Yijia Yishi

Chapter 56
Lu Shuyi frowned, secretly wondering why Marquis Dingbei didn't send someone to celebrate his birthday...

"Okay! Third cousin, you sneaked out again." A voice suddenly sounded from behind, mixed with a smug laugh: "I knew you couldn't stay, and I guessed it right."

Lu Shuyi's scalp went numb for a while, and she couldn't help but touch her forehead...

Why is it Su Ziwen again?He is really haunted.

Mo Ju was startled, looked around vigilantly, and said nervously: "The upstairs is full of female relatives, how can Master Biao come up?"

Su Ziwen said disapprovingly: "What's wrong with this? Let alone here, even the place where the old lady holds a birthday banquet, I dare to go."

Lu Shuyi believed what he said. In his previous life, he was fearless.If he said it, he would probably do it.

She didn't want to provoke him at this time, let him do something out of line, and then she would have to implicate herself.

"I'm going back now. Where did my cousin come from? Let's go back there!" Lu Shuyi glanced at Su Ziwen, but she didn't get angry. Instead, her voice was very soft, which made Su Ziwen feel very comfortable.

He raised his eyebrows and smiled, opened the folding fan of the landscape tower in his hand with a swish, and said slowly: "The downstairs is full of sour scholars, I almost vomited the flattery. So, I sneaked up when no one was prepared... "

Su Ziwen's eyes were bright, he looked at the scenery downstairs and said: "It's still comfortable here, and the ears are quiet."

Lu Shuyi couldn't help but giggle when she heard that, in her previous life, Su Ziwen didn't like those sour scholars who thought they were full of economics and knowledge.

"Then you are not a sour scholar?" Lu Shuyi held back her laughter and teased him: "Didn't you get the top case in the Yizhou court examination last year?"

Lu Shuyi had to admit that Su Ziwen was very smart and had a very high level of comprehension.Although I don't see him studying hard on weekdays, he is laughing and joking around all day long.But when he got off the scene, he was unequivocal, and immediately came back with the case first.

In this regard, the boys from the Lu family are no match for him.Because of this, Mrs. Lu has a special preference for him, hoping that one day he will become an official and become a minister in the cabinet in the future.

But in the previous life, Su Ziwen failed the old lady Lu's expectations. Ever since his mother died in dystocia, he has been depressed. He was supposed to retake the exam, but he left his studies behind...

Lu Shuyi wondered, if the eldest aunt died in childbirth again in this life, would his future still be in the position of Jie Yuan?

How to remind him about her mother?

Su Ziwen half-closed his eyes and smiled brightly. Under the sun, he looked like an innocent child. He looked at Lu Shuyi with dark eyes, and said proudly: "I just went to count, who knew I won..."

Lu Shuyi couldn't help curling her lips, and muttered in a low voice: "You really are not humble."

But who told people to be smart!Wisdom is capital, and envy cannot be envied.

Mo Ju was worried that the two of them would be misunderstood if they talked in private like this, so she hurriedly said in a low voice: "Miss San, it's time for us to go back, the old lady is still waiting for tea!"

"Leaving so soon? I just came..." Su Ziwen glared at Mo Ju dissatisfiedly, staring at Mo Ju with a pair of peach blossom eyes, and said: "Are you... afraid that I will eat up your lady? Am I a tiger? "

Being stared at by a man like this, Mo Ju blushed and quickly avoided Su Ziwen's gaze.

"Okay, stop bullying my people." Lu Shuyi looked around and thought about it: "I heard that you will have more younger brothers next year?"

"Who said it was the younger brother? I still like my younger sister." Su Ziwen smiled narrowly, and said, "My younger brother hates..."

Lu Shuyi didn't pay attention to what he said, and only thought about it: "Two days ago, I heard that there was a maid in the front yard whose sister-in-law died of dystocia... She was just 30 years old, what a pity..."

Mo Ju frowned, the sister-in-law of the maid in the front yard died?That maid?Why hasn't she heard of it?

She turned around and glanced at Dongmei, who hurriedly shook her head, indicating that she hadn't heard of it either.

Lu Shuyi ignored the expression on Mo Ju's face, and only said to Su Ziwen: "My aunt's birth is not easy, but she has to take good care of it."

