Chapter 139 Falling
Chujiu meowed and jumped onto the corner of the wall.
Pei Shu walked out of the hall, quickened her pace and reached the gate of the courtyard, just in time to bump into Murong Di who was about to come in.
"Mother." There was a gleam in Murong Di's eyes, and there were many things he couldn't wait to tell his mother.
Pei Shu touched her son's cheek, which was chilled by the wind.
"Di'er, it's cold outside, let's go in first."
Dongyue happily went to make hot tea: "Your Highness looks a little taller."
Pei Shu pulled her son to sit beside the couch and looked at him carefully.
He is taller, darker, and a little older.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, please don't worry. Chujiu and I will be watching outside."
Dongyue put the teapot on the small stove and went out to watch.
Murong Di's eyes were blazing, and his voice was low:
"Mother, I have met my uncle and aunt."
Pei Shu's hand, which was stroking her son's shoulder, trembled, and her clear eyes were clearly filled with emotions.
The teapot on the small stove made a bubbling sound.
White smoke rises.
Murong Di and his mother recounted their experiences on the road in detail, from the appearance of He Sanlang to their accidental arrival at Black Bandit Mountain and their recognition of his uncle's family.
"...My uncle has been lying dormant in Lingnan for several years, biding his time."
"Mother, I have a cousin named Zhizhi, my aunt's child."
"Mother, this is a bracelet made by Zhizhi and Ache. Zhizhi gave it to you."
Pei Shu took the bracelet, her eyes moist.
The bracelet looks very beautiful in the light and shadow cast by the window lattice. The small pieces of wood, dried fruits and stones strung on the rope carry the sunshine and breath of Lingnan.
Pei Shu rarely showed a complete smile, with the corners of her mouth raised high:
"Zhizhi, it's a good name. Xuan'er picked a good name."
Pei Shu held the bracelet, and it seemed as if she could see a little girl who looked very much like her sister, picking up things lively and actively, and saving up any nice things she found as treasures.
“Okay…Okay…”
There are still people from their Pei family.
Pei Shu put the bracelet on her wrist and wiped her red eyes with a handkerchief:
"You just mentioned the young master of the Xue family. Is he in good health now?"
"Ache is now fully recovered."
When the Xue family was mentioned, a gloom appeared on Murong Di's face:
"Mother, there is one more matter. It concerns the injustice suffered by the Pei family and the Xue family army."
The shadows of the trees and the window were reflected on Pei Shu.
Pei Shu's body was frozen, like a silent painting:
"Di'er, go ahead."
Murong Di pressed his hand against the corner of the coffee table. "We unexpectedly ran into Wei Fu, the general who led the reinforcements in Lingnan. We learned that at the end of the fourth year of the Yongjia period, the Hu people invaded the south in large numbers, and the Xue family army requested assistance from the court..."
"...Therefore, when Wei Fu arrived with his army, more than half of Xue's troops had been killed...
Murong Di's voice was even lower than before.
It was so low that it was almost drowned out by the sound of boiling tea.
When Murong Di finished speaking, Pei Shu seemed not to hear him.
There was no change in his facial expression.
No crying, no anger, no shock.
Only two lips were pale and bloodless.
Murong Di frowned: "Mother?"
The tea was ready, making a sharp whistling sound.
Pei Shu stood up with the help of the coffee table on the couch. She said, "I'll go get you a cup of tea."
Although Pei Shu came from a noble family, she has done a lot of her own work over the years.
Sweeping the floor, digging, boiling water, and pouring tea are all basic.
She is not physically strong, but she has rarely been sick in recent years.
In Murong Di's impression, his mother has always been smart and strong.
It seems that nothing can defeat my mother.
His mother would always stand by his side and would never fall.
"Mother, I'm not thirsty." Murong Di said.
But Pei Shu still walked towards the tea stove.
The tea stove is not far away.
Pei Shu took two very slow steps.
His movements were as slow as an octogenarian.
