No. 88 Cited in Du'an Zhao Mansion

Idle dreams are far away, and the south is in spring. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info (Tang Liyu)

In the early morning of February, the fishing market is full of dawn, the restaurant is fresh and fragrant, the wind music on the river is like turning, and the pedestrians are competing in robes, busy and idle.

Pingwufang in the east of the city is a different scene. The wide streets are slightly damp with bluestones, and the morning light is quiet. There are several high-rise mansions and deep courtyards connected to the lake, and the doors are lazy and unopened. The lake boat is far from daring to lean, only the willow struggles to pull out new leaves and new shoots, wanting to compare the color with the spring light.

In the quiet morning dew, two people walked slowly.

One is fat and one is thin, one is tall and one is short, all wearing red clothes.

The fat one is blessed, her facial features are actually exquisite, and a mouth that eats non-stop makes her good face into a cake, making it impossible to remember her true appearance. The thin one was ghostly, with a green face and thin skin, bulging eyes, and two pieces of flesh off her cheeks, and if it weren't for the blessed girl supporting most of her body weight, she probably wouldn't be able to stand up straight. Looking at the ghostly girl's hand again, it was originally still moist, but at this time it was like a withered claw.

The blessed girl is called Qi Xiaoqi, and the ghost girl is called Sang Jienan, the two were sent by the Divine Bow Gate a year ago, and they finally arrived at their destination today a year later. Although it dragged on for more than half a year, one became more and more blessed, and the other became more and more sick, but his demeanor was calm.

Qi Xiaoqi raised his eyes and looked at the plaque on the door of Zhao's mansion and asked, "All the way to the high-end gate of the house, why is this family so stingy, one step at a time, a door panel, and the wall is three inches shorter." ā€

Jienan raised his eyelids and didn't care much, "The capital is full of money, and many officials can only rent a house to live in, but Uncle Shi's family is still bought with real money." As big an official as he is, he will live in as big a house as he wants, a young military supervisor from the sixth grade, and he has no great ancestor and a strong family background, and he can live in the same workshop with General Xiangye, which shows that he is good at management. ā€

Qi Xiaoqi never studied the official ranks, but just lifted his eyes, "Is the sixth-grade official still young?" The group of six, seven, eighty, and nine-grade officials in Chengxiang Mansion showed off their might, and they dared to rebel! ā€

The corners of Jienan's mouth twitched, and his eyes were faint, as if what happened two months ago was two hundred years ago, "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, the royal clan, the third and fourth grades are the same as the eighth and ninth grades, what is unusual." When you see Uncle Shi later, you don't open your mouth, so as not to let Uncle Shi grab the handle and make yourself unhappy for no reason. ā€

Qi Xiaoqi snorted, proud, "It's my aunt, I can call my uncle back." ā€

Jienan was noncommittal, pushed Xiaoqi, and asked her to knock on the door.

Qi Xiaoqi wiped the side of her skirt with her crumb-stained hands, picked up the water skin bag to drink water and rinsed her mouth, and then stepped forward to knock on the door.

Master taught that the daughter's family should pay attention to the external temperament, not whether the face is good or not, but the demeanor is cultivated.

The door opened, and a thirteen or fourteen-year-old doorman walked out, looking Qi Xiaoqi up and down, and then at Sang Jienan, his eyes were puzzled, and his expression was kind.

"Who are the two girls looking for?"

Jienan saw it in his eyes, and the secret Dao upbringing was good.

Qi Xiaoqi was prepared, took out a letter and handed it to the doorman, "We are the niece of Zhao's second wife, Sang, and we are here to join my aunt on the orders of our parents." ā€

The doorman was more respectful, and hurriedly took the letter, said to wait, and closed the door to summon the message.