Su Ziwen was taken aback, Lu Shuyi never cared about these things, why did she think of saying these things today?
He frowned and muttered: "What do you mean? I... why can't I understand? The sister-in-law of the maid in the front yard died of dystocia? Are you afraid that my mother will also..."

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to curse my aunt." Lu Shuyi could only apologize and said, "I just think it's a pity that the maid's sister-in-law is only 30 years old. In fact, this matter could have been avoided. A kind of midwife who can deliver dystocia... As long as such a person is found and prepared early, there will be no such tragedy."

She mentioned something to Su Ziwen, if Su Ziwen was a smart and prepared person, he would naturally mention it to his mother when he returned.In this way, Lu Zhaoping might be able to prepare earlier, and perhaps avoid the tragedy of the previous life.

If only he could understand her kindness.

Su Ziwen blinked and looked at her again, and asked, "You mean my mother should also find such a midwife in advance?"

Lu Shuyi breathed a sigh of relief when she heard it, but she understood it. She smiled and said, "Isn't it good to find such a person in advance? It's always good to plan ahead."

"Oh...that's the truth when you say it that way." Su Ziwen nodded silently, and then said with a smile on his face, "I really didn't realize that you are so careful. I never found out that you have such benefits before."

Now that Su Ziwen had been mentioned, Lu Shuyi didn't want to stay any longer.There are so many people on such a day, who knows if there are eyes watching from behind.

"The old lady is still waiting for me to make tea, I'll go first." Lu Shuyi slightly nodded at Su Ziwen, turned around and left without further words.

Su Ziwen's face was slightly disappointed, and he looked at Lu Shuyi's back with heavy eyes, and sighed softly: "Thanks to my hard work, I escaped from everyone and came up to look for her, but I only said Just a few words and go..."

"This young master of the Su family is really courageous." Mo Ju said dissatisfiedly as he walked, "He does his own way like this, and he is not afraid that outsiders will see him and gossip."

"I think this young master Biao is very nice, with a cheerful temper and no affectation." Dongmei said with a smile on her lips, "Compared to those men who put on airs, at least it's easy to talk to such a person without beating around the bush. .”

"How is he?" Mo Ju shook her head disapprovingly.

When Lu Shuyi returned to the table with the teacup in hand, the topic of everyone had already changed from the marriage to the affairs of the children of each family.

This is what Lu Zhaoping is most proud of. Su Ziwen was able to win the Yuan Dynasty at the age of 14. For such a person, why worry about being hopeless in the future?

He Tai's mother was always a little bit envious of Lu Zhaoping, but this kind of envy among women always had a sour taste to some extent.

"Junyi was Jieyuan last year, and he will definitely win the top case in the next year's test. Come back with a tribute student!" Mrs. He's voice was clear, and she looked at Lu Zhaoping with a smile: "I heard that if you win the top case in this way, let's be big." Since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, there have only been a dozen or so..."

Junyi is the small character of Su Ziwen.

The Second Mrs. He was clearly praising Su Ziwen for being smart, but the meaning behind it was that Su Ziwen didn't have the skills to be the first in the examination.

If Lu Zhaoping answered straight away that her son would win the top case, wouldn't it be shameful if she didn't win next year?But if he doesn't answer, it seems that he has decided that his son must not be the first one in the case...

Lu Shuyi sneered in her heart, the He family is also a big family after all, so they are so generous?

Seeing that Old Madam Lu's complexion was not good, the eldest lady hurriedly smiled and smoothed things over, "Who can say what's going on? But Junyi is smart, so it should be fine."

Mrs. Lu's complexion improved.

After the banquet, the troupe downstairs began to sing "Magu's Birthday" to wish Mrs. Lu her birthday.

A long table was placed on the veranda, and everyone sat down to watch the play.

Lu Zhaoping saw that it wasn't interesting for Lu Shuyi to go to the theater alone with Mrs. Lu, so she quietly said to Mrs. Lu, "Let the third girl play with the sisters! I'll serve you."

Old Madam Lu didn't even lift her eyelids, she said in a low voice: "I wanted to find a marriage for her...it's really useless." After speaking, she waved her hand and said, "Go..."

