Lamp Flower Smile

Qi Yutai had a dream.

A very long dream.

The dream was fragmented and noisy. One moment it was a thatched house with a birdcage in Mangming Township, and the next moment it was a raging fire in Fengle Building. In the sky covered with flying ash, he saw an old face with bleeding eyes and nose, a stupid fool looking at him with a smile, and a thrush chirping crisply on his shoulder.

He ran away in panic, but was stopped by a locked door. When he turned around, in the Jingzhe room in Fengle Tower, a painting of a beautiful woman was weeping, looking at him coldly.

"ah--"

Qi Yutai opened his eyes suddenly and sat up from the couch.

The sound of hurried footsteps rang in my ears, and then the voice of a servant and maid came: "Master?"

Qi Yutai looked around in fear.

On the gold thread mat, the white magnolia Ruyi cloud pattern was wrinkled into a ball. On the table in the distance, the incense burner exuded the familiar fragrance of spiritual incense. He was in a daze for a moment, and slowly understood.

This is in his own house.

Did you just have a dream?

"When did I fall asleep?" He lifted the quilt and asked the person beside him while rubbing his forehead and heart.

The maid was stunned for a moment, and then a look of surprise appeared on her face: "Master, are you awake?"

She turned around and shouted towards the courtyard: "Go and tell the master, the young master is awake——"

Qi Yutai frowned and shook his head. He felt that his head was heavy, as if he had not slept for several days and nights, and he was terribly lethargic.

Thinking back again, I can no longer remember when I got on the bed or what I did before going to bed.

While I was rubbing my temples, I suddenly heard someone speaking outside the door: "Master Qi, are you awake?"

This voice was very familiar, and Qi Yutai was stunned.

He looked up and saw a woman standing outside the door. She was wearing a light blue robe and had pretty features. She walked in holding a bowl of soup.

Qi Yutai paused, then pointed at the person in front of him and shouted loudly: "Lu Yun!"

He asked: "Why are you here?"

Why did Lu Yan appear in his room?

The female medical officer put the Chinese medicine bowl on the table aside, looked at him and said, "Mr. Qi, it was the Grand Master who asked me to come."

"My dad?"

Qi Yutai looked at the people around him suspiciously: "What do you mean?"

The maid lowered her head and explained: "Sir, you fell ill again a few days ago. The master asked Medical Officer Lu to treat you."

Is he sick?

Qi Yutai was confused, when did this happen? However, when he thought about it carefully, he suddenly felt as if someone was using a long and thin needle to stir things up in his mind, giving him a splitting headache.

Qi Yutai cheered up, looked at the person in front of him and sneered: "It's a joke, my illness has always been left to Cui Min. But a medical officer from the Imperial Medical College is not qualified to treat me. Where is Cui Min? Let him get out!"

The maid lowered her head and said, "Master, something has happened to Ambassador Cui."

"What happened?" Qi Yutai frowned, "What happened?"

He wanted to ask again, but suddenly a "Yutai" sound came from outside the door.

Qi Yutai looked forward and saw the housekeeper helping Qi Qing into the room.

The old master's always neat robes were slightly wrinkled, and he was coughing as he walked. He probably came over as soon as he heard his son woke up. Qi Yutai called "Father", and Qi Qing's eyebrows suddenly relaxed.

The housekeeper helped Qi Qing forward, but Lu Zhu stayed aside. Qi Qing came to the couch, looked at Qi Yutai carefully with gray eyes, and after a long while, said: "Are you awake?"

Qi Yutai said "hmm" and looked at Lu Yun impatiently: "Father, what happened to Cui Min? Why do you want her to come to me for diagnosis? Previously, the man who captured the tiger in Huangmaogang died in the hands of this woman - "

"Jade platform."

Qi Qing's voice was calm, and the rest of Qi Yutai's words were stuck in his chest, and he didn't dare to say a word.

The old master turned to look at Lu Zhuo.

"Medical Officer Lu," he said, "Thank you for taking care of my son. You have worked hard these days. Someone, come and take Medical Officer Lu down to rest."

This leaves the father and son to talk.

Lu Zhuo nodded and left the house with the maid, and the door was closed.

Qi Yutai sat on the edge of the couch and watched Lu Zhuo exit the room. He finally spoke angrily: "Father, this bitch keeps entangled with Pei Yunying, which makes my sister sad and humiliates my Qi family in public. How can you be so polite to her? This Isn’t it a slap in the Qi family’s face?”

His eyebrows were wild and Qi Qing frowned slightly.

"You are recovering from your illness," Qi Qing said, "You need to take good care of yourself."

"I'm not sick at all. Father," Qi Yutai said, "Why isn't Cui Min here?"

