4. Chapter 1 Ruoyun
Tianhao three years, autumn.
"Ruoyun, you should hurry up! Miss Carefully pursued you slowly, and shouted to Mother Wu to lock you up! A girl shouted at the top of her voice, and walked away with the flower pot with a blank look.
"Yes......" In the courtyard, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl responded, smiled, shook her sore arm gently, and lifted her wet clothes to hang on a rope.
Her cheeks were slightly pale from the wind, her beautiful and slender hands were red with knuckles, but her emaciated face was bright and bright, and although she looked tired, she couldn't hide the beauty that was gradually revealed.
Almost didn't dare to slack off, the woman who was called Ruoyun hurriedly finished the work at hand, and almost subconsciously raised her hand to comb the broken hair at the corner of her forehead, but Wu's mother's voice exploded in her ears again:
"What is the dead girl in a daze! Miss calls you! Don't go yet! ”
In a blink of an eye, Mother Wu, who was slightly fat, was staring at her waist with her hands crossed, holding a rattan in her hand and coming here.
"Let's go!" Ruoyun stuck out her tongue in fright, and quickly trotted out of the backyard.
Walking through the corridor, she didn't stop gasping until she could no longer see the fierce face.
"Miss ......" a girl who was slightly younger than her came out of the room timidly with dishes, her red face was dry and peeling, and she was dressed as an ordinary maid, and when she saw her coming, she called out.
"Shhhh......h If you are heard, you will inevitably be beaten. ”
The girl was speechless, nodded hurriedly, and attached it to her ear: "That annoying Chu Rulan called you to go." After saying that, he looked around and slipped away.
She sighed, this girl's name is Xiaohong, and she has eaten and lived with her since she entered the Chu Mansion. , although their situation is not very miserable, it can be seen that she is hungry, Xiaohong has to send her food even if she is beaten, and she can't do too much work to do Xiaohong took advantage of the unpreparedness of others to do it.
Before the original advanced mansion, Xiaohong had always been her maid......
Thinking of the tip of the iceberg, her heart hurt, she shook her head and abandoned that thought, and reached out and knocked on the door: "Miss looking for me?" ”
"Come in." Chu Rulan's slightly immature but spirited voice came from inside.
She pushed the door in, but saw that it was autumn, but Chu Rulan was wearing an emerald green dress, her little face was carefully decorated with rouge, the beads on her head were inserted all over, and she was holding a mirror to look at her pretty face.
Ruoyun glanced at her heart, Miss Chu was not badly born, if she was clean and clean, she would be pretty and lovely, but she learned to wear heavy makeup nowadays, really-she tried hard to describe it, but when she saw Chu Rulan's powdered face, she wanted to laugh, so she could only tilt her head and hold back.
Chu Rulan snorted coldly, glanced at her and stared at the mirror: "Ruoyun, this is almost the winter festival in the blink of an eye, and there are also a few tables in this mansion, why do I want to be beautiful, do you say yes or no?" ”
"Yes." She bowed her head and replied respectfully.
The winter sacrifice is a sacrifice to the gods, something that has not been fashionable for many years, and the new emperor pays attention to these, but the winter sacrifice is a royal sacrifice, and Chu Rulan wants to set up a few tables at home, she can't figure it out, and she doesn't want to understand.
"Okay, Miss Ben is going to add new clothes now, you go to the Jinyi Fang on Chang'an Street and help me order some cloth back. Remember that the color is new and the color is good, if I am not satisfied, I can ask Mother Wu to reward you with a few whips! Rulan was very satisfied with her idea, and this change of embarrassment was really the most interesting thing in the house.
"Yes." She nodded and replied respectfully, without even frowning, but raised her head and said, "Uncle...... The lord forbade me to go out, how did you forget, miss? ”
Chu Rulan secretly screamed in her heart that it was not good, but she stubbornly pointed at the person in front of her: "You actually talk back to me?!" Whatever I say is what it is! I have allowed you, how can my father object? What's more......" she rolled her eyes, and finally found a good explanation, "You don't look at you now, go out and say that you are Su Ruoyun, and the ghost believes you!" ”
"Obey orders......" Ruoyun replied, her face pale.
Only then did he receive the order and stepped out of the door with one foot, and Chu Rulan's addition came from behind: "By the way, the cars and horses in the house are out, remember to go and go back quickly." ”
Ruoyun Shengsheng stopped his feet and looked up at the noon sky: a good "go and go back quickly", this Chu Mansion is in the prosperous area of the capital, and it is the most prosperous Chang'an Street soon after going out, the meaning of this sentence is clearly "I have done half a little less work today, and I want Mother Wu to whip you a few times." ”
"Yes, miss." She sighed and obeyed, and this time walked out the door without incident.
Hurriedly went to the treasury to get the money, counted the amount, changed into clean clothes, and hurried to the city, but as soon as he left the house, he heard someone running behind him panting, and at first glance, it was Xiaohong.
"How did you get here? Mother Wu found out that you were lazy and broke your legs carefully! She frightened.
This Mother Wu is the tigress in the house, in charge of all the girls, if any one is disobedient, the rattan whip in the hand of Mother Wu is not a joke.
But Xiaohong shook her head vigorously: "Miss, why do you have to accompany you when you go out, in case something happens, Xiaohong can't save you even if her legs and feet are broken, this job can't be done for a while, it's a big deal to do it late?" ”
You don't have to ask to know that she must have eavesdropped.
Ruoyun's heart was hot, and she said, "Dead girl, don't call me Miss again!" It's not that your hands and feet are broken, I'm afraid your neck will be twisted off! He shook his head and sighed.
Seeing her approval, Xiaohong happily followed, and said coquettishly: "How can I have a chance to talk to you on weekdays~ Hey...... Small...... Sister Ruoyun...... Wait for me ......"