Chapter 62 Chapter 61

"Open them all!" Yutan opened the box, and in an instant the room was full of jewels.The tenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother looked at each other in surprise, and the tenth elder brother sighed: "You are really a rich man!" I said: "I have been in the palace for seven years, and this is the marriage between the emperor and the palace ladies over the years. The rewards, and some banknotes, are the savings of the past few years. I can take these things with me when I leave the palace. A few days ago, I asked Li Wenda, and he allowed me to send them out of the palace first. I would like to trouble you Second Lord, send these things to the Thirteenth Lord's mansion and hand them over to Zhaojia Fujin."

The ten elder brother said: "This is all your private money, how can you give it all away?" I said: "There is no income from the farm in the Thirteenth Lord's mansion. I have always relied on the Thirteenth Lord's salary, which is not rich at all. Now he Being imprisoned by Jujue, even cut off his income, but the whole family has more than a hundred mouths, even if they are old-fashioned, they can't stand the light. Now the Thirteenth Master is down and out, no more status than before, many Things need money to do things, so as to be less wronged and angry. I am alone in the deep palace, these things are just left unused in the box, it is better to take them out and use them."

The fourteenth elder brother was silent for a while and said: "Let's do this! You keep one box for yourself, and we take the other two boxes away." I said: "I still have it myself. I keep everything that my ama and sister gave me! Silver I'll keep it too!" Elder Fourteen said: "Just do as I say, otherwise, I won't care about this matter." I looked at the tenth elder brother, and he said: "I'll listen to the fourteenth brother." I said helplessly: "That's it!" The fourteenth said: "Anyway, I have already replaced the thirteenth brother in front of Huang Ama. I have begged for mercy, I have been suspicious for a long time, one is to do, and two are to be done, it makes no difference. In the future, I will try my best to take care of everything for the thirteen sisters-in-law, so as not to let them be angry with those snobbish people. Money You don’t have to worry about the things, you can last for a while, and I will take care of the rest. In a few years, when the little brothers are old enough to work, everything will be fine.” The tenth brother also said : "I'm not afraid either. Firstly, I have never had the same temperament as my thirteenth brother, and we rarely interact with each other. Second, I am a rough person. Huang Ama will not suspect that I have any wrongdoing. My fourteenth brother and I are two People will take care of them, and they will never be bullied.”

I was silent for a moment, I seemed to have a lot to say, stuffed in my chest, but there were only two words on my lips: "Thank you!" The two laughed, and each of them picked up a box. Elder Brother Ten said: "It's all high-quality goods. No wonder Huang Ama always said that she would collect good things! Seeing that she is not an ordinary person on weekdays, she is quite good at collecting money. It stands to reason You should be able to talk to Brother Nine! But why do we both hate each other?" I hurriedly said, "Who said I hate Brother Nine? Brother Nine hates me?" Fourteen tilted his head and smiled without saying a word, Ten Elder brother laughed and said: "If there is no one, there will be no one. It's all my nonsense." As he said, he went out one after the other.

Yutan came in to pack up the things, handed me back the key, and served me the medicine.After I finished taking the medicine and rinsing my mouth, she gave me the list made by Dr. Li, and I read it carefully. The things to pay attention to are not difficult, but it is not easy to be relieved and avoid worry.If I can really let go of these people and things, why am I here?With a long sigh, he put away the list. Yutan said: "The prince was beaten twenty times by Li Wenda." I frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" I reckon it has something to do with my sister." As soon as he thought about it, he realized that it really dragged him down.After tossing and tossing for half a day, I was extremely tired and lost my mind, so I ordered Yutan to go to see Wang Xi on my behalf, and lie down to rest by myself.

