Rebirth's Charm

Chapter 142

This other courtyard was not even named, and the stewards called it Meiyuan in order to distinguish it on the books.Like any property owned by Yu Shaoheng in the capital or other places, Ye Xizhao only knew of its existence on the books.

The other courtyard occupies quite a large area. Passing through the outer courtyard is the inner courtyard of the second entrance, and after that is the endless plum garden.

Yu Shaoheng first asked Ye Xizhao to go indoors to rest for a while, while he stayed in the front yard and listened to Jia Nian's report.

The interior is as warm as spring, with all black lacquered furniture, decorated with red cushions and welcome pillows, and the plum blossoms on the high tables exude a faint fragrance.

Open the curtain and step into the bedroom.On the bed made of rosewood wood, half-draped tents, brand-new mandarin pillows, and quilts are all bright red in joy.

Ye Xizhao raised his eyebrows slightly, a smile appeared on his lips.

Feng Lan had heard Zhilan talk about Ye Xizhao's dressing habits, and when she was serving to change, she took out a small red jacket and skirt, and pointed to the little white fox fur cloak that was put aside, "Madam, if you Going out to enjoy the flowers, can I wear this white cloak?"

"Okay." Ye Xizhao nodded with a smile.

After changing clothes, after drinking a cup of tea, Yu Shaoheng came in.

After he changed his clothes, Ye Xizhao wanted to see the plum blossoms in full bloom first, and asked: "I want to go to enjoy the flowers first, can I have dinner after I come back?"

Yu Shaoheng nodded and smiled.

Feng Lan hurriedly fetched the cloak and put it on Ye Xizhao.

Ye Xizhao thought about the chill outside, so he ordered: "You just stay in the room, don't follow me to get cold. You go to enjoy the flowers when you have time." Immediately, he went out with Yu Shaoheng, and arrived at the corridor from Chaoshou The Moon Cave Gate to the Plum Garden.

When stepping down the smooth stone steps, Yu Shaoheng held her hand.

Ye Xizhao, however, stood motionless on the steps, looking into the distance, narrowing his eyes with surprise——

The vast garden is covered with thick snow.On both sides of several criss-crossing paths, palace lanterns with ram's horns are hung, and the warm lights are softly poured on the road.

Under such a background, the plum blossom trees are in full bloom, and the bright red blossoms on the branches are really pleasing to the eye under the mutual reflection of the lights and the snow.

Ye Xizhao smiled softly, "It really is very beautiful." Then he walked down the stone steps with Yu Shaoheng and walked into the beautiful scenery.

As she walked, she asked about the origin of this other courtyard.

Yu Shaoheng told her: "When I was young, I went hunting in autumn and passed by here by chance. I saw people building this house. I thought it would be interesting in winter. I told my mother when I returned home, and my mother asked the housekeeper to buy it. Come down." The voice paused, and explained with a light smile, "Since I was a child, there are only a handful of things that I like at the first sight, otherwise my mother would not be so refreshing."

"You don't need to say that?" Ye Xizhao laughed, "Who doesn't know your temperament?" Then, he praised the original owner of the other courtyard, "You are an elegant person."

Yu Shaoheng didn't think so, and said, "I don't think so. This place is only suitable for winter."

Ye Xizhao thought about it, "That's right." Except for the winter, the scenery of this house is really boring.

Because the two decided to come here suddenly, the people in the other courtyard didn't know about it, and the snow on the path hadn't been cleared.Ye Xizhao was walking on the snow, feeling insecure and afraid of accidentally falling, so he involuntarily snuggled up to him, but at the same time he was worried that there would be servants in the garden, so he hurriedly distanced himself from him.

Yu Shaoheng laughed, stretched out his arms, and wrapped her in his arms, "Don't worry, there are no servants in the garden."

"Really?" Ye Xizhao then relaxed, wrapping his arms around his waist.

Yu Shaoheng nodded, "It's just a garden of plum blossoms, and there is no need to order someone to take care of it at night."

"This is actually the best way. Even if someone comes to steal it, he is a Fengya thief." Ye Xizhao felt very comfortable, and looked up at the dark blue night sky.

There is a crescent moon hanging in the sky, and the stars twinkle and twinkle, seeming to blink mischievously.

Looking at Bai Xuehongmei who was close at hand, she sighed contentedly, "You should have brought me here earlier."

