Chapter 12: Trickery

Coming out of Xie's place, Gu Yanling wanted to go back to Liuli Courtyard, but the brocade soft shoes side walked down the first stone step, Gu Yanling's body paused slightly, and after a moment of thought, he turned his head and said: "Let's go to Zhuqing Courtyard, and take a look at Brother Yu." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Yu Bi didn't speak, only lowered her jaw slightly, and followed Gu Yanling. Because it is the beginning of spring, the scenery in the yard at this time is excellent, there are several pots of sticking stem begonias under the white stone platform of passionflower pattern, the flower branches are demonic and thin, the brown and red petals are tightly attached, at a glance, the tree posture is swaying, under the wind, there is the beauty of being able to grasp it.

Gu Yanling walked to the pebble path under the corridor, the moss on both sides was speckled, and the vines were covered, looking at the green barrier and blue screen, Gu Yanling couldn't help but smile.

Seeing a peony garden, Libi said with a smile: "It's better to let Jiang Zhu and the others cut some peonies for a while, and go back to the small kitchen to make peony flower cakes for the girl to eat." ”

Gu Yanling listened, smiled on his lips, looked at the few of them and said, "When the time comes, you will also share some." ”

"Sister Luokui also likes to eat that the most, and I don't know how happy I will be when I know it for a while. ”

Jiang Zhu was wearing an emerald shirt, her delicate face and watery eyes were even more smart, and when she heard about eating, she couldn't help but interject.

Gu Yanling glanced at Jiang Zhu, and an indistinct smile floated on his lips: "How did you know?"

Jiang Zhu glanced at Libi and said with a smile: "Last time, the girl rewarded us with peony flower cakes, Sister Luokui liked it tightly, and took several more things from Sister Libi's share, but Sister Libi said that she didn't like sweets very much, but it was just right." ”

Gu Yanling's eyes were pale, and he glanced at Yu Bi on the side: "You don't like sweets?"

Ji Bi's hands stiffened, and then he smiled reluctantly: "I don't eat much on weekdays." ”

Gu Yanling looked at Libi for a moment and didn't speak, Libi had been with her for so many years in her previous life, how could she not know Libi's preferences? At that time, Libi liked Gu Yanling's little points the most, but told her to joke that her teeth were going to be broken.

Now, Gu Yanling doesn't know how to do it, I'm afraid that it is Luo Kui's superior mind that is troublesome, fighting for face and favor in front of her on weekdays, and in private she has to compete for food and rewards with Liubi, who is on an equal footing with her.

Although Gu Yanling was hesitant in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, and only said lightly: "I'll give you something else in the future." ”

After speaking, Gu Yanling walked forward, and Yu Bi hurriedly followed, looking at Gu Yanling, who was silent, he couldn't help but be a little nervous, holding his hands tightly, not daring to be sloppy.

Although her appearance and figure are not as good as Luo Kui, she is also the top in the house, and she is steady, and her loyalty is not a problem, but she is good in everything, only one thing, her temperament is too good, she is full of thoughts for her as the master, and she takes care of the overall situation, but she has wronged herself alone.

Gu Yanling was thinking about the candidate to replace Luo Kui, so he heard a whispered mutter: "Huh, isn't that Sister Yingluo from Qinxiang Courtyard?"

When Gu Yanling heard this, she followed Jiang Zhu's gaze, and sure enough, Yingluo, the eldest girl beside the third wife Qin, was carrying a slightly larger than ordinary carved lacquer food box, looking briskly and calm, but a pair of eyes looked at both sides from time to time, and then hurried away.

Gu Yanling looked at Yingluo quietly, and seemed to understand something, but she thought about it for a while, and said steadily: "Turn this path, it seems to be the ancestral hall." ”

Gu Yanling's lips floated slightly, and he said unhurriedly: "Let's go over slowly." ”

After a moment's pause, Ji Bi and Jiang Zhu followed Gu Yanling's slow steps towards the ancestral hall.

Because of the distance, Gu Yanling deliberately slowed down, and when she walked through the solemn and silent ancestral hall to the back window of the Provincial Enlightenment Room, Yingluo was already in the Provincial Enlightenment Room.

Jiang Zhu looked at the surrounding movements not far away, Gu Yanling quietly stuck under the back window, and then heard Yingluo comforting softly: "This middle coat is made of cotton, and the wife specially asked the slave maid to bring it to the girl, and the humidity of the room is heavy, with it, the girl can feel better this night, and these snacks, I don't dare to take the plate, if it is not good for people to see it, I can only take this small lotus package, it is still freshly made The girl loves to eat, and when she is hungry at night, the girl will make up for it." ”

A smile appeared on Gu Yanling's lips, just now she was still wondering what Yingluo was doing with such a big food box, the Qin family was heartbroken for this daughter, and she couldn't be more thoughtful.

"Sister Yingluo, I'm afraid of ......"

Gu Yanchao, who has always been arrogant and domineering, has restrained his past momentum at this moment, and his choked voice is aggrieved and pitiful. In the eyes of the maids and servants, Gu Yanchao is a powerful master, but in Gu Yanling's opinion, Gu Yanchao is just a fierce introvert.

Yingluo looked at Gu Yanchao's timid little face full of tears, and couldn't help but soften in her heart, sighed and said: "Good girl, what you did this time is really a bit too much, and now even the old lady and the old lady are angry, although the wife has the heart to plead, but there is no way." ”

Gu Yanchao, who was originally still frightened and frightened by the situation, heard this, his eyes were suddenly full of fierceness, his voice rose sharply, his hands trembled, and he said sharply: "How dare she Gu Yanjin rob my things in the past, but now she just sees that the second uncle is back, and even the old ancestor is biased towards her, so she can't tell me anymore?"

