Wei Luo immediately closed her mouth and looked at him with round eyes, looking a little vigilant.
It's not at home now, and there are no elders around, so has her attitude towards him changed? Zhao Jie thinks she is very interesting, she is obviously a child, but she is different from ordinary children in every way. Now that she has lost her front teeth, she looks more like an ordinary little girl, cute and funny.
Song Hui didn't know that they knew each other, let alone that the person in front of him was Prince Jing. Zhao Jie hadn't been back to Beijing for many years. When he left Beijing, Song Hui was only a child under ten years old. Now that he has been back in Beijing for more than a month, he has never shown his face in public. It is normal for Song Hui not to recognize him.
Song Hui stepped aside out of etiquette, and seeing that the other party hadn't moved, he led Wei Luo to the reserved private room. However, as soon as they took a step, the guards wearing blue shirts at the side automatically blocked their way. Song Hui was slightly startled, not understanding what he meant, "Brother, what's the matter?"
Zhu Geng didn't speak, he was just following Zhao Jie's order.
Zhao Jie walked up to Wei Luo, leaned over and lifted her chin, with a smile on his eyes: "Open your mouth."
Wei Luo kept her mouth tightly shut, and opened it as soon as he said it. How shameless is she? And he laughed at her just by looking at her, so she didn't listen to him!
The more disobedient she is, the more Zhao Jie wants her to be obedient. He was in a good mood today, and he didn't mind spending a little more time here with her, so he pinched her small nose with his other hand, not too hard, for fear of breaking her. The little girl could bear it at first, but gradually her face turned red, her delicate face was full of resentment, and she finally opened her mouth and said, "...let me go!"
It's a pity that one front tooth is missing, and the speech is not very clear, and it sounds a little out of tune at first glance. The smile on Zhao Jie's lips became stronger and stronger, he let go of her little nose, raised her chin to look carefully at her front teeth for a long time, and asked, "Are you still biting me this time?"
Wei Luo is too embarrassing, children have dignity too! She pressed her pink lips tightly and ignored him.
Seeing the familiar faces of the two of them, Song Hui couldn't help but ask, "Excuse me?"
Only then did Zhao Jie let go of Ah Luo, straightened up and looked at Song Hui. He put away the smile in his eyes, and said calmly, "Zhao, his name is Liqing."
Zhao is the surname of the country, and Liqing is "Jing". There are only a handful of people in Shengjing who can be called Jing. Song Hui guessed his identity in an instant without saying anything, and hurriedly bowed deeply: "So it's the prince, and I'm Song Hui from the Zhongyi uncle's mansion. Excuse me." I was stupid and failed to recognize the identity of the prince."
His attitude was respectful, and he was always a little puzzled.
How did Ah Luo know Prince Jing? And judging by Prince Jing's attitude towards her, it seems that he is very familiar with her, but Ah Luo usually stays in the mansion and rarely goes out, so how could he have the opportunity to contact Prince Jing
Zhao Jie didn't answer, he lowered his head and glanced at the little girl who was silently rubbing her nose, raised her lips and asked, "Young Master Song brought your younger sister for dinner?"
Song Hui nodded, and brought Ah Luo to his side, "Exactly. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, so let's take her for a walk around the street."
Zhao Jie was not very clear about the relationship between Uncle Zhongyi's Mansion and the British Duke's Mansion, so he didn't ask much, and asked Wei Luo who was hiding behind Song Hui, "The medicine you gave me last time is used up, do you have any more?"
The effect of the medicine was really good, he only used it two or three times, and the bruise on his wrist faded away, leaving a clear tooth mark. The imperial doctor said that the teeth marks were too deep, and it is estimated that they will stay on the hands for a lifetime. He was angry at first, and wanted to teach this ignorant little girl a lesson, but after he realized that she bit him to attract his attention, he became interested in her. Now rather than anger, she is more curious, wanting to know what's going on in her head. He also finds it strange that he is the most impatient with the baby, but he is very patient with her. If it were someone else, he would never linger at the stairs of a restaurant.
Wei Luo's eyes were bright, and the little milk voice said simply: "No more!"
A smile flashed across Zhao Jie's eyes. He still wanted to say something, but it was late, and it would inevitably attract attention if he stood still. So he stopped talking, bid farewell to Song Hui, and walked down the stairs.
Zhao Jie got into the black lacquered flat-topped carriage back to Prince Jing's mansion, and told the driver to go back to the mansion. Halfway through the carriage, he suddenly called out, "Zhu Geng."
Zhu Geng opened the curtains that Xuan Qing secretly embroidered with gold patterns, walked side by side with the carriage on the road, and asked, "What orders does the lord have?"
