Chapter 30: Inside and Down

Shangjing is getting cooler day by day, today is the third day of the eighth month, and Princess Anyang ordered Qin Tianjian to calculate the auspicious day of the Wenhui. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Due to the fact that the landform of Shangjing is already full of water, almost every household in Shangjing has attracted living water. Whether it is the hairpin clan or the ordinary people, there are ponds and lakes of different sizes embedded in the garden.

The Lingering Garden is in the southeast of the Li Mansion, and the guests are usually here. Above the clear waves, it is a good time for lotus flowers to bloom. The old lady and Li Shuci both love white lotus, so most of the lake is white lotus, and the breeze floats even more slim and beautiful. The west side of the Lingering Garden is connected to the old lady's Mingshou Hall, and the north side is leaning on the three-room Li Shuci's Wind Garden.

The male guest is set at the beginning of the hour, while the female guest is set at the third hour. So as not to have too many guests, the male guest conflicts with the female guest.

Now that there is still a while before the beginning of the year, Yu Baochan has already gotten out of the carriage in a hurry, came to meet the old lady and the Zhou family and the Wu family, who were busy receiving guests, and couldn't wait to enter Li Shuci's courtyard.

When Li Shuci heard that Yu Baochan had arrived, he went out to greet him, and heard Yu Baochan's clear voice from a distance and asked, "Miss Fang is here?"

"Not yet, you're the first. Our girl also said yesterday that this Liufang will guarantee that Miss Yu San will be the first to arrive!" Lan Xin replied with a smile.

Li Shuci saw from a distance that Yu Baochan was wearing a green rhombic yarn wide-sleeved Luo shirt on the top, and sixteen goose yellow hundred-folded skirts below, with a long snow-colored light yarn between her arms, dragged below the skirt, and a five-color pendant bead palace silk tied around her waist, which was the popular wide-sleeved liuxian skirt today. The lines are elegant and smart, and they are all the looks of a girl. I saw her look playful and proud, and said: "That's natural, Ah Ci holds a Liufang meeting, and I naturally want to come to help each other!"

Li Shuci really needs a helper, Mu Yun is not there, and it is inevitable that he will be constrained in doing things, which is not very convenient. But some of the things she has to do are that she can't say too much to Yu Baochan and Fang Jin.

The old lady and the Yao family both personally inquired about Mu Yun's whereabouts, and Li Shuci only said that Mu Yun had found his brother and could not return to the house to say goodbye to everyone because of an emergency. The old lady and the Yao family both sighed, quite reluctant. Li Shuci had another thought in his heart.

As soon as Yu Baochan raised her eyes, she saw Li Shuci coming over, and took three steps and two steps: "Ah Ci Ah Ci, how are you preparing? Take me to change this dress first, my mother has to force me to wear this dress, and I will be dragged to death by being verbose! I asked the girl to bring me something refreshing and convenient, you can find me a place to change." ”

"What are you doing instead?" Princess Jun naturally wants you to show your face in front of everyone, and ...... in the future."

Before Li Shuci finished speaking, Yu Baochan pounced, "Crazy girl, see if I don't tear your mouth!"

The two laughed, and Li Shuci took her to the warm pavilion outside his boudoir, and said: "I don't need to prepare anything, the eldest aunt and the second aunt have already prepared to stop, and I am naturally happy to be an idler." ”

Li Shuci was waiting for Yu Baochan outside, thoughtful.

The person Yu Baochan married in her previous life...... I hope there won't be any sparks in this life. She did marry the guy she liked, but it didn't do well after that. The only few times they saw each other after they got married, Yu Baochan became more and more haggard and decadent every time.

Yu Baochan changed her clothes and came out, and Li Shuci carefully instructed: "Hang the clothes well, the county lord will wear them when he goes back." ”

The two waited for Fang Jin while chatting, but after a cup of tea, Fang Jin also came early in Yu Baochan's chattering voice.

The three of them went to the Lingering Garden together, and Fang Jin smiled: "Guess I fell asleep when I came!"

Yu Baochan blinked and said with a smile: "Could it be that you met my second brother?"

Fang Jin was stunned for a moment, then her cheeks turned red, and she reached out to pinch Yu Baochan's waist: "Look how I clean you up!"

Li Shuci hurriedly separated the two, poked Fang Jin's heart with his fingers, and said: "What's wrong with Sister Jin today, could it be that Second Brother Yu stole something from you?" There are many people here, be careful of being seen, spread out that Miss Fang is a crazy girl, and she will never have the face to see Second Brother Yu in the future!"

Yu Baochan laughed even more after hearing this, the three of them never shy away from each other, Yu Baochan's second brother Yu Shi'an is very interesting to Fang Jin, almost all of them grew up together, and there is a lot less avoidance in the middle, Yu Shi'an and Fang Jin can often meet.

Li Shuci is happy to see them succeed, Yu Shi'an is gentle and elegant, extremely talented, but in his previous life, Fang Jin didn't know why he didn't marry Yu Shi'an.

When Fang Jin heard this, he suddenly became silent. Li Shuci and Yu Baocian looked at each other for a while, and were about to ask each other, when the green pigeon came from the front, his face was pale, and his steps were a little vain.

Because she has Lan Xin Xuexin by her side, Qingge is generally assigned by Li Shuci to do more important things. Although the eldest aunt and the second aunt are dedicated, after all, there are a lot of pickled facts in the middle of the third room, so Li Shuci asked the green pigeon to stay in the garden to see, it is inevitable that there will be some omissions.