Qi Xiaoqi came over and muttered in a low voice, "It seems that my aunt's status is not low, I just saw that this house is stingy, and I am worried that she will say big things. ā€

Jienan smiled, "My aunt has been in Nansong for many years, from an ordinary singer to a famous flower in Luoshui Garden, and then re-entered the official family and was promoted to a side lady, and her actions have always been steady, where do you need me to worry about her." Instead, I'm worried that she's too capable, and she'll see through everything, so we should be nerve-wracked. ā€

Regarding who is more capable, Qi Xiaoqi obviously has only one answer, "That's because you are not here, if you are in her position, not to mention the lady of the official family, I am afraid that the princess and the princess will be at your fingertips." Don't forget, when you were thirteen years old, you entered the Northern Capital Bachelor's Pavilion and saw the Queen Mother visiting the Imperial Garden. ā€

Jienan shook his head and coughed, not letting Qi Xiaoqi talk nonsense, "At that time, it was completely opened by the master, and I didn't have that much ability-"

Suddenly, she heard footsteps, and she raised her finger to signal silence.

After a while, the door opened again, and there was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl behind the doorman. She first looked at Jienan and Qi Xiaoqi up and down, and was surprised by the strange appearance of the two, and then covered up the past and gave a blessing indifferently.

"Maid Qianxia, I've seen two cousins."

Qi Xiaoqi immediately retreated behind Jienan. She is responsible for the chores of knocking on the door and delivering letters, this kind of face work, and she is always on the battlefield. Even if Jienan is dressed as a ghost now, it is sharper than her mouth.

Jienan smiled lightly, drooped his eyelids, and his voice rustled, "I'm tired of you leading the way." ā€

Listening to the voice of the grinding sand, Qianxia frowned again, obviously very surprised by Jienan's ghostly and sick temperament, but he didn't say anything more, turned around and walked in the door.

Jienan saw Qi Xiaoqi sticking out his tongue at himself, smiled, and followed Qianxia inside.

The inside of Zhao's Mansion is not as simple as the gate, and the main building in the front courtyard is built with care. The inside and outside are separated by hollow brick walls, but the view is blocked by banana fruit trees, which is very elegant.

When she stepped into the arch of the inner garden, she said to the doorman, "The two girls are the nieces of the second lady, and they will live at home in the future. ā€

The doorman's temples are all white, she is tall and strong, she is half a head taller than Qi Xiaoqi, she squinted at Jienan and them with old eyes, and said with a smile, "Yo, the second lady looks like a flower, why are the two nieces so different?" It's really a golden phoenix from a poor nest, it's rare. ā€

Qianxia was about to scold her mother-in-law for not being big or small, but when she heard Jienan's laughter, she couldn't help but look back curiously.

Jienan's eyes were like the moon, "If we are like my aunt, we won't have to run away, and Granny Lao will take care of it more in the future." ā€

The doorwoman couldn't find a bone in the egg, so she sneered and snorted.

When the three of them were far away from the doorman, Qianxia said, "The grandmother is the eldest lady's maidservant, and now the eldest lady is not in good health, let the second lady take care of things." The grandmother is old, and she should have gone out of the house to take care of her old age, but she didn't leave because she died, and she insisted on doing the job of guarding the door. The second lady had a good heart and didn't bother with her. ā€

Jienan heard it in his ears, and was sure that Uncle Shi was a daughter-in-law who had become a mother-in-law and was about to achieve positive results, but he smiled silently.

Going around the small garden, you will see a few acres of large and small lotus ponds. The green weed floats in the water, the lotus branches are still withered, and the two servants are sitting in a water boat, fishing for them with nets. On the other side of the lotus pond, two girls dressed in pink, yellow and pink, four or five neat girls, laughing more noisy than sparrows, I don't know what treasures to fish out of the pond.

Seeing this, Qianxia said, "That's the eldest girl and the second girl." The two cousins may know that Erniang is from the second lady. However, the second lady treats the two girls the same, and they really cherish it. ā€

For this kind of whitewashing of the peace, Jienan is noncommittal. Kiss or not, pain or not, you don't need to listen to others, only you can feel it.

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