The Precious Lady – Chapter 387

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第387章 敌意
温婉笑笑,“多谢侯爷。”

“这段日子,元家贾氏可有找你麻烦?”

“尚能应付。”那小娘子说到这里,显然很是得意,眉眼一弯,就像小孩迫不及待和人炫耀战利品一般,眼底藏不住笑意,“元三老爷痛失爱子,为消孽障,求余生顺遂,带着全家人去山上寺庙求佛。”

“嘿。”温婉呵呵笑,刻意凑拢了一些,那香气便猛地灌入魏峥鼻尖,魏峥只觉得靠近温婉的这半边身子酥酥麻麻。

小娘子浑然无觉他的异样,声音低低的炫耀:“春姨娘临走之前,我刻意寻名医开了一张调养生息的方子赠于她手,争取让元三老爷再度焕发青春活力,为元家三房添丁进口。”

魏峥略一思索,便知温婉打的什么如意算盘。

“如此一来,贾氏定然疲于应对春姨娘,无暇顾及你这头。”

温婉当然没有说起元六郎的事儿。

自然更不会说她和春姨娘暗中达成合作。

“但这终究不是长久之计。”魏峥看得明白,说话间双眼一眯,眼尾深处带起一层摄人的杀意,“贾氏已经认定你是凶手,她不会放弃与你为敌。”

“水来土掩,兵来将挡。”小娘子声音很笃定,有一种运筹帷幄的淡然,“况且…我这人…也不是吃素的。”

天边火光渐熄。

温婉知晓,等天边有了明霞,城内不知多少人的人头落地。

眼下这片刻的安宁…也是偷来的。

魏峥似乎体力不济,走了片刻脚步越来越慢,温婉疑惑间,听得他柔声道:“走慢些。”

温婉恼他,“侯爷如此不爱惜自己,既受了伤就该在床上好好躺着。这两步路我自己走回去便是。偏你这人说一不二,性格强势,还不听人劝。你就算不为自己想,也得为宫里的那位娘娘着想。”

关切的语气、担忧的眸色,魏峥心底一漾,仿佛被千丝万缕的丝线包裹着,每一根丝线都在纠缠,都在拉扯,弄得心酥酥麻麻的。

脑子里的弦…“啪”的一声,似乎一下就崩裂。

理智犹如残烟幻影。

男人唇边慢慢牵出一丝弧度,声音里藏着一分小心翼翼的试探,“温师妹…是在关心我?你——”

温婉瞥他一眼,恨铁不成钢,“既叫侯爷一声师兄,如何能不关心?侯爷屡次救我性命,又对我多有关照,难道我能无动于衷?我的心又不是石头做的!”

原来是这样。

魏峥笑笑,“那就多谢师妹关心。”

他跟着刘桂舟走的时候,被困暗堡,四面八方都是敌人,他胸口中了一剑,血流不止,侯继他们背着他到处找医士不得,他还以为自己会死在石头山。

那时候,他在想什么呢。

他很遗憾。

遗憾最终也没有找到父亲的下落。

遗憾…临走之前没有跟温婉好好告别。

遗憾…他像是懦夫一般仓皇逃走,无法直面自己的内心。

可是如今,他大约理清楚自己的心思,却不知温婉的态度。

他只盼着,今夜这路…再远一些,脚程…再慢一些。

很突兀的。

那小娘子声音又响起来了。

她提着那盏灯,风有些旺,吹得她衣袂翻飞。她微微偏着头看着他,火光落在她半张侧脸上,如梦似幻。

“侯爷不止对我有救命之恩。”那小娘子笑着,脸色淡然,“还对许小娘子有救命之恩。”

魏峥蹙眉。

今夜这是第二次听到“许小娘子”四个字了。

小娘子声音里藏着一抹幸灾乐祸,可眼睛却又隐有怒气,上半张脸在笑,可嘴唇却轻抿着,这让向来擅长观面知微的魏峥完全无法通过对方的面部表情特征得到正确的信息。

“侯爷怎么救的许小娘子?”

“我瞧许小娘子似对侯爷一见钟情,难道侯爷也好事将近?”

“也?”魏峥挑眉,“还有谁好事将近?”

