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Chapter 138 Spring Blossoms (Part [-])

"There was only a small kumquat lamp lit in the room, and it was so dark and scary. She was surprised when she saw me coming in, and said, 'Brother Yu, why are you, you, what did you see' , I never lied in front of her, so I said, "I saw my second uncle leaving very unhappy, did you have a fight?" Me, pushed me into the toilet room. I saw the panic on her face, and she didn't dare to be naughty, so I hid there obediently. After a while, I heard the voice of Mother Yi, she said, "The madam is weak and can't bear it. Why don't you find some sisters so that your children will be more prosperous?" She was silent for a long time, as if she was very sad, and murmured, "Thank you for your advice, I will help you with this matter." Still think about it." Mother Yi sighed and said, "Madam is too soft-tempered. Let me tell you, this is Yandi, not Xizhao. The man doesn't care about the inner house. If you do, then But it's something to be ridiculed and immoral. As long as the madam gets tough, the master will definitely give in.' Tell me, why did Nanny Yi suddenly manage the Dexin Courtyard?"

Madam Xu stared at Qi Yuzhi.

"Brother Yu, do you know what you're talking about?"

Qi Yuzhi's expression was very sad.

"When everyone in the house was gone, she carried me out of the toilet room and put me on the kang. She wrapped me in a quilt for fear that I would catch a cold, and gave me some snacks. I still remember , The dessert that day was lotus flower cakes. Do you know what lotus flower cakes are made of?"

Qi Yuzhi was completely lost in memory, and without waiting for Madam Xu to answer, she continued, "Add sugar, eggs, and lard to knead the dough, wrap the oil core with oil skin, roll up the oil skin from bottom to top, and wrap the dough dough, I also need to use a knife to cut five petals on it. When it is fried in the pan, it will bloom like a budding lotus. Several times, she took me secretly to make this dessert in the small kitchen. Whenever she makes this dessert, she looks very happy. She told me that when she was a child, she liked reading and didn’t like female celebrities, and she didn’t like cooking that made her body full of oily smoke, but someone told her that it didn’t matter. It's not that she is asked to be a cook. As long as she learns one or two dishes, it will be fine when she arrives at her in-law's house. This dim sum is because the man likes to eat it, so she specially invited the imperial chef to teach it, and it is the only one she can get. Her culinary skills are also the only thing she knows how to cook. You said, when Fang Shaoqing came to our house as a guest, why did you think of entertaining him with that lotus cake?"

"Brother Yu, what nonsense are you talking about?" Mrs. Xu's expression changed drastically.

Qi Yuzhi ignored her appearance.

"She asked me, is the dim sum delicious? I said it was delicious. She hugged me in her arms and said with a smile, this lotus flower cake hasn't been fried through the heart yet, how can you say it's delicious? I said, as long as You made it, and I thought it was delicious. When she heard it, she shed tears and said, you are like him, no matter what I do, I feel good... That day, she talked to me a lot , I don’t remember it very clearly. It’s just that feeling, very warm, very reassuring, very quiet... Later, we often talked together. She told me what flowers should be planted in spring, what trees should be planted in summer, and what kind of trees should be planted in autumn. What is the best, what is the most fragrant flower picking in winter..."

"But this kind of warm and comfortable life is not common. As soon as the second uncle comes back, she shrinks and hides in the grove in the garden to cry. I will wait for her in the grove and listen to her talk .One day, the second uncle came back, and I waited for her in the grove. After a while, she came. That day, her mood was lower than usual. I wanted to make her happy, and I made it with dogtail grass I gave her the wreath, but she didn't smile. I was very worried, so I sat quietly beside her. She suddenly said to me, "Brother Yu, your second uncle, he is going to fight. He is going to fight Gaochang people." I was very happy when I heard it, and said to her, "That's great! In this way, the second uncle will not come back for a long time. You don't have to quarrel, and you don't have to be sad." She was not only unhappy when she heard what I said , and touched my head worriedly, and said, 'Fool, if he starts a war, many people will die, many people will have no clothes to wear, many people will have no food to eat...' Then the eyes in her eyes Then there was a look of confusion, and he said, "Why? Isn't it good that we are like this? Although he is not the biggest, most powerful and most prominent Duke of Xizhao, compared to others, he is also very good. Why do we have to fight?" Do you have to plunder other people's things?' I don't know why, but I just listened to her..."

Mrs. Xu patted Qi Yuzhi's little table with her palm, and said in a deep voice, "Stop talking, are you still afraid that others will not know what scandalous things you have done?"

Qi Yuzhi looked at Mrs. Xu sharply.

"Then one day, she called me suddenly, and asked me in a low voice, 'Brother Yu, what I told you that day, have you told others', I thought about it carefully, and said 'No, you told me I won’t tell others’, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, ‘Brother Yu, if someone asks you, you must say you don’t know’, I curiously asked her why, she hesitated for a long time, Then he said to me, "Your second uncle was assassinated. It seems to be someone from the court. It is said that it has something to do with his invasion of Gaochang. Now we are investigating this matter. Don't say you know." I nodded and said 'Don't worry, I won't tell. Besides, I didn't tell anyone'."

