Chapter 8: The Long Night (1)
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Looking at the fragments of the white porcelain lotus teacup on the ground, Ming Yuelan stood at the round table and shrunk her shoulders, she was holding a silk handkerchief in her hand, but she didn't even dare to raise her hand to wipe the cold sweat on her forehead. After a long while, she couldn't bear the eerie silence in the room, and quietly lowered her eyes to the person sitting at the table, but she was so frightened by a knife in the eyes that she hurriedly withdrew her eyes. She secretly wrung her handkerchief, and finally couldn't bear the pressure of the air in the house, so she slipped in a panic and knelt down in front of Liu Zhengqian and buried her head: "Master, the concubine knows that she is wrong! The concubine and the concubine no longer dare to think nonsense! The concubine no longer dares to deceive the master! I beg the master to spare the concubine this timeββ!
As soon as the words came out, the sharp cry made Liu Zhengqian's heart even more annoyed, he casually picked up a porcelain cup on the table and threw it to the ground, and heard a crisp crack beside him, the sound was like a fierce beast roaring, so frightened that Ming Yuelan shut up, except for lying on the ground and trembling, he didn't dare to make any other movements.
Glancing down at Ming Yuelan huddled in a pile of fragments like a frightened rabbit, Liu Zhengqian frowned, and then he didn't know what to remember, and his brows twisted deeper. He stood up, and Ming Yuelan felt a coercion pressing on her delicate back from top to bottom, although cold sweat was still breaking out on her face, she was relieved in her heart.
Liu Zhengqian ignored the debris and stepped out of the door, Ming Yuelan heard the sentence "can't be on the stage" and her heart tightened again, but her body was loosened, and the whole person leaned on the table leg softly, and waited for Liu Zhengqian to walk for a long time before she stood up slowly, moved to the edge of the couch and sat down, beating the sore leg of the kneeling with one hand, holding the crumpled handkerchief with the other, first wiped the beads of sweat on her forehead, and wiped away the tears that were about to come out of her eyes.
Others see her as pampered in every way, but only she understands the taste. In the past, when Liu Zhengqian liked her, he said that she was gentle and sensible, and that she had a soft temperament; now that he doesn't like her, he says that she is cowardly and useless, and she can't be put on the stage. If it weren't for her Xue'er's fame in the imperial capital, she might have added more power to him Liu Zhengqian in the future, I'm afraid she wouldn't even be able to do it now!
Thinking of this, Ming Yuelan almost bit a mouthful of silver teeth, she glanced at the debris on the ground, unconsciously became angry, and scolded outward: "Come on! Come on! Come on! What about people! Seeing that the house is messy, don't you know how to come in and clean up! Could it be that Liufu raised you a bunch of waste so that you can eat white rice!"
Listening to the master's scolding, the personal maids who were guarding the door, Bird's Tongue and Yunwu, hurriedly took the two maids to go in, and when they saw that the house was in a mess, the two of them pointed to the two maids and let them retreat after cleaning up. They walked to Ming Yuelan's side carefully, looked at Ming Yuelan's resentful face and said carefully: "Madame, don't be angry, it's all the second young lady, Madam, you hold the power in the house, and I'm afraid that she will not be a little girl who has just returned to the house." β
"Little girl?" Ming Yuelan sneered: "Do you think she is like her short-lived mother! It's not that you haven't seen that she is really competing with those actors in the pear orchard when she starts acting today!"
"No matter how good she is, no matter how much the master teaches her, after all, this mountain forest is not as good as the imperial capital, how can she compare to the resourcefulness of the lady. Finchtongue knelt down and lightly pounded Ming Yuelan's kneeling legs with both hands.
"Yes, madam, today Mrs. was scolded by the master, in the final analysis, the second lady didn't know what means she used, and she actually left that recall letter, otherwise how could she suffer such a big humiliation today!" Therefore, he didn't notice Ming Yuelan's pale face, and still said to herself: "Today's lady is underestimating the enemy, and this is the way of the second lady." Jiang is old and spicy, and Madame is still afraid that she will not succeed?"
Yunwu was not enough after speaking, and was about to say something more, but when she saw that the finch tongue kept squeezing her eyebrows and making eyes, she looked at Ming Yuelan's vicious expression staring at her again, she was shocked, and realized that she had just said the wrong thing, so she quickly knelt down in front of Ming Yuelan and bowed her head and said, "Madame, Yunwu knows that she is wrong." As he spoke, he raised his hands and kept slapping his mouth.
Listening to the more crisp sound in her ears, Ming Yuelan raised her hand to stroke her forehead with a headache, and waved her other hand towards the clouds like a small animal: "Okay, okay, you go out, just let the finch tongue serve here." β
"Yes!" Hearing Ming Yuelan rush her, Yunwu hurriedly covered her red and swollen cheeks as if she had been amnestied, and retreated out of the house.
