Chapter 17: There Are People Behind the Scenes
Updated: 2014-04-12
The old lady has always spoken the same way, and the things she decides have never been changed by anyone.
"He can't stay." The old lady's tone was extremely firm, as if she had prepared before Qin Yunuan came.
Qin Yunuan didn't ask why, she knew that the old lady had her own plans in her heart, she raised her head slightly, and only said: "I promised my mother, where I am, Baochuan is there." ”
The old lady raised her eyes and glanced at Qin Yunuan, the tea cup in her hand was already a little colder, the sun gradually moved westward, gradually lengthening Qin Yunuan's shadow, the old lady's voice was like a Hong Zhong, full of confidence, with a majestic taste: "This is Ning Wangfu, after all, I have the final say, you should learn from your mother, she knows how to get along with me very well, she will never cause trouble, let alone bring such a big trouble as being attacked by someone." ”
Qin Yunuan and Leng Changxi were ambushed in front of Qingshui Lane, and the old lady who was far away at the other end of the capital immediately knew about it, Jiang was really still old and spicy.
"This matter is indeed Yu Nuan's fault." Qin Yunuan's tone was very sincere, although he didn't know whether the person who came was aimed at himself or Leng Changxi, but someone in the Qin family must have colluded with this group of people, and it was already eight or nine years old, otherwise how could this group of people appear so suddenly and without warning.
"But ......."
Before Qin Yunuan could finish speaking, the old lady opened her mouth and said, "So, don't take your Qin family into our Ning Wang's Mansion again," the old lady took a sip of tea and raised her eyes again, "I don't have the heart to protect you." ”
Protecting them? Qin Yunuan was slightly stunned, and then said: "Although Baochuan is young, he is extremely sensible, and he will definitely not cause trouble to the old lady." ”
"Hmph." The old lady snorted coldly, turned her head, the arrogant head was slightly raised, and she just raised her hand and beckoned the cicada next to her to clip a piece of pastry for herself, the golden osmanthus cake, the entrance is fragrant and soft, and there are a little osmanthus petals in it, this is the old lady's favorite snack, and she will definitely eat it after every lunch break.
The old lady's move was obviously indifferent to Qin Yunuan and Qin Baochuan.
But just when the old lady was about to put the pastry into her mouth, Qin Baochuan suddenly shouted: "Old lady, this osmanthus cake can't be eaten, it's poisonous." ”
This shout was sudden, and the content was even more thrilling, and suddenly the tray in Zhicicada's hand fell to the ground, and the osmanthus cake in the tray rolled out and shattered into a piece of cake dregs.
The old lady paused, squinted slightly at Qin Baochuan, who suddenly spoke, and then glanced at the cicada.
Zhicicada was so frightened that she immediately knelt on the ground: "The old lady spares her life, the slave maid is out of shape, the slave is out of shape." ”
"It's okay to lose your temper, don't have any bad thoughts." The old lady has always been to the point when she speaks, and she knows that the cicada is also an old man who has followed her for so many years, saying that she is a big girl, but in fact, she is in her twenties, and she should be the most calm one.
The scene suddenly quieted down, Qin Yunuan quietly looked at the old lady's expression, although it was solemn, but the old lady's brows always maintained a relatively soothing arc, indicating that the old lady was not really angry, she was still exploring.
"What did you just say? Poisonous? Even in this case, the old lady could maintain an extremely dignified pace of speech.
"Yes, it's toxic." Qin Baochuan nodded.
"This pastry was brought from the small kitchen of Hexiangyuan by Su Xin himself, and the people in the small kitchen are all old people who have been with me for a long time, do you mean that my granddaughter wants to poison me or that people who have been born and died with me want to murder me?" The old lady's eyes flashed slightly.
Speaking of this Leng Suxin, although she has no intersection with other people in the house, her relationship with the old lady has always been very gentle, which is why the people in the house dare not offend this cold fourth lady, but there is a big backer behind them.
"Neither." Qin Baochuan shook his head and said with a solemn face, "This poisonous thing is not the pastry, but other things on this case." ”
"Oh?" The old lady raised her eyebrows, and subconsciously looked at the neatly placed tea cups on the table, the chessboard and a bottle were opened with a delicate string of red, which had just been picked from the garden and placed here for the old lady to watch and relieve boredom.
"This is it." Qin Baochuan picked off a string of red like a small lantern as he spoke, and shook it in a clean white porcelain plate in front of the old lady, and shook off some yellow pollen in front of him, "These are not a bunch of red pollen, but oleander, oleander pollen is poisonous, and this pastry happens to be placed under this bottle of flower arrangement, plus the wind by the pool, it will definitely blow off some and fall into the pastry, and it just so happens that the pollen of osmanthus cake and oleander are yellow, and it is difficult for human eyes to distinguish for a while, more or less will eat some, old lady." Have you ever eaten before? ”
The old lady originally just came to the small pavilion to rest after lunch, but then it happened that Qin Yunuan came so she pretended to be asleep, and she didn't have time to eat this plate of pastries, if what Qin Baochuan said was true.
