"Be light, don't be so frivolous."

In the bedroom of the Wuyuan Courtyard, Zhou's mother was standing next to her, pointing Shen Lu to Mrs. Cheng's sideburns.

The man sat upright on a round stool, unhurriedly twisting the Buddha beads in his hand, and made a gesture of closing his eyes and recuperating his mind.

Compared with the ease of these two people, Shen Lu's state is extremely worrying.

Her body is the end of a strong crossbow, and lying in bed every day is not enough to cultivate, not to mention, the old lady does not tell her to rest at all these days, she always has to do this and that.

The process of this sideburns requires her arms to be raised all the time, but her arms are well known for their cracked bones, and such a long period of persistence makes Shen Lu's face turn pale in seconds, and beads of sweat the size of beans fall down her cheeks.

"The arms are too high."

Mother Zhou was not sympathetic at all, and ordered: "The old lady has a headache recently, you can wait for a while." "I was about to go out to prepare for the morning meal, when I suddenly saw red ginseng walk in, and I looked embarrassed.

Zhou's mother said cautiously: "What's wrong?" Why is your face so bad? ”

Red Ginseng glanced at Shen Lu, who had a lot of pain in his eyes, and then he was embarrassed: "It's Young Master Qiubai." ”

When Shen Lu heard this, the movement of his sideburns paused slightly, but he quickly returned to normal.

These uncheckable details were noticed by Mrs. Cheng, and the old lady slowly opened her eyes, and said in a calm and solemn voice: "What's wrong with Qiubai?" He took a deep breath, "If you come to see Shen Lu, just ask him to go back." ”

Hong Shen said: "Back to the old lady's words, Young Master Qiubai said that he came to greet you." ”

"Hmph."

Old Madam Cheng smiled, looked at Shen Lu in the round mirror, and said lightly: "Come to greet me?" You don't believe it, this stupid boy can't even lie. Fu smiled again, "Tell him that Shen Lu is safe with me, tell him not to come in the future, if he is disobedient, I will send Shen Lu to the official mansion." ”

Red ginseng leaves in response.

Zhou's mother then went out as well.

"Go on."

Old Madam Cheng instructed Shen Lu: "Your ability to serve people must be refined. ”

Shen Lu gritted his teeth secretly, and there was some fire in the depths of his heart, but he still took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the fire, and then gave Mrs. Cheng her sideburns as hard as she could.

Having said that, even when she was a thief, she didn't serve people like this, but ...... People have to bow their heads under the eaves, and wait for their injuries to heal, and then find a way to sneak away.

Old Madam Cheng looked at the person in the mirror, as if she could see Shen Lu's thoughts through the person's eyebrows, she slowly sat up straight, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

To be honest, this Shen Lu's personality is very similar to his younger self.

However, if you want to survive in the Cheng family of this country, and live in the mouths of these big families, you must wipe out the rivers and lakes on Shen Lu's body, and learn to observe words and colors, and judge the situation.

"That's it."

Old Madam Cheng caught a glimpse of Shen Lu's trembling sleeves, and suddenly said, "Don't get it yet." He raised the Buddha bead in his hand, "Send this Buddha bead to the second room to Pei'er." ”

Shen Lu took it puzzled and left lightly.

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"Zong Yu! Zongyu! ”

In the back room of the satin workshop, a line of embroiderers is busy working, many small maids are running back and forth, because they have just been managed separately from the satin village, so Cheng Yan is reconciling with Aunt Rong, and suddenly heard someone calling him in the outer hall.

"What is this?" Aunt Rong raised her head and said, "Young Master Qiubai's voice? Is there something wrong in Zhuangzi? ”

A trace of helplessness flashed in Cheng Yan's eyes, and he also knew why Cheng Lan came this time, so he said to Aunt Rong: "You are busy first, I'll go out and take a look." ”

After that, Cheng Yan opened the door curtain and went out, looked at Cheng Lan and said, "Qiubai, what's wrong?" ”

Cheng Lan looked at those people who were busy, and knew that Cheng Yan was afraid that he would not be able to spare his time now, and wanted him to go to the Guogong Mansion to see Shen Lu's current situation, but he was a little guilty and stopped: "No...... It's okay, I'm just going to take a look. ”

