The house was too quiet.
Xue Chi was still there, but he was already asleep, so he was lying on the large brocade mattress on the heated kang. Because the charcoal basin was burning in the room, only a thin quilt was covered.
Qing Que stood by the side with a very solemn expression.
The medicine jar on the carved lacquer square table has been put away, but a dismantled letter is placed there. On the left sits a woman of some age, dressed in Chinese clothes, full of majesty.
The sandalwood-colored palace attire has not been replaced, and the Xiangyun Ruifeng pierced with gold threads is still very eye-catching. On her head is Ling Xu's bun, with gold hairpins and jade hairpins, and a pair of earrings with peacocks and beads, which looks extravagant.
Even though there are some fine lines at the corners of her eyes due to her age, her facial features are very delicate, with a touch of sharpness and grace.
Whether it is temperament or deportment, it is only the person who has been in the upper position for a long time.
When Lu Jinxi came in, she was holding a thin small silver fire, and dabbling at the ashes in the stove, as if she had been waiting for a long time.
She didn't lift her head when she heard the footsteps, as if knowing that Lu Jinxi was going to salute, she just said lightly, "Sit down."
When Lu Jinxi was about to salute, he stopped.
This voice, with a bit of grace in the coldness, seems to be familiar.
But she couldn't tell why, she felt a little uneasy when she heard it: I always felt that the eldest princess came this time, it seemed that it was not for ordinary things...
Looking at her palace dress, before she took it off, she knew that she came to wait for her when she returned to the palace.
She is a junior, and her status is insignificant, where is it worth the dignified princess to wait
With doubts, Lu Jinxi still answered and sat down.
She just gave her a hundred courage, and she didn't dare to sit opposite Princess Yongning on the kang. She only picked up a rose chair on her right hand and sat upright.
This time, Princess Yongning lifted her eyelids and glanced at her.
His gaze went from top to bottom, with an undisguised scrutiny, even a little sharp, like a knife, to cut her open and study it carefully.
The dignified and gentle eyebrows, the sober and elegant makeup, the hands folded together, appear to be well-organized, from top to bottom, this body is indeed not easy to pick wrong.
The palace, the court, the Princess Yongning knows everything.
Look at people, she is also a good hand.
As soon as she came back to the mansion today, she heard the excitement of Hao Yitong, and even heard that the arrogant and domineering Wei Xian was finally planted in Lu Jinxi's hands.
Not only was she humiliated, but even the maid was beaten into a pig's head.
You know, Lu Jinxi's temperament, she scolded her many times, but she didn't get better.
Now, it has changed.
It should be said that world events are unpredictable and people's hearts are unpredictable. Sometimes she may not be accurate when looking at people
Not only did she not expect Lu Jinxi's change, but she also had the courage to do such a thing...
Thinking of this, a burst of anger rushed up.
Fortunately, with a flash from the corner of her eyes, she caught a glimpse of Brother Chi who was sleeping beside her. She frowned, pressed it down, and instructed Qingque, "Take Brother Chi down to sleep first."
To avoid talking for a while and arguing.
Qingque subconsciously glanced at Lu Jinxi.
Lu Jinxi nodded invisibly, but didn't say anything.
Xue Chi was sleeping soundly at the moment, and he couldn't see the arrogant and domineering look at all.
There was a wound on his face, but his face was rosy and sweet, and Qing Que's movements were light, so he didn't wake him up, and he carried him out without any movement.
This time, there were only a few maids in the house.
Princess Yongning waved her hand and told them to go out, leaving only a few maids beside her.
Seeing this, Lu Jinxi still doesn't understand, I'm afraid there is something serious.
She frowned slightly, and put on a respectful attitude: "My niece just went to deal with the matter of the British government, and I came back late. I didn't know my aunt had arrived. I hope my aunt will forgive me."
"This palace has heard about it."
Princess Yongning squeezed the silver fire chopstick, turned it around in her hand, didn't seem to care much, and asked casually, "How did you handle it? Nothing major happened, right?"
"It's all a play between two children. The wife of the prince is reasonable and did not pursue it. My niece has asked the ghost doctor Dr. Zhang to see the two children. They are all traumatic. After a few days, they will die. will heal."
Lu Jinxi answered cautiously and did not dare to ask more.
There was a cold wind blowing through the window, shaking the window paper rustling.
In this room of few people, it was extraordinarily cold and quiet, and it was extraordinarily trembling.
