Chapter 81: The Gift
There was a silver charcoal fire burning in the main house of Xuefu Garden, but she didn't feel the cold outside the house at all, and Liuying was busy warming a bottle of plum wine brought back last night in the small red clay oven by the door, and the aroma of the wine passed through the carved floor-to-ceiling screen, and overflowed into the inner room around the low-hanging curtain, filling the room with a sweet and intoxicating atmosphere in just a moment. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Mu Zhimo was dressed in a feather-blue dress and leaned lightly on the soft collapse of the window, her long hair was only tied with a water-blue ribbon at will, her eyebrows were lightly swept, her skin was brighter than snow, and her delicate beauty naturally revealed a gentle and elegant charm, and her clear and clear eyes were full of confusion and surprise at this time.
"Mama, does Uncle Chen still have a message?" Mu Zhimo looked at the Ziyun fragrant wood box in his hand, the box was only the size of a palm, and there was a dark grid cleverly set inside, and a white and unmixed snow jade bracelet was lying quietly in the yellow silk cloth under the dark grid.
Mama Liu shook her head on the side, "No, when Qin Feng sent this box in the morning, he only said that someone sent it to Qingyi Pavilion last night, but it was a nameless gift to Miss." ”
Zhuge is nameless, why did he send this box? Mu Zhimo took out the jade bracelet, and warmed it, she stared at it for a while, and then knocked on the inside of the bracelet, and the bracelet rang in response, and then a circle of thin silky blades slid out of the outside, faintly shining in the new light.
Rao is as steady as Mama Liu, and she didn't hide her joy and surprise on her face, and said with a smile: "I really didn't see that there is a mystery hidden in this bracelet, the blade is easy to retract and is not easy to detect, but it is just right for the young lady." ”
"Zhuge is nameless, who is proficient in the hidden weapon of the mechanism, where will the things he gave be bad, and it is not an exaggeration to estimate that this thing is as sharp as clay! It's no wonder I didn't know him. And I didn't win the lottery in the nine-turn dragon and phoenix maze at the Lantern Festival, but where does this gift start? ”
Mama Liu locked her eyebrows and thought for a while. I don't have a clue, "Could it be that Miss Miss's performance in the Lamp Tower Formation has been appreciated by him." That's why this gift came? ”
Mu Zhimo thought for a while, shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be, there were so many people who entered the building that day, and there were many people who were more powerful than me, but Qi Yun came out of the building before me, and I was brought out by someone, so this gift would not fall on my head." ”
As he spoke, he suddenly remembered the last burst of Red Plum Realm, Mu Zhimo blinked, could it be him?
The lilac robe. A man with a cold mask on his face!
She clearly remembered that he turned around and glanced at herself lightly, in a very positive tone.
Do you want a nameless jackpot?
In the illusion, the plum forest is covered, the snow is pressed on the branches, the quiet path is elegant like a fairyland, a light purple figure, like a deep black eyes in the fog cage, cold and dusty and elegant temperament, although she doubts his identity, she also said that she wants to see the secret weapon of the unknown predecessor. At the end, he followed him out of the illusion.
As a human being in two lives, Mu Zhimo instinctively believed in her instincts, and she could see a person's likes and dislikes in just a few words, so she chose to believe him. Even if it's just a one-sided relationship.
Mu Zhimo rubbed her eyebrows, the masked man who helped her in the illusion, Zhuge who had not been seen at the Lantern Festival.
This snow jade bracelet is too strange!
Look at the snow jade bracelet in your hand. Sighing secretly, he put it in the box and handed it to Mama Liu. "Mama put it away."
Although Mama Liu felt a little pity, she also knew that there was something wrong with this bracelet. He also took the box as instructed.
Smelling the sweet aroma of wine, Mu Zhimo picked up a book and flipped through it, and not long after Jinping, he came in from outside with a curtain and asked Mu Zhimo to say goodbye.
Mu Zhimo raised her head and closed the book gently, "But I heard what Mama Yan said when she went to Liu's house in the morning?" ”
"Well, the little maid who passed the word came back and said that the second lady went back to the house before dawn in the morning, saying that the child in the belly was not saved, and the old lady went to the courtyard of the second room, and after Mama Yan came out of the lady's house, there was no movement in Bichun Garden until now." Then he picked up some important news that had just come back from the secluded courtyard and outside the mansion and told Mu Zhimo.
Mu Zhimo pondered and said: "It's only been a few days, and the second lady has suffered from this difficulty, I'm afraid that her body will not be as good as before in the future, and the old lady must be angry this time." ”
Jinping nodded, "The people of the Fallen Courtyard are all silent now, and they thought it was Qiu Tong after interrogating them all morning, but I didn't expect that it was Qiu Qin and Aunt Meng, or the people who were personally rewarded by the old lady, and they almost fainted when they said that they were angry, this time they really slapped the old lady's face, and the Wang family didn't say anything, and the man who pulled it out was still in the hands of the Wang family, although the second lady was a concubine, but she was raised in front of her mother since she was a child, and the Wang family was probably not so easy to talk to. ”
After Mama Liu put the box away, she also listened carefully, and snorted coldly when she heard this: "Dare to make a plot to harm people in the Wang family, and another man was involved, in other words, it is Aunt Meng, her daughter was killed and lost her son-in-law, although it is not the bloodline of the Wang family, but she will not sit idly by." ”
Mu Zhimo hooked her lips and said lightly: "I'm afraid that the eldest lady will shoot herself in the foot this time, there will only be one girl in the second room after such a trouble, and if the Wang family stops it a little, then Lin Yueliang will have a few more chances of winning if she wants to marry Mu Yunyan!" Are the mouths of those maids of the Wang family behind the rockery also counted on the maids of the Mu family? ”
"As Miss said, those maids were later severely punished and said that Qiu Qin instigated, Qiu Qin happened to pass by when they were chatting about the marriage of the Yin family, so he gave them silver, and asked them to hide behind the rockery and tell the second lady, only to say that the second lady had not been harmed before, and if the plan failed, another plan was born."
