Chapter 32: The Heart
Madame Bai sat in the carriage with her eyes closed to recuperate, but her heart was in a mess and she couldn't calm down. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
After a while, he suddenly said, "How true are you saying what the Liu family said?"
Mother Wang shook her head and said, "It's hard to say, it seems that the eldest grandmother Liu is quite liked by the eldest lady, and the Liu family's maiden Yunyang Bofu is indeed everyone...... I just don't know what kind of family her cousin is...... I don't know if the second aunt and grandmother can be clear, so it's better to inquire. ”
Madame Bai opened her eyes and said in a cold voice, "What is there to inquire about, Heng Zhu is just asking to marry a concubine, how good can it be?"
The slave looked at the eldest lady and looked happy to see it, and Liu's words were so straightforward that it was hard to say anything. ”
"As the saying goes, a good woman asks for a hundred families, what is there to say, not to mention that there is a Shunping Palace, a Wei family is waiting, Xiaoba and Xiaojiu are still young......"
Mother Wang nodded thoughtfully, "It's such a reason......
When I returned to Sixian Hutong, I had already been corrected, I went back to the room to wash up, and rested for a cup of tea, and Wang's mother ordered to set the meal.
Because of the exemption from the evening greeting, Mrs. Bai took Wang's mother to Evian Pavilion after dinner.
Speaking of which, Mrs. Bai was very displeased with Bai Qiyu's "indisputability", so although she had been sick for a day, Mrs. Bai had to take a look at it at night as if it were the occasion.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard two little maids talking and laughing under the porch, but they didn't have any scruples.
Madame Bai's face sank suddenly, and without waiting for Mother Wang to speak, she scolded loudly, "Why is there no one in this courtyard to take care of?"
Seeing this, Mother Wang had no choice but to retreat to the side.
She wasn't stupid enough to get into Madame's inexplicable anger.
The two little maids trembled with fright when Mrs. Bai spoke, knelt straight on the bluestone brick floor with a "plop", kowtowed like pounding garlic and said in a trembling voice, "Madame is angry, it's the slave who is wrong, please punish ......Madame."
Madame Bai didn't look at them and went straight up the stone steps into the house, and the two little maids lay on the ground trembling but didn't dare to move, let alone plead or get up.
In the end, it was the person arranged by Zheng's mother, and Wang's mother sighed and said in a low voice, "Next time, you can have a little brain, and kneel down to admit your mistake." ”
Bai Qiyu drank the medicine three times during the day, and the fever had subsided a little, but his head was still dizzy, there was still a slight cough, and his throat was still hoarse.
When Mrs. Bai scolded the maid in the courtyard, several people had already heard it in the house, Bai Qiyu glanced at the two helplessly, and said with a slight teasing, "I'm immobile, you can go to greet me for me, don't let that anger leak in!"
Qiushui pursed her lips and smiled, put down the veil and got up to lift the curtain and went out, just in time to welcome Mrs. Bai and Mother Wang into the house.
Wen Ying put away the ropes and colored threads and stood up, walked forward with a small rattan basket and saluted, and then retreated to serve tea.
Bai Qiyu, who was leaning on the head of the bed, hurriedly propped herself up, although she looked delicate and weak, she still wanted to go down to the ground to salute, and Madame Bai had to take two steps and reach out to help her.
He said with a pale face, "You kid, you're sick like this, and you're still thinking about saluting! I don't care about these things, and I'm not that harsh and unreasonable person......"
Bai Qiyu took her hand and leaned on the pillow at the head of the bed.
smiled weakly, "Mother feels sorry for her daughter, but her daughter can't be too reckless, and the etiquette she should have is naturally indispensable." ”
Madame Bai sat down on the edge of the bed, stroked her arm, and said, "But it's better? Why did you suddenly fall ill?
"Lao's mother is worried, the doctor said that it is the root cause of the old illness caused by the fatigue of driving and riding for days -- it is the root of the illness that fell last year, and she has drunk the medicine and is much better, but her body is still a little weak, but it is not a big problem, my mother can rest assured!"
Madame Bai couldn't help frowning slightly when she heard her somewhat hoarse voice, and asked again, "Can the fever go away?"
Without waiting for her to answer, she continued, "I went to see your second sister today, and I will go to the general's mansion tomorrow -- your eldest sister was just diagnosed with Ximai yesterday, and I was originally going to take a few of you to meet your second sister today, but it happened that you were sick again, and I couldn't leave you alone in the mansion, so I had to take you ......with me another day when you were well."
The meaning of these words is nothing more than that because it is not the right time for him to be sick, Bai Shihua and Bai Liuyun who are harmed cannot go out.
Bai Qiyu was amused when he heard this, and his face became a little more pale, "It's all my daughter's, and I ask my mother not to blame, when my daughter is well, she will naturally go to the eldest sister and the second sister to ask for guilt." ”
Madame Bai laughed, "You kid, what kind of sin is there!"
Bai Qiyu pursed his lips and smiled, looking obedient, "It's good if my mother doesn't blame ......."
