Feng Xian breathed a sigh of relief, then she forced a smile and said, "It's good that grandma thinks so..."
Before he could finish his words, he heard a loud knock on the door. Xu Ranyun and Fengxian looked at each other in surprise. Fengxian said quickly, "I'll go out and take a look." After saying that, she turned around and left. After a while, she brought Duan Maoming in. The second young master shouted in dissatisfaction, "Why are you closing the door in broad daylight? I thought I went to the wrong door."
Xu Ranyun was stunned for a moment, then his face turned angry. He slammed the table and shouted, "Who ordered the door to be closed? I'm not dead yet, why would you close the door in broad daylight? Find them for me, beat them with 20 boards and chase them out. You are a bunch of wicked people who are just hoping that I will suffer."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw her son frowning and said seriously: "Mother has been very angry recently. What happened to you? Now even Aunt Jiang and my third brother have moved to Chunfeng Garden. I heard that you wanted to beat Aunt Jiang to death this morning. Mother...what happened to you? I almost don't recognize you anymore."
"You still say, I did all this for you?"
Xu Ranyun was so angry that she turned her head and glared at Duan Maoming, but she saw him stiffening his neck and saying, "If mother really wants to do this for me, then you should learn from me and be more open-minded. Don't be so moody and beat people up. Father said..."
"Get out of here."
The little bully rarely controlled his temper and wanted to have a good talk with his mother. After all, no matter how bad it was, even if everyone said that she had lost power, she was still his mother who gave birth to him and raised him. Seeing her become like this, making others unhappy and herself unhappy, Duan Maoming also felt sorry for it.
Before he could finish his words, his mother changed her expression and told him to get out. Duan Maoming had a childish temper and was particularly concerned about his reputation. How could he bear this? He stood up with a thud and said with a fierce face, "Okay, I'll get out. Anyway... I've said everything I should say. Please take care of yourself and don't destroy yourself."
After all, he is just a five or six-year-old child. Even if he has learned some words, he may not be able to use them well. How can the phrase "self-destruction" be used here? But Xu Ranyun didn't think about what her son, who was so young, could understand? After hearing this, she felt dizzy and choked. She almost fainted. When she recovered, she did not reflect on her own actions, but instead vented her anger on Su Nuannuan and Aunt Jiang, and just gritted her teeth and said, "I will not let you go. I will not let you go... I will never..."
"The osmanthus flowers are blooming extra luxuriantly this year, and the fragrance is stronger than usual. I really liked the osmanthus wine I asked the chefs to brew last year. Let them brew more this year."
It happened to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the people from the Anping Marquisate had a family banquet with mooncakes at Old Lady Fang's place. Seeing that the old lady was in high spirits, they accompanied her to the water pavilion in the backyard to enjoy the moon. Hearing this, everyone echoed in twos and threes, and Old Lady Fang was happy. She turned to look at Duan Tingxuan and Su Nuannuan not far away, and said with a smile: "When can't you two husband and wife talk about private matters? You are still whispering to each other now. If you have anything good to say, please say it and let us listen."
Duan Tingxuan laughed and said, "Grandfather, you know that my grandson has been conscripted by the emperor these days, and I have to go out early and come back late every day. How can I have the heart to talk to you? It was Nuannuan who said that she was a little tired, so my grandson just said a few words to show his concern for her."
Old Lady Fang laughed and said, "That's incredible! The moon has just appeared and you're already thinking of escaping. Haven't you rested enough these days? I didn't even ask you to help with the dinner tonight. I just made a few cakes for my filial piety. How dare you take credit for it? You can go back and rest, but you have to give me some benefits first, such as telling me a joke or singing a song to please me, and then I will let you go."
Su Nuannuan smiled and said, "What the old ancestor said is true. There are so many mooncakes with so many fillings. You scolded me before, saying where did I get such an exquisite and exquisite idea? But today, it turns out that 'I only made a few mooncakes to show my filial piety, and you have the nerve to take credit for it'? So all my efforts have been wasted?"
As the two of them asked and answered, everyone was already laughing so hard that they fell backwards. Duan Tingxuan, Duan Tingye and Duan Tingfang looked at each other, remembering that their father had previously asked them to go to the front yard to write some poems with a few guests, so they were about to get up and say goodbye, when they suddenly heard Aunt Jiang beside them laughing and saying, "Speaking of music, the eldest lady really knows a good one. I heard her humming it today. The tune is nice and the lyrics are suitable for the occasion. But I have never heard this song before, and I don't know where the tune is from."
Su Nuannuan was puzzled at first, and then she realized that this morning when she was in the corridor, she thought that today was Mid-Autumn Festival, so she couldn't help humming a song "Asking the Bright Moon". Unexpectedly, Aunt Jiang heard it and said it out loud at this time.
Aunt Jing is well versed in music. When she heard that there was a song she had never heard before, her eyes lit up and she said to Su Nuannuan, "In that case, grandma, why don't you hum this song for us to open our eyes? We are all family here, and the old lady is here. It doesn't mean that I have lost my status as a sister. I can just think of it as making the old lady happy."
