The doors and windows of the room are closed, and there is a strong fragrance of medicine.
Through the half-opened and half-covered hanging jade curtain, one can see how pale the face of the person lying on the bed is.
Qin Zheng took the wrung handkerchief from the maid, and gently wiped the sweat off Chu Yu's forehead. Although Chu Yu was not injured by this accident, she became pregnant, and was submerged in the river to catch the cold, and fell into a coma.
Qin Zheng stood by for a few days, becoming more and more anxious. If something happened to Chu Yu... With this thought, his whole heart seemed to be caught, making it impossible to calm down.
The soup passed through Chu Yu's mouth along his lips and teeth. Qin Zheng finished feeding the last mouthful and kissed the tip of Chu Yu's tongue cautiously. go.
"Second Lord..." Qin Zheng sighed, choked for words.
Suddenly Chu Yu's eyelashes fluttered a few times, and he opened his mouth to say something in a low voice.
"Second Master! Chu Yu?" Qin Zheng rushed over and called twice, but Chu Yu didn't wake up. He leaned over carefully, and heard Chu Yu repeatedly calling something like a gossamer.
After listening carefully, it was only in a trance that I heard clearly.
"Brother Qin Zheng..."
Chu Yu called him Brother Qin Zheng.
This made Qin Zheng stunned, and some past events suddenly appeared in his mind.
Qin Zheng's youth can only be described in one word, crazy. During that second year of middle school, he felt that he existed to save the world every day, with his eyes turned to the sky, and he walked like a wind. Gold jars and jade cups are not very attractive to young people. He has learned the art of war and swordsmanship, and his blood is poured with boiling oil. He has the unique domineering and ignorance of young people.
There are various banquets between the nobles, the adults are drinking and drinking, you come and go, and these half-grown children naturally get together to play. Mostly it is to blow yourself away with your eyes closed first, and then find your friends to play together in twos and threes.
Qin Zheng knew Chu Yu at that time, to be precise, everyone knew the brothers of the Chu family. No matter how bad the eyes are, no one can fail to see the two brothers who are born like two flowers.
The eldest son of the Chu family, Chu Ming, is well-known for being a gentleman, even at a young age, his gestures are heart-stoppingly elegant. But Chu Yu is not quite the same as his elder brother. Although he sat beside his elder brother in a proper manner, his eyes are completely different. It seems that the famous flowers in front of the eyes are nothing more than paper and silk, and the silk and bamboo are nothing more than the wind blowing leaves. The moment when the corners of the eyes are slightly raised is indescribable pride.
The same is beautiful jade, Chu Ming is a jade jue, gentle and flawless. Chu Yu is a jade hairpin, no matter how exquisitely carved this end is, it can't conceal the fierceness of the newly formed end.
A beauty can always attract people to take a second look. Qin Zheng admitted that when he was a child, he often secretly looked at the brothers of the Chu family with his friends. Looking back, the two brothers of the Chu family are both beautiful and elegant people. Qin Zheng has never regarded them as his fellow travelers, and naturally he has never played together.
One day, the Empress Dowager celebrates her birthday, and all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, as well as the aristocratic families in Shangjing, went to the palace banquet. A stage was set up in the palace after the banquet, and they were babbling and preparing to sing for three days. It was nothing more than some old dramas of Magu presenting her birthday and five daughters praying for her birthday. Chu Yu didn't like to watch these, so she dismissed the accompanying palace servants on the pretext of having a little food, and went to relax in the garden by herself.
There is a closed moon lake in the Chana Garden, which is just in the early summer. When the stalks are pinched, the plants are so graceful that Chu Yu can't help but want to pick one and give it to his brother to have a look.
It had just rained the day before yesterday, and the shore was soft, unable to support the boy's weight. As soon as Chu Yu stretched out his hand, his feet sank and fell into the lake.
Chu Yu didn't know how to swallow water, and didn't even have a chance to raise her head to call for help. She immediately choked on water and sank. The water flooded his eyes, nose, mouth and ears, and drained the air in his body. Feelings of helplessness and fear surged into his heart. No matter how precocious his mind was, he was only a child of seven or eight years old at that time.
