Chapter 14, The Great Lady

From outside the city, he hurried back to the curtain morning snow in the city, and before he could climb over the wall and enter the house, he heard a sobbing sound from the backyard, "Auntie, don't cry and break your body, Miss Fifth is afraid that she has been suffocating in the backyard a little hard these days, so she ran out of the house, look at this hour, she should be back soon!" "It's Mother Jiang who is talking, and it should be Aunt Cheng who is crying. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"What if something happens! There was movement in the front yard just now, and I thought that the eldest lady was about to go home, if the fifth sister didn't come back at that time, something big would happen! Aunt Cheng didn't see her daughter all morning, and she thought that her daughter was going to the front yard to play while the eldest lady was not at home. But let Jiang's mother go to look around, only to find that her daughter was not in the house at all.

Jiang Ma dared to tell what Miss Wu said to her in the morning, and as soon as the two discussed, they thought that Miss Wu was going out of the house to play, how could she not be in a hurry, and even in the afternoon, Mother Jiang also found an excuse to go out of the house and find a few streets in a row, but no one was seen, so Aunt Cheng cried anxiously.

Mu Chenxue couldn't see her mother crying and didn't care, and hurriedly shouted into the courtyard, "Mother, I'm back!" "It's also a shame that there is no one in the backyard, otherwise she is afraid that she will alarm many people.

With a shout, he hurriedly put the wood he had prepared in advance against the corner of the wall, and the man climbed up the brick gap. The sound was also heard in the courtyard, and Aunt Cheng hurriedly collected her tears and held up the ladder with Jiang's mother, waiting for her daughter to climb over the wall and enter the house.

It's just that this person has only climbed halfway, and he heard the sound of cars and horses outside the alley, and the sound of people in the front yard, it seems that the eldest lady has entered the house. Mu Chenxue didn't dare to hesitate, and with both hands and feet, he finally rushed into the yard before the coachman drove into the back alley.

The three of them didn't dare to talk much, so they went back to the house directly with a suppressed voice. Mu Chenxue waited for Jiang's mother to close the door of the house, and knelt down directly for Aunt Cheng, "My daughter has worried my mother, and I ask my mother to punish her!" "There is no explanation, just a single-minded confession. It's not that Makuchenxue doesn't want to explain. It's just that Aunt Cheng is not light, but I'm afraid that this explanation will not be understood for a while.

"You are also a big girl now, how can you not take care of your body so much, and dare to sneak out of the house without permission. You must know that the name of your daughter's family is the most important, if you let outsiders listen to this, let alone marry a good family, even ordinary people will not want such a daughter-in-law. You, you, you can let your mother say what is good about you! Aunt Cheng scolded fiercely at the beginning, but seeing her daughter wearing the clothes of a little girl, with a dirty face, she obviously suffered outside, and her heart softened, and the words of reprimand came to her mouth and could not be spoken.

"Auntie, don't cry, I'll hurt myself by crying again. I'm going to go to the main courtyard to say hello to the eldest lady! Fortunately, the young lady came back safely, and no one found out. If the eldest lady sees you crying and swollen eyes, you will inevitably be suspicious! As soon as Jiang's mother said this, Aunt Cheng didn't dare to cry anymore, so she wiped her face with a towel and took another sip of tea to calm down, and then asked Mu Chenxue to get up.

"Mother, my daughter knows that she is wrong, but there is a reason for it, wait for you to go to the room and ask Ann to come back, let's talk about it in detail!" Cheng also knew that this was not the time to investigate, and her daughter was still wearing the clothes of a small girl, so she had to change it immediately. Mu Chenxue was able to return to his house, changed his clothes first, and then found a box to pack the silver ticket and silver, and hid it in the deepest part of the bed with the changed clothes.

She was just ready here, so she heard someone from the front yard come to pass the word, asking Miss Fifth and Aunt Cheng to go to the room to say goodbye at this time. Mu Chenxue carefully checked the dress on her body again to make sure that there was no problem, and then looked at the bronze mirror to make sure that there was no problem on her face and head, so she went out of the house and followed Aunt Cheng and Jiang's mother to the upper room of the main courtyard.

Since the curtain morning snow is well, this is the first time to enter the main courtyard to go to the room. In fact, the shogunate is not big, and the main courtyard is not like those three-entry courtyards with front and rear gardens and carved beams and painted buildings. Even outside the house, there is just a small courtyard with a rockery and a few flower beds. Mu Chenxue didn't see anyone else except for a few subordinates along the way. This also made her feel a lot more relieved, after all, she hadn't recognized it all at this time, and if she didn't recognize it, it would always cause people to be suspicious. And she didn't have any special impression of everything here, so she had to follow Aunt Cheng inch by inch, just afraid that she would take a wrong step and let people see it.

Jinhong stood outside the door of the upper room in the main courtyard, and saw that Aunt Cheng brought the fifth lady to ask for peace, and she didn't help to open the curtains, but just made a casual salute and didn't turn her head to chat with the little maid on the side. Mother Jiang has long been accustomed to these people's style, and she didn't say much to help Aunt Cheng and Miss Five open the curtain and enter the upper room.

The upper room is very simple, and there is no yellow rosewood, red sandalwood and other precious items, but a few pieces of lacquer wooden tables, chairs, pestles, couches. The eldest lady Cheng sat in the center, although she was only 33 years old this year. I don't know if it's because of "overwork", my figure is a little bloated, and I look like I'm in my forties. The face was covered with thick fat powder, and it was difficult to hide the tiredness on his face, but those slightly calculating eyes were a little treacherous everywhere. He was wearing a skirt made of red beaded brocade, and he was not wearing a armor like Aunt Cheng. And only embroidered a few peony flowers at the hem of the placket, the golden hairpin on the head is not dotted with emerald or jade, but only made into the style of peony flowers, and the whole body looks more old-fashioned.

Mu Chenxue somewhat understood why the eldest lady kept looking at Aunt Cheng's sister-in-law. Although Aunt Cheng lives alone in the backyard, worries about her livelihood all day long, and her complexion is not good, she looks as delicate as a little lady who has not yet entered her thirties. Women are like this, especially women who share a man with themselves, of course, they will see Aunt Cheng getting in the way everywhere and making things difficult.

And she also saw that the life of the shogunate was not as good as she had imagined, at least from the ornaments and the dress of the eldest lady.

Mu Chenxue came out of the backyard, put a mask on her face, and pretended to be excited, especially when she entered the upper room, she walked in front of the eldest lady in a few steps, and before Aunt Cheng saluted, she knelt down first, "Daughter greets her mother!" My daughter has been sick these days, thanks to her mother's compassion, this saved me from morning and dusk, but my daughter has not had time to fulfill her filial piety in front of her mother, and her heart is really uneasy! ”

The eldest lady Cheng looked at her concubine who was so stubborn, and couldn't help but glance at Aunt Cheng with a little smugness on her face, thinking, "Even if this concubine digs out her liver and lungs, her daughter is not a grandmother who is still holding on to herself." ”

Aunt Cheng didn't seem to see her daughter's intention to slap her mother-in-law, so she followed closely and saluted. The eldest lady Cheng saw that both of them knelt down, and it was not good to let the sick maid keep kneeling, so she let both of them get up. Mu Chenxue originally planned to do so in her heart, if she asked Aunt Cheng to ask for peace first, she was afraid that the eldest lady would have to make things difficult, so as to save Aunt Cheng from kneeling on the cold ground, after all, the injury on her leg had not healed yet.