Cold Palace’s Abandoned Consort

After that day, I heard that Boss Wang's carriage took another two laps near the village, and in the end did nothing and left.

I didn't bother anymore, but concentrated on taking care of my embroidery workshop.

It turns out that God pays hard work.

My embroidery workshop slowly made it. Except for boss Wang, the bosses in several large towns nearby came to me to order, and even the owners of some garment factories and silk satin villages in Yangzhou City paid attention to us. . But currently my biggest guest is Boss Wang. He has a large quantity of goods, a fixed deadline, and the most commissions. It is our number one gold owner in the embroidery workshop. Generally, if the work is tight, I will rush to pick up His business, but other businesses.

In a few months, the embroidery workshop has begun to take shape.

In order to facilitate the work of the embroidery girls, I gritted my teeth and enlarged my home yard. I also removed the previous bamboo fence and rebuilt a slippery brick wall. Locks are convenient for work, but also for the safety of me and Lier. Of course, such a big demolition and construction also caused dissatisfaction among some other people in the village, but in the final analysis, nearly half of the big girls and daughters-in-law in the village worked under my hands, and those dissatisfaction could not be spread. After two or three days, After being pressed by several embroiders, there was no sound.

It was Ruxiang, came to see the large yard, and looked at the humble hut, and whispered in my ear: "Light, why don't you just rent a bigger house near the village? The yard is big. , You and Lier can move in, you can live a bit more comfortable? "

I listened, just smiled, took the rag and wiped off the dust on the table.

Looking at me quietly, Ruxiang also seemed to understand something, and said gently: "Light, are you still thinking of the third brother in your heart?"

I wiped the table with a stiff hand.

Ruxiang said: "I heard Gou Er said that obviously there is such a powerful person who is good to you, but you still come back; you have been living in this room because you can't forget the third brother, right? Now that you have money, you can live in a better house, but you just spend money to repair it here, and you do n’t want to leave. Do n’t you want to leave the home that your third brother gave you? ”

I just looked at her and didn't speak.

Ruxiang came to me and held my hand gently: "I—you do n’t tell me, I do n’t know what happened to you. Although everyone said you were outside at that time—but I know, You are not such a woman, otherwise you would not take Lier back to live in the village. But why do you separate? Why did he go to be the chief officer and you come back here? "

"..."

"Isn't it-he lost you?"

"Ruxiang, stop talking."

"..."

I looked up, looking at Ruxiang full of concern, but a blank look, a slight smile: "You think too much, but there is only one thing you did not expect."

"what?"

"The wealth is not innocent."

"what?"

I laughed: "I do have a little money now, but there are only two people in the family, me and Lili, who rent a big house, that is to tell everyone that I have money, come and grab it."

Ruta stunned for a moment, and I laughed again: "I've been thief once before, I don't want to be a second time. Besides--" I looked up, looked at this simple hut, and laughed: "Live I ’m used to it, but I do n’t think it ’s not good at all. If necessary in the future, think about renting a big house. ”

After that, I laughed, took the rag, washed it, and dried it on the windowsill.

I didn't look back, but I also felt that Ruxiang had been looking at me, but she didn't talk, and when things were done, she couldn't help but look back at her gaze and stop.

I just feel blank.

Ruta frowned, and took a step forward: "Lightness, you--"

Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by an embroidered woman who suddenly came in: "Ruxiang!"

We were all startled in the room: "What's up?"

"Quick, you go home!"

"Huh? What are you doing home?"

The embroidered mother was panting, but at this time she couldn't even speak clearly. She held her breath for a long time: "Your brother is back!"

Ruta stopped when she heard it.

I also stunned for a moment——Brother of Ruxiang, I still remember that when I arrived in Jixiang Village, the brothers of the Zhao family had already been on the battlefield. I haven't seen them back in these years. The brothers returned home safely at an early date. I did not expect that today, they really returned.

At this moment, Ruxiang didn't respond, and stayed still, I was so happy that I hurried forward and pushed her: "Not yet back!"

"what?"

Then she returned to her normal life, looked at me, and looked at the embroidered mother. She couldn't say anything, and turned and ran out.

I stood at the door and watched her run and stumble. I almost fell over when I went out, and laughed with the embroidered mother. I said gently, "It's not easy, it's been so many years, she Finally came back. "

Hearing this sentence, the embroidering mother stumbled and said, "It's a pity ..."

"What a pity? What a pity?"

