Lady Zhao

Chapter 77

On the night of returning from Yuqingshan, Zhao Wenwan felt a little tired. Xueyan saw that it might be a sign of catching a cold, so she specially asked Bailing to make ginger tea, and saw her wrapped in a quilt holding tea with honey and ginger sticks , drank so much that his head was sweating, and when he saw the bottom, he was relieved to take the tray and prepare to leave.Before she left, Zhao Wenwan ordered Jiang Cha to be sent to Qingfengju, and after explaining, she fell asleep with a tired body on her side.

At night, the cold wind was lingering and tired, and the sound of the wind whistling became more and more loud. Zhao Wenwan closed her eyes and sweated on her forehead. In the scene of the gangsters chasing and killing, she hid in the carriage and hugged the cushion in horror, and opened a corner of the curtain, but this time she could see the scene outside clearly, there were many people lying on the ground in disorder.

Several bodyguards guarding her were already seriously injured and exhausted. Seeing the murderer slashing at him with lightning speed, blood was dripping from the tip of the knife. Her eyes hurt from the side of the blade. , Zhao Wenwan couldn't help but exclaimed, and caught a glimpse of Gu Jingxing, who was dressed in an inky black brocade robe, rushing over, standing in front of him without even thinking about it, and was stabbed in the shoulder blade.

Blood gushed out immediately, Gu Jingxing frowned and immediately kicked away the big knife, lifted his hand with difficulty, and sealed the murderer's throat with a sword, the tense expression on his face instantly relaxed slightly, his deep black eyes glanced at the carriage, There is a trace of peace of mind.

Zhao Wenwan gasped in shock, the tip of his nose was mixed with the faint smell of Canaan incense and blood, his stomach convulsed and retched, he met Gu Jingxing's eyes unexpectedly, his heart trembled slightly, and wanted to get out of the car to help Gu Jingxing cover his blood gushing mouth The wound, but she couldn't move her whole body, as if she was fixed on the carriage. She called out to the prince with a trembling voice, but Gu Jingxing didn't seem to hear it, and disappeared unwillingly when someone appeared.

Before leaving, Zhao Wenwan clearly saw the complex emotions in the eyes of the man in front of him and the bloody fingers, the lonely back gradually disappeared from sight, and then Fang Zimo's nervous voice sounded, and he pushed the man away. Under the curtain of the carriage, all figures became blurred, Zhao Wenwan ignored it, and just stared blankly at the direction in which the disappeared master and servant left, feeling a pain somewhere...

"Hiss...", she let out a soft cry, and the voice in her ears suddenly became clear again, as if it was Doctor Yuan's voice, "Little apprentice, have you finished acupuncture for Miss?"

The female apprentice put the slender silver needle into the box and replied, "Okay, Missy seems to have woken up too."

Zhao Wenwan slowly opened his eyes, his head was still a little heavy, and through the veil, he saw a group of people standing outside the house, before he had time to take a closer look, Rui Geer wrapped around Zhao Wenwan's arm, winked and asked cautiously , "Sister is all right?"

Mrs. Zhao also breathed a sigh of relief, and Mother Yang walked to the bed with her support, "You little girl, you scared grandma..."

Needless to say, looking at the situation, Zhao Wenwan also knew that he probably came back from the mountain and it was very cold.Grandma was very distressed, and then Zhao Wenxi, Zhao Wenxuan, and Zhao Wenxue came to the bedside to ask for warmth. Doctor Yuan persuaded the young lady to rest after her high fever had just passed. After hearing what Doctor Yuan said, Mrs. Zhao ordered two maids to take care of her. Go back to the various gardens and come back to have a look later.

The people in the room left one after another, Brother Rui was determined to leave, so Mama Yang tried to coax him out, and in the end only Mrs. Zhao remained, Zhao Wenwan said apologetically, "I made you worry, grandma. "

Mrs. Zhao stroked the damp hair on Zhao Wenwan's forehead, "It's good to wake up." The old lady's eyes, which had experienced many vicissitudes, suddenly dimmed, and there was a hint of distress in them.Zhao Wenwan was afraid that her grandmother would worry too much, so she showed a calm smile. She really felt much better now, and she was relaxed. She just had to take a hot bath to wash off the wet sweat on her body. Who knew that the old lady would open her mouth for a while. The words made Zhao Wenwan break out in cold sweat again.

