Want to hold the king's hand, but the king runs away

The sky is silver and snowy, against the blue bricks and red tiles, it should be poetic and picturesque.

Just looking at the huge Zhao Mansion, you can see scattered dead trees everywhere on the ground. Although the remaining red plum blossoms barely bloomed this year, it’s just the way the flower bones are hugging each other, which really makes people like it. stand up.

Looking at the bleak scene, Mother Liu in the kitchen couldn't help but shook her head, and then walked quickly towards the main room.

When we arrived at the courtyard of the main house, listening to the sound of frolicking in the side room, Mama Liu glanced in through the window and saw a few girls happily cutting paper, probably making window grilles for the Chinese New Year.

Seeing the three beautiful girls chatting and laughing inside, Mother Liu's drawn face finally opened up a bit.

Because the door of the main room was wide open, Mama Liu stepped straight across the threshold and walked in without knocking on the door.

As soon as she entered the room, she was greeted with a choking smell, which she was very familiar with. Coal was often used for cooking in the kitchen.

Hey, the Zhao Mansion is really hopeless, the mistress of the house actually uses this last-minute charcoal to keep warm.

Mother Liu sighed in her heart, feeling that today's decision was correct.

When she arrived at the outer hall, she saw Mrs. Yu sitting cross-legged on the kang with a cotton blanket on top of it, her hands were turning prayer beads, her eyes were closed, and she was muttering Buddhist scriptures in silence. The clothes she was wearing now were already It was made five years ago.Although it was clean and tidy, it was obvious that the style of the material was out of fashion.

Perhaps because she has lost a lot of weight, Yu's cheekbones are slightly raised, and she is not as bodhisattva as she was in previous years. Now her pale blue has added a lot of fine lines, making her look a lot older.

Mother Liu sighed in her heart: Thirty is a hurdle for a woman, and even a pampered master cannot avoid this truth.

She was about to greet Yu Shi, but she didn't want to be tickled by the choking smell first, so she couldn't help knocking a few times in succession.

"Mother Liu. Why are you here?"

Yu Shi opened her eyes and looked at Mama Liu who was standing there.

Seeing her smiling face, Liu's mother also replied with a smile: "Today I came to bid farewell to the eldest lady."

After hearing the words, Yu lowered her head a little lonely, and asked her after a long time, "Is Mama Liu leaving too?"

"Yes, ma'am. My daughter-in-law gave birth to two sons and asked me to go back and take them with me. And it's almost the Chinese New Year, so they urged me to go back quickly. They gave me the money to redeem my life, and I have just left Auntie got back the deed of sale."

Mother Liu thought, now there are only servants left in the entire Zhao family, except for those who waited on the master in the room and the young brothers and sisters of the Zhong family.The rest of the people have all gone.

If he doesn't run away, then all the miscellaneous matters will fall on him, and he won't see a monthly payment, so why should he stay in the Zhao residence.

Mrs. Yu nodded after hearing this: "In that case, let's say goodbye to Mama Liu first, and wish your family a happy life."

When Mother Liu heard this, she was furious!

This is the end?No reward at all?Pooh!That Aunt Jin, at least she gave a little bit of money, but the mistress just dismissed her with some useless nonsense, she was really stingy!

Thinking of three years ago, Yu suddenly changed her previous bodhisattva face and began to deduct the monthly money of the servants. She was always picky about the work done by the servants, either deducting deductions or not paying them. God knows what she will do. What the hell!

There were a lot of complaints from the servants, at that time they left several times in a row, the Zhao Mansion became deserted in an instant, seeing this, Mrs Yu restrained himself a little.

The few old slaves who stayed behind wanted to swallow their anger, but this year, the Yu family has made the same mistakes again, even worse than before.

Last month, Qi Qi knelt down in front of Zhao Chi to complain when those few were not popular, and then Zhao Chi asked Aunt Jin to thoroughly investigate the accounts in the house.

Whoa!It’s okay if you don’t check, but after checking, you will find that although the accounts of Zhao’s house are exquisite, Aunt Jin checked and checked carefully, but found that 800 taels of silver were missing in the house in a few years, and the missing money naturally fell into the In the hands of the accountant.