Just at the edge of life and death, a hand grabbed him and embraced him. Chu Yu seemed to have found a life-saving straw, hugged the man's waist tightly, and was brought to the surface by the other party.
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Qin Zheng didn't expect to encounter such a thing when he sneaked out to play. When he rescued the person, he realized that he was actually the young master of the Jingguo Mansion, so he classified this act of righteousness as a hero saving the beauty.
Fortunately, Chu Yu didn't choke the water into his lungs. Although he was still in shock, he was still awake. He had a pale little face, his long hair was sticking wetly to his body, and he couldn't stop shaking.
Qin Zheng thought that Chu Yu was frightened, so he stretched out his arms to hold him in his arms, and patted him on the back clumsily: "Okay, okay, don't be afraid, it's okay."
Chu Yu rested her chin on Qin Zheng's shoulder, feeling a little panicked. The young man's arms were not spacious, but they were particularly reassuring.
Seeing that Chu Yu was silent, Qin Zheng thought for a while, then reached out and took off a Jade Guanyin around his neck and gave it to Chu Yu: "My mother begged for it in Foyin Temple, and it was consecrated by Master Puzhi. The Avalokitesvara. I gave it to you, and with the blessing of the Avalokitesvara, this kind of thing will never happen again."
Qin Zheng was afraid that Chu Yu would not want it, so he quickly put it on for someone, quickly stuffed it into his lapel, and patted him on the chest, and he was relieved. Well, it wasn't because they were good-looking that they gave it away.
Chu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, shrunk into a ball, suppressed his fear, and then said: "Thank you... Which family are you from? When I go back, I must ask my father to come to thank you..."
Qin Zheng stood up, and like all the sophomores, he showed a proud smile: "The hero doesn't ask where he came from! This beauty, the green hills will not change, and the green water will flow forever. We will meet later!" After finishing speaking, Qiang Resisting the joy in his heart, he took a figure-of-eight step, turned his head and walked away with his hands behind his back.
Chu Yu:…
After a long time, he sighed. Forget it, go back and ask your father, there probably aren't too many children like this two hundred and five among the nobles.
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On the day Chu Ming and Chu Yu came to the door with a thank you gift, Qin Zheng was being beaten.
A bench, two inches wide, the Marquis of Qin's demeanor remains the same as before, and he beats his son like a tiger.
Both Chu Ming and Chu Yu were stunned. Duke Jing was from a scholarly family, so he had never seen such a battle, let alone beating his son in front of the hall.
Qin Houye saw the pair of beautiful and beautiful brothers in front of him, he was stunned for a moment, and then he slapped Qin Zheng on the buttocks again: "Say! What trouble did you cause again!"
Qin Zheng yelled, "Father! I didn't!"
Lord Qin slapped the board: "No? No one else, the prince of Lord Yasukuni, can find our family?"
Qin Zheng was so wronged that he wished he could crash to death on the bench.
Chu Ming came back to her senses, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master Hou, you are..."
Qin Houye sighed: "Chu Shizi, just tell me, is it because Qin Zheng is causing trouble again?"
Chu Ming shook her head. Just as she was about to explain why she came, she saw Chu Yu squatting in front of Qin Zheng at some point, reaching out to pick up Qin Zheng's hair that was hanging on the ground and wrapping it around her fingertips.
Chu Yu looked into Qin Zheng's eyes and said with a smile, "I heard that Prince Qin had a conflict with Uncle Ning's patriarch, Ning Zhiyuan, and he beat him. Uncle Ning loves his eldest son the most, so he refuses to do so." according to."
Hearing this, Qin Zheng lay down on the bench and said angrily, "What do you know! It's clearly Ning Zhiyuan..."
"Uncle Ning is gaining power now, even the Zhenbei Hou Mansion has to give way." Chu Yu interrupted Qin Zheng, and looked up at Qin Hou Ye who was beside him: "Of course, Lord Hou knows how powerful it is, so I want to give it a try." Pre-emptive strikes, before Uncle Ning complained to His Majesty, give Qin Shizi a serious lesson, so that His Majesty has nothing to say, but it seems that Hou Ye's family style is serious, while Uncle Ning is not brave enough, for the sake of the child A little quarrel between them will disturb Tianyan."
