Lamp Flower Smile

Pei Yunying did not show up in the end.

The servants sent by Pei Yunshu came back and said that the guards of the Pei Mansion said that Pei Yunying had gone out last night and seemed to be on official business and had not returned yet.

Pei Yunshu nodded: "That's it."

The tone was a little regretful.

Lu Zhuo didn't care. When she came today, she originally wanted to check the pulses of Pei Yunshu and her daughter. After saying a few more words, he went to look at the little pearl in the cradle.

It's a blessing to say that when Baozhu was born, he had a narrow escape from death. The situation was dangerous and worrying. However, once this disaster passed, it seemed that he was really in peace. "Children's worry" did not seem to have any impact on the little girl. She gradually grew from frail to strong. Although she was slightly smaller than babies of the same age due to premature birth, her body was healthy and strong.

When Lu Zhu touched her hand, Baozhu's bright black eyes stared at her unblinkingly, not afraid of anything.

Lu Yun and Pei Yunshu talked about the current situation of the orb. Pei Yunshu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, put his anxious heart back into his stomach for a while, and clasped his hands together to thank God for blessing. He said that he must go to Wan'en Temple to donate some incense when he had free time.

Seeing that the treasure was fine, Lu Zhuo checked Pei Yunshu's pulse again.

Compared to the orb, Pei Yunshu needs more care.

Pei Yunshu had no choice but to agree to induce labor due to the "child's worry" poison. During the delivery, she lost blood and energy, and her body and mind were exhausted. Later, after giving birth to Baozhu, I was worried about Baozhu's health, which was also accompanied by her separation from Prince Wen and moving away from the Prince's Mansion. She probably had too many things to worry about, was overly worried, had insufficient blood and nutrients, and had weak and unreasonable colic. .

Lu Tong gave her some prescriptions to strengthen her Qi, strengthen her health, nourish her blood and harmonize her body.

This busy work passed in half a day.

At noon, when it was almost time to eat, Pei Yunshu pulled Lu Yan to the hall and said with a smile: "There are few people in the family and the food is simple. Doctor Lu, don't dislike it."

Lu Yan followed her into the hall.

The hall is brightly lit, with a simple square table and a few wide chairs in the middle. Several maids were placing hot dishes on the table.

Lu Zhu and Pei Yunshu sat down at the table.

Different from Renxin Medical Center, when Lu Zhuo went back to Renxin Medical Center, Du Changqing saw a table full of fish and meat, even the steamed buns were as big as a human face, for fear of starving people. The food in Pei Mansion is much more exquisite.

There is golden rice cooked with chrysanthemums and rice, served in a palm-sized celadon bowl, with distinct grains of color. There is tender tofu soup, which is light and rich in flavor. Bamboo shoots, spicy spicy vegetables, frozen three delicacies, kumquat water balls... There are also meat dishes, white fried spring goose and fried chicken are all served on a plate made of grass, decorated with some fresh flowers.

The portions of each dish are small, but the presentation is beautiful.

Pei Yunshu served Lu Yun a bowl of ginger and orange peel soup, and said with a somewhat embarrassed smile: "I don't know how to cook, and neither can the maids brought from the prince's palace. The cooks in this palace were originally cooking in restaurants. Yes, I was invited back by A Ying for me. I don’t know what you like to eat..." Suddenly he remembered something and moved the plate of snacks on the side to Lu Chen: "By the way, Doctor Lu, try this. .”

Pink lotus flowers are placed in porcelain dishes shaped like emerald green lotus leaves. The flowers and leaves stretch out like freshly picked lotuses, always reminding people of the evening breeze by the pool in summer.

Lu Tong was startled.

It's a lotus cake.

Pei Yunshu's voice came from her ears: "...Doctor Lu, try it while it's hot. A Ying said you like this."

Lu Zhen held the chopsticks in his hand and said, "Master Pei?"

Pei Yunshu laughed: "I really don't know what you like to eat. I was worrying about the menu that day, and A Ying happened to come over to look at Baozhu, so I asked him casually."

"I didn't expect him to know. I never thought he would actually say it."

She looked at Lu Chen and said, "Doctor Lu really like to eat this?"

After a moment of silence, Lu Chen nodded: "Yes."

"That's great. But..." Pei Yunshu was a little strange, "How did he know that Doctor Lu likes lotus cakes? Have you told him?"

Lu Chen remembered that night at Nan Pharmacy, hiding in the abandoned dusty warehouse and eating the basket of lotus cakes that Pei Yunying had brought.

In fact, she had forgotten what the basket of snacks tasted like. I was tired and hungry at the time, so I just wanted to fill my stomach and had no intention of tasting it carefully. I vaguely thought it was sweet.

