Lifting the Wife? The Noble Matriarch Divorces and Remarries the Younger Uncle. – Chapter 175

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第175章 风雪
夜色渐深,凛冽的寒风裹挟着鹅毛大雪,肆意地席卷着大地。

马车内倒是没那么冷,陆璟也没想过瞒苏轻宛,“那时我还未曾踏入锦衣卫,我的师父柳江身为指挥使,顺水推舟把矛头指向淮南。后来皇上起了疑心,重新开启调查,如今已有了些许眉目。那年我前往西南,身负重伤之际遇到你,实则就是为了查此案。西南方面极力隐瞒,然而终究是纸包不住火。”

苏轻宛恍然大悟,“原来如此,皇上对西南的恨意,看来早有体现,只是我和父王竟后知后觉。尤其是父王,一直以为当年的事做得天衣无缝。如今宗室的毒虽已解,本以为没人会起疑,没想到还是瞒不了一世。”

“若要人不知,除非己莫为。”陆璟淡淡地说道,目光温柔地回视苏轻宛,眼神交汇间,千言万语尽在其中。

待两人回到别院时,子时已过。青云早已等候多时,见他们回来,立刻命人烧水。苏轻宛疲惫地将自己泡在热水中,那冰冷的手脚,渐渐回暖。

青云走到苏轻宛身旁,压低声音说道:“姑娘,我已经联系了所有的密探,包括晨风。若要营救王爷,我们恐怕得潜伏进宫。”

苏轻宛闻言,陷入了沉思,片刻后缓缓说道:“救不了的,若是莽撞行事,不过是飞蛾扑火,死路一条。”

青云微微一惊,眼中满是恨意,恨那皇宫无情地葬送了她的姐妹。可即便心中恨意滔天,她还是保有理智。

苏轻宛轻声安抚她:“我来想办法。”

如今的她,已然决定孤注一掷。

青云看着苏轻宛眼中的决绝,心中涌起一丝不安,问道:“姑娘,你想做什么?”

苏轻宛却只是沉默不语。

“不管姑娘想做什么,青云都会万死不辞。”

苏轻宛突然问道:“青云,你们姐妹后悔过跟着我吗?”

青云连忙摇头:“从未后悔,姑娘给了我们新生,这些年带我们走南闯北,我们姐妹这十年的生活,比许多女子一辈子都精彩。我不后悔,姐姐虽已殒命,想来她也不会后悔的。”

苏轻宛听后,心中感慨万千。她这一路走来,历经无数艰难险阻,却也从未后悔,如今更是注定要一条路走到黑了。

待苏轻宛梳洗过后,陆璟便来了。

陆璟素来克己复礼,子夜时分造访她的闺房,绝非他一贯的作风。苏轻宛将他引至暖榻旁坐下,青云适时奉上热茶。

陆璟递过一盒安神香,声音温和如春风拂面,“郡主夜来难眠,我特寻来此香,点燃后或可助你安睡。”

“有毒?”苏轻宛眉梢微挑,除夕之夜那昏沉之感令她心生疑窦,却苦于无迹可寻。

“仅是安神之用,无毒。”陆璟神色自若,“你已在我监控之下,别院内外遍布锦衣卫,其中不乏皇上耳目。皇上既将你赐婚于我,自是希望我能掌控你,进而逼西南走上谋反之路。从今往后,恐怕要委屈郡主与我同室而居了。”

“你我虽有婚约在身,但同住一屋,恐不合礼数。”苏轻宛语气冷淡。

“礼数乃死物,人却是活的。”陆璟不以为意。

“随你便!”苏轻宛懒得与他争辩,她刚梳洗完毕,屋内炭火虽旺,仍透着一丝寒意。她裹紧厚厚的披风,将自己缩成一团,神情间满是厌倦与烦躁。

陆璟凝视着她那苍白如纸的脸庞,心中涌起一股怜惜之情。他靠近苏轻宛,轻轻拉过披风,将她拥入怀中。苏轻宛微微蹙眉,虽不习惯这般亲密,却也未加抗拒。

她的手脚冰凉刺骨,他紧握她的手,恨不能将自身温度尽数传递给她。苏轻宛一直心存疑惑:陆璟为何会喜欢上自己?

