Ruoxi curiously followed in, only to see those carriages stop at the gate of the Wisdom Courtyard, on which first a dozen maids came down, followed by more than 20 personal soldiers, all dressed in officer and soldier costumes and carrying sabers.

Ruoxi looked at those maids, they were gorgeously dressed and the styles were very familiar, and suddenly thought of the clothes on Ah Zhen's body, although they were scratched and covered with dust. But the style of the clothes is still clear and clear, could it be her?

At this time, I saw the maids standing next to the carriage in two teams, two maids opened the curtain, and a maid knelt under the carriage, and a young woman came down from the carriage, wearing a pair of brocade shoes embroidered with rose-red peonies, stepping on the back of the maids, and being supported down by the maids on the left and right. Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged lady, both of whom were dressed in expensive Suzhou embroidered brocade clothes, wearing jewels and jade, with a proud face, and a look of contempt at the corners of their eyes and eyebrows.

As soon as they got out of the car, Dongfang Yichen greeted them, hugged his fists and said, "Aunt Yuan, Miss Qingxiao, the eldest brother is entertaining guests inside, let me come and wait, let's go over." ”

"Yichen, you can't hide from leisure today, right?" Mrs. Yuan smiled: "Yixian must be busy again, Sister Ruyan is too lazy, if this is in Yuan's mansion, I am reluctant to tire the child in everything." ”

"My mother and aunt don't want to take care of these mundane things, it's really hard for my eldest brother. Dongfang Yichen smiled and led Mrs. Yuan's mother and daughter to Hongwu Yuan, Ruoxi was strange, the tea party was set up in the Wisdom Courtyard, what did Yichen take them to Hongwu Courtyard for? She was curious, and she couldn't care about being sleepy, so she went to see what was going on, only to hear Yuan Qingxiao ask: "Yichen, is this year's tea party set in Hongwu Courtyard?"

"Yes, at this year's tea party, the eldest brother set up the female guests alone in Hongwu Courtyard, so that the ladies could chat together, and when the mother and aunt talked to the girls, they didn't want outsiders to be around. Dongfang Yichen looked at Mrs. Yuan and said, "Auntie explained, I want to be closer to Aunt Yuan, and I personally arranged the guest room, so I don't want to settle in the study room of the Wisdom Academy this time." ”

Yuan Qingxiao was not happy when he heard this, and said, "Mother, you go and live with Aunt Ruyan, I am in the study." Get closer to Brother Yixian, and you can chat with him at any time. Yuan Qingxiao instructed the maid and attendant: "You go to Aunt Ruyan's courtyard first." She squinted at Dongfang Yichen and said, "Shouldn't there be someone in your eldest brother's courtyard?" I can hear some rumors, but I believe in Brother Yixian's vision, even if he wants to take a concubine, he will choose a famous lady, how can he like a maid? Besides, without my nod, he can't talk to anyone. ”

"Qingxiao, don't say it, let Yichen laugh, where can you talk like this. Mrs. Yuan gently reprimanded: "Even if Yixian wants to accept a roommate, it is not a big deal, if you go to the Wisdom Academy, don't be embarrassed for Yixian, he is such a stable and honest child, you can't bully him." ”

"Mother. Yuan Qingxiao said coquettishly: "Am I your own child? You always prefer Brother Yixian, and you two are your own mother." ”

Ruoxi saw that this Yuan Qingxiao was not good, and the eldest young master had a maid in his room, wasn't this coming for himself? ”

Ruoxi looked at them and said in his heart, I haven't seen them in the mansion every day, could it be that they are new today, how do they know the Yuan family? Then look at the cloister there are also flower bamboo baskets, all of them are the same color of the Tsing Yi guys, none of them are known to Ruoxi, Ruoxi suddenly thought that Dongfang Yixian is in the hands of the East Gate Snow Fox, could it be them, Ruoxi silently recited the spell, stopped in front of a bamboo basket, and saw that the Tsing Yi guy was shining brightly, Ruoxi immediately understood, it turned out that the eldest young master had already known about this, is this a formation to deal with Yuan Qingxiao?

