Mountains and rivers pray for peace

These days, Zhenyuan Hou Mansion looks no different from the past, except for the two white paper flowers hanging at the door of the main house of Shaomingxuan.

Under the scorching sun, a group of boys came in and out, sweating profusely. Some were carrying boxes and cages, and some were cleaning the house.

There is a huge white porcelain water tank placed in the courtyard, which can be surrounded by eight people. There are several delicate lotus flowers floating on the water, and red-tailed carps are swimming among the lotus leaves.

A small shed was set up next to the water tank, and Yuan Shao was leaning on a bamboo chair, with a shadow on his face. His eyes followed the carp swimming, and his fingers moved the water in the tank constantly, as if he was teasing the carp seriously, but what he was thinking about was Huo Qinglan that night.

Ever since she married into the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, Huo Qinglan had behaved in a servile manner. The only time she disobeyed was when he fed her the abortion pill.

He originally thought that after this incident, Huo Qinglan would try to resist and do something like a worm shaking a tree. Just like when she threatened him with the fifth prince on the wedding night. In this way, he didn't mind continuing this wrong trick for a longer time.

But she didn't do anything.

She lay on the bed for half a month, and then acted as if nothing had happened, undressing and undressing him, and even doing things like mending clothes and carrying water for washing his feet, which were slave tasks, she did herself.

He has always liked quiet and docile women, and watching Huo Qinglan dance at the Qiu Ju Banquet, he found it somewhat interesting. But the Huo Qinglan in front of him not only didn't get any sympathy from him, but instead made him hate himself even more.

He has been prosperous since he was a child, and he is the first in the capital in everything. Naturally, he should marry the most arrogant and beautiful wife. But it was Huo Qinglan, a lowly woman like him, who plotted against him and married her in a grand manner, making him the laughing stock of the entire capital. It can be said that Huo Qinglan's existence is his biggest stain. Every time he sees the pitiful expression on that face, he wants to strangle the person in front of him.

So three days ago, he really did it.

He had been staying in the Tongfang on weekdays. That night, he went to Huo Qinglan's house. She acted very happy and put on lipstick that was as bright as blood.

Huo Qinglan brought him a cup of tea, then took out a purse from the bamboo basket and gave it to him: "Master, this is the purse I embroidered on my body. It contains soothing herbs. It is summer now. Wearing this can repel mosquitoes." , do you think you like it?"

He held the purse, which was made of dark blue fabric with a pair of mandarin ducks embroidered on it. His thoughts were clearly revealed. He sniffed it nonchalantly and said mockingly: "The fragrance is very bad. Wearing something like this on your body will only make people laugh at me."

Huo Qinglan was like a quail, forcing a smile and saying: "But what is wrong with the prince's wishes? I just need to embroider something new on my body."

He deliberately smiled maliciously and said: "Nothing you do will suit me, unless you die."

Huo Qinglan's eyes suddenly turned red, but she refused to let the tears fall. She had long been accustomed to such ridicule. She said half teasingly and half wronged: "If I die, the prince will become a widower. I can't bear it."

The sweet words were as sharp as a sword, and Yuan Shao felt sick for a while, but he was not angry, and just patted her face frivolously: "Princess De'an is about to return to Beijing, do you think the Hou Mansion can still accommodate you? "

It is no secret that Princess De'an loves her cousin Yuan Shao. What's more, the princess has always been domineering and made this matter known. She had just married Yuan Shao at that time and was teased by Princess De'an when she entered the palace to greet Concubine Shu.

The smile on Huo Qinglan's face faded, her fingers clenched the corners of her clothes tightly, and even the wrinkles on the uppers of her embroidered shoes were tightened.

He admired Huo Qinglan's bewildered look, and felt an unprecedented pleasure in his heart. But after a long moment of silence, she saw tears welling up in her eyes: "Sister, it turns out this was your intention."

It was this sentence that angered him, and he grabbed Huo Qinglan's neck: "What did you say?"

Huo Qinglan let him pinch her, but a few words escaped from her throat and teeth: "My sister designed me to marry into the Hou Mansion. She probably saw through the prince's coldness a long time ago. She hated me, so she asked me to learn from him. Such a miserable side of me. After all, she is still the one who can scheme against people’s hearts.”

After saying that, she giggled like a naughty ghost.