"Grandmother thought you let go of it, but when you think about it, you don't know that there is such a pain of lovesickness hidden in your heart. Grandmother is also someone who has been there, and knows the pain of love hidden in your heart. Back then, your grandfather and I also experienced the pain of family love. Obstruction, your great-grandfather once wanted to betroth me to the kind-hearted Prince Li, but I only have your grandfather in my heart. Fortunately, I didn't obey the family's arrangement at the beginning, and finally resolutely married. I have no regrets in this life, except for you Grandpa left a little earlier than me, and grandma's life is considered complete."

Zhao Wenwan looked at the distant happy expression on her grandmother's face. She didn't expect her grandfather and grandmother to have encountered obstacles when they were young. Only based on their love in the future, it seems that the two people made the right decision at the beginning, and admired her grandmother's courage. .

"The grandfather is a good man who values ​​love and righteousness."

The old lady smiled and continued: "So, grandma doesn't want to do anything to beat mandarin ducks. Back then when your third uncle asked to marry Miss Xu's family, grandma found out that Miss Xu's temper was spoiled, so she didn't like it. This daughter-in-law, but grandma knows that the relationship is a matter between the two, so in the end she followed your third uncle's wishes and went to the Xu family to ask for marriage."

Zhao Wenwan nodded thoughtfully, thinking that it was no wonder the third aunt had such a temper. The third uncle could endure it for more than ten years.

"Old lady, I recently heard that the Sixth Prince has changed his mind about you. If you still think about him, after this year, the old woman will go to the queen mother's old sister to make this marriage for you."

Zhao Wenwan choked up suddenly, where did this come from? "Grandmother... I..."

"Hey, don't talk about it, grandma knows, Xueyan, you have to take good care of Miss." Mrs. Zhao didn't give her a chance to explain, thinking that she was still sick at the moment, and she was afraid that her thoughts would increase, so she only took With a clear expression, he turned to order his servants.

"..." Zhao Wenwan, who had just woken up, was still a little confused, unable to turn around for a while, and subconsciously felt that her grandmother had understood something extraordinary, but before she could figure it out, she left.

After the old lady had left for a while, Zhao Wenwan sat and thought, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, he was just sick, why did his grandmother feel that she was in love with Gu Jingxing again?After listening to Xueyan's explanation, I found out that when she had a high fever and fell asleep, she kept calling the Sixth Prince in her mouth.

"..." Zhao Wenwan, who just felt better, felt the darkness in front of her eyes, looks!think!you!sister!husband!
In the night, the eldest brother hurried over to visit, he was so nervous, and he said the heartbroken sentence, "I thought you let it go, but I didn't expect you to hide it in the bottom of my heart, it was my negligence..."

Zhao Wenwan opened his mouth to explain, but found that the more he explained, the darker it became. Thousands of grass and mud horses rushed past in his heart, and the preparations had been well laid, and he returned to before liberation in an instant.When there was no one around, Zhao Wenwan gritted her teeth eagerly, wishing to bite Gu Jingxing, if it wasn't for yesterday that he suddenly... why did he dream about the incident of that day all night, which is misleading!

This room, Zhao Wenwan was aggrieved by recuperation, but unexpectedly heard Xueyan come to report that Mrs. Feng's daughter, Feng Qingwu, came to Xiangzhu Garden to sit with a young lady. Just after being transferred back to Beijing, it seemed that Mrs. Feng was General Fang's younger sister. Thinking about it this way, Zhao Wenwan knew something in her heart, and hurriedly let Xueyan lead her into the house.

