Concubine like a house

Chapter 159 A Dream Comes After the Prosperity (2)
Mrs. Tai told Nie Peixiao everything she knew without reservation.Including the process of acquaintance, acquaintance, and love between Yunci and Chuxiu, and finally the cause of Yunci's death, everything was missing, and the talk lasted for nearly two hours.After she told the whole story, it was already dark outside the window.

During the process, Nie Peixiao became more shocked and moved the more she listened, until finally, she regretted being struck by lightning!
It turns out that the truth is so cruel and touching!It turned out that Yunci was willing to give up his life for Chuxiu!This is completely different from his original imagination!It's ridiculous that he always thought that it was Yun Ci who took the responsibility of going out of Xiu!He always believed that the rumors outside were true—because Chuxiu was unexpectedly pregnant with a posthumous child, Yun Ci wrote a marriage letter to help her right before his death, but the child failed to keep in the end...

But it turns out that there is such a poignant love story!This story is lingering, sad and moving, enough to move the listener and make the listener cry.

wrong!He was so wrong!He is indeed inferior to Yun Ci!Let alone hope to surpass Yunci!After Nie Peixiao understood it, she no longer had the strength to get up from the seat. She could only hold on to the armrests on both sides, and sighed with self-reproach: "I'm too conceited!"

Mrs. Tai's eyes were slightly red when she recalled the past, but she restrained herself well in front of Nie Peixiao.Do you regret it?I'm afraid no one regrets it more than Mrs. Xie.In the final analysis, her husband and her only son all died in her vanity, strength and ruthlessness.

Depression and suffocation filled the room, and the breath seemed to be filled with endless regrets.The two people in this house, one old and one young, are destined to live in regret, one for family affection and the other for love.

Nie Peixiao didn't know how she left Rongjintang.All he knew was that he was a moment late and knew one thing late, so he made a fatal mistake, which could never be undone!

And God's cruelty lies in that he clearly knows that it is an illusion in the end, but he chooses to give others a mirror, laughing at the futility of this world.

On the night after Nie Peixiao left, Chuxiu didn't sleep soundly. She always felt that there was some melody lingering in her ears, which was both strange and familiar.After being disturbed in this way for half the night, not only did he not sleep well, but he also felt as if he had a rabbit in his heart, jumping "plop plop" extremely fast.

So she simply got up from the couch, and softly called Yue Wan towards the cubicle: "Yue Wan?"

Chuxiu called twice, Yuewan woke up, quickly got up from the cubicle, held a candlestick and walked to the Chuxiu couch: "Madam, what's your order?"

"Did you hear any sound?" Chuxiu thought for a while, then added, "It seems to be... the sound of a flute?"

Yue Wan collected herself, listened carefully, and made sure she didn't hear any sound, then she slowly shook her head: "There's no sound at all."

Chuxiu was also a little puzzled, and said that he was hallucinating, so he smiled and waved his hands and said, "Go back to sleep, maybe I didn't sleep well at night, and I was just thinking about it."

Yue Wan said yes, and served Chu Xiu to drink some water, then went back to sleep in the cubicle.

Chuxiu also lay back on the couch again, trying to calm down and fall asleep.But once again, she heard the sound of flute lingering in her ears, this time, it was more real than before.

As time passed, the sound of the flute became clearer and clearer. Chuxiu decided to go out to find out, so she got up and called Yue Wan softly: "I always feel uneasy in my heart, as if there is something going on outside, you go out with me and have a look. I I promise you half a day off to catch up on sleep."

Yuewan covered her face and yawned, and said with a smile, "Look at what you said, this is the duty of a servant girl." As she spoke, she helped Chuxiu put on her clothes in a bun, roughly combed them, and walked out of Zhizhi with her. Yan Xuan.

The night outside is getting dark, it should be just after midnight.Yuewan carried a lantern to illuminate Chuxiu, and called two guards on duty to wait for Chuxiu's orders.

Chuxiu stood at the gate of Zhiyanxuan for a long while, and felt the sound of the flute getting louder and louder in his ears: "Did you hear any sound?"

Several nurses shook their heads: "Mrs. Hui, no."

Chuxiu had no choice but to rely on his own judgment and walk in the direction of Jingyuan.Yue Wan and the others did not dare to ask more questions, and followed behind.Along the way, Chuxiu was even more convinced that someone was playing the flute, until she walked outside the quiet garden, Yue Wan also faintly heard: "It seems that there is really music! Ma'am, you have really good ears!"