"She will treat you from now on." Qi Qing ignored him, "You can't make any mistakes in the Tianzhangtai Festival."

"Father! I'm not sick at all!" Qi Yutai raised his voice.

There was silence in the room for a moment.

The servants lowered their heads, no one dared to speak.

Meeting Qi Qing's calm eyes, Qi Yutai flinched and lowered his voice: "Father, I'm really not sick. Didn't Cui Min say that? I'm just scared..."

His words gradually faded away in Qi Qing's silence.

Qi Yutai tightened his grip on the quilt.

He doesn't feel sick.

He couldn't remember what he did when he fell ill, but when he woke up, except for being dizzy, he felt no discomfort all over his body. But he also knew that his father had always paid attention to the reputation of the Qi family. The rumors about Fengle Tower had made his father worried. This time he fell ill again, and his father must be very disappointed in him.

Perhaps he had just recovered from a serious illness, and his face was extremely pale and worrying. Qi Qing looked at him for a moment, then finally relaxed and said, "After you recover, she will be at your disposal."

Qi Yutai was startled and suddenly overjoyed: "Really?"

Qi Qing has always been in charge of all his affairs. In fact, he had wanted to take action against Lu Zhu before, but he also delayed it because of his father, and later bumped into Fengle Tower...

"I'll go to Si Li's Mansion tomorrow, and then I'll rest there." Qi Qing coughed a few more times, "Don't run around again before the ceremony."

Qi Qing did not blame himself. Although his tone was calm, it was still concerned. Qi Yutai was flattered and agreed. After saying a few words to Qi Qing, the housekeeper helped Qi Qing leave, leaving Qi Yutai sitting alone on the couch.

His head was still groggy, and he looked around. All the antique vases in the room seemed to have been put away, and the shelves were empty. The personal maid was an ordinary person. Qi Yutai thought about it carefully for a while, and was not sure whether he had killed the maid again. He simply sat on the couch in a daze.

Someone came in and said, "Master Qi, remember to drink the medicine." As he said that, a bowl of medicine was handed to Qi Yutai.

Qi Yutai raised his eyelids and saw Lu Zhuo walking in again.

She held the bowl with both hands, and the brown soup medicine was under her eyes. Qi Yutai didn't take it, just glanced at her, and said inexplicably: "How did you convince my father?"

Qi Qing never told him about Cui Min, but even if something happened to Cui Min, Qi Yutai didn't understand why his father would let her come to treat him even if he knew that this woman had evil intentions and caused him to lose face before.

"Master Qi personally found him as a subordinate." Lu Yan said.

Did her father take the initiative to find her?

Qi Yutai frowned, becoming more and more confused as to what Qi Qing meant by this move.

The woman stood in front of him with a low eyebrow. Thinking of Qi Qing's promise to him just now, Qi Yutai glanced at the medicine in her hand: "Isn't it poisonous?"

"Master Qi is joking."

"I'm sorry you don't dare." Qi Yutai chuckled, then looked her up and down, and the corner of his mouth suddenly curled up maliciously: "In that case, please feed me Doctor Lu."

Lu Chen looked at him.

Qi Yutai smiled contemptuously.

So what if the medical officer entered the Taishi Mansion, a dog of the Qi family, just like Cui Min.

Let others drive you to work.

After a moment of silence, Lu Zhu lowered his eyes, picked up the medicine bowl, picked up the spoon and brought it to Qi Yutai's lips.

Qi Yutai's smile became more and more comfortable.

Her fingertips touched Qi Yutai's face. It was as cold as a living person. However, unexpectedly, the decoction was not too bitter. It was much fresher and sweeter than the medicine Cui Min had boiled before. I wonder if it was an illusion. It was sweet and fragrant. , is actually somewhat similar to the "Dream of Spring Grass in the Pond" that was previously lit in Si Li's Mansion.

Before he knew it, he finished the bowl of medicine.

Lu Yun put down the empty bowl and Qi Yutai squinted at her.

She turned around to collect the remaining medicine on the table, still looking calm, as if she didn't take the humiliation to heart.

Qi Yutai looked at her calm look, and suddenly a fire broke out in his heart.

"Last time in Huangmaogang I would rather die than kneel. I thought Medical Officer Lu was so noble, but I never expected to see such a lowly side of Medical Officer Lu."

Qi Yutai sarcastically said: "What, where is your good lover Pei Yunying? I asked you to serve me. If he sees you serving other men with a low eyebrow, I wonder if he will still want you."

"Doctors treat diseases as a matter of course. Mr. Qi should be careful what he says."

