clothing incense

Chapter 85 Confession
Sheng Xiuyi asked her to show him her hands, but Dong Yuan put her hands behind her back and said in a low voice, "Tianhe, I have something to tell you."

Sheng Xiuyi was slightly taken aback.

She has always called him the son of the world, but now she calls him Tianhe.The word Tianhe meandered out from between her lips and fell into Sheng Xiuyi's ears, making his heart beat chaotically and his breathing stagnate for a moment.

Sheng Xiuyi's tense expression relaxed, and he nodded slightly.

Dong Yuan sent out all the servants in the house.

Sheng Xiuyi sat on the big kang by the window, Dong Yuan thought for a while, moved the brocade stick and half sat on his lap, and took his hand on the edge of the kang.

Sheng Xiuyi's body froze for a moment, and then he heard Dong Yuan's voice wet: "Tianhe, I'm at Princess Wenjing's mansion today, mother called me Ah Yuan..."

It's not Brother Yi's daughter-in-law, but Ah Yuan, who is called like a family member, Dong Yuan said, his eyes a little bit astringent.

Taking advantage of the situation, Sheng Xiuyi held her hand and said softly, "Mother likes you very much."

Dong Yuan nodded, raised his eyes to look at Sheng Xiuyi, and said slowly: "Tianhe, I have only been married for eight days, but I can feel your friendship to me. Tianhe, since ancient times, loyal ministers do not care about two masters, and strong women do not marry two husbands Well, I, Xue Shi Dongyuan, have never had any regrets since I stepped into the door of the Sheng family. I...I want to be the daughter-in-law of the Sheng family..."

For some reason, she felt that her eyes were very astringent, and Sheng Xiuyi's expression in her eyes was a bit hazy and astonished.

"I'm afraid of a lot of things, and I'm also afraid of entering the palace. The palace is too indifferent, too lonely, and there's no sense of human fireworks... I'm afraid when I think about it. Tianhe, marrying into the Sheng family, I don't have any complaints, I'm very happy Sincerely being the daughter-in-law of the Sheng family, I will work very hard..." She lowered her head and lowered her voice to hide her uncontrollable sobs.

Sheng Xiuyi held her face in his hands and saw tears in her eyes.

She must have encountered something in Princess Wen Jing's mansion today to make her say these words.

He was worried about what happened to her, so he should have a heavy heart.But listening to her incoherent words, his thoughts seemed to be illuminated by the long-lost scorching sun, and his thoughts seemed to be dotted with flowers, dazzling and gorgeous, and his heart couldn't help but beat hard to stop.

After a while, Sheng Xiuyi said: "Ah Yuan, I know your sincerity, and our Sheng family didn't treat you as an outsider." Then he paused and asked, "Did something bad happen in the eldest princess's mansion?"

Dong Yuan burst into tears: "It's a terrible thing."

Seeing her crying, Sheng Xiuyi got up and hugged her, patted her on the back lightly: "Ah Yuan, I've already gone home, don't be afraid, don't be afraid..."

The light in the room gradually dimmed, and the two of them saw each other blurred.Dong Yuan and Sheng Xiuyi were sitting on the kang, she was nestled in his arms, her silent tears had long since stopped.She just felt tired and wanted to lean on his strong shoulders for a short stay.

"Want to hold the lamp?" Dong Yuan asked Sheng Xiuyi softly.Her emotional catharsis has passed, but she doesn't know what to say next.

There is a brother who works as an imperial guard in the Forbidden Palace, and the emperor intends to reveal his thoughts about Dong Yuan to the Sheng family. Maybe tomorrow afternoon, Sheng Xiuyi can vaguely guess what happened to Dong Yuan in Princess Wenjing's mansion.Believe her or not, she can't force it.

That's all she could say.

Sheng Xiuyi hummed lightly.

Dong Yuan got up from his arms and called the servant girl to come in and light the lamp.

Seeing Dong Yuan's red eyes, Qiangwei knew that she had cried, and felt uneasy.

After dinner, the servant came to An to find Sheng Xiuyi, saying that Master Hou was in the study outside and called the son to speak.Sheng Xiuyi told Dong Yuan not to wait for him, so he changed his shoes and went to the outer courtyard.

Dong Yuan ordered Luo's mother, Ju Xiang, and Ju Hong to the outside room, and there was no one in the room, so he took out the bloody clothes, and told Qiangwei: "You ask the servant girl to fetch water, and put this in my clean room. A piece of clothing has been washed, and carefully hang it behind."

Qiangwei knew that things were not easy, seeing the blood on the clothes, and seeing Dong Yuan's palms wrapped in handkerchiefs, felt uneasy, and tentatively asked: "Grandma, do you want to change your medicine?"

The medicine in the eldest princess's mansion is no worse than that of Sheng's family, so you don't need to change it for now, Dong Yuan waved his hand at Qiangwei, and said: "No need for now, you go and wash your clothes."

Qiangwei left as promised.

When she came back, she found Dong Yuan rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the room looking for things, and Luo's mother, Ju Xiang, and Ju Hong were standing by the side, and they didn't help.

Qiangwei asked curiously, "Grandma, what are you looking for?"

Mother Luo breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Grandma won't let us intervene, saying that only you know, so help grandma find it."

Dong Yuan straightened up and looked at Qiangwei.

Qiangwei gave her a suggestive look, reassuring her.

"You all go to rest, Qiangwei and Ziwei are on duty tonight." Dong Yuan said to Luo's mother and the others.

Several people saluted Dong Yuan one after another, then retreated.

Ziwei is also serving outside.

Dong Yuan whispered to Qiangwei: "The last time I went to Yonglian Temple to offer incense, didn't I take off the jade-colored curly grass-patterned gown and hand it to you?"

Qiangwei thought for a while, then nodded with certainty.

