Chapter 55: Jade Lotus
That night, Yuhe waited for Situ Ningbing to sleep peacefully and went back to his room as usual, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw Su Yun doing needlework in front of the oil lamp.
"Sister Yuhe, are you back?" Hearing the movement, Su Yun raised his head and said hello to Yuhe. Suddenly, seeing Yuhe holding a boxy and delicate wooden lacquer box in his hand, he couldn't help but ask more, "Huh, what good things did my sister get?" Su Yun is gentle and steady by nature, and she won't talk much if she changes others, but she has been serving with Mrs. Situ with Yuhe since she was a child, and she is more casual when she talks to her sisters.
Yuhe smiled bitterly when she heard this, walked to Su Yun's side and sat down and handed over the box in her hand, "This is what Miss gave me today." ”
Su Yun opened the box in front of him and took a look, and a soft cry overflowed from his mouth, "Ah! What a beautiful jade lotus ear ring!" involuntarily picked one up and put it in the palm of his hand to enjoy it carefully, "Although this green jade is not big, the color is excellent and there are almost no impurities, and what is even more rare is that the carving is delicate and carves a lotus flower vividly, and it fits my sister's name, it is really a good thing!" In the end, she couldn't help but have a little envy in her eyes, but she was not a greedy person after playing, and after enjoying the game, she put the ear rings back into the wooden box. Seeing that Yuhe had been sullen and didn't speak, he couldn't help but be concerned: "Sister, what's wrong? Is your body uncomfortable? Why are you still depressed after receiving the reward?" After thinking about it, she said: "Didn't someone say something ugly? Today is different from the past, when Mrs. Situ was on an errand, Yuhe was raised by Mrs. as half a daughter, clothes and jewelry have always been top-notch in the maid's heap, and even the chief steward in the house was polite when she saw her, but since the young lady returned to the house, Yuhe's worth has plummeted, and the main lady came back and Mrs. didn't need a replacement, she was sent to Miss on an errand with herself, although she was still a big maid and Miss had never treated her badly, but in the end she was not as trustworthy as when she was by Mrs. 's side, and most of the people in the house saw the wind and steered, and they were no longer as flattering as before, and there was no less sneering in private, if there is nothing on Yuhe's face, it must be uncomfortable to think about it.
"No," Yuhe shook her head. She understood what Su Yun meant, to be honest, when she first arrived at Miss's side, she was still a little disappointed in her heart, after all, after ten years of getting along, Mrs. treated her even if she didn't treat her as her own, she was also very caring, although she was just a substitute, she was also grateful and content, and she didn't want to be relatively unable to withstand her flesh and blood relatives for ten years. But she can also think about it, after all, she is just a girl picked up in the snow, why should she hope to be able to compete with the young lady? It's just that this new master is too difficult to serve, she seems to don't care about anything on the surface, but she seems to know everything, yesterday she was just a roundabout reminder of Su Yun's strange appearance in the main courtyard, even Su Yun herself didn't notice it, but she saw the clue!
Thinking of Situ Ningbing's look of smiling when she gave her Yulian ears, Yuhe was apprehensive. Does Miss know her identity? If she knows, why don't you debunk it? If she doesn't know why she is tempted today? Although she is meticulous, she is ready to give up her life for her master at any time, but it doesn't mean that she is not afraid of death, and it is okay for the master to subdue Situ and Li in one fell swoop, in case these two families don't buy it and tear their faces, who knows if Miss will take her under the knife?
Looking at the depressed and uneasy look on Yuhe's face, Su Yun thought that she was saying that it was okay, but she still minded in her heart, and couldn't help but explain: "Sister, don't think too much, Miss is generous, let's just do our errand with our hearts, wait a few years..." ”
Yuhe's mind has always been delicate, and following Su Yun's gaze, he saw the rain-blown sachet lying quietly on the table, embroidered with a pair of mandarin ducks that had not yet been embroidered, and then looked at the blush on Su Yun's face, and his heart was suspicious. When did Su Yun have a sweetheart? Why didn't she know anything about it?
Looking at Su Yun's happy appearance of a little daughter, Yuhe's heart was gloomy for a while, how good it would be if she was really just a maid!
Not wanting to continue this topic, Yuhe only nodded perfunctorily and said, "What you said is true." So he said that he was tired, put away his ears, freshened up and slept with his clothes.
Su Yun picked up the purse again and started to needle and thread, and tonight she was going to finish embroidering the pair of mandarin ducks.
On the second day, it was Su Yun's turn to be on duty, because she slept late last night, she was a little in good spirits, so when she saw the eldest grandmother Cui Shi leading a few maids and women carrying big bags and small bags to come over, she didn't react for a while and was stunned.
