Attack Jade (攻玉) - Chapter 4

[Chapter 4]

Madame An Guo was so angry that her body could not break free for a while, and she simply grabbed the girl next to her before locking herself in that thing: “Little child whose colt teeth have not fallen, dare to use this sinister method to conspire against me, why not tie me up?” I immediately pulled her to accompany her to the funeral.

Her arm was about to be extended, and the cold in front of her stabbed at the same thing, the blade of the sword was green and cold, it was the emerald sword that had made her suffer a big loss earlier.

Teng Yuyi could have moved long ago when The Duchess of Anguo was distracted, and the surprise attack on this demon was not to worry about the safety of the young girl, but to ask the demon to die immediately.

She remembered the most revenge in her life, and she was eager to crush this thing to the ashes, and she noticed that this thing was going to play tricks again, how could she let it get its wish.

However, before she could stab the monster’s left paw, the rope tightened violently, and Mrs. An Guo’s eyes bulged and she was suddenly pulled off the ground.

The boundary was broken, the noblewomen were frightened, the courtyard was chaotic, the rope went around in a circle, and the end jumped back into the hands of the teenager, he smiled and squinted and bound the demon, and casually threw something to Teng Yuyi: “Give this medicine to the wounded.”

Teng Yuyi dangerously received the medicine bottle and looked at the man carefully, wearing a white jade yuanliang crown, a gold sword hanging from his waist, a purple robe, and a blue sock (Note 1). According to the regulations of this dynasty, this is the dress of the prince.

Looking at the appearance, seventeen or eighteen years old, long body Jade Li, Feng Biao Junya, if it were not for the smile on his face, it would be a rare beautiful man.

Teng Yuyi had long recognized who this man was, the nephew of the current emperor, the eldest son of The Chengwang couple, and the famous disciple of the famous clan who was loved by thousands of people: Lin Chengyou.

Teng Yuyi glanced at him, turned around and dragged his aunt, who was still a little frightened, toward the house: “Thank you Shizi.” In

her previous life, the only time she had dealt with Lin Chengyou was at the flower viewing feast of the Jade True Female Temple.

At that time, the Teng family had retired from the family, the father was still supervising the army in Huainan Province, Teng Yuyi voluntarily stayed in the ancestral home of Chang’an Yanshoufang in order to take care of the sick aunt, as the day of his father’s resignation was getting closer and closer, the house often received letters from her father from Huainan Province, she did not know, secretly guessing that it was related to her father’s transfer back to Beijing.

At that time, the cause of her cousin’s death was still not ascertained, and she served in front of her aunt’s sickbed every day, because she was depressed and had not traveled for a long time. On that day, the steward took the post that she did not want to go, and heard that the person who set the banquet was the queen, so she made mental preparations.

As Teng Yuyi expected, the flower viewing party was unprecedentedly lively, and the noble ladies dressed up and gathered in groups. It is said that not only the empress, but also Princess Cheng, who has been traveling for many years, has also come.

Teng Yuyi went with the noble ladies to meet the empress and princess Cheng, and overheard someone whispering, “Look, that is the son of King Cheng.”

Teng Yuyi looked down and saw a handsome teenager walking through the garden.

This man was lightly robed with arrow sleeves and a golden curved bow on his arm, not like coming to a feast, but like he was going to leave here at any time to go hunting.

“Oh, he seems to have come to see the lady, like he has come to play.”

“I heard that he was going to beat the horse and was temporarily escorted by Princess Cheng.”

The banquet officially began, teng Yuyi accompanied the women to play the piano, taste tea, and enjoy the flowers, because she vaguely guessed the deep meaning behind the empress’s poetry meeting, and she performed perfectly. When chatting, he spits out jade, gives poetry to be out of the ordinary, even if he deals with the next person in a secluded corner, he is more lenient and patient than usual.

