"Met a bandit? Oh, my silly sister, why do you believe what people say? Mrs. Xu covered her mouth with a silk handkerchief and smiled mysteriously, then leaned in front of me and said in a low voice: "I heard from people that the seventh aunt ran away from home. ”

"Huh?" I couldn't help but be surprised: "What are you doing sneaking out of here?" ”

Mrs. Xu grinned: "My sister is too simple, they naturally saw you and Miss Qingqing come to Beijing to enjoy the blessings, and they were not convinced, so they sneaked out and went to Mrs. Hello."

I heard that the seventh aunt was clever enough to hire a carriage while she was away. Then under the pretext of incense, he took Miss Qingyin, packed up the gold and silver, and secretly went out of the house.

However, the coachman was a greedy man, and after only two days of traveling out of Yangzhou City, he found a desolate place where there was no village in front and no shop behind, and left the two of them behind, and ran away with gold and silver.

The two naturally didn't dare to go back to Yangzhou City, so they could only inquire all the way. On the way, I once went to the Su family's store to withdraw some silver taels, but was directly driven out.

Fortunately, the two of them still have two valuable jewelry, and they exchanged silver to set up a caravan to the border of Luoyang, otherwise they might not go to the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse? ”

I couldn't help but sigh that it was so dangerous, two single women, it was lucky to be able to go all the way to the capital. Thanks to the fact that the coachman was only greedy for money, not an insatiable man, otherwise the two would not be abducted and sold, wouldn't it be heaven and earth to be unwilling.

Mrs. Xu pouted when she heard this: "Miss Eleven, I'm not afraid of offending you, that Aunt Seven and Miss Qingyin are so spicy, ordinary people can't afford to provoke them, whoever it is, it doesn't matter if they get the silver taels, who dares to beat their idea?"

I sent a few of my subordinates to serve them, and after a while, they came back with a scolding, saying that they were very picky, and their words were mean, and they were very difficult to serve, and I still had a headache about this matter. ”

Inevitably, there was another whining at me.

I know that from now on, I am afraid that there will be no restlessness in this Hou Ye's mansion. That Qingwan itself is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and now she has a right-hand man, and when it comes to messing around, she is all over it.

Today is just a little test of the seventh aunt, Mrs. Xu complained bitterly, and when she set up camp in the Hou Ye's mansion and began to support her daughter, the moths will definitely emerge in endlessly, unreasonable, and the smart Mrs. Xu plus the shrewd and sophisticated old lady are afraid that it will be difficult to parry.

I refused to go to the banquet, and Mrs. Xu regretted it again and again, but it was exactly what Qingwan and Aunt Qi thought.

They rushed to make a suitable costume for Qingyin overnight, which was bound to allow Qingyin to take this opportunity to make a name for herself in the capital.

The daughter of the Su family is definitely not in vain, I heard that Qingqing shined at the flower viewing party, and she was able to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting at her fingertips, and she was inseparable from the host Lan Ying'er. She improvised several seven-character quatrains with the theme of peach blossoms, which moved the capital with the scenery and love, and made several Hanlin students in Beijing ashamed of themselves.

Qingqing once again pushed the talent and reputation of the Su family's daughter to the peak.

Qing Yin dressed up this time with Qing Wan to check it, not as flashy and exaggerated as last time, it was very fit, but she still made a small oolong.

The clothes that Qingwan picked and made for Qingyin were not gorgeous and ostentatious, and the style was simple and elegant, which was not too much in line with Qingyin's wishes. However, the undergarment worn inside is extremely outstanding, and the front chest neckline is a peony pattern embroidered with gold thread pendant colored agate.

Qingyin has always liked to show off, so at the banquet, she intentionally or unintentionally opened the outer neckline to reveal a piece of splendid beauty inside.

During the banquet, a few daughters should have listened to the rumors and had a slight complaint about me, so they went to see me lively, and when they saw Qingyin like this, they deliberately played tricks on me.

Several people surrounded Qingyin, praising the exquisite embroidery of Qingyin's shirt with envy, and wanted to go home and wear it according to the style.

Qingyin was proud, so she simply opened the neckline of the outer blouse wider, and a few people saw that she was really stupid, and after a few words, Qingyin actually fell into the trick, untied the belt, and showed a few people the embroidery of her underwear.

Everyone praised it, and someone took advantage of the chaos to steal Qingyin's belt and throw it outside the forest.

After everyone succeeded, they dispersed in a hurry, and Qingyin found that her belt was missing.

Although they are all gatherings of daughters, and there are no foreign men, it is inevitable that it will be unseemly to do so, spread out, and become a laughing stock at the banquet. Jiang Qingwan was so angry that her face turned pale. After returning home, although he didn't talk about it, he quickly flew into the ears of the people in the house from the outside.

I couldn't help but rejoice that if the person who went to the appointment was me, I didn't know how to be tricked.

How would Liang Ci feel when he heard about this?

As soon as I thought that I would be able to see Liang Ci soon, I was a little excited, so I got up very early the next morning, and after carefully washing, it was just a morning sun.

Before I had time to have breakfast, someone from the concierge came to report that the carriage of Qiwangfu was waiting outside the door and came to pick me up.

Lan'er couldn't help but quip: "Why is this Qi prince so urgent, doesn't breakfast make people eat well?" ”

I was afraid that the two of them would make fun of me, so I couldn't wait, ate the hibiscus beef porridge in my hand, and then took Hui'er out of the door.

