happy event

Chapter 173 Letter and Porcelain Vase
It turned out that a strange thing happened in the palace a few days ago.A favored concubine went to bed when she went to bed at night, but she woke up in the morning and lay in the imperial garden.The eunuchs and maids who came and went thought that the nobleman had been killed, and they were frightened and called for help.As a result, the concubine got up by herself instead, and she didn't know why she changed places in her sleep.

The emperor was very annoyed when he heard about it, and the doctor Xuan took his pulse, only to find out that this nobleman had nocturnal wandering syndrome, and he couldn't control his actions in his sleep.Therefore, the emperor withdrew the nobleman's sign and sent her directly to a remote palace.If it weren't for that noble man's family's face in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, perhaps he would have been completely sidelined
Some tea drinkers were not too smart, and asked curiously, "It's just a sleepwalking, as for being sidelined?"

The person next to him sneered and said, "Even if ordinary people have wives and concubines who have this disease, they must be locked up tightly, let alone in the palace. What if the emperor is sleeping soundly, but is injured by a sleepless nobleman, that's terrible." A big event has happened. At that time, that nobleman's family may be implicated, and it is a great grace to withdraw the brand like this."

Everyone nodded when they heard the words, and then talked about the many things they had heard about the nocturnal patients unintentionally hurting others. For a while, the lobby was like boiled rice porridge, completely mixed together.

Dong Rong sat upstairs and listened with relish, and finally leaned on her husband's arms while eating snacks and gossiping in a low voice, "Zhuzi, didn't you learn a little medical skills from Uncle Feng? Why do you think that concubine suddenly suffered from nocturnal excursions?" Well, are you tired of intrigue all day long?"

Murong Huaide carefully fed his beloved wife a sip of tea, and said with a smile, "I really know something about this matter."

"You know the inside story?" Dong Rong's eyes lit up with joy, and she urged in a low voice, "Tell me quickly, isn't this concubine particularly beautiful and favored?"

Murong Huaide kept silent, and finally raised his finger to his lips.Dong Rong's face immediately turned red, looking left and right, it seemed that no one was paying attention to her private room, so she lowered her head and quickly kissed him on the lips, and said angrily, "Okay, let's talk."

Murong Huaide glanced at the bustling crowd downstairs, did not "blackmail" his beloved wife any further, and smiled instead, "The concubine's surname is Zheng, and her family has some contacts in the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"And then." Dong Rong waited for a long while but didn't see him say anything, so she urged, "Is that all?"

Murong Huaide was amused, and reminded again, "The two nuns who went to the other hospital on the day we got married came from the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Dong Rong was confused when she heard this, and finally understood after pondering for a while, and asked in amazement, "You mean, the concubine's sleepwalking is you..."

"Buddha said, don't say it." Murong Huaide said mysteriously in an official tone, causing Dong Rong to pull his arm and shake it non-stop, "Tell me, those two nuns were very arrogant at the time, if I If you don’t find an excuse to kick him out, you might be tortured to death by them. I didn’t offend that concubine Zheng, why did she make trouble for me?”

Murong Huaide was afraid that his wife would fall to him, so he quickly helped her to sit in his arms, and finally whispered the whole story in her ear.

Dong Rong's face turned angry for a while and helpless for a while, and finally pouted her lips and replied, "Am I suffering from a disaster?"

Murong Huaide also felt a little apologetic in his heart, he patted her on the back lightly and comforted her, "It's not easy for us juniors to comment on the grievances of the previous generation."

Dong Rong rolled her eyes fiercely, and when she was about to speak again, Yi Ba, who was guarding outside the door, suddenly opened the door and ran in, shouting, "Madam, Madam, Boss A has sent a letter, saying that it is the second young master's son." Lift it!"

"Really?" Dong Rong suddenly stood up in surprise, and took the envelope.But she was probably too excited, and the envelope was still intact after tearing it apart for a long time.

Murong Huaide was amused, so he took it casually, and simply pulled the letter paper inside to reveal it.Head to head, the young couple read together from beginning to end.

Sure enough, Zhang Yang reported the township examination in detail in his letter. Although there were some small mistakes during the period, Dong Pingping's several submissions were very up-to-date, and Bailu Academy won five of the top ten places in the essay examination.Dong Ping, the chief of the case, was invited to speak by the lord of the Fu Zun, which was very courteous.

Now the whole Qing County is boiling, not to mention how many people are planning to sell their sons to the academy to study, even the previous auspicious fruit incident has been found out, and the business of the Four Seasons Garden is so good that it is almost exploding.

Less than a day after Dong Ping returned to Bailu Academy, a matchmaker came into the academy to ask him to propose a marriage. Although he was sternly rejected, Mrs. Yang became even more anxious, and urged the Dong family to quickly ask the matchmaker to propose a marriage and make a marriage proposal. .

The more Dong Rong watched, the more joyful she became, and finally grabbed Murong Huaide's hand and shouted, "Zhuzi, brother Ping wants to get engaged, how can I stop coming? Shall we... go back earlier?"

Murong Huaide was just reading the letter, thinking in his mind, seeing his wife's eyes filled with anticipation, so he quickly responded, "It's half a month before Father's Hundred Days Ceremony, why don't you Let's pack up our luggage and do our things first, and we'll be on our way once the hundred days of burning are over. How about it?"

"Great!" Dong Rong was so happy that she jumped up, hugged her husband and kissed her husband deeply, "I want to choose more fabrics, jewelry, and rouge powder... Oh, what else do you need for a betrothal gift? Someone tell me quickly explain!"

