Spring is warm and fragrant

Chapter 98 Chu Xing's Love Letter

At the beginning of August, the Holy Majesty returned from summer vacation in Liangshan, and Chu Xing and others also returned to Beijing.

At dusk, Chu Xing and Chu Sui returned to the Duke's Mansion together, and first went to the Sanqiu Hall to meet Mrs. Tai.

After being separated for two months, Mrs. Tai missed her two grandsons very much, and asked for warmth.

After chatting for half an hour, Chu Sui looked at his elder brother and guessed that his elder brother wanted to mention Lu Mingyu to his grandmother.Chu Sui would definitely have to tease his elder brother if he chose another sister-in-law, but that person was Lu Mingyu, and Chu Sui was really not in the mood, so he left first on the grounds of physical exhaustion, and took his younger sister Chu Xiang along.

"Yingying, elder brother brought you a gift, and someone delivered it to you, go and see if you like it." Chu Xing smiled at his younger sister.

Chu Ying happily went to see the gift.

Mrs. Tai smiled and watched her granddaughter lead the maid out of the door. When the footsteps were far away, she turned to her eldest grandson in doubt and asked, "Is there something wrong with Shijin?" The eldest grandson is most afraid of her nagging. It must be the eldest grandson who retired first.

Chu Xing sat at the lower left of Mrs. Tai, and after a moment of silence, he lowered his eyes and said, "Grandmother, I want to marry the fourth girl of the Lu family, and I would like to trouble my grandmother to go to the Lu family recently and speak for me."

He knew that Lu Mingyu was still blaming him, but since Chu Xing had decided to marry her, he couldn't give up easily.In Liangshan, he hastily proposed marriage just to let Lu Mingyu know his intentions. Now that almost two months have passed, she should not be so resentful. If he asks his grandmother to come formally again, maybe Lu Mingyu will see it for his sincerity. Up, should get married.

"Fourth Miss? Ah Nuan?" Mrs. Tai stared at her grandson in shock, a little suspicious that she had heard it wrong.Lu Mingyu was only thirteen, a round younger than the eldest grandson. Because of this, although Mrs. Tai felt that Lu Mingyu was a good girl, she never thought of assigning her to her eldest grandson, she just kept taking care of her second grandson. Now she is serious and unfriendly The eldest grandson who is so beautiful, actually said that he fell in love with a little girl?

This was a conversation that Chu Xing had imagined a long time ago, and his grandmother's reaction was as he expected, so Chu Xing calmly said, "Yes, it is Ah Nuan." Then he repeated what he said to Zhu Shi He said, "...Grandmother, you have always wanted me to get married as soon as possible. I was never tempted before. Now, I know that I am not suitable for Ah Nuan, but I have only seen her for so many years. I implore grandma to make the decision for me."

Mrs. Tai pondered, "You, you mean, both Lu Zhan and his son rejected you?"

There was a trace of embarrassment on Chu Xing's stern face. He clenched his fist secretly and said in a low voice: "I have some misunderstandings with Ah Nuan. She is angry with me and hasn't forgiven me yet. Master Lu and his son will naturally not agree. Don't worry, grandma, I will Write her a letter to apologize to her, and when grandma passes by, she will bring Yingying with her, and I will entrust Yingying to pass it on to her, hoping she will forgive me."

Mrs. Tai was curious again, and asked in a low voice: "You mean, if Ah Nuan is not angry, she will agree to you? Then what did you do to offend Ah Nuan?"

Recalling the mistakes he made, guilt and self-blame, Chu Xing's face darkened slightly, and he said to the elder's clothes: "Grandmother, I can't go into details about what happened to her, anyway, I am sorry for her, and I want to make up for it as soon as possible, otherwise I am afraid that she will I really will never forgive me again. Grandma, I will never marry anyone else in this life except Ah Nuan."

Mrs. Tai opened her mouth in surprise, and looked at the eldest grandson diagonally across from her like a stranger.The eldest grandson's affection for Lu Mingyu is so deep that she won't marry her?