Outside the gate was a bright purple canopy carriage, similar in style to the one I had met at the gate on the day I first entered the city.

The coachman wore a wide-eaves hat on his head, covering half of his appearance, and stood aside and waited a little anxiously. Seeing us going out, he hurriedly lifted the curtain of the car and said respectfully: "The master explained that there are people in the house to serve them, and Miss Eleven doesn't have to bring them." ”

I don't know what the hell is going on with Liang Ci, I muttered to myself, waved Hui'er back to the house, and got into the carriage by myself.

The carriage is luxuriously and elegantly arranged, with brocade cushions and soft blankets and fox fur wrapping walls, showing the owner's taste and wealth everywhere. It's just that I don't know if it's incense inside, it's not the clean and elegant ink fragrance that I am familiar with on Liangci's body, but a sweet and greasy floral aroma, with a slight fat powder taste.

There are also two slightly withered peach petals scattered in the corner.

He is a dignified prince, why is he so feminine, I picked up the two peach blossoms, and secretly slandered myself: What else do you say about the busy government, I'm afraid that I didn't make an appointment with the daughter of a family to go out to enjoy the flowers, right?

For a while, my heart was a little sour.

The carriage passed through the streets and alleys, and did not stop, but kept driving towards the west of the city, and gradually desolate, clearly not in the direction of the Qiwang Mansion.

I couldn't help but lift the curtain and asked, "Master, where are we going?" Don't you go to the Qiwang Mansion? ”

The coachman didn't look back, and said in a muffled voice: "The suburban courtyard." And he said no more.

I shrank my head in embarrassment, not asking again.

Soon, the carriage slowly stopped in front of a peach forest that was in full swing.

The peach forest is surrounded by bamboo fences, and a Taishan stone is erected at the entrance, and several big characters of "Xanadu" are engraved.

The coachman lifted the curtain and said, "Miss Eleven, it's already here, and our master is waiting in the yard." ”

I got out of the car in confusion, and I heard the sound of the piano in the forest, which was pleasant and lingering, and it was not like the pleasant wind on the clear spring stone in the apricot forest on the day of the cool farewell.

I followed the sound of the piano inward, the peach blossoms were full of enchantment, the bamboo house fence, the clear spring Lanzhi, it was a good place to talk about love.

In front of the bamboo house, a girl in a pink ayara palace costume was sitting cross-legged, playing the yaoqin on her lap as if she was drunk.

Seeing me approaching, he looked up and smiled, his face was like a peach blossom, his eyebrows were like a distant dai, and his eyes were delicate and ink-spotted, especially a little peach blossom between his eyebrows. Her black hair is like a waterfall, which seems to be pulled up at will, dotted with a few peach blossoms, and she looks like a weak willow supporting the wind, delicate and weak.

There was no one else in the forest.

I instantly realized that the master the coachman was referring to was not a cold word, but the woman in front of me who looked like a peach blossom elf.

She brought me here under the guise of a cool word, and I don't know what Ann had in mind. So I didn't say much, turned around and left.

"Could it be that Ying'er's piano can't reach my sister's ears like this, and she doesn't even bother to stay for a while?"

Behind him, a grumbling yellow warbler cried, and the sound of the piano gradually stopped, and the aftermath lingered.

I didn't stop walking, and I didn't look back: "I don't think I know Miss, and I don't dare to climb any sisters." ”

"You may not know me Lan Ying'er, but you should always know this jade pendant in my hand, right?"

It turned out that Lan Yinger, the only daughter of the prime minister who gave me an invitation the day before yesterday and asked me to enjoy the peach blossoms. I didn't go to her appointment yesterday, and what did I do to trick me into coming here today?

I turned my head suspiciously, and between her green jade fingers, she was holding a jade pendant with a lustrous color, which looked like a Buddha with the jade on my sleeve.

"The unicorn is divided into male and female, the male is the unicorn, and the female is the unicorn, so what does this piece of unicorn jade in my hand mean, I don't think I need to say more, my sister also knows it, right?"

Lan Ying'er looked at me and asked lightly.

I remember that I seemed to have asked Liang Ci at the beginning, if there was still a piece of Linyu. Liang Ci's face was not very good-looking at the time, and he only said lightly, "I lost it". It turned out to be given to this Lan Ying'er.

"Linyu, does it have anything to do with me?" I tried to pretend to be calm and said lightly.

Qiyu Linyu, the meaning of which is self-evident, why should I ask carefully, it is not interesting to talk to myself.

Lan Ying'er smiled lightly, as if she had a chance to win, and was full of pride: "After Liang resigned and returned to Beijing, he often talked to me about you, saying that you are an interesting and wonderful person, and you will definitely fall in love with me, so I begged him to ask you to come together today to accompany me to relieve my boredom."

Yesterday, I couldn't wait to ask my sister out, thinking about introducing the sisters in Beijing to meet you, but you didn't expect to be face-loving.

However, I have also seen the talent of the daughter of the Su family in Jiangnan, and it is indeed worthy of its reputation. My sister is even more different from those vulgar fans, no wonder Liang Ci will regard you as a confidant, we have to move around more. ”

I only felt that although the smile was beautiful, it was particularly dazzling and extremely unpleasant, which made me feel as if I had been crushed by a stone, and said sullenly: "I have seen it, and if there is nothing to say, I will go back." ”