Chapter 12: Greetings

Shanshan didn't sleep well all night, slept too early, and had many mixed dreams, woke up many times at night, sat groggily for a while, and fell asleep again, and so on many times before it was considered to be until dawn.

"Ma'am." Rouge ran in in a hurry, "I met Pan Yan last night!" ”

Su Qi paused slightly, and reprimanded: "Do you still want to go to the old lady's room to learn the rules?" It's not like a big girl! ”

Rouge stuck out his tongue and said eagerly, "Listen to me...... I wanted to talk to you last night, but when I saw you sleeping, I ...... In short, the master spent the night in the study last night. ”

"Really?" Su Qi looked at Shanshan and breathed a sigh of relief, "Let's just say that the master has never broken his word, and since he said it, he will do it." ”

"It can't be fake!" Rouge said, "Pan Yan speaks and does things on behalf of the master, since he said so, it must be fine." ”

That's what I said, but Song Xi is a person, will he not leave the master on the wedding night?

Although Su Qi had doubts, he didn't say anything, just looked at Shanshan.

She didn't have any expression, just the fingers holding the hairpin were slightly white, and her voice was hoarse: "Whether it's true or not, just go and see." ”

Song Xi is not a person who can't keep him, she has the ability. Even if Pan Yueqing doesn't want to give her face, she has to give face to the people behind her.

So when Shanshan walked on the way to the study, he didn't report any hope.

But after all, there is still hope, otherwise he would not have left for the study.

As soon as Pan Yan opened the door, he saw his wife, and subconsciously his heart burst out, last night...... The master who said he would come to the study didn't come at all. He almost thought that it was the master who was on the road, and was about to go to Xiangyun Garden to ask.

"Husband...... Madam? How did you get here? Pan Yan came out against the door, and closed it again, "The master forgot something, I was about to go and deliver it to him...... I want to see someone before going to the court today, and I have made an appointment for a long time, and I only give face today......"

Shanshan looked at him: "The curfew hasn't been lifted yet, so early?" ”

“…… But no, the strategists, they all have a bit of a strange temper......" Pan Yan snorted haha.

"He's not there, is he? He didn't come to the study at all last night, did he? Shanshan smiled self-deprecatingly, and when he looked up at Pan Yan, there seemed to be murderous in his eyes for a moment, "Answer." ”

Pan Yan took a step back without a trace, almost sweating in the cold winter.

"You're talking!" Rouge stomped his feet, "Yes, yes, no, no, is the master deliberately letting you lie to us?" What's there to deceive about this? ”

There is nothing to deceive, and the people of Xiangyun Yuan will expose this lie.

Pan Yan lowered his head and said, "The master originally said that he was going to spend a night in the study, but I don't know why, I ...... last night Didn't come. ”

There are no surprises.

Reasonable.

How can anyone ignore the bride on their wedding night? And they still grew up together since childhood, the daughter of their teacher.

Reasonable......

Shanshan laughed, forced the wetness from the corners of his eyes back, and said in a dumb voice, "That's it." Let's go back. ”

"Madam......" Pan Yan wanted to speak and stopped, "The master is not a person who makes promises, he must be a ......" There is something unspeakable.

Shanshan didn't look back, but Rouge glared at Pan Yan several times, and was dragged away by Su Qi angrily.

After returning from the study, the atmosphere in the persimmon bamboo garden was very depressing, and the maids who came and went could take their movements lightly, and they didn't dare to make any movement.

"Madam, Aunt Song has come to say goodbye." Su Qi said, "The old man went out early in the morning, and it seems that there is really an appointment." ”

Rouge muttered dissatisfiedly: "What does it matter if you don't make an appointment, it wasn't him who lied to people last night." ”

"Rouge!" Su Qi glared at Rouge, elm head! Which pot is not opened, which pot is mentioned.

However, Shanshan didn't have much emotion now, and patted Su Qi and said, "Okay, let's go to the front hall." ”

Walking straight all the way for more than 100 steps, turning through the round arch entwined with withered yellow vines, and stepping into the plum blossom courtyard, the snow has been swept away, leaving only a layer of pure fresh snow. There were already maids guarding the door, and after saluting Shanshan one by one, they each stepped aside, and walked into the hall, Su Qi took off his hood for Shanshan, Shanshan stepped forward slowly, and sat down in the main seat, only then did he look at Song Xi, who was standing on the side to greet her. She is used to seeing her with her hair draped loosely, and she never changes when she walks the world in moon-white, but now she suddenly sees her in a bun and wearing pink clothes uprightly, and she is not comfortable for a while. She used to wear neat clothes, almost floor-sweeping skirts, but today she didn't cover the uppers.

"My sister is fine, please say hello to my sister." Song Xi stood up and saluted Shanshan, and said with a smile, "I heard that my sister is planning to go to the temple fair this afternoon?" ”

Shanshan didn't want to care about the fault in her sentence, so she just hummed and said, "You can go with me to greet your mother later." ”

"Okay." Song Xi was still laughing, still mentioning the temple fair, "My brother will also go to the temple fair this afternoon, I wonder if my sister will meet him?" I want to meet you, after all, you will all meet in the temple fairs in the past few years. It's a coincidence. ”

Shanshan raised her eyelids and glanced at her lightly, there was nothing wrong with her tone, it seemed that it was really an innocent little girl who was curious about the temple fair, but her expression with her back to everyone and only facing Shanshan was not the same thing, sometimes Shanshan was very strange, the same face, Song Shubai's eyes were only clear and gentle, but Song Xi's eyes could contain so many complicated things.