The night is as cool as water, and the cold and sobbing flute sound slowly crosses the outer wall of the Jingyuan and slams into Chuxiu's ears.But at this moment, Chuxiu only felt the humbleness and desolation in the sound of the flute.She had never heard this piece of music before, but she was very familiar with it—it was the score of "Zhu Xian Duan" composed by Nie Peixiao.

At the beginning, the tune was flat, slowly stating the fact that the beauty was gone.

Then, it turns into light and moving, which is the portrayal of the four sentences "I think of the concubine's ringing sound, which has been twirling around the beam so far. The flowing water and falling flowers spread to Xiangpu, and the hibiscus weeps and laughs at the fragrant orchids".

Gradually, the tune became depressing and low, cold and sad, and beautiful.

In the end, it was like weeping, and people couldn't help but want to have a big mourning, and those who heard it could cry.

After all, Nie Peixiao adopted Chuxiu's suggestion and changed the last melodious ending into a sad tone.It was originally "To be continued" that gave people infinite hope, but now it has finally come to an end of despair and depression.

When the last sad and mournful tone gradually dissipated, Yue Wan couldn't stop crying: "What song is this? It's really uncomfortable to listen to."

Although the guards couldn't understand the rhythm, they also thought the song was very good, so they nodded in agreement.

Only Chuxiu, with her beautiful eyes lightly closed, seems to be thinking, and there is no trace of emotion or sadness on her face, as if the song failed to move her.

Yue Wan saw that Chuxiu was very calm, so she wiped away her tears and said, "I made you laugh, but this servant is crying unknowingly. You are very good at rhythm, if you can't impress you, it shows that this piece is not very good .”

Chuxiu didn't make any comments on the song, and said with care, "Let's go." The tone was still very light.

"Ma'am, don't you want to visit the person who plays the flute?" Several nurses asked cautiously.

"No." Chuxiu pondered for a moment and said, "If he comes back tomorrow night, you can invite him back."

Yue Wan and the nursing home looked at each other in blank dismay, and had no choice but to obey.

On the way back to Zhiyanxuan, the master and servants suddenly stopped in Chuxiu and said, "I want to go to the ancestral hall to see Lord Hou."

He said "Hou Ye", but he was not referring to the current Lixin Hou Yuncheng, but Yun Ci.

A nursing home went ahead to make arrangements, and the servants on duty in the ancestral hall quickly put on their clothes and got up, and came out to greet them with candles.Chuxiu took the candlestick and entered alone, and knelt down slowly in front of the ancestors of the Yun family.

Rows of tablets made of agarwood are enshrined on the table of golden nanmu. There is an unusually deep and lonely atmosphere in the dim ancestral hall, which makes people feel solemn, sad and heartbroken.

God firmly engraved the four words "life and death are impermanent" in Chuxiu's heart, using one person's life and a peerless relationship.She looked at one of the small tablets, and the engraved name on the tablet, and finally shed tears.

Are you punishing me?Yunci?Punish my wavering?betray?Cold-blooded?ungrateful?Therefore, will I go through those hardships again and again?And let Shen Yu and Nie Peixiao go back and forth here and suffer a lot?
Pain, guilt, self-blame, longing... All kinds of emotions are deeply intertwined at this moment, and finally turned into one sentence, choked out from Chuxiu's mouth.With her tears-filled eyes, she looked at the tablet vaguely: "It was my mistake. From now on, I will only guard you. I don't want anyone, and I won't go anywhere."

As soon as the words were finished, a gust of night wind suddenly broke into the door, and the only candle flickered and almost went out.

There was a soft "click", and the Yunci Tablet, which was originally enshrined calmly, was blown off by the wind, fell on the floor tiles and broke.Chuxiu was almost trembling, and slowly reached out to pick up the tablet that had been broken in two, hugged it tightly in his arms, and couldn't help crying bitterly.

The last ray of night wind blew by, carrying heartbreaking desolation and sadness.Just like the flute sound just now, it is no match for the ruthlessness of time, and it is destined to disappear in the night wind.

Chuxiu cried for a long time holding the tablet of Yun Ci, heartbroken and unscrupulous, but no one came in to disturb him outside the door.It wasn't until the candle was burnt out, and the ancestral hall suddenly fell into darkness, that Chuxiu gradually stopped crying.

