52. Chapter 52
The old lady wanted to keep her daughter and granddaughter at home for a while, but something happened to the Marquis's house. She was afraid that her son and daughter-in-law would be embarrassed when she faced her daughter. On the 18th, Mrs. Chen proposed to return home tomorrow as the original plan, when she returned home tomorrow, the old lady did not try to keep her, but told them to be careful on the road and come over when they have time.
Pei Zheng glanced at the eldest son and said, "There is nothing wrong in the military camp recently. Jing Han will go to see your aunt and cousin, and you can come back before the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Although he did not become a wife, he had a slight flaw with his eldest son. Instead of meeting each day, it would be better to leave the eldest son for a while. When the eldest son came back, Aunt Liu's affairs had settled, and the father and son could still get along like before. Moreover, Pei Zheng knew that his mother and sister wanted to match the marriage between the eldest son and the niece. Pei Zheng was also very satisfied with his niece who was both virtuous and capable, and sent his eldest son to send him off. This would not only give more time to spend with the cousins and sisters, but also let the people of the Shen family in Jingzhou know that they value their sister, and no one would want to bully the sister and mother.
Chen Youyou lowered his head shyly.
Mrs. Chen said politely: "No need, it's a long way away, why bother Jing Han to go there?"
Pei Zheng looked at his eldest son.
Pei Jinghan looked at Chen Youyou, whose pretty face was slightly red, and spoke to Mrs. Chen, "My aunt came from afar, and Jinghan should have given her aunt."
Mrs. Chen was happy, her mother and brother were satisfied, and her nephew was satisfied, and this marriage was almost done.
That night, Pei Jinghan asked Ningxiang Suyue to take good care of Lengmei Pavilion and set off early the next morning.
Ningxiang was relaxed all over.
Pei Jinghan has been gone for nearly two months. If you don’t have to worry about the next two months, Ningxiang’s little face is like a lotus that just bloomed in the pond, pink and tender, with bright almond eyes when she smiles, and it’s like she’s coming back to life.
"If the prince had a clairvoyant look at you so happy after seeing him leave, he would definitely eat you first when he came back." Su Yue smiled and pointed her nose.
"Not mentioning him," Ningxiang pressed Suyue's hand and asked with a smile: "He is not here. You should go home with me at the end of the month? I tell you that the food box made by my aunt is very delicious, and we can also go to Beihe to catch fish fry."
After playing with Lu Cheng once, Ningxiang really missed the carefree days of playing with water. The water in the lower part of the Beihe River was shallow, and the deepest was at her knees. The big fish did not swim in the shallow areas, but there were small fish fry with fingernails. She bent down and looked for it. She found her hands and held it. As long as she moved quickly, she could hold it up and take it home for fun.
Su Yue looked at her brilliant little face and shook her head and said, "I won't go. The road is too hot. How can I stay in the Marquis' Mansion?"
Ningxiang looked at her regretfully.
However, Su Yue has never played in the countryside, so it’s not a big deal that she is not interested in what she said.
The invitation failed, Ningxiang continued to sew clothes for her brother.
Pei Jinghan is not here, she has plenty of time.
Su Yue was watching from the side, in a dilemma, how to speak to Ningxiang. She didn't want to see Ningxiang disappointed or felt sorry for her eyes, but...
On this 27th, it was raining, and it was dark outside, with the sky shining and thunder, and it didn't stop until the evening.
Ningxiang was not afraid of thunder. After closing the doors and windows, she entered the inner room. When she saw Su Yue was actually in her quilt. Seeing her, Su Yue smiled and said, "I'm afraid of thunder. I'll sleep with you tonight."
The two lived together for more than three years. How could Ningxiang not know what Su Yue is afraid of or not? She knew that Su Yue just wanted to act coquettishly. She didn't expose it, took off her clothes and got into the quilt. Before she could lie down, Su Yue suddenly pinched her chest.
Ningxiang exclaimed softly, blushed her hands away, and pinched her a little harder, "If you don't be honest, I'll go back to your bed."
The two sisters often make a fuss like this, but Su Yue didn't laugh tonight, and suddenly there was no sound.
Ningxiang felt strange, but the room was dark and couldn't see what Su Yue was doing. After lying down, she asked her in a low voice, "Why don't you talk?"
Su Yue did not respond.
Ningxiang became more and more strange. Just as she was about to touch her, Su Yue suddenly hugged her and buried her neck and cried, "Ningxiang, I was not good before, I blamed you wrongly, and I was jealous of the prince's better alienation from you, I'm sorry for you..."
