In the past two days, the jasmine flowers have bloomed, and the scenery is yellow and full of spring.
There are no winter jasmines planted in Shuyun Pavilion. Since the plum blossoms faded, the courtyard has been bare for a long time. Xu Lianlang went outside to pick a large number of jasmine flowers and came back, hoping to add some color to each house.
She hugged her full, and when she came back, she saw Lu Jieming sitting on the steps.
She laughed out loud, "Waiting for me?"
It was a rhetorical question, but she was sure of it.
Lu Jieming took the flowers from her arms and agreed happily.
Xu Lianlang freed up a hand to rub his forehead, "Well, you are so good. Your Highness is the best when he doesn't speak harshly."
Lu Jieming lowered his head a few inches so that she could rub his hair. His hair was soft and had a light golden sheen under the sun. She used a messy technique to loosen his tied hair. , the hair fell down and accidentally got tangled in the bouquet. Xu Lianlang was clumsy and tried to untie it, but in a hurry he tore off a few strands.
The fallen hair fell off her hands, and when the wind blew, there was no trace of it in an instant.
He just smiled, his smile getting bigger and bigger with her intimate movements, as if the fallen hair belonged to someone else.
He doesn't care, he only cares about her.
Xu Lianlang stood one step further than him, half-bent and looking down at him. After a while, he sighed, "Your Highness, there is no need to please me so much."
His behavior was so different from before, especially in front of her. He was basically obedient and never said the word "no" again. She deliberately made trouble for him, but he accepted it all with a smile.
"I will not leave you. I will not leave you until I am twenty-five years old. You are such a good-tempered person. I am afraid that I will push you further and you will suffer."
She put her hands on her hips and snorted, pinched the tip of his nose between her index and middle fingers, and pinched it gently, "Look, this is going to be too much!"
Because she pinched the tip of his nose, he spoke in a low voice, "This doesn't count." He was silent for a while, then raised his head, his eyes became more certain, "This doesn't count as overreaching."
His eyes were bright and sparkling, and he finally had the brilliance that a young man should have.
Xu Lianlang gave up persuading him. He was already stubborn, and wanting to be nice to her became a new stubborn point.
She couldn't help laughing, he was really doing what he said on his birthday.
Be obedient and well behaved.
They returned to Shuyun Pavilion together. Rong Bin stood under the corridor, waving a round fan. When she saw Xu Lianlang, she quickly waved.
Xu Lianlang saw the letter in her hand and quickly went over to take it.
"Someone just sent it over. It's signed by your father. I collected it for you since you weren't in Shuyun Pavilion. Since it's a letter from home, let's take a look at it quickly."
In the Great Yan Dynasty, palace officials had never been allowed to exchange letters with their parents, and there were even dedicated personnel responsible for receiving and mailing letters, so Xu Lianlang could receive letters from his parents Yueyue.
In addition to a letter from home, Xu Lianlang's parents would also give her some scraps of money to subsidize her life in the palace, so that although Xu Lianlang was in Shuyun Pavilion, she had always lived a good life, and she did not have to worry about food and clothing.
No matter where you are, money is everything. As long as you have money, you can get whatever you want.
Although her father was only the county magistrate, his family had a lot of fertile land, and his aunt was once a popular person around the Queen Mother, so she had a rich family. With the money her father gave her, Xu Lianlang could not only live well by himself, but also raise his family well. The seventh prince.
But today... She frowned, pinched a piece of paper up and down... and found no silver.
Feeling uneasy, she quickly opened the letter and after reading it, her expression changed completely.
Her dark, almond-shaped eyes were full of confusion and she was about to cry. Seeing the concerned looks from Rong Bin and Lu Jieming, she suppressed the sourness in her nose, laughed, and made a random excuse, "I'll go first." When I returned to the west wing, the winter jasmine flowers were wilted, so I took them back and planted them.”
She lowered her head, pursed her lips tightly, took out a few spring jasmine branches, and closed herself into the west wing as if running away.
Spring jasmine branches are scattered all over the ground, following her steps, leaving branches along the way.
Lu Jieming looked at his empty palms, his eyes darkening.
Rong Bin wiped the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief and guessed: "Something happened at home." Seeing the concern on her son's face, she tapped the handle of the round fan with her fingers and asked, "Don't get involved. , every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite.”
Lu Jieming had a solemn face, doing everything he could. He didn't even look at his mother and concubine. He moved his legs and sat directly on the threshold of the west wing.
There were suppressed cries inside, interspersed with a few cries, which must have been very intense.
Lu Jieming stood guard in front of the door. He didn't go in and didn't look like he would leave.
Concubine Rong showed embarrassment on her face. During this period, her son had been too attentive to Xu Lianlang. He was so attached to Xu Lianlang, but he was cold to his own mother.
Rong Bin was grateful to Xu Lianlang, but she couldn't help but feel sad.
"Is the mother-in-law not as important as her? You don't even want to look at the mother-in-law? When the mother-in-law is uncomfortable, you wish you were eight feet away from me."
Rong Bibei came out of it and pressed the corner of her eyes with the handkerchief. In her heart, this was the only son she could count on.
"When the mother-in-law is sick, her son is always there to serve her." He lowered his voice and took a breath and said: "The mother-in-law is unconscious and cannot remember her son's filial piety. The son does not complain, but he also asks the mother-in-law to take care of him at this time. Don't cause more trouble." Rong Bijiao's beautiful face was slightly distorted by her son's words, "You said I'm causing trouble at this time? She is just a maid, should I still tolerate her feelings?" br>
Lu Jieming had known for a long time that his mother-in-law had always been like this. No matter how skillful and gentle she looked on the outside, she was an extremely selfish person on the inside.
