Reborn Concubine Queen

Chapter 304 Congratulations (1)

Following Shi Yiqing's instructions, Zhu Xi held the mahogany box on the dressing table, half dazed and half surprised, and said, "Miss?"

"Open it, it's your stuff inside."

Zhu Xi opened the peach wood box with shaking fingers, shook off the paper in it, and saw that it was clearly written in black and white, it was his own contract of sale, and for a while, he was in a complicated state of mind, unable to speak, and just went away with red eyes. Look at Shi Yiqing.

Shi Yiqing smiled, and leaned on the soft pillow and said to her: "With this deed of sale, you will be a free person from now on, you can come and go freely in the house, and you don't have to live in fear like before."

Zhu Xi never expected that Shi Yiqing would be so magnanimous to her, he stepped forward and knelt down at her feet, two lines of tears rolled down his cheeks, choked up and said: "Miss, Zhu Xi will never forget it!"

"Get up quickly." Shi Yiqing stretched out his hand to pull her, "I don't want you to cry into tears when I give you this contract of sale. If you want to marry and leave the house, I will prepare the dowry and You, if you can't find a good family, just stay by my side and wait for you, and when you want to leave, I will definitely not stop you."

"Thank you, miss, for your kindness!"

Shi Yiqing joked with a smile: "Crying and laughing at the same time, how can there be any manners at all."

"Miss!" Xing'er, who was supposed to be waiting outside the door, rushed in hastily, and was stunned when she saw Zhu Xi whose face was covered with tears.

Zhu Xi turned her back to Xing'er and secretly wiped away her tears, said in a hoarse voice: "Miss, the servants are going down first." Seeing Shi Yiqing nodding, he leaned over and exited the Nuan Pavilion, and went on his own.

Xing'er stepped forward and asked curiously: "Miss, why is sister Zhuxi crying?"

Shi Yiqing's expression implied impatience, he stretched out his finger and pointed at her forehead, and said coquettishly: "In my room, everyone is functional, but you are the only one who likes to chew your tongue and cause trouble for me everywhere."

"Miss." Xing'er pouted aggrievedly, and said dissatisfiedly, "Where is the slave?"

Shi Yiqing didn't bother to talk to her: "Okay, you rushed in in such a hurry, you even forgot the etiquette, what do you want to say to me?"

It was only then that Xing'er remembered what she was going to say when she entered the door: "Miss, Xing'er has forgotten. Just now the old lady ordered someone to send a message, saying that the date of marriage with the Shi family has been fixed, and it will be the eighth day of the next month. That day is an auspicious day, suitable for marriage."

Seeing Shi Yiqing's indifferent expression, Xing'er asked blindly: "Miss, you don't like this day? Why don't you choose another day after the maidservant went back to the old lady?"

Shi Yiqing said expressionlessly: "Just this day. You go and tell Madam Xu, when He Mu comes back, lead her and Jianliu to find Aunt Tan, and let the three of them take full charge of this matter."

No matter how blind Xing'er is, it can be seen that Shi Yiqing is dissatisfied with marrying Gao Qichang. "Miss, you don't like the young master anymore?"

Shi Yiqing raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Where did you say that?"

Xing'er tangled in the hem of her clothes and said: "Xing'er has been serving the young lady since she was a child, and she has never seen a young lady like this. It is an inevitable result for the young lady to marry the young master. According to common sense, the young lady should be happy and happy. How can there be such a thing now? Act like a bride."

"You girl, you are not very old, and you take care of things more than the mother. Then let me ask you, what do you think of the bride?"

Xing'er danced excitedly: "At least, at least it shouldn't look like Miss. At the very least, she should smile shyly and shyly at the red wedding dress, right? But since the marriage decree was handed down, Xing'er hasn't shown it on Miss's face." Seeing a little ups and downs, she always indifferently pushes things to Sister He Mu to deal with."

Seeing Xing'er's disapproval for Gao Qichang, Shi Yiqing smiled bitterly and said, "Girl, I will be 22 years old after the new year, and it's time for Pan'er to be weaned. Do I still want to be like a little girl who just fell in love?" Like a girl, are you full of inexplicable expectations and longings for your own marriage? I married him when we were still in Feishui Town, and it's not like you haven't seen how tiring the marriage was, and now you still want me Go through a bigger one again, can I laugh out loud?"

Xing'er couldn't argue with Shi Yiqing, and secretly hated herself for being inarticulate, so she backed out of the warm pavilion holding her breath, and went to the room to find the flow and complain.

The warm pavilion was as warm as spring, Shi Yiqing snuggled up on the soft couch and stared at the darkening sky outside in a daze, letting the darkness engulf the world in front of her eyes, unable to find any light.

Someone seems to be asking in my heart: Are you unhappy now because this high-profile wedding will be tiring, or is it because this wedding is involuntary?

Naturally it is the former.Shi Yiqing raised his eyebrows and replied.

Is it really?Isn't it because since returning to Beijing, no matter whether it's being made the princess or the marriage right now, it's because she has been left to others, and she can't be her own master at all?Shi Yiqing, ask yourself what is the reason.

Shi Yiqing hesitated silently.