她自知是个无趣之人,除了赚钱谋算外,毫无女子柔情,更非善解人意之辈。“陆璟,你为何会喜欢我?”她终于忍不住问道。

“难以言表。”陆璟轻叹,“或许是缘分使然。”

“那也是一段孽缘吧。”苏轻宛苦笑。

他的手与她十指紧扣,苏轻宛的手并不柔软,只有一层薄薄的皮肉包裹着骨头,手心还布满了茧子,这并非大家闺秀的手,倒更像是一位女将军的手。

然而,这样的亲密交缠却让风雪都显得不那么寒冷了。

“孽缘也罢,良缘也好,都是缘分。”陆璟缓缓说道,“当年在西南共度的那些日子,是我难得的悠闲时光。雕花、晒太阳、闻花香,那是我小半生中少有的快乐时光。小五,我从未向你提及过家中之事,你可愿一听?”

关于陆家的事,苏轻宛早已耳熟能详,她早已调查得一清二楚,甚至将之整理成文字置于案头。然而,她似乎真的从未听过陆璟亲口述说。

陆璟的声音低沉而缓慢,仿佛在回忆一段尘封已久的往事。他的父亲,是一个谨小慎微的男子,寒窗苦读多年,终于中举外放为官。他一生兢兢业业,为民请命,是百姓口中的好官。陆璟从小耳濡目染,心中也渐渐种下了青云之志,渴望像父亲一样,成为一个为民谋福的清官。

苏轻宛静静地听着,心中却暗忖:若你父亲泉下有知,看到你如今成了双手染血的锦衣卫副指挥使,恐怕会失望至极吧。

“我父亲并非死于水患。”陆璟的声音忽然冷了几分,眼中闪过一丝痛楚,“他是被人害死的。”

他缓缓道出那段陈年旧事。当年,陆家在任上时,地方权臣觊觎良田,企图逼迫他父亲同流合污。然而,他父亲刚正不阿,坚决不从,最终被设计死在水患中,对外却宣称是意外身亡。

“从那以后,我便弃文从武。”陆璟的语气中带着一丝决绝,“我本想从军,在战场上挣得军功,光宗耀祖。”他顿了顿,目光变得深邃,“我从小就知道权力的重要性。我出生时,陆家还未显达,家世低微,连本家都不愿认我们。我曾亲眼目睹大伯母如何低声下气地讨好那些权贵夫人,像狗一样被人使唤。我和陆枫从长辈身上学到的最刻骨铭心的事,就是权力的重要性。”

苏轻宛听罢,心中泛起一阵复杂的情绪。她看着陆璟,那张平日里冷峻的脸此刻却透出一丝脆弱。她忽然明白,他为何会走上这条路——不是为了权势本身,而是为了不再被人践踏,为了掌控自己的命运。

“权力……”苏轻宛轻声呢喃,仿佛在咀嚼这个词的分量。她抬起头,与陆璟的目光交汇,仿佛在这一刻,两人的心靠得更近了一些。

Lifting the Wife? The Noble Matriarch Divorces and Remarries the Younger Uncle.

Lifting the Wife? The Noble Matriarch Divorces and Remarries the Younger Uncle.

抬平妻?侯门主母和离改嫁小叔
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Su Qingwan traveled a thousand miles to the capital to search for her twin sister, Xie Xiaolan, only to unexpectedly stumble upon her sister being killed and disfigured. She vowed to take revenge for her sister's death. On the day of her brother-in-law's wedding, she impersonated her sister and caused chaos at the Lu family’s wedding, forcing Li Xueying to go from being the lawful wife to a concubine. Su Qingwan contended with her mother-in-law and the concubines, recovered her sister’s dowry, and exposed the hypocritical true nature of the Lu family. Through her careful plotting, the truth about Li Xueying and Lu Feng’s involvement in Xie Xiaolan’s murder came to light. She thought that she would hate the Lu family for the rest of her life, and after taking her revenge, she would stay far away from them. Unexpectedly, after her revenge, her entire life ended up being tied to Lu Jing. Lu Jing, as the commander of the Jinyiwei, suspected from the very beginning that Su Qingwan was an imposter, and he watched coldly as she battled the Lu family. Su Qingwan knew that Lu Jing was a living embodiment of Yama, the king of hell, and in order to take revenge, she deliberately used her beauty to seduce him, trying to thwart his investigation into her true identity. Lu Jing thought that his sister-in-law was beautiful yet cruel, with lowly means; once he unveiled her imposter identity, he would definitely send her to prison. Unexpectedly, in the end, he trapped himself and imprisoned her.

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