After the poetry meeting, the empress and Princess Cheng deliberately beckoned Teng Yuyi to come closer, she quietly answered a number of questions, and when she came out, she heard the palace people talking: “I guess it will be the little lady of General Teng’s family, this appearance is also too eye-catching, don’t look at Shizi arrogant, after all, at the age of enlightenment, if he has seen the little lady of the Teng family, most of them will also be moved.”

“Yes, looking at the appearance of the princess, it seems that she is also very satisfied with the Teng family, Xiao Shizi is not afraid of anyone, he is afraid of his grandmother, there is a princess present, Shizi does not dare to come hu.” If this time Shizi still dared to run, he would inevitably be beaten up by the princess.

Teng Yuyi felt very fresh, she grew up so big, or the first time she heard that the princess would personally beat her son, she wanted to look at the princess Cheng who was sitting on the top again, and the queen asked them to take them to the garden to admire the autumn chrysanthemums.

When passing by the Diecui Pavilion, Teng Yuyi caught a glimpse of a number of richly dressed young Lang Jun sitting in the pavilion. The breeze blew the bamboo curtains, and dozens of eyes were cast on the mat.

Teng Yuyi did not squint at the model, it was late autumn, the light rain was silently sprinkled down, there was a kind of hairy coolness on her face, and when she returned to the Teng Mansion that night, she recalled the situation when the White Sun Empress and Princess Cheng pulled her to ask questions, and it was already in her chest.

She had no admiration for this Chengwang Shizi, but the ladies secretly and implicitly ridiculed, and the most talked about was Chengwang Shizi, she listened with her ears while drinking tea, since they all admired this person, there must be something outstanding.

This time, there were so many clan disciples who chose concubines, she Teng Yuyi could not bow down, and she had to pick the best one.

She calmly unloaded the ring and inquired about the news the next day, the empress and the princess took her portrait for advice, and Lin Chengyou only had two words without mercy: do not marry.

At that time, Teng Yuyi was rolling up his sleeve to mix incense with white honey, and accidentally overturned the incense cup.

Not married? She may not be willing to marry, it must be the death of her cousin and the illness of her aunt that disturbed her mood, so she would faint and go to participate in the selection of relatives in the clan.

In fact, she had already thought about it these two days, she had never met, her temperament was completely unknown, what she heard that day was just the way the person looked in the eyes of outsiders, what was going on inside, and it took a long time to know, if it was a bad match, it would be a lifetime.

She didn’t have a mother when she was five years old, her father was not around in the southern conquest and the northern war, for many years she had long been accustomed to everything being controlled by herself, and her relatives were not the same as children’s plays, naturally it was no exception, she should be glad that Lin Chengyou did not marry, saving her future regrets.

She looked up and laughed three times, and in the blink of an eye, she forgot about the incident, and the next day she went to du mansion to serve her aunt as usual, and returned to the house at night to make a camel’s hoof soup.

Fragrant soup with three syrup bought from a Persian liquor store is really a delicacy that can only be eaten by gods.

After drinking and eating, she went to the bath to bathe, and she had been hanging the scarf well, and two words came out of her mind: “Don’t marry.” Huh

. She immediately lost her mood and threw the scarf back into the water with a strained face, and the force was a little stronger, and the water splashed all over the bath.

Bai Zhi and Bi Luo sneaked to the side and whispered: Today’s lady is angry for some reason, and her cheeks are bulging all day.

Joke! She was obviously in a very good mood, and she did not hurry to put on her clothes and go back to the room, but until she rested on the bed, there was a very uncomfortable itch on her back.

This itch is not in the bone nor in the skin, if you reach behind to scratch, you may not be able to find a place, but if you don’t care, from time to time it will come out of the itch for a while. In the final analysis, it comes down to one sentence: not painful, not painful.

This unpleasant feeling lasted for three days, so long that she was thinking about doing something to get back to the field, and at this moment, her aunt’s condition suddenly worsened.

