、、、、、、、、、、 I first saw and looked up at the house where I lived, the scenery here is elegant, quiet and pleasant, there is a pond of water lotus in the courtyard, I heard that this is where my mother used to live, because my mother loves lotus, so Master Qi let people dig a pond in the courtyard, planted with all kinds of lotus, but since my mother got married, this lotus pond has been left unattended, deserted.

Yesterday, the eldest uncle brought her here, saying that this is her courtyard in Zhongwangfu in the future, and then the aunt also brought an aunt named Xiuniang over, this Xiuniang was born fair and plump, about the same age as Liniang, and used to serve her mother with Liniang, she was the big girl in her mother's room, and when her mother married Yuyunsheng, she didn't let Xiuniang follow, so Xiuniang stayed in Zhongwangfu.

In addition to Xiuniang and Lingyu serving the first time in the lotus garden, there are also two little girls, but those two little girls don't have much impression when they first see each other, they are just fourteen-year-old maidens who are cleaning.

When I first saw that I arrived at the Lotus Garden yesterday, I knew that Xiuniang was the big girl in my mother's past, and I felt inexplicably moved, and I also had a familiar taste of this Lotus Garden, and it seemed that my mother could be seen everywhere here.

She rested in the house for a while, Xiuniang took her to the main courtyard, she finally saw all the people in the Zhongwang Mansion, the eldest uncle has two sons, both are in their twenties, each married a daughter-in-law, the eldest cousin was in the first two years of Tanhua, and now he is seeking a job in the Hanlin Academy, the second cousin was born not like the eldest uncle at all, a little more wild, followed by the second uncle, is a deputy general, the second uncle himself has two sons, a few years older than her, they all like to dance knives and guns, the uncle has a pair of twin children, born exquisite and lovely, I liked them as soon as I saw them for the first time, and the two children looked at the first meeting with big black and white pure and bright eyes all night, and seemed to be very curious and excited about the sudden addition of a young lady in the family.

Although the uncles have different personalities, they are all good men, they are not as common as other men, there are only one main room, and there is not even a housekeeper.

After eating, Master Qi called an uncle into the study, and several aunts took the first meeting back to the Lotus Garden, and after Lingyu served a few aunts to drink tea, he stood aside silently.

The eldest aunt asked her about her life in the Jade Mansion in the past few years, and the first impression of the Jade Mansion and the Jade Master was only nearly half a year, she vaguely perfunctory past, and the aunt saw that the first time she saw Zhiwu did not answer, thinking that she could not bear to say that her father was not, so she called Lingyu over, and insisted that Lingyu said how Mrs. Yu's mother and daughter were bullied by the little concubine in the Jade Mansion, and Lingyu saw that so many people wanted to stand up for Mrs. and the second girl, so she was courageous, and said how she was oppressed by Yu Xueling for the first time in the past few years, and how Mrs. Yu endured Chen Zhenhui's arrogance and domineering. Hearing this, several aunts gritted their teeth and scolded Yu Yunsheng and Chen Zhenhui to the point of blood, and Xiuniang also wiped her tears on the side.

Thinking of this, Chujian sighed, yesterday she sat and chatted with several aunts until midnight, and today she slept until almost the end of the day before getting up, hey, woman, there are always endless words, I am really tired.

"Girl, you're up." When Lingyu came in with a hot water basin, she saw that Hatsumi had already sat up, and she was tilting her head on the edge of the bed in a daze.

"Well, when is it?" Hatsumi stretched and smiled at Lingyu.

"It's time for lunch, girl, after she's freshened up." Lingyu wrung out the silk towel and handed it to Hatsumi to wipe his face.

"Ah, I slept so late." I was a little embarrassed when I first saw it, this was not my home, and it was always bad to sleep late, "Did my aunt and uncle look for me in the morning?" ”

"My aunt came over and told the slave and maid not to wake you up, saying that you slept last night, and I will let you get up again today when you are full." Lingyu handed over the mouthwash, and then went to the wardrobe to pick out the clothes and skirts for Hatsumi.

After the first time I freshened up, I changed into a pink fireworks pleated skirt, the upper body is pink green, the placket is embroidered with broken flowers, and the waist is tied into a bow, which looks light and smart, and it is very cute.

As soon as I changed my clothes, Xiuniang knocked on the door and came in, "Yo, second girl, you are up." ”

"Aunt Xiu" smiled politely at the first sight of Xiuniang.

"Girl, do you want to have lunch here, or which lady is you going?" Yesterday, when the ladies went back, they specially explained that they were going to go over for lunch today when they first saw them.

When I first saw and heard this, my little face wrinkled, "I'll just eat here, so I won't bother a few aunts." ”

Xiuniang smiled, "The slave maid will prepare lunch for the girl, and the girl will sit down for a while." ”

"I'm sorry." Hatsumi nodded and smiled at her.

After Xiuniang went out, Lingyu helped her walk out of the inner room and came to the hall, "Second girl, are you afraid that a few ladies will pull you to talk about the east and the west." ”

The first time I saw Lingyu, I glanced at Lingyu, "Not really, I'm just afraid that they will ask some things from a few years ago, you know, I don't know anything about the past, if I let them know that I have an accident in Yancheng, I'm afraid it will cause a bigger incident." ”

Lingyu nodded, "That's right, but, second girl, now that you and your wife are relied on by the Zhongwang Mansion, the eldest girl will not dare to look at anyone in the future." ”

Chujian smiled faintly, "Not necessarily, but I won't let her succeed casually in the future." ”

Lingyu wanted to say something more, but when she saw Xiuniang walking in, she accepted the words and didn't say anything more, although Xiuniang was Mrs. Yu's former big girl, but after so many years, it is another thing for this person's heart to change.

