The little maid at the East Corner Gate was so frightened by Xu Wanzhen's smile that she ran away. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Mrs. Wu, who was guarding the door, said with a smile: "Where did this little maid come from, what are you running?

The little girl was already weak-hearted, and when she shouted, she had to stand timidly.

Mrs. Wu stepped forward and asked, "Which yard are you? Early in the morning, you don't work in the yard, what are you doing at the East Corner Gate?"

"I, I'm ......" she stammered a few words, and said with a whim: "I am the water blue of the 'Songtao Courtyard', the old lady knows that Mrs. Xu is out of the house today, so she can't rest assured, so she sent me to take a look." ”

"Don't worry about sending such a little girl as you?" Wu Pozi was suspicious, and asked again: "Then what are you running?"

"No, I just watched Mrs. Xu leave, and I was in a hurry to go back to restore the old lady's life. Shui Lan snorted.

Mrs. Wu then let her go away. He said to himself: "This thing is a little weird. When the eldest lady comes back, she has to go back. ”

Shui Lan left the East Corner Gate, walked all the way, and returned to the "Wen Han Residence" in a panic. Seeing that Tu Manzhen had not returned to his room, he was waiting at the door.

The two sisters, Tu Manfen and Tu Manzhen, are in Li's upper room to say hello to their parents.

Li Wenyan asked them a few words, sent Tu Bowen out, and sat down with the sisters for breakfast.

The family rules of the Tu family pay attention to "food is silent, sleep is silent". Even when it was rice, Li still behaved elegantly, eating the food in small bites, silently chewing the food in his mouth. She has always asked of her daughters.

But today, Tu Manzhen was worried about the matter of Dongjiaomen, thinking about whether Shui Lan had heard the news, and ate a little absent-mindedly. Seeing her like this, Li knocked his fingers on the table and made two "tuk-tuk" sounds.

Tu Manzhen was still in a trance, and suddenly heard a voice, and the white porcelain spoon in his hand fell to the table with a "clang" and fell in half. She exclaimed in surprise, and remembered the rule that you can't make a sound when eating, so she quickly covered her mouth.

Li frowned, motioned to the first-class maid in her room, cleaned up the tabletop, and brought a new spoon. Tu Manfen gave Tu Manzhen a look and motioned for her to continue to eat quietly.

After the three of them finished eating, they rinsed their mouths. Li Shicai said: "Manzhen, what's going on with you today?"

Tu Manzhen had already thought of an excuse, and said coquettishly: "Mother, I'm thinking, the song that Mr. Ning taught last afternoon was so good, I thought about it." ”

Mr. Ning is a female gentleman hired by the Tu family to teach the two sisters piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is also a person with a hard life, she was originally a Hanlin lady, and she was also a talented man and a woman, a husband and a wife. Unexpectedly, her husband died of illness at a young age, leaving only a young son. Her talent and learning are excellent, so she set up her own female household, in the name of her deceased husband, and lived by teaching young ladies from large families, raising her young son.

Although she is not rich, she does not accept female disciples at will. In addition to examining the character of the disciple, if the disciple's family style is not good, she will not teach. After accepting female disciples, each family only taught for three years, and never stayed longer. She said: "In the past three years, I have taught what I can teach, and I have practiced the rest on my own. ”

The first female disciple she taught was now the princess of Chu. Since then, anyone in Beijing who has a daughter to marry flock to her. When she came to the Tu family, she also took a fancy to the noble reputation of the Tu family, and the daughter raised by this family should not smash her reputation. She came to the Tu family in Qinglong's fifth year, and now it is her last year.

Li Shi heard that Tu Manzhen was thinking about homework, nodded, and said, "It's good to work hard, but you have to concentrate when eating." If you do it again next time, you will be punished to copy the Heart Sutra ten times. ”

Tu Manzhen stuck out her tongue, took Li's hand and said, "Okay, mother, Zhen'er will never be next time." ”

The two sisters came out of the main room, and Tu Manfen said softly: "Sister, you were too careless, and you were almost found by your mother." ”

Tu Manzhen said proudly: "Didn't you find it? Fortunately, I coped with it properly." The two walked along the verandah, and Tu Manzhen saw Shui Lan waiting at the door of the wing room, shook Tu Manfen's arm, and said excitedly: "Sister! ”

"Quiet! I saw that too. ”

When they got closer, the two of them saw that the expression on Shui Lan's face was not quite right. Tu Manzhen asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Shui Lan entered the house and said, "Back to the eldest lady and the second lady, the slave maid has just come back from the East Corner Gate." ”

Tu Manfen forced her excitement and asked lightly, "Well, what can you see?"

Shui Lan glanced at her timidly and said, "I saw that the Xu family set up two carriages, and Mrs. Xu, Miss Xu, and the little young master of the Xu family all got into the carriage. ”

"What? you read that right?" Tu Manzhen looked at her with wide eyes.

Shui Lan was taken aback. When Cui Sleeve told her, he only asked her to go and see if there was anything going on at the East Corner Gate? She has always been timid, although she doesn't know why, but she has a gut feeling that this is not normal, what are you going to do at the East Corner Gate? Miss Xu smiled at her again, scaring half of her soul away.

Seeing that the second lady's reaction was so big, she didn't know why, so she had to answer truthfully: "That's right, they estimated that they came out of the corner gate at three o'clock and set off in less than a quarter of an hour." ”

Tu Manzhen's eyes were about to pop out, how could it be? It couldn't be like this! So early, where did the Xu family get the horses?

Seeing this, Tu Manfen took his sister's hand soothingly, and continued to ask, "Is there anything special?"

"What's special...... Shui Lan recalled for a moment, "Ah, there is." ”

"What's there? Tu Manzhen urged repeatedly.

Miss Xu was the last to get into the carriage, and she seemed to see me and smiled at me. However, it is far away, and the sky is not yet bright, so I'm not sure. "Aqua Blue Road.

"What?!" Hearing Shui Lan's words, it was like a basin of cold water, pouring Tu Manzhen from head to toe. She screamed, her hand tightened, and she scratched a wound on Tu Manfen's palm, and blood beads suddenly appeared.

Tu Manfen was in pain, retracted his hand and looked at it, frowned, and said, "Don't make a fuss, you be careful." ”

Seeing this scene, Shui Lan was so frightened that he stood in front of him. Tu Manfen saw that she was stupid, and said impatiently: "Go, find me Cui Sleeve!"

Shui Lan heard the order, and a spirit hurriedly retreated.

Tu Manzhen hadn't recovered from the shock yet, and muttered in her mouth: "Sister, how can you say this?" Then Xu Wanzhen still smiled at Shui Lan, did she know that we did this?" Speaking of this, she panicked, hurriedly pulled Tu Manfen's hand, and said, "She knows, what can I do?"

Tu Manfen turned to one side, avoided her hand, and said, "Don't you see my hand hurt?" He said angrily: "How would she know, it's just a little maid." Even if she suspected, she had no evidence. Now is not the time to think about this, we have to find out, where did she come from?"

Tu Manzhen came to her senses and said hatefully: "Yes! Cui Sleeve is so bold, he dares to disobey the yang and the yin." ”

(To be continued.) )