Chapter 639 Daily
The willow-shaded courtyard is beautiful, and the willows whisper in the long, clear day.
The small pond is filled with green waves, and both are busy kicking the water.
The duckweed is scattered, the catkins are floating, and the light body is wild.
Out of pity for the fragrance of the fallen petals, I carry them back to the painted beams.
——Zeng Di, Song Dynasty
It was a terrible night.
At dawn, Sun Shaozong, wearing a warm jacket with a mink collar, sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed his temples.
After all, I drank a few too many glasses, otherwise I wouldn't have behaved so recklessly in this room.
It wasn't that he regretted it. He had taken in Qingwen and Caixia last night - just two maids. He could just sleep with them, what was the big deal?
The main problem is that the place is not suitable!
You should be more cautious in your own daughter's room.
Fortunately, my daughter is still young and can’t remember things yet. I’ll have someone change the bed and then fumigate it with spices.
Um……
It’s better not to use spices indiscriminately. There are no environmental protection standards nowadays. What if children are allergic to them?
It’s better to leave it vacant for two days and wait for the smell to dissipate naturally before letting her sleep in this room again.
After making up his mind, Sun Shaozong glanced back at the bed and saw that the two girls still had their eyes closed, pretending to be asleep. So he simply ignored them, dressed himself and went to the outer room.
As soon as I stepped over the threshold, I ran into the little maid Rui'er who was peeking around.
Seeing Sun Shaozong coming out, Ruier immediately lowered her head and fiddled with the broom, trying to pretend that she was cleaning.
But she thought about it again and felt something was wrong, so she quickly bowed and said, "This servant greets the Second Master."
Sun Shaozong was too lazy to argue with her and directly ordered: "When your aunt wakes up, tell her not to let Nannan go to that room until I find someone to clean it up."
After a pause, she added, "There's no need to talk about Qingwen. You should take care of her for the next few days. If there's anything you can't do, go outside and ask the maids to help. Go to the small kitchen and ask for a few days' leave for Caixia."
Rui'er agreed readily, and like a sunflower, she watched Sun Shaozong leave the west wing.
When he turned around and looked into the inner room, the look of inquiry and curiosity turned into unstoppable envy.
…
"Qingwen... take care of her... call the maid... small kitchen... ask for a few days off..."
The voices outside were intermittent, but Qingwen heard them clearly. She felt mixed emotions for a moment, and her eyes, which had never dried, were filled with tears again without her realizing it.
The memories of the past ten years were like a kaleidoscope of thoughts in my mind, one moment it was Baoyu and Xiren, the next it was Xiangling and Ruier, and from time to time, Mrs. Wang's kind-looking but hateful face would pop up.
At this moment, a deep and hoarse voice suddenly reached her ears:
"Are you satisfied now?!"
Qingwen opened her eyes and looked sideways, only to see Caixia staring at her with resentment, with red and swollen finger marks where her breathing rose and fell.
If it was yesterday, Qingwen would have had to argue with her, but now...
But Qingwen really didn't want to argue with her anymore.
Enduring the pain between her buttocks, she slowly sat up, picked up her relatively neat clothes and put them on, then held onto the bedpost and struggled to stand up.
Once her body had adjusted a little, she prepared to go out.
Just as she took a step forward with trembling legs, Qingwen suddenly stopped.
After hesitating for a while, he turned around and walked to the cupboard, took a pair of scissors from the dustpan, returned to the bed, lifted the quilt, and carefully twisted the piece of blood that belonged to him off the mattress.
"snort!"
Caixia saw that she treated it with such care, she became even more angry. She snorted coldly, sat up straight, and sneered, "You may not even get a proper concubine, who do you want to give this thing to? Are you going to give it to Master Bao?!"
When Qingwen heard the words "Master Bao", she finally reacted.
She shook her head slightly and said with a wry smile, "He couldn't keep me two years ago, so what can he do now? Even if we meet in person, I'm afraid he will congratulate me for finding a good home."
As he spoke, he moved towards the door step by step.
But when she reached the door, she stopped again, turned back hesitantly and warned: "You'd better restrain yourself and stop being obsessed with the past - you must know that the Second Master cannot tolerate ."
Caixia was about to retort, but she had already left without looking back.
Without mentioning what happened to Caixia in the room, Qingwen went to the outer room and did not see Ruier, who had just been talking. Instead, Xiangling was holding a cup of hot tea, sitting at the table, thinking about something in a daze.
"ah!"
Seeing Qingwen coming out, Xiangling hurriedly stood up and came over to support her, letting Qingwen sit at the top. Then she complained, "Since you're up, why didn't you say anything? You made a fuss for half the night yesterday, and I thought you wouldn't show up until noon!"
Then, he leaned close to Qingwen's ear and said, "I'll ask Rui'er to get the ointment. I'll help you apply it myself later so you don't have to suffer..."
Qingwen originally didn't know how to face her, but now listening to her chattering as usual, she felt a sense of warmth and shame in her heart.
