Chapter 151 [Xi Zhen Waiting to be Hired]
Seeing that Wu Yi finally stopped interrogating, Wu Amaran immediately gave a gift and smiled sweetly: "It's late at night, my brother is tired and hard for a day, so let's rest early, and my sister will arrange a qiē." The words are nice, in fact, she just wants Wu Yi to hurry up and stop chattering. Otherwise, if he continues to talk about it, Wu Yuan is worried that he will say the wrong thing, and once his brother finds out that something is wrong, it will be a big deal.
After Wu Yi heard this, he nodded with relief and said, "My sister doesn't have to worry about me, it's okay for my brother." Well, it's not early, so I ordered the kitchen to prepare dinner for my brother, and after dinner, my sister also rested early. Tomorrow morning, I will see you again for my brother. While speaking, Wu Yi waved his hand and motioned for Hu Cong to step forward to help, drove the carriage to the backyard, and instructed the maid to go to the back kitchen to pass the word. After doing this, Wu Yi turned around and walked towards the main courtyard.
However, just as he raised his leg and crossed the threshold of the main hall, he turned back and shouted: "Is there really no man in the car?" ”
Wu Amaran's voice changed, her delicate body trembled slightly, and her cheeks were crimson, but fortunately, there was a distance between her and Wu Yi, and Wu Yi did not see her shy and panicked look.
Then she forced herself to calm down, pretended to be angry, and said impatiently: "No! Are you annoyed, don't you even believe your sister? Before the words fell, Wu Yuan got into the carriage and urged the coachman to catch the car, not wanting to listen to Wu Yi's endless nagging.
Hearing his sister's unkind tone, Wu Yi suddenly stopped and looked back, but saw that seven carriages and more than 100 people were heading straight to the backyard from the bluestone road along the east side of the courtyard wall, and they had already gone far.
"It's weird. This girl's temper is really big, she didn't do it before! Could it be that I was angry outside during this time, and now I have vented all my anger? It shouldn't be. The dustless palace is full of women, they have known each other for a long time, who will make her angry! Seeing the carriage bypass the main courtyard and disappear at the corner of the west wall, Wu Yi said to himself in surprise. Secretly sighing, he shook his head helplessly and smiled slightly. He raised his leg and stepped over the threshold and walked straight into the main hall.
?????? Changle Garden, this is perhaps the most commonly used courtyard name in the world's official eunuch families. Because the Han Palace is called Changle Palace, it is because the major families like to name the other courtyard under their name Changle Garden.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the courtyards named after the Han Imperial Palace were usually inhabited by female dependents. In this way, even if it is preached, it is not a problem. Because men nowadays are machismo. I don't bother with women at all.
The courtyard where Wu Amaranth lives is Changle Garden, the name was given by Wu Yi, but the courtyard was given to Wu Amaranth by Liu Zhang. After all, Wu Yuan is nominally a member of the Liu family, and Liu Zhang is obliged to provide for his brother's widow. If he ignores it, he will not only be criticized, but also damage his reputation as a Yizhou pastor, and his face will be disgraced.
Therefore. Changle Garden is actually a mansion larger than Wu Mansion, and the architecture is exquisite. Richly decorated, extremely luxurious and extravagant. And this is not an exception, but a common problem of the mansions of the major families and eunuchs in Yizhou, and the mansions of all large families are all extremely gorgeously decorated, and it is not an exaggeration to call them magnificent. And this kind of extravagance is not only reflected in the residence, clothing, food, housing, transportation and other aspects are very luxurious, especially weddings, funerals and other red and white ceremonies, but also all their efforts, spare no effort. This kind of extravagance is all over the counties and counties of Yizhou, but this is true for all those who have a little status.
Because of this, and today's people know that Yizhou is rich, the people are rich, and those who wear gold and silver, brocade clothes and jade food are everywhere, so they have the reputation of "the country of abundance".
Changle Garden is next to Wu Yi's mansion, and there is only one wall in the middle, and as long as you break through this wall, it is the backyard of Wu's mansion. It is because Wu Amaranth came in from the main gate of Wu Mansion tonight, passed through Wu Yi's mansion, and entered the arched door next to the backyard, which is Wu Amaranth's residence - Changle Garden. On the contrary, when this door is closed, Changle Yuan is a courtyard independent of the Wu Mansion, and there is also a main entrance, a side door and a back door. It is only because of Wu Amaranth's special identity and not good situation that the main entrance of Changle Garden is closed all the year round, and the side door is also not often opened, only the arched door and the back door leading to Wu Mansion are often in and out.
Just based on the situation when Wu Yuan entered the mansion tonight, she could go through the main gate of Changle Garden and return to her home quietly, and there was no need to alarm Wu Yi at all. But she didn't do this, but as usual, every time she came back from outside, she had to go through the main gate of the Wu Mansion, inform her brother Wu Yi, and then return to her own mansion.
