Chapter 12: Goodbye Mother-in-law

The carriage stopped at the main gate of the Taiwei Mansion, the afterglow of the evening reflected the plaque at the main gate as if it was gilded, Qin Yunuan raised her eyebrows, her eyes swept from the vermilion courtyard wall, this is the place where she has stayed for more than ten years, and it is also the place where her simple dream was finally buried.

But when Qin Yunuan saw her mother-in-law Dou Qing'e waiting in the courtyard, all her emotions were instantly put away, and all her sorrow was hidden by her after a bland and gentle sentence "Yunuan has seen her mother".

Dou Qing'e has bright eyes and bright teeth, her willow eyebrows are slightly bent, and her forehead is also decorated with jade and jade to wipe her forehead, obviously she is already a woman in her thirties, but there is no wrinkle at the corner of her eyes, but after Qin Yunxiang stepped on the steps and got off the carriage, the grace and virtuousness on Dou Qing'e's face was swept away.

"Cloud makeup, cloud makeup, my good daughter, what's wrong?" Dou Qing'e shouted while holding Qin Yun's veiled little face and looking at it, and when she carefully saw the three blood stains under the white veil, her heart was even more dripping with blood, since this daughter was born, she has never beaten or scolded, and she has found the best way to raise her body and moisturize her appearance everywhere. This daughter of hers will marry the dragon among men in the future.

"It's not in the way," Qin Yunxiang lowered his eyes, "The Imperial Doctor said that it won't leave a scar." ”

Dou Qing'e looked at Qin Yunuan in a blink of an eye, as if she wanted to sprinkle all her anger on Qin Yunuan, but when she saw that Qin Yunuan's eyes turned red, she said timidly, "It's all my fault, when the white cat pounced at the beginning, if I had been more vigilant, found out earlier, and blocked it for my sister, I wouldn't have let my sister be scratched." ”

"White cat?" Dou Qing'e asked rhetorically.

"Well," Qin Yunuan was honest, "It's the poetry raised by the queen's mother, I'm afraid it's because spring is coming, the cats are in estrus, and they love to scratch people, Sister Shangguan hugged Shishi over, and Shishi grabbed people as if she was stimulated by something." ”

"Shangguan girl?" Dou Qing'e's expression changed again, and she turned her head and only asked Qin Yunxiang, "What your third sister said is true?" ”

Qin Yunxiang thought that he was afraid that his mother would regard Shangguan Yi as the culprit, but thinking that the relationship between himself and Shangguan Yi had finally become stiff, he didn't have much scruples, nodded and just admitted it.

Mother Gui, the nurse next to Qin Yunxiang, saw Dou Qing'e frowning suddenly, and suddenly stopped talking, thinking that she was blaming her own girl, and the protector was anxious, so she hurriedly wanted to explain, "Yes, the slave maid heard from the eldest girl later, she said not to hold the Persian cat, but the Shangguan girl wanted to hand it to her, and it was not easy to refute the face of others, so she ......." ”

"Okay, it's noisy, seeing that the eldest girl is injured like this, it's not good to coax it, what's the use of chewing the root of the tongue." Dou Qing'e drank coldly, now the old man of the Qin family, Qin Qian, is accompanying the eldest prince Sima Ruo on his southern tour, and Dou Qing'e is in charge alone, and her confidence is even more numerous.

After Dou Qing'e lost her temper, she only glanced at Qin Yunuan with her spare eyes, and saw her quietly waiting on the side, and she couldn't find anything wrong, so she only pulled Qin Yun's makeup and said distressedly, "Let's go back first, I'm afraid that the veil will not breathe after covering it for a long time." She knew this daughter's temperament very well, and showing such an ugly scar in front of outsiders was a taboo for Qin Yun's makeup.

Dou Qing'e squinted at Qin Yunuan, and Qin Yunuan immediately saluted knowingly, "Yunuan also retreated first." ”

Qin Yunxiang lives in Caizhi Courtyard, which sits in the north and faces south, and it is only half a pillar of incense to walk, not to mention that Dou Qing'e is considerate of Qin Yunxiang who came back from injury today, and specially prepared a soft sedan chair with a green curtain, and sent Dou Qing'e's mother and daughter back, Qin Yunuan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Third girl, let's go back too, it's windy at night." In the end, Liao's mother felt sorry for Qin Yunuan.

returned to the back room where Qin Yunuan lived, the fragrance of porridge in the maid's room next door was still lingering, and even a maid could use the leftover rice to cook porridge and drink it when she was hungry at night, but Qin Yunuan, a nest of people, had to look at people's eyes when she ate a nest.

The courtyard was empty, only the green tiles reflected the silver-white moonlight, making the whole courtyard lonely and deep, and vaguely, only a person leaning on the gate of the courtyard seemed to be waiting for Qin Yunuan to return.

"The third girl is back, the third girl is back, the second young master, come out, come out."

This is Tong'er's voice, a stocky and pleasing maid.

Qin Yunuan only entered the door with his front feet, but he was hugged by Qin Baochuan, who was half-draped in a bun, and it was this little guy who disbanded his bun and prepared to nest in the quilt to keep warm, and was led out by Tong'er's shout.

"Sister, you're back," Qin Baochuan's cheeks were still pink and tender, and his eyes were as black as grapes, quite aura, and he refused to put down his hand while holding Qin Yunuan's hand, "Sister, Aunt Liu came in the evening." ”

"What is she here for?" Qin Yunuan became alert.

"I don't know, my aunt just walked around the yard a few times, said some miscellaneous chatter, and then left." Tong'er replied.