In the endless gloom, faint sobs could be heard again, but this time it was not the sound of a flute, as if it was the cold souls of the ancestors of the Yun family who were secretly watching this lingering love story, and this A heartbroken allure woman.

Suddenly, a burst of light came from behind, and the orange lights turned on, and there was an indescribable warmth that could gradually warm up Chuxiu's cold soul.She wiped away her tears and turned around to look, only to see Mrs. Tai standing with a cane in her cloak, and Mother Chi beside her holding a candle, and the two walked slowly to the gate of the ancestral hall.

"Mother." Chuxiu had already stopped crying, but when she saw Mrs. Tai, she couldn't help crying again.She wanted to take out the tablet that had been cut into two pieces from her bosom, but her hands were trembling so much that she couldn't control it steadily. She could only hold her arms tightly, and tighter, for fear that the tablet in her arms would fall again.

"Aren't you tired after tossing back and forth in the middle of the night?" Mrs. Tai's tone was cold and depressing, with a hint of reprimand.

Chuxiu lowered her eyes and shook her head, not knowing how to reply.

"Chuxiu, am I too used to you, and you can do such things that disturb the ancestors?" Mrs. Tai poked her crutches heavily on the ground, and immediately in the quiet ancestral hall, There was a burst of empty reverberation, which slammed into my heart.

Chuxiu was trembling all over, the pain in her heart was unbearable, she opened her mouth, but still couldn't say a word, the body kneeling on the futon was already crumbling.

Mrs. Tai raised her eyes slowly at the entrance of the ancestral hall, looked at all the tablets with the faint candlelight, and finally settled on the broken tablet in Chuxiu's arms.

"Ci'er suffered a lot for you, and he didn't hesitate to sacrifice his life, but you let him not rest in peace after death!" Mrs. Tai said sharply, and walked steadily into the ancestral hall with a cane.Mother Chi followed behind with a candlestick in hand.

Mrs. Tai seldom uses this crutch on weekdays, and only when she is weak and needs to hold on, she will use it as a supplement.And what happened in Jingyuan tonight can't be hidden from her, so she thinks it's time to give Xiu some advice.

Mrs. Tai walked up to Chuxiu, looked down at each other, as if the gods were pitying the sufferings of the world, and sighed slowly: "You rejected King Cheng, and repeated it to Shen Yu... I just want to ask you, do you decide? Will you keep your words for the rest of your life?"

This time, Chuxiu was finally able to speak, and while nodding deeply, he answered with a sob: "Yes."

"Since you want to guard him, you can't even protect his memorial tablet?" Mrs. Tai deliberately raised her voice and asked.

Chuxiu was speechless, and could only kowtow heavily to apologize.

The corners of Mrs. Tai's eyes were also filled with tears. She sighed and said, "In this case, you should write a letter to Shen Yuxiu and tell him your decision. Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. Let him give up completely. "

In fact, more than seven months have passed since Shen Yu went to Beixuan to reorganize the army.In the past seven months, he never sent back a single word.Chuxiu could understand his intentions. After all, Beixuan had just returned, and he had a heavy responsibility to hold Beixuan's military power. Naturally, there were many enemies around him, waiting to take advantage of his weaknesses in secret.

At this time, Shen Yu had to be extremely cautious, and he couldn't express anything to her, otherwise he would not only fall into the enemy's trap, but also damage the reputation of Yunfu and her reputation as Mrs. Chuxiu.

Therefore, Chuxiu only sent people to secretly follow Shen Yu's movements, knowing that everything was going well for him, that he was well received in the army, and that he was in good health, that was enough.

She knew that Shen Yu must be the same, silently fermenting longing in Beidi alone.Regardless of the difficulties and dangers in the ends of the world, everything between them no longer needs a word.

Now, Mrs. Tai actually wants her to take the initiative to edit the book for him and tell him the ruthless truth!Chuxiu can almost imagine how angry and sad Shen Yu would be when he read this letter... It has been two full years since their three-year agreement, but she regretted it at this moment, broke her promise, and she promised him Yes, it can't be done.

Chuxiu bit her lower lip and struggled for a long time, trying to delay things from happening: "He shouldn't be distracted in Beixuan, can we wait for him to come back..."

"Wait for him to come back? Then don't you want to continue to delay him?" Mrs. Tai said coldly, "You should let him give up earlier, maybe he will meet a more suitable woman in Beixuan, and he will be able to flourish as soon as possible gone."

(End of this chapter)