Chapter 67: Killing the Deer
In the Imperial Village, a group of noble ladies were chattering, and everyone's faces showed excitement, whether they were plain and elegant, lively or lively, their faces were all dancing with eyebrows, and the laughter and laughter were about to overturn the roof.
Only the faces of the three sisters of the Yuan family were not very happy, they stared at the noble girls who were talking a lot, and they wanted to sew all their mouths shut.
When Yan Qingge and Ling Xiao walked into the house, they saw such a scene.
Shui Ying beckoned to them, called them to sit down, and said with a happy face: "You two are going to play in the morning, and you came back so late, the prince just came, and it was not long before you left, you didn't have a chance to see it." ”
Yan Qingge and Ling Xiao were indifferent to the prince, but Ruyi, Chunni, and Guiyan were annoyed for a while.
The prince personally saw all the nobles who admired the plum, which made these nobles very excited, and it was not until Princess Rouhui appeared later that she barely suppressed the discussion.
In the following feast, when they first saw that the prince's fiery mood calmed down, their hearts floated.
The crown prince is now twelve years old, and according to the rules, when he is about fourteen years old, he will be officially married, and the next year he will get married.
He can accept one concubine, two side concubines, and several concubines. Even if Yan Qingge and the prince have a marriage contract, the three sisters of the Yuan family will definitely occupy a seat, and there is still a side concubine position. Could the prince have taken a fancy to a certain girl during the meeting? None of this is easy to say.
In a state of suspicion, the winter break of Bailu Academy has arrived.
Yan Qingge had already asked someone to bring a letter back in advance, saying that he was going home, and asked his subordinates to clean the house first, and then sent a letter to Le Yi, saying that he would go to see him in the near future.
When everything was cleaned up, while the wind and snow were not closed on the mountain road, everyone rushed home.
However, in a day or two, the entire Yanxia Mountain became lonely and empty, and there was no laughter of the girls, only a dozen mothers-in-law who took care of the home remained in it.
Yan Qingge's carriage entered the second gate and found Aunt Chu, Aunt Liu, and Aunt Ying waiting by the door.
I haven't seen her in the past two months, but Aunt Chu's color is much better than before, whether it is dressing or complexion, she is delicate, and with an elegant and graceful temperament, she looks like she is five or six years younger than when she was a master.
Aunt Ying and Aunt Liu have a lot of rules for dressing up, and they don't take away Aunt Chu's demeanor at all, just like her set board.
The three aunts came over to greet Yan Qingge, Yan Qingge nodded and asked, "How are you doing at home these days?" ”
"All well!" Aunt Ying and Aunt Liu smiled and said, "The eldest lady hasn't seen her for a while, and she has grown a little taller." It's just that I've lost a lot of weight, and I have to make up for it during the New Year. ”
Yan Qingge glanced at them and said, "No need! I should go to Heshan for the New Year. I don't think I'll stay here for long. ”
Aunt Liu and Aunt Ying are used to looking at people's eyes, and seeing that Yan Qingge was not happy to say this, they immediately changed the topic and said: "The master went out to meet friends today, and he won't come back until night, the eldest lady took a car all the way, let's go back to the house to rest first, and see the master in the evening." ”
Before Yan Qingge left home, Yan Songnian refused to see her at all, and was still angry about her reporting to the official, but he has always been a good person who doesn't remember what to eat, and now if Yan Qingge goes to see him, he will say a few words in a weird way, but he will not close the door again.
It's a pity that Yan Qingge has not bothered to disguise it anymore since the last time he and Yan Songnian tore the illusion of warmth and affection. She didn't have the habit of being abused, and she had to listen to Yan Songnian's scolding to feel at ease, so she smiled coldly: "Let's talk about it." He returned to Qingxingyuan with Ruyi, and didn't mention going to see Yan Songnian at all.
Her room in Qingxing Garden was cleaned every day, and this time she came back, but she burned a brazier in the house two days in advance, and dried the things and utensils that should be dried.
After entering the house, everything was still the same, Yan Qingge sat on the beauty couch covered with a thick blanket, exhaled a long breath comfortably, and beckoned to Ruyi: "Go and ask someone to go to my uncle's house to ask, see if he is not there, and say that if he is free, I will go to him tomorrow." ”
Ruyi smiled and nodded, and went out.
In the afternoon, Ruyi came to reply and said that Le Yi had been free recently, and Yan Qingge could go whenever he wanted.
Early the next morning, Yan Qingge set up a carriage, brought some gifts, and went to Le Yi's place.
She brought two fur hats and arm guards to Le Yi, both of which she made by herself.
