Chapter 13: The Inner Court

Yan Furong left, and Songyan stood alone in the room, suddenly feeling a little confused about what to do. She sat quietly in her chair, holding a cup of tea and drinking slowly. Manna and Yuhua have never dared to disturb Yan Furong, at this time they took a few little maids to sit under the cloister to pick up impatiens, the little maids are young, and they can't help but chatter, speaking of which, from the beginning of the comparison of who is the most ingenious, and soon said that this year's big kitchen begging fruit does not know what it looks like, and what melons and fruits are placed on the Qixi Festival to worship the Weaver Girl.

When Songyan heard this, he couldn't help but smile, and his heart was a little relieved. Ganlu suddenly opened the curtain and came in, and saw Songyan sitting alone, so she didn't say anything, but showed Songyan a small jar of impatiens in her hand. The snow-white porcelain jar has pink petals, which is very beautiful. Songyan smiled, and Ganlu said, "Dye your nails?" ”

Songyan hurriedly waved his hand, "Forget it." ”

Manna showed a little surprise in her eyes, but she didn't say anything more. The maids in the inner courtyard who usually came to see Songyan in the courtyard begged to see her, and Yuhua under the cloister stood up to tell them that Songyan had gone out, and Songyan in the room had already stood up ******** and walked out of the door, and Ganlu followed her. Yuhua saw that Songyan was going to walk towards those servants, and hurriedly asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Only then did Songyan react and said, "It's okay to leave and right, meet them and deal with these miscellaneous things." ”

Manna Yuhua couldn't help but glance at each other, Yuhua said, "How can there be any reason for you to go to see them, you stay in the main hall for a while, and I will ask a few internal stewards to come and see you." ”

Songyan paused and said, "That's right." Manna helped her back to the main hall and sat down.

The servants and women in the inner courtyard were chattering and waiting in the courtyard in front of the inverted seat room of Zhengqiu Hall, and when they saw Yuhua coming, a few people gave a so-so salute. One of the women said with a smile, "Miss Yuhua is here, I wonder if Miss Songyan is free?" ”

Yuhua said, "Sister Songyan went out. ”

When the women heard this, they knew that Songyan had an errand and went out only with the approval of the Hou Ye, and then the woman said, "In this case, let's go back." ”

Yuhua hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law Zhou Zheng, Mrs. wants to see you." ”

Zhou Zhengjia's face was more humble, but he said bluntly, "The affairs of hundreds of people in the Hou Mansion are still waiting for a few servants to deal with it on their behalf. ”

On weekdays, all the people who deal with these people are pine smoke, but Yuhua didn't know that these servants didn't take Yan Furong in their eyes like this, she crossed her waist and said fearlessly, "Madame is going to see you today, just to deal with the miscellaneous affairs in the house, what's the matter, you want to go past Madame and deal with it yourself?" ”

Zhou Zhengjia frowned and looked at Yuhua, "Madame wants to deal with chores in the house?" ”

Yuhua nodded arrogantly, but someone among the servants behind Zhou Zheng's house on the opposite side clearly let out a sneer. In the small patio, the laughter was so obvious that it made Yuhua's face red, and she sank her face and used her eyes to patrol the opposite side, but she couldn't find anyone laughing out loud for a while.

Xue Ya and Yun Wu just sent Yan Furong out, came back to return to Songyan, and saw Yuhua standing in the patio and several internal stewards of the Hou Mansion as if they were facing each other, and also listened to a few prefaces from these two groups of people, Xue Ya said, "Yuhua, why did you talk to Zhou Zheng's sister-in-law?" In any case, Zhou Zheng's sister-in-law's appointment as the chief steward of the inner courtyard is a first-class example, you have to respect her a little, otherwise, wouldn't the house lose the rules of dignity and inferiority? ”

Yuhua laughed, and hurriedly saluted Zhou Zheng's family, "Don't blame the big steward, I'm young and ignorant." ”

Xue Ya said to Zhou Zheng's family again, "Sister-in-law is going to see Madame, Xue Ya will not delay your errand, this rain flower will be handed over to me, I will teach her a good lesson, you don't have to worry about her." ”

Zhou Zhengjia was not annoyed when he heard Xueya's words, but smiled, "Look at what Miss Xueya said, we heard that Mrs. is going to deal with affairs, and we are about to ask Miss Yuhua to lead the way, so what is there to blame." ”

A few people became angry again, and went to the main hall of the inner courtyard.