He leaned against the wall of the carriage, the heavy curtains blocked the darkness inside the carriage, only the raised corner could let some sunlight shine on his slender hands like white jade. His voice was slow, as if he was thinking while talking: "I have been away from Shengjing City for some time, and some things are not clear. Is there any connection between the Zhongyi House and the British government?"
As his personal bodyguard, Zhu Geng not only needs to be good at martial arts, but also has the ability to inquire about news. When Zhao Jie asked, he was able to answer almost immediately: "Your Majesty forgot, Uncle Zhongyi's Mansion was married to the British Duke's Mansion five years ago, and Mrs. Zhongyi's niece married the Fifth Master of the British Duke's Mansion as a continuation..." He After a pause, he suddenly guessed that this was not what Zhao Jie wanted to hear, and then said: "Miss Si of the British government has made a marriage with Song Hui."
No wonder Song Hui took such good care of that little girl, it turned out to be this kind of relationship. Zhao Jie thought casually, that little girl has a perverted personality, and she will grow up to be a little pepper in the future, Song Hui can see that she is a gentle person, and he wonders if she will be able to control her in the future.
Seeing that he didn't ask any more questions, Zhu Geng gently lowered the curtain, thinking that his guess seemed right.
In Zhencui Zhai, after the clerks in the shop put all the dishes on the table, they said, "Slowly serve the guests" and went down. Song Hui held up the silver chopsticks, put the sweet-scented osmanthus fish bone in a celadon ice-cracked dish with chopsticks, and put it in front of Wei Luo, asking, "Ah Luo, how did you meet Prince Jing?"
Wei Luo took a bite of egg yolk and then a fish bone, one soft and the other crispy, tasted salty and delicious. No wonder so many people come here to eat this dish, the taste is really good, but it's a pity that she just swallowed a tooth, and she was laughed at by Zhao Jie. When I went back to Huguo Temple to offer incense, my wife wanted to sell me to a human tooth, and I begged him to save me, so we got to know each other."
She said it lightly, but Song Hui was shocked, holding his chopsticks in the air for a long time, "What are you talking about? Which wife?"
Wei Luo blinked, as if she had no idea how shocking news she had said, and said in a childish voice, "Wei Zheng's mother, my father's wife."
It's not unreasonable for her to say it. Letting Song Hui know Du's character is tantamount to letting the people in the Zhongyihou Mansion know. Du's doing such an outrageous thing, even if people from Zhongyihou's Mansion want to intercede for her, they will not be able to do so.
Song Hui's expression was solemn, just now he heard Wei Kun say that Mrs. Du made a mistake in the front hall, but he didn't expect it to be such a big mistake. Wei Luo would not lie, and with the attitude of the British government, 99% of this matter was true. He didn't know what to say for a while, how could Mrs. Du be so confused? Where did Ah Luo hinder her? Such a young child, who doesn't know anything, smiles with crooked eyes, which is very touching, how can she bear it
Song Hui suddenly felt guilty and distressed towards Wei Luo. Mrs. Du married out of their family, so she couldn't get away from their family. In today's situation, they really have no position to say anything, no matter how the British government wants to punish Mrs. Du, they have no right to intervene.
This meal can be said to have come in good spirits and returned in disappointment. It was because Wei Luo met Zhao Jie, and Song Hui was preoccupied with Du Shi's affairs, so he didn't know whether he should speak to his parents.
After coming out of Zhencui Building, neither of them had the intention to continue shopping. Just as she was about to go back home, Wei Luo suddenly remembered something, pulled Song Hui back and said, "Brother Song Hui, I haven't bought the longevity thread yet."
Song Hui came back to his senses, pulled the corners of his lips and forced a smile, patted her head and said, "Okay, I'll take Ah Luo to buy longevity thread."
During the Dragon Boat Festival, there are long-lived strands sold everywhere, so Ah Luo took Song Hui's hand and walked for a while to have a look. Both sides of the street were full of vendors selling all kinds of gadgets, and she couldn't see them all. After walking for a while, she finally stopped in front of a vendor covered with colorful ropes.
She was short and couldn't see what was on it when she stood in front of the booth, so Song Hui held her by the hollows of her legs and picked her up so that she could pick one by one. The little girl was very down-to-earth, she picked the one with the thickest and strongest rope, held it up and said, "I want this!"
Song Hui said yes with a smile, and turned to signal the guard to pay. He was about to take the rope and wrap it around her wrist, but she shook her head and refused, "It's not for me, it's for Chang Hong."
