Concubine like a house

Chapter 23
Do you still need to make a written statement to admit your mistake?Chuxiu didn't dare to disobey his master's wishes, so he quickly studied the ink, and wrote one stroke at a time: "Slaves should not leave Zhiyanxuan without authorization during the on-duty time."

Seeing the words, Yun Ci was very displeased, and even his voice sank two points: "When did you learn to call yourself a 'servant'?"

Chuxiu only felt wronged, and quickly wrote: "Qianyun and Danxin both call themselves so."

"They are them, you are you." Yun Ci scolded lightly, then returned to the original topic, pointed to the words written by Chuxiu, and asked her, "Leaving Zhiyanxuan without authorization? Is there only this one mistake?"

Chuxiu thought about it seriously, and then wrote: "I shouldn't have gone to see Butler Yun."

"Is it Steward Yun? Or Steward Yun?" Yun Cizhuang asked unintentionally, although his tone was light, but not kind.

At this point, Chuxiu felt not only wronged, but also angry. He didn't know where the courage came from, and asked with a pen, "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Tell you what?" Yun Ci glanced at the paper.

How would she say this?Chuxiu bit her lower lip, and then wrote: "You know what to ask!"

Yun Ci seemed to understand now: "You mean, Yun Zhong asked you to marry his nephew?"

Chuxiu nodded.

Yun Ci was silent again, his good-looking side face and slightly frowned eyebrows made him look sharp and soft.

The two were speechless for a long time. After a long time, Yunci spoke again: "I asked you if you had seen him that day, and your words flickered. Now there is nothing to hide. You should explain this clearly first."

Chuxiu only briefly wrote down the ins and outs of his acquaintance with Guanshi Yun that day, including mentioning the second master Yunqi he met on the way back.

Yun Ci read the long paragraph on the paper, and finally his face turned pale, but he still reprimanded: "You know how to be a human being, and sell to Yun Zhong behind my back?"

When I came out of Xiu, I knew that I was wrong first, so I could only accept this reprimand for life.

Seeing her wronged, Yunci's heart softened, and he wanted to tease her again, so he pretended to be stern and asked, "What do you think about this marriage?"

idea?Chuxiu was slightly taken aback.At the moment, does this mean that Yunci agrees?It should be known that if the master disagrees, he just refuses directly, so why should he ask himself?Chuxiu thought of Yunci's silence this morning, and he thought it over.

For some reason, thinking of Yun Ci's attitude, Chuxiu only felt a little sour in his heart, and there was still an inexplicable bitterness.She wasn't in love for the first time, nor was she ignorant. If she said she didn't understand her feelings for Yun Ci before, it was like waking up from a dream.

This is very different from how he treated Helian Qi in the past.Back then when He Lianqi pursued passionately, she also responded generously, as long as he was her lover, a man who knew her and understood her.

And the Yun Ci in front of her is her master, a nobleman who can't be reached, and a benefactor who took her out of dire straits...

If she was still Hanchu, she would definitely express it boldly and enthusiastically, but now, she is Chuxiu.

There are some affections that Hanchu can have, but Chuxiu must not.In the final analysis, it was she who overstepped and did not abide by her duty as a servant.Perhaps, this is an excellent opportunity to cut off your delusions in due course.

Thinking of this, Chuxiu finally laughed at herself, and wrote back: "This marriage is entirely up to you."

"What did you say?" Just as he stopped writing the last word, Yunci's expression darkened again, and he asked back.

Chuxiu no longer had the courage to look at him, she just lowered her eyes to hide the sourness in her eyes.

Chuxiu's reckless decision to live his life made Yunci's mood, which had been relieved just now, heavy again.He looked at Chuxiu, and for the first time his eyes were stung by her alluring smile, and some words stuck in his throat.

Yunci deliberately didn't see Xiuxiu's smile, calmed down for a while, and asked again: "In a hurry to get married?"

Chuxiu shook her head and forced herself to draw a pen to write: "You once said in Chasing Hongyuan that you wanted to find a good family for me."

Yunci looked at the words in front of him, and gave a soft "hmm": "I said so. But you think so little of yourself? Can a manager be worthy of you?"

"It's me who climbed up." Chuxiu thought for a moment before writing, "It's my luck that Manager Yun doesn't dislike my disability."

"Disability..." As if recalled by these two words, Yunci's face turned pale instantly.

It was only after Chuxiu wrote these words that he felt that he had made a slip of the tongue.But the spoken words can be blown away by a gust of wind, but the written words cannot, they are put in front of Yunci.

She subconsciously grabbed the piece of paper, and just as the catkin stretched out, Yunci's right hand was lightly pressed on the back of her hand, stopping her and said, "Want to destroy the corpse? I'm not angry, why are you panicking?"

He finally couldn't help looking up to see Xiu, and saw the sparkle in her beautiful eyes, like a pool of autumn water, rippling with different kinds of ripples, as if complaining and weeping.He sees a lot in these eyes—forbearance, inferiority complex, suffering, self-defeating, and even the disappointment and desolation of a thousand sails.This emotion also deeply infected Yun Ci himself, making his heart tremble and tremble with pain.

Once again, he looked at her and asked the question that had been hidden in his heart for a long time: "Chuxiu, do you have any difficulties? Or... what happened in the past?"

He obviously knew the answer, but he still wanted to hear her answer.

Chu Xiu was stunned by this question, lowering his eyes as if he was thinking, but also seemed to be struggling.

"Do you have any difficulties? Is that why you have made such hasty decisions about your life?" Yunci took another piece of paper, put it in front of Chuxiu, and said solemnly, "You can write it out, I will read it, and I will keep it in my heart superior."

