Chapter 268: Mind
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There was a sound of light but hurried footsteps outside, and Feng Qi said through the door curtain: "Lord Wang, the eldest lady of the Weng family is here." β
Liu Hui was stunned for a moment, and then smiled at Zhang Jiao: "I still want to help you be a lobbyist, but I didn't expect the host's family to come." Let's go meet the eldest lady! I heard that she is in charge of the inner courtyard of the general's mansion. If you want to stay overnight, you have to approve the eldest lady in addition to the old lady. β
"I heard that there are rare guests in the house, I can't wait for a moment, I just want to come and take a look!" There was a hearty laugh from the eldest lady of the Weng family outside, and she had already arrived at the door.
Xiaoqing hurriedly stepped forward and lifted the door curtain.
A woman wearing a long red jacket with a treasure pattern outlined in the treasure pattern, and a neat ingot bun combed in black green silk walked in in a hurry. Probably in a hurry, the gold-encrusted jeweled butterfly hairpin on her bun trembled and almost wanted to fly high. The peony bead flower inlaid with pearls under the neckline and a pair of mutton fat white jade bracelets on her wrists complement each other, and the end is graceful and extraordinary.
Zhang Jiao had already stood up and saw that the eldest lady was busy and light: "I've seen the eldest lady." β
"Miss Zhang doesn't have to be polite!" The eldest lady hurriedly helped her, and after Zhang Jiao got up, she held Zhang Jiao's tender hands and looked at them carefully. Then he praised: "In the end, it is the daughter of the Zhang family in Xunyang, this appearance, this style, it is really painful." It's much better than my wild girls. β
Zhang Jiao was obviously caught off guard by the enthusiasm of the eldest lady, she smiled decently while looking at Liu Hui at a loss.
The eldest lady took her hand and turned it around, seemingly unintentionally blocking her eyes looking at Liu Hui, and the eldest lady asked again and again: "What books does Miss Zhang read at home on weekdays? I see that your purse is very exquisite, this embroidery is good, and this color matching is also exquisite, but Miss Zhang embroidered it herself?"
Zhang Jiao had to smile patiently: "The eldest lady praised it falsely, on weekdays at home, I only read the women's rules, women's commandments, women's precepts, as for the four books and five classics, I occasionally heard some of the brothers in the family mention. This purse was embroidered by me in my spare time, and it does not deserve such praise from the eldest lady. After speaking, she took off the lotus lotus butterfly playing narcissus purse on her waist and put it in the hands of the eldest lady.
The eldest lady couldn't put it down, and said with a sigh: "Miss Zhang is really ingenious, and her embroidery and play are better than all the girls in our house." If the old lady sees this, she doesn't know what she likes to become!"
Being praised from head to toe like this, Zhang Jiao's heart is still very useful, and she wants to be humble. Liu Hui, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke: "Then bother the eldest lady to lead Miss Zhang to meet the old lady, after all, she is here as a guest, how can there be a reason for the main family to come first." β
Zhang Jiao was busy blessed to the eldest lady, and said extremely humbly: "It's not mine, I should have gone to see the old lady and the eldest lady first." But because he was worried about the prince's body, he came here first. I also bothered the eldest lady to go on this trip, I really should fight, I should fight!"
"Such a delicate girl's house, I am reluctant to fight!" The eldest lady hurriedly helped her up, and said happily: "Let's go, I will lead you to see the old lady, this hour I estimate that the girls in the house are all in the old lady's house! β
Zhang Jiao didn't have a chance to refuse at all, so she was dragged away by the enthusiastic lady, Xiaoqing bit her lip, secretly glanced at Liu Hui, and chased him out.
The noise in the room became silent again as they left, and the smile on Liu Hui's lips had quickly subsided, and he stood up and shouted, "Feng Qi, come in!"
Feng Qi hurriedly came when he heard the sound, he hugged his fists and said, "What does the prince command?"
Liu Hui said in a deep voice: "Where did the two maids beside Miss Zhang come from?"
Feng Qi said without thinking: "I heard that it is the same as the dead painting Qiu, it was given by the crown princess. β
With a crisp sound of "pop", Liu Hui waved his hand and swept off the tea cup on the table. His eyes flashed with the essence of a yin owl, and he said hatefully: "What a prince, Xiao Rong has been dead for so many years, and he can still find such a similar person." He really deserves to be used by even a dead man......"
The tea cup shattered at the feet of Hua Lianyue, who had just stepped into the door, and the fine pieces of porcelain splashed in all directions, stabbing her instep slightly painful. The remnants of tea in the cup crawled on the smooth bluestone slab floor, like a poisonous snake covered in emerald green.