Song Hui was taken aback, thinking she bought it for himself. Knowing that she is thinking about her younger brother at such a young age, it can be seen that she is not generally sensible. When he thought that such a sensible little girl was almost sold, he couldn't help feeling distressed, "Do you know what this is for?"
Ah Luo smiled and nodded, "Mother Fu said that longevity is what makes people live longer."
It's a very real statement.
Song Hui was amused by her, and his gloomy mood improved just now. He carried her to the carriage and said, "We Ah Luo are really sensible."
Wei Luo put her arms around his neck with a small smile on her face, but she didn't think so in her heart. She is not sensible, she just remembers what happened to Chang Hong in her previous life, a long life may not guarantee a long life, she just wants peace of mind. In any case, she wants Chang Hong to grow up healthy and healthy in this life.
The two were dressed luxuriously and looked good. The young man wore a robe with indigo woven golden persimmon stalk pattern, which made him tall and straight, and the little girl in his arms was even more exquisite and translucent, with red lips and white teeth. At first glance, he was not a child of ordinary people. , especially the long life lock with silver dots and blue ingots hanging around her neck is dazzling. Walking on the street, one big and one small, attracted the attention of many people.
A woman with a bamboo basket in her hand thought about it, took out a pink silk flower in the bamboo basket and asked: "Little girl, you are so beautiful, this silk flower suits you best, why don't you ask your brother to buy one? "
Song Hui's arm shielded Wei Luo's side without a trace. Wei Luo followed the sound, and when his eyes fell on the woman's face, the smile in his eyes froze and turned cold.
The woman is wearing an apricot-yellow dress, and her clothes are simple, with a silver hairpin of caterpillars pinned to her bun. She has average looks, slightly thick lips, and a mole above the corner of her mouth. It is this mole that Wei Luo remembers deeply, and she will never forget it in her two lifetimes.
In her previous life, Wei Luo was swept away by the current and was washed into a village called Longshou Village. Longshou Village is tens of miles away from Shengjing City, the location is remote, and life is relatively poor. The family who adopted her was Bai Yang and Lin Huilian. They treated her like their own daughters and never treated her badly, which is really rare in this impoverished village. Wei Luo originally thought that she was very lucky to have a pair of kind-hearted adoptive parents. Instead of going back to the British government to be persecuted by her stepmother, it would be better to stay here and be their daughter.
But the fact is not like this.
The couple had a son many years ago who drowned in the same river from which she floated. They adopted her, not as a daughter, but as a daughter-in-law. They wanted to wait for her to marry her son in a yin marriage, so that their son would have a caretaker underground. Wei Luo was shocked for a long time when she found out about this incident, and didn't know what to do. They rescued her and raised her, but now they made such a request, should she agree
At that time, she was fourteen years old, and she was the prettiest girl in Longshou Village. Many young men in the village wanted to take her home as their daughter-in-law, and they discussed going to Bai's house to discuss marriage. Do you really want to be a ghost bride for their son while leaving a good marriage unconcluded
But Bai Yang and his wife begged bitterly, saying that they had no children, and they couldn't bear his son being alone in the spring, and begged her to agree to this marriage because of their love for so many years. After they get married, they will definitely treat her as before, never treat her badly, and raise her as their own daughter.
Wei Luo thought about it for three days, and finally agreed.
This is the kindness she owes them.
The marriage was scheduled on the day when she was fifteen years old and Ji, and many people in the village felt sorry for it and said something behind their backs, never letting her know. On the day of her wedding, she was wearing a red wedding gown, and she thought she would pay homage to a memorial tablet, but Bai Yang and his wife took her to the cemetery on the hillside behind the village and asked her to kowtow to a coffin. The body of a person who has been dead for many years has long since decayed, leaving only a pile of white bones. She suppressed her fear and finished all the etiquette. At that time, she only felt her legs were weak and was about to go home. The couple actually held her up and wanted to throw her into the coffin and bury her alive with their son!
Wei Luo was scared out of her wits, it turned out that they were lying when they said they would treat her well, and they had adopted her for this purpose from the very beginning. It turned out that the people in the village hesitated to speak because of this.
She didn't know where the strength came from, she broke free from them, and escaped from the mountain and the village called Longshou Village in the dark.
She couldn't stay in this place any longer. She paid back everything that should be paid, and repaid the kindness that should be repaid. She didn't owe them anything. She originally wanted to go back to the British government in Shengjing City to recognize her relatives, but she didn't expect that there would be no place for her on either side, and no matter where she went, she would end up dead.
The woman in front of her is Bai Yang's wife, Lin Huilian. Her adoptive mother in her previous life.