After just a few words, Bai Qiyu was already out of breath, and fine beads of sweat were oozing on his forehead, and he looked weak even when he spoke, Mrs. Bai stood up and said, "I'll go back, you can rest assured that I will keep it, and I will let Xiaosi and Xiaoliu accompany you tomorrow......"
Bai Qiyu was indeed tired, so he nodded obediently, "Mother is tired from running around today, so she should rest early...... Wenying, send my mother for me!"
I don't know why, Bai Qiyu always felt that Mrs. Bai's attitude today was a little weird, maybe there was something he didn't know......
Thinking like this, Bai Qiyu suddenly wanted to know what kind of attitude Wen Ying was holding at this time.
When they went out, Bai Qiyu took the handkerchief handed over by Qiushui, wiped the thin sweat on his forehead, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect this pretending to be sick to be much more tired than being really sick." ”
Qiushui sighed lightly and said, "The slave maid still thinks that you are seriously ill again, Miss!
Bai Qiyu grinned, "If not, I don't know how many circles she has to go around here, and I won't see her dry mouth if she talks too much nonsense!"
The tea on the table had not been touched at all, it had cooled.
"Miss, how can you look a little sick!" Qiushui smiled and put the teacup down.
The two were joking, Wen Ying came in from outside, and Qiushui took the small rattan basket placed on the kang and said, "Miss, are you going to rest here?"
Bai Qiyu didn't look at Wen Ying, but said, "It's still early......
Wen Ying on the side hung her head slightly as if she was distracted, but she recalled in her heart that under the red lantern in the corridor before, her wife's cold face, dark and fierce eyes, and the undisguised threats and warnings on Wang's mother's face, the voice lingered in her heart and ears...... As if a cold wind was blowing, Wen Ying's body trembled slightly unconsciously, and the two hands on his side were already tightly clenched into fists, and his nails were deeply buckled into his palms without realizing it......
Wen Ying has been lonely since she was a child, when she was seven years old, she was sold into the White Mansion as a maid, because she was smart and knew how to advance and retreat, so she didn't dial it to Mrs. Bai's courtyard, nearly ten years of caution, from an inconspicuous little girl step by step to become Mrs. Bai's henchman, the sadness and sadness have always been hidden in the bottom of my heart and have never leaked a bit, I originally thought that I was already a powerful person next to Mrs., I never thought that I was left behind so easily......
Yes, no matter how capable he is, he is just a subordinate who can be bought with money, and he has never been chosen, and he has never had a choice, so he ......
Qiushui was showing Bai Qiyu the colorful plum blossoms he had just made, and Wen Ying on the side suddenly stepped forward and knelt on the ground with a "plop".
Bai Qiyu glanced at Wen Ying with a calm face and did not speak, and Qiushui gently stepped aside.
Wen Ying kowtowed and said, "Miss, the slave has the courage to beg the young lady to give the slave a favor." ”
Bai Qiyu said lightly, "You say." ”
Wen Ying raised her head and looked at Bai Qiyu, her beautiful eyes were full of determination and determination, and her voice was extremely clear, "The slave begs the young lady to allow the slave to serve you for the rest of your life." ”
What made her make a decision so quickly?
Bai Qiyu was surprised, but his face was silent, and he said slowly, "You are transferred to my house by your mother, your way out, my mother must have made arrangements......, right?"
Wen Ying was stunned, and blurted out the thoughts in her heart, "But it is impossible for Madame to control you." ”
Bai Qiyu chuckled, "When you were by your mother's side in the past, you should have known your mother's thoughts, but now the choice in front of me, no matter which one you choose, is not good." ”
Wen Ying lowered her head slightly when she heard this, and muttered with a sad face, "However, I have never chosen ......"
It turned out to be discouraged and hopeless.
"Who said you didn't have a choice?" Bai Qiyu smiled slightly, his face became more and more elegant, "Isn't it a choice for you to act like this today?"
Wen Ying raised his head suddenly, looking a little incredulous, seeing Bai Qiyu's clear eyes and smiling face, how could there be anything he didn't understand, his heart was full of gratitude, and then he said seriously, "Miss, the slave will serve you well for a lifetime." ”
"Get up, I don't like people kneeling at every turn......" Bai Qiyu pretended to be dissatisfied.
Qiushui on the side stepped forward with a smile and helped her up with Wenying's hands, "You should understand a little bit at this time--our young lady, it's a knife mouth tofu heart!"
At this time, Wen Ying, because of the change in mood, became more calm and close from the inside out, holding Qiushui's hand, and calling "sister" with a smile, if you talk about age, she is sixteen years old, one year older than Qiushui, but this title actually recognizes Qiushui's position next to Bai Qiyu, and also makes her position clear.
"What about work, what about work, looking at your young lady, I'm lazy, right?"
Bai Qiyu, who was leaning on the pillow, looked at the two of them and looked like good sisters, and smiled and quipped.
For a while, the room was full of joy.