Su Nuannuan was not a shy person. In her previous life, she was a microphone master in KTV. She was just worried that this was a song from the 21st century. Would it be a bit shocking if she sang it now? As she was hesitating, she saw her husband's eyes looking at her, full of expectation and joy.
So she was relieved, thinking to herself, "It doesn't matter if it's a song from the 21st century. Duan Tingxuan knows my identity anyway. If there's anything wrong, he will definitely cover it up for me. Besides, the Great Yin Dynasty is so big, and there are no people who have traveled far and wide here. Am I afraid that they will hear the flaws? If I insist on not singing and offend the old lady, it will arouse people's suspicion, right?"
Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Then I will sing a song. This is a ballad that I have heard from the servants at home since I was a child. It is said to be a tune from his hometown. I don't know where it is from, but it is catchy, so I remember it until today." After clearing his throat, he exhaled and sang aloud: "I have read that the moonlight in front of the window is like frost on the ground..."
As she sang, when she reached the part "Tonight I see the moon is full again, and the sweet osmanthus flowers are yellow, why do I miss my hometown every Mid-Autumn Festival night...", thinking of her hometown in the 21st century, which is so far away in time and space, Su Nuannuan's tears fell like beads from a broken string, but she didn't notice it at all until her voice was choked and almost inaudible. Then she came to her senses, suppressed her heartbreak, and smiled, "It's not appropriate to think of my parents while singing."
Old Lady Fang said, "This is my fault. I know that Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for family reunion, but why did you ask me to sing such a song? This song is really beautiful. I don't know where this country tune comes from."
Seeing Su Nuannuan feeling sad, Aunt Jing said quickly: "Come to think of it, when I was learning the piano in my early years, I also learned a Mid-Autumn Festival ballad. Now that you have such a good example, I will also sing a song to echo your song." After that, she also sang a cappella. Then Shi Yurou and others also told jokes, stories or sang songs. The atmosphere was very lively for a while, and finally the sadness of Su Nuannuan was reduced a little.
The moon was high in the sky, the night was getting colder, and the group returned home. When they returned to Chunfeng Garden, Su Nuannuan fell on the bed, which scared Honglian and others. They hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong with grandma?"
"Nothing, I just feel too tired." Su Nuannuan closed her eyes and murmured, "No need to take a shower, no need to take a shower, I want to go to bed now."
Xiangyun hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Grandpa hasn't come back yet, grandma, please wait for a while."
"I won't wait any longer." Su Nuannuan became willful, kicking her feet twice on the bed to take off her shoes, and yawned twice with her hands covering her mouth, muttering, "I'm really too sleepy. If I wait for him, I don't know how much I'll have to say to him when he comes back. I'd better go to sleep first. Honglian, please untie my hair. Fortunately, I only wore two pearl hairpins today, otherwise I would have to take off my makeup, which would be too troublesome."
Honglian and Xiangyun looked at each other and saw the worry in each other's eyes. Su Nuannuan was always energetic. How could she be so lazy after going to Jiangnan and Liaodong? And it was not just this night. Since she came back, except for the time when she taught Xu Ranyun a lesson, she had never been energetic again.
The two maids carefully untied Su Nuannuan's hair, leaving her long black hair spread on the pillow. When they looked again, Su Nuannuan had fallen asleep. They had no choice but to help her take off her outer clothes, but they still failed to wake her up. So they covered Su Nuannuan with a quilt, lowered the bed curtains, and quietly left. Just as they were about to speak, Duan Tingxuan came in. Seeing that they had also taken off their hairpins and rings, he asked in surprise, "Where is your grandmother? Is she asleep already?"
"Yes." Honglian agreed, and then said: "Grandma, she seems to be in low spirits since she came back. I wonder if she was too tired and hurt her vitality this time. Please find a good doctor to come and see grandma tomorrow."
"Not really? Although a little tired, you really didn't do any physical work." Duan Tingxuan was also deeply surprised, but his worry about his wife's health prevailed after all. He couldn't wait any longer, so he invited a judge from the Imperial Hospital the next day.
Su Nuannuan had just finished washing up when she heard that Duan Tingxuan had invited the chief judge of the Imperial Hospital. She couldn't help but exclaimed, "There's no need to be so exaggerated, right? Chief judge, I'm just very tired, I just need to have a good rest for a few days, but he's making such a fuss, isn't he afraid of giving people a chance to criticize me?"
But since they were invited, they had to take a look, otherwise it would be a bigger sin. So Su Nuannuan dressed neatly and came to the hall, stretched out her delicate hands to feel the pulse of the old judge, but she was thinking that the sweet osmanthus flowers were in full bloom this year, so she had to pick more of them. Whether it was pickled with sugar, brewed wine, or sealed up to make sweet osmanthus cake in the future, this main ingredient was indispensable.
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