When Yingluo heard this, her face turned white with fright, and she hurriedly covered Gu Yanchao's mouth, looked around in fear, and then retreated: "My girl, have you been able to bring others here for a while?"

Seeing that Gu Yanchao's anger had not subsided, but he had calmed down due to timidity, Yingluo hurriedly said: "The mother-in-law at the door was finally invited by me to eat and drink, and I will come back at some point, I don't dare to stay longer, as long as the girl survives tonight, Ming'er and the old lady are angry, and the wife goes to ask for a favor, and the girl can come out, just a little, the girl must not provoke the old lady's fire again." ”

Gu Yanchao glanced at the cold surroundings again, thinking that the ancestral hall in front of him was full of rows of gloomy and solemn black lacquer tablets of the Gu family's ancestors, fear suddenly rose again, Fang Cai's anger was suddenly extinguished, and his voice softened again: "I know." ”

Yingluo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The slave and maid will leave first, so as not to let people see right and wrong." ”

Although Gu Yanchao was reluctant, he also knew that Yingluo's words were true, so he could only bite his lower lip and nodded with tears in his eyes.

Looking at Yingluo's disappearing back, Gu Yanchao couldn't help but feel aggrieved, she was spoiled by the old lady, father, and mother since she was a child, even Gu Yanling's background was not as good as her favor, but now, Gu Yanchao's eyes burned with hatred, Gu Yanjin actually hurt her to such a situation, how could she not hate!

Thinking of this, Gu Yanchao's hand clenched tighter and tighter, and the hatred in his eyes became more and more irrepressible.

When Yingluo cautiously walked to the door of the ancestral hall, Gu Yanling had already retreated to the pebble path in front of the ancestral hall, seeing that Yingluo's figure was already behind the door, the smile on Gu Yanling's lips deepened, and he suddenly raised his voice deliberately and said, "Jade peach." ”

While shouting, Gu Yanling pretended to chase towards the door of the ancestral hall, and Yingluo, who was about to walk out, was startled by this voice, and hurriedly flashed her body behind the door, and saw Gu Yanling's master and servant through the crack in the door, and she was already in a cold sweat.

Gu Yanling didn't see the Yingluo behind the door at all, stopped at the foot of the stone steps in front of the ancestral hall, frowned slightly, and said with some hesitation: "It's strange, I came over when I looked at the figure, why is this time gone, didn't I recognize the wrong person?"

After speaking, Gu Yanling turned his head to look at the two of them: "You guys can see the jade peach?"

It happened suddenly, and Yu Bi was still a little confused, she didn't see half a figure, but Jiang Zhu on the side immediately understood, and said busily: "The girl is not wrong, Fang Cai's slave maid also saw it, Sister Yutao seems to have just come out of the ancestral hall, but there is no one in the blink of an eye." ”

As soon as these words came out, Yingluo behind the door almost screamed in surprise, and at this moment, Yubi also understood, glanced at Yingluo behind the door, and said softly: "This time, the third girl is about to be served, Yutao should serve in Suirong Courtyard, how can I still have time to come here." ”

Gu Yanling nodded slightly, frowned and pondered for a moment, as if he couldn't think of it, so he retracted his gaze and said: "That's it, each room has its own affairs, just take care of the Liuli Courtyard, go to Zhuqing Courtyard." ”

Libi and Jiang Zhu lowered their jaws obediently, and followed Gu Yanling away, Yingluo, who was hiding behind the door, was in a panic conversation with Gu Yanling's master and servant, but she didn't notice the meaningful smile that Gu Yanling looked at behind the door of the ancestral hall when she left.

After walking for a while, Yu Bi said: "Girl, if Yingluo tells the third lady about Fang Cai, will it affect us?"

Gu Yanling's lips were slightly raised, and he simply spit out two words: "No." ”

If the Qin clan knew, they could only be in a hurry, and there was no way at all, if they rashly went to the Liuli Courtyard to ask her, or went to the Yu clan to tell the matter of Fang Cai, it would be that there were no three hundred taels of silver here, and they confessed themselves.

Even if the old lady knew that the Qin family sent someone to secretly go to the provincial Wufang room, the Qin family could only accept the old lady's scolding and secretly calculate the account on the head of the second room, as for their big house, in the eyes of the Qin family, she and Libi and Jiang Zhu originally just happened to see the jade peach in Gu Yanjin Courtyard on the way to Zhuqing Courtyard, and the Qin family really didn't need to talk about this matter to the old lady, because this can only prove that Yingluo did go to the ancestral hall, and this informant is Yutao.

But since people dare to tell the old lady, are they still afraid that the informant will be pulled out? How could the Qin clan do such a thing that would do all kinds of harm to themselves and not be beneficial.

Seeing Gu Yanling's calm expression, Libi and Jiang Zhu also breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Yanling quietly glanced at Jiang Zhu who was lowering her eyebrows on the side, and a slight smile appeared on her lips, although Jiang Zhu is a second-class girl, she is a little younger than Libi and Luo Kui, but in the end, she is the son of the Dingguo Mansion, she usually eats smartly, and her parents are both looking at the courtyard in Jinling, and others just want to grasp the weakness to restrain and can't stretch out such a long hand, such a girl, if she is trained and beaten a little, she is really a usable person.

It just so happened that as soon as Luo Kui was sent out, he was able to take the position of this big girl.

"There is such a big thing, how can the ancestor not know, Jiang Zhu, this matter will be handed over to you, just one point, this matter should not be related to our big house from beginning to end. ”

After listening to Gu Yanling's instructions, Jiang Zhu didn't understand anything, and her beautiful little face smiled sweetly: "Don't worry, girl." ”