Qin Zheng was stunned, and subconsciously looked at his father, only to see his father's face was stern, but he did not deny it.
Chu Yu stretched out a white jade-like finger, poked Qin Zheng's forehead lightly, and said with a half-smile: "The little prince only knows that Ning Zhiyuan is a bully, and he is doing justice for the heavens. When Master Hou teaches you, you are so wronged that you can't help it." Extricate yourself. But I don’t know that Lord Hou is worried about you. You acted as Lord Hou to make you lose face, so you dragged you to the lobby and whipped you? No, no, it’s just to let the neighbors listen to it How miserable you are screaming, so that His Majesty will know that even if there is something wrong with the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, the family style has been rectified."
Chu Yu bent his eyes, and whispered in Qin Zheng's ear with a very soft voice: "Little fool."
"Yu'er!" Chu Ming pulled his younger brother up from the ground and threw him behind him. Then he bowed his hands and said, "My younger brother is young and speaks freely. Don't blame Marquis Qin."
Qin Houye looked at the two juniors of the Jingguo family in front of him with a complicated expression. Chu Ming was well-mannered and well-behaved;
Look at the boy with secondary illness in my family, there is no harm if there is no comparison.
"Chu Shizi, let's go into the room and talk about it." Qin Houye sighed softly, dropped the board in his hand, and ordered his servants to help Qin Zheng back into the room and apply the medicine.
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After the two brothers of the Chu family explained their purpose of coming and gave a thank you gift, they came out of Zhenbeihou's mansion.
On the carriage, Chu Ming patted the small case in a serious manner, and taught him a lesson: "Yu'er doesn't know the seriousness of what you say. You know it in your heart, why should you talk to Zhenbeihou in person. Fortunately, Zhenbeihou is not a narrow-minded person. Otherwise, I am afraid that you will be afraid of going to the Jingguo Mansion, and it will be difficult for you to associate with the Zhenbeihou Mansion in the future."
Chu Yu was less pleased with his brother's lesson, and after hearing the last sentence, he suddenly straightened up and said nervously, "Really?"
Chu Ming suppressed a smile and nodded.
Chu Yu frowned, and thoughtfully said, "Then just don't talk about it from now on. I just see that little fool Qin Zheng is so funny that he doesn't understand anything, so I'll tease him more."
Chu Ming couldn't help laughing at the words: "Now I'm calling you a little fool. I don't know who woke up this morning and asked Qiuyue to rummage through the closet, trying to make herself look like a beautiful woman."
Chu Yu brushed off an inconspicuous wrinkle on the new clothes: "Brother, what nonsense are you talking about? It's just a visit to your benefactor's mansion, so it's not polite."
Chu Ming just smiled, not trying to expose his brother's small thoughts.
The old things are revealed one by one, the first encounter and throbbing in the old days, but I don't know when they are left in the dust.
Chu Yu's exquisite thoughts were destined to be let down, just because Qin Zheng was a heartless and foolish boy.
The eldest son of the Marquis of Zhenbei, today he fishes a man from the river, tomorrow he buys a man from the matchmaker, today he is a hero in the East Street to catch a thief, and tomorrow he is brave in the West Street to fight a dude. The good deeds he has done can go to Beijing two laps. Moreover, the hero doesn't ask where he came from, and he doesn't remember the number of people he saves, so he gradually forgets all about his fate with Chu Yu.
In Qin Zheng's impression, Chu Yu was the proud and beautiful young master of the Jingguo family, who could only be seen from a distance but not played with.
It's just that they never thought that more than ten years later, they would become a husband and wife sharing the same bed, and they never imagined that the phrase "Brother Qin Zheng" would bring back the karma that happened more than ten years ago.
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The wick made a crisp popping sound, and the candle flame flickered.
Qin Zheng came back to his senses suddenly, with a look of shock in his eyes. The moonlight outside the window fell on the ground through the smoke cage, reflecting his stiff figure.
After a long time, Qin Zheng murmured indistinctly: "Chu Yu...Chu Yu..."
He cupped Chu Yu's cold hand in his palm, slowly brought it to his lips, and kissed it lightly.