Ruoxi counted, from entering the Hongwu Courtyard, almost every door has flowers and bamboo baskets and ceremonial maids, a total of about nine places, she carefully observed that there are mechanisms in this bamboo basket, it is really a sharp weapon to catch mice. The last two bamboo baskets are placed at the door of the tea party hall, and on both sides stand Chunxi and Wuyou, which are the only ceremonial maids along the way.

Ruoxi also noticed that there were actually two servant women cleaning by the small pond in the yard, these two servant women were thin and weak, and their eyes were bright, one of them was Huang Bai Daxian if he recognized it, and the other person was probably in the same group as her. It turns out that the eldest young master not only used the snow fox of the east gate, but also invited them, it seems that this rat spirit is not easy to deal with, Ruoxi thought of this, and said in his heart, I still hurry back to look at the sheepskin scroll, and also prepare some charms, what if this rat spirit is not easy to subdue? Ruoxi thought of this, no longer followed them, and hurriedly returned to the room to prepare.

Dongfang Yichen led Mrs. Yuan and Yuan Qingxiao into the tea party hall, only to see that it was already full of guests and friends, all of them were married maids from Washington, they were brightly dressed, dressed well, and they were no worse than Yuan Qingxiao's mother and daughter, it can be seen that the husband's family attaches great importance to this tea party and gives them the dignity to show off in front of others.

When Mrs. Helan and Mrs. Ruyan saw the mother and daughter of the Yuan family coming in, they hurriedly greeted her, and Mrs. Ruyan was overjoyed, took Mrs. Yuan's arm and said, "Sister Yuan, I'm waiting for you." ”

Mrs. Helan took Yuan Qingxiao's hand and said, "Qingxiao, I haven't seen you for another year, and you are becoming more and more dignified and beautiful." ”

The maids in the hall also stood up and saluted: "Mrs. Yuan, Miss Yuan, Qing'an!"

"Ladies, please be seated, for you have been waiting for a long time. Mrs. Yuan smiled and didn't return the courtesy, in her heart, no matter how well these maids married, they were just slaves who had changed their clothes.

Yuan Qingxiao even showed this emotion to the fullest, she saw Lianzhou at a glance, of course Lianzhou also saw her, when Lianzhou was not married, Yuan Qingxiao often used various reasons to jump Dongfang Yixian to punish her, either the tea was too hot, or the sound was too loud, the copper bell rang when walking, anyway, it was a toss in a different way, she saw Lianzhou dressed in gold embroidery, the dress was inlaid with jade gems, standing out among many maids, her own specially customized brocade clothes, in front of her gloomy, couldn't help but be angry, as soon as she sat down, she stared at Lianzhou, and said: "This is not as good as before, Lianzhou, you should serve me to drink tea. ”

When Mrs. Zhu heard this, she was immediately disgusted, only listening to an older lady, she stood up and said: "Miss Yuan, at this time and that time, today's Lianzhou is not a little maid, she is the eldest and youngest grandmother of the He family's silver number, that is our Fengxiang has a head and a face, that is, the virtuous lady who is also praised by the old lady Yuan of the General's Mansion, even if Yuan Qingmei does such a dirty thing, Lianzhou is dressed in linen and filial piety to keep her spirit, you don't look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, and you shouldn't let Grandma He serve you, is this unreasonable? It doesn't conform to the rules, right?"

Yuan Qingxiao slapped the table and scolded angrily: "What are you, dare to insult the people of the Yuan Mansion, you cheap slaves, after changing your clothes, you can't recognize the master, you really think you are a character." ”

"Qingxiao, what are you talking about. Mrs. Yuan said coldly: "This Washington maid will have hard wings when she marries, how can she still obey your dispatch, if you don't want to use these little maids, you will use your own maid, why bother to make a big fuss." ”

"Who made Sister Qingxiao angry. Dongfang Yixian came over from outside with a smile and said, "Aunt Yuan, Sister Qingxiao, Yixian is late, and I apologize to you." "Dongfang Yixian hugged his fists.

