Chapter 23
Except for the peach blossoms and greens, all the servants in the yard were replaced by Yu Pinyan, and they handed them over to Yu Xiang for her to keep them alive.
Yu Xiang likes to stick to Yu Pinyan more than before. He has to meet people for three meals a day. He doesn’t eat well and sleep well before he sees them. He has a more perverse temper. Yu Pinyan does his best to meet all his sister’s requirements and just send them to her room if you have any good things.
His mind was early, and he experienced ups and downs. His heart had been refined into a thousand-year-old cold iron under repeated conspiracy and power struggles. There were so many people in the Manchu Mansion that he only valued an old lady before, but now he has added Yu Xiang. Yu Siyu, Lin family, and his wandering sister are all outsiders.
The outside world's evaluation of Yu Pinyan's relatives being cruel and cold-blooded is also based on facts.
But no matter how criticized the outside world, Yu Xiang liked Yu Pinyan liked this kind of thing. He liked it so much that he took out the whip he gave him, waved it gently while squinting his eyes and smiling.
After noon that day, Yu Pinyan didn't come back. She was so anxious that she whipped the table with a horse whip and shouted, "Taohong, go to the front yard to see if my brother is back."
"Oh, I'll go now."
Taohong agreed outside the yard. As soon as she took a few steps, she saw Ma Ma running over with anxiety and panting, "Taohong Liulu, push your master to the main yard quickly. The old lady has something urgent to do! Hurry up!"
Ma Ma has always been steady and eager. This is the first time Taohong has seen her. She agreed to run into the house and pushed her impatient master out.
"What's wrong? This is?" Yu Xiang felt even more and more anxious.
"Miss, you have to persuade the Marquis!" Ma Ma thought Liu Lu had no strength, so she brushed away her and went to push the wheelchair by herself, and explained in a low voice, "I don't know what kind of demon the Marquis is possessed by the Marquis, and said she wanted to join the army. She packed up her things tonight and moved to the Cavalry Camp. That is the Cavalry Camp. Every time she fights, she rushes to the forefront of the Cavalry Camp! The Marquis was the General of the Cavalry at that time, but died on the battlefield and ended up wearing a corpse. It turns out that the Emperor is going to conquer Prince Yu in the beginning of the year. The Marquis is preparing to go to the northwest! Miss, the Marquis listens to you the most, so you must stop him!"
When Yu Xiang heard this, his face became gloomy. He didn't answer or nodded, but just held the whip tightly all the way.
As soon as she entered the door, she saw the old lady covering her chest with one hand and pointing at Yu Pinyan, who had no expression on her face, her lips trembling. She was so angry that she couldn't speak. Seeing Yu Xiang, she immediately shouted, "Xiang'er is here just right, please persuade your brother! What's wrong with doing, and you insist on joining the army. Do you think war is fun!"
Yu Pinyan finally couldn't hold back anymore and frowned, "Old ancestor, why did Xiang'er call her? She is still young, there is no need to know these things!"
"Why don't you let me know!" Yu Xiang asked Ma Ma to push herself to Yu Pinyan and hugged him tightly, "Don't go! What should I do if you go and my ancestors?" Before he finished speaking, tears came out.
Yu Pinyan was most disgusted with her crying. He took her out of the wheelchair, sat on his knees, and wiped her tears carefully. When her excitement calmed down, he said softly, "If I were to be a member of the Hanlin Academy, I would be promoted to the Senate of the Tongzheng Department in three years, to the Bachelor of the Cabinet in five years, to the Deputy Envoy of the Tongzheng Department in ten years, and to the Tongzheng Department in three years, to the Tongzheng Department in three years, to the Tongzheng Department in three years, to the Tongzheng Department in three years, to the Tongzheng Department in three years, to the Tongzheng Department in three years, to the Tongzheng Department in three years, to the Tongzheng Department in three years, it would take at least twenty-one years to climb to the third rank. Twenty-one years later, you are already thirty-one, but I still can't protect you, and I can't let the marquis's house reappear the glory of my grandfather when he was there. I feel unwilling!"
The old lady stopped shaking her hands, closed her eyes and twisted the Buddhist beads, and paused for a moment when she heard the last sentence.
"But you are already the Marquis of Yongle now." Yu Xiang sniffed.
"Silly girl, the title is different from the official position. No matter how high the title is, it will be trampled on if there is no real power." Yu Pinyan blew her nose and continued, "I only need to go to the battlefield a few times for the goal that cannot be achieved in twenty-one years. Xiang'er, I want you and your ancestors to live better than now." A mere princess Qinghe can also bully her. This is not the life he wants.
Turning hands to make clouds and rain, so that no one can trample on himself or his family at will. He endures humiliation and is frightened every step of his heart when he was young, but he is just to stand at a higher top and look at the scenery farther. How many twenty-years can life be in twenty-one years? He can't wait, his ancestors can't wait, and Xiang'er can't wait either.
Thinking of this, his soft eyes slowly became firm.
The old lady opened her eyes and then closed it again, and the Buddhist beads in her hand were turning rapidly. A good man was determined and she had always known that her grandson was the man among men, and she was better than his brave and warlike grandfather. If he had made up his mind, no one could stop him.