Speaking of this, Qi Yuzhi looked at Mrs. Xu tremblingly: "At that time, I didn't know that other people, including my grandmother!"

Mrs. Xu slapped Qi Yuzhi's face with a slap.She had a gloomy face: "You're pouring dirty water on yourself. He doesn't behave properly, what does it have to do with us?"

Qi Yuzhi covered his face and laughed.

He smiled helplessly.

He pointed to the window lattice beside him: "It's just three pieces of wood, but they can change into endless patterns. Tell me, isn't it very interesting!"

Mrs. Xu pinched Qi Yuzhi's shoulders with both hands and shook her back and forth vigorously: "Be sober. Do you know what you are talking about? Everything I do is for you, for you... When you inherit Once I get the title, I can go back to Xizhao in style..."

"Go back to Xizhao!" Qi Yuzhi looked at Mrs. Xu with a strange expression, "Tell me, go back to Xizhao! You have been married to Qi Mansion for more than 40 years, but you only want to go back to Xizhao?"

Mrs. Xu looked a little embarrassed, and said without confidence: "I, after all, I grew up in Xizhao, and that is my home. Fallen leaves return to their roots, and I will go back sooner or later..."

Qi Yuzhi pinched Mrs. Xu's shoulders with both hands, with a sad expression on his face: "Grandma, please be sober! Without the Duke of Yan's mansion, who do you think you are? Who do you think I am? Back to Xizhao , who among those nobles will open the door for you?"

Mrs. Xu avoided Qi Yuzhi's eyes in panic.

Suddenly, Qi Yuzhi hugged Mrs. Xu tightly: "Grandmother, let it be! Let go! Let it be! We are all alive, living in rich clothes and rich food, this is already very lucky, grandmother, let go, You now, and me, I will listen to you, marry a girl from the Fang family, let go..."

Mrs. Xu's stiff body gradually softened in Qi Yuzhi's embrace.She stretched out her arms and hugged Qi Yuzhi's body, and cried on her tall grandson's chest: "Brother Yu, I have paid too much, 40 years of coldness and loneliness, your father's life... I have given too much I'm not reconciled, I'm not reconciled..."

Qi Yuzhi hugged his hunched grandmother, patted her on the back lightly, and murmured: "I know, I know... We have all lost too much..."

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When Mrs. Xu came out of Dongzi Pavilion, the kindness, kindness and peace had returned to her face.

Nanny Yi followed behind her, carefully observing her expression.

After walking through the long veranda, Mrs. Xu suddenly stopped beside the rockery piled up beside the Taihu Lake stones.

She raised her head and looked at the sky, let out a long breath, then turned to Nanny Yi and said, "Go to Huaiyuan and discuss with Wei Zhengrong about the appointment tomorrow!"

Mother Yi was startled, and said in a low voice, "Madam..." There was confusion in her tone.

Mrs. Xu raised her eyelids and glanced at the girl and woman who was following her, and she had already stood still with the Lingling mother standing far away.Mrs. Xu and Nanny Yi walked to a corner of the veranda.

"She wants Qi Hao to give birth to a son wholeheartedly, so she often sends some girls she thinks are good to Qi Hao's house. This time I went to Cui Taijun to ask Liu Meier to marry me. Miss Gu was negligent."

Nanny Yi smiled and said, "Don't be Madam, none of us would have thought of it. Usually, when she chooses girls, they are all between the ages of seventeen and eighteen. I'm afraid there is no way this time. Some time ago, Didn't she send Miss Liu to Hongtai without success?"

Mrs. Xu didn't feel happy because of these words, she pondered: "So, I doubt, what is she going to do? The girl is so young, what do you know, don't say she is pregnant, even Cheng Huan, I am afraid that there will be some difficulties. You say , does she just want a title?"

Mother Yi's heart moved, and she hesitated: "Could it be that Qi Hao was really hurt by the attack, so..."

"Well." Mrs. Xu said coldly, "I think so too. If Qi Hao was safe, she would not be in such a hurry to marry a daughter-in-law. She should try to get Qi Hao to take over the house as before. After all , there is no justifiable reason, Hong Luan has to be raised by my grandmother, even Qi Hao, can't break the rules and say anything."

Nanny Yi twitched her eyebrows and asked in a low voice, "Could it be that you are arranging funeral arrangements?"

Mrs. Xu didn't make a sound.

Nanny Yi said again: "Then you really promise her..."

"There is no other way!" Mrs. Xu calmly and completely ignored her, with only ruthlessness in her eyes, "Qi Hao asked Erping to bring a letter to Brother Yu, saying that he already knew about the Dexin Courtyard, so Brother Yu should not worry. , said that he would take care of everything, let him do whatever he was supposed to do, and remember to get things done for the Spring Festival, and the Duke of Yan’s government will still rely on him in the future... Brother Yu is young, how can he understand the dangers of the human heart, Now he is only thinking about his second uncle's well-being!"

Nanny Yi looked at Mrs. Xu in surprise: "In this case, why should Madam agree to Mrs. Wei's conditions, and wait for Qi Hao to come back..."

(End of this chapter)