Chapter 69: A special invitation
Xiao Si'er, who changed from a sweeping girl to a janitor girl, turned in from outside the rockery with her skirt, and reported to Ling Yiyi, who was leisurely and comfortable outside the green bamboo forest while running! "Tell Miss! Mama Zhou is here? ”
Ling Yiyi rolled her eyebrows slightly, raised her eyes and swept her eyes at the frizzy little four, lowered her head and continued to play white, casually took the teacup handed to her by Huilan, lifted the tea lid and took a sip gently.
"Then please come in!"
As soon as Xiao Si'er ran to Ling Yiyi, she didn't have time to catch her breath, when she heard Ling Yiyi ask her to invite Mama Zhou in, she was stunned for a moment, and immediately lifted her skirt and turned around and ran out! "No!"
Mama Zhou, who was waiting outside Yilan Hospital, stood outside the door with a calm expression, without the embarrassment and anger of being turned away.
After waiting for a while, I saw that Xiao Si'er ran out of it in a boring manner, without any knowledge of being a maid, and she was not afraid of the eldest lady's blame!
"Mama Zhou, Miss, please come in!"
Before the little four people arrived, they began to shout loudly at Mama Zhou.
When Mama Zhou heard this, she raised her feet and walked into Yilan Courtyard and walked towards Yilan Courtyard.
Along the way, I saw that the slaves and maids were busy with the work in their hands in an orderly manner, and the close guards of the eldest lady, both men and women, were busy, mowing the grass, sweeping the floor, and fetching water.
Mama Zhou suppressed the curiosity in her heart, bypassed the rockery that was cleaned by several people, and finally saw the position of the eldest lady at this time.
I saw that the eldest lady, who was less than fourteen years old, was wearing a red embroidered orchid pattern dress, her hair was tied with a red rope and flowing in the wind, sitting on the round table with her waist straight, holding her chin with one hand and looking at the chessboard, and the other holding the white child lightly dropped a word.
The surprise in Mama Zhou's heart deepened, the eldest lady used to like to dance with knives and guns, why did she suddenly think of playing chess now?
Thinking of the old lady's suspicions, this eldest lady may have been transferred, and Mama Zhou's somewhat dim eyes flashed with deep thought.
Mama Zhou walked to Ling Yiyi, folded her hands in front of her, and bowed her head to Ling Yiyi with a standard curtsy salute.
"I've seen the eldest lady, the old slave has said hello to the eldest lady!"
Ling Yiyi raised her eyes and looked at her with a smile, still meticulously maintaining her salute, her expression was neither humble nor arrogant, and her face was as gentle as ever.
"Mama Zhou, please get up! Mama is the most trusted old man in front of my grandmother, and we, the sisters, still have to rely on Mama to say a lot of kind words in front of my grandmother, how can we make Mama salute? ”
When Mama Zhou heard this, her heart tightened, and as soon as she got up, she immediately knelt on her knees, slowly bowed, straightened up and replied respectfully.
"What did the eldest lady say? The eldest lady is the master of the General's Mansion, and the old slave is a subordinate, so it is natural to see the master salute! ”
The current eldest lady is a soft stare in and out of her words, and if she is a little arrogant, she will fall into the way of the eldest lady! Obviously a smart person. But......
Mama Zhou raised her eyes and glanced at the chessboard.
I saw that the chess pieces on the jasper chessboard of the eldest lady were really unsightly, they were placed randomly and disorganized, the chess pieces were dead and alive, alive and dead, and they were playing chess there! It's just playing chess pieces!
Of course, Ling Yiyi also saw that Mama Zhou was quietly looking at the chessboard with her peripheral vision, and at the same time, she noticed that Mama Zhou's curious eyes were slightly relieved and relaxed, and the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked.