Lianzhou hurriedly walked over, knelt at the feet of Dongfang Yixian, and said, "The slave's fault, the eldest young master, please punish it." It was all the slaves who made Miss Qingxiao angry. ”

"Mrs. He, hurry up, this can't be helped. Dongfang Yixian hurriedly picked up the lotus boat and said: "He Han is looking for you, you go to the Wisdom Academy, there are a few customers in northern Shaanxi who want to order rose essential oil with you." ”

"Brother Yixian, I want Mrs. He to serve and drink tea today, but I won't drink it if others make tea?" Yuan Qingxiao raised his eyebrows, his eyes staring at Lianzhou with resentment.

Mrs. Yuan sneered: "Forget it, Qingxiao. Don't embarrass your brother Yixian. ”

"Hehe, Sister Qingxiao, how about I make you tea?" Dongfang Yixian sat down with a smile, he waved his hand to Lianzhou and said, "Mrs. He, go get busy." ”

Seeing that the eldest young master coaxed Yuan Qingxiao like this for himself, Lianzhou felt sour, and hurriedly took the teacup in the maid's hand and walked to Yuan Qingxiao, knelt down to serve tea, and said, "Miss Qingxiao, please drink tea." ”

"Mrs. He, how can this be. The ladies stood up with a look of anger on their faces. They all walked up to Dongfang Yixian with the tea cup in their hands, knelt down and said, "Young Master, please drink tea." They knelt down together to serve tea to avoid the embarrassment of Lianzhou being humiliated by Yuan Qingxiao alone.

"What are you doing, hurry up. Seeing this, Mrs. Helan and Mrs. Ruyan said anxiously.

Seeing this situation, Yuan Qingxiao became more and more annoyed, picked up the teacup in Lianzhou's hand, and splashed a cup of hot tea on Lianzhou's face.

Dongfang Yixian hurriedly took out a handkerchief and handed it to Lianzhou, and said, "You go down to deal with the essential oil matter first, don't make Qingxiao angry here." ”

"Yes, young master. Seeing this, the ladies also got up and said, "We will also go to help, the rose essential oil of the Lianzhou family, we are all eager to rush it." ”

"Let's all go over. Dongfang Yixian got up and said: "You will definitely like this year's gift, it is rare in the world, and everyone has never seen it." ”

Helan and Ruyan saw Qingxiao and became angry again, and they were afraid that they would not be able to pass for a while, so they pulled Mrs. Yuan and said, "Let's go back first, and let Yixian coax her." Mrs. Helan took two rose essential oil gift bags in her hand, and withdrew with Ruyan and Mrs. Yuan, knowing Qingxiao's temper, the more people there are, the more troublesome they are, and after no one, they are as obedient as a kitten in front of Dongfang Yixian.

Yuan Qingxiao saw that as soon as everyone left, he turned from cloudy to sunny, sneered, took Dongfang Yixian's hand, and said: "Brother Yixian, you won't be angry with me, right? These slaves and maids are all ungrateful people, especially this lotus boat, I think she killed Cousin Qingmei, why do you still protect her." ”

"How could it be? Lianzhou has always been honest, but she was abused by your cousin Qingmei, and she didn't tell He Han, I only found out about this matter today, your cousin's matter, you really don't want to talk about it in the future." Dongfang Yixian's face became gloomy.

"I don't believe it, you must have been deceived by them. Yuan Qingxiao said: "I know these maids best, they are all insidious goods. ”

"Qingxiao, I'm going to the front to greet the guests? do you want to go together, or wait here, and I'll come over to accompany you when everyone drinks tea and chats." Dongfang Yixian looked at Yuan Qingxiao gently.

"Go ahead, I'll be waiting for you here. Yuan Qingxiao heard that Dongfang Yixian would come back to accompany her in a while, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said in his heart, how can you be so gentle today? Isn't it true that there are people in the courtyard, and I am afraid that I will not be able to blame him? Looking at the back of Dongfang Yixian's departure, he said in his heart: "This kind of handsome son, if he is hugged to the bed, he will lose his soul every night, it is really wonderful." ”

Yuan Qingmei saw Dongfang Yixian leaving, and thought, I will go to your yard first to see that the maid is impatient, and dares to steal from me, as soon as she stepped out of the threshold, she saw the big bamboo basket at the door flying into the air, and the flowers fell all over the sky like rain, and the cold light was overwhelmingly buckled down on herself.