Chapter Eighty-Three: Eavesdropping on the Corner
Seeing that Xu Man'er brushed her eldest sister's face first, and greeted her affectionately, Su Nianqing felt a lot more comfortable, and hurriedly smiled and greeted her.
"Miss Xu said with a smile, I just feel that your skin is getting more and more supple."
"Where to talk, hurry up, let's find a place to talk well, I haven't seen each other for a long time, I really have a lot of flowers I want to share with you."
As she spoke, Xu Man'er took Su Nianqing to the stone bench in the corner of the pavilion and sat down, holding hands and whispering.
Su Nianyu didn't miss the smug look in the second sister-in-law and Xu Man'er when they walked away hand in hand, Wang Xuan saw it in his eyes, and didn't treat Pan Jingruo as an outsider, pouted and said softly: "Nianyu, it's really not that I like to find fault with your second sister, hypocritical and pretentious, obviously using you as a springboard, and you stupidly take her as a good person." If she makes friends with our little daughters, maybe you don't know how you will get along in the future. ”
Su Nianyu looked at Wang Xuan fixedly, but saw that she gave her a faint look, and continued: "I know you don't like to hear this, usually as long as I tell her in front of you, you have to argue with me, once even flicked your sleeves and turned your face with me, ignoring me for several days." ”
Thinking of this, Wang Xuan's face was not very good, and he looked at his friend in front of him, eager to peel off her head and see what was inside.
To her surprise, this time she didn't hear her friend's dissatisfied rebuttal.
Su Nianyu also looked at Wang Xuan, and actually smiled.
It is said that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, and Wang Xuan is lively. looked careless, but didn't want to, and his heart was like a mirror. Everything can be seen clearly.
Thinking about the past, I did have several times because the second sister and Wang Xuan had an unpleasant quarrel, and I always thought that Wang Xuan looked down on the identity of the second sister as a concubine, so as to sow discord in front of her.
She took Wang Xuan's white little hand and said, "I know you are good for me." He glanced at her carefully, thinking about her tolerance for her petty temper in her previous life, and even went to Su Mansion to take the initiative to show favor to her. Unconsciously felt sour, and said in a low voice: "Thank you." ”
Wang Xuan looked at her with wide eyes, neither waiting for her friend's angry rebuttal, nor seeing her brush her sleeves away. Instead, he pulled her to thank her sincerely. was stunned, and then, he said with a smile: "Which one are you singing?" What do I have to be thankful for? ”
After thinking about it, he added: "Anyway, what I said was not malicious, but I just wanted to make you better." ”
Su Nianyu nodded and did not say anything more.
Pan Jingruo, who was on the side, saw that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and said softly at the right time: "I heard Wang Xuan talk about your second sister-in-law. Seeing is not believing, so I can't say anything. But. Wang Xuan is indeed good for you, I heard that your gossip was spreading everywhere in the capital, and I was always so angry that I jumped to my feet, saying that those were all rumors and tarnished your reputation in vain......"
Wang Xuan remembered those rumors, his face darkened half in an instant, and he said indignantly: "It's not! Nianyu is a good one, and she is also very attentive to her sister-in-law, but I heard that there are rumors outside that she is the daughter of Sufu, but she is harsh to her sister-in-law...... It's complete nonsense! ”
He added: "I think these rumors were deliberately released by someone, no matter whether they are harsh or not, these are all things in the house, and they are unprovoked, how can they be circulated in the market?" Nianyu, I think you still have to take a good look. ”
Su Nianyu nodded.
But I knew very well in my heart that if someone really deliberately scattered these rumors, it was a good thing done by Aunt Liu and the second sister-in-law, and I couldn't help but look at the sister-in-law sitting and talking in the corner of the pavilion.
It just so happened that the second sister was biting her ears with Xu Man'er quietly, and the eyes of the two met in the air, so frightened that the second sister's eyes flashed, and she actually shut up.
Su Nianyu's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly remembered another possibility.
Xu Man'er is a person who can't control her mouth, when everyone gets together, if the second sister participates, she and Xu Man'er will hold each other and sit elsewhere to talk.
Regarding the friendship between the two, Su Nianyu didn't think there was anything strange.
Although the second sister-in-law Su Nianqing is unbearable, she is also a little famous in the capital, as if she is one of the representatives of the ladies who are knowledgeable, gentle and humble.
while spreading rumors, trying to make her reputation damage to the most; On the one hand, he made people praise the second sister to the sky in the market and achieved her good reputation.
And because Xu Man'er can't control her mouth and talks about right and wrong everywhere, there are very few girlfriends with her, so few that she is always alone. And by chance, the second sister and Xu Man'er met, and since then, the two can often be seen together at the banquet.
It's not a big deal to talk together, but with Xu Man'er, the most talked about must be her old things and right and wrong......
Now, looking at the second sister's dodging eyes and suddenly closed her lips, Su Nianyu was almost sure that what the second sister said must be related to herself.