He pinched his browbones with his hands and his voice deepened, "My son will remember the mother-in-law's teachings, get close to her, and keep her to accompany him. The thing has been done. The mother-in-law wants to go back on her promise, and he feels that she is not suitable anymore." ? Then the mother-in-law said that her son had many ways to drive her out again. ”
Lu Jieming looked at her sideways, and when he saw Rong Bin was speechless, he added: "Since the mother-in-law can't find a better person to take care of her son, then she should pretend to be more like him so that she can stay well."
Rong Bin was stabbed in her heart, and she couldn't hold back on her face. She was about to retort when she heard Lu Jieming say: "When it comes to it, my mother and concubine said it. I hope we can treat each other as siblings."
"Why do I really call her sister now, but my concubine is reluctant again. When I was a child, my concubine often said that those who don't believe in their words will not be able to act. How come the concubine can just forget what she teaches her children. ”
Rong Bin couldn't slap herself in the face. She had nothing to say after being refuted by her son, so she had no choice but to return to the main hall.
Towards evening, the door to the west wing opened.
As soon as Xu Lianlang opened the door, he leaned back.
Lu Jieming didn't expect her to open the door suddenly and kept leaning against the door. When the door opened, he couldn't control his body and almost fell down.
By leaning back, Lu Jieming could clearly see Xu Lianlang's red eyes.
He stood up quickly and followed her silently, fetching water, steaming rice, and washing clothes. From the beginning to the end, he never took the initiative to ask her what happened.
It was in the evening that Xu Lianlang said: "You have been following me for so long, but you didn't ask me what happened."
Lu Jieming put the eggs on the dinner table into her bowl, "I've eaten too many eggs and I'm very tired. Sister, please eat them."
Xu Lianlang believed what he said and slowly peeled the egg. Her hands slipped a few times and the egg almost fell to the ground. Lu Jieming took the egg from her hand and helped her peel it.
"If sister doesn't want to say it, I won't ask." His sparse and long curled eyelashes cast a shadow on his eyelids, and he concentrated on peeling the shells for her.
Xu Lianlang's breathing became slow and long, "Your Highness, I once mentioned that I have a younger brother, who is two years younger than you. My father said in the letter that the plague is rampant in the family, and my younger brother is unfortunately infected. It is difficult for the doctor to Please, almost gone.”
She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes hard and sniffed, "Now I am hanging up with soup and medicine, and I keep calling my sister."
She was choked to the extreme, and when she said this, she broke down in tears. She bit her lower lip hard until it was numb, and then she forced herself to read the last line of the letter.
"I know that my beloved daughter is having a hard time outside. There are many rules in the palace, her father is incompetent, and there is not enough money at home, so she spends all her money on soups and medicines. I hope everything goes well for my daughter this month. As for Pearl, I will do my best to obey fate."
She stuffed the wrapped eggs into her mouth. The yolk stuck in her throat and itched, and tears spread between her lips, which was salty and fishy.
She choked heavily, stood up from the dining table, held on to the pillar, and vomited until she was unconscious.
Lu Jieming followed, and Xu Lianlang pulled him to sit under the porch. She put her head on his shoulder, which was not broad enough.
"The whole family is like this, and my father still feels guilty because he can't make up for me this month's money."
The sky is high and the stars are sparse. The two lanterns in the corridor are not lit today, and the surrounding area is pitch dark.
"I am unfilial and not a good daughter."
In the silence, there was only her voice.
"Pearl is very well-behaved," she laughed softly, and her memory was suddenly pulled far away, "even more well-behaved than His Highness."
Lu Jieming took a deep breath and leaned closer to her again, as if getting closer and closer could prove something.
Xu Lianlang was not in the mood to pay attention to his actions, and continued: "When he was three years old, he would grab the corner of my clothes and follow me around, like a follower. I was very annoyed by him at that time, and he insisted on following me, which bothered me. Neither played well. I didn't like it when I was a kid. He, his existence has taken away the love that should belong to me from my parents. Everyone is asking me to learn to take care of my younger brother and learn to let him go." She smiled bitterly and closed her eyes, almost crying. It penetrated Lu Jieming's clothes.
"Later, he gradually grew up. The little boy was lively and carefree, chasing cats and dogs, and was like a little devil. Gradually, he didn't like to call me sister so much. He kept calling me "Sister" all day long. I was very angry. Why? If you don’t call her sister, what do you think he said?” She paused. Then, as if she couldn't bear it anymore, she grabbed his clothes tightly. She gasped heavily before she could finish the broken sentence, "He said that he is a man and if he wants to protect me from now on, he will always call me sister." It’s like his sister has been protecting him.”
Xu Lianlang cried, "He is so good, how could God be willing to let him suffer such a crime."
"He has many bad things like this, but I only have this biological brother. It would be great if I was the one who got the plague." Xu Lianlang said vaguely. She was exhausted from crying, with a splitting headache and sleepiness gradually sweeping over her.
She relied all her body strength on Lu Jieming, completely ignoring Lu Jieming's gradually stiffening body.
He looked at the scattered stars, rubbed her head with his cheek, and seemed to be saying to himself, "It turns out that you can cry so miserably for others."
"I'm jealous of him, what should I do? If you care about me so much, then I can die for him."
(End of chapter)
The author said: Vinegar/sour stall/someone who is even jealous of his future brother-in-law
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The older I get, the more I realize that it’s good to have a younger brother. The love from my parents that I received from him when I was young will be given to me twice as much in the future.
Congratulations to all the little fairies who have younger brothers and sisters, you have earned it!