Li Shuci looked at her in surprise, Qingge has always been mature and steady, in her memory, she has never seen Qingge panic like this because of something. Yu Baochan and Fang Jin also looked puzzled, because of the relationship between the three of them, the two of them naturally knew Qingge's personality, and their eyes showed worry.

Li Shuci said: "Sister Jin, Bao Chan, you go first." I'll come later. ”

Fang Jin nodded and advised, "Be cautious in everything. ”

After that, he took Yu Baocian and followed Xue Xin to the Lingering Garden first.

The Lingering Garden is located in the southeast of the house, and the house pattern in Shangjing is mostly the main house and mostly facing south, divided into the front yard and the back yard, the front yard is mostly the place where the male guest is feasting, and the backyard atrium is the residence of the housewife or the old lady. The rest have their own courtyards.

Seeing that everyone was gone, Qingge stabilized his mind and said, "Girl, come with me." ”

Li Shuci followed behind the green pigeon, and the green pigeon's footsteps were very urgent, passing through the west wing room and several wide verandahs, with green bricks and red paint, and trees were verdant. It is also the direction of the Lingering Garden, but the direction of the banquet in the Lingering Garden is in the south, and their direction is a relatively remote place in the northwest corner of the Lingering Garden.

Passing through the Moon Gate, there is a small courtyard with a locked courtyard, there used to be a corner gate here, this courtyard was a wing room for the next person to watch the door, and then the corner gate was locked and abandoned. No one came to this courtyard again.

It is uninhabited, and piles of weeds grow in the cracks of the stones. The windows are hidden. There was a thick layer of ash on the bluestone slab, and there were two pairs of footprints on it, one large and one small. Qingge nervously pulled the corner of Li Shuci's clothes, and the worry was overflowing. Li Shuci made a silent gesture towards the green pigeon, and nodded to show reassurance. Qingge followed Li Shuci to step on the weeds on both sides of the bluestone slab and cautiously approached the wing, for fear of stepping on extra footprints.

When he got to the window, Li Shuci heard a voice inside say in a low voice: "Big cousin, now the Shen family is no longer just you and the second cousin. Since the Shen family's big house succeeded Shen Yuan, the second and third rooms have repeatedly shown weakness. What happened last time has made the Shen family disappointed in you, if you continue like this, you will be abandoned by the Shen family, are you really willing to be treated as an outcast?"

It was Li Shuqiao's voice. The voice of the person who spoke was aggressive, faintly coming out of the window lattice, not at all like Li Shuqiao, who was weak on weekdays and was about to cough in two sentences! Qingge turned her head to look at Li Shuci nervously, for fear that she would not be able to control it after listening to the following words, Li Shuci was a person who never refused to suffer losses in the past. But Li Shuci's eyes were not half surprised, but unusually calm.

The other party hesitated, and finally said: "Shen Yuan is a successor after all......"

"Hmph, do you say that the son-in-law born by the concubine is valued, or the son-in-law who is the step-son is valued?"

"But ......" Shen Hong's heart trembled when Li Shuqiao said.

"What else! You have to think about it, if you seize this opportunity. You can turn over and become the son-in-law of the Prime Minister's Mansion and marry the concubine of the crown prince of the dynasty. Otherwise......" Li Shuqiao's voice was a little excited, and he tried to control his voice and said fiercely: "Otherwise, you will ...... to the mud in the corner of the wall soon"

Li Shuci heard this, and he already understood what Li Shuqiao had in mind, and he couldn't help sneering in his heart, he was going to be sick all the time since three years ago, and there were also rumors outside that the eldest girl in the Li Mansion was not in good health. But Zhou's temper is not in a hurry, and Li Shuqiao never deliberately hides her weakness in front of others, it seems that they have been scheming, wanting to break down the third room, make Li Shuqiao and Shen Yuan together, and firmly tie the Shen family and the Li family together.

Li Shuqiao's words were not finished, but Shen Hong had already made it clear that she was right, he was not favored by the Shen Mansion, he became irrelevant, and let him fend for himself!...... I'll do it!"

As if he had made a lot of determination, Shen Hong's teeth chattered a little.

Li Shuqiao glanced at Shen Hong with disdain. There was a diaphragm in his heart, and he said secretly: Such a person, even if he becomes the son-in-law of the royal family, is still a straw bag! Then there was a squirming voice, Li Shuqiao seemed to take out something and gave it to Shen Hong, and said: "This medicine is very peculiar, and it usually doesn't attack when you drink it, but if you get dipped in wine, you only need a little bit, and you will fall asleep for about half an hour." When I woke up, the effect of the medicine was gone, and I couldn't find any clues. ...... then"

Qingge heard these words, her heart was cold, although she doesn't like to talk, but it doesn't mean that she really doesn't understand anything, the big room and the third room will fight sooner or later. But she didn't expect that Li Shuqiao, who is delicate and gentle on weekdays, would actually use such vicious tricks to deal with Li Shuci.

"I see......" Shen Hong hesitated and asked, "How could you?"

Li Shuqiao's tone calmed down this time, and he returned to his former calm and calm, with a kind of comfort and inducement in his voice, and said: "Cousin, don't forget, my father and I are also half of the Shen family, who will help you if I don't help you." Besides, even if you don't believe me, don't you ......believe me?"

"Could it be ......" Shen Hong's tone was surprised, as if he had confidence.