Hua Lianyue indifferently glanced down at the blue and white teacup painted in the scattered powder kiln, and then at Liu Hui, who was stunned, didn't say anything, and turned to leave.
Liu Hui was stunned for a while, and hurriedly asked, "When did Madam come?"
Feng Qi smiled bitterly and said, "I came with the eldest lady of the Weng family, but the housewife didn't want to meet Miss Zhang, so she avoided it." β
"Why didn't you say it earlier!" Liu Hui roared in annoyance.
Feng Qi shrunk his neck and muttered in a low voice: "I want to say, you didn't give it a chance!"
"You ......." Liu Hui's fiery black eyes stared at Feng Qi.
Outside, Hua Lianyue went out angrily, but collided head-on with Zhiyu, who was holding a vermilion lacquer tea tray and came out of the tea room. Zhiyu was stunned for a moment, then fell to his knees, and said with a frightened trembling voice: "I've seen Mrs. Yue!"
Hua Lianyue glanced at her indifferently, and said in a deep voice: "You really don't have to be so humble!" Then, she flicked her sleeves and strode away. Zhiyu, who was kneeling on the ground, was confused and at a loss.
Liu Hui and Feng Qi in the room both heard the conversation outside, Feng Qi secretly complained in his heart, but Liu Hui sat down in the chair weakly.
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Zhang Jiao followed the eldest lady to Renshou Hall, where the old lady lived, and entered the flower hall where the guests were entertained, and Zhang Jiao saw the old lady sitting on the top. She wore a homely autumn-colored tuanshou jacket and an ink-colored mouse gown. The hair was neatly combed with silver threads and tied into a bun at the back of the head. There are only a few elegant hostas, which look dignified and kind but majestic.
In the first two rows of high-backed chairs with thick cushions, five girls sat upright, from large to small, and they looked quite neat. It's just that the girl who wears a silver and red flowered jacket at the end is the youngest, and she looks only five or six years old. Her skin is white and slippery, and she is dressed in a pretty silver red, which makes her look as lovely as jade carving.
It was probably too early, and although the little girl was sitting there upright at the moment, her eyes were slightly squinted, and her body was swaying back and forth, looking half-asleep and half-awake. The crystal beads on her head shook like a chicken pecking rice, and she was about to slip off.
Zhang Jiao couldn't help but purse her lips and chuckled, and when she passed by the little girl, she seemed to inadvertently kick her lightly. The little girl was agitated and immediately came to her senses. She sucked the saliva that was about to flow, peeked at her sisters again, and then at the old lady who was sitting in a precarious position, and secretly spit out the tip of her tongue. The little girl raised her hand to hold the crystal bead flower on her head, looked at her nose again, and sat up straight and straight.
Zhang Jiao had already passed her and saluted the old lady respectfully, but the eldest lady who followed her saw this scene coldly, and her shrewd eyes showed surprise. When she looked at Zhang Jiao again, she obviously looked at her with a different look of scrutiny than before.
The old lady asked the mother-in-law beside her to help her up, looked at Zhang Jiao carefully a few times, and then smiled: "I haven't seen such a refreshing child for a long time, in the end, it is a beautiful family, and it makes people like it when they look at it." A few of you also came to meet Sister Zhang, and also learn from the style that everyone should be. β
"Yes!"
So Zhang Jiao, who was caught off guard, was stumped by several young ladies of the Zhang family, or asked for poetry, or needlework, or piano skills, but she didn't have any time. It is also thanks to Zhang Jiao that she was carefully taught by the Zhang family, and she is quite handy to deal with, and she has not lost the face of the century-old family.
The old lady over there excused herself for lack of excuses, so she let the eldest lady help her into the warm pavilion.
When she entered the warm pavilion, the old lady said to her eldest daughter-in-law like a meritorious person: "Look, my method is good! Before you came, I told the five girls that if I could stumble Miss Zhang for two hours, I would reward them with a brand-new red gold hairpin." Looking at the posture outside, it shouldn't be a problem. You have to prepare the five golden hairpins later, and you can't let the old woman and me be untrustworthy. β
The eldest lady smiled and said, "Okay, I remember all the five golden hairpins! If they can delay a little longer, I will prepare another five gemstone rings." β
The old lady pointed at her and smiled: "Talking counts, I can help the five girls remember it, old woman!"
"Count, count, I've already prepared five gemstone rings, and I'll take them out in a moment. The eldest lady helped the smiling old lady to sit down on the soft collapse. I also brought tea and freshly picked tangerines with my own hands.
took a tangerine and peeled it in her hand, and the eldest lady said with some concern: "Even if they can keep Miss Zhang for three hours, it will be early at that time, what should I do with half a day left?"