The person who came came in with a clear appearance and a graceful figure, with a cold expression on his face. He only showed a faint smile when he saw Zhao Wenwan. If it was a flash in the pan, he looked like an iceberg beauty. Feidie Brocade Clothes, even with this kind of large brocade robes on her body, she can still see the woman's exquisite figure. She is tall and about the same size as Zhao Wenwan, and her demeanor has an aura that is not easy to get close to.

Bao Chan was a little bit stupefied at the sight, and was cautious when serving tea.Seeing that Zhao Wenwan was sick in her boudoir, Feng Qingwu frowned slightly, swallowed what she was about to say, and after a few words, she became cold because of her bad-spoken temper. Hearing Zhao Wenwan cough, he said goodbye without disturbing the rest. Check back another day.

Zhao Wenwan didn't do much to persuade her to stay, but she was a little puzzled, why did this lady come here?
Xueyan led Miss Qingwu out, and when she walked to the outer house, she saw a black jade figure standing tall and straight at the entrance of the inner house, and then heard Miss Qingwu beside her calling her cousin in a low voice, Xueyan knew who it was His identity, his outstanding appearance and demeanor, it's no wonder that he is famous in the capital...

Seeing people coming out so quickly, Fang Zimo raised his eyebrows in surprise, and Feng Qingwu leisurely walked beside him, "Miss Zhao is caught in the wind and cold, I'm afraid I'm the only one to accompany my cousin on the trip to enjoy the snow."

"Wind and cold? Is it serious?" Fang Zimo frowned upon hearing this, and asked.

"It's much better after taking the medicine." Seeing the same dull expressions of the two, Xueyan found it quite interesting, and comforted her with a smile.

Fang Zimo wanted to say something else, but the tall figure who walked in from the outside had already walked up to him, interrupted his question vigilantly, and said to Xueyan: "Please, Miss Xueyan, give me this bottle of medicine for treating typhoid fever." Your lady took it. The prince heard that Miss Zhao was ill and couldn't get away at the moment, so he hurriedly asked me to take it off."

After Feng Yuxiu finished speaking, he deliberately cast a sideways glance at Fang Zimo.

Seeing the strange atmosphere, Xueyan thought she had to turn around to take care of the young lady, so she didn't stop, bowed again and retreated.

Feng Yuxiu followed up on Fang Zimo's questioning just now, quite familiarly, "Hey, speaking of it, it's partly because of my lord that Miss Zhao catches the wind and cold. Yesterday the lord invited Miss Zhao to Yuqingshan Appreciating the plum blossoms and snow, I thought it was because of the coldness on the mountain, I reminded them, and the two of them had a good time, and it was obvious that they were ignored."

After saying that, he quickly approached Feng Yuxiu, raised his eyebrows and patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "There is no grass anywhere in the world, Mr. Fang, let's find another lover." After blackmailing Gu Jingxing, the smile on his face became even more obscene.

Fang Zimo frowned with thick black eyebrows, took a deep look at Feng Yuxiu, and had some reservations about Feng Yuxiu's deliberately exaggerated words.

Wu pushed Feng Yuxiu away with a strong force, and Feng Qingwu stood in front of Fang Zimo, looking at Feng Yuxiu up and down, making the latter look terrified, how could this woman's aura feel? Does it look familiar?
"You are Feng Taifu's eldest son, Feng Yuxiu?"

Feng Yuxiu thought that his talent spread far and wide, he felt good about himself, and he straightened his body in front of the beauties, so he almost took out his fan and stood Fengya, "It's right here."

I heard the woman in front of me say lightly, "It's your business that you adore the Sixth Prince, and it's also your business to build bridges for him, but don't think of my cousin, your behavior just now... Uh, it's very slutty. "Pause for a while, and finally found the most suitable adjective.

The last two words were slammed straight down, and Feng Yu Xiuyan stared at him. He tried to find traces of a joke on his face, but only got a slender back that he could not avoid. He has never been disgusted by others so completely. Xiu choked his throat, distraught and indignant.

His innocence—

The winter snow was rustling, and it was approaching the end of the new year, and another happy event came to Duke Zhao's mansion. There was another newcomer in the third bedroom, Mrs. Xu, who had been infertile for a long time. The news spread quickly, and everyone in the mansion knew about it.

