Don’t Learn Mandarin Ducks

    For a moment, Mrs. Zhuang didn't react. She heard too long, and she looked like she was dreaming. In the dream, the innocent and lovely child pulled the corner of her skirt. There is no hatred or resentment, only a snow-white deer is shown to her with a happy face.

    She wanted to laugh, but felt her eyes swell and hurt.

    "Madam." Hua Yue called her softly, clutching her cold hand, and reminded in a low voice, "Young Master is talking to you."

    Suddenly, Mrs Zhuang looked in Li Jingyun's direction and wanted to speak, but felt something was stuck in her throat, she swallowed and nodded hastily.

    Hua Yue smiled and said, "Madam, this is the answer."

    "You came back just in time." Li Shoutian said, "I have something to discuss with you for my father."

    Zhuang listened, and quickly pulled Huayue back out, she was a little staggered, and Huayue didn't dare to let go, and helped her out of the main house all the way.

    "Madam." She was slightly annoyed, "What are you in a hurry, what if you fall?"

    Brows were slightly frowned, but her face was smiling. Mrs. Zhuang stroked her hand as before, and said in a hoarse voice, "I...I'm just so happy..."

    Slightly sour in her heart, Huayue sighed.

    She helped Mrs. Zhuang to walk in the direction of the garden, giving her comfort as she walked, until she calmed down completely, and then whispered: "The slave also has something to report to Madam."

    The spring was bright in the garden, Mr. Zhuang sat beside the rockery, quietly listening to the people around him stammering about what happened on the mountain.

    Hua Yue didn't hide it from her, she told the truth, and while she was talking, she was beating her heart out, for fear of making Mrs. angry.

    However, after hearing this, Mrs Zhuang did not scold or question, but only frizzed her hair with a worried expression on her face.

    "Do you like Kyung Yoon?" she asked.

    "Then what are you going to do?" Mr. Zhuang said softly, "You can't walk on the cusp of the storm."

    "The servant knows." She squatted half-squat beside the lady's leg and rubbed with her intimately, "The servant has already thought about it, and I will petition with the son later, saying that she will come to the main courtyard to take care of the lady. , the slaves can still stay by the lady's side as before, and not go anywhere."

     Gentle hands caressed her black hair gently, Zhuang looked up at the blurry light in the sky, and suddenly remembered a lot of old things.

    "Is she the only one?"

    "She's the only one. She's not very good-tempered, doesn't like to be close to people, and has stupid hands and feet. Those officials don't like it. I plan to send her to the Huanxi Division later."

    "Then let her come with me."

    "What?"

    "From today onwards, she will be my maid."

    “…”

    In the memory, there is dust and light that can be seen, and a pair of extremely gentle hands, passing through the nightmare of terror and torture, and gently hugging her into his arms.

    pat—

    Hua Yue thought that it was raining, so she raised her eyes blankly, but saw Mrs Zhuang staring blankly at a certain place, tears streaming down the corners of her eyes.

    "Madam?" She hurriedly took the handkerchief and wiped her face, "What's the matter with you?"

    Zhuang shi returned to his senses, wiped his tears and smiled: "The light outside is too bright, a little dazzling."

    She has never seen such an excuse a hundred times and has at least ninety-nine. Hua Yue looked at her solemnly, and asked in a deep voice, "When the servant was not in the main courtyard, did the general bully you again?"

    "No." She smiled and folded the handkerchief, "The general and I are husband and wife, how could you bully me."

    Returning to husband and wife, since she entered the mansion, the general has never spent the night in the main courtyard, and his wife does not have any gifts for her birthday every year, and it is difficult to even have a meal together. couple?

    Looking left and right, Huayue felt that her wife was thin. She expected that Shuangjiang would not take care of people carefully, and her wife was not a harsh person, so she might have endured a lot of grievances.

    She made up her mind.

    Li Jingyun stood in the study, listening to Li Shoutian in silence.

     In a few years you can take over as father."

    "The lady of the Han family is very good. If you think it is suitable, you can choose a date with my father and welcome her."

    "Being old, this huge Li family house will depend on you to support it sooner or later."

    Li Shoutian speaks earnestly and has a condescending attitude. After all, everyone admires his military power in the Li family, and he has more than one son. He is the father who can arrange this for Jing Yun. The biggest preference.

