Chapter 88 - Sihexiang (End)
In the evening, Huo Weilou was summoned into the palace, and Bo Ruoyou was at ease for two minutes, but there was still a sense of illusion but not reality.
Father Fu returned from searching for medicine, so Jingmo and Wuwei applied medicine to Bo Ruoyou’s bruises and back injuries. Bo Ruoyou asked if it was them the night before, Jingmo said without knowing it: “The night before. I don’t know the girl has hurt her back, but the girl has been on medicine here, and I don’t know who it is—”
Just halfway through these words, Jing Mo and Wu Wei glanced at each other. There are men in the Hou Mansion. Who else would dare except Huo Wei Building?
The faces of the two were reddish, and they did not dare to say anything. Bo Ruo tightened the collar tightly. There was a sense of clutter in his heart. Huo Weilou felt that he was determined to marry her, so he didn’t have to worry about men and women. How can there be such a reason?
After all, it is Wu Zhaohou who is aloof. Etiquette and rules are just things that bind the common people, but he is not among the common people. Bo Ruoyou has a headache. He just wants to find someone to ask, how to reason with Wu Zhaohou?
That night, Huo Wei Building did not return all night. Although Bo Ruoyou didn’t wait for his thoughts, he was still a little worried. He didn’t fall asleep until he was a child. He woke up early the next morning, although his neck was still hurting, but his body was still aching. The bruises and abrasions have healed a little, and the slight wind and cold caused by the rain has also recovered more than half, but Huo Wei Building has not yet returned.
Ming Guilan arrived very early. Today, she finally changed the women’s skirt. She was not so embarrassed to see people. Father Fu came in with Ming Guilan. Ming Guilan breathed a sigh of relief after asking her pulse. “It’s more than half done, but the wound on the neck will take ten and a half months to heal. When the bruise is gone, you can use the medicine that the Lord Hou took from the palace, and it will not leave a scar.”
Bo Ruoyou hurriedly thanked him, “Looking for Master Ming to bother.”
Ming Guilan chuckled, “Master Hou confessed that he didn’t dare to bother, let alone be a stranger with the Bo girl, so you have to work harder.” Then he asked Father Fu, “Master Hou hasn’t returned all night?”
Father Fu sighed, “The Ministry of War is arguing with the Ministry of Households because of the food and grass matter. You should know what happened to the ruling and the field.”
Ming Guilan nodded, “Then I am afraid I will be home late today.”
Bo Ruoyou only listened to the literal meaning, thinking that Huo Wei Tower would return late today, and couldn’t help being a little worried. However, she really didn’t have much thoughts about the affairs of the court. The Huo Wei Tower was not there, and Ming Guilan was also alive. After staying for a long time, Cheng Yunzhi came to visit her in the afternoon, and saw that Huo Weilou was not in the Hou Mansion, and the maidservant beside her was attentive, so she couldn’t help but feel relieved.
The father and daughter had spoken for a long time, and they didn’t leave until it was getting dark before Cheng Yunzhi left. On the way back, Cheng Yunzhi was very worried. When he returned home, he called Zhou Lianghao to give instructions. Zhou Liang responded frequently, and he didn’t dare to be careless.
Bo Ruoyou was really boring to lie on the couch, so he took the booklet to see that Jingmo and Wuwei were attentive, and they were not talkative people. At this moment, Bo Ruoyou suddenly realized that she and she belonged to the princess mansion. Maid, this made her a little bit worried.
What happened in Huo Wei’s building must be passed back to the princess’s mansion. I heard that there was an extra woman in Huo Wei’s mansion, who was not close to femininity. I don’t know what the Royal Princess would think. The maidservants in the Princess Mansion, do you know how much the Princess Long has been involved in the affairs of Lord Hou?”
Jingmo and Wuwei seemed to understand what Bo Ruoyou was worried about, and Wuwei said, “Don’t worry, your Royal Highness the eldest princess is ill, and she doesn’t care much about Lord Hou’s affairs on weekdays.”
Bo Ruoyou breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had known that the princess was seriously ill, and couldn’t help asking: “What kind of illness is the princess? Is it very serious?”
Jingmo and Wuwei both hesitated to speak, and Bo Ruoyou knew more to say, “If it’s inconvenient, then don’t answer. You Ming, and there are so many imperial doctors, it will always be fine if you want to come.”