Murong Huaide raised his hand to wipe the saliva off his face, and at the end he teased his beloved wife who wanted to run to get ready right away, and persuaded, "Don't worry, there's half a month left. Let's go back to the mansion first, and then let Jiayi call All the shopkeepers send things to the mansion for you to pick and choose."

Dong Rong nodded hastily, and naturally she didn't bother to listen to gossip at the moment, so she pulled her husband back home with her maid.

Several storekeepers heard that the master wanted to pick some good things as dowry gifts, so they almost emptied their warehouses all at once, and dragged carts to the palace.Dong Rong couldn't feel her waist sore and her back hurt anymore, and while asking the shopkeepers about the styles that are popular in Kyoto, she enthusiastically directed Zizhu and Yiba to move things into the room.

Murong Huaide smiled and said a few words to the shopkeeper, finally seeing his beloved wife was very busy, so he asked Wenniang to say a few words and went to the main courtyard.

Sure enough, as he expected, Princess Liu heard that her son was going back to the Northland after the Hundred Days Ceremony, she was so anxious that she almost spilled the tea, and finally came up with an excuse that she was not in good health, and was going to force her son to stay in the capital.

No, but Murong Huaide invited with a smile, "Concubine Mother is not in good health, and I don't feel at ease if you are left alone in the capital. So for the past few days, Concubine Mother will pack up her luggage and go back to the Northland with us. Four Seasons Although the garden is not big, there are always flowers blooming in four seasons, and there is no shortage of fruits, and the family has built a new yard just for the concubine mother, and the most important thing is that Mr. Feng lives nearby, so he can take good care of the concubine mother."

Concubine Liu was dumbfounded when she heard that, she opened and closed her mouth many times and struggled to find an excuse, "I'm leaving, what about your cousin?"

As soon as Murong Huaide thought of that pretentious and shameless Cousin Liu, he frowned, and responded lightly, "Cousin is from the Liu family, so naturally she has to go back to the Liu family."

"How can it be, she has already lost her reputation because of you, and your uncle also kicked her out. Except for our palace..."

"My concubine should hurry up and pack your luggage these few days. There is no shortage of wooden utensils and ornaments in the Four Seasons Garden. It is good for my concubine to bring some soft things."

Murong Huaide knew very well that if he continued speaking, he would definitely quarrel with his mother and concubine again, so he got up and saluted with a simple sentence, and then walked out of the hall.

Princess Liu yelled several times but did not leave her son behind, she knew in her heart that her son was determined to leave this time.So in desperation, he wrote a letter, and finally called someone to call Hongyu, asking her to go back to Liu's mansion as soon as possible to get something.

Hongyu accepted the letter honestly and returned to the Liu Mansion. Master Liu read the letter and was silent for a long while, and when he had time to speak again, he asked carefully about the trivial matters of the Wang Mansion.Hongyu answered carefully without knowing the inside story.Master Liu rewarded her with two taels of silver, and finally wrote two letters, and took out a small white porcelain bottle from the desk, and handed them to Hongyu together, and said, "These two letters, one with Give all the small medicine bottles to the concubine, and one to your young lady, so don't make a mistake."

Hongyu knelt on the ground in fear, and replied in a low voice, "Master, this servant is illiterate, please make some obvious marks."

A smug look flashed in Master Liu's eyes when he heard the words, and all doubts in his heart disappeared. He picked up the pen on the table and drew two patterns on the back of the two letters as marks.

Hongyu muttered to herself in a low voice, and after confirming that she had made no mistake, she carefully put the envelope and medicine bottle into her pocket, and finally kowtowed respectfully before backing out.

Bingsi hid on the big tree in the corner of Liu's courtyard, resenting that there were so many people in the daytime, so it would be easier to follow at night.Fortunately, the little maid came out of the study very quickly, but she didn't keep him waiting.

Hongyu left the back door of the Liu Mansion, went to the medicine shop on the way, and finally hurried back to the Wang Mansion.Liu Xiaozhen received the letter from her father, read it carefully, then hurriedly lit it and burned it clean, and finally told Hongyu, "You go to deliver the letter later, and find a chance to let my aunt tell my aunt that I met my cousin a few days ago. I haven’t eaten since the noodles, so it’s best to let her come over. If you mess up this matter, hmph, be careful with your skin!”

Hongyu shrank her neck suddenly in fright, hurriedly responded and rushed to the main courtyard again.

Concubine Liu was wandering around anxiously at the moment, and as soon as she saw Hongyu coming back, she immediately chased away the servant girl in the house, and finally took the letter and the small porcelain bottle and read them carefully, her complexion was a little bad, as if Some hesitation and some fear.

She was stunned like this for a while, and finally came back to her senses, and she saw Hongyu was still kneeling in front of her, so she angrily ordered, "It's none of your business, go down."

Hongyu hesitated for a moment, but finally kowtowed and begged, "Mother, I beg you to persuade my young lady. If this continues, the young lady will starve to death."

"Starved to death?" Concubine Liu raised her eyebrows in surprise, and asked, "I haven't seen Zhen'er for two days, what's wrong with her? Is she sick?"

Hongyu shook her head vigorously, and continued to cry, "Since I met the day before yesterday... I have been sick since I met the prince, and she was lying on the bed without eating or drinking. The maidservant is really worried..."

(End of this chapter)