Chapter 9: Returning Home
The next morning, when it was still dawning, Shui Qianqiu returned to Shuifu with the two maids, and was sent back by Linyuan. The little guy at the back door knew Lin Yuan, and he didn't dare to stop him from letting people in, but he still had to tell the news to the masters of the various courtyards in the house.
"This yard has been repaired." Shui Qianqiu was a little surprised, she thought that after she had been away for so many days, everything in this courtyard would not be repaired, but she didn't expect that the repair would be completed according to her drawings.
"This yard is so beautiful, it's different from ordinary homes." Shui Yu couldn't help but sigh at the detailed landscape in this courtyard, it turned out that ordinary yards can also be as beautiful as gardens.
Shui Qianqiu smiled lightly, there was no one in the whole courtyard, thinking that the green branches and autumn leaves had already found another master, she was more natural.
"You two can live in the room next to me, and I can feel more at ease when I get closer." Shui Qianqiu said softly, these words gave Shui Yu and Lian Wu a great sense of satisfaction, their young lady relied on them.
The two went to pick a room, Shui Qianqiu sat in the courtyard to take a nap, she knew that there would be trouble for a while.
Sure enough, before noon, Father Shui, Wang and Shui Qianzi came over together.
"I thought you lived in the courtyard of the prince and didn't know how to go home, but you have a good ability to coax the son of the world to revolve around you." As soon as Father Shui came in, he didn't have a good face, Shui Qianqiu remembered Wen Beixu's explanation, at this moment she was considered to have a backstage, and she was even more confident.
got up and saluted, and said softly: "Father said that he laughed, his daughter has been recuperating in this courtyard for the past few days, why hasn't she come home?" ”
"What nonsense? We all know that you've been away from home for a few days, so what else is there to pretend? Shui Qianzi glanced at her fiercely with an eye knife, and Shui Qianqiu still said with an unchanged face: "Big sister said that I am at home, what did my father say that I am in the courtyard of the prince, isn't this staining the reputation of the prince?" ”
Shui Qianzi wanted to say something, but was stopped by the Wang family on the side, after all, the water father was an official, and instantly understood the meaning of her words, snorted coldly, and said: "If the wings are really hard, now it's time to confront me as a father." ”
"My daughter didn't dare, but my daughter was frightened, and she was not lightly injured before. The father's first sentence is not a word of concern, but the daughter has not been loved by anyone for many years, but it still makes the daughter feel cold when he asks directly. ”
What she said was still neither light nor serious, and she was still soft-spoken, so that people couldn't hear any emotions.
"You burned down the ancestral hall and disrespected the ancestors of the Shui family, why can't I ask you?" Father Shui looked at her impatiently, Shui Qianqiu raised his head and asked, "Is my father here to talk about this matter this time?" ”
Father Shui looked at her expression and suddenly remembered what Lin Yuan said when he came to the abyss before, and he couldn't get off the stage for a while. Wang understood him best, and immediately took over and said, "What did the second girl say? Your father cares and can't speak, so don't forget to take care of yourself. Knowing that you were frightened last time, your father specially brought you Codonopsis deer antler velvet to replenish your body, so take it quickly. ”
Shui Yu glanced at the young lady, and saw that she didn't say anything and stepped forward to take the box in her mother-in-law's hand, Wang pretended to be casual and asked, "I haven't seen these two maids around you." ”
"Sent by the Son."
The two maids also hurriedly saluted and said:
"Slave maid Shuiyu."
"Slave Lotus Mist."
Wang nodded, looked at Shui Yu and suddenly remembered something, and persuaded him: "This water word collides with the master's name, why don't you change one?" ”
Shui Yu glanced at the young lady uneasily, Shui Qianqiu thought for a moment and said, "Then it's called Qingyu." ”
The tense atmosphere was stirred up by the Wang family, and Shui Qianzi stared at Shui Qianqiu with some jealousy, and was very dissatisfied with her being able to collude with the previous son.
Shui Qianqiu turned a blind eye to her jealousy, and on the way back, she naturally heard some rumors, not to mention Shui Qianzi at this moment, I am afraid that half of the young ladies in Yuzhou Mansion who have not left the cabinet have opinions on her.
She just hopes to make more money sooner, and then leave Yuzhou Mansion as soon as possible, find a remote city to settle in, and stay away from these people for the rest of her life.
"Now it is rumored that you rejected the son of the world when you traveled to the lake that day, and even kept your distance from him at the expense of slandering your own reputation, yes or no?" The water father softened his face and asked what was in his heart.
Shui Qianqiu pondered for a moment and said, "Yes, the son did talk to his daughter that day. It's just that the daughter is afraid of causing trouble, and she is even more afraid that the outside world will say that the father relies on his daughter to cling to the powerful, so he tries his best to get rid of it. I didn't expect to be misunderstood by outsiders, even if I was misunderstood, I had to be misunderstood by my own family. ”
Father Shui's eyelids moved slightly, and he looked at her for a while, and in a blink of an eye, his second daughter had grown so big, and he never seemed to have a good look at her.
"That's what you think?"
Shui Qianqiu's expression did not change at all, and he still nodded lightly: "My father is a well-known Qingliu civil official in Yuzhou Mansion, and my daughter takes her father as an example. ”
Father Shui was quite satisfied when he heard this, especially when he saw that her expression didn't look fake. What's more, this outside news will definitely not be released by Shizi, so since it was released by someone else, it must be somewhat credible.
"It was your father who blamed you before, and the injuries on your face are all healed?"
Shui Qianqiu nodded and said softly: "It's all right, thank you father for your concern." It's just that I didn't expect that the ancestral hall at home would be burned, which was the daughter's sin, and I asked my father to punish him. ”
"Alas, I don't blame you for this, it's all because the mother-in-law has a bad heart, you can take care of it, tell your mother what you lack, you know?"