Chuxiu seemed to be moved by the persuasion, and tremblingly dipped in the half-dried ink with a pen in his hand.After a while, I made a great determination to write.A drop of ink on the tip of the pen couldn't bear the trembling of the person holding the pen, and dripped down on the rice paper, forming a cloud of ink.

The darkness was like a certain memory in her heart, cruel, unbearable, and hard to say.Chuxiu forced herself not to look at Yun Ci's clear eyes, and slowly wrote four words: "There is no difficulty."

Seeing the words, Yunci inevitably lost his mind.He found out that Chuxiu was a woman who was tough but not soft, it was better to speak softly and softly to her than to speak harshly, otherwise she would just run away blindly, preferring to be wronged rather than refuse or resist.

Thinking of this, Yun Ci decided to interrupt the topic: "I don't agree with this marriage, you deserve better, he is not worthy of you." Yun Ci only said this, then turned to laugh and said, "Maybe you Half an hour's leave, go back and wash your face before serving. I don't have the heart to deal with paperwork with your current state."

Chuxiu couldn't keep up with Yunci's change of mind, so he nodded after a moment of reaction.Is this a thing of the past?What did he mean when he asked her for a while?With some doubts in her heart, and a moment of relief, Chuxiu took the order to quit Qingxinzhai.

As soon as he walked to the door, he saw a young man in a scarlet shirt approaching him, with an anxious expression and hurried steps.Chuxiu didn't know her identity, so she took the initiative to step aside to make way, and the man in scarlet clothes walked past her without turning her eyes, and went to the study where Yunci was.

When I came out of Xiu, I heard the bamboo shadow outside the door calling: "Third Lord." It turned out that the man in scarlet clothes was Yun Xian.She didn't stay any longer, and went back to her room to tidy up.

Half an hour later, Chuxiu was tidied up and returned to Qingxin Zhai.As soon as he entered the arched door, he saw Zhu Ying still guarding the outside, shaking his head slightly to signal her.When she came out of Xiuxiu, she immediately understood that there were people in the room, and it was inconvenient for her to go in.

After about a cup of tea, the people in the room ended their conversation.The man in scarlet clothes walked out quickly from the study, Zhu Ying still called out: "Third Lord."

Yun Xian looked seventeen or eighteen years old at most, with star eyebrows and sharp eyes, and a tall and straight figure, but he was older than his peers.At this moment, his face was solemn, and he only said politely to Zhu Ying: "No need to send it off." After saying that, he walked down the steps quickly.

When passing by Chuxiu, Yun Xian suddenly stopped, glanced at her, and asked thoughtfully, "Are you Chuxiu?"

Now that you have heard her name, you should know that she is dumb, right?Chuxiu bowed and saluted, acquiescing to her identity.

There was no surprise in Yun Xian's eyes, but he said with deep meaning: "In the future, you will have nothing to do, so don't wander around at will."

Chuxiu remembered that Yun Xian saved him from the siege that day, so he saluted again, this time, it was a thank you.

Yun Xian only let out a "huh" before walking away.

It is undeniable that Yun Xian is what Chuxiu thinks a child of an aristocratic family should look like.With a good background, excellent self-cultivation, taciturn and proud, he treats his servants neither harshly nor kindly, and always maintains a dignified aloofness.It wasn't until she saw the corner of the crimson robe disappearing outside the arch that she withdrew her thoughts and walked into the study.

Yunci was sitting in front of the case, frowning and thinking about something. Seeing that he had left Xiuxiu and came back, he only said in a low voice: "There is a plague in Fangzhou, which is very serious. Now King Mu has blocked the four gates of Yanlan City. The refugees are isolated, the Yun family can't just sit idly by."

There was a plague in Fangzhou?Hearing the words out of Xiu was taken aback.Although Fangzhou is like spring all the year round, it's only the beginning of April, so it shouldn't be the season when plagues frequently occur.

Yun Ci didn't explain the cause of the plague, but said: "Fangzhou is the city of King Mu. This man was born in the army and has iron-blooded wrists. If things go on like this, there must be more and more refugees... Come out of Xiu, follow me to see my mother."

After hearing this, Chuxiu knew that he must have a countermeasure, so he didn't bother to ask carefully, and hurriedly pushed him together with Zhu Ying, and went to Rongjintang, the garden of Mrs. Tai.

Along the way, Yunci didn't say a word, and only told Chuxiu when he was approaching Rongjin Hall: "No matter what I say to mother, you just take orders." His tone was still gentle, but it was inviolable. inverse.

Chuxiu nodded, and followed Yun Ci into Rongjin Hall.

Mrs. Tai once presided over the affairs of the Yunfu for several years after the death of Lord Hou. After countless storms, she has long been calm.After hearing about the plague, she seemed extremely calm, took a sip of tea and asked Yun Ci, "What are your plans?"

Yun Ci replied without hesitation: "Just now I discussed with my third brother, and he will come forward to preside over the porridge and charity. I will go to Mu Wang's mansion in person and ask Mu Wang's attitude before making any plans."

Mrs. Tai nodded: "After all, Fangzhou is the fiefdom of King Mu, so you should have asked him what he meant, but he is moody, so you should pay attention to your words."

"Mother, don't worry. If King Mu doesn't reach a consensus with us, I have my own way to bypass him."

Chuxiu was listening to the conversation between the mother and son, deeply moved.She originally thought that the Marquis of Lixin's mansion had been prosperous for hundreds of years, relying on the ancestral shade and business income, but she didn't expect that the Yun family was so attentive to the people's sentiments that the majestic Marquis of Lixin even wanted to rectify the plague himself.

(End of this chapter)