Does Pei Jinghan prefer her? She favors her, but that's because Pei Jinghan likes her body, only Ningxiang, who treats her well but does not want anything.
"Ningxiang, I am just like you, and I am all coming back to life..."
Ningxiang's hand that wanted to pat Su Yue's shoulder was stopped stiffly in the air. After a long time, she slowly let go, motionless, and listened to Su Yue in a daze when she woke up, why did she hide her, and also said that she wanted to stay in the Marquis's Mansion to take revenge on Chen Youyou, but she had to give her the monthly money she had saved up so that she could redeem herself.
Ningxiang also cried, crying indescribable voice.
She didn't blame Su Yue for hiding her, she just couldn't see Su Yue being stupid.
"You forgot your previous life... Su Yue, she is the prince's wife whom the prince's matchmaker has just married back. She is his cousin. You can't beat her. Do you still want to..." Ningxiang couldn't bear to mention the crying that Su Yue was overwhelmed. She sat up with her and said firmly: "Su Yue, let's redeem together, we will..."
"I won't leave, you don't have to persuade me." Su Yue stopped crying. She grabbed Ningxiang's shoulder and grabbed her tightly, "Ningxiang, I'm different from you. You have family members who are good to you, and I have nothing. I tell you that when I was bullied and humiliated by that person, I only have one thought, that is, to live, even if I keep a breath, I have to live. Only by living can I take revenge!"
"But she is a wife and you are a maid. She wants to sell you for one thing. What do you fight with her?" Ningxiang cried and reminded her, "Aunt Liu is so favored, but she is sold as well? Su Yue, don't be stupid. It's not worth taking revenge, let her live with the prince. Let's leave here, go home with me, and continue to be sisters..."
"You don't have to persuade me. I really want to leave, so I won't give it to him." Su Yue wiped Ningxiang's eyes and said softly.
Ningxiang was struck by lightning and couldn't help but hold her wrist, "You, you..."
"Yes, the night you went home last month, he wanted me, but I didn't stop him." Su Yue's voice was surprisingly calm, "Ningxiang, do you know my determination? In fact, you don't have to worry about me, I have thought of a way to redeem yourself. Don't you plan for yourself? Now the prince's love for Chen Youyou is weak, and I have suffered a loss once, and I will never take it again. If you don't believe it, just wait and see. But you, hurry up and miss this opportunity. When he comes back, you will regret it too late. And I really hope that if you leave, the prince will pamper me more, and my chances of revenge on her will be greater. If you stay, it will only drag me back. I don't want to be distracted to clean up the mess for you."
"You don't need to say harsh words on purpose. If you don't leave, I won't leave!"
She actually wanted to anger her. Ningxiang pushed Suyue away, pulled the quilt and covered her head. She swallowed, "If you want to go together, go together, just serve him together. The prince likes me even more. You want to take revenge on your cousin, I will help you revenge. At worst, she will sell you once again, and at worst, let's die together once!"
"Who wants to die with you?" Su Yue lifted her quilt hard and cried and hit her shoulder. "You're going to die when he touches you, but you dare to serve him? Get out of here as soon as possible. You really dare to steal him from me. I'll deal with you first! Ningxiang I tell you, you don't like the prince, so I will continue to be sisters with you. If you have that kind of mind, don't blame me for turning against you!"
Ningxiang didn't know whether what she was saying was true or not, and she had no intention of telling it. Thinking that Su Yue had lost her innocence, thinking that Su Yue was determined to stay with Pei Jinghan, and determined to walk the road that was destined to be sold and bullied again if she accidentally got sold and was bullied. She felt that the road ahead was as vast as the thunderstorm outside, and she could not see any hope.
Unless she has no heart, she can accept Su Yue’s money and leave her alone in the Hou’s Mansion to take care of her step by step.
"Ningxiang, let's go, this is what I want. I don't have any hardship at all. I just want you to leave and let me have no worries. OK?"
She lay there and cried non-stop. Su Yue threw herself on her and lowered her shoulders and begged her, "Ningxiang, go, think about Amu."
Ningxiang was shocked all over and then smiled bitterly: "I will tell him not to go to Beihe..."
"What if?" Su Yue reminded her hoarsely, "Ningxiang, Amuzhen listens to you so much, he will not sneak out to play. Even if you warn him repeatedly in this life, he will listen to you once, who knows if he will go out with Dazhuang again next time? Beihe is there, all winter, are you sure Amu will not go once? Do you dare to bet? Do you dare to bet with your brother's life?"