The old lady reached out and took the orange petal from her hand and put it in her mouth, and said confidently: "Don't be afraid, I have thought about it, if the girls can't stand it, the old woman will go into battle in person, and I can ask her for scriptures and Buddhism." I've got all the scriptures ready, and they're all on the shelves......!
The eldest lady glanced back at the various scriptures and Buddhist scrolls that suddenly appeared on the bookshelf, almost half a person high, and she couldn't help but say with straight eyes: "Mother, you are really ...... Resourceful!"
The words 'old treacherous and cunning' circled around her mouth, and then swallowed it hard.
The eldest lady wiped her hands, took another tangerine and peeled it slowly, and said, "Hey, let's make a mess here, and I don't know what happened to the moon girl and the prince." β
The old lady pinched the orange petal and was not in a hurry to send it to her mouth, she sighed: "It's also a poor girl this month, she has not been taken care of by her mother since she was a child, although this Liu brother also spoils her like an eyeball, but he can't teach her how to get along with husband and wife." Such a blind recklessness and refusal to admit defeat is not a way after all. Even if there is no Miss Zhang fanning the wind in front of her, there will be big trouble in the future. β
"Who said that the moon girl would only be strong, she has an idea!"
The eldest lady held back a smile and whispered a few words in the old lady's ear. The old lady's dizzy old eyes lit up suddenly, patted her thighs and laughed repeatedly: "I know that the moon girl is not a fuel-efficient lamp." Hahaha, I'm relieved of my wife now. β
The eldest lady also pursed her lips and smiled, but they didn't know that Hua Lianyue finally stepped into Liu Hui's house, but was forced out by the broken teacup.
Returning to the warm pavilion like a ghost, Hua Lianyue's mind was already chaotic. The room was so quiet that she could hear her own chaotic heartbeat. Snuggling into the thick futon like a detachment, she unconsciously raised her hand and gnawed her nails.
Xiao Rong, the only woman Liu Hui once cared about, died in the end. And Xiao Rong, this name has become a thorn buried deep in Liu Hui's heart, and the slightest touch will hurt his heart. And Zhiyu next to Zhang Jiao actually looks very similar to Xiaorong, this recognition makes Hua Lianyue's heart fall into the abyss.
"Madam, why did you come back so soon?" Xiaoxiao stepped into the warm pavilion and couldn't help complaining: "Just now I went to bring breakfast to the prince, but I saw that stinky girl from Zhiyu. She also said that the prince had not returned to Beijing for a long time, and he must miss the taste of his hometown very much, and she had prepared a few Beijing-style dim sum. Our food is too simple and crude, and the prince is tired of eating it for a long time......"
"The prince asked Zhiyu to serve in the house?" Xiaoxiao chattered for a long time, and finally heard Hua Lianyue's masked voice.
Xiaoxiao hesitated for a moment, and said uncertainly: "I was angry with Zhiyu, and I didn't go to the prince's house to take a closer look, why don't I go to Fifth Brother Feng now to inquire?"
"No need!" Hua Lianyue smiled bitterly at herself, "It's hard to see someone so similar to Xiao Rong, he will definitely keep her by his side." Even if you don't do anything, you must be happy when you look at that face. β
Xiaoxiao couldn't understand her words, and said with a puzzled face: "Madam, what are you talking nonsense? Who is Xiaorong?" Then she patted her head in annoyance: "Look at my pig brain, I know that their master and servant are here to rob the prince, why can't I hold my breath, so I was angry with her." Madam, don't be sad, I'm going to guard the prince like this, and don't let them take advantage of it......"
"Xiaoxiao, wait, don't go!" Hua Lianyue on the soft collapse quickly turned over, but she couldn't call back the murderous Xiaoxiao.
She covered her eyes in distress and fell down again, muttering in her mouth: "My man who spends the moon has to rely on strict defense to avoid being disheartened? It's really ridiculous......
She had been lying quietly on the soft collapse, listening to the whimpering wind outside the window, and the continuous sound of rain dripping.
Those originally subtle voices, but now they sounded in her ears, but they reminded her of the low sound of the horn when she set out for battle, the thrilling voice that could arouse the blood and courage of all soldiers.
Hua Lianyue suddenly turned over and stood up, she slapped her head hard, and said hatefully: "Fool, you big fool, don't say that you are just a maid who looks like Xiao Rong, even if Xiao Rong herself is resurrected."
Ji Huang told you a long time ago that Xiao Rong had bad intentions towards Ah Hui back then. Now this fake smile Rong is a chess piece specially laid by the prince. If I am angry with her and Ah Hui, wouldn't it be as the prince's slut wanted. I'm going to have to think about it......"
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