Chapter 182: Step by step
After Xie Muyan's funeral, Chang'an returned to its previous calm, and the woman's departure did not seem to have caused much change to everyone. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In the backyard of Cui's mansion, Qiyun was dressed in coarse cloth, washing the clothes in her hands silently, and there were maids passing by outside the courtyard in twos and threes, and the sound of their conversation blew into her ears with the wind, making her stop her movements.
"I heard that His Royal Highness King Qin has come down, have you seen it? Isn't he very young and handsome, if I have the opportunity to look at him, maybe he will be able to take a fancy to him? That way, you don't have to wait in this house all the time. A maid said with a smile.
"What do you think, His Royal Highness King Qin didn't come alone, I heard that he also had a woman with him, and he also shushed her from time to time when talking to the general, at first glance, he is the person on the tip of His Highness's heart, don't do your dream of flying on the branches and making a phoenix, and do your job seriously is the right thing." A shrill female voice laughed.
"Really? What does that woman look like? Why did His Highness come to the general to take her with her, her life is really good, if only I were her. Several people were talking about it, and the voices gradually faded away.
Qiyun stared blankly at the wooden basin under her hand, her clothes were soaked in water, the water was a little muddy, vaguely reflecting her somewhat emaciated face, her fingertips were a little bit, the face was shattered, she whispered to herself: "Yan Xining, is it you?" ”
"Yo! My sister doesn't work, why did she start to stay here, and she still thinks she is the master. A flowery figure entered, with a carefully groomed face with contempt and resentment towards Qiyun, this woman's name is Hongye, originally she was included in Cui Jianyun's Cui Mansion as a concubine, Cui Jianyun was gentle and polite to her, everything was fine, until she saw this woman in the backyard.
She was looking for Cui Jianyun that day, and the maid said that she saw him in the backyard, and she had seen him come out of the backyard many times before, and she didn't think much about why Cui Jianyun always came to the backyard where the slave was, and went straight over, and saw his figure passing happily, but saw that his eyes were locked tightly in a place, which was full of affection and nostalgia, and even when she approached him, she didn't find her.
She followed his gaze and saw Qiyun, the woman who did not apply powder but could not hide her stunning appearance, she was dressed very simply, she was cleaning the yard with a broom, there was sunlight shining on her white skin through the shade of the trees, she smiled slightly, obviously doing low rough work, but like a fairy descending to earth, people couldn't take their eyes off.
She watched Cui Jianyun walk towards her step by step, but fled in a hurry when she was about to be discovered, at that time, something in her heart was shattered, she later inquired several times, only to know that the woman's name was Qiyun, she was Cui Jianyun's first concubine, once when she was favored, the entire Cui Mansion treated her as a genuine lady, Cui Jianyun also took good care of her, so good that she almost wanted to take off the stars in the sky and give it to her, but then she didn't know what she had done, and was sent to the backyard by Cui Jianyun to do the most menial work, I never saw her again.
It turned out that Cui Jianyun's kindness to her was not as good as one-tenth of that woman, if she hadn't fallen out of favor, she might not even have the qualifications to enter the mansion, thinking of this, her heart ached, since then, she will come to embarrass her when she has the opportunity, but no matter what she says or does, this woman always has a calm smile on her face, as if she is invincible.
Qiyun frowned slightly when she saw the red leaves, she sighed lightly, she didn't understand why this woman would come to her trouble every day, she was here, obviously there was no threat to her, couldn't she let her live silently.
Qiyun ignored her, washed her clothes neatly, and got up with a basin to bypass her.
When Momiji walked by her, she deliberately stretched out her foot, Qiyun was tripped by the sudden appearance of the foot, and fell straight to the ground, the clothes in the basin spilled on the ground, Momiji saw her get up in embarrassment, silently picked up the clothes, and smirked: "I'm really sorry, these clothes have to be washed by my sister again." ”
Qiyun picked up the wooden basin again, looked at her and sighed slightly, and finally said the first sentence to her: "If you want to keep a man, it is not a difficult woman, even if you torture me every day, he doesn't like you, he still won't like it." ”
Her words stepped on the sore spot of the red leaves, and she said sharply: "Who said he doesn't like me, doesn't he like you if he doesn't like me?" Don't you look at what you're doing now, do you really think that having a fox face can charm all men? ”
Qiyun smiled faintly, didn't say anything more, turned around and was about to leave, but Hongye didn't want to let her go, she pulled Qiyun over, and said fiercely: "I'll ruin your face today, see what else you pretend." ”
As he spoke, he wanted to move on Qiyun's face, but Qiyun dodged her head sideways, and pushed her, she fell heavily to the ground, screaming in pain, the movement of the two was too big, and soon attracted the surrounding people, and a servant hurriedly stepped forward to help Hongye, Hongye pointed at Qiyun, and said angrily: "This slut has committed a crime, and you don't give me a heavy punishment!" ”
The servants looked at the red leaves, and then at the clouds, some of them were wandering, one was the concubine that the general was now favoring, and the other was the concubine that the general used to hold in the palm of his hand, although she was punished in the backyard, but they didn't dare to guarantee that she might turn over one day.
Momiji looked at the disobedient slaves, and her anger was even worse, she shook off the person who was supporting her, stepped forward and raised her hand to slap Qiyun.
It's just that the slap hasn't fallen yet, and it was intercepted by a pair of hands halfway, and a female voice said coldly: "It's not good to beat people like this in the General's Mansion." ”
Hongye looked at the woman who stopped her, dressed in fine silk, at first glance, she was not an ordinary person, she had never seen it, it should not be a person from the house, she said angrily: "This is my family matter, what do I teach people about you?" ”
"Inferior?" Yan Xining looked at her, then looked at Qiyun on the side, and said with a smile: "I remember, Qiyun is General Cui's concubine, not a subordinate, if I remember wrong, I can ask the general." ”
"You ......" Hongye didn't expect that she actually knew Qiyun, and was about to have a seizure, when the maidservant behind her whispered beside her: "Madam Hongye, this girl came with King Qin, you can't offend the nobles." ”
The expression on Hongye's face froze, she really didn't expect that the people who came with King Qin would come to this backyard, she looked at Qiyun and then at Yan Xining, and wondered in her heart: "Could it be that this person is here for Qiyun?" “
She restrained her expression and smirked: "The girl is right, she is indeed the general's concubine, but the general hasn't mentioned her for a long time, I forgot her identity for a while, after the girl reminded me, I remembered it, there was a misunderstanding today, since the girl is here to find Sister Qiyun, I won't bother you here to catch up." ”