45. Little Slave (3)(1/2)
The girl has seen him more recently, and she will send someone to call him again three or four days later. Not only that, she also asked him to teach him how to read and write, and how to ride and shoot martial arts. Chen Yin couldn't guess what the girl wanted to do in this move. After all, he was just a slave, a slave who had delusions to his master.
Despite this, he still took this matter seriously. At the beginning, he was secretly happy about his strong learning ability. He could remember those things firmly in his heart and learn them as soon as possible.
Later he found that the faster he learned, the longer the interval between the girl calling him to meet, and seemed to be relieved to him, so he often asked for his life. So he deliberately slowed down his learning progress and pretended that he could not do it. As expected, the girl often saw him again and occasionally called him stupid.
But Chen Yin was not angry at all, but felt sweet in his heart. He liked this kind of life and hoped that he could live like this.
"Why can't you learn it?" Ruan Ruan frowned with two delicate eyebrows and sighed with her chin. If she had known that teaching people these things was so troublesome, she would not have to worry about it.
It wasn't long before the hairpin was about to be held, less than a year before the date of the fortune telling immortal. Since Ruan Ruan was born, some fortune tellers have said that she had not lived to be sixteen years old. People in the general's mansion naturally did not believe it, but Ruan Ruan had a premonition that this was true, and the feeling of the period approaching was getting stronger and stronger recently.
She has always been casual and has no place to grievance herself at all, so she has no regrets even if she can only live to the age of sixteen. She has arranged everything from the old housekeeper to the servant, and she has her own place to go after she dies. It is this little slave she brought back with greed for color, and it is not suitable for her to be placed anywhere.
This little slave is stupid and stupid, and he can't serve people well. He has a pair of despised strange eyes, and it is difficult to accept wherever he goes.
It is rare to be kind, Ruan Ruan thought to let him learn more. After he left, he would give him some money to freely. He recognized a few words and had some skills in fisting and kicking, so he would not be caught and bullied.
All the situations were taken into account, but he himself was not successful. He could not learn it over and over again.
Seeing the girl's angry look, Chen Yin lowered her expression and pursed her lips and said, "I'm sorry, I will definitely learn hard."
"Forget it, just learn as much as you can." Ruan Ruan was a little tired, and stared at the pond with her hands and her cheeks in a daze.
The young man holding the pen raised his eyes and looked at her side face secretly. The wind blew across the pavilion by the pond, and the black hair that had been wrapped around the girl behind her was messed up.
The orange-red hairband also floated and whirled lowly.
The tail of summer is about to pass, and the pavilion is cool.
"Invitation from the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Ruan Ruan looked at the gold-plated invitation sent by the housekeeper on the table and murmured to herself. The General's Mansion has no relationship with the Prime Minister's Mansion, but various invitations have been sent to her during this period, either enjoying flowers or rafting on the lake.
She had made excuses to refuse the previous few times. If she didn't give her a favor this time, she was afraid that this matter would not be over. Ruan Ruan was not interested in reading the content of the invitation, so she waved her hand and asked the housekeeper to go down and prepare and go directly then.
"Can I go together?" The young man who was practicing archery came to her at some point, looking at the gold-burning invitation, as if she was not going to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but some dangerous place.
"You?" Ruan Ruan looked at the serious and serious look, and shook her head with a funny look: "No."
Those who received the invitation were all official ladies, and those who were accompanied by maids. If she brought a small slave to the banquet, the Prime Minister's wife would definitely think that she was deliberately provoking her. Moreover, women who were not married generally could not meet other men. Ruan Ruan herself was unwilling to be restrained, but she had no intention of destroying other people's reputation.
Seeing the boy's head drooping and his whole body was depressed, Ruan Ruan stroked his fingers through the boy's eyes and added: "It's still okay to be a coachman, but he can only wait for me outside the door."
Chen Yin, who had received the reply, was regained his energy and the archery was quite powerful. He knew that his status was low, and he did not intend to make things difficult for Ruan Ruan. But he stayed in the Prime Minister's Mansion for a while and knew that the Prime Minister's wife was not a good person to be with and was afraid that the girl would be hurt.
In addition, listening to the current situation when the girl was bored, I knew that many people had other intentions for her, especially the third prince was even more eyeing her. The Prime Minister's Mansion had countless relationships with the third prince. Chen Yin felt from the bottom of his heart that this banquet was not that simple, and he was very worried.