"Unfortunately, only one came back."

"what?"

I was shocked, looking at the embroidered mother, her face bleak with a hint of shame: "Brother Zhao Family-It's gone. It was brought back by Brother Er."

.

That day till night, Ruta didn't return.

Later, I faintly heard the cry from Aunt Zhao's house. I was also very sad, but their family had just reunited and it was not easy to disturb them in the past.

The next day, talents from the village visited the Zhao family.

Ruxiang's elder brother is indeed dead, because the court has a custom. If someone in the family already fights the battlefield, then the remaining males can be exempted from military service.

Because there are old people in the family, the funeral of Brother Zhao's family can't be a big deal, it's just a simple dojo. In fact, the two brothers have been away from home for so many years, and many things are more or less something you would want. It is already a big luck to be back. The deceased has died, and the living is like this. Fortunately, there was another child under her lap, which made her slightly relieved.

I went to the door to send Jin Jin, and was comforting Aunt Zhao. I saw a man with a big body, dark skin, and a brave man coming up and said to Ruxiang: "This is the Liu family- ? "

Ruta nodded.

I hurried to stand up and saw the man holding a fist at me: "Thank you so much for taking care of my sister."

It seems that this is Ruxiang's second brother, but he is a strong guy. I used to think that Gu Ping had been training very manly in the barracks, but it was really incomparable compared with those who had actually been on the battlefield. This brother Er Zhao looked very impassive in the crowd, and he was particularly glaring and polite to me.

I laughed: "Don't dare to be, Brother Er said so much."

He said, "I heard my mother and sister say that you are a competent person. Don't be polite tonight, just stay for a quick meal."

People who have been soldiers are so straight, I don't feel good about quitting, so I nodded and agreed. Everyone sat down to eat. The table was full of vegetarian meals, but the taste was not bad. Lier is no longer picky now. She put the vegetables in her bowl and still enjoyed it.

But Aunt Zhao was a white-haired person who gave black hair, or she was so heartbroken that she couldn't eat anything, and they could only send her back to the back room for a good rest. During the meal, the second brother of the Zhao family had been thanking me for taking care of his younger sister. Ruxiang came back and said, "Second brother, you had written a letter for your mother in the past.

"Oh, I remember." Brother Er Zhao nodded. "In one letter, even the documents in the camp said that the word was well written. Mr. Jiaoshu may not write so well. You wrote it. . "

I humbled and smiled, "It's a great prize."

"Hey, if we can come back that time ..."

He said, his dark eyebrows frowned, and he drank up his glass. Ruxiang next to her had red eyes again, and gently rubbed his shoulder: "Brother ..."

I said, "I still remember writing for Mrs. Zhao, and I said you should be back soon. How could it be so long?"

Brother Er Zhao took the jug and poured another glass of wine, his brows deepened: "Yes, it should have been possible to return at that time, but because of fighting in Hehuang again, the Ministry of Defense issued a transfer order and brought us 80,000 Many horses are transferred. "

"Heyu?"

I listened, I thought about it, remembering that at the annual banquet before I left the palace, after Yu Muya performed a dance, Pei Yuanzhang mentioned that her brother Tu Shuhan defeated the cavalry of the East Chaga Department in Hehuang It was the good news that defended the stability of the frontier.

It turned out that the army where the Zhao family brothers were also transferred to participate in those battles.

Thinking of this, I said smoothly: "I remember Tu Shuhan led the soldiers?"

"Yes, that's him." Brother Er said, slap the table: "That beard, to say, he really has a hand in the fight, the few generals we followed before were not as fierce as he!"

"Oh?"

I still remember that Loch once said that there was almost nothing to play in the dynasty, and the only star, Pei Yuanfeng, the five prince at the time, also left. If you think about it, Pei Yuanzhang does have a big bias in the promotion of military ministers and generals. He has a nearly hungering demand for governing the world, and he dares to promote and appoint young officials, but the generals are indeed weaker. Maybe He also later realized that it was not until one or two years ago that there was a news report, otherwise he would not have been beaten by Luo Shi in Dongzhou. In recent years, there have been many wars in the border areas and in the south.

In addition to Wen Fengxi, now there is another Hu Ren general, it seems that Pei Yuanzhang consciously cultivated it.

I still thought for a while, and then I heard Zhao Er said, "However, this man is fighting unambiguously, just doing things, a little sneaky."

"...?" I wondered. "Sneaky? What did he do?"