Chapter 72 - Extra Story - Gardenia Blooms and Fragrant
After the death of Tianji, Ni Xiu'e's expression became dazed, and she also liked to chatter.
At that time, people in Mengmata County still liked to hear her tell stories.
The beginning of Ni Xiu'e is always the same.
"My only son, Sibao, died. My life was barely sustaining, and more than half of the sky collapsed. I lay in bed for three days. I always thought that burning incense and worshiping Buddha every day, accumulating virtue and doing good deeds, God He will bless my Four Treasures, but God still calls him away. Heaven is unfair!
I came back alone with Sibao's I had known this, I would never agree to his marriage with Xiu was born rich and honored, my family's four treasures are not worthy of her!Why are my four treasures so disobedient?I drove her away, I didn't recognize this daughter-in-law, I was afraid that when I looked at her every day, I would think of my four treasures... I felt uncomfortable.
Alas, after such a farewell, I'm afraid Xiuxiu will never come back again..."
Liang Emperor Xiao Xi passed away early, and the people of Mengmao County were mourning and weeping for a who had been to Jiangling came back and said that there were still soldiers from the Northern Zhou Dynasty guarding outside the city, the new emperor Xiao Kui was very young, and the state affairs were assisted by Prime Minister Shen Buyu and Huanyi Marquis Zheng Wei.
Hugh still has no news.
Cao Guizhi was getting thinner and thinner, she walked lightly, and her body was so weak that it could be broken by the wind, and her violent coughing could be heard from far away in the alley.
Ni Xiu'e suddenly felt a little sympathetic to her, and sometimes took out freshly laid eggs from the chicken coop, went into the yard of Tao's house to see her, and even chatted with her.
The two women who were incompatible with each other became hot inexplicably.
One day, Cao Guizhi's bloodless face was flushed, and joy was shining brightly in her told Ni Xiu'e that the master sent someone to tell her that someone would take her to Jiangling.
After looking forward to it for nearly 20 years, she finally got it.
Ni Xiu'e was very happy for her, but at the same time, there was also a hint of jealousy and sadness.
If Tianji was still alive, he would also pick her up.
There was a palace change in Jiangling, and even the distant Mengmata County could smell palace change is over, and the territory is split into two. Maybe Shen Buyu is busy with government affairs, but the person who takes over Cao Guizhi still hasn't appeared.
Cao Guizhi looked through the autumn water, despairing, a mouthful of blood spattered his clothes.
She died a miserable death, and only Ni Xiu'e sent her off.
Ni Xiu'e buried her next to Mr. Tao's tomb.
For ominous reasons, the building has remained vacant.
However, Ni Xiu'e's family changed their magistrate came, and the three sons-in-law had no education, but they were respectively appointed as governors and other positions. They were not big officials, but they heard that they were all household was divided into a deep house compound, and a servant girl was added, and the three daughters moved there happily.
The three sons-in-law all came to invite her, begging the mother-in-law to move to live with them, but she stubbornly refused.
That year the gardenias bloomed, and wisps of fragrance crossed the high wall and drifted towards the alley.
Several people came to the alley, all dressed in found Ni Xiu'e and asked her to go and unlock it.
Standing outside the gate of the courtyard was a young man in a lake-colored blouse, tall and his back to Ni Xiu'e, he raised his head and stared intently ahead. Through the high wall, he could see the woven straw basket hanging from the corner of the the sound of footsteps, he turned around, his complexion was fair, and his facial features were exquisite.
Ni Xiu'e couldn't help marveling secretly, how could there be such a handsome man in the world!
"There's nothing fancy about that basket, it's been hanging for several years." She said with a smile.
The young man didn't speak, just smiled at her.
When Ni Xiu'e returned home, her heart was is he?Looking at the seriousness of the people around him, and seeing the nobility on his body, it is innate, which prince and nobleman could it be?Does he have anything to do with Hugh?
The alley seemed to be quiet, so she opened the door and walked towards Tao's house.
The surroundings were as quiet as death, and there was a pleasant fragrance in the air. She just woke up like a dream. There was indeed an outsider just now.
The courtyard door opened, and the courtyard was wider than usual. It seemed that something was missing. It turned out that the gardenia tree was missing.
The next summer came a great storm, and the wind and rain raged all a night of terror, Ni Xiu'e got up to clean up the a loud bang, she hurried to check the movement. It turned out that the dilapidated house of the Tao family had collapsed, and the wall bricks were scattered everywhere.
Over the past ten years, some people inside and outside the alley have moved out and some have moved alleys are more lively than Xiu'e was sitting on a stone bench outside Tao's house, pointing at the pile of ruins in front of her, and narrating the were many people around her who were listening to the story. Of course, they were interested in the young man, and they all speculated about his they could hear the old voice, they still hoped to dig out something fresh from Ni Xiu'e's mouth.
However, Ni Xiu'e still couldn't guess who that handsome man was.
People became disappointed and dispersed in twos and threes.
Later, Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, came to power and treated Xiao Kui with great kindness and , a piece of good news spread to Mengyu County: Xiao Kui married Yang Jian and married his favorite daughter to Yang Jian's son Yang Wen of the Sui Dynasty prepared a great ceremony and canonized this girl as the Princess of Jin.
Ni Xiu'e is old and can't straighten her she still likes to go for a walk in the depths of the alley, squinting her eyes, as if seeing Xiuxiu's immature was bouncing around, holding a freshly picked gardenia in her hand, smiling and calling her Mama Ni.
She looked a little lonely, facing the ruins in front of her, she murmured sadly: "That Princess Jin should be as old as Xiuxiu, right?"
She has been guarding her old house, her chickens, and her tea garden.
The ruins are already overgrown with weeds, and there are always butterflies and bees patrolling around in warm sunny days, looking for them.
