Chapter 45: The Orb and the Piano
Xiao Junxing's eyes glared angrily, and she said sharply: "You investigate me!" β
Yu Youwei held her cheeks with her palms, tilted her head lazily, and the pendant on her bun kept swaying. She looked at Xiao Junzhen with a nonchalant expression, "Didn't Mrs. Xiao find out my identity a long time ago and leave a way out?" β
Xiao Junyan stared at Yu Youwei, bit her lip and said, "What do you want?" β
"It's just two deeds of sale." Yu Youwei raised her hand to flick the dust off her sleeve, "Now Pei's is crazy, and there is no owner in the backyard." With Madame's status in the house, it shouldn't be a hassle to take two unimportant pieces of paper and send two unnecessary maidservants, right? β
Xiao Junzhen couldn't help but sneer in her heart when she heard Yu Youwei say it so lightly. If you are an unnecessary handmaid, why do you have to make a deal with yourself? What's more, sending the two maidservants out of the house for nothing, it is not easy to block the mouths of the whole house.
"Who is it?"
Yu Youwei opened her lips and said word by word: "Baozhu and Siqin." β
"Siqin?!"
Hearing this name, Xiao Junyu couldn't help but be shocked. Baozhu naturally guessed that this little maid was specially promoted by the Pei family in recent days. Although she is not yet a big maidservant, she is deeply loved by the Pei family with her cleverness.
Since Cui'er's accident, Baozhu's power in the Pei family's courtyard is naturally above 10,000 people under one person. If Yu Youwei wants to secretly attack Pei's family, she can only start from her.
"Why should Madame Xiao be so surprised?" Yu Youwei deliberately made an expression of ignorance, "Using a servant girl for the position of a big lady, this transaction is very cost-effective in Xuanji's opinion!" β
Xiao Junzhen clenched her fists, her nails digging deep into her flesh. When he privately found out Yu Youwei's identity, he was not without suspicion of Si Qin. After all, when Yu Youwei was there, Siqin also happened to be in the house.
But after three or two temptations and many days of observation, Si Qin is still as usual, without the slightest clue. So I put my mind at ease and didn't doubt too much.
But now that I think about it, I was still negligent.
"At noon the day after tomorrow, I will hand you the paper with someone."
Yu Youwei nodded with satisfaction, and a smile hooked on the corner of her mouth. "Mrs. Xiao should naturally understand the price of losing a single hair."
Xiao Junyu looked at her coldly, gritted her teeth and said, "Naturally." β
"Then I'll wait for Madame's good news."
Yu Youwei stood up, and when she was about to walk out of the room, she suddenly stopped. She didn't look back and said, "Xuanji wishes Mrs. a happy and happy life in the future, and a full house of children and grandchildren." β
The snow in Chang'an came much earlier this year, and the snowflakes covered the original glitz of Chang'an, which was a little more pure.
Mrs. Pei's daughters left Chang'an, and the Pei family's party also came to an end in the heavy snow. Pei's Mansion gradually returned to its former silence, but every night in the depths of Pei's Mansion's inner courtyard, a woman's faint cry would be heard.
As the days go by, rumors naturally spread. But Pei Fu didn't seem to be affected at all, and still maintained his previous routine. Gradually, this rumor also disappeared from people's mouthsΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·
Yu Youwei hid under the pavilion in the courtyard with the stove, and drank hot tea with Lu Qiao while enjoying the goose feathers and snow.
Lu Qiao turned his head and asked, "Master, have you understood Siqin and Baozhu?" β
Yu Youwei took a sip of tea, her eyes still looking out of the pavilion. "They all gave them money and a deed of sale, and let them leave with their families."
She put down the cup she had drunk and withdrew her gaze. "Is that little Daogu recovering well?"
Hee-chun wrapped the handle of the kettle in cotton cloth and took it off the fire. Nian Xia cooperated with her to open the lid of the teapot and let her pour hot water into it.
"It's been well recovered."
Yu Youwei said indifferently: "Then send her out of the yard." β
Nian Xia picked up the teapot and refilled the tea for Yu Youwei, with a puzzled expression: "But when she goes out of the yard, the master will trouble her again, what can I do?" β
Xichun also echoed: "Yes, she also said that she was willing to stay and serve her master, and be a slave and a maid to repay her kindness." β
Yu Youwei looked at the tea in front of her, and it was ethereal. "What do you think?"
When Xichun and Nian Xia heard this, they both looked at Lu Qiao with expectant eyes. tried to get her to open her mouth to intercede, leaving Xiao Daogu in the courtyard.
Lu Qiao looked up at the two of them, momentarily embarrassed. After being silent for a long time, he slowly spoke: "Master, the apprentice thinks it's better to let her go." β
When Xichun heard this, he was so anxious that he wanted to jump up from his seat. "Why did my sister say that?"
Nian Xia, who was sitting on the side, glanced at Yu Youwei's face, and hurriedly pulled Xichun's sleeve under the table.
Xichun turned his head to look at Nian Xia, flicked his sleeves back, and turned his eyes to look at Yu Youwei. "Master, do you want to watch her die at the hands of that ruthless viewer?"
Yu Youwei raised her unwavering eyes and stared at Xichun's anxious face. "Do you want to watch me live and die in the hands of others?"
Xichun knew in her heart that even though Yu Youwei's face was as usual at the moment, the tone in her words already showed that she was angry. Even if I didn't understand it in my heart, I still choked back the words that followed.
Seeing that Xichun and Nian Xia were still puzzled, Lu Qiao said, "Why don't you two understand, isn't Xiao Junzhen a living example this time." Xiao Junyao's city is extremely deep, and this time she can be planted in the hands of her master because she neglects the people around her. β
Xichun instantly let go, lowered his head and muttered to himself, "How can you conclude that this little Dao Gu is an eyeliner?" β
Lu Qiao sighed, "Whether or not this is a deliberate play in front of us, we don't know now. But given our current situation, we can't afford to take any chances. If something really happens to him one day, the consequences are beyond your reach. β
Even if Xichun had any objections in his heart, he saw that the matter had been decided, and he no longer spoke.
Several people closed their mouths, Nian Xia looked at the atmosphere very embarrassed, and said in a harmonious manner: "Master, the musician who talked to you on the boat that day has come to visit frequently these days. I saw that you were busy, so I found an excuse to send him away. β
Yu Youwei's lowered eyelashes moved slightly, raised her hand to pick up the teacup on the table, and said lightly: "If he comes again next time, you will take people directly to the living room." β
Nian Xia bowed his head and said respectfully: "Yes, the apprentice knows." β
The snow outside the pavilion was still drifting with the north wind, and from time to time some snowflakes blew into the hall, but they were quickly melted into droplets by the heat in the hall.
In the side room not far from the pavilion, the door opened slightly, and a figure quickly flashed through the crack in the door.