Qing Yin was obviously a little surprised when she saw Qingqing's dress, and when she got closer to see the red spots on her face, she hurriedly took two steps back, covered her face with the Liuyun brocade handkerchief in her hand, and asked in surprise: "Sister Qingqing, what's wrong with you, why are there so many dirty things on your face?" Is it contagious? ”

There was a hint of schadenfreude between the eyebrows.

Qingqing was sad and shook her head when she heard this, and before she could answer, her mother walked out of her grandmother's yard with Yufeng. She frowned, turned her gaze from Qingyin's body to mine, stayed on Qingqing's face for a moment, and then jumped onto Qingyin's body, her face became more and more heavy, there was a kind of depression that was about to come and the wind was full of buildings, and her eyebrows were slightly raised, looking extremely stern.

This time, my mother was really angry, and I couldn't help but shrink back so that she wouldn't take her anger out on me.

"Qingyin, what are you doing here, who asked you to come?" The mother first scolded Qingyin: "Who is dressed up as this singing drama?" ”

Qingyin was not in a hurry, only looked down at her clothes up and down, reached out to support the step on her head, and asked puzzledly: "This is my most satisfactory dress, I am reluctant to wear it on weekdays, today I came to greet my grandmother, I heard that there are guests in Beijing, I think I can't be shabby no matter what, I lost my sister's face in the Hou Ye's mansion, I deliberately dressed up, can I not be on the stage?" ”

The mother was so angry that she almost smoked, pointed at Qingyin's nose with her armor, and was speechless for a while: "You...... You also know that your grandmother has a guest here, and she is running around to embarrass people, and she won't let me go back! ”

Qingyin was iron-hearted this time, fearless, and said toughly: "Qingqing and Qingwen are here, why can't I come, why can't my mother be so partial, it's embarrassing to replace me." ”

The mother was so angry that her hands trembled, and she said hatefully: "If you don't leave, you want me to drive you out with a stick, right?" Do you think that I will not dare to do anything to you in front of the people of the Marquis Mansion in Beijing? I am also your mother, and I am being watched, and I am just disciplining my ignorant daughter, and I can't say anything else. ”

Qingyin didn't dare to disobey her mother after all, and finally weakened her arrogance, defeated, stomped her feet unwillingly, turned around and took the girl next to her back along the way she came, and the ring on her body swayed.

My mother stroked her heart with her hand, obviously trying to suppress the anger in her heart, then turned her head to look at me, and continued to reprimand angrily: "Xuan'er, this girl is becoming more and more irresponsible, is her skin tight and wants to be punished?" Why are you dressed up so vulgarly? ”

"It's none of Xuan'er's business, I insisted on wearing it like this. When I was in Jinling, I saw a lot of women wearing like this, which was very popular, and I thought that popular must be the best, although I couldn't see where it looked good. I lowered my head and whispered.

The mother's anger seemed to be even stronger, and she looked like she hated iron but not steel, gritted her teeth and said, "It's all unfinished goods!" Since ancient times, Jinling has three thousand fat powder, this is clearly the wind and moon on the Qinhuai River, you don't learn, how to learn these vulgar things. ”

I lowered my head, moved the embroidery of water lilies on my toes to the gold thread trim on my belt, and obediently confessed my mistake in a very sincere tone: "My daughter is stupid, she doesn't know these internal mechanisms, and she originally wanted to dress up to please her mother, but who would have thought that it would be self-defeating." This time, I will eat a trench, grow a wisdom, and I will never dare to do it again in the future, and the mother will please calm her anger, don't hurt her body, and her daughter will be guilty of a big crime. ”

My mother was worried about Qingqing, and she didn't bother to take care of me anymore, so she stepped forward to lift Qingqing's veil, took a look, and looked at it with surprise in her eyes: "How can it be like this, do you know the reason?" ”

Qingqing regained the grievances on her face, and her tears crackled down, like pear blossoms with rain, and I saw pity: "Just now Qingwen showed her daughter, saying that she was infected with a pollen poison, and it can subside in one day with medicine, but today I can't see anyone, and I have failed to live up to my mother's love, so I am anxious." ”

The mother still had a cold face, but her tone was much softer, and she asked, "But you are greedy and eat indiscriminately?" ”

Qingqing cried even more aggrieved, but she had to hold back her tears, and didn't dare to swallow her voice: "My daughter never dares to be greedy, I didn't drink a sip of tea today, only a bowl of porridge and two assorted buns from the big kitchen for breakfast, and everyone else has nothing to do." ”

My mother turned her head to look at me, and I shook my head and said, "I didn't have much appetite in the morning, I didn't eat, and I brought breakfast to Hui'er and a few people, and there was nothing unusual." ”

"Have you ever asked, how many people have passed through this breakfast?" Mother asked Qingqing.

