captive skylark

Chapter 12
Luqi couldn't answer, Qingwu said again: "If the eldest son's marriage is not granted by the emperor, it's all right, the old lady might think of a way to withdraw the marriage. But it is the marriage that the emperor made, who dares to move? Like this For one thing, if our girl wants to marry, she can only be a concubine, but with her status, how can she be a concubine? Let alone the Second Young Master."

"But..." Lu Qi faltered and said, "I see that the second son has a lot of love for our girl. You see, since the girl reached the age of the hairpin, for more than half a year, the second son has been sending her here openly and secretly. How many things have I bought. Not to mention Aunt Fang, she was very close to the girl in the past..."

Her voice gradually decreased, and she leaned down to Qingwu's ear and whispered: "The girls in the west courtyard say that Aunt Fang regards our girl as her daughter-in-law."

"They can't figure it out, can't you too?"

Qingwu's voice turned cold, and he kindly reminded her in a low voice, "Don't say such things in the future, why does the old lady hold this birthday banquet? One is to meet the husband for our girl, and the other is to do it for the west courtyard Those people watched."

From the beginning to the end, Mrs. Xie never had the heart to promise the girl to the west courtyard.

Lu Qi finally wanted to understand this, and she resentfully stopped.

Daylight slanted across the verandah.

After picking out the embroidery thread in the basket, Qingwu stopped, and leaned over to look into the room.

The girl doesn't like to be stuffy, the window lattice is half-hidden, and a figure sitting crookedly on the couch can be faintly seen.

"The girl is awake?" Qingwu opened the curtain and went in.

"Yeah." Yun Xi's expression was weary, he thought he had just woken up, and even his voice was lazy, "What time is it now?"

"It's just past time. Miss, can you sleep for a while?"

"Don't sleep."

As he said that, he lifted the thin quilt and stayed on the bed.

It was still cold in the early spring, Yunxi put on an outer garment, and pushed the window with bare hands to look into the distance.

The begonias in the courtyard are more than half in bloom, and the rouge is falling on the branches, swaying in the breeze.

She looked at it, pursed her lips and smiled.

That's great, it's the new year again.

Soon it will be March thirteenth.

On this day, lanterns and festoons were hung from top to bottom of Xie's mansion, and the sound of shengxiao, drums and music filled the streets and alleys.

There are also a lot of relatives and friends who come, the gentlemen will gather in the front yard, and the girls will be in the back hall.

Xie Shuang loves to be lively, so she dragged Yunxi around the garden, and heard the sound of gongs and drums from the front yard, knowing that there was a show, and wanted to drag her over to watch it again.

Yun Xi couldn't help it, so he had to go with her.

Unfortunately, Xie Shuang was quick in both hands and feet, as soon as he circled around a green mountain rock in the garden, he disappeared.

Yun Xi looked for her everywhere but couldn't find her, and since there was no Luqi by her side, she thought of going back to Tangluo Garden first.

As soon as he turned around, someone came out from behind the corridor and called out, "Sister Yuan."

Yun Xi followed the sound and turned her head. Xie Jue was standing behind her. The young man was handsome and handsome, looking at her with bent eyes and a smile.

Today is Mrs. Xie's birthday, he and Xie Heng are both at home on leave.

"Brother Cheng Yu."

There was no one around, Yun Xi stopped, took a step back quietly, and then called him softly.

"Where is sister going?"

Yunxi twirled the silk handkerchief in her hand, and replied obediently, "I'm looking for Sister Shuang, she just said that she was going to watch a play in the front yard, but when she turned around, she couldn't be seen. Brother Cheng Yu can see her?"

"I didn't see it."

Xie Jue was still smiling, and said again: "There are too many people in the yard ahead, and they bumped into my sister carefully. I will find a young man to look for my sister later."

"Don't bother brother." Yunxi raised her eyes and smiled faintly, "I'll go back to Tangluo Garden and wait. If Sister Shuang can't find me later, I will naturally go to the garden to look for it."

She turned to go.

"Sister Yuan."

(End of this chapter)