Lu Chen came to his senses and replied warmly: "Xu mentioned it to Mr. Pei before when we were at the Prince's Mansion."

After all, she and Pei Yunying had spent some time together in Prince Wenjun's Mansion at that time.

Pei Yunshu nodded, looked at Lu Yan, and said in a profound tone: "It seems that Dr. Lu is very familiar with our A Ying."

The next moment, she came closer, with a hint of cunning in her eyes: "But, it's been so long, why haven't you seen your fiancé?"

Lu Chen: "..."

She silently picked up a piece of lotus cake and decided to avoid the question she didn't know how to answer by remaining silent.

It was a very difficult meal.

Pei Yunshu didn't know what was going on, but she suddenly became extremely interested in her "fiancé" who had never met her face before, and made insinuations about him.

This person was made up by her, so she could only deal with it vaguely. Lu Zhuo's head ached slightly after eating this meal.

After finishing the meal, Baozhu had fallen asleep. Children of this age spend most of the day eating and sleeping, except for short periods of play.

Lu Yun saw that some time ago, Pei Yunshu mentioned during the meal that her waist was always sore because she hugged the pearl too much recently. Lu Yan checked it out and found out that she had strained her kidneys, damaged her meridians due to movement of her meridians, and was invaded by wind and cold, which caused the blood and energy to fight, so she suffered from low back pain. Then he asked her to go into the room, lie prone on the bed, and massage and relax her waist, hips, and lower limbs. Later, a number of acupoints such as Yaoyangguan, Sanjiaoshu, Shenshu, Dachangshu, Zhinbian, Huantiao... were acupunctured using the method of purging first and tonifying later.

After the completion of this task, Pei Yunshu's back pain was relieved a lot. Lu Zhuo prescribed some more decoctions and asked Fangzi.

Even though I was busy, I didn't notice the passage of time. At this time, the sun gradually set in the west, and dusk came again. The setting sun shone a warm red on the yard outside. Baozhu also woke up from his sleep, babbling and went to find the nanny.

When the lights were lit in the room, Pei Yunshu felt cold. She went into the room and changed into a thicker silk brocade dress. When she came out, she saw Lu Zhuo with his back to someone, standing in front of the hanging painting in the hall, looking at it carefully.

Pei Yunshu walked over, looked at the painting on the wall, and asked, "Does it look good?"

Lu Yan nodded: "It looks good."

In fact, she doesn't understand calligraphy and painting.

When I was young, I only heard my father say that the ancients said that painting people is the most difficult, followed by landscapes, dogs and horses, and pavilions. She only had a partial understanding of what "there are eight frames in a painting" and what "the meaning is conveyed by the gods".

She could never calm down and appreciate the artistic conception of these landscapes. Isn't it just Zhang Hua'er?

Therefore, whenever I see Lu Qian and Lu Rou speaking clearly and eloquently, I always feel extremely impatient.

But later on, after staying alone in Luomeifeng for a long time, my temper gradually softened, and I had a lot of free time, and gradually I was able to taste a few things.

Lu Chen stared at the paintings on the wall.

The silk is uniform and the ink color is clear. There is a painting of a girl wearing a light-colored dress leaning against the window to paint. There are flowers under the window and butterflies flying. In the painting, the girl lowers her eyebrows and wipes her tears, full of unspeakable thoughts, and the brushwork is extremely vivid and lifelike. It really means "It's like seeing two flowers flying in pairs. Wiping away the rouge with tears for no reason, causing the wings to hang down."

"My mother did this."

Pei Yunshu's voice came from beside him.

Lu Chen was a little surprised.

Mrs. Xian Zhaoning?

Her impression of Duke Zhaoning's wife only stayed in the picture of the woman described by Du Changqing and Jin Xianrong, who was finally abandoned by her husband in the hands of the rebels. She never wanted to get a glimpse of a completely different side in this painting.

Pei Yunshu looked at the silk painting and was stunned for a long time before saying, "My mother loves painting very much."

"When Aying and I were young, when my mother was still alive, every New Year, she would draw a picture of the whole family and put it at home."

"Later she passed away, and all the paintings in the mansion were buried with her. I secretly hid one painting. When Mr. Jiang came in, the painting could not be hung at home. When I entered Prince Wenjun's mansion, I was afraid that the servants would not take good care of it and damage the scroll. But now that I have opened a new residence, I can hang it here openly without fear of others gossiping."

Lu Tong said softly: "Madam, your painting is very good."

Pei Yunshu gathered her clothes and said, "Actually, Ah Ying is also very good at painting."

"Master Pei?"

Pei Yunshu smiled: "A Ying's painting was taught by my mother personally, and the teachers at the academy also praised it..." After a pause, she said: "But after his mother passed away, he stopped painting."

