The days of Xia Mansion are still as boring as ever, which can't help but make Xia Xue'er miss the freedom and fun of the Netherworld Valley. Fortunately, she is still interested in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she is not too idle.

On this day, Xia Xueer was concentrating on copying famous paintings and calligraphy in the study, and the parrot standing on the window stand suddenly shouted: "There are guests, there are guests, there are guests!" ”

Leng Buding was disturbed by this, the tip of the pen slipped, and a copy that was about to be completed was so flawed. Xia Xue'er looked up unhappily and glanced at the noisy parrot and said, "I know, just your sharp eyes!" After that, she put down her pen and walked out of the study, and as soon as she cleaned her hands and turned around, she saw Xia Qiaoyun in purple standing respectfully at the door of the room, Xia Xue'er was stunned, but it was expected, but it was a few days faster than she expected. The unhappiness on his face was swept away, replaced by a smile that seemed to be close to not close to far away, and stretched out his hand to beckon: "Second sister, it's hard to get me here, come in and sit." ”

Xia Qiaoyun waved her hand and refused: "Don't sit down, Mrs. asked me to come over and invite the third sister to the garden to enjoy the flowers, is it convenient for the third sister?" ”

Xia Xue'er muttered in her heart: Enjoying flowers? Mother can just send a girl over to spread the word, but not only that, but she just let the second lady come over, what is the purpose? Could it be? No matter what, let's explore the bottom first, so Xia Xue'er smiled and asked: "Today's weather is really a good day to enjoy the flowers, isn't it bustling in the garden on such a good day?" ”

"In addition to the third sister, Madame also invited several other aunts to go with her."

"What hour?"

"Not yet."

Xia Xue'er raised her eyes and looked at the sky, and then said, "It's just past four o'clock in the afternoon, it's too early, why don't you go into the house and have a cup of tea?" Seeing that Xia Qiaoyun didn't mean to enter the house, she added: "Could it be that the second sister dislikes my sister, and my tea here is not good enough." ”

Xia Qiaoyun snorted coldly, a hint of jealousy flashed in her eyes, and she replied in a weird way: "My sister is really good at laughing, you listen to Yuxuan, which can be regarded as a cornucopia in the house, and if you have any good things, you can send them here, how can there be any bad reason!" After speaking, seeing that Xia Xue'er was silent, she realized that something was wrong in her tone, and hurriedly explained with a smile: "I mean, the third sister is the most loved by her father and mother-in-law, and everything is naturally good." ”

Xia Xue'er glanced at her meaningfully and said, "Since that's the case, let's have a cup of tea and leave." After that, he sat on the main seat by himself, beckoned and ordered: "Dongmei, go change the pot of tea to entertain my sister." ”

Xia Qiaoyun looked at Xia Xue'er's appearance that she had to fulfill the friendship of the landlord and estimated that she couldn't leave, so she raised her feet and entered the house after being entangled repeatedly. After looking around for a week, I found that Xia Xue'er's room was three times the size of herself, and there was everything in the house, all of which were made of precious materials and beautifully carved, and the decorations were actually novelties that I had never seen before. I can't stop pantothenic acid in my heart, I am also Miss Xiafu, why is the treatment so unfair, is it because she is the daughter of a noble master mother and she is just the daughter of a lowly aunt? The jealousy in his eyes unconsciously became a little stronger.

Xia Qiaoyun's Qiē Xia Xue'er saw it in her eyes, although she was unhappy in her heart, she didn't bother to care about her, and only said: "Second sister, please sit, how tired it is to stand." ”

When Xia Qiaoyun heard this, she hurriedly withdrew her eyes from looking around, collected the jealousy on her face, and moved out of that low-eyebrow and pleasing look, sat down resignedly, and said: "The third sister's house is so beautiful, I was dazzled for a while. ”

At this time, Dongmei put two cups of tea in front of the two, Xia Xue'er glanced at the tea cup and said: "This is the best Yongchun Buddha's hand, specially brewed with the dew on the lotus leaf before sunrise, my sister tastes it." ”

Xia Qiaoyun took a sip of the teacup, and the fragrance of the tea instantly occupied the entire mouth, and the aftertaste between the lips and teeth was endless. put down the teacup, raised his eyes to look at Xia Xue'er and said with a smile: "I'm used to drinking coarse tea on weekdays, how can there be anything that doesn't taste good, my sister said that it would be excellent." ”

Xia Xue'er heard the sourness in Xia Qiaoyun's words, and naturally saw the fire in her eyes, and said with a faint smile: "Sister is really joking, you are the second lady in the house, even if you are different, you will not be reduced to the point of drinking coarse tea, I think the financial and material resources of Xia Mansion will not reach that point." ”

Xia Qiaoyun replied: "The strength of the Xia Mansion is naturally understandable, but no matter how good my thing is, it can't get into my sister's eyes." ”

Xia Xue'er picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip and said, "When will my sister be separated from me, and she will speak so politely." ”

"How can there be life, my sister thinks too much."

