Chapter 60: Jumping out of the predicament
Inside the Pavilion
Li Wanru and Li Wanling came to Pujia Pavilion early, and as soon as they entered the house, they smelled the fragrant fragrance that filled the room, and this fragrance could only be emitted by the best Yuelin incense.
Li Wanru and Li Wanling couldn't help but glance at each other, you must know that this spice is extremely expensive, and it is only available to the old lady in the Li Mansion.
The last time Li Wanru smelled this aroma was in the eldest lady's house on the day when the eldest lady was selected to study with the lord of Pingyang. It seems that the old lady is really thinking about this banquet.
Li Wanyun saw the two coming, but pretended not to see it, and did not get up to salute, but talked and laughed with the maids beside her. Li Wanqing saw Li Wanyun's appearance, and shook her head imperceptibly, sure enough, the mud can't support the wall, at this time, if you startle the snake for this, it will be worth the loss.
Li Wanqing looked up at Li Wanru and Li Wanling, and walked forward with a gentle lotus step, her delicate and beautiful face was full of joy: "Second sister, third sister, you are here, sit down, you can have breakfast?" ”
The two hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, and looked up at Li Wanyun's direction again, seeing that she didn't mean to come over to salute, but just looked at Li Wanqing with puzzled eyes. After waiting for a while, I found that Li Wanqing did not make a sound to let Li Wanyun come over and salute.
Shaking his head and pausing for a while, Li Wanling spoke: "We have already eaten, and the eldest sister is worried." Is a qiē ready? Do you need to, what do my second sister and I do? ”
Li Wanru took over the conversation and asked, "I don't know when a few distinguished guests will arrive?" Can you send a maid to greet you at the front door? ”
Li Wanqing's face was full of warm smiles, but she couldn't help but slander in her heart, where is it her turn to point fingers here? They all know these simple truths, how can she be unconscious?
Although she was dissatisfied, thinking of the next plan, she still couldn't bear her unhappiness, and her voice was tactful: "Thanks to a few younger sisters who came to help, I was able to take a break and entertain a few young ladies." ”
She said these words to tell them that the few ladies of your mansion invited this time, but those who came to the banquet looking at her face had to recognize their position, just to be a foil, and only she, Li Wanqing, was qualified to entertain these VIPs.
Li Wanru and Li Wanling couldn't hear what Li Wanqing meant, but they just opened their mouths to agree, and once they listened to the orders of the eldest sister, we would definitely be cautious and not conflict with the distinguished guests. But don't say anything polite, since you just want us to come over and make a set, we just don't say anything, don't do anything, there should be nothing wrong.
Even Li Wanyun knew that the two of them had replied to Li Wanqing with soft nails, but when they thought of the next plan, they simply didn't open their mouths to refute the two, still pretending to be the maid next to them.
Li Wanru was originally suspicious because of Li Wanyun's abnormal look yesterday, and today she wanted to test one or two, but now seeing Li Wanyun's appearance of being obviously not angry but suppressing her anger, and the look of watching a good show flashed on her face, the suspicion in Li Wanru's heart has become an affirmation, today's banquet seems to be a Hongmen banquet, and it seems that it is for them.
Although she guessed that they had some bad intentions, she didn't know what they wanted to do, so she had a bad premonition, and this matter was probably not simple. She has never deliberately framed anyone, even if it is the eldest lady she dislikes extremely much or this white lotus eldest sister, she has not taken the initiative to provoke, she didn't expect that she wanted a peaceful life to be so luxurious.
She desperately thought about the description of this incident in the original book, but she didn't know why there was no description of this banquet at all, could it be that her butterfly effect changed the development of the whole story? This is her biggest reliance now, but it is useless at this time.
She forced herself to calm down and analyze carefully, since this layout has been placed, there must be some clues, what is it? What the...... The events of the past few days flashed in her head, trying to sift through the useful information, the rapid operation of the brain, the division of labor, the filtering of graphics, and the integration of language.
Li Wanru fell into deep thought, but did not realize that her mind was much more sensitive than before, one by one the information was filtered out, and finally stopped at the picture of yesterday in Yixin Garden, the old lady asked her and her third sister to also participate in the banquet - the eldest sister Li Wanqing did not refuse - and then Li Wanqing made an excuse to let the third aunt make zuò pastries - and finally the picture was fixed on Li Wanyun's ironic pity.
"Miss, Miss Li, Miss Wang and Miss Li's carriage has arrived at the main gate of the palace." A little maid hurriedly came in to report.
Li Wanqing frowned almost invisibly, and the grandmother next to her hurriedly stepped forward and scolded: "Why are you so unruly, you don't report when you come in." ”
"Miss, slave, I know what is wrong...... Knowing that she was wrong, the slave maid was anxious for a while, so she crossed the line, and asked the eldest lady to forgive her sins. "The little maid originally came in to report the good news, but she didn't expect to receive the reward, but it made the eldest lady so unhappy, so how can she gain a foothold in the Li Mansion in the future.
"Okay, you get up, this time it's worth it."
The maid bowed and withdrew as if she were amnesty, but the sharp-eyed Li Wanru found that the maid's back was already soaked with sweat. She thought about it, it seems that this eldest sister is not as gentle and polite as she seems, otherwise how could this maid of the Pujia Pavilion be scared like this by Li Wanqing's words.
Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration, and she figured out the key to this matter, which was probably Li Wanqing's plan. Thinking of this, Li Wanru couldn't help but be secretly frightened, this Li Wanqing really stayed in the Pingyang Palace for so many years, and the key to the battle in the inner house can be described as eating the marrow, inviting her and Li Wanling This is to release a smoke bomb, in order to confuse them, the ultimate goal of this matter should be to deal with the third aunt, this is someone who wants to take a salary from the bottom of the kettle, first extract her roots, and then carry out the end of the conspiracy.
Li Wanling saw Li Wanru's tangled expression and knew that she was too vain again, so she could only gently tug on Li Wanru's sleeve and said in a very small voice: "Second sister, the distinguished guests have arrived at the main gate, let's go and greet them." ”
"Okay, we should get to know these daughters." Li Wanru came back to her senses at this time, and after thinking about the joints, Li Wanru didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and told Moyu to take a look at the situation of the third aunt.