    However, the man in front of him listened with no emotion on his face.

    "What." He was displeased, "Do you have any objections?"

    "No." The indigo-colored hem fluttered and fell, and Li Jingyun said with a half-smile, "Father's gift is a blessing that children dream of, but..."

    "I don't need it."

    The study was silent for a moment, and then there was a sneer.

    "You don't need it." Li Shoutian raised his eyes to look at him, his eyes deep, "So you want to be a scoundrel all your life, gnawing on the flesh and blood of the Li family, and be a useless cripple?"

    Li Jingyun was not surprised by his rage, he calmly listened to his own father's mockery, and only asked while he was gasping, "What are you arguing with your mother? "

    Breathing stopped for a moment, Li Shoutian frowned, and said with a complicated expression: "Ask this for what, you never cared about your mother."

      I want to see you."

    A choked throat, Li Shoutian laughed angrily: "Are you going to teach me a lesson now?"

    "I don't dare." He bowed his head, bowed his hands to him seriously, and said with his eyes lowered, "I'm just tired of listening."

    Li Shoutian paused, and unconsciously folded his hands on his legs.

    He hasn't chatted with Jing Yun for too long. For so many years, he mostly listened to his movements from the mouths of others, and let him be locked in the house, or he Sent to the training ground to sharpen.

    He just stood in front of him like this, with no reverence in his eyes, as if he was gossiping with a friend: "By the way, my son took a concubine on his own initiative."

    Li Shoutian fainted: "A concubine?"

    Standing up against the table, he hurriedly said: "How dare you, how dare you do such a rebellious act! What about Mr. Yin? Call Mr. Yin to me!"

    Li Jingyun suddenly said: "You pointed Yin Zhangshi to your son because you wanted her to take charge of his son. Whenever there is any trouble, I will report to you."

    He laughed as he spoke, stretched out his hand and handed over a cup of tea, raised the tea between his eyebrows, and raised his eyes: "My son expected this, so the concubine of It happened to be her."

    Li Shoutian: “…”

    The old slave in the house was dozing off guard outside the study, when he suddenly heard a loud noise, which made him jump up from the door, and then there was a furious sound from the study Roar: "Get out of me—"

    "Uncle Xiang." Third Young Master smiled at him, "Prepare more tea for my father."

    "Hey, good." Xiang Bo responded subconsciously, and then saw the corner of the clothes in front of him drifting to the outside of the yard.

    Behind him, the sound of the old man's breath, which came out of the dark study, was accompanied by a few angry coughs.

    When he went back to the East Courtyard, Li Jingyun was still in a calm mood, and he was a little happy even thinking that someone would act like a spoiled brat for him later.

    However, when he saw people, he was not happy.

    Hua Yue obediently knelt down in front of him, looking at him with wide eyes, her little paws scratching the hem of his clothes lightly, she hesitated to speak.

    With a bad feeling in her heart, Li Jingyun narrowed her eyes: "What do you want to do?"

    "Young Master~" She raised her tail and winked softly at him, "If one day, your concubine falls into the garden pond with your sword, which one will you fish first?"

    After shivering, Li Jingyun said in disgust, "Treasure knife."

    "The concubine and the book on your soft couch..."

    "Book."

    "The Eight Horses on the wall..."

    "The Eight Horses." After answering these stupid questions without hesitation, Li Jingyun's brows jumped, "How dare you mention the Eight Horses to Ye?"

    The man in front of him smiled foolishly, glanced at the broken picture on the wall that had not been repaired, and rubbed his hands lightly: "It seems that the concubine is in You don't seem to have a place in your heart."

    Generally speaking, shouldn't it be a grudge and accusation? How can I hear it from her, it's a bit joyful.

    He knocked on the low table on the soft couch in dissatisfaction, and before he could speak, the man in front of him threw himself on his knees, pleading with eyes full of pleading: "Can you let the concubine go back to the main courtyard? take care of the lady?"

    Glancing at her, Li Jingyun sneered: "You go back for a few days, Lord is not such a stingy person."

    "No." Hua Yue shook her head, took his arm in a pleasing way, and shook it gently, "The concubine's meaning, otherwise... I won't come back to the East Courtyard."

    She is still laughing, every bit in her eyes is earnest, there is no reluctance, no temptation, only pure begging and sincere light.