"How can you tell at a glance that it's oleander pollen?" The old lady's eyes were still sharp, with some of the shrewdness of her youth, "Since you said that it is difficult for the human eye to distinguish for a while, how do you know?" ”
"It's very simple," Qin Baochuan said seriously, "Just looking at the small pavilion, there are shrubs and grasses that attract mosquitoes all around, but only a bunch of red on this case makes mosquitoes dare not approach, and a bunch of red on weekdays is also the most attractive for mosquitoes, and the pollen of oleander happens to have the effect of removing mosquitoes, and more importantly, Baochuan has also been harmed by this kind of deadly pollen, so the memory is still fresh." ”
Although this reasoning is not perfect and has no loopholes, it is very rare for it to come from the mouth of a six-year-old child, especially the last sentence saying that he was also harmed by oleander pollen, which not only reminded Qin Yunuan of the time when Qin Linfeng instigated Tinghe to poison Qin Baochuan's breakfast, but also made the old lady's heart touch slightly.
After a while, the old lady fell on Qin Yunuan's body, Qin Yunuan had been quietly accompanying Qin Baochuan, looking at Qin Baochuan's mouth and head of the river, but she didn't feel strange at all, Qin Baochuan was very smart, she had known it for a long time, and she knew it in her previous life.
The old lady picked up the porcelain plate sprinkled with a thin layer of pollen, and carefully distinguished, she was not less harmed by others when she was young, and she was not less harmed, oleander pollen is a pediatric thing for her, it can be seen at a glance, but her heart trembled, yes, this is really oleander pollen.
"Your younger brother really looks a little like you." The old lady's tone was elusive, it seemed to carry a little approval, and it seemed to be a little tentative, "They are all the same scheming, very bold, and very good at using their abilities." ”
Qin Yunuan blessed her body slightly, still looking like she was not shocked, and sure enough, she heard the old lady say a little coldly: "So in the same way, it also makes me very disliked." ”
Although the content was not good, the tone was clearly with some protection, and Qin Yunuan heard it clearly.
"Know the cicada." The old lady looked down at the cicada who was kneeling on the ground and had begun to tremble, every day her vase incense and other things were taken care of by the cicada, why this string of red was mixed with oleander pollen, the old lady knew very well in her heart. "In the future, you don't have to stay by my side, there can't be people like you by my side."
Although the words were said lightly, Zhicicada knew that the old lady meant that she was ready to take her life, and there was never anyone who dared to attack the old lady who could live in peace.
"Old lady spare your life, old lady, I know that the cicada has served you for so many years, old lady, you can't suspect the slave and maid because of Young Master Qin's words, the slave and maid really don't know why there is oleander pollen here, someone must have framed the slave and maid." The cicada is still begging.
"It's because you've served me for so many years that I've let my guard down on you." For those who dare to challenge themselves, the old lady has never been emotional, which is very similar to Qin Yunuan.
"Old lady......." Zhicicada still wanted to struggle, but was suddenly abducted by two lean maids one by one by one arm, although these two maids looked lean, but their arms were full of muscles, and their techniques were extremely sophisticated, and their eyes were sharp, and it could be seen that this was a few skilled maids raised by the old lady's side.
"What, you're satisfied?" The old lady lowered her head and took a sip of tea, and she didn't know whether she was asking Qin Yunuan or Qin Baochuan.
Qin Yunuan slowly moved forward: "Yunuan is just worried, knowing that the cicada is just a maid, behind this, there must be someone who instructs her, why doesn't the old lady ......." ”
"Touching melons along the vine?" The old lady raised her eyes, her eyes were full of ridicule, as if she was laughing at Qin Yunuan's ignorance, laughing at Qin Yunuan's innocence, "Since I knew that the cicada had advanced my yard for ten years, I knew whose nail she was, but I endured it, didn't she want to look at me?" I just let her watch, hum, I enjoy the kind of complacent when she gets the message I deliberately passed to her, she thinks she's smart, but she can't escape the palm of my hand, this time, if it weren't for you, I would let the cicada keep lying in ambush, and I'll be fine, since someone is willing to fight with me, why shouldn't I? ”
Ge Yunying, the name that once resounded throughout the southern battlefield, is now the old lady of Ning Wangfu, she has been fighting for most of her life, and she has been fighting for fun.
In an instant, Qin Yunuan felt a kind of coolness in her backbone, the old lady lived a very chic life, but she was also very tired, thinking of herself now, she has always lived in struggle, I don't know if she will be like the old lady when she gets old, and she will live in the middle of her life in scheming.
"Old lady, who is 'she' you talking about?" Qin Yunuan asked tentatively.