"Aunt Song, remember your identity." Shanshan didn't want to conflict with the bride on the first day of her passage, and it would inevitably seem that she was too calculating, "If you don't have an honorific title for 'sister', it will be counted as your intention to be close to me, and if you don't have your own pronoun, it will also be counted as your young and inexperienced, but repeatedly mentioning foreign men, hinting at some dirty deeds, is not a rule-concubine-room-what should be said." ”

The word "concubine room" Shanshan deliberately accentuated the sound, and sure enough, it poked Song Xi's sore spot, Shanshan admired Song Xi's change of face with satisfaction, and watched her stiff lips, adjusted her expression, and forcibly suppressed her anger and humiliation to apologize: "Madame atonement, concubine...... Reckless. ”

What a strange person, since he knows that he is ashamed of being a concubine, why should he ask for a concubine? Didn't she know she had to go through this before?

Shanshan didn't bother to think about it anymore, anyway, Song Xi was unreasonable since she was a child, she stood up and said: "Mother has been studying Buddhism these days, and she doesn't like to be disturbed, so let's finish it as soon as possible so that my mother won't have to wait for a long time." ”

"That's what Madame said." Song Xi has completely adjusted, and there is no resentment or humiliation on his face, but he is smiling again.

For the first time in his life, Shanshan was a little disgusted with others laughing, it was better to not see a smile like Li Pi, but at least it was true.

When she walked to the old lady's courtyard, Granny Long greeted her from afar, saluted Shanshan, and said with a smile: "I just said that Madame, why did you come so late today, the old lady has read it several times." ”

"Mother has waited a long time, hasn't she?" Shanshan was surrounded and sat down in front of the tea table, and smiled at the old lady who was making tea, "Why did my mother make tea today?" ”

"I suddenly remembered that you gave me such a set of tea sets, and it was a pity to put them in the warehouse to fall into ashes, so I took them out and fiddled with them when I was free in winter." As if she hadn't seen Song Xi who saluted her, Mrs. Pan poured a cup of freshly brewed tea for Shanshan, her face was gentle, "You don't always have to come to my courtyard to say goodbye on weekdays, now you are in charge, just take care of everything yourself." ”

Shanshan responded: "When my mother wants to see us juniors, she sends someone to the courtyard to spread the word, no matter how big the matter is, it is not as important as the mother." ”

"Let's have a cup of tea and disperse." Old Madam Pan seemed to finally see Song Xi kneeling on the side, and also poured a cup of tea and handed it to her, "There are not many purple sand cups, you will use a red pottery cup." ”

Song Xi squeezed the coarse clay cup in her hand, and squeezed out the word "yes" from between her teeth, since she was a child, she has never drunk tea in the clay cup.

This cup is not too bad a clay cup, but it still has a taste of clay, and it is so heavy that it almost overshadows the tea fragrance of Haolongjing.

They each went out of the old lady's yard, and Song Xi reluctantly maintained a smile and resigned.

After the three of Shanshan walked out for a while, Rouge clapped his hands and smiled: "Aunt Song's face just now is really good-looking!" If you want me to say, the old lady will look at the lady. ”

"The old lady naturally wants to be towards the lady, after all, playthings and the housewife are not comparable." Su Qi glanced at Shanshan, "Are you still going to the temple fair in the afternoon?" What Song Xi said actually makes sense, we seem to meet Song Gongzi at the temple fair every year. It's not very polite. ”

"Isn't it also time to meet Li Pi every year? and Song Zishu, the second son of Taiwei. Shanshan had a headache when he thought of these two people, "If it hadn't become a tradition of the Pan family, I wouldn't want to go to any temple fairs, so I might as well go hunting." ”

Su Qi smiled helplessly: "If you don't go for a year once in a while, it's probably nothing." ”

"Not good." Shanshan shook his head and said, "I have a bad reputation these days, if I don't go to the temple fair to let them see that I haven't been suspended, I don't know what the book will be written." ”

The annual year-end temple will have the meaning of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, and it is the habit of every Tang Dynasty person to donate some incense and make a wish before the year. Even if some people don't believe in Buddhism, they will also participate in it, and have a lively and fun time, because on this day, the Buddha Mountain is full of festive red paper, red ribbons, and the smell of incense threads from the temple on the top of the mountain has been fluttering down, and the curling green smoke starts from the time of the child, and it is extinguished on the second day.

At the end of the day, the mountain road is full of people.

Shanshan is also in the ranks of these believers, but she is not a believer, she is just here to relax.

Halfway up the mountain, I met Song Shubai and Song Zishu.

"Yo, isn't this our Mrs. Pan? These days must have been wonderful, right? Song Zishu didn't wait for Shanshan to pull his legs and leave, and the voice of ridicule had already arrived.