But no matter how worried he was, he was getting closer and closer to the day of the banquet. That day, the girl wore a red dress, which made her look more and more beautiful. She still had a smile on the corner of her mouth when she got on the carriage, and she looked in a good mood.
The carriage was swaying to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Ruan Ruan was greeted by the Prime Minister's wife in person. Chen Yin could not follow him, so he had to lead the carriage to a slightly off-limited open space and wait patiently. He waited from the afternoon until it was getting darker and no one came out.
In a state of uneasiness, he glimpsed the figure of the girl coming out of the side wall. She was sneaky, like a thief. He hurried forward and walked forward.
The man looked around carefully and found nothing wrong, but the aroma of the wine that was rushing towards him was too strong.
"Have you drunk?" Chen Yin frowned and showed his dissatisfaction for the first time in front of the girl.
"Shh." The little girl with a bright red face pressed her index finger against her lips, and her smile was as cunning as a little fox. She whispered: "A good show has happened, so let's leave soon."
As he said that, he walked forward two steps, but his feet were a little erratic. Chen Yin originally wanted to go forward to support him, but unexpectedly the girl hugged his neck and rubbed her face in his arms: "I'm a little dizzy, please hold me."
The warm and soft jade was in my arms, and my deep ears gradually turned red, and my face became a little hot. But my hands were moving quickly. Without saying a word, I hurried the girl horizontally into the carriage and drove away from the street quickly.
Back at the mansion, he avoided the others, and he carried the people all the way into the large yard. This was Chen Yin's second time in the girl's room, the decoration was fresh and elegant, and there was a faint sandalwood scent.
Carefully holding the girl to the edge of the bed, he squatted down and took off the girl's shoes and socks, wanting her to lie on the bed for a while so that she could go to the kitchen to cook a bowl of sober soup. Unexpectedly, the girl, who had just got a pillow, grabbed his front hand, her almond eyes rippled, and her seductive red lips opened and closed: "Don't go. Get closer, I have something to say to you."
His heartbeats very quickly, and Chen Yin's hands, who were pinching the edge of the bed, unconsciously tightened. His body leaned down, getting closer as the girl wanted. A gentle heat exhaled into his ears, and he trembled all over and heard the girl murmuring in a soft voice: "You look so beautiful."
Then the earlobes were wet, and a row of small teeth slowly grind on them. It didn't hurt at all, but itched to the heart, unable to grasp or touch.
"Miss." A numb feeling surged from the tip of my heart to my limbs and bones. The boy's voice trembled, his voice was surprisingly low and hoarse, and his breath became chaotic in an instant: "You are drunk."
The girl, who was completely unspeakable, pulled the man to the bed with her deep clothes, pressed her shoulders down and kept her movements from moving. She bent her lips and smiled, and two shallow dimples appeared on her cheeks: "No, I'm not drunk for a thousand cups."
The warm lips covered the boy's lips, and he stretched out his tongue and licked it. The girl immediately smiled even more happily: "Your lips are soft, and the smell on your body smells nice, I like it."
The tormenting little hands were not idle either. He untied his belt and almost pulled his coat down. The boy turned his face and breathed. He was now panicked and excited.
The scene at this moment gradually merged with his dream,
It made him a little confused whether he was in reality or in a dream. The girl's lips were soft and even if she tasted it once, it would make him addicted.
Reason told him that he should leave immediately now, but the instinct that was provoked made him want to rub the girl into his arms. He struggled and entangled inside. He heard the girl call his name, sounding one after another, like a dream.
The string in his heart was about to collapse soon. Chen Yin, whose forehead was sweating, was extremely expecting to see the girl with red eyes holding his neck and sobbing quietly, like a wounded beast. Then he kissed the tears from the corner of the girl's eyes with satisfaction, helped her wipe her body, and quietly waited for the moment when the skylight shone in through the window paper, just like he did countless times in his dreams.
However, after kissing the girl's red lips fiercely, he suddenly turned off the bed, stood three steps away from the bed, staring at the girl behind the curtain and gauze tent with a dark look. He didn't move forward or go out, and just stood there.
The idea of occupying her fills the whole mind, but the young man dares not take action. Whether as a human or a dragon, his identity is always low and humble, and he is not worthy of the lady in the general's mansion.