Cheng Yan smiled bitterly: "It's for Shen Lu's business." ”

Cheng Lan raised her head slightly in a daze, and nodded bitterly: "I heard...... Shen Lu is in the Guogong Mansion, she is busy every day, she is still sick, what does her grandmother want to do. ”

Cheng Yan asked him to sit down, ordered someone to pour him a cup of tea, and said calmly: "Qiubai, don't worry, grandmother knows the severity and won't really embarrass Shen Lu." He looked at Honeysuckle, who was also helpless behind Cheng Lan, "Besides, there is no place more hidden than the Guogong Mansion, and there is no person who can protect Shen Lu's safety more than the identity of his grandmother, so don't worry." ”

When Cheng Yan heard this, his heart relaxed a little, and he covered his face in pain: "Speaking of which, it's still useless to blame me." He looked up again and said, "Speaking of which, how is Grandma doing over there?" This person hasn't been back for seven days, is there any news about her in Yuanwaifu? Don't let anything happen. ”

Cheng Yan was quite calm in his heart, and said: "Even if Sui Yuanwai is unhappy, with the yellow coat that my grandmother and the emperor rewarded me, I won't easily move Cheng Qi, it's just ...... Now that the man had an idea, I believed her. ”

"You believe her?"

Cheng Lan frowned: "I'll tell you Zongyu, what Grandma said, except for what you saw with your own eyes, don't believe the rest, this girl can lie the most." He got up and pointed, "You...... Hurry up, if you have time, go to the Yuanwaifu to have a look, don't leave her there alone, it's too unsafe. ”

"Alright, Qiubai."

Cheng Yan smiled lightly: "Don't worry about the sky all day long." Pushing Cheng Lan out, "Since you don't have to go to the school now, go back and take care of the affairs of the villa, don't think nonsense." ”

Cheng Lan had no choice, so she had to turn around and leave with the help of Honeysuckle.

Cheng Yan watched Cheng Lan's figure disappear around the corner, then turned around, but stopped at the threshold again, looked up at the location of the Yuanwai Mansion, squinted his eyes slightly, and then entered the house.

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In the main hall of the Yuanwai Mansion, Cheng Qi leaned against the window, sat on the circle chair with Erlang's legs crossed, the midsummer sunlight was reflected through the Tianzi-like window, hitting Cheng Qi's body like a fallen leaf, mottled like a fallen leaf, her delicate side face was hidden in the light, her long hair was floating, and she was as quiet and beautiful as a picture.

Of course, in the eyes of the Qin family, this scene really made her hate and powerless.

It's been seven days, seven days.

This person has been here for seven days, and he doesn't treat himself as an outsider at all, of course, if she just came to eat, drink, and live, the Qin clan would not have collapsed like this.

At the critical moment, this person is too capable of tossing.

There are a lot of trivial things, and I just have to satisfy her for the sake of face.

The Qin family is so big, she has never seen such a thick-skinned girl, she persuaded Sui Yuan to return the 50,000 taels of silver more than once, and send this big Buddha away, but that person had to do it this time.

The Qin family is only afraid of losing both, after all, there are many people standing behind the Cheng family's room, and the only backer outside the Sui family is Ge Yuanjun, who is still very disgusted with his cousin, who has more than enough success and more than failure.

"Sister, can I touch this frog?"

Seven-year-old Sui Tong saw the frog on Cheng Qi's knee, the child was curious, he went to catch the frog on weekdays, the creature was full of bouncing power, and he couldn't get close at all, why was Cheng Qi's so obedient.

Cheng Qi took the book in his hand, looked at the innocent child, and said with a light smile: "Of course you can ......"

"Child!"

Seeing that his child was about to touch the frog, Qin Shi felt that his hair was standing up, and he didn't control his volume, and stood up with a whoosh, startling the maids around him.

"Ma'am?" The maid was a little worried, thinking that the Qin family was going to tear her face with Cheng Qi.

Qin Shi is a good person in the end, he took a deep breath, adjusted his mood, walked over and hugged Sui Tong in his arms without saying anything, and walked out of the hall.

"Mrs. Qin?"