Shui Qianqiu was slightly blessed and said meekly: "Yes, my daughter knows." ”
Shui Qianzi was already gritting his teeth in anger on the side, and the water father pretended to say a few words and left after saying that he had something to do. Wang didn't leave, looked at the empty courtyard, and said, "Your courtyard is still a little empty, and there are not enough people." Mother will give you another place to settle? ”
"It's okay, it's just that if there is already a spare person at home, my mother won't transfer someone to me now, plus the green branches and autumn leaves are gone, and I guess that the family is really not enough, so I bother Mrs. to ask the tooth woman to come over and I will choose it myself, so as not to work hard for this little thing."
Shui Qianqiu's words are not leaky, and the Wang family has no excuse even if he wants to force people in, so he can only respond with a smile.
"This green branch and Akihabara went to the big kitchen to help cook, depending on your habits, then transfer it again." Wang can only say this dryly, Shui Qianqiu doesn't mind, anyway, she still has to insert people in the newcomers, these two bright chess swings, and she has no reason to stuff other people if she thinks about it.
Wang and Shui Qianzi sat for a while before leaving, and as soon as they got out of the courtyard, Shui Qianzi couldn't help but complain.
"Mother, you see that this dead girl made her father happy in just a few words, and you don't care."
Wang pulled his daughter and said, "Where was the master coaxed by her to be happy?" That's borrowing a donkey from the slope. Now that she has a son behind her, the entire Yuzhou Mansion except for King Suqing is the biggest of him, where does your father dare to provoke him? At this time, show weakness to that dead girl, your father remembers it in his heart. Men, how many can not change their minds? The prince is now looking at the girl and rejoicing, and when he dislikes her in the future, he will feel better. ”
Shui Qianzi pouted and twisted her eyebrows, full of unwillingness: "Why did the prince fall in love with her?" What's so good about Shui Qianqiu, her figure and appearance are not as good as mine, but she was lucky. ”
Wang patted her hand and persuaded: "A prince in a fief is not very good, when your father is promoted in the future, the sons of other princes and even the prince's mother will help you find a place." ”
Shui Qianzi's face was ashamed, and she shouted coquettishly, which made Wang laugh.
"King Suqing is the most unpowerful prince, and he can't compare to the princely authority in other fiefdoms, so be patient."
Shui Qianzi nodded, now she also knows a little about the situation of the princes, looking like a little daughter, and said in a low voice: "It all depends on the arrangement of the mother." ”
"Mother will never let you marry worse than her, and it is unknown whether she can marry Shizi, have you forgotten that thing last time?" Wang glanced at her with a deep meaning in his eyes, Shui Qianzi was stunned and suddenly reacted: "Mother is talking about that Pa ......"
"Well, I didn't find it last time, Akiba said that it was on her at the time, and now we have checked her yard inside and out, and when we stuff Akiba over, let her continue to touch where the thing is placed, it will always be used."
Shui Qianzi nodded happily, with her mother's idea, Shui Qianqiu will not be able to escape.
At this moment, Shui Qianqiu was setting up a table in the courtyard, and the three girls took a lot of effort to move a mahogany case out.
"I've worked hard for you, go and rest by yourself."
The two girls were a little frightened, and said in a loud voice: "Miss is not more worried about us, we are the current people, where do the slaves and maids dare to rest?" ”
"In my Huainan Courtyard, there are no such rules. In the future, when there is no one else, feel more comfortable. Shui Qianqiu took out the pen, ink and paper brought back from the courtyard of the prince and began to write and draw, in this era without mobile phones and computers, she can only rely on these to kill time.
Qingyu and Lianwu took advantage of the fact that they had nothing to do and planned to recognize the way in the mansion, and Shui Qianqiu also let them go.
"If anyone asks about your identity, say that it was given to me by the prince, so that people will not be bullied."
The two girls went out in response, and as soon as the front foot left, the back foot Wen Beixu and Lin Yuan came in over the wall.
"You'll take advantage of it." Wen Beixu pulled a chair and sat next to her, Shui Qianqiu grinded ink and said softly: "If you can make yourself and the two of them better, why should you wronged yourself?" ”
"How? Can they embarrass you? Wen Beixu looked at the temperament in her eyebrows and eyes, and couldn't help but be attracted, she was very calm these days, but this wave was not calm, it was more like seeing the dead silence of life and death, he was suddenly a little curious, what did she experience to make her eyes look like an ancient well?
"No, I sent it away."
Wen Bei saw that she hadn't looked at her except for a glance at herself when he came in just now, and she was dissatisfied. "What about those drawing papers of yours?" ”
"In the house."
"Didn't you paint it in my yard? Why don't you give it to me? Wen Beixu's fingers tapped the armrest of the chair, Shui Qianqiu stopped grinding and asked, "Isn't Shizi not liked?" ”
Wen Beixu touched his nose and said, "It's not that I don't like it, you can take it out first." ”
Shui Qianqiu didn't ask, honestly went into the house and took the drawing paper and handed it to him, but couldn't help but say something more to him: "If you don't need it, bring it back to me." In the end, I spent a lot of effort to paint, and the first painting is gone, maybe this one can still be kept. ”
Wen Beixu snorted, and when he heard a movement in the distance, he took the drawing paper and Lin Yuan and left, and after a while, Qingyu and Lianwu came back, still holding a basket of vegetables and meat in their hands.
"Miss, the big kitchen has given us today's dishes, let's go cook for Miss."
Shui Qianqiu nodded, holding the pen but couldn't put it down, hesitated for a moment to put down the pen, and looked at the direction of the wall with some worry.
It took a long time to come back to my senses and help Qingyu and the others go to cook together.