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After the death of Tianji, Ni Xiu'e's expression became dazed, and she also liked to chatter.
At that time, people in Mengmata County still liked to hear her tell stories.
The beginning of Ni Xiu'e is always the same.
"My only son, Sibao, died. My life was barely sustaining, and more than half of the sky collapsed. I lay in bed for three days. I always thought that burning incense and worshiping Buddha every day, accumulating virtue and doing good deeds, God He will bless my Four Treasures, but God still calls him away. Heaven is unfair!
I came back alone with Sibao's I had known this, I would never agree to his marriage with Xiu was born rich and honored, my family's four treasures are not worthy of her!Why are my four treasures so disobedient?I drove her away, I didn't recognize this daughter-in-law, I was afraid that when I looked at her every day, I would think of my four treasures... I felt uncomfortable.
Alas, after such a farewell, I'm afraid Xiuxiu will never come back again..."
Liang Emperor Xiao Xi passed away early, and the people of Mengmao County were mourning and weeping for a who had been to Jiangling came back and said that there were still soldiers from the Northern Zhou Dynasty guarding outside the city, the new emperor Xiao Kui was very young, and the state affairs were assisted by Prime Minister Shen Buyu and Huanyi Marquis Zheng Wei.
Hugh still has no news.
Cao Guizhi was getting thinner and thinner, she walked lightly, and her body was so weak that it could be broken by the wind, and her violent coughing could be heard from far away in the alley.
Ni Xiu'e suddenly felt a little sympathetic to her, and sometimes took out freshly laid eggs from the chicken coop, went into the yard of Tao's house to see her, and even chatted with her.
The two women who were incompatible with each other became hot inexplicably.
One day, Cao Guizhi's bloodless face was flushed, and joy was shining brightly in her told Ni Xiu'e that the master sent someone to tell her that someone would take her to Jiangling.
After looking forward to it for nearly 20 years, she finally got it.
Ni Xiu'e was very happy for her, but at the same time, there was also a hint of jealousy and sadness.
If Tianji was still alive, he would also pick her up.
There was a palace change in Jiangling, and even the distant Mengmata County could smell palace change is over, and the territory is split into two. Maybe Shen Buyu is busy with government affairs, but the person who takes over Cao Guizhi still hasn't appeared.
Cao Guizhi looked through the autumn water, despairing, a mouthful of blood spattered his clothes.
She died a miserable death, and only Ni Xiu'e sent her off.
Ni Xiu'e buried her next to Mr. Tao's tomb.
For ominous reasons, the building has remained vacant.
However, Ni Xiu'e's family changed their magistrate came, and the three sons-in-law had no education, but they were respectively appointed as governors and other positions. They were not big officials, but they heard that they were all household was divided into a deep house compound, and a servant girl was added, and the three daughters moved there happily.
The three sons-in-law all came to invite her, begging the mother-in-law to move to live with them, but she stubbornly refused.
That year the gardenias bloomed, and wisps of fragrance crossed the high wall and drifted towards the alley.
Several people came to the alley, all dressed in found Ni Xiu'e and asked her to go and unlock it.
Standing outside the gate of the courtyard was a young man in a lake-colored blouse, tall and his back to Ni Xiu'e, he raised his head and stared intently ahead. Through the high wall, he could see the woven straw basket hanging from the corner of the the sound of footsteps, he turned around, his complexion was fair, and his facial features were exquisite.
Ni Xiu'e couldn't help marveling secretly, how could there be such a handsome man in the world!
"There's nothing fancy about that basket, it's been hanging for several years." She said with a smile.
The young man didn't speak, just smiled at her.
When Ni Xiu'e returned home, her heart was is he?Looking at the seriousness of the people around him, and seeing the nobility on his body, it is innate, which prince and nobleman could it be?Does he have anything to do with Hugh?
The alley seemed to be quiet, so she opened the door and walked towards Tao's house.
The surroundings were as quiet as death, and there was a pleasant fragrance in the air. She just woke up like a dream. There was indeed an outsider just now.
The courtyard door opened, and the courtyard was wider than usual. It seemed that something was missing. It turned out that the gardenia tree was missing.
The next summer came a great storm, and the wind and rain raged all a night of terror, Ni Xiu'e got up to clean up the a loud bang, she hurried to check the movement. It turned out that the dilapidated house of the Tao family had collapsed, and the wall bricks were scattered everywhere.
Over the past ten years, some people inside and outside the alley have moved out and some have moved alleys are more lively than Xiu'e was sitting on a stone bench outside Tao's house, pointing at the pile of ruins in front of her, and narrating the were many people around her who were listening to the story. Of course, they were interested in the young man, and they all speculated about his they could hear the old voice, they still hoped to dig out something fresh from Ni Xiu'e's mouth.
However, Ni Xiu'e still couldn't guess who that handsome man was.
People became disappointed and dispersed in twos and threes.
Later, Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, came to power and treated Xiao Kui with great kindness and , a piece of good news spread to Mengyu County: Xiao Kui married Yang Jian and married his favorite daughter to Yang Jian's son Yang Wen of the Sui Dynasty prepared a great ceremony and canonized this girl as the Princess of Jin.
Ni Xiu'e is old and can't straighten her she still likes to go for a walk in the depths of the alley, squinting her eyes, as if seeing Xiuxiu's immature was bouncing around, holding a freshly picked gardenia in her hand, smiling and calling her Mama Ni.
She looked a little lonely, facing the ruins in front of her, she murmured sadly: "That Princess Jin should be as old as Xiuxiu, right?"
She has been guarding her old house, her chickens, and her tea garden.
The ruins are already overgrown with weeds, and there are always butterflies and bees patrolling around in warm sunny days, looking for them.
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