Mrs. Tai knew her grandson very well, and knew that Chu Xing's words were definitely not impulsive words. Mrs. Tai lowered her head and frowned deeply.She still felt that Lu Mingyu and her eldest grandson were not very compatible, one was like an ice bump, and the other was cute and naive, more like a child, she didn't look like he would dare to greet his eldest grandson.Besides, Lu Mingyu was only thirteen, and Lu Zhan and his son loved their children so much, they might not be able to marry until they were sixteen, when the eldest grandson would be born soon.

However, the eldest grandson has made up her mind, and she is very satisfied with Lu Mingyu...

Forget it, let's give it to the eldest grandson, the left and right grandsons must know what the elder brother is thinking, and it is impossible to marry Lu Mingyu again.

"It's rare that you are thinking about getting married, so grandma will go there for you." Mrs. Tai smiled and said, "It's just that it's getting late today. I'll send a message to Lu's family tomorrow morning, and come back the next day. Just prepare well tomorrow A gift. Give these to grandma, think carefully about how to write a letter to Ah Nuan to make amends."

Grandma agreed, Chu Xing relaxed first, and when he heard the letter, he was suddenly at a loss.

He decided to write a letter, but how to write it...

In two lifetimes, Chu Xing only wrote memorials, official documents, and family letters, but never wrote a letter to a woman.

Mrs. Tai has lived to such an old age, and she can tell what is worrying about her grandson just by looking at his expression.In order to be able to marry the eldest grandson’s wife as soon as possible, so that the big house can have a queen sooner, Mrs. Tai coughed and lowered her voice to point to her grandson: "Shijin, if your second brother wants to please some girl, I don’t have to worry about anything, but you ..."

Guessing what his grandmother would say next, Chu Xing lowered his head slightly, but he remained motionless, as if he had self-knowledge, and was willing to humbly ask for advice.

Mrs. Tai snickered, pursed her lips, and lowered her voice, "Shijin, if a woman is angry, what she wants to hear most is not your explanation of what you did wrong, nor your apology. Of course, these have to be said, but she What you want to hear the most must be sweet words. For example, it’s been a while since Ah Nuan fell from the horse, so when you write a letter, remember to add something like not seeing each other every day..."

"Grandmother, I have something else to do. I will write the letter myself. I will trouble you about the marriage proposal."

Chu Xing got up suddenly, spoke quickly, walked faster, and stepped out of the main room in a blink of an eye.When Mrs. Tai came back to her senses, the person had disappeared!
Mrs. Tai blinked her eyes, thinking about what she said, she was funny and helpless, but the grandson was too shy to say "not seeing each other every day is like three autumns", so how would he write a letter?What can be written to impress a little girl who is angry?Mrs. Tai was deeply suspicious, frowned, and ordered the big maid, Xi Que, who was guarding outside, "Go and pick up two books written by the scholar and Miss Qianjin."

I'm sorry to hear her say it in person, but she marked out the sweet words and sent them over to show him, okay?
As night fell, outside the Dingfeng Hall.

Wei Teng hesitantly took the two books in Magpie's hand, "This is?"

Magpie didn't know what Mrs. Tai was talking about with the Duke, but she could read and guess Mrs. Tai's expectations for the Duke who was too old to marry a wife, so she couldn't help but tilt her head and smile, "Huabenzi Mrs. Tai specially picked out the ones to pass the time for the Duke, by the way, Mrs. Tai said, please read the pages she folded carefully."

After speaking, he covered his lips and left, and there were two chuckles when he turned the corner.

Wei Teng lowered his head, but couldn't figure out the doorway here, so he dutifully carried the book and went to the study.

Chu Xing sat in front of the desk, with a piece of rice paper spread out in front of him, without writing a single word. He heard Wei Teng's footsteps, but quickly crushed the rice paper and threw it into the small bamboo basket next to him, and then took out a military book and pretended to read it .

"My lord, Mrs. Tai gave you two scriptures to pass the time, and told you to look carefully at the folds inside." Wei Teng placed the scriptures to Chu Xing's side and said in a low voice.

Chu Xing glanced at the cover of the storybook, the top one was called "The Story of the Plum Garden".

"Go down." Chu Xing said lightly.

Wei Teng bowed his head and left.