What Mrs. Yu did with the money was unknown. Mother Liu only heard that the 800 taels of silver were secretly used for profit, but she was cheated out of everything.

The 800 taels of silver were most of the Zhao family's possessions, but with such a move by Mrs. Yu, the entire Zhao family was completely emptied by her.

When Zhao Chi learned of this, he was furious. He locked her in the room and beat her violently, and then handed over all the accounting matters to Aunt Jin.

Thinking of all these things, Mother Liu sneered in her heart: Humph!You deserve to be in such a miserable state.

She didn't have any money, and she didn't want to waste time here, so she immediately put away her smiling face, and said coldly: "I'm a rough person who doesn't know how to say good things, so just use the 'happy family' that this big lady said just now. Bless you too, and wish you and the master a hundred years of love."

Mother Liu bit the last few words very hard, full of irony.

I still remember that the master almost beat Yu Shi to death that day, but fortunately, this man's life is hard, and he has survived until now.

she went on. : "Miss, Aunt Jin asked me to tell you, from now on, you will let Qingyi take care of all the food and laundry in your main house, and there is no money in the house to find another servant."

When Yu Shi heard this, she was slightly taken aback, and she lost her amiable look just now, so she just said softly: "Okay, I understand."

Ms. Liu didn't even say a polite farewell, she just put on a face, shook her sleeves and left here.

Seeing this, Mrs. Yu suddenly became angry.

Qingyi was making quilts in the back room just now, she could hear clearly what Mama Liu and Mrs Yu said.

She opened the curtain and came out from the inside. Seeing the hatred on Mrs. Yu's face, she hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her: "I just found Dr. Zhou to take your pulse yesterday. He said that your liver is not good, so you are most taboo to get angry. You How did you get to know such a villain?"

Qingyi patted her on the back to cheer her up, and seeing her look pale, she picked up the cold copper stove on the kang table and moved it to the side, poured out the cold water inside, refilled it with hot water, and handed it to her.

Yu Shi glanced at Qingyi, who was busy all the time, and said leisurely: "I'm sorry for you, I have to let you take care of the food and laundry in the future."

"What are you talking about? It's not hard work. It's just that my heart hurts. I have suffered so much in the past five years! If I went to the chrysanthemum banquet in Pingyuanhou's Mansion with you that year, what happened today would not happen."

Qingyi's voice carried a hint of crying, she grew up with Shi Yu since she was a child.He had never seen her suffer like this.

That year when Mrs. Yu returned home, she was restless. Qingyi asked her many times before she found out about the daughter of the princess.

I thought that with the Qu family as a shield, the Yu family should be able to get over it smoothly, but the fate is not as expected, and the Qu family finally settled the matter by dissipating their wealth.

After the Qu family escaped from danger, Qu Shangshu began to take revenge on the Zhao family crazily, not only greatly cutting Zhao Chi's salary, but also humiliating him in front of his colleagues, making him a "marginal member" of the Ministry of Industry easily , everyone dare not make friends with him.

What hurt Yu's heart the most was that.Ruide was also implicated because of this, he was expelled from the free school run by the Qu family, and lost a great opportunity to study.

However, blessings and misfortunes never come singly.

Princess Changle didn't intend to let the Yu family go, but she had already blackmailed the Qu family several thousand taels of silver through this matter, and she couldn't blatantly deal with the Yu family, so she resorted to many vicious moves.

He vaguely remembered that that day the servant girl of the princess's mansion came to the mansion with a stone pot, saying that it was the chicken soup given to Mrs. Yu by the lady of the princess.

Full of doubts, Yu lifted the lid of the pot, only to see a bright red live snake jumping out suddenly, it almost bit the person directly, Yu was frightened and fainted on the spot.

Princess Changle used a lot of vicious moves like this, and every time she changed ways to intimidate Mrs. Yu.

Fortunately, Princess Changle gave birth to her third son two years ago, which gradually reduced the threat to Yu Shi.

However, the most tragic thing is far more than that.

"You just persuaded me not to get angry, why are you blushing again?" Yu's words were a little tired, and the disasters that happened in these years really made her overwhelmed.