Le Yi took the hat and said with a smile: "Now there are many such hats and arm guards in the capital, all of which are said to have been circulated by the White Deer Academy, but I didn't expect you to take the lead in making them." ”
Yan Qingge smiled and said, "Where is this original to me, I don't have that much ability." I just saw a book about the customs of the north, and saw that the people in the north were wearing things made of fur, so I made these gadgets. I haven't seen what these things originally looked like, but I just drew a scoop according to the gourd written in the book, and it is probably very different from the real thing. ”
Le Yi smiled: "I believe what you say." The north side is bitterly cold, and most of them are herdsmen, and they can't even afford to use iron pots, and you see your hat, which is silk and cotton, and uses high-quality tanned furs, they certainly can't use such delicate objects. ”
Yan Qingge took the things he learned in the White Deer Academy for more than a month, and for Yan Qingge for more than a month, he actually couldn't learn too much, but when he heard that she could ride a horse now and was learning archery, Le Yi smiled and said: "This is good, I'm still afraid that you are weak, and I want to persuade you to learn something to strengthen your body." As he spoke, Le Yi patted her on the shoulder and said, "Sit well, it's like having no bones." ”
Yan Qingge sat up straight from the armrest of the chair embarrassedly, and said coquettishly: "Uncle, I'll just lean on slightly." ”
Before she was reborn, she was fat and developed the habit of always leaning crookedly, otherwise at her weight, she would never be able to sit upright with her own strength. This habit has been brought to the present, usually fine, but when she goes back to her own room, or in front of people close to her, she always has a lazy posture, leaning on and lying on when she can.
As she spoke, Yan Qingge looked at Le Yi with a look of wanting to say something, she really wanted to ask about Le's.
Le Yi never mentioned Le's to her, but since she was reborn, she often heard about Le's from others. First, Princess Rouhui said that she looked very similar to Le's, and then the master who taught calligraphy in Bailu Academy gave her a copy of Le's handwriting back then. In her heart, Le's has become a mystery-like existence.
Le Yi saw that Yan Qingge had something to say, and said with a smile: "What do you want to ask?" ”
Yan Qingge hesitated, flashed his gaze, but the words became "Uncle, when will we go back to Heshan?" ”
"Are you afraid that I won't take you away?" Le Yi laughed: "Wait for another five or six days." The outer courtyard of Bailu Academy is late for the holiday, and when my apprentice is on vacation, we will go back together. ”
Yan Qingge smiled: "Now the little prince of Yan should be so happy." Then, she smiled mysteriously, "I've been preparing gifts for my aunt, cousin, grandfather, and grandmother for a long time!" ”
Le Yi smiled and touched her head: "Have you forgotten someone?" ”
Yan Qingge tilted his head and said, "How can you forget anyone?" ”
"You've forgotten about me!" Le Yi pointed at himself.
Yan Qingge said with a smile: "Uncle is really, people made you hat and arm guards, and you still dislike having few things." ”
Le Yi laughed: "I don't care, this is a gift you give me now, and I won't give it away for the New Year?" ”
Yan Qingge really thought about this problem seriously, and after going home, she asked Ruyi to go out to find out what rare good New Year's goods were in the capital, and she wanted to buy a few more cars and take them back to Heshan as gifts. She had only done a few handicrafts before, but now that she thinks about it, it's a little inappropriate.
It's not that she's afraid that Lejia will dislike her for light gifts, but if she only brings that handicraft back, she won't even be able to get something decent, but I'm afraid that Lejia will feel that she has been suffering in the Yan family, and it will make her grandparents sad when the time comes.
Holding the list sent by Ruyi, Yan Qingge checked the box and picked the things he was going to buy.
Although Heshan is named after the mountain, it is close to the sea, and the climate is colder than that of the capital. As a result, seafood and some fresh vegetables and fruits that are not easy to preserve in winter were all hooked by her.
In the end, Yan Qingge brought a lot of good materials sent to Beijing from the south, and some glass bowls from imported goods, and even bought two pairs of deer, two pairs of peacocks, and a car of fine pen, ink and paper that can only be made by a workshop in Beijing. In addition, there are many unique dried fruits, candied fruits and pastries that are well preserved in the capital. These things were loaded into three carts before they could barely be fitted.
When everything was completed, Yan Xiuyu was also on vacation. Le Yi called someone to tell Yan Qingge that she would leave the morning after tomorrow and told her to prepare well.
Seeing that he was only going to leave in one day, not long after Yan Qingge got up this morning, Ruyi ran in angrily and said loudly: "Miss, something is wrong, our two pairs of deer were taken to the kitchen and killed." ”
Yan Qingge stood up and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Seeing that she is going to leave tomorrow, it is difficult to buy such a thing as a live deer, and she bought these four deer, or by chance, she was killed and temporarily filled somewhere.
Ruyi was about to shed tears, and said: "The two deer I ordered people to find a warm and dry empty house in the outer courtyard and raise them carefully, and feed them with grass beans every day, this morning I went to see, and found that the four were all gone, and the person who came to feed the deer asked, and the people said that there were people sent by the master early in the morning to take the deer away, and it seemed that they went to the kitchen." When I went to the kitchen, I saw that the four deer had been skinned and put away. ”
A sneer appeared on the corner of Yan Qingge's mouth, these four deer were gifts she bought for Heshan Lejia, no one in the Yan family knew about it, no one knew it. Someone took the deer to kill the big thorn the day before she left, and put it in the kitchen of the Yan family, not intentionally targeting her.
Yan Qingge comforted Ruyi and said, "Don't worry, you go out with me and ask and see what's going on!" ”
She had a hunch that killing a deer was nothing, and that there was more to come.
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Just saw that I recommended it...... How sluggish I am (foggy), two shifts a day starting tomorrow. One chapter at two o'clock in the afternoon and one chapter at eight o'clock in the evening. Please actively collect and recommend sending flowers...... Thank you very much.