In fact, this was not her own idea, according to her thoughts, she didn't want to alarm her brother Wu Yi, she just went home, there was no need to be so troublesome, let alone explain. However, some people suggested that she act as usual, and she could not make Wu Yi suspicious or attract attention, so as not to cause extraneous trouble. In addition, the more than 100 servants who followed Wu Amaran had to settle in Wu Yi's mansion, because Wu Amaran's identity determined that there could be no young and strong men in her residence, otherwise it would not only affect her reputation, but also attract Liu Zhang's attention, and then cause endless trouble.
Therefore, there were only seven carriages that followed Wu Yuan into Changle Yuan tonight, and the remaining hundred or so servants all stayed in the West Cross Courtyard of Wu Mansion.
?????? The night is getting darker, and the night is silent.
When the entire state city has completely quieted down, the main courtyard of Changle Garden is still brightly lit, and no one walks outside the door, but the house is very lively.
"Sister Amaranth, I didn't expect your house to be so big and gorgeous, it's so beautiful and extravagant!" In the side room to the west of the main room, Rong'er, who had a bold and straightforward personality, walked around the room and exclaimed in surprise.
At this time, Wu Yuan was not the only one sitting on the couch, in addition to her, there were five people, including Mengxin, Ren Hongchang, He Ying, Ma Yunluo and Xiao Qiao, in addition, their personal maids were also in the room, but they were standing at the door and on both sides, listening quietly, but not interjecting. After hearing Rong'er's words, the maids covered their sleeves and smiled, while the four daughters of Ren Hongchang smiled at each other, and then nodded in agreement.
And so it is. Every room in Wu Amaranth Mansion is beautifully decorated, the curtains hanging on the lattice windows and the tablecloths on the table are all made of fine Shu brocade, jade screens, pearl bed curtains, white jade tooth beds, and all kinds of pineapple furniture. It's really dazzling, gorgeous, almost extravagant.
However, these luxurious decorations are not surprising to the five daughters of Mengxin and Ren Hongchang, and they have long been commonplace.
In addition to Mengxin, the boudoir decorations of Ren Hongchang's four daughters are as good as they are, and even many of the furniture and decorations are much more expensive than those seen in front of them. Comparatively speaking, the main courtyard and the annex of Mengxin's dustless palace appear simple and unpretentious, without jeweled decorations, nor too expensive furniture and accessories, but they are all available; It makes people feel very comfortable living in it, no burden, no pressure, no sense of constraint, fresh and natural.
Because of this, the women who had just come out of the dustless palace suddenly felt that these jeweled decorations were very dazzling, although they were very beautiful, they gave people a kind of unspeakable pressure, and there was a little invisible restraint, and they felt a little uncomfortable and unaccustomed.
After hearing Rong'er's words, Wu Amaran smiled indifferently and said softly: "These things are all things outside the body, they are not brought in life or death, no matter how beautiful they are, they are just a bunch of dead things, not worth mentioning." Obviously, Wu Amaranth felt the same as Mengxin, Ren Hongchang and others, and didn't care about these gorgeous decorations, and even had a hint of disgust and a little sentimentality. For many years, she had been staying here, and every day she could see these glittering ornaments, but instead of happiness, these things brought her loneliness, loneliness, and desolation.
Seeing the melancholy color between Wu Amaran's eyebrows, Meng Xin'e's eyebrows moved slightly, and then turned her head to look at Ren Hongchang's four daughters, and then the five of them nodded lightly tacitly, and reached a consensus in silence.
Immediately, Meng Xin took Wu Yuan's hand and said with relief: "Sister doesn't have to be like this. Before you were controlled by others, living here is like a prison with a painting, and you can't help yourself; But this qiē will soon be over, and no one will be able to restrain you from now on, and you can live the life you want. Besides, we are good sisters, and as long as we can help, we will definitely do our best to help you. ”
Wu Amaran's heart moved, and he immediately thanked: "Thank you Sister Xin, the little sister thanked the four sisters first." ”
"Sister, don't be polite." It was He Ying who spoke this time, and after a pause, she continued: "We all understand my sister's intentions, and we are happy to see it come to fruition, and we are willing to help my sister." It's just that my sister should know that there are some things that our sisters can't decide, so your sister's happiness depends on you after all. Wu Yuan was embarrassed when she heard this, lowered her head shyly, and nodded to He Ying in understanding.
?????? Just when the women gathered together to talk privately, in the lobby of the main courtyard, which was only separated by a wall, Li Li and Zhuge Liang sat together leisurely and drank tea, discussing the current situation in a low voice. There is one guard in the room in front of the main hall, outside the door is Zhuge Liang's personal captain Shi A, and standing behind the door is Li Zhi, the commander of Jin Yiwei.
"Lord, it's indeed too dangerous for us to sneak into Chengdu City rashly this time. As the so-called gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, the lord is the body of ten thousand gold, how can he personally take risks? In case Liu Zhang discovers our whereabouts??????" Zhuge Liang stopped at the point and did not continue, because the latter words were unlucky, so it was okay not to say it. He believed he didn't need to say more, and Li Li understood.
With Zhuge Liang's disposition of bowing down to everything and not taking risks, he will never enter Chengdu under the condition that the situation is unclear, because this adventure is all Li Li's idea, and he said: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger."
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