Chapter 14: Going to the Feast
Xie Zhen and Yu Jiuniang stepped on the footstool and got out of the carriage, because Yu Jiuniang was discussing with Master Ji to pick them up, Xie Zhen, who had nothing to do, observed the situation nearby.
There are already a few carriages waiting here outside the Ruyi Gate.
Xie Hao didn't have to think about it to know that these carriages should be the carriages of the nobles who came to the plum blossom banquet.
As if to confirm her suspicions, another carriage came from afar, and it actually rushed straight at her.
Xie Zhen was startled and hurriedly took a step back.
But she hadn't gone far enough to see the horse's raised hooves about to trample her under her feet.
Xie Hao only felt that her breathing had stagnated for a moment.
Fortunately, the coachman pulled the reins hard and turned the horse's head away, so that the tragedy did not occur.
The horse shook its head and snorted heavily beside Xie Hao.
Xie Zhen's hands and feet were cold for a while, and a burst of happiness for the rest of his life surged in his heart.
When Yu Jiuniang heard the movement here and turned her head, she saw the horse raising its hooves at the little girl, and her heart almost stopped in fright at that moment, and when she saw that the coachman finally stopped the horse, she was relieved. The high level of tension and the sudden relaxation made her feel a little weak like a deflated ball.
Fortunately, she was not a soft and weak young lady, so she finally came back to her senses immediately, ran over with her skirt up, took Xie Hao's hand and looked her up and down, and said with a trembling voice: "Sister Zhen, have you been hurt?" ”
Xie Zhen was very grateful for her concern, so although she was still a little scared in her heart, she still smiled at her reluctantly and said, "Sister Yu, I'm not hurt, I'm sorry to frighten you." ”
Yu Jiuniang saw that her face was very pale, but she still said these words to comfort herself, and she felt even more sorry for her well-behaved and sensible.
The more she felt sorry for Xie Zhen, the more angry she was with the coachman.
"Are you going to catch a car? Don't you see a person standing here? Yu Jiuniang turned around. glared at the coachman.
The coachman was very arrogant, and he almost hit someone, but he still sat on the carriage before he got out of the car, and said condescendingly and casually: "Oh, is there still a young lady standing here?" I didn't see it. I'm sorry. ”
Hearing his disapproving tone, Yu Jiuniang suddenly blushed angrily and said, "Do you think that if you just say a word of sorry, this matter will be over?" ”
The coachman said impatiently, "What else do you want, young lady?" ”
What else do you want? Yu Jiuniang was so angry that she trembled, which evil servant is this! At the feet of the Son of Heaven. It's so arrogant!
"You!" Yu Jiuniang glared, and wanted to teach this coachman a good lesson.
Xie Zhen hurriedly grabbed her and said in a low voice, "Sister Yu, are we here for the banquet today, or don't make trouble, right?" ”
Yu Jiuniang didn't know how powerful it was, but she still couldn't swallow that breath, gritted her teeth and said: "Sister Zhen, that coachman really has no rules, if I can't teach him to be a new person, my words will be written upside down!" ”
Isn't the remaining word still a residual word when it is reversed? Xie Zhen smiled and shook her head. He said softly: "Sister Yu, this evil servant has his own master to clean him up, we can't be angry with such a person!" ”
Yu Jiuniang thought about it and felt that what she said was good, so she only endured her anger for the time being, nodded and said: "My sister is right, arguing with such an evil servant is really ruining my identity, wait for me to sue him in front of his master later, and see how his master punishes him." ”
Xie Zhen felt that this matter was not so simple, there was such a big commotion outside the carriage, but the young lady in the carriage had not yet come forward. Isn't that strange? You can't be asleep, right?
But in front of the evil coachman, she naturally couldn't analyze the doubts of the matter to Yu Jiuniang, so she only smiled and pulled her aside, "Sister." Let's see how it goes! ”
Yu Jiuniang nodded, and obediently followed her to the side. She didn't say a word now, but her eyes stared at the curtain of the carriage without blinking.
Xie Zhen could feel her body tense up, as if she was always ready, and as soon as the young lady in the carriage appeared, she would rush up to count the evil coachman.
Xie Hao barely held back her laughter. He turned his head to look at the carriage as well. She also wanted to see which lady was sitting in the carriage.
The wicked coachman thought they were afraid, but snorted mockingly, and at last jumped out of the carriage, and stretched out his hand to open the curtain.
The first thing Xie Zhen and Yu Jiuniang saw was actually a hand.
The hand slowly reached out, slowly holding on to the door, and then it seemed that the young lady sitting in the carriage was slowly preparing to get out of the carriage.
Yu Jiuniang couldn't help muttering: "The next car is so slow? Was the young lady blind or a half-paralyzed? ”
This is a bit mean, it is really Yu Jiuniang with a hot temperament! Although Xie Zhen knew that she shouldn't, she still couldn't help but shout hello in her heart!
