Chapter 33: The Lady's Duty

As soon as Xun Xuan stood up, she saw An Yixin leading the maid and walking in from the door.

Although Xun Xuan smiled on her face, the sarcasm in the corner of her eyes was not concealed at all: "The third cousin has been very diligent in running my yard recently, is there something wrong?" ”

An Yixin was also full of scorn, and in a blink of an eye, she gestured to the maid behind her, and the maid brought the things in her hand to Xun Xuan's table.

This is a sutra and a pinch of embroidery thread.

Xun Xuan glanced at it and asked knowingly, "Third cousin, what do you mean?" ”

An Yixin looked at Xun Xuan, with a gentle smile on her face, but her eyes couldn't hide her anger, Aunt Liang was punished by her father to kneel in the ancestral hall for three days and three nights because of Xun Xuan, how could she bear it?

"Seeing that the old lady's birthday is approaching, I wanted to embroider a Buddhist scripture for the old lady as a gift, but unfortunately my finger is broken, I'm afraid I can't embroider it, can I ask Cousin Xun to help? Finished embroidering for my cousin? ”

Xun Xuan lowered her eyes, what is her friendship with An Yixin? Why help her for no reason?

"The third cousin is really exalting me, Ah Zhi's embroidery is really not as fine as the third cousin, if the embroidery is not good, then the third cousin will be ugly, then Ah Zhi is not guilty?" Xun Xuan unceremoniously excused herself.

An Yixin snorted coldly, the hypocritical smile on her face gradually disappeared, she walked closer to Xun Xuan, and said in a cold voice: "If my cousin really doesn't agree, then my cousin can only spread the news that the assassin entered Hanyunju and had a private meeting with you that night." ”

Xun Xuan's smile suddenly turned cold, and she had no intention of pretending to be with her: "If there is no evidence, cousin should not talk nonsense." ”

An Yixin bowed slightly: "Yes, I really don't have any evidence, but I still have the token in my hand that person accidentally dropped in your courtyard, you said that if I tell Mrs. Liu about this, how will she deal with you?" ”

Xun Xuan chuckled: "I don't know what token my cousin is talking about. ”

Considering that An Yixin may use the token as a guise to blackmail her, Xun Xuan doesn't plan to admit anything, but it is not ruled out that An Yixin really holds the token, after all, no one knows what An Yixin found in the yard that night.

If there really is the existence of this token, Xun Xuan will have to make another plan, what this token means, no one knows now, in case it falls into the hands of someone with a heart, find out the person behind the token, it is inevitable that Xun Xuan will not be involved.

Therefore, without knowing whether this token is true or fake, Xun Xuan intends to deal with it carefully.

The corners of Xun Xuan's lips hooked an arc, and she said lightly: "Since my cousin trusts me so much, then I naturally want to embroider this Buddhist scripture, please rest assured cousin." ”

An Yixin smiled arrogantly, glanced at the objects on the table, and said: "This is the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra, next to it is the gold and silver thread, this thread is very expensive, don't waste it on me." ”

Xun Xuan sneered: "If the third cousin is not worried about me, why do you have to ask me for help?" ”

An Yixin sneered: "Then there is Cousin Lao." ”

An Yixin didn't stay long in Hanyunju, Qu You sent people out of the courtyard, and when she returned to the study, she nagged a little angrily: "I really can't see it, the third lady usually looks very delicate, but I didn't think it was such a bully!" ”

Qi Yin looked at Xun Xuan: "The third young lady has a bad intention, why did the young lady agree to her request?" ”

Qu You: "That's it! How could the young lady let her bully? She wants to give the old lady a congratulatory gift, why should you help her embroider? ”

"What's the panic? There is still some time before the old lady's birthday, and we have time to deploy," Xun Xuan continued to write calmly, with a light tone, "You two go out first, let me think about it." ”

Qu You wanted to stay and take care of Xun Xuan, but was stopped by Qi Yin.

"Let's go, don't disturb Miss to think about things." After saying that, Chi Yin dragged Qu Yu out of the house.

……

Two days later, it was almost noon.

Xun Xuan finished the morning class, and Qu You, Qi Yin two maids are in the cold cloud residence to embroider, Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra said that it is not long or short, but it is not so easy to embroider in such a short time.

Qu You's embroidery work is one of the more outstanding among several maids, and at this moment she is sitting in the room while threading the needle and thread, and muttering: "Miss, Miss, why do you say that you are so dignified why do you agree to the request of the third lady?" Now, you're just busy with your own congratulatory gifts, but you've thrown this mess at me, do you think I'm easy? ”

Qi Yin sat on the side and was responsible for grinding ink for Xun Xuan, and seeing Qu You's nagging like a little monk, she couldn't help but half-joke: "Okay, don't complain, isn't Miss also dedicated to the old lady?" Can't it be on the day of your birthday, everyone else sends congratulatory gifts, our young lady is empty-handed, right? Isn't that even more to be compared to the other ladies? ”

Xun Xuan was busy drawing the statue of the Bodhisattva, so that she could compare the portrait with the embroidery later, so that there would be no deviation.

"But then again, Aunt Lan, the housekeeper beside Mrs. Liu, has been secretly monitoring our yard recently, and I don't know what kind of ghost is going on in private. I always feel that our days in Hanyunju are getting more and more sad. Qu You sighed and said with some concern.

Xun Xuan has been concentrating on painting the statue of the Bodhisattva, and after hearing Qu You's words, she unexpectedly quipped: "Where are you a little maid who has so many worries all day long?" Even if the sky falls, there is still my master, what are you afraid of? ”

The three of them sat in the house for an afternoon, and it was not until evening that a messenger came to the courtyard.

