Chapter 7: Husband Ignores
Glancing down at the servants begging for mercy on the ground, Song Yunhe let out a faint smile. His expression cleared up, and he nimbly jumped off the carriage. He walked towards the eunuch and asked, "Are you the one who is by Consort Liang's side?"
The eunuch smiled and replied, "That's right. The Concubine Liang sent us here to fetch you."
Qing Wu, who was sitting in the carriage, felt extremely uncomfortable seeing this. She looked at the old servant's forehead that was broken on the ground and felt really sorry for him. She was a doctor and she only saved people, never hurt them.
Moreover, she saw clearly that when they arrived, the old servant was receiving other guests. It was not that he was flattering the powerful and looking down on the weak, so why should she make things so difficult for him?
Qing Wu couldn't bear it any longer, so he got out of the carriage and said loudly, "There are so many dignitaries here today, it's understandable that he can't handle it for a while..."
Seeing everyone looking at her, she pulled up her skirt and straightened it, then looked at the eunuch and said with a calm smile, "And it was also their unexpected contribution that saved us from missing the eunuch, right?"
She was no longer the little girl who had just returned to the Xi family. If she said directly that the servant was not wrong in such a situation, no one would agree with her. Instead, it might bring more disasters to the old servant. She had to be tactful.
The eunuch turned his head and was startled for a moment. Even though he knew that his master had a twin sister, he still couldn't help but be surprised when he saw her in person. They were exactly the same.
"Oh, so the Madam is here too. I'm so blind!"
Seeing Qingwu's gentle words to him, as if Liangdi was being so gentle to him, the eunuch was secretly pleased and said with a smile: "He neglected Madam, but Madam was magnanimous and didn't hold it against him. It's not right for us to interfere, so we will let him go."
After saying that, he kicked the servant and said, "Get up quickly and don't block the way of the noble man!"
The old servant immediately crawled to a corner. Seeing that he was temporarily safe, Qingwu breathed a sigh of relief imperceptibly, and turned his head to meet Song Yunhe's unclear eyes.
The emotion in those eyes made Qingwu's heart stop instantly. Before she could see clearly, Song Yunhe turned around and spoke to the eunuch: "Does Liang Di have any instructions?"
"The Concubine Liang was afraid that you would be bullied by those who judge you by your appearance when you first entered the palace, so she specially asked us to come and lead you there."
The customs of the people in this dynasty were relatively open. Although the banquets in Shanglin Garden did not strictly restrict the distinction between men and women, the starting point of the banquet was still separate. Men had their own place, and women had their own place.
Hearing that Liang Di had sent someone to look after him, Song Yunhe's heart was throbbing. He knew that Qing Tong had him in her heart and was thinking about him completely. Looking at the person beside him, although they had the same appearance...
Song Yunhe scoffed and shook his head. Disappointed, he didn't want to look at Qingwu again, so he bowed to the eunuch and said with a smile, "Thank you, Concubine Liang. If that's the case, let's go quickly."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qingwu was stunned, and the eunuch was also stunned.
Song Yunhe seemed to have no idea what the two were stunned about. He even stared at the eunuch and said, "Eunuch, if you don't leave now, we will be watched by others."
Seeing him urging, and seeing more and more people around looking in this direction, the eunuch weighed the pros and cons for a few breaths, and also agreed: "Yes, I will take my husband there right away."
He was a servant serving Lady Liang, so naturally he had inquired about his master's family background. Compared with the sisters who were lost and grew up away from home, Lady Liang was closer to this cousin. Why didn't Lady Bad mention this twin sister at all just now?
But she was Liang Di's twin sister after all, so the eunuch didn't want to embarrass her too much. He smiled and looked at Qing Wu and said, "It's really Liang Di who personally ordered me to lead Mr. Song, so I can't lead the way for Madam. It's just the right thing, let this servant lead the way for Madam."
He looked at the frightened old servant on the side of the road and shouted, "Why don't you come over here?!"
Seeing the old servant coming over, he looked at Qing Wu with a fake smile, "What do you think, Madam?"
Although he asked, he did not give Qingwu a chance to refuse.
What else could Qing Wu do? Seeing the increasing number of inquiring glances around her, she could only nod stiffly.
It happens again.
After the two of them walked a few dozen steps away, even the steady Yuzhu couldn't help but complain, "What does this mean? Why is my husband..." Ignoring his wife? Didn't he seem quite considerate the other day?
She turned her head to look at Qingwu's expression, which was indeed rather grim. Even Yuzhu, an outsider, was upset, so how could Qingwu, the real owner, escape being left out?
Qingwu's emotions were really complicated. She never liked beating around the bush. If Song Yunhe had always been distant from her and had never shown any intimacy, she could still convince herself to be a superficially harmonious couple with him.
But he was so distant to her, sometimes gentle, sometimes so cold, giving her hope but also making her feel lost and wronged repeatedly. It was really hard to bear this repetition.
She didn't know what had upset him today, to the point where he actually humiliated her in front of everyone. But in front of everyone, she couldn't get angry and could only swallow it.
And... thinking of the eunuch's words, in addition to feeling disappointed and dissatisfied, Qingwu also had many doubts in his heart again.
It was understandable that her twin sister would send someone to meet them. She had a reputation for being virtuous, so naturally she had to be very attentive at a banquet like this. Qingwu also expected the eunuch to be cold and indifferent towards her; after all, their relationship was not exactly close and harmonious.
But is he too close to Song Yunhe?
Even though they had spent more than ten years together than she had, cousins did not spend every day together. Take the past few years after she returned to the Xi family. Although Song Yunhe was living in the Xi family to study and prepare for the spring examination, he did not often go into the backyard. It was rare for her to meet him once every ten days or half a month.
After such a short time together, how could their relationship become so close?
Coupled with everything that happened in the past few days, Qingwu's doubts grew even stronger. The white gauze was getting thinner and thinner, and it seemed that she would soon be able to see what was behind the gauze. However, the more this happened, the more worried she became.
Looking at the figure gradually moving away, Qingwu couldn't help but feel a sense of frustration and bitterness in his heart.
After three months of getting along, Qingwu also had some superficial understanding of Song Yunhe's temperament. Based on her current feelings, she was afraid that she would not be able to get along with him. Was she really going to spend her whole life with Song Yunhe?
But when she thought of her grandmother's expectations, she hoped that she could live the life of an ordinary girl, and Qingwu suppressed the discomfort deep in her heart.
Let’s wait and see, we’ve only been married for three months.
Just as she was lost in thought, the sound of horse hooves came from afar.
Qingwu, who had been detained in the Xi family for three years and seldom went out, had not seen such a scene for a long time. Hearing the sound of horses trampling on the ground, his heart could not help but surge, and all the emotions he had just felt were swept away in an instant.
She stood in the carriage and looked into the distance curiously. In the distance, she saw a dozen mighty and strong horses galloping towards them. Their hooves crushed the dust, and their manes rolled like fireworks. Their momentum was so majestic!
Whose style is this?
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