Cheng Qi's eyes smiled like a crescent moon, and he raised the frog on his knee: "This frog is fine, he sleeps with me next to my pillow on weekdays, and it's clean." ”

Qin's back was to Cheng Qi, and the maid next to her saw that this person's expression was obviously not good, but she still said in a calm tone: "Miss Qi, don't be surprised, I'm afraid that Tong'er will hurt the girl's pet if she doesn't do it lightly or seriously, it's noon, if the girl is hungry, she will order to prepare a meal." ”

Cheng Qi smiled and tilted his head: "That lady and Tong'er ......"

"We're not hungry."

When Qin said this, she couldn't take out the slightest politeness, and just went out of the hall, she met Sui Yuan, who had returned from the meeting, and she glanced at the person fiercely.

Sui Yuanwai was stunned for a moment, then reacted, glanced in the direction of the hall, and frowned: "What do you mean by this?" Could it be ...... This...... Hasn't Cheng Qi left yet? ”

Qin nodded angrily, lowered his voice and said, "You can repay the debt, but I see, this Cheng Qi is the best at relying on it." "I'm reading a book inside, I'm already ready to eat." ”

"You're still being prepared by her?"

Sui Yuanwai has been made by Cheng Qi in the past few days, and he is already in a bad mood, and he will meet old friends when he goes out today, and he has just given up his efforts when his emotions are broader, and he said viciously: "You should starve her to death and poison her." ”

"Forget it, what's the use of saying these angry words."

Qin Shi said coldly: "She came this time, she didn't bring a single servant girl who was waiting, and it was clear that she wanted to fight a protracted war, not to mention, the fact that she came to our foreign mansion as a guest is well known to everyone in Liangcheng, let's ...... If you can't come in standing, lie down and go out. ”

"You want me to say." Qin Shi thought about it and compromised, "Master, you just return the silver, we can't afford it, and she is a little cheap hoof, wouldn't it be worth the loss, not to mention, Ge Yuanjun's side has expressed his attitude, your cousin is not going to take care of this matter." ”

"I know, I know!"

Sui Yuanwai was also upset, gritted his teeth and said: "Otherwise, Cheng Qi would not be so arrogant, she just wants to bite me to death, but I won't let her succeed, doesn't she love to stay in our foreign mansion, then let her stay well, what she wants, let's count the courtesy, she won't be able to catch the conversation." ”

"But ......"

Qin Shi still couldn't rest assured, and grabbed the sleeve of Sui Yuanwai's coat that was about to enter the hall: "She didn't bring anyone who was serving around her, so she didn't have any contact with the outside, this person came and went, don't let people talk about it...... It's what happened to her, and let people say that we are not behind our backs. Sighed, "And that Cheng Yan, I heard Lao Qian say, this person is staring at the movements of our foreign mansion, that person dared to offend even Ji Beihou and Duan Guifei for Cheng Qi, and don't forget, he has a yellow coat that the emperor personally appreciated." ”

Sui Yuanwai also thought of this, and said: "That's it, I'll go in later, and hint at Cheng Qi with words inside and out, if that person is shameless, then ...... I can only endure it for the time being, and wait for tomorrow when you take her to Pumiao, ask someone to take a look, and let them know that Cheng Qi still has all arms and legs. ”

Seeing that Sui Yuan was like this, the Qin clan also knew that this plague god was difficult, so he had to nod his head and leave with Sui Tong, who didn't understand at all.

And Sui Yuanwai saw his wife go away, coughed impatiently, and then walked into the hall, where the daytime food had already been prepared, and Cheng Qi sat at the table, eating happily while reading.

"Sir."

The servant who was waiting next to him saw Sui Yuanwai, and said with a slight bend of his knees.

Sui Yuanwai nodded lightly, then looked at Cheng Qi when he heard the voice, raised his head unhurriedly, and said very indifferently: "Hey? You're back, have you had a daylight eclipse? Sit down and eat together? ”

Seeing this, the fire of grievance in his heart jumped to a height, a few days ago, Cheng Qi returned his face, and when he saw that he would salute politely, in the past two days, he even ignored the basic etiquette rules.

I really think of myself as the master of this foreign house.