Just a few turns? Qin Yunuan snorted coldly in his heart, I'm afraid, things are not so simple.

Aunt Liu was originally the son of the Taiwei Mansion, and later became Qin's eldest maid, and when she was registered by Qin and crowned, she naturally became an aunt, relying on her own being the old man of the Taiwei Mansion, and acting quite flamboyantly on weekdays, but she also relied on a sweet mouth to please Qin Qian, and also made the housemother Dou Qing'e unable to find faults, and the relationship between the two was passable.

Coaxed Qin Baochuan to sleep, Qin Yunuan was still not at ease, she gently pushed open the door, and saw Tong'er come in with a basin of hot water.

"Third girl, second young master?" This hot water was originally intended to wipe the body of the second young master, Qin Yunuan is no better than Qin Yun's makeup Caizhi Courtyard, the bath water and pancreas are readily available, and in winter, he can only use an iron pot to quietly boil some hot water to wipe his body.

"Sleep," Qin Yunuan closed the door lightly, "He didn't sweat today, so he didn't have to wipe his body, Tong'er, you come in with me." ”

Entering a darkly lit room next door, Qin Yunuan didn't bother to light the lamp, the lamp oil was too expensive, and she couldn't afford it.

"After the hour, you and Man'er will go and search all the places that Aunt Liu has visited." Qin Yunuan looked calm, twisted the handkerchief and wiped her face, the heat on her face made her face a little ruddy.

"Three girls." Tong'er was obviously a little surprised, but when she thought about it, she understood, covered her mouth, and was a little surprised. "The third girl is afraid of ......."

Qin Yunuan only replied, "It's always good to be careful, today I made some noise in the palace, maybe I will provoke anyone's concern, in the future, the people in our courtyard will have to be more careful." ”

Tong'er is a solid-eyed person, and she will do whatever her own girl says.

This night, Qin Yunuan lay on the wooden bed very early, but her consciousness was very clear, she remembered very clearly, in her previous life, the day after she came back from the palace, Aunt Liu said that she had dropped a white hosta, and the entire Taiwei Mansion followed her up and down, although Dou Qing'e didn't like it, but because this Aunt Liu kept saying that this white hosta was given to her when the old man accepted her as a concubine, she cherished it very much, and Dou Qing'e didn't want to say anything, so she only let Aunt Liu make a fuss in the Taiwei Mansion.

At that time, Qin Yunuan had just come back from receiving eighty boards in the palace, and Aunt Liu actually pushed all the sins on Baochuan, not to mention beating Baochuan's twenty sticks, and blowing the pillow wind in front of her father, which made Baochuan's impression in Qin Qian's mind plummet.

On the second day, the first rays of the sun shone into the window lattice, and it was already noisy outside.

"Three girls, three girls, there are a lot of people outside, noisy, I don't know what to do." The little girl in the concierge hurriedly ran into Qin Yu's warm room, this little girl was rewarded by Dou Qing'e a while ago, I heard that she made a mistake when serving tea in Qin Yun's makeup room, in the final analysis, it was still the person from her mother's side.

"What's the noise," Man'er raised his eyebrows and drank, "I think you're a noisy person." "This little girl is not only unlucky, but also always sneaky, and Man'er has always disliked it.

As soon as the little girl closed her voice, she withdrew with a look of grievance.

Man'er was about to continue combing Qin Yunuan's hair, but she happened to meet Qin Yunuan's long and deep eyes, and was shocked, "It's the slave and maid who are abrupt, that little girl always likes to eavesdrop on the doors and windows on weekdays, and has been discovered by the slave and maid several times, and the slave and maid are also impulsive and say ......something serious." As he spoke, he knelt down.

"Get up," Qin Yunuan hurriedly pulled Man'er up, "Where did I say you, but I didn't find it in the past, you are a careful and thoughtful person." "Tong'er is honest and honest, and Man'er is careful and clever, which he didn't notice in the past.

The third girl laughed. Man'er looked a little embarrassed.

"I won't be wrong," Qin Yunuan pulled Man'er and said with a smile, "In the future, you will have to worry more about the affairs in my yard, and those who can work harder should work hard." ”

This is said to be full of sighs in my heart, everyone said that there is a lot of oil and water in the yard of the lady, and the eldest girl is generous, but there is no place to compare with the purity and humanity in this yard, and now the third girl said this again, her heart is warmer.

Man'er put on a refreshing and simple hanging bun for Qin Yunuan, and put two pale pink silk flowers on the hairpin, which made the green radish long skirt on her body more and more elegant.

"Good-looking," Liao's mother felt her eyes light up as soon as she came in, "clear and elegant, like a little girl," and said in a low voice, "How can she be like a second girl, she dresses up every day, and she learned from Aunt Liu." ”

"Someone, search for me." A shrill female voice sounded in the courtyard, which really said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, Aunt Liu was dressed in a gorgeous red Luo skirt, and her head was full of gold and silver jewelry, and she looked like a merchant miser.

As soon as Aunt Liu spoke, the twenty or so maids under her hand were all scattered and prepared to search for them thoroughly. And two of them went straight to the backyard, with a very clear purpose.

"It's so lively." Qin Yunuan came out leaning on the door frame at this time, her bright eyes and bright teeth, which looked more and more dazzling in the warm sun, as if a bright color had entered her eyes, and the eyes of the maid's mother at this bottom also followed, "Aunt Liu is so interested, will you come to Yunuan to visit the garden in the morning?" This morning, I heard Liao's mother say that Jianzhou's cousin was coming, and I thought that the whole family should be busy entertaining my cousin. ”