    The thing that had been securely hung in his heart suddenly snapped off the rope and sank into the bottomless abyss. The ensuing loss and discomfort made him a little panicked, A little **** off.

    "What do you mean?" he asked.

    Hua Yue was obviously a little surprised by what he said, she gave a soft "ah", then withdrew her hands and sat upright, looking up at him curiously: "You took a concubine at that time, didn't you just In order to block Miss Han's marriage? Now that it is blocked, as long as the concubine is in the general's mansion, isn't it the same when you are by your wife's side?"

    What he said made sense, he took a deep breath, nodded and smiled: "Have you made such a plan?"

    When she agreed to be a concubine, she did so. She thought that Li Jingyun would readily agree. After all, in her opinion, he didn't like her very much, and he could even get her If he goes, he will be freer.

    In the end, he didn't seem very happy.

    My heart moved slightly, Huayue blinked her eyes, and her eyes were a little strange: "Young Master, are you... reluctant to be a concubine?"

    "No." Leaning back, he stretched out his hand to support the soft couch, his eyelids closed, "Master just doesn't like being calculated."

     She lowered her head in a guilty conscience, she muttered, "It is also a last resort."

    The hand resting on the soft couch tightened.

    Li Jingyun looked away a little embarrassedly, and laughed abruptly.

    It's been too long since he lived comfortably, and he really thought he could live like this forever.

    "Young Master?" The man in front of him looked at his face hesitantly, "If you really want your concubine to stay, then..."

    "Whatever you want." He stood up on the soft couch, the black hair scattered from the jade crown blocked half of his face, "You can go wherever you want, there is no shortage in the yard. people."

    After saying that, he brushed the hem of his clothes and walked out.

    "Where is the son going?" she asked quickly.

    "..." Waving her hands stiffly, Hua Yue smiled, "My concubine is waiting for your return."

      If you're not here, clean up your things."

    "You agreed?" She tilted her head.

    Turning the corners of his mouth, Li Jingyun waved his hand: "Yes, congratulations to Yin Zhangshi."

    Sleeve robe lifted up, fluttered in the wind like a black kite, and followed him to the outside. Huayue watched him disappear outside the gate of the East Courtyard, with a hint of loneliness in her amber eyes.

    Li Jingyun walked in a hurry, took a horse from the stable, and ran to Qifeng Tower. This place does not open the door during the day, but the shopkeeper, who was painted with powder, saw that it was him, and opened the wing on the third floor for him without saying a word.

    There is nothing in the empty room, but there is enough wine.

    Patting Kaifeng mud, he didn't say anything, just took the wine jar and started pouring.

    The shopkeeper has never seen such a posture, and the people who have always been exquisite are dumbfounded, and shouted at a loss: "Master..."

    Looking sideways, Li Jingyun hummed: "Who allowed you to call like that."

    Slightly suffocated, the shopkeeper immediately changed his words: "Third Master, what are you doing in the daytime, do you want to invite other young masters over?"

    "No need." He smiled, "Master is in a good mood today, come and taste your old wine."

    "Where are the people?" Liu Chenghe's voice suddenly came from downstairs, "The shopkeeper!"

    With a frown, Li Jingyun turned to look at her.

    The shopkeeper was taken aback and waved his hand quickly: "Xiao does not know, Xiao has been standing here, and no one has informed Liu Gongzi."

    Liu Chenghe raised his eyes to see him, and quickly rushed up the stairs next to him, panting: "I was just about to ask the shopkeeper to go to the General's Mansion to spread the word, Third Master, Chang Yi in."

    The index finger rubbed the rim of the wine glass, Li Jingyun was a little confused: "Where did you go?"

    "Heavenly Prison." After spitting out these two words, Liu Chenghe looked at him solemnly, "The person Jing Zhaoyin just brought people to get it is accused of taking bribes, even Master Xu. I was invited to the yamen."

    “…”

    The chaos in his eyes dissipated, Li Jingyun threw the cup, turned around and walked downstairs with him, his expression returned to seriousness: "Where is the evidence?"

    "The silver note from Spring Hunting." Liu Chenghe wiped his face irritably, "It stands to reason that nothing will happen, who would have thought that someone would be careful this time, the silver note The watermark and the secret deposit on it all have a doorway, you can know where it came from when it flows out, guess who is the one who denounced it?"

