The Precious Lady – Chapter 402

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温婉的手比脑子还要快,她蓦地抓住魏峥的手,力气大得她自己都不察觉,小娘子抿着唇,一字一句,“我不许你这样想!”

秋风呼呼灌入。

廊下的暖帘被打得“啪啪”作响。

温师妹的手…好凉!
魏峥脸色微滞,看见对面那小娘子雾气蒙蒙,仿佛那汪秋水在她眼睛里不安晃动。

或许他真是疯了。

对面小娘子那双眼睛里…只有心疼…浓得化不开的心疼,就仿佛他魏峥受了天大的委屈,偏偏她比他更委屈。

心疼?

温师妹…会心疼他?
视线慢慢下垂,落在温婉抓住自己的手上,四目相对那瞬间,温婉蓦地抽手,却一下被那人拽住。

他力气大得几乎要折断她的手指!

魏峥的手滚烫,抓在她的手背上,一阵灼热传来!
温婉心里一急,头皮发麻,再抽离!

对方力气却更大!
竟是少见的强势和霸道。

无声拉扯,烛台滚落,灯火熄灭,房间瞬间黑成一团!
“你…”黑暗中,男子呼吸急促,似急切求一个答案,“你是不是…”

是不是对我…也有一点动心。

哪怕一点……

温婉甩开他的手,黑暗之中,他看不清她的神情,但她的语气是恰到好处的惊慌失措和羞恼,“侯爷息怒,刚才一时情急…请侯爷放心,我对侯爷绝无非分之想。侯爷是顶天立地的好男儿,万不可像今日这般自轻自伤!”

“更何况我对亡夫情深义重,此生绝无二心!”

夜风无端惹人恼。

楼下的竹帘撞击,在安静的夜里发出声响。

温婉下定决心,嗯,明日便将这些恼人的竹帘全部拆掉。

魏峥的手僵在半空,慢慢收回,一团夜色之中,男人眼里的光逐渐黯淡,他唇角自嘲一勾,“我只是想提醒师妹,方才烛火燎到你衣袖了。”

啊。

温婉拿手摩挲衣袖边缘,果然有火燎布料的粗糙感。

温婉脸色呆滞,是她孔雀开屏了?

可方才男人的眼睛幽黑清亮得吓人,仿佛一头猛兽张开血口大盆将她吞入腹中。

她见过魏峥这样侵略性极强的眼神。

那是…在他们的榻上交欢之时。

果然,手办恢复记忆以后,性子也和从前有所不同。

温婉暗中将衣袖卷成一条线,尴尬一笑,抓起地上的烛台,“多谢侯爷提醒。”

背后窸窸窣窣的声音传来,魏峥起身,“天色已晚,温师妹早些回去。对了,你那个车夫…叫什么李小淳的,明日将他送到军营中来,我替师妹好好操练着,下次若再有歹徒闹事,他也不至于拖累师妹。”

“不急,这几天先对付贾氏,我还有用得着他的地方。”温婉捧着烛火起身,扭头冲那翻身出去的身影,“侯爷,他叫陈小淳!”

赵恒百无聊赖的蹲守在红楼外,他嘴里叼着一根草,手里夹树枝在地上摆弄,偶尔抬头瞧一眼二楼房间的烛火。

嗯。

自家侯爷就是喜欢这寡妇!
这若是让皇后娘娘知道了那还了得!
只怕是连带着望风的自己也得受牵连!

赵恒不明白了,天下女子千千万,侯爷怎么就要吊死在温小娘子这棵树上!
许小娘子那棵树不好吗?

更何况温小娘子这棵树身后还拖着两颗小树苗尾巴!
一阵窸窸窣窣的声音传来,赵恒一抬头就看见魏峥从二楼翻墙而出,他“呸”一口将嘴里狗尾巴草扯出来,凑近才发现魏峥的脸沉得吓人,“侯爷……”

魏峥充耳不闻,只翻身上马,片刻便冲出巷子。

赵恒瞧着那样儿,心中不妙,这…这…这…难不成是侯爷告白失败?
“侯爷,你等等我啊!”赵恒立刻上马追了出去。

夜深。

督抚院内灯火通明,仆人们忙前忙后,竟比白日还要热闹。不多时,许小娘子穿一身秋日薄衫,急急赶来,依礼递了拜帖后见到了候继,“候小将军,听闻侯爷醉酒,险些从马背上摔下来,能否让我进去看一眼?”

“这…”候继心知侯爷不喜和许小娘子纠缠,但人家一个小娘子夜深跑来,一脸关切不似作假,实在说不出狠心的话。

“我让下人准备了醒酒汤,督抚院内拢共就两个女仆,此刻只怕是忙不过来。我去看一眼便走。”

候继正和许小娘子打太极,屋内赵恒却已经将魏峥扛回床上,仆人们打水替魏峥擦洗身子,又叫了大夫。

孟元杰却最先赶来,一入屋就瞧见魏峥裸着右半边身体,肩膀红肿青紫,他咄咄诘问赵恒:“侯爷自幼在马背上长大,就算是重伤出入敌方也不曾从马上摔下来!你可倒好,你上次不是吹嘘说你跟着侯爷,绝对不会让侯爷掉一根汗毛吗?”

赵恒努努嘴,没辩解。

总不好说侯爷今夜见了温小娘子后性情大变,自己喝醉了跌落下马吧?
孟元杰做事妥帖,拿油给魏峥肩膀推开,魏峥喝得人事不省,任凭几个属下摆弄。

孟元杰也发现魏峥怪异,便悄悄问赵恒:“今晚发生了何事?侯爷平日里可从不酗酒!”

赵恒咬唇,扭头看别处。

既是魏峥的私事,孟元杰自然不好多问,只好默默收拾残局。

红绡帐里浮起淡淡合欢香,魏峥似睡非睡,望着帐顶上垂落的银丝流速,双眸涣散。

脑子里回想着温婉方才说的那些话。

和亡夫情深义重?
此生绝不改嫁?

他信她个鬼!
不过是婉拒他的借口罢了!

他魏峥便如此不堪?需要温婉扯着亡夫守节的大旗来欺骗他叫他死心?
魏峥脑子昏昏沉沉,身如不系之舟在江面上飘荡,心里空落落的,屋内亦是冷冷清清。

窗户外飘来断断续续的更声,恍惚间似有冰凉的手指钻进中衣——

魏峥蓦的睁眼。

顷刻间眼里毫无睡意!
他剑不离身,枕头下便是他的长剑,这是他的规矩。于昏沉的烛火光芒中,魏峥长剑出鞘,对着前面的人影虚空一挥。

精准、有力、毫不留情。

屋内灯火不安晃动,险些熄灭。

许小娘子左侧的一缕长发被魏峥剑气所伤,飘飘荡荡落地,而许小娘子跌坐在窗前的地板上,花容失色,双唇颤颤,“侯爷…是我…我…我只是来送一碗醒酒汤…”(本章完)

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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