Xiuniang asked the two little girls to bring lunch, all of which were some light dishes, as well as a bowl of white rice as white as jade, and said thank you to Xiuniang when I first saw her.

While she was eating, someone from Master Qi's side came to spread the word, asking her to go to the study after lunch for the first time, and Master Qi would talk to her.

The first time I saw and Lingyu looked at each other, and then agreed, "Let's go over immediately, please ask the little brother to reply to the wai weng first, and the first time I will come." ”

It was the little guy outside Master Qi's study who came to pass the word, seeing such a delicate and lovely girl being so polite to him, his white face turned slightly red, and he hurriedly left.

Chu Jian sighed secretly in her heart, and finally came, she originally thought that Master Qi would look for her to interrogate, but yesterday they just met, and after the salute, they arranged for her to live in the Lotus Garden, and they didn't say anything more to her, she thought that she didn't have to deal with this shrewd and wise old man, and before she could breathe a sigh of relief, he had already sent someone to find her.

At first sight, I had a good appetite, but now because I was going to see Master Qi, I didn't know what to eat about those delicious dishes, so I picked up a few bites of rice at random, and let people accept it.

"Lingyu, let's go." When I first saw it, I looked in the mirror and saw that there was no rudeness in the clothes on my face, so I exhaled, pulled Lingyu and was about to walk out.

Xiuniang stopped her, "Second girl, let's let the slave take it, the Zhongwang Mansion is very wide, you just came here, you are afraid of life." ”

Chu Xiang smiled sweetly, "Ah, I forgot, I thought this was the Jade Mansion, then I will trouble you to bring it, Aunt Xiu." ”

Xiuniang smiled, "Girl, please." ”

When I first saw Lingyu and asked her to go back to the house to wait for her, she and Xiuniang walked to Master Qi's study together.

"Aunt Xiu, I heard that you used to be the big girl in your mother's room?" At first, the Zhongwang Mansion with flowers and trees was a good view, but at first sight, she had no intention of appreciating it, and she didn't know what Master Naqi would say to her later, and she felt that she was inexplicably nervous, so she found a topic to chat with Xiuniang.

When Xiuniang heard this, a touch of pain flashed in her eyes, and then faded away, she nodded slowly, "Yes, Li Niang and I were often in the girl's ...... It's by Madame Jade's side. ”

When I first saw Xiuniang's face out of the corner of my eyes, I was puzzled, "So, do you know what happened to your mother back then?" ”

Xiuniang was stunned and shook her head, "It's been so many years, and the slave doesn't remember anything very clearly." ”

When I saw Xiu Mei frowning lightly for the first time, I was even more suspicious, this Xiu Niang's words were clearly concealed.

"Then why didn't you go to the Jade house with your mother in the first place? But...... But the wai man doesn't allow it? Chu Xiang's flickering words and sad eyes suddenly became curious, what happened back then, why didn't her mother take Xiuniang to the Yu family? Why did you only bring Liniang?

"How could the lord not allow it, the lord loves Mrs. Yu the most, although he wanted to cut off the relationship with Mrs. Yu at the beginning, he still sent Liniang to the Jade Mansion, just to have a caring maid to take care of her." Xiuniang's smile was a little reluctant, the past was vivid, it was unbearable, her infatuation in Yancheng was unintentionally ignored, she didn't know whether to complain about the sky or the earth, only a wry smile, it was a dream.

"Ah, Liniang turned out to be sent to her mother by her grandfather?" This was not what she expected.

"Yes, Mrs. fled in the middle of the night, she didn't bring anything, how could she bring a ring, it was the old man Liniang who left the Qi family and went to find Mrs." Xiuniang tugged at the corners of her mouth and explained.

"Oh, I see" His eyes lit up at first sight, this old man Qi is also a cute old man, "What about you?" Why didn't you ...... you?"

Before the first meeting was finished, Xiuniang had already interrupted her, "Back then, Mrs. left me in Yancheng, and all the slaves and maids that happened in Ningcheng are not very clear, so the second girl still doesn't want to ask again." ”

Chu Jian was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but ask, "Why did Mother leave you in Yancheng?" ”

Xiuniang was shocked, her eyes were slightly red, she lowered her head, and was silent for a while before she spoke coldly, "Because the slave maid was in love with Yan Shugong, the marquis of Yancheng, Mrs. gave the slave to Yan Shu in order to fulfill the slave maid." "Who knew that Yan Shu only had Qi Wan in his heart, no matter how infatuated she was with him, he couldn't see her in his eyes, and finally when he learned that Qi Wan was married to Yu Yunsheng, he asked her to send her back to Zhongwang's Mansion, and he seemed to have disappeared from this world, and for more than ten years, there was no news about him at all.

Chu Jian opened his mouth and pretended to cough, this Xiu Niang turned out to have such a story behind it, Chu Jian quietly shrugged his shoulders, and didn't dare to ask any more, it just so happened that Master Qi's study arrived, so as to avoid an embarrassment.