Chapter 4 Things
The room is full of pearls and green brocade, and the fat and powder are warm.
Everyone sat around Old Madam Qin. Clever smiles, warblers and swallows, laughter is frequent, a picture of wealth and reunion and festivity.
Qin Jinyi saw such a noise, but he couldn't help but recall the days in Shangxiutang in his mind.
She practiced embroidery in a cold and cold room, copied medical books, and her hands were bruised from the cold. In the scorching summer, he kept the fire and decocted the medicine, and practiced the golden acupuncture point again and again blindfolded in the stuffy closed room, and in order to find the acupuncture point, the fingers were pierced with small holes by the needle.
The environment in front of her made her a little uncomfortable.
Let's say strange, the current scene has been rehearsed in her heart thousands of times over the years. Do you like it? But I can't say it. Maybe she has long been accustomed to such a cold life, and now such wealth and prosperity, how much hypocrisy and insidiousness are mixed in?
She always had a calm smile on her face, and sat in it, answering a few words from time to time. That is, it does not look rusty, but it is not too warm.
Everyone saw that she was dignified and polite, gentle and lovely, with a smile and a smile, all of them seemed to behave appropriately and have a gentle temperament. Look at her skin as white as jade, white as snow, no different from the average boudoir lady, where she looks like a sinner from Shang Xiutang. Besides, the old lady was watching from above, even if she had contempt in her heart, how could she dare to show half a point.
So everyone just acted as if they never knew that she had been in Shangxiutang, talking and laughing. The elders all gave her gifts, some jewelry, delicate food and other things.
"Miss Ru is back!" There was a coquettish cry outside the door. Before the maid could open the curtain, a red figure rushed in like a gust of wind.
Qin Jinru hurriedly took off the sable wool brocade cloak on his body and threw it into the hands of his subordinates at will. Revealing the engraved gold clay silk Ruyi moire satin jacket and a smoke and water flower skirt.
Came to Qin Jinyi in two steps, took her hand, and looked at her face with a pair of watery black eyes, and didn't speak for a long time, and her eyes quickly turned red.
Behind her, a man followed. He was very long, with broad shoulders, and was wearing a pine and blue straight brocade robe, with straight eyebrows and flying sword eyebrows. With a faint but sincere smile on his face, he was looking at Qin Jinyi carefully.
"Sister, you're finally back. I miss you to death! Qin Jinru put her arms around her neck and choked up.
Qin Jinyi's body was slightly stiff at the moment when she hugged her hands, but then she also hugged her, smiled and said softly: "Ru'er has grown so tall, my sister won't recognize it!" ”
After a long while, Jin Rucai let go of her hand, still staring at her blankly.
Qin Jinyi looked at Qin Jinxuan and shouted with a smile: "Brother Jinxuan." ”
Qin Jinxuan's young and handsome face showed a smile of relief, and a little bit of loss. She stood too far away from herself, and opened her mouth for what she wanted to say, but she still didn't say it, only responded gently, "Sister Jinyi." ”
Old Madam Qin showed a loving smile on her face, and said to Qin Jinru: "Didn't you make a fuss about picking up your sister early in the morning, why did you run back at this time?" ”
As she spoke, she saw her big sable fur again, the hem of which was wet and stained with tiny ice edges. Then he straightened up his face and pretended to be angry: "...... Like a girl? Riding out again? ”
Qin Jinru held Qin Jinyi's hand with one hand, turned her head and replied to Old Madam Qin with a smile: "My brother took me to ride." We went out of the city to pick up my sister, but today there was a big incident in the city, and the whole street on the Wuyifang side was surrounded by people from the government. If it weren't for the delay, I would have picked up my sister a long time ago. ”
"What's wrong?" Everyone hurriedly asked.
"I heard that Lord Yushi Fan was assassinated, and something happened in the Changchun Pavilion. The people of Dali Temple sealed off the entire street, and Zuo Yiwei's people were also there. Qin Jinxuan opened his mouth lightly, paused and said: "Lord Fan is a celebrity next to the prince, so it's no wonder that he alarmed Zuo Yiwei." But he wasn't dead...... It is said that it was made by a person who 'rained overnight'......"