Doctor Yuan's pulse diagnosis was indeed a happy pulse, so the old lady was naturally happy, and asked her maid to take good care of her, and asked Mrs. Ye to buy a lot of supplements and send them to the three-bedroom garden one by one.Recently, Zhao Hongming has also calmed down a bit, and the time spent in the study has been reduced, and he can often be seen by Xu's side, greeting each other with tenderness.

It was originally a good thing, but Mrs. Xu was a docile bird in front of Zhao Hongming, but she had a good temper in private. She didn't know why she was upset.

On this day, Zhao Wenwan had cleaned up and was applying ointment on his face in front of the bronze mirror. The parrot flew to Zhao Wenwan's shoulder with its wings fluttering, tilting its head and staring at the person in the bronze mirror. The little thing felt that the mirror was novel, but it suddenly stretched its neck and approached Zhao Wenwan. Zhao Wenwan frowned, puzzled, and the parrot flew directly to the balm to chatter.

Xueyan came over with tea, covered her lips and couldn't help laughing, "Miss, this little thing is stinky! You don't know that you took your palace flower in your mouth and gestured to your head in front of the bronze mirror, who would dare to do it?" To put it simply, it doesn't look good, and immediately opened its mouth to yell at you, even Jin Ling's clever mouth was defeated. The little thing was still angry when he saw Jin Ling this morning, so he didn't give a good look."

Zhao Wenwan stared at the little thing speechlessly, dabbed some ointment on its face, dumbfounded, the little green-haired thing looked at the bronze mirror with its round eyes, and then fluttered its wings Flying back to his little nest, he looked very excited, and began to shout with a gong-like thin voice, "It's so beautiful...it's so beautiful..."

"What happened to Jin Ling and it yesterday?" Zhao Wenwan asked casually after getting up to drink tea.

Xueyan gave a rare giggle, "Yesterday I asked Jin Ling to show off the brocade dress you wore at the Qionghua Banquet, Miss. Who knew that it was covered with feathers, so Jin Ling said something casually about it as a joke. Then she became unhappy. ..."

Zhao Wenwan squinted at the little thing on the hanging tree, with a smile on his lips, "What did Jin Ling say?"

"Don't say..." The parrot over there opened its throat again.

"Say, I'm afraid it won't work."

"Jin Ling said that if you keep rubbing against her, you will lose all your hair and become bald and ugly."

The parrot drooped its head, fluttered away, seemed unhappy again, and said while flying in the room, "You all bully me, I want to go back to the palace, I want to go back to the palace, look for Liuliu."

"If you dare to call back to the palace again, I will let Bailing stew you tonight!" Zhao Wenwan felt a little headache when he heard it yelling like he was afraid that others would not know that it was sent by the sixth prince.But having said that, I don't know exactly how Gu Jingxing taught him. This little thing is smart, but it's too glib.

Just thinking of the scene of this little thing confronting the paralyzed Gu Jingxing, Zhao Wenwan couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth.

The little guy seemed to be scared, and immediately closed his pointed mouth. Zhao Wenwan continued to scare it maliciously, and hummed heavily, "That brocade suit is my favorite, but you ruined it. You want to make up for it. Let me throw you on a snowdrift, and you are not allowed to enter the house overnight."

The little guy quickly flew over and landed on Zhao Wenwan's shoulders and rubbed his head to act like a good boy. Zhao Wenwan smiled and raised his hand to touch its fur. When he touched its neck, he paused. The parrot, who was enjoying himself with his eyes closed, instantly opened his eyes. Liu Liu's eyes said, "No snowdrifts!"

Zhao Wenwan smiled in satisfaction, picked it up and hugged it in her arms, and said carefully, "I'll take you to Mingxu Garden to say hello later, when you see the old lady, just say auspicious words, if you can make grandma happy, I will give you a flower when you come back." Wearing the palace flower."