Chu Xing picked up "The Story of the Plum Garden" puzzledly, and opened a folded page. At a glance, he saw a paragraph in it was outlined. Chu Xing subconsciously looked at it from the beginning, and it turned out that a scholar surnamed Li was in the garden. He stopped a lady Fang from a big family, described her beauty with a few strokes, followed Li Shusheng and said: "Girl, you haven't looked at me for three days, maybe you want my life..."

Chu Xing shuddered uncontrollably, threw the storybook aside, picked up another one and threw it away.Grandmother really came up with random ideas. The talented men and beauties in the scriptures were all scribbled to pass the time for others, but Lu Mingyu was a real lady. How could he insult her with such frivolous words?

After re-laying a piece of rice paper, Chu Xing picked up the pen, and he didn't know how long the action of picking up the pen lasted until he finally wrote the first word.

This night, the lights in Dingfengtang's study room remained on all night.

"My lord, it's time to go to court." Wei Teng yawned as the sky turned pale, and walked to the door to remind him.

The man inside responded, and after another cup of tea, he came out with a stern expression.Wei Teng helped his master wash and change clothes, Chu Xing went to court, and he went to the study to tidy up.As soon as I entered the door, I saw that the small bamboo basket was filled with a basket full of paper balls, which had obviously been pressed hard by someone, and most of the thick stack of rice paper on the table was missing.

Wei Teng froze on the spot, staring at the bamboo basket, and having a battle between heaven and man in his mind, he suppressed the urge to tear apart the ball of paper to see what the master had written, and took the wastebasket to burn the paper.It must be an important letter that has been abolished for one night, and it must be destroyed, so as not to spread it and delay the master's important event.

It's just that the bamboo basket was too full, and one accidentally fell out when walking outside. Wei Teng didn't see it. Fan Yi happened to pass by and wanted to call Wei Teng to come back and clean it up, but Wei Teng walked too fast and turned the corner.Fan Yi shook his head helplessly, bent down to pick up the ball of paper, opened it out of curiosity, and saw a few thick ink marks in the middle of the rice paper, nothing could be seen...

The red sun was westward, Chu Xing returned home a little earlier than usual, and went to the Sanqiu Hall to pay his respects first.

"The letter is finished?" Madam Tai asked teasingly.

Chu Xing nodded, lowered his eyes and said, "I'll go and see Yingying."

Mrs. Tai really wanted to know what the eldest grandson wrote in this letter, but since the eldest grandson didn't show it to her, she put away her curiosity, "Go, you two will come over to have dinner together later."

Chu Xing didn't agree or refuse, and went to the next courtyard.

"Is this for sister Ah Nuan?" Looking at the small bamboo tube her brother put on the table, Chu Ying frowned slightly.Last time the second brother asked her to lie to sister Ah Nuan, the elder brother reminded her earnestly, and told her not to help any man send messages or pass things to the girl in the future, what did the elder brother do today, knowingly committing a crime?

"What's inside?" Chu Ying flipped the bamboo tube, not wanting to, in case it was something that upset Sister Ah Nuan...

"Yingying doesn't need to know, you help the elder brother pass it to her, remember not to let other people see it." Chu Xing sternly told his sister.

Whether it is her own brother or not, Chu Ying is willing to make an exception, but she still asks nervously, "Sister Ah Nuan, will she be angry when she sees what's inside?"

Chu Xing was startled, would Lu Mingyu be angry when he received his letter?
Chu Xing didn't know, he only knew that he had to tell her what was in his heart, and if he didn't explain it, he was afraid that he couldn't help but go to her.

Unable to answer, Chu Xing chose to evade, and stuffed the small bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's leg to his sister, and once again told his sister not to lose it.

"Does my brother like sister Ah Nuan?" Chu Ying is 11 years old anyway, looking at her brother in front of her, she guessed in a low voice.

The sister's eyes were clear, Chu Xing hesitated for a while, and finally nodded.

Chu Ying smiled happily, and said excitedly: "Don't worry, brother, I will definitely hand over the things to Sister Ah Nuan!"

She likes sister Ah Nuan, if sister Ah Nuan can really be her sister-in-law, she will have companionship when her sister-in-law gets married.

(End of this chapter)