Yu Shaoheng hugged her tighter, "Indeed."

Concerned about her thin body and the extreme cold at night, Yu Shaoheng coaxed her back to the front after walking around the courtyard for a while.

The two of them returned to the room with a low laugh and ordered someone to prepare the meal immediately.

Ye Xizhao suggested: "Will you have a drink? I'll accompany you today."

Yu Shaoheng first raised his eyebrows in surprise, then nodded happily, and ordered someone to warm a pot of Lihuabai.

Ye Xizhao sent a maid to serve the wine by himself.

Yu Shaoheng looked at her under the soft light.She was wearing a red jacket and cotton skirt, a golden hairpin on her head inlaid with red gemstones, and a red coral bracelet that she often wore on her wrist.

Such bright clothes, beautiful and delicious people in front of him, and the faint sound of fireworks and firecrackers in the distance filled his heart with warmth.

Yu Shaoheng clinked glasses with her, and asked with a puzzled smile, "Why are you making an exception today?"

"I'm happy today." Ye Xizhao took a sip of his wine and smiled again, "When sister Xin grows up, it's better not to drink as badly as I do—although it's a woman, it's not good to get drunk even after drinking, and it's not good on some occasions. You must have some wine to cheer you up."

When Yu Shaoheng mentioned Sister Xin, his eyes became brighter and his eyes became softer, "In the future, do you want Sister Xin to study Chinese or martial arts?"

Ye Xizhao took another sip of wine, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Let her go with the flow. It's for practicing martial arts. In two years, let her practice martial arts with brother Hao. It's not that material. Just read more books."

If she hadn't married him, she would never have dreamed of letting her daughter practice martial arts.But the Yu family is different from other families, and with Yu Shaoyun as a precedent, she naturally has to follow the style of the family and plan for the child.After all, there is no harm for girls to practice martial arts. Apart from strengthening their bodies, they can also protect themselves if they have a big event or a small love on weekdays.

Yu Shaoheng's request couldn't be simpler, "Just be like you."

Like her, what time of day is it good to be like her?Even now, Gu Yunzheng also knows that he has many shortcomings.She was just lucky enough to have his affection.

Although I come here only to relax, I will inevitably mention the people and things around me.During the dinner, Yu Shaoheng mentioned Xiao Xun, "For some time, he has devoted all his energy to Qiao An and family affairs, and I hope he won't be taken advantage of by others."

These words caused Ye Xizhao's expression to stagnate, and then he said: "This is a matter of reason, and no one has to take care of it, but his position is that he can't make any mistakes. Have you reminded him? ? Now he is also a father, let alone make mistakes. In case something goes wrong..." It is a catastrophe.

Yu Shaoheng smiled lightly, "He himself is very clear, but he still has no skills. It doesn't matter, I will help more. If he is like before all his life, he will not make mistakes, but people will be ruined."

indeed so.If a man's life is like a dangerous weapon out of its scabbard, the possibility of making mistakes is extremely small, but it is his relatives who suffer.No kind of woman can accept living under the same roof with a person who doesn't know how to be human.

To put it bluntly, it was really not easy for Xiao Xun to be the commander of the hidden guards. Even if he devoted his whole life to it, there was no way to avoid some disadvantages.He has offended too many people and planted countless hidden dangers. It is not easy to live a peaceful life at home now.As his good friend, Yu Shaoheng naturally had to do his best to help in secret.

Before I knew it, I drank two glasses of wine.Ye Xizhao raised his hand to touch his face, but he didn't feel the burn, and looked around the room, seeing all the furnishings clearly.

Compared to the past, the amount of alcohol seems to be a little better.

But instead of pampering herself, she pushed the glass aside.Another reason for drinking was that she had just found a bed in a strange place, and was worried that she would disturb him by tossing and turning at night, so she wanted to drink some alcohol to avoid this situation.

After eating, the two of them rested.Nothing to say all night.

Zhong Liye is very unhappy about Kang Wang's determination to marry Jing Zhiran, and this unhappiness has been lingering in his heart, lingering.

At this time, he walked into Yu Shaoyun's palace with a stern expression.

Yu Shaoyun has already rested.

Zhong Liye waved his hand to dismiss the maid, sat by the bed, and said straight to the point: "Tomorrow I will leave the palace."

