Behind the Xiao family mansion on the same street, the other courtyard of Jinghuayuan is shrouded in the misty rain curtain, and several lanterns are hung on the water pavilions by the lake.

Before the lights were turned off, Mrs. Lu leaned against the soft couch in the boudoir, holding the spring robe made for Xu Bulingxin in her hand, and the needlework outlined the fine patterns.

It rained and there was nothing to do. The maid surrounded her to help, chattering and talking:

"Madam, the Queen Mother has sent another post to invite the little prince to enter the palace..."

"Yes, I heard the palace maids purchased by the palace said that the empress dowager has been strange these days and is always alone in a daze. In order to enter the palace tomorrow, I will start preparing meals from today, which is so grand..."

"The little prince seems to have gone out today..."

Chattered, the maids were chatting, as if they were reporting their work, and they were asking for information.

Mrs. Lu sat on the soft couch with needles and threads, with a dignified and quiet expression, as if she didn't care, but she just kept it for a while and sighed quietly, turned around and continued to embroider. I don't know how many times I have been going back and forth.

Yue Nu sat sideways on the blanket beside Mrs. Lu’s legs and put the soles of Xu Buling in his shoes. She has been with Mrs. Lu since she was a child. She knows Mrs. Lu’s personality. If she continues to listen, she may have to get up to look for Xu Buling. She smiled and said:

"The little prince is steady and can't go out to play tricks. A few days ago, he said he was interested in Miss Song. Look, now, the prince doesn't even go to the Imperial College."

When Mrs. Lu heard this, she felt warm in her heart, but after thinking about it, she felt something was wrong and said softly:

"Yuenu, would Ling'er think that I was the aunt who was pointing fingers and drew a clear line with Miss Song?...How can this work? Then I have become an unreasonable elder..."

“…”

Yue Nu smiled with a pursed lips, not knowing how to answer the conversation.

Mrs. Lu embroidered the flowers for a while, and felt a little unable to sit still. She put down the needle and thread, obviously she wanted to go to Xu Buling to explain it clearly.

Yue Nu was quite helpless and had to persuade: "Madam is thinking too much. After the little prince comes to Chang'an, he will listen to his wife in everything. If there is a girl he likes, he will definitely bring it to the wife for a look. The wife is well-educated and well-informed, and the little prince must know this."

Mrs. Lu pursed her lips and sighed faintly: "There are always times when people grow up. Recently, he has become more and more disobedient. He promised not to go to the palace, but he ran to the palace every few days. I don't know what fun is there in the palace... I'm afraid that in a few days, I will change my words and call the queen mother an aunt..."

Yue Nu smiled gently: "How is it possible? The little prince's feelings for his wife? We all look at them as maids. Who doesn't envy the wife on Kuishou Street? The queen mother must be jealous of the wife and often asks the little prince to enter the palace. The little prince's affection is hard to refuse, so she can't agree..."

Mrs. Lu was silent with the embroidery needle: "The Queen Mother has always had this temper, and she has to fight for everyone..."

A little maid next to him thought about it and smiled and came up with a bad idea: "Madam, why don't the little prince enter the palace tomorrow, and you follow me and take a look?"

Mrs. Lu's eyes lit up, but she immediately shook her head: "Forget it, let's have your own opinions, what do I say?"

"Hey~ Madam is going to visit the Queen Mother, not with the little prince..."

"Yes, the Xiao family will make troubles. The Empress Dowager doesn't know how to please the little prince. After all, the little prince is young and not well-informed. What if he gets tired of it, what if he doesn't get close to his wife in the future..."

Whispering.

Mrs. Lu's mind was full of Xu Buling, so naturally she became more upset the more she listened. In the end, she couldn't listen anymore, so she put her robe aside and waved her hand:

"Okay, I'll go to bed, I'm responsible."

"oh……"

Several maids responded in disappointment, then stood up to pack up their things, and then left the room one after another... ——

The night rains are continuous and the green lights are quiet.

The sound of raindrops hitting the window ridge echoed in my ears. The boudoir, which was not too big and small, still looked like when I first got married.

Mrs. Lu raised her cheeks and looked at the lights on the stage. She thought about it for a long time and unknowingly recalled the scenes of the past.

At that time, he was twelve or thirteen years old and just sensible.

The most admired sister Jin Lan has already married from Suzhou, leaving her alone to look at the blue walls and white tiles in the yard every day, looking forward to the day when she could go out, and also fantasized about riding a horse and walking around the world like that sister.

