30. Chapter 30
On the day when the tribes from northern Xinjiang came, the capital was empty, and most of the people crowded to watch the neighboring countries that had come from afar.
Xie Liangying wanted to go and see it, but she happened to come to the decay water that day, and her stomach hurt badly. Of course, the grandmother of the Xie family did not allow her to go, so she was left alone in the house to give birth.
Mama Lian specially boiled a thick brown sugar jujube and ginger soup, coaxing Xie Liangying to pinch her nose and swallow it to feel at ease.
Xie Liangying hugged Tang Pozi, covered with a thick quilt. Although it is autumn, it still has a bit of a scorching heat. Xie Liangying was sweating all over, and her stomach was still cold.
People are always very vulnerable when they are not feeling well. Xie Liangying didn't know how to get it, and she especially wanted to see Xue Jian at this time. But the Marquis of Yunyang was by the emperor's side today, and he couldn't slip out even if he wanted to.
Seeing her depressed appearance, Mama Lian said, "Girl, why don't I go and fetch you the new fat powder sent by the Wei account room yesterday?" ”
Those fat powders were newly developed by Wei Yang, and Xie Liangying had to test them one by one before they were officially sold. These batches have just been delivered, and they haven't been opened yet. It's a good time to use it to relieve boredom.
Seeing Xie Liangying nodding, Lian Mama happily went to get something.
Xie Liangying leaned on the crypt sac with her stomach in her arms, closed her eyes and pretended to sleep. When she was about to fall asleep, she was awakened by the sound of porcelain breaking outside the house, and before she could ask, she heard Mama Lian scold angrily: "Little beast! If you drop the girl's things, what will you pay for?! Who trained you? I didn't even learn the rules well, so I came to serve the girl! ”
Xie Liangying glanced at Qing Xia, Qing Xia nodded knowingly, and went out of the house. She greeted Mama Lian and said with a smile: "Mama can slow down, this girl should be scolded, but the girl is still resting inside." ”
Mama Lian hurriedly lowered her voice and asked, "I didn't wake up the girl just now, did I?" ”
Qingxia smiled: "How can it, the girl is sleeping deeply." She glanced at the shivering little maid and raised her chin towards the middle of the courtyard, "Go and stand with the top basin." ”
The little maid wiped her tears, saluted Qingxia, and went to find a basin of water. She filled the water tank in the yard with water, and stood still in the yard with her hands on her head.
Qingxia shook her head slightly. She looked at the crumbled fat powder on the ground, and felt that it was a pity to sweep it like this, so she simply picked up a few large pieces and cut off the outside with a knife. Then they were wrapped in different colored handkerchiefs and carried on their bodies.
Even Mama went to find a broom and swept away the broken fat powder and broken porcelain on the ground. Just about to put things away, she heard Qing Xia's "ouch", she looked strangely at Qing Xia behind her, and caught a glimpse of a bee flying towards Qing Xia. She quickly chased the bee away, but another one came.
Qing Xia held the stung arm and said angrily: "What's the matter today, these bees are all around me." ”
Even Mama is strange, although there are flowers and plants in the yard, I have never seen bees rushing at people so diligently on weekdays.
Xie Liangying came out in a coat of curiosity to see that Qingxia had been taken to medicine by Mama Lian. There was nothing on the floor outside the house except for some grease crushed dust that could not be swept away. She squinted and saw a bee flying straight to the ground, and she stomped on it with a quick kick.
Xie Liangying always felt the sound of bees buzzing in her ears, so she raised her eyes and walked in the general direction where the sound came from. At last she finally saw a lot of bees in the pile of broken porcelain and fat powder that Mama Lian had just swept away, and they were all flying around the pile.
In order to prevent the bee from stinging herself, Xie Liangying wrapped her face with a coat, leaving only her eyes exposed. She stared at the bees motionlessly, and wondered if it was because of the fat powder?