Mama Liu sneered: "This Qiu Qin also deserves it, the person installed by the Liu clan makes no difference if he commits one or two things, but he will suffer more." She is only now solving her doubts, Miss didn't have much friendship with the second room when she was a child, only a few times they met, that Qiu Qin didn't have a good face, and if she met us who went to the kitchen to pick up food in private, she was even more ridiculous and very mean.
Mu Zhimo knew what Mama Liu had in mind, and smiled and stretched out her hand to pat her, "People choose their own way to live, some things will always be returned, it's just a matter of time or time, Mama just looks at it, we will come to the bitter end, and they will also have evil retribution." However, Lin Yueliang's arrangement in the Wang family this time was topped by Qiu Qin, I don't know if I will wake up laughing! ”
Jinping was a little happy when he heard this, "If he can marry the second lady all the way, we will all be grateful to him, and without the second miss in the mansion, the Mu Mansion will be a lot quieter." ”
Mu Zhimo shook his head when he heard this, "Although the third young lady is a cover released by the Lin Mansion, and the Wang family will interfere in this matter, but if Lin Yueliang wants to marry Mu Yunyan, I'm afraid it will not be so easy, don't forget that there is also a Liu Mansion, the head of the four imperial merchants, although it is only an imperial businessman, but the Liu family can climb to the top of the imperial merchants in so many years, how can it be possible without a little power behind it, unless the Liu Mansion has some handle in the hands of Lin Mansion Yin." ”
Jinping was a little puzzled when she heard Mu Zhimo say this, "Then Miss Zhao said so, why didn't Lin Yueliang marry the young lady of the Liu family, wouldn't it be better to come this way?" ”
After the death of the old lady, the Mu family is not as good as before, but the Liu family has been developing vigorously over the years, wouldn't it be better to grab a girl from the Liu family?
Mu Zhimo hooked his lips and smiled: "Lin Yueliang probably wants to think slowly, the Liu family only has a concubine in the big house, even if he has any handle in his hand, he can't do too much if the Liu Mansion is gaining momentum, and the emperor and the prince are still watching, can those people tolerate him being proud?" In this way, Mu Yunyan, who is favored by the two mansions, will definitely be valued by him, how can Mu Mansion be a broken ship and two thousand nails, Mu Yunyan can also afford to let go of the relationship in Liufu, after all, it is a foreign family, and when the time comes, it will be a kiss and a kiss, and if you don't help, you will only say that you are an honest and frank imperial businessman, why not? ”
"Miss can see these things clearly, although she can't marry the girl from the Liu family, but there are still some benefits to marrying the second miss of the Mu family, so that they will be able to tolerate those who have competing interests?" Mama Liu wondered.
Jinping suddenly got through, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid this matter depends on the ability of the concubine in the palace." ”
Mu Zhimo nodded at Jinping, "Yes, although a businessman can't be on the stage, but with a royal character, who will dislike more money?" And Lin Yueliang married a merchant girl, but the reputation is more ugly, as long as he can help Concubine Shangmei, he will not be able to walk sideways in the future, then Mu Yunyan is not enough. ”
She lifted the blanket, got up and walked towards the outhouse, "The Lin Mansion will come to the door in less than two days, and the third lady's pretense should also be revealed, as for whether the second lady can win, it depends on whether the Wang family can invite the right hand of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to come out of the main house, which is exactly why the Lin Mansion has used the third lady as a guise to make repeated calculations, Lin Dechun will actually be afraid of the lord of the Metropolitan Procuratorate." ”
The food had already been set up on the table in the main house, and the sweet aroma of plum wine was overflowing, and when she saw Mu Zhimo coming out, she ran over happily, "Miss, I've got it all done, you didn't eat when you came back last night, you must be hungry now!" ”
"Yes, I have a great appetite to see this table!" Mu Zhimo smiled and sat down at the table, "Why hasn't Qi Yun come over yet?" He didn't eat anything last night, but he sat still. ”
"Then he asked Yi He from the front yard to bring a message, saying that something was going out, so that the young lady didn't have to wait for him!" Hotaru replied.
"Oh well! Why don't they sit down and eat by themselves, and he warms him first. ”
Several people were used to getting along in private, so they nodded with a smile and sat down, and Liuying poured plum wine for Mu Zhimo...
It was warm in Xuefu Garden, and in the second room of the Mu family, Old Madam Mu looked at her weak daughter-in-law on the bed, and she felt unbearable..... (To be continued.) )
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