Qingqing wiped her tears with a brocade hand, and said in a low voice: "I have already asked someone to go to the big kitchen to ask, and the breakfast was picked by Yue'er herself from the prepared portions, and no one else paid attention." But Yue'er has been with me for many years since she entered the mansion, and her daughter is naturally trustworthy. ”

Mother patted her forehead helplessly, waved at us, and said, "That's it, you two should go back together, you don't have to go to your grandmother to say hello, I will explain it to you, so that your grandmother will not be in a hurry." Qingwen went back to help Qingqing have a good diagnosis. Be sure to restore your appearance in the shortest possible time. ”

We looked deeply at our mother, said a blessing, and wanted to retreat. My mother stopped me behind me and said, "Go back and change your clothes immediately, don't let me see it again!" ”

I replied in a gloomy voice, there was no danger, I finally avoided this level for the time being, and I will think of other ways next time.

Leaving her grandmother's yard with Qingqing, Qingqing lowered her head and walked straight ahead without saying a word, looking a little annoyed.

When I reached the fork in the road and was about to break up, Qingqing turned around suddenly, grabbed my hand, and her eyes were full of tears: "Qingwu, I think that I have always been strict with myself in the house, lenient with others, tolerant in every way, and all sisters and aunts are in harmony, and I have never provoked anyone, who is this who has the intention to harm me?" ”

Naturally, I didn't know what twists and turns there were, and I didn't dare to be sure of my conjecture, so I could only comfort myself: "You are so good, it is inevitable to attract envy, go back and interrogate the girl below, and you can naturally find out." ”

Qingqing shook her head sadly, and almost cried again: "Qingqing, it's not that I don't know this truth, I just don't dare to ask." Because the shredded chicken and mushroom porridge and dim sum I eat are all randomly selected by Yue'er herself, and it can't be made by people in the kitchen.

Yue'er is the only one who has ever touched these foods! But she is the most unlikely person. Yue'er made a mistake as an errand boy in the courtyard of the sixth aunt, and she had to be driven out of the house after being punished, and she was lonely and homeless. I've always treated her well, and I don't think she'll betray me. ”

Yue'er worked as an errand in the yard of the sixth aunt? My mind moved, should I tell Qingqing about my doubts? Will it be more effective for her to help me keep an eye on me?

I hesitated for a while, thinking that Qingqing had been born in the boudoir since she was a child, and if I told her about these sinister things, would it scare her? Seeing her pitiful delicate appearance, I swallowed back the words that came to my mouth.

"Sister Qingqing, people's hearts are sinister, and they have to be guarded against, even if they are close to them, they should be careful. Otherwise, there must be one and two, and it is impossible to prevent it. ”

Qingqing nodded sadly: "I shudder when I think of the people close to me who want to harm me. ”

I took the opportunity to ask, "Qingqing, do you know the details of that Yue'er's background?" ”

Qingqing looked at me with a little surprise: "Yue'er was rescued from the side of the road when the sixth aunt went out, saying that her parents were dead and homeless, and I don't know her background." Don't...... You mean ......? ”

I took her hand and patted her comfortingly: "I just listened to what you said, I just have some doubts, I can't do it seriously, after all, if someone wants to harm you, it shouldn't be so obvious, maybe it's just a blame, just like the poisoning of my mother." ”

"Well, thank you, Qing'an, I'll be careful myself in the future." Qingqing lowered her head, sobbed quietly, her thin shoulders shook up and down, and it took a long time before she raised her head and looked at me: "Qingqing, do you know why my mother asked us to dress up carefully and come to my grandmother's yard?" ”

"I heard that we met the sister-in-law from Beijing, and my aunt said that she was afraid that she would propose marriage to us."

Qingqing nodded lightly: "Looking at your dress today, I'm afraid you don't like to go to the capital?" ”

I let out a very soft "um" and asked, "What about you, do you like to travel thousands of miles to the prosperous place of the capital, separated from your relatives?" ”

Qingqing shook her head sadly: "I don't know, I just listen to my parents' arrangement." I have been carefully taught by my mother and aunt since I was a child, one is for my own future, and the other is to be able to climb the power and nobility in the future and add to the cake for the Su family, which is the mission of the daughter of the Su family, and it is also the motivation for me to study hard and practice hard. ”

I was silent for a moment, not knowing how to persuade me. Because my thoughts seem to them to be perverse and contrary to etiquette. Qingqing has been controlled since she was a child, and some of her thoughts are deep-rooted, and they are not something that I can change overnight.

The silence extended all the way back to his yard. Until I washed up and went to bed at night, my heart was always depressed.

But the man's purpose became more and more apparent.

It seems that my mother deliberately wanted the concubine in the palace to look at me and Qingqing. But as soon as the news came out, this person couldn't hold his breath and couldn't wait to make a move. Different from the previous methods, it seems that we did not think carefully and hastily, and the purpose is obvious, and the left and right should only be to prevent us from going to the capital, right?

In my opinion, the man's approach is unreasonable, tantamount to a moth to a fire, killing himself.

Sure enough, one side of the water and soil raises hundreds of people, and everyone thinks differently.

In the middle of the night, I was sleeping soundly, and suddenly I heard a "ding" sound outside the window, although it was slight, but it was crisp. I woke up with a cold war, and saw what seemed to be a dark shadow flashing outside the window. If you listen carefully, there is silence in the courtyard, and there is no sound. Suddenly remembered that notebook, yesterday that person did not succeed, alarmed the guards in the house, is it possible that he did not give up, and today he went and returned?