"It can be considered that you have been sick for a while, and you have made some progress. You have found a ghost, and you have handled it not badly."
Princess Yongning glanced out the window, her voice was a little unpredictable, and then she turned to look at her again. Seeing that her eyebrows were lowered and her eyes looked cautious, she couldn't help laughing.
"To tell the truth, you forced Xue Kuang to give the power of the family back then. Ben Gong also knows what your situation is, but you are too soft-hearted to hold them down. I didn't expect that today it is called Ben Gong. Take another look..."
Lu Jinxi was speechless.
The grievances between Xue Kuang and the original Lu family are really hard to say.
Emperor Qing'an ordered the marriage and made the two of them a couple.
But when Xue Kuang returned to Beijing, he brought a concubine and a child, and he didn't seem to have any feelings for the Lu family.
Without love, can't you still have power
Lu Jinxi pondered that it was out of such a mentality that the Lu family had to maintain her dignity as Xue Kuang's wife, so she made such a request.
The wife, Mrs. Sun, lost her husband. Although her body was strong, her heart was weak, and she didn't care about the affairs of the house.
Therefore, this condition, it is said that Xue Kuang agreed very easily.
It's just that Lu's performance over the years has not been very good.
Now that Princess Yongning mentioned it, Lu Jinxi knew that this aunt was supporting her behind her back, and also pointed her, mostly because of Xue Kuang's promise in the past.
What can't be given, can never be given; what can be given to you, I will protect you comprehensively.
When Lu Jinxi wanted to come, he felt a little ironic, but he didn't know whether to mock the emperor who gave the marriage or the couple.
She sank her thoughts and replied slowly, "Auntie remembers that after her niece got better, she figured it out a lot, and she doesn't dare to be as confused as before."
"If it's really enlightened, that's a good thing."
The corners of her lips curved, Princess Yongning smiled gracefully, but her words were elusive.
"You were sick a few days ago, and the house didn't ask you to disturb you. But now you can't wait. It just so happens that you are recovering. I will come to you today to tell you something."
Subconsciously, Lu Jinxi thought of what Ye said.
She thought about it for a moment, then asked boldly, "What Auntie wants to talk about, but is it about the Grand Master Gu's mansion?"
"You know?"
Princess Yongning was a little surprised and couldn't help but look at her.
Lu Jinxi smiled slightly and replied, "I didn't know, but I just went to the next door to the Duke's Mansion, and Mrs. Shizi happened to talk to me about this, and she also asked me about the eldest son of Gu. So we chatted for three times. Two sentences, so I know a thing or two, but I don't know what happened to Gu Taishi going up the mountain last night..."
It turned out to be so.
It was also a coincidence that she thought she was concerned about the outside world.
But it's good to know some things, it will save her from spending too much talk.
The eldest princess Yongning held the stove and remembered the gossip she heard in the palace today, as well as the news from the Gu family when she left the palace.
"Master Gu went up the mountain last night to visit Abbot Jueyuan, who is Gu Juefei's senior brother."
Abbot Jueyuan is an eminent monk, but he has not inherited the mantle of his master ascetic monk for a few years.
More than 20 years ago, Gu Juefei was born not long ago. He was weak and had a serious illness.
The ascetic monk was traveling abroad at the time, and he was slightly familiar with the tricks of yellow and yellow.
At that time, Gu Juefei had not yet given a name.
Gu Taishi took care of the kindness of the ascetic monk, and felt that this incident was really fate, so he asked the ascetic monk to accept Gu Juefei as a named disciple, and also did a little bit of relief.
Therefore, the word "juefei" in Gu Juefei's name comes from ascetic monks, who are arranged according to the seniority of Buddhism.
The present Abbot Jueyuan is also a disciple of the ascetic monk.
After all, although Gu Juefei is a layman, he is Jueyuan's junior and junior. If you really want to discuss seniority in the Jokhang Temple, many young novices will call him "shishu" or "shishuzu".
"The abbot Jueyuan is a good friend with Gu Juefei, and he is a man of great wisdom."
Princess Yongning thought about it, but smiled slowly, as if she saw the turbulent capital soon after.
"Gu Juefei is indeed unscrupulous, and his temperament is treacherous and unpredictable. But he doesn't necessarily have to be heartless when facing his father. Besides, the game of chess in the capital is just on point, how could he not come back? "
There is a bit of sarcasm in the words.