I just hope to stay in a corner that is not far or near and just watch her live a peaceful life. Those unrealistic dreams are his secrets, and they will never become real.
There was suddenly a person missing around me. The girl with a confused face rolled around on the soft bed for two times. After a while, she fell asleep deeply and soon disappeared. She quickly tidied up her belt and clothes, and her eyes fell on the bed and kept waiting until dawn.
The first ray of sunlight in the morning passed through the gauze tent, and Ruan Ruan opened her eyes at the right time. She rubbed her temples and sat up, and saw someone standing through the curtains. When she looked closely, she saw that it was a little slave, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief and asked sleepyly: "Why are you here?"
As soon as she finished asking, the memories of last night surged up like a tide. She remembered that the Prime Minister's wife had set up a Hongmen banquet for her, intending to tie her up with the third prince completely. Then she took the trick and pretended to be drunk, and was helped by her servants to a room.
She flipped out of the window and saw Li Wan sneaking in the weeds while hiding in the weeds. The third prince couldn't wait to break into the door. Before a quarter of an hour, ambiguous gasps came from the closed door.
Ruan Ruan, who watched a good show, climbed over the wall and left. Who would have thought that the drink had a strong momentum? After seeing her little slave, she couldn't hold on. The memory behind was broken, she vaguely
I remember that I seemed to have pulled the little slave onto the bed and attacked him.
The brave girl felt a little burned for the first time. When she waved her hand to ask the little slave to serve her with her shoes, she pretended to cough and asked him casually: "Didn't I force you last night?"
Hearing the cough that squeezed out of his throat, Chen Yin thought the girl was going to settle the score with him, but who would have asked him this question. Suddenly, he was a little amused and crying. He suppressed the corner of his raised mouth, and a stark smile appeared in his eyes: "Miss is joking."
If that was forced, he hoped to do it a few more times.
He felt relieved quietly, Ruan Ruan felt relieved. Although she liked the little slave's face, she would not force others to do something they would not want to do. Although the little slave suffered a little loss, fortunately, it did not make any irreversible mistakes.
The two people with different minds tacitly did not mention that night again, just pretending that it had not happened. Life was still going on, Chen Yin studied with his husband, and Ruan Ruan sometimes went to see his progress. However, most of her leisure time was enjoying her last time, afraid that she would be gone one day.
Autumn goes and winter comes, and it is covered with snow. If something big happened in the past few months, it is the fifth prince who was appointed as the crown prince. The third prince who was later born should have the most advantage in inheriting the throne, but he didn't know how to arouse His Majesty's disgust, and was named a prince without any truth and was driven out of the imperial city.
There is a rumor that Your Majesty hates the people who make private interests the most, and he is not allowed to make friends with ministers without permission. Unfortunately, these three princes repeatedly disobey Your Majesty's wishes and privately win over the ministers, but they even have sex with Prime Minister Li's daughter, who is completely disliked.
The prime minister's daughter who was obsessed with the third prince did not marry her lover as her concubine as she wished. Instead, she was carried into the side door by a sedan chair and became a concubine. It can be seen that the third prince was very dissatisfied with this cousin. The queen was unable to turn the world around, and her worries became sick, and her physical condition became worse and worse.
Things in the court were turbulent, and the sky changed in just a few months. The general's mansion was not affected at all, and it was still quiet and peaceful. Ruan Ruan, who was wrapped in thick and solid, held a warm hand stove, and was happy to see the flying snow, walked out of the eaves and stepped into the yard.
The snow in the yard was immediately stepped on with a string of footprints, deep and shallow, and it was particularly conspicuous in the vast white. I thought it was fun, and the girl with a red nose ran around the yard, looking at her footprints printed on the ground. When she was tired of running, she squatted down and pinched the snow ball, and then smashed the snow ball in her hand to change into a new clothes.
The boy pursed his lips and smiled secretly.
The boy who had been smashed several times was not annoyed, and walked into the snow with a warm cloak. He gently placed the cloak on Ruan Ruan's shoulder, lowered his head and tied her with a serious and focused look, as if he was doing something sacred.
It was funny that she turned her eyes slightly, and she raised her feet and kicked her in the calves unexpectedly. This time, the teenager was not kicked down like when she first met. She stood firmly in place without even staggering.