She served the medicine stone without sleep, hoping that her aunt’s health would improve, but the more she healed, the worse it became.

The medical officers were helpless, and the uncle and cousin were worried, and she sent a letter to her father in a hurry, saying that the medical officer invited in front of her was useless, and begged him to find a way as soon as possible.

Since Ah Niang’s death, she has never written to his father because she deeply hates him, and she has begged her father several times in succession, all for her aunt’s illness.

She didn’t want her aunt to die, Ah Niang left early, fortunately there were aunts and cousins to take good care of her, if even her aunt left, wouldn’t she become a lonely person again?

The father did rush back to the long night, and asked shang yao that nightYu Fengyu of the bureau came to diagnose the pulse privately, but unfortunately it was still too late, and the aunt’s illness damaged the root, dragging on these days, it was useless to heal the stone.

The night my aunt left, my uncle and cousin wept bitterly in front of the coffin, and she knelt on her knees, knowing that crying was useless, and she had already tasted it when she was five years old, even if she cried so hard that her heart and lungs were torn, and her mother just lay silently in the coffin.

I remember the night my mother died, she stood in the spiritual hall and slapped the cold wooden board with her small hand.

“Ah Niang, Ayu will not make you angry anymore.”

“Ah Niang, Ah Niang got up and looked at Ah Yu.”

The house was too chaotic, she climbed up the coffin without people noticing, her mother was dressed in a costume, her sideburns were pasted with flowers, and her quiet and feminine face was no different from usual.

She clumsily climbed in and held out her fat arm to her mother: “Ah Niang, hold Ayu to sleep.” Her mother ignored

her, she sobbed quietly, put her head on her mother’s chest, clenched her small fist and said, “Ah Niang don’t be angry, Ah Yu is good, Ah Yu helps Ah Niang to break the woman.”

She fantasized that her mother would ignore her when she woke up, snuggled into her mother’s arms, and fell asleep unconsciously.

Perhaps the prayer in her heart had worked, and in a half-dream and half-awakening she fell into a warm chest, but when she opened her eyes with surprise, she was facing her father’s haggard face full of stubble.

My father’s expression was sad, his eyes were covered with blood, and he seemed to have aged ten years overnight.

She hesitated for a moment, suddenly remembered the woman next to her father, and couldn’t help but cry: “I don’t want Grandpa!” Grandpa is a bad guy! I don’t want Grandpa to hug! The

father burst into tears, his knees low, and carried her to his knees in front of the coffin, and no matter how much she cried, he was silent like a mountain.

She sobbed loudly, and in that instant, she finally realized that her mother could never come back, and the taste of fear expanded infinitely, like a boulder pressed against her chest, and she kicked and beat her father and screamed: “Grandpa is a bad person!” It’s you who hurt Ah Niang’s illness!

Remembering this, the sad and indignant emotions came up like a tide, and she went to grab the collar of the robe in a daze, and suddenly someone shouted in her ear: “Ayu, Ayu!”

Teng Yuyi looked back at her aunt’s face that was similar to her mother’s, her heart was filled with bitterness, and she whimpered into her aunt’s arms: “Aunt.”
Madame
Du froze for a moment, her expression immediately softened, raised her hand like a child, and gently stroked the back of Teng Yuyi’s head: “Good boy, what’s wrong?” It must be the monster that frightens you, there is an aunt, don’t be afraid of anything. As soon as they entered

the house, the medicine bottle given by Lin Chengyou was in their hands, Teng Yuyi looked around, quickly calmed his mind, opened the bottle cap, and poured out three Dan medicines at once: “Auntie, let’s take the medicine separately.” Madame Du was

overjoyed, “Oops”, and went to arrange it herself.