Zhou Zhengjia walked along the verandah, quietly looking at the surrounding scenery. In the past, most of the affairs of Songyan were in the inverted room of Zhengqiu Hall, and several servants in the inner courtyard had entered the courtyard of Zhengqiu Hall when they were newly married, and it had been a long time since they entered the courtyard of Zhengqiu Hall. In the main hall, Zhou Zheng's family entered the door, and saluted Songyan on the main seat, then stood up and took a quick look at Songyan.

Songyan, who was sitting in the seat, was restless, and when he saw them get up, he asked, "What happened today?" ”

Zhou Zhengjia's heart was surprised, just because although the hostess of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion on the main seat was a little emaciated from a serious illness, she was not the paranoid and stubborn appearance rumored by the servants on weekdays, combing her homely hair bun, wearing a snow-white jacket, goose yellow jacket, and ethereal pleated skirt, as if she was contaminated with the fireworks of the world.

Seeing that Zhou Zheng's family didn't react, the servant woman in charge of the kitchen behind her said, "Mrs. Hui, Master Hou instructed the kitchen in the inner courtyard to buy two tables of exquisite tables and send them to the front yard tomorrow, I don't know what dishes you want to order." ”

Songyan asked, "Who are the guests?" ”

The servant woman said, "The generals under the Hou Ye and the staff in the palace. ”

Songyan was about to do the same, thinking about it, and suddenly saw the maids and servants in the hall all standing with their hands down, waiting for her orders, she was stunned for a moment, and there was some pleasure in her heart that she had never felt before, so she tried to say, "What about the menu you have proposed?" Show it to me. ”

The servant's cheeks flushed, and she said, "This ...... The handmaid was not brought with him. ”

Yunwu smiled, "Sister-in-law Qiao Rui didn't do a good job on this errand, and I don't know if the menu was not brought with me, or if there were no dishes at all?" If you don't have a menu of dishes, can you let your wife order every dish on the noodles in person? How did Jory's sister-in-law write down these dishes one by one? I don't know who you're embarrassed about? ”

Qiao Rui's family didn't dare to talk, and stood in place with their necks bent.

Songyan waved his hand, "Forget it, Qiao Rui...... Family, go get the menu and come see me again. ”

Yunwu said, "Madam, this errand is not done well, but it can be big or small, to say small, but it is no one who is not at fault, when the errand is careless for a while, to say that it is big, but it must not be lightly let go of this not to put the master's order in his eyes, so as not to break the rules of respect and humility in the hearts of the Hou Mansion." ”

When Yunwu just entered the door, he could see clearly that this Qiao Rui's family was the one who laughed at Yan Furong in public, and at this time, he saw that he had caught her shortcomings, and he had to ignore people on the spot.

Qiao Rui's family knelt on the ground and said straightly, "The maid has never thought of this, Madame is benevolent, don't be bewitched by villains." ”

Yunwu sneered, just because he knew that Yan Furong's ears were soft, and she was the most protective of her shortcomings, she would never be transferred by this Qiao Rui's family, but she just laughed at Qiao Rui's family's ignorance of life and death, and at this time, she had to play with right and wrong.

Songyan knew that Yunwu had always been loyal to Yan Furong, and there must be a reason for such a difficult attack at this time, so he followed Yunwu's words and did not refute them, but said, "Then I will punish you for January." ”

Qiao Rui's family just breathed a sigh of relief, and listened to Yunwu reluctantly said, "Madam, Qiao Rui's sister-in-law is on an errand in the Hou Mansion alone, wouldn't it delay the livelihood of the old and young in the family to punish the silver, it is better to change the fine rod to twenty, and the silver will be issued as such." ”

When Qiao Rui's family heard this, his body became weak and he sat on the ground, but fortunately, he heard Songyan say, "Nonsense, don't be punished with a cane, and you will be fined one month of silver." ”

There was a lot of gratitude in the heart of Qiao Rui's family, and they kowtowed again and again, and there was no contempt at all. When the other servants saw this, they honestly said something, and they didn't dare to make things difficult at will.