Chapter 10 Parting Grass Broken Heart

After breakfast, Yunshang kept herself in the Qingfu Garden and did not come out. Qingfu Garden is located in a remote area and is also very quiet. This morning is as quiet and harmonious as if nothing has happened.

It was not until nearly noon that a voice was heard in the yard.

"Aunt Ding, are you going back to Yangzhou?" Xiangxiang took Aunt Ding's hand and spoke. Aunt Ding was also full of eyes and grabbed her hand tightly. "Yes, I'm going back to Yangzhou to guard my wife's former residence. I... I can't guard the lady for her. I can guard the house for my wife... It's good." After saying that, the two of them cried again.

After a long time, Xiangxiang calmed down and said, "Aunt Ding, Miss is in there. Go and say goodbye to her."

"Hmm." Aunt Ding wiped her tears, and her front skirt was wet with tears. She wiped her hands on her body randomly. She came forward and patted Yunshang's door. Before she spoke, her tone was choked. Miss... I'm here to say goodbye to you."

In the room, Yunshang, who was sitting quietly, leaned, paused for a moment, and sat back.

"Miss..."

"Miss, please take a look at Aunt Ding."

The hand was tightly tightened, and even a layer of blue and white appeared on the bone joints, and Yun Shang did not notice it.

A few times, the door of the room was not opened.

Aunt Ding gradually died. She stepped back down the steps and kowtowed to the door of the room. Xiangxiang couldn't pull her open, so she had to kowtowed three heads to the closed door.

"Miss, Lao Ding is gone. You... take care of yourself." Aunt Ding stood up from the ground and didn't even have time to clean the potatoes on her trousers. While touching her tears, she quickly grabbed the door.

"Hey! Aunt Ding!" Xiangxiang began to cry again.

Yunshang in the room could no longer sit still. She jumped up from the chair and rushed to the door. However, her hands stopped when she opened the door. Through the door paper, she faintly saw that Aunt Ding, dressed in coarse cloth, was only wearing a simple bag, and there was a faint white light in the bun coiled on the back of her head.

The sunlight hit those silver wires, and it looked so painful for her heart.

This woman has brought herself up since she was a child, and she is more considerate and caring for herself than the deceased mother. However... She can't let her have a good home, nor can she let her live a good life with her. On the contrary, she will travel thousands of miles and return to her hometown in Yangzhou...

Tears gradually blurred her eyes, and Yunshang gritted her teeth to prevent the disappointing tears from flowing down.

When the angry Xiangxiang opened the door from the outside, she saw this scene.

Yun Shang's hands were on the door bar, her face was pale, and her eyes were full of sour tears.

Xiangxiang was stunned. The resentment just now quickly disintegrated. She grabbed Yunshang's sleeve and cried, "Miss, why are you so cruel? Why don't you send Aunt Ding off?"

Yunshang's whole body was shaken by her. Looking at the road leading to the back door of Qingfu Garden, a person who really cared about her just now gradually disappeared from here.

"If I'm not cruel, can Aunt Ding still leave?" Tears that had been hanging in the eyelids slid silently, and Xiangxiang asked incompretingly, "Why can't Aunt Ding leave?"

"Look, what time is it now?"

Xiangxiang looked at the sun that had climbed to the middle of the sky, "It's noon."

Yunshang nodded, "The second lady ordered Aunt Ding to leave the house before noon, and you just accompanied her to the account room to collect the toll, but it took nearly an hour and a half. Aunt Ding didn't leave a bunch of incense, and this day came to the sky. You said, if I go out to see her off again, I would have to cry. At this time, Chen was definitely wrong. Xiangxiang, do you know that in such a large family, every minute of time can't be wrong.

"If Aunt Ding can't leave the prime minister's house within the specified time, I'm afraid that she will be in trouble again. When you came back with Aunt Ding, did you see how many families in Jiaomen?"

Xiangxiang wiped her tears, tried to think about it, and exclaimed, "Yes, miss, I was only concerned about being sad just now. When you said that, I remembered that there were indeed several family lingering at Jiaomen. Ah! So they... came to monitor you and Aunt Ding?"

Yunshang smiled sadly, took Xiangxiang's hand and sat on the chair. "The ancients said that it was as deep as the sea. Today, I really learned how deep the sea is. Aunt Ding's matter is over as of today. In the future, you and I must not show a trace of dissatisfaction with the second lady in front of people. She lovingly put her scattered hair around Xiangxiang, "Xiangxiang, you are straightforward by nature and never care about what you say, but you can also see that Aunt Ding has done nothing wrong and has come to such an end. It's because I don't have the ability to protect you. Instead of being tripped behind someone else's back, I think it's better for you to..."