Duan Fu lay down under the porch, Teng Yuyi took the medicine to go outside to save people, Dong County Ling’s housekeeper lady took three steps and made two steps to run up, dry and laughed: “Teng Niangzi, fang Cai old slave said the wrong thing, the old slave prostrated to the niangzi to make reparations, but my second lady is anxious to save her life, Teng Niangzi quickly give the dan medicine to the old slave.” Teng Yuyi glanced

at her, this master and servant lack of virtue and did not do less, according to her, it is not innocent at all, but after all, it is a human life, blatantly seeing death and not saving, it seems to be a bit impossible, so he smiled slightly, generously opened the bottle cap, who knew that only a pill was poured out, and it was empty.

There are also two people injured, how can one be divided? The housekeeper’s face changed several times, there was just an old servant over there, there was nothing remarkable about dying, since there was only one pill of medicine, of course, it was left to her second wife, so she hurried forward to grab it: “The old slave thanked the second lady first!”

Unexpectedly, Teng Yuyi leaned over, grabbed the medicine and ran to Duanfu.

The steward lady was stunned, seeing Teng Yuyi slip away with a cigarette, she stomped her feet in a hurry, turned back and went down the steps, looking at Lin Chengyou with tears in her eyes: “Shizi, my family’s second wife’s life is on the eve, Teng Niangzi took your medicine but refused to give it, is it not in vain to live up to Shizi’s high righteousness.”

Lin Chengyou did not react at all, the steward lady swallowed spit, the lady was anxious to save her life, and she could not be arranged by the little lady of the Teng family, knowing that there were monsters over there, still hard to hold on to the scalp.

“Shizi, that Dan medicine…”

Inadvertently glancing into the court, she was frightened, only to see the face of The Duchess of An Guo unspeakably strange, the milky white bottom revealed a bright color, not like the skin of a human, but like a fine Xing kiln white porcelain, the eye sockets were like smeared with bright rouge, and the drunkenness was revealed.

Lady An Guo had a rune paper on her mouth, and she could only hate her mouth and couldn’t speak, staring at Lin Chengyou for a moment, and suddenly smiled silently.

She smiled, and the drapery in front of the courtyard rose without wind, and black clouds poured in from all directions.

The steward’s legs were straight and soft, and this scene reminded people of the peony swaying in the wind, how beautiful that face was before, and how maddening it was now.

Just don’t know how to be good, there is a sudden movement under the feet, look down, there are a number of colorful flower branches drilled out of the ground, the branches and leaves are shaking, as if sniffing something, turning their heads to find the steward lady, scrambling to rush up.

The steward lady was so frightened that she retreated one after another, but the flower branch climbed up along her legs, and the more she struggled, the tighter it became.

“Shizi, save, save!”

The sneering smile on Lin Chengyou’s face disappeared, and he jumped onto the roof beam and looked around without saying a word, until the steward lady was scared that the and were about to come out, and then threw out a charm: “Can you roll?” The

spell hit the courtyard, splashing out a scorching smell, the flower branches could not dodge, most of them were burned black, and the rest of them had learned their lessons and retreated back to the ground.

The steward lady loosened her feet and hurriedly climbed down the corridor: “Roll, old slave, roll.”

She knew that Lin Chengyou could have rescued her long ago, and she only thought that she was in the way to make her suffer. They all say that this son of the world is not easy to mess with, and tonight is enough to learn enough.

The author has something to say:1 Here is a reference to the Old Book of Tang. The relevant provisions on the costumes of princes and princes in the Chronicle of Public Opinion.

In the Tang Dynasty, purple was honored, and since the Wude period, it was stipulated that only “princes and officials with three pins or more” could wear purple regular clothes.

Accompanying the emperor to the Moon Lantern Pavilion to see the big breast is a formal event, so Ada appeared to wear the most popular purple hahahahahahahahaha

2 Camel’s Hoof Soup was a famous delicacy of the Tang Dynasty. Sanle pulp is a fine wine brewed by the Persians, brewed from the three fruits of Samol, Virile and Khao Lile, so it is called Sanle Pulp. (For details, see Supplement to the History of the Tang Dynasty.)

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