Sure enough, there was an exclamation in the Qingxia room, and as soon as the voice fell, even Mama rushed out with her head in her hands. "Where are so many bees! Don't sting people to death! ”
Xie Liangying rushed over and shouted loudly: "Qingxia is about to throw away the fat powder." ”
Qing Xia, who understood it, hurriedly threw the fat powder that he had just put away from his arms and threw it on the ground. The three of them hid in the house, looking out at the pile of fat powder and bees.
Even Mama still had palpitations on her face, and asked, "Girl? How? Is it because of the fat powder? Without waiting for Xie Liangying to speak, he said angrily, "Wei Shufang is really, why don't you say it in advance." ”
Xie Liangying was also strange, if the fat powder could really attract bees, why didn't Wei Yang find out when he was doing it? She hadn't heard Wei Yang mention this stubble. "Go to the shop and call Mr. Wei, I want to ask."
A group of little girls in the yard, all with fine skin and tender meat, no one wants to be stung. No one took care of the pile of things on the ground, and they walked around as they passed.
Wei Yang hurried over, and was also confused after hearing about this, "I didn't encounter this incident." ”
But the first thing to do is to deal with the things first. Wei Yang took the torch and used the fireworks to smoke the bees. Qingqiu carefully used a small porcelain jar to put those wrapped fat powder cubes into it and quickly sealed them.
Without a source, the bee colony spun around like headless flies a few times and then left.
Xie Liangying exhaled a long breath and asked Wei Yang to look at the stung arm for Qing Xia, and only then relieved when he saw that it was okay.
After a few days, the weather was no longer as hot as before, and the emperor issued an order to let some high-ranking officials in Beijing take their families to hunt in the western suburbs.
Xie Liangying hung up early, and the Xie family had no reason not to take her.
When he arrived at the camp, Xue Jian took the time to take a look and leave. Xie Liangying and her sister share a tent, and the Yan family is not here, so she has to follow Xie Lezhi to serve conveniently.
Xie Liangying is the first time to see a woman from another country. Most of the people she dealt with in her previous life were men who were in business, and because of the long distance, it was inconvenient to bring their families with them. And the woman who keeps it for recreation, because of her low status, it is inconvenient to see Mrs. Yunyang Hou. So this time it was an eye-opener for Xie Liangying.
The women of northern Xinjiang are heroic, not as soft as the women of their own country, and they have a unique style. They are not inferior to men in hunting on horseback, and many women are even better at it than men. Xie Liangying was amazed, and took the initiative to greet those northern Xinjiang women driven by curiosity.
It is not only the royal women who came over from Northern Xinjiang this time, but also some of them, like Xie Liangying, are the daughters of ministers. In the case of equal status, the communication between each other seems to be much more equal, and the interaction between them is not formal. There were some enthusiastic women from Northern Xinjiang, and they dragged Xie Liangying to their tent and let her put on their clothes.
Xie Liangying, who changed into the clothes of a woman in Northern Xinjiang, was a little shy and walked with them with a little excitement. Xue Jian called the emperor and came over, and took the emperor's prey to meet the queen mother, and happened to see it.
Xie Liangying smiled at Xue Jian and turned Xue Jian's handsome face red. He turned his head abruptly and walked away as if nothing had happened.
A noble girl from northern Xinjiang beside her pointed at Xue Jian and asked, "Who is it?" ”
Only Xie Liangying is not from Northern Xinjiang, and only she can say this answer, "It's Xue Jian, the newly sealed Marquis of Yunyang." ”
The woman looked at Xue Jian's back a little stupidly, "I don't know if he got married." ”
Xie Liangying's face burned red instantly when she heard this.
The other woman tugged at the person who asked and said in a low voice: "If you don't listen to Grandma when you come, Yunyang Hou has already made a marriage." His wife is Hotaru. ”
"Ahh The woman looked at Xie Liangying embarrassedly.
Xie Liangying was also quite embarrassed, and the scene was cold for a while.