At this point, the tone was a little sad.

Lu Yan was silent.

It seems that the Pei Yunshu siblings and Mrs. Xian Zhaoning have a very good relationship.

Just as he was talking, Fangzi walked into the hall from outside: "Madam, the prince is back."

Pei Yunying is back.

Lu Tong followed Fang Zi's gaze and looked over.

The last ray of sunset on the horizon disappeared, the flowers were bright and the moon was dark, the courtyard lanterns were lit up one after another, and a tall figure passed through the courtyard and gradually came forward. Pei Yunying wore a vermilion brocade dress with a pattern of sheep and birds, and his handsome face looked a bit solemn in the dark.

As we got closer, as the lights gradually brightened, the chill slowly faded away. The young man's eyes were as gentle as the gentle wind, and he was playing with a trickle of spring water.

Pei Yunshu smiled at him and said, "I just told you that you are back. Today is not Xiu Mu. Why did you come back so late? You didn't even make it in time for dinner."

Pei Yunying replied nonchalantly: "I have official business." He glanced at Lu Zhu again and slightly curved his lips: "Doctor Lu is here too."

The tone was a little distant.

Lu Zhu said nothing.

He smiled again: "What did you say about me just now?" He bent down to tease Baozhu, who was held in the nurse's arms.

Bao Zhu grabbed his finger and tried to stuff it into her mouth, but Pei Yunying stopped her.

Pei Yunshu said: "It's nothing. You came back just in time. Doctor Lu is going back to West Street later. It's dangerous for the girl's family to walk alone at night. Now that you're back, I'll see you off."

"No need." Lu Yan said.

As soon as the words came out, Pei Yunshu and Pei Yunying looked at her at the same time.

Lu Yan looked calm: "I have something to say to Mr. Pei."

Pei Yunshu was stunned for a moment.

Pei Yunying tilted his head and stared at her quietly with his dark eyes.

After a while, he straightened up, let go of Tiao Baozhu's hand, and said to Lu Yan: "Go to the study and wait for me first."

"I'll just change my clothes and come."

Lu Chen: "Okay."

Fangzi took Lu Zhuo to Pei Yunying's study, and Pei Yunying also went back to change clothes. Only Pei Yunshu and the maid were left standing in the hall.

Pei Yunshu took a few steps back and sat down on the chair. She suddenly remembered something and asked the grandmother beside her: "Aying just said that Doctor Lu should go to the study to wait for him?"

Grandma said yes.

"strangeness……"

Pei Yunshu blinked in confusion.

Pei Yunying never liked people entering his house, and even Pei Yunshu rarely entered his study, just because it contained some official documents from the court, for fear of causing trouble.

Seeing that Lu Chen and his younger brother were more than polite and aloof, but not close enough to be friends, Pei Yunying actually let Lu Chen go to his house and even entered the study that no one else could enter?

Not to mention the plate of lotus cakes, could it be that between the two of them...

Is there anything else she doesn't know about?

…

Pei Yunshu thought in her mind that Lu Xu didn't know at this moment.

Pei Yunying's house is right next to Pei Yunshu's house. There is only a wall between them, but you can't walk a few steps.

It's just that this mansion looks much more deserted than Pei Yunshu's house.

Maybe it's because there is no lively crying baby in Pei Yunying's house, or maybe it's because the mansion is sparsely populated and over-renovated, even looking a bit cold and cold. When people walk in, they feel a layer of quietness and silence.

Fangzi led Lu Shun through the steps and porch, walked around the small courtyard, and stopped in front of Pei Yunying's study: "Miss Lu, please come in, the prince will be here soon."

After saying this, she bowed her head and left.

Lu Zhuo pushed the door open and walked in.

This study is very simple.

There is a desk by the window, and there is a desk in the east of the room, with a book lamp, a smoker, an inkstone, and pen and ink on it. There is an antique shelf near the desk, which displays some antique utensils and a narcissus bonsai.

This house is simple and casual. Compared with the extreme luxury of Qi Yutai's Li Mansion, it is too simple. It was completely different from Pei Yunying's usually gorgeous skin, with a chill in her cheeks.

Lu Zhuo walked a few steps into the room and saw a very small round table in the deepest part of the room, with a bunch of things stacked high on it. He couldn't help but take a closer look -

It was originally a small tower.

They are all made of wood and cut into finger-sized balls. They are not square, but they are also round. Each ball is built from bottom to top to form a small tower. It is towering and quite spectacular at first glance. If you don't get close, it will still be difficult to see. I thought it was a deliberately made bonsai.