Lu Zhaoping winked at her, pulled her back a few steps and said, "Your grandmother didn't blame you for being useless, so you don't have to take it to heart." Her eyes moved slightly, and she glanced at Mrs. He quietly and said, "I Looking at He's family, it may not be good, good boy, don't worry, with your appearance, there must be a good family in the future."

Lu Shuyi was taken aback, could it be that Lu Zhaoping also heard the gossip about her and He Tai.

Who told her?
Lu Shuyi was thinking in her heart, still with a smile on her face, she nodded and said: "I understand, grandma is also doing it for my own good."

Lu Zhaoping nodded in satisfaction, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Go and listen to the play with the sisters!"

Lu Shuyi answered, turned and left.

The Lu family sisters were sitting together, Lu Shujing and Su Liangyu were sitting together, and Lu Shuqi next to Su Liangyu was on the right.

Lu Shuyun was already sitting in the fourth room next to Lu Shujing. At this moment, there was no one beside Lu Shuqi, so Lu Shuyi went over and sat beside Lu Shuqi.

Away from Lu Shuqi and Su Liangyu, Lu Shujing happily said: "Sister, this song "Magu Xianshou" is really good."

Lu Shuyi just smiled and said, "Let's watch your play well!"

Su Liangyu also said: "The Chen family troupe's opera is really good. Although I don't like to listen to operas, I can listen to this opera quite well."

Lu Shuqi introduced with a smile: "This is not the famous play of the Chen family class. I heard that they will sing "Ban Peach Club" later, and that is their specialty."

Su Liangyu gave a perfunctory "Oh", and only talked quietly with Lu Shujing on one side, and the two laughed continuously.

Lu Shuyi glanced at Lu Shuqi calmly, seeing that her face was a bit unsightly, she squeezed the handkerchief tightly with both hands, pursed her lips and said nothing, obviously unhappy.

She wanted to get close to Su Liangyu, but Su Liangyu didn't want to get close to her.

The two of them seem to have nothing to do with each other in their previous lives?

Lu Shuyi was in a trance, but Lu Shuqi pressed her face close, and whispered in her ear: "Sister, where did you go just now?"

Lu Shuyi was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "When is the second sister talking about?"

Lu Shuqi smiled brightly, her eyes swept past Lu Shuyi, she lowered her voice and said, "Just now when I went to change clothes, I met Cousin Wen on the veranda. The third sister went out for a trip, didn't she meet Cousin Wen?"

Lu Shuyi was surprised for a while, and fixedly looked at Lu Shuqi.

Lu Shuqi's eyes were clear and bright, but she couldn't hide the questioning in her eyes.In her previous life, she only knew that Lu Shuqi was married far away, but she never knew the secret in Lu Shuqi's heart.

Look at 13-year-old Lu Shuqi again, she has pretty features and looks like a girl. Girls at this age love to dream...

And Su Ziwensheng's appearance is dignified, and he is 14-year-old Xie Yuan, who speaks humorously and can make people happy.How could such a boy not be admired by girls?
Her heart moved, if Lu Shuqi really had some feelings for Su Ziwen in her heart, could it be that Lu Shuqi deliberately gave He Zhaoer the paper-cut that He Zhaoer gave He Tai that day?Or, Lu Shuqi was also involved in this matter?

Looking at Lu Shuqi's face, Lu Shuyi felt a little cold in her heart.Although she didn't have much contact with Lu Shuqi in her previous life, she always thought that Lu Shuqi was a nice person, at least she didn't hurt her like Lu Shuqing and Lu Shufang.

Now it seems that it is not what she thought...

People really can't just look at the surface.

Lu Shuyi kept her composure, pursed her lips and smiled lightly: "Biao Wen said he was feeling bored and panicked, and wanted to come up to get some air."

Lu Shuqi squeezed her palms, looked at her with a smile, and said slowly: "It's strange to say, I think that among our sisters, Cousin Wen likes to play with you the most."

"Third sister thinks too much, cousin Wen treats everyone the same." Lu Shuyi interrupted, her eyes moved slightly, and she turned to Lu Shuqi and said: "In my opinion, I still think he treats second sister well, at least he won't let him The second sister is embarrassing, don't you think so?"