Qingyi wiped her eyes: "Look at me, I don't pay attention to things, you're fine, I'm here to make you sad again. Ma'am, don't worry. Fortunately, you still have a few children to support you, waiting for them to succeed , you will definitely feel much better."

At that time, Zhao Chi knew that Qu Shangshu made things difficult for him because of Yu's fault, so he made a big fuss about divorcing his wife.

After the children found out, they knelt outside Zhao Chi's study for a whole day to intercede for their mother, only to avoid the tragedy of Mrs. Yu being divorced.

Thinking of this, Qingyi pointed to the thin snow outside the window, and continued: "Do you still remember? The snow five years ago was much thicker than today's. A few children begged for you and knelt outside the study , their bodies are covered with snow, but none of them backed down. It is conceivable how much they care about you. Now that one and two of them have grown up, it's time for you to enjoy yourself!"

Mrs. Yu nodded weakly, and replied: "I hope. If there is no improvement this year, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on. By then..."

"Miss, no."

Qingyi quickly held Yu Shi's hand, and stopped the frustrating words she was going to say later.

Yu Shi sighed.Then he asked Qingyi: "Does Fanshu still have correspondence with Han Mo every month?"

"Yes, there are still every month. I secretly opened those letters and read them. The two of them are talking to each other in every letter. It's so sweet that I always blush." ​​Thinking of the contents of those letters, Qing Yi Nian added some thin red.

After listening to Qingyi's words, Mrs. Yu didn't relax at all, and lowered her eyebrows, showing even more worry: "According to the usual practice, Han Mo is about to come back from Yingchang Mansion to report on his duties. If she can't get Han Mo to come to propose marriage, then this year must be married her off."

Qingyi said: "Miss, don't worry about this matter. I can see from the content of the letter that Han Mo is not a big girl who doesn't want to marry."

Yu pondered for a moment and then asked, "How much money do we need to pay him now?"

Qingyi thought for a long time before answering her with certainty: "It's still 50 taels short."

Mrs Yu didn't expect it to be so bad, if she still held the account of the mansion, she would still be able to withdraw the money, but now Aunt Jin is holding it in her hands.

Yu's heart was terribly irritable, and her eyebrows were anxious: "I really hope that Fanshu can marry into Pingyuanhou's mansion. With her light, I can raise my identity and turn over in this house. It's just that the money is imminent. If I can't take it out, I will only die!"

Recalling the beating by Zhao Chi that day, some cold sweat broke out on Yu's forehead.

Qingyi looked at her eldest lady frowning, and tried to ask: "Why don't you tell that person about it? Ask him to help pay the money?"

Mrs. Yu shook her head, vetoing her approach: "If you open your mouth, he will definitely help me. It's just that you know his character, and you're afraid of the future..."

The anxiety on her face became heavier, and Yu asked again, "Recently when you went shopping, you met maids and servants from other mansions. Did you hear that any of them wanted to marry a wife and take concubines? You can't marry Fanshu, and Hua Shu and Xiushu."

"I haven't heard of this. It's just that it's been said everywhere recently that the third son of Prime Minister Wang's family played with a maid to death. It was said that the woman died suddenly, but the people inside told me that the person was having sex with the third son. Luan was tortured to death when Luan fell to Fengfeng. I heard that the young master was reincarnated as a pervert, but there is no one who is more beautiful than anyone who doesn't want to get involved."

When Yu heard the word "Prime Minister", it reminded her that there is still a way.

"Didn't the prime minister's wife give Xiushu a string of Buddhist beads back then? When you usually went to their house, did you still see them?"

Qingyi thought for a long time: "I remember that thing seems to be placed in a wooden box, so I should be able to find it."

"Xiushu will be thirteen when the year turns over?"

Qingyi hurriedly said: "Yes. This year, Xiushu will be thirteen."

"That's the case. When you go to serve in their room, remember to find that thing, and then randomly pick out a scripture that she copied recently. At that time, I will edit another book, and you will pack the three things together. And send it to the prime minister's wife."

When Yu said this, he was very decisive, completely ignoring other things.

Qingyi still couldn't bear it: "Are you really going to send Xiushu there? What if there is an emergency?"