After a few days, the pain in the legs gradually subsided. Although the person was still sick, he could barely walk.He ordered Yutan to help him to see Wang Xi.When he entered, Wang Xi was lying on the bed, watching us coming, busy to get up, and said: "My sister is ill, sending Yu Tan is enough, why come here by myself? I can't afford it." I hastily said: "It's good to lie on your stomach! Do we still pay attention to this kind of etiquette?" Hearing this, he lay down again. Yutan took the stool, helped me sit up, then closed the door and left.I tilted my head and coughed a few times and asked, "How is the injury?" Wang Xi said, "It's okay, but it's so itchy, but I can't scratch it, so my heart feels restless." I nodded and said, "Be patient, the itching is a new growth." Meat." Wang Xi smiled and said yes.

I asked: "What's going on?" Wang Xi beckoned, beckoning me to get closer, and said in a low voice, "I don't want to hide this matter from my sister, but it's good for my sister to know it in her heart. Don't tell anyone else. My master will let you out Yes, it’s my master’s order to fight.” I was astonished and stared at Wang Xi, who nodded vigorously, indicating that what he said was absolutely true.Just thinking about cause and effect, he coughed again, Wang Xi said: "Sister, go back! I am also sick, don't worry too much." I nodded and said: "This time I will tire you." My sister has taken care of me a lot." After speaking, she raised her voice and shouted: "Yu Tan!" Yu Tan pushed the door and walked in, still supporting me back.

Not long after entering the door, someone came to Yutan to say that the number of tea leaves she had recorded before was wrong, and Yutan hurriedly followed. I leaned on the couch, carefully pondering Wang Xi's words, "My master allowed me to vent my anger", that was approved by Kangxi, but why did Kangxi do this?Why do you want everyone to know why I was punished?Before he could figure it out, he heard the sound of "squeak" at the courtyard door, followed by the sound of "tuk-tuk" knocking on the door. I said: "The door is not closed." After I finished speaking, my throat was uncomfortable, and I started to cough on my stomach. Someone came to help me lightly beat my back. Body, looking at me silently, there is no emotion in the deep black pupils.

My heart is full of mourning, it is finally here!The two looked at each other for a while, then he turned and walked to the table and opened the window, stood motionless for a while with his back to me, and said slowly: "I can't ask Huang Ama to marry you." I closed my eyes tightly , Clutching his chest, he lay softly back on the pillow. After Shisan was imprisoned, he guessed that he might say that, but when he heard it, he was still in pain, and he said: "You don't matter if you hate it or resent it. It's all because of me that I'm sorry for you. With Huang Ama's love for you, I will definitely point you to a good marriage."

After finishing speaking, he stepped forward, paused before going out, and said without turning his head: "Thank you for everything you have done for Thirteenth Brother." I lay on my stomach without moving, only the sound of footsteps fading away, leaving a lonely and cold room, with tears dripping down the pillow. Yutan stood by the couch and called timidly: "Sister!" I hurriedly wiped my tears and looked up, trying to force a smile, but before I could smile, tears rolled down again. Erase and fall, erase and fall, simply give up, hug your head and cry.Yu Tan sat sideways and quietly accompanied her.After crying for a long time, the tears gradually stopped. I coughed and asked, "Yutan, why do you say that the victims are always women? The strangest thing is that we don't even have the slightest complaint. Is it worth it or not?" worth?"