Yu Shaoyun smiled and nodded.He didn't want Tang Hongxiao to marry the Jing family, let alone King Kang and the Jing family. It wasn't for this, and he wouldn't have made trouble for the marriage before.But the Empress Dowager has always been kind of doting on King Kang—what other mother would be different?The eldest son is an emperor, and the second son must live under the light of the eldest son all his life. Of course, he must make his life more satisfactory in other aspects.But this matter touched Zhong Liye's interests and calculations. He didn't say anything, but he must have felt that the queen mother had given him a problem, otherwise he wouldn't have left the palace so soon.The way he vented his anger with the Empress Dowager could only be in this way, if he did something out of line, he would inevitably be criticized by the officials, and he would get a reputation of being unfilial.

After pondering for a moment, Zhong Liye said again: "Because of what happened to Concubine Shu last time, my mother said that she was not sure to take good care of Concubine Shu."

Yu Shaoyun couldn't help but smiled wryly, "What should I do?" I said to myself that your own mother was not sure, why did you repeat the old story with me, and why did you make fun of yourself.

Zhong Liye said: "In this case, I have to work harder on you, and help the mother take care of Concubine Shu."

Yu Shaoyun didn't hide her distaste for this matter anymore.She frowned, and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, the concubine really doesn't understand why the concubine is required to take care of the concubine Shu after she is happy? Could it be that the emperor suspects that the concubine will harm the fetus in the concubine Shu's womb? If she is really in the concubine's womb What should I do if something went wrong under my concubine's care? Do you want my concubine to bear such a big crime all by herself?"

"Why do you think so?" Zhong Liye laughed, "Concubine Shu is delicate and hypocritical, and now Qin Anhuai is very important in the court, so I have to give her some face. Whoever I want to give face to, I can only ask You help me a little bit."

Yu Shaoyun thought for a moment and said: "It's fine on weekdays, but the emperor will leave the palace tomorrow, and the concubines have to do their best to take care of the sixth palace. They are not in good health, so it is really difficult to take on this important task. The emperor loves Concubine Shu, so why not give her Send some guards. No matter who they are, with the protection of the guards in the hands of the emperor, they will not make mistakes."

Zhong Liye thought for a while, a little apology flashed in his eyes, and he lightly placed his hand on her abdomen, "It's because I didn't think carefully, and I always thought that you could be alone no matter what." Then he tried to persuade her to act according to his will, "You She is the head of the six palaces, and her position in the concubine's heart is probably more worthy of respect than mine. As long as you send a message, who would dare to obey it?" If she said that she had no means or the courage to shock people, he would be the first to say Do not believe.One of the reasons why he valued this woman too much was because of her tricks.

"Your Majesty thinks highly of your concubines." Yu Shaoyun said indifferently, "Concubines are also people who are going to be muses. They have long been exhausted, and it is not easy to protect themselves. The emperor should also understand that after being happy, people will always feel weak , Snooze a lot. No matter how independent you are, you will be powerless and unable to cover everything."

Only then did Zhong Liye give up, and said apologetically, "I was careless, so let's arrange it according to your wishes."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After Yu Shaoyun thanked him, he raised his hand to caress his forehead, looking a little tired, and politely asked him to leave.

Zhong Liye talked to her for a while before slowly leaving.

Yu Shaoyun closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then opened his eyes, with a murderous look in his eyes, and a very cold smile on the corner of his lips.

A few days ago, the envoy of the Taiyuan Hospital had clearly told her that Concubine Shu's pregnancy was impossible to keep.As early as in the early days of Youxi, other concubines had secretly used methods to mobilize the fetus.Unexpectedly, Concubine Shu couldn't grasp other people's excuses, so she had to hold back her breath, and later, she wanted to pour this basin of dirty water on her.If not for this, how could Concubine Shu be so stupid as to let her "take care of her".

That hypocritical bastard used the fetus in his womb again and again to make things difficult for her time and time again.She endured it again and again, and at this point, she didn't want to worry about such things anymore.She despises the methods used by the women in the palace to fight back and forth, and she has no patience to play such low tricks with them.

The envoy of the imperial hospital also told her that the emperor knew about this, and the hateful thing is that even today, he still indulges concubine Shu again and again.

