The two ladies separated the two of them, wiped their tearful faces, scolded their daughters, and apologized. They were all embarrassed.
Mrs. Song, on the other hand, was good at apologizing to her daughter and handling the aftermath. She winked at Mrs. Xie and Grandma Yun and stepped forward together.
Mrs. Xie tried to smooth things over for the two ladies, but Aunt Yun said, "I didn't make the arrangements well. The ladies must be bored from sitting there. Why don't you go for a walk in the palace garden to relax?"
Palace Garden!
Even Yue Huaiyu's eyes lit up.
Yan Youwei didn't know what the embarrassment was and jumped up: "Go! Go now."
Such a shameless person is also a rare talent.
The palace garden occupies a very large area, and the King of Jin has been renovating it for many years. It is not only beautiful, but also strange. As soon as they left the Zhuxi Zhai, the girls forgot about their previous dirty laundry and began to look at the scenery with great interest.
Outside Zhuxi Zhai is a large lake, with clear water and clear waves, bottomless. Occasionally, the clouds open and the fog disperses, and the wind ruffles the autumn water in the pool, and the water surface immediately sparkles with golden light, which is very eye-catching.
Behind the lake is a rockery made of Taihu stones, which is taller than ordinary rockeries. There is a main peak in the middle, surrounded by mountains. There are flowing water, moss, green grass in the rockery caves, which are covered with hair, quiet and lovely.
Several girls gathered around a pool of spring water and koi carp in the cave and were reluctant to leave.
Yue Huaiyu was not interested in Xiao Yu'er, so he pulled Song Huiyue and said, "Let them watch here, and let's walk back."
After that, she pulled Song Huiyue away without any explanation.
Behind is a pine forest.
Amidst the sound of pines and waves, Yue Huaiyu and Song Huiyue walked farther and farther, with the intention of visiting the entire palace.
The cool breeze filled my sleeves, and Yan Youwei's shout came from behind.
Yue Huaiyu looked back and saw pine branches twisting behind him and pine needles all over the ground. It was extremely quiet. He smiled at Song Huiyue and said: "I didn't expect that the palace of Prince Jin would be so wild and interesting. It's almost like the mountains and rivers of Tanzhou have been moved in."
At home."
Song Huiyue nodded, but before she could speak, Yan Youwei trotted over: "Sister Yue, why are you...ah!"
She screamed, pointed deep into the shadow of the pine trees, and shuddered: "There is someone."
"Huh?" Yue Huaiyu looked in the direction of his finger and saw no one, "It's just the shadow of the tree blown by the wind."
Yan Youwei rubbed her eyes and looked carefully again, suspecting that she had seen it wrong.
The sound of clattering footsteps came from behind, and it was Qi Yu and others leading the maids and mammies to catch up.
Before he even came over, he heard Qi Yu yelling, pointing into the shadow of the tree and saying, "There's someone!"
Yan Youwei's heart suddenly jumped up, and she hurriedly looked back: "Where?"
Although Qi Yu stood one behind her, their fingers were pointing in the same direction.
Mrs. Cao stretched her neck and looked around: "I didn't see it."
Yan Youwei quickly shouted: "Really, I saw it too!"
The waiter who led the way hurriedly walked five steps to the place where the two of them were talking about, and looked hard into the shadow of the tree: "Maybe the wind has blown the shadow of the tree..."
Yan Youwei interrupted him: "No, I saw it very clearly. There was someone running over and he passed in a flash."
Qi Yu also nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I saw it too, it was so fast, it seemed like those two legs didn't even touch the ground."
Miss Lin whispered: "Anyone whose legs don't touch the ground is a ghost."
As soon as these words came out, even Feng Dai and everyone felt a chill. Everyone looked at each other, as if they had seen an unknown ghost wandering in broad daylight.
Qi Yu got goosebumps and asked the waiter: "Where is that place over there?"
The waiter's expression also echoed the panic: "There is only the Moon Gate over there, and there are some small rockeries behind it. In the summer, it is covered with hydrangea and Yidi brocade, but it is closed in autumn."
Yue Huaiyu smiled and said: "That should be a craftsman who trims flowers and trees. We will know when we go over and take a look."
The chamberlain also smiled and said: "Please."
He bowed and led the way, and there was indeed a closed wooden door in front of him.
Opening the door, there is a withered scenery inside.
The Yidi brocade clings to the gray tiled white wall and rockery, leaving only the old dead vine roots, and the hydrangea has been pruned, leaving only a bare thick branch.
Yan Youwei looked around and didn't see even half a person.
Just when I was about to say that there was no one there, the sound of gold and silver falling to the ground suddenly came from there, which penetrated into everyone's ears very clearly.
There was no one, but there were sounds and movements. It was not like seeing a ghost in the daytime.
Everyone felt a chill in their hearts, and the wind started blowing loudly.
The pine forests, lakes, and bamboo seas all started to ring together, and the dark clouds gathered together, brewing a heavy rain. The waiter called the dumbfounded people to go quickly, because it was going to rain soon.
I don't know who urged me: "Hurry up, it's going to rain."
It rains too much in Tanzhou.
The rain either doesn't fall, but once it does, it's lingering, endless, and so humid that it makes your legs hurt.
While hurriedly walking back, Yue Huaiyu asked Song Huiyue: "Is there really a ghost in the palace? Are you afraid?"
Song Huiyue smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, the King of Jin is a son of the Tian family, how can there be evil spirits in the mansion."
Not only was it not scary, she also knew that this must be the instruction of King Jin.
From the guests who came today, to what they heard and saw, everything was intentional. Even Qi Yu was carefully selected and specially made a contribution to the rumors.
In less than three days, the entire Tanzhou City will start talking about the ghost story in Prince Jin's Mansion.
It’s just that this trap related to tax and money, I don’t know who will be caught.
Yue Huaiyu also smiled and said: "I'm not afraid either."
After the rain stopped, all the guests said goodbye and left, leaving only the Song family in Zhuxi Zhai.
Aunt Lin made medicine for Mrs. Song, while Mrs. Song watched Song Huiyue change the medicine, and waited until everything was fine before going to rest.
Before King Jin returned, the whole palace was silent. Song Huiyue sat on the bed holding the quilt, thinking about her mother's hesitant expression, and missed Song Qinghui.
She is afraid.
Song Qinghui was like transparent glass, beautiful and fragile, unable to withstand any wind or rain. She was afraid that he would be easily broken into pieces in Zhang Xutang's hands.
The more she thought about it, the more she couldn't sleep. She wanted to chase him to the capital tomorrow and find a way to rescue him - at least to find where Zhang Xutang was hiding him first.
She got up from the bed, put on her cloak, and went out alone. The flames of the lanterns penetrated the bamboo forest at night, making it a bit more cozy than during the day.
Aunt Yun seemed to have heard her movement a long time ago and was waiting outside the door: "Where are you going, madam? I will accompany you."
"I'm going to find Yin Xiao, he..." Song Huiyue then remembered that she didn't know where Yin Xiao lived.
Aunt Yun said: "I heard that Yin Xiao has a cold."
"Sick?" Song Huiyue immediately walked out: "I'll go take a look."
Yin Xiao doesn't get sick easily, and his will and body are as strong as iron. Even if he suffers a skin injury, he can heal at an astonishing speed.
But he couldn't bear to get sick, and when he got sick, he became very dangerous, as if his body wanted to retaliate against his usual roughness.
In the first year after arriving at the Song family, he didn't get sick. However, the second year he caught a cold due to the late spring cold. He lay in bed for more than half a month and was completely thin when he got up.
Aunt Yun silently walked to Song Huiyue and gave her directions.