In other words, the second sister will approach Xu Man'er, who everyone is afraid of, because she wants to take advantage of the fact that she likes the rights and wrongs of Taoists, so as to spread rumors about her faster!
A hand shook in front of her, and she suddenly came back to her senses.
"Nianyu, Nianyu, what are you thinking? He was still in a trance. Wang Xuan followed her gaze and said, "What is so beautiful about your second sister-in-law, she doesn't even blink her eyes." ”
Su Nianyu glanced at her and said with a smile: "Who told you that I was looking at my second sister?" I was clearly looking at the peach blossoms behind her, which were actually peach-colored and very outstanding. ”
Wang Xuan looked at it, and the peach blossom that his friend said was uneven and was just hidden behind the wall behind the pavilion, and he couldn't help but be proud: "That peach blossom is grafted many times to have such a beautiful color, the whole capital, no, the whole foot of the Son of Heaven, it is estimated that it is my one, which is naturally very novel." If you want to see it, I'll take you there. ”
Su Nianyu bowed, Pan Jingruo also stood up with a smile, and followed Wang Xuan to lead the way to watch the peach blossom.
From time to time, there are petals sprinkled in the peach forest, and a few petals fall on the body; Wang Xuan was very happy with the peach blossoms because of his lively temperament, and he always jumped into the forest, and was sprinkled with white or pink petals, Su Nianyu scolded with a smile, but bent his eyes to help her brush the petals, Pan Jingruo also smiled and followed Wang Xuan's side, wiping the pollen that fell on her clothes with the white handkerchief from time to time.
The three of them soon stood under the strange big peach blossom tree, and when they got closer, they found that the peach tree was actually blooming pink peach blossoms on one side and pink peach blossoms on the other, and the few tall peach branches in the middle were blooming pure white flowers.
It's a sight to behold.
Even the quiet Pan Jingruo looked at the peach tree with three flower colors, and couldn't help but exclaim: "This peach tree is really very different, and the novelty is tight." ”
"Naturally, I sent a lot of flower farmers to do grafting, and I failed many times in a row, and finally survived this plant, and I never thought that the flowering season would still be able ......to bloom pure white, large pink and pink."
If in the past, when Wang Xuan talked about peach blossoms, she was simply full of energy and then gushing, and the strange thing is that after she finished saying that, she only looked at the flowers on the tree, and even raised her feet to stand at the base of the wall.
He smiled lightly and whispered to them: "You guys don't come over quickly, I want to hear what those two are talking about." ”
Su Nianyu was stunned for a moment, only to realize that the little Jiujiu he had beaten had been seen through by Wang Xuan.
She used this peach blossom as an excuse, but because she fancy this place is just against the pavilion, if she uses the peach blossom as an excuse, after going around this wall, she will not be noticed by the second sister and Xu Man'er in the pavilion, and she can hear whether the person discussing between them is her.
Su Nianyu was no longer hypocritical, and walked over very simply, without the slightest guilt for eavesdropping on the corner of the wall; However, Pan Jingruo is an authentic lady, and when she learned what they were going to do at the moment, her little face turned red.
The handkerchief was very entangled: "This is ...... It is not right to do so. ”
Wang Xuan leaned his ears against the wall, and his eyes suddenly widened: "...... Ah, they're talking about you! ”
Pan Jingruo stopped wringing her handkerchief, and hurriedly came up with the tail of her skirt.
When it comes to her own gossip, she naturally wants to listen to it.
This one was posted on the wall, but I didn't hear any sound at all, so I knew that I had been fooled, and Wang Xuan just deliberately deceived her.
raised the little pink fist and was about to greet Wang Xuan, when suddenly there was a squirming sound from the other side of the wall, she was too frightened to move, but someone lowered her voice and said: "Second Miss Su, they are all gone, you don't have to be afraid, tell me all the words you haven't finished saying." ”
This is Xu Man'er's voice.
Then a pitiful voice sounded softly: "...... I don't think it's a big deal, it's not a big deal that I've been wronged a little more. ”
Xu Man'er had just listened to half of it, and her curiosity was all aroused, and when she heard Su Nianqing say this, she naturally didn't follow it: "You can't say that, if the concubine treats the concubine harshly, she will be laughed at, and besides, if she is really so unbearable, I will not be good friends with her." ”
Su Nianqing pretended to hesitate: "...... Then you have to promise me first, don't say it. ”
Su Nianyu stood in the corner of the wall, and almost laughed when she heard the second sister add this sentence like a snake.
As long as someone knows the name Xu Man'er, who wouldn't know that she is an idle person? In front of others, she pretended to pose as if she didn't want to publicize her ugliness, Su Nianyu could almost imagine that the second sister on the other side of the wall must have pretended to be an innocent wronged girl.
But Xu Man'er agreed very boldly: "That's natural." (To be continued......)