But she is a woman from a scholarly family and the world does not belong to her.

Time flies very quickly, and it is the age of cardamom in a blink of an eye.

A sedan chair was parked in front of the door. She had not thought about taking care of her husband and children, so she had become a stranger's wife.

As the legitimate daughter of a noble family, she had no choice and could not escape marriage. I remember crying at that time, and then she got into the sedan chair and entered the gate of the Xiao family.

Speaking of which, she still had some expectations for a strange life in the future. After all, her mother taught her since she was a child that women always wanted to get married.

But she didn't expect that after entering the Xiao family, time seemed to be frozen, and there was no trace of glory since then.

My husband was seriously ill and could not even let outsiders approach him. He moved to this villa just after getting married. He could only take a look at his nominal husband from the window every day.

That man is the dragon among humans, just like Ling'er now, so outstanding that he is impeccable in all aspects.

It’s a pity that they haven’t even said a few words to each other.

With the white lanterns hanging inside and outside the Xiao family, she was not ready to become a wife, but became a vain in her ignorance...

In a flash, it was nearly ten years.

Mrs. Lu listened to the night rain outside the window and looked at the various furnishings placed when she got married, but she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.

I once thought this would be the case in my life, and there would be no change in the slightest, until the day when my youth was old and I was alone in my old age.

But God still joked or gave her a surprise.

Just when she was almost numb to life, her elder sister, who once treated her meticulously, suddenly sent her a child.

Xu Bu Ling!

She has heard of this name many times, being stupid, arrogant, domineering, and bloodthirsty... Anyway, there is nothing good to say, but when she hears it, she is a boy who is disobedient and difficult to discipline.

However, this child was her brother-in-law Jinlan's sister, so she had to take care of her, and even if she was beaten and scolded, she had to do her best.

At that time, she was with this idea in mind and saw the boy tremblingly under the protection of the wolf guards outside Kuishou Street.

White clothes are better than snow, sword eyebrows are like ink, a sword and wine gourd around her waist, exquisite peach blossom eyes are better than those of her daughter's house, but they do not lose the heroic spirit that a man should have.

It’s not a child who has come, but a grown man, no worse than any man in the world.

She remembered being stunned at that time, standing under the octagonal archway like wood, Yuenu quietly pinched her and didn't react.

It was still the tall boy who walked up to her by someone's introduction, raised his hand and greeted her younger brother, and said, "Aunt Lu" and a bright smile awakened her...

Since then, the whole world seems to have changed.

Everything I had never seen before and had never thought about was found in the boy who shouldn't have socialized with her.

He would speak to her, spoil her all the time on weekdays, and would follow her when he was unhappy. Even if she sometimes complained deliberately and said something unreasonable, she would apologize foolishly, for fear that she would be dissatisfied...

She knew that Ling'er was not afraid of her, but she was sensible and always accommodated her, wanting her to live a happier life.

A year passed in a flash before she could notice it. It seemed as plain as water, nothing happened, but it was more memorable than every day in the past...

Mrs. Lu stood up under the dim light, walked to the bed and sat down, and took out the rice paper that she had looked at under the pillow for countless times.

In fact, every late at night when she thinks about every bit of the year, she knows that she is a little clingy and too broad-minded, and even makes a little unreasonable.

Ling'er has grown up long ago. It is natural for men to have girls they like, and it is natural for them to contact the empress dowager. She shouldn't point fingers...

But every time she saw Ling'er with other women, she felt sour and was afraid that Ling'er would not treat her well if she got close to others.

Every day when I wake up, I forget everything, just want to know where Ling'er went, what she did, whether she had eaten, whether she had any close friends...

After all, there is only one Xu Buling in her world now. Without Xu Buling, nothing will be left...

Rush silly

The sound of fine rain surrounds the boudoir of the other courtyard.

Mrs. Lu held the paper tightly, leaned over to her nose, and smelled the fragrance of ink.

When I was half asleep and half awake, I inexplicably remembered the night of New Year's Eve.

After New Year's Eve, I would think of the scene that day almost every night, and the slightly domineering look that made her not move around.

It turns out that Ling'er is pretending... Actually, she is still a stinky man in essence... Fortunately, I am his aunt...

In a daze, Mrs. Lu seemed to be pressed by the bad boy again and could not move. Her face gradually turned red and her breathing was rapid. She said a little dissatisfied, but she couldn't struggle.

"Ling'er...don't..."

As the night rain rustled, a faint murmur sounded.
Chapter completed!