"Miss!" Xiangxiang shook off Yunshang's hand and jumped up directly, "Miss, what are you talking about? At the age of ten, Xiangxiang followed my wife back to Yangzhou City, and at the age of 17, I followed you back to the prime minister's mansion. At the age of 27, at the age of 37, Xiangxiang will also accompany the young lady. Miss, Xiangxiang likes to say something wrong, but I promise to be cautious in the future and not cause trouble for the young lady! Miss, don't say anything like you want to drive Xiangxiang away.

Yunshang nodded and held her hand. "Xiangxiang, to tell you the truth, I just intended to test. Your feelings for me are as clear as a mirror in my heart."

"Miss, then you still..." Xiangxiang looked at Yunshang in disbelief.

Yunshang compared her and motioned her to listen to herself, "In the past, we played around together. Naturally, it was all good. Not to mention the age of 37, even if I lived to the age of 77, I couldn't bear to let you go. However, the situation is completely different now. You can also see what kind of place the prime minister's mansion is. Aunt Ding has already taken care of them. I don't want to let you have anything to do anymore. I just tried to make it clear that you have the determination to stay with me in such a complicated place?

Xiangxiang wiped her face and said firmly, "Miss, don't worry, Xiangxiang can endure hardships and will never cause trouble for the young lady."

Yunshang was so moved that she held her hand and couldn't speak for a long time.

*****

The long wind overnight actually blew away the heat of the day. In front of a waterfront in the palace, three or two men who looked like advisers gathered in front of a young man. The young man also looked natural among a group of elegant men. However, seeing that his exquisite robe was made of ice silkworm silk, he also felt quite fluttering under the moonlight. The silk around his waist was decorated with a jasper ring. His body was straight and slender, his face was clear and handsome, his eyes were as bright stars, his behavior was calm and elegant, and he looked refreshed. Several people are making tea and chatting around a sea of tea.

A set of tea sets made of fine jade are listed on the tea tray. Since it is used in the royal court, it is not surprising that it is more luxurious. However, none of these people used tea sets to drink water, but had a thoughtful expression on the tea sea.

The clear Tianqing tea cup is listed into a strange figure, which is quietly placed in the sea of tea. It seemed that these people were laughing at their inability to do anything about themselves, carelessly maintaining their formation and shouting at them silently.

"The homework assigned by the master is extraordinary. This 'Luohan array' is really hard to deal with. One of the handsome young men wiped the sweat on his head and smiled at the blue-shirted man, "Your Highness, please forgive me."

This opened his mouth, and two of them also took the opportunity to get up and salute the man in blue, "Let Your Highness laugh. I'm so ignorant. It's really stupid. This arhat array... There's nothing I can do."

Another person stood up with him and said, "Your Highness, please be smart."

A smile flashed on the elegant and watery face of the young man in a blue shirt, and his eyes were bottomless. Why should you be humble? The Luohan array is an ancient magic array left in the past, and no one can break it for hundreds of years.

"Your Highness, why don't you come and have a try?" Someone suggested it.

The man in blue was slightly stunned, "Do you mean Lord Yellow and White Orange?"

"It's this person. Lord Huang learns rich scriptures, and men may have a wonderful way to crack this array.

The blue shirt nodded, made a gesture to ask everyone to sit down, ordered people to withdraw the tea sea and tea set, and changed the topic. Recently, Hanhai has been very active. I don't know if you have heard of it.

The man who spoke just said for a moment and replied, "It's true that there is such a matter. Han Haiguo colluded with Xiliang to sell a batch of horse cannon boats in private. It seems that they are ready to move."

"But I'm surprised why such a big thing is in the court today to listen to the ministers." The speaker held a fist to the east, "It's probably not until this time that the emperor knows."

Someone sighed contemptuously, "How do you know that no one in the court knows? Even officials of yours and me can hear accurate news, not to mention those dignitaries in the court? After saying that, he sighed and said worriedly, "Recommend the Holy One and supervise the ministers. Such a thing should have been under the charge of the prince. Even if the ministers neglect, they will not make a big mistake. What a pity..."

"This is the foundation of national governance. Let's wait until the Second Highness is old enough to go to the court to discuss politics." One of the slightly older men said, with a regrettable tone. The blue-shirted man who has always been known as the Second Highness is the second son of today's Holy Lord, Feng Ziqi.

After the man finished speaking, everyone closed their mouths and stopped talking.

In this embarrassing situation, someone suddenly remembered one thing, "One more thing, I don't know if Your Highness has heard of it."

"What's the matter?" Feng Zizhen turned her face, and curiosity flashed in her long and narrow eyes.

"A daughter of Prime Minister Lou sent her spirit back from her hometown in Yangzhou." The man smiled and said, "It's nothing. It's just that when she came back, she gave me a good trick to live and die."

Feng Zi moved her eyebrows, pulled out her folding fan, and fanned, "Speaking of the Lou family, what has the recent movement of Prime Minister Lou?"