Chapter 11: Every Man's Thoughts (Part II)

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The weather is getting hotter, and the ice in Shiqing Courtyard starts to be used early. The slight coolness of the ice cubes makes the temperature in the room very comfortable. Not long after Su Yunjiao woke up from a nap, she was lazily leaning on the beauty couch, tasting the grapes sent by her mother, and chatting with Huizhu, Xiuzhu, and Pingxiang.

"Recently, the hearts of the people in the house have been fluctuating, and they are all making trouble about returning to Beijing. Su Yunjiao put a grape into her mouth, and gently bit the juice, full of sweetness, "This grape is good, the sweetness is not sour at all, you can also taste it." ”

"If this grape is not sweet, Madame will not send it to the girl all the way. Pingxiang smiled. After that, he was not polite to Su Yunjiao, and stepped forward and directly grabbed a large handful of embroidered beads and shared them with Huizhu.

Su Yunjiao raised her eyebrows, looked at Ping Xiang and said, "You're really welcome! I'm just letting you taste it, you can grab most of it, which maid is like you." Believe it or not, I'm angry and I'm going to punish you. ”

"It's just that there is no maid like me in any house, and the girl treats me unusually. Pingxiang was not afraid of her at all, but smiled, "Besides, my girl is the most generous on weekdays, so she won't be angry with the maids for this little thing." Only a master as generous as a girl can bring out a 'generous' maid like me. ”

Since that day, after a long conversation, the relationship between Pingxiang and Su Yunjiao has become a lot closer, and it is because of this that Pingxiang dares to speak like this.

"I love to hear that. Ping Xiang's words made Su Yunjiao feel comfortable, glanced at the remaining grapes in the silver plate carved with peony patterns, and said, "I have rewarded you all." ”

"Thank you, girl!" replied the three maids in unison.

"Xiuzhu, did I ask you to send the ten big watermelons for the lotus fast?" Su Yunjiao asked again. That day, she ate a watermelon in Fanghezhai, and now she has returned ten back, hoping that the eighth sister will eat it leisurely, if she gains weight again after this summer, it will not be her sin.

"Don't worry, girl, I'll send it early. Xiuzhu said, "It's just that when I went, Hui Xue next to the fourth girl whispered to me that both of them have been worried about returning to Beijing recently." ”

Unexpectedly, the fourth sister and the eighth sister were also worried about this matter. Su Yunjiao frowned, and then said with a smile, "The fourth sister is really annoying to think about it, but the eighth sister, I guess she must be too excited about this, and she will feel annoyed if she thinks about it." ”

Xiuzhu smiled: "The girl guessed right, the eighth girl is really excited." When she went to release lotus and send melons, the eighth girl saw her and pulled her to ask a series of questions about the capital, which was exactly as the girl said.

"Then, girl, do you say that the fourth lady's family will go back to Beijing with us?" asked Xiuzhu.

"Naturally, it will. Su Yunjiao, Huizhu, and Pingxiang replied together.

"Why?" Xiuzhu was stunned by the three of them, then looked at Su Yunjiao and asked, "Hasn't the fourth lady made a decision yet?

"This ......" The reason why Su Yunjiao knew that the fourth uncle and mother would return to Beijing with them was because of the experience in her previous life, but if she wanted her to tell the reason, she really didn't know. Seeing Xiuzhu looking at her with a look of "asking for answers", Su Yunjiao did not show timidity, but said incomprehensibly: "You really can't see such an obvious thing?"

Xiuzhu thought about it very seriously, and made sure that she really didn't see it, so she said to Su Yunjiao: "Girl, you know, I've always been stupid, I really didn't see it." The girl taught me well. ”

Su Yunjiao smiled, calmly stretched out her hand and pointed at Huizhu and Pingxiang, and said disdainfully: "Do you want me to talk about this, just let them tell you." ”

Pingxiang covered her mouth and smiled, and said, "Yes, yes, how dare you bother the girl with this little idea, let's just tell her about it." ”

"Tell me why?" asked Xiuzhu anxiously, as she did with the girl.