However, Lu Jinxi was a little confused-
Gu Juefei, who she heard from the maids, was always entangled with Wei Yi and was an infatuation;
Gu Juefei, who she heard from Ye Shi's mouth, took Tanhua at the age of 23, and was a talented young man like jade;
But now, the Gu Juefei in Princess Yongning's mouth is actually "unscrupulous", "cunning", "cunning and unpredictable", and has become a shuddering scheming master
It's just that Princess Yongning didn't explain anything.
"An hour ago, someone from the Jokhang Temple spread news that Gu Juefei would return, but the time has not yet been set..."
Having said this, she paused, looked at Lu Jinxi, and smiled with some playfulness.
"It is said to wait, when will the snow on the mountain clear up, and when will he go down the mountain."
Lu Jinxi was a little stunned for a moment: This shelf is really big enough...
However, Princess Yongning sighed that Gu Taishi was such an old fox, and he had been prosperous all his life, and he had never fallen over much. As a result, he was old, and if he wanted to see his son, he had to look at God's face.
She only said to Lu Jinxi: "There are not many people in Beijing who know the news now. In the past ten days, if there is no continuous snow, there will still be a day of snow melting. You are the wife of the general's mansion now, and you must have ten days. In the future, if you want to go to the Grand Master’s Mansion, you don’t need to prepare too much gifts. It’s best to send it to the point. This matter is the most important thing, don’t be careless, you should be optimistic.”
"Thank auntie for the point, niece-in-law can save it."
It seems that ten days later, there is a good show to watch at the birthday banquet of the Grand Master's Mansion
After getting the exact news of Gu Taishi's going up the mountain, Lu Jin cherished his heart and slowly fell to the ground.
What Ye Shi said was indeed true.
The influence of Gu Taishi's mansion in the court should be extremely solid, otherwise, the matter of a eldest son's coming back would not have affected people's hearts like this;
Princess Yongning is indeed very close to Gu Taishi's mansion. The news that no one could ask for, came to her so lightly, that half a penny wasn't worth it.
and…
Her evaluation of Gu Juefei was completely different from others.
Either she has a prejudice against this person, or she knows it far more than others imagine.
Lu Jinxi's thoughts flickered, and she was slightly thoughtful.
But soon, she felt a gaze, raised her head, and found that the eldest princess was looking at her again.
After a moment of hesitation, she said, "Is there something wrong with Auntie?"
"When Ben Gong left the palace today, at the gate of the palace, I met Master Song Zhiyan, a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy."
This is a straight statement with little emotion.
Even with those eyes, there is no temperature, there is a hidden taste of wind and rain.
Lu Jinxi didn't understand at all.
Song Zhiyan
She hasn't heard of it, but she doesn't know what it has to do with the original body
From Lu Jinxi's face alone, there is actually no emotional fluctuation.
She is not a simple person. It is as common as eating and drinking at the negotiating table in the shopping mall. Even if the Princess Yongning is in front of her, she does not reveal any flaws.
This kind of immobility is like a mountain, and when it falls into the eyes of Princess Yongning, it becomes a bit more complicated.
Has she been underestimating her
After hearing Song Zhiyan's name, she was still so calm.
Thinking of what happened today, Princess Yongning felt uneasy, but when she saw Lu Jinxi's appearance, she thought of the bad debt she had with Xue Kuang.
Who owes whom
This is an edict, a pair of blindly assembled.
On the carved lacquer table, the opened letter had been sitting for a long time.
"You are the lady in charge of the General's Mansion, and you are the first. This palace knows that Xue Kuang is sorry for you, and you have no reason to be a widow for him. I have always wanted you to remarry, but you..." Princess Yongning only put that Picking up a letter, got up, sneered, "But what are you doing?"
Lu Jinxi felt that something was wrong when she heard that, and frowned.
Princess Yongning threw the letter directly into her arms, and there was no smile on her graceful face, only deep disappointment!
"But a scholar from the Hanlin Academy of the fifth rank, is still a married man, and is also worthy of the first rank of my general's mansion?"
"Can't you find someone worthy of it?"
"It's you and his childhood sweetheart, why bother to spoil yourself like this?!"
Lu Jinxi was dumbfounded.
This development completely exceeded her expectations. It was as exciting as a roller coaster and left her speechless for a long time.
She could roughly hear what was going on, but...
This auntie, the princess, is so open-minded
She didn't know what to say for a while, and only looked at Princess Yongning with a strange look.
When Princess Yongning saw it, she was angry and said angrily: "You're just so confused, forget it!"
After speaking, he didn't want to stay for a moment, and just walked away.