carved heart

Chapter 91
"Thanks to brother-in-law! If it weren't for brother-in-law, no one would have known that my sister had a fever in the middle of the night. Hey, it's really not good if there is no maidservant outside my sister's house. In the future, I should leave a maidservant outside the house to watch the night. If you feel unwell at night, you can call someone immediately. Last night It scared me to death." Jiang Xuan's eyes turned red when he said this.

Ah Yin said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Only then did Jiang Xuan breathe a sigh of relief, and said, "Okay, I'll let Fan Lang arrange it right away, and I will definitely find a quiet and well-behaved maidservant for my sister." I said, I have to go to court in the morning, and come back in the evening, let my sister rest well, and you are not allowed to go to Qinghui Tower, and you are not allowed to go to Su's house."

Ah Yin said: "You ask Fan Haohe to go to the Hou's mansion and tell him not to come over in the evening. I'm still a little unwell now, and I'm going to sleep until night. There are a lot of things going on in court recently, so you just say wait for me, I'll go there myself."

Jiang Xuan agreed.

Ah Yin sighed in his heart.

She hasn't figured out how to deal with this shocking news.

A Yin hesitated for several days, but still couldn't figure out how to deal with this matter.Fortunately, Shen Changtang has been very busy recently, and he couldn't find time to come here at all, which gave Ah Yin time to think.But no matter how busy he was, Shen Changtang did not forget to ask Yan Shen to bring letters to A Yin every day.

After reading the letter paper, Ah Yin would reply to the last one, and whenever he didn't want to reply, Yan Shen would always look at her with sad eyes.

Ah Yin had no choice but to write a letter.

On the fifth day, Yan Shen came again.Ah Yin looked at his palm subconsciously, not carrying a letter like in the past.She asked: "Ming Mu is so busy that he doesn't even have time to write letters?"

Yan Shen said: "If you go back to the girl, Master Hou has been in the palace these few days, and he hasn't even returned to the Hou Mansion."

A Yin was slightly taken aback, and asked, "But what happened in the palace?"

Yan Shen said: "I will tell you the truth, Master Hou is serving sick people in the palace."

Ah Yin raised his eyebrows when he heard the word "servant illness", and said, "Is the Holy Majesty sick?" Yan Shen nodded, and said in a low voice, "So Master Hou hasn't been back to the Hou Mansion these few days."

Ah Yin asked, "Is the Holy Majesty feeling better?"

Yan Shen said: "I'm not very clear, but it should be better. Today, Lord Hou asked me to send a message to the girl, saying that I will come tomorrow morning, and let the girl go to Qinghui Building to teach later."

Ah Yin nodded slightly.

"I see."

As soon as Yan Shen left, Ah Yin fell into deep thought.

In the past five days, Mingmu wrote every day, she knew he was busy in the palace, but if she hadn't asked a casual question, she would not have known that Mingmu was a servant in the palace.A Yin shook his head, feeling a bit bitter in his heart.

If there is anything related to the emperor between the two of them, they can't talk about it.

She didn't know that Mingmu and the emperor were blood brothers before, but now that she knew it, she was even more subtle.Thinking of this, Ah Yin felt a little melancholy.At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the house.

A Yin hurriedly put away his sad face, cleared his throat and said, "Come in."

Sure enough, it was Ah Xuan who came in.

She carried a food box, walked in with a smile, and said, "Sister, I'm here to supervise your breakfast!" As she spoke, she opened the food boxes one by one, and inside were steaming lotus leaf porridge and some minced meat. soup cakes.

Ah Yin put down what he was doing and concentrated on eating breakfast.

Her younger sister is very good at supervision. If she doesn't listen to her, she will be nagged by her younger sister's mouth in the next few days.After breakfast, Jiang Xuan cleaned up the dishes.

Ah Yin told her several times that there are maidservants at home, which is not the same as before, and that these rough jobs are done by maidservants.However, Jiang Xuan insisted on cleaning up by herself, saying that she didn't want others to occupy her time alone with her sister.

Every time Ah Yin heard it, he couldn't laugh or cry.

But today Ah Yin said subconsciously to Jiang Xuan again, saying: "Let the servants clean it up, the weather is getting colder, you just come to Guishui these few days, don't touch the cold water." Jiang Xuan said: "Just one or two sets of bowls and chopsticks. , It’s okay. My sister will marry Lord Hou in the future, and I will spend less time with my sister.”

A Yin tugged at the corners of her lips, and said, "Silly girl, how could it be? Even if I marry Mu Yanghou, you will always be my younger sister, and we both want to see each other as much as we want." Besides, marrying Mu Yanghou is still a big deal. away?
At first, I was somewhat certain, but now because of the emperor's incident and the shocking background that I accidentally heard, that certainty seemed to be tottering in the wind.

As if thinking of something, Jiang Xuan said again: "Sister, I heard that there will be a temple fair in a month, and I want to go see it, will you go with me?"