"What are you anxious about? The girl has spoken, and she is afraid that we will not be able to tell you. Pingxiang said, "I'll ask you a few questions first." ”

"Then you ask. "If it were in the past, the embroidered beads might not take care of the incense. It's just that after the girl and Pingxiang talked alone that day, Huizhu told her that Pingxiang would be a person with them in the future, and she had always believed in Huizhu's words, so she eased her attitude towards Pingxiang.

"Let me ask you, the girl has never met the fourth lady before when she first came to Shanzhou, why did the fourth lady treat the girl so well from the beginning, and she was so attentive to the cold and warmth?"

"It's not easy. Xiuzhu didn't think about it, and replied with a smile, "The girl is the niece of the fourth lady, and it is normal for the fourth lady to be kind to the girl." ”

Pingxiang shook her head after hearing this, Xiuzhu didn't understand her meaning and was about to ask, but she heard Huizhu, who had never spoken, say: "Then what if it's so good that even her daughter has crossed over?"

"Yes, no matter how good my uncle is to my niece, I am not better than my own daughter. There must be a reason why the fourth lady is so kind to the girl. Pingxiang said.

"What is the reason?" asked Xiuzhu.

Pingxiang didn't rush to answer, but said with a smile: "Usually one person is good to another person, in addition to the deep emotional factor, either he is afraid or he wants something. ”

"So, what kind of lady is the fourth lady?" Although Xiuzhu is not smart, she also knows that the fourth lady does not have a deep affection for the girl.

"It's both. Huizhu said, "The fourth lady is afraid that she will provoke our lady by not taking good care of the girl, and secondly, she wants to take this opportunity to get closer to her wife." ”

Could it be that the fourth uncle and aunt were kind to her only for these two reasons? Su Yunjiao thought to herself.

Glancing at Su Yunjiao, who had been leaning on the beauty couch and listening to them, Ping Xiang smiled: "Of course, in addition to these two reasons, there are also some sincere reasons. is not sincere, and the fourth lady can't be so considerate. ”

After saying that, Pingxiang gave Huizhu another look, and Huizhu, who was as smart as Huizhu, naturally understood what she meant, so she also echoed: "With the pear paste and those words that the girl gave before, I think now the fourth lady is more sincere than utilitarian to the girl." ”

"That's it. Su Yunjiao smiled, she said that it was impossible to use the temperament of the fourth uncle and aunt to her, "You go on, you listen to the embroidered beads, and learn more from them." ”

"I'm afraid of annoying my wife, I can figure it out, it's really not good that the relationship between the axis and the concubine is too stiff. Xiuzhu scratched her head and asked, "But why do you want to get closer to Madame?" The fourth lady and the lady are one in Shanzhou and the other is in Qingzhou, thousands of miles apart, can the fourth lady still get benefits from Madame?"

"Just because it's not good now doesn't mean it won't be in the future. Huizhu said.

Xiuzhu suddenly realized: "You mean after returning to the capital." ”

"This time the reaction was quick. Pingxiang smiled, "That's right, the fourth lady is planning to return to Beijing." ”

"But I don't understand, why does the fourth lady have to go back to Beijing if she stays well in this state?"

"I thought there was something the fourth lady wanted in the capital. ”

"What does the Fourth Lady want?" Xiuzhu asked.

"I don't know. Huizhu replied truthfully.

"Then how do you say that there is something the fourth lady wants in the capital?" Xiuzhu said unconvinced.

Pingxiang took over with a smile: "She doesn't know what the fourth lady wants, but I know that the fourth lady is not doing well here." ”

"How is the fourth uncle and aunt doing?" Listening to Pingxiang's words, Su Yunjiao was as confused as Xiuzhu. The tragic ending of the last life of the fourth room, it can be said that this entry into Beijing is the source, and she is still thinking about whether to hinder the fourth room from entering Beijing, so that they can live peacefully in Lanzhou for a lifetime.

Pingxiang nodded and said, "I have a good conversation with Cui Mei next to the fourth lady, and she has also told me some things secretly. At the beginning, the fourth room left Beijing because the old marquis died, and the old lady ordered the fourth master to stay in his hometown in Lanzhou for three years, but the old lady did not allow the fourth master to go back after the three-year period. Instead, the industry in her hometown has been unattended for many years, and she is not at ease when it is handed over to others, so she let the family of the fourth master stay in Lanzhou, and she has stayed for so many years. ”

"Isn't that great?" Xiuzhu still doesn't understand, this day is far away from the emperor, and there is an industry to take care of it, so it is better than being angry every day in the capital.