You also said, I am a fish and a man is a knife, and I let others arrange and dispose of everything. Are you willing to live like this all your life?
How about being willing, and what about not being willing?
The person in my heart sneered and said: You are a coward, you are afraid.You are afraid that you will become the person who was full of hatred in the past. You are afraid that the person you cherish the most will be hurt in the end. You are afraid that your dream of a peaceful and happy life will be full of difficulties.You are afraid, you have been afraid all the time.

Shi Yiqing curled up and hissed, "I didn't!"

"...Miss, what's the matter with you?"

Shi Yiqing looked at Mo Wu who came in with a candlestick in astonishment, turned his eyes and smiled awkwardly: "It's nothing, it's just that I suddenly feel a little cold."

Mo Wu put the candlestick aside, stepped forward with concern and said, "Why don't you serve Miss Maid and lie down."

There was a sudden thunder outside the window, Shi Yiqing was startled, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Why is there thunder?"

"I heard from Sister Zhuxi that the weather in the capital city has changed rapidly in recent years, and the spring thunder strikes at about this time in previous years, but I didn't expect that it would become so fast this day, and it would be completely dark in a while."

Shi Yiqing kept his mind steady, and followed Mo Wu to the bed to rest: "Qi'er is most afraid of thunder, go and call Qi'er to stay with me for a while."

The spring rain has been pattering for a few days, but it can't stop the enthusiasm of Yangliuyuan to prepare the dowry for Shi Yiqing.On the other hand, Shi Yiqing, the person involved, used the excuse of changing seasons to feel unwell, except that she took Qi'er to the nunnery to pay her respects to the old lady every day, and hid in the willow yard all day long out of sight.

On this day, Aunt Tan led Cao Qingyun to Yangliu Courtyard with her growing belly in her arms, and instead of bowing to her because of the baby in her belly, she just held her handkerchief and smiled: "Miss Nine, Mrs. Zheng is here to help you." Congratulations to you."

Shi Yiqing smiled and got up to greet Cao Qingyun: "It should be Tongxi. Cao Guiren is loved by the emperor, and now he has been promoted to the concubine. It is really gratifying. Qing'er should have come to congratulate her, but she wanted to congratulate her sister." I'm afraid there are not a few people, my sister went, and I couldn't talk to my sister, so I thought about waiting for a few days, but I didn't expect my sister to come to me, but I am ashamed to be called my sister. Hey, I haven't seen my sister for a long time, My sister is becoming more and more mellow."

The two greeted each other, and Cao Qingyun sat on the couch with Shi Yiqing, and said with a smile: "Thanks to my sister, it's rare to spend a new year in the capital, so how can you not be more mellow. It's you, who looks thinner, but Did you worry about your own marriage these few days?"

Shi Yiqing glanced at Aunt Tan, who was sitting beside her, and replied with a smile: "I don't have any part to work hard, my mother left early, and my aunt is working hard inside and outside the house, and now my aunt is too heavy to get rid of it." I have stayed up for several nights because of my affairs and couldn't sleep, which makes me feel very ashamed."

Aunt Tan smiled modestly, but she couldn't hide the smugness in her eyes: "Miss is too serious, being able to buy a dowry for her is a blessing that has been cultivated by servants for several generations."

Cao Qingyun also praised Aunt Qin, saying: "Auntie is a sensible person. She knows that I just came here, and no one here recognizes her. She specially lured me to see my sister. It can be seen that she is kind."

Shi Yiqing smiled and glanced at Aunt Tan who was getting more and more complacent, and led Cao Qingyun to say some nasty things about her parents.

Aunt Qin was not familiar with Cao Qingyun, even in front of Shi Yiqing, she couldn't talk to each other. Seeing that they were chatting happily, but she was left alone, she excused herself to leave the Nuan Pavilion and went to the side room to talk to He Mu.

After Aunt Qin left, Shi Yiqing asked with a smile: "This is not my sister's way of praising an aunt after me."

Cao Qingyun smiled proudly, sipped the fragrance of tea, and said with a sneer, "I'm here to congratulate you today, so it's possible that I have to argue with a servant, telling you whether you can come down?"

When Shi Yiqing took a look, he had nothing to say, and he didn't hesitate, he asked, "Sister came to me specially today, but do you have something to say to me?"

"Look at you, I can't come to you if I have nothing to do?" Cao Qingyun said with a slanted smile, "I will return to Yunzhou in a few days, if there is no order, I am afraid it will be difficult to return to the capital to talk to you. Thinking of this, I want to come and see you. I know, you and I are not friends, but I can't find anyone in the capital who knows me better than you, and every time I think of this, I feel a little lost."

"Isn't Xianghe County Lord a friend of my sister?"

Cao Qingyun curled her lips and said: "When I was young, I followed her because she was the head of the county, and she was responsible for breaking things, so I can't be regarded as a friend." At this point, she sighed and continued slowly, "Actually, do you know how much I envy you for your relationship with that seventh lady of the Xiao family."

Shi Yiqing was slightly taken aback.

Cao Qingyun didn't realize Shi Yiqing's gaffe, and continued his topic: "In this world, few people can die for another person, not even my own parents, brothers and sisters. But she is willing to die for you, It can be seen that your relationship is really deep."

(End of this chapter)