Jing Mo pursed his lips, “His Royal Highness Princess has been suffering from illness. For many years, if the girl wants to ask, you can ask Lord Hou. The servants dare not talk nonsense, and if you ask, Lord Hou will definitely not hide it. “
Bo Ruoyou heard something strange. It seemed that the princess’s illness was a hidden disease that was not easy to talk about. At this moment, she vaguely remembered that although Huo Weilou was a noble birthplace, his father, Ding Guo, had been in the country for several years. She died of illness before, and now the Princess of the Princess is only the master of the Princess, but she rarely hears about it from Huo Weilou.
Thinking of this, Bo Ruoyou sighed. Not only did Huo Weilou never mention the eldest princess, he also didn’t mention a word about the place where he grew up. After some understanding, she still doesn’t know the foundation of the other party, no…mainly because she doesn’t know his foundation, so she can discuss marriage?
Bo Ruoyou still rested as usual this night, but in the middle of the night, she felt her hand was being held. She opened her eyes suddenly and saw that Huo Weilou came back, carrying the coolness of the night, sitting right there. Looking at her by the bed.
Seeing her awakened, Huo Weilou hurriedly said: “It’s me—”
Bo Ruoyou braced herself to sit up, but Huo Weilou held her down, “You are asleep, I will look at you.”
Bo Ruoyou’s sleepiness disappeared for the most part, “Master Hou is finished?”
Huo Weilou let out a “um”, and he was a little tired. Thinking that he hadn’t rested for a few days, Bo Ruoyou felt distressed, “Hurry up and rest, you look very tired.”
Huo Weilou squeezed her palms, his eyebrows and eyes softened, but he said, “This is the only bed in my bed.”
Bo Ruoyou reacted for a moment before she knew what he meant by this. She was startled, “No! Never! Then I…I’ll go to the guest house…”
She stood up, Huo Weilou chuckled and held her down, Bo Ruoyou only then saw that he was joking, her face was slightly hot, and she muttered in a low voice, “Master Hou made fun of me, why are you? Only then can we follow the rules in words and deeds.”
Huo Weilou pointed at her forehead, “I am the rule.” She straightened up again, “I’m going to the study, you can sleep peacefully.”
Having said that, her hands were slightly loose. Huo Weilou looked at her and didn’t know what he thought of. The bottom of her eyes was slightly hot, and her eyes suddenly looked at Bo Ruoyou with a sense of self-danger, and she hurriedly shrank into the quilt. Huo Weilou loosened her hand and turned and left.
She felt a little more at ease and suspicious, but when she was sleepy, she didn’t let her think about it.
In the early morning of the third day, Bo Ruoyou felt he had recovered a lot. That night, he was resisted and dragged down. There were a lot of bruises on his body, as if he fell apart. He lay on the bed for two days. She didn’t want to lie down anymore, she changed clothes and got up as usual, and could even get the medicine on her own. Jing Mo and Wu Wei saw that she was not like an ordinary lady of the family, and they were more curious, but they didn’t dare to ask more.
“Hou Ye can get up?” Bo Ruoyou asked.
Jing Mo said: “It’s up, only Deputy Commander Shi Caining and Wei Lu Du have arrived, and now they are both in the study.”
It was still early, but Lu Ke and Ning Xiao arrived. Bo Ruo remembered how he hadn’t seen Lu Ke since returning to Beijing, and his heart moved slightly. Could it be that something went wrong?
Since Huo Wei Building is so busy, she should return home, why not leave the house earlier, lest Huo Wei Building be distracted?
This thought was certain. Bo Ruoyou came out of the inner room to the study. When he got outside the study, he saw Father Fu waiting outside. Seeing her getting up, Father Fu was shocked, “Why did Youyou get up? Ming Gongzi said, the most How many days do you lie down?”
Her neck was strangled and looked terrifying. Father Fu was quite worried, and Bo Ruoyou said hurriedly: “Father-in-law, I’m usually more careful, but Master Hou is busy?”
Father Fu nodded, “Luke is also here. Luke is doing other errands these days, and today he filed a report with the government. Ning Xiao is still about this case. He tried some details in the past two days, and the case is not far away. .”
Bo Ruo faintly nodded, “Then how will Lu Wenhe be punished?”
Father Fu looked embarrassed, “He didn’t harm anyone. With Wei Ling, he was coaxing, but it’s not considered a violation of any law. It’s difficult to convict—”
As soon as the conversation changed, Father Fu himself snorted first, “However, the wicked will have a bad retribution, and Lu Wenhe himself is afraid it will be a few days away.”