"Whelan, don't help Mama up yet! How can Mama have time to come to Yilan Courtyard today, but does Grandmother have any instructions? ”
Mama Zhou stood up with Huilan's hand, looking at Ling Yiyi's clear eyes with a smile on her face, and suddenly felt that those eyes were deep and depressing, with a powerful momentum, a feeling of power without anger, she had only felt it in the old general's body.
Mama Zhou instantly lowered her eyes, and faced Ling Yiyi with a smile, but her attitude was much more cautious than before.
"The old lady asked the old slave to inform the eldest lady, and Miss Meng from the Prime Minister's Mansion sent the eldest maid around her to invite the eldest lady to Fengxue Building and participate in the chanting meeting! The old lady has already agreed for the eldest lady! ”
Mama Zhou is very bottomless in her heart, especially in the face of the eldest lady who is not to be underestimated now.
Even the eldest lady who can keep the poisoned girl by her side, can she still be the eldest lady who let people handle it at will in the past? Of course not!
Ling Yiyi put down the teacup in her hand, pinched a sunspot and played with it casually, and asked suspiciously, "Oh, then Meng Rutian can make a post?" Did you invite the ladies of those prefectures? ”
The eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Meng Rutian, is the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the eldest daughter, and the son of Meng Guifei, the cousin of Zhou Haoxuan, the second prince of the emperor's favorite.
Meng Rutian and her Ling Yiyi have always been unfriendly because of the relationship between the two princes, and it can be said that they are friends and enemies!
When the two met before, they always quarreled, and even almost made a move, of course, it was she who was angered, and she Meng Rutian was protected by the second prince in her arms.
In this regard, he was very angry in the past, and often complained to the second prince, and the second prince explained every time that Meng Rutian was his cousin, so he would protect her, and she believed it if she liked the second prince wholeheartedly.
Meng Rutian and the second prince Zhou Haoxuan are childhood sweethearts who grew up together, cousins with deep feelings, Meng Rutian is still a beauty who is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and her beauty and extraordinary talent make her easily become the first talented woman in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
In the hearts of the people, Meng Rutian and Zhou Haoxuan, who can write and martial arts, are born with a pair of talented women, and the mother of the second prince, Meng Guifei, also intends to let Meng Rutian marry Zhou Haoxuan, but Zhou Haoxuan has never agreed or objected.
The second prince, Zhou Haoxuan, is a handsome young man who is both civil and military, and he has always been very good to her, often sending people to give some small gifts or something, and he will fight for her.
used to be simple and brainless, but naturally liked the talented, capable and handsome second prince, and from time to time he was angry in order to drive away the young lady next to the second prince, and scolded Meng Rutian who was protected by the second prince.
As a result, the rumors about her Ling Yiyi from the outside world are getting more and more difficult to hear, saying that Ling Yiyi has developed limbs and pig brains, saying that she is jealous for men, which violates women's morality, saying that she is arrogant and jealous, saying that she does not kiss her sisters and disrespects her elders, saying that she provokes petty officials, in short, she has everything, and her reputation is really bad.
Even if her reputation was so bad, the second prince did not dislike her, but treated her even better, which also made her like the second prince even more.
It's just that now, although she still likes the second prince when she wakes up from Luohu, she understands more in her heart that the second prince likes her Ling Yiyi, he should like the military power of the General's Mansion, and while she likes Meng Rutian, she also wants to hold her General's Mansion in the palm of her hand.
In the past, she was so stupid that she actually believed the words of the second prince, thinking that the second prince and Meng Rutian were just cousins! Actually, the second prince is afraid of Meng Rutian and likes it tightly! even more than Ling Yiyi, who likes her, will protect Meng Rutian instead of her every time there is a conflict.
Ling Yiyi silently played with Ruyu's fingertips, turning the black chess pieces, and a glimmer of dark light flashed in her bead-like eyes.
I don't know that Meng Rutian, who has always been at odds with her, why did she invite her to the chanting meeting today? Could it be that she also wants to probe her reality and see if she Ling Yiyi is really as smart as rumored, or let her be embarrassed if she can't do anything in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting!