Chapter 5: The Duchess of the Kingdom
Xuan Guogong - Shi Jia went up and down the porch, the little maid was holding a needle and thread, and she was napping, and someone grabbed her ear.
"Lazy hooves, you can't sleep well, so you are so squinted. If you are very sleepy, a few young children have moved your bedding, and it is not comfortable to lie down. If it's not enough, roll up something as soon as possible and go home to squint on the kang! ”
The little maid recognized that the person was Mrs. Shi's housekeeper, so frightened that she knelt on the ground, and without waiting for her to beg for mercy, she lifted the curtain from the house, and out came a young woman in an emerald green robe, in her early twenties, combing the big girl's hair.
When she saw the situation in the yard, she pursed her lips and said, "Mother Fan, please spare her quickly." Yesterday she was on duty all night, and tonight she was called by me all morning, isn't she sleepy now! ”
"What's the important thing that you have to call her? This lazy look, if Mrs. sees it, we will not be good. ”
"I really let Fan's mother say it accurately, this matter, it's really not okay to leave her. She is familiar with the girl in the yard, so she can come up with some gossip. Otherwise, it's really not true. As she spoke, the woman in the green shirt looked mysterious, put it in Fan Sijia's ear, and muttered for a while.
After hearing this, Fan Sijia turned his anger into joy, snorted in the direction of the upper room, and asked in a low voice, "Madame, do you know?" ”
"How can that? Isn't this just waiting for you to come, mother, don't you say, which of us dares to chew our tongues in front of Madame and ask for credit? I didn't even tell Sister Ziyu, you have to remember my good son. As he spoke, he had already opened the curtain for Fan Si's family.
Fan Sijia's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he pointed his finger at the forehead of the green-shirted woman, and said, "You are a narrow ghost, and the girls and mother-in-law in the entire courtyard do not have as many eyes as you Zitong." How dare I not remember your kindness! So saying, he lifted his feet and went into the upper room.
Mrs. Shi had just rested for lunch, and at this time she was squinting and leaning in the hugging building, letting the big girl Ziyu squat aside and beat her legs. She was very well maintained, she was nearly forty years old, but she looked no more than thirty years old. Wearing a homely gold brocade skirt with a blue background, the Panzhi lotus pattern on it is faintly visible, which looks full of luxury.
Fan Sijia took a light step, walked around behind Mrs. Shi with a lot of eyes, and beat the master's shoulder with strength.
"It's all right?" Mrs. Shi didn't open her eyes either.
"That's it. According to Mrs. Niang's instructions, two of the children of the right age were selected to come out and prepare to be arranged in Brother Huan'er's yard. I bought four more from Guanya, and arranged them in the yard of several sisters. ”
Mrs. Shi still squinted her eyes, but nodded slightly, which was accurate.
Fan Sijia changed his position and continued to beat Mrs. Shi's shoulders: "Madam, speaking of which, the one in the Moxiang Courtyard hasn't come to greet you for more than half a month, she really has no rules." It has been more than ten days since she went to Xiangguo Temple to get hurt and fell to the present. No matter how serious the injury is, it should be healed. You have been generous and merciful, and have exempted her from the rules of these days, but she has become more and more unconscious. ”
Speaking of this topic, Mrs. Shi's eyes finally opened a slit: "Hmph, rules!" With her upbringing, what rules can she expect to know?! If you look at her weak and bullying mother, the Yun family, you will know that she can be driven out of the Hou Mansion by her 'son', and she is the first in Kyoto. ”
Fan Sijia was busy flattering: "But isn't it, the daughter she taught, not to mention the whole Kyoto, is the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, I'm afraid I won't be able to find a second one!" However, she didn't have any rules before, and now she has to be honest when she marries into our Guogong Mansion, otherwise she will suffer. ”
Mrs. Shi sneered, and ate a grape in the hand of the big girl Ziyu.
Fan Sijia changed his position, and said: "Madam, where Moxiang Courtyard, do you want me to find someone to come over and mention a few words, as the daughter-in-law of the Shi family, she doesn't come to ask for peace, and she doesn't make rules." Which family has such a trouble-free daughter-in-law? Moreover, I heard that there was a commotion in her yard......" said him, and put a flattering face into Mrs. Shi's ear, and whispered to Mrs. Shi what Ziyun had told Mrs. Shi before.
When Mrs. Shi heard this, she smiled at the corners of her mouth, and was obviously in a good mood: "There is such a thing? That's stupid. Okay, send someone to watch. As long as you don't make a fuss outside and make people laugh, everything else will be done. In addition, you can send her the maid I found that day, and a few ordinary third-class girls. lest the fuss be over, and it will not be enough for her to summon. Didn't she keep complaining a while ago that there were not enough people to call on and she wanted to add people?! And that fulfilled her. ”
Put people in her yard, and it will be easy to understand her movements in the future.
After a pause, Mrs. Shi admonished again: "Remember, now that the limelight is in full swing outside, let the people below be stricter, and they are not allowed to talk about Shifu to the outside world." ”
"Yes!" The Fan Sijia was busy and took the order.
After Fan Sijia left, another mother walked out of the inner room. This person's surname is Wu, and he is another companion of Mrs. Shi, and the most trusted one among her housekeepers' daughters-in-law.
Ziyu was very eye-catching, and when she saw Wu's mother coming out, she hurriedly withdrew from the house and closed the door.
"What do you think?" Mrs. Shi sat up.
Mother Wu's Chinese face, the whole person looks unsmiling, very stern, and she is also straightforward when she speaks.
The old slave inquired. This thing was left behind before she went to Xiangguo Temple. The Caiyue beside her privately bought off a few little maids and framed Hongyun for stealing things. She didn't deal with it, and just locked people up. Later, she caught up with the ground and hit her head, and the matter was left behind. This morning, somehow there was a commotion again. I'm dealing with it right now! ”
"So, it's the maid who is fighting for favor in private?" Mrs. Shi guessed.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple. If she instructed Caiyue to do it, it would make sense. Although Wu's mother is biased towards the conclusion that "Caiyue makes her own opinion", she can't say it clearly. Showing a variety of possibilities for the master to figure out for himself is her "way of survival" for so many years.
Sure enough, when Mrs. Shi heard her say this, she almost spit out a sip of tea.
"Just her? Her vision is all focused on those gold and silver jewelry, how can she still see so far?! Even if Hongyun fed her poison in front of her, she was afraid that she would still count the silver under the table! If she had such a scheming, she would not have married in such a daze. Until now, she still thinks that she was hit by silver falling from the sky, and she will enjoy endless blessings in the future! ”
Mother Wu nodded in agreement.
Mrs. Shi lifted her sleeves and seemed to be in a good mood: "It's okay." Doing it by themselves also saves us effort. Lest I still worry that the red cloud is not strict, and staying by her side will also be a scourge. This time, she fulfilled her wish, sent a few more people over, and watched her, so as not to be disobedient in the future! ”
"Madame is not afraid of red clouds and water? Do you need to ......," Wu's mother added thoughtfully.
"No, you don't." Mrs. Shi's voice was cold and crisp: "It's just a maid and a small, I rely on them to make trouble, I don't believe they dare to rebel against the sky in this Shi family?" "If it's shameless to give face, don't blame me for being unkind.
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