Seeing that Ming Yuelan did not punish Yunwu, Finch's tongue breathed a sigh of relief, and while pinching the master's leg, she persuaded: "Madame, don't be angry, Yunwu is thick-hearted, I will teach her well when I go back." β
Ming Yuelan let out a long sigh, "If it weren't for her growing up with me since she was a child like you, knowing that she was loyal to me, with her blunt energy, I would have lowered her to the rank a long time ago!"
Hearing Ming Yuelan say this, the tongue of the bird sank. She turned her smart eyes and was silent for a moment: "Although Yunwu doesn't like what she says, she has a good sentence. Queyu raised his eyes and looked at Ming Yuelan's suspicious expression, and then looked down at his hand kneading Ming Yuelan's legs, "Madam, don't you think it's strange? That letter was burned by Liu Zhilan, how ...... Again?"
Hearing this, Ming Yuelan was silent for a long time. But seeing her raise her hand as if gently brushing her hair, her thin lips were lightly raised, and she had just cried and her slightly red and swollen slender eyes shot out of a vicious light, "I really underestimated her, can there be such a master, can there be fewer talented people around her!"
"That lady, we ......"
"Hmph! She's just going home, and let's let her go away for a few days. Now that something happens to her again, I'm afraid that the lord will really not let me feel better. Speaking of Liu Zhengqian, Ming Yuelan's eyes showed pain.
Seeing that Ming Yuelan was sad, Queyu comforted softly: "The master is a person who practices martial arts, and he is anxious, and he is not as good at talking as a literati." But isn't there a saying, 'Every time you slaughter more dogs, you are more likely to be a scholar?' The old man is angry again, and he also has a lady in his heart, and the lord is reluctant to hurt the lady so he uses these utensils to get angry. β
"Nonsense, can that sentence be used like this, the master is not a dog slaughterer. Ming Yuelan looked up slightly, like a girl, and her heart became proud, "The master is a big hero!"
"Yes~ The master is a big hero, and it was the slave who said the wrong thing. After saying that, the finch tongue also symbolically patted it on his mouth, and smiled playfully when he was done.
"Just your sweet mouth, I really don't know how much sugar you ate secretly!" Ming Yuelan smiled, among the girls around her, the finch tongue was the most clever and likable, and she grew up with her since she was a child, so there were not so many constraints between master and servant.
Seeing that Ming Yuelan was happy, Finch's tongue was completely relieved. She raised her head and smiled, "Madam, it's not too early, it's time for Qingfeng Yuan to turn off the lights." β
"Okay, you can help me freshen up and change. β
"Yes. β
In the hazy night, the clouds and mist that were driven out finally waited until the lights were turned off in Ming Yuelan's room, and when she saw the Bird's Tongue softly closing the door and coming out of it, she hurriedly greeted her and shouted softly: "Bird's Tongue-"
Hearing Yunwu calling herself, Bird's Tongue hurriedly left the main courtyard of Qingfeng Yuan with her, "You be quiet, the master is shallow, beware of alarming her." β
"Don't worry, after so many years, you have already been measured. The clouds squeezed his eyes at the finch tongue, but was glared back by the finch tongue, "You, you are already the age of half-old, and you are still so uneasy, like a child!"
"Isn't that a finch tongue for you? Yunwu smiled innocently, "Thanks to you for helping me every time." β
"You know, alas, I don't know what you have in your head, I usually remind you so much, but I don't remember it!" Finchtongue sighed, Yunwu was more loyal to Ming Yuelan than her, but it was a pity that there was a lack of tendons in her brain, and she always made mistakes in Ming Yuelan's place. If it weren't for Ming Yuelan's nostalgia for the old love, and the third lady liked her, I was afraid that she would have already become the rough maid of this Qingfeng Garden.
"You should be careful in the past two days, these two young ladies have just returned home, and Mrs. has suffered a lot of losses, but don't touch Mrs. like today. Finch frowned.
Listening to the finch tongue clasping himself, Yunwu grabbed the finch tongue's arm tightly, and giggled, "I know, go, you haven't eaten much for Mrs. today, so I'm hungry, I'll take you to the east kitchen to open a small stove." β
"You, you can't do anything, you're clever, but you're a good cook. But don't say it, I'm really hungry. With that, the finch tongue pulled the cloud and walked briskly.
Looking at the hungry and dizzy appearance of the bird's tongue, Yunwu couldn't help but smile: "Look at you, what's the hurry, when you were in it just now, I took the time to make some side dishes, and now I eat just right, and I don't burn my mouth." After saying that, she herself felt a little deflated in her stomach, so she quickly followed.
Under the bright moon, the two maids were laughing quietly, unaware that all their actions had already fallen into the eyes of the people in the dark.
When their figures completely disappeared into the courtyard attached to Qingfeng Garden, the people in the shadows disappeared like a breeze......