Seeing Bo Ruoyou’s face in doubt, Fu Gong justified: “When he was tried out, he was frustrated and mad. Although he got better later, he was taken to the jail of Jingzhao Mansion. After two days of detention, he was frustrated and mad. It’s getting heavier, and now everyone knows that his poems, writings and paintings are ghostwriters, and his reputation is considered bad. With his care for that reputation, this madness will not be cured.”
Bo Ruoyou didn’t expect that Lu Wenhe was really crazy. The talented person’s face was exposed, and he didn’t know how much ridicule he would suffer. In addition, he became a lunatic, Lu Wenhe was completely ruined in this life, Bo Ruoyou sighed. “I just hope that Wei Ling will be a little relieved when he sees these in the Spirit of Heaven.”
Father Fu nodded, “Anyway, the murderer is bound to die.”
Having said that, Father Fu said again: “There is one more thing, Youyou, you want to know if you want to come, isn’t the murdered girl Xu, isn’t her father serving as an official? Although he has not been ruthless to report to his daughter, he can also pick it up. He couldn’t help but he was frightened when he saw Master Hou come to ask the case in person. In the past few days, he started walking around to ask for protection, fearing that his official position would be implicated. This move would involve some incidents. It won’t take a few days.”
Bo Ruoyou was heartbroken for Xu Wanshu when he thought that Xu Kang was the husband and wife, but he did not expect that there would be this festival. He will still suffer from this in the next few decades.
Speaking of Xu Wanshu, Bo Ruoyou thought of Feng Wodan again. There is only such an only daughter in the Feng family. Master Feng and his wife are also pitiful. She sighed again and said, “Father-in-law, how am I doing today? Young, Lord Hou is so busy, why should I go home sooner?”
Father Fu showed a bitter expression when he heard that, “Isn’t Youyou uncomfortable in Hou Mansion? Or where is it?”
Bo Ruoyou shook his head hurriedly, “Naturally not, it’s just that it’s not compliant to live here now, and today is the third day, I…”
Before I finished speaking, two people walked out of the study, it was Ning Xiao and Lu Ke. Ning Xiao still had that expressionless appearance. Lu Ke smiled when he saw Bo Ruoyou, “Boy girl—”
Bo Ruoyoufu blessed his body, and Lu Ke pointed to the study room: “Master Hou, please go in.”
Bo Ruoyou felt something uncomfortable inexplicably, so she turned around and went to the study room. As soon as she entered the study room, she saw a silk quilt on the west window couch. After the Huo Weilou people were already sitting on the bookcase, she walked slowly towards the bookcase. Go, “Master Hou.”
After Huo Weilou wrote the last word, he put the official document aside and beckoned to her, “Come here—”
Bo Ruoyou hesitated, Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows and looked at her. Only then did Bo Ruoyou slowly move to him. She stopped two steps in front of him, Huo Weilou shook her head and grabbed her. With the wrist, she pulled her to her body, “I will eat you, but you won’t?”
Bo Ruoyou’s small face was wrinkled, but Huo Weilou raised his hand on her chin and went to see the wound on her neck. Bo Ruoyou’s chin was slightly raised, and he said bitterly: “Master Hou, I want to return today. Family.”
Huo Weilou looked at her face, “No.”
Bo Ruoyou heard slightly annoyed, “When will the folk girl return home?”
Huo Weilou stared at him, “What’s wrong with the Hou Mansion?”
Bo Ruoyou took a deep breath and took a half step back, “If Lord Hou regards me as a subordinate, and you are Wu Zhaohou, ordering me to stay in the Hou Mansion, then I dare not disobey.”
After she finished speaking, she lowered her eyes and did not look at him, but her attitude was clear.
Huo Weilou looked at her for a moment and was a little amused for a while, “Why did I order you?”
Bo Ruoyou said helplessly: “You are no different from orders. Anyway, you know, as long as you make up your mind, I can’t resist.”
Huo Weilou smacked her words and said, “Then you will take the two maids back to the mansion.”
Bo Ruoyou was surprised, “That’s the maidservant from the Long Princess Mansion.”
“So what? The long princess has a lot of servants, and it’s not bad for the two of her.”
Bo Ruoyou sighed, “But Master Hou, I have taken care of myself since I was a child, and I don’t need so many people to wait for me. Besides, there is still a good aunt, even if I have to apply the medicine, I can’t delay it.”
