Chapter 28: Scheming
A sedan chair babbling carried Yan Hong into the back door of the Song Mansion, Yan Hong sat in the sedan chair uneasily, the more into the courtyard, the more you can hear the faint sound of silk and bamboo and human voices, until you enter the courtyard, someone helped her into the house, and the sound outside gradually became much quieter.
Yan Hong covered her head with a hijab and didn't dare to move, she was wondering in her heart, she didn't know where Song Shengming was, her eyes suddenly lit up, and her head suddenly loosened: the hijab was removed.
Yan Hong's heart was overjoyed, and she was about to raise her head and call a sentence to Minglang, but the shyness on her face suddenly froze the moment she saw the person coming: "You, who are you?" ”
The person who came was not Song Shengming, but a maid of the same age as her, bright and bright, quite a symbol. Seeing that the saffron was discolored, the man was not surprised, put his hijab aside, and said softly: "The slave and maid are sparrows, and the eldest lady sent the slave and maid to serve the aunt." ”
Outside suddenly there was a noise of gongs and drums, and I didn't know which play was played in the courtyard, which won everyone's applause. Jinque tilted her head and listened for a while, muttering in her mouth: "Aunt Zhao, it's really a coincidence that you came in, today is a flower viewing banquet in our house, and the second master and the second lady have gone to receive guests, and I am afraid that I will not be able to come back to see you for a while, so I can only wronged you and wait." Oh yes, there's also a mother Zhang who is serving you, the house is too busy today, she has to help serve the old lady, and I will have to help in a while! From now on, you will stay here, and if there is anything, you can just call me......"
That being said, the Kinkare ran out, and when they walked outside the door and looked back, the new Aunt Zhao was wiping her tears with a pink handkerchief.
The sparrow did not dare to delay, and hurried to the garden. The ladies and ladies who came were automatically divided into two groups, and the ladies all gathered in the flower hall to watch plays, and there was a pavilion on the rockery in the garden, and the ladies were all gathered there, talking.
It happened that Peony was waiting at the bottom of the mountain, pushed her and asked, "Sister Jinque, how is the new aunt?" ”
The sparrow said angrily: "How can I be, the first day I entered the door, it was deserted, there was no one in the house, or the hijab I uncovered for her, and when I came out, I heard her cry sadly!" Poor see! Your second lady is really ruthless, since she has promised to let her in, why bother to choose such a day to embarrass her? Isn't that a heart! ”
"Don't talk nonsense about this, the second master picked the day, and it has nothing to do with the second lady!" Peony argued.
Jinque took a sip, "Why didn't the second lady remind her at all, she didn't have a heart!" ”
"What's wrong with Chengxin! That's it! Peony scolded: "Madame is kind enough to let her enter the door, she caused Madame to have no children, Madame asked her to add some blockage and relieve anger, what's wrong?" ”
"It's also ......" Jinque secretly thought, if it was with Jin's temperament, it would be strange if he didn't make this trick difficult and difficult.
You can't be a good maid by sympathy alone, not to mention, the aunt of the Zhao family, in the eyes of these maids, is not much noble, she broke her body before entering the door, and she is not even a noble concubine!
"Sparrow!" The sparrow was in a daze, so she heard Song Xizhu call her on the rockery, she was too busy to go up, so she heard Song Xizhu ask her: "Sparrow, have you seen the second uncle Xinna's aunt?" Does it look good? ”
The sparrow didn't dare to squeak, and glanced at Song Yanzhu, who was sitting silently on the side, Song Xizhu didn't care, and asked in a loud voice: "Let me ask you, what about the aunt that the second uncle just carried into the door today?" ”
Song Xizhu was really aggrieved for several days, she was bluffed by Song Yanzhu that day, she really thought that someone saw her pushing Song Heqing into the water, and then thought about it repeatedly, only to realize that there could be no one behind the rockery that day!
This Song Yanzhu is really getting worse and worse, and she hasn't slept well for a few days with a few words!
There are so many people today, look at how she regulates her!
Several young ladies were chatting, and when they heard this, they suddenly came to their senses: the affairs of the Song family are full of turmoil in the city, even if they are in the deep boudoir, they have heard the adults in the family more or less mention it, it is really a twist and turn, and it is very exciting!
Hearing Song Xizhu ask like this, someone among several people suddenly murmured: "Just now, my mother was taken aback when she heard my aunt mention this matter, and praised Second Mrs. Song for her tolerance and generosity. ”
The man raised his eyebrows and looked at Song Yanzhu, Song Yanzhu glanced at her, and was speechless: This person is Song Xizhu's uncle and cousin, Yuan's niece Yuan Yi, because she is ugly, picky and mean, and it is very difficult for her to be close to her.