What's the meaning?Want to see if she, the queen of the palace, is really tolerant?But the problem is that Concubine Shu will have a miscarriage sooner or later. After she took care of the miscarriage, it is he who understands what is going on. How can the queen mother and concubines understand?After all, he just wanted to use this incident to intensify the conflict between Qin Anhuai and her elder brother.What a vicious heart!
Her elder brother had told her a long time ago that even if she swallowed her anger for the rest of her life, she would not be able to dissipate the emperor's fear of the Yu family.That being the case, she might as well live as she pleases.

In the past period of time, it was not so much that she endured Concubine Shu as she endured Zhong Liye.By now all her patience had run out.

At this point, she didn't think he was worth her patience and expectation.

For a man, it is enough for her to go through the process of restraining her feelings step by step, to affection, and then to disappointment.

She didn't want to go to the point where she hated him, let alone the point where she hated him from the bottom of her heart.And if things continue at his pace blindly, the day of hating and loathing him may come soon.

That is the real suffering, unbearable.

I am not afraid of whom I have given affection to, what I am afraid of is that in the end, I will find that that man is not worthy or worthy of cherishing.

Sometimes, Yu Shaoyun would imagine that if she was an ordinary weak woman, she might be satisfied with the favor she once received, or become a dissatisfied woman in the palace, blaming him for breaking his promise and hating his ruthlessness.It's a pity that she is not, she spent too much time in the palace after all sober.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help laughing.

The best memories he gave, from now on, I can only remember them hard, because I know that it may be impossible to get them again in this life.

Early in the morning, Yu Shaoheng slept in bed with peace of mind.

But Ye Xizhao woke up early as usual, coaxed him to let go of himself, got up and ordered the little maid to fetch water to wash away the smell of beauty, but couldn't wash away the traces of beauty.

Dressed neatly, after eating breakfast alone, thinking about the plum blossoms in the back garden, I took Feng Lan to enjoy the beautiful scenery in the morning light.

The plum blossoms in the night scene are almost distorted, and the plum blossoms in the clear air and cold wind in the morning can fully show their pride.

Ye Xizhao personally broke off several plum blossoms that bloomed extremely pleasingly, kept a few for himself, and gave the rest to Feng Lan and the little maid.

Feng Lan smiled and reminded: "It's still very cold in the morning, madam should go back to the room earlier, and it won't be too late to come back in the afternoon or evening."

Ye Xizhao smiled and nodded, walked briskly back to the room, placed the plum blossoms in the large Ru Kiln vase on the table with his own hands, and then returned to the bedroom lightly.

Yu Shaoheng felt that she was approaching with a chill all over, and frowned slightly, "Where did you go so early in the morning?"

"Didn't go anywhere, didn't you come back?" Ye Xizhao smiled and went to the bedside, feeling joking, leaned over and kissed him involuntarily.

Yu Shaoheng's brows stretched out, a smile appeared on his lips, and he responded with a ignorant awakening, and quickly changed from passive to active, warming her slightly cool lips.

Ye Xizhao let him pull himself onto the bed, and when he kicked off his shoes, a cold hand slipped into the brocade quilt and pressed against his abdomen without warning.

"Little thing!" His smile quickly reappeared, and when he spoke, he turned back and pressed her under his body.

Ye Xizhao's smile was exceptionally bright in the morning light, "Do you still feel sleepy? Are you awake?"

"What do you think?" Yu Shaoheng asked back.

Ye Xizhao didn't answer, a pair of icy hands swirled around his body.

Yu Shaoheng smiled even wider, "Feel cold?"

Ye Xizhao suppressed a smile, "It's not cold, I'm afraid you may be hot."

Yu Shaoheng touched her jade-like skin, "I don't know how to wear more before going out..." He quickly stopped complaining.

Ye Xizhao knew that he was on fire, so he said in a low voice, "...can't you eat first?"

"No."

When the sun was three poles high, Ye Xizhao fell asleep.

Yu Shaoheng patted the person in his arms.

At this time, Jia Nian had something important to report, and stood outside the curtain of the dormitory, speaking solemnly: "Master Hou, this morning, before the emperor left the palace, concubine Shu had a miscarriage and almost lost her life. The emperor was furious and canceled the trip. "

Ye Xizhao immediately opened his eyes, and the drowsiness dissipated bit by bit.

But Yu Shaoheng asked a very strange question: "Which person is the murderer?"

Jia Nian answered even more strangely, "It can only be Concubine Shu."

(End of this chapter)