Chapter 131: Checking the Stones
Cuizhu was bored in her heart, and wanted to send away the maid who reported at the door, but she was pressed down by Xia Xue'er, seeing her nodded, although she was unhappy, she still pulled the thin blanket covering her body for her, and then got up and opened the door. Luckily, incense was lit in the house to hide the slight smell of blood. Xia Xue'er took the book on the small table on the side, opened it and read it with interest.
As soon as Aunt Li entered the room, she saw Xia Xue'er lying on her side on the beauty couch, one corner of the white duck down blanket covered her body, and the other corner fell to the floor inlaid with camphor wood, lazy and without losing everyone's demeanor; The incense burner on the desk is full of green smoke, the aroma is light and elegant but not rich, take a deep breath, and invade the lungs in an instant, which is really refreshing! Xia Xue'er was holding the book and reading, Aunt Li paused for a moment, and then greeted her with a smile, and said in her mouth: "Yo, the third lady is reading a book, it's not the time for the concubine to come!" ”
Xia Xue'er raised her eyes from the book, glanced at Aunt Li, and a gentle smile bloomed on her face, and she lifted the blanket covered by her body and made a motion to get up. ”
Xia Xue'er also lay down. looked out, and saw Xia Qiaohui, who was holding on to the door frame with her hand and only poking out her head to look at her timidly, so she smiled gently at her and beckoned: "Qiaohui, come to the third sister!" ”
Xia Qiaohui hesitated twice but never moved, and Aunt Li hurriedly said when she saw this: "Fourth Miss, I'm afraid that you will blame her." ”
"Oh," Xia Xue'er withdrew her gaze, took the tea offered by Cuizhu, and then asked, "Where did you start with Auntie?" ”
"Thank you, girl," Li took the tea offered by Cuizhu with both hands, and said thank you, then looked at Xia Xue'er again, and said with a worried face: "Earlier outside the Livable Pavilion, the fourth lady walked unsteadily, stepped on a pebble with moss, and she fell by herself, and almost dragged the third lady down. ”
"How can it be, I'm not good, just walk carefully in the future, it's nothing to drag me down, if I drag down the old lady, it's not good, her old man is old, and her muscles and bones are not as young as us!" After Xia Xue'er said this, she looked at Li Shi meaningfully, but saw that Li not only did not avoid her gaze, but also did not have a trace of emptiness in that look, so she had already excluded Li Shi in her heart. The corners of her mouth hooked up a slight smile, casually put the teacup that Cuizhu had just handed over on the small table, and beckoned to Xia Qiaohui, who was holding on to the door frame, and then she lowered her head and walked over with an apologetic face.
"Isn't it, this kid never walks properly, and is always bouncing!" Aunt Li pulled Xia Qiaohui and half-hugged her in her arms, for fear that she would be naughty and offend Xia Xue'er again.
"It's not strange for children to bounce, and they are less impetuous when they get older."
Xia Xue'er raised her hand to pull Xia Qiaohui to her side, but she didn't expect to let the Li family rob her arms halfway, so she changed her actions and reached out to straighten the placket of her sister's chest. She just likes Xia Qiaohui's innocent appearance, children should be so simple and cute, but helplessly, many children have been taught to be little adults, and their behavior is not childlike at all!
Suddenly, I remembered Lin Lai in the summer, those eyes like a deep pool, and the maturity that was displayed prematurely, devouring his childhood, and it was really scary to think about it.
For a while, my heart was a little panicked.
Li didn't seem to notice her changes, and only said to himself: "I really hope that since she doesn't have half of the beauty and intelligence of the third lady, she can also learn half of your calmness!" In this way, I can find a good family in the future and spend this life in peace. ”
A touch of unhappiness flashed in Xia Xue'er's eyes, another unrelated person who came to inquire about her marriage!
Even though he was already extremely disgusted in his heart, he still didn't show the slightest expression on his face, and joked with a smile: "The fourth sister is only a few years old, and my aunt is worried about her in the future, and she is really urging me, an old man, to marry out quickly!" ”
"Third Miss is laughing, where do you need to worry about these things, looking forward to marrying your good boy can be lined up to the South City Gate from here!"
In this regard, Xia Xue'er only smiled and didn't speak, those who lined up were not married to her but her identity as the daughter of An Guohou, and her reputation and ability of the Xia family! Why should you really care?
After sitting with a stick of incense, Li took Xia Qiaoyun back, and when she left, Xia Xueer asked her to fill two boxes of incense powder and a few small plates of sweet cakes.
"This is nothing more than asking for a future, and the young lady hasn't decided yet, so they are waiting one by one!"
When Dongmei came back, she happened to hear the Li family mention the six princes, and said that in the future, she would ask the fourth lady to come to listen to Yuxuan more often, and learn more etiquette rules from the third lady, and it was not good to be so out of tune. She couldn't get angry in her heart for a long time, all the people in this house are snobs and grass on the wall! When the young lady was in trouble, I didn't see them running so hard to listen to Yuxuan, but now when I heard that the sixth prince intended to marry the third lady as the main concubine, and Sun Guifei rewarded some things some time ago, they all coveted her one by one.
Dongmei counted it in her heart, although Xia Xueer knew it, she didn't know it, and she didn't blame her. Strictly speaking, Dongmei's girl has made progress, she has a lot of words in her heart, and she only picked out a few words that are not light or heavy, but they are the ones that can best reflect reality.
Isn't that how in-laws have been the case throughout the ages? A person who has attained the Tao of the chicken and dog ascends to heaven, who doesn't look forward to this!
Sad, too!
"There's something that needs to be checked."
Dongmei became interested as soon as she heard that she had something to investigate, and hurriedly turned her face and asked, "What do you want to investigate?" ”
Xia Xue'er raised her eyebrows and said, "The pebbles outside the Livable Pavilion." ”
"Looking for stones?" Dongmei didn't hear Li's words before, and now of course she was confused, "Could it be that the stone can also speak?" ”
"Yes, we're just going to let the stone speak!" Xia Xue'er nodded, and then explained unhurriedly: "Just now Li said that the fourth sister slipped her feet after stepping on the mossy pebbles, that is to say, the pebbles were deliberately placed there, the weather has been hot these days, and since it is moss, it must have not been exposed to the sun yet, so check who has been to the Qinglian Pond from last night to this morning, and it is the person who wants to be able to enter the Livable Pavilion!" ”
Dongmei happily responded after hearing this, "This matter is on me!" ”
But all the people in the house, no matter which courtyard they are, as long as they have a mouth, they can talk to others and chat! Isn't it a piece of cake to inquire about this idea?
[To be continued]
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This is the second update~ Today the baby is very diligent! So can we be a little later tomorrow? (To be continued.) )