Chapter 20: A Call for Help

Thank you for your friendship, Hu Keqingqing's peace charm, thank you two relatives.

"Young lady, the slave maid thinks you still have to explain to the prince, saying that you didn't mean to dress up like Miss Wanyue, it was all the autumn goose who harmed you." Taozhi said indignantly while combing Shen Qingli's hair.

If the prince and the young lady have a stiff quarrel because of this matter, how can it be good.

To put it bluntly, if the young lady wants to live well in the house, doesn't she have to rely on the favor of the prince?

Even if the prince can't let go of that Wanyue in his heart, but his own master is the wife he is marrying, even if the two can't make a heart-to-heart relationship, at least it is still necessary to respect each other on the surface.

"Explain what? If I tell him that Qiu Yan didn't intend to comb me like this, do you think he will believe it? Looking at the somewhat familiar and somewhat unfamiliar face in the mirror, Shen Qingli said calmly, "Whatever!" Whatever he thinks, as long as others don't come to me for trouble, I am willing to live quietly like this, one day at a time, I really can't get by, I'll take you away, I don't believe it anymore, we can't live without the Hou Mansion. ”

Don't you still have a Zhuangzi to marry?

Won't it be over when you go to Zhuangzi to live?

I'm not afraid of farming and firewood, anyway, she's not a real family girl.

"Young lady, you are the wife of the prince Ming Media, how can you just leave!" Hearing this, Taozhi shook his head and continued to persuade, "The slave maid thinks that the young lady is now going to make peace with the prince of the world, and then live a good life, and go to Zhuangzi or something, which is really not a wise move. ”

If you really go to Zhuangzi, then if you want to come back, it will be even more difficult, and it makes no difference if you follow up with the cold palace.

Maybe you won't be able to come back in this life.

As a personal maid who is a few years older than her master, she naturally has the obligation to enlighten her master and let her know which is more important.

Shen Qingli was seventeen years old when he got married because he had been filial piety for three years, and this age was already a little too old.

"I don't really want to dress up like Wanyue to get his attention, why should I ask him for peace?" Whatever he thought, she would never apologize to him anyway.

Momoeda smiled, but there was no squeak.

Shen Qingli listened to the louder and louder music outside the window, and asked again, "Have you invited a troupe from the house?" ”

"I heard that the ladies in the house are rehearsing "Fengming Flower Moonlight Night" in Changfeng Hall." Taozhi carefully pinned the hairpin ring in the dresser to her sideburns, she didn't pay much attention to these things in the house, but Cuizhi often secretly ran over to see it in the past two days.

"Oh." Shen Qingli answered, but he didn't care much.

At this time, the curtain embroidered with rich peonies shook, and Bi Tao hurriedly walked in, and said urgently: "Young lady, Chun Tao's younger brother Qingshan is here, and he wants to see you, saying that Chun Tao has an accident." ”

Spring peach? Shen Qingli immediately remembered that this Chun Tao was also her dowry girl, and hurriedly said, "Take him to the flower hall, and I'll go over." ”

Bi Tao retreated.

"The villain Qingshan has seen the young lady, and begged the young lady to save my sister." As soon as Shen Qingli entered the flower hall, a ragged young man knelt down in front of her with a flutter, crying, "My mother is seriously ill, and the family has no money for treatment, my father has no choice but to borrow a loan shark to treat my mother's illness, and said that it will last for three months, but seven days ago, those people suddenly came to the door to collect debts, and the family naturally couldn't take it, so those people arrested my sister, saying that it was limited to ten days, and if I couldn't get the money, I would sell my sister to Qing, Lou." ”

As he spoke, he kowtowed a few more times on the ground, and said sadly: "The villain once went to the young lady's house to beg the uncle, begging him to save my sister for the sake of my sister's service in the house, but the lady said that my sister had followed the young lady to the capital, not from their house, so the villain traveled all the way to find the young lady and begged the young lady to help!" ”

The boy was thirteen or fourteen years old, and he looked like he had gone through a long journey.

"Young lady, I heard Chun Tao mention it before, their family borrowed the loan shark of Wang Ningxi's family, and I also persuaded her at that time, saying that the Wang family's reputation in Jingzhou is not very good, and it is better not to borrow their family, but she said that although the Wang family has a bad reputation, the interest rate is the lowest, as long as the money is repaid on time, it will be fine, who knows, something really happened." Momoeda added on the side.

"You get up and speak first." Shen Qingli hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and asked, "How much loan shark does your family owe to the Wang family?" ”

"I owe a total of one hundred taels before and after." Aoyama lowered his head and twisted the corners of his clothes uneasily.

One hundred taels!

Well, she only has more than twenty taels of silver in her hand now.