Yu said angrily: "What do I care about her? It would be best to get rid of the water spilled by the married daughter as soon as possible. She is a disaster! If it weren't for her, how could that bitch Jin Mingruo enter Zhao's mansion? How could you suffer so much?"

Seeing the deep hatred in her eyes, Qingyi didn't dare to persuade her anymore.

Yu counted her fingers again, knowing that if Xiushu was sent to the prime minister's mansion, she would be saved: "Although she is not a regular wife and does not have a betrothal gift, most people will give some comfort money when they accept a good concubine, let alone a prime minister. House? There will definitely be more than 50 taels by then. Tomorrow, I will go to the warehouse with you to borrow 50 taels of silver, and then we will take the money to that person together."

"But ma'am, we didn't repay the interest on time a few times before, and they are afraid they won't be able to borrow as much from us this time." Qingyi's face was a little embarrassed.

It was mentioned by Qingyi.Yu fell into silence, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "Like this, you take a quilt from me to Cuiwei's in the afternoon, and say that I watched Tianhan and sent it to her."

"Does Cuiwei have any money? Her monthly money is always low, and she often buys some food and clothing for her son. Where is the money left?"

Seeing the doubt in Qingyi's eyes, Yu sneered: "Zhong Ling came to send news a few days ago, saying that the master rewarded Aunt Jin with ten taels of silver and some gold ornaments behind his back."

Qingyi listened to Yu Shi's words, her heart ached even more for her, the master treats a lowly slave better than his wife!

"If she asks about my recent situation, you can say that Aunt Jin has withheld my money, but my illness is getting worse and I have to buy new clothes for a few girls, so I have no money to buy medicine, and she will definitely take it out. Silver taels."

Mrs. Yu knew Cuiwei's character well, and knew that she would definitely get some money from her by saying so.

Qingyi nodded: "That's appropriate."

After the money matter was settled, Yu's complexion improved a lot, and he sighed, "How is the side courtyard?"

These years, I have been overwhelmed with things on my side, and I have completely lost Zhao Chi's support. Yu really has no chance and energy to deal with Aunt Jin.

"You know, the two people in the side courtyard are very sick in winter. When I passed by a few days ago, I heard coughing in that room, and I felt that the third girl was going to die if she was not careful. I heard that yesterday, She moved to Kang Mansion to recuperate." Seeing that the people living in the other house are not doing well, Qing Yi finally has a smile on her face.

Yu Shi also hummed and laughed: "If the two of them die, it will be a hundred times over."

And the dying person that Qingyi was talking about was coughing heart-piercingly in the boudoir of the Kang Mansion.

When Jin Shu first arrived in this world, Kang Ting told her that her body was suffering from a disease caused by falling into the water.

At that time, she felt that Kang Ting's words were alarmist. She was alive and kicking for several months and there was no difference until winter came.

In the past few years, it has been winter.She felt that from her heels to the top of her head, there was no part of her body that was not cold.

It's okay to be cold, silver charcoal was lit in the room, and I huddled under the blanket with the heater on my feet and carried it over, but the cough in my mouth couldn't stop at all.

Even if there is a "miracle doctor" by his side, there is nothing he can do. After all, the damage to the heart and lungs is irreversible.

Five years ago, Kang Ting was invited by Aunt Jin to the mansion to treat Jin Shu.Seeing the drowsy little man lying pale on the bed coughing endlessly, his heart ached.

After explaining her physical condition to Aunt Jin, he took off his cloak and wrapped it around Jin Shu, picked her up and went back to Kang's mansion against the wind and snow.

Since then, there has been Jinshu's boudoir in Kang's residence. Every winter when it snows, Jinshu will live here for two months.

The silver charcoal in the room was crackling, and occasionally a few orange sparks splashed out, making people feel warm just looking at it.

"Cough...cough...cough...Uncle Kang, can you open that window? I want to see the wintersweet flowers in the yard." Jinshu pointed to the closed window,

Kang Ting was sitting by the bed feeding Jinshu medicine. He slowly blew the medicine in the spoon, and glanced at Jinshu: "Can you bear it? It's snowing outside, and it's cold."

Jinshu frowned and smiled: "I'm in bed?? Cough?"