Lu Shuqi had a vague expression on her face, she pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Since the third sister thinks that Cousin Wen is embarrassing you, then the third cousin will hide from Cousin Wen in the future, so as to avoid embarrassment."

"Thank you, Second Sister, for your reminder. Second Sister is right. I should avoid him from now on." After speaking, Lu Shuyi took a sip of the tea cup on the table, thinking to herself.

It seems that Lu Shuqi does have feelings for Su Ziwen, does Su Ziwen know about this?
Judging by his heartless appearance, he probably didn't know.

But she couldn't figure it out, since Lu Shuqi was attracted to Su Ziwen in the previous life, didn't the eldest wife see any clues?

Even if the eldest wife can't see it, why did Lu Shuqi agree to marry far away in Yangzhou in the end?If she shared her thoughts with the eldest wife a little bit, would there be no reason for the eldest wife not to take care of her?

Lu Shuyi suddenly felt that she knew too little in her previous life, and her circle was only limited to her and He Tai.

Everything in front of her now seems to be different from what she saw in her previous life, and the situation is getting more and more delicate.

There was applause downstairs, and Chen Jiaban sang "Peach Blossom Meeting".

Lu Shuqi turned her head and went to talk about "Peach Blossom Meeting" with Su Liangyu, but Su Liangyu was just perfunctory.

The birthday banquet was about to end, and the fourth master downstairs suddenly came to report, saying that the Marquis of Dingbei had sent someone to celebrate his birthday.

The old lady Lu had a happy face, she got up quickly and said, "Come in, please."

Lu Shuyi could feel that the old lady Lu must have been waiting for people from Dingbeihou's mansion to come. After all, today is her [-]th birthday. When other rich old ladies celebrate their birthdays, Dingbeihou will send people to send congratulations. If she celebrates her birthday and Ding Beihou doesn't send someone over, how will others look at the Lu family?
So at this moment, Mrs. Lu, a big stone in her heart finally fell to the ground.

Dingbeihou sent the housekeeper of the Dingbeihou's mansion. The butler was about 50 years old, with a ruddy complexion and a clean gray suit. I came to wish you birthday, but I encountered some troubles on the way, so I came late, don't take offense at the old birthday star."

The fourth master introduced: "This is the horse steward of the Hou Mansion."

The old lady Lu was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, she hurriedly said: "Butler Ma is out, please come in for tea."

Guanjia Ma said: "God, you don't have to be polite, the old lady downstairs has already served tea, and we will go down after giving the birthday gift."

Lu Shuyi's gaze didn't stop at Steward Ma, she fixedly looked at the man beside Steward Ma.

The man was wearing a royal blue calamus-patterned Confucian robe and a mustache.He is obviously 30 years old, but his face is fair and clean, his eyes are as deep as a lake, and his whole body exudes an unconcealable elegance and noble temperament, like Zhilan Langyue, and green pines in the mountains.

She looked at her eyes for a moment, and before she knew it, her eyes turned red.

Mo Ju, who was standing on the side, saw that she was a little weird, and hurriedly whispered: "Miss, what's wrong with you?"

Lu Shuyi's eyes were sore, she suppressed tears, and said lightly: "I'm fine, it's just that the wind is strong, and my eyes are a little dazed."

windy?

Where is the wind?

Mo Ju was a little puzzled, she looked at Lu Shuyi quietly, and Lu Shuyi's eyes were fixed on the man next to Steward Ma.

"...Do you know that person?" Mo Ju couldn't help asking again.

Lu Shuyi didn't speak, but she was very excited.

She not only knew this person, but also knew him very well.

She even knew that his favorite tea was the cloud and mist from Mount Lushan, his favorite snack was kumquat gingerbread, and his favorite thing was playing chess...

And so on, she knows too much.

But she didn't know that he was actually a member of the Marquis of Dingbei...

Lu Shuyi tightly squeezed the handkerchief in her hand, and when she looked again, she didn't want her eyes to meet the man's eyes.

He was still the same as in his previous life, with a pair of calm and indifferent eyes, well-defined features, a high nose bridge, and the corners of his mouth hidden under the two tufts of beard under the nose. The calm and restrained aura made people feel inexplicably stable.