There are quite a lot of people sitting in Mingxu Garden. The three daughters-in-law Ye, Xu, and Leng are all there. Mrs. Xu should be careful about confinement, Mrs. Xu responded with a smile.

Just as they were talking, they heard a strange voice outside the door. Everyone looked up and saw a colorful parrot flying in first, landing on the old lady's table, nodding its head, as if saluting, "Madam Gong Xi Fa Cai, good luck, long life, long life..." The parrot said a series of auspicious words, and almost died at the end.

Mrs. Zhao was elated when she heard that, "Where did this parrot come from? It's so clever."

Mrs. Xu also likes this sweet-mouthed parrot very much, and wants Mama Yang to hug it and show it to her, but who knows that the parrot won't go anywhere as soon as it moves its little paw, so it depends on the old lady alone.

Xu's face immediately collapsed, and she wanted to open her mouth to curse, but due to the old lady's reminders to Sun's mother in the past few days, the brows moved up and down a few times, and finally she endured it.

Zhao Wenwan came in to say hello at this time. Grandma was very happy and asked Zhao Wenwan to sit next to her. Seeing Zhao Wenwan, Mrs. Ye felt uncomfortable, so she smiled coldly. All the courtyards in the Daoist Mansion had to prepare for the New Year's chores, so she didn't want to stay any longer, so she said goodbye and left .

Leng asked about Zhao Wenwan's body with concern, and Zhao Wenwan said it was completely fine.At this time, it seemed as if he knew that the parrot was here, "So you are here, no wonder you couldn't find it early in the morning."

"Grandmother, it didn't say anything to displease you?"

Mrs. Zhao saw her eccentric, and knew that it was to amuse her old lady, so she said that she hadn't seen the parrot this morning.Mother Yang smiled and hurriedly said: "So it was raised by the eldest lady, her mouth is so sweet, she made the old lady very happy."

Xu sneered, and immediately disliked the parrot at all, and muttered angrily: "It's just a beast, how can it be so good."

Brother Parrot was not happy when he heard this, and suddenly flapped his wings and flew up to Mrs. Xu, who was so frightened that Mrs. Xu trembled and kept shouting, "Get out of here."

The parrot didn't even bother to use "force" with Mrs. Xu, so she stood aside and called, "I can't get out, just get out."

"You...you bald green-haired monster..."

"You ugly hairless monster!" Brother Parrot was not to be outdone, picked up her words and added what he knew, and cursed back.

"You—" Mrs. Xu said that she couldn't stand the parrot, so she could only take the handkerchief and pretend to wipe her tears, "Mother, even a parrot dares to bully me."

The old lady was thinking that Mrs. Xu was pregnant, and interrupted with a voice of relief: "I am also a mother who is about to become a mother. Why are you angry with a parrot? Girl Wan, why don't you ask the parrot to accompany your third aunt."

The old lady didn't ask Zhao Wenwan to accompany her, but let the parrot say that she was facing Zhao Wenwan in secret, and Zhao Wenwan immediately showed a embarrassed look, "Hey, grandma, I can't blame me for not letting the parrot do that. This parrot was originally raised by the sixth prince. I'm so angry, even the people in my house beat me all over, and they didn't listen to me at all."

When she heard that the bird was raised by the Sixth Prince, no matter how difficult it was for Xu to have a seizure, she only felt that her chest was full of suffocation.Can't help but think of the scene a few years ago, when Zhao Wenwan raised a cat when she was a child, she walked on the tree-lined path with her stomach upright, saw that the cat was so cute, she wanted to tease it, but just as she got close, Zhao Wenwan suddenly jumped up. When she came out to look for the little milk cat, the black cat suddenly jumped and landed on her stomach, staggered and couldn't stand still, so she fell to the ground and had a miscarriage. When she thought of this, Xu couldn't help but gritted her teeth , clutching the edge of the wooden chair with great force, the remnants of hatred surged up again in his heart, gushing out more and more like it couldn't be stopped.

Seeing the stagnation in the atmosphere, Mrs. Leng said with a smile, "Mom must be tired, so let's take our leave first."