Dong Yuan breathed a sigh of relief: "Where's the jade pendant I put in my sleeve pocket at that time? Find it for me quickly." She rummaged through the jewelry box, but didn't see the jade pendant.

After returning from Yonglian Temple, she didn't want to take another look at the jade pendant that brought Dong Yuan such an ominous look, and every time she saw it, she would feel troubled.Thinking about handing over the clothes to Qiangwei again, Qiangwei has always been careful not to lose her things, so Dong Yuan didn't ask any further questions.

Then, when she was preparing to leave the pavilion, she had been busy doing needlework, and she didn't think of that jade pendant again until today.She wanted to find out, the day after tomorrow happened to be the first day of May, the day when her eleventh younger sister entered the palace, she used the excuse of going back to see her off, and told the old Hou Ye what happened in Princess Wenjing's mansion today, and handed over the jade pendant to him by the way. old lady.

She didn't want to cause unnecessary misunderstandings to herself because of it.

Sheng Xiuyi may be willing to protect her, but his official position is too small and he is subject to Marquis Sheng Chang, so he doesn't have the ability to suppress the Marquis.

Dong Yuan has already expressed her feelings to Sheng Xiuyi, and there is only so much she can do.She still wanted her grandfather to help her with the rest of the matter.

"What... what jade pendant?" Qiangwei's expression turned serious, "Grandma, when you gave me that dress, you didn't have any accessories except the girdle."

"No accessories?" Dong Yuan was taken aback, "Are you sure you don't have any?"

Qiangwei saw that her expression was also not good-looking, so she nodded with certainty: "Grandma, I'm sure not!"

That is lost!
Dong Yuan sat down on the kang, unable to speak for a while.A feeling of powerlessness surrounded her instantly. Could it be that that jade pendant really couldn't bring her any luck?
At that time on Yonglian Mountain, she was really frightened, her mind was in chaos, she just wanted to lie down with her clothes on and isolate herself from the outside world.The maids would naturally help her put away the accessories in her clothes, so when she took off the beanie, Dong Yuan specially handed the beanie to Qiangwei.

With Qiangwei's prudence, she will naturally keep it safe for her.

how do you know...

It was at Yonglian Temple, and there was an endless stream of pilgrims entering the mountain every day, all of whom were nobles from Kyoto.If it was not picked up by the monk, but by an outsider...

Dong Yuan looked at Qiangwei.

There was an eerie emptiness in her eyes.

Qiangwei was startled, and quickly knelt down for her: "Grandma, I... I really take care of your clothes and accessories. If you lose them from my hands, I won't complain if you kill me. Grandma, I Really didn't see it."

Dong Yuan hurriedly got up to help her: "Get up, I don't blame you. Qiangwei, that thing is missing, it's like a needle is buried in my bone, it makes me sleepless, I... I don't know what to do."

Qiangwei didn't know how to comfort her either.

The face of the master and servant, who were in sight of each other, was a little pale.

"Grandma, that jade pendant..." Qiangwei asked in a low voice.

"It's okay, it's just lost, it's just a small thing." Dong Yuan had already calmed down, and there was a bit of determination in his words.

When Sheng Xiuyi came back from the outer courtyard, Dong Yuan snuggled up on the bedside alone, reading the "Six Secret Teachings" he read a few days ago, his hands still wrapped in gauze.

Seeing him coming back, Dong Yuan got up and ordered Hong Lian and Lv Li to wash him up.

Coming out of the clean room, Sheng Xiuyi asked her: "Do you understand?"

She shook her head and smiled: "I don't quite understand." Then she said, "Master, I have something to tell you."

Sheng Xiuyi was slightly stunned. After going to bed, he hugged her lightly and asked in a low voice, "Didn't you just call me Tianhe?"

"Tianhe..." Dong Yuan paused before saying, "Sister Qi enters the palace on the first day of May, and my eleventh younger sister also enters the palace. Can I get up early to resign from sister Qi and go back to Zhenxianhou's Mansion?"

Sheng Xiuyi didn't even think about it, and said: "Of course it is possible. She is raised under your mother's name, so you should give it away."

Dong Yuan thanked him.

The next morning, when I greeted my mother-in-law, Mrs. Sheng asked her if her hands were better.

"It's all right now." Dong Yuan smiled, and said, "Mother, tomorrow is the first day of May..."

Mrs. Sheng guessed what Dong Yuan was going to say, and said with a smile: "Your sister is also going to enter the palace, right? Your mother is not here, you are her real sister, why don't you go and accompany her tonight?"

Dong Yuan was overjoyed, seeing Mrs. Sheng's sincere tone, she didn't refuse, and said with a smile: "Then I'll come back early tomorrow and see off Miss Qi."

Mrs. Sheng said yes.

Sheng Xiuyi got married and asked the Ministry of Criminal Justice for three months' leave. He was fine at home, so Mrs. Sheng said: "Brother Yi, you accompany Ah Yuan back, and accompany her back tomorrow morning." tone.

Sheng Xiuyi said yes.

The outer courtyard arranged a carriage, and the couple went back to Zhenxianhou's Mansion.

The old lady received the letter, supported by Mrs. Shizi and Zhan's mother, and waited for them at the door of Chuihua.Seeing Dong Yuan coming, he called "my son" affectionately.

Her eyes caught sight of the gauze in her hand, the corners of the old lady's eyes sank slightly, but they disappeared in an instant, she pulled Dong Yuan: "Are you here to see off sister Shu?"

Dong Yuan said: "I originally planned to send off my third younger sister tomorrow morning, and then come back to see off sister Shu. Mother said that my mother is not here, and sister Shu is fostered under my mother's name. Let me come back and spend the night with her."

The old lady showed a gratified smile.

(End of this chapter)