Ningxiang suddenly cried.
She dared not gamble.
The wind and rain outside the window were mixed, and the pouring rain covered the crying of the sisters on the couch. It rained all night and the sisters cried all night.
The next morning, both of them had swollen eyes into walnuts.
With his head poked out of the quilt and his eyes were facing each other, Su Yue burst into laughter and joked with her, "I knew you would cry and swollen eyes, so I didn't wait until you told you the night before you came home, so that you wouldn't be able to see anyone."
Ningxiang couldn't laugh at all. Looking at Su Yue who was so close to her, she was reluctant to leave her eyes.
She really doesn't want to be separated from Su Yue. After being together for so long, she has long regarded Su Yue as her family.
"Don't look at me that way, it's not a separation from life and death."
Su Yue glanced at her, got out of the bed, and said in a relaxed tone while putting on her clothes: "When you leave the house, I will write to you every month, and ask Mama Li to hand it over to Guo Laosan. You can take it there. If you have any interesting things, you can tell me in the letter. By the way, you must invite me to have a wedding banquet when you get married."
Ningxiang forced a smile.
For a moment, she didn't know whether she should hope Su Yue's method would work. She successfully redeem her life or hoped that her method would not work. She continued to accompany Su Yue.
After the heavy rain, the weather became even hotter.
In the early morning, she bid farewell to Su Yue, and Ningxiang met with Mama Li at the Jiaomen with a lot of thoughts.
"What's going on with Lu Cheng?" On the way to snack street, Madam Li smiled and asked.
Ningxiang lowered her eyes and smiled bitterly, "Madam, stop asking."
Last time Lu Cheng forced the money to her, but she returned it without counting it. Now she wants to borrow money from him so that Su Yue can keep her money for emergencies. After all, Su Yue has to stay alone in the Marquis' Mansion, and she has money in her hands to be more confident, but she doesn't know if Lu Cheng is willing to borrow it.
Walking to the snack street, Ningxiang looked for Lu Cheng's figure in the crowd with a completely opposite mood from last time.
There is no one on the left, nor on the right. Neither he is the pedestrians on the street or the stall owner.
Ningxiang is mixed with the five flavors in the heart.
This time, Lu Cheng really gave up, right?
"Lu Cheng? Are you here to set up a stall again today?"
Suddenly, Madam Li's teasing voice came from beside her. Ningxiang paused and turned around blankly.
Lu Cheng's pair of peach blossom eyes had already fallen on her, staring at her and Madam Li and said, "No, I came to find Miss Xu and ask her if you have something to do."
He had a tense face, serious and coldness, Ningxiang was inexplicably scared and lowered her head.
Madam Li looked at the two of them and said tactfully, "Then you talk first, I'll go buy things first."
Lu Cheng nodded, and when Madam Li left, he walked to Ningxiang in three or two steps and said in a deep voice: "Do you redeem yourself?"
Ningxiang didn't understand why he asked like this, stared at his clothes and said, "No, still..."
"Then give me my money back." Lu Cheng interrupted her coldly and stretched out his hand to her.
Ningxiang's face changed suddenly, and she no longer cared about embarrassment. She looked up and asked him, "Didn't your third uncle give you the money?"
Lu Cheng frowned and stared at her apricot eye unhappily, "What's my third uncle? Since you haven't redeemed yourself, please pay it back to me quickly. I'll use money if I have something to do."
His eyes were full of disgust, like a debt collector, no longer gentle.
Ningxiang looked at it for a long time, and the more I looked, the cooler I felt.
Didn’t Lu Cheng’s third uncle give him the money? If that’s the case, she will take Lu Cheng to argue now. Uncle Lu Cheng’s third uncle may not admit it either? She had no evidence when she left her purse. Will Lu Cheng believe his third uncle or her? He has such a good relationship with his third uncle and is so cold to her...
The fragrance is like falling into an ice cave.
Twenty taels of silver, where did she go to find twenty taels of silver to return it to Lu Cheng?
Do you want to return the money she and Su Yue to save back to him?
Does God also want her to change her fate by a maid, and doesn’t want her to successfully redeem herself?
The more I thought about it, the more I became desperate, and the little girl's face was ashamed.
She was so scared that Lu Cheng's breath that had been held in for a month finally subsided, and he grinned and said, "I'm lying to you, let's go. I think the watermelon over there is good. Let's pick two for Amu Anan to go back."
After saying that, I thought she would breathe a sigh of relief, but I saw the little girl curling her lips and crying.
Chapter completed!