On this day, Ling Ruo got up early. After washing, she looked at the rising sun peeking out from the clouds, shining bright and hot sunshine.
Mo'er, who had been busy all morning, wiped his sweat and complained: "It's so hot every day, and I don't know when it will cool down."
Ling Ruo turned around and smiled and said: "It's only the beginning of July now, at least January will come. Besides, there are autumn tigers in autumn."
Hearing this, Mo'er suddenly let out a sigh of relief and said feebly: "After the master said this, the slave felt even hotter, and it was a hotness that there was no hope for."
"You girl." Ling Ruo laughed and cursed, turned around and went into the house. Shuixiu and the others had already laid out breakfast. As soon as Ling Ruo picked up her chopsticks, she saw Hong Li walking in and wondered: "Why are you up so early?
"Then he turned his attention to Xiao Zhengzi who came in behind Hongli, "But you forgot my instructions and called up Brother Si?"
"No servant." Xiao Zhengzi shook his head quickly, "It was Brother Si who got up on his own."
Hongli also followed up and said: "Mother, it's none of Xiao Zhengzi's business. I have to go to the study to listen to Master Zhu's lecture later. How can I get up so late?"
Ling Ruo said distressedly: "But you haven't closed your eyes for two days and two nights. Look, the eyes are dark and your face is not good. Listen to E Niang and don't go to class today. Master Zhu knows what happened these days.
, he won’t blame you, if it doesn’t work, I’ll ask Shuixiu to tell her.”
Hongli said resolutely: "No, I want to go to class, otherwise..." He lowered his head sadly and said: "Staying in the palace with nothing to do will only make me think of my third brother."
Seeing that Hong Li was sad, Ling Ruo also felt quite uncomfortable. She hugged him in her arms and comforted him: "Don't think about the past anymore. E Niang believes that Hong Sheng wouldn't want to see you like this in heaven."
"Mother, I really miss my third brother. When I fell asleep last night, I dreamed that my third brother was taking my son and Hong Zhou to ride a horse." When talking about the sadness, Hongli couldn't help but shed tears. This was Hong Zhou's dream.
Sheng once promised them that they would ride horses and hunt together in autumn, but now it has become a promise that will never come true.
"Alas..." Ling Ruo sighed and hugged him tighter, "You are a man and cannot shed tears easily. Although the third elder brother is gone, E Niang believes that he does not want to see you cry." Seeing Hongli
Still looking sad, he added: "Hongli, if you really want to be like Hong Sheng, just live his share and live well no matter what difficulties you encounter."
After a long time, Hongli finally nodded and choked with sobs: "I know, I will live on with my third brother's share."
Ling Ruo let him go with a smile, smoothed out some wrinkled clothes and said, "Then be obedient and have a meal. Otherwise, Master Zhu will punish you if you are late. Don't cry."
Ling Ruo's explanation made Hongli feel a lot more comfortable, and he also thought about joking, "Eniang is talking nonsense, I don't like to cry that much."
Ling Ruo pointed to the spot on her shoulder that was wet by Hongli just now and said deliberately: "Ah, I wonder who was crying on my shoulder just now. Brother Si, do you know?"
"How could I know?" Hongli laughed with a blush. Before Ling Ruo could ask again, he quickly stroked his stomach and said, "I'm so hungry, Aunt Shuixiu, hurry up and serve me a bowl of porridge."
Seeing Hongli changing the subject, Ling Ruo shook his head and chuckled. Hongli was a strong child. Although Hongsheng's death was a huge blow to him, I believe that given time, he will be able to turn this blow into progress.
Motivation to keep going step by step.
And what I have to do is to do my best to protect him and prevent him from being hurt until he grows up to be strong enough.
Because he had to go to class, Hongli ate a few mouthfuls and left, leaving Ling Ruo alone. After finishing a bowl of porridge, Ling Ruo refused Shui Xiu's offer to serve another bowl for her, and instead said:
"Is everything cleaned up?"
Shuixiu took a piece of mung bean cake and put it on the small plate in front of Ling Ruo and said: "I cleaned everything according to the master's instructions. The slave sank the needle into Linyuan Pond. The shoes were stripped and put in the stove."
burnt, to
Yu has also asked An'er to attach the removed face to the sole of another pair of shoes and sew it up according to the original stitches to ensure that no flaw can be seen. Now the slave is worried, what should I do if the medicine doesn't work?
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Ling Ruo wiped the corners of her lips and nodded: "If Dr. Xu says it is effective, it must be effective. Even if it is really ineffective, I still have ways to deal with this humble person." She swept the remaining breakfast food on the table and said:
"Withdraw and you can eat. I want to go out for a walk, so just ask Mo'er to accompany me."
After Ling Ruo left, Yang Hai said with a strange expression: "Shui Xiu, what kind of riddle did you and the master just play? Why can't I understand a word of it?"
Shui Xiu put a plate of snacks into Yang Hai's arms and said mysteriously: "The secret must not be leaked. Eunuch Yang should just eat the cakes raw and watch a good show later."
When he didn't ask for the result, Yang Hai felt as if a cat was scratching him, feeling unspeakably uncomfortable. However, Shui Xiu refused to say that there was nothing he could do, so he had to eat snacks in a depressed manner.
Yesterday, the entire palace was busy preparing for Hong Sheng's funeral. No one noticed that An'er had asked for a badge to leave the palace, let alone that she left the palace to find Rong Yuan, and the purpose was just to
Asking for some medicine.
July is no longer the season for cherry blossoms to bloom. There are no pink petals among the cherry blossom trees, only green leaves and summer cicadas sitting on the trees and chirping non-stop.
Listening to the disturbing chirping of cicadas, Mo'er said: "We only had cicadas a few days ago, and now there are so many of them. It seems we have to catch them again. Otherwise, if we let them scream, we won't be able to sleep at midnight."
Hearing this, Ling Ruo said with great interest: "Then go and get the sticky stick, and I will watch you catch cicadas."
Although it was getting a little hot at this time, it was still quite cool to stand in the shadow. Not long after Mo'er left, he and two palace men came over with sticks and bags for catching cicadas. The three of them divided their labors.
It was also clear that two people were clinging to each other and one was carrying a bag. I thought it was because there were so many cicadas on the tree, so I caught several of them in a short time. However, there were also several times when I was about to catch them, the cicadas found themselves flapping their wings and flying to another tree.
The call continued on the branch.
Mo'er was originally pretending to be a bag, but she saw that one of the palace men was unfamiliar with her movements and was often run away by cicadas that were about to be caught. She took the stick one after another. Her movements were light and fast, which was completely opposite to the palace man just now.
, sometimes you can catch two with one shot.
After they finished hunting, the cicadas chirping on the trees were indeed much softer and no longer so harsh. At that time, Shuixiu had finished her breakfast and came over and said: "Mo'er, you guys go down and eat. Master, I will be waiting for you here."
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As soon as Mo'er turned around, he suddenly saw a person standing outside the open palace door. He shouted in surprise, "Hey, Liu Chang is here?"
Following Mo'er's gaze, she saw Mrs. Liu standing outside the palace gate, talking to the little eunuch guarding the gate, as if she wanted him to inform him. After feeling Ling Ruo's gaze, she responded with a gentle expression.
smile, but still obeyed the rules and did not come in.