"Miss Xun, Miss Fu of the Hou Mansion has asked you to go to the Hou Mansion tomorrow."

"Got it, let's go down." Xun Xuan said.

After the person left, Qu You reminded Xun Xuan in a loud voice: "Miss, recently the rumors about our Anfu in Beijing have been in an uproar, Mrs. Liu has passed the word to all the courtyards, Miss Anfu is not allowed to go out at will, Miss Fu will make an appointment with you at this time, Mrs. Liu is afraid that it will be difficult to explain, right?" ”

Xun Xuan casually continued to sketch the painting in her hand, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a sneer: "Cousin Fu is not a good stubble, if Mrs. Liu can stop me, how can she stop Cousin Fu of the Hou Mansion?" ”

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The next day, it was already past time, Xun Xuan was about to leave the house as agreed, but as expected, she was stopped by a woman.

Although this woman was wearing the clothes of a servant, she had the master's shelf, and she stood in front of Xun Xuan with a sideways face, as if Xun Xuan took another step forward, and the other party would smash the wooden fan in her hand on her head.

This woman is the housekeeper of the Liu family, Aunt Lan, and the needs and dispatches of the entire Anfu house have passed through this person's hands.

Coincidentally, Xianglu, who was kicked out of the house before, is the niece of this Lan Gu, and a large part of the reason why this Lan Gu targeted Xun Xuan like this is Xianglu.

"Aunt Lan, Cousin Fu is still waiting for me, please be accommodating." Xun Xuan said lightly.

"Without Mrs. Liu's consent, no one can enter and leave Anfu at will, the girls in Anfu have always behaved, Miss Xun herself doesn't care about her reputation, and the rest of the young ladies in Anfu still take care of it." Lan Gu was mean and didn't give Xun Xuan, the master, face.

"You...... How can you say that, Miss! Qu You wanted to come forward to argue, but was stopped by Xun Xuan.

"Forget it, since Aunt Lan has already talked about this, let's not waste our efforts." Xun Xuan sat down on the stool under the porch, looking very personable.

How long did Xun Xuan sit, and Lan Gu stood on the side for a long time, this posture was determined not to allow Xun Xuan to go out.

"You don't see prisoners that way you do!" Qu You really couldn't stand it anymore, and sneered at that Lan Gu angrily.

"Qu You! Calm down! Xun Xuan said slowly.

Lan Gu sneered, and did not regard Xun Xuan's tolerance as a blessing, and sneered: "Famous ladies, if you can't keep your duty as a woman, how is it different from a prisoner in prison?" ”

"Who is this talking about? Who can't keep their duty? Who are the prisoners? At this moment, a rich girl in a lotus blue palace satin plain silk dress suddenly walked into the moon gate outside the corridor.

I saw that her eyebrows and eyes were slightly raised, and her eyes looked at Lan Gu with extreme disdain, and the arrogance of the daughter of the powerful suppressed Lan Gu speechless for a long time.

The person who came was Fu Rongrong.

Xun Xuan's soft smile flashed with a moment of ridicule, she hurriedly got up and crossed Lan Gu and greeted Fu Rongrong in the direction.

"Aunt Lan was ordered by Mrs. Liu to stop me from leaving the house, Ah Zhi has not gone for a long time, my cousin won't blame me, right?"

Fu Rongrong smiled and grabbed Xun Xuan's arm, and said kindly: "What do you blame?" If you want to blame the person who prevented you from coming to see me, it hurt Miss Ben and wait. ”

As soon as Lan Gu saw Fu Rongrong, her original tough style suddenly disappeared without a trace, and she coped: "The old slave really didn't know that Miss Biao was going to see Miss Fu, and I knew that this was the case, so the old slave prepared a sedan chair to send Miss Biao to the Hou Mansion in person, I was really embarrassed, and I bothered Miss Fu to make this trip!" ”

"How could Aunt Lan not know that I was going to see Cousin Fu? I've explained to you more than once, but Aunt Lan, you don't believe me. Xun Xuan's face was as gentle as ever, no different from Fang Cai.

It's just that at this moment, in the eyes of Lan Gu, she will never feel so easy to bully anymore, this Miss Xun's deceptive kung fu is really terrible, and the reason why she is so tolerant of her is just waiting for Fu Rongrong to appear, and borrowing Fu Rongrong's hand to teach her a lesson.

Fu Rongrong pulled Xun Xuan and the two of them to sit down on the stool under the corridor, took a big yellow dog from the hand of the maid behind her, and then glanced at the maid on the side.

The two maids immediately stepped forward, grabbed Lan Gu's arm one left and one right, and pushed her in front of Fu Rongrong.

Fu Rongrong carelessly stroked the dog's hair, and said lightly: "Old woman, look at the sweat on my face, I sat in a sedan chair for a long time in order to come to see my cousin Xun, and I walked for so long and sweated so much, you say...... How are you damn minion going to make it up to me? ”

Lan Gu was so frightened that her fingers trembled, and she hurriedly opened the wooden fan in her hand and fanned Fu Rongrong: "Miss Fu, please calm your anger, the old slave will wipe your sweat clean." With that, she took out the handkerchief from her pocket and was about to wipe Fu Rongrong.

Fu Rongrong's eyes were cold, and as soon as she raised her hand, she waved Lan Gu to the ground: "What kind of shitty thing, dare to wipe my face with your dirty handkerchief?" ”

"The old slave is wrong, Miss Fu is very angry!" Lan Gu lay on the ground motionless and didn't dare to move, and the tough appearance of Fang Cai against Xun Xuan was like two people.