A wave of heat rushed straight to his forehead, and his hands kept tightening and tightening again. In the blink of an eye, she became a puppet, her eyes were distracted and her lips were smiling.

Huo Qinglan's death was reflected in the water tank, and Yuan Shao stretched out his hand to grab it. The carp, which was originally swimming happily, swung its tail and made a weak splash of water. A young man in coarse cloth walked out of the house in a hurry and approached Yuan Shao: "Master, the concubine's things have been moved out. As for the dowry of the concubine, I have ordered people to seal it and return it to Huo Mansion tomorrow. "

Yuan Shao came back to his senses, let go of the carp in his hand, and said with a smile: "People are dead, why are they still called the Crown Princess?"

The coarse-clothed boy hurriedly lowered his head and said, "My slave made a mistake."

The prince hated the prince's concubine who slipped and drowned. It was not clear to outsiders, but they, the servants in the inner courtyard, could see clearly.

When the imperial concubine was alive, the imperial concubine didn't like the imperial concubine's house. Instead, he often spent the night in the general room. That's all. Now that he has only been dead for five days, the prince not only killed and sold the maids who were originally in the prince's concubine's house, but also threw out all the relics. People say that one day brings a hundred days of kindness to a couple. After all, it only took a year for the prince's concubine to marry into the prince's mansion. The prince had always been gentle, but in this matter, he was horribly cold.

Yuan Shao waved his hand: "Okay, let's go do the work."

The boy was relieved and hurriedly left.

When Jiang walked into the courtyard from outside and dismissed all the servants, what he saw was Yuan Shao in a daze.

She stroked her chest, walked forward, sat next to Yuan Shao, and said with a smile: "Now that your wish has been fulfilled, do you feel comfortable?"

"Fulfill your wish? I have long been unable to fulfill my wish." Yuan Shao's interest waned, "If it weren't for my mother, I would definitely not tolerate her living today."

Jiang sighed, feeling depressed.

Yuan Shao is the only son of the Jiang family. After the Qiu Ju Banquet last year, he was forced to marry Huo Qinglan due to circumstances. Huo Qinglan had a miscarriage. She thought at the time, it would be better to kill it with some medicine. She speculated that Huo Qinglan had accidentally had a miscarriage and died of lack of energy and blood. However, the woman actually tried every means to escape.

Mr. Jiang suffered from heart disease and had not recovered from it for a long time. Shortly after Huo Qinglan gave birth, she luckily met a wandering Taoist priest who gave her a prescription to cure her heart ailments. There were some dangerous medicines in that prescription, and Huo Qinglan offered to test the medicine for her, but she kept doing it every day. She gave up her original thoughts and simply kept Huo Qinglan as a medicine jar to make the best use of everything.

Now that her old heart disease has healed, De'an is about to return to Beijing, and the Huo family's first and second houses have long been separated. What's more, the marriage promised to Emperor Xiaowen at that time was only a temporary measure.

A year later, Huo Qinglan no longer had any need to live.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Jiang patted him on the shoulder: "These days, if you stay at home, avoid the limelight, and prepare for the return of De'an, the child will definitely be very happy."

Yuan Shao carefully wiped the water stains on his hands with a white cloth, and asked without answering: "Is there any movement over at the Huo family?"

Jiang waved his hands and said nonchalantly: "What can they do? The dowry has been returned, and your father also promised that Huo Rushan will take more care of him in his official career in the future. Naturally, they are happy to accept it. Is it possible that they still dare to Against the Yuan family?"

"Mother, my son is asking about Duke Ning's Mansion." Yuan Shao put down the white cloth in his hand and looked at Jiang's eyes steadily.

Jiang was stunned. Huo Qinglan died in a disgraceful way, and there were some dirty things that needed to be dealt with, so he would not mourn for the time being. The people in Duke Ning's mansion probably don't know about this yet.

She sneered: "The first and second houses of the Huo family have been separated for a long time, and they have not made any move. Ningguo Gongfu is no longer the same as us, and there is no need to care about other people's opinions."

Yuan Shao curled up the corner of his mouth and stared at the carp in the water tank motionlessly: "Huo Qi was not the one who died. It's no wonder that there was no movement in Duke Ning's mansion."

He was curious, if the person he was holding was Huo Qi, how would she survive?

My ex-husband has gone crazy (ーー；)