Ah Yin counted the time and said, "Okay, I'll spare the time." After a pause, she said again: "If you want to go out, you must bring enough people."

Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "I know, my sister tells me so every day, how can I not remember?"

Ah Yin knew that Shen Changtang would come over the next day, so he specially postponed the teaching time in Qinghui Building to the afternoon.She hadn't seen each other for six days, she knew exactly what Shen Changtang would do with her temperament, she didn't want to go to Qinghui Tower with a weak body.

Therefore, when night fell, Ah Yin went to bed early, thinking of getting up early the next day to wash and dress up.

As the saying goes, women are the ones who please themselves.

However, before the rooster crowed and the sky was still groggy, Shen Changtang's people had already arrived.He was covered in dust and dust, and his eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky that had not yet been expelled by the rising sun.

As soon as Ah Yin opened his eyes, he was still sleepy, and saw such a Shen Changtang beside the bed.

She was almost taken aback.

Without saying a word, Shen Changtang came up to her and kissed her, so frightened that A Yin took a few steps back, retreated into the corner of the bed, half covered his lips, and said, "I haven't washed yet." He held her wrist and said :"I do not mind."

A Yin's eyes widened: "I mind!"

However, it is useless to mind.

When she was lying limply on the bed, she opened her eyes weakly, looked at him, and asked, "What happened?"

Shen Changtang said: "My wife is wise."

He leaned down to kiss her again.

Ayin couldn't hide, and sensed his interest at the moment, she simply let go, allowing him to ask for a kiss.She didn't take the initiative to ask until both of them were out of breath, "What is so happy about?"

He hugged her, wrapped his five fingers around her fingers, and said, "There are signs of letting go of the Holy Spirit."

She asked, "Does His Majesty know me?"

"Nowadays in Yongping, who doesn't know the owner of Qinghui Tower, first there are nuclear carving artists in Xixuan Street, then there is Dali Temple Minister Jin Sheng who regards nuclear carving skills as an ominous person to create momentum for you, and there is Yueming County. Lord, this stepping stone, has now become General Su’s adopted daughter. How can these things not be heard by the Holy Majesty? The Holy Majesty has praised you very much today, and in a few days, I will take the initiative to ask for a marriage. "

He leaned down and kissed her cheek, as happy as a child.

"A Yin, Yin Yin, I'm going to marry you soon, are you happy?" Before she could answer, he asked himself and answered: "I'm very happy." He bowed his head and kissed her whole face again.

A Yin was a little surprised, and asked, "Where is the Li family?"

Shen Changtang said: "I was never engaged, it was just a joke from the Holy Majesty at the beginning, so don't take it seriously."

Ah Yin had something in his heart, but looking at Shen Changtang's appearance, he couldn't say it, and the things he had hesitated for several days were also buried deep in his heart.Afraid of revealing her flaws, she took the initiative to offer kisses to the servant, which made Shen Changtang ecstatic.

Before leaving, I just remembered something, and said to Ah Yin: "Let your nuclear carving technicians in Qinghui Building pay attention, and don't participate in anything related to gambling trees. The imperial court is about to start cracking down."

Ah Yin nodded and said, "Okay."

Because of the prosperity of stone carving, peach stones are also very popular as carved stones. People often buy a peach tree, and after the peaches have blossomed, they will be picked and picked. If good stones or strange stones can be produced If you resell it, you can double it several times and sell it at a good price.

This kind of behavior is called "gambling tree".

Over the years, the price of a peach tree has been exorbitantly high, and because of the prosperity of stone carving, more and more fruit farmers only plant peach trees, and other fruits are becoming more and more monotonous.

Ah Yin knew that some of the nuclear carving artists in her hand had the habit of gambling with trees. Although she was not satisfied with this opportunistic behavior, she also felt that it was harmless, so she never cared about it.Now that Shen Changtang has said this, it seems that the imperial court intends to improve the current situation.

After Shen Changtang left, Ah Yin ordered Fan Haohe to order all nuclear carving technicians in his hands to forbid gambling with trees, and offenders would be severely punished.

Although some nuclear carving technicians in Qinghui Building were dissatisfied, they still obeyed Ah Yin's orders.Ah Yin knew that they had complaints, but their complaints would not go away until the court issued a strict ban.

However, Ah Yin waited for a few days, but the ban did not appear. Instead, a distinguished guest came from Qinghui Tower.

This was the second time Ah Yin saw the eunuch in the palace, his name was Si Teng, it was said that he was the emperor's servant, and he specially summoned Ah Yin to the palace to face the saint.A Yin suppressed the astonishment in his heart, quickly adjusted his emotions, and asked: "Mr. Si, the face of the miner is not clean, can you allow the miner to go back to the house to freshen up?"

Si Teng looked her up and down, and said, "No, just go with the Sa family."