With her lips curled, she felt bored. Ruan Ruan wanted to go back to the house to eat chestnut cake. But she had just walked forward for two steps and her head became dizzy. When she woke up again, she found herself lying on the bed, with the room covered with a strong smell of medicine.
"What's wrong?" She saw the little slave silent, and the old housekeeper was standing at the head of her bed, looking very sad, and wiped her tears with a veil.
"It's nothing, lady." When the old housekeeper saw her wake up, he calmed down his emotions and showed a kind smile: "You are sick and need to rest for a while."
In fact, it was not only sick, but also a strange disease. She was in a coma for three days. The doctors in the city had come to see it, but no one could tell me why. When His Majesty heard this news, he even sent the imperial doctor in the palace to come for treatment, but he was helpless.
It was impossible to diagnose what the disease was, nor could the cause be detected. It seemed that she had just fallen into a coma for no reason and was fine when she woke up. The house was drunk with the fragrance of medicine, and a bowl of sticky and dark soup was sent to her. Ruan Ruan subconsciously frowned.
"This is a soup to strengthen your body. Miss, you'll be fine if you drink it." The old butler was as gentle as if coaxing a child.
I wanted to say that I didn't drink it, and it would be useless if I drink it. But so many pairs of expectant eyes were staring at me, she swallowed the words to her mouth and obediently drank the bowl of bitter soup.
A candied fruit was fed to the mouth. Ruan Ruan glanced at the expressionless little slave and bit the candied fruit into his mouth. The sweet taste filled his mouth, and the bitterness of the medicine juice was much diluted.
Although he was taken care of and kept all kinds of medicines in his mouth every day, Ruan Ruan still lost weight with his naked eyes. He fainted from time to time, and he was unconscious for several hours. His body quickly decayed like a dead branch, and the medicine stone was useless.
The teacher no longer came to the general's mansion. Shen Yin refused to learn anything anymore and stayed by the girl's side every moment. He just hoped that when she was awake, she could see him at a glance.
The girl's awake time is irregular, sometimes in the daytime and sometimes in the middle of the night. Shen Yin
He just waited quietly, waiting for her to call her name. During the long waiting period, he was not idle, so he collected many medical books and folk remedies to read. He searched for nothing, and suddenly thought of his birthplace.
A kind of seaweed grows in the Xuanshui area. This seaweed can live dead people, flesh and bones, and grow on the deep seabed. Its vitality is extremely tenacious and can survive for a long time as long as there is water. However, the number is very small and cannot be found easily.
Many years ago, Shen Yin happened to find one and hid it in a corner of Xuanshui. He wanted to take it when he was injured, but as a result, the heavenly world suppressed the rebellion of the Jiao clan and caused him to fall into the human world and he has no chance to go back.
I don’t know if the thing is still in his hiding place, Shen Yin frowned and felt a little moved. If he could retrieve the grass, the girl might not have to suffer from illness. She would live smoothly for a hundred years and then be reincarnated.
Once again, seeing the girl unconscious for a day and night without waking up, Shen Yin made a secret decision. This situation cannot be delayed, and the sooner the trip, the better.
He couldn't wait until Ruan Ruan woke up and said goodbye to her in person. After explaining a few words to the old housekeeper, he packed up a package and hurriedly left the imperial city that had been trapped by him for several years.
When Ruan Ruan was rarely awake, she habitually wanted the little slave to pour her a glass of water. Then she realized that the familiar boy was not the one who was guarding her bed. The old housekeeper said that he was looking for medicinal materials that could help her treat her. The place was a bit far away and it took about a month to go back and forth, so she must take care of her health and wait for him to come back.
When Ruan Ruan heard this, she felt sad that only she knew her physical condition best. A month was so long, and she probably couldn't wait.
He was used to having such a person by his side, and suddenly he left one day, and he might not see him for the last time. Ruan Ruan, who has always been unhappy about the world, felt a little sad, and somewhere in his heart was empty.
She thought that this little slave was still a little worthy in her heart. If possible, she would want to hug him before she died and say to him "He is free."
Unfortunately, there is no chance.
The weather became colder and heavy snow fell, and the whole yard was covered with silver, so quiet that it seemed as if you could hear your heartbeat. The charcoal fire burned in the house, which was two extremes with the temperature of the ice and snow outside.
To be continued...