The bright sun seeped in from the window, and Lu Chen stood in the shadow under the window, eyes half lowered, his movements slow and unhurried, and did not answer his words. He only lowered his head and said: "Master Qi, remember to take your medicine on time every day. Don't move around too much and rest more in the house. Master Qi has warned that as the beginning of autumn approaches, the bedding should not be too thin, the incense in the house should be changed from time to time, be sure to go to bed before midnight, and eat light meals..."

She said a lot in succession, "Mr. Qi" every time, which made Qi Yutai more and more upset, and said coldly: "Aren't you the one who will do the daily medicine?" Then he looked at the low couch next to the door, with a playful look on his face, "You are all with me. We’re in the same house.”

"Previously Mr. Qi was seriously ill, so I stayed at the house to treat Mr. Qi's illness. Now that Mr. Qi has woken up and his condition has improved, Mr. Qi allowed me to go home. From now on, I will visit Mr. Qi's house every other day to take his pulse. diagnosis.”

Qi Yutai's face darkened.

He originally wanted to torture Lu Zhuo.

Lu Zhuo took a step back and nodded to him while holding the packed medicine tray, "Young Master Qi has just recovered from a serious illness. Remember to take care of him quietly. Master Qi paid great attention to you during your previous illness. Master Qi must not let down Master Qi's love for your son." heart of."

After saying this, he bowed to Qi Yutai, lowered his head and left.

Qi Yutai was already upset, so it was a good thing that Lu Zhu didn't say this. Once he said this, he looked at the newly replaced mattress in the house, the unfamiliar maid, and the Lingxi incense burning on the table.

My father was already very strict, but now that he was detained in the house, he probably had no freedom at all.

That bit of mania grew bigger and bigger like a spark, raging in an instant with nowhere to dissipate, so he vented his hatred on the shadow that had just left.

"Bitch," he said.

"After the festival, let's see how I torture you."

…

Lu Zhuo left the Taishi Mansion carrying the medical box on his back.

As soon as I stepped out of the gate of Taishi Mansion, the world suddenly became much wider. The refreshing wind blew on my face, sweeping away the stagnation and stickiness of the past few days, and even the nausea in my chest was dissipated.

She got on the carriage and went back to West Street. Yin Zheng and others were very happy to see her back.

"Is the son of the Qi family recovered from his illness?"

Miao Liangfang pulled her aside and asked secretly.

Lu Chen nodded.

Miao Liang then breathed a sigh of relief: "Blessed by Bodhisattva, I was still worried that something would happen."

Miao Liangfang has always been worried about Lu Zhuo.

The last time he met Cui Min, Cui Min's words always made Miao Liangfang uneasy. Qi Yutai is ill, Cui Min is in prison at this juncture, and Lu Zhu is on top. But madness is always difficult to treat. This is a hot potato. If you are not careful, the gain outweighs the loss.

Du Changqing squeezed over and looked at her carefully for a moment: "People are looking haggard, tsk, I just said that rich people are not good people, treat people like animals, don't they? Look under those eyes, they are as dark as if they were painted with ink... How much money did I give you? I need more money!”

"Money, money, money, my boss knows money. I haven't seen how tired the girl is." Yin Zheng pushed Lu Zhuo into the small courtyard, "I'm going to put the bath water for the girl. I haven't seen anything in the Taishi Mansion these days. It’s good to have a rest, it’ll be good to come back, it’s just a few days of rest.”

The hot water was quickly boiled, and Lu Yan changed his clothes and lay between the barrels. The steaming heat blurred his eyes, but it made the fatigue from the past few days lessened.

Yin Zheng came in with clean clothes and hung them on the screen.

"Girl," she sat down in front of the small table behind the screen and whispered while picking up the unfinished needlework, "Is Mr. Qi really well?"

Lu Chen said "hmm".

Yin Zheng was a little confused.

Lu Zhuo came to Beijing to avenge the Qi family. Now that his enemies were right in front of him, Lu Zhuo cured Qi Yutai.

She doesn't understand.

Yin Zheng wanted to ask, but swallowed the words when they reached her lips. Even if she asked Lu Chen, she would not tell him. Lu Chen always only did his own thing quietly and never let outsiders know.

After thinking about it, she said another thing: "Girl, it's Chinese Valentine's Day in a few days. Mr. Miao has made a new herbal tea. It nourishes blood and qi for women, and strengthens yang and kidneys for men. They are sold in the same straw basket. . I see that many medical clinics in Shengjing Medical Clinic do this, and Shopkeeper Du said we should also learn from it.”

"It's just that the straw basket looks too rough, I thought. Make a colorful silk ribbon and hang it up. Anyway, women on Chinese Valentine's Day are also interested in making ribbons to give to their sweethearts." Yin Zheng raised the string of silk ribbons in her hand and gave it to her. Lu Yan looked at it, "Look, girl, does it look less monotonous?"