      "

    There was some confusion in his eyes, Li Jingyun was silent for a while, and asked in a low voice, "What did Mrs. Xu say?"

    "I have already entered the palace to ask to see the middle palace, but it looks like... I may not be able to save it." Liu Chenghe's face was ugly, "the money they gave over there will drag our people. Into the water, how can Zhonggong let go?"

    The middle palace and the eldest princess are one party, and they were given red seals on Guanshan before, just to let them not interfere, so as to take the opportunity to get rid of some people around the prince who they have been thinking about for a long time. The killing of each other by the two parties happens every year. Li Jingyun saved a lot of people in the first year, but later he felt that it was all right, so he kept the red seal and turned a blind eye.

    But what he didn't expect was that this year's eldest princess would come with him to break the net.

    Probably stimulated by his concubinage?

    Li Jingyun sneered, went out and mounted the horse, and took Liu Chenghe straight to Jingzhao Yin Mansion.

    "Brother Jing Yun."

    As soon as I got there, I didn't see anything else, but I saw Han Shuang waiting at the door, as if knowing that he would definitely come, and anxiously said: "Shuang'er has something to do. Say."

    Li Jingyun didn't look at her, gave the horse to Manu, and turned around to enter the house.

      The unfavorable thing comes, something went wrong in this matter, and the eldest princess is not aware of it, can you listen to me first, and then go inside?"

    He took a step and looked up at her impatiently.

    Han Shuang was frightened by this look and took a slight step back, but soon she calmed down, pulled him to one side, and whispered: "The servant who sent the red seal is the elder In the palace of the princess, but I didn't expect that he was not from Daliang, but a former slave of the former dynasty. This man didn't know what he was thinking, and he went to sue the black case with all his life. There must be a bigger conspiracy. "

    "Brother Jing Yun, you can't be fooled easily."

    "Han Shuang." He called her name, "You've always lied and liked to look to the left since you were a child. You don't know or I don't know?"

    With a "crack" in her heart, Han Shuang quickly lowered her eyes, squeezed her handkerchief and said, "I didn't lie to you, the eldest princess really doesn't know about this, and you can't ask anything if you go in right now. Come on, why don't you check where the banknotes in your hand have gone. That servant has always been by the eldest princess' side, and he can't find the banknotes to send out, he should have other accomplices."

    Looking away from her face, Li Jingyun said indifferently: "This will not bother Miss Han."

    The green and black robe embroidered with dark patterns brushed past the green ru skirt, and Li Jingyun took Liu Chenghe and stepped into the gate of Jingzhaoyin Mansion without looking back.

    "Third Master." After walking far, Liu Chenghe dared to speak, "Han Shuang doesn't seem to be unreasonable, the person who complained took five hundred taels of silver. Shouldn't the bank notes be all in the hands of Director Yin?"

    Li Jingyun did not speak.

    Liu Chenghe looked at something wrong, and subconsciously lowered his voice: "I don't want to doubt anything, but now that Changyi has entered, it is not so easy to figure it out, and his father's body is not Well, I'm really dragging it here, maybe something will happen."

    The slender fingers picked up the drumstick next to the drum and circled around the fingertips.

    Li Jingyun looked at the brand new drum face, and suddenly chuckled: "Master is here, even if he wants to stay in the prison, he can't stay."

    The voice fell and the drums started.

    It was too late for Liu Cheng and Xiang to stop them, so they could only watch the drum surface vibrate, and then two rows of people poured out of the yamen, slowly surrounding them.

    …

    Hua Yue tidied up her last clothes, and suddenly felt a little palpitated. She looked back suspiciously, but she didn't see anything, so she bowed her head and tied the bag in a knot.

      The box was picked up and moved out with difficulty.

    This looks like a man who has made a lot of money and returned home.

    Joking herself, Huayue stepped out of the east courtyard, still couldn't help but glanced at the main house again, and then closed the courtyard door.

    Can't tell what she was feeling, and she didn't want to think about it, she just put the things in her own room in the main courtyard, and then went to deliver soup to the general for the lady.

    As a result, just after the moon gate, she saw the housekeeper chasing a group of yamen to enter the door, shouting repeatedly: "If you want to search, just search, this is our son's yard, Hey... the general is still in the mansion!"