The old lady also nodded along, and the three got up to leave, Mama Yang hurriedly called Leng Shi and said something to Grandma Yu, Leng Shi stopped and turned back.

Zhao Wenwan carried the little parrot out of the yard, Xu suddenly said to the maid next to her that she had lost an earring in the garden, and asked the maid to search for it, then caught up with Zhao Wenwan and stopped the way.Zhao Wenwan smiled generously at Xu Shi, and said lightly, "What is Third Aunt doing?" She was far away from Xu Shi, knowing that she was pregnant, and did not want any physical contact.

A trace of disdain flashed in Xu's eyes. Looking left and right, seeing servants coming and going, he said, "You must have taught this little bastard to scold me."

"Third Aunt thinks too much."

Xu's eyes were pressed against the dark things, and he sneered and lowered his voice deliberately, "The parrot is the best at learning how to talk to humans. If you don't teach it, how can it do it, and deliberately fight against me? I think this little bastard is not like you. A virtue, talking about people when you see people, talking nonsense when you see people, and doing things that are shameful!"

The parrot is still a child at heart, so naturally it couldn't resist someone scolding it, and raised its throat, "Bitch! Ugly!"

But she really said what Zhao Wenwan was thinking in her heart. Zhao Wenwan lowered her eyes, hiding the trace of pleasure in her eyes, and said: "Auntie should go back and take care of the baby. Wenwan will not accompany her if she has something to do."

Xu's heart was suffocated, and she didn't even think about stepping forward to stop her. Looking at the parrot following Zhao Wenwan's nostrils, she thought of the black cat that made her lose her child. Catch, how could Brother Parrot make her wish, and flew up with fluttering wings, knowing that the other party had no good intentions, and shouted bad guys at the top of his voice.

Seeing Xu's anger, Zhao Wenwan really planned to make a move on Parrot, and blocked Parrot when she grabbed her again, but saw the upward arc of Xu's mouth, and the moment Xu's arms were lightly intertwined, Xu suddenly turned towards him. Then he staggered and fell, and fell to the ground suddenly, and the bright red blood under the skirt flowed down his legs.

"Help—" Xu lay in a pool of blood, stroking his belly with one hand, and screamed in horror with a pale face.

Immediately there were women and maids who heard the sound, and they were startled when they saw this scene, and panicked immediately.Zhao Wenwan was the most sober one, and hurriedly said, "Hurry up and call the doctor, and let me know... the old lady."

Hearing her voice, Mrs. Xu raised her pale face with undisguised hatred, pointed at Zhao Wenwan tremblingly, and said in a stern voice: "Zhao Wenwan, I have any grudges against you, you want to hurt me twice or three times?" Baby, if something happens to the baby in my belly, I will ask you to pay for it!"

Zhao Wenwan was sure that he hadn't touched her just now, and he thought that Xu's behavior was to frame him, did he really hate her so much that he didn't even care about his own child?Zhao Wenwan really couldn't figure it out, but because of Mrs. Xu's yelling, the eyes of the surrounding people had mixed expressions, and the version that could be spread can be imagined.

Because it was not far from Mingxu Garden, Yang's mother arrived first, seeing the situation, her expression changed instantly, and then she looked at Zhao Wenwan who was standing still, not knowing what expression to make.

"I didn't push it." Zhao Wenwan narrowed his eyes and defended himself in a deep voice.

Xu's face was full of tears, and she looked like she was about to faint at any moment, murmuring about the child, how miserable it was.

"What's going on, can anyone see it?" Mother Yang asked around.

Someone in the crowd echoed, "I only saw that the third grandma seemed to have an argument with the eldest lady because of Brother Parrot, and when they met, the third grandma... fell."

Mother Yang sighed with a headache, and asked someone to carry Mrs. Xu back to the garden, and then deal with it.But since the accident happened, the parrot who had been staying on Zhao Wenwan's shoulder suddenly flew away with fluttering wings.

Zhao Wenwan fell to the point where she couldn't argue with anything, and asked the little thing to abandon it without loyalty, and sighed sadly.

(End of this chapter)