurriedly said: "Madam, please don't panic. The capital city is at the feet of the emperor. Nothing will happen to me. Housekeeper, go to the government office and report to the official. Sang Yu, take people to the bustling places of Eight Streets and Nine Roads to look for him." "

The housekeeper agreed and went.

I thought about it and came out.

Feng Gao.

It must be Feng Gao.

I walked straight to Donghua Gate.

On the way, I saw a group of guards holding yellow flags and closing the street.

The people were chattering.

"Have you heard? Mr. Zhang is seriously ill, and the Long Live Lord and the Queen Mother are going to visit him in person!"

"Hey! Mr. Zhang is indeed a very human minister. He is so sick and is so grand!"

"What do you know? Lord Zhang and Lord Long Live are more than just a monarch-subordinate relationship. Lord Long Live treats Lord Zhang like a teacher and a father! Lord Zhang single-handedly brought up Lord Zhang!"

"The Empress Dowager Li, the Merciful Saint, is young and widowed, and Master Zhang is handsome and often comes in and out of the palace. The two of them cannot be..."

"Quickly, keep your voice down! If someone from Dongchang hears it, it will be a crime of beheading!"

I looked into the distance and vaguely saw Feng Gao's shadow.

Come to think of it, Long Live Lord and the Queen Mother were in charge of the Zhang Mansion, and Feng Gao was accompanying them.

I turned back.

I saw a "Tian Sheng Lou" store next to the street.

Guests come and go, business is very good.

I can't help but think of the situation in Yangzhou. I wonder how Wu Bi and Lu Gui are doing these days.Are Howard and her baby healthy?

The third young lady came to the capital a while ago and fell ill with dysentery.The doctor said it was acclimatization.So far, it's still not good.I didn't leave the boudoir for eight out of ten days.Every meal is delivered to the room by the maid.The old lady and I went to see it twice a day.Cheng Huai often visited him when he was busy.I sent a letter to Yangzhou five days ago, asking Lu Gui to come to Beijing to pay the account.It's called giving an account, but actually it's because I want him to come and see the third lady.I wonder if the third lady will be able to recover a little after seeing him...

Just as I was thinking about it, I walked into a narrow alley and someone suddenly tapped me on the shoulder.

"Sangyu—"

I turned around suddenly and saw Qin Mingxu.

I fell into a trance for a moment and didn't know north or south.

"Why are you here?"

He was not in a hurry to answer me, but pointed to a low tavern in a narrow alley: "Sang Yu, sit with me for a while, okay? I have been in Beijing for a few days, so I don't want to rush to Cheng Mansion to find you. . I never expected to meet you here today."

I hesitated for a while.

He said: "Sang Yu, I've been very depressed recently. I just want to say a few words to you. Nothing else."

I nodded and followed him into the tavern.

In the small tavern, there was a woman singing.

"Ten fingers are divided into lengths, and a peach and plum tree has sweetness and sourness. The five-petal peach blossom is common all over the world, but flower growers are different..."

Qin Mingxu's expression became more and more desolate after listening to the music.

"Sang Yu, do you know the name of this song?"

"This song is called "Jade Dragonfly". Rumor has it that it tells the story of Lord Shen of this dynasty." I smiled and said, "Why do you suddenly want to think about the song?"

He drank a glass of wine.

I asked: "Why did you come to the capital this time?"

"A sick visit."

"Visiting whose illness?"

He drank another glass of wine.

"Sang Yu, I don't know who to talk to about the troubles in my heart. Thinking about it carefully, you are the only one who half-knows me."

He paused and said, "If I told you that Master Shen and I have the same life experience, would you believe it?"

"What?" I asked in surprise.

I recalled Mrs. Qin’s appearance.She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in the world.His face is like the autumn moon, and his eyes are like the spring dawn.There was no shrewdness in her eyes like a housewife, but an expression of "not caring" everywhere.That kind of "not caring" doesn't seem like restraint, but comes from the bottom of my heart.

Is it...

No.

how come.

"My mother's natal family is in Jingzhou Prefecture, Huguang." He said slowly.

My mind was buzzing.

"You are, you are, you are..."

(End of this chapter)