Yutan was silent for a while, then said quietly: "Ama left when she was seven years old. Originally, although the family was not rich, they had food and clothing, but they did not worry about it. When Ama got sick, all the pawns in the family could be pawned in exchange for medicine money, but there was no improvement. My mother cries every day, and my siblings are still young and don't understand many things. I am so afraid that Ama will abandon us. I heard people say that cutting off the stock to heal relatives, sincere and filial piety touches the Bodhisattva, and the relatives' illnesses can be cured. I Behind Ama and Erniang's back, he secretly cut off the meat from his arm and boiled it with medicine, but Ama still left." I looked at Yutan's calm face in shock, and she smiled slightly: "People say 'long-term sickness has no filial son', but I only know that 'long-term poverty has no relatives'. I do laundry for others, and I do needlework for others, but the whole family can only eat half full. Because Er Niang often cried, she got eye disease, and gradually she couldn’t see clearly.” I stretched out my hand to hold Yutan's hand, and Yutan said: "I work hard every day, but I still don't have the money to see a doctor for my mother. Because I haven't had enough to eat for a long time, my younger brother fell ill again. The winter was surprisingly cold that year, and there was no snow It was snowing again, and the snow on the ground was three or four inches thick. Wearing a pair of single shoes and the thin jacket worn by my mother when she was young, I went to borrow money from my relatives. The mean ones even closed the door as soon as they saw me. Before I opened my mouth when I was a little better, they told me how difficult this winter was. I ran all day in the heavy snow but didn’t get a single penny. I was cold, hungry and afraid. It was already dark at that time. But I dare not go home, my mother's illness, my younger brother's illness, I'm afraid they will leave me like Ama. I wandered aimlessly outside, because I was in a trance, I bumped into a carriage At that time, the driver was going to beat me with a whip." Knowing that Yutan was sitting in front of me, I still clenched my hands tightly, "What happened later?" Yutan bowed her head in silence for a while, then smiled at me and said, "Later, the son in the car stopped him and said, 'It's just a little girl. Girl, if you collide, just collide!', and scolded the coachman for not paying attention, and he was eager to find someone to take the blame when something happened. After saying that, he put down the curtain and let the coachman drive away. I don’t know how I was so bold at that time. Or it was because he spoke in a calm and pleasant way that I had never heard before, and although he was swearing, he was not angry at all. Or he just thought he was a very rich man, so if he gave me some charity, I could keep my mother and younger brother. Then I rushed forward to stop the carriage, knelt down and begged him to give me some silver." Seeing Yutan's genuinely warm smile, I knew she must have fulfilled her wish, but I still asked nervously: "And then?" Yutan looked at me with a smile and said, "The coachman cursed, 'I really don't know what to do, you Do you know whose car you stopped?" The young man laughed, lifted the curtain and looked at me kneeling in the snow and said, "It's the first time someone dares to ask me for money so directly, you Let’s talk about it, why should I give you money for no reason?’” Yutan bowed her head and smiled after finishing speaking. I shook her hand and asked, "What did you say?" Yu Tan said, "I said, 'I want to see a doctor for Er Niang and my younger brother', but he said, 'I don't run a charity hall, they shut me down if they are sick. What's the matter?'. I said, 'If he can give me money, I am willing to serve him as a slave for life.' He said, 'Maybe there are other shortages in my family, but there are many slaves.' I begged, 'I am very Capable and able to do many things. Even if I can’t do it, I can learn it.” He laughed and said, “There are many people who help me with things.” After speaking, he lowered the curtain and told the driver to leave. The horse-drawn carriage took away Erniang and younger brother, who suddenly got angry and ran forward and grabbed the rafters of the carriage to prevent them from leaving. The coachman was furious and beat me with the whip, but I refused to let go. When I was dragged by the carriage After a good distance, the young man suddenly shouted, "Stop! Stop!" He leaned out of the carriage and looked at me. I was dragged in the snow at that time, with my hands still clinging to the rafters. He nodded and asked, "How old are you?" Is it?" I replied, "Eight years old." He smiled and said, "Good girl! It's worth my money!" After saying that, he handed me a bank note, which I took in disbelief, although I had never used a bank note before. But I know that there must be a lot of money in silver bills. I hurriedly kowtowed to him, and he pondered for a while and then told the coachman, "Give her the silver on