Lu Zhuo looked over.

The colorful silk ribbons looked like garlands of various colors in Yin Zheng's hands. They were really beautiful, so she nodded and said, "It's beautiful."

"I think it looks good too. If you want to learn it later, I'll teach you." Yin Zheng said with a smile, "It's not difficult at all. Just wear a suitable one and hang it around your waist. It will look great with a skirt."

Just as Lu Yu was about to nod, he suddenly remembered something: "Isn't the Chinese Valentine's Day the seventh day of the Lunar New Year?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"I have something to go out that day."

Yin Zheng was stunned: "What are you doing out there, girl?"

Then he looked at Lu Chen tentatively, "Are you celebrating the holiday with someone?"

"No." Lu Yan replied, "It's to wish someone a birthday."

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, Qixi Festival, is Pei Yunshu's birthday. Pei Yunying said it last time when he came to the medical hospital.

She almost forgot about it.

…

In Pei's mansion, Pei Yunshu was gesturing with some clothes in front of Pei Yunying.

Pei Yunying stood with a hint of impatience on his face, while Baozhu sat on the low couch, holding a golden butterfly in his hand, looking at the two of them and laughing.

"I can't even look at the orb anymore," Pei Yunying raised her hand, pushed aside the clothes that Pei Yunshu gestured in front of her, turned around and sat down on the low couch, and picked up the orb to avoid Pei Yunshu's subsequent busyness.

"Sister, you are making so many new clothes, why not make a new cabinet."

Pei Yunshu let go and looked at him sideways: "Oh? I made so many new clothes and you wear official uniforms every day. I thought you didn't care about them, so you threw them all away to me."

"You're slandering me again." Pei Yunying smiled and said, "Of course, servants in the palace wear official uniforms. They don't take baths on weekdays. I don't wear them too."

"Wear it, wear it, I've never seen it before!" Pei Yunshu glared at him, "Get up! It's my birthday the day after tomorrow, and you must choose something you like to wear."

Pei Yunying remained unmoved: "It's your birthday, not mine. Why am I dressing up so brightly?"

"Miss Lu will be here the next day. If you wear official clothes, others will think you are on official business."

Hearing this, Pei Yunying's eyes moved slightly, but he still sat down and refused to get up. He said slowly, "Doctor Lu is not someone who judges people by their appearance. Besides," he paused, "I'm not ugly either, so there's no need for clothes to enhance my appearance."

Seeing him like this, Pei Yunshu sighed, put down the mountain of clothes in her hands, and sat down at the round table opposite Pei Yunying.

"Ah Ying," Pei Yunshu said earnestly, "Sister is not a fool. I can't tell what you are thinking about Miss Lu?"

"I know that you have been favored by others since you were a child, and you will not speak if you are not completely sure about anything. Unfortunately, there is no reason for anything, and your heart is not controlled by you. If you want to deal with your heart like official business, then It’s absolutely impossible.”

She said: "If you are interested in Miss Lu, you must show it in a real way. Ask her what she likes and give her something. Take her out often to make her happy. How tiring it is to be a errand in the imperial city. How can you compare it to yourself? Others know better that it will only be more difficult for her as an ordinary person."

Pei Yunying listened indifferently, and took the hair that was grasped by Bao Zhu back from Bao Zhu's hand. Bao Zhu happily held up the golden butterfly and put it on his head.

Pei Yunshu then added: "Besides, Miss Lu also has a fiancé who is not sure whether he is real or not..."

Having said this, he suddenly looked at Pei Yunying: "Ah Ying, it's my birthday tomorrow, why don't I ask Miss Lu for you if she has someone you like?"

Pei Yunying was speechless: "No."

"I won't do this or that." Pei Yunshu got angry, "I heard Duan Xiaoyan say that Miss Lu is very popular in your palace, and so is such a good-looking, kind-hearted, smart girl. If I I have a son, and I also want to look after my son. Who will get you..."

She talked for a long time, but when she saw that the man still didn't care, she was so angry that she pushed her clothes on the table: "I have said everything that needs to be said, and you don't listen to anything. Don't regret it in the future!" After that, she gave him a hug. He returned to Baozhu and said angrily: "Let's go and ignore him."

Pei Yunying: "..."

Silence returned to the house.

The young man lowered his head and picked up the golden butterfly that the orb had just left beside the couch.

The butterfly wings shone gorgeously and bloomed at his fingertips. Like a faint spark in his dark eyes, his beauty filled the room with light.

He lowered his eyes for a while, then clasped his hands together to hold the butterfly in his palms, and smiled lightly.