Chapter 25: The Wisher Takes the Bait
After Huo Lingxi released the words, he also settled down, read books and drank tea every day, and accompanied Mrs. Huo to recite Buddhist scriptures.
She sneered in her heart, people are harmless tigers, and tigers are harmful. If their mother and daughter hadn't had the idea of killing them all, they wouldn't have come up with such a way to deal with them.
But it's okay, it seems that this Huo family wants to send Huo Huaqing into the palace, or as a tool to cling to the powerful, and now they have cut off the power of their house first, and if they want to deal with this Huo family in the future, there will be fewer obstacles.
Now it only takes a moment for them to lose their breath, and wants to take advantage of the time when she is in trouble, and pull them down from a high place.
It should also let the proud women of these days understand that their background does not mean everything, and if they are vicious and scheming, there will always be a day when they will be exposed.
That day, Huo Lingxi was chatting with the old lady there to relieve her fatigue, only to see that Huo Huaqing came very early, holding a plate of freshly baked chestnut cake in his hand, and Zhao Yunzhi followed behind with a bright smile.
Huo Lingxi glanced at them coldly, but he still couldn't forget the etiquette, and bowed to them slightly, Zhao Yunzhi's face was faint, presumably she had regarded herself as a dead person.
If you make such a big mistake, you will be driven out of the Huo family if you don't die, Zhao Yunzhi looked at the old lady and smiled a little flatteringly, this is also natural, after all, she is the head of the family, as long as this old lady Huo is still in the day, she can't trespass.
"Huaqing, I heard that you want to eat chestnut cake today, and you specially learned it from the kitchen people, old lady, you can taste it, this is a piece of my family's Huaqing!" Zhao Yunzhi's face was overjoyed.
"Huaqing is only a shallow learner, I'm afraid that the things I make can't get into the mouth of the old lady." Huo Huaqing was indifferent, looking shy and timid, which was really pitiful for me.
The old lady was naturally very happy to see her so attentive, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, don't worry, it's excellent to have this intention." ”
As he spoke, he ordered someone to bring up the plate of chestnut cakes that were extremely delicately made.
Huo Lingxi took a look, the plate of pastries was made of fine shapes, all made into the shape of peonies, one by one overlapped on the white jade-like porcelain plate, which looked more and more delicate and beautiful.
Huo Lingxi thought to herself, this is inevitably too exquisite, if it is said that it is made by an experienced chef, she believes it, if it is said that this is a young lady who does not touch the spring water with her fingers, she will never believe it.
However, Mrs. Huo, of course, will not expose this in public, Huo Lingxi is also her most outstanding granddaughter after all, and she also has high hopes for this child.
Now it can be regarded as filial piety, so he immediately picked up a chestnut cake and put it in his mouth.
This pastry is really good, it melts in the mouth, and it is also the best glutinous rice flour, and the chestnuts are sifted very finely, and it tastes soft but not greasy, and it is full of sweetness.
Old Madam Huo was full of praise, and immediately smiled, and ordered someone to distribute some tastings to a few of the young ladies and ladies who were sitting next to them.
"Huaqing, you girl is really attentive, come and take my green treasure and gold-inlaid steps." The old lady looked at Huo Huaqing with a smile on her face.
Huo Huaqing was happy, but he still made a reluctant look, and said: "Huaqing is not doing this to receive a reward, just to make the old lady happy." ”
Huo Lingxi looked at it coldly, and Huo Chengying also arrived, her face was full of envy, but she could only watch dryly, if Huo Lingxi was rewarded, she could still make a few difficult words, but now that Huo Hua was in the limelight, she didn't dare to offend her mother-in-law.
Look at it again, almost everyone in this family is together, it seems that this Zhao Yunzhi has to kill himself.
"If you say that you are rewarded, how can you get it back?" The old lady said kindly.
"That's right, Sister Huaqing, since the old lady gave it to you, you can keep it." Although Huo Chengying was greedy, she knew that she should say something to let Huo Huaqing, who was not fond of silver money and jewelry, go down the ladder, and by the way, she accepted this thing, so she hurriedly persuaded her.
Huo Huaqing refused several times, and then accepted the step, Huo Lingxi looked at her and wanted to laugh in her heart, but she still had to pretend to be forced to look at her, and she couldn't help laughing.
"Huaqing and Lingxi, the two girls, are very hearty." The old woman took a sip of tea and said slowly.
"It's all as it should be." Huo Lingxi sat on the side, his face was not wavering, and no trace of emotion was leaked.
Rao is like this, and Huo Chengying also complained in her heart.
Now in the eyes of the old lady, I am afraid that there are only these two granddaughters left, and she is lukewarm when she comes to ask for peace for a while.
"I don't know what this Lingxi sister has done to make the old woman value it so much?" Huo Chengying is absolutely unwilling to lose half a point to Huo Lingxi.
"This kid goes to the lotus pond every day, gets up early to pick the fresh dew and comes back, and makes me tea, which is very rare." The old lady said with a smile in her eyes and a kind eyebrow.
What's the big deal!
Huo Chengying is really bored with Huo Lingxi in her heart, except for copying scriptures and picking dew, which can be done by fools, she doesn't seem to have any other strengths.
How can you let the old lady, who has always been indifferent, look down on her?
But she never wondered why she never did these extremely simple and easy things. She was reluctant to put in a little effort to make her elders happy.
Huo Huaqing smiled and said: "This Lingxi sister is indeed rare, she gets up so early every day, and the entire Huo Mansion is probably as diligent as she is." I don't know if the house was empty before dawn, did my sister feel scared? ”
Huo Lingxi thought about it for a while, this Huo Huaqing began to stumble on herself again, saying that she was doing things when the people in the whole mansion were asleep, wouldn't she be hinting to others, if she Huo Lingxi planned to do something, it was the right time, the right place, and the gods didn't know it?
At that moment, Huo Lingxi also replied with a smile: "Sister is really false, you get up late every day, so I don't know, before dawn, the servants of each family will start to work, not to mention, Lingxi thinks that he can sit upright, what is there to be afraid of." "My sister is really humble." The smile on Huo Huaqing's face was a little unbearable, this sharp-toothed dead girl actually alluded to her inconsiderate subordinates and casually talked nonsense.
Zhao Yunzhi saw that she was a little angry, and hurriedly patted the back of her hand secretly, if the old lady fell today, it would be the best, would this Huo Lingxi still have a chance to be able to speak well?
She glanced at the few people sitting around, today she wanted everyone to see her daughter's filial piety and scenery, and secondly, yesterday she had already told Forsythia to make the weight of the poison larger, thinking about it, today is the day when Huo Lingxi returns to the west.
Zhao Yunzhi looked at Huo Lingxi, who was listening to the old lady's speech with a faint smile, she really wanted to see how this Huo Lingxi could laugh for a while.
This book was first published in Reading Book Worm