The woman from Northern Xinjiang who had just reminded people came out to play a round and said, "Tomorrow, we are going to try horse racing, and Ah Ying Ke is also together?" ”
Xie Liangying nodded, pointed to the beloved horse led by Qing Xia not far away, and said, "Naturally, that is the horse given to me by His Majesty, I heard that it was sent by your northern Xinjiang." ”
"Huh? Isn't that the little cub born to you, Aira? They were sent here. ”
Ayla was the girl from the northern frontier who had just shown her affection to Xue Jian, and she clapped her hands and said, "Sure enough, it's Bao Ketu's younger brother." She looked at Xie Liangying with a smile, "I won't release water in tomorrow's competition." ”
Xie Liangying said: "I've only been studying for a few days, where can I compare to you playing right away every day." Just don't bully me too badly. ”
Ayla giggled happily. She likes Xie Liangying's generous admitting of her inadequacy very much. Previously, they also thought about taking Xie Liangyun to play with Xie Liangyun for the sake of Xie Liangying's face, but Xie Liangyun disliked the smell of beef and mutton on their bodies, and they were always far away. Compared with Xie Liangying holding hands with them and letting them teach themselves archery hand in hand, Xie Liangyun's appearance was very unpleasant.
Early in the morning of the second day, Xie Liangying thought that she was going to try her equestrian skills today, and wanted to change into the riding clothes that Xue Jian had prepared for herself. Aira's maid came over at this time and specially sent a set of riding clothes for a northern Xinjiang woman. Xie Liangying looked at the brand-new clothes, happily accepted them, and changed them in front of the maid.
Xie Liangyun sneered on the side. She wore a goose-yellow riding suit today, her hair was tied up high, and she looked delicate and neat. In her eyes, the light and comfortable silk satin is much more beautiful than the wearable clothes in northern Xinjiang.
Xie Liangying didn't care about her sister's disdain, and went out with her clothes on. Xie Liangyun was afraid that he would be made a joke by his sister who was wearing a foreign costume, so he spent some time in the tent before going out.
Ayla led the horse over, looked at Xie Liangying wearing the same clothes as herself, and squinted with a smile, "I said that you look good in this set, we are both about the same size, and you can look just right when you wear it." She said embarrassedly, "This is my gift to you, don't be angry about yesterday's incident?" ”
She heard that the women in the south were more introverted, and they wouldn't say anything they cared about. She felt that she was indeed a little careless, and that she would not be happy if it were to be replaced by herself. Ayla didn't want to lose Xie Liangying's friend, so she racked her brains all night to come up with such a method, hoping that Xie Liangying wouldn't be angry at her reckless behavior.
Xie Liangying thought about it for a long time before she realized that what Ayla said was what she admired about Xue Jian yesterday, and she was busy saying that she didn't take it to heart.
The woman who reminded Ayla yesterday also brought the horse over and said, "I'll just say that A-Hotaru won't be so stingy." You've been worrying all night. She bowed her mouth to Xie Liangyun, who was belatedly behind, "Ah Yingke is different from her sister. ”
The voice was a little loud, and Xie Liangyun listened to it. She blushed, stamped her foot, and walked in the other direction.
Xie Liangying didn't care about her, and went to the paddock with the girls from Northern Xinjiang who could talk about it.
Seeing this, the emperor said to the queen mother: "Ah Ying is a good one, and he never sticks to those vulgar etiquette." ”
The Queen Mother smiled and nodded. The princesses all have a little high regard for themselves, and they inevitably snubbed the nobles of Northern Xinjiang, and there was a Xie Liangying in the middle to ease up, at least they looked a lot better on their faces.
The queen said nonchalantly: "Since it is good, then Your Majesty can reward her." ”
The smile on the emperor's face faded a lot, "I have my own measure. ”
The smile on the queen's face froze there, her hands hidden in her sleeves and rubbing the handkerchief.