It's like you're a guest.

Sui Yuanwai took a deep breath and sat down, and said flatly: "Miss Qi, is this food delicious?" ”

Cheng Qi nodded: "Madame was hospitable, and it was a waste of money." ”

"It's a small amount of money."

Sui Yuanwai had no choice, so he had to say more directly: "It's just ...... Miss Qi, you have been living in my house for seven days, over there...... I'm worried about you, too. ”

Seeing that Sui Yuanwai had the intention of driving away guests, the maids standing on the side were panicked for her, but Cheng Qi still couldn't pretend not to understand, and said casually: "Don't worry, when I came, I had already explained the things in Zhuangzi." Turning his head and smiling, he said, "I said that I came to ask for business lessons from outside the staff, and it is not easy to explain if I don't learn a little fur, so I ...... It's a lot of work and bothering. ”

Seeing that this person didn't enter the oil and salt, Sui Yuanwai couldn't pretend to be a little embarrassed, and his voice turned cold: "The girl has an overreputation, I am a member of the staff, how can I teach you any business, I am afraid that I will disappoint the girl." ”

"Why should you be self-indulgent outside the staff." Cheng Qi smiled and took a sip of tea.

Sui Yuanwai continued: "So, Miss Qi, please go back, so as not to waste time with me." ”

"Waste of time?"

Cheng Qi listened, put down the dishes and chopsticks unhurriedly, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and said indifferently: "I don't think it's a waste of time to stay in this foreign mansion. Glancing back, he said meaningfully, "Outsider...... Do you dare to say that you don't have much business to teach me? ”

Sui Yuanwai's face sank: "What do you mean?" ”

Cheng Qipi said with a smile: "Come to think of it, Sui Yuanwai must be very good at doing business, otherwise, what can be used to support such a huge expenditure in this mansion, is it difficult to ......" The words changed and said aggressively, "Is it all because you don't pay back the money you owe?" ”

When she said this, it was equivalent to piercing the window paper, and the maid next to her was terrified, for fear that the woman would throw up a plate and slash it on the bald head outside Sui Yuan.

After all, this man ...... It's notoriously bad-tempered.

But who knows, Sui Yuanwai, who heard this, still held his temper, and the two of them laughed a few times, then stood up and said, "Miss Qi said that she laughed." He leaned forward, "I just want to come, there is only one thing I can give to Miss Qi." ”

Cheng Qi blinked lightly: "Please speak." ”

"Do you know what a boiling eagle is?"

Sui Yuan said with a smile in his words.

Cheng Qi smiled slightly, and then not to be outdone, he agreed: "Of course, if you want to domesticate a falcon, you must not let it sleep, stay up with it, and make it tired." "Knowingly, I asked," said the outsider. ”

Sui Yuanwai nodded, then stroked the beard on his chin and said, "I want to say that when it comes to boiling eagles, Miss Qi's skills are probably much higher than mine." Seeing Cheng Qi's eyes, he got up again and said, "You eat slowly." ”

With that, he turned around and left without looking back.

Cheng Qi looked at the man's back, there was no expression on his face, but he was still relieved in his heart, and the whole person was also withdrawn from the fighting state, and then raised his head and said to the servant who was waiting: "Can you make a slice elbow?" ”

The maid was stunned for a moment, and then nodded uncontrollably: "Can you ...... Yes. ”

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Late at night, the moon and stars are sparse.

There was a mess up up and down the Yuanwai Mansion again, and Sui Yuanwai, who had been sleeping very deeply, was also woken up, he opened his eyelids, sat up half-propped up, and said, "What's the matter!" Why is it so noisy outside! ”

A few seconds later, the Qin clan came in from outside in a coat, and he was so angry that he fainted on the top of his head: "It's Cheng Qi!" ”

Sui Yuan didn't expect it, and he was angry and said, "What's the matter!" ”

"The frog she raised!"

Qin almost shouted: "The frog she raised is lost!" Toss the people of Manfu to find it together! Because he couldn't rush Cheng Qi to the fire, his eyes were red aggrieved, "It's all you!" It's all the magic stars you have recruited! Every night you have to find a way to torture both of us! No...... Outdoor barbecue, is to practice singing, last night was ...... Set off fireworks in the empty well in the backyard, so that the yard will be burned, and today...... Today it ...... again"

"Enough!"

