Chapter 9: Dismounting
I have already been advised, although Qingwan is the 'daughter' of the Su family, but now that you are Mrs. Hou, our Su family must pay a big respect. ΡΡΡ.(vii) (ix) x.S.ΡΠΎΠΌ The update is so fast. He bowed his head at the moment, respectfully knelt down under the dust, and bowed uprightly.
I lowered my eyebrows and bowed my head to kneel on the ground respectfully, but I couldn't hear the head of Qingwan speak for a long time.
Everyone in the room stood with bated breath, and it was so quiet for a while that even her shallow breathing could be heard.
The 'door' of the house is open, and there is the sound of the footsteps of people walking back and forth in the house at the entrance of the 'door', occasionally stopping at the 'door', as if looking curiously into the 'door', and then whispering 'private' when walking far away.
I secretly raised my eyes to look at Qingwan, and saw that she was twisting her body sideways, and her lower abdomen under the silk peony 'medicine' splendid 'spring' shirt was slightly bulging, which was different from the plump roundness, and she was actually pregnant, and it seemed that she was already five or six months old.
When I was in the Su family, I had never heard anyone mention it!
Qingwan married into the Hou Ye Mansion earlier, I heard that it has been four or five years, and there has never been good news, so she is often criticized by the old Hou Ye and Mrs. Hou, and she is the master of marrying a niece of her mother's family to Hou Ye as the second lady, smart and capable, and has the support of her own aunt, which has the meaning of replacing her. Later, Hou Ye accepted two more girls, but there was no movement.
Father, mother, and seventh aunt also felt anxious, and felt that the position of this Mrs. Hou was in jeopardy, so they sought medical advice everywhere for 'medicine', and looked at their eyes to 'desire'. Qingwan is pregnant, why didn't she notify the Su family?
I knew that her body was inconvenient, and she twisted her body sideways, and this position was uncomfortable, and she definitely couldn't last long. At the moment, he looked at his nose and his nose, and his nose looked at his heart, and he no longer spoke, staring at the cracks in the Hou Mansion for recreation.
This ground is purely paved with bluestone, and the girls are carefully swept and wiped like a mirror, but the color of the floor tiles in the middle of the room is obviously much lighter than in other places. There are still some velvet threads left in the brick joints. Obviously, there are usually people coming and going here, and it should be covered with blankets, and it has just been evacuated.
The March day in the north was still a little cold, I knelt on the bluestone slab, after a long time, the cool air gradually spread from my knees to the limbs, and my legs were also a little numb, stiff, and sore.
Qingqing behind him cautiously, lightly opened his mouth, and whispered twice: "Sister Qingwan, Sister Qingwan?" β
Qingwan slowly propped up her eyelids, yawned lazily, and found a more comfortable position to continue to close her eyes and recuperate, turning a deaf ear.
The mother-in-law who was waiting behind her stepped forward and said to Qingqing in a low voice: "Madame is pregnant, and she is the most likely to be sleepy, so don't disturb Madame's rest." β
Qingqing gave me an embarrassed look and retreated behind me, not daring to say more.
When I entered the 'door' just now, Qingwan was clearly awake, and when she raised her eyes to glance at me, she was a little condescending and arrogant, and disdainful and disdainful of me. I think she must have gotten the letter from Aunt Seven, and she already had a preconceived idea of me. That's why I took it like this, and it was clear that I wanted to give me a dismount.
Moreover, people don't even disdain hypocrisy and wrongdoing: I'm just pretending to sleep and punish you for kneeling for a long time, what can you do?
I couldn't bear it, and secretly reached into my waist to 'feel' a porcelain bottle, these days, I was afraid that those people in black would make a comeback, and it would be difficult to parry, so when I passed by the 'drug' store, I bought some 'medicine' materials, and prepared some simple and effective 'medicine' powder, which is not very toxic, but it can make them feel itchy all over their bodies, and they have no time to care about anything else.
Raising his eyes to look at Qingwan's already bulging abdomen, he was a little unbearable. It is a 'medicine' that is three points poisonous, which may also affect the fetus in the house, hesitated for a while, stuffed it into his arms and put it away, and continued to grit his teeth and stiffen.
After a while, I felt that my knees were no longer my own, and I barely felt a little more.
But my sense of hearing is much more sensitive, probably because I have been insisting on cultivating the inner strength of the mind method recently, and with the guidance of Brother Lin, I get twice the result with half the effort, and I am particularly sensitive to the sounds around me.
I lowered my head and heard the slightest rustling sound in the room, almost inaudible.
I grew up in the mountains and knew all too well what it was! It's clearly the sound of snakes crawling on the ground, rubbing against the ground!
I secretly turned my head a little, and saw a yellow and green vegetable snake slowly swimming in along the root of the wall, and was about to 'want' to open his mouth to remind, and there seemed to be a casual cough at the mouth of the 'door', it was Brother Lin.
I instantly understood what was going on. I swallowed a few words of 'desire'.
Brother Lin was hindered by etiquette, it was inconvenient to enter the main hall, and he had been waiting outside the 'door', this snake must have been deliberately done by him when he saw that I was embarrassed by Qing Wan.
The first to discover the green snake was the grandmother behind Qing Wan, who was standing in the corner behind the chair, screaming in horror by the sudden appearance of the unfamiliar guest, and she was panicked.
"Snake!"
The young girl who was pretending to sleep was naturally so shocked that she jumped up, and when she saw the green snake hovering in the corner of the house, she lost her "color" for a while, and stumbled: "Come on...... Come! β
Everyone in the room was 'messy', but they didn't dare to act rashly, and those who were close didn't dare to come out.