Huo Weilou frowned slightly, “Two maids, this is nothing, why don’t you? I can’t help but make them go back with you.”
Bo Ruoyou was rather helpless. Hearing this, he felt that Huo Weilou’s words were quite aggrieved, so he had to patiently say: “I know Master Hou is for my good, but if I want to serve as a maid, I will buy it after returning to the capital. Handmaid, you told me to take them back, not to mention their willingness, I must feel quite uncomfortable, do you want to make me uncomfortable?”
Huo Wei Lou’s eyebrows were slightly loose, his phoenix eyes sinking slightly, he didn’t know what he thought of, and he said for a moment: “That’s fine, I have to go home. I have breakfast before returning home. Later I will enter the palace and keep you away. Not in sight.”
Bo Ruoyou made a point easily. He felt relieved. Hearing what he said, he felt a little warm on his face. The two went out of the study for breakfast. After breakfast was over, Huo Weilou would do what he said. People send her home.
Seeing Bo Ruoyou’s relaxed appearance and announcing goodbye to Fu Gong, Huo Weilou felt quite uneasy. When the people put the carriage on the carriage and left slowly, Huo Weilou felt even more weird. He wanted to keep people in front of him, but that person did. I want to run to a place where he can’t see it. Could it be that Grandpa Fu really answered her question. In fact, she didn’t want it, and she didn’t have him in her heart?
Father Fu was by the side. Seeing his look, he guessed what he was thinking, and asked him, “Master Hou, is it easy? Is it more elusive than usual?”
Huo Weilou’s face turned straight, and all thoughts were pressed into the bottom of his heart. On the outside, he still looked like the oppressive Wu Zhaohou. He turned back into the house faintly, “It’s because she hasn’t reacted yet.”
Father Fu shook his head, “I have a long way to go, my Lord Hou.”
Huo Weilou turned a deaf ear, and hurried to the study.
Bo Ruoyou was sent home. Cheng Yunzhi was pleasantly surprised to see that she had returned early, but Bo Ruoyou keenly discovered that Cheng Yunzhi was angry because of his favorite set of purple sand tea sets, two of which were cups of tea. All were smashed.
The set of purple clay pot cups was her aunt’s dowry. Cheng Yunzhi spent half his life and still hadn’t broken one. But this time, two were broken. Aunt Liang said that when Cheng Yunzhi missed, Bo Ruoyou had ten thousand. Do not believe.
After talking for a long time in the main hall, Cheng Yunzhi was worried at all and made her return to her boudoir to rest. After the three of them settled her down, Bo Ruoyou asked, “Who annoyed the foster father these past two days?”
Cheng Yunzhi’s complexion changed slightly, and he forced his composure, “No, I just worry about you for my father.”
Bo Ruoyou said without mercy: “In these years, the daughter still doesn’t understand the adoptive father? The adoptive father will tell you the truth, did you ask about the Bo family?”
Cheng Yun was stunned, “You know?”
Bo Ruoyou was suspicious, “What do you know? The Bo family has been in the capital very well these years, of course his daughter knows about it.”
Cheng Yunzhi’s eyes were dim, and he sighed: “It’s not fair for you for my father.” After a pause, he said, “Besides, the Qingming Festival is approaching. Now that you are back, you should pay homage to your parents.”
Bo Ruoyou’s complexion darkened, “The worship is going to go, but there is nothing wrong with it. If I stayed in the Bo clan, how can I have the state of mind today? Uncles and elders treated me badly. In a place like Beijing, I can’t do it, I feel bored and bored when I want to come. I went to Qingzhou with my foster father and mother, but we were much happier. Everything is a matter of pros and cons. I’ve always remembered the principles taught by my foster father. .”
Cheng Yunzhi’s desire to speak stopped for a moment, and after all, he said, “You are right, this matter should be discussed in the long term.”
Bo Ruoyou felt relieved and comforted Cheng Yun for a while. Cheng Yunzhi took Zhou Liang and his wife out. As soon as he went out, Cheng Yunzhi’s complexion completely sank. When he walked to the main hall, he told Zhou Liang, “Go to Changshoufang to inquire and see. To see if Lin Shilang’s mansion is still in Longevity Square, this incident must not be forgotten. This is a marriage made by Youyou’s parents. “
Zhou Liang answered, and Cheng Yunzhi sighed: “Don’t let Youyou know this beforehand.”