On the way here, Song Yanzhu saw Song Xizhu whispering to her, Rong Yi also looked at her from time to time, with disdain in her eyes, and she didn't know how many bad things Song Xizhu said about her in front of her.
Song Yanzhu didn't want to respond, got up and wanted to leave, Song Xizhu stopped her, raised her chin and asked her, "Where are you going, second sister?" Go to see the bride? ”
This is simply rude! Song Yanzhu was about to get angry, and someone on the side slowly replied: "What the third sister said is not quite right, but she is just a concubine, not much stronger than a slave, and she is carried into the door in a sedan chair, which is already considered to give her face, where do you need the second sister to see it in person?" Isn't this a break in the rules? Third sister, you are too young, but the second sister is sensible, how can she not understand these truths? ”
As he spoke, the man stood up, took Song Yanzhu's hand and said, "Second sister, I see that the begonias in the yard are very good, can you accompany me to take a look?" ”
"Okay," Song Yanzhu blessed slightly, and said with a smile, "It's an honor for my sister to be invited by the ninth sister." ”
This person is Zhao Jiuqing, the sister of Zhao Rong who saved Song Yanzhu last time, because she is the ninth in the family and is a cousin with Zhao Silian, Song Yanzhu also called her Sister Nine with Zhao Silian's title.
The two left arm in arm, and after walking for a while, Song Yanzhu said, "Thank you Ninth Sister for relieving the siege." ”
"What's polite, it's all my own sisters." Zhao Jiuqing said with a smile: "Sister Xizhu is really ignorant, and she will make you unable to get off the stage in front of so many people...... I was tired of sitting still, and I saw that you were too lazy to deal with her, so I brought you out. ”
Song Xizhu has been looking around since he sat down, but he was afraid that he had been thinking about this matter for a long time, but he didn't expect to be robbed by Zhao Jiuqing halfway, but he was afraid that he was already annoyed in his heart.
Thinking of Song Xizhu's unwilling but helpless face of chagrin, Song Yanzhu felt a burst of joy for no reason.
Zhao Jiuqing is two years older than Song Yanzhu, and he is quite famous outside, and he made a marriage contract with Song Zhen, the third son of the Dingguo Mansion in Beijing, when he was a child, and he had to marry after the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the last life, Song Yanzhu and Zhao Jiuqing had little contact, and they only remembered that they were a stunning cold beauty, but they didn't expect that they were cold on the outside and hot on the inside. Song Yanzhu couldn't help but feel that she was a little closer, but she didn't know what to say to her. The two walked silently for a while, and Song Yanzhu muttered: "Ninth sister, I heard that the Jingshi is extremely cold, after you pass, you can wear more clothes, eat more, and take care of your body......"
Zhao Jiuqing looked at her sideways, and saw that her eyes were like paint, and there was sincerity written in her eyes, she couldn't help but be stunned, and then laughed, and she really laughed so much. Song Yanzhu always thought that she was an ice beauty, but at this moment, seeing her smile like a flower, she was a little overwhelmed. Zhao Jiuqing held her hand and said with a smile: "What a second sister!" ”
Many people outside know that she is going to marry into the Dingguo Mansion, strictly speaking, she is still married high, and she flies on the branches as a phoenix. When outsiders saw her, they said congratulations, but they were generally envious of her husband's good family, and they had to climb two sentences, just like Fang Cai, which of those young ladies was not blindly flattering and flattering, and rushed to surround her? And the elders in her family only blindly taught her to "follow the four virtues" and "be obedient and deferential", and Song Yanzhu was the only one who said to her sincerely, "Jingshi is cold, dress more" - the thousand words of others are really not as intimate as this sentence!
Song Yanzhu knew that her blessing was not lofty enough, but she knew the folk slang of "marrying a man, marrying a man, dressing and eating". As soon as she entered the Hou Gate, it was as deep as the sea, and the personnel of the Dingguo Mansion were complicated, and it would not be easy for Zhao Jiuqing to dress and eat in Ansheng - God knows, this is really her most sincere blessing.
"You're such a wonderful person!" Zhao Jiuqing said with a smile.
The two were standing at a fork in the road, with a small bamboo forest behind them. The two were talking, but a voice suddenly came from the forest: "Sister Jiu, who are you talking to, I haven't seen you so happy for a long time." ”
Song Yanzhu heard the familiar voice, turned around and looked at the man, and both of them were stunned.