But now most of her attention is on that hand.
The young lady got out of the car so slowly that she couldn't see her, so she had to look at her hand first.
Xie Zhen also had to admit at this time that this was probably the most beautiful hand she had seen in her two lifetimes.
That hand is white and plump, the fingers are slender, and the nails dyed with phoenix juice are very neatly trimmed, this beauty makes Xie Hao really can't find any appropriate adjectives, she can't help but wonder if the owner of this hand does nothing on weekdays, just keeps those hands, otherwise how can there not be even a trace on the hand?
Sometimes you can see a lot just by looking at your hands.
For example, the coolie must not look good in his hands, but must be wide, dark, scarred and thick calluses; For example, the hands of the readers, who must have been very clean, and their nails were cut very short, because they had to hold a pen, and the most diligent of them had calluses on their hands, but on the knuckles of the middle fingers and wrists; For example, most of the girls in the boudoir love beauty and dye the fairy juice, and there are only two kinds of people who don't bother with their nails, one is too lazy to get Xie Zhen, and the other is as active as Yu Jiuniang. Xie Zhen saw her hands when she was in the car, her nails were also very short, and there was a shallow scar on the back of her hand, which showed that she was extremely capable of tossing, and such a person's nails must not be long.
Xie Zhen couldn't help but be more curious about the young lady in the carriage. Whoever it is, after looking at this hand again. Be curious about what she looks like.
The young lady finally leaned out.
Xie Zhen was suddenly a little disappointed, not because the young lady was not beautiful, but because after seeing that hand, Xie Zhen's expectations for the opponent's owner were too high.
Yu Jiuniang didn't look as carefully as Xie Zhen. There weren't so many expectations, plus she had been staring at the carriage intently, so after that young lady appeared, she didn't have such a big psychological gap like Xie Hao, and immediately called out loudly: "Miss Su! ”
Su Yin'er's willow eyebrows furrowed slightly. Turning his face to look at them with some dissatisfaction. It seems to be trying to see which person is so rude.
Yu Jiuniang didn't have any contact with her in the past, but she thought that she should be a reasonable person, so she continued: "Your coachman just surprised my sister!" ”
Su Yin'er finally recognized the person in front of her as Yu Jiuniang at this time.
The corners of her mouth suddenly hooked up a disdainful smile, and she slowly spoke: "When did Miss Yu have an extra sister, why don't I know?" Miss Yu's sister, is it called Yu Shi Niang? ”
When she saw her smile, Xie Hao felt a little weird, and after hearing her words, Xie Hao couldn't help but start hating her.
Yu Jiuniang didn't hear the malice in Su Yin'er's words, but explained very seriously: "It's not my own sister. It's my sister-in-law's sister. But either way, your chauffeur just shouldn't have hit my sister! ”
There are many brothers and sisters in the Yu family, Su Yin'er doesn't know which sister-in-law she is referring to, so she doesn't take Xie Hao to heart, in the face of Yu Jiuniang's ridiculous accusation, she smiled disapprovingly, turned to the coachman and asked, "Zhang Quan, you just collided with this young lady?" ”
The coachman named Zhang Quan lowered his eyebrows very much at this time, and replied softly: "Miss Hui, it's a stubborn horse." Fortunately, I stopped my horse in time and didn't crash into the young lady. ”
Yu Jiuniang said angrily: "Isn't it possible that if you didn't bump into it, you can justifiably not reflect on it?" It's a blessing that I didn't hit it a little bit, if it weren't for Sister Zhen's big life. If something really happens, can you afford to pay for it? ”
She gritted her teeth, gritting the words fortunate and almost.
Su Yin'er was a little unhappy, and frowned: "Since Zhang Quan said that it was because of the horse, and he didn't really bump into it, why should you be aggressive, Miss Yu?" ”
She's aggressive? Yu Jiuniang immediately became popular. Why does it seem that Miss Su is so unreasonable? Sure enough, what kind of master there is, what kind of subordinate there is!
She sneered: "It turns out that Miss Su usually disciplines her subordinates like this?" No wonder the subordinates in Miss Su's family are more domineering than the masters of other people's families. ”
Su Yin'er said lightly: "Our Su Mansion is naturally incomparable to those small families. ”
She is undoubtedly ridiculing the Yu family for being a small family!
Yu Jiuniang clenched her fists, thinking that even if she went home and was scolded and punished, she would give this eldest lady with eyes above the top a little bit to take a look!
Xie Zhen couldn't let her do that.
She could still keep smiling at this time, and pulled Yu Jiuniang to persuade softly: "Sister Yu, I think this matter will be forgotten!" We are human beings, so why should we bother with animals? ”
Although her tone was soft, she did not deliberately lower her voice.
Su Yin'er listened to it in her ears, and felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.
