Spring is warm and fragrant

Chapter 203 Mrs. Tai's Stroke

After seeing off Chu Sui, Chu Xing carried his daughter back to the backyard.

When Lu Mingyu heard that he was going to Sanqiu Hall, she couldn't help being a little worried, "What happened?"

Chu Xing squeezed his daughter's little hand, looked at her and said, "Grandmother wants to protect Yingying as a matchmaker, so I'll persuade her."

Lu Mingyu frowned, "Which son does grandma have a crush on?"

"You can't make it right or left, so you don't need to know." Chu Xing didn't want to mention Feng's family at all, and while his daughter was having fun with her mother, Chu Xing quietly left.

Lu Mingyu hugged her daughter and sighed helplessly.Looking at Chu Xing's expression, he knew that Mrs. Tai must have done something stupid again, so I just feel sorry for Chu Xing. There is such a grandmother who can't completely depend on her, even if she says something serious, it's a dilemma.

Chu Xing was going to Sanqiu Hall, halfway there, he suddenly changed his mind, and changed his way to see his sister first.

At this time, the sky was dark, and the cold air of the night shrouded it. The flowers and trees on the roadside were withered and yellow and had not yet recovered, showing a depression.Chu Xing was dressed in a dark robe with a solemn and solemn face. He suddenly appeared in Xiangyuan, like a ghost, and the little maids in the yard hurriedly stood up and saluted him.

In the upper room, Chu Ying lay sleepily on the bed, cried all morning and slept all afternoon, her eyes were a little swollen, and the maids asked her to use storybooks to make up for her sadness.Hearing that her elder brother was coming, Chu Ying hurriedly put on her shoes and went to the ground, her long hair was simply fixed with a hairpin, she looked at herself in the mirror, touched her eyes annoyedly, but couldn't hide it, and went to the hall anxiously.

Chu Xing had already taken his seat and was drinking tea. When his sister came out, he only glanced at her eyes for a moment, and guessed that his grandmother probably looked for her.After the maids went down, Chu Xing asked his younger sister to sit down, and asked in a low voice, "Did grandma mention Mr. Feng Er to you?"

Chu Ying lowered her head and nodded sadly.

"Does Yingying want to marry into the Feng family?" When talking to his younger sister, Chu Xing was not as tactful as his wife, and asked whatever came to mind.

As soon as Chu Ying's eyes became hot, tears fell down.Liao Shou came to propose marriage and listened to his sister-in-law. My brother had already agreed. Now asking her this kind of thing, is it because I want to obey my grandmother's arrangement?But yes, my grandmother was so seriously ill that she almost had a stroke, and my brother has always respected my grandmother...

Chu Ying is also filial to children. Thinking back to her grandmother's kindness to her, Chu Ying turned her head, wiped her eyes, and said in a low voice, "I listen to elder brother and grandmother."

Seeing his younger sister crying, Chu Xing pierced his chest like a knife with those obedient words. Seeing that his younger sister lowered her head and walked into the inner room after she finished speaking, Chu Xing quickly stood up and stopped her, and helped the little girl The thin shoulders said: "Yingying, the eldest brother is only your own sister. The eldest brother hopes that you will marry someone you like. As long as you don't dislike Liao Shou's incomprehension, the eldest brother will make the decision for you."

The reason why he came here was to confirm his sister's intentions.

Her brother loved her, Chu Ying cried even harder, choked up and said: "I, I don't dislike..."

Chu Xing smiled, with a heartbroken and sad smile, gently touched the top of his sister's head, and sighed: "Actually, elder brother is also reluctant to marry you to Liao Shou, I always feel that no one is good enough for my sister, but since Yingying likes you If he dies, then the elder brother will give Liao Shou an advantage."

For so many years, the number of heart-to-heart talks between brother and sister can be counted on the fingers. Feeling her brother's care for her, Chu Ying couldn't help throwing herself into her brother's arms, crying like a mess.Chu Xing patted his younger sister's shoulder comfortingly, and when the little girl was almost crying, he smiled and said: "Okay, Yingying can rest at ease, and the eldest brother will tell grandma."

Chu Ying suddenly became nervous again, and told him with red eyes: "Brother, speak slowly, don't make grandma angry."

Chu Xing nodded and left.

Chu Ying kept sending her elder brother out of the yard. Seeing her elder brother's tall figure quickly disappearing around the corner, Chu Ying felt apprehensive, hesitated for a long time, but finally couldn't rest assured, she quietly chased after him, and followed him to Sanqiu Hall from a distance.

The servants of Sanqiutang were startled once by Chu Xing's serious appearance. When Chu Ying came over, she signaled them to keep quiet. The maids were very knowledgeable, and they guessed that the grandparents and grandchildren had something to do, so naturally they didn't dare to talk nonsense.

In the second time, Mrs. Tai sat cross-legged on the warm couch, and looked at the eldest grandson standing in front of the couch with a puzzled face, "It's getting dark, why is Shijin here at this time?" Will come, the two grandsons have been close since they were young, and the second grandson depends on his elder brother's face in everything, and dare not hide major matters.

Chu Xing sat sideways on the edge of the couch, and asked in a calm tone: "The second brother just told me that grandma wants to give my younger sister to the second son of the Feng family?"

Mrs. Tai smiled and hummed, and told her eldest grandson a bunch of merits of the second son of the Feng family.

Chu Xing listened quietly, his eyelids drooped to hide the emotion in his eyes, and when Mrs. Tai finished speaking, he tried his best to say softly: "Grandmother, although the second son of the Feng family is talented and educated, but he has a servant girl to serve him. Yingying is sensitive and thoughtful, and I'm afraid I'll react when I find out. Grandmother, as an elder brother, I can't take good care of my younger sister. When it's my turn to get married, I don't want Yingying to be wronged, and I want to find her someone who will be devoted to her."

"You are satisfied with Liao Shou, aren't you?" Mrs. Tai's old face became tense, pointing at Chu Xing and scolding: "Liao Shou used to be a beggar, and you kept saying that it was for Yingying's good, so let me ask you, in the future when Tangtang grows up, Would you be willing to give Tangtang to a beggar?"

"As long as the other party has the ability to know how to make progress, it's good for Tangtang, I will agree." Chu Xing looked directly at Mrs. Tai and said.

"On the contrary, you must fight against me, don't you?" The grandson was cold, and Mrs. Tai was furious, grabbed the stove in her arms and threw it at the eldest grandson.She asked her second grandson to marry Wan Shu, but the eldest grandson didn't agree at first. She just reminded Lu Mingyu to persuade Concubine Rong not to be spoiled, so the eldest grandson and her son warned her. Repeatedly obstructing, is it because no matter what she does in the future, the eldest grandson will not be satisfied?

Mrs. Tai doesn't want to let it go anymore!

Chu Xing didn't expect that after saying a few words to Mrs. Tai, he made a move, and instinctively hid aside, but the stove flew too fast, he avoided the front door, but his forehead was wiped by the copper stove.Chu Xing looked back sideways, and the heater hit the ground with a bang, making a loud noise.

Chu Xing's heart shrank tightly.

Chu Ying rushed in when she heard the movement, and seeing the glaring blood on her brother's white forehead, she burst into tears, hugged her brother's arm in tears, and said in resignation: "Brother, stop talking, I'll marry you, you and grandma don't worry about it anymore. I'm arguing!"

She didn't want her brother to be injured and scolded, and she didn't want her grandmother to get sick from anger.

Mrs. Tai was really mad when she threw the heater, but seeing her eldest grandson being beaten and bleeding by him, Mrs. Tai woke up suddenly, distressed and regretful, and was worrying about how to turn things around, when her granddaughter ran in and obediently said she would listen She said.

Madam Tai felt much better immediately, and said to Chu Xing reproachfully: "Look at you, you are already a father, so you might as well be sensible than Yingying. Well, sit down quickly, Yingying, let someone take the wound medicine, hey, Grandma, grandma was very angry just now, Shijin, please don't be angry with grandma."

Moving to the edge of the couch, Mrs. Tai wanted to take care of her grandson herself.

Chu Xing didn't want to stay here any longer, and left without saying a word.

Mrs. Tai pursed her lips, glanced at the overturned hand stove on the ground, and had no face to call grandson.Chu Ying wanted to chase her brother, but she was afraid that something would happen to her grandmother, so she wiped away her tears and stayed to serve her, making sure her grandmother was not ill, so Chu Ying left in a daze.

Chu Xing did not go far, and has been waiting for his sister outside Sanqiu Hall.

Seeing her elder brother, Chu Ying knew what he wanted to say. Chu Ying took a deep breath, walked over slowly, and said with downcast eyes: "Brother, forget it, grandma is not in good health, I don't want her to worry about my affairs anymore." , Brother, don’t feel guilty, I, I actually don’t like Liao Shou..."

"Don't say silly things." Chu Xing interrupted his sister in a low voice, "Yingying, don't worry, brother will do what he says, just wait."

Chu Ying raised her head in shock, her grandmother made it clear that she would not listen to any persuasion, what could her brother do?
Chu Xing smiled, said nothing more, and sent his sister back.

Two quarters of an hour later, Chu Xing stood in the corridor of Dingfeng Hall, touched his forehead, and smiled helplessly.He didn't want to show his wife, but the injury was on the head, and there was no way to hide it.

"You, you..." In the twilight, Lu Mingyu was circling around the room with her daughter who had had enough fun on the couch, and when she turned around to face her husband with a beaut on his forehead, Lu Mingyu stuttered in shock and called you several times in a row , then walked to the couch while loudly instructing the maids to prepare hot water and wound medicine.

"It's just scratched, it doesn't hurt." Chu Xing took his daughter in his arms and looked at his wife with a guilty conscience.

Lu Mingyu sullenly did not want to talk to him.

But Tangtang misses her father, and raises her head to touch her father's face.The hot little hand was pressed to the face, and Chu Xing was distracted to look at his daughter. When he lowered his head, the injury on his forehead was exposed.Tangtang saw it with sharp eyes, curious what it was, and reached out to touch it.

Chu Xing stepped back.

Tangtang giggled and continued to chase.

Chu Xing looked at his wife whose face was sinking like water, and didn't hide anymore.

Lu Mingyu knew that he was playing tricks, but she just couldn't see him continuing to suffer, so she gave Chu Xing a hard look, and she grabbed her daughter's little bad hand in time to prevent her daughter from touching her father.Tangtang didn't understand, as soon as mother let her go, Lu Mingyu had no choice but to reprimand Chu Xing: "You dare to let her touch you, you two will sleep tonight."

Chu Xing liked his daughter, but he wanted to hug his wife even more. Seeing that Lu Mingyu's heart softened, he quickly lowered his daughter. He sat in front of the couch, supported his daughter and let her step on his lap.Tangtang was too short, crawling up and down on her father's chest could not reach her, so she screamed and laughed in a hurry.

While teasing his daughter, Chu Xing looked at his wife.

Lu Mingyu didn't bother to pay attention to him, she moved to the couch first, and then asked the maids to put out the water basin and the wound medicine.Chu Xing understood, kicked off his boots and sat cross-legged inside. Lu Mingyu cleaned the wound for him with a sullen face, and then carefully applied the medicine.

Tangtang sat in her father's arms, staring at her mother's every move curiously.

Chu Xing only looked into his wife's eyes, and when his wife finished applying the medicine and was about to leave, he hugged his daughter with his left hand, and suddenly put his right hand around his wife's waist, and kissed her lips domineeringly.Lu Mingyu was afraid of struggling to bump into her daughter, so she didn't dare to move around, and she didn't want to kiss him, so she bit him angrily.

Chu Xing inhaled, let go of her, touched his lips, looked at his fingers, and smiled wryly at her: "There are injuries on the forehead and mouth. If you enter the palace tomorrow, what will others think?"

Lu Mingyu couldn't believe that she had bitten him so hard, she broke his fingers and saw that there was no blood.

"Okay, I promise there will be no next time." Chu Xing hugged her again, kissed her forehead and said.

Lu Mingyu cried angrily, her forehead resting on his shoulder, and she complained to him for the first time about Mrs. Tai: "What is she thinking? It's fine if I don't like it. You and Yingying are her grandson and granddaughter. Could it be that she hates the house and Wu , If you can’t deal with me, just take it out on you and deliberately make it difficult for our family?”