Sui Yuanwai couldn't help it, got out of bed and dressed, and scolded angrily: "This Cheng Qi! Shame on the face! It's so unknowing! "I feel sorry for my wife," doesn't she want to settle accounts! Then do the math with her! ”

Qin Shi was startled, worried that Sui Yuan would do something irreparable under his impulse, so he quickly grabbed his arm and said, "Master, what are you going to do?" ”

Sui Yuanwai snorted coldly and shook her off and said, "Solve this matter!" ”

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In the main hall, the candles were dappled, and the light and shadow swayed wantonly on the wall.

Sui Yuan sat outside, looking at Cheng Qi opposite, the light of the fire was reflected in the person's eyes, and with the unknown smile on the corner of his mouth, he looked like a female demon.

"Cheng Qi."

Sui Yuanwai no longer calls her Miss Qi: "You have been messing around in my house for so long, I didn't take care of your father's face before his death, and I didn't investigate it in the slightest, but you made such a fuss tonight, I have to talk to you about it." ”

Cheng Qi leaned back and said calmly: "What the staff said a long time ago." ”

Sui Yuanwai snorted coldly, and crossed his fingers on his knees: "Cheng Qi, the purpose of your visit, I know better than you in my heart, aren't you here to ask for accounts, both of us have been pretending for so long, and we are tired, so I might as well tell you, I have the silver, but I don't want to pay it back." ”

Cheng Qi squinted slightly, and said with a smile: "It's a joke outside." ”

Sui Yuanwai didn't speak, waved his hand and asked the maid to bring a pot of wine in a white porcelain bottle, about five or six glasses, and put it on the table in Cheng Qi's hand: "Cheng Qi, I'll put the words here today, you have been forgotten, you are now alone in my house, you must not be reckless." ”

Cheng Qi said lightly: "What? Does Sui Yuanwai still want to kill me? ”

Qin frowned: "Miss Qi, we ......"

Sui Yuanwai stopped her, and then pointed to the pot of wine: "Cheng Qi, what is contained here is the strongest wine in the world, commonly known as a cup of red with a knife cutting the throat, you have tossed me and my wife for so long, and you still want to take this silver back without pain, it is too cheap." ”

"What do you mean?"

Cheng Qi knew what the man was going to do.

Qin Shi also said uneasily: "Master, this is a cup of red, ordinary people take half a mouthful, the pain is unbearable, only that old wine Mengzi can withstand the amount of a cup, you ......"

"That's right."

Sui Yuanwai said unceremoniously: "Cheng Qi, if you have a kind today, you can drink all this pot of wine, and if there is not a drop left, I will return the 50,000 taels of silver with interest to you, and we will clear the two from now on." ”

When Cheng Qi heard this, he lowered his eyes at the pot of wine, and still thought about it in his heart.

Drink to get money.

This is the happiest way now, if she doesn't agree, she doesn't know how things will develop, she knows that this is a step for both sides from Sui Yuanwai, so she can only take this condition hard.

"What does Sui Yuan say outside?"

Cheng Qi picked up the pot of wine and said coldly.

Sui Yuanwai nodded neatly: "As soon as these words come out, it will be difficult for the horse to chase." ”

"Well, I'm sure the staff won't break their promises."

Cheng Qi said, the hand holding the pot ear was a little harder, and his cold face shook lightly, it seems that this wine is full of a lot of drops, I heard that swallowing this wine is like swallowing a knife......

That's it, fight it.

Cheng Qi's heart is horizontal, and he doesn't use a cup, he has to dry it up to his mouth directly.

"Oops! Who are you! You can't go in there! ”

With the screams of the servants, fierce and tight footsteps suddenly came from outside the hall.

Before Cheng Qi could react, the wine jug in her hand was taken away, and she turned her head suspiciously, she didn't know when Cheng Yan broke in.

The man was expressionless, and said to the Sui Yuanwai couple who were a little flustered: "I am Cheng Yan, I will drink this wine for Cheng Qi." ”

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