温婉努努嘴,示意西城元家方向,“程允章和孙兰芝。两家婚事已经过了明路。”

魏峥脸色一滞,视线不受控的落在那小娘子脸上,似乎想从她的表情中一窥究竟。可温婉唇角始终噙笑,全然没有半分惋惜之色,很显然…程允章对温婉是剃头挑子一头热。

也对。

若温婉当真在乎程允章,当初便不会杀元启。

她已经做了选择。

在报仇和程允章之间,她选择了报仇,将程允章全然舍弃。

呵,还说自己的心不是石头做的,眼下看来,怕是寒冰做的!

这小娘子看似多情,实则骨子里亦有绝情的一面!
那么他呢?

他和程允章有何不同?
那小娘子眸色幽黑,一动不动的盯着他,存着想看他笑话的意思,魏峥面色不虞,语气也不那么好听,“并州遭受倭人袭击的时候,我救过许小娘子一命。其他,再无交集。”

是吗?

那她还天天“魏大人”“魏大人”的叫得亲热!

温婉心中酸涩,随后又觉得自己这气得莫名其妙。

无名无分的,她吃哪门子飞醋?
魏峥又为何要承受她的莫名其妙?

看吧。

恋爱脑还有指定发作对象。

不靠近魏峥,便没这些烦恼!

一想到此处,脑子清明了些许,耳畔传来魏峥的声音:“你莫听风就是雨,我对许小娘子…清清白白。就算她有什么想法,那与我有何干系?我救的小娘子多了去了,难道要把每个小娘子都娶进门?”

这话有些尖酸,难以想象出自手办之口。

不知怎的,气氛略有些僵持,两个人都沉默着不说话。

总算走到温家宅院面前,温婉正要敲门,陈小淳却已经开了门,他忧心忡忡,显然一直等到现在没睡,看见温婉回来才放下心来,“温小娘子,你总算回来了!真是叫人担心!你若再不回来,我便准备去督抚院寻你了。”

口气里的关切半点不作假。

魏峥眼睛一眯,上下打量这人,嗯,没见过!也不是酒坊的伙计!
一口一个“温小娘子”倒是叫得亲热!

督抚院是最安全的地方,轮得到他来操心?
魏峥跨入温宅门槛,随后扭头看向温婉,笑容挑不出一丝错处,“早就跟你说该多买两个下人。这个就很不错,瞧着也是个练家子,看家护院也是极好的!”

The Precious Lady

The Precious Lady

万金娘子
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The text is as follows: "【The Merchant Lady vs. The Cunning Power Lord】 It is said that the Wen family in Ping County has a fortune made of gold and jewels, even the bowls for eating are made of gold. Unfortunately, Old Master Wen has difficulty producing heirs, with only two daughters. With Old Master Wen gravely ill, the Wen family is about to be stripped bare by relatives. The newly arrived Wen Wan is quite anxious. She desperately needs a well-behaved and docile son-in-law—just as Wei Zheng, the Marquis of Huai'an, who was sent to Jiangnan to investigate a case, is ambushed and left in critical condition, he is knocked unconscious and urgently delivered to Wen Wan’s bed. The amnesiac Wei Zheng becomes the Wen family's son-in-law Zhao Heng. His hand that once wielded a sword turns into one that cooks soup. Finally, Wen Wan diagnoses a pregnancy and without hesitation throws the drugged Wei Zheng into the snow-capped mountains five hundred miles away, leaving him to fend for himself. Meanwhile, she dons a white flower on her head and black gauze on her arm, throwing a banquet to bid farewell to her "suddenly deceased" husband. When the citizens of Ping County mention the merchant lady, they all sigh: This young woman is suffering! Her man is dead, leaving her to live with her old father and two children. Don’t let her wealth fool you; she must be in immense pain. Wen Wan wipes her tears with a handkerchief, repeatedly agreeing, fearing others might see her secretly delighted heart. Later, as the Wen family's fortunes attract envy, Wen Wan is thrown into prison. The one handling the case is none other than the renowned Marquis of Huai'an. The Wen family exhausts all their wealth in efforts, but the case makes no progress. In the prison, a cold-eyed man in a blue shirt asks her, “Merchant Wen, I’ve heard that you once vowed to remain faithful to your deceased husband for life?” Wen Wan trembles: Brother, I was being honest, please let me go."

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