"I'm not done yet. Pingxiang said, "You don't want to think about who the old lady is, what the fourth master is, how can the old lady be so good to the fourth master." I heard that the fourth master was a famous person at that time, just waiting to be an official, but it happened that the old marquis was gone at this time, and it was easy to survive three years, and he still couldn't turn back. There are not many people in the world who can be promoted to the Jinshi, but the alternate official positions are even rarer, and this imperial examination has been held round after round, and after a long time, who still remembers our four masters. ”

Huizhu's eyes froze, and she continued: "That's right, the fourth master is so far away from Beijing, even if someone remembers, the old lady can block it for him with a word." ”

"This is one of them, and the other is that the industry in this state is nominally managed by the four old masters' family, but in fact, the people who hold the real power are the old lady's people. Pingxiang said, "All the work has been done, but the silver belongs to someone else, who can be willing? Besides, every year when Lanzhou sends a festival gift to Beijing, the old lady has to leave someone to talk in detail, thinking that they are reporting to the old lady on the movements of Lanzhou City." What's the difference between this and living under the nose of an old lady?"

"If that's the case, it's no wonder that the fourth lady wants to go back to Beijing. Xiuzhu nodded.

Su Yunjiao also nodded silently in her heart, so it is better for the fourth uncle and mother to go back with them, and the future is planned in the future, and I will help them solve the current dilemma first.

"According to the temperament of the fourth lady, I probably didn't think about going back until our lady showed her goodwill. Huizhu said, "If there is no girl, I'm afraid no one in Beijing will think of the fourth lady's family." ”

So it really has something to do with her, Su Yunjiao secretly thought to herself, if she hadn't made a mistake and was sent to Shanzhou by her grandmother, who would have remembered the fourth uncle's family; if it weren't for the fact that she didn't like Lanzhou and didn't want to stay here for three years, and she wanted to go back to Beijing, her mother wouldn't have helped the fourth uncle.

"What does this have to do with the girl?"

Pingxiang said with a smile: "Didn't the girl always make a fuss about returning to Beijing in the past, but the old lady was determined to want the girl to stay here for three years, and it was impossible for the girl to return early." But the girl was so fierce that our lady looked distressed, so she came up with this solution. If all the people who stayed in the city went back, could the old lady still leave the girl here alone?"

With this thought, coupled with the fact that he didn't dare to offend his wife too much, it was inevitable that the fourth lady's family would return to Beijing. ”

"Hey, this is mine," Su Yunjiao sighed after hearing this, she was too willful at the beginning.

"How can it be a girl, isn't it? It should be the girl's great work. Pingxiang heard Su Yunjiao sigh and said with a smile, "The girl might as well think about it in a different direction, with the help of our wife, the situation of the fourth lady is always better than now." ”

"Your mouth, black can be said to be white. Su Yunjiao glanced at her and said with a smile.

Therefore, the return of the fourth lady to Beijing is a foregone conclusion. Xiuzhu finally figured it out, and looked at Su Yunjiao with admiration, "The girl must have figured it out a long time ago, the girl is so amazing!"

Su Yunjiao's expression did not move, and she looked as a matter of course: "Of course." ”

This time it wasn't just Pingxiang, but even Huizhu, who had always been cold, couldn't help but hook the corners of her mouth.

"Since it's a foregone conclusion, I'm going to leave after the Mid-Autumn Festival at the latest, girl, some things should be done quickly, and the province will make the old lady unhappy again as soon as I go. ”

Pingxiang said Su Yunjiao inexplicably, does she have anything to do?

"Girl forgot?" Pingxiang walked to the big rosewood desk in the house, took out a stack of paper and began to cut, Huizhu also went over to help polish the ink when she saw it, "When the girl left Beijing, the old lady not only let the girl meditate in Lanzhou, but also asked the girl to copy the Heart Sutra three thousand times, saying that if she didn't finish copying, she would not be allowed to return to Beijing even if the three-year period expired!"

"Huh?!"