Because Situ Ningbing was sick to the outside world, when Cui Shi came in, he saw her weakly crooked on the Luohan bed, and her face looked very haggard, Cui Shi was very happy when she saw this, and she only felt a bad breath of relief, but her face was full of concern, "It's only been two days, my brother and sister's complexion has been so bad, it must have been frightened by the snake the night before!" said a long sigh, "The third brother is really, such an adult and so naughty, it's just a matter of scaring me on weekdays, I can't imagine that even your brother and sister are also his way." He was born into the heart of his father and mother, and he was reluctant to move a single hair when he made a big mistake. My younger brother and sister want to open more, it's not good for us to be sisters-in-law and be like my brother-in-law, just bear it if we can, as long as people are okay. ”
Situ Ningbing's face was haggard, but his expression was a little more snarky than before, "I can't compare to my sister-in-law, I don't know how to write the word forbearance since I was a child, whoever dares to call me uncomfortable, I will call him the whole family uncomfortable!"
Cui Shi was overjoyed when he heard this, and secretly said: "Idiot!" but pretended to block Situ Ningbing's mouth on his face, "Brother and sister can't talk nonsense!" looked around, came to Situ Ningbing's side, and lowered his voice: "After all, this is the Anguo Mansion, and there are lady's eyeliner everywhere, if your words reach the ears of the lady, it is difficult to guarantee that you will not be able to eat and walk around!"
Situ Ningbing pushed Cui's hand away and squinted at her arrogantly: "Sister-in-law, why did she change her sex today? You weren't like this in the ancestral hall the day before yesterday, didn't you know that my courtyard was not peaceful and deliberately came to see the joke?"
"I want to see how you die!" This is Cui's true thoughts, but of course she will not be stupid enough to say it, and a grievance expression was made on her face full of fat powder, "Brother and sister are going to unjustly kill me! But then I went back and thought about it for a long time and figured it out, although I was not as rich as the Anguo Mansion when I was a girl at home, but it was also the pearl of my father's palm, and I married into the Li family in the past few years, in addition to my mother, I almost forgot that I was married to a concubine, and it was inevitable that I was a little forgetful, so I didn't know the sky and the earth and collided with my younger siblings for a while, and asked my younger brothers and sisters not to worry about me in large quantities. This is a reasonable and sincere statement, and it is difficult for people not to believe it.
Sure enough, Situ Ningbing's face softened when he heard this, but his tone was still a little arrogant, "I should say this, I am a person who is right and wrong, and I just told the truth that day, and I ask my sister-in-law not to take it to heart." ”
"How could it be?" Cui Shi affectionately took Situ Ningbing's hand, "It's good that my brother and sister don't blame me!" said and motioned to his maid to bring the gift, and said with a smile: "I know that my brother and sister are frightened, and I specially prepared some supplements for my brother and sister to make up for their body and suppress the shock, they are all rough things, and I hope that my brother and sister will not dislike them." ”
Situ Ningbing smiled faintly, "Sister-in-law has a heart." Oki raised his face and motioned for her to take the things.
Seeing that she had received something, Cui Shi got to the point: "We are concubines who shouldn't have seen each other like this, and besides, Mrs. She... Alas, in short, they are all daughters-in-law, we each have our own difficulties, and we should help each other, brother and sister, do you say this is the reason?"
Situ Ningbing smiled clearly, "I understand what my sister-in-law means, I am a very easy person to get along with, as long as people don't offend me, I won't provoke others for no reason." ”
Cui Shi was satisfied, and gossiped with her for a while, and when he saw that she looked like she was ignorant and didn't want to be bored, he got up and said goodbye.
"Miss, she's here to show her goodwill?" Not long after Cui left, he saw mercy and checked what she had brought. Seeing that Situ Ningbing was silent, she thought carefully about what Cui Shi had just said and continued to guess: "Is she here to sow discord and plan to use you as a gunman?"
Situ Ningbing raised his eyes and glanced at the pile of gifts piled up on the rosewood round table, the top box had been opened, and it contained a box full of blood swallows, raised his eyebrows and said: "If it wasn't just a show of goodwill, why bother with this blood, it seems that she listened to Zhang's words." ”
Seeing that the wall of mercy continued to open the gifts below, the wall pouted and said: "That Aunt Zhang looked at Wei Weinuo with a pitiful look, and she didn't think that she was also scheming. After thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "It's a pity that life is not good." ”
Su Yun, who was counting the gifts with her, suddenly raised her head and asked in a daze, "Why is your life bad?" She has always been steady, and her master never spoke casually, and even she herself was stunned when she spoke.
Seeing that she didn't care, she was worried that she was talking to herself alone, but it was rare for Su Yun to take it and smile playfully: "Because she chose the wrong opponent." ”