I laughed in my heart, but pretended to be serious: "That's just a vegetable green snake, don't 'mess' around, it will naturally not take the initiative to attack people." β
Qing Wan trembled and said: "It's crazy just to look at it, how can there be such a long worm in the house?" Find a way to get out. β
I 'kneaded' and 'kneaded' my 'legs' slowly.
Qingqing behind me knew that I was not afraid of these things, and said in a trembling voice: "Qingwu, catch it quickly, it's really scary." β
Qing Wan looked at the green snake and glanced at me out of the corner of her eye: "Qing Wan, hurry up, I'm scared to death!" β
I tried to lift my legs, but after riding the horse all morning, I was a little sore, but now I have been kneeling for a long time, which is quite laborious, so I said with a sad face: "My 'legs' are numb, and it is a little difficult to stand up." β
Qingqing behind me tiptoed forward and helped me up.
I was also worried that Qingwan would be frightened, so I didn't dare to delay, so I stepped forward to catch the green snake and throw it out of the house, so naturally someone disposed of it.
Qingwan just breathed a sigh of relief, slumped on the chair, and the subordinates hurriedly stepped forward to 'rub' her heart, and a girl hurriedly ran to the kitchen to get ginseng tea to suppress her shock.
After a while, she relieved herself, and scolded a few subordinates for being waste, and a snake would be 'messed up', if it weren't for the ......
At this time, Fang remembered me, and told the girl to quickly give up her seat to serve tea, and she was polite a lot: "It is said that 'spring' is sleepy and autumn, but it is not exact, I fell asleep while sitting." These subordinates are too bold, why no one called me, wronged my sister. β
I lowered my eyebrows and said, "Seeing that my sister is tired, I naturally don't dare to disturb loudly. β
"They are all their own sisters, so polite, it seems to be raw." She smiled brightly, and then pretended to be abrupt: "I heard that my sister has encountered an accident on the road, it is really worrying, and it is difficult to sleep and eat." It's good to come back safely now, otherwise I, the sister, will be to blame. β
I sneered in my heart: "Sister Lao is worried, fortunately the nobles rescued her, but fortunately it was just a false alarm." β
"Oh, fortunately, my father had the foresight, but I don't know where the guard who rescued me is now?" Qingwan asked.
"It's not convenient for him to enter the living room, so he's waiting outside the 'door' right now."
Qingwan nodded, turned around and instructed the girl behind her: "You go to the account room to find the housekeeper to withdraw twenty taels of silver, and send it away." β
The girl nodded yes.
I couldn't help but be stunned and stood up: "Slow! β
"Sister Qingwu, but do you think there is anything wrong with my sister's arrangement?" Qingwan held the teacup in her hand, took a sip slowly, and glanced at me arrogantly with the tips of her eyes: "Why do you seem to be not satisfied?" β
I tried my best to restrain my spleen', and barely pulled a smile on my face: "Brother Lin has saved my life several times, and my father treats me politely in the house, and he can't talk to other subordinates, not just send it away." β
Qing Wan snorted coldly from her nostrils and said, "No matter how kind you are, it's just a subordinate, I heard that your so-called Brother Lin is used to being a restless master who is stained with 'flowers'." What kind of face do you have for these days with his lonely man and widow 'woman', and spread it out, and it is not clear? My sister has worked hard, and it seems that my sister doesn't appreciate it. β
I instantly understood Qingwan's words, which turned out to be the meaning of Aunt Seven. Qingyin likes Brother Lin, and Aunt Seventh has long held a grudge, but because of her father's prestige, she can't blatantly target Brother Lin in Yangzhou City, so she asked Qingwan to find an excuse to drive him away.
Although Qingwan is the same as Qingyin, she is a temperament raised by an aunt, arrogant and arrogant, but after all, she has been practicing in the Hou Ye's mansion for a long time, and it is obvious that she is a chess player in her words, not as straightforward and-for-tat as Qingyin.
I suppressed the anger in my heart, knowing that I had just entered the mansion, it was always not good to have a quarrel with Qingwan.
softened his breath and patiently explained: "Brother Lin, he is not a member of the Su family, he just fell into Pingyang for a while, even if I want to keep him, it is a luxury." This time, Brother Lin escorted us all the way into Beijing, not to mention that he was still injured. If it is spread out, the world will definitely criticize my Su family for being ungrateful, and please think twice about Sister Qingwan. β
Qingwan put down the teacup, wiped the corners of her mouth with a silk handkerchief, and changed her smiling face again: "Since my sister insists like this, I will no longer be a villain in vain, my Hou Ye's Mansion will not miss him a mouthful of food, and there is also space in the lower room." It's just that I said ugly things in front, and I will definitely not be able to stay for a long time with this guard surnamed Lin. β
I was about to argue when Qingqing tugged at the hem of my shirt from the side, shook her head invisibly, and motioned for me not to argue with her.
Qingwan stood up proudly and gently slapped her back twice with her hand: "I can't stand the tiredness either, seeing that you are also bumpy and hard along the way, go back early to wash and rest, and when the sun sets, the Hou Ye will go home, and I will pick up the wind and wash the dust for you." β
Then she turned around and beckoned, and a 'lean' thin mother-in-law stepped forward and respectfully greeted her.
"The capital is not as rural as Yangzhou, and every word and deed pays attention to rules and etiquette.
After all, you have not been trained by my mother in the house since I was a child, and I don't know how to be polite, so I make jokes here, wouldn't I lose the face of our Su family.
This is Mama Yan, from today onwards, I will be by your side and teach you some etiquette that everyone should have. Don't let 'sex' nonsense anymore. β
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