Yu Jiuniang still couldn't understand what Xie Zhen meant, and she was still angry and wanted to do it.
Xie Hao shook her hand slightly, turned around, and glanced slightly in the direction of Su Yin'er and the coachman Zhang Quan.
Yu Jiuniang suddenly realized and couldn't help but be happy.
She looked at Su Yin'er and snorted softly with great vigour, and said loudly: "What Sister Zhen said is that we shouldn't be like beasts!" ”
Xie Hao nodded with a smile, "Then let's go in first, don't make the queen wait for a long time." ”
Yu Jiuniang nodded and grinned and walked towards the palace gate.
If Su Yin'er can't recall the ridicule in Xie Zhen and Yu Jiuniang's words at this time, then she will be the biggest fool in the world.
Of course, Su Yin'er is not a fool, but even if she reacts at this time, it is too late. Can she still jump out of the car and chase them and scold them now?
Of course not! She Su Yin'er is a lady, and she must not do such a shameful thing!
However, I want the two of them to look good later!
Su Yin'er thought hatefully in her heart, and her hand holding the car door was faintly forced.
At the gate of Ruyi Palace, in addition to a few guards guarding the palace gate, there was also a row of eunuchs and palace maids, who came to lead the nobles to the imperial garden.
After Yu Jiuniang and Xie Zhen entered the palace gate, a smart-looking little palace maid stepped forward with a basket and gave them a blessing, and then lifted the flower cloth covered by the basket and motioned for the two of them to pick.
"Niangniang set up a plum blossom banquet in the imperial garden today, and asked the slaves and maids to cut some plum blossoms to meet the occasion, please ask the two young ladies to pick one and wear it."
Yu Jiuniang looked at the natural and delicate plum blossoms in the flower basket, and couldn't help but admire the queen for her ingenuity, and asked Xie Zhen to pick it first with great interest.
Xie Hao didn't care much about this, so she just picked one at random and asked Yu Jiuniang to help her put it on.
Yu Jiuniang happily agreed, and after helping her put it on, she couldn't help but be ashamed and said: "Sister Zhen was originally born beautiful, and after wearing this plum blossom, she looks even more like the plum blossom fairy who went down to earth, and it shows that the few silk flowers I gave you are unbearable." ”
Xie Zhen smiled: "Sister Yu made fun of my sister again, what plum blossom fairy descended to the earth, people heard it and thought that my sister was not ashamed!" Moreover, although this plum blossom is elegant, it is too cold in the end, and it is more suitable for me to wear the silk flowers given to me by my sister at my age. ”
Yu Jiuniang said with a smile: "Sister Zhen is such a clever mouth, you have said all the words in the world, but I can't say a word and a half to refute you, it's just that, I can't say it, but you won't say it." Good sister, now you can choose a flower for your sister! ”
Xie Zhen smiled and said: "Sister Yu looks beautiful, any flower is very suitable!" Besides......"
She lowered her voice and said abruptly: "I see that these plum blossoms are almost the same, and I don't know which one to pick for my sister." ”
Yu Jiuniang was stunned at first, but since she couldn't help but laugh, "I thought my sister was all fine!" It turns out that there will be no will! ”
The little palace maid holding the flower basket couldn't help but smile.
"Miss Yu is really interested!" Behind them was a man with a strange aura of yin and yang.
Xie Zhen and Yu Jiuniang didn't have to look back, they knew that it was Su Yin'er who came.
Although they didn't want to pay attention to her, Su Yin'er walked up to them by herself and smiled slightly: "It's better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone, did Miss Yu hear any interesting stories in the market?" How about making me happy? ”
As soon as she opened her mouth, she was sarcastic, and regarded Yu Jiuniang as a person who relieved boredom and pastime.
Such people are really annoying! Xie Zhen was a little angry in her heart, and she was worried that Yu Jiuniang would be angry for a while, but she would do something undignified by her teasing.
Yu Jiuniang looked very indifferent this time, she only glanced at Su Yin'er up and down contemptuously, and said lightly: "I heard a very interesting thing, if Miss Su wants to hear it, then I'll talk about it." said that there is a girl who is very unusual, Miss Su, guess why she is not ordinary? ”
Su Yin'er originally just wanted to wait for her to finish laughing at her, but she didn't expect her to suddenly throw a question to herself, and she couldn't help but be stunned.
Yu Jiuniang didn't wait for her to answer and continued: "Because that girl always looks at people with her nostrils, Miss Su, do you think she is very unusual?" ”
Xie Zhen, who had already heard the sarcasm in Yu Jiuniang's words, couldn't help laughing.
Su Yin'er's face suddenly became very ugly.
Yu Jiuniang didn't look at her, picked a plum blossom in the flower basket with one hand, grabbed Xie Zhen with the other, and walked away.
(To be continued.) )