Chapter Seventy-Six: Aunt Ceremonies
When Hua Qingrao smashed the thirteenth plate, Aunt Lijiao's face was already ugly. But she still endured the impatience that came up in her heart, and said with a decent smile on her face: "Madam, let's do it again!" โ
As he spoke, he handed the new plate he had taken from the maid on the side to Hua Qingrao.
Hua Qingrao's eyes widened, "Still coming?!" She sat down on the chair and waved her hand and said, "I can't do it, I can't do it anymore." โ
The aunt looked at the fragments of plates on the ground, looked at the sun outside, and handed the plate back to the maid. He lowered his head and said respectfully: "Then let's rest first." โ
When Hua Qingrao heard her words, she breathed a long sigh of relief, and happily agreed: "It's time to take a good rest!" My aunt has been teaching for so long, it's time to rest! โ
When the maid saw that she was resting, she hurriedly brought tea. Hua Qingrao was so thirsty that she couldn't care about anything, so she picked up the cup and was about to raise her head and drink it.
Aunt Lijiao spoke out to dissuade her behavior: "Madam, pay attention to etiquette! โ
Hua Qingrao smiled at her twice, and as she had taught before, she lowered her head and took two sips of tea. She put down the cup in her hand and asked casually, "I don't know which palace my aunt is working in?" โ
Aunt Lijiao raised her eyes to look at Hua Qingrao's expression, and saw that all her attention was on the tea on the table, so she replied respectfully: "The slave maid is on an errand in the Yongshou Palace. โ
"Oh-" Hua Qingrao raised her head in surprise, "That's in Concubine Zhang Xian's palace?" โ
Aunt Lijiao hung her head and whispered "yes".
Hua Qingrao stood up and looked at Aunt Lijiao with a meaningful gaze for a long time before she slowly spoke: "That's really Qingrao's blessing, to be able to get the attention of Concubine Xian." โ
Aunt Lijiao raised her head, looked at Hua Qingrao, and said without humility or arrogance: "Concubine Xian Niangniang is approachable, I heard that everyone is looking for someone to teach Mrs. etiquette, so I specially sent the slave and maid over." โ
Hua Qingrao covered her mouth and chuckled, and took up Aunt Lijiao's hand, "Then please ask your aunt to say a few beautiful words for Qingrao in front of Concubine Xian." โ
Aunt Lijiao pulled out the hand that was held by Hua Qingrao, and an impeccable smile appeared on her face. "After the slave and maid return to the palace, they should explain it in detail with the virtuous concubine."
Hua Qingrao rubbed her fingers and said with a smile: "There is Aunt Lao." โ
After a short break, Hua Qingrao entered the practice of etiquette again. This practice is much better than before, and all the movements are as natural and impeccable.
Aunt Lijiao smiled leisurely at her, more respectful than before. "Madame's manners are impeccable now."
Hua Qingrao took the bowl off her shoulder, put it on the table, turned her head and asked with a smile, "Is that aunt coming back tomorrow?" โ
Aunt Lijiao bowed her head and said, "Come, the slave maid must fulfill her duty." โ
"I'm in trouble with my aunt today." Hua Qingrao turned her head and instructed the maid on the side: "Send my aunt back." โ
At that time, Hua Qingrao wore a black cloak on her body and deliberately put on a hat. He walked out of the back door of the house and went straight into the carriage that had been waiting there for a long time.
As soon as Hua Qingrao got into the carriage, she saw Zhao Yu resting with her eyes closed. She didn't speak, took off her hat, and sat in the farthest corner from him.
Zhao Yu opened his eyes faintly, a smile provoked at the corner of his mouth, and he looked at Hua Qingrao with a smile in his eyes. "What are you doing so far away from me, afraid that I will eat you?"
Hua Qingrao smiled leisurely, raised her eyes and said: "The posture of the prince is naturally different from that of mortals, Qingrao does not dare to approach, or ยทยทยทยทยท"
Before she finished her words, she was suddenly grabbed by Zhao Yu's arm and suddenly dragged to his side.
Hua Qingrao looked up at Zhao Yu, who was close at hand, and a trace of annoyance flashed in her heart, but she still had a decent smile on her face. She wrenched her arm out of his hand, "The prince is really resolute in his work." โ
Zhao Yu picked up a strand of her hair with his fingers, put it on his nose and sniffed the fragrance on the hair, "You said that this king is a celestial person, just take a closer look, don't you look more carefully." โ
All the breath he exhaled when he spoke was on Hua Qingrao's face, making her blush slightly, and her breathing became a little short.
Zhao Yu leisurely admired her expression, and after a long time, he leaned back and asked, "How are you learning etiquette today?" โ
Hua Qingrao saw that she had distanced herself from him, and her heart was a little relieved, and she turned her body outward. "I've learned the etiquette almost enough, but I have to bother the prince to make up some plates and bring them to the house, otherwise there will be no food to serve when eating."
A smile appeared on Zhao Yu's face, he leaned lazily and asked casually, "Then can you see who Aunt Etiquette is?" โ
Hua Qingrao raised her head and looked at Zhao Yu, and said firmly: "It's the prince's person." โ
"Oh-" Zhao Yu deliberately elongated his voice, looked at her playfully and asked, "Why?" โ
Hua Qingrao showed a confident smile on her face, "Although she said that she was Concubine Zhang Xian's person, if it was really the person sent by Concubine Zhang Xian to investigate me, she would not be able to tell her master's identity so openly." โ
Zhao Yu raised his eyebrows, "Then why isn't it the queen's person?" โ
Although Qingrao also suspected that Aunt Etiquette was someone close to the queen. After all, someone who has the ability to move everyone and is wary of me. At present, there are only the queen and Concubine Zhang Xian. โ
Hua Qingrao's face had a stronger smile, "But I have shaken Aunt Etiquette's hand, and her palm has a thick callus, which should be caused by long-term sword training." A ceremonial aunt who knows martial arts, whether it is the queen or Concubine Zhang Xian, is a little unusual. And I have mastered all the etiquette in front of her this afternoon, but she will continue to teach it tomorrow. Such a person who thinks about everything for Qingrao can probably only be his own person. โ
Zhao Yu patted his hand lightly, and a hint of playfulness flashed in his eyes. "You've passed this level, but you don't know the next level."
Hua Qingrao looked at his eyes, she couldn't guess what he was thinking, and she couldn't help but feel a little more vigilant in her heart.
The carriage slowly stopped, and Hua Qingrao saw Zhao Yu get out of the carriage, and also raised her hand to lift the curtain and walked out. She stood in the carriage and looked at the building in front of her, this was not the Fengqi Building she had only moved out yesterday.
"What are you looking at, don't hurry down yet."
Zhao Yu's cold voice brought Hua Qingrao back to her senses, and she pulled up her dress with her fingers and prepared to get out of the car.
Zhao Yu walked back to the carriage and stretched out his hand to her, "I'll carry you down." There was a firmness in his voice that could not be refused.
Hua Qingrao hesitated, leaned over and hugged Zhao Yu's neck, and let him carry herself out of the carriage.
As soon as she got out of the carriage, she hurriedly broke free from his arms, took a few steps back, and pulled a certain distance from him.
Zhao Yu didn't care, stepped forward, gently put the hat of her cloak on her head, took her hanging hand, and strode towards the inside of Fengqi Tower.