Yu Xiang did not know less about Yu Pinyan than the old lady. She saw the young man's ambition in his dark eyes and felt a frustration. This person was an eagle that wanted to spread his wings and soar, not a parrot tied to a golden silk rack for people to have fun. She would only disappoint him and disgust him.
She closed her eyes and knew that this was a foregone conclusion. She said word by word, "Brother, if you have an accident on the battlefield, have you ever thought about what will happen to me and my ancestors? Although those uncles and uncles were afraid of being cured by you, they were full of hatred. At that time, they would not rush us alive. My ancestors are old and cannot bear the stimulation. I have difficulty in my legs and feet and will not be responsible for the trouble. You are our backbone. Without you, we will have no way to live."
The old lady felt something, and the corners of her eyes were slightly wet. When she thought her granddaughter was planning to move her grandson with affection and reason, she changed her mind and said firmly, "So you must come back alive. If something happens to you, I will die with you! Anyway, I am a useless person, and it doesn't matter if I live in the world."
As she said that she actually laughed, but more tears came out of her eyes.
Yu Pinyan pushed her into her arms, and after a long silence, he said hoarsely, "Don't worry, I will definitely come back safely. What a dead or alive, I will not mention it in the future!"
"Okay, I won't say it." Yu Xiang applied all the tears on his clothes, then stepped back slightly, whipped his arm with a horse whip, and said angrily, "I've made a decision and told me and my ancestors that I'll let you take your own initiative and make you disobedient!" After thrusting twice, he threw himself into his arms and tears. The meaning of revenge is very obvious.
This horse whip was not whipped on his body, but it was whipped on the top of his heart, leaving traces that could not be erased, some pain, some emotion, and a lot of joy. Yu Pinyan's sadness disappeared in an instant. He hugged his sister and rubbed her for a while, without any dirty thoughts. He wiped off her tears and nose with his fingertips, then took off the horse whip from her hand and handed it to the old lady, "Old ancestor, you can also whip your grandson a few times. It's because the grandson is unfilial if you can't accompany you."
The old lady had already softened her heart, but she didn't show any of her face. She took the whip and whipped it a few times. It sounded very loudly, but it was actually all slapped on the surface of her clothes, as if she was tickling it. Seeing her grandson frowning and pretending to be painful, she stopped and said angrily, "Okay, stop pretending, hurry up and pack up your things. Remember, you must come back safely!"
Yu Pinyan nodded, picked up Yu Xiang and wanted to leave. As soon as he stepped out of the threshold, he heard the old lady reluctantly adding, "Go and see your mother. Although she is not in tune with the rules, why should she be there? Don't ask others to hold the handle of the conversation."
Yu Pinyan nodded silently, walked to the fork in the road, and looked at his sister in his arms, "Xiang'er, are you going to see your mother?"
"She doesn't want to see me, and I don't want to see her. It's better to have two irrelevant ones. Brother, go by yourself." Yu Xiang refused without hesitation. She didn't expect maternal love in her previous life, and she wouldn't have any thoughts in this life. Lin was just a stranger to her. Even if she found her parents with this body in the future, she might not be able to develop a family relationship.
This sentence was a bit rude and seemed extremely cold. Yu Pinyan seemed to hear something interesting, and laughed softly, put her in a wheelchair, rubbed her head, stood there and watched her walk away before walking towards the main room. How could Yu Xiang not be his legitimate sister? His temperament was clearly the same as him, as sharp and neat, as clear as the same love and hate, and as the same relatives did not recognize him.
No, it’s not that my relatives don’t recognize me, but there are too few people who can get her recognition. Apart from herself, the old lady in the mansion may not be taken seriously by her. This temperament is too cold and thin.
Even though he thought this way, Yu Pinyan did not feel it was inappropriate at all, but instead felt a subtle sense of satisfaction.
Because Ma Ma burned a lot of things last time, Lin's house seemed much spacious, but the light was still so dim. There was a smell of candles and indulgent oil floating in the air. It was not bad, but it made people feel depressed for no reason.
On the table table in the middle of the hall is the tablet of the late Yongle Hou Yu Junjie. Because it has been rubbed for many years, it looks very smooth. The word "dead husband" is as bright as it used to be, and it seems to have been re-printed with cinnabar many times.
Yu Pinyan only took a look and turned off the beginning and stared at the ground.
Lin was focusing on reading a stack of flower papers, and the smile on the corner of her mouth was a little dazed, and she must have been immersed in the sweet memories of the past and could not extricate herself. After Yu Pinyan finished speaking for a while, she woke up like a dream, waved her hand lightly, "Go, take good care of yourself."
It was indeed this reaction. Yu Pinyan's eyes looked slightly cold. He remembered Xiang'er's little face like a cat and his ancestor's anxious and angry expression, and smiled unconsciously. Well, he just protected the people he cared about, but there were so many miscellaneous things around him.
There was nothing to say, Yu Pinyan got up and left, but unexpectedly he was stopped by Lin, "Have you found your sister? Why has it been almost half a year since it has passed and hasn't received any news yet? Are you trying to use it?"
With his back to Lin, Yu Pinyan's handsome face was covered with frost and said in a deep voice, "My son has naturally used his heart, but the sea of people is vast. It is not that easy to revise the land of the Han Dynasty in a few months! Mom, Wang Mo is anxious. As long as people are still alive, they will be found one day."
Chapter completed!