This is her husband, why did that old woman beat him?
"Ah Nuan, you scared Tangtang." Chu Xing reminded in a low voice.

Lu Mingyu was startled, and looked down, the little girl was looking at her nervously.Lu Mingyu quickly wiped her eyes, hugged her daughter and coaxed, "Don't be afraid Tangtang, mother is fine."

Tangtang obediently leaned into her mother's arms, and stopped moaning and begging her to carry her to play on the ground.

Lu Mingyu gradually calmed down, and asked Chu Xing with a frown: "What's going on?" Mrs. Tai doesn't have much time left, she understands Chu Xing's filial piety, but if Mrs. Tai continues to make trouble for no reason, and Chu Xing only intends to suffer in silence, Lu Mingyu is afraid She couldn't bear it first, and she was aggrieved for her husband.

Chu Xing explained briefly.

As soon as Lu Mingyu heard that Mrs. Tai was looking for the Feng family, she realized after a little change of heart, and said with a sneer: "The Feng family has always been at odds with our Lu family, I can see it, she is just dissatisfied with me. She likes whoever is pleasing to the eye."

"I'm in charge of this matter, you don't have to worry about it."

"How do you master?"

Lu Mingyu pushed away the man who was hugging him, stared at him and asked, "If you get angry over there, are you willing?"

She was also angry because she cared about him and his sister, Chu Xing turned to the window, his black eyes were darker than the night outside the window, "I have my own arrangements."

The next day Chu Xing called Chu Sui over and gave him cold instructions.Chu Sui jumped up when he heard the words, stared at his elder brother and said, "You can't persuade grandma yourself, so you push me into the fire pit?" Once the truth is revealed, grandma will scold him again.

"If you hadn't had friendship with Mr. Feng Er, grandma wouldn't have let you post posts for him." Chu Xing said lightly.

Chu Sui touched his nose and admitted, after all, it was related to the marriage of the second sister.After the joke, Chu Sui said worriedly: "Grandmother is not that confused. We can fool her for ten days and a half months, but there will always be times when grandma sees through. What will we do then?"

Chu Xing showed a sad face: "Let's take one step at a time."

Chu Sui gave his elder brother a sympathetic look.

At the end of the month, Mrs. Tai changed into new clothes and called Chu Ying over early, waiting for her granddaughter to see her when the second son of the Feng family came to pay her respects.Chu Ying hid in the side, sad and unhappy in her heart, but waited for a long time, but no one came.

Mrs. Tai was about to send her servant girl to ask her second grandson, when Chu Sui rushed over angrily, and yelled at the door: "Grandmother, that Feng Er sent someone to deliver a message, saying that he has guests at home and wants to visit another day... I'm so mad, I don't believe he doesn't know why we invited him here, which guest is more important than Yingying? He obviously didn't take our Duke's mansion seriously!"

Mrs. Tai opened her mouth in a daze.

Inside the room, Chu Ying secretly let out a sigh of relief.

Next, Chu Xing and Chu Sui will go to the palace to serve as errands. Mrs. Tai just wants to invite other sons to visit her home, and there is no reason for it. And the next holiday on the tenth day of the lunar new year seems to be the sixth prince's full moon?

Empress Wan sent a post to the Duke's Mansion in advance, inviting all the female family members of the mansion to go to the palace to have fun.Lu Mingyu happily prepared a full moon gift for his little cousin, and Mrs. Chu was also thinking about what to give with complicated emotions. Only Mrs. Tai was the most worry-free and refused on the grounds of being unwell.

After Chu Xing learned about it, he couldn't sleep well for several nights.

He has already made a decision, but he still hopes that his grandmother can figure it out, but unfortunately, his grandmother is really possessed.

On the tenth day of February, when the six princes were full moon, Emperor Hui of Ming issued an edict in public, conferring Lu Yun the imperial concubine.

Chu Xing could remind his aunt to conceal the news, or he could order the servants in the mansion not to disclose it to Mrs. Tai, but he didn’t. He just sat alone in the study, from the red sun to the evening, until the servants of Sanqiutang Hurriedly came to report to him:
Mrs. Tai had a stroke.

(End of this chapter)