Before she finished speaking, Jin Shu coughed again.

Because the throat was already swollen, the cough made the throat itchy, and he retched directly, and he was about to spit out all the medicine he had just drank.

Seeing this, Kang Ting quickly put the medicine aside, and while helping her calm down, he said to her, "Jin Shu, stop talking. Can I still obey you?" Sighing helplessly, he finally stood up Get up and open the window.

Snow flutters outside the window, and the courtyard is full of palace powder and plum blossoms.

"I've been watching it for so many years, how can I still be dumbfounded?" Looking at Jinshu's stupidity, Kang Ting picked up the medicine and laughed.

Jinshu grinned, but didn't say anything, but answered in her heart: You don't understand, there is a kind of scenery that makes northerners appreciate southerners when they encounter goose feathers and heavy snow.

Kang Ting continued to feed Jin Shu the medicine patiently until the medicine bowl was empty.

He put the medicine bowl back on the food plate, sat back down again, and brushed the silver-white fox fur covering her body for her.

"Are you sure about it? I'll close this window for you if you look forward to it." Kang Ting asked Jin Shu softly, his eyes full of doting.

Jin Shu shook her head: "Cough... I want to watch it for a while."

Kang Ting shook her hand and found it was still warm, so he didn't stop her.

Jinshu looked at the scene outside, and Kang Ting looked at her seriously.

Seeing Jinshu's slim appearance now, he felt a sense of pride in his heart.

"That boy Han Xiao brought a bunch of things from the northern border to the mansion today. One of them is for you, a fine red feather gauze cloak, and the lining is the unique snow fox fur in the northern border, which is both beautiful and warm." , I will ask Lerin to bring it to you later, and keep it for you to like."

Jin Shu heard Kang Ting say that Han Xiao sent her something again, and asked, "Why did he send me a cloak again?"

Kang Ting smiled: "When I wrote back last time, I mentioned to him that you gave the cloak he brought all the way to your aunt, so he bought another one for you in a hurry. Don't feel bad Han Xiao, he is a local rich man there, very rich."

"Why don't you give me some money and let me buy what I like. When winter comes, I have to lie on the bed..." Jinshu said, coughing again, and after a little better, she continued: " I can't go anywhere, and it's useless for him to send me the best clothes."

Kang Ting heard Jinshu rejecting Han Xiao's offer, feeling a little anxious, and asked her, "Jinshu, what do you think of Han Xiao's treatment of you?"

coming!Sure enough, it came!

That's why Jinshu keeps refusing Han Xiao's gift.

She could sense that Kang Ting, as if, Mrs. Han was trying to match her with Han Xiao.

"Uncle Kang, no one treats me as well as you treat me."

Jin Shu's expression was rare and serious, and she just looked at Kang Ting with a kind of persistence.

Kang Ting didn't know what was in her eyes, but he wanted to avoid it, so he had to look away and look at the snow scene outside the window: "What nonsense are you talking about, girl? I can't stay with you forever. You are You want to get married, and your husband will definitely be the best person for you."

Jin Shu felt sore and didn't know what to answer.

"What's the matter, silly girl?" Kang Ting always liked to rub Jin Shu's hair when she was distressed, and this habit has not changed.

Jin Shu felt the warmth of the big palm covering her head.

She changed her bitter face, and said to Kang Ting with an unscrupulous expression: "Wait for you..?? Cough?? After the continuation, I'll go find my husband again. I don't worry about you being alone."

Kang Ting was so stunned by her that he was speechless, the tone of his words really resembled his mother's.

Shaking his head helplessly, he got up, then turned around and searched for something in the room.

Jin Shu looked at him curiously, and asked, "Uncle Kang, what are you looking for?"

"scissors."

"Ahem?? It's in the basket on the cabinet."

According to Jin Shu's words, Kang Ting quickly found something.

He put the scissors on the table first, lifted the hanging cloak and shook it, after fastening it carefully, picked up the things on the table, and walked out slowly by himself.

Through the window, Jin Shu saw Kang Ting cutting plums in the yard.

Every time the scissors go down, all the snow on the tree falls, and falls on his hair, shoulders, and hands. Even though he is in a world of ice and snow, he still smiles warmly.