your body." The coachman hurriedly took out the silver and gave it to me. More than twenty taels, enough to feed a big family for a year or two, I hurriedly handed back the banknote to him, and he said, "The banknote is for you, and the silver is for you. You rush back to ask the doctor, but the sky is over." It’s so dark, and the denomination of the bank note is large, you’re afraid you won’t be able to find a place to exchange it for a while.” I heard what he said was reasonable, so I hurriedly kowtowed to him, put away the bank note and silver, and he praised, “The act is straightforward.” Said After that, I sat back in the car and let the driver go. I turned and ran, and he suddenly shouted behind me, 'Come back!' I turned back quickly, and he threw a cloak from the car onto the snow, 'Wrap this up.' I Only then did I realize that the clothes on my body had been torn by the whip." Yu Tan was in a daze, as if she was still in that icy and snowy place.I pushed her lightly, "What happened later?" Yu Tan was stunned for a moment and said, "There is no later. I have never seen this young master since then. The amount of money he gave was huge, and because of Erniang's disease After finishing, continue to do laundry, we sisters do needlework, and they supported me until I entered the palace." I said regretfully, "It's only a one-time relationship." Yu Tan said quietly, "I was young at the time, and I didn't know where to ask. Later, when I entered the palace, I couldn't see outsiders." Yutan held my hand tightly and said: "Sister, only you know whether everything is worth it or not. Like me, many childhood companions have already had children around their knees. They may feel that I am very pitiful, but I myself I don’t think so. All I know is that Erniang doesn’t have to immerse herself in cold water to wash clothes every day, she doesn’t have to worry about food and clothing, she can afford a doctor when she’s sick, and her younger brothers go to school. I think my decision back then was right. , what I do is worthwhile, even if I had to choose again, I would still be willing." I murmured with tears in my eyes: "Only I know whether it's worth it or not. From now on, I will only have you and me as companions." As soon as I finished speaking, the tears I held back fell down again.She said: "Sister, don't say silly things, Lord Long Live will definitely point out a good marriage for my sister." I smiled wryly, and resigned to fate!My last sliver of strength has been exhausted, and I don't want to fight any more. The illness had been gradually recovering, but at night the fever suddenly flared up again. Yutan held my hand anxiously and just cried. It was like a dream or waking up, as if there was always a pair of deep black and cold eyes staring at him, staring at him, his heart and brain were full of tingling pain.I tried to shake them away, but they were still there, the pain was unbearable, and I could only whimper and cry.In a trance, I feel that I will fall asleep forever, and there will be no pain when I fall asleep. There is a completely dark and quiet place not far in front of me, where I can completely rest. Yutan seemed to keep humming songs in my ears, over and over again, never stopping, dragging me and preventing me from falling asleep completely.The sound of "sister" held my consciousness from falling into complete darkness. When I opened my eyes, Yutan wept with joy, and tears hit my face.My high fever subsided, but Yutan lost a lot of weight and her voice was completely hoarse. When talking to me, she could only make gestures and draw pictures.Thinking of her singing and calling 'sister' all night beside my bed.I suddenly hated myself very much, I am sick in the palace, I am afraid that my sister will never be better than me.I still have Yutan and my sister, how can I do this? The disease gradually improved, but people still didn't bother to move, and spent most of the day lying in bed.He was playing with the snuff bottle in his hand, the corners of his mouth were smiling and crying, and he was in a daze.Yutan pushed the door and walked in, sat sideways by the bed and said: "The emperor has detained the prince." I gave an 'hmm' and did not reply.She went on to say: "The emperor summoned all the elder brothers and issued a decree saying, 'After the crown prince Yinreng was restored to power, his mad illness has not been cured, and he has lost his heart. He is definitely not someone who can be entrusted to his ancestors to promote his career, so he will be detained and guarded.'" I sighed lightly, and Yutan asked: "Why is my sister sighing? I thought my sister would be happy to hear it." I said: "The Ministry of Criminal Affairs has investigated the 'Cate of Party Formation and Drinking' and the 'Case of extorting money in the case of Hutan Heshuo'. At that time, this ending is already doomed, but sooner or later. Besides, my ending may not be as good as his in the future, what can I be happy about?" Yutan said in surprise: "My sister is talking stupid again." I smiled slightly , did not say anything more.What is impossible in this palace?