Chapter 53: Trouble
Xue Qingyi, accompanied by Xia He and Dong Xue, took Ling'er to ask Xiao and Lu for peace early in the morning. Needless to say, Lu Shi was naturally overjoyed and amazed by her performance.
Shaw's reaction was a bit odd. She didn't even embarrass her, and after looking at her a few times without being salty, she told her to step down, and said that she didn't have to ask her for peace every day in the future.
Xue Qingyi would not think that Xiao Shi had a sudden kindness, so he would not be blind to her.
Xiao is by no means the kind of person who is humiliated, but can only sigh and sigh, but does not know how to fight back.
Xiao's reaction is indeed a bit strange, even if Xiao doesn't deliberately find fault with her, she can't be so indifferent to her, which can only show that Xiao has a plan and has a way to deal with her.
But she is not afraid, the soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, she will always think of a way to resolve it.
After having lunch with the Lu family in Chunyiju and chatting a few words, Xue Qingyi took Ling'er to Xiao Rui's study.
Xiao Rui's study is located on the east side of the South Garden of Ningguo Mansion, covering a wide area, and the view here is wide, warm in winter and cool in summer, and the scenery is excellent.
This also shows the status of Xiao Rui, the second-room stepson, in the entire Ningguo Mansion.
Xiao Rui's study is connected to his main house, the bamboo garden, and if you walk, it will only take half a pillar of incense.
The front yard of the main house is full of rockeries, and there is a lotus pond in front of the rockery, which is a few points larger than the lotus pond of the Dingguo Mansion that she dreamed of last night.
In front of the lotus pond, there is a large green meadow, where all kinds of wild flowers are in full bloom, and the atmosphere is vibrant.
Behind the main house, you can see a large bamboo forest, the dense bamboo is like a natural barrier, and the sound of rushing water can be faintly heard.
Compared with the wealth and grandeur of Ronglutang and the exquisite grace of Spring Residence, Xiao Rui's bamboo garden is more comfortable and quiet.
Xue Qingyi took Ling'er's hand and slowly came to the study on the east side of the main house.
Outside the door, a thin little scholar guarded the door, and when he saw her coming, he greeted her with a smile. "Little lady, Lang Jun will not be in the study this time. However, before noon, Lang Jun had an explanation, if the little lady came, let you sit in the study for a while and wait for him. β
Xue Qingyi nodded.
"Little lady, please." The little scholar was polite to her, and raised his little hand.
The little scholar opened the door of the study, and Xue Qingyi took Ling'er's hand and stepped into the study, and instructed the little scholar behind him: "You go and tell Lang Jun first, and say that I am here." β
The little scholar left in response, and Xue Qingyi began to look at the study carefully.
This study is divided into two rooms, the inner and the outer floor, which is exclusively for guests. It is no different from the general reception room, and in the middle of the living room hangs the ink-splashed landscape paintings of contemporary Confucianism and Wu. There are several rosewood chairs in the main seat and on each side.
Between the living room and the study are hollow shelves made of pear wood, with circular arches in the middle for people to walk on, and hollow shelves on both sides are placed with various precious antiques.
Xue Qingyi took Ling'er's hand, walked through the circular arch, and came to the inner room.
In the middle of the study room is a large yellow rosewood bookcase, on which are placed pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and four treasures of the study. In the middle of the study hangs the four-character seal book of "Jingbo Yuanzhi", the font is elegant and free, the ink is thick, this calligraphy and painting should be written not long after.
There are several rows of bookshelves on both sides of the study, and two pots of green potted plants are placed next to the bookshelves, which are full of greenery and bring infinite vitality to this study.
The shelves are filled with a wide variety of books. Xue Qingyi looked at it, many books were slightly yellowed, and he thought about it for a long time.
In this empty era, except for the noble family of the family and some families with rich backgrounds, the children of the Han clan generally can't come up with a few decent books.
Knowledge is a kind of wealth, a kind of capital that can be flaunted. Being able to own a few books is a thing that people can be proud of in Jinling and the entire Detai Empire, needless to say that Xiao Er still has so many old books here, and it is worth a thousand gold to take one and sell it in the market.
In addition to the fact that these books are more attractive, the weapon rack on the left side of the study room attracted Xue Qingyi's attention.
The iron weapon rack is suspended with all kinds of ancient famous swords, those famous swords that have only been heard of in legends, "Qinglong", "Changyang" and "Tai'a" are among them. The blade of a famous sword looks simple and heavy.
Xue Qingyi let go of Ling'er's hand and stepped forward.
She drew one of the "Taia" swords. With a "bang", a cold sword light flashed in the room, and it was really a good sword.
Just wanted to take a closer look, suddenly there was a "bang", Xue Qingyi turned around, and saw a tea cup on the bookcase falling on a painting in response, the tea was flowing down the painting, and Ling'er looked at her with a panicked face.
"Ling'er, don't be afraid, it's okay." Xue Qingyi walked to Ling'er's side and whispered to comfort her.
Xue Qingyi picked up the teacup and glanced at the calligraphy and paintings on the bookcase.
At this time, the little scholar outside the door had just returned from the main house, heard the voice, and walked in quickly.
As soon as he saw the situation of the study, he hurriedly walked to the bookcase, picked up the calligraphy and paintings that had been spent on the bookcase, his face was full of fright, and his hands holding the calligraphy and paintings kept trembling.
He looked at Xue Qingyi with an indifferent face and said, "Little lady, how can this be good?" Lang Jun loved this "Spring Picture" very much, and he just took it out in the morning to see it. Now, how can I explain to him? β
Ling'er on the side heard this. The little hand trembled slightly, what should I do? She seems to have caused trouble for her sister? Ling'er looked at Xue Qingyi pitifully. "Sister, I didn't mean to, I was just thirsty and wanted to drink some water?"
Xue Qingyi held her hand and said softly, "Sister knows, Ling'er is not afraid." It's all because my sister is not good, she only cares about playing by herself, and she doesn't even know that Ling'er is thirsty. β
He turned his head to the little scholar with a panicked face and said, "You tell Lang Jun truthfully, if Lang Jun is to blame, I will bear it." β
The little scholar listened to the words of the little lady and put down the calligraphy and painting in his hand. Exiting the study, he walked to the main house nervously, and almost fell down on the way.
Of course he won't be naΓ―ve to believe the little lady's words, no one in the house knows the virtue of the little lady, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is full of evil, she has never regarded these slaves and maids as human beings.
The little lady didn't blame him for this today, he already had to thank him a thousand times, how could he expect her to take responsibility for him, that wasn't a joke.
He can only blame himself for his bad luck, who told him to be on duty today? Thinking of the anger he was about to face Lang Jun, the little scholar couldn't help but be afraid for a while.