Both Zhou Liang and his wife dared not be careless, and after a short while, Zhou Liang left the house.
Bo Ruoyou returned to her home and felt a lot more at ease. The house was cleaned up and down by Mrs. Liang. The window lattices were also locked. Even the backyard wall was raised a bit, even though she had those who could not survive the eighteenth. Predicting, but she prefers to believe that there is a blessing if you survive a catastrophe, but Cheng Yunzhi was a little unhappy for two consecutive days.
Bo Ruoyouxin said that this matter cannot be persuaded by a single word, and there is no so much effort to investigate Cheng Yunzhi’s cause of unhappiness. Because she is raising her wounds, she also has troubles in her heart. Huo Weilou’s words, And the care of her in the Hou Mansion for two days, and the unruly behavior, both upset her rarely.
Although she left home when she was a young child, she had a poor record of all the events back then. In recent years, she was loved by her adoptive father and mother and grew up with a calm mind. She was also clearer and clearer than an ordinary woman. However, Huo Weilou now worries her.
Besides, what is love? What is marriage? She only felt that no matter how difficult the case was, it was easier to answer than these two questions.
That night, when Aunt Liang was putting medicine on her, she couldn’t help but ask, “Aunt Liang, when the foster father and mother left the capital, did she never want to come back?”
Aunt Liang smiled and said, “Master encountered some difficulties at that time, and there is no way to go to Qingzhou.”
Bo Ruoyou said: “The mother-in-law is also willing?”
Aunt Liang sighed, “Naturally, I was willing. When the wife and the master met each other, the friendship was very strong. It is not comparable to those of ordinary couples. This also depends on the master’s treatment of the wife. The wife has been frail and sick for many years and has no children. The master didn’t do what he thought. Fortunately, there is a lady, which can be regarded as making up for the little regret of the lady.”
From the memory of Bo Ruoyou, Cheng Yunzhi and his wife are very affectionate, and her father and mother, in the mouth of Cheng Yunzhi and his wife, are also deeply affectionate. I feel sad for the rest of my life, and I don’t want to be the “ordinary couple” that Liang Aunt said, but how easy is it to talk about?
Bo Ruoyou thought about it for two days but didn’t think about it. She had enough troubles, and she simply put aside for the time being. The fact that Huowei Tower had not come to the house for a few days also made her calm and calm a lot. On the third day, Wu Xiang is here.
It was now in the prime of spring. Wu Xiang came with a lot of rituals to detect the flaw. After a few days, the bruises on Bo Ruoyou’s neck were almost gone. Then he applied the ointment given by Father Fu, almost No trace of the injury was seen, but her voice was still a little dumb. Wu Xiang also felt sorry for Bo Ruoyou’s attack, and said that Sun Zhao had spoken. Just let her cultivate at home and don’t go to the yamen in a hurry.
Bo Ruoyou couldn’t laugh or cry, and then asked if there were any cases in the yamen. If there were no cases, don’t worry, Wu Xiang said heartily: “Don’t worry, Han Sheng’s case has not yet been completely closed. Little things, this time, you are afraid that you can spend a month at home.”
Bo Ruoyou was relieved, and Cheng Yunzhi left Wu Xiang for lunch again. Wu Xiang was not welcome and stayed in Cheng’s house for a long time before leaving.
There was no case in the yamen, Bo Ruoyou was completely relieved, and he kept raising for three more days. At first he felt leisurely in the mansion, but gradually he felt boring. But Huo Weilou has been silent for a few days. It made her feel a little suspicious. With Huo Weilou’s temperament, it’s not like letting her rest for so many days. Could it be that what happened to the court?
As soon as this thought came out, she felt a little embarrassed. Even if she couldn’t respond to him in everything, she always missed her. When she was thinking about it again, the palace door was knocked suddenly, and the knock on the door was a little anxious. Bo Ruoyou’s heart beat slightly, but Zhou Liang opened the door, but Wu Xiang stood at the door with a sweaty face. Seeing Bo Ruoyou greeted him, he smiled bitterly: “It seems that you can’t cultivate for a month.”
Bo Ruoyou’s heart moved slightly, “But there is a case? Want me to do an autopsy?”
Wu Xiang nodded, “Yes, I want you to do an autopsy, and this time… it’s not easy to do…”
Seeing Bo Ruoyou’s questioning color, Wu Xiang said with lingering fear: “So what I want you to examine is a baby corpse.”