I had to ask Bi Tao to take him down to rest first, and said that I would talk to him later.

When he returned to the house, he asked Momozhi to find the red wooden box where the silver was placed.

This wooden box is made of mahogany, the workmanship is very exquisite, it is engraved with the pattern of the dragon and phoenix, and a small copper lock is locked outside, and the pattern on the copper lock is the same as the one on the wooden box, which seems to be specially made for this box.

The two searched through the boxes and cabinets for a long time, only to find a key in the dark layer of the dresser, and unlocked it, but they still couldn't open the wooden box.

"Young lady, it seems that there is a secret lock inside." Momozhi wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Dark locks?

Is it like a combination lock in the future?

It's just a wooden box, how can it be so mysterious.

"Momozhi, go to the kitchen and get an axe." I can't believe that I can't open this little wooden box.

"Young lady, you forgot, this wooden box was given by Mrs. Tai, and it can't be broken." Momoeda reminded.

"What then? This can't be opened, and it can't be smashed, how can I use the silver to save Chun Tao? Shen Qingli looked at the wooden box over and over again, frowning.

"Young lady, Mrs. Tai gave a pair at that time, and there is also a wooden box like this in the prince, it is better for the slave to ask the son."

Ask him?

Shen Qingli hesitated for a moment, then nodded and responded, "Then you go and ask!" ”

Changfeng Hall, the sound of music is everywhere.

"Stop, stop." Mu Yu pinched his waist and stood in front of his sisters, and said loudly, ""Fengming Flower Moonlight Night" is an ensemble track, not a solo, it pays attention to tacit understanding, what kind of mess are you playing, especially the third sister, I have said it several times, the guzheng technique in this song is different from other songs, the first and third sections can be played right and left, the second section is high, and the tide part needs to grasp the strings with both hands in order to play the soul of the whole song. ”

"I, I'm not good at that!" Mu Lin pouted.

In front of the eldest sister, she is always a little short of breath and doesn't dare to speak too much, who knows, she will not slap her.

"Then what are you good at?" Mu Yu looked at her coldly and said unhappily, "Except for the guzheng, I'm afraid you don't even know how to hold other musical instruments!" ”

A concubine is a concubine, even if she is raised by her mother's side, she can't become a concubine.

"Big sister." Mu Qing put down the pipa in her hand, stood up slowly, looked at Mu Lin with a smile, a sneering smile rose at the corner of her mouth, and said lukewarmly, "It's better to let the third sister practice in private first, and let the red willow next to me replace the third sister's guzheng first, so as not to delay our rehearsal." ”

Hum! The maids in their second room are also stronger than the maids in the big house.

Mu Shuang stood on the side, silent.

In front of the sisters, she is often the one who is overlooked.

Mu Yao'e frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do this, Sister Shicai said, the most important thing about the ensemble is tacit understanding, and besides, Hongliu is a girl, and she can't play on stage when the time comes." ”

No matter how well the girl plays, she can't get on the table.

"Then hurry up and practice again, there are five days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, you still have the heart to quarrel here, when the time comes, if anyone loses face at the palace banquet, not only will your grandmother not spare you, I am afraid that it will also bring your relatives to a bad time, you know?" Mu Yu glanced at everyone, she was the most annoying to fight between women.

When the women heard this, they sat down with solemn faces. Being punished by my grandmother is a trivial matter, and if you lose your marriage, it is not a joke.

In the gazebo not far away, the fragrance of tea is overflowing.

"Sister Yu really has the demeanor of a general, and I'm looking forward to this year's "Fengming Flower Moonlight Night"!" Xia Yunchu looked at the scene in front of him with interest, and a playful smile rose at the corner of his mouth.

"Phoenix Singing Flower Moonlight Night" is the song he composed. Because of this song, he and the Eighth Emperor became famous, and almost overnight they became hot figures in the capital, and even became the dream person of the nobles.

"It's just that the time is a little tight, and there is a lot of advice from Lao Shizi these days." Mu Yunting smiled.

"Hehe, Hong Yuan's words are serious, the ladies in your mansion are talented and intelligent, and they can understand everything, where do you need my guidance." Xia Yunchu seemed to reluctantly retract his gaze.

Mu Yunting saw that Xia Yunchu suddenly shouted his words, and a trace of coldness instantly flashed in his eyes, and then he raised the teacup in his hand and smiled kindly: "Drink tea." ”

Mu An sat on the railing and took a nap, Xu heard the footsteps behind him, he looked over with sleepy eyes, saw that it was Peach Branch, hurriedly dressed up to meet it, and asked in a low voice, "Peach Branch girl, is there something wrong?" ”

The two had met twice in Qingxin Yuan before, and they were not strangers to each other.

"I'm looking for the son." Momoeda smiled at him.

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