Lu Zhuo saw that the top piece of wood had been tilted by the wind or something, and half of it was hanging outside the spire. It was teetering on the edge of the tower, as if it was about to collapse in the next moment. After thinking about it, he stretched out his hand and wanted to Push the piece of wood on the top of the tower inward——

"do not move."

"Wow!"

There was a sudden loud noise.

The young man's voice to stop him sounded almost simultaneously with the loud noise of the wooden tower collapsing.

The tall wooden tower broke instantly, like a waterfall that had been frozen for a whole winter was relieved, and suddenly rushed down, and flowed all over the ground.

Lu Chen suddenly turned around.

Pei Yunying stood at the door, his eyes passing by the wooden tower that collapsed instantly, and he said expressionlessly: "Did you do it on purpose?"

Lu Chen: "..."

This time she really didn't mean it.

Lu Tong pursed his lips and said, "Sorry, I'll help you make another one."

"Need not."

Pei Yunying bent down, picked up a piece of wood that rolled to the edge of his boots, walked to the table and put it down.

Lu Yan looked at him, wondering if it was an illusion or Pei Yunying was in a bad mood. She always felt that this person was particularly distant today, as if he was deliberately keeping a distance.

However, Lu Chen was not interested in knowing how Pei Yunying was feeling or why this person was acting like this. Including why he piled up such a wooden tower in the study. It looked mysterious, but there was no secret volume hidden in it.

Not even a gold brick.

Pretending to be mysterious.

Pei Yunying noticed her gaze and smiled. He didn't care about the mess on the floor. He just sat down in front of the desk and asked Lu Yan, "What does Doctor Lu want from me?"

Lu Yan was silent, then sat down opposite him, saying nothing for a while.

He raised his eyebrows: "Is it so difficult to say it?"

It’s actually not hard to say.

But now, she really has no conditions to make a deal with Pei Yunying.

Lu Zhuo said: "Master Pei has great ears and eyes. Master Pei knows all the secrets that the Imperial City Division of Shengjing cannot find."

"what you mean?"

Lu Zhuo leaned forward and stared into his eyes: "Grand Master Qi Qing loves birds very much, but five years ago, Grand Master's Mansion stopped raising birds. Does Mr. Pei know what happened to the Qi family five years ago? Qi Yutai did What?"

She asked: "Why does he hate thrush?"

The room suddenly became quiet.

In the distance, there was the sound of the night wind blowing through the flower windows, making the silent night even more audible.

Lu Zhuo's eyes crossed the table and fell on the pieces of wood scattered on the ground.

Qi Yutai's mother suffered from epilepsy, and Qi Yutai may have suffered from epilepsy when he was a child. Therefore, the Taishi Mansion has used the soothing Lingxi Incense to warm and nourish Qi Yutai for many years, and has never even used other incense pills.

Everything seemed very smooth.

But five years ago, the Imperial Master's Mansion secretly summoned Cui Min to the mansion for a medical consultation, but the vaguely written medical record revealed something different.

Those prescriptions and medicinal materials used to calm his mind seemed to indicate that Qi Yutai was suffering from illness.

But what was the reason for his illness?

If it was just the time to get sick, why did Qi Yutai hate birds so much, especially blackbirds?

thrush...

Just like back then, Lu Zhen watched helplessly as Yun Niang was poisoned and lost the dark clouds. From then on, whenever he saw the black dog cubs, he would feel cold all over and tremble uncontrollably. Qi Yutai must also hate seeing Huamei for some reason.

If she wanted to prepare an elusive poison for Qi Yutai, she needed to know who the most important one was.

However, the power of the Qi family is overwhelming, and the secrets about Qi Yutai are always buried, with not even a trace found. Lin Danqing doesn't know why Qi Yutai hates Huamei, Miao Liangfang doesn't know, Mr. Cao in Happy Building doesn't know...

But Pei Yunying might know.

If you want to know the truth, you can only ask the person in front of you.

After withdrawing his thoughts, Lu Zhen looked to the opposite side.

The young man had changed out of the scarlet brocade clothes he had worn when he returned home, and was only wearing a frost-colored snowflake robe. The robe was wide and had a bit of coolness under the light.

At the end of the year, the yin and yang rush to short scenes, and the sky is frosty and snowy. The cold tone of Bai Ling also added a layer of sharpness to his handsome eyebrows. Under the dim light, it was completely different from usual coldness.

Pei Yunying looked at Lu Yan with calm eyes.

The dim light danced in his dark pupils, and Lu Zhen's shadow was also faintly reflected in those dark pupils.

After a moment, he lowered his eyelashes: "I know."

Lu Zhen felt happy.

"But Doctor Lu," he said, his tone sharp and sharp: "Why should I tell you?"