She even forgot to avoid his gaze, and the two of them just watched for a long time, until Mo Ju tugged at the corner of her clothes, and reminded in a low voice: "Miss, you...don't look."

Only then did Lu Shuyi realize that both Lu Shujing and Lu Shuqi were looking at her.

She quickly pretended to be nonchalant, and said in a low voice: "The people in the Hou's residence are really extraordinary, even a housekeeper looks so noble."

Lu Shuqing turned around and said with a giggle: "Of course, the people in the Hou Mansion are naturally not too bad."

Lu Shuyi didn't speak, her eyes were indescribably deep.

Over there, Steward Ma had already given a birthday gift, so Mrs. Lu asked the fourth master to invite Steward Ma and the man downstairs for tea.

Lu Shuyi's eyes fell on the man again, just as the breeze blew, the man's Confucian robe fluttered like a butterfly.

Lu Shuyi felt as if her heart had been hit by a stone, it was an indescribable feeling...

Sitting back in her seat again, Lu Shuyi no longer had the heart to listen to the play, her mind was full of the scene just now.

She really didn't expect to see Mr. Bai again in such a scene.

In the previous life, the Lu family was defeated, and she and her younger sister Lu Shujing were sent to the Xiangchun Tower in the capital.Xiangchunlou was the official prostitute's house of Da Zhou, and most of the girls in it were imprisoned by the family who had committed crimes.

In such a place, a woman's body is worthless.What a man wants, you have to give...

How could she accept such a fate?

I planned to die with my sister, but who knew that when she woke up, she was rescued.

The person who rescued her was the man just now. She only knew his surname was Bai, and she didn't even know his name.

After waking up, when she thought about being ruined by men in the future, she felt that life would be worse than death. She once cried and asked Mr. Bai: "Why do you bother to save me? You know, death is the only relief for me."

Mr. Bai had his hands behind his back, so she couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, and could only hear his steady voice: "Death is certainly a relief, but you can't enjoy the joy of being alive. Your sister is dead, why don't you still go with me?" ? If your parents have spirits in heaven, do you think they can rest in peace?"

Later, I don't know what kind of relationship he used. Not only did the teacher of Xiangchun Building not let her hang up a sign to serve men, but also arranged a separate boudoir for her in the backyard.In front of the boudoir, Mr. Bai also opened an open space for her, and planted some honeysuckle and roses in it.

Mr. Bai once said that honeysuckle is the flower with the best patience and the flower that can endure the baptism of cold winter the most.

Just like human beings, there are troubles in this world, and only the word "patience" can survive the severe winter.

It was also from then on that Mr. Bai began to teach her various things.

From Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica", to playing chess and painting, to embroidery and pipa, as long as he comes to Xiangchun Building, he will teach her every step of the way.

He would tell her as soon as he got news about their Lu family.

Even in early autumn, he would quietly take her out for a tour of the mountains and rivers, allowing her to broaden her horizons...

In her previous life, she had thought about how to repay him, but she had nothing, so how could she repay him?
She even thought about agreeing with her body ridiculously, but Mr. Bai never moved her, but turned his back and said: "I don't help you because you want you to repay me, I just want you to know that as long as you don't die, as long as If you are alive, there will be countless possibilities..."

Lu Shuyi's fingers pinched deeply into the flesh, her mind was full of what Mr. Bai said.

She thought that she would never see Mr. Bai again in this life, but she really never thought that God would give her such a chance to see him again.

I don't know when, "Order of Guigui" in Beishuangtune has been sung downstairs.The singer's voice is mellow and soft, and the tone is poignant and lingering...

After hearing this, she slowly came back to her senses, and said to Mo Ju, "It's so boring here, let's go for a walk in the garden with me!"

Mo Ju was startled, and hurriedly persuaded: "This is not okay, everyone is listening to the show now, if you sneak out like this, what if the old lady finds someone?"

In fact, Mo Ju was not afraid of these things, she was afraid that if Lu Shuyi slipped out, she would run into Su Ziwen again.

Su Ziwen is shameless, who knows if he will do something out of the ordinary.

　Two chapters merged into one chapter, okay~
　　
　
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