Ah Yin responded.

Along the way, Ah Yin was very disturbed.Si Teng talked a lot, and in his words, he expressed that the sage took time out of his busy schedule to summon her, and her ancestral grave should be filled with smoke.However, after arriving in the palace, Si Teng went in to report, and A Yin waited outside for half an hour after entering.

Half an hour later, Si Teng came out, and said casually, "Come with me."

Ah Yin asked, "I don't know where my father-in-law is going?"

Si Teng said: "The Holy Majesty is tired today, and he just woke up, and the worst thing is that it is dirty and greasy. You can go to Sa's house to change your clothes, and then tidy up, so that the Holy Majesty will not be unhappy."

Along the way, Si Teng didn't speak any more, until he led A Yin to a palace, he stopped and said, "Go in, come out when you're done, and the servant will take you to the imperial study."

Saying that, he waved his whisk and walked away.

The one on the back side is indifferent.

A Yin stopped and stared for a while, his eyes flickered slightly, then he turned and walked into the palace.There are 24 ivory pillars carved with dragons and painted phoenixes in the palace, and there is a maiden wearing a water-green skirt standing in front of each pillar.

They lowered their eyebrows and looked pleasing to the eye, as if they hadn't noticed Ah Yin's arrival.

A Yin glanced at them, and without thinking much, he walked forward slowly.She held her head high, her steps were calm, her composure was natural, as if she was born with it, and she was not afraid of the coercion of the heavenly family at all.

She came before the vermilion hanging curtain.

Stretching out a pure white hand, gently opened a corner, the inside is resplendent and resplendent, with carved beams and paintings, almost wanting to dazzle Hua Yin's eyes.After she took a closer look, she found that there was a huge side hall inside, with 48 screens, all of which were hung with splendid and luxurious clothes, and at the end was a dressing table, which was filled with all kinds of hairpin jewelry, gold, silver, jade, shells and corals, There are too many to dazzle.

Ah Yin let go of his hand, and the vermilion curtain immediately blocked the bright light in the room. From the corner of his eye, he happened to see the leader Gong'e sizing up at him pretending to be indifferent.She understood slightly in her heart, gathered herself together, turned around, and looked at that maid.

"What is your name?"

Gong'e said: "The servant girl is called Ayan."

A Yin took out a nuclear carving from his sleeve pocket, and said: "Today I have to be summoned by the Holy Spirit to enter the palace. It's getting late, and I'm afraid I won't have a chance to meet my senior sister. Please help me deliver it to the palace." Over there with my senior sister, to show my care."

Gong'e was startled.

Ah Yin smiled, and said, "I forgot to tell you, my senior sister is surnamed Rong, and she comes from the Shangguan family in Suizhou like me." As he said, he stuffed it directly into Gong'e's hand, and walked through the vermilion curtain in three steps. .

Gong'e came to her senses and realized who the senior sister Rong was referring to in Ah Yin's mouth, wasn't it Rong Zhaoyi who was pregnant?

At this moment, he suddenly felt that the nuclear carving in his hand was like a hot potato, he couldn't throw it away or hold it.Just now that girl's tone is familiar, the left is a senior sister and the right is a senior sister, if she doesn't go, what will she do if she offends Rong Zhaoyi?
Ayan looked at the other ladies in the palace, she could only admit that she was unlucky, but in a blink of an eye, she thought that her superiors didn't order her to die and said she could only stay in Chaohua Palace, so she gritted her teeth and left.

Ah Yin smiled when he heard footsteps outside.

She didn't look at the clothes and jewelry here, and sat directly in front of the vanity mirror to untie her hair, and tied a whip slowly, hanging loosely behind her head.But after a while, footsteps sounded outside again, and then the curtain was lifted, and a pearly figure appeared in front of Ah Yin.

It was the Rong family of Shangguan's family, the former nuclear carver, and now Rong Zhaoyi.

Ah Yin gave a salute, and called out politely: "Senior Sister."

Rong Zhaoyi looked at her, frowned slightly, but didn't say much, waved her hand, and asked Gong'e beside her to step back.When there were only two people left in the room, she walked over step by step and looked at Ah Yin.

"You are the Yin family? The Yin family in Suizhou that everyone knows as soon as you come to Yongping?"

The tone was not very friendly.

Ah Yin didn't seem to notice it, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty won the award, it's all a false name, Ah Yin is just a nuclear carving artist, that's all." I want to ask my mother a favor."

Rong Zhaoyi sneered and said, "Where do you have the face to conclude that Ben Gong will definitely help you?"

A Yin said warmly: "Isn't the empress coming here the best proof?" She tilted her head slightly, her skin without makeup was as smooth as jade, and her autumn pupils were like the shimmering lake in early spring, all of which showed and shouted two words --young.

These two words pierced deeply into the bottom of Rong Zhaoyi's heart, causing her a dull pain.

(End of this chapter)