Xia Xue'er's fingers swirled around the edge of the teacup, and she said leisurely, "Really? But I found that since I woke up, my sister doesn't like to talk to me very much, and she always avoids me when she meets on weekdays. ”

Xia Qiaoyun swallowed her saliva, tried her best to suppress the fear in her heart and said, "Sister, don't think about it, it's because sister, you are weak and need to recuperate, I don't dare to talk to my sister more because I am afraid of disturbing my sister's rest." ”

Xia Xue'er raised her eyes to look at Xia Qiaoyun and asked, "Is that really the case?" It was as if he was going to penetrate the other.

Xia Qiaoyun hurriedly avoided Xia Xue'er's gaze and replied, "Will I still lie to my sister?" Then he changed the subject and said, "It's not early, let's go to the garden, or we'll be late in a while." After that, she stood up and was about to leave, she was afraid that if she stayed any longer, she would be seen through by Xia Xue'er's fiery eyes, everything she had done was in vain, and she couldn't go on any business trips!

Xia Xue'er looked at Xia Qiaoyun, who was in a hurry and wanted to leave, and asked for the last time, "Sister really doesn't have anything special to say to me?" The voice was not loud, unhurried, but it really made Xia Qiaoyun chuckle in her heart.

How she hoped that Xia Qiaoyun could take the initiative to confess to her and tell her some clues about the real murderer behind the scenes, even if she didn't dare to ask for her forgiveness at that time, she would give herself a reason to forgive her, and would try her best to preserve her glory and wealth in the Xia Mansion, even though she had secretly poisoned her more than once. But no, because Xia Qiaoyun just turned around and shook her head at her, and didn't say anything.

There were really people gathered in the back garden, Xia Xue'er came late, and explained sensibly to the old lady and Mrs. after saluting: "I just talked to my second sister in the house, and I forgot the time when I was happy, and I asked my grandmother to wait for my granddaughter, it was really my fault to be a granddaughter!" ”

The old lady took the hands of the two and put them together, and said with a smile: "It's a good thing that you two sisters have a good relationship, and I won't blame you for thinking that there is a reason for the incident, let's go and see the flowers!" ”

The group, led by the old lady and the lady, leisurely strolled through the garden and chatted while admiring the flowers. Walking to the chrysanthemum garden, everyone was fascinated by the golden yellow in front of them and stopped moving.

Aunt Shen was the first to speak: "This year's chrysanthemums bloom much earlier than in previous years, and they are already so neat in autumn!" ”

Mrs. Xia looked at the purple sunset flowers that bloomed arrogantly in the large area of emperor ** and said: "This neatness is good, but occasionally there are one or two untimely sunsets mixed in it, which not only spoils the harmony but also spoils the mood of the flower watcher, and I always feel that it is very eye-catching." ”

The old lady glanced in the direction of her daughter-in-law's gaze, and said, "This sunset is small and exquisite, corresponding to the big chrysanthemums, and it is also very novel." ”

Mrs. Xia returned: "Mother doesn't know, this Xiyan is a soft bone, and she has to be attached to the branches of this emperor ** in order to grow upward, which is why she has its place, but this flower is ungrateful and arrogant after being attached for a long time, and she strangled the emperor ** who supported her." ”

After hearing this, the old lady said: "Such an unkind thing, if you really don't like it, let the flower farmer cut it quickly, why bother to be affected by this little thing!" ”

Mrs. Xia nodded and said, "It's easy to get rid of this flower, but it's gone with a click of scissors," and then shook her head and said, "But if you want to replace it with a person, then you don't know what to do." ”

Everyone heard that the master mother had something to say, and they were puzzled for a while, only Aunt Shen's heart was like a mirror, and she couldn't stop trembling.

When Shen Ruyi first entered the mansion, because his mother's family was not a famous family, and his father was only a minor official in the prefecture, he was bullied by others in this huge summer mansion. Later, it was the mother of the house who was benevolent and kind, seeing that she was pitiful, and she was helpless in this capital, so she helped her again and again, and under the protection of the housewife, she was able to gain a firm foothold in this powerful Xia Mansion, not only gave birth to the second lady but also allowed her father to rise all the way to Kyoto. Mrs. Xia's words today were obviously meant for her.

Aunt Liu stood beside Aunt Shen, and naturally she was the first to notice that something was wrong with the person next to her, and asked with a concerned face: "Sister Shen, is this uncomfortable or is she wearing thin clothes when you go out today?" Why is your face so pale? ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes focused on Aunt Shen, and she became even more flustered and trembling.

Aunt Bai snorted coldly and said, "I'm afraid that no matter how much clothes I wear, I won't be able to warm up." ”

Everyone looked at Bai Yining again.

"If this person's blood is cold, then it is not something that can be warmed by clothes, only by blood!"

Aunt Shen trembled and pointed at Aunt Bai and said, "Bai Yining, you don't talk nonsense!" ”

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, the old lady scolded angrily: "Shut up for me!" Then his clever eyes swept everyone and said, "I don't really come to see the flowers today, since that's the case, if there is anything unsightly, explain it as soon as possible!" ”

For a while, everyone didn't dare to speak, this old lady is a clear-eyed person who has experienced strong winds and waves, what can she hide from her? Only Mrs. Xia was not frightened, and pulled the old lady and said, "Please let my mother dissipate her anger first, this matter is a long story......

The old lady interrupted her daughter-in-law's words and said, "Then go to the front and sit in the blue water pavilion and talk carefully!" I've explained it to me for a long time! With that, he shook off Mrs. Xia's hand and left with the support of Shuang'er.