Speaking of this, his voice was slightly low, as if he was talking to himself, "'One night of wind and rain' has always been a sword that will die, but this time it missed......"
"Brother Xuan, what is 'one night of wind and rain'? It's a weird name. Qin Jinxiu on the side asked in a coquettish voice.
"Oh, that's a well-known killer organization in the rivers and lakes." Qin Jinxuan looked at her with a slightly cold expression, and said, "You boudoir miss, it's better not to inquire about these things." ”
The house was full of women in the inner room, and they were not very interested in this, so they talked casually, and the topic turned to the preparatory meeting of the Yishan Hall in the next two days.
Qin Jinxiu's face was a little ugly, and she twisted her head to the side proudly.
Several sisters in the family have always been respectful and flattering to themselves, and even the cousins in the other rooms all stammered when they saw her.
Only the pair of brothers and sisters in the Marquis of Changfeng's Mansion always ignore her. However, the status of these two people is not lower than herself, and the old lady is also tightly maintained.
Qin Jinxiu squinted at Qin Jinyi, who was sitting next to Jinru, and was even more annoyed in her heart.
Qin Jinyi was handing a brocade box to Jinru, and inside was a complete set of golden silk red coral heads. There is a pair of hairpin gongs, and a pair of phoenix beads and golden wings are swaying, and the gorgeous red Baohua of coral is swaying and shining, which is breathtaking.
When the splendid meeting gift was just delivered, everyone had not yet arrived. At this time, as soon as the brocade box was opened, the eyes of all the ladies were attracted.
The material of this set is not the most surprising, but the craftsmanship of making the jewelry is extremely rare, with gold threads as thin as hair, twisted into delicate buds that are not much larger than rice grains, and then clustered into the shape of flowers the size of fingernails......
The crowd was dazzled and chattered. The wife of the Qin family's third room, An Shi, was surprised, "I'm afraid that the jewelry in the palace can't compare to this exquisite." ”
Qin Jinxiu sat afar aside, catching a glimpse of the glittering light in the brocade box, and her tender white face was a little red. She straightened her shoulders and sat still. The previous satisfaction with Qin Jinyi was gone at this moment, and he snorted coldly unimperceptibly.
Xu's face was even more ugly, compared to the complete set of noodles that Qin Jinyi gave to Jinru, the things for his own sister were too simple. She quietly looked at Qin Jinyi, there were some bad signs in her heart, the person in front of her was really very different from what she expected in her heart......
Qin Jinyi's eyes gently swept over the Xu mother and daughter, and a faint smile quickly flashed across her lips.
She smiled, "I still remember that Ru'er liked red the most when she was a child, and it still seems to be the same." I heard that you have already made a marriage, so this face should be added to you. At this time, the smile on her lips was soft, and the light in her eyes was soft.
Xu Shi suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, since he said that he was adding a box to Jinru, it was not easier to say anything than the value of Jinxiu, thinking of this, a smile appeared on his face, "Sister Yi is really thoughtful, you used to be at home, and you loved your sisters the most." ”
Qin Jinxuan sat on a chair a little far away from the women, looking at her quietly. In my memory, the crying nose, the delicate and shy little girl, the white face and lilac eyes, gradually coincided with the person in front of her.
Over the years, he often inquired about the news of Huayin Mountain, and he had long heard of Shang Xiutang's cold style. Several times in his sleep, the Qin Jinyi he saw was thin and yellow, miserable and helpless.
Seeing her appearance now, he felt that his heart, which had been tense for many years, suddenly relaxed, as if the heavy heart of many years had been blown away by the wind like waking up from a dream.
But it's a little strange, she is no longer like when she was a child, holding his hand affectionately and calling him "Brother Xuan".
She sat there, obviously laughing with everyone, with gentle eyebrows. But he felt that she did not seem to be in the crowd, but stood far away from the hustle and bustle, cold, quiet, and independent.