Just as he was about to say "thank you", he suddenly heard Xiangling say, "I'll find a chance in the morning and ask the master how he wants to arrange for you..."
"Don't do that!"
Qingwen was busy shaking her hand like a rattle. What Xiangling meant by placement was obviously referring to 'promoting her to become a concubine'. But how could this matter be as simple as she thought?
Seeing Xiangling still in a daze, she could only helplessly explain: "Second Master hasn't even gotten married yet, but he's already taken in three concubines and has given birth to a son out of wedlock - this is already not a good marriage, so how can we add to it now?"
After she finished saying this, Xiangling first seemed to realize something, then she covered her mouth and started to laugh.
Qingwen was so amused by her laughter that she could not help asking what was going on. Then she covered her mouth and said, "I was worried that you would not understand. But now that I hear you think so carefully about Second Master, I think I was worrying for no reason."
Qingwen was very embarrassed. She wanted to tickle Xiangling, but she felt that it was not right to be so cheerful at this moment. Finally, she grabbed her half cup of tea out of spite and drank it in one gulp.
After drinking the tea, the depression in her heart seemed to be washed away a lot, and she felt relieved instead.
After all, she had left Rongguo Mansion for two years and had long lost contact with Jia Baoyu. She would not want to commit suicide like she did before.
Two flowers bloom, each showing its own beauty.
Let’s not talk about what happened in the backyard of the Sun family. When Princess Beijing woke up in the morning, she recalled what happened last night and felt uncomfortable all over.
So he simply ordered someone to boil some bath water and planned to scrub himself thoroughly.
Who knew that just as the bathtub was ready, they heard someone banging on the door outside. When they asked, who else could it be but Prince Beijing Shui Rong?
Since Shui Rong was clamoring to come in, the maids and servants naturally refused to stop him.
So he quickly sent one person to go forward and bolt the door.
Clang~
Before the door was even opened, Shui Rong rushed in impatiently, dismissed the maids in the room, and asked in a deep voice: "I heard that you took some people out last night, blocked the road and shot Sun Shaozong with an arrow? Is this true?!"
Wei pretended not to hear anything. She turned around and straightened the buttons and belt that she had just unbuttoned. Then she turned back and asked calmly, "So what if it is? So what if it isn't?"
"Why are you so confused?!"
Seeing her attitude, Shui Rong became even more furious, stamping his feet and saying, "You know what kind of situation I am in now! The most important thing right now is to befriend the Crown Prince, so as not to be implicated by the Niu family in the future - but you insist on provoking Sun Shaozong again and again!"
"Do you know that because of what Sun said, the prince beat his closest eunuch to death! If this Sun holds a grudge against us, what will we do in the future?!"
As he spoke, he rushed around the room in a panic.
In just two years, Shui Rong, who was once in his prime, actually began to show some signs of old age, which shows the heavy pressure on his shoulders and in his heart.
But Wei still looked calm and composed.
In recent years, there has been much estrangement between the couple, and Shui Rong just thought that his wife was angry that he could not save her brother-in-law.
Little did she know that although Wei was not a scheming person, she had vaguely sensed that her husband had played an ignominious role in her brother's case.
From what he said, he was thinking about his "future". He didn't think about Wei Ruolan who had suffered an unjust accusation and had been in prison for two years. He also didn't care about the humiliation he had suffered last night by Sun Shaozong.
Wei was just filled with resentment, but how could she feel the same way?
Being annoyed by her husband, she sneered and said, "I just wanted to ask about my second brother. Besides, he has not suffered any loss. If anyone really wants to bear a grudge, it should be me who is annoyed with him!"
"Oh! If it's really for my second brother's sake, then you shouldn't have offended him!"
Shui Rong stamped her feet in anger, secretly regretting why she had chosen her to be the princess in the first place - it was true that she was talented in all aspects of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but her emotional intelligence was too low!
Wei still didn't take it seriously, instead she sneered, "So what if I offend him? Anyway, this case won't have any result according to what you said!"
Wei Ruolan's case has been tried in the past two years, but every time the three courts held a joint trial, the case would be endless.
At the beginning, Wei was still actively working hard to help Wei Ruolan get out of the situation.
But over time, she found that even if someone promised something secretly, it was still useless in the court.
On the contrary, even if someone threatened to severely punish Wei Ruolan, in the end, nothing would be done.
Later, Shui Rong and Wei Rushong asserted that this must have been the emperor's instruction, with the purpose of letting the two families continue to fight.
So when she heard that Sun Shaozong would also be involved in the case, new and old grudges surged in her heart, and she wanted to vent her anger without any scruples.
"What do you know?!"
Seeing that she still refused to admit her guilt, Shui Rong became more and more agitated, waving his arms angrily and said, "This time it's not a joint trial by the three judges. According to the court's intention, the case will be handed over to him to decide alone!"
"What?!"
This time Wei was really shocked. She jumped up suddenly and looked at Shui Rong for a long time. Seeing that he had no intention of changing his words, her long legs suddenly softened and she slowly sat back on the bed.