She bent down and reached for the tea.
Bang--
The teapot shattered into pieces on the ground, and the scalding tea spilled all over the floor.
Pei Shu fell down heavily.
"Mother!"
Murong Di rushed forward and helped his mother up.
He touched his mother's hand, which was as cold as ice.
"Mother, mother..." Murong Di called anxiously.
Pei Shu felt her body was very heavy at this moment, and her eyelids were too heavy to lift.
She heard Murong Di calling her anxiously.
She also heard the creaking of the palace door opening and closing, as well as the voices of Dongyue and Chujiu.
"My Queen! My Queen! What happened suddenly..."
But Pei Shu couldn't move.
The soul seemed to be pulled out of the body.
It floated out of the house and out of Myeonghye Palace.
There was a vast expanse of white before her eyes, and suddenly a bottomless pit appeared under her feet, sucking her into the abyss.
She was like a lonely soul floating in the abyss...
When I came to my senses, I found myself landing on a snowy ground.
A yard covered with snow.
Two maids were clearing the snow in the yard.
A tree of yellow wintersweet was in full bloom, growing by the window of the main house in the courtyard, with its branches leaning into the window.
In the dark window frame, a young girl was concentrating on practicing calligraphy at the desk.
The girl's eyebrows and eyes have not yet fully grown, and her pretty face still has a bit of childishness.
That was her nineteen years ago.
In the first year of Yongjia, Pei Shu was thirteen years old.
This year was a little different for Pei Shu. She had grown much taller than last year, and her chest felt a little tight.
Last year, when she saw snow, she would throw snowballs with her sister Xuan'er, but this year, she felt a little sad when she saw the snow falling on the dead branches.
Xuan'er came to her to throw snowballs yesterday, but she didn't want to play.
But even if she doesn't want to play, there will always be someone who comes to play.
Bang!
A snowball hit the window, and the flying snow fell on the paper.
Pei Shu saw a few water stains on her calligraphy, and her eyes immediately widened.
Okay, no more sadness.
Pei Shu put down her pen, went out angrily, grabbed a ball of snow from the ground, and threw it at the culprit on the wall:
"Xue Yuzhuo! You're causing trouble again!"
A young man of about fifteen or sixteen was lying on the west wall. He was wearing a pine-green robe with a gold-threaded edge, his hair tied up with a jade crown, and he looked very energetic.
He turned his head and dodged the snow thrown by Pei Shu:
"Pei Jiaojiao, you're going to get moldy if you stay in the house practicing calligraphy every day."
"Miss, it's cold outside, please put on some clothes." The maid hurried out and put a pink embroidered cloak on Pei Shu's shoulders.
Pei Shu's face turned red with anger, and the pink cloak made her look like a spring peach that had bloomed early.
Who in Chang'an doesn't say that the eldest daughter of the Pei family is gentle, graceful, quiet and wise?
But Xue Yuzhuo just said she was moldy as soon as he opened his mouth.
"You're talking nonsense."
Pei Shu threw several snowballs in a row, but none of them hit the boy on the wall.
Xue Yuzhuo dodged left and right, having a lot of fun, as if he was there specifically to get hit.
Pei Shu: "If you have the guts, don't hide!"
"If you don't want to hide, then don't hide!" Xue Yuzhuo simply turned over and sat on the wall.
Pei Shu threw another snowball and started sweating.
Xue Yuzhuo really didn't dodge this time, and was hit directly by the snowball, hitting his chest.
"Ouch--"
Xue Yuzhuo covered his chest which was hit, and his body tilted and fell to the other side of the wall.
The figure disappeared from sight instantly and there was no movement for a long time.
"Xue Yuzhuo!" Pei Shu was startled and quickly ran to the wall. "Are you okay?"
Pei Shu shouted anxiously several times across the wall.
Just when she was anxiously about to